UK Charts for 24 September 2007

[backintime]

Sean Kingston is set to score a fourth week at number one with Plain White T's at number two for a third. "Ayo Technology" will be top five, "The Pretender" top ten. Peter Bjorn & John are set to enter the top fifteen with Phil Collins in the top twenty.

Milburn are top forty. Damien Rice, Moby ("Extreme Ways"), Ronson/Winehouse and Kanye's "Homecoming" will just scrape the top seventy-five and Lil Chris will just miss it.

Blunt will be number one on the album chart, Kanye number two and Reverend & The Makers number three. Booty Luv and Phil Collins are top twenty.

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

I want Plain White T's to be #1.

[backintime]

They've been number one on iTunes for a while, so I wouldn't totally rule it out

[RedDragon]

They're #1 in Airplay too.

[That Skipping Rope.]

It's a shame the Lil' Chris song won't do better. I really like it, and it's MILES better than the Gym Class Heroes' song.

[backintime]

Hmmm, yeah. I was going to say it's only out on download so far, but it's not having a physical release. All I can say is that it only seems to be getting any attention for the first time this week (the video is actually getting added and played on music stations now), so I'd expect it to climb.

Although, if it does chart outside the top 75 I've won a bet with my friends that he wouldn't be remembered in a years time from his first single

[The Seldom Seen Kid]

Glad that Lil' Chris is flopping.

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

backintime said:

Although, if it does chart outside the top 75 I've won a bet with my friends that he wouldn't be remembered in a years time from his first single

You talk about the charts with your real-life friends?

[backintime]

I think we all know I don't have any real life friends...

No lol, but we do talk about the many people who annoy us (OK, me) and he's high on that list

[That Skipping Rope.]

I'm reading that the release of a remix of "About You Now" to iTunes is putting the track in the Top 40. Is this true?

[backintime]

The original version isn't on iTunes yet.

However, a remix EP is. The Spencer & Hill Remix (the one you sent me ) is at #12 on the top 100, putting it inside the top forty in the latest midweeks.

The physical is out October 1, I'm not sure when the radio edit goes to iTunes, though

[That Skipping Rope.]

Thanks! I hope it goes #1. It seems like that's where it's heading.

[backintime]

I hope they release the original to iTunes on Monday to maximise it's chart position.

The only other October 1 physical releases with a shot at top five (in my opinion) are Jennifer Lopez and Kate Nash, neither of whom have much chance at number one.

With nothing much out on the 24th, it's likely that either Kingston will get a fifth week at the top or Plain White T's sneak in there - meaning a very weak number one leading into the week of their release, so I think the 'Babes have a definite chance of victory.

How's that for a decent response

[That Skipping Rope.]

lol That's exactly what I wanted to hear.

Now, I am feeling really sh*tty because I LOOOVE the Media Virus remix to "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off." It sounds like his balls have dropped, and his voice is a LOT better.

[The Seldom Seen Kid]

The radio edit of "About You Now" is now avaliable on iTunes...

[backintime]

Perfect timing! (Although I have just realised Billiam entered three places above them. ) Chart up asap, by the way...

