UK Pop Chart - 22 October 2008

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This week’s top ten is dominated by female artists - Rihanna, Gabriella Cilmi, Sara Barielles, Duffy and…Jordin Sparks?

Yeah, it seems like there’s still life in Miss Sparks’ career after all.

Better yet, we have the return of Ne-Yo and his more youthful counterpart, Chris Brown. Brown makes a double appearance in the top ten with Forever and duetting with Jordin Sparks on No Air.

1. Coldplay - Viva La Vida: Another shovelful of audio pleasure from Coldplay, proving that Violet Hill wasn’t a one-off. A deserving number 1 this week.
2. Ne-Yo - Closer: A leading member of the Axis of R&B Evil,, Ne-Yo releases yet another boring and predictable chick-focussed tune. Which is selling by the barrow-load. It figures.
3. Rihanna - Take A Bow: Not hearing this one much at the moment. We might be massive Rihanna fans, but not so much of her slower songs.
4. Sara Barielles - Love Song: On the contrary, Sara’s love song is just about everywhere at the moment.
5. Chris Brown - Forever: Anyone heard this one yet?
6. Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me: Such a good song, slightly obscured by the female-heavy chart this week. Just don’t underestimate the smoky vocal and sexy, old-school track.
7. The Ting Tings - That’s Not My Name: They call her Hell, they also call her Stacey. But we know better, don’t we readers?
8. Mint Royale - Singin In The Rain: Dear record industry, if a kids wins a reality TV show on the basis of a ton of hormonal girlies voting for him, those same girlies will spend a fortune on the track that he danced to. Idiots.
9. Duffy - Warwick Avenue: In a bizarre twist of fate, Warwick Avenue is so good that it even makes us warm to Mercy when I hear it on the radio. The ‘welsh warbler’ might just be winning us over.
10. Jordin Sparks - No Air: Again, Jordin Sparks has been off Unreality Music’s radar since her debut. Is this any good? You tell us.