2010 in British music charts
Introduction The British music charts are compiled by the Official Charts Company to measure sales of recorded music on compact disc and digital download.
Summary In early January, Iyaz's début single "Replay" went to number one. It became the first number one single of the 2010s; not counting Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" which first reached number one in 2009.February saw the release of ''X Factor'' finalist Jedward's debut single, "Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)". Debuting at number one mid-month was the Helping Haiti single, a cover of "Everybody Hurts". The single, which was arranged by Simon Cowell, features 21 artists including Kylie Minogue, Cheryl, Leona Lewis, Robbie Williams, Mariah Carey, Rod Stewart and Susan Boyle. It recorded the biggest first-week sales of any single since 2000, selling over 453,000.All of the proceeds went to the Disasters Emergency Committee and ''The Sun'''s Helping Haiti charity.The BRIT Awards on 16 February boosted the sales of both singles and albums; the songs performed on the BRIT Awards climbed the singles chart while the albums that won BRIT Awards climbed the albums chart. British artists received awards recognition overseas, with The Ting Tings, Adele, Seal, Imogen Heap, Pet Shop Boys and Coldplay nominated at the 52nd Grammy Awards. Also in February, the band Sade's first studio album in ten years, ''Soldier of Love'', debuted at number one in the United States.In March, rapper Tinie Tempah's debut single "Pass Out" entered the singles chart at number one, with sales of just over 92,000.In April, Scouting for Girls returned to the charts with their first UK number-one single "This Ain't a Love Song", the first single from their second album ''Everybody Wants to Be on TV''. A Facebook group called Christian Music set up an Internet campaign to get Christian rock anthem "History Makers" by Delirious? to number one on Easter Sunday; it ended up getting to number four. Diana Vickers debuted at number one with "Once", and rapper Chipmunk and Dutch singer Esmée Denters secured a number-three hit with "Until You Were Gone". Tina Turner re-entered the top ten with "The Best", following an Internet campaign set up by fans of Glasgow Rangers Football Club in an attempt to get their unofficial anthem to number one.May began with London rap collective Roll Deep releasing their first single since 2005, "Good Times", which was at number one for three weeks. Diana Vickers' debut album ''Songs From The Tainted Cherry Tree'' knocked Plan B's ''The Defamation of Strickland Banks'' off the top spot, making Vickers only the second ''X Factor'' non-winner whose debut single and album both topped their respective charts. At the end of the month, Dizzee Rascal scored his fourth number-one single with "Dirtee Disco" and Pendulum scored their first number-one album with ''Immersion''.June coincided with the FIFA World Cup competition, and seven World Cup-related songs entered the singles chart, including the number-one single "Shout for England" by Dizzee Rascal and James Corden, which was produced by Simon Cowell and released as a charity single. Oasis scored their seventh UK number-one album with their second compilation album, ''Time Flies... 1994–2009''.To begin the month of August, new British boyband The Wanted topped the UK Singles Chart with "All Time Low". The Iron Maiden album ''The Final Frontier'' was released to enormous acclaim from rock music reviewers. By September, reality television shows were starting to influence both the singles and albums charts. 2009 ''X Factor'' runner-up Olly Murs topped the singles chart with "Please Don't Let Me Go", followed by Alexandra Burke, winner of ''X Factor'' 2008, with her sixth single "Start Without You" (featuring American rapper Laza Morgan). Artists from Sky1's new reality TV show ''Must Be the Music'' achieved success during this month, including the eventual winner Emma's Imagination. Some songs used on the audition stages of '' X Factor'' 2010 also re-entered the chart, including Adele's "Make You Feel My Love" (originally recorded by Bob Dylan).In October, Tinie Tempah repeated his initial success by topping the singles chart with "Written in the Stars" and the album chart with debut album ''Disc-Overy''. "Ambitions" by ''X Factor'' 2009 winner Joe McElderry reached the top ten, and his album ''Wide Awake'' the top five, although sales were below expectations. The show's judge Cheryl topped the charts with "Promise This" and ''Messy Little Raindrops''.During November, every number-one single had been performed live on ''The X Factor''. Take That's much anticipated comeback with Robbie Williams started successfully; new single "The Flood" reached number two, and album ''Progress'' topped the album chart for the rest of the year. The X Factor Finalists of 2010 topped the singles chart with a cover of David Bowie's "Heroes".The winner of that show, Matt Cardle, took the Christmas number-one of 2010, with winning single "When We Collide", a cover of the Biffy Clyro song "Many of Horror". The single sold over 700,000 copies, making it the third best-selling ''X Factor'' winning single. It also prompted the re-entry of the original version of the song by Biffy Clyro. Several internet campaigns were initiated in an unsuccessful attempt to topple ''X Factor'' following the success of the Rage Against the Machine campaign in 2009.
