Brit Sweep: August 3, 2014...

This weekend is coming to a close, and it's time to check out the songs making their debut on the just-release official singles chart in the United Kingdom this week, as Canadian reggae-pop band Magic! take their US #1 single "Rude" up to the top spot in this country...

The top debut of the week belongs to mysterious electronica artist Zhu with "Faded" at #3...

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Londoner teen hip-hop duo Bars & Melody, who finished third on Britain's Got Talent, gets picked up by Simon Cowell's SYCO music label anyway and lands at #5 with their debut "Hopeful"...

Singer Melissa Steel, from the city of Bradford in Yorkshire, places at #10 with her first lead-artist hit, "Kisses For Breakfast"...

Dutch dance music producer and musician Bakermat (aka Lodewijk Fluttert) takes his international smash "One Day (Vandaag)" to the chart at #15. The single previously topped the chart in France, and went to #2 in Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands...

Chicago rapper Vic Mensa comes in at #37 with his first hit, "Down On My Luck"...

British dance producer/musician Naughty Boy scored four top-10 hits in the UK from his debut album Hotel Cabana, including the #1 "La, La, La" with Sam Smith. He's back with a track from the expanded American version of the album, "Home", featuring Sam Romans. The song is already in the top-10 on the airplay chart in this country...

Irish rock band The Script enter at #49 with a preview track from their upcoming No Sound Without Silence album, "It's Not Right For You". They had their first #1 hit in the UK in 2012 with "Hall Of Fame"....


Another non-single teaser track, Maroon 5's "It Was Always You" from their upcoming V album, appears at #51...

Leah McFall, who was the runner-up on the second season of The Voice UK, rides in at #56 with her first post-show single "Home", featuring her mentor on the show, will.i.am. Her cover of "I Will Survive" went up to #8 in the UK last year...

The sixth single from neo-house act Clean Bandit's debut album, "Come Over" featuring Jamaican raggae artist Stylo G, moves in at #67. The fourth, "Rather Be", went all the way to #1...

Drake returns at #69 with "0 to 100/The Catch Up". As a lead artist he's had two top-10 hits in the UK, with "Started From The Bottom" reaching #4 last year...

The last new entry of the week has Swedish dance music guru Eric Prydz back at #71 with "Liberate". Ten years ago he topped the singles chart here with "Call On Me"...