BoyToy Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 The uk is so dense at times.I'm guessing all the no brain lemming asdarrgh shopping crew who need to buy a mothers day gift have bought this pile of sap with there 1.99 bunch of flowers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promise to try Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Ronan keating number 1? a, is with a covers´s album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoyToy Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Ronan keating number 1? a, is with a covers´s album Yep a rush release for mothers day and full of covers dedicated to his mum who died a few years back,she should think herself lucky she's never going to hear this uninspired collection of dross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroco Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 I detest Ronan Keating. How has he managed this? Well apart from the shameless plug his new "single" received on the Comic Relief trek programme I wouldn't have known he had any solo stuff out. I happily believed his career was dead in the water. Conceited, contrived voice, crap performer esp live. I agree with QB..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkydita Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 1 - Flo Rida 10 - Beyonce 13 - La Roux 17 - PSB Albums 1 - Ronan (selling nearly twice as much as Annie) 2 - Annie Lennox 7 - Peter Doherty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braby Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 I bet the record company are very surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Bitch Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 I detest Ronan Keating. How has he managed this? Tesco's are selling it for for £5.97 - probably similar deals are being offered by other supermarkets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroco Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Tesco's are selling it for for £5.97 - probably similar deals are being offered by other supermarkets. That explains part of its success. Oh well, he will be number 1 if he is twice the sales of Annie at 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroco Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 1 - Flo Rida 10 - Beyonce 13 - La Roux 17 - PSB Albums 1 - Ronan (selling nearly twice as much as Annie) 2 - Annie Lennox 7 - Peter Doherty Hope the PSBs hold their position through the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkydita Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Hope the PSBs hold their position through the week. Me too, they climbed from 20 yesterday so fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroco Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Found this on Haven. Midweek sales up until the close of business Tuesday. Ronan has it in the bag. Plus, all the promotion Faryl has been receiving doesn't seem to be generating spectacular sales. I guess Friday and Saturday because of Mother's Day on Sunday. SINGLES 1 Flo Rida (25.4k) 2 Nessa & Bryn (23.8k) 74 copies ahead 3 Lady Gaga (23.7k) 4 Saturdays (19.4k) ALBUMS 1 Ronan Keating (29.2k) 2 Annie Lennox (14.9k) 3 Kings Of Leon (13.6k) 4 Faryl (11.6k) 5 U2 (10.8k) 6 Kelly Clarkson (10k) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkydita Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Today's update 1 - Flo Rida 2 - Gaga (just over a thousand behind Flo) 13 - La Roux 14 - Pet Shop Boys Albums 1 - Ronan 2 - Annie (17.5k behind Ronan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Bitch Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 4 Faryl (11.6k) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugly Hecty Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 PSB could go top 10. Wonderful for La Roux too. And GaGa for #1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promise to try Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 PSB at number 14! they were out of the top 20 this monday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroco Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 PSB could go top 10. Be great if they do but their download sales seem to be frontloaded. At least top 20 seems to be secured. In fact, with single sales much higher now they are probably going to have the highest weekly sale since the nineties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promise to try Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 RADIO AIRPLAY 1 2 Taylor Swift Love Story 2 1 Take That Up All Night 3 4 Alesha Dixon Breathe Slow 4 3 Lily Allen The Fear 5 13 Lady Gaga Poker Face 6 5 Kelly Clarkson My Life Would Suck Without You 7 10 Flo-rida Right Round 8 7 The Script Talk You Down 9 30 Beyonce Halo 10 8 T.I. feat Justin Timberlake Dead & Gone 11 15 Jennifer Hudson If This Isn't Love 12 19 Akon Beautiful 13 11 James Morrison feat. Nelly Furtado Broken Strings 14 31 Katy Perry Thinking Of You 15 9 Shontelle T-Shirt 16 6 The Saturdays Just Can't Get Enough 17 12 Lady Gaga Just Dance 18 20 Steve Angello & Laidback Luke feat. Robin S Show Me Love 19 18 Pink Sober 20 83 James Morrison Please Don't Stop The Rain 21 27 Lionel Richie Just Go 22 17 Beyonce Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) 23 28 September Can't Get Over 24 23 Pet Shop Boys Love etc 25 39 Noisettes Don't Upset The Rhythm 26 57 Metro Station Shake It 27 24 Girls Aloud The Promise 28 29 Kings of Leon Use Somebody 29 25 The Killers Human 30 14 Kings of Leon Revelry 31 79 Sugarland All I Want To Do 32 16 Annie Lennox Shining Light 33 21 The Prodigy Omen 34 55 A R Rahman & Pussycat Dolls feat. Nicole Scherzinger Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) 35 33 Jennifer Hudson Spotlight 36 34 Kid Cudi Vs. Crookers Day 'N' Nite 37 80 Fleet Foxes White Winter Hymnal 38 91 Tony Christie Every Word She Said 39 38 Pussycat Dolls & Missy Elliott Whatcha Think About That 40 32 The Saturdays Issues 41 41 Calvin Harris I'm Not Alone 42 67 Oasis Falling Down 43 35 Seal Its Alright 44 43 Doves Kingdom Of Rust 45 129 White Lies Farewell To The Fairground 46 42 Beyonce If I Were A Boy 47 97 Royksopp Happy Up Here 48 36 Snow Patrol If There's A Rocket Tie Me To It 49 75 Keane Better Than This 50 54 Take That Greatest Day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promise to try Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 SINGLES 1 4 10 Lady Gaga Poker Face 2 2 3 Flo-rida Right Round 3 1 2 Vanessa Jenkins & Bryn West Feat. Tom Jones & Robin Gibb Islands In The Stream 4 3 3 The Saturdays Just Can't Get Enough 5 5 5 Taylor Swift Love Story 6 7 6 T.I. feat Justin Timberlake Dead & Gone 7 6 4 Kelly Clarkson My Life Would Suck Without You 8 9 3 Akon feat. Kardinal Offishall & Colby O'donis Beautiful 9 20 3 Beyonce Halo 10 8 26 Kings of Leon Use Somebody 11 N 1 La Roux In For The Kill 12 11 12 Lady Gaga Just Dance 13 18 17 James Morrison feat. Nelly Furtado Broken Strings 14 N 1 Pet Shop Boys Love etc 15 16 6 The Prodigy Omen 16 14 2 September Can't Get Over 17 12 8 Lily Allen The Fear 18 15 11 Alesha Dixon Breathe Slow 19 17 7 Take That Up All Night 20 N 1 A R Rahman & Pussycat Dolls feat. Nicole Scherzinger Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) 21 13 9 Shontelle T-Shirt 22 37 3 Metro Station Shake It 23 21 6 Eminem feat. Dr Dre & 50 Cent Crack A Bottle 24 22 18 Beyonce Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) 25 10 2 Oasis Falling Down 26 19 8 Pussycat Dolls & Missy Elliott Whatcha Think About That 27 52 2 Franz Ferdinand No You Girls 28 24 10 Kid Cudi Vs. Crookers Day 'N' Nite 29 23 28 Kings of Leon Sex On Fire 30 N 3 Enrique Iglesias feat. Ciara Takin' Back My Love 31 26 3 Chipmunk Chip Diddy Chip 32 25 11 Tinchy Stryder feat. Taio Cruz Take Me Back 33 27 9 Katy Perry Thinking Of You 34 29 9 All-american Rejects Gives You Hell 35 28 19 The Killers Human 36 30 15 Jason Mraz I'm Yours 37 31 4 Kings of Leon Revelry 38 33 13 N-Dubz Strong Again 39 35 15 The Saturdays Issues 40 34 26 Katy Perry Hot N Cold 41 N 1 KIG Heads Shoulders Kneez And Toez 42 36 13 Kevin Rudolf feat. Lil Wayne Let It Rock 43 32 16 Leona Lewis Run 44 44 17 Take That Greatest Day 45 46 21 MIA Paper Planes 46 38 16 Britney Spears Circus 47 N 1 The Script Talk You Down 48 45 20 Alesha Dixon The Boy Does Nothing 49 47 22 The Guru Josh Project Infinity 2008 50 42 20 Beyonce If I Were A Boy 51 51 26 MGMT Kids 52 48 23 The Saturdays Up 53 53 23 Akon Right Now 54 61 4 Jennifer Hudson If This Isn't Love 55 43 12 Pink Sober 56 63 2 Doman & Gooding Runnin 57 N 1 Royksopp Happy Up Here 58 39 3 Annie Lennox Shining Light 59 49 40 Coldplay Viva La Vida 60 40 4 Lemar Weight Of The World 61 N 1 Asher Roth I Love College 62 56 22 Girls Aloud The Promise 63 66 17 Kanye West Heartless 64 N 1 Skepta Sunglasses At Night 65 59 19 T.I feat. Rihanna Live Your Life 66 41 25 Madcon Beggin' 67 50 5 U2 Get On