UK Chart. Week ending April 28th

[I HATE LA REID]

Albums:
1 - 1 Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing
2 - 1 Mark Ronson - Version
3 1 3 Kings Of Leon - Because Of The Times
4 2 7 Cascada - Everytime We Touch
5 6 25 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
6 - 1 Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
7 8 11 MIKA - Life In Cartoon Motion
8 4 45 Nelly Furtado - Loose
9 3 21 Take That - Beautiful World
10 7 32 Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
11 12 14 The Fray - How To Save A Life
12 10 3 Timbaland - Shock Value
13 14 11 Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High
14 - 1 Tiesto - Elements Of Life
15 11 8 Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob
16 9 3 Maxïmo Park - Our Earthly Pleasures
17 5 28 The Proclaimers - The Best Of
18 16 7 Dolly Parton - The Very Best Of
19 15 4 Elton John - Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits
20 26 11 Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City
21 23 40 Paolo Nutini - These Streets
22 18 20 Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape
23 22 36 Christina Aguilera - Back To Basics
24 19 26 My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
25 21 51 Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
26 28 55 Pink - I'm Not Dead
27 - 1 Gardar Thor Cortes - Cortes
28 17 2 Ciara - The Evolution
29 20 29 The Killers - Sam's Town
30 32 22 Akon - Konvicted
31 - 1 Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet
32 27 32 The Fratellis - Costello Music
33 29 38 James Morrison - Undiscovered
34 34 12 Just Jack - Overtones
35 30 12 The Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future
36 35 7 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
37 46 40 Lily Allen - Alright Still
38 50 65 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
39 13 2 Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
40 33 40 Razorlight - Razorlight
41 53 7 Bryan Ferry - Dylanesque
42 45 68 Amy Winehouse - Frank
43 37 31 Scissor Sisters - Ta-Dah
44 36 98 Faithless - Forever Faithless: The Greatest Hits
45 39 4 The Doors - The Very Best Of
46 25 3 MacDonald Bros - MacDonald Bros
47 40 150 The Killers - Hot Fuss
48 42 17 Fergie - The Dutchess
49 31 3 Engelbert Humperdinck - Greatest Hits And More
50 41 234 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits
51 44 203 Elvis Presley - Elv1s: 30 Number 1 Hits
52 - 11 Original Cast Recording - Lloyd Webber/Joseph & The Amazing
53 52 3 Alison Krauss - A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection
54 55 167 Snow Patrol - Final Straw
55 38 5 Enter Shikari - Take To The Skies
56 49 42 Muse - Black Holes & Revelations
57 43 129 Michael Jackson - Number Ones
58 51 6 Simply Red - Stay
59 48 8 Dr. Hook - Hits & History
60 58 27 P. Diddy - Press Play
61 67 13 The View - Hats Off To The Buskers
62 47 06 Ray Quinn - Doing It My Way
63 - 1 Patti Smith - Twelve
64 60 55 Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin
65 63 52 Gnarls Barkley - St Elsewhere
66 54 07 Russell Watson - That's Life
67 57 19 Johnny Cash - The Man In Black: Definitive Collection
68 - 19 James Taylor - You've Got A Friend: The Best Of
69 65 5 Good Charlotte - Good Morning Revival
70 - 1 Mark Ronson - Here Comes The Fuzz
71 56 65 The Kooks - Inside In/Inside Out
72 - 12 Jamie T - Panic Prevention
73 61 17 The Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control
74 68 22 Oasis - Stop The Clocks
75 64 119 Westlife - Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Vol. 1
Singles:
1 5 3 Beyonce & Shakira - Beautiful Liar
2 11 3 Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm
3 1 3 Timbaland Featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake - Give It To Me
4 3 6 Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
5 2 3 Mark Ronson Featuring Daniel Merriweather - Stop Me
6 18 3 Ne-Yo - Because Of You
7 15 3 Natasha Bedingfield - I Wanna Have Your Babies
8 52 2 The Enemy - Away From Here
9 4 6 The Proclaimers Featuring Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin - (I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles
10 6 13 Gwen Stefani Featuring Akon - The Sweet Escape
11 7 14 The Fray - How To Save A Life
12 9 6 Alex Gaudino Featuring Crystal Waters - Destination Calabria
13 8 10 Fergie Featuring Ludacris - Glamorous
14 12 3 Fall Out Boy - Thnks Fr Th Mmrs
15 13 3 Linkin Park - What I've Done
16 - 1 Ash - You Can't Have It All
17 33 3 Akon - Don't Matter
18 32 4 MIKA - Love Today
19 10 11 Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby
20 16 13 Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around...Comes Around
21 23 8 Christina Aguilera - Candyman
22 19 15 MIKA - Grace Kelly
23 25 12 Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
24 47 2 Gym Class Heroes Featuring Patrick Stump - Cupid's Chokehold
25 17 5 Ciara - Like A Boy
26 24 8 Calvin Harris - Acceptable In The 80s
27 27 9 P. Diddy Featuring Keyshia Cole - Last Night
28 22 12 Take That - Shine
29 30 8 Paolo Nutini - New Shoes
30 28 5 My Chemical Romance - I Don't Love You
31 - 1 Matt Willis - Crash
32 64 3 Just Jack - Glory Days
33 26 8 Camille Jones Vs. Fedde Le Grand - The Creeps
34 - 1 Ocean Colour Scene - I Told You So
35 - 1 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Weapon Of Choice
36 - 1 Travis - Closer
37 20 3 Bloc Party - I Still Remember
38 34 6 Maxïmo Park - Our Velocity
39 51 2 Meck Featuring Dino - Feels Like Home
40 45 6 Kings Of Leon - On Call
41 46 3 Dan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip - Thou Shalt Always Kill
42 14 2 Gareth Gates - Changes
43 37 16 The Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control
44 - 1 Hanson - Go
45 72 2 Siobhan Donaghy - Don't Give It Up
46 36 5 Seamus Haji Featuring Kayjay - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
47 41 15 Just Jack - Starz In Their Eyes
48 48 33 Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
49 50 8 P!nk - Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)
50 70 3 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
51 - 1 Switches - Lay Down The Law
52 40 23 Take That - Patience
53 44 13 Fall Out Boy - This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race
54 42 14 Cascada - Miracle
55 - 1 Sunblock Featuring Sandy - Baby Baby
56 38 16 Akon Featuring Snoop Dogg - I Wanna Love You
57 21 2 Muse - Invincible
58 35 2 Klaxons - Gravity's Rainbow
59 31 2 Elliot Minor - Parallel Worlds
60 39 14 Kelis Featuring Cee-Lo - Lil' Star
61 49 10 The Killers - Read My Mind
62 - 1 Another Chance - Everytime I See Her (Sound Of Eden)
63 29 2 Nine Inch Nails - Survivalism
64 58 14 Mason Vs. Princess Superstar - Perfect (Exceeder)
65 53 11 Omarion - Ice Box
66 75 27 Amy Winehouse – Rehab
67 - 1 The Wombats - Backfire At The Disco
68 - 1 Michael Buble - Everything
69 43 6 Sugababes Vs. Girls Aloud - Walk This Way
70 - 1 The Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car)
71 55 15 David Bowie - Life On Mars
72 56 17 The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
73 65 36 Cascada - Everytime We Touch
74 59 15 Klaxons - Golden Skans
75 61 22 Booty Luv - Boogie 2nite

