UK Top 40 Singles Chart For This Week (3rd April)

i was kinda hoping for a cartoon tbh

this is actually a pretty cover

1. broken record
2. black & yellow
3. coming home
4. don't hold your breath
5. on the floor
6. rolling in the deep
7. sweat (not the david guetta remix)
8. down on me
9. only girl (in the world)

bun the rest

katy b is the best by quite some way

ugh Within Temptation have went in the album charts at #23. Now we're going to have a bunch of shitty goth/folk/pagan metal bands hitting the UK.

Skinny Love just sounds like some Damien Rice song anyway

this is actually a pretty cover

― J0rdan S., Sunday, April 3, 2011 2:39 PM (1 minute ago)

^^

fucking _great_. tempted to say it's as good, if not better, than the original

I really like that Cee-Lo song. Swaggers.

Noah and the Whale L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.

^^^this sounds like the worst on the list

I don't know what most of these are tho I probably know a few more of them than I recognise. Definitely like "Someone Like You", "Just Can't Get Enough" and "Only Girl in the World", voting for the Adele song. Yeah I was shocked too.

the noah and the whale song itself isn't the worst but the singer has a really terrible voice -- like not even just annoying sounding like some indie singers, but he actually can't sing in a noticeable way imo

i haven't heard all of them, including that noah & the whale song, but it'll take some doing to outdo "firework" for worst

most underrated around here is probably scherzinger, even ilm's most ardent pop fans don't seem to care about her (their loss! her album's better than britney's)

it's because she has zero presence in the US

i didn't even know she had an album out

she does, it's pretty good if not great

it's called killer love and has a really boring cover. search "club banger nation", "desperate", "amenjena", the title track

Voted for Coming Home but i've had the Alexis Jordan song stuck in my head for two weeks. Looks like a pretty decent, if slow-moving, chart.

1) broken record
2) rolling in the deep
3) good girl
4) down on me
5) black and yellow
6) only girl in the world

apparently i really like stargate

have stargate reclaimed the crown from dr. luke? this is something i ponder frequently

either broken record or black and yellow

i heard the j-lo song when watching American Idol w my mom (this and Rebecca Black were my only compromises with my self-imposed Lent music ban) and I was kinda shocked at how un-catchy I found it...

Is that other Adele song a Dylan cover?

Yep.

Following Annastasia Baker's audition of the song on The X Factor on 28 August 2010, the single re-entered the UK Singles Chart at #24 on 5 September 2010. After a subsequent performance of the song by various artists at boot camp shown 26 September, it peaked at #4 on 3 October 2010.

Dylan's version didn't make the charts though.

Wiz made the top ten? That is seriously awesome for him. Lopez has a new single? Wow I am out of the loop.

not as much as i am

Having only knowingly heard 17 of these at the start of the week, I have spent the last couple of days diligently working my way through all 40 tracks.

Here are the results:
Like a lot - 12
They're OK - 14
Dislike/hate - 14

Here they all are, in descending order of preference.

9 points
Adele Make You Feel My Love (there's some personal context for this, which I feel disinclined to share)
Lady Gaga Born This Way
Katy B Broken Record

8 points
Birdy Skinny Love
Katy Perry Firework
Adele Rolling In The Deep
Diddy Dirty Money Coming Home (feat. Skylar Grey)

7 points
Cee Lo Green Bright Lights, Bigger City
Kanye West All Of The Lights (feat. Drake & Rihanna)
Adele Someone Like You
Martin Solveig & Dragonette Hello
Mann Buzzin (feat. 50 Cent)

6 points
Jennifer Lopez On The Floor (feat. Pitbull)
David Guetta Who's That Chick? (feat. Rihanna)
Tiesto Vs Diplo C'Mon (Catch 'Em By Surprise) (feat. Busta Rhymes)
Rihanna Only Girl (In The World)
The Wanted Gold Forever
LMFAO Party Rock Anthem (feat. Lauren Bennett and Goonrock)
Snoop Dogg Sweat (David Guetta Remix)

5 points
Chris Brown Yeah 3X
Taio Cruz Higher (feat. Kylie & Travie McCoy)
The Black Eyed Peas Just Can't Get Enough
Nicole Scherzinger Don't Hold Your Breath
Alexis Jordan Good Girl
Parade Louder
Tinie Tempah Wonderman (feat. Ellie Goulding)

4 points
Jeremih Down On Me (feat. 50 Cent)
Wiz Khalifa Black And Yellow
Peter Kay & Susan Boyle I Know Him So Well
Noah and the Whale L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.
Bruno Mars Grenade
Rihanna S&M

3 points
Katy Perry E.T. (feat. Kanye West)

2 points
Jessie J Price Tag (feat. B.o.B)
Enrique Iglesias Tonight (I'm Lovin' You) (feat. Ludacris)
Dr. Dre I Need A Doctor (feat. Eminem & Skylar Grey)
Chipmunk Champion (feat. Chris Brown)
P!nk Perfect

1 point
Jessie J Do It Like A Dude
Glee Cast Thriller/Heads Will Roll (the only track that I couldn't bear to listen to all the way through)

Broken Record is amazing, the final third where she starts singing "like a broken record" and the 90s style breakbeats kick in and it all lifts off is probably my favourite musical moment of this year. Everyone needs to hear it (and the album for that matter).

33 Martin Solveig & Dragonette Hello

Is this any good?

'Wonderman' is pretty great as well, much better than "fifth single off the album, featuring Ellie Goulding" would lead you to believe.

I'm not sure how far I could rationally justify my liking for "Hello"! For me, it has good associations with warm-up DJs/excited crowds at arena gigs.

Voted for Noah & The Whale then. :)

No surprises there, then!

I look at this list and feel 129 years old.

X-Post. Well, might have gone for Lady Gaga or Rihanna as well, but feel none of those are among their best.

"hello" is kinda fun

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

j-lo robbed ;_;

but the correct winner!

would have voted for wiz

Me too

If only it had been a better Jeremih song that had charted.