Brit Sweep: March 24, 2013...

Well, the weekend's coming to a close, so time to check out the new songs reaching the top-100 of the Official Charts in the UK this week, tracking all the sales of the songs in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

The top-selling single this week is the first #1 hit for girl-group the Saturdays with "What About Us". The four British and one Irish women have recently jumped on the reality show train, and this track actually charted on the American dance list a couple of months ago. It features reggae-pop artist Sean Paul, who scores his second featured-credit #1 after Blu Cantrell's "Breathe" in 2003.

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Irish alt-rock band Kodaline leaps in at #17 with "High Hopes", their #1 hit in their home country...

Latin rapper Pitbull and Christina Aguilera take on the chart at #27 with their a-ha-sampling "Feel This Moment". Mr. Worldwide has 2 chart-toppers so far, while Xtina sports six....

British vocal trio ReConnected, who were part of a group that appeared on Britain's Got Talent, have their first hit at #32 with "One In A Million"...

British DJ/producer Jakwob has his first top-40 hit at #35 with "Fade" featuring Maiday...

American modern rock outfit 30 Seconds To Mars are back at #45 with "Up In The Air". Jared Leto and the boys have had three previous top-40 hits in the UK...

As Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "Thrift Shop" hangs in at #7 on the chart here, their follow-up "Can't Hold Us" arrives at #53...

Australian hip-hop artist Iggy Azalea gets her first hit as a lead artist at #55 with "Work". She went to #44 last year as a featured player on Steve Aoki's "Beat Down"...(NSFW)

Thirty-two years after they had their first British chart hit with "Dreaming Of Me", legendary electro-pop band Depeche Mode return at #60 with "Heaven". Though they have racked up 14 top-10 hits in the UK, they have never went to #1 (or the top-3, for that matter), but they have had two #1 albums (Songs Of Faith & Devotion and Ultra), and this one is my "British pick of the Week"....

Another track from the Les Miserables soundtrack, "Do You Hear The People Sing" by revolutionaries played by Aaron Tveit and Eddie Redmayne, forces itself in at #77. It's included on the expanded version of the soundtrack to the film that just came out on video...

The last entry of the week at #84 is by British drum-and-bass DJ Zinc with "Only For Tonight" featuring Sasha Keable. In 2007, he's had his only top-40 hit to date with "138 Trek"...

That does it for tonight....thanks 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 my "robbed hit" of the week. Good night!