UK Chart Check: Beyonce & Wretch 32 Rock Top 40

Published: Monday 2nd Sep 2013 by David

The ‘X Factor UK’ have gifted Pop Queen Beyonce a fresh chart run of sorts this week, following the arrival of its 10th season over the weekend.

This, as Brit-Rap Royal Wretch soars to similar heights on the very same tally!

Good news below