2010 in British music charts

This is a summary of the year 2010 in British music. The average number one sale is 98,450. The average number one album sale is 82,057.

Summary

January

The new decade began as 2009 did, with many of the most popular songs of 2009 re-entering the top 40 due to the iTunes gift card effect, including Lady Gaga's "Poker Face", the biggest seller of 2009, which re-entered at No. 32. Lady Gaga's then-current single "Bad Romance" also reaped the benefits, climbing 2 places to reclaim the No. 1 spot it lost two weeks earlier to Rage Against the Machine's "Killing in the Name" (which dropped from No. 2 to No. 40). This makes Lady Gaga the only female artist so far in British chart history to have number one singles in the 2000s and 2010s decades, as well as becoming only the second female artist in the 21st century to have two separate runs at No.1 with the same single. Kesha's "TiK ToK" also reached a new peak of No. 4, while the only new entry in the top 40 came at No. 22 for Wiley and Chew Fu's "Take That". The next week, the first sales week to count to the new decade, started on a high with a brand new top 2, both from débuting acts. Iyaz's début single "Replay" went to No. 1 on sales of over 106,000, with Sidney Samson and Wizard Sleeve's "Riverside (Let's Go!)" coming in second with 97,000. Florence + The Machine, as a result of a big boost in promotion, reached a career high in the singles chart, her cover of "You Got The Love" going to No. 5, as well as a belated new entry from Dog Days Are Over at No. 23. Her album also returned to a 6th week at peak No. 2, after a resurging Sunny Side Up by Paolo Nutini. Later in the month, a number of songs from newly imported American TV series Glee entered the charts, with signature song "Don't Stop Believin'" reaching a peak of No. 2 in early February, whilst the original version by Journey remained in the top 10, having peaked at No 5. Iyaz's two week reign at the top of the charts was ended by Owl City's debut single, "Fireflies" which had previously entered at #2 a week previously. Previous X Factor contestants Alexandra Burke and JLS both returned to the top 10 in January, with "Broken Heels" and "One Shot" peaking at No. 8 and No. 6 respectively. The Saturdays single "Ego" peaks at number 9 with the single later turning silver. On 12 January, Ringo Starr released his newest album, Y Not. On 27 January, Scottish Indie rock band The Shermans announced their split.

February

In the week commencing 1 February there were just 24 copies between the new Jedward single "Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)" and current No. 1 single "Fireflies". However Owl City increased his lead and managed to maintain his reign at No. 1 therefore being on the top spot for three weeks, beating out X-Factor finalists Jedward. Marina and the Diamonds made her debut in the chart that week at No. 12 after much hype from critics becoming runner-up in Sound of.... The Cast of Glee also continued to dominate the UK Singles Chart with "Somebody to Love" entering the chart at No. 26 and "Don't Stop Believin'" continuing its run inside the top 5. Timbaland and Katy Perry gained a new peak of No. 3 with their duet "If We Ever Meet Again"; this gives Perry her 4th and Timbaland his 8th top 5 single in the UK Singles Chart respectively. Kesha's duet "Blah Blah Blah" with group 3OH!3 entered the chart at No. 11 due to strong digital sales of 27,161; this was likely due to the album being released the same week, it has charted a whole month before the official release of the single. In the UK Album Charts, Alicia Keys' album The Element of Freedom made a peak of No. 1 therefore also giving Keys her first UK number one album. Also Corinne Bailey Rae with The Sea, Kesha with Animal and Peter Andre with Unconditional: Love Songs entered the UK Album Chart at No. 5, No. 8 and No. 9 respectively.

On 14 February, Cheryl Cole entered the chart with new single "Parachute" at No. 26, a month before its official release. Two other new entries were from the Glee Cast with songs "It's My Life/Confessions Part 2" and "Halo/Walking on Sunshine"; they both entered at No. 14 and No. 9 respectively. Meanwhile Rihanna with "Rude Boy" rose to a new peak of No. 10 giving her her tenth solo top ten single in the UK Singles Chart. Also rising to new peaks were Calvin Harris with "You Used to Hold Me" at No. 27 and Young Money with "BedRock" at No. 28. Finally debuting at No. 1 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 Cole, 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 go to the Haiti charities. Over on the album charts Massive Attack entered the chart with their first studio album in seven years, Heligoland, at No. 6. The only other new entry inside the top ten was from Sade with Soldier of Love, their first album in over ten years.

On 21 February Leona Lewis entered the chart with her single "I Got You" at No. 40 this gives Lewis her 7th UK Top 40 single. Other new entries in the chart this week were Chris Brown with "Crawl", The Courteeners with "You Overdid It Doll" at No. 35 and No. 28 respectively. Meanwhile Lemar returned to the chart with his first top ten since 2006 with the single "The Way Love Goes" entering at No. 8. Due to the Brit Awards on the 16 February the songs "Fight For This Love", "Empire State of Mind", "Bad Romance" and "You've Got The Love" all climbed the chart to No. 36, No. 16, No. 15 and No. 12 respectively. In the top ten Rihanna climbed to a new peak of No. 6 with "Rude Boy" and the highest new entry was the collaboration from the Brit Awards between Florence and the Machine and Dizzee Rascal with "You Got The Dirtee Love" a mash-up of their songs, this reached No. 2 giving Florence her highest ever UK Singles Chart position. Meanwhile on the album chart the Glee Cast entered at No. 1 with their new album Glee: The Music, Volume 1 selling 62,451, the biggest first week sales of any album released in 2010 so far. The only other new entry in the top ten albums was Owl City with is album "Ocean Eyes" entering at No. 7. Brit Award winners also saw a surge of sales this week with Lady Gaga's album The Fame climbing to No. 2 after Gaga won awards for Best International Album for The Fame, Best International Female Artist and Best International Breakthrough. Whilst Florence and the Machine with Lungs climbed to No. 3 after winning the "Mastercard Best British Album" award and Robbie Williams climbed to No. 8 with album "Reality Killed The Video Star" after winning the "Outstanding Contribution to Music" award.

On 28 February, Jason Derülo's second single, "In My Head", entered the charts at number one with sales of over 68,000 units. Leona Lewis climbed to a peak of number fourteen with "I Got You" in the week of its release, becoming her poorest performing single to date. Other top 40 new entries come from Ellie Goulding, Sugababes, Chiddy Bang, Alphabeat and Muse, with brand new top 75 entries coming from Black Eyed Peas, Glee Cast and Giggs (featuring B.o.B.). In the album chart on that week, Lady Gaga's debut album The Fame returned to number one 58 weeks after it was originally released with sales of over 45,000 copies. The only other new entry came from Marina and the Diamonds with The Family Jewels, which entered at number five.

March

On March 3, Gorillaz released their third studio album, Plastic Beach five years after the release of their second album, Demon Days, which was released in 2005. On 7 March, Tinie Tempah's debut single "Pass Out" entered the singles chart at number one, with sales of just over 92,000. Rihanna managed to climb to number two with "Rude Boy" and Cheryl Cole climbed to number ten with "Parachute". Wiley and Emeli Sandé enter the top ten at number eight with Never Be Your Woman and Boyzone's lead single, "Gave It All Away" entered the top ten at number nine, the single features lead vocals from late band member Stephen Gately. Other entries include Gramophonedzie at number 12 with "Why Don't You", Daisy Dares You featuring Chipmunk at number 13 with "Number One Enemy", Black Eyed Peas at number 23 with "Rock That Body" and Jason Derülo at number forty-four with "Ridin' Solo". In the Album chart, Ellie Goulding's debut album Lights went straight to number one with over 36,000 units sold within the chart week. Jason Derülo's self-titled album debuted at number seven and John Barrowman's self-titled album debuted at number eleven. Rihanna's most recent studio album, Rated R, climbed to a new peak of number nine, fifteen weeks after its original release. On week ending 20 March 2010 there were top 40 entries by Justin Bieber (featuring Ludacris), Gabriella Cilmi, McLean, & Steve Aoki (featuring Zuper Blahq). Lady Gaga managed to score a chart double, with her follow-up single "Telephone" knocking Tinie Tempah off the top spot, and in doing so it became her fourth number one single and became her second consecutive number one single, repeating her 2009 achievement of two consecutive number ones, selling just over 65,000 copies. The Fame also jumped up four places in the albums chart to number one for a sixth non-consecutive week. Cheryl Cole rose to six with "Parachute" while Inna debuted at number eight with "Hot".

