Katy Perry is once again N°1 for a fourth non-consecutive week.
The biggest surprise of the week is the huge jump of Miley Cyrus' new smash "Wrecking Ball". A fortnight ago it was at N°12 then last week it slid to N°23. After the release of the official video, "Wrecking Ball" shot to N°2 globally.
Close behind at N°3 is Avicii's "Wake Me Up!", Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharell Williams' "Blurred Lines" slides to N°4 and Lady GaGa's "Applause" slips to N°5.
Drake enters the top 10 at N°8 with "Hold On, We're going Home". The highest debut on this week's best-selling Singles chart at N°22 is Coldplay's "Atlas" from the upcoming soundtrack "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire". "Animals" by the 17 year-old Dutch DJ Martin Garrix debuts at N°33 and Tsuyoshi Domoto from the J-pop duo Kinki Kids enters the World's Top 40 at N°34 with "Matataki". Flo Rida feat. Pitbull's "Can't Believe It" is at N°43, Stromae's "Papaoutai" at N°52 and Jason DeRulo's "Talk Dirty" debuts at N°57.
"AM" is the World's Best-selling Album this week!
"AM", the fifth studio Album of Arctic Monkeys, debuts at N°1 in this weeks Album charts after selling a total of 303.000 copies worldwide.
Arctic Monkeys are an english indie Rock Band formed in 2002 in High Green, Sheffield. The band consists of Alex Turner (Lead vocals, lead/rhythm guitar), Jamie Cook (rhythm/lead guitar), NIck O'Malley (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Matt Helders (drums, backing vocals).
Alex Turner and Co just made Official UK Albums Chart History with "AM", released by Domino Records, becoming the band's fifth consecutive Number One and the first Indie-released Act to achieve such a feat. According to the latest sales data, "AM" sold over 157,300 copies this week in the UK alone. The tally makes "AM" the second fastest selling Album of 2013, just behind Daft Punk's "Random Access Memories" which sold 165,000 on its release back in May. The band's debut album, "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What Im not" became the fastest selling debut album in UK chart history, selling 363,735 copies in the first week and spawning 2 n°1 Singles.
In the US, "AM" sold 42.300 copies this first week, just 2,000 short of the band's best ever sales week in the States, back in 2007, when "Favourite Worst Nightmare" was released and became their first Top 10 hit. Arctic Monkeys' fourth Album "Suck It And See" peaked at N°14 in the US upon its release in 2011, while their debut Album "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" reached N°24 in 2006. That Album gave them their biggest-selling Single there when it reached N°6 in 2006. The Band's third Album "Humbug" reached N°15 in 2009.
Artic Monkeys are regarded as one of the most prominent Bands to be part of the post-punk revival in the UK, and have won 5 Brit Awards winning Best British Group twice and were nominated for 2 Grammy Awards.
Britney Spears has finally confirmed her Las Vegas Residency. The 31-year-old singer appeared on "Good Morning America" yesterday to announce that after months of speculation, she will be heading to Las Vegas to kick off a residency at the city's Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.
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