Brit Sweep: November 25, 2012...

Hey gang, the weekend is coming to a close, and time to check out the songs making the official music chart in Britain this week for the first time.

The top seller this week is X Factor finalist and now host of the spin-off Xtra Factor Olly Murs, with the first single from his upcoming third album Right Place Right Time, which gets released tomorrow. "Troublemaker", featuring American rapper Flo Rida, becomes Olly's fourth #1 single in the UK...

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One of the biggest British vocal groups ever, Girls Aloud, started out as a collective formed on the TV singing competition Popstars, and had relayed that to a career that spawned twenty top-ten hits in a row. After going on hiatus in 2009, four of the five women in the group - Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts, and Kimberley Walsh - had top-40 hits of their own. Cheryl also judged the show X Factor for years, as well as having the most successful solo stint. Now the four with original member Sarah Harding are back with a reunion single at #2 that benefits Children In Need, and is their biggest hit since 2008's chart-topper "The Promise". The song is appropriately titled "Something New"...

The third big debut this week is by New Yorker Alicia Keys with "Girl On Fire" at #5. So far her best showing was at #2 on Jay-Z's "Empire State Of Mind" in 2009...

Drum & Bass act Rudimental are at #14 with "Not Giving In", the followup to their #1 UK hit "Feel The Love". It features singers John Newman (who was on the other hit) and Alex Clare (of "Too Close" fame)...

Australian hard rock giants AC/DC finally have released their catalog to iTunes, and as a result six of their classic songs show up on the singles chart for the first time. The biggest seller of them at #27 is the title track to their album Back In Black...

Rihanna's latest album Unapologetic was the biggest-selling album last week in the UK, and its also responsible for four more tracks debuting on the chart. At #36 is "Right Now" featuring French DJ/producer David Guetta...

The second AC/DC track to make the top-40 here at #40 is another title song, this time "Highway To Hell"...

Coming in at #41 is American rapper Ludacris with his dance-inflected "Rest Of My Life" featuring Usher and David Guetta. The man born Chris Bridges has two #1 featured credits, on Usher's "Yeah" and Taio Cruz's "Break Your Heart"...

Entering at #43 is AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long"...

...as they also are at #44 with "Thunderstruck" from 1990...

Another Rihanna track, "Nobody's Business" featuring, yes, Chris Brown (really?) is at #63...

The Ladywell Primary School, which is in southern Scotland, issued a charity single for a child stricken with a blood disease associated with meningitis. The version of the Christmas standard "O Holy Night", performed by the choir at the school, arrives at #64, but there's no clip available for it as yet...

Another AC/DC classic, "Whole Lotta Rosie", jumps in at #68...

Nicki Minaj released a new version of her latest album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded called The Re-Up (not to be confused with the plain old Pink Friday), and two songs from that set debut on the UK chart. At #74 is "High School" featuring rapper Lil' Wayne...

At #75 is another Rihanna song, "Half Of Me"...

Northern Irish rockers Two Door Cinema Club debut at #89 with "Sun"...

The last of the Rihanna entries, "Numb" featuring Eminem, slips in at #92...

The second Nicki Minaj debut, "I'm Legit" featuring singer Ciara, is at #97...

The last AC/DC song to make the top-100 at #98 is the Back To Black track "Shoot To Thrill"...

The last debut on the top-100 this week is by British singer Jessie J, with a song from the Bradley Cooper movie Silver Linings Playbook, "Silver Lining (Crazy 'Bout You)". She can boast two UK #1 with "Price Tag" and "Domino"..

That does it for the night...thank for so much for stopping by, and I'll be back tomorrow with another Song of the Day, candletime, Part Two of this week's "album sweep", and the "robbed hit" of the week. Cheers!