The UK Top 10 Singles and Albums 09/25/2010

Here are the Top Ten Singles in the UK for the Week ending September 25th 2010

10 - Impossible - Shontelle (debut)
9 - Club Can't Handle Me - Flo Rida w/David Guetta
8 - Katy on a Mission - Katy B
7 - DJ Got Us Falling in Love - Usher w/Pitbull
6 - Love the Way You Lie - Eminem w/Rhianna
5 - Please Don't Let Me Go - Olly Murs
4 - For the First Time - The Script
3 - Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
2 - Dynamite - Taio Cruz
1 - Start Without You - Alexandra Burke w/Laza Morgan
(Debut at #1 this week)
The 2008 winner of The X-Factor with her 3rd UK #1 single



The Top 10 Albums

10 - Interpol - Interpol (debut)
9 - The Fame - Lady Gaga
8 - Recovery - Eminem
7 - Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
6 - XX - The XX
5 - Flamingo - Brandon Flowers
4 - Going Back - Phil Collins (debut)
3 - Band of Joy - Robert Plant (debut)
2 - A Thousand Suns - Linkin Park (debut)
1 - Science & Faith - The Script
(debut at #1 this week)

The Dublin, Ireland based group's second album and also their 2nd straight #1 album in the UK after their debut album The Script reached reached the top in August 2008.
This album features this week's #4 song "For The First Time".

X Factor

"The X Factor" is the British version of "American Idol" and in fact the winners and runner ups on that show have had considerable more success in the UK than the "American Idol" winners have in the US.
The 2008 Winner of "The X Factor" was Alexandra Burke a teenager from London with a powerful voice. On the live finale of that season she sang the 1984 song "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen. The affect of this song was soon evident on the UK top 40 chart.
She released "Hallelujah" in December of 2008 and set the European record for single sales over a 24 hour period with 105,00 copies sold.
This beat the record of the 2007 winner of "The X Factor", Leona Lewis, who sold 82,000 copies of her debut single "A Moment Like This".
"Hallelujah" became the #1 Christmas single of 2008 and by January of 2009 sales of the single has passed the 1 million mark making Alexandra Burke the first British female solo artist to sell 1 million copies of a single in the UK.