British hip-hop star Estelle is riding at the top of the charts for
another week, while Duffy's album Rockferry also holds on to the top
spot. American Boy, featuring Kanye West, is taken from Estelle's
second album, Shine, which features collaborations with artists
including Wyclef Jean and Mark Ronson. Last week saw Duffy, whose
soulful voice has drawn comparisons with Dusty Springfield, was knocked
off the number one position in the singles chart after five weeks.
Mercy dropped another place this week to number three.At number
two in the singles chart is Low by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain. Sam
Sparrow's single Black And Gold leaps to number four from 23, and 4
Minutes by Madonna, featuring Justin Timberlake, goes up two places to
five. Leona Lewis's song for Sport Relief, Better In Time, which
is a double A side with Footprints in the Sand, drops three places to
number six. Lewis's album Spirit remains at number four in the charts
this week. Last week, the X Factor winner became the first
British female solo artist to top the US pop chart in 21 years. The
22-year-old former receptionist from Hackney landed the Billboard Hot
100 chart number one with her ballad Bleeding Love. Nickelback's
Rockstar falls two places to number seven in the singles chart and
Chris Brown's With You goes up nine places to number eight. OneRepublic
drop five places to nine with Stop and Stare, while Alphabeat's
Fascination rises three places to number 10. The album chart sees
Panic at the Disco's Pretty Odd shoot straight in at number two.
Oxford's Foals are also a new entry at three with Antidotes. OneRepublic's
album Dreaming out Loud falls two places to number five and
Nickleback's All the Right Reasons goes up a place to six. Amy
Winehouse's Back to Black - the Deluxe Edition jumps a place to seven. Raconteurs'
Consolers of the Lonely is new in at eight and much-acclaimed
Guillemots are in at nine with Red. Devon's Muse spiral down eight
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