Katy Perry has dethroned Coldplay to take over the spot for the number one song in America. According to Billboard, her infectious ‘I Kissed a Girl’ bumped Coldplay’s ‘Viva La Vida’ at the top of the US singles chart. The song has already been #1 in Canada and is likely to follow suit in other countries once it’s released in Europe in the late summer or early fall. Industry experts have said that Katy should be able to hold on to the top spot for a bit too as her song continues to sell well and is getting tons of airplay. Katy’s debut album ‘One of the Boys’ has also debuted on the Top 10 of the Billboard charts this week. Congratulations!
According to reports, Coldplay’s new album ‘Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends’ has sold 125,000 copies during its first day out in the UK. With those numbers, the album is expected to take over the top spot on the UK album chart very easily. Why? To be honest, I’m not a big fan of the album. I think it sucks. There are even rumors that one of their songs, ‘Viva La Vida’ was actually copied off from an unknown UK band. Tsk. Add the fact that Chris Martin has gone diva on us, it just made me not like it more.
Kylie Minogue recorded a vocal for Coldplay’s new album but it didn’t make the final cut. The Pop Princess’s effort was scrapped after frontman Chris Martin decided it didn’t fit the mood.
Kylie and Coldplay share a record label, Parlophone, but their sessions together for the rockers’ eagerly awaited fourth collection, Viva La Vida, were at times fraught.
Chris said: “Kylie is awesome. She’s like Girls Aloud rolled into one.” But he added: “I took apart the song she did with us, like a Corby trouser press.”
Whatever you say, Chris.