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Singles

01 01 SEAN KINGSTON BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
02 05 50 CENT/TIMBERLAKE/TIMBALAND AYO TECHNOLOGY
03 02 PLAIN WHITE T'S HEY THERE DELILAH
04 03 KANYE WEST STRONGER
05 04 JAMES BLUNT 1973
06 00 BABYSHAMBLES DELIVERY
07 10 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS SHE'S SO LOVELY
08 21 FOO FIGHTERS THE PRETENDER
09 06 RIHANNA SHUT UP AND DRIVE
10 09 TIMBALAND FT KERI HILSON THE WAY I ARE
11 08 ROBYN WITH KLEERUP WITH EVERY HEARTBEAT
12 07 GIRLS ALOUD SEXY NO NO NO
13 00 PETER BJORN & JOHN FT BERGSMAN YOUNG FOLKS
14 00 ELVIS PRESLEY DON'T
15 13 FERGIE BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY
16 00 IAN BROWN FT SINEAD O'CONNOR ILLEGAL ATTACKS
17 23 PHIL COLLINS IN THE AIR TONIGHT
18 117 ENEMY YOU'RE NOT ALONE
19 17 KATE NASH FOUNDATIONS
20 11 BOOTY LUV DON'T MESS WITH MY MAN
21 16 GYM CLASS HEROES CLOTHES OFF
22 19 KANO FT CRAIG DAVID THIS IS THE GIRL
23 15 FREAKS THE CREEPS (GET ON THE DANCEFLOOR)
24 20 DAVID GUETTA FT CHRIS WILLIS LOVE IS GONE
25 25 RIHANNA FT JAY-Z UMBRELLA
26 32 AMY WINEHOUSE TEARS DRY ON THEIR OWN
27 34 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS DO YOU KNOW
28 30 HOOSIERS WORRIED ABOUT RAY
29 12 LUCIANO PAVAROTTI NESSUN DORMA
30 29 NEWTON FAULKNER DREAM CATCH ME
31 40 AKON SORRY BLAME IT ON ME
32 00 BILLIAM BEAUTIFUL ONES
33 24 HARD-FI SUBURBAN KNIGHTS
34 26 TAIO CRUZ MOVING ON
35 00 SUGABABES ABOUT YOU NOW
36 27 CHEMICAL BROTHERS THE SALMON DANCE
37 22 ARMAND VAN HELDEN I WANT YOUR SOUL
38 28 REVEREND & THE MAKERS HE SAID HE LOVED ME
39 37 KT TUNSTALL HOLD ON
40 98 FEIST 1234
41 108 MARK RONSON FT AMY WINEHOUSE VALERIE
42 35 MIKA BIG GIRL (YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL)
43 18 WHITE STRIPES YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
44 00 MILBURN WHAT WILL YOU DO (WHEN THE MONEY GOES)
45 69 KANYE WEST FT T-PAIN GOOD LIFE
46 36 DAVE SPOON FT LISA MAFFIA BAD GIRL (AT NIGHT)
47 41 MAROON 5 WAKE UP CALL
48 00 JACK PENATE SECOND MINUTE OR HOUR
49 38 HI-TACK LET'S DANCE
50 43 PIGEON DETECTIVES TAKE HER BACK
51 42 NATALIE IMBRUGLIA GLORIOUS
52 57 30 SECONDS TO MARS THE KILL
53 44 FRAY HOW TO SAVE A LIFE
54 39 AXWELL FT MAX'C I FOUND U
55 53 WILL I AM I GOT IT FROM MY MAMA
56 00 GALLOWS IN THE BELLY OF A SHARK
57 75 KATE NASH MOUTHWASH
58 82 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS TIRED OF BEING SORRY
59 50 AVRIL LAVIGNE WHEN YOU'RE GONE
60 00 TRAVIS MY EYES
61 00 MOBY EXTREME WAYS (BOURNE'S ULTIMATUM)
62 46 EVE TAMBOURINE
63 00 FIGHTSTAR WE APOLOGISE FOR NOTHING
64 00 IDA CORR VS FEDDE LE GRAND LET ME THINK ABOUT IT
65 47 LINKIN PARK BLEED IT OUT
66 55 KAISER CHIEFS THE ANGRY MOB
67 66 SNOW PATROL CHASING CARS
68 00 LIL' CHRIS WE DONT HAVE TO TAKE OUR CLOTHES OFF
69 00 RYANDAN LIKE THE SUN
70 78 NATALIE IMBRUGLIA TORN
71 65 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE LOVESTONED
72 45 ATHLETE HURRICANE
73 64 AMY WINEHOUSE REHAB
74 52 OUT OF OFFICE HANDS UP
75 49 EDITORS AN END HAS A START


