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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!

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.

Bruno Mars Set to Top UK Singles Chart


CHART REFLECTION. Despite the official UK release of Bruno Mars’s “Grenade” is a few days away, WelcheMusic bets that it will become his second No.1 hit over there. Already attracting lots of airplay in the UK, Mars is only beaten by Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” on Music Week’s chart listing the most popular tracks on radio ahead of release.

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“Grenade” has alread reached No.1 in the US, but had to give up the top position to Katy Perry’s “Firework” which rebounded this week.

The former single “Just the Way You Are (Amazing)” rebounds 9-3 on the UK radio airplay chart, behind Matt Cardle and Cee Lo Green.  Mars had the No.3 top selling of 2010 in the UK with that one. His debut album Doo-Wops & Hooligans will get its official UK release on Jan.24.

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PJ Harvey Lets England Shake

CHART SPOTLIGHT. Fans of PJ Harvey may look forward to the singer’s upcoming set Let England Shake to be released this February. Harvey actually began working on this album during the release of White Chalk in 2007.

It is reported to depart from the piano-driven introspective collection of that album. Written between late 2007 and 2008, the set was recorded during an intense five weeks. Let England Shake is the first album since the 2009 release of A Woman and a Man Walked By. The set peaked at No.25 on the UK album chart, reaching its highest position in Belgium (No.11). Her biggest hit via Last.FM is “Good Fortune.”

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Not a typical singles artist, PJ Harvey’s biggest hit to date is “Down By the Water” which peaked at No.2 on the US Alternative chart back in 1995. Her highest peak in the UK is the 1993 album Rid of Me. WelcheMusic previously reported on the anticipated release of Adele’s new album 21, which provides a great start of the UK music scene.

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