Your Boots 68 62 66 Take That Rule The World 69 75 46 Flo-Rida feat. T-Pain Low 70 65 4 Ladyhawke Paris Is Burning 71 N 1 Lionel Richie Just Go 72 N 1 Robin S Show Me Love 73 71 23 The Script Break Even 74 68 19 Elbow One Day Like This 75 64 15 Ne-Yo Mad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promise to try Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 ALBUMS 1 N 1 Ronan Keating Songs For My Mother 2 2 2 Annie Lennox The Collection 3 4 26 Kings of Leon Only By The Night 4 6 2 Faryl Smith Faryl 5 9 16 Take That The Circus 6 1 3 U2 No Line On The Horizon 7 8 10 Lady Gaga The Fame 8 3 2 Kelly Clarkson All I Ever Wanted 9 21 26 Bette Midler The Best Of Bette 10 N 1 Lionel Richie Just Go 11 11 2 Michael Ball The Very Best Of - Past & Present 12 7 4 The Prodigy Invaders Must Die 13 5 2 Taylor Swift Fearless 14 36 15 Lionel Richie & The Commodores The Definitive Collection 15 14 55 Duffy Rockferry 16 10 6 Lily Allen It's Not Me It's You 17 N 1 Peter Doherty Grace/Wastelands 18 20 25 James Morrison Songs For You, Truths For Me 19 15 18 Beyonce I Am Sasha Fierce 20 33 16 The Saturdays Chasing Lights 21 16 3 Dubliners Too Late To Stop Now - The Very Best Of 22 N 1 Barry Manilow The Greatest Songs Of The Eighties 23 22 16 Alesha Dixon The Alesha Show 24 18 16 Akon Freedom 25 23 2 The Everly Brothers 50 Years Of Hits 26 25 3 Tina Turner The Platinum Collection 27 75 16 Seal Soul 28 13 22 Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes 29 19 47 Elbow The Seldom Seen Kid 30 41 21 Will Young Let It Go 31 24 7 Buddy Holly & The Crickets The Very Best Of 32 12 40 The Ting Tings We Started Nothing 33 17 17 The Killers Day & Age 34 34 32 The Script The Script 35 35 10 Roger Whittaker The Golden Age Of - 50 Years Of Classics 36 73 20 Enrique Iglesias Greatest Hits 37 47 19 Michael Jackson King Of Pop 38 58 7 Luther Vandross Love Songs 39 31 45 Abba Gold - Greatest Hits 40 N 1 Melody Gardot My One and Only Thrill 41 N 1 Perry Como Very Best Of 42 32 21 Pink FunHouse 43 44 21 Oasis Dig Out Your Soul 44 55 7 Ub40 Love Songs 45 38 21 Snow Patrol A Hundred Million Suns 46 53 101 Take That Never Forget - The Ultimate Collection 47 39 2 Lee Mead Nothing Else Matters 48 29 26 Katy Perry One Of The Boys 49 27 22 U2 U218 Singles 50 57 96 Take That Beautiful World 51 28 46 MGMT Oracular Spectacular 52 R 9 The Priests The Priests 53 37 30 Girls Aloud The Sound Of - Greatest Hits 54 46 62 Leona Lewis Spirit 55 66 20 Girls Aloud Out Of Control 56 30 9 OST Slumdog Millionaire 57 45 9 White Lies To Lose My Life 58 40 41 Coldplay Viva La Vida 59 59 7 Franz Ferdinand Tonight: Franz Ferdinand 60 48 67 Kings of Leon Because Of The Times 61 42 10 T.I The Paper Trail 62 43 51 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raising Sand 63 69 13 Il Divo The Promise 64 50 94 Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad 65 60 6 Ladyhawke Ladyhawke 66 62 53 Adele 19 67 70 7 Luciano Pavarotti The Duets 68 52 8 Bruce Springsteen Working On A Dream 69 49 20 Seasick Steve I Started Out With Nothin' And Still Got Most Of It Left 70 51 23 Pussycat Dolls Doll Domination 71 N 1 Bonnie Prince Billy Beware 72 26 2 Starsailor All The Plans 73 63 12 Jason Mraz We Sing We Dance We Steal Things 74 61 15 Stevie Wonder The Definitive Collection 75 R 26 Ne-Yo Year Of The Gentleman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promise to try Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Good for annie on the album charts! and OK for the PSB, Frans ferdinand...and Seal! it seems that with his last album he´s recovering his popularity a little bit in the UK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nichu94 Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Another #1 for GaGa! Great! She's only 221 copies ahead Flo Rida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkydita Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Another #1 for GaGa! Great! She's only 221 copies ahead Flo Rida Indeed and sold more the week before (she's 3% down). It's a poor singles sales week, bar Akon and Beyonce, all acts in the top 10 are selling considerably less than last week, from -3% for Gaga to -54% for Islands In... The singles market is down by 10% (physical sales down by 39%) but the album chart is looking healthier with a 21% uplift (due to a 26% increase in physical album sales, digital album sales are down 10%). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolidayGuy Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Beyonce saw big jumps on both sales and airplay charts (what an airplay move)- was the physical released, or was the 20-9 move digital-sales-dictated? Are my eyes deceiving me, or is Circus already out of the top 75 albums? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkydita Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Beyonce saw big jumps on both sales and airplay charts (what an airplay move)- was the physical released, or was the 20-9 move digital-sales-dictated? Are my eyes deceiving me, or is Circus already out of the top 75 albums? No, Halo is still a digital release, it's out physically in April. I wonder if it was due to the video, not sure when others were playlisting it but we playlisted it last week? Circus, the album, is at 101, just above Kelly Clarkson with Breakaway at 102 (!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciccone's Cheeks Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 how likely is it Halo will hit #1?? Are there any other strong releases that same week??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promise to try Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 any idea of the sales? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fak Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 PSB will disappear of the chart or take a big tumble. Apparently Annie has not had a UK TOP 40 hits since 1995? Thats a long long time! Good for annie on the album charts! and OK for the PSB, Frans ferdinand...and Seal! it seems that with his last album he´s recovering his popularity a little bit in the UK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fak Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I did not know that PSB had such a short shelf life - 1 week, 2 weeks? http://new.uk.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chartw...arch-28th-2009/ As I hinted at the end of the podcast last week, the chart makes up for a lack of big new hit singles by treating us to one of the most tense battles for Number One for some considerable time. Although there was a small chance that the Comic Relief single 'Islands In The Stream' would retain its crown, early sales flashes indicated that the record it deposed from the top - 'Right Round' by Flo Rida - was also a strong contender, the gap between the two singles as little as 300 copies at one point early in the week. By Friday 'Islands In The Stream' was fading fast and it seemed as if Flo Rida was on course to become the first artist in almost three years to regain the Number One position after losing it. Instead he fails, a late surge at the weekend instead puts 'Poker Face' by Lady Gaga at the summit of the official singles chart by the small margin of some 221 sales. Having first appeared to peak at Number 3 three weeks ago, the single suffered from the size of the market and the presence of several big selling singles, increasing its sales week by week yet actually slipping down the chart as records above overtook it. Indeed when last week the track fell to Number 4 it set a new benchmark for the highest sale for that chart position in over five years. Indeed sales of 'Poker Face' actually slip ever so slightly this week, the single selling 53,699 copies compared to 55,293 a week ago. Nonetheless a Number One single it is at last, giving Lady Gaga her second chart-topper in the space of two and a half months - its predecessor 'Just Dance' still also selling well and shifting in its seat slightly to rest at Number 12 this week. Whilst it may not be directly linked to a 1980s hit unlike the two previous incumbents of the Number One position, the bouncy electropop of 'Poker Face' means it is as 80s retro as it gets, a production that would not sound a day out of place had it been released in 1981. Indeed such is the vibe of the 2009 music scene at present that 'Poker Face' is actually an appropriate talisman for some of the weeks other new releases, not to mention the three singles below which once again either cover or sample hits of the 80s. More on that in a moment, first we must acknowledge the passing of 'Islands In The Stream' which slumps to an unexpected Number 3, keeping pace still with its Comic Relief twin 'Just Can't Get Enough' by The Saturdays which rests at Number 4. As one eagle-eyed commenter last week pointed out, by topping the charts last week the single ensured that a song written by the Bee