There's no messing about with this: a new entry for Leona Lewis at No.40 really isn't good enough. It's borderline embarassing. After the chart run on singles from her 'Echo' album ('Happy': No.2, 'Stop Crying Your Heart Out': No.29) not to mention her track from Avatar ('I See You': didn't chart) we can't help but wonder what is going on at SYCO headquarters (lots of pictures of Alexandra Burke covering up those old Leona ones - we imagine).Elsewhere, people are too busy buying the Glee album (it's No.1 so it's hardly all 'boo hoo hoo' round those parts) to want to bother with the new singles (despite 'Don't Stop Believing' and 'Halo/Walking On Sunshine' still comfortable inside the Top Ten) as'Keep Holding On' (the one about Finn and Quinn) and 'No Air' (the one about Finn and Rachel) chart at 47 and 52 respectively.
Ke$ha's 'Tik Tok' follow up 'Blah Blah Blah' is leading the poor girl out of the Top 40 as her two singles land at 29 and 30. People are still umming and ahhing over Jedward - after a fall from No.2 to No.12 last week, their quite-good 'Under Pressure' is pushing its big pointy hairdo back towards the Top Ten as it moves up to No.11 and for some unknown reason, Lemar is back in the charts with a decent new entry at No.8. There is no accounting for taste or old, forgotten reality TV stars. So maybe there is hope for Leona after all.
Otherwise, there is little else of interest in the Top 40.
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