Usher clocks up a massive week of sales for his single ‘OMG’, while on the albums side of the draw, the post-Mothers Day sales decline dramatically, allowing Justin Bieber to regain his No.1 album position.
SINGLES : Usher’s visit to our shores last week has paid of big time for the team at Sony Music – and won’t they be grinning this week with a mammoth 25,210 copies of the singer’s latest single ‘OMG’ being snapped up last week.
So big were those sales figures that it left B.o.B’s also impressive sales of ‘Airplanes’ (18,222 copies) looking pale in comparison back in the No.2 spot.
Katy Perry’s new single ‘California Gurls’ has hit with a vengeance. It debuted impressively at No.3 this week, nabbing 10,457 first week sales, Taio Cruz drops to No.4 with ‘Break Your Heart’ (10,305 sales) and Central Station’s Yolanda Be Cool has a top five hit on their hands with ‘We No Speak Americano’ – up 12 places to No.5 (9512 sales there).
Brian McFadden’s previous No.1 single ‘Just Say So’ drops four places to No.7, while Ke$ha scores herself another top ten hit with ‘Your Love Is My Drug’.
Sean Kingston and J-Bieb make another run at the top 10 with ‘Eenie Meenie’ – it’s up ten places to No.11, while Eminem’s ‘Not Afraid’ plummets nine places to No.13.
Ke$ha makes another appearance in the chart as a guest vocallist for 3OH!3 and their new track ‘My First Kiss’. It’s in at No.25 for it’s first week – 3709 sales in the bag. Rihanna also continues her climb towards the top with new single ‘Te Amo’. It’s up to No.28 this week, piggy-backed by ‘Rude Boy’ at No.29.
Scouting For Girls debuts in the top 50 with their former UK No.1 ‘This Ain’t A Love Song’. It’s in at No.36 with 2265 sales.
Jay-Z and Alicia are up slightly again, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool makes a top 50 splash at No.42 (1911 sales) – same too for Paramore (No.43 with ‘The Only Exception’ – 1902 sales) and Angus & Julia Stone (No.45 with ‘Big Jet Plane’ – 1823 sales).
Outside the top 50, Cheryl Cole is heading for the top 50 with her second local single ‘Fight For This Love’ climbing ten places to No.54.
The Glee Cast debuts at No.56 with their rendition of ‘Jessie’s Girl’ (1515 sales), former UK X Factor contestant Diana Vickers has a No.61 debut with ‘Once’ (1374 sales) and Powderfinger is up 20 places at No.67 with ‘Sail The Wildest Stretch’.
Glee’s version of ‘Like A Prayer’ has dropped from No.28 to No.70 post the episode’s showing on TV, but they debut at No.74 with ‘Total Eclipse Of The Heart’ and Timbaland debuts at No.71 with ‘Carry Out’.
The new Bliss N Eso single ‘Down By The River’ pops in at No.83 (969 sales), things get ‘beautiful’ thanks to Glee with both theirs and the original Christina Aguilera version of the track both debuting this week – Glee at No.91, Xtina at No.93.
Lady Antebellum is in at No.97 with ‘Need You Now’ (772 sales).
ALBUMS : The sales figures of last week (14,239 for a k.d.Lang No.1 then) are long gone, with Justin Bieber reclaiming the No.1 positon with a fraction of last week’s numbers. He only required 6108 copies to bag No.1 this week.
Dead Letter Circus debuts in the No.2 spot with 5562 sales, with AC/DC in No.3, k.d.Lang down to No.4 and Lady Gaga back into the top five.
Rolling Stones’ reworked edition of ‘Exile On Main Street’ debuts in the No.6 position (3512 sales), with Usher’s ‘Raymond V Raymond’ climbing 17 places to No.7 on the back of his promo visit and The Black Keys’ album ‘Brothers’ in at No.8 with 2796 sales.
LCD Soundsystem is in at No.11 with ‘This Is Happening’ (2253 copies), SuBo plummets from No.2 to No.13 and two more top 20 debuts come courtesy of Band Of Horses (‘Infinite Arms’ at No.19 – 1693 sales) and Cloud Control (‘Bliss Release’ at No.20 with 1580 sales).
If you thought SuBo’s slide was big, spare a thought for Michael Buble – his album ‘Crazy Love’ also slumps post-Mothers Day – down from No.3 last week to No.22 this week.
Crystal Castles debuts with their self-titled set at No.25 (1337 copies) and Andre Rieu and Mark Vincent join the post-Mothers Day slide, Andre down from No.9 to No.26 and Mark from No.8 to No.31.
Pink’s ‘Funhouse’ also slides (No.14 to No.32), so too David Hobson (No.18 to No.39), John Mayer (No.23 to No.42) and David Campbell (No.7 to No.45… OUCH!).
Craig David’s new album ‘Signed Sealed Delievered’ debuts in the No.44 position with 952 sales, B.o.B’s back into the mix with ‘The Adventures Of Bobby Ray’ – in at No.46, and the Gunners’ best of also re-enters – at No.47.
Outside the top 50, a No.53 debut for As I Lay Dying and their album ‘The Powerless Rise’ (793 sales), Christina Aguilera and Creedence Clearwater Revival’s best ofs benefit from price cuts, back in at No.54 and No.58 respectively.
