Lady Gaga made her arrival into the UK charts in 2009, achieving four top 10 hits, including three number-ones. "Poker Face" became the best-selling single of the year, topping the chart for three weeks.Black Eyed Peas also dominated the charts this year, scoring three top 10 entries. All of these reached number-one and finished in the top 10 of the year's best selling singles list. The most successful of these was "I Gotta Feeling", which spent two non-consecutive weeks at number-one and 17 weeks in the top 10 altogether. It ended up as the year's second best seller, and became the first single to sell over one million downloads in the UK.English synth-pop duo La Roux (lead singer Elly Jackson pictured) had two singles in the top 10 in 2009, including "Bulletproof", which reached number-one for one week.
The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical singles and digital downloads, with airplay figures excluded from the official chart.[2][3] This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 2009, as well as singles which peaked in 2008 and 2010 but were in the top 10 in 2009. The entry date is when the song appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
One-hundred and twenty-nine singles charted in the top 10 in 2009, with one-hundred and twelve singles reaching their peak this year.
Forty-three artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2009. Chipmunk secured the record for most top 10 hits in 2009 with five hit singles.
Chart debuts
Sixty-six artists achieved their first top 10 single in 2009, either as a lead or featured artist. Of these, four went on to record another hit single that year: Joe McElderry, Kesha, La Roux and Pitbull. N-Dubz and Pixie Lott had two more singles reach the top ten. Lady Gaga and Tinchy Stryder both scored three more top 10 singles in 2009. Chipmunk had four other entries in his breakthrough year.
The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo single.
The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2009, including singles that reached their peak in 2008 or 2010. The figures include both main artists and featured artists, while appearances on ensemble charity records are also counted for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2009 is also shown.
London-born rapper Chipmunk had five top 10 singles this year, the most of any artist. The highest-charting of these was "Oopsy Daisy", which debuted at number-one in October.Kanye West had four top 10 hits during 2009, the most successful of which was his feature on Jay-Z's "Run This Town", which topped the chart for one week in September.German dance group Cascada (lead singer Natalie Horler pictured) scored their highest-charting UK single this year with "Evacuate the Dancefloor", which reached number-one for two weeks in July.JLS, who finished as runners-up in the fifth series of The X Factor, reached number-one in July 2009 with their debut single "Beat Again". The follow-up, "Everybody in Love", also topped the chart in November.
This is a summary of the year 2009 in British music charts. 31 singles have occupied the number-one spot including 15 new entries. Due to the increase in downloads over physical sales, singles now tend to enter the chart at a lower position, before climbing to the top a few weeks later: a trend which was previously rarely seen in the later half of the 1990s and most of the 2000s.
"Number 1" is a song by Ghanaian-British rapper Tinchy Stryder featuring vocals from Dappy of N-Dubz and co-written by Dappy, James Lavelle and Fraser T. Smith, who produced the track, for Stryder's second studio album, Catch 22. The song was released as a single on 20 April 2009 from Stryder's studio album Catch 22 and a remix was later included on N-Dubz's second studio album, Against All Odds.
The discography of Tinchy Stryder, a recording artist whose real name is Kwasi Danquah, consists of four studio albums, one compilation album, one collaboration album, five extended plays, four mixtapes, 17 singles, five singles as a featured artist, and ten collaborations. Danquah has sold over 22.2 million digital singles worldwide. Danquah performed under the stage name Stryder from 1997 to 2006, and has performed under the stage name Tinchy Stryder since 2006.
Catch 22 is the second full-length solo studio album by recording artist Tinchy Stryder. After three successful singles leading up to the album, the album was then released on 17 August 2009. The album is produced and co-written by award-winning producer and songwriter Fraser T Smith, whose previous credits include James Morrison, Craig David and Kano.
The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened or were expected to happen in 2010 in Australian music.
Third Strike is the third solo studio album by recording artist Tinchy Stryder, and his second studio album with Universal Island Records. It was released on 15 November 2010. Prior to the release of Third Strike, Stryder featured on the grime collective Roll Deep's first compilation album, Street Anthems, which was released on 19 October 2009. Third Strike was preceded by a free downloadable extended play (EP), III EP.
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