April

On April 4, 2010, Scouting for Girls returned to the charts with their first UK No. 1 single "This Ain't a Love Song", the first single from their second album Everybody Wants to Be on TV. Lady Gaga went down to #2, and Plan B debuted at #3 with "She Said" from his second album The Defamation of Strickland Banks. 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. Timbaland and Justin Timberlake moved up 13 places to #16 with "Carry Out", and N-Dubz with "Say It's Over", their third single from their album Against All Odds, moved up 10 places to #40, giving them their seventh Top 40 hit. In the albums, Boyzone stayed at number one with their album Brother, with Lady Gaga staying at number #2 with The Fame/The Fame Monster and Justin Bieber staying at #3 with My World. Free & Bad Company debuted in the Top 10 with The Very Best of at #10 and Madonna's live album Sticky & Sweet Tour debuted at #17.

The following week, Scouting for Girls stayed at number one for a second week with "This Ain't a Love Song", keeping Usher and will.i.am, which had jumped six places to #2, with "OMG" and Plan B at #3 with "She Said", off the top spot. Timbaland and Justin Timberlake with "Carry Out" moved up 10 places to #6, and Joshua Radin was a new entry with "I'd Rather Be With You" at #11. David Guetta and Kid Cudi moved up 15 places to its peak of #15 with "Memories", and N-Dubz moved up 13 places from #40 to #27 with "Say It's Over". In the albums, Boyzone were replaced by Lady Gaga with The Fame/The Fame Monster. Boyzone went down to #2, and Justin Bieber stayed at #3 again with My World. Mumford & Sons album Sigh No More moved up to its peak of #7 again, and Doves with The Places Between: The Best of Doves debuted at #12.

Scouting for Girls was knocked off the top spot by Usher and will.i.am's hit "OMG", the lead single from Usher's album Raymond v. Raymond. Professor Green and Ed Drewett with "I Need You Tonight", Kelis with "Acapella" and Selena Gomez & The Scene with "Naturally" were all new entries within the Top 10 at #3, #5, and #7 respectively. Taio Cruz and Kesha jumped a massive 28 places from #40 to #12 with "Dirty Picture", and Kate Nash returned to the charts with "Do-Wah-Doo" entering at #15. Eliza Doolittle entered the chart at #22 with her debut single "Skinny Genes". Plan B debuted at #1 with The Defamation of Strickland Banks, knocking Lady Gaga down to #3. Scouting for Girls second album Everybody Wants to Be on TV debuted at #2, and MGMT debuted at #4 with Congratulations.

On 25 April 2010, Diana Vickers debuted at #1 with "Once", knocking Usher down to #2. Rapper Chipmunk and Dutch singer Esmée Denters debuted at #3 with "Until You Were Gone", and Tina Turner re-entered the top 10 at #9 with "The Best" following an Internet campaign by set up by fans of Glasgow Rangers Football Club in an attempt to get their unofficial anthem to number one; if they succeeded, they would give Tina Turner her first ever number one single. Glee Cast debuted at #14 with a cover of "Gives You Hell", and 3OH!3's debut "Don't Trust Me" re-entered the chart at #22, in an attempt to improve its previous peak of #21.

May

The month began with London rap group Roll Deep knocking Diana Vickers down to #4, with their first single since 2005 with "Good Times". Usher and will.i.am stayed at number two with "OMG", and Plan B moved up one place to #3 with "She Said". Taio Cruz and Kesha entered the Top 10 with "Dirty Picture" at #10, Glee Cast entered at #16 with a cover of Madonna's hit "Like a Prayer". N-Dubz finally broke into the Top 20 at #20, their third Top 20 hit from their album Against All Odds. Marina and the Diamonds jumped from #61 to #26 with "I Am Not a Robot" and Alicia Keys jumped from #63 to #31 with "Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart". In the album charts, Plan B re-took the number one spot with The Defamation of Strickland Banks, knocking AC/DC with Iron Man 2 down to #3, and keeping new entry from Usher at #2 with Raymond v. Raymond. Glee Cast entered at #4 with Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna and Bullet for My Valentine entered at #5 with Fever. Madonna jumped from #63 to #15 with Celebration, probably due to the success of the album dedicated to her by Glee, and Kate Nash's second album My Best Friend Is You fell from #8 to #39.

Roll Deep stayed at No.1 for a second week running on May 9 with Usher and will.i.am remaining at #2 and Plan B at #3. Meanwhile, Australian electronic rock band Pendulum entered the charts at #4 with "Watercolour" and Brazilian rapper Aggro Santos and Pussycat Dolls member Kimberly Wyatt entered at #5 with "Candy", one place ahead of Taio Cruz and Ke$ha who moved up six places to #6 with "Dirty Picture". Jason Derülo jumped from #38 to #12 with "Ridin' Solo", Fyfe Dangerfield jumped a massive 85 place jump from #99 to #14 with "She's Always a Woman", Sophie Ellis-Bextor entered at #25 with "Bittersweet". In the album chart on that week, Diana Vickers' debut album Songs From The Tainted Cherry Tree knocked Plan B off the top spot to #2, one place ahead AC/DC's Iron Man 2 soundtrack at #3. Lady Antebellum was at #8 with Need You Now, and in the bottom end of the Top 40, Chipmunk re-entered with I Am Chipmunk, due to the platinum release of the album.

Roll Deep remained at #1 for a third week on May 16, while Jason Derülo rose up the chart to #2 knocking Usher down one place to #3 Romanian DJ Edward Maya entered the charts with his debut single "Stereo Love" at #4. Fyfe Dangerfield moved up to #7 with "She's Always a Woman" and Alexandra Burke moved up to #8 with "All Night Long". New entries included Glee Cast with Bonnie Tyler cover of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" at #9 and Christina Aguilera with "Not Myself Tonight" at #12. Rihanna with Te Amo and Alicia Keys with "Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart" entered the Top 20 at #19 and #20 respectively. In the album chart on that week, Keane returned to the charts with their fourth album Night Train at #1, knocking Diana Vickers off the top spot down to #7. Plan B stayed at #2, and Lady Gaga's new album The Remix was a new entry at #3. Her other album The Fame/The Fame Monster, moved up one place to #4, and The National with High Violet entered at #5. Other new entries included Foals with Total Life Forever at #8, Celine Dion with Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert at #11, and Alicia Keys with The Platinum Collection at #20.

Roll Deep's term at the top spot ended on May 23 when American rapper B.o.B's debut single "Nothin' on You" with R&B singer Bruno Mars entered the charts at #1, one month after it topped the US Billboard Hot 100. Jason Derülo remained at #2 with "Ridin' Solo", while Roll Deep dropped 2 places to #3 with "Good Times". Alexandra Burke moved up to its peak of #4, and Leeds United Team & Supporters debuted at #10 with "Leeds! Leeds! Leeds! (Marching On Together)" (however the following week, it disappeared from the chart). Alicia Keys and Rihanna moved up to #13 and #14 respectively with their new songs, and The Pretty Reckless debuted at #16 with "Make Me Wanna Die". Sean Kingston and Justin Bieber climbed from #58 to #17 with their single "Eenie Meenie". Keane were knocked off the number one spot by a re-release of Rolling Stones' 1972 album Exile On Main Street. Faithless' sixth album The Dance entered at #2 with Plan B at #3 with The Defamation of Strickland Banks. The Baseballs with Strike! and LCD Soundsystem with This Is Happening were new entries in Top 10 at #4 and #7 respectively, and Alicia Keys returned to the Top 10 at #8 with The Element of Freedom. It possibly moved up due to the release of The Platinum Collection. Fyfe Dangerfield moved up 47 places from #59 to #12 with Fly Yellow Moon, and Michael Bublé moved up 17 places from #36 to #19 with Crazy Love.

