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UK Pop Music Charts December 29, 2008

Singles and Albums

By Bill Lamb, About.com

Alexandra Burke - "Hallelujah"

Alexandra Burke - "Hallelujah"

Courtesy SonyBMG

Top 5 Pop Singles

  1. Alexandra Burke - "Hallelujah"
  2. Leona Lewis - "Run"
  3. Beyonce - "If I Were a Boy"
  4. James Morrison featuring Nelly Furtado - "Broken Strings"
  5. Kings of Leon - "Use Somebody"

Big Chart Movers

Hot New Singles

  • #27 50 Cent - "Get Up"

Comments

This year's X Factor winner Alexandra Burke holds on to the top of the pop singles chart this week with sales strong enough to become the biggest selling single of the year. Katy Perry and Pink, 2 of the top female artists in the US in 2008, make strong upward moves.

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Top 5 Pop Albums

  1. Take That - The Circus
  2. Leona Lewis - Spirit
  3. Kings of Leon - Only By the Night
  4. The Killers - Day & Age
  5. Girls Aloud - Out of Control

Comments

The album release schedule has slowed to a point that there are no new albums in the top 50 this week and the top 5 remain exactly what they were last week.

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