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Queen Mother of Vocal Pop – the late Whitney Houston – stormed the singles and album charts this week.

There was little to no doubt in any living being’s mind that Whitney ‘Nippy’ Houston was one of the most important female pop stars of our time. Her sudden passing last week sent the masses into a vortex of Bodyguard rewatching and dramatic lip synch performances not experienced since the diva’s hey day. Brace yourself for a rather comprehensive Australian, UK and US Whitney chart watch this week, y’all.

Here’s a quick flash of what we’re working with. In America, Whitney pretty much sold more in one day posthumously than she did an entire year.

The diva clocked 101,000 albums in the week she died – most of these sales would’ve been off the back of one day’s sales following her death. Contrast this with the 97,000 sales she took all of 2011 and so far in 2012 (up to last week) to accrue.

Y’all can read my little tribute to Whitney, if you missed it last week.

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“Now my life is sweet like cinnamon. Like a fuckin’ dream I’m livin’ in. Baby love me ’cause I’m playing on the radio. How do you like me now?” – Sings a certain Lizzy Grant Lana Del Rey on ‘Radio’ as she conquers another album chart.

The divisive “gangsta Nancy Sinatra” storms straight to the top of the ARIA album charts this week with Born To Die, which is still #1 in the UK for the second week.

Elsewhere, we check in on Madonna‘s early chart placement for ‘Give Me All Your Luvin”, One Direction continues to lift their game with their infectious new single while Kelly Clarkson scores her third US #1 hit. We also got Beyoncé‘s ‘End of Time’ finally breaking the club charts.

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Lana Del Rey cleans up the UK album charts this week and I sense this takeover is only the first of many more all over the world.

On this week’s Chart Feed, there’s an unusually high representation of Australian artists on the Australian singles Top 40. All up there’s eight of them, nine if you count Sia‘s appearance on Flo Rida‘s current #1 single ‘Wild Ones’. Speaking of Sia, she’s now working it with a #1 single in the UK and Australia. It’s all coins in the bank for our gurl.

Elsewhere, dismally low album sales sees half the US Top 20 invaded by new releases from the likes of Tim McGraw, Ingrid Michaelson and Kellie Pickler.

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History has given us such prolific female feature creatures like Dev and Ashanti but never one so truly talented or vocally authentic as Sia.

This week, I’m all about toasting to our gurl’s back-to-back hits via her Flo Rida, David Guetta and Hilltop Hoods collaborations. We’re seeing simultaneous Top 5 hits in the UK and a #1 record in Australia for the second week running.

Elsewhere, indie artists shut down the ARIA charts after Triple J‘s Hottest 100 fest and Etta James‘ posthumous record sales start to manifest. Plus, Gloria Estefan is the reigning queen of the dance/club charts again and Lana Del Rey misses the Top 10 despite a heavy bout of promo.

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Blink and you’ll miss it – Foster The People‘s ‘Pumped Up Kicks’ gets yanked from the #1 spot in Australia after just one week on top.

Homegrown indie pop princess Sia is starting to clock some real hits now as a feature creature. Her collabo with Flo Rida ‘Wild Ones’ goes #1 in Australia, making this her first ever chart topper. Meanwhile over in the UK, her collabo with David Guetta – ‘Titanium’ – breaks into the Top 3.

Elsewhere, Adele continues to sell over 100,000 copies a week in America while the arse end of the US Top 10 gives us the lowest weekly sales since 1991. Plus, UK X Factor siren Rebecca Ferguson delays her second single, which now puts her in direct competition with 2011 series runner up Marcus Collins‘ debut. What’s the tea there?

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The ARIA singles chart is finally coming to life with a new #1 this week and a slew of new releases impacting our Top 100. Gird your loins, y’all. It’s time to get to work.

This week’s Chart Feed sees Foster The People earn their first national #1 hit after spending an exhausting 39 weeks in our Top 100. We also have a new entry by Beyoncé, clock Jessie J‘s triumphant cross-Atlantic success with ‘Domino’, and toast to Jason Mraz‘s comeback. The man somehow managed to come away with the most downloaded song in America. Plus, Gotye and Kimbra‘s massive homegrown hit ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ cracks the US and UK charts.

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