UK Charts: Coldplay Score First #1 Of 2012

From The Official Charts:

Coldplay’s ‘Paradise’ becomes the first Official Number 1 single of 2012. Originally released on October 30, ‘Paradise’ debuted at Number 14 before steadily climbing up the Official Singles Chart and peaking at Number 2 a week before Christmas. The track is taken from the band’s hugely successful fifth studio album, ‘Mylo Xyloto’, which set a new Official Charts record for the highest number of digital copies to be sold during an album’s first week of release.

Despite having five Number 1 albums, ‘Paradise’ is only Coldplay’s second Number 1 single, their first being ‘Viva La Vida’, which reached Number 1 in the Official Singles Chart in 2008.

Former X Factor contestant / Xtra Factor presenter Olly Murs is this week’s Number 2 with ‘Dance With Me Tonight’. ‘Dance With Me Tonight’ was kept off the Number 1 spot by Rihanna and Calvin Harris' ‘We Found Love’ when it was released on November 27, before climbing to the top spot two weeks later and earning Murs his third Official Number 1 single. Flo Rida’s ‘Good Feeling’ climbs seven places to this week’s Number 3, while last week’s Number 1, Military Wives with Gareth Malone, are this week’s Number 4. The group’s track, ‘Wherever You Are’, became the 60th Christmas Number 1 when it topped the Official Singles Chart last Sunday and has now sold over 631,000 copies.

Rihanna and Calvin Harris’ ‘We Found Love’ climbs five places to this week’s Number 5, while X Factor winners Little Mix’s cover of Damien Rice’s ‘Cannonball’ is this week’s Number 6. Ed Sheeran’s ‘Lego House’ is at Number 7, Labrinth and Tinie Tempah’s ‘Earthquake’ – which sound tracked last night’s New Year’s Eve celebrations in London – is at Number 8, LMFAO’s ‘Sexy And I Know It’ are at Number 9, and Rizzle Kicks’ ‘Mama Do The Hump’ completes this week’s Official Singles Chart Top 10.

US Charts: Rihanna Remains at #1

From Billboard.com:

Rihanna notches a fifth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "We Found Love" (featuring Calvin Harris), while LMFAO is among a host of acts that benefit from performances on the American Music Awards, broadcast live Nov. 20 on ABC.

Two additional tracks from "Talk That Talk" concurrently bow on the Hot 100: the title cut (featuring Jay-Z), the chart's highest debut at No. 31, and "Where Have You Been" at No. 65.

Below Rihanna's Hot 100 leader, LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It" logs a fourth week at No. 2, claiming Digital Gainer honors. The duo's "Party Rock Anthem," featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock, meanwhile rebounds 16-10.

Other AMA performers receiving boosts in the Hot 100's top 10 include Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera, whose former four-week No. 1 "Moves Like Jagger" edges 6-4; Gym Class Heroes, whose "Stereo Hearts," featuring Maroon 5's Adam Levine, climbs 8-7; and, Katy Perry, whose "The One That Got Away" nabs Airplay Gainer accolades and pushes 10-9.

Speaking of the title character in "Jagger," the AMAs further help will.i.am's "T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)," featuring the Rolling Stones frontman and Jennifer Lopez, charge onto the Hot 100 at No. 36. The track marks Jagger's first solo top 40 entry since 1987 and his highest Hot 100 rank since "Dancing in the Street," with David Bowie, shimmied to No. 7 in 1985. "T.H.E." previews will.i.am's forthcoming album, "#willpower."

Surrounding "Jagger" in the Hot 100's top five, Bruno Mars' "It Will Rain" rises 5-3, swapping spots with Adele's "Someone Like You" (3-5).

Rounding out the Hot 100's top 10, David Guetta's "Without You," featuring Usher, descends 4-6 and Flo Rida's "Good Feeling" slips 7-8.

Top 10 US Singles for the week of December 10:
1. We Found Love, Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris
2. Sexy And I Know It, LMFAO
3. It Will Rain, Bruno Mars
4. Moves Like Jagger, Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera
5. Someone Like You, Adele
6. Without You, David Guetta featuring Usher
7. Stereo Hearts, Gym Class Heroes featuring Adam Levine
8. Good Feeling, Flo Rida
9. The One That Got Away, Katy Perry
10. Party Rock Anthem, LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock

UK Charts: Rihanna Scores Another Chart Double

From TheOfficialCharts.com

Rihanna's Talk That Talk

Rihanna cements her place in the Official Charts history books this week becoming the only female artist ever to achieve the Official Singles and Albums Chart double twice in the same year with different singles and albums. She’s also broken a flurry of additional chart records in the process.

Today, We Found Love ft Calvin Harris nails a sixth week as the Official Singles Chart Number 1, after a fiercely fought battle with the new Olly Murs single Dance With Me Tonight, and new album Talk That Talk, her sixth studio release, soars straight to the summit of the Official Albums Chart selling over 160,000 copies in week 1 to become one of the fastest sellers of the year. In January, Rihanna landed the double with single What’s My Name ft Drake and album Loud.

Top 10 UK Singles
1 WE FOUND LOVE - RIHANNA FT CALVIN HARRIS
2 DANCE WITH ME TONIGHT - OLLY MURS
3 GOOD FEELING - FLO RIDA
4 LEVELS - AVICII
5 EARTHQUAKE - LABRINTH FT TINIE TEMPAH
6 DOWN FOR WHATEVER - KELLY ROWLAND FT THE WAVS
7 LEGO HOUSE - ED SHEERAN
8 MOVES LIKE JAGGER - MAROON 5 FT CHRISTINA AGUILERA
9 TAKE CARE - DRAKE FT RIHANNA
10 NOTHING'S REAL BUT LOVE - REBECCA FERGUSON

'We Found Love' by Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris