UK chart news

Singles



1 1 9 Gotye feat. Kimbra Somebody That I Used To Know 81.437
2 3 4 Emeli Sande Next To Me 54.909
3 5 4 Nicki Minaj Starships 53.661
4 4 7 Flo-rida feat. Sia Wild Ones
5 N 1 StooShe feat. Travie McCoy Love Me/F**k Me 37.780
6 6 4 DJ Fresh feat. Rita Ora Hot Right Now
7 N 1 Tinchy Stryder feat. Pixie Lott Bright Lights 34.012
8 7 13 David Guetta feat. Sia Titanium
9 N 1 Marcus Collins Seven Nation Army 30.781
10 11 10 David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj Turn Me On 30.031
11 10 12 Jessie J Domino
12 8 9 Kelly Clarkson Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)
13 2 2 Dappy feat. Brian May RockStar
14 9 8 Ed Sheeran Drunk
15 16 25 LMFAO Sexy And I Know It
16 14 14 Rizzle Kicks Mama Do The Hump
17 20 6 Lil' Wayne feat. Bruno Mars Mirror 17.155
18 27 3 Jay-Z & Kanye West N****s In Paris 16.325
19 17 6 Alyssa Reid feat. Jump Smokers Alone Again
20 13 2 Chiddy Bang Ray Charles
21 15 3 Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch Ass Back Home
22 19 10 Pitbull feat. Chris Brown International Love
23 18 5 Will.I.Am. feat. Mick Jagger & Jennifer Lopez T.H.E (The Hardest Ever)
24 30 16 Olly Murs Dance With Me Tonight
25 26 7 Cover Drive Twilight
26 24 23 Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris We Found Love
27 31 20 Coldplay Paradise
28 21 7 Lana Del Rey Born To Die
29 35 30 Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera Moves Like Jagger
30 25 7 Jason Derulo Breathing
31 75 4 Rihanna feat. Jay-Z Talk That Talk 9.862
32 34 21 Lana Del Rey Video Games
33 36 17 Flo-rida Good Feeling
34 N 1 Taio Cruz feat. Flo-Rida Hangover 8.210
35 29 23 Ed Sheeran Lego House
36 40 20 Labrinth feat. Tinie Tempah Earthquake
37 47 17 Drake feat. Rihanna Take Care
38 37 4 Coldplay Charlie Brown
39 23 2 Arctic Monkeys R U Mine
40 38 14 Lloyd feat. Andre 3000 & Lil Wayne Dedication To My Ex (Miss That)
41 22 2 Madeon Icarus
42 53 49 LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock Party Rock Anthem
43 49 3 Tyga Rack City
44 43 16 Avicii Levels
45 39 36 Christina Perri Jar of Hearts
46 67 3 Azealia Banks Ft Lazy Jay 212
47 33 9 Cher Lloyd feat. Astro Want U Back
48 56 4 MIA Bad Girls
49 44 9 Nadia Ali Rapture
50 41 20 Emeli Sande Heaven
51 R 1 LMFAO Sorry For Party Rocking
52 28 2 Utah Saints V Drumsound & Bassline Smith What Can You Do For Me
53 N 1 Dot Rotten R U Not Entertained?
54 32 2 Demi Lovato SkyScraper
55 42 8 One Direction One Thing
56 50 7 Redlight Get Out My Head
57 46 59 Adele Someone Like You
58 45 54 Adele Rolling In The Deep
59 52 42 Adele Set Fire To The Rain
60 66 28 David Guetta feat. Usher Without You
61 54 26 One Direction What Makes You Beautiful
62 64 5 Florence + The Machine No Light, No Light
63 55 18 Florence + The Machine Shake It Out
64 48 39 Ed Sheeran The A Team
65 62 21 Katy Perry The One That Got Away
66 58 17 Beyonce Love On Top
67 N 1 Lissie Go Your Own Way
68 R 22 Charlene Soraia Wherever You Will Go
69 63 28 Olly Murs feat. Rizzle Kicks Heart Skips A Beat
70 61 9 Pixie Lott Kiss The Stars
71 N 1 The Black Keys Gold On The Ceiling
72 60 9 M83 Midnight City
73 72 35 Foster The People Pumped Up Kicks
74 12 2 Matt Redman & LZ7 Twenty Seven Million
75 71 16 Rihanna You Da One

Its sales declining for the second week in a row, Somebody That I Used To Know nevertheless tops the chart for the fourth time in five weeks for Gotye feat. Kimbra. Selling 81,437 copies in the week, it has a fairly easy victory over Emeli Sande's Next To Me, which rebounds 3-2 despite its sales falling 1.11% week-on-week to 54,909. It also becomes the first single to sell more than half a million copies in 2012, with year-to-date sales of 558,348 (and career sales of 564,964) to midnight on Saturday.
