UK Chart Roundup: I'll Be Back Soon

Just a quick note to apologize for having been a bit absent this past week. There's a personal issue I've  deal with, and so blogging hasn't been at the top of the priority list. That said, I still have no idea what happened to Thursday's U.S. chart post. It was there, there were even comments on it and then it was gone. Oh well. Things will return to normal here on Tuesday.

But really quickly, not the most exciting Top 10 ever, is it? Congrats to Lady Gaga, at least, for landing "The Edge Of Glory" at #6 in the UK, since "Judas" kind of tanked at #9 and dropped quickly. It will be interesting to see if this week's promo single "Hair" does as well...or sounds as good.

And while I'm a little disappointed Take That's "Love Love" only managed a #15 debut, it's still miles ahead of their previous singles "Happy Now" and "Kidz," which charted at #52 and #28, respectively.

Over on the album chart it's a 15th non-consecutive week for Adele's 21 at the top.

Okay, back as normal tomorrow. Promise!

The UK Top 10:

1. "The Lazy Song" - Bruno Mars *1 week*
2. "Party Rock Anthem" - LMFAO
3. "Where Dem Girls At" - David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj & Flo Rida
4. "Give Me Everything" - Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, AfroJack & Nayer
5. "Beautiful People" - Chris Brown feat. Benny Benassi
6. "The Edge Of Glory" - Lady Gaga *new*
7. "On The Floor" - Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull
8. "Sweat" - Snoop Dogg
9. "I Need A Dollar" - Aloe Blacc
10. "Nobody's Perfect" - Jessie J

UK Chart Roundup: At Least Blue Didn't Flop As Hard As Josh Dubovie Did

Aging/reunited boy band Blue see their Eurovision 2011 pop jam "I Can" soar to the amazing heights of #16 on the UK chart this week. Of course, that's not exactly a stellar debut position to aspire to reach, but when you compare it with the crash-and-burn flop-a-thon that was last year's UK Eurovision entry, Josh Dubovie's "That Sounds Good To Me" — which made it to #179 on the chart — well, #16 probably sounds good to Blue.



Other than that, it's pretty stagnant as far as singles go. It should really come as no surprise that Adele is #1 on the album chart with 21 for a 14th week.

The UK Top 10:

1. "Party Rock Anthem" - LMFAO *4 weeks*
2. "The Lazy Song" - Bruno Mars
3. "Where Dem Girls At" - David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj & Flo Rida
4. "Beautiful People" - Chris Brown feat. Benny Benassi
5. "On The Floor" - Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull
6. "Sweat" - Snoop Dogg
7. "E.T." - Katy Perry feat. Kanye West
8. "Unorthadox" - Wretch 32 feat. Example
9. "Nobody's Perfect" - Jessie J
10. "I Need A Dollar" - Aloe Blacc

UK Chart Roundup: Why Haven't Lady Gaga And Beyonce Scissored Yet?

Lady Gaga had better get crackin' with that "Judas" video, since the single plunged from #9 to #23 on the UK chart like a stripper in an upside-down split who just eyed a roll of nickels at the bottom of the pole.

Annoyingly, House Of Dereon's Main Wig Beyonce managed to find enough tone deaf fans to purchase her single massive fail single "Run The World (Girls)" to send it up from #18 to #11. One of those things I'll just never understand, I guess.

Adele's 21 is the top album for a 13th non-consecutive week.

The UK Top 10:

1. "Party Rock Anthem" - LMFAO *3 weeks*
2. "The Lazy Song" - Bruno Mars
3. "On The Floor" - Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull
4. "Beautiful People" - Chris Brown feat. Benny Benassi
5. "Sweat" - Snoop Dogg
6. "E.T." - Katy Perry feat. Kanye West
7. "Unorthadox" - Wretch 32 feat. Example
8. "Guilt" - Nero *new*
9. "Fast Car" - Tracy Chapman
10. "Buzzin'" - Mann feat. 50 Cent

UK Chart Roundup: Beyonce's "Run The World (Girls)" Is A Disastrous Flop

Beyonce's return with new material is off to a disastrous, Christina Aguilera/"Not Myself Tonight"-esque start. Indeed, House Of Dereon's Main Wig's single "Run The World (Girls)" has decidedly landed with a loud thud akin to a drunk hooker falling into a decrepit chicken coop and sending feathers in the air.

