UK Top 100 Music chart summary w/e January 7th 2012

Climbing to No.1, from No.5, for the 2012 New Year single is Coldplay with Paradise and it’s not bad for a Coldplay song, for a change.

You can see the video here.

As such, the Military Wives With Gareth Malone & Paul Mealor drop from No.1 to No.4 with Wherever You Are.

Meanwhile, there are new entries in the Top 40 for:

• 17 (45 RE) Ed Sheeran – The A Team
  
• 21 (46 RE) The Wanted – Warzone
  
• 23 (44 RE) Professor Green feat. Emile Sandé – Read All About It
  
• 24 (43 RE) LMFAO feat Lauren Bennett & GoonRock – Party Rock Anthem
  
• 27 (49 RE) Adele – Someone Like You
  
• 28 (60 RE) Bruno Mars – Marry You
  
• 31 (51 RE) David Guetta feat. Usher – Without You
  
• 32 (59 RE) Adele – Set Fire To The Rain
  
• 33 (76 RE) Sean Kingston – Party All Night (Sleep All Day)
  
• 34 (54 RE) Jessie J – Domino
  
• 35 (53 RE) James Morrison & Jessie J – Up
  
• 37 (66 RE) The Wanted – Lightning
  
• 38 (72 RE) Kelly Clarkson – Mr Know It All
  
• 39 (61 RE) Jessie J & B.o.B – Price Tag
  
• 40 (111 RE) Rizzle Kicks – When I Was A Youngster
  

Lower entries outside the Top 40 include:

• None
  

In the album charts, Ed Sheeran climbs to No.1 from No.9 with +, causing Michael Buble to drop to No.15. The new entries come from:

• 75 The Sixteen and Harry Christophers – Renaissance: Music For Inner Peace
  
• 97 Puppini Sisters – Hollywood
  

The new release dates for singles and albums can be found HERE and they go up to late Feb 2012.