1. The Promise - Girls Aloud
British pop act Girls Aloud dethrones Pink's "So What" from the top of the UK singles charting, ending the 12-week run of Americans at #1. "The Promise" sold over 77,000 units--the most units sold in 1 week for any #1 hit this year, besting the 72,000 units Duffy's "Mercy" moved in its 3rd week at #1. That's better than they did with their last two #1s--last year's "Walk This Way" and 2004's "I'll Stand by You," but well short of the over 200,000 copies sold of "The Sound of the Underground" in its first week. Girls Aloud are the first British group to top the chart since Coldplay did it in June with "Viva la Vida" and the first all-girl group at #1 since the Sugababes hit the top about a year ago with "About You Now." This is the group's fourth #1 hit.
3. Infinity 2008 - Guru Josh Project
A dance remake scores rather well this week, actually besting the original. "Infinity" was a #5 hit in 1989 for Guru Josh, now this remake charts two spots higher. Surprisingly high for a dance single.
5. Wire to Wire - Razorlight
"Wire to Wire," the first single from Razorlight's upcoming third album Slipway Fires jumps 25 spots to become their fifth top 10 hit. Their previous top 10 hit was their biggest, #1 single "America" about 2 years ago.
7. Hot N Cold - Katy Perry
This isn't out as a single until late next month, but already Katy Perry has scored her second top 10 hit with "Hot N Cold." It's also a big hit in the U.S.--#5 right now on the Billboard Hot 100.
8. Love Lockdown - Kanye West
Still creeping up and still a week away from a single release is Kanye West's latest, up 3 spots.
18. Another Way to Die - Jack White & Alicia Keys
The Quantum of Solace Bond theme jumps up 9 spots to #18 with its physical release out this week. If it doesn't go any higher this will be a rather poor showing for a bond theme, the last two of which by Chris Cornell and Madonna were both top 10 hits.
52. The Lovers Are Losing - Keane
Poor Keane's latest single misses the top 40 altogether. Ouch. The album just came out too--it's not like this is the fourth release.
2 comments:
I feel like there is some weird curse over singles success of acts i like. Maroon 5 didn't have much luck last year, The Feeling can't even gently bruise the charts any more, Scissor Sisters aren't the singles draw they used to be and the Sam's Town singles from the killers should've all charted higher. And now Keane? Bah Britain! BAH!
It seems a lot of albums lately get one big hit and then all the rest fall well short. It's an odd trend, one that doesn't do any favors for the album as the primary medium of popular music, already eroded by downloads.
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