Tina Arena’s live album drops from No.22 to No.80, Spit Syndicate are in at No.81 with ‘Exile’ (510 sales) and re-emergences for Angus & Julia Stone (No.87), Dan Sultan (No.90), Jet (No.96), Paramore (No.99) and Gin Wigmore (No.100).
auspOp says
Hey Matt,
Nowhere in the top 100, unfortunately.
It’s a great song, yes. But sadly radio in Australia tends to take all their style cues directly from the US.
Universal’s having all sorts of trouble getting Kelly Rowland’s new single away at radio too.
The auspOp team
Anonymous says
Matt said: How did poor Kelis go with acapella? It seems like its been swept under the carpet, any sales figures/chart positions for her it was such a uk smash hit?
auspOp says
(Thanks for the correction, Arlen…)
Arlen says
Hmm how did Diana vickers debut at #61 with that many sales? It hasn’t even bothered the iTunes top 100 and isn’t physically released. BTW she didn’t win X-Factor, but came 4th :)
auspOp says
Hey Innocent Eyes,
For this week, you’ve got the following;
Ke$ha : Your Love Is My Drug (8720)
Train : Hey, Soul Sister (8247)
Adam Lambert : Whataya Want From Me (6352)
Richard Vission : I Like That (5377)
k.d. Lang : Recollection (4525)
And for our Anonymous posters;
Lisa Mitchell
ALBUM No.37 : Wonder (1025)
SINGLE No.94 : Oh! Hark! (823)
Operator Please
ALBUM No.65 : Gloves (618)
SINGLE No.100 : Back And Forth (755)
Sia
SINGLE No.82 : Clap Your Hands (974)
Gin Wigmore
ALBUM No.100 : Holy Smoke (421)
The auspOp team
Innocent Eyes says
Hi auspOp!
Wanted to know how many units these titles sold this week:
+ Your Love Is My Drug
+ Hey, Soul Sister
+ Whataya Want From Me
+ I Like That
+ Recollection
Thanks in advance
Anonymous says
Gin Wigmore figures please?
Anonymous says
Operator, Lisa MItchell and Sia sales would be awesome thanks :)
auspOp says
Hey H,
Christina’s best-of is in at No.54 (772 sales) and her single ‘Beautiful’ is back in – at No.93 (854 sales).
But Anonymous,
No, no Rogue Traders in the chart this week.
The auspOp team
Anonymous says
Any Rogue Traders in the top 100
H says
Thanks, auspOp! Do you also have the sales for Christina’s “Beautiful” & her Greatest Hits effort?
Last thing, I swear – thanks!
auspOp says
(Just in addition to the sales figures this week, ‘Not Myself Tonight’ has sold 21,366 copies in total since it debuted on the digital chart back on April 19.)
auspOp says
Hey H,
Yes, Xtina is in the singles proper chart at No.22 with ‘Not Myself Tonight’. It sold a further 4635 copies.
No Madonna this week in either singles or albums charts.
The auspOp team
H says
Oh and Madonna too, as well please!
H says
Any sales for Christina Aguilera fully this week?
Feedlimmy says
YAY for Cheryl!
Did I mention that I squealed out loud when I walked past KFC one day and saw the ‘FFTL’ video playing on Channel V? AHHH!!!!!
auspOp says
Here y’are, just like fibre;
Beyonce
ALBUM No.69 : I Am… Sasha Fierce (586)
SINGLE No.88 : Single Ladies (883)
Black Eyed Peas
ALBUM No.41 : The E.N.D. (971)
SINGLE No.30 : Imma Be (2886)
SINGLE No.60 : I Gotta Feeling (1426)
SINGLE No.96 : Rock That Body (807)
Michael Buble
ALBUM No.22 : Crazy Love (1423)
SINGLE No.80 : Haven’t Met You Yet (993)
Cheryl Cole
SINGLE No.35 : 3 Words (2303)
SINGLE No.54 : Fight For This Love (1568)
Glee Cast
ALBUM No.16 : The Power Of Madonna (1980)
ALBUM No.34 : Season One Vol.1 (1114)
ALBUM No.36 : Season One Vol.2 (1030)
SINGLE No.56 : Jessie’s Girl (1515)
SINGLE No.70 : Like A Prayer (1152)
SINGLE No.74 : Total Eclipse Of The Heart (1025)
SINGLE No.91 : Beautiful (867)
Michael Jackson
ALBUM No.73 : #1s (571)
ALBUM No.83 : Essential (497)
Alicia Keys
ALBUM No.82 : The Element Of Freedom (501)
SINGLE No.62 : Put It In A Love Song (1341)
Lady Gaga
ALBUM No.05 : The Fame Monster (3782)
ALBUM No.17 : The Remix (1898)
SINGLE No.12 : Alejandro (7332)
SINGLE No.27 : Telephone (3285)
SINGLE No.47 : Bad Romance (1751)
SINGLE No.98 : Poker Face (767)
Pink
ALBUM No.32 : Funhouse (1154)
ALBUM No.92 : I’m Not Dead (445)
Stan Walker
SINGLE No.24 : Unbroken (3939)
SINGLE No.86 : Black Box (934)