Brit Sweep: September 29, 2013...

The end of the weekend is upon us, and it's time to check out the new songs on the just-released official singles chart in Britain this week, as Jason Derulo spends a second week at #1 with "Talk Dirty"...

The top entry of the week at #14 is from producer Nick Douwma, who under his moniker Sub Focus is in with the fourth top-40 single from his album Torus. "Turn It Around" features vocals by "out" singer/guitarist Kele Okereke of the band Bloc Party. It follows Nick's first top-10 single "Endorphins" from earlier this year...

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American indie band Haim, with sisters Alana, Danielle, and Este providing their surname for the band's name, along with Dash Hutton, come in at #16 with their third top-40 hit and highest rank on "The Wire"...

The third song to reach the top-40 from Jessie J's sophomore album Alive is "Sexy Lady", and it arrives at #22. "It's My Party", which reached #3, is still in the top-10 here...

American indie-pop duo Capital Cities take their top-10 hit "Safe And Sound" across the Atlantic to reach the chart here at #42..

British singer/songwriter Jake Bugg's self-titled debut album placed six singles in the UK top-100, including "Lightning Bolt" which made it to #26. Now the first track from his upcoming second set Shangri-La, "What Doesn't Kill You", enters at #44...

As Jason Derulo enjoys a second week on top of the charts, he also comes in at #52 with "Marry Me", his current American single..

Canadian rapper/singer Drake's new album, Nothing Was The Same, debuts on the album chart at #2, and four of it's track sell enough individually to enter the singles chart. First up at #56 is "From Time" featuring Jhene Aiko...

Newcomer Chip Chocolate is in at #68 with the novelty rap jam "Cookie Dance"...

Tinie Tempah is one of the best hiphop artists in Britain today, and he's back at #70 with "Don't Sell Out". It follows "Trampoline", which came in at #3...

12-year-old YouTube star from London Jasmine Thompson debuts at #72 with her cover of Rufus & Chaka Khan's  "Ain't Nobody".  The original went to #8 in 1983..

 The second Drake track to make the chart is his collaboration with Sampha, "Too Much", at #86...

English folk-rock singer Passenger follows up his #2 hit "Let Her Go" with "Holes" at #92.

More Drake comes at #93 with "The Motion"...

...and the last Drake entry at #95 is "Furthest Thing"..

Finally, the last debut of the week at #99 is Colorado indie-electronica band The Chain Gang of 1974 with "Sleepwalking", which you may hear in the ads for Grand Theft Auto V...

That's it for tonight...I'll return tomorrow with another Song of the Day, part two of this week's "album sweep", and my "robbed hit" of the week. Cheers!