B.o.B and Bruno Mars were knocked off the top spot the following week by Dizzee Rascal with "Dirtee Disco", scoring him his fourth UK No.1 following the No.1 success of "Dance Wiv Me", "Bonkers" and "Holiday" as well as the fourth single to reach No.1 from his fourth album Tongue n' Cheek. With B.o.B at #2, Iyaz entered at #3 with his second single "Solo" while Eminem entered at #5 with "Not Afraid". N-Dubz and Bodyrox entered at #6 with "We Dance On", and Sean Kingston and Justin Bieber entered the Top 10 at #10 with "Eenie Meenie". Kesha moved from #34 to #18 with "Your Love Is My Drug", Michael Bublé moved from #75 to #38 with "Haven't Met You Yet", and Lady Gaga moved from #54 to #40 with "Alejandro". In albums, Pendulum scored their first UK No.1 album with their third album Immersion. Michael Bublé moved up from #19 to #2 with Crazy Love and Glee Cast at #3 with Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers. Katie Melua was also a new entry at #4 with The House. Due to success of the TV show An Audience with...Michael Bublé, It's Time and Call Me Irresponsible made big jumps back into the Top 40.

June

June began with a comparatively poor sales week, Dizzee Rascal's "Dirtee Disco" was knocked off the No.1 spot to #4 by David Guetta, Fergie, Chris Willis and LMFAO in "Gettin' Over You", selling under 50,000 copies. "Gettin' Over You" is Guetta's third UK No.1 overall, following the success of "When Love Takes Over" and "Sexy Chick". B.o.B and Bruno Mars stayed at number two with "Nothin' on You", and Jason Derülo rose one place to #3 with his latest single "Ridin' Solo". Aggro Santos and ex-Pussycat Dolls, Kimberly Wyatt rose up to #5 with "Candy", and Alicia Keys with "Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart" and Sean Kingston & Justin Bieber with "Eenie Meenie" reached their peaks at #7 and #9. New entries included Miley Cyrus with "Can't Be Tamed" at #13 and, due to strong downloads, B.o.B feat. Haley Williams from Paramore with "Airplanes" at #23. In albums, Jack Johnson's second album To the Sea knocked Pendulum's Immersion off the top spot. Michael Bublé with Crazy Love and Glee Cast with Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers stayed put at #2 and #3 respectivley, and RAF Squadronaires with In the Mood entered at #9. Dizzee Rascal with Tongue n' Cheek and Kesha with Animal made huge jumps from #65 to #13 and #78 to #37 respectivley.

The following week, David Guetta, Fergie, Chris Willis and LMFAO were knocked off the No.1 spot by a cover of the Tears For Fears' song Shout For England by Dizzee Rascal and James Corden, recorded for the FIFA World Cup 2010. Tinie Tempah's second single "Frisky" entered at #2 while Somali R&B singer K'naan climbed 12 places to #3 with the official World Cup theme song "Wavin' Flag". At #10, Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds re-entered the UK Singles Chart with their 1996 World Cup song "Three Lions". Other re-entries and new World Cup entries due to the start of the World Cup included Terry Venables' cover of Elvis Presley's "If I Can Dream" at #23, the FIFA World Cup 1990 theme song by New Order with World In Motion at #22, England National Football Team's cover of "Three Lions" at #28, Fat Les' FIFA World Cup 1998 theme song "Vindaloo" at #32 and Shakira's tribute to the World Cup 2010 called "Waka Waka" at #38. Pixie Lott's fifth single "Turn It Up" jumped from #25 to #11 and Ke$ha moved up two places to #13 with "Your Love Is My Drug". Christina Aguilera also entered at #1 with her fourth album Bionic, knocking Jack Johnson with To the Sea off the top spot, and keeping Alicia Keys with The Element of Freedom at number #2, which had risen three places. Pixie Lott with Turn It Up returned to the Top 10 at #10, and The Drums with The Drums entered at #15. Iyaz's debut album Replay entered the chart at #26, and The Who entered one place behind him at #27 with Greatest Hits & More.

The following week Dizzee Rascal and James Corden remained at #1 while K'naan climbed to #2. London rapper Example's third single "Kickstarts" entered at #3 while Kylie Minogue returned to the charts with "All the Lovers" at #4, the first single from her eighth album Aphrodite. Robyn also returned to the charts with "Dancing on My Own" at #8 and Lady Gaga reached the Top 10 with "Alejandro" at #10. Kelly Rowland featuring David Guetta made a massive 35 place jump from #52 to #17, and Glee Cast and their debut version of "Don't Stop Believin'" re-entered the Top 40 at #33, due to the success of covers by Glee entering the chart. Oasis scored their seventh UK album No.1 with their second compilation album Time Flies... 1994–2009, keeping a new entry from Glee Cast at #2, with Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals. Christina Aguilera with Bionic surprisingly dropped 28 places from the top spot to #29. Glenn Miller with The Very Best Of and RAF Squadronaires with In the Mood had both moved up to #4 and #5 respectivley, and Mumford and Sons with Sigh No More moved back to the Top 10 for the fifth time, at #10.

The month ended with Dizzee Rascal and James Corden being knocked off the No.1 spot by Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg's "California Gurls". K'naan remained at #2 with "Wavin' Flag" while Eminem and Rihanna entered the chart due to strong downloads at #7 with "Love the Way You Lie", one place ahead of Lady Gaga at #8. Scissor Sisters returned to the charts after a four year break with "Fire with Fire" entering at #11, andB.o.B and Hayley Williams climbed to #12 with "Airplanes", while Kelly Rowland and David Guetta also climbed with "Commander" at #13. In albums, Eminem scored his 6th #1 album with his seventh album Recovery, knocking Oasis down to #2. Black Eyed Peas with The E.N.D. moved up an amazing 37 place jump from #40 to #3, and Example entered the charts with Won't Go Quietly at #4. Miley Cyrus entered with Can't Be Tamed at #8 and Ozzy Osbourne entered at #12 with Scream. David Guetta with One Love jumped from #66 to #13, Gorillaz with Plastic Beach jumped from #41 to #24, and Michael Jackson jumped from #71 to #31 with his greatest hits album Michael Jackson.

July

Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg's "California Gurls" stayed on at the No.1 spot for a second week to begin the month. Meanwhile B.o.B and Hayley Williams rose up 10 places to #2 with "Airplanes", one month after it reached #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Kylie Minogue also rose 3 places to #3 with "All the Lovers", while Enrique Iglesias returned to the charts after a 3 year break with "I Like It", a collaboration with Pitbull. Lady Gaga rose up one place to its peak of seven and Kelly Rowland and David Guetta also rose up 4 places to #9 with "Commander". London rapper Skepta scored his highest charting single to date with "Rescue Me" at #14. Three songs rose into the Top 40, Marco Calliari with "We No Speak Americano" jumped from #43 to #26, Justin Bieber with "Somebody to Love" jumped from #99 to #33, and Plan B with "Prayin'" jumped from #46 to #36. Eminem stayed on at No.1 on the albums chart with Recovery while Scissor Sisters entered at #2 with their third album Night Work. Alicia Keys with The Element of Freedom and Plan B with The Defamation of Strickland Banks moved up places to #3 and #4 respectivley, and David Guetta with One Love re-entered the Top 10 at #10. Muse with The Resistance made a massive 49 place jump from #62 to #13, and Kings of Leon with Only By the Night jumped from #55 to #31.