Taken from Pulse.

[backintime]

GET IT CORPORATE DIVA DUO!

Seriously though, go Arctic Monkeys, Gym Class Heroes, The Enemy, Mika, Travis, Meck and Kings Of Leon.

[I HATE LA REID]

backintime said:

GET IT CORPORATE DIVA DUO!

I KNEW you were going to post that lol...

[cactus tree]

ewww @ #1.

[I HATE LA REID]

*updated*

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

Wow, Beyonce and Shakira are #1. That sucks. They only peaked at #3 in the USA so I guess Britain is even MORE into corporate divas than we are!

I'm very upset by the 20-37 fall by Bloc Party. I thought that song was a Top 10 for sure.

[AFRO SAMURAI]

I didn't expect "Brianstorm" to peak this high.

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

Dear Fred,

I noticed there are five songs this week that appear in both the U.S. and U.K. top 10: "Give It to Me" by Timbaland, "Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne, "Beautiful Liar" by Beyonce and Shakira, "The Sweet Escape" by Gwen Stefani faturing Akon and "Glamorous" by Fergie featuring Ludacris. I don't ever recall seeing this many similarities in the top 10s of both countries. Do you think this is a result of digital downloading that makes record companies release titles globally to prevent piracy? Or is it that the U.K. and the U.S. have the same taste in music now?

Thanks,

Jorge Escobar
New York, N.Y.


Dear Jorge,

Over the years, there have been periods of time when it seemed like the U.S. and U.K. music scenes were taking place in separate universes, let alone on different continents. Then there have been times when the two countries are very much in sync. Mind you, there are many songs on the U.K. chart that we've never heard of in the United States and never will, but the fact that there are five songs appearing in the top 10s of both countries is worth noting.

I keep a widget on my dashboard that tells me the top 10 best-selling songs on iTunes. By clicking on a flag icon, I can call up the top 10 in a number of different countries, and I have noticed a similarity running through all top 10s, with some local differences, of course. But it does point out that a digital world is a world brought closer together.

[bellboys]

backintime said:

GET IT CORPORATE DIVA DUO!

Seriously though, go Arctic Monkeys, Gym Class Heroes, The Enemy, Mika, Travis, Meck and Kings Of Leon.

Well played, I totally deserved that one. ;D You can't argue with the public, can you? Especially a public that put it's hand in its pocket to get the Crazy Frog to number 1 At least I've had a hand in coining a new phrase in the musical firmament. Corporate Divas, it's got a certain ring to it, wonder if Cowell wants to buy the rights to it when he forms the inevitable female version of IL Divo? ;D

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

LOL I love the phrase corporate divas! And it's true too- they are divas and they are corporate. I just don't think someone's musical taste should be underminded because they happen to like a really commercial song by a commercial artist. Speaking of myself for example, I'm mainly into the rock indie scene and singer/songwriters but I still enjoy a good pop or rap song just for fun's sake!