1. I Kissed a Girl - Katy Perry
Katy Perry spends a fourth week at #1 with "I Kissed a Girl." The single finally lands in shops as a physical release today, making her 4-week run at the top the longest ever without a physical release. Perry's also the sixth artist so far this year to spend at least 4 weeks at #1--four of the others (everyone but Basshunter) also hit #1 on downloads in advance of their CD releases.
2. Pjanoo - Eric Prydz
Katy will have some competition at the top next week from Eric Prydz, whose latest single also hits stores. Prydz scored a major #1 single in 2004 with "Call on Me," and hit #2 early last year with his remix of Pink Floyd's "Proper Education."
3. Disturbia - Rihanna
Rihanna is fast emerging as a potent challenger to Beyonce's title of biggest new female artist of the decade. "Disturbia" won't get a physical release for another 3 weeks, but it's already #3. This is her 8th top 5 hit.
5. Mountains - Biffy Clyro
Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro climbs five spots this week with its full release, further cementing "Mountains" as the band's biggest hit to date. The single is not tied to any album.
12. Daddy's Gone - Glasvegas
Another Scottish band, Glasvegas, gets their second top 40 hit, besting by 4 places the #16 peak of their first single from earlier this year, "Geraldine."
14. The World Should Revolve Around Me - Little Jackie
The group Little Jackie, featuring singer Imani Coppola, rises seven notches this week with the full release of "The World Should Revolve Around Me." It's a great pop single, and I'm surprised not to see this in the top 10.
15. Boyfriend - Alphabeat
Alphabeat jumps 20 spots this week to #15 with the physical release of their third single, "Boyfriend." I wouldn't be surprised if this single--a great pop track--climbs further, although it has a way to go if it's to catch their first and so far biggest hit, the #6 single "Fascination."
19. The Day that Never Comes - Metallica
Metallica is up 17 spots on download sales. This is the band's biggest single since they hit #16 in 2003 with "Frantic."
23. See You Again - Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus makes her UK debut with "See You Again." The track was Cyrus's first top 10 in the US, where she's since had a second ("7 Things"). Miley is the second Cyrus to land in the UK top 40--16 years ago her father hit #3 with "Achy Breaky Heart" and #24 with "Could've Been Me."
39. Miss Independent - Ne-Yo
Finally, Ne-Yo debuts at #39 on downloads with "Miss Independent," his 6th top 40 hit and follow-up to the #1 single "Closer."
Singles out on physical release today: Katy Perry, Eric Prydz, Duffy's "Stepping Stone" and New Kids on the Block's "Summertime." I hope Duffy can land in the top 10.
4 comments:
it's funny how people still purchase physical singles in the UK, when they can download em of itunes, how comes more ppl in the US purchase songs of itunes instead of going to their local shop to buy the physical single than ppl in the UK? it's weird
That's a good question, and an interesting story about how record companies, despite being the same multinational corporations, have pursued a different strategy in the US than the UK over the last 15 years. Starting in the mid '90s, record companies began experimenting with NOT releasing singles for major artists, the rationale being that they hoped to entice fans into buying only the album. Consequently, if you look at the Hot 100 from 1996 to 1998, you'll see major hits missing from the chart because they were never released as "singles", despite the fact that they were very popular during that time and surely would have been #1 hits--songs like No Doubt's "Don't Speak" or Natalie Imbruglia's "Torn." They were marketed only at radio and on MTV/VH1 with videos. Singles slowly started disappearing from music stores and now they are almost completely gone. In fact record stores in general are almost completely gone. First the local ones folded, then the chains (Tower, Sam Goody). CDs are basically available only at big box stores like Wal-Mart, Borders or Best Buy. ITunes is the #1 music retailer in the US. At this point, I really can't imagine why someone would buy a CD for $15 when they can download the album for $10. I've noticed in the last couple years UK record labels have begun not releasing physical singles (Nelly Furtado's "Say It Right" or Coldplay's latest singles), although since we're in the download era now, the implications on the market are different. I bet we see more and more of that in the next couple years, especially when a new artist like Katy Perry can have a massive #1 hit without a single (until today at least).
I like the Little Jackie song. It's catchy, but it also captures perfectly my approach to life.
Of course it does.
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