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UK Pop Music Charts May 26, 2008

Singles and Albums

By Bill Lamb, About.com

Rihanna - Take a Bow

Rihanna - Take a Bow

Courtesy Def Jam

Top 5 Pop Singles

  1. Rihanna - "Take a Bow"
  2. Ting Tings - "That's Not My Name"
  3. Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake - "4 Minutes"
  4. will.i.am featuring Cheryl Cole - "Heartbreaker"
  5. Sam Sparro - "Black and Gold"

Big Chart Movers

Hot New Singles

  • #23 Alphabeat - "Ten Thousand Nights"
  • #27 Fratellis - "Mistress Mabel"
  • #28 Zutons - "Always Right Behind You"

Comments

Rihanna edges one more spot upward to gain the second #1 hit in the UK of her career. The first was "Umbrella." Sara Bareilles is making the same stealth approach to the top of the charts in the UK that she did in the US early in the year. "Love Song" enters the top 20 this week.

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Top 5 Pop Albums

  1. Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
  2. Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark
  3. Duffy - Rockferry
  4. Scooter - Jumping All Over the World
  5. Pendulum - In Silico

Hot New Albums

  • #6 Beth Rowley - Little Dreamer
  • #8 Neil Diamond - The Best of Neil Diamond
  • #9 Cistercian Monks - Chant: Music for Paradise

Comments

The Ting Tings are turning out to be one of the key breakout acts for the summer of 2008. Their first album We Started Nothing flies into the chart at the top. Peruvian-born eclectic singer-songwriter Beth Rowley has a strong #6 opening with her debut release.

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