OCC Official Chart Update - Close of business Tuesday: He’s had 12 Official Singles Chart Top 40s, his debut album, +, spent three weeks at the top of the Official Albums Chart and has sold over 1.79 million copies to date in the UK, but surprisingly, Ed Sheeran has never scored a UK Number 1 single, however that could all change this weekend. Sing, the first single to be lifted from Ed’s upcoming second album, x, has stormed to Number 1 on today’s Official Singles Chart Update, with the Pharrell-produced track having sold nearly 72,000 copies in the UK so far this week. Sing currently sits over 47,000 copies ahead of its closest competition, Sam Smith’s Stay With Me, a non-mover today at Number 2. Reigning Number 1, Secondcity’s I Wanna Feel, slides two places today to Number 3, followed by the only non-British artist in the Update Top 5, Mr Probz, who holds firm at Number 4 with Waves. Completing the midweek Top 5 is the second highest new entry of the week, The Neon Brotherhood’s Hope Ain’t A Bad Thing. The charity single, in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust, is a tribute to the late 19-year-old Stephen Sutton, who raised over £4 million for the charity before his death last month. In at Number 10 is Lethal Bizzle’s The Drop FT Cherri Voncelle, while Kasabian’s Eez-Eh, the band’s first single in over two years, is at Number 18. British producer and DJ, Wilkinson’s Half Light FT Tom Cane enters at Number 21. Finally, Dutch DJ, R3hab, and Turkish/Dutch DJ Ummet Ozcan have joined forces with Australian duo NERVO for new track Revolution, which sits at Number 29 today. The highest climber on today’s Official Singles Chart Update is Little Mix’s Salute, climbing 13 places from Number 40 to 27 after its official release last Sunday. The Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is as follows 1 SING ED SHEERAN 2 STAY WITH ME SAM SMITH 3 I WANNA FEEL SECONDCITY 4 WAVES MR PROBZ 5 HOPE AINT A BAD THING NEON BROTHERHOOD 6 JUBEL KLINGANDE 7 ALL OF ME JOHN LEGEND 8 I WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN RITA ORA 9 DANGEROUS LOVE FUSE ODG FT SEAN PAUL 10 THE DROP LETHAL BIZZLE/CHERRI VONCELLE 11 ONLY LOVE CAN HURT LIKE THIS PALOMA FAITH 12 SUMMER CALVIN HARRIS 13 WIGGLE JASON DERULO FT SNOOP DOGG 14 A SKY FULL OF STARS COLDPLAY 15 LOVE NEVER FELT SO GOOD MICHAEL JACKSON 16 HAPPY PHARRELL WILLIAMS 17 LET IT GO IDINA MENZEL 18 EEZ-EH KASABIAN 19 EXTRAORDINARY CLEAN BANDIT FT SHARNA BASS 20 HIDEAWAY KIESZA 21 HALF LIGHT WILKINSON FT TOM CANE 22 BEATING HEART ELLIE GOULDING 23 NOBODY TO LOVE SIGMA 24 RATHER BE CLEAN BANDIT FT JESS GLYNNE 25 FANCY IGGY AZALEA FT CHARLI XCX 26 LOYAL CHRIS BROWN/LIL WAYNE/TYGA 27 SALUTE LITTLE MIX 28 BIRTHDAY KATY PERRY 29 REVOLUTION R3HAB/NERVO/UMMET OZCAN 30 HEART AND SOUL TWIN ATLANTIC 31 STAY HIGH TOVE LO 32 MONEY ON MY MIND SAM SMITH 33 MARILYN MONROE PHARRELL WILLIAMS 34 MAGIC COLDPLAY 35 I GOT U DUKE DUMONT FT JAX JONES 36 WILD WILD LOVE PITBULL FT GRL 37 WEST COAST LANA DEL REY 38 MY LOVE ROUTE 94 FT JESS GLYNNE 39 SHE LOOKS SO PERFECT 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER 40 DARK HORSE KATY PERRY FT JUICY J Influential British rockers, Led Zeppelin have re-entered today’s Official Albums Chart Update in spectacular style midweek after the release of Jimmy Page-remastered versions of their first three studio albums. The quartet’s self-titled debut album is currently sitting at Number 4 today, followed by Led Zeppelin II and Led Zeppelin III, at Numbers 7 and 6 respectively. Upon