Albums

01 00 JAMES BLUNT ALL THE LOST SOULS
02 01 KANYE WEST GRADUATION
03 04 AMY WINEHOUSE BACK TO BLACK
04 02 50 CENT CURTIS
05 00 REVEREND & THE MAKERS THE STATE OF THINGS
06 03 KT TUNSTALL DRASTIC FANTASTIC
07 07 PLAIN WHITE T'S EVERY SECOND COUNTS
08 17 LUCIANO PAVAROTTI THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION
09 00 MARK KNOPFLER KILL TO GET CRIMSON
10 109 PHIL COLLINS HITS
11 00 BOOTY LUV BOOGIE 2NITE
12 00 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS SCOUTING FOR GIRLS
13 08 ULTRABEAT THE ALBUM
14 05 NATALIE IMBRUGLIA GLORIOUS - THE SINGLES 97-07
15 00 STATUS QUO IN SEARCH OF THE FOURTH CHORD
16 10 MIKA LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION
17 09 NEWTON FAULKNER HAND BUILT BY ROBOTS
18 12 KATE NASH MADE OF BRICKS
19 15 MARC BOLAN & T-REX GREATEST HITS
20 06 HARD-FI ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
21 13 SEAN KINGSTON SEAN KINGSTON
22 11 RIHANNA GOOD GIRL GONE BAD
23 31 ENEMY WE'LL LIVE AND DIE IN THESE TOWNS
24 45 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS INSOMNIAC
25 16 POLICE THE POLICE
26 19 TIMBALAND SHOCK VALUE
27 00 BARRY MANILOW THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE SEVENTIES
28 14 KANO LONDON TOWN
29 00 PETER GRANT TRADITIONAL
30 20 SNOW PATROL EYES OPEN
31 00 HIM VENUS DOOM
32 25 PAOLO NUTINI THESE STREETS
33 32 AMY WINEHOUSE FRANK
34 22 MAROON 5 IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG
35 00 DIANA KRALL THE VERY BEST OF
36 00 TURIN BRAKES DARK ON FIRE 37 30 PIGEON DETECTIVES WAIT FOR ME
38 36 JAMES MORRISON UNDISCOVERED
39 47 TAKE THAT NEVER FORGET - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION
40 23 ELVIS PRESLEY THE KING
41 00 MANU CHAO LA RADIOLINA
42 65 JAMES BLUNT BACK TO BEDLAM
43 26 AMY MACDONALD THIS IS THE LIFE
44 27 EDITORS AN END HAS A START
45 33 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE FUTURESEX/LOVESOUNDS
46 24 PROCLAIMERS LIFE WITH YOU
47 42 FERGIE THE DUTCHESS
48 75 MARK RONSON VERSION
49 35 PINK I'M NOT DEAD
50 18 ATHLETE BEYOND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
51 29 KAISER CHIEFS YOURS TRULY ANGRY MOB
52 38 KT TUNSTALL EYE TO THE TELESCOPE
53 34 KLAXONS MYTHS OF THE NEAR FUTURE
54 37 LINKIN PARK MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT
55 21 GO TEAM PROOF OF YOUTH
56 40 KINGS OF LEON BECAUSE OF THE TIMES
57 43 KILLERS SAM'S TOWN
58 28 PAUL POTTS ONE CHANCE
59 54 ARCTIC MONKEYS FAVOURITE WORST NIGHTMARE
60 51 AVRIL LAVIGNE THE BEST DAMN THING
61 46 LILY ALLEN ALRIGHT STILL
62 41 PRINCE ULTIMATE
63 67 FOO FIGHTERS IN YOUR HONOUR
64 61 HARD-FI STARS OF CCTV
65 73 30 SECONDS TO MARS A BEAUTIFUL LIE
66 50 FRATELLIS COSTELLO MUSIC
67 48 KANYE WEST LATE REGISTRATION
68 60 WHITE STRIPES ICKY THUMP
69 58 PARAMORE RIOT
70 00 RUMBLE STRIPS GIRLS AND WEATHER
71 199 SUGABABES OVERLOADED - THE SINGLES COLLECTION
72 83 JAMIROQUAI HIGH TIMES - SINGLES 1992-2006
73 82 IL DIVO SIEMPRE
74 102 KOOKS INSIDE IN/INSIDE OUT
75 70 CHEMICAL BROTHERS WE ARE THE NIGHT

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backintime said:

Perfect timing! (Although I have just realised Billiam entered three places above them. ) Chart up asap, by the way...

