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CHART REWIND. Guys, this was what you clicked on last week. You definitely embraced the new Jennifer Lopez track.

1.       RedOne+Jennifer Lopez=Lambada – Jennifer Lopez returns to the charts with the lambada flavoured “On the Floor” featuring Pitbull.

2.       The Beatles Top Act on Last.FM Following iTunes Announcement – The Beatles is actually still atop Last.FM’s chart.

3.       The Demonstration Transforms Lady Gaga Into Heavy Metal – “Bad Romance” goes heavy metal in this new version.

4.       Countdown to Adele’s ‘21’ Album Release – we’re soon there. Adele’s next album release is just around the corner.

5.       Glee Comes to the UK – countdown to the UK tour!

Bruno Mars Takes Doo Wops & Hooligans to the Top

CHART SPOTLIGHT. It might not have come as a surprise. Bruno Mars already topped the UK singles tally with “Just the Way You Are (Amazing)” and retains the No.1 spot for a second week running with “Grenade.” WelcheMusic finds him hotter than an oven, and this week Doo Wops & Hooligans crashes in at No.1 on the album chart as well. Bruno Mars has already conquered The Netherlands and Ireland with this album. He is still to reach the very top in the US besting the No.3 peak.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR6iYWJxHqs

One of Japan’s most important radio station has already picked up the Coldplay-flavoured track “Marry You.” According to Music Week, Bruno Mars became the most successful songwriter in the UK last year as part of the songwriting team The Smeezingtons. The production trio not only wrote and produced Mars’s “Just the Way You Are (Amazing),” they’re also responsible for Cee-Lo Green’s “Forget You.” Mars and his songwriting collective scored three UK No 1’s last year beginning with “Nothin’ on You” by B.o.B featuring Mars, followed by “Just the Way You Are (Amazing)” and “Forget You.” Additional hits also include “Billionaire” by Travie McCoy and K’naan’s World Cup Song “Wavin’ Flag.”

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Britney Spears Unable to Replicate Stateside Success

CHART SPOTLIGHT. While Britney Spears broke several records on the Billboard charts, the singer was unable to replicate the success in the UK. On the singles chart, published on Sunday evening, Spears’s “Hold It Against Me” bows at No.6.

The chart sported no less than five new entries, but none was able to unseat Bruno Mars’s “Grenade” which retains the top spot. Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” vaults in at No.2, the track has been the most played track on UK radio, of those yet to be released. As WelcheMusic already reported, Diddy’s “Coming Home” bows at No.4 ahead of the grime act Wretch 32 whose “Traktor” beat Britney Spears by a margin, ending up at No.5.

Diddy’s Finally Coming Home


CHART SPOTLIGHT. The new Diddy song is absolutely irresistible. Recorded with his new band Dirty Money, “Coming Home” has already reached the US Top 20. Released in the UK this week, the track has a catchy melody, some guitar riffs and a compelling chorus. WelcheMusic crosses all fingers that it will make the top ten! The new song is the latest single off the Last Train to Paris album, which has spawned no less than five singles yet.

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The track is produced by Alex Da Kidd, who also penned the Eminem & Rihanna duet and Jay-Z himself. Also look out for Skylar Grey who sings on the track, the talented vocalist who also helped out on writing “Love the Way You Lie.”

UPDATED. Jaay – Diddy beat Britney Spears and bowed at No4 with this single.

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