UK Music Charts – Oct 25 – Cheryl Cole & Alexandra Burke

October 25, 2009 by Dave Parrack

The UK music charts may mean less now than they used to but they’re still an indicator of what’s hot on the popular British music scene right now. This week’s Top 10 singles and Top 10 albums are listed below.

This week’s singles chart saw Cheryl Cole depart Girls Aloud temporarily to score her first solo number one with Fight For This Love. It was the fastest selling single of the week, racking up sales of 290,000 copies. Alexandra Burke slipped to number two with Bad Boys. With the exception of a new entry by Young Soul Rebels and Whitney Houston climbing into the top ten, the rest stayed virtually unchanged.

Last year’s winner of The X Factor, Alexandra Burke, beat Michael Bublé, Whitney Houston, and Seasick Steve to take the number one spot on the new albums chart. Fleetwood Mac and Spandau ballet also entered the top ten with new albums while the very kooky yet beautiful Paloma Faith moved into the number nine spot with Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful?

Top 10 UK Singles

1. (-) Cheryl Cole: ‘Fight For This Love’
2. (1) Alexandra Burke ft. Flo Rida: ‘Bad Boys’
3. (3) Chipmunk: ‘Oopsy Daisy’
4. (2) Robbie Williams: ‘Bodies’
5. (14) Whitney Houston: ‘Million Dollar Bill’
6. (4) Taio Cruz: ‘Break Your Heart’
7. (6) Black Eyed Peas: ‘I Gotta Feeling’
8. (5) Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys: ‘Empire State Of Mind’
9. (9) Michael Bublé: ‘Haven’t Met You Yet’
10. (-) Young Soul Rebels: ‘I Got Soul’

Top 10 UK Albums

1. (-) Alexandra Burke: ‘Overcome’
2. (-) Michael Bublé: ‘Crazy Love’
3. (-) Whitney Houston: ‘I Look To You’
4. (-) Seasick Steve: ‘Man From Another Time’
5. (5) Paolo Nutini: ‘Sunny Side Up’
6. (-) Fleetwood Mac: ‘The Very Best Of’
7. (-) Spandau Ballet: ‘Once More’
8. (2) Chipmunk: ‘I Am Chipmunk’
9. (16) Paloma Faith: ‘Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful?’
10. (6) Vera Lynn: ‘We’ll Meet Again – The Very Best Of’

[Photo Source: Amazon.co.uk]