The wreck of a song flopped out of the iTunes Top 10 here in the U.S. a mere two days after its release, and now the single has limped into the UK chart at #18. Time will tell whether or not "Run The World" has any legs—but my guess is that some trash ballad or more mainstream pop jam will be rushed out ASAP (a la the tactic used when it became apparent from the get-go that Xtina's Bionic was going to tank harder than the Titanic last year), and Camp Beyonce will try to pretend that this flimsy dud never happened.

Elsewhere, 23 years after first peaking at #5 across the pond, Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" appears on the chart at #4 following Michael Collings' audition on Britain's Got Talent.



Is this gonna be some thing where the show's producers try to market this guy as another Susan Boyle? Because he doesn't have even a quarter of SuBo's sex appeal.

Over on the UK album chart, Adele's 21 returns to the top, after its initial 11-week run at #1 was interrupted last week by Foo Fighters.

The UK Top 10:

1. "Party Rock Anthem" - LMFAO *2 weeks*
2. "Unorthadox" - Wretch 32 feat. Example *new*
3. "On The Floor" - Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull
4. "Fast Car" - Tracy Chapman *new*
5. "Beautiful People" - Chris Brown feat. Benny Benassi
6. "Sweat" - Snoop Dogg
7. "E.T." - Katy Perry feat. Kanye West
8. "Just Can't Get Enough" - The Black Eyed Peas
9. "Judas'" - Lady Gaga
10. "Buzzin'" - Mann feat. 50 Cent

UK Chart Roundup: "Judas" Is Lady Gaga's Virtue

Following the rush release of Lady Gaga's "Judas" to iTunes on Friday, the song has crashed the UK chart at #14 today. Curiously, while the Catholic church-condemned dance jam has been dominating the U.S. iTunes store, it's only at #4 in the UK, the country the previously found Gaga topping the main singles chart four times. Even "Born This Way," which pretty much hit #1 around the globe, only managed to peak at #3 there. Are the Brits losing interest in the Lady already?

The top download on UK iTunes—and the new #1 single on the UK chart—is "Party Rock Anthem," from Gaga's low-brow Cherrytree/Interscope labelmates LMFAO.



Of course, "Party Rock Anthem" is kind of a jam. If anything, its interesting to just sit back for a minute and process just how swiftly popular music has shifted from R&B to dance-pop in sound over the past three years. (Granted, "Party Rock Anthem" has yet to even dent the Billboard Hot 100.)

 Over on the UK album chart, Adele's 11-week reign at the top with 21 is finally ended by Foo Fighters' Wasting Light.

The UK Top 10:

1. "Party Rock Anthem" - LMFAO *1 week*
2. "On The Floor" - Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull
3. "E.T." - Katy Perry feat. Kanye West
4. "Sweat" - Snoop Dogg
5. "Just Can't Get Enough" - The Black Eyed Peas
6. "Someone Like You" - Adele
7. "S&M" - Rihanna
8. "Beautiful People" - Chris Brown feat. Benny Benassi
9. "Buzzin'" - Mann feat. 50 Cent
10. "Don't Hold Your Breath" - Nicole Scherzinger

U.K. Singles Chart: Jennifer Lopez's See-Through Thong

The UK Top 10:

1. "On The Floor" - Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull *2 weeks*
2. "Party Rock Anthem" - LMFAO
3. "Someone Like You" - Adele
4. "Just Can't Get Enough" - The Black Eyed Peas
5. "E.T." - Katy Perry feat. Kanye West
6. "Buzzin'" - Mann feat. 50 Cent
7. "Don't Hold Your Breath" - Nicole Scherzinger
8. "Black And Yellow" - Wiz Khalifa
9. "Sweat" - Snoop Dogg
10. "Price Tag" - Jessie J feat. B.o.B

U.K. Singles Chart: Britney Spears Tanks With 'Femme Fatale'

Let's forget the fact the Jennifer Lopez's "On The Floor" has debuted at #1 in the UK, thus giving the American Idol judge her first chart-topper across the pond in six years—because Britney Spears' Femme Fatale has completely flopped in its first week on the chart in Old Blighty.

