1. Boom Boom Pow - Black Eyed Peas
The parallelism between the UK and US charts continues this week as Black Eyed Peas debut at #1 in the UK with "Boom Boom Pow," now the fifth single so far this year to be #1 on both the UK Singles Chart and Billboard Hot 100. When "Poker Face" topped the Hot 100 I did a little analysis of how many singles by year had been #1 in both countries. Now that there's been 5 this year (Lady Gaga, Flo Rida, Kelly Clarkson, Lady GaGa again and BEP), 2009 has had the most trans-Atlantic chart-toppers of any year this decade. And its still only May, so there must be others to come. Although "Boom Boom Pow" was the Peas' first US #1, its their second UK chart topper, following 2003's massive massive hit "Where Is The Love," which was 2003's biggest hit. All together, this is their 9th top 10 hit. That's not counting Will.I.Am's eight top 40 hits or Fergie's three.
4. We Made You - Eminem
Eminem's new album Relapse is out tomorrow, but until then fans have been snatching up his latest single "We Made You," with climbs to #4 this week, the peak position of his last single, "Crack a Bottle," also from said forthcoming release. In all Eminem's now had 15 UK top 10 hits (not including the one with his band D12), 7 of which were #1s.
5. Not Fair - Lily Allen
Lily Allen's album is still selling well (it's #2 this week behind Green Day, which of course wasn't available until Friday), so consequently it seems "Not Fair" isn't destined to follow "The Fear" to #1. Still, a second top 5 hit ain't bad these days, when more often it seems follow-up singles are just tanking. It outranks "LDN," the second single from her first album, by one notch (it peaked at #6).
9. Warrior's Dance - The Prodigy
And it's a second top 10 hit for The Prodigy off their latest album, Invaders Must Die. Hmmm...what was I saying about follow-up singles not doing so well? This is only the band's third top 10 hit this decade.
13. Let's Get Excited - Alesha Dixon
Apparently her sentiment didn't reach her fans, who aren't excited enough to make this a top 10 hit. #13 is probably as high as it will go.
16. Kiss Me Thru the Phone - Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
Soulja Boy climbs 14 spots to #16. This is out on CD tomorrow, so I expect it to go top 10 next week. Soulja Boy hit #2 in 2007 with "Crank That (Soulja Boy)."
??? Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
??? Sex on Fire - Kings of Leon
Wait...where are the Kings of Leon singles? I checked the chart and yes, for the first time in like forever, there are no Kings of Leon singles in the top 40 this week. Amazing.
4 comments:
hurrah for lily allen. and well done alesha too. it's not top ten but it's a decent placing and a third single from the album in the top twenty is something "bigger" acts have failed with recently (Killers, scissor sisters, maroon 5, U2 et al) so it's not all doom and gloom. Oh it is because BEP are number one :(
Yeah, I don't get the staying power of Boom Boom Pow. Oh well, Lilly Allen is pretty good, so that's a good part.
Hopefully sometime in the next little while The World We Live In gets into the Top 40, probably my favourite track from the last Killers album.
You guys are gonna hate me, but I'm actually really enjoying "Boom Boom Pow" now. Black Eyed Peas are just silly fun. I'd love to see "The World We Live In" in the top 40, but given that "Spaceman" woefully underperformed at #40, it's probably not likely. A shame.
Yeah, and it doesnt seem to be a very commercially friendly track. Still, it's UK only, perhaps they like that sound better than they do over here. In any case, i'm expecting A Dustland Fairytale (the US single) to do better than the last two.
Also, Boom Boom Pow is kinda catchy, but it doesnt really have the charm BEP's previous singles had. Also, the video sucks. A lot.
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