Feb 16, 2009 • 2 min read

Chart update – w/c 16 Feb 2009

Lily Allen's second album goes straight to number one in the albums chart, while The Prodigy debut at number eight with Omen in the singles chart.

So, Lily Allen is still number one in the singles chart, but has she made it the double? Has her second album gone straight in at the top of the album chart? Well, you'll just have to read on to find out.

With Lily sticking fast in the singles top 10, there's little movement from anyone else, either. After eight weeks on the chart, Alesha Dixon has crept up to number three, and Shontelle has crept into the top 10, at number 10, after five weeks on the chart with 'T-shirt'. Meanwhile, doing no creeping whatsoever, The Prodigy have shot straight in at number eight with 'Omen'.

Other new entries to the singles chart have not reached such heights, however. Morrissey managed to get to just 21 with his new single, 'I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris', despite (or perhaps because of) the promise of a semi-nude shot of him and his band on the single's artwork. TI and Justin Timberlake enter at 30, the re-release of M.I.A's 'Paper Planes' makes it to 33, still a way off the previous release's peak of 19, while The Fray enter at 37, and The Killers bring up the rear at 40.

Over to the album chart now and, yes, Lily Allen's second album has gone straight to the top, bumping the ever-present Kings Of Leon back down to number two. There's been a bit of a spike for albums with a romantic theme. Can't think why that would be.

UB40's 'Love Songs' jumps from 19 to three, Luther Vandross's 'Lovesongs' is up from 27 to four (so UB40 clearly win the battle of how the words "love" and "songs" should be put together), Bette Midler's 'The Best Of Bette' is up from 32 to six (although, after 19 weeks on the chart, it's not specifically a Valentine's release), and Pavarotti's 'The Duets' moves from 15 to 10. Not an event-specific release, but valid nonetheless, The Fray have a new entry at eight, with their album, 'The Fray'.

Outside the top 10, AR Rahman's soundtrack for 'Slumdog Millionaire' is a new entry at 30, The Airbourne Toxic Event make it to 35, while Robert Plant and Alison Krauss's 'Raising Sand' benefits from the pair's five Grammy win, re-entering at 38.

The charts are compiled with gay abandon by The Official Chart Company.

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