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Artist News
Chart update – w/c 28 Dec 2009
By CMU Editorial | Published on Sunday 27 December 2009
So, we’ve had the excitement of Christmas, we’re all bloated from eating and drinking far too much, and the Groundhog Day-like effects of an extended stay with our families means that few of us even realise that yesterday was Sunday. It was Sunday, though. And that means it’s now time for the very last chart update of the year.
Typically, this is one of the year’s dullest charts, as most of the record buying public are too busy doing all that eating and drinking to be buying music. However, this year’s post-Christmas singles chart is more notable than most, as Rage Against The Machine’s ‘Killing In The Name’ is at number two. Continuing to hold a high position despite the end of the successful internet campaign to get it to Christmas number one, it also marks the tenth week back on the chart for the song. Christmas chart loser Joe McElderry, meanwhile, is now at number one.
There are three new entries in the singles chart this week. At number 30 is Jay-Z and Mr Hudson’s painful cover of Alphaville’s already awful ‘Forever Young’, while limping in a bit bloody late are Slade’s ‘Merry Christmas Everybody’ and Chris Rea’s ‘Driving Home For Christmas’.
In the album chart, there’s also a new number one, Michael Bublé having ousted Susan Boyle from the top spot and pushed her down into second position. Though, given that she managed to achieve the highest selling album of the year in just four weeks, she’s probably not that bothered to drop one place after five.
The number of new entries on the album chart this week is exactly zero, so you’ll just have to make do with a re-entry for Take That’s ‘The Circus’ at number 37.
I did warn you that the charts would be boring this week, didn’t I? Luckily, the Official Charts Company has also revealed the top five highest selling singles and albums of the year. Be excited, people.
Highest selling singles of 2009:
1. Lady Gaga – Poker Face
2. Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
3. Lady Gaga – Just Dance
4. Cheryl Cole – Fight For This Love
5. La Roux – In For The Kill
Highest selling albums of 2009:
1. Susan Boyle – I Dreamed A Dream
2. Lady Gaga – The Fame
3. Michael Bublé – Crazy Love
4. Kings Of Leon – Only By The Night
5. Black Eyed Peas – The End
Kings Of Leon’s ‘Only Buy The Night’ was also the third best selling album of 2008, which is good news for the Followill family. Released in September last year, it has now sold over two million copies and spent more than a year in the UK top 40.
All this chart information was compiled by The Official Charts Company in between turkey sandwiches.
