Lady Gaga The Fame (Monster) 4.983.000
Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. 3.913.000
Taylor Swift Fearless 3.697.500
U2 No Line On The Horizon 3.572.500
Susan Boyle I Dreamed A Dream 3.493.500
Michael Jackson Thriller (25th Anniversary Reissue) *since july 2009 counted together at "Thriller" 3.459.000
Kings Of Leon Only By The Night 3.362.000
Michael Jackson Number Ones (since 2009) 3.287.000
Beyoncé I Am... Sasha Fierce 3.047.500
Eminem Relapse 2.910.500
Soundtrack Hannah Montana: The Movie 2.810.000
Michael Jackson The Essential (since 2009) 2.681.500
Green Day 21st Century Breakdown 2.619.500
Michael Jackson This Is It 2.504.000
Pink Funhouse 2.402.500
Soundtrack Twilight 2.336.000
Michael Bublé Crazy Love 2.248.000
Michael Jackson King Of Pop 2.040.500
Michael Jackson Bad (since 2009) 1.879.000
Nickelback Dark Horse 1.864.000
Andrea Bocelli My Christmas 1.853.000
Jay-Z Blueprint 3 1.775.000
Lily Allen It's Not Me, It's You 1.718.500
Bruce Springsteen Working On A Dream 1.646.500
Michael Jackson Dangerous (since 2009) 1.597.000
Michael Jackson Off The Wall (since 2009) 1.580.000
Coldplay Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends 1.571.500
Jason Mraz We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. 1.556.500
Whitney Houston I Look To You 1.452.500
Soundtrack Mamma Mia! 1.404.000
Muse The Resistance 1.394.000
Kelly Clarkson All I Ever Wanted 1.341.000
Seal Soul 1.328.500
Britney Spears Circus 1.289.500
Miley Cyrus The Time Of Our Lives 1.269.000
Madonna Celebration 1.266.000
The Killers Day & Age 1.215.500
Zac Brown Band The Foundation 1.202.000
Soundtrack The Twilight Saga: New Moon 1.189.000
Katy Perry One Of The Boys 1.187.000
Rascal Flatts Unstoppable 1.135.500
Duffy Rockferry 1.131.500
Akon Freedom 1.126.000
AC/DC Black Ice 1.123.500
Depeche Mode Sounds Of The Universe 1.120.000
The Fray The Fray 1.075.500
Dave Matthews Band Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King 1.058.500
Robbie Williams Reality Killed The Video Star 1.025.000
Jonas Brothers Lines, Vines And Trying Times 1.019.000
Diana Krall Quiet Nights 1.007.500

Joe McElderry has spoken of his delight after bouncing back from his Christmas charts heartache to clinch the New Year No 1.

After missing out on the festive top spot to Rage Against The Machine following a high profile internet campaign, the X Factor champion hit back by selling more than two-and-a-half times more copies than its rival this week.

The Climb sold 196,000 copies in its second week, compared with 69,000 copies shifted by Rage Against The Machine's Killing In The Name, which slipped to second spot.

Lady Gaga's Bad Romance held on to third spot, while Cheryl Cole - McElderry's mentor from the series - enjoyed another festive boost as her single, Three Words, climbed from seventh to fourth.

3OH!3, featuring Katie Perry, and Black Eyed Peas took fifth and sixth positions respectively with Starstrukk and Meet Me Halfway.

Journey, Rihanna, Robbie Williams and Kesha completed the top ten.

McElderry, on being told the news, said he was "so happy".

The South Shields teenager said: "I am so happy that the single is No.1. Thank you so much to everyone that has supported me, this had been the best Christmas ever and I want to wish everyone a very Happy New Year."

In the album charts, Canadian crooner Michael Buble was celebrating as Crazy Love replaced Susan Boyle's I Dreamed A Dream as the week's best-seller.

