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The official UK singles charts top 75.

Music Week

| January 11, 2003 | Jones, Alan | COPYRIGHT 2003 UBM Information Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

SINGLES COMMENTARY

Last year was a terrible year for singles and there is no suggestion that we have turned the corner yet, but there is a temporary respite from the bad news, with singles sales for last week, at more than 485,000, coming in a healthy 10.3% above the comparable week in 2002. That is despite the fact there are no new entries to the Top 10, with rapper Erick Sermon's React arriving at number 14 to take highest debut honours, with just three other records--all dance discs--making Top 40 bows. At the top of the chart, Girls Aloud extend their reign to three weeks with Sound Of The Underground, which sold more than 56,000 copies last week to take its ...


    
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