1. Smack That - Akon (featuring Eminem)
In another contentious chart battle for #1 this week the upper hand goes to Akon, who scores his second #1 hit this week with "Smack That," which features another popular rapper, Eminem, who himself has had six #1 hits and eight other top 10s.
2. My Love - Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake must content himself with #2, a peak he has now achieved with four of his five top 10 singles. The exception being his last top 10 hit, "Sexyback," which became his first and so far only #1. "My Love" is currently #1 in the U.S. on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Mediabase top 40 airplay charts.
4. Patience - Take That
Debuting all the way up at #4 on downloads is the big comeback single from Take That, "Patience," a lush radio-friendly ballad that will vault them to #1 next week, a place they haven't been in over ten years.
8. Lovelight - Robbie Williams
Of course former Take That member Robbie Williams is not participating in the boyband's revival, but at least he joins his former bandmates in the top 10 this week with "Lovelight." The second single from his latest album, Rudebox, becomes his 25th top 10 hit. In an odd twist, the is the fourth time (and third in a row) that the second single from a Robbie Williams album peaks at #8 (presumably this won't climb next week). "Lazy Days," second single from his debut album Life Thru a Lens, hit #8 the summer of 1997. More recently, "Misunderstood," the second Greatest Hits single, hit #8 in December 2004, and last year Intensive Care's second single "Advertising Space" hit #8 in December.
So where will Robbie go with single number three? Here it gets trickier. "Lazy Days" was followed by "Angels," arguably Robbie's career-defining single and one of the greatest moments in British pop music from the last 1o years, while "Advertising Space" was followed by "Sin Sin Sin," his lowest charting single ever. Somewhere in between then likely for his next release.
11. Hurt - Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera can't help but feeling a little "Hurt" by placing just outside the top 10 this week with her second Back to Basics single. Although it bears a resemblance to the formula that gave Christina one of her biggest hits, 2003 #1 hit "Beautiful," this just doesn't measure up to that peak performance. This is only her second single to land outside the top 10, after 2000's "I Turn to You" (#19), but it actually has a chance to climb into the top 10 next week, which would give her a 14th top 10 hit.
18. Set the Fire to the Third Bar - Snow Patrol (featuring Martha Wainwright)
Good news first. Martha Wainwright scores her first top 20 hit ever with "Set the Fire to the Third Bar." Bad news: Snow Patrol follows two consecutive top 10 hits, including their biggest hit ever, "Chasing Cars," with a great song that barely manages to stay within the top 20. Sure "Chasing Cars" was an amazing chart story--the single having been only #15 the week of its physical release and then six weeks later hit #6--but I just don't see that kind of feat being accomplished by this track.
19. I Don't Feel Like Dancin' - Scissor Sisters
The singles from Scissor Sisters averaged about 5 weeks on the top 40 each, dropping pretty quickly from their debut spots. In contrast, I Don't Feel Like Dancin' is showing some amazing longevity, actually moving up a notch this week in its 12th week within the top 20, of which 9 weeks were spent in the top 10 and 4 at #1. "Land of a Thousand Words," the second Ta-Dah single, will be eligible for download sales in two weeks, so expect some overlap.
23. Coming Around Again - Simon Webbe
Getting a strange reprieve is Simon Webbe, who climbs two spots to #23 this week with "Coming Around Again" after a massive plunge last week from #12.
24. Downtown - Emma Bunton
Second-highest debut on downloads is the latest from Emma Bunton. This is the former Spice Girl's 9th top 40 hit and as this year's BBC Children in Need charity single, has a good chance at doing very well next week, perhaps #2 or #3 (nobody will be able to stop Take That, certainly not Emma Bunton).
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