Nicki Minaj's Starships rockets 5-3, with sales up 8.33% week-on-week to 53,661. None of the 14 previous Top 75 hits on which Minaj has featured since her August 2010 chart debut has gone into higher chart orbit - thought Where Them Girls At?, which was credited to David Guetta feat. Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj, also reached number three. Her more recent collaboration with Guetta - Turn Me On - reached number eight a fortnight ago, and returns to the Top 10 this week, climbing 11-10 (30,031 sales).
The week's highest new entry is Love Me, the debut hit by London-based girl group StooShe. Also featuring Travie McCoy of Gym Class Heroes, the track debuts at number five (37,780 sales). It shades another collaboration, Bright Lights, which debuts at number seven (34,012 sales) for Tinchy Stryder feat. Pixie Lott. The third single from Stryder's fourth album, Full Tank, which was released today (12th), it is his 15th hit, and Lott's 12th. Lot was the primary artist of all of her previous hits, as was Stryder on all but two of his.
Runner-up to Little Mix in the eighth (2011) season of The X Factor, Liverpudlian Marcus Collins enters the chart with his first single, a cover of White Stripes 2003 single 7 Nation Army. Collins' version - styled Seven Nation Army - debuts at number nine. The White Stripes original debuted and peaked at number seven but in an era of low sales it shifted only 14,579 copies to earn that spot. Collins' version sold more than twice as many - 30,781 copies - last week. In terms of the long game, however, Collins has a long way to go to match the original, which has amassed total sales of 245,822, including 2,986 last week, enough for it to climb 108-81 on the latest chart.
Meanwhile, Hangover debuts at number 34 (8,210 sales) for Taio Cruz feat. Flo Rida.
Lil Wayne can reflect on the fact that Mirrors is the highest charting of eight hits on which he has been the primary artist. Climbing 68-38-23-21-20-17, the track is his 28th hit in all - but on 20 of them his name was on the right of the featuring credit. Featuring Bruno Mars, Mirrors has thus far sold 105,647 copies, 17,155 of them last week.
N****s In Paris is the third single from hip-hop heroes Jay-Z and Kanye West's collaborative album Watch The Throne, and the highest charting. Otis (feat. Otis Redding) and Lift Off (feat. Beyonce) reached number 28, and number 48, respectively but N****s In Paris has eclipsed them both, moving 37-27-18 in the last fortnight, and sold 16,325 copies last week. Another track on which Jay-Z features, Talk That Talk, is resurgent. The title track from Rihanna's current album, and credited to Rihanna feat. Jay-Z, it reached number 25 in December on the album's release but it is only now an official single, and jumps 75-31 (9,862 sales) on its way to a doubtless higher peak.
Overall singles sales are down 6.89% week-on-week at 3,196,574 - 6.95% above same week 2011 sales of 2,988,811.
