Start your week right here as Live4ever’s music collection offers you all the weekend’s chart news, our pick of the week’s new releases, and you can also plan your next seven days with our UK Gig Guide where you will find tickets for some of the best shows currently going on across Britain.
Take That are on top of the UK Album chart for another week with ‘Progress’, while Kings Of Leon’s ‘Come Around Sundown’ rises back into the top ten at #7. In the UK Singles chart, The Black Eyed Peas are at number one with their new track ‘The Time’, which holds off stiff competition from Willow.
Top 20 Albums:
1/ Take That – Progress
2/ Michael Buble – Crazy Love
3/ Olly Murs – Olly Murs
4/ Rihanna – Loud
5/ JLS – Outta This World
6/ Susan Boyle – The Gift
7/ Kings Of Leon – Come Around Sundown
8/ Bon Jovi – Greatest Hits
9/ The Black Eyed Peas – The Beginning
10/ Andre Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra – Moonlight Serenade
11/ Pink – Greatest Hits So Far
12/ Westlife – Gravity
13/ Katy Perry- Teenage Dream
14/ Robbie Williams – Greatest Hits 1990-2010
15/ N-Dubz – Love Live Life
16/ Cheryl Cole – Messy Little Raindrops
17/ The Script – Science & Faith
18/ Annie Lennox – A Christmas Cornucopia
19/ Duffy – Endlessly
20/ Rumer – Seasons Of My Soul
Top 20 Singles:
1/ The Black Eyed Peas – The Time
2/ Willow – Whip My Hair
3/ Ellie Goulding – Your Song
4/ Rihanna – What’s My Name
5/ Rihanna – Only Girl (In The World)
6/ Far East Movement – Like a G6
7/ The X Factor 2010 Finalists – Heroes
8/ Olly Murs – Thinking Of Me
9/ David Guetta – Who’s That Chick?
10/ Nicole Scherzinger – Poison
11/ Michael Jackson – Hold My Hand
12/ Katy Perry – Firework
13/ Coldplay – Christmas Lights
14/ JLS – Love You More
15/ Take That – The Flood
16/ Alexandra Burke – The Silence
17/ Bruno Mars – Just The Way You Are (Amazing)
18/ Alexis Jordan – Happiness
19/ McFly – Shine a Light
20/ Alexa Goddard – Turn My Swag On
Our pick of new releases this week features Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan‘s stunning festive track ‘Time Of The Season‘, and Crystal Castles‘ ‘Not In Love‘, which contains the vocal talents of The Cure frontman Robert Smith.
Crystal Castles feat. Robert Smith – Not In Love
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Time Of The Season
If you’re wanting to get out to a gig this week find out where tickets are still available for some of the best shows currently going on across Britain with our latest UK Gig Guide. Click on the featured bands to view their full tour details, and if your city or favourite band isn’t featured this week, you can search any event and browse all the featured tours over on our dedicated tickets page.
BIRMINGHAM:
Tuesday – Manic Street Preachers @ O2 Academy BUY TICKETS
BRIGHTON:
Wednesday – Madness @ Brighton Centre BUY TICKETS
LIVERPOOL:
Friday – The Real People @ O2 Academy 2 BUY TICKETS
LONDON:
Wednesday – XFM Winter Wonderland @ Brixton Academy BUY TICKETS
MANCHESTER:
Monday – Idlewild @ Academy 2 BUY TICKETS
NOTTINGHAM:
Tuesday – Brother @ The Bodega Social Club BUY TICKETS
OXFORD:
Wednesday – The Bees @ O2 Academy 2 BUY TICKETS
SHEFFIELD:
Thursday – The Pogues @ O2 Academy BUY TICKETS
(all gigs listed have tickets still available as of Monday, 13th December 2010)