Posted Mon 4 Aug 2008 8:38AM BST
A week of milestones. The oldest ever Number One album, the first country Number One in what seems like DECADES, and I kissed a girl and I liked it.
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Yahoo! Music's very own chart expert James Masterton casts a weekly eye over all the weekly comings and goings in the UK charts. From the Number One to the Number 75, digital to physical, James has all the inside info on the music you've been buying this week.
Posted Mon 28 Jul 2008 8:56AM BST
For the first time ever a compilation has a discernable effect on the singles chart, nothing much changes at the top end, but I do like you so much better when you're naked. Really I do.
Posted Mon 21 Jul 2008 9:18AM BST
Have a quiet giggle at McFly's desperation, feel good about life with Noah And The Whale and consider the possibility of Meryl Streep of all people becoming a singles chart star.
Posted Mon 14 Jul 2008 11:30AM BST
Nothing doing at the top end of either singles or albums charts, but plenty to keep the music fan interested this week as Kid Rock gets his biggest hit ever and in turn propels at least one the songs that inspired his hit up the chart itself.
Posted Mon 7 Jul 2008 8:55AM BST
Yet another brand new Number One single this week as Dizzee Rascal finally has the big breakthrough hit we've been expecting ever since he appeared on the scene. Basshunter gets a Top 3 new entry as well, whilst Glastonbury propels Jay-Z's catalogue
Posted Mon 30 Jun 2008 10:41AM BST
We have a fifth Number One single in seven weeks, the new chart-topper making the slowest climb for a decade to get there. Plus Chris Brown does a spectacular double and an Ironik new entry.
Posted Sun 22 Jun 2008 9:23PM BST
An famous chart duck is broken as Coldplay get their first ever Number One single. Unusually 'Viva La Vida' lacks something rather important. Find out what it is, the other side of this handy link.
Posted Mon 16 Jun 2008 8:51AM BST
Well let's face it there was only ever going to be one Number One album in the UK this week. The Number One single was more unpredictable, especially if like me you guessed absolutely wrong.
Posted Mon 9 Jun 2008 9:22AM BST
The most surprising of all surprise new Number One singles arrives at the top this week, but are its days numbered before it has even started?
Posted Mon 2 Jun 2008 9:13AM BST
The Top 2 remain locked together on the singles chart but Duffy is swiftly coming up on the rails. Plus the continual rise of Ne-Yo and Britain's Got Talent generates the surprise Top 40 hit of the week.
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