Brit Sweep: March 23, 2014...


The end of the weekend is here, and time to check out the song debuting on the just-released official British singles chart this week...

The top-selling single of the week is the second for London-area neo-house producer and musician Duke Dumont with "I Got U" featuring Jax Jones. He previously topped the chart with the Grammy-nominated "Need U (100%)"...


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X Factor UK girl-group winners Little Mix return at #6 with their cover of the 1986 R&B hit from Cameo, "Word Up". The original went to #3 in this country. This is the group's fifth top-10 hit in the UK...


Rapper/singer Example is back at #13 with "Kids Again", the second single from his Life Worth Living album. It matches the rank of the first, "All The Wrong Places"...



American R&B singer/songwriter Trey Songz leaps up to #20 with "Na Na". In 2012 he went up to #8 with "Simply Amazing"...


London Grammar's fourth single to make the top 100 from their debut album If You Wait, "Hey Now", jumps in at #37...


Scottish singer/songwriter Paolo Nutini enters at #43 with "Better Man". It almost joined his list of six top-40 hits in the UK; his first, "Last Request", went to #5 in 2006...


George Michael has the biggest-selling album of the week with his Symphonica, and the single from it, "Let Her Down Easy", sells enough on its own to come in at #53...


Dubstep king Skrillex lands at #57 with "Recess" featuring Kill the Noise and Fatman. He's been in the top-40 here once so far with "Bangarang"...


X Factor UK second-place finisher Nicholas McDonald debuts at #73 with his first, "Answerphone"...


American rapper YG comes in at #87 with "Who Do You Love" featuring Drake...


Jason Derulo is in at #92 with the fifth single from his Tattoos album, "Stupid Love"...


The last debut is from Australian teen idol and current Dancing With The Stars contestant Cody Simpson with "Surfboard" at #99. It's his second hit in the UK - he went to #61 last year with "Pretty Brown Eyes"...

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