Let's see what we have here then. Info from Radio 1 and last week's stuff in brackets.
Can The Gossip stun the world and take #1 in their 19th week on the chart? Can Take That hold off the competition to keep Shine up for a second week?
The Official UK Singles Chart
#1: Take That - Shine (1)
#2: Gwen Stefani ft. Akon - The Sweet Escape (3)
#3: Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby (2)
#4: Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around Comes Around (10)
#5: The Fray - How To Save A Life (5)
#6: Mika - Grace Kelly (4)
#7: Fedde Le Grand ft Camille Jones - Creeps (NE)
#8: Kelis ft. Cee-Lo - Lil Star (6)
#9: The Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control (7)
#10: Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
Notable New Entries
#14: Biffy Clyro - Saturday Superhouse
#17: Calvin Harris - Acceptable In The 80s
#23: Madness - Sorry
#28: Enter Shikari - Anything Could Happen In The Next Half-Hour
#37: Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly - I Spy
#39: Good Charlotte - Keep Your Hands Off My Girl
#40: LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum
Analysis
100% result for the Biffy boys up there, good entries too for Enter Shikari and Mr Harris. Disappointing starts for James Murphy, Sam Duckworth and Good Charlotte at the bottom.
Always heartening to see Nelly Furtado in the top ten, one of my personal favourite solo females.
Shame to see Beth Ditto and the boys drop 2 in the week of SITWOC's second physical release their success though is life affirming even though their decision this week to sign to an all-gay label for their 4th album disappointed me, I don't see why they have to segregate themselves from the rest of the music world and make it an issue like that. I'll talk more about it next week though I did lose a lot of respect for them when I read that.
Kelis has really matured for this new single. Hopefully we won't be hearing a new Milkshake (or the old one) any time soon. Cee-Lo Green's screechy voice really grates on me though.
Sorry, Fedde Le Grand doesn't do anything for me except maybe improve my Google ranking. Still, at least its better than 'Detroit'.
Mr Mika slams on the brakes slightly but this is his 3rd slip in as many weeks. Still being at #6 after 3 drops is nonetheless rather impressive, but who the hell is still buying this after 2 months?
If he's slammed on the brakes though then The Fray have put their tent up ready for a hurricane because they aren't going anywhere. Since getting into the top 5 a few weeks ago they haven't left and this is their 3rd week at #5.
Bit of a leap for Justin Trousersnake, no surprises there.
Kaisers also dropping for the 2nd straight week. It will be interesting to see how long they can stay in the chart for.
So in a straight fight it comes down to an ex-punk singer vs 4 guys from Manchester. The Manchester boys were always going to take it really. Now lets move on to the Album Chart.
The Official UK Album Chart
#1: Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob (1)
#2: Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (NE)
#3: Take That - Beautiful World (2)
#4: Russell Watson - That's Life (NE)
#5: Bryan Ferry - Dylanesque (NE)
Mika's dropping like a baby's testicles in the album chart, down to #13 this week from 4. He's also gone from the Download Chart. Good shot by the canadians at #2.
Next Week
Scissor Sisters - She's My Man
Robbie Williams - She's Madonna
Christina Aguilera - Candyman
Joss Stone - Tell Me About It
Fedde Le Grand - Creeps
Yep, a whole crock of shit next week.
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