Wigney's seventh studio album bombed its way in #8 in the UK. Even Christina Aguilera's massive flopzilla of an album Bionic debuted at #1 there last year. And it's really not that surprising, given that Femme Fatale's lead singles "Hold It Against Me" and "Till The World Ends" charted at a disappointing #6 and #21, respectively.

Meanwhile, Adele has racked up a 10th week at the top of the chart in her home country with 21, giving her the longest stretch at #1 in the UK since Dire Straits achieved the same feat in 1986 with Brothers In Arms.

Oh, well. At least Britney can be happy that her album is #1 in Australia—a first for her.

The UK Top 10:

1. "On The Floor" - Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull *new* *1 week*
2. "Someone Like You" - Adele
3. "Party Rock Anthem" - LMFAO
4. "Just Can't Get Enough" - The Black Eyed Peas
5. "Don't Hold Your Breath" - Nicole Scherzinger
6. "Black And Yellow" - Wiz Khalifa
7. "Price Tag" - Jessie J feat. B.o.B
8. "Broken Record" - Katy B *new*
9. "S&M (Come On)" - Rihanna
10. "I Need A Doctor" - Dr. Dre feat. Eminem & Skylar Grey

UK Chart Roundup: Adele And Susan Boyle Wish They Had Half The Vocal Talent Of Steps

Status quo on the UK chart this week, save for the crap Comic Relief version of "I Know Him So Well" (in at #11) by Peter Kay and Susan Boyle. Sorry, though — the only version worth listening to is still the one by soul icons Steps.



Adele's 21 is the #1 UK album for the ninth week in a row, as her ballad "Someone Like You" returns to the top of the single chart for a fifth non-consecutive run.

The UK Top 10:

1. "Someone Like You" - Adele *5 weeks*
2. "Don't Hold Your Breath" - Nicole Scherzinger
3. "Just Can't Get Enough" - The Black Eyed Peas
4. "Gold Forever" - The Wanted
5. "Price Tag" - Jessie J feat. B.o.B
6. "S&M (Come On)" - Rihanna
7. "Black And Yellow" - Wiz Khalifa
8. "I Need A Doctor" - Dr. Dre feat. Eminem & Skylar Grey
9. "Rolling In The Deep" - Adele
10. "Born This Way" - Lady Gaga

UK Chart Roundup: Now Nicole Scherzinger Can Afford To Buy More Leather And Thongs

I had to die laughing when I looked up Nicole Scherzinger's single "Don't Hold Your Breath" recently on Wikipedia and saw that I was quoted in the "Critical Response" section:

Robbie Daw from Idolator praised the song, based just on its demo. He said "Well, okay—we will allow that this song already sounds better than every Pussycat Dolls single combined."

Hot. And true! What I didn't know at the time is that "Don't Hold Your Breath" is co-produced by Rami Yacoub ("...Baby One More Time," "Oops!...I Did It Again," etc. etc.). No wonder it's such a top-notch jam. At any rate, the song has debuted at #1 on the UK singles chart today, thereby ending Adele's four-week reign with "Someone Like You." I really feel that "Don't Hold Your Breath" is like "Hold It Against Me" and "Born This Way," i.e. one of the first pop songs released in 2011 to make a pleasant impact.

That brings us to the latest pack of British strippers posing as pop stars, Parade. The quintet enter the chart this week at #10 with their debut single "Louder," which isn't entirely awful—it's just nowhere near as good as "Make Up Your Mind" (particularly the Pete Hammond Mix) by member Sian Charlesworth's former ho brigade City Girls.

