For the second straight month, Rihanna crowns the official UK Chart with ‘Umbrella’. One more week and she’ll tie the record set by Gnarls Barkely last year.
Holding on to number two despite stiff competition from some heavy debuts, Kate Nash keeps ‘Foundations’ around for one more week. This year’s Lilly Allen, Nash proves her MySpace success wasn’t a fluke.
Just below her, Avril Lavigne charges into the top 3 with new single ‘When you're gone’ up from 17. ‘Girlfriend’, the first single from her third album stalled at number two over several weeks do to the staying power of ‘Beautiful liar’ by Shakira and Beyoncé. Could she face a similar fate with current single hitting the chart at the same time as Rihanna’s powerhouse?
Man of the hour, Timbaland, has his hand in more than one pie this week. New single ‘The way I are’ from current solo album ‘Shock Value’ surges 18-6 while just six places below sits ‘Lovestoned’ a track he produced for Justin Timberlake. ‘Anonymous’ credited to Bobby Valentino and Timberland rockets into the top forty at 25 while his former number one, ‘Give it to me’ featuring aforementioned Timberlake and Nelly Furtado, hangs on at 27.
Speaking of Furtado and Timbaland, jumping back into the top forty from 54 last week, her performance at the Diana concert propels ‘Say it right’ back up to 26. Furtado now has the biggest download-only single in British UK chart history and currently one of the longest running singles. She even manages to bring back last summer’s ‘Maneater’ at 71.
That makes no less than six chart entries on the official UK chart this week, either credited or understood, for Timbaland.
Up from 49, Natasha Bedingfield crash-lands the top ten at number 7 with ‘Soulmate’. This stripped down ballad counts as her sixth UK top ten, but after one spin you’re happy she found her mate, maybe now she can move past it and make some better singles.
Right behind Bedingfield, Fergie sheds no tears as ‘Big girls don’t cry’ jumps 20 places to land at number 8. Contrary to the previous single, Fergie proves that four tracks into an album, an artist can still keep the best for last.
Mark Ronson had a top ten smash earlier this spring with ‘Stop Me’ and now teaming up with oft-studio partner Lily Allen, brings a cover of the Klaxons’ ‘Oh my god’ into the top 20 at 20. A full on jazzy affair this single breathes nightclub air while remaining grounded in Allen’s little girl gone bad vocals. A classic in the making.
The Artic Monkeys continue to struggle with that difficult second album. First single ‘Brainstorm’ didn’t make top ten until its official physical release and while the hype was huge, they never managed to conquer the charts when every track from their latest album became eligible to chart this spring. Now second single ‘Fluorescent Adolescent’ misses the top twenty, at 23. If everything goes as history predicts, they should have no problem making a top ten placement next week when the CD single hits the shelves.
Interpol land at 31 with their new single ‘The Heinrich Maneuver’. Sounding just as British as ever, this new single spins a sound reminiscent of early REM. While not the best product they’ve ever pumped out, this new single at least gives them another top forty performance.
Re-entry of the week goes to Puff Daddy. New at 32, the hit he brought to the top of the charts a full decade ago, ‘I’ll be missing you’ featuring Faith Evans, bullets back into the top forty on the heels of his performance at the Diana Concert.
New at 34, Alibi, who has remixed such singles as ‘Beautiful liar, teams up with Rockefeller to bring a dance version of ‘Sexual Healing’ into the chart. Hardly recognisable as the song Marvin Gaye made famous, this new version sounds more like a throwback to 80’s dance than a modern single worthy of chart status. Frankly a disappointment given Alibi’s past success.
Debuts inside the top forty cap off with New Young Pony Club whose first single ‘Ice Cream’ rockets from 197.
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