The following week Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg were knocked off the No.1 spot to #2 by JLS with their fourth single "The Club Is Alive" which sampled the 1965 Julie Andrews' song "The Sound of Music" and scored JLS their third UK No.1. Meanwhile Australian DJ duo Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP entered at #5 with their remix of Renato Carosone's 1956 Latin Pop song "Tu vuò fà l'americano" entitled "We No Speak Americano". 3OH!3 and Ke$ha also entred at #7 with "My First Kiss" to score 3OH!3 their second UK Top 10 hit following "Starstrukk" and Eliza Doolittle's second single "Pack Up" entered at #12. In albums, Kylie Minogue's eleventh album Aphrodite scored Kylie her fifth UK album No.1, knocking Eminem off the top spot. Plan B moved up one place to number three, and Enrique Iglesias debuted at #6, with his fifth album Euphoria. Kings of Leon made another massive jump from #31 to #11, and JLS re-entered the Top 40 after jumping from #59 to #35.

B.o.B and Hayley Williams' "Airplanes" finally reached the UK No.1 spot after 8 weeks as JLS dropped 6 places from #1 to #7. This scored B.o.B his second UK No.1 following "Nothin' on You" Meanwhile Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP's "We No Speak Americano" rose up 3 places to #2 and Eminem and Rihanna's "Love The Way You Lie" rose up 5 places to #3. Professor Green and Lily Allen entered at #5 with their cover of Beats International's "Dub Be Good to Me" entitled "Just Be Good to Green" while Mark Ronson returned to the charts after a 3 year break with "Bang Bang Bang", a collaboration with his new group Mark Ronson & The Business International; two places ahead of Eliza Doolittle's "Pack Up" at #8. Shakira reached a peak of #21 with her football song "Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)" and Plan B broke into the Top 20 at #17 with "Prayin'". Jason Derülo debuted at #40 with his fourth hit "What If". Eminem also seized the UK albums No.1 back from Kylie Minogue with Recovery. Eliza Doolittle's self-titled debut album entered the chart at #3, and Bombay Bicycle Club with Flaws entered at #8. JLS jumped again from #35 to #12.

In the last week of July, Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP finally seized the No.1 spot knocking off B.o.B and Hayley Williams with their debut single "We No Speak Americano". Meanwhile B.o.B and Hayley Williams' "Airplanes" dropped to #3 as Eminem and Rihanna rose up to #2 with "Love The Way You Lie" and Eliza Doolittle's "Pack Up" rose up to #5. Also Plan B moved up one place with Prayin' to its peak of #16. Jason Derülo jumped a massive 21 places to number 19 with "What If", and behind him was Usher feat. Pitbull at #20 with DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love and Basshunter at #21 with "Saturday". In the bottom end of the chart, Pendulum jumped from #67 to #26 with "Witchcraft", Diana Vickers jumped from #57 to #36 with "The Boy Who Murdered Love", and Scouting for Girls jumped from #43 to #37 with "Famous". Eminem stayed at the UK albums No.1 for a fourth week with his seventh album Recovery, keeping Professor Green and his debut album Alive Till I'm Dead at #2. Other new entries in the Top 40 included Earth, Wind and Fire with The Greatest Hits at #8, 3OH!3 with Streets of Gold at #19, and Sheryl Crow with 100 Miles from Memphis at #34. Diana Vickers, The xx and 30 Seconds To Mars all jumped into the Top 40 with their latest albums, at #13, #16 and #27.

August

To begin the month of August, Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP were knocked off the No.1 spot by English boyband The Wanted with their debut single "All Time Low". Travis McCoy, the lead singer of Gym Class Heroes, entered at #3 with his debut single "Billionaire" featuring Bruno Mars. At #5, Flo Rida and David Guetta entered with "Club Can't Handle Me" from the Step Up 3D original soundtrack. Meanwhile Swedish DJ trio Swedish House Mafia (Axwell, Steven Angelo and Sebastian Ingrosso) entered with thir third single "One" at #7 which featured Pharrel Williams on vocals. In the meantime, rival English DJ trio Magnetic Man (Skream, Benga and Artwork) entered at #10 with their debut single "I Need Air" which featured English vocalist Angela Hunte on vocals while Jason Derülo finally entered the UK Top 20 with his fourth single "What If' at #15. Eminem stayed on at the albums No.1 for a fifth week therefore keeping Tom Jones' ninth album Praise & Blame off the top spot. Other new entries included Avenged Sevenfold with Nightmare and Jedward's debut album Planet Jedward, which reached #5 and #17 respectivley.

The following week Ne-Yo scored his third UK No.1 with "Beautiful Monster" from his fourth album Libra Scale, following the No.1 success of 2006's "So Sick" and 2008's "Closer". Meanwhile Flo Rida and David Guetta rose up the chart to #2 with "Club Can't Handle Me" as The Wanted dropped to #5 with "All Time Low". Plus The Hoosiers scored their third Top 20 hit with "Choices" at #11 and Jason Derülo narrowly missed out on a fourth UK Top 10 hit with "What If" at #12. Marina and the Diamonds scored their third Top 40 hit with Oh No at number 38. In albums, Eminem's Recovery was finally knocked off the No.1 spot by Arcade Fire's third album The Suburbs. Paloma Faith and her album Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful? made a massive jump from #41 to #15.

On August 15, Flo Rida scored his second No.1 hit following 2009's "Right Round" in his collaboration with David Guetta with "Club Can't Handle Me" as Ne-Yo dropped to #5. Eminem feat. Rihanna rose to #2 with Love the Way You Lie, The Saturdays entered at #3 with "Missing You" and Tinchy Stryder entered at #10 with "In My System". Ellie Goulding's forth single "The Writer" jumped from #45 to #19, her second Top 20 hit. In albums, Eminem re-took the No.1 spot with Recovery, knocking off Arcade Fire. There was not new entries in Top 40, the highest new entry was by Skream with Outside the Box.

Roll Deep scored their second UK No.1 on August 22 with "Green Light", the follow-up to the chart-topping "Good Times". This narrowly stopped Eminem and Rihanna from finally taking the No.1 spot with "Love the Way You Lie". Chase & Status scored their second UK hit with Mali in "Let You Go" following the success of "End Credits" and Inna entered at #14 with her second UK single "Amazing". Meanwhile Iron Maiden's fifteenth album The Final Frontier knocked Eminem's Recovery off the top spot. The Saturdays new album Headlines! and The Hoosiers album The Illusion of Safety entered the Top 10 at #3 and #10 respectivley

Taio Cruz scored his second UK No.1 the following week with "Dynamite", the fourth single from his second album Rokstarr, with Roll Deep dropping to #4. Meanwhile English electropop artist Katy B entered at #5 with her debut single "Katy on a Mission", a track produced and originally released by Magnetic Man member Benga which Katy B put added vocals to. Brandon Flowers, the lead singer of The Killers, entered at #8 with his debut solo single "Crossfire" from his debut album Flamingo. At #16, Pakistani Jazz singer Rumer entered with her debut single Slow. Other new entries in the Top 40 included artists such as Hurts, Biffy Clyro and The Pretty Reckless which all entered at #21, #36, and #39 respectivley. Aggro Santos earned his second Top 20 hit with "Saint or Sinner", which entered the charts at #19 In the albums chart, Eminem re-gained the top spot in a seventh week at No.1 with Recovery, keeping Plan B off the top spot at number #2. The highest new entry was by Klaxons with Surfing the Void at #10. Madonna's greatest hits album Celebration re-entered the chart at #38.

September

The month began with 2009 X Factor runner-up Olly Murs topping the Singles Chart with his debut single "Please Don't Let Me Go", knocking Taio Cruz off the top stop. Olly Murs became the 10th X Factor finalist to have a UK No.1 single. In the meantime, Katy Perry entered at #2 with "Teenage Dream", the second single from her second album of the same name. Because of the chart success with her new single, her previous single, "California Gurls" rose three places to #15. Other new entries included reality TV contestants Pepper & Piano who debuted at #8 with their debut single "You Took My Heart". In albums, Eminem was knocked off the top spot to #2 by Katy Perry's new album Teenage Dream. Biffy Clyro made a whooping jump from #27 to #3 with their album Only Revolutions, beating its previous peak of #9. A few albums re-entered into the Top 40 such as Lissie with Catching a Tiger, Katy Perry with One of the Boys and Example with Won't Go Quietly which charted at #11, #34 and #37 respectively.

