Check out Rihanna dominating the top ten :DQuote:
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Check out Rihanna dominating the top ten :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
Well done Olly
The Black Eyed Peas have climbed to the top of the UK singles chart with their Dirty Dancing remix 'The Time (Dirty Bit)'.
The group notched up a fifth UK number one with their techno track, after an energetic performance on last Sunday's X Factor semi-final saw the song advance five places and snatch pole position on this week's chart.
Settling in at second is 'Whip My Hair', the debut single by Hollywood star Will Smith's daughter Willow, who at just 10 years old becomes one of the youngest artists in chart history to score a top ten hit.
Elsewhere, Rihanna continues her hold on the chart after 'What's My Name?' and 'Only Girl (In The World)' both climb to four and five respectively, while her collaboration with David Guetta, 'Who's That Chick?', holds steady at nine.
The mass of new entries and climbers around the summit of the rankings push the X Factor finalists and 'Heroes' off the top spot and down to seven on the night of the show's grand finale, while last year's runner-up Olly Murs lands right behind them, after falling four places with 'Thinking Of Me'.
Outside the top ten, a previously unheard Michael Jackson track featuring Akon entitled 'Hold My Hand' becomes the second-highest new entry of the week at 11, while Alexandra Burke's 'The Silence' also makes a respectable placing at 18.
Meanwhile, festive-themed tune 'Christmas Lights' by Coldplay climbs five places to 13, while YouTube star Alexa Goddard gains six places with a Cher Lloyd-inspired cover of 'Turn My Swag On' at 20.
The top ten in full:
1. (6) The Black Eyed Peas: 'The Time (Dirty Bit)'
2. (-) Willow Smith: 'Whip My Hair'
3. (2) Ellie Goulding: 'Your Song'
4. (7) Rihanna ft. Drake: 'What's My Name?'
5. (6) Rihanna: 'Only Girl (In The World)'
6. (5) Far East Movement: 'Like A G6'
7. (1) X Factor Finalists: 'Heroes'
8. (4) Olly Murs: 'Thinking Of Me'
9. (9) David Guetta ft. Rihanna: 'Who's That Chick?'
10. (3) Nicole Scherzinger: 'Poison'
Source: Official Charts Company
The BEP's song is awful one of their worse imo
Take That have dominated the UK album chart for a fourth week with Progress, which has now become the biggest-selling record of 2010 so far after breaking the one million sales barrier.
The popular boyband's first album as a five-piece for 15 years remained comfortably in pole position after shifting over 200,000 copies - a sales increase of 15% from the previous week - a month after its chart debut.
Commenting on this week's second and third-placed finishers, Martin Talbot of the Official Charts Company said: "Take That have really made the Christmas albums market their own this year and it’s all the more impressive given the competition from Michael Bublé’s Crazy Love and Olly Murs's self-titled [album] each selling over 100,000 copies this week alone."
Elsewhere on this week's chart, former number one album Come Around Sundown by Kings of Leon makes a reappearance in the top ten after advancing six places, while The Black Eyed Peas surge ahead eight spots to take The Beginning to nine.
Also experiencing a Yuletide resurgence in sales is Annie Lennox's Christmas Cornucopia, which rockets 11 places to 18 from last week's 29, and X Factor winner Alexandra Burke, who 58 weeks after the release of her debut album Overcome re-enters the top 40 at 22 with a deluxe version of the record.
However, unable to cash in on the holiday season are last week's high-charting new entries Love Live Life by N-Dubz and Endlessly by Duffy, which both fall out of the top ten after crashing eight and ten places respectively to 15 and 19.
The top ten in full:
1. (1) Take That: 'Progress'
2. (8) Michael Bublé: 'Crazy Love'
3. (2) Olly Murs: 'Olly Murs'
4. (4) Rihanna: 'Loud'
5. (3) JLS: 'Outta This World'
6. (5) Susan Boyle: 'The Gift'
7. (13) Kings of Leon: 'Come Around Sundown'
8. (6) Bon Jovi: 'Greatest Hits'
9. (17) The Black Eyed Peas: 'The Beginning'
10. (10) André Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra: 'Moonlight Serenade'
Source: Official Charts Company
X Factor star Matt Cardle has been declared as this year's Christmas number one with his winner's single 'When We Collide'.
The ex-painter and decorator sold a total of 439,000 copies in the six days since his victory on the ITV talent show, putting him ahead of this week's runner-up Rihanna and 'What's My Name?' by more than 300,000 copies.
Cardle - who has also secured the fastest-selling non-charity single of the year - stated: "I can't believe it, as if winning wasn't enough. I honestly didn't think I'd even make it on to the live shows, let alone win and now be the Christmas number one. I can't even begin to describe how it feels. It's nuts, crackers and crazy.
"To think that many people have supported me and bought the record is absolutely mindblowing. Thank you so much to everyone. I'm going to have one or two beers to celebrate!"
In third place this week is 1963 classic 'Surfin' Bird' by The Trashmen, which clocked up just under 70,000 sales following a Facebook campaign to avoid having an X Factor star as the Christmas number one for the fifth time in six years.
The new arrivals and risers at the peak of the chart send previous runner-up Willow Smith and 'Whip My Hair' tumbling down the rankings to nine, just a few places behind a massive climber in the shape of Take That's 'The Flood', at six from last week's 15.