Albums



1 N 1 Bruce Springsteen Wrecking Ball 74.401
2 N 1 Military Wives In My Dreams 56.154
3 1 4 Emeli Sande Our Version Of Events 35.498
4 2 59 Adele 21 32.526
5 3 26 Ed Sheeran +
6 4 6 Lana Del Rey Born To Die
7 N 1 Lionel Richie Tuskegee 19.320
8 N 1 Katie Melua Secret Symphony 19.071
9 8 20 Coldplay Mylo Xyloto
10 6 4 Gotye Making Mirrors
11 11 28 David Guetta Nothing But The Beat
12 N 1 Gilbert O'Sullivan The Very Best Of 9.908
13 N 3 Civil Wars Barton Hollow 9.143
14 10 129 Adele 19
15 9 19 Florence + The Machine Ceremonials
16 N 1 Justin Fletcher Hands Up…The Album 8.715
17 30 6 Chris Isaak Beyond The Sun 8.256
18 12 21 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
19 16 14 The Black Keys El Camino
20 19 15 Olly Murs In Case You Didn't Know
21 13 54 Jessie J Who You Are
22 7 4 Whitney Houston The Essential Whitney Houston
23 15 60 Bruno Mars Doo-Wops & Hooligans
24 18 19 Rizzle Kicks Stereo Typical
25 14 5 Maverick Sabre Lonely Are The Brave
26 26 25 LMFAO Sorry For Party Rocking
27 24 16 Jay-Z & Kanye West Watch The Throne
28 N 1 Dry The River Shallow Bed 5.930
29 5 2 Meat Loaf Hell In A Handbasket
30 17 16 One Direction Up All Night
31 25 14 Rebecca Ferguson Heaven
32 21 16 Rihanna Talk That Talk
33 N 1 Sinead O'Connor How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? 4.950
34 20 17 Ben Howard Every Kingdom
35 27 69 Rihanna Loud
36 N 1 Doris Day The Ultimate Collection 4.389
37 29 80 Katy Perry Teenage Dream
38 N 1 Andre Rieu You Raise Me Up - Songs For Mum 3.849
39 41 122 Florence + The Machine Lungs
40 N 1 Mary Byrne With Love 3.743
41 R 1 Bread The Very Best Of
42 31 25 Kasabian Velociraptor!
43 28 8 Kelly Clarkson Stronger
44 N 1 The Fray Scars and Stories
45 36 61 Nicki Minaj Pink Friday
46 33 58 Chase & Status No More Idols
47 R 6 Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman
48 N 1 The Stranglers Giants
49 32 14 Amy Winehouse Lioness : Hidden Treasures
50 42 42 Lady Gaga Born This Way
51 N 1 Chiddy Bang Breakfast
52 53 29 Will Young Echoes
53 50 17 JLS Jukebox
54 48 11 Lady Antebellum Own The Night
55 R 65 Tinie Tempah Disc-Overy
56 34 41 The Vaccines What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?
57 44 6 Leonard Cohen Old Ideas
58 74 26 Abba 18 Hits
59 49 30 Maroon 5 Hands All Over
60 47 17 Drake Take Care
61 N 1 We Are Augustines Rise Ye Sunken Ships
62 39 8 The Maccabees Given To The Wild
63 35 25 Christina Perri Lovestrong
64 67 123 Mumford & Sons Sigh No More
65 46 17 Snow Patrol Fallen Empires
66 59 125 Michael Buble Crazy Love
67 65 62 Olly Murs Olly Murs
68 R 7 Fleetwood Mac Rumours
69 R 31 Nina Simone The Very Best Of
70 43 26 Example Playing In The Shadows
71 R 27 Madonna Celebration
72 54 22 Nero Welcome Reality
73 40 6 Blur The Best Of
74 R 1 Lionel Richie Back To Front
75 57 20 Matt Cardle Letters

Proving he is still the boss, Bruce Springsteen takes his wrecking ball to the hopes of Military Wives this week to achieve his ninth number one album. Comprising 11 new songs penned by Springsteen, Wrecking Ball is his 17th studio album and racked up impressive first week sales of 74,401 - the second highest for a new album by the veteran singer/songwriter in the 21st century, beaten only by the mark set by Magic, which sold 77,692 copies the week it opened at number one in 2007.
Springsteen first topped the chart in 1984 with Born In The USA, and subsequently returned to the summit with Tunnel Of Love (1987), Human Touch (1992), Greatest Hits (1995), The Rising (2002), Devils And Dust (2005), Magic (2007) and Working On A Dream (2009). The only male solo artist with more number one albums is Elvis Presley, who has 11, three of them posthumously. Robbie Williams also has nine, to share second place. Springsteen has charted 29 albums in the UK, including compialtions and live sets, dating all the way back to 1975’s Born To Run.
Although beaten by Springsteen, The Military Wives' debut album In My Dreams opens strongly at number two on sales of 56,154 - and with Mother's Day falling this Sunday (17th) it must still stand a chance of reaching pole position, with its safe versions of classic songs like You've Got A Friend (Carole King), With Or Without You (U2) and True Love Ways (Buddy Holly) plus the original title track, and number one single Wherever You Are.