On September 18, Alexandra Burke scored her third UK No.1 with her sixth single "Start Without You" featuring American rapper Laza Morgan. Katy Perry remained at #2 with "Teenage Dreams" while McFly returned to the charts after a 3 year break with "Party Girl" at #4, a departure from their usual Indie Rock to Dance Pop. The Script scored their second highest charting single to date following "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" with "For the First Time" entering at #7. In the meantime, reality TV star Emma's Imagination entered at #10 with her debut single "This Day" and Alesha Dixon entered at #15 with "Drummer Boy". In albums, Brandon Flowers knocked Katy Perry off the top spot with his debut solo album Flamingo while English Electropop duo Hurts entered at #2 with their debut album Happiness.

On the week ending 25 September, Alexandra Burke and Laza Morgan stayed at number one for a second week with "Start Without You", breaking the chain of 10 consecutive singles staying at number one for only a week. Taio Cruz moved up a place to #2 with "Dynamite", and Katy Perry dropped a place to #3 with "Teenage Dream". The Script with "For the First Time" moved up a place to four, Usher and Pitbull finally broke into the Top 10 at #7 with "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" and Shontelle debuted at #10 with "Impossible". The Wanted with "All Time Low" and Enrique Iglesias with "I Like It" made big jumps within the Top 40, The Wanted jumped from #24 to #14 and Enrique jumped from #34 to #20. Example with "Last Ones Standing" entered the Top 40 at #27, and Maroon 5 entered the chart with their new hit "Misery" at #30. In the albums chart, there were 5 new entries within the Top 10, including 4 in the Top 5 and one at number one. The Script with Science & Faith at #1, Linkin Park with A Thousand Suns at #2, Robert Plant with Band of Joy at #3, Phill Collins with Going Back at #4, and Interpol with their self titled album at #10. Due to the success of their new album and new single, The Scripts self titled debut album moved up 18 places to #21.

Bruno Mars with his debut single "Just the Way You Are" debuted at the number one spot on the week ending 2 October, knocking Alexandra Burke with "Start Without You" to #5. Taio Cruz and Katy Perry stayed at #2 and #3 respectivley, and The Script with "For the First Time" also stayed at #4. Emma's Imagination with "Focus" was a new entry at #7, which caused "This Day" to move up 6 places to #25. Shontelle with "Impossible" moved up to #9 and Alex Gaudino returned to the chart with "I'm In Love (I Wanna Do It)" at #10. Enrique Iglesias and Nicole Scherzinger moved up 37 places from #50 to #13 with "Heartbeat" and The Saturdays moved up 27 places with "Higher" from #49 to #22. McFly with "Party Girl" dropped from #13 to #32, Alesha Dixon with "Drummer Boy" dropped from #18 to #36, and Example with "Last Ones Standing" dropped from #27 to #37. In the albums, Phil Collins with Going Back moved up from #4 to #1, knocking The Script to #2 with Science & Faith. New entries included Manic Street Preachers with Postcards from a Young Man at #3, Maroon 5 with Hands All Over at #6, and Taio Cruz with The Rokstarr Collection at #16. Katy Perry moved up 24 places to #17 with One of the Boys and Usher re-entered with Raymond v. Raymond at #18.

October

Bruno Mars with "Just the Way You Are" was knocked off the top spot to #2, with Tinie Tempah's third single "Written in the Stars" debuting at this spot. The song sold over 115,000 copies, the highest first week sales for a number one of the year, with the exception of "Everybody Hurts" by Help for Hati and "California Gurls" by Katy Perry & Snoop Dog. Labrinth, who has featured on Tinie Tempah's previous hits "Frisky" and "Pass Out", debuted at #3 with "Let the Sun Shine", and Adele with her single "Make You Feel My Love" jumped a massive 98 place jump from #102 to #4 after a performance from a contestant on The X Factor, beating its previous peak of #24. Enrique Iglesias and Nicole Scherzinger rose to #8 with "Heartbeat", Eminem and Rihanna finally fell out of the Top Ten with "Love the Way You Lie" at #11, after 14 consecutive weeks within the Top Ten, and Kylie Minogue with "Get Outta My Way" jumped into the Top 40 from #48 to #12. In the album chart, The Script with Science & Faith re-took the top spot from Phil Collins and Going Back. Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. with Record Collection debuted at #2, KT Tunstall with Tiger Suit debuted at #5, and Simply Red with Simply Red 25: The Greatest Hits jumped from #55 to #9. Plan B with The Defamation of Strickland Banks jumped from #22 to #14 and P!nk re-entered the Top 40 with Funhouse.

On the week ending 16 October, Tinie Tempah with "Written in the Stars" dropped to #3 after being knocked off the top spot by Cee Lo Green with "Forget You", which became the eighth number one single of 2010 to sell over 100,000 copies in its first week. Cee Lo Green used to be a member of Gnarls Barkley, which sung the number one hit "Crazy" in 2006. At #2 was new entry from Robbie Williams & Gary Barlow with "Shame", the first time they have sung together since 1995 when Robbie left Take That, and Swedish House Mafia vs Tinie Tempah entered at #5 with "Miami 2 Ibiza", giving Mafia their second Top 10 hit. Kings of Leon entered at #7 with Radioactive, Travie McCoy and Bruno Mars moved up nine places to #15 with Billionaire due to a performance on The X Factor, and Magnetic Man's second single "Perfect Stranger" entered at #16, which features vocals from Katy B. Mike Posner and "Cooler Than Me" jumped from #98 to #22, Professor Green and Example jumped from #51 to #29 with "Monster", and Plan B with The Recluse jumped from #84 to #35. The biggest faller in the Top 40 was from Kylie Minogue with "Get Outta My Way" which fell 19 places from #12 to #31. In the albums, Tinie Tempah knocked The Script and Science & Faith from the top spot with his debut album Disc-Overy. Mumford & Sons with Sigh No More improved its peak of #4 by rising a place to #3, Plan B with The Defamation of Strickland Banks re-entered the Top 10 by moving eight places to #6, and Eminem with his current album Recovery moved from #15 to #9, the forteenth week it has been in the Top 10. In the bottom end of the chart, Pixie Lott with Turn It Up, Enrique Iglesias with Euphoria, and Paloma Faith with Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful? re-entered the Top 40 at #31, #37 and 39.

Cee Lo Green spent a second week at number one with "Forget You", keeping Bruno Mars with "Just the Way You Are" off the top spot, which moved up two places at #2 after a performance on the X Factor. Duck Sauce debuted at #3 with "Barbra Streisand", which was also performed on X Factor, and Swedish House Mafia vs Tinie Tempah moved up a place to #4. Joe McElderry's new song "Ambitions" debuted at #6, Mike Posner jumped 13 places to #9 with "Cooler Than Me", and Pixie Lott with "Broken Arrow" debuted at #12. Usher and Pitbull moved up eight places to #10, Travie McCoy and Bruno Mars moved up four places to #11 with "Billionaire", Michael Andrews and Gary Jules with "Mad World" (Christmas Number One for 2003) re-entered at #26, and Usher with "OMG" jumped from #63 to #33, all due to X Factor performances. Michael Bublé with "Hollywood", The Ting Tings with "Hands", and B.o.B with "Magic" were all new entries at #17, #29 and #34 respectivley. In the albums Robbie Williams's second greatest hits album In and Out of Consciousness: The Greatest Hits 1990 - 2010 debuted at number one, knocking Tinie Tempah with Disc-Overy down to #2 and outsold the rest of the Top 5 with well over 20,000 copies between them. Cliff Richard with his new album Bold as Brass entered at #3 and Magnetic Man's self-titled debut album entered at #5. Usher with Raymond v. Raymond jumped from #48 to #17, and Mark Ronson & The Beats Int. fell from #7 to #24. The only album that rose within the Top 40 was Pixie Lott and Turn It Up which moved from #31 to #29.

