SINGLES
1 NEW TAIO CRUZ
2 DAVID GUETTA
3 NEW MADONNA
4 JAY Z
5 25 SHAKIRA
6 PIXIE LOTT
7 BLACK EYED PEAS
8 DIZZEE
9 MINI VIVA
10 SUGABABES

13 NEW PARAMORE

ALBUMS
1 NEW MUSE
2 NEW PETER ANDRE
4 NEW JAY Z
5 NEW PIXIE LOTT
6 NEW DAVID GRAY
7 NEW MARK KNOPFLER
10 NEW PORCUPINE TREE
13 NEW MEGADETH

What the hell happened to Mika? I thought Golden could be the Record of the Year.

And Pixie plummeting to 6.

The chart is looking very Major Label Hyped again.

And Taio Cruz - very average; not a "real hit"...

What are those naughty majors up to?

Info please.

Not been a strong singles chart all summer with plenty of average songs not yet available on albums reaching the summit. Early airplay + delayed release = guaranteed first week sales so nothing really unusual about that.

Taio Cruz's latest just fits perfectly the current music scene and what sells well on download (remember he also wrote the Tinchy Stryder/Amelle hit which topped the chart 5 or 6 weeks back).

As for Pixie, both #1s were 1 week wonders and the latest has the second lowest sales of the year for a chart topper just ahead of Lily Allen's 4th week at #1 with Fear. She was lucky to hold off David Guetta in the end who almost returned to #1 three weeks after he was last there.

Problem with Mika is the song isnt Grace Kelly, Love Today, or Big Girl. I was surprised it did as well as it did getting to number four. The album may fare better.

Additional info.

Wednesday Top 40 Only

Singles

1 Taio Cruz 35.7k
2 David Guetta 21.3k
3 Madonna 21k
4 Jay Z/Rihanna/Kanye West 18.2k
5 Shakira 18.2k

Top 15
Paramore

Top 30
Paloma Faith
26 Lady GaGa [Lovegame]
Pitbull (HRS)

Top 40
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
Eva Cassidy

(Apparently Taylor Swift is #41)

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Albums

1 Muse 88.2k
2 Peter Andre 24k
3 Vera Lynn 22k
4 Jay-Z 18.3k
5 Pixie Lott 13.1k

Top 10
6 David Gray 12.1k
7 Mark Knopfler 6.9k
Porcupine Tree

Top 15
Megadeth

Top 40
Muse [BH & R]
39 Inme

Thanks to Mart!n @ Buzzjack

Shakira's position is based on downloads alone and the physical version is out 21 September 2009 so look for it to make a strong push for number one next week. I also think it may be higher than 5 in the final chart this week.