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Very different dynamics affect the apex of the main charts this week, with Alexandra Burke staying put atop the singles chart to end a sequence of 11 straight weeks in which the leadership has changed, while Irish band The Script provide the seventh change atop the artist albums chart in as many weeks, and Now That's What I Call Music! 76 extends its compilations chart superiority to nine weeks.
Alexandra Burke's Start Without You, which also features US rapper Laza Morgan, sold a further 53,123 copies last week - the lowest for a number one for 15 weeks - to stay at number one, and is the first song to spend more than one week as the nation's top single since California Gurls spent a fortnight in pole position for Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg in July.
Katy Perry's follow-up to that, Teenage Dream, has spent two weeks at number two but dips to number three this week (46,162 sales), swapping positions with Taio Cruz's former number one, Dynamite (48,869 sales). Also trading places, The Script's For The First Time improves 5-4 (43,080 sales), at the expense of Olly Murs' Please Don't Let Me Go (34,411 sales).
Getting to number one is obviously desirable but not getting to number one can be cool too - Love The Way You Lie by Eminem feat. Rihanna spent four weeks at number two without making it to the top, but is rewarded for sustained high sales by jumping 3-1 on the year-to-date rankings. The track rallies 7-6 on its 13th straight week in the Top 10, with sales of 31,877 lifting its overall tally to 651,197, enough to eclipse both Fireflies by Owl City (639,587 sales), and Everybody Hurts by Helping Haiti (620,596 sales). Stan...