After two weeks at the top spot, Cee Lo Green was knocked down to #4 by Bruno Mars and "Just the Way You Are", which was at number one 5 weeks before. The Wanted debuted at #2 with "Heart Vacancy", and Duck Sauce with "Barbra Streisand" stayed at #3. Katy Perry with "Firework" entered at #6, Mike Posner with "Cooler Than Me" moved up 3 places to #6, Jay Sean and Nicki Minaj enterd at #9 with 2012 (It Ain't the End), and N-Dubz with "Best Behaviour" entered at #10. Other new entries included Nelly with "Just a Dream" at #11 (according to midweek chart, the song was ment to enter at #33), Diana Vickers with "My Wicked Heart" at #13, Taylor Swift with Mine at #30, and Skepta with Cross My Heart at #31. B.o.B moved up to #22 with "Magic", and Joe McElderry fell from #6 to #21 with "Ambitions". In the albums, Kings of Leon entered at #1 with Come Around Sundown, knocking Robbie Williams's greatest hits album off the top spot. Two of The Beatles albums entered the charts: 1967–1970 at #4 and 1962–1966 at #6, Katy Perry with Teenage Dream moved up from #13 to #5, Michael Bublé and Crazy Love jumped from 41 to #7, due to his Hollywood edition, and Pixie Lott and Turn It Up jumped from #29 to #9 due to her Turn It Up Louder. Magnetic Man and their self titled album fell from #5 to #22, and Michael Jackson with Number Ones jumped from #54 to #33.

Bruno Mars was knocked from the top spot to #3 with "Just the Way You Are", with Cheryl Cole with "Promise This" at #1, selling 157,000 copies, and Rihanna with "Only Girl (In the World)" at #2, selling 122,000 copies ("Promise This" became the highest non-charity song sales of the year and "Only Girl" became the highest week sales for a number two of the year). Cee Lo Green with "Forget You" was a non-mover at #4, Mike Posner with "Cooler Than Me" moved a place to #5, and Nelly entered the Top 10 with "Just a Dream" at #8, three places higher from last week. Michael Bublé jumped 16 places to #11 with "Hollywood", Peter Andre was a new entry with "Defender" at #14, and B.o.B and River Cuomo moved up 4 places to #18 with "Magic". Eminem and Lil Wayne moved from #41 to #35 with "No Love", James Blunt entered at #37 with "Stay the Night", and the biggest drop in the Top 40 was by Diana Vickers with "My Wicked Heart", who dropped 18 places from #13 to #31. in the albums, Kings of Leon stayed at #1 with Come Around Sundown, keeping Michael Bublé with Crazy Love (Hollywood edition) at #2, which had moved 5 places from #7. Joe McElderry with Wide Awake, The Wanted with The Wanted, Taylor Swift with Speak Now, Barbra Streisand with The Ultimate Collection, and Soldiers with Letters Home were all new entries in the top 10 at #3, #4, #6, #8, and #10 respectively. The Beatles with 1967–1970 and 1962–1966 both fell, at #16 and #17 respectively. Cheryl Cole with 3 Words jumped from #55 to #25, due to the release of "Messy Little Raindrops".

November

Cheryl Cole with Promise This was knocked to #2 by Rihanna with Only Girl (In the World), her forth number one overall. Alexis Jordan debuted at #3 with her debut Happiness, Katy Perry reached a new peak of #4 with Firework (perhaps something to do with 'Bonfire Night'), and The Saturdays and Flo Rida with Higher moved up 12 places to #10 after 10 weeks in the chart. Will.i.am, Nicki Minaj and Cheryl Cole debuted at #11 with Check It Out, Shakespear's Sister with Stay returned to the chart after an X Factor performance at #12, B.o.B and River Cuomo moved up to #16 with Magic, and Adele with Make You Feel My Love moved up eight places to #19 after another performance on the X Factor. New entries in the Top 40 included Ne-Yo with One in a Million at #20, Tinchy Stryder and Taio Cruz and their second collaboration Second Chance at #22, Nadine Coyle (from Girls Aloud) with Insatiable at #26, and Roll Deep and Alesha Dixon with Take Control at #29. In the albums, there was a total of seven new entries in thew Top 10: Cheryl Cole with Messy Little Raindrops, Bon Jovi with Greatest Hits, Rumer with Seasons Of My Soul, Rod Stewart with Fly Me to the Moon...The Great American Songbook Volume V, Jamiroquai with Rock Dust Light Star, Neil Diamond with Dreams, and Peter Andre with Accelerate at #1, #2, #3, #5, #7, #8, #10.

Rihanna with Only Girl (In the World) stayed at #1 for a second week, keeping Take That with The Flood at #2. Katy Perry moved up a place to #3 with Firework, McFly and Taio Cruz with Shine a Light was a new entry at #4, and Adele with Make You Feel My Love jumped up 10 places to #9. New entries in the Top 40 included The Black Eyed Peas with The Time (Dirty Bit), which features a sample from (I've Had) The Time of My Life, at #11, Shane Ward with Gotta Be Somebody at #12, P!nk with Raise Your Glass at #13, My Chemical Romance with Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na), and Ellie Goulding with Your Song at #39. James Blunt with Stay the Night moved up 6 places to #26, and Eminem and Lil Wayne with No Love moved up 2 places to #33. In the albums, Susan Boyle's second album The Gift went to #1, knocking Cheryl Cole with Messy Little Raindrops to #3. Bon Jovi and their album Greatest Hits stayed at #2, James Blunt with Some Kind of Trouble debuted at #4, Katy Perry with Teenage Dream moved up to #9, and Cee Lo Green enterd at #10 with The Lady Killer. Elvis Presley with Viva Elvis debuted at #19, Jay Z with Jay-Z: The Hits Collection, Volume One debuted at #20, Kylie Minogue with Aphrodite jumped from #72 to #38 and The Saturdays moved from #66 to #39 with Headlines!.

After two weeks at the number one position, Rihanna with Only Girl (In the World) was knocked three places to #4, with JLS with the official Children in Need 2010 single Love You More. Take That remained at #2 with The Flood, Ellie Goulding jumped a massive 36 places from #39 to #3 with Your Song, The Black Eyed Peas moved up four places to #7 with The Time (Dirty Bit), and Westlife with Safe debuted at #10. Rihanna and Drake debuted at #18 with What's My Name, Tinchy Stryder with Game Over (a song that features 6 artists), Robbie Williams & Gary Barlow re-entered the Top 40 at #31 with Shame, and The Beatles with Hey Jude re-entered at #40 – the highest peaking Beatles song since they were brought to iTunes. In the albums, Take That with Progress debuted at #1 selling over 520,000 copies, the highest first week sales for an album since 1997. Rihanna with Loud debuted at #2, Susan Boyle with The Gift dropped from #1 to #3, P!nk with Greatest Hits... So Far!!! debuted at #5, and Shane Ward debuted at #15 with Obsession. McFly with Above the Noise debuted at #20, Adele with 19 moved up two places to #29, The Beatles with 1967–1970 and 1962–1966 moved up to #32 and #33, and JLS with JLS re-entered the Top 40 at #38.

On the week ending 4 December, JLS was knocked off the top spot to #3 by The X Factor Finalists 2010 with their butchery of "Heroes". Ellie Goulding moved up a place to #2 with Your Song, Olly Murs debuted at #4 with Thinking of Me, Adele with Make You Feel My Love moved up 3 places to #9, and Rihanna and Drake moved up 8 places to #10 with What's My Name?. New entries in the Top 40 included Jessie J with Do It Like a Dude at #25, Usher with More jumping from #52 to #33, The Beatles with Let It Be jumping from #42 to #38, and Kylie Minogue with Better Than Today at #40. Both The Wanted with All Time Low and Olly Murs with Please Don't Let Me Go re-entered the Top 40 at #34 and #39. In the albums, Take That with Progress remained at #1, keeping JLS with Outta This World at #2 and Westlife with Gravity at #3. Kings of Leon with Come Around Sundown moved up 4 places to #8, The Script with Science & Faith moved up two places to 18, The Beatles with 1962-1966 and 1967-1970 moved up to #28 and #29, and Justin Bieber jumped from #91 to #32 with My World. Shane Ward became the biggest drop in the Top 40 with Obsession, falling 25 places from #15 to #40.

