British pop quintet Girls Aloud followed their recent No. 1 single, “The Promise” (Fascination/Polydor), with a bestselling debut yesterday (Nov. 10) for their fifth studio album, “Out of Control.” The X Factor Finalists’ charity song “Hero” (Syco Music/Sony BMG) stayed atop the singles chart.
“Out of Control” is Girls Aloud’s first U.K. No. 1 studio album, although they did debut at the summit two years ago with the compilation “The Sound of Girls Aloud.” The group will begin a U.K. arena tour in May 2009.
Pink’s “Funhouse” (LaFace) fell to No. 2 after a week at the top, as Enrique Iglesias’ “Greatest Hits” (Interscope) arrived at No. 3 and Razorlight’s “Slipway Fires” (Vertigo/Universal) at No. 4. The British band’s self-titled second album had a No. 1 debut in the U.K. in the summer of 2006.
A new TV-advertised retrospective by British chart veterans Status Quo, “Pictures — 40 Years of Hits” (UMTV), debuted at No. 8. An even more venerable chart server, Cliff Richard, saw his “50th Anniversary Album” (EMI) arrive at No. 11, while Andrea Bocelli’s “Incanto” (Decca) joined the chart at No. 12.
The X Factor single, a cover of the 1993 Mariah Carey hit, started a second week at No. 1 ahead of a new entry at No. 2 for Beyonce’s “If I Were a Boy” (Columbia). There were three other top ten debuts, led by Britney Spears’ “Womanizer” (Jive) at No. 4. Leona Lewis came in at No. 5 with “Forgive Me” (Syco Music/Sony BMG), which was on the North American version of her debut album “Spirit” but not the international edition, and will now be included on the re-promoted set, out in the U.K. next Monday.
Alesha Dixon, the former member of early 2000s chart group Mis-Teeq who found new fame last year as the winner of BBC1’s “Strictly Come Dancing” series, debuted at No. 8 with “The Boy Does Nothing” (Asylum/Warner Music).
AC/DC is in a second week at the European Top 100 Albums summit with “Black Ice” (Columbia), while Eurochart Hot 100 Singles welcomed a new No. 1 in Guru Josh Project’s top three U.K. hit of two weeks ago, “Infinity 2008” (Bigcitybeats).
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