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The X Factor infuence on both singles and album charts is profiled in this week's Chart Watch podcast. Plus we talk Cheryl Cole herself and the strange series of errors that hindered the Monday sales and distribution of her debut album.Oh, and I coul 
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 26 Oct 2009 1:07PM GMT
All good things come to those who wait. Cheryl Cole sets new benchmarks at the top of the singles chart, but Alexandra has the biggest album. Fight! Fight! Posted Sun 25 Oct 2009 9:45PM GMT
Sorry if this annoys anyone but we have to talk about X Factor a lot this week, for the TV talent show has once again demonstrated its power to affect just about everything.Storming to Number One on the singles chart is show judge Cheryl Cole. ... Posted Wed 21 Oct 2009 8:11PM BST
In this week's Chart Update podcast, the twin entries of Alexandra Burke and Robbie Williams are dissected and we ponder on the impact that future X Factor performances will have on later releases.Plus the full Top 10 and the possibility that one sin Posted Mon 19 Oct 2009 9:20AM BST
Alexandra and Robbie! Together at last! Although they dominate the chart news this week there is plenty to tell about the rest of the chart. Step inside friends. Posted Sun 18 Oct 2009 7:42PM BST
Who said nice guys finish last? Well on the basis of the UK singles chart this week they are not far wrong, thanks to the presence of 'Bad Boys' at Number One. The single marks the start of the solo career proper of X Factor 2008 winner Alexandra Bur Posted Wed 14 Oct 2009 2:05PM BST
In this week's Chart Watch podcast, Chipmunk is dissected and The Saturdays are invited to take the week off. We look at the abundance of veterans in the album chart and note a strange iTunes error which is confusing plenty of Miley Cyrus fans.This t Posted Mon 12 Oct 2009 8:48AM BST
A two way battle at the top, but was it Chipmunk or the Saturdays who ran out winners. Plus an album chart practically crammed full with Grandads and Grandmas. Posted Sun 11 Oct 2009 7:49PM BST
Two chart stories will make headlines this week - the battle for singles chart supremacy and a veteran lineup of hit albums.First to singles, and after a protracted struggle it is Chipmunk who reigns supreme as his third hit of 2009 'Oopsy Daisy' deb Posted Mon 5 Oct 2009 4:17PM BST
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