UK Top 100 Music chart summary w/e October 20th 2012

Going straight in at No.1 is Swedish House Mafia Feat. John Martin with Don’t You Worry Child and it’s more brain-dead, autotuned, dance-pop-by-numbers.

You can see the video here:

As such, Rihanna drops to No.4 with Diamonds, and it’s tedious.

Adele climbs from No.4 to No.2 with Skyfall and it proves that there hasn’t been a decent Bond theme since kd lang‘s Surrender graced the closing credits of Tomorrow Never Dies in 1997.

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

• 7 Leona Lewis Feat. Childish Gambino – Trouble
  
• 18 (64 CH) Maroon 5 – One More Night
  
• 23 Taylor Swift – I Knew You Were Trouble
  
• 26 Disclosure Feat. Sam Smith – Latch
  
• 37 (50 RE) Nicki Minaj – Starships
  
• 40 (52 RE) Skrillex Feat. Sirah – Bangarang
  

Lower entries outside the Top 40 include:

• 50 AlunaGeorge – Your Drums, Your Love
  
• 57 (RE) Woodkid – Run Boy Run
  
• 58 Angel Haze – New York
  
• 66 Michel Teló – Ai Se Eu Te Pego
  
• 74 Madeon – The City

In the album charts, Mumford & Sons climb to No.1 from 2 with Babel, knocking Muse down to No.3 The 2nd Law. The new entries come from:

• 2 Ellie Goulding – Halcyon
  
• 7 Jeff Lynne – Long Wave
  
• 8 Electric Light Orchestra – Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best Of
  
• 9 All Time Low – Don’t Panic
  
• 14 Tame Impala – Lonerism
  
• 21 Kiss – Monster
  
• 24 Mika – The Origin Of Love
  
• 31 Barbra Streisand – Release Me
  
• 45 Dog Is Dead – All Our Favourite Stories
  
• 46 Coheed & Cambria – The Afterman: Ascension
  
• 49 Lemar – Invincible
  
• 52 Beth Hart – Bang Bang Boom Boom
  
• 64 (RE) The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour
  
• 67 (RE) John Denver – The Ultimate Collection
  
• 80 (RE) Squeeze – Greatest Hits
  
• 92 Chris De Burgh – Home

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