Compare, pop chyldren:



Over on the UK album chart Adele is #1 again with 21 for an eighth week.

The UK Top 10:

1. "Don't Hold Your Breath" - Nicole Scherzinger *new* *1 week*
2. "Someone Like You" - Adele
3. "Gold Forever" - The Wanted *new*
4. "Price Tag" - Jessie J feat. B.o.B
5. "S&M (Come On)" - Rihanna
6. "Black And Yellow" - Wiz Khalifa
7. "Born This Way" - Lady Gaga
8. "Rolling In The Deep" - Adele
9. "I Need A Doctor" - Dr. Dre feat. Eminem & Skylar Grey
10. "Louder" - Parade *new*

UK Chart Roundup: McFly McFlops

Adele maintains her stranglehold on the UK charts, as 21 is #1 on the album round-up for a seventh week and "Someone Like You" racks up its fourth week as the top single. Elsewhere, Her Wigship Britney Spears has a #21 debut with her Femme Fatale jam "Till The World Ends," which is one position lower than it debuted here in the States.

And McFly can't seem to catch a break with their Above The Noise album—the latest single off it, "That's The Truth," has a dismal showing at #35. Gosh, remember the days when these guys would chart at #1 with whatever trash single they threw out there? Oh, well—lemons to lemonade: maybe one day the laddies will be able to look back and say, "Hey, remember when we used to get all the way to #35 with whatever trash single we threw out there?"

WINNING!

The UK Top 10:

1. "Someone Like You" - Adele *4 weeks*
2. "Price Tag" - Jessie J feat. B.o.B
3. "S&M (Come On)" - Rihanna
4. "Born This Way" - Lady Gaga
5. "Black And Yellow" - Wiz Khalifa *new*
6. "Yeah 3X" - Chris Brown
7. "Good Girl" - Alexis Jordan
8. "Champion" - Chipmunk feat. Chris Brown
9. "Rolling In The Deep" - Adele
10. "Grenade" - Bruno Mars

UK Chart Roundup: It's An Adele World + Jessie J & Alexis Jordan Are Just Hookin' Through It

With two albums in the Top 5 of both the UK album and single charts—not to mention the #1 album on both sides of the pond—it's definitely shaping up to be Adele's year. 21 has been the top LP in her home country for six weeks running now (having sold about 1.02 million copies so far there). In fact, It Girl Jessie J has to settle for debuting in the #2 position with Who You Are this week.

All else is quiet, save for the #9 entry of Alexis Jordan's self-titled LP. Here's her somewhat OK Stargate/Sandy Vee-co-produced jam "Good Girl."



The UK Top 10:

1. "Someone Like You" - Adele *3 weeks*
2. "Price Tag" - Jessie J feat. B.o.B
3. "S&M (Come On)" - Rihanna
4. "Born This Way" - Lady Gaga
5. "Rolling In The Deep" - Adele 
6. "Champion" - Chipmunk feat. Chris Brown
7. "Good Girl" - Alexis Jordan
8. "Yeah 3X" - Chris Brown
9. "Grenade" - Bruno Mars
10. "Do It Like A Dude" - Jessie J

UK Chart Roundup: Oh, Yeah? Well, Just Wait Till Adele's Sex Tape Leaks!

Adele's sex tape—sorry, album—21 was finally released in the U.S. this past week, and is on track to debut at #1 of the Billboard Top 200. But in the UK, her sex tape has been inserted in the VCR for the past five weeks. She also thrust her ballad "Someone Like You" at the top of the UK singles chart, where it stays for a second week.

Let's just hope Adele's sex tape is nominated for 69 Oscars next year, because that's the only way the Academy will redeem itself from the utter shit telecast happening right now.

PS Been traveling this weekend. Back to normal trash tomorrow.