December

On the first week of December, The X Factor Finalists 2010 stayed at number one for a second week. Ellie Goulding with Your Song stayed at #2, Nicole Scherzinger with Poison entered at #3, Olly Murs with Thinking of Me stayed at #4, Far East Movement rose two places to #5 with Like a G6, and The Black Eyed Peas with The Time (Dirty Bit) rose 5 places to #6. Rihanna had three consecutive singles in the Top 10: Only Girl (In the World) at #7, What's My Name? with Drake rising two places to #8, and Who's That Chick with David Guetta entering at #9. New entries in the Top 40 included Coldplay with Christmas Lights at #18, N Dubz with Girls at #23, Afrojack with Take Over Control at #24, and The Wanted with Lose My Mind at #29. Christmas songs All I Want for Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey and Fairytale of New York by The Pogues jumped from #48 to #22 and #51 to #27 respectivley. In the albums, Take That with Progress stayed at number one for a third week, which has sold over 900,000 copies since it was released. Olly Murs debuted at #2 with Olly Murs, N Dubz with Love.Live.Life debuted at #7, and Duffy with Endlessly debuted at #9. The Black Eyed Peas with The Beginning debuted at #17, The Wanted with The Wanted moved up two places to #18, Ellie Goulding with Bright Lights jumped from #128 to #24, and Glee with Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album debuted at #37.

On the week ending 18 December, The X Factor Finalists 2010 with Heroes was knocked to #7 by the Black Eyed Peas with The Time (Dirty Bit). Willow Smith, who was number one on the midweeks and would have become the youngest artist to reach number one if it wasn't for the Peas, had to settle for #2. Ellie Goulding with Your Song dropped a place to #3, Rihanna and Drake moved up four places to #4, Rihanna with Only Girl (In the World) moved up from #7 to #5, and David Guetta and Rihanna with Who's That Chick?. Michael Jackson's first single since his death, Hold My Hand with Akon, debuted at #11, Coldplay with Christmas Lights moved up from #18 to #13, Alexandra Burke with The Silence jumped from #126 to #16, Alexa Goddard with Turn My Swag On moved up six places to #20, Eminem with Rihanna moved up ten places from #40 to #30, and Kylie Minogue with Better Than Today reached a new peak of #32. In the albums, Take That spent a forth week at number one with Progress, keeping Michael Bublé with Crazy Love at #2. Olly Murs with Olly Murs moved down a place to #3, Rihanna with Loud stayed at #4, Kings of Leon moved from #13 to #7 with Come Around Sundown, The Black Eyed Peas with The Beginning moved up from #17 to #9, and P!nk moved up a place to #11. Annie Lennox with A Christmas Cornucopia moved up from #29 to #18, Barbra Streisand with The Ultimate Collection moved up from #28 to #21, the re-release of Alexandra Burke's Overcome debuted at #22, and Abba with Gold - The Greatest Hits jumped from #138 to #31.

Matt Cardle with his cover of Biffy Clyro's Many of Horror, retitled When We Colide, won the Christmas Number One title, knocking The Black Eyed Peas with The Time (Dirty Bit) down to #4 and selling over 439,000 copies. Rihanna and Drake with What's My Name? moved up from #4 to #2, Trashmen with Surfing Bird re-entered the chart at #3 due to a facebook group to get it to number one, and Take That with The Flood jumped nine places to #6. Biffy Clyro with Many of Horror re-entered the charts at #8, due to X Factor and another facebook group, Michael Jackson and Akon moved up a place to #10, Cee Lo Green jumped from #21 to #16 with Forget You, and The Pogues with Fairytale of New York moved up from #26 to #19. John Cage with 4'33 entered at #21, another facebook group, Adele with Make You Feel My Love jumped 5 places to #26, Usher with More jumped 7 places to #29, Rihanna with Unfaithful re-entered the charts at #31, and Tinie Tempah with Invinsible jumped from #64 to #32. In the albums, Take That with Progress spent a fifth week at number one, keeping Rihanna with Loud off the top spot, after she had moved two places to #2. Michael Bublé with Crazy Love dropped a place to #3, Michael Jackson with Michael debuted at #4, and Robbie Williams with In and Out of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990–2010 moved up from #14 to #7. Ellie Goulding with Lights jumped three places to #23, Biffy Clyro with Only Revolutions jumped from #67 to #35, Adele with 19 jumped 5 places to #36, and Cee Lo Green with The Lady Killer jumped from #46 to #37.

Groups reformed

• Suede (one-off show only)
• The Yummy Fur (touring only)
• The Libertines (Reading and Leeds Festival)
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer (High Voltage Festival)
• Take That (original line-up)
• Pulp
• Cast
• Suede

Groups disbanded

• Freebass
• Girls Can't Catch
• The Shermans
• Supergrass
• Vagabond
• Grammatics
• Mini Viva
• Rinoa

Number ones

Number-one singles

Issue Date	Song	Artist	Sales
3 January	"Bad Romance"	Lady GaGa	76,265
10 January	"Replay"	Iyaz	106,237
17 January	"Replay"	Iyaz	86,814
24 January	"Fireflies"	Owl City	71,866
31 January	"Fireflies"	Owl City	79,911
7 February	"Fireflies"	Owl City	77,669
14 February	"Everybody Hurts"	Helping Haiti	453,426
21 February	"Everybody Hurts"	Helping Haiti	102,769
28 February	"In My Head"	Jason Derülo	68,134
7 March	"Pass Out"	Tinie Tempah	92,002
14 March	"Pass Out"	Tinie Tempah	64,573
21 March	"Telephone"	Lady GaGa featuring Beyoncé	65,561
28 March	"Telephone"	Lady GaGa featuring Beyoncé	58,299
4 April	"This Ain't a Love Song"	Scouting for Girls	71,954
11 April	"This Ain't a Love Song"	Scouting for Girls	52,393
18 April	"OMG"	Usher featuring will.i.am	58,385
25 April	"Once"	Diana Vickers	69,407
2 May	"Good Times"	Roll Deep	66,523
9 May	"Good Times"	Roll Deep	52,376
16 May	"Good Times"	Roll Deep	48,593
23 May	"Nothin' on You"	B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars	85,333
30 May	"Dirtee Disco"	Dizzee Rascal	69,757
6 June	"Gettin' Over You"	David Guetta & Chris Willis featuring Fergie & LMFAO	48,827
13 June	"Shout"	Shout For England featuring Dizzee Rascal & James Corden	113,258
20 June	"Shout"	Shout For England featuring Dizzee Rascal & James Corden	84,145
27 June	"California Gurls"	Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg	123,607
4 July	"California Gurls"	Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg	93,363
11 July	"The Club Is Alive"	JLS	84,283
18 July	"Airplanes"	B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams	75,892
25 July	"We No Speak Americano"	Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP	89,107
1 August	"All Time Low"	The Wanted	84,173
8 August	"Beautiful Monster"	Ne-Yo	69,387
15 August	"Club Can't Handle Me"	Flo Rida featuring David Guetta	61,027
22 August	"Green Light"	Roll Deep	57,411
29 August	"Dynamite"	Taio Cruz	108,397
5 September	"Please Don't Let Me Go"	Olly Murs	93,239
12 September	"Start Without You"	Alexandra Burke featuring Laza Morgan	73,306
19 September	"Start Without You"	Alexandra Burke featuring Laza Morgan	53,123
26 September	"Just The Way You Are"	Bruno Mars	82,855
3 October	"Written In The Stars"	Tinie Tempah featuring Eric Turner	115,073
10 October	"Fuck You!"	Cee Lo Green	106,962
17 October	"Fuck You!"	Cee Lo Green	76,331
24 October	"Just The Way You Are"	Bruno Mars	116,684
31 October	"Promise This"	Cheryl Cole	157,210
7 November	"Only Girl (In The World)"	Rihanna	134,540
14 November	"Only Girl (In The World)"	Rihanna	93,426
21 November	"Love You More"	JLS	118,551
28 November	"Heroes"	The X Factor Finalists	144,014
5 December	"Heroes"	The X Factor Finalists	70,597
12 December	"The Time (Dirty Bit)"	Black Eyed Peas	74,918
19 December	"When We Collide"	Matt Cardle	439,007

