At one point last night Smash Hits TV played Gareth Gates and the Kumars three times in a row. This tells us that either the Smash Hits computer was on the blink, or there are some truly dedicated Gareth Gates fans out there willing to spend a lot of money getting his latest video on the telly. The latter may be true with Mr Gate's Comic Relief charity single – a worryingly infectious rendition of 'Spirit in the Sky' - going straight in at number one in last night's charts.
In fact the whole top four was made up of new entries, pushing Christina Aguilera back into fifth place. Those new entries going to J Lo and LL Cool J's 'All I Have', Neighbours girl Delta Goodman's 'Born To Try' and 50 Cent's 'In Da Club'.
Actually quite a good chart this week – with Junior Senior's excellent 'Move Your Feet' staying in the top ten, plus welcome new entries from Placebo ('The Bitter End'), The Thrills ('One Horse Town'), OK Go ('Get Over It') and The Cardigan's ('For What It’s Worth'). We might be about the bomb the world into oblivion, but at least there's some good music out there.
Albums wise Norah Jones and Coldplay give Parlophone a good week, taking the top two spots – sister label Virgin getting the highest new entry with Melanie C's 'Reason'. Elsewhere new entry rise that new Clash best of goes in at 18, the Junior Senior album 'D D Don't Don’t Stop The Beat’ goes in at 29 and, erm, that’s more or less it.
Except to say Michael Jackson's post-that doc record sales continue – his best of 'HIStory' shooting up to number 15 this week.