Madonna triumphs again, topping the singles, airplay and albums chart for a second week!
Singles:
1. Hung Up - Madonna
Madonna spends a third week at #1 with "Hung Up," the single is now in a three-way tie with "Papa Don't Preach" and "Like a Prayer" as her third longest-running #1 single. Only "Into the Groove" and "Vogue" spent more weeks at the top, 4 weeks each to be exact.
2. You Raise Me Up - Westlife
Westlife deserve some recognition this week, for "You Raise Me Up" is achieving something few of their singles are able to--top 10 longevity. Westlife singles are notorious for debutting high and then plunging, but this track continues to sell well despite decent competition from other singles and the release of the band's album, Face to Face (#5 on the albums chart this week). In fact, no Westlife single in its fifth week has ever charted this high, the best up to now being the #4 position of "I Have a Dream," which had spent its first 4 weeks at #1. By comparison, the group's last #1 single, "Mandy," was at #14 in its fifth week, and their biggest plunge ever for a #1 single was "Fool Again," which was #28 by its fifth week.
4. No Worries - Simon Webbe
A fairly slow week of new releases (surprising, given the time of year) means a few singles are able to climb. Particularly noteworthy is the three place move by Simon Webbe's "No Worries." The track is in its 3rd week now, and matches its debut position from 2 weeks ago. It's a great track, and has been receiving increasingly amounts of airplay since its release (#5 last week). Arctic Monkeys also move up 1 to #8 and Craig David moves up 2 to #9.
6. Dirty Harry - Gorillaz
Blur's Damon Alban returns with his "cartoon" band for a third top 10 single from Demon Days. Not as great a showing as their first two singles this year, "Feel Good Inc (#2)" and "Dare (#1)," but those were phenomenal pop songs, while this is just mediocre. "Dirty Harry" is the "group's" 7th top 40 hit and 5th to make the top 10.
10. Your Body - Tom Novy (Featuring Michael Marshall)
For a change, something clubby enters the top 10, but only just barely. Tom Novy is not a new act, having released a few singles over the last five years, but this is his first to crack the top 10.
11. Window Shopper - 50 Cent
50 Cent earns his 8th top 40 hit (11th counting featured appearances), barely missing the top 10. It caps a lucrative chart year for 50, as 7 of his 11 chart appearances were this year, the best of which was the #4 peak of "Candy Shop" in April. His biggest chart hit, however, remains his debut, "In the Club," a massive #3 hit in 2003.
17. Rewind - Stereophonics
Stereophonics also cap a lucrative chart year with their fourth single from Language. Sex. Violence. Other? As with most of their singles, expect this one to drop like a stone next week.
Can Madonna earn a 4th week at #1? It is possible, but she will have to fend off new releases from Oasis and The Pussycat Dolls to do it.
Albums:
Madonna spends a second week at the top of the albums chart with Confessions on a Dancefloor, holding off a serious challenge from Will Young's Keep On, his third album. Both of Will's first two albums, From Now On and Friday's Child debutted at #1, but likely didn't face the difficult prospect of unseating Madonna. Enya has the other new entry of the week in top 10 at #8 with Amarantine.
Airplay:
Madonna's "Hung Up" spends a fourth week as the most played track at UK radio, followed by the Sugababes' "Push the Button" which is still #2. KT Tunstall moves into the top 5 with forthcoming single "Under the Weather."
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