Number-one albums

Issue Date	Album	Artist	Sales
3 January	Sunny Side Up	Paolo Nutini	58,082
10 January	Sunny Side Up	Paolo Nutini	49,698
17 January	Lungs	Florence + the Machine	51,005
24 January	Lungs	Florence + the Machine	42,360
31 January	Sunny Side Up	Paolo Nutini	35,739
7 February	The Element of Freedom	Alicia Keys	35,336
14 February	The Element of Freedom	Alicia Keys	57,312
21 February	Glee: The Music, Volume 1	Glee Cast	62,451
28 February	The Fame Monster	Lady GaGa	45,358
7 March	Lights	Ellie Goulding	36,854
14 March	Brother	Boyzone	101,096
21 March	The Fame Monster	Lady GaGa	45,025
28 March	Brother	Boyzone	61,886
4 April	Brother	Boyzone	45,267
11 April	The Fame Monster	Lady GaGa	25,211
18 April	The Defamation of Strickland Banks	Plan B	68,173
25 April	Iron Man 2	AC/DC	56,936
2 May	The Defamation of Strickland Banks	Plan B	41,001
9 May	Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree	Diana Vickers	35,951
16 May	Night Train	Keane	28,063
23 May	Exile on Main St.	The Rolling Stones	31,287
30 May	Immersion	Pendulum	58,859
6 June	To the Sea	Jack Johnson	27,254
13 June	Bionic	Christina Aguilera	24,300
20 June	Time Flies... 1994–2009	Oasis	101,297
27 June	Recovery	Eminem	141,023
4 July	Recovery	Eminem	69,045
11 July	Aphrodite	Kylie Minogue	79,153
18 July	Recovery	Eminem	49,616
25 July	Recovery	Eminem	41,593
1 August	Recovery	Eminem	39,864
8 August	The Suburbs	Arcade Fire	61,263
15 August	Recovery	Eminem	32,097
22 August	The Final Frontier	Iron Maiden	44,384
29 August	Recovery	Eminem	27,081
5 September	Teenage Dream	Katy Perry	54,176
12 September	Flamingo	Brandon Flowers	65,518
19 September	Science & Faith	The Script	70,816
26 September	Going Back	Phil Collins	40,684
3 October	Science & Faith	The Script	34,313
10 October	Disc-Overy	Tinie Tempah	84,993
17 October	In and Out of Consciousness: The Greatest Hits 1990–2010	Robbie Williams	121,689
24 October	Come Around Sundown	Kings of Leon	183,298
31 October	Come Around Sundown	Kings of Leon	72,611
7 November	Messy Little Raindrops	Cheryl Cole	105,431
14 November	The Gift	Susan Boyle	102,993
21 November	Progress	Take That	518,601
28 November	Progress	Take That	208,220
5 December	Progress	Take That	176,881
12 December	Progress	Take That	203,210
19 December	Progress	Take That	330,252

Number-one downloads

Issue date	Song	Artist
3 January	"Bad Romance"	Lady Gaga
10 January	"Replay"	Iyaz
17 January	"Replay"	Iyaz
24 January	"Fireflies"	Owl City
31 January	"Fireflies"	Owl City
7 February	"Fireflies"	Owl City
14 February	"Everybody Hurts"	Helping Haiti
21 February	"You Got the Dirtee Love"	Florence and the Machine & Dizzee Rascal
28 February	"In My Head"	Jason Derülo
7 March	"Pass Out"	Tinie Tempah
14 March	"Pass Out"	Tinie Tempah
21 March	"Pass Out"	Tinie Tempah
28 March	"Telephone"	Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé
4 April	"This Ain't a Love Song"	Scouting for Girls
11 April	"This Ain't a Love Song"	Scouting for Girls
18 April	"OMG"	Usher featuring will.i.am
25 April	"Once"	Diana Vickers
2 May	"OMG"	Usher featuring will.i.am
9 May	"Good Times	Roll Deep
16 May	"Good Times"	Roll Deep
23 May	"Nothin' on You"	B.o.B. featuring Bruno Mars
30 May	"Dirtee Disco"	Dizzee Rascal
6 June	"Gettin' Over You"	David Guetta & Chris Willis featuring Fergie & LMFAO
13 June	"Shout"	Shout For England featuring Dizzee Rascal & James Cordon
20 June	"Shout"	Shout For England featuring Dizzee Rascal & James Cordon
27 June	"California Gurls"	Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg
4 July	"California Gurls"	Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg
11 July	"The Club Is Alive"	JLS
18 July	"Airplanes"	B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams
25 July	"We No Speak Americano"	Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP
1 August	"All Time Low"	The Wanted
8 August	"Beautiful Monster"	Ne-Yo
15 August	"Club Can't Handle Me"	Flo Rida featuring David Guetta
22 August	"Green Light"	Roll Deep
29 August	"Dynamite"	Taio Cruz
5 September	"Please Don't Let Me Go"	Olly Murs
12 September	"Start Without You"	Alexandra Burke featuring Laza Morgan
19 September	"Start Without You"	Alexandra Burke featuring Laza Morgan
26 September	"Just The Way You Are"	Bruno Mars
3 October	"Written In The Stars"	Tinie Tempah featuring Eric Turner
10 October	"Fuck You!"	Cee Lo Green
17 October	"Just The Way You Are"	Bruno Mars
24 October	"Just The Way You Are"	Bruno Mars
31 October	"Promise This"	Cheryl Cole
7 November	"Only Girl (In The World)"	Rihanna
14 November	"Only Girl (In The World)"	Rihanna
21 November	"Love You More"	JLS
28 November	"Heroes"	The X Factor Finalists
5 December	"Your Song"	Ellie Goulding
12 December	"The Time (Dirty Bit)"	Black Eyed Peas
19 December	"When We Collide"	Matt Cardle

British music awards

BRIT Awards

The 2010 BRIT Awards were hosted by Peter Kay on 16 February 2010.

• British Male Solo Artist: Dizzee Rascal
• British Female Solo Artist: Lily Allen
• British Breakthrough Act: JLS
• British Group: Kasabian
• Mastercard British Album: Florence and the Machine – Lungs
• British Single: JLS – "Beat Again"
• International Male Solo Artist: Jay-Z
• International Female Solo Artist: Lady Gaga
• International Breakthrough Act: Lady Gaga
• International Album: Lady GaGa – The Fame
• Critics' Choice: Ellie Goulding
• Brits Album of 30 Years: Oasis – (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
• Brits Performance of 30 Years: The Spice Girls – "Wannabe" & "Who Do You Think You Are"
• Outstanding Contribution to Music: Robbie Williams

Mercury Prize

The 2010 Mercury Prize was awarded in September to The xx for their album xx.

Popjustice £20 Music Prize

The 2010 Popjustice £20 Music Prize was awarded to Example for his single "Kickstarts" on 7 September 2010.

Record of the Year

The Record of the Year was awarded to Owl City for "Fireflies".

See also

• List of number-one singles from 2010
• List of number-one albums from 2010
• List of top 10 singles in 2010 (UK)
• 2010s in music
• List of Albums released in 2010
• 2010 in British television