Although Facebook users failed to dictate this year's Christmas number one, as they did in 2009 with Rage Against The Machine and 'Killing In The Name Of', several other singles endorsed on the site have made a substantial impact on 2010's Yuletide chart. The most successful of these alternative tracks are Biffy Clyro's original version of Cardle's cover - entitled 'Many Of Horror' - at eight, and Cage Against The Machine's silent 1952 piece '4:33' at 21.
Meanwhile, several other X Factor-related artists slide out of the top ten for the first time, namely last year's runner-up Olly Murs with 'Thinking Of Me' at 14, the 2010 finalists and their charity single 'Heroes' at 15 and guest judge Nicole Scherzinger's 'Poison', which drops eight places to 18.
By contrast, festive classic 'Fairytale Of New York' by The Pogues and the late Kirsty MacColl glides to 19 from last week's 26. The 1987 tune has appeared on the chart during December every year since 2005 and peaked at 12 last Christmas.
The top ten in full:
1. (-) Matt Cardle: 'When We Collide'
2. (4) Rihanna ft. Drake: 'What's My Name?'
3. (-) The Trashmen: 'Surfin' Bird'
4. (1) Black Eyed Peas: 'The Time (Dirty Bit)'
5. (3) Ellie Goulding: 'Your Song'
6. (15) Take That: 'The Flood'
7. (5) Rihanna: 'Only Girl (In The World)'
8. (-) Biffy Clyro: 'Many Of Horror'
9. (2) Willow Smith: 'Whip My Hair'
10. (11) Michael Jackson ft. Akon: 'Hold My Hand'
Source: Official Charts Company
Take That have held on to the album chart top spot for a fifth consecutive week, as Progress adds another 330,000 copies to its tally.
The boyband gave their mega-selling album a publicity boost with appearances on both the Strictly Come Dancing semi-final and the X Factor final last weekend, which helped bring the record's total sales to 1.44 million.
Meanwhile, the next three albums behind Progress - Rihanna's Loud, Michael Bublé's Crazy Love and Michael Jackson's Michael - all posted six-figure sales numbers this week, shifting 194,000, 139,000 and 113,000 copies respectively.
Take That's recent performances also help launch Robbie Williams and his greatest hits collection In And Out Of Consciousness back into the top ten, the former-chart topping record advancing to seven from last week's 14.
Also experiencing a small sales bump amongst a top 20 consisting of 12 fallers are The Script with Science & Faith and Rumer with Seasons Of My Soul, both of which hop forward one place to this week's 16 and 19.
The top ten in full:
1. (1) Take That: 'Progress'
2. (4) Rihanna: 'Loud'
3. (2) Michael Bublé: 'Crazy Love'
4. (-) Michael Jackson: 'Michael'
5. (3) Olly Murs: 'Olly Murs'
6. (6) Susan Boyle: 'The Gift'
7. (14) Robbie Williams: 'In And Out Of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990-2010'
8. (5) JLS: 'Outta This World'
9. (8) Bon Jovi: 'Greatest Hits'
10. (9) Black Eyed Peas: 'The Beginning'
Source: Official Charts Company
Go matt!! he is my number 1
He's number 1 for a second week Girls :cheer:
Matt Cardle has stayed at the top of the UK singles chart with his X Factor winner's single 'When We Collide'.
The single has now sold 738,000 copies after selling 300,000 more units in the past week. It was also announced as the second biggest-selling single of the year so far, behind Eminem and Rihanna's duet 'Love the Way You Lie'.
Rihanna also stayed at this week's number two with 'What's My Name?', her duet with rapper Drake. The Black Eyed Peas' former number one 'The Time (Dirty Bit)' climbed back to number three.
Katy B scored her second Top 10 hit with 'Lights On' - featuring Ms. Dynamite - at number four, with Ellie Goulding's 'Your Song' completing the Top 5.
Katy Perry's 'Firework' and Far East Movement's 'Like a G6' both returned to the Top 10, with Rihanna climbing back to number six with 'Only Girl (In the World)'. Take That fell one place to seven with 'The Flood', while Willow Smith stayed at nine with 'Whip My Hair'.
Elsewhere, Tine Tempah's 'Invincible' - featuring Kelly Rowland - climbed 17 places to number 15, while N-Dubz rose 16 spots with 'Girls' at number 19, and Jessie J climbed from number 34 to 22 with 'Do It Like a Dude'.
There were new entries in the Top 40 for Cheryl Cole's 'The Flood' at 26, and Chris De Burgh's duet with brothers Ben and Jamie Hazleby at 36 with an updated version of De Burgh's 'Lonely Sky'.
Meanwhile, The Trashmen's 'Surfin' Bird' fell out of the Top 40 entirely after scoring a number three hit last week.
The top ten in full:
1. (1) Matt Cardle: 'When We Collide'
2. (2) Rihanna ft. Drake: 'What's My Name?'
3. (4) Black Eyed Peas: 'The Time (Dirty Bit)'
4. (-) Katy B ft. Ms. Dynamite: 'Lights On'
5. (5) Ellie Goulding: 'Your Song'
6. (7) Rihanna: 'Only Girl (In the World)
7. (6) Take That: 'The Flood'
8. (12) Katy Perry: 'Firework'
9. (9) Willow: 'Whip My Hair'
10. (11) Far East Movement: 'Like a G6'
Source: Official Charts Company