Brit Sweep: December 8, 2013...

Hey gang, it's a snowy Sunday night here, and time to check out the songs reaching the just-released official sales chart in Britain this week, as Lily Allen's cover of "Somewhere Only We Know" for the John Lewis department store ad jumps back to #1 for a second non-consecutive week.

The top entry of the week at #15 is X Factor seventh-season runner-up Rebecca Ferguson with "I Hope". It's the first single from her just-released second album Freedom. Her debut single "Nothing's Real But Love" went to #10 in 2011...

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Current X Factor champ James Arthur enters at #19 with his third single "Recovery". I blame the lower-than-normal placing on the controversy he's stirred with a homophobic slur on a guest "rap" he did on another record...

London-based "garage" dance music act All About She debuts at #20 with their first hit "Higher (Free)"...

Another X Factor alum, Leona Lewis (the third-season winner), has my so-far favorite Christmas song of this year with "One More Sleep" which comes in at #34, and it's my "Brit Pick of the Week"...

Justin Bieber keeps his record intact in the UK as his ninth "Music Mondays" single "Change Me" slips in at #39 making all nine making the grade so far..

British alternative rock group You and Me At Six are in at #46 with "Fresh Start Fever". It follows their biggest hit to date, the #11 single "Lived A Lie"...

Drum and bass stars Chase & Status return at #48 with "Alive" featuring singer/songwriter Jacob Banks. It's the third single from their Brand New Machine album - the first two made the top-10 with "Count On Me" going to #5 a couple months ago...

American rapper Busta Rhymes is back at #71 with "Thank You" featuring cameos from Q-Tip, Kanye West, and Lil' Wayne. He's had nine top ten hits as a lead artist in the UK, with "Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up" going all the way to #2 in 1998...

Kelly Clarkson's holiday offering "Underneath The Tree" sleighs in at #79...

On the week of Nelson Mandela's death, the single from U2 from the biographical film Mandela: Long Road To Freedom, "Ordinary Love", arrives at #82...

British dance artist Sub Focus (Nick Douwma) moves into the top-100 at #85 with "Turn Back Time", the fifth single from his Tours album. The third, "Endorphins", went to #10 earlier this year...


American modern-rock group The Killers have been releasing a Christmas single each year, and 2013's "Christmas In L.A." featuring indie-rock group Dawes comes in at #92. In 2007 they took "Don't Shoot Me Santa" to #34...

Newcomer George Ezra from the city of Bristol debuts at #94 with "Budapest"...

The final entry of the week at #99 is the third single from John Newman's excellent debut Tribute, "Losing Sleep". The first, "Love Me Again", topped the chart earlier this year...

That's it for tonight...thanks for stopping by my corner of the internet, and I'll be back tomorrow with another Song of the Day, my "robbed hit of the week", and I'll start my rundown of the Grammy nominations..... Cheers!