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Official Chart Update 02/05/2012
02/05/2012
Tulisa soars toward debut solo Number 1
Not content with topping FHM’s Sexiest Women In The World poll earlier this week, Tulisa also looks set to top the Official Singles Chart.
According to today’s Official Singles Chart Update, the N-Dubz star and X Factor judge’s debut single, Young, is on course to end Carly Rae Jepsen’s four-week stint at Number 1. However, the track, which was co-written by Tulisa’s ex-boyfriend and N-Dubz bandmate Fazer, wasn’t originally intended for her.
"It was one of those ones I heard in the studio, and I was like, 'I have to have this song’,” she revealed in an interview with BBC Radio 2. “It was meant for someone else, I'm not going to say who it was meant for, who they pictured it for, but I nicked it!”
"They didn't even get a chance to pitch it to the [other singer],” she added. “It wasn't even finished and I was like, 'I'm having that song, give it to me!’."
Carly Rae Jepsen has now slipped into second place, while former chart toppers Cover Drive look set to debut at Number 3 with their new track, Sparks. Fun and Janelle Monae’s We Are Young slips from Number 3 to Number 4, while Alex Clare’s Too Close climbs one place to Number 5 and completes this week’s Official Singles Chart Update Top 5.
New entries and high climbers
While Britain’s Got Talent may have beaten The Voice in last weekend’s television rating wars, the BBC’s new flagship music show looks set to knock Simon Cowell’s reality programme into second place on this week’s Official Singles Chart.
Beyonce’s Listen, which was covered by 9-year-old Malakai Paul on BGT on Saturday, is this week’s second highest re-entry, up a staggering 131 places to Number 36. However, James Vincent McMorrow’s Higher Love, which was performed by Tyler James on The Voice, climbs 133 places to Number 29 on today’s Official Singles Chart Update. If that wasn’t enough, Lana Del Rey’s Blue Jeans, which was performed by the US singer on The Voice on Sunday, is on course for its highest ever chart placing, climbing to Number 28.
Elsewhere, Sub Focus FT Alice Gold are new in at Number 18 with Out Of The Blue, Flux Pavilion’s Daydreamer looks set to debut at Number 30, and AVICII is set to score his third Top 40 hit with Silhouettes, which is on course for Number 34.
The full Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:
| 1 | YOUNG | TULISA |
| 2 | CALL ME MAYBE | CARLY RAE JEPSEN |
| 3 | SPARKS | COVER DRIVE |
| 4 | WE ARE YOUNG | FUN FT JANELLE MONAE |
| 5 | TOO CLOSE | ALEX CLARE |
| 6 | LET'S GO | CALVIN HARRIS FT NE-YO |
| 7 | LASERLIGHT | JESSIE J FT DAVID GUETTA |
| 8 | DRIVE BY | TRAIN |
| 9 | CAN'T SAY NO | CONOR MAYNARD |
| 10 | PRIMADONNA | MARINA & THE DIAMONDS |
| 11 | STARSHIPS | NICKI MINAJ |
| 12 | SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW | GOTYE FT KIMBRA |
| 13 | SO GOOD | BOB |
| 14 | TITANIUM | DAVID GUETTA FT SIA |
| 15 | 212 | AZEALIA BANKS FT LAZY JAY |
| 16 | SHE DOESN'T MIND | SEAN PAUL |
| 17 | I WON'T GIVE UP | JASON MRAZ |
| 18 | OUT THE BLUE | SUB FOCUS FT ALICE GOLD |
| 19 | BOYFRIEND | JUSTIN BIEBER |
| 20 | ORDINARY PEOPLE | JOHN LEGEND |
| 21 | PART OF ME | KATY PERRY |
| 22 | WILD ONES | FLO RIDA FT SIA |
| 23 | TURN ME ON | DAVID GUETTA FT NICKI MINAJ |
| 24 | LEVEL UP | SWAY |
| 25 | GREYHOUND | SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA |
| 26 | TAKE CARE | DRAKE FT RIHANNA |
| 27 | TURN UP THE MUSIC | CHRIS BROWN |
| 28 | BLUE JEANS | LANA DEL REY |
| 29 | HIGHER LOVE | JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW |
| 30 | DAYDREAMER | FLUX PAVILION |
| 31 | DOMINO | JESSIE J |
| 32 | NEXT TO ME | EMELI SANDE |
| 33 | CLIMAX | USHER |
| 34 | SILHOUETTES | AVICII |
| 35 | OH MY GOODNESS | OLLY MURS |
| 36 | LISTEN | BEYONCE |
| 37 | SEXY AND I KNOW IT | LMFAO |
| 38 | MAMA DO THE HUMP | RIZZLE KICKS |
| 39 | N****S IN PARIS | JAY-Z & KANYE WEST |
| 40 | HOW TO SAVE A LIFE | THE FRAY |
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Marina & The Diamonds electrify the Official Albums Update
Marina Diamandis, AKA Marina And The Diamonds, looks set to score her first Number 1 album on Sunday according to the Official Charts Company’s latest sales data.