Gees has been Number One in each of the last five decades. It is a quite sensational feat, one that is unmatched by any other song-writing partnership. The most obvious other contenders for the honour are naturally one or both of Lennon and McCartney, but whilst we had Beatles-penned tracks have been Number One in the 60s, 80s and 2000s, Paul McCartney songs at the top in the 70s and 80s and John Lennon compositions at the summit in the 80s, a lack of Number One hits composed by either man in the 90s means they fall just short of the song-writing consistency shown by the Brothers Gibb. The only other songwriters with a similar record are the various members of Queen, whose songs have been at Number One in the 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s although a case can be made for Andersson and Ulvaeus of Abba who also penned songs which made Number One in the 70s, 80s and 90s and received a songwriting credit on Madonna's 'Hung Up' in 2005. The latter hit sampled their own 'Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)' so technically they didn't actually directly write the song, but if we are going on purely songwriting credits then for completeness sake we have to acknowledge it. Just one single climbs into the Top 10 this week, 'Halo' by Beyonce continuing its upward trajectory with a 20-9 rise. It further ensures her consistent record of Top 10 hits, being her 13th as a credited solo artist. With 'Listen' having shoulder-barged its way to a Top 10 placing just before Christmas, her only singles outside of Destiny's Child to miss the Top 10 are now 2004's 'Me Myself and I' (Number 11) and 2007 release 'Green Light' (Number 12). Back in time then to the 1980s, for just like 'Poker Face' the single that enters at Number 11 is infused throughout by the spirit of the neon-soaked decade. Electropop duo La Roux consist of producer Ben Langmaid and frontwoman Elly Jackson, the duo having been tipped for great things following the release of their debut single 'Quicksand' on a small independent label at the back end of last year. Having been snapped up by a major label, 'In For The Kill' effortlessly becomes their first chart hit single. I'd share it with you to let you judge its merits for yourself, but for idiotic "this video is not available in your country" messages on YouTube. A shame really, some of the people reading this might have liked it enough to buy a copy for themselves, what a wasted opportunity. Appropriately enough the next single is not so much inspired by the 1980s, but performed by one of the acts whose work from that decade informs and influences the production of both the Lady Gaga and La Roux singles. Fresh from their "outstanding contribution" gongs at last months Brit awards, the Pet Shop Boys arrive at Number 14 with brand new single 'Love Etc.', their highest charting single for three years and a release which means they can boast a hitmaking career spanning an impressive 23 years. Now assessing any new work by Tennant and Lowe in chart terms is actually something of a minefield, for had a certain other set of 80s veterans not set the standard a few years earlier, our benchmark for chart uselessness might well have been called "Pet Shop Boys Syndrome". Here's the problem: it doesn't matter how much work they put into their new album, how much press they do to promote it or how well received it is critically. This new single and new album 'Yes' (released this week) will sell to absolutely nobody outside their long-term hard core of fans. This blunt statement isn't just based on the perfunctory in and out performance of just about every single they have released in the last ten years, but the utterly dismal sales performance of their albums. Of all the records they have released since 1999, Greatest Hits collection 'Pop Art' is the only one that can boast a shelf life beyond a month. Just check out the stats. 1999's 'Nightlife' spent two weeks on the album chart, 2002's 'Release' just one. Their 2006 offering 'Fundamental' may have been hailed as an impressive return to form when first released but it too just had a four week chart run before vanishing forever. It saddens me to see it, as the Pet Shop Boys were my favourite group growing up and I avidly collected every single one of their releases during the 80s and 90s. I don't point this out from the position of someone who dislikes their music but the sad truth is that the cultural and creative contribution of their music these days is almost precisely zero. 