Well, at least this won't be their peak. Unlike Billiam I hope please God

[AFRO SAMURAI]

Great chart this week... YEAH JAMES!!

* I'm really happy with the Babyshambles debut! Completely deserved and their second best charting single to date.

* Excellent leap for Mark Ronson & Amy Winehouse -- almost a month before the official single even comes out!!

* I expected Mika's album to hold steady with the new single, but it hasn't been able to maintain its spot very well. A few weeks ago, it was top 5. I was hoping that if album sales remained strong with "Happy Ending" on the airwaves, we might be able to get another single off the album...

* I guess I was wrong, but I thought "Suburban Knights" did well enough to prevent such a huge fall for the album.

[TotallyEnormousExtinctDinosaur]

Nothing too exciting.

Congrats to James though.

[tozion]

I'm soooooo tired.

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Kingston, Blunt Rule On U.K. Charts

September 24, 2007, 10:15 AM ET
Paul Sexton, London

As Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girls" (Beluga Heights/Epic) bagged a fourth week atop the U.K. singles chart, there was an instant No. 1 on the album survey for James Blunt's "All the Lost Souls" (Custard/Atlantic).

Blunt's speedy new success, with opening sales of close to 118,000, was in marked contrast to the slow burn of its predecessor "Back to Bedlam," which took about nine months to reach the top of the British chart. "Souls" thus ended Kanye West's one-week reign with "Graduation" (Roc-A-Fella/Mercury), which fell to No. 2.

Sheffield indie rock outfit Reverend and the Makers arrived at No. 5 with their debut album, "The State of Things" (Wall of Sound) and two veterans scored top 10 entries: Mark Knopfler at No. 9 with his fifth solo studio album, "Kill To Get Crimson" (Mercury), and Phil Collins at No. 10 with "Hits" (Virgin). The sales spurt is via a compilation that first appeared in 1998 and has new momentum thanks to budget pricing and interest in his first solo hit "In the Air Tonight" via its use in a humorous commercial for Cadbury's chocolate. The track climbs 23-17 on the singles chart.

That list saw Kingston stay ahead of "Ayo Technology" (Interscope) by 50 Cent featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland, which rose 5-2. Pete Doherty's band Babyshambles had the highest new entry of the week at No. 6 with "Delivery" (Parlophone), the first single from the Stephen Street-produced "Shotter's Nation," which follows on Oct. 1.

As Scouting for Girls moved back 10-7 with "She's So Lovely" (Epic) and entered at No. 12 with their self-titled debut album, Foo Fighters jumped 21-8 with the single "The Pretender" (RCA). Their new album "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace" is out today. There was a 33-13 climb for the reissued "Young Folks" (Wichita) by Peter Bjorn & John featuring Swedish singer Victoria Bergsman, and yet another No. 14 for Elvis Presley, his fourth in as many weeks, with the reissued "Don't" (RCA).

West may have trounced 50 Cent last week in the battle of the heavyweight rappers on The Billboard 200, and in the U.K., but across Europe as a whole the tables were turned, as 50's "Curtis" (Aftermath/G-Unit/Interscope) debuted at No. 1 on European Top 100 Albums. West's "Graduation" (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam) only entered at No.3.

The Eurochart Hot 100 Singles tally also had a new leader, as Blunt's "1973" (Atlantic) climbed to No. 1 after two weeks in the runner-up spot.