The UK Top 10:

1. "Someone Like You" - Adele *2 weeks*
2. "Price Tag" - Jessie J feat. B.o.B
3. "S&M (Come On)" - Rihanna
4. "Rolling In The Deep" - Adele
5. "Champion" - Chipmunk feat. Chris Brown  
6. "Good Girl" - Alexis Jordan *new*
7. "Grenade" - Bruno Mars
8. "Born This Way" - Lady Gaga
9. "Yeah 3X" - Chris Brown
10. "(Fuckin') Perfect" - Pink

UK Chart Roundup: Adele And Take That Get A Post-BRITs Boost

Adele's 21 has been on top of the UK album chart for the past four weeks, and while her single "Rolling In The Deep" peaked at #2 (so far), the soulful singer's "Someone Like You" has now leapt to the top of the Brit chart thanks to her performance of it at the BRITs on Tuesday.



Here in the States, 21 will finally be released this coming Tuesday. And thanks to the inclusion of "Rolling In The Deep" in the trailer for trash flick I Am Number Four—which opened this weekend—the song has now cracked the Top 10 on U.S. iTunes.

Like Adele, Take That see a bit of a boost, though not as big, following their military-themed BRITs performance of "Kidz." The single slides in at #31 a week ahead of its official release.



The UK Top 10:

1. "Someone Like You" - Adele *1 week*
2. "Price Tag" - Jessie J feat. B.o.B
3. "Born This Way" - Lady Gaga
4. "Rolling In The Deep" - Adele
5. "Champion" - Chipmunk feat. Chris Brown  
6. "S&M (Come On)" - Rihanna
7. "Grenade" - Bruno Mars
8. "Eyes Wide Shut" - JLS feat. Tinie Tempah
9. "Yeah 3X" - Chris Brown
10. "Higher" - Taio Cruz feat. Kylie Minogue

UK Chart Roundup: Jessie J Should Do A Sex Tape

And so Jessie J's acclaimed reign continues, as the 22-year-old BRIT Awards fave sees her new Dr. Luke-produced single "Price Tag" debut at #1 in the UK. This gives her two jams in the Top 10 three weeks before her LP Who You Are arrives. And I'm still on the fence about her much-hyped output so far.

But let's all raise a glass of class to Kylie Minogue, who has landed her first Top 10 Brit hit since "All The Lovers" last spring with her "featuring" credit on Taio Cruz's "Higher." I really need to give that one a second chance.

Meanwhile, Wigney Spears continues to plummet, falling from #8 to #18 with "Hold It Against Me." Bitch better get that damn video out sooner than February 17 if she knows what's good for her.

Adele's 21 continues to dominate the album chart, and I'm off to watch my hometown team in the Super Bowl.

The UK Top 10:

1. "Price Tag" - Jessie J feat. B.o.B *new *1 week*
2. "Grenade" - Bruno Mars
3. "We R Who We R" - Ke$ha
4. "Rolling In The Deep" - Adele
5. "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" - Enrique Iglesias ft. Ludacris *new*  
6. "Coming Home" - Diddy - Dirty Money feat. Skylar Grey
7. "Do It Like A Dude" - Jessie J
8. "Higher" - Taio Cruz feat. Kylie Minogue
9. "Yeah 3X" - Chris Brown
10. "Blind Faith" - Chase & Status feat. Liam Bailey

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UK Chart Roundup: Ke$ha Whores Her Way To #1, Adele Sells A Boatload Of '21'

That $14 million lawsuit looming over Ke$ha's head, filed by her former management firm, might as well just be a bunch of blah blah blah—for today at least—since the fairy tale-hating hooker's "We R Who We R" has topped the new UK chart.

Well, okay—if someone was suing my ass for a few mill, I'd probably be more concerned about that than the 90,000 downloads I sold of my single overseas. At least Tra$ha can smile knowing "We R Who We R" is now her highest-charting song in the UK (and only the second to reach the Top 10, after "Tik Tok" peaked at #4).

Elsewhere, Chase & Status' ravey "Blind Faith" debuts at #5, giving the duo a career high single on the UK chart.



