Chart Watch Britain: November 8, 2009
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Our weekly recap of veteran artists on the current British music charts. Chart highlights:
Top 100 British Albums
Top 40 British R&B Albums
Top 40 British Rock Albums
- Bon Jovi shakes up the charts this week in Britain as their new album, The Circle, debuts at number 2. That equal the peak of four of their last five albums in this decade. They also drag along their Cross Roads compilation, which jumps 96 to 43 and the singles We Weren't Born to Follow, which debuts at 25, and older tracks Livin' on a Prayer (52) and Always (87).
- Sting's If On a Winter's Night... debuts at 15, beating out his last solo release (Songs from the Labyrinth: The Music of John Dowland) which peaked at 24.
- The Bee Gees new career compilation, Ultimate, starts at 19 while the Rod Stewart hits set, Some Guys Have All the Fun, returns to the chart at 35 and the Frankie Goes to Hollywood set, Frankie Says Greatest, premiers at 27.
- Also debuting this week are Slayer's World Painted Blood at 41 and a deluxe version of Paul Weller's self-titled album at 82.
- Journey also has a resurgence on the charts as the track Don't Stop Believin' moves 52 to 19 on the Singles chart while their Best of reenters the Rock Album chart at 34.
Top 100 British Albums- #1 (1) - 3 Words - Cheryl Cole
- #2 (N) - The Circle - Bon Jovi
- #3 (2) - Crazy Love - Michael Buble
- #4 (N) - Greatest Hits - Foo Fighters
- #5 (4) - Coming Home - Soldiers
- #6 (3) - This is It - Michael Jackson
- #12 (10) - Very Best of - Fleetwood Mac
- #13 (7) - I Look to You - Whitney Houston
- #15 (N) - If On a Winter's Night... - Sting
- #18 (13) - We'll Meet Again: The Very Best of - Vera Lynn
- #19 (N) - Ultimate - Bee Gees
- #26 (25) - Celebration - Madonna
- #27 (N) - Frankie Says Greatest - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
- #28 (22) - Ultimate Collection - Whitney Houston
- #33 (26) - Reunited - Cliff Richard & the Shadows
- #34 (24) - The Best of - Alison Moyet
- #35 (N) - Some Guys Have All the Luck - Rod Stewart
- #37 (16) - Once More - Spandau Ballet
- #39 (28) - Your Songs - Harry Connick, Jr.
- #41 (N) - World Painted Blood - Slayer
- #43 (96) - Cross Road: The Best of - Bon Jovi
- #44 (30) - The Very Best of - Andy Williams
- #49 (48) - Essential - Michael Jackson
- #50 (39) - Total Madness - Madness
- #53 (34) - Love is the Answer - Barbra Streisand
- #58 (41) - Still So Far to Go: The Best of - Chris Rea
- #60 (61) - Bad - Michael Jackson
- #62 (63) - Thriller - Michael Jackson
- #82 (N) - Paul Weller - Paul Weller
- #90 (97) - 25: The Greatest Hits - Simply Red
- #95 (89) - Christmas in the Heart - Bob Dylan
- #1 (N) - Everybody in Love - JLS
- #2 (1) - Fight For This Life - Cheryl Cole
- #3 (6) - Meet Me Halfway - Black Eyed Peas
- #4 (3) - Down - Jean Sean Featuring Lil Wayne
- #5 (4) - Bad Boys - Alexandra Burke Featuring Flo Rida
- #14 (8) - Million Dollar Bill - Whitney Houston
- #19 (52) - Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
- #25 (N) - We Weren't Born to Follow - Bon Jovi
- #52 (142) - Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
- #58 (59) - Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson
- #82 (R) - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith
- #87 (N) - Always - Bon Jovi
- #96 (190) - Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
- #99 (43) - Thriller - Michael Jackson
Top 40 British R&B Albums - #1 (1) - I Look to You - Whitney Houston
- #2 (8) - I Am...Sasha Fierce - Beyonce
- #3 (3) - The E.N.D. - Black Eyed Peas
- #4 (6) - The Blueprint 3 - Jay-Z
- #5 (2) - Ultimate Collection - Whitney Houston
- #6 (4) - The Greatest Hits - Whitney Houston
- #11 (10) - Essential - Michael Jackson
- #1 (N) - Everybody in Love - JLS
- #2 (2) - Meet Me Halfway - Black Eyed Peas
- #3 (1) - Down - Jay Sean Featuring Lil Wayne
- #4 (7) - Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z Featuring Alicia Keys
- #5 (3) - Oopsy Daisy - Chimpmunk
- #6 (4) - Million Dollar Bill - Whitney Houston
- #21 (21) - Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson
- #33 (17) - Thriller - Michael Jackson
- #35 (28) - Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson
- #37 (R) - They Don't Care About Us - Michael Jackson
Top 40 British Rock Albums- #1 (N) - Greatest Hits - Foo Fighters
- #2 (N) - Live at Reading - Nirvana
- #3 (1) - The Resistance - Muse
- #4 (N) - World Painted Blood - Slayer
- #5 (3) - Brand New Eyes - Paramour
- #30 (31) - Back in Black - AC/DC
- #34 (R) - Don't Stop Believin': The Best of - Journey
- #1 (1) - The Captain - Billy Clyro
- #2 (5) - Livin' On a Prayer - Bon Jovi
- #3 (8) - Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
- #4 (22) - Best of You - Foo Fighters
- #5 (N) - Word Forward - Foo Fighters
- #13 (31) - You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi
- #15 (14) - Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
- #20 (17) - Enter Sandman - Metallica
- #21 (36) - We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions - Queen
- #22 (16) - Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
- #23 (24) - Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
- #26 (R) - Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi
- #33 (26) - Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
- #34 (30) - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) - Meat Loaf
- #36 (39) - Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
- #37 (33) - Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- #39 (35) - Paranoid - Black Sabbath
- #1 (1) - Anyway - Duck Sauce
- #2 (2) - Celebration - Madonna
- #3 (14) - Take Me to the Hospital - Prodigy
- #4 (3) - Ready For the Weekend - Calvin Harris
- #5 (N) - Take Me Away/Judgement - Chase & Status
- #10 (R) - I'm Gonna Love You a Little Bit - Barry White
- #28 (N) - Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode
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