UK Charts Top Ten - 17th Oct 2010

This week sees Cee-Lo cling onto the coveted #1 spot, fending off fierce competition from both Bruno Mars, who moved up from #4 to #2, and Duck Sauce who debut at #3 with ‘Barbra Streisand.’

Tinie Tempah also has his name stamped all over the Top 10, being found at both #4, with Sweedish House Mafia and #5 with Eric Turner. Unfortunately for reigning X Factor champ Joe McElderry, his sophomore single ‘Ambitions’ has failed to crack the top 5, let alone the #1 spot and is this week’s second highest new entry at #6.

The end of the chart is filled by two tracks that have shot up the chart this week. At #9 is Mike Posner, who jumps 13 spaces from #22 with his single ‘Cooler Than Me,’ whilst Usher, still riding high on his X Factor performance, leaps from the #18 spot to #10 with ‘DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love.’

Other new entries haven’t fared quite so well, with Pixie Lott’s ‘Broken Arrow’ at #12 and Michael Bublé’s ‘Hollywood’ debuting at #17.

Full chart below:

1. (1) Cee-Lo Green: Fuck You

2. (4) Bruno Mars: Just The Way You Are

3. (-) Duck Sauce: Barbra Streisand 

4. (5) Swedish House Mafia Vs Tinie Tempah: Miami 2 Ibiza

5. (3) Tinie Tempah: Written In The Stars

6. (-) Joe McElderry: Ambitions

7. (2) Robbie Williams & Gary Barlow: Shame

8. (6) Labrinth: Let The Sun Shine 

9. (22) Mike Posner: Cooler Than Me

10. (18) Usher ft. Pitbull: 'DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love'

This Week's Star Power Featured Artist!

This week we gave you four options for you to vote between to choose this week's 'Star Power' featured artist, from a shortlist of artists who will be releasing albums this week, and we have a winner!

Unfortunately, Etta James received 11% of the vote, coming last, closely followed by Lee Ryan with just 22%. However, tying with 33% of the vote each were Robbie Williams and Cliff Richard. Due to this tie break, we had to make the decision based on who drew the final tally of their votes first

Based on this, our second Star Power artist is...

ROBBIE WILLIAMS!!!

Check in here to catch up with Robbie's Star Power stats...

Uk Midweek Charts Roundup - Tuesday 5th Oct

Another week and yet ANOTHER single on track for the #1 spot! This time it looks like a battle between Cee-Lo Green with ‘Fuck You’ vs Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow with ‘Shame’ to claim this week’s top spot. Currently Cee-Lo is ahead of the Take That duo, shifting around 40k copies, ahead of Williams/Barlow’s 27k.

The Tempah/Turner collaboration has slipped a couple of places to #3, ahead of Bruno Mars’ ‘Just The Way You Are’ at #4. A new entry at #5 is Sweedish House Mafia featuring chart regular Tinie Tempah with their collaboration ‘Miama 2 Ibiza,’ making it Tempah’s second position in the top 5.

Labrinth has dropped down to #6, ahead of Kings of Leon’s new entry ‘Radioactive’ which currently resides at #7. Last week’s chart heavyweights Taio Cruz and Adele fall to the #8 and #9 spots respectively whilst Katy Perry clings to the end of the top ten.

You know the drill...pop back tomorrowwww!

Robbie Williams ft. Gary Barlow - Shame

First of all, the single feels a little gimickey just in terms of the idea behind it. The fact that Robbie and Gary have overcome their rift didn't really mean that they HAD to release a single together to prove the fact but it's because of this that millions of housewives across the country will be getting their kids to show them how to download it.


Coming to the single itself, 'Shame' has a country-like sound to it, and it kind of reminds us of the theme to some kind of OAP's sitcom or countryside drama. The lyrics to the track are sentimental, referencing old rivalries and regrets, although come across as being clichéd and awkward at times and some of the rhymes used are far too predictable and could have been written by the lyricist of a bad boy band.


However, the track is still listenable and is fairly pleasant but just lacks that spark of genius that many now associate with Robbie. Not so much Gary...oh that solo career...It would seem almost written to be a sing-along track for those middle aged women who love to throw their oversized pants at Take That at any given moment.


Whilst the idea behind the single is nice, this just doesn't feel believable and many would, and possibly should, have expected more magic from the pair. I can't help but feeling that this is a bit of a letdown overall, especially for a track destined to feature on Robbie's second greatest hits CD.


5/10 - Ice.

Who do YOU Want As Next Week's 'Star Power' Featured Artist?

SO...It's time to vote for who YOU want to see as next week's featured artist in our Star Power "Top Trumps" section. (Voting in the box at the side of the page)

This week we have a shortlist of four artists, young and old, who ALL have one thing in common...they all have an album due for release next week...

Will it be:

Cliff Richard, who will be releasing 'Bold As Brass'?

Lee Ryan, who will be releasing new album 'Confessions'?

Etta James, with her compilation 'At Last: The Best Of'?

ORRR...Robbie Williams, with his compilation 'In And Out Of Consciousness'?

Who's featured? You decide :)


For this week's Star Power - Tinie Tempah - click here!