'Love Etc.' may well be one of the most fun, pop-focused and commercially appealing records they have made in a long time, but I can almost guarantee that you won't find it on the Top 75 within a fortnight and whilst 'Yes' may well have a Top 10 debut on the album chart next week, you won't find it in the shops by Easter. That my friends is Depeche Mode syndrome, and you have to wonder why they continue to bother. It's been seven years since the winner of the Oscar for Best Original Song has been a chart hit of any note, but that changes this week with the arrival of 'Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny)' at Number 20. The centrepiece of the soundtrack of "Slumdog Millionaire', the song was written by A.R. Rahman and on the soundtrack of the film is performed by Sukhwinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalakshmi Iyer and Vijay Prakash. For this new commercial version, the vocals are performed by the Pussycat Dolls in what is being promoted as a new interpretation of the original. Credited to the composer himself with the girls relegated to guest stars, the track will feature on 'Doll Domination 2.0', a re-released version of their second album (which first came out last year) which features a mixture of new songs and a handful of tracks from the original. With their last single 'Whatcha Think About That' having been a Top 10 hit just two weeks ago (and still on the Top 40 at Number 26) this is the speedy follow-up to end all others, but as a world away from the R&B sludge of some of their other releases it is an inspired and uplifting breath of fresh air. You may have to take my word for it, as "this video is not available in your country" (although it is on Spotify if you look hard enough) but I'd love to think this has "future Number One" written all over it. Charging their way into the Top 40 after first entering just outside last week is 'No You Girls' by Franz Ferdinand which lands at Number 27. The follow-up to 'Ulysses' which made Number 20 back in January, the single is yet another example of the band possibly milking the formula further than necessary. As jaunty, bouncy and catchy as everything they have ever released, the overwhelming feeling that we heard it all five years ago is hard to escape. He may have blown hot and cold at times, but there is no doubting the impressive consistency of Enrique Iglesias who this years marks ten years as a chart star. His current Greatest Hits collection marks this decade of hits and obligatory new track 'Takin' Back My Love' grabs itself a Top 40 place at Number 30 this week. The single features a guest vocal from Ciara, making him no less than the sixth different artist with which she has had a chart duet. Both artists have Number One hits to their name, Ciara having hit the top with her debut single 'Goodies' in January 2005 whilst Enrique Iglesias had his own moment of glory three years earlier when 'Hero' replicated its worldwide success and topped the UK charts. Whilst he has spent most of his career trying to downplay his family connections and has a notoriously distant relationship with his superstar father, I can't be the only person hoping that one day we get to hear a Julio/Enrique duet on record. Done correctly, it surely has the potential to be massive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fak Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Circus dropped off a couple of weeks ago. I dont think the album improved with the release of the title track. Which is funny since Britney's last 2 albums both benefitted alot from single releases. Blackout visited the top 20 2 times when POM and BTI were released. ITZ also revisited the top 20 when Toxic and Everytime were released. This time maybe casual fans snapped up the album earlier than they wuld have done hence the low chart position. Beyonce saw big jumps on both sales and airplay charts (what an airplay move)- was the physical released, or was the 20-9 move digital-sales-dictated? Are my eyes deceiving me, or is Circus already out of the top 75 albums? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promise to try Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 PSB need a big hit, that´s the only way to have a steady selling album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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