And that brings us to Pink, who's "Perfect" (aka "Fuckin' Perfect") enters at #21 a month before its official release date (chalk it up to the mucho-graphic video's premiere and coverage). Here in the States, Pink's single is at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100, but will no doubt jump much higher now that it's been the top download on iTunes for the past week.

Over on the Brit album roundup, Adele's sophomore release 21 easily debuts at #1 after selling upwards of 208,000 copies. Meanwhile, her single "Rolling In The Deep" drops from #2 to #3.

The U.K. Top 10:

1. "We R Who We R" - Ke$ha *new *1 week*
2. "Grenade" - Bruno Mars
3. "Rolling In The Deep" - Adele
4. "Coming Home" - Diddy - Dirty Money feat. Skylar Grey
5. "Blind Faith" - Chase & Status feat. Liam Bailey *new*  
6. "Do It Like A Dude" - Jessie J
7. "Traktor" - Wretch 32 feat. L
8. "Hold It Against Me" - Britney Spears
9. "What's My Name" - Rihanna feat. Drake
10. "Yeah 3X" - Chris Brown *new*

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UK Chart Roundup: Major Britney Spears Fail

Weaveney Spears got her wig handed to hear in a Trenta-sized frappuccino cup today when Bruno Mars' "Grenade" spent a second week atop the UK chart while new singles from Adele, Diddy - Dirty Money and Wretch 32 all debuted higher than "Hold It Against Me" (#6). Here in the States the song is currently #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Initially Sony didn't have the Weaved One's latest slated for release in the UK until the end of February. The label then rushed "Hold It Against Me" onto UK iTunes after it topped the digital download store's charts in 17 other countries. Oops!...Maybe They Should Have Waited Until Wigney Was Available For In-Person Promotion After All (Again)

Here are how Extensionney's lead singles off her studio album's have charted so far in the UK:

* "...Baby One More Time" (#1)
* "Oops!...I Did It Again" (#1)
* "I'm A Slave 4 U" (#4)
* "Me Against The Music" (#2)
* "Gimme More" (#3)
* "Womanizer" (#3)
* "Hold It Against Me" (#6)

At least Weaveney can breathe a sigh of relief over not doing disastrous as Avril Lavigne, who hobbles into the chart at #29 with "What The Hell" like a knock-kneed hooker whose left foot was blown off by a land mine while her right one is permanently wrapped around her neck.

Speaking of which, here's the "What The Hell Video," which leaked this weekend:



Nice cameo by Mama Lavigne at 1:57. And I'll take the boyfriend if you don't want him, Av.

The U.K. Top 10:

1. "Grenade" - Bruno Mars *2 weeks*
2. "Rolling In The Deep" - Adele *new*
3. "Do It Like A Dude" - Jessie J
4. "Coming Home" - Diddy - Dirty Money feat. Skylar Grey *new*
5. "Traktor" - Wretch 32 feat. L *new*  
6. "Hold It Against Me" - Britney Spears *new*
7. "What's My Name" - Rihanna feat. Drake
8. "Like You Like" - Aggro Santos *new*
9. "Lights On" - Katy B feat. Ms. Dynamite
10. "Eyes Wide Shut" - JLS feat. Tinie Tempah  

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UK Chart Roundup: Jessie J Can Sit On My Popsicle

This week's UK chart is notable mostly for the inching up Jessie J does with "Do It Like A Dude" to #2, where it's held back only by the debut of Bruno Mars' earnest "Grenade" at the top.

Good for her, I say. And good for me. Because since everything else stays pretty flat this week, I'm going out for a popsicle.

The U.K. Top 10:

1. "Grenade" - Bruno Mars *new* *1 week*
2. "Do It Like A Dude" - Jessie J
3. "What's My Name" - Rihanna feat. Drake
4. "Lights On" - Katy B feat. Ms. Dynamite
5. "When We Collide" - Matt Cardle  
6. "Who's That Chick" - David Guetta feat. Rihanna
7. "Make You Feel My Love" - Adele
8. "The Time (Dirty Bit)" - The Black Eyed Peas
9. "Like A G6" - Far East Movement
10. "Eyes Wide Shut" - JLS feat. Tinie Tempah 

UK Chart Roundup: Sound Of 2011 Jessie J Jumps Into The Top 10

Following the announcement that 22-year-old singer-songwriter Jessie J will follow in Ellie Goulding's footsteps and pick up the Critics' Choice Award at the BRITs next month—not to mention her clinching the top spot on the BBC Sounds Of 2011 roundup—her debut single "Do It Like A Dude" has now jumped to #5 on the UK chart.

