Top 5 Pop Singles
- Meck featuring Leo Sayer - Thunder In My Heart Again
- Notorious B.I.G. featuring Diddy and Nelly - Nasty Girl <Listen>
- Ordinary Boys - Boys Will Be Boys
- Chris Brown - Run It! <Listen>
- Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round <Listen>
Hot New Singles
- #7 The Source featuring Candi Staton - You Got the Love <Listen>
- #8 Fall Out Boy - Sugar, We're Goin' Down <Listen>
- #18 Kubb - Grow
Comments
Old disco and dance music are big this week as the top 2 debut hits belong to a reworking of a 70's disco-pop hit by Leo Sayer, "Thunder In My Heart Again," entering at #1, and a reworking of an 80's disco-dance flop by Candi Station, "You Got the Love" showing up at #7. Although Fall Out Boy's "Sugar, We're Goin' Down" had been slowly climbing the charts, this week it made a huge jump to #8. It officially counts as a new entry, because the new commercial release is a complete repackaging including a new catalog number.
For more chart details, visit The Official Charts Company.
Top 5 Pop Albums
- Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
- James Blunt - Back to Bedlam
- Richard Ashcroft - Keys to the World
- Will Young - Keep On
- Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway
Hot New Albums
- #8 Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
- #29 Chris Brown - Chris Brown
Comments
The new entry into the top 5 this week is due to a 5 place climb by Kelly Clarkson's year old Breakaway album. She will receive even more publicity from her appearance at the 2006 Brit Awards. A bit further down the chart, Chris Brown is making his first appearance on the UK album chart at #29 just a week after his debut single "Run It!" opened at #2 on the singles chart.
For more chart details, visit The Official Charts Company.
Best Bets For Next Week's Singles Chart
- Goldfrapp - Ride the White Horse
Goldfrapp have taken their futuristic Moroder-inspired dance-pop into the top 10 twice already from their current album. This single may just do it again - Boy Kill Boy - Back Again
They have the big buzz and the momentum. UK music fans have seen them on tour with Hard-Fi. - The Magic Numbers - I See You, You See Me
The Magic Numbers are certainly one of the most welcome new bands of 2005. 3 top 40 singles have already emerged from their first album. "I See You, You See Me" is looking to be the 4th.
