Hip-hop singer Estelle has ended Duffy's five-week reign over the singles charts but the Welsh newcomer has held on to the number one album spot, the Official Charts Company said on Sunday.
On March 26, 1957, Ricky Nelson recorded his first songs. In 1961, Elvis Presley set a British chart first with three consecutive Number-1 releases: "It's Now or Never," "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" and "Wooden Heart."
'Funplex' The B-52's Loutish and lustful lyrics ("There's a rest stop / Let's hit the G-spot"), pretty female harmony alternating with a campy male warble, surf guitar and a danceable beat: The formula is familiar for the party band's first album in 16 years.
*The B-52's, Funplex. Singer Cindy Wilson returns, joining Kate Pierson on harmonies for the wonderfully weird new-wave dance band's first album in 16 years.
Soul sensations loom specially large in this week's new release pile. STILL CRAZY: The offbeat combination of vintage soul vocals and percolating hip-hop production that made Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" the 2006 super crossover hit has been a tough act for the musical world to follow.