Top 5 Pop Singles
- One Direction - "What Makes You Beautiful"
- Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera - "Moves Like Jagger"
- Pixie Lott - "All About Tonight"
- Olly Murs featuring Rizzle Kicks - "Heart Skips a Beat"
- Saturdays - "All Fired Up"
Big Chart Movers
- #26-#15 - Rihanna - "Cheers (Drink To That)"
- #38-#26 - Nicki Minaj featuring Rihanna - "Fly"
- #55-#31 - David Guetta featuring Usher - "Without You"
Hot New Pop Songs
- #20 - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - "AKA What a Life"
- #28 - Kasabian - "Days Are Forgotten"
- #40 - Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse - "Body and Soul"
Comments
One Direction, the boy band who finished #3 on last year's X Factor, open this week with the fastest selling single of 2011 so far. "What Makes You Beautiful" is a #1 hit while selling over 150,000 copies. "Moves Like Jagger" holds at #2 while it sits comfortably at the top of the pop singles chart in the US. The new group from former Oasis member Noel Gallagher place their second single in the top 20 this week. The debut album Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds is not due until October.
For more chart details, visit The Official Charts Company.
Top 5 Pop Albums
- Ed Sheeran - +
- Adele - 21
- Example - Playing In the Shadows
- Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know
- Joe McElderry - Classic
Hot New Albums
- #10 Kooks - Junk Of the Heart
- #17 Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn Of Events
- #23 Imelda May - Mayhem
Comments
Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran follows consecutive top 5 pop hit singles with a #1 debut for his first album +. Celebrated folk musician Laura Marling earns her second consecutive #4 album. Kooks have a disappointing debut at #10 for Junk Of the Heart after their first two releases reached the top 2.