I'm still a bit on the fence about this broad. I like her look and slightly unhinged demeanor, but the song itself doesn't quite do it for me.

At any rate, Rihanna, who "Do It Like A Dude" was originally intended for, has landed her fourth #1 UK solo single (and fifth overall) with "What's My Name." (Here in the States she's had nine #1s.) Likewise, her LP Loud is at the top of the album chart for a second week in a row.

Other than that, it's pretty much a quiet chart week. At least here in the U.S. we have Britney Spears' "Hold It Against Me", Avril Lavigne's "What The Hell" and Kanye West and Jay-Z's "H.A.M." all being released this week, which should give things a much-needed shaking up.

The U.K. Top 10:

1. "What's My Name" - Rihanna feat. Drake *1 week*
2. "When We Collide" - Matt Cardle
3. "The Time (Dirty Bit)" - The Black Eyed Peas
4. "Lights On" - Katy B feat. Ms. Dynamite
5. "Do It Like A Dude" - Jessie J 
6. "Your Song" - Ellie Goulding
7. "Firework" - Katy Perry
8. "Like A G6" - Far East Movement
9. "Only Girl (In The World)" - Rihanna
10. "Who's That Chick" - David Guetta feat. Rihanna 

UK Chart Roundup: The Final List Of The 40 Best-Selling Singles & Albums Of 2010

There are no major new singles in the UK chart this week—though I've listed the week's Top 10, as usual, below—so instead we'll turn toward the final tally of the 40 best-selling singles and albums across the pond, as published today by the Official Charts Company.

What's interesting to note is that the singles that charted at #1 through #7 this week wound up on the list of the 40 top sellers of 2010. Eminem and Rihanna's "Love The Way You Lie", the #1 single of the year, sold a total of 856,000 copies, while X Factor winner Matt Cardle's "When We Collide" (#2) sold 815,000 in just three weeks.

Meanwhile, Take That's Progress, the top album of the year, moved 1.84 copies, easily outselling Michael Buble's Crazy Love (#2, 1.23 million) and Lady Gaga's The Fame (#3, 1.05 million).

So, I own 12 of the 40 best-selling albums. How many do you have?

The U.K. Top 10 this week:

1. "When We Collide" - Matt Cardle *3 weeks* 
2. "What's My Name" - Rihanna feat. Drake
3. "The Time (Dirty Bit)" - The Black Eyed Peas
4. "Your Song" - Ellie Goulding
5. "Firework" - Katy Perry 
6. "Only Girl (In The World)" - Rihanna
7. "The Flood" - Take That
8. "Like A G6" - Far East Movement
9. "Whip My Hair" - Willow
10. "Thinking Of Me" - Olly Murs 

The 40 Best-Selling Singles Of 2010 In The UK:

