Top 5 Pop Singles

1. Alexandra Burke featuring Laza Morgan - "Start Without You"
2. Katy Perry - "Teenage Dream"
3. Taio Cruz - "Dynamite"
4. Olly Murs - "Please Don't Let Me Go"
5. The Script - "For the First Time"

Biggest Chart Movers

• #70-#43 - Example - "Last Ones Standing"

Hot New Pop Singles

• #6 McFly - "Party Girl"
• #10 Emmma's Imagination - "This Day"
• #15 Alesha Dixon - "Drummer Boy"

Comments

Former X Factor winner Alexandra Burke earns her third #1 single this week with "Start Without You" heralding an upcoming expanded re-release of her album Overcome.

The Script earn their second top 10 single this week with "For the First Time," the lead-in to their second album Science & Faith. McFly score their 16th top 10 single this week, but "Party Girl" is the first album opening single for the group to not reach the top 2.

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Top 5 Pop Albums

1. Brandon Flowers - Flamingo
2. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
3. The xx - xx
4. Hurts - Happiness
5. Eminem - Recovery

Hot New Pop Albums

• #6 Stone Sour - Audio Secrecy
• #17 Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs - God Willin and the Creek Don't Rise
• #19 James - The Morning After

Comments

Following in the footsteps of his band the Killers' three #1 albums, lead vocalist Brandon Flowers hits the top with his solo debut. The xx ride their Mercury Prize win this week to a surge up to #3 on the chart. Serious buzz in the pop music world helps synthpop duo Hurts open at #4 with their debut release Happiness.