Tuesday, November 25 2008, 15:23 GMT

By Nick Levine, Music Editor
As you may have seen on the DS Singles Release Diary, there are a lot of big new tracks out this week. But who's going to be quaffing champers with Fearne 'n' Reggie on Sunday, and who'll be hurling a vase of oriental lilies at their long-suffering PA instead? Well, the first midweeks are now in and here's a list of the winners and losers so far.

# Take That are on course to notch up their eleventh number one on Sunday. 'Greatest Day' is currently outselling its nearest rival, 'Beyoncé's 'If I Were A Boy', by a very comfortable margin.

# Britney's 'Womanizer', which is out on CD single this week, is still inside the top ten but outside the top five.

# At present, Same Difference are sneaking into the top ten with debut single 'We R One'.

# The prognosis isn't quite so good for McFly, whose Children In Need single is currently at the wrong end of the top 20, and Britain's Got Talent champ George Sampson, whose double A-side debut is languishing at #26.

# But at least they're doing better than Madonna, whose newbie 'Miles Away' is currently at a lowly #38. If it doesn't climb, it'll become her first single to miss the top 20 since 'Borderline' in 1984.

To find out whether Take That can hold onto the number one spot and Madonna can save the day, check back for an update tomorrow.
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Take That held off the best the US R'n'B scene has to offer to claim the top spot in this week's singles chart.

The Greatest Day presented the quartet with one of their finest as it rose above Beyonce and TI featuring Rihanna to go straight in at number one.

And it was all change in the album chart with the top three places all going to new entrants, headed by The Killers' Day & Age.

Take That displaced Beyonce at the top of the single's index.

Comeback queen Britney Spears, fresh from her appearance on X Factor, rose two places to number seven with Womanizer.

As for the talent show hopefuls themselves they slipped from two to eight with collective effort Hero.

Pop siblings Same Difference - themselves former X Factor contestants - were the second highest new entrants with their push for Christmas glory We R One reaching 13.

In another indication of the show's influence on the pop charts, blond-haired former contestant Rhydian entered the album charts at number three. His eponymously named disc was one place above Leona Lewis, who also made her name on the ITV 1 show.

The Salvation Army - whose existence somewhat pre-dates that of Simon Cowell's show - saw their collection of spiritual tunes reach the top 20.

Status Quo, who once famously bragged of being 'in the army now' lagged behind the Christian soldiers, with their greatest hits collection dropping 12 places to 34.
НАМБА ВАН В БРИТАНИИ В 11 РАЗ)) УРА!!