Black Eyed Peas came in at third, while The Fame by Lady Gaga held on to fourth. JLS's debut album remained at five, ahead of Reality Killed the Video Star, by Robbie Williams.
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"Dream" tumbles 1-2 in Ireland, 3-5 in Sweden and 3-10 in Germany. It's stable at No. 2 in Holland, No. 5 in Norway, No. 7 in Austria, No. 4 in the Belgian region of Flanders and No. 10 in neighboring Wallony.

Boyle is pursued by a former European Albums leader, Robbie Williams' "Reality Killed The Video Star" (Virgin/EMI), which is back up 3-2 after reviving 10-5 in Denmark and 11-6 in the United Kingdom. It's still at No. 2 in Germany and Switzerland and No. 8 in Austria, but down 7-8 in Holland.

"Meet Me Halfway" continues its European Hot 100 Singles reign with the help of another week at No. 1 in Flanders and climbs of 2-1 in Wallony, 9-4 in Italy, 5-4 in Austria and 13-9 in Denmark. It's at No. 2 again in Germany, where Universal has the top nine titles, with Keri Hilson's "I Like" new at No. 1. That's also in at No. 7 in Austria, for a No. 8 start on Hot 100 Singles.

Meanwhile Black Eyed Peas' parent album, "The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies)," is still going strong in week 28 on European Albums, with a 5-3 climb. It's up 2-1 in France, 9-5 in Wallony and 14-9 in Flanders. Another long-server, Lady Gaga's "The Fame" (Interscope/Universal), which has been riding European Albums for 49 weeks since its release in January, dips 2-4, despite climbing 5-3 in Austria, 4-3 in Germany, 10-8 in Flanders and 14-10 in Denmark.

Midweek sales in the United Kingdom showed Michael Bublé's "Crazy Love" (Reprise/Warner Music) on course to overhaul Boyle at the top of the U.K. chart this Sunday. Meanwhile, it's up 6-5 on European Albums, up 5-1 in Ireland. Michael Jackson's "This Is It" (Epic/Sony Music Entertainment) slips again, 4-6, even though it's up 3-2 in Flanders and 5-4 in Italy.

There's no change at No. 7 on the pan-European album listing for Andrea Bocelli's "My Christmas" (Decca/Universal), which jumps 2-1 in Italy, 3-2 in Finland, 8-7 in Ireland and 17-7 in Holland, and holds at No. 2 in Hungary.

Up one place each overall, to Nos. 8 and 9, are Ich + Ich's "Gute Reise" (Domestic Pop), after another week at No. 1 in Germany, and Norah Jones with "The Fall" (Blue Note/EMI), which is up 3-2 in Wallony and 12-10 in France. Queen's "Absolute Greatest" (Parlophone/EMI) completes the Europe-wide album chart, falling 8-10 overall but improving 9-6 in Hungary.
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With Last Days Of Disco he conveys Don't Call It A Comeback in a very interesting dark and groovy electronic sound. Though some typically old-style Robbie's cocky-rock like Do You Mind? break the notion of this being an interesting development in his music.
But this very cockiness of Robbie sets him apart. Robbie's music has the honesty despite the fact that most of his music is narcissistic!

Guess only he can write about Decepticon, his self-doubt and anguish from failure and interest in extraterrestrial life, the way he does. We are still waiting to meet the Robbie that we still haven't met because he still hasn't arrived at a stage where he'll blow us away.

Artist: Robbie Williams
Album: Reality Killed the Video Star
Record Label: Virgin Records
Rating: ****
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1. Susan Boyle – 'I Dreamed A Dream'
2. Lady Gaga – 'The Fame'
3. Michael Buble – 'Crazy Love'
4. Black Eyed Peas – 'The End'
5. Kings Of Leon – 'Only By The Night'
6. JLS – 'JLS'
7. Beyonce – 'I Am Sasha Fierce'
8. Paolo Nutini – 'Sunny Side Up'
9. Lily Allen – 'It's Not Me, It's You'
10. Robbie Williams – 'Reality Killed The Video Star'
http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/49113