Number ones === Singles ===The best-selling single of 2010, "Love the Way You Lie" by Eminem featuring Rihanna, peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart dated week ending July 31, 2010.Chart date(week ending)  Song  Artist  Sales 2 January  "The Climb"  Joe McElderry  195,730 9 January  "Bad Romance"  Lady Gaga  76,265 16 January "Replay" Iyaz  106,237 23 January  86,814 30 January "Fireflies" Owl City  71,866 6 February  79,911 13 February  77,669 20 February "Everybody Hurts" Helping Haiti  453,426 27 February  102,769 6 March  "In My Head"  Jason Derülo  68,134 13 March "Pass Out" Tinie Tempah featuring Labrinth  92,002 20 March  64,573 27 March "Telephone" Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé  65,561 3 April  58,299 10 April "This Ain't a Love Song" Scouting for Girls  71,954 17 April  52,393 24 April  "OMG"  Usher featuring will.i.am  58,385 1 May  "Once"  Diana Vickers  69,407 8 May "Good Times" Roll Deep 66,523 15 May  52,376 22 May  48,593 29 May  "Nothin' on You"  B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars  85,333 5 June  "Dirtee Disco"  Dizzee Rascal  69,757 12 June  "Gettin' Over You"  David Guetta & Chris Willis featuring Fergie and LMFAO  48,827 19 June "Shout" Shout for England featuring Dizzee Rascal and James Corden 113,258 26 June  84,145 3 July "California Gurls" Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg 123,607 10 July  93,363 17 July  "The Club Is Alive"  JLS  84,283 24 July  "Airplanes"  B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams  75,892 31 July  "We No Speak Americano"  Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP  89,107 7 August  "All Time Low"  The Wanted  84,173 14 August  "Beautiful Monster"  Ne-Yo  69,387 21 August  "Club Can't Handle Me"  Flo Rida featuring David Guetta  61,027 28 August  "Green Light"  Roll Deep  57,411 4 September  "Dynamite"  Taio Cruz  108,397 11 September "Please Don't Let Me Go"  Olly Murs  93,239 18 September "Start Without You" Alexandra Burke   73,306 25 September  53,123 2 October  "Just the Way You Are"  Bruno Mars  82,855 9 October  "Written in the Stars"  Tinie Tempah featuring Eric Turner  115,073 16 October "Fuck You" CeeLo Green  106,962 23 October  76,331 30 October  "Just the Way You Are"  Bruno Mars  116,684 6 November  "Promise This"  Cheryl  157,210 13 November "Only Girl (In the World)" Rihanna  134,540 20 November  93,426 27 November  "Love You More"  JLS  118,551 4 December "Heroes" X Factor Finalists 2010  144,014 11 December  70,597 18 December  "The Time (Dirty Bit)"  The Black Eyed Peas  74,918 25 December  "When We Collide"  Matt Cardle  439,007=== Albums ===+KeyBest-selling album of the year Chart date(week ending)  Album  Artist  Sales 2 January  ''Crazy Love''  Michael Bublé  243,226 9 January ''Sunny Side Up'' Paolo Nutini  58,082 16 January  49,698 23 January ''Lungs'' Florence + the Machine  51,005 30 January  42,360 6 February  ''Sunny Side Up''  Paolo Nutini  35,739 13 February ''The Element of Freedom'' Alicia Keys  35,336 20 February  57,312 27 February  ''Glee: The Music, Volume 1''  Glee Cast  62,451 6 March  ''The Fame Monster''  Lady Gaga  45,358 13 March  ''Lights''  Ellie Goulding  36,854 20 March  ''Brother'' Boyzone  101,096 27 March  ''The Fame Monster''  Lady Gaga  45,025 3 April ''Brother'' Boyzone  61,886 10 April   45,267 17 April  ''The Fame Monster''  Lady Gaga  25,211 24 April  ''The Defamation of Strickland Banks''  Plan B  68,173 1 May  ''Iron Man 2''  AC/DC  56,936 8 May  ''The Defamation of Strickland Banks''  Plan B  41,001 15 May  ''Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree''  Diana Vickers  35,951 22 May  ''Night Train''  Keane  28,063 29 May  ''Exile on Main St.''  