Brit Sweep: October 8, 2016...

Let's cross the Atlantic yet again to check out the songs and albums making the charts in the UK this week....

On the official British singles chart, former X Factor UK winner James Arthur spends a second week at #1 with "Say You Won't Let Go"...

The second One Direction member to have a solo hit is blonde boy Niall Horan, whose "This Town" snuck in at #100 last week, and this frame rockets to #9...

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The highest "true" debut of the week at #24 is the hot American electro-pop duo The Chainsmokers with "All We Know" featuring vocals from Phoebe Ryan (from Red Bank, New Jersey). Their current radio hit "Closer" stands at #3...

Swedish dance-pop duo Galantis follow up their top-5 hit "No Money" with the record at #47, "Love On Me" featuring Australian DJ Hook N Sling...

British pop band Busted are back at #60 with "On What You're On". Between 2002 and 2004, they scored eight consecutive top-5 hits, then dropped out of sight. Member Matt Willis is married to Emma, host of Big Brother in the UK...

And talk about comebacks, Robbie Williams returns at #68 with "Party Like A Russian". He's racked up a massive 32 top-10 hits in the UK....

While Craig David captures the top spot on the albums chart (more later), a track from the set, "16", arrives at #79. It's a mashup of his own "Fill Me In" with the Skrillex/Justin Bieber track "Where R U Now?"...

While Canadian R&B/pop star The Weeknd climbs to #2 with "Starboy", his new "False Alarm" comes in at #81...

Rapper Giggs had a #2 album in the UK with Landlord, and from it "Lock Doh" featuring Donaeo enters at #88...

Nathan Sykes, former lead singer of the Wanted, will release his debut solo album in November, and "Famous" slides in at #93...

Joe Jonas' spinoff band DNCE shuffles in at #99 with "Body Moves"...

Meanwhile, on the albums chart in the UK, Craig David's sixth album becomes his second #1 set after his debut with Following My Intuition...

Indie-folk Grammy-winning band Bon Iver takes their third full-length album 22, A Million to #2 on the British list...

The country music invasion of the UK continued as The Shires, a duo from England land their second top-10 hit with My Universe at #3...

Irish musical icon Van Morrison returns at #4 with Keep Me Singing. It's his 14th trip into the top-10...

Slaves, a neo-punk band from the posh area of Kent, roll in at #6 with Take Control, their second studio album. It's produced by Mike Diamond of the Beastie Boys...

Seminal alt-punk-rock band Pixies are back with their fifth consecutive top-10 album in the UK, Head Carrier. Back in 1990 they went to #3 with Bossa Nova...

Swedish heavy metal band Opeth drop in at #11 with their Sorceress. It's their highest-peaking album in the UK so far...

Scottish pop/rock group Deacon Blue re-appear at #13 with Believers. Back in 1989 they topped the albums chart with When The World Knows Your Name...