their original release in 1969, Led Zeppelin’s self-titled debut album peaked at Number 6 on the, while follow ups Led Zeppelin II (1969) and Led Zeppelin III (1970) both hit the Number 1 spot. In total, the group have notched up a massive 17 Top 40 albums with eight releases reaching the Number 1 spot. Elsewhere, Sam Smith’s In The Lonely Hour looks set to fight off the competition and once again claim the Number 1 spot, holding its lead over Coldplay’s Ghost Stories (Number 2) by a tight margin of just over 2,000 copies, according to Official Charts Company sales data. At Number 3, Clean Bandit’s debut offering, New Eyes, is the highest new entry so far this week. New Eyes features Clean Bandit’s previous Top 40 singles Mozart’s House, Extraordinary FT Sharna Bass, and Rather Be FT Jess Glynne, which spent four weeks at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart back in January. Rounding out the midweek Top 5 are Manchester’s James who are back with their first full-length studio album in six years, La Petite Mort (5). Paul Weller’s More Modern Classics, a compilation of the icon’s tracks from the past 15 years, enters the chart at Number 8 while Hank Marvin’s Hank is in at 11. Dame Vera Lynn’s National Treasure - The Ultimate Collection is new in at Number 13 coinciding with the forthcoming 70th anniversary D-Day celebrations this weekend, while in at Number 16 is US rapper 50 Cent with his fifth studio album, Animal Ambition - An Untamed Desire. English indie folk bank, Moulettes’ Constellations enter the chart at 24, while American country singer, Miranda Lambert’s Platinum is at 26. Rounding out this week’s new entries are satirical hip-hop group The Midnight Beast, in at 32 with their second studio album, Shtick Heads. There are two re-entries today - the 20th Anniversary Definitive Master of Morrissey’s Vauxhall and I (33) and Kings Of Leon’s 2003 debut, Youth & Young Manhood (38). Rodriguez’s Searching For Sugar Man Original Soundtrack is the highest climber on this week’s update, jumping 31 places from Number 52 to 21. The Official Albums Chart Update Top 40 is as follows 1 IN THE LONELY HOUR SAM SMITH 2 GHOST STORIES COLDPLAY 3 NEW EYES CLEAN BANDIT 4 LED ZEPPELIN LED ZEPPELIN 5 LA PETITE MORT JAMES 6 LED ZEPPELIN 3 LED ZEPPELIN 7 LED ZEPPELIN 2 LED ZEPPELIN 8 MORE MODERN CLASSICS PAUL WELLER 9 CAUSTIC LOVE PAOLO NUTINI 10 A PERFECT CONTRADICTION PALOMA FAITH 11 HANK HANK MARVIN 12 XSCAPE MICHAEL JACKSON 13 NATIONAL TREASURE - ULTIMATE COLLECTION VERA LYNN 14 GIRL PHARRELL WILLIAMS 15 AM ARCTIC MONKEYS 16 ANIMAL AMBITION - AN UNTAMED DESIRE 50 CENT 17 MIDNIGHT MEMORIES ONE DIRECTION 18 LOVE IN THE FUTURE JOHN LEGEND 19 IF YOU WAIT LONDON GRAMMAR 20 PRISM KATY PERRY 21 SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN - OST RODRIGUEZ 22 TURN BLUE BLACK KEYS 23 WHAT HAVE WE BECOME PAUL HEATON & JACQUI ABBOTT 24 CONSTELLATIONS MOULETTES 25 MEET THE VAMPS VAMPS 26 PLATINUM MIRANDA LAMBERT 27 THE 1975 1975 28 BAD BLOOD BASTILLE 29 GLORIOUS FOXES 30 SHEEZUS LILY ALLEN 31 TRIBAL IMELDA MAY 32 SHTICK HEADS MIDNIGHT BEAST 33 VAUXHALL AND I MORRISSEY 34 OUT AMONG THE STARS JOHNNY CASH 35 GOING BACK HOME WILKO JOHNSON/ROGER DALTREY 36 HALCYON ELLIE GOULDING 37 MECHANICAL BULL KINGS OF LEON 38 YOUTH & YOUNG MANHOOD KINGS OF LEON 39 ME - I AM MARIAH - THE ELUSIVE CHANTEUSE MARIAH CAREY 40 SUNNY SIDE UP PAOLO NUTINI
Posted on: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 17:07:29 +0000
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