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X Factor too strong for Kylie
03/12/2007 13:42 - (SA)
Tim Castle
London - Kylie Minogue's first album
in four years missed the top spot this week after X Factor
talent show winners took the first two places, the Official UK
Charts Company said.
Spirit from last year's X Factor queen Leona Lewis
remained at number one for a third week, while the ITV show's
2005 champion Shayne Ward shot straight to number two with his
new release Breathless.
Lewis also continued to reign supreme in the singles charts,
where her Bleeding Heart - the year's biggest seller - was
number one for the sixth week in a row.
Minogue had to be content with number four for X, the
39-year-old Australian singer's first album since she recovered
from her 2005 fight against breast cancer.
Tickets for her British tour dates next July go on sale on
Monday, while fans are also looking forward to her appearance in
the Christmas edition of BBC's Dr Who science fiction drama.
Reformed boy band Westlife slipped one place to third with
Back Home.
Californian rockers the Eagles were one position stronger at
five with Long Road Out Of Eden, their first studio album
since 1979.
Amy back in Top 10
Amy Winehouse, who this week cancelled all her remaining
concerts for this year saying she could not perform while her
husband remained in custody, saw her album Back to Black
return to the top ten.
The best-selling album climbed three places to number nine
after 57 weeks in the charts.
Winehouse's husband Blake Fielder-Civil is being held on
remand accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm on a pub
landlord in an incident in June last year.
In the singles charts, bass line dance track Heartbroken
from Leeds producer T2 featuring singer Jodie Aysha was steady
at number two, while Girls Aloud climbed six spots to third
place with Call The Shots.
The late Elvis Presley scored the week's highest new entry
with a reissue of his 1972 hit An American Trilogy at number
12.
- Reuters
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South Africa
