As predicted last week, Gnarls Barkley stayed number one in the UK singles chart on Sunday, ahead of new physical releases from Rhianna (2), today's Stylus Singles Jukebox winner Infernal (4, not quite living up to midweek expectations) and Fall Out Boy (8, same as its much more memorable predecessor). The Kooks continued to perplex and go back up again, and the slightly easily confused Black Eyed Peas and Pussycat Dolls (that's Pussy Dolls to Patrick Wolf) songs were still stuck next to each other. The Flaming Lips, at 16, did indeed end up with their highest charting hit ever, albeit only by two places but Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Part 1 was released in January so doesn't really count.
Next time will see Gnarls Barkley comfortably hang on to number one for a fifth week, as well as taking number one from Shayne Ward in the albums chart, which has not seen anyone manage two weeks in a row at number one since Arctic Monkeys in January/February. Although Corinne Bailey Rae did have two seperate weeks each side of David Gilmour.
Biggest new or semi-new entries in the singles come from The Raconteurs and Dirty Pretty Things (both currently heading for the top five but probably set to drop), with Red Hot Chili Peppers terrifyingly set for the top ten on downloads alone and Snow Patrol joining them based on the full range of formats. Sole non-guitar-based new entry near the top to be from, er, Chicane featuring Tom Jones.
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