Garage collective Roll Deep are celebrating their 2nd week at the very top of the singles chart while Diana Vickers has grabbed top place in the album charts at the 1st attempt. The previous X Factor competitor saw her album Songs From The Contaminated Cherry Tree go straight in at number one. The Roll Deep Good Times single is their first for some time but has shown how much they are loved in the UK Hip-Hop scene.
It follows the successfulness of her debut single, Once, which went directly to the apex of the charts when it was released last month. Roll Deep fought off the challenge of Usher featuring Will.I.Am to hang on to the head of the singles chart with their song great times featuring guest vocalist Jodie Connor. The entrenched east London group, who became one of the figureheads of the dirt scene in 2005, count Dizzee Rascal and Tinchy Stryder among their previous members. There were 2 new entries in the singles top ten with Australian drum ‘n’ bass crew Pendulum going straight in at number 4 with Watercolour and MC Aggro Santos at number 5 with Candy featuring Kimberly Watts.
There had been only 1 other new entry in the album charts with American country music group Woman Antebellum’s Need You Now going straight in at number 8.
Roll Deep Reach Number One In UK Charts Again
Garage collective Roll Deep are celebrating their 2nd week at the very top of the singles chart while Diana Vickers has grabbed top place in the album charts at the 1st attempt. The previous X Factor competitor saw her album Songs From The Contaminated Cherry Tree go straight in at number one. The Roll Deep Good Times single is their first for some time but has shown how much they are loved in the UK Hip-Hop scene.
It follows the successfulness of her debut single, Once, which went directly to the apex of the charts when it was released last month. Roll Deep fought off the challenge of Usher featuring Will.I.Am to hang on to the head of the singles chart with their song great times featuring guest vocalist Jodie Connor. The entrenched east London group, who became one of the figureheads of the dirt scene in 2005, count Dizzee Rascal and Tinchy Stryder among their previous members. There were 2 new entries in the singles top ten with Australian drum ‘n’ bass crew Pendulum going straight in at number 4 with Watercolour and MC Aggro Santos at number 5 with Candy featuring Kimberly Watts.
There had been only 1 other new entry in the album charts with American country music group Woman Antebellum’s Need You Now going straight in at number 8.