UK Chart Roundup: One Direction Crown Single, Album Tallies

As mentioned, One Direction's second Take Me Home single "Little Things" is total shit. And now it's totally #1 in the UK! This bumps Robbie Williams' "Candy" down to #6, and gives the fivesome their second chart-topper, not to mention their first since debut offering "What Makes You Beautiful" hit the top in fall 2011.

It shouldn't come as much of a surprise that 1D's sophomore LP Take Me Home also manages to top the UK album chart this week, thus knocking Robbie's Take The Crown down to #5.

The UK Top 10:

1. "Little Things" - One Direction *new* *1 week*
2. "Locked Out Of Heaven" - Bruno Mars *new*
3. "DNA" - Little Mix *new*
4. "Beneath Your Beautiful" - Labrinth feat. Emeli Sande
5. "The Power Of Love" - Gabrielle Aplin
6. "Candy" - Robbie Williams
7. "Gangnam Style" - PSY
8. "Ho Hey" - The Lumineers
9. "Diamonds" - Rihanna
10. "Love Is Easy" - McFly *new*

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US Chart Roundup: Maroon 5's "One More Night" Spends One More Week At #1

Nine weeks? Really? What the fuck is WRONG with you, America?

The U.S. Top 10:

1. "One More Night" - Maroon 5 *9 weeks*
2. "Diamonds" - Rihanna
3. "Die Young" - Ke$ha
4. "Some Nights" - fun.
5. "Gangnam Style" - PSY
6. "Locked Out Of Heaven" - Bruno Mars
7. "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" - Taylor Swift
8. "Let Me Love You" - Ne-Yo
9. "Too Close" - Alex Clare
10. "I Cry" - Flo Rida

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Rihanna's 777 Tour: Taking Off Tomorrow (And I'm On Instagram Now)

I mentioned the other day that I've been invited to tag along on Rihanna's 777 Tour, which kicks off tomorrow (in Mexico City) and carries on through Toronto (Thursday), Stockholm (Friday), Paris (Saturday), Berlin (Sunday), London (Monday) and New York City (Tuesday).

I'm sitting in my hotel room near LAX in Los Angeles right now. As you can see above, I packed light — one carry-on bag. I mastered the art of compact travel when I did 10 days in Italy (and three cities there) with a carry-on last year.

As you can also see, I'm now on Instagram (as Chartrigger). Follow me!

You can catch all of my 777 Tour coverage over at Idolator, and I'll be posting links and odds and ends here, as well. Wish me luck — and pray for my soul, as it's going to be weary and sleepless for seven days straight.

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It's Kelly Clarkson's "Catch My Breath" Video

No, folks, Kelly Clarkson never met a black dress and a bank of lights on a soundstage she didn't like. Et voila — her "Catch My Breath" video!



This lackluster clip probably won't do much for the single's chart prospects, as it already peaked at #54 on the Hot 100 upon its release last month, and is now off the chart. But who knows — maybe some late-in-the-game airplay will kick in?

Kelly's Greatest Hits: Chapter One is out next week (November 19) in the US.

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Booty Luv Return With "Black Widow": Watch

Let this throw you for a loop: Booty Luv's first album, which contained UK hits like "Boogie 2Nite," "Don't Mess With My Man" and "Some Kinda Rush," came out in 2007. To give you an idea on just how long ago that was, it was the same year Rihanna released "Umbrella," Jordin Sparks won American Idol, Leon Jackson won The X Factor, Britney Spears went crazy and shaved her head (plus released Blackout) and Spice Girls reunited for a world tour.

Anyway, after 2009 single "Say It" landed at a so-so #16 in the UK, the bouncy gals of Booty Luv are back with new single "Black Widow," which is available as a pre-order on US iTunes (the remix EP has a release date of January 20, 2013).

The chorus gets a B for effort, but overall, it's a pedestrian track that remains largely indistinguishable from the slew of other EDM shit clogging up the airwaves these days.



I dunno — what do you think?

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UK Chart Roundup: The Wanted Porn Talk

Above you'll see a picture of The Wanted where it looks like all five of them just got done fucking each other hard, and there's probably lots of slippery mess on that couch. Max George looks the most like he enjoyed his spit-roast sesh. Okay, um — I'll be back in 45 seconds...

....Okay, back. What the hell are we talking about? Oh, right — The Wanted. Their latest jam "I Found You" debuts at #3 in the UK, marking their seventh of nine single to land in the Top 10 (actually, Top 5). Cause for Max to face-fuck the other four, if you ask me. Hoo-razzy!

Elsewhere, Robbie Williams sticks around atop the singles chart with "Candy," his first #1 hit in eight years, for a second week. Meanwhile, his ninth album Take The Crown takes the peak position of the album chart away from Calvin Harris.

According to the Official Charts Company, this is Robbie's 10th album to be tops in the UK, and the first time he's had a #1 album and single since 2001, when Swing While You're Winning and his Nicole Kidman duet "Something Stupid" ruled.

Speaking of flashbacks, on this week 10 years ago, Westlife's "Unbreakable" was #1 in the UK. And that, friends, is one boy band I never want to think about ramming each other's butts.

The UK Top 10:

1. "Candy" - Robbie Williams *2 weeks*
2. "Beneath Your Beautiful" - Labrinth feat. Emeli Sande
3. "I Found You" - The Wanted *new*
4. "Skyfall" - Adele
5. "Don't You Worry Child" - Swedish House Mafia
6. "Gangnam Style" - PSY 
7. "Can You Hear Me (Ayayaya)" - Wiley feat. Skepta, JME & Ms D
8. "Diamonds" - Rihanna
9. "Do You Think Of Me" - Misha B *new*
10. "Shine Ya Light" - Rita Ora *new*

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Nicole Westbrook's "It's Thanksgiving" Changes Everything

Rebecca Black is officially over, now that stunning soul goddess Nicole Westbrook has arrived with her holiday hit "It's Thanksgiving."

Yes, from Patrice Wilson, the same muscle queen who penned "Friday," comes this inspiring treat. Watch below in wonder as Nicole blows party favors and sings into a turkey drumstick — all good practice for when she's wrapping her yap around other things for a fiver at age 19 so she can buy Spam and Kools.

Turkey, aaaay! Mashed potatoes, aaaay!

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