Emeli Sande's debut album, Our Version Of Events, is toppled from the album summit for the second time, falling to number three on sales of 35,498 copies. Adele's 21 is also off a couple of notches to accommodate the newcomers, slipping 2-4 (32,526 sales).
Katie Melua's first four studio albums all made the top five. Her fifth, Secret Symphony, debuts at number eight this week (19,071 sales). Only her debut album, Call Off The Search, made a slower start, debuting at number 40 on sales of 10,999 in 2003 - though it was subsequently a smash, racking up sales of 1,874,263 to date. Follow-up Piece By Piece smashed its way to a number one debut on sales of 120,549 in 2005, Pictures debuted at number two on sales of 53,878 in 2007, and The House arrived at number four in 2010 on sales of 29,611 copies.
Although 62, Bruce Springsteen isn't even one of the three oldest artists to register a new entry on the chart this week - he is younger than Lionel Richie, Gilbert O'Sullivan and Doris Day.
Lionel Richie, who was three months old when Springsteen was born, makes a strong debut at number seven (19,320 sales) with Tuskegee. Named after his Alabama birthplace, it has a distinctly country flavour, and comprises duet remakes of songs he previously cut solo and with The Commodores. Co-vocalists include Willie Nelson (Easy), Darius Rucker (Stuck On You), Tim McGraw (Sail On) - and, most surprisingly, Pixie Lott (Angel). It is Richie's 11th Top 10 album.
65 year old Gilbert O'Sullivan and 87 year old Doris Day return with new compilations. The Very Best Of Gilbert O'Sullivan - A Singer And His Songs (number 12, 9,908 sales) on USM complements sister label Salvo's ongoing reissues of original Sullivan albums, and celebrates his 45th anniversary as a recording artist. It provides his first chart appearance since his weakly punning EMI title, The Berry Vest Of - which reached number 20 and sold 80,000 copies in 2004 - and is his highest charting set since 1974, when Stranger In My Own Back Yard reached number nine.
Doris Day was last in the charts much more recently, reaching number nine with My Heart - a collection of previously unissued recordings - last September, and number 65 with The Greatest Hits & More the following month. She is back again with the new compilation, The Ultimate Collection debuting at number 36 (4,389 sales).
Dutch violinist and bandleader Andre Rieu is younger than Springsteen - by eight days - and registers his seventh chart album with You Raise Me Up: Songs For Mum (number 38, 3,849 sales).
Also new to the Top 40 in a busy week, CBeebies' TV presenter Justin Fletcher's compendium of children's songs, Hands Up - The Album (number 16, 8,715 sales), the follow-up to 2008 release Sings Something Special, which never charted but has sold 33,283 copies; London folk/rock band Dry The River's debut release Shallow Bed (number 28, 5,930 sales); and How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? (number 33, 4,950 sales), Sinead O'Connor's highest charting album since Universal Mother, number 19 in 1994.
Beyond The Sun became Chris Isaak's highest charting album for 21 years when it debuted at number six in February. With Isaak making several radio and TV appearances in the last fortnight - most notably on Let's Dance For Sport Relief (BBC), Loose Women (ITV) and Live With Gabby (Channel 5), the album has jumped 91-30-17. Sales of 8,256 copies last week raise its seven week tally to 42,489. Nashville duo The Civil Wars are also resurgent with their album Barton Hollow. Originally released in February 2011, the album reached number 54 last October, and has now been expanded, with covers of Michael Jackson's Billie Jean and Leonard Cohen's Dance Me To The End Of Love plus originals Goodbye Girl and Marionette among the new additions. It re-enters the chart at number 13 (9,143 sales).
Joining Gilbert O'Sullivan and Sinead O'Connor in Top 40, which therefore hosts three debuts by Irish acts this week, X Factor alumnus Mary Byrne's second album, ...With Love, debuts at number 40 (3,743). Her debut album, Mine & Yours, reached number six last year.
Overall album sales are up 8.30% week-on-week at 1,746,222 - 8.63% below same week 2011 sales of 1,911,098.