Brit Sweep: November 4, 2012...

Hey gang, the weekend is coming to a close, and it's time for my recap of the newest songs making their way on to the official music singles chart this week.

The top-selling song this week is by Robbie Williams, who parlayed his stint in the 90s boyband Take That to a huge solo career in Britain, scoring six previous #1 hits (the last being "Radio" in 2004).  Robbie gets his seventh with "Candy", his best song in years, and co-written by Robbie with Take That bandmate Gary Barlow..

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East London rapper Wiley comes in at #3 with his latest, "Can You Hear Me (AYAYAYAYA)", featuring Skepta, JME, and Ms. D. He enjoyed his first #1 hit in the UK earlier this year with "Heatwave", also featuring Ms. D...

Scottish DJ/producer Calvin Harris has the top-selling album this week, 18 Months, and a track from that album, "Drinking From The Bottle" featuring rapper Tinie Tempah, enters at #25...

British folk musician Ben Howard gets his first top-40 hit here as "Burgh Island" debuts at #32...

Dance act Hot Natured is at #40 with a jam I'm really into right now, "Benediction" featuring Ali Love...

Kosovan/British singer Rita Ora follows up her #1 hit "R.I.P." with "Shine Ya Light" at #47...

Icelandic alt-rock collective Of Monsters And Men are at #66 with "Mountain Sound", the followup single to their UK #12 hit "Little Talks"...

American power-emo-rockers My Chemical Romance arrive at #76 with the first preview track from their upcoming album Conventional Weapons, "Boy Division". The group went to #1 in 2006 with "Welcome To The Black Parade"...

 Another track from Calvin Harris' #1 album, "I Need Your Love" featuring Ellie Goulding, comes in at #85...

New Zealander indie-pop singer Willy Moon debuts at #91 with a song that's getting mad exposure on Apple's iPod commercial, "Yeah Yeah"..

At #92 is UK X Factor winner Matt Cardle with his version of Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face".

The final debut in the UK top-100 is from the second-biggest selling album in England this week, Kylie Minogue's The Abbey Road Sessions. It's a new track, "Flower", which what originally a cut song from one of her previous albums. Kylie has topped the British chart seven times, the last in 2003 with "Slow"...

That closes out this sweep...thanks for stopping by, and I'll be back tomorrow with another Song of the Day, candletime, part two of this week's album recap, and this week's "robbed hit". Cheers!