The Rolling Stones  31,287 5 June  ''Immersion''  Pendulum  58,859 12 June  ''To the Sea''  Jack Johnson  27,254 19 June  ''Bionic''  Christina Aguilera  24,300 26 June  ''Time Flies... 1994–2009''  Oasis  101,297 3 July ''Recovery'' Eminem  141,023 10 July  69,045 17 July  ''Aphrodite''  Kylie Minogue  79,153 24 July ''Recovery'' Eminem  49,616 31 July  41,593 7 August   39,864 14 August  ''The Suburbs''  Arcade Fire  61,263 21 August  ''Recovery''  Eminem  32,097 28 August  ''The Final Frontier''  Iron Maiden  44,384 4 September  ''Recovery''  Eminem  27,081 11 September  ''Teenage Dream''  Katy Perry  54,176 18 September  ''Flamingo''  Brandon Flowers  65,518 25 September  ''Science & Faith''  The Script  70,816 2 October  ''Going Back''  Phil Collins  40,684 9 October  ''Science & Faith''  The Script  34,313 16 October  ''Disc-Overy''  Tinie Tempah  84,993 23 October  ''In and Out of Consciousness: The Greatest Hits 1990–2010''  Robbie Williams  124,689 30 October ''Come Around Sundown'' Kings of Leon  183,298 6 November  72,611 13 November  ''Messy Little Raindrops''  Cheryl  105,431 20 November  ''The Gift''  Susan Boyle  102,993 27 November ''Progress''  Take That  518,601 4 December  208,220 11 December  176,881 18 December  203,210 25 December  330,252===Compilation albums=== Chart date(week ending)  Album 2 January ''Now 74'' 9 January 16 January  ''Anthems – Electronic 80s'' 23 January ''Running Trax'' 30 January 6 February  ''Hope For Haiti Now'' 13 February ''R&B Lovesongs 2010'' 20 February 27 February ''BRIT Awards 2010 With MasterCard'' 6 March 13 March  ''Mash Up Mix 90s'' 20 March  ''Forever Friends – Mum in a Million'' 27 March ''Massive R&B – Spring 2010'' 3 April 10 April ''Now 75'' 17 April 24 April 1 May 8 May 15 May 22 May 29 May  ''Chilled Acoustic'' 5 June ''R&B Clubland'' 12 June 19 June  ''The Twilight Saga – Eclipse'' 26 June ''American Anthems'' 3 July 10 July ''Clubland 17'' 17 July 24 July  ''Anthems R&B'' 31 July ''Now 76'' 7 August 14 August 21 August 28 August 4 September 11 September 18 September 25 September 2 October 9 October 16 October ''R&B in the Mix 2010'' 23 October 30 October  ''Now Dance 2010'' 6 November  ''BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge'' – Vol 5 13 November  ''Dreamboats & Petticoats 4'' 20 November  ''Clubland 18'' 27 November  ''Pop Party 8'' 4 December ''Now 77'' 11 December 18 December 25 December
Year-end charts ===Best-selling singles of 2010===For the first time in British music history, a song that never reached number one on the weekly chart became the biggest-selling single of the year. "Love the Way You Lie", by Eminem featuring Rihanna, also sold all its singles in digital format. Title Artist Peakposition Sales 1 "Love the Way You Lie" Eminem featuring Rihanna 2 854,144 2 "When We Collide"  1 814,997 3 "Just the Way You Are"  1 765,899 4 "Only Girl (In the World)" Rihanna 1 711,819 5 "OMG" Usher featuring will.i.am 1 675,000 6 "Fireflies" Owl City 1844,000 7 "Airplanes" B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams 1766,000 8 "California Gurls"  featuring Snoop Dogg 1780,787 9 "We No Speak Americano" Yolanda Be Cool vs. DCUP 1 10 "Pass Out"  1 11 "Everybody Hurts" Helping Haiti 1 12 "Forget You"  1 13 "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down"  4 14 "Rude Boy" Rihanna 2 551,735 15 "Telephone" Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé 1 16 "She Said" Plan B 3 17 "Dynamite"  1 18 "Replay" Iyaz 1 19 "Firework"  3 20 "Club Can't Handle Me" Flo Rida featuring David Guetta 1 21 "Your Song"  2 22 "Ridin' Solo"  2 23 "Billionaire"  featuring Bruno Mars 3 442,431 24"Don't Stop Believin'" ''Glee'' cast 2 438,882 25 Journey 6 435,103 26 "The Time (Dirty Bit)"  1 27 "What's My Name?" Rihanna featuring Drake 2 28 "Pack Up"  5 29 "Starstrukk" 3OH!3 featuring Katy Perry 3 30 "Bad Romance" Lady Gaga 1 31 "Written in the Stars"  featuring Eric Turner 1 32 "Teenage Dream"  2 33 "Cooler Than Me"  5 34 "Not Afraid" Eminem 5 35 "The Flood" Take That 2 36 "All Time Low"  1 37 "If We Ever Meet Again" Timbaland featuring Katy Perry 3 38 "Riverside (Let's Go!)" featuring Wizard Sleeve 2 39 "Promise This"  1 40 "In My Head"  1 41 "This Ain't a Love Song" Scouting for Girls 1 42 "Starry Eyed"  4 43 "Wavin' Flag" K'naan 2 44 "Kickstarts" Example 3 45 "Nothin' on You" B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars 1 367,038 46 "Alejandro" Lady Gaga 7 47 "Baby"  featuring Ludacris 3 48 "Make You Feel My Love" Adele 4 49 "Parachute"  5 50 "Frisky"  featuring Labrinth 2===Best-selling albums of 2010===  Title Artist Peakposition Sales 1 ''Progress'' Take That 1 1,841,148 2 ''Crazy Love''  2 1,227,909 3 ''The Fame''/''The Fame Monster'' Lady Gaga 1 1,051,909 4 ''Loud'' Rihanna 2 839,608 5 ''The Defamation of Strickland Banks'' Plan B 1 6 ''Sunny Side Up''  1 7 ''The Element of Freedom''  1 8 ''Lungs'' Florence and the Machine 1 9 ''Recovery'' Eminem 1 10 ''Sigh No More'' Mumford & Sons 3 11 ''Come Around Sundown'' Kings of Leon 1 12 ''My World''  3 13 ''The Gift''  1 556,933 14 ''In and Out of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990–2010''  1 15 ''Teenage Dream''  1 16 ''Greatest Hits'' Bon Jovi 2 17 ''Turn It Up''  7 18 ''Outta This World'' JLS 2 19 ''Science & Faith''  1 20 ''Olly Murs''  2 21 ''Messy Little Raindrops''  1 22 ''Glee: The Music, Volume 1'' ''Glee'' Cast 1 23 ''The E.N.D''  3 24 ''Lights''  1 25 ''Brother'' Boyzone 1 26 ''Only Revolutions'' Biffy Clyro 3 27 ''Forever Vienna''  2 28 ''Rated R'' Rihanna 9 29 ''Disc-Overy''  1 30 ''Moonlight Serenade''  and His Johann Strauss Orchestra 4 31 ''Only By the Night'' Kings of Leon 11 32 ''Greatest Hits... So Far'' Pink 5 33 ''JLS'' JLS 8 34 ''Gravity'' Westlife 3 35 ''3 Words''  12 36 ''Seasons of My Soul'' Rumer 3 37 ''xx''  3 38 ''Time Flies... 1994–2009'' Oasis 1 39 ''Iron Man 2'' AC/DC 1 40 ''Plastic Beach'' Gorillaz 2 41 ''The Wanted''  4 42 ''Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?'' 13 43 ''Overcome''  18 44 ''Eliza Doolittle'' Eliza Doolittle 3 45 ''Aphrodite''  1 46 ''The Beginning''  8 47 ''Glee: The Music, Volume 2'' ''Glee'' Cast 2 48 ''I Am... Sasha Fierce'' Beyoncé 15 49 ''Jason Derulo''  8 50 ''Fly Me to the Moon... The Great American Songbook Volume V''  5'''Notes:'''===Best-selling compilation albums of 2010===  Title Peakposition Sales 1 ''Now 77'' 1 1,195,244 2 ''Now 76'' 1  3 ''Now 75'' 1  4 ''American Anthems'' 1  5 ''Pop Party 8: 21 Massive Hits'' 1  6 ''Anthems: Electronic 80s 2'' 2  7 ''Forever Love: 20 Cool Classics'' 1  8 ''80s Groove: Old Skool Funk Soul Classics'' 2  9 ''Dreamboats and Petticoats Four'' 1  10 ''Radio 1's Live Lounge – Volume 5'' 1
See also * List of number-one singles from 2010* List of number-one albums from 2010* List of UK top-ten singles in 2010* 2010s in music* List of 2010 albums* 2010 in British television
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