The half Welsh / half Greek singer’s second album, Electra Heart, has a comfortable lead on its closest competitor – Lana Del Rey’s Born To Die (Number 2) - and looks set to topple Jack White from the summit of the Official Albums Chart.
The news will certainly cheer-up Diamandis who was forced to postpone her upcoming UK tour earlier this week after being advised by doctors to rest her voice or risk permanently damaging her vocal chords. Marina And The Diamonds’ debut album, The Family Jewels, peaked at Number 5 when it was released in 2010.
Jack White’s Blunderbuss slips into third place, while US singer songwriter Norah Jones looks set to notch up her fifth Top 40 album with her latest release, Little Broken Hearts, is on course to debut at Number 4. Adele’s mega-selling second album, 21, completes this week’s Official Albums Chart Update Top 5.
New Entries
Marilyn Manson could be headed towards his highest UK albums chart position in nearly eight years this Sunday with his eighth studio album, Born Villain. The record, which is the US shock rockers first release since parting ways with major label Interscope, features a guest appearance by Johnny Depp; the Pirates Of The Caribbean star plays guitar on a cover of Carly Simon’s Number 3 1972 hit, You’re So Vain.
Elsewhere, Mystery Jets look set to score their highest ever chart position with fourth album Radlands (Number 25). Scottish band Kassidy – whose frontman Barrie-James O'Neill is rumoured to be dating Lana Del Rey – look set to enter the Official Albums Chart at Number 30 with their debut album, One Man Army, while Swedish rockers Europe’s Bag Of Bones is new in at Number 37.
The full Official Albums Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:
| 1 | ELECTRA HEART | MARINA & THE DIAMONDS |
| 2 | BORN TO DIE | LANA DEL REY |
| 3 | BLUNDERBUSS | JACK WHITE |
| 4 | LITTLE BROKEN HEARTS | NORAH JONES |
| 5 | 21 | ADELE |
| 6 | BOYS & GIRLS | ALABAMA SHAKES |
| 7 | BORN VILLAIN | MARILYN MANSON |
| 8 | WHO YOU ARE | JESSIE J |
| 9 | IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW | OLLY MURS |
| 10 | PINK FRIDAY - ROMAN RELOADED | NICKI MINAJ |
| 11 | OUR VERSION OF EVENTS | EMELI SANDE |
| 12 | + | ED SHEERAN |
| 13 | NOTHING BUT THE BEAT | DAVID GUETTA |
| 14 | THE SCRIPT | SCRIPT |
| 15 | HEAVEN | REBECCA FERGUSON |
| 16 | THE LATENESS OF THE HOUR | ALEX CLARE |
| 17 | LONELY ARE THE BRAVE | MAVERICK SABRE |
| 18 | LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD | JASON MRAZ |
| 19 | OUT OF THE GAME | RUFUS WAINWRIGHT |
| 20 | MAKING MIRRORS | GOTYE |
| 21 | SCIENCE & FAITH | SCRIPT |
| 22 | THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION | STEPS |
| 23 | WRECKING BALL | BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN |
| 24 | UP ALL NIGHT | ONE DIRECTION |
| 25 | RADLANDS | MYSTERY JETS |
| 26 | TALK THAT TALK | RIHANNA |
| 27 | STEREO TYPICAL | RIZZLE KICKS |
| 28 | MYLO XYLOTO | COLDPLAY |
| 29 | 19 | ADELE |
| 30 | ONE MAN ARMY | KASSIDY |
| 31 | EVERY KINGDOM | BEN HOWARD |
| 32 | EL CAMINO | BLACK KEYS |
| 33 | VOICE OF AGES | CHIEFTAINS |
| 34 | MUSIC ROX | MOSHI MONSTERS |
| 35 | CALIFORNIA 37 | TRAIN |
| 36 | SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING | LMFAO |
| 37 | BAG OF BONES | EUROPE |
| 38 | BEST OF - DECADE IN THE SUN | STEREOPHONICS |
| 39 | DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS | BRUNO MARS |
| 40 | TAKE CARE | DRAKE |
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