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UK Pop Music Charts August 25, 2008

Singles and Albums

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Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl

Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl

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Top 5 Pop Singles

  1. Katy Perry - "I Kissed a Girl"
  2. Script - "The Man Who Can't Be Moved"
  3. Kid Rock - "All Summer Long"
  4. Rihanna - "Disturbia"
  5. Madcon - "Beggin'"

Big Chart Movers

  • #32-#20 Taio Cruz - "She's Like a Star"
  • #49-#35 Alphabeat - "Boyfriend"

Hot New Singles

  • #10 Biffy Clyro - "Mountains"
  • #16 Automatic - "Steve McQueen"
  • #36 Metallica - "The Day That Never Comes"

Comments

Katy Perry holds firm at the top for a 3rd consecutive week. Scottish group Biffy Clyro score their first top 10 hit after 9 appearances in the pop top 40. Metallica makes a strong return to the chart with only 1 full day of sales.

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Top 5 Pop Albums

  1. The Script - The Script
  2. Abba - Gold
  3. Duffy - Rockferry
  4. Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
  5. Cast Album - Monkey: Journey to the West

Hot New Albums

  • #16 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Greatest Hits
  • #23 Black Stone Cherry - Folklore & Superstition

Comments

The top 4 albums this week are the same as last week. The collection Monkey: Journey to the West debuting at #5 is the latest collaboration of Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, co-creators of Gorillaz. The Lynyrd Skynyrd Greatest Hits set rides the success of the "Sweet Home Alabama" sample in Kid Rock's huge hit "All Summer Long."

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