1. "Love The Way You Lie" - Eminem feat. Rihanna
2. "When We Collide" - Matt Cardle
3. "Just The Way You Are (Amazing)" - Bruno Mars
4. "Only Girl (In The World)" - Rihanna
5. "OMG" - Usher feat. will.i.am
6. "Fireflies" - Owl City
7. "Airplanes" - B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams
8. "California Gurls" - Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg
9. "We No Speak Americano" - Yolanda Be Cool vs. Dcup
10. "Pass Out" - Tinie Tempah
11. "Everybody Hurts" - Helping Haiti
12. "Forget You" - Cee Lo Green
13. "Empire State Of Mind (Part II)" - Alicia Keys
14. "Rude Boy" - Rihanna
15. "Telephone" - Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce
16. "She Said" - Plan B
17. "Dynamite" - Taio Cruz
18. "Replay" - Iyaz
19. "Firework" - Katy Perry
20. "Club Can't Handle Me" - Flo Rida feat. David Guetta
21. "Your Song" - Ellie Goulding
22. "Ridin' Solo" - Jason Derulo
23. "Billionaire" - Travie Mccoy feat. Bruno Mars
24. "Don't Stop Believin'" - Glee Cast
25. "Don't Stop Believin'" - Journey
26. "The Time (Dirty Bit)" - The Black Eyed Peas
27. "What's My Name" - Rihanna feat. Drake
28. "Pack Up" - Eliza Doolittle
29. "Starstrukk" - 3OH!3 feat. Katy Perry
30. "Bad Romance" - Lady Gaga
31. "Written In The Stars" - Tinie Tempah feat. Eric Turner
32. "Teenage Dream" - Katy Perry
33. "Cooler Than Me" - Mike Posner
34. "Not Afraid" - Eminem
35. "The Flood" - Take That
36. "All Time Low" - The Wanted
37. "If We Ever Meet Again" - Timbaland feat. Katy Perry
38. "Riverside (Let's Go)" - Sidney Samson feat. Wizard Sleeve
39. "Promise This" - Cheryl Cole
40. "In My Head" - Jason Derulo

The 40 Best-Selling Albums Of 2010 In The UK:

1. Progress - Take That
2. Crazy Love - Michael Buble
3. The Fame - Lady Gaga
4. Loud - Rihanna
5. The Defamation Of Strickland Banks - Plan B
6. Sunny Side Up - Paolo Nutini
7. The Element Of Freedom - Alicia Keys
8. Lungs - Florence & The Machine
9. Recovery - Eminem
10. Sigh No More - Mumford & Sons
11. Come Around Sundown - Kings Of Leon
12. My World - Justin Bieber
13. The Gift - Susan Boyle
14. In And Out Of Consciousness: Greatest Hits - Robbie Williams
15. Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
16. Greatest Hits - Bon Jovi
17. Turn It Up - Pixie Lott
18. Outta This World - JLS
19. Science & Faith - The Script
20. Olly Murs - Olly Murs
21. Messy Little Raindrops - Cheryl Cole
22. Glee, The Music: Season One, Vol. 1 - Glee Cast
23. The E.N.D. - The Black Eyed Peas
24. Lights - Ellie Goulding
25. Brother - Boyzone
26. Only Revolutions - Biffy Clyro
27. Forever Vienna - Andre Rieu
28. Rated R - Rihanna
29. Disc-Overy - Tinie Tempah
30. Moonlight Serenade - Andre Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra
31. Only By The Night - Kings Of Leon
32. Greatest Hits...So Far!!! - Pink
33 JLS - JLS
34. Gravity - Westlife
35. 3 Words - Cheryl Cole
36. Seasons Of My Soul - Rumer
37. xx - The xx
38. Time Flies... 1994-2009 - Oasis
39. Iron Man 2 soundtrack - AC/DC
40. Plastic Beach – Gorillaz

UK Chart Roundup: Take That Have The Best-Selling Album Of The Year

Take That's Progress is not only the top album in the UK for the sixth week in a row, it's also the best-seller of the year after moving nearly 2 million copies since its November release.

As for the singles on the final UK chart roundup (or the Top 10, at least), you can catch those below while my ass is off to the ballet in Pittsburgh.

The U.K. Top 10:

1. "When We Collide" - Matt Cardle *2 weeks* 
2. "What's My Name" - Rihanna feat. Drake
3. "The Time (Dirty Bit)" - The Black Eyed Peas
4. "Lights On" - Katy B feat. Ms. Dynamite *new* 
5. "Your Song" - Ellie Goulding
6. "Only Girl (In The World)" - Rihanna
7. "The Flood" - Take That
8. "Firework" - Katy Perry
9. "Whip My Hair" - Willow
10. "Like A G6" - Far East Movement