Robbie is on a roll in the UK charts at the moment, with single Candy, his first chart-topper since 2004’s Radio, holding at number one on the Official Singles Chart.
The Official Charts Company (OCC) has stated that Robbie has drawn level with Candy co-writer Gary Barlow in having achieved 14 career number one singles each.
Robbie’s tally includes solo hits such as Rock DJ and Millennium, the Nicole Kidman duet Somethin’ Stupid plus seven Take That singles. The list does not however include his biggest selling UK solo hit Angels which peaked at number four in 1998.
Calvin Harris recently enjoyed a second UK number one album with 18 Months featuring six top two singles including chart-toppers Sweet Nothing with Florence Welch and the Rihanna smash We Found Love.
Meanwhile previous Calvin collaborator Kylie Minogue scored her 14th UK top 10 album with The Abbey Road Sessions.
18-year-old Nottingham singer songwriter Jake Bugg caused a stir on the UK album chart in October when his self-titled debut shot straight to number one, ending Mumford & Sons reign and denying Leona Lewis pole position.
Stateside, it has been One Direction setting a record in recent weeks when single Live While We’re Young stormed in at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 giving them the highest entry position in the chart’s history for any UK group.
The only UK single to chart higher in its first week is Elton John’s double A-side Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight which went straight in at number one fifteen years ago.
Adele’s Skyfall also entered the Billboard top 10 at number eight. The last time a British single debuted inside the US top 10 was in 2005 with Coldplay’s Speed of Sound.
American superstar Taylor Swift has been in the midst of frenzied US chart activity with Nielsen SoundScan reporting first week sales of over 1.2 million for third US number one album Red. It has become the fastest selling US album for a decade.
Living up to her surname she has registered four US top 10 hits from the album in recent weeks including global phenomenon We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.
Finally Frank Sinatra’s record for most US top 10 albums by a solo artist is under threat from Barbra Streisand, whose latest Release Me recently gave her a 32nd US top 10 and put her just one album behind Sinatra’s total.
The Rolling Stones hold the overall record for most US top 10 albums with 36 – a number likely to increase with the release of new compilation album GRRR! this week.
Words: Russell Iliffe, PRS for Music
The Official Charts Company (OCC) has stated that Robbie has drawn level with Candy co-writer Gary Barlow in having achieved 14 career number one singles each.
Robbie’s tally includes solo hits such as Rock DJ and Millennium, the Nicole Kidman duet Somethin’ Stupid plus seven Take That singles. The list does not however include his biggest selling UK solo hit Angels which peaked at number four in 1998.
Calvin Harris recently enjoyed a second UK number one album with 18 Months featuring six top two singles including chart-toppers Sweet Nothing with Florence Welch and the Rihanna smash We Found Love.
Meanwhile previous Calvin collaborator Kylie Minogue scored her 14th UK top 10 album with The Abbey Road Sessions.
18-year-old Nottingham singer songwriter Jake Bugg caused a stir on the UK album chart in October when his self-titled debut shot straight to number one, ending Mumford & Sons reign and denying Leona Lewis pole position.
Stateside, it has been One Direction setting a record in recent weeks when single Live While We’re Young stormed in at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 giving them the highest entry position in the chart’s history for any UK group.
The only UK single to chart higher in its first week is Elton John’s double A-side Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight which went straight in at number one fifteen years ago.
Adele’s Skyfall also entered the Billboard top 10 at number eight. The last time a British single debuted inside the US top 10 was in 2005 with Coldplay’s Speed of Sound.
American superstar Taylor Swift has been in the midst of frenzied US chart activity with Nielsen SoundScan reporting first week sales of over 1.2 million for third US number one album Red. It has become the fastest selling US album for a decade.
Living up to her surname she has registered four US top 10 hits from the album in recent weeks including global phenomenon We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.
Finally Frank Sinatra’s record for most US top 10 albums by a solo artist is under threat from Barbra Streisand, whose latest Release Me recently gave her a 32nd US top 10 and put her just one album behind Sinatra’s total.
The Rolling Stones hold the overall record for most US top 10 albums with 36 – a number likely to increase with the release of new compilation album GRRR! this week.
Words: Russell Iliffe, PRS for Music
