Welcome back for another run down of the UK’s top ten! In this edition, I’m going to moan about how hard it is to write the chart run-down when the tunes stay the same each week.
Nickelback, Rihanna and Kelly Rowland have been hanging around the chart for weeks and weeks, and I have officially run out of things to say about these singles. So, spare me the mental block and fill in your own thoughts in the comments, eh?
Ouch. Of the two young ladies tipped for big things in 2008, Adele spent the last few weeks being denied her #1 by Basshunter. Then, just when their iron grip of that position slips, in nips Duffy and takes it effortlessly. That’s got to be annoying!
Not as annoying as that Nickelback single is becoming. Finally managed to eclipse How You Remind Me with a piece of novelty rock? Well done lads. Anyway, without further ado folks, here’s the UK Top 10 for the week.
In this weeks edition of the charts, Basshunter refuse to give up their No 1 slot. The industry must’ve forgot to tell them Adele was scheduled for that position. Oops!
In other news, Nickelback stay in the charts for a surprisingly long time. David Jordan is a new and very welcome addition to the chart, and in what can only be described as an act of pop terrorism, people have bought enough Wet Wet Wet singles to allow them to chart. What is the world coming to? Answers on a postcard to the usual address please.
I must be in pissy form today, because just about every song on the top ten this week annoys me on some level.
I’d been holding off on doing a review of Kanye West’s Homecoming single, because I thought it was quite a weak track. It scratched the top ten last week, but dropped out again pretty quickly. Maybe my first impression was right?
Here’s the top ten for the week beginning 20 January 2008. Basshunter still hold the coveted top spot, while hot tip for 2008, Adele is the highest new entry at number two.
The charts are fairly static beyond the top ten, proved by the fact that a lot of older singles have reentered such as With Every Heartbeat and Gimme More. I’m also a little disappointed that The Wombats didn’t make top ten with Moving To New York, one of my favourite songs at the moment.
Finally, Leon Jackson’s reign of terror atop the charts is over. And all it took was an obscure dance act, a crazed former teen starlet and four hairy blokes who think they’re rock stars.
There’s been plenty of churn in the top ten this week. Mark Ronson’s Valerie has slipped off, as has Girls Aloud’s Call The Shots and Alicia Keys and T2/Jodie Aysha are also heading down the chart. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be much rising to replace them…
Ooooohhh kaaaayyy! It’s the first official chart of 2008, and a numpty sits at the top, waiting to be toppled from his perch. Please, Gods of Music, grant me this one wish - make him disappear quickly and painlessly.
I didn’t write about the pop charts for a couple of weeks. Why? Because the top ten hasn’t changed much at all.
But don’t worry folks, there’s a spate of new releases in January that I’m counting to work like a laxative and create some movement in the top ten!
Ha ha, this is the week that Christmas songs started to infiltrate the pop charts. Thanks to the new download rules, people flocking to download Christmas classics are causing songs by The Pogues and Mariah Carey to re-enter the charts!
Still, Leona Lewis’ death grip on the number one position holds for yet another week. I’m finding myself wondering if she’ll hang on long enough to beat whoever wins X Factor this year!
Another week, another top 10. Well, except that this week’s top 10 is largely the same as last week’s!
On another note, I saw that Led Zeppelin have entered the singles chart with Stairway To Heaven this week and last. This has been drastically under reported, considering that Zeppelin went to great pains never to release that track as a single. For it to chart on the strength of hype alone (and no video/airplay) just shows how important this band still is today.
Stairway is at No 39 this week, down two places from last week’s position. Well done the Zep!
Welcome to the 11 November UK top ten singles!
Not only did Leona Lewis hold on to the top spot this week, she has also sold more singles in the UK this year than any other artist. Not bad considering she only released one single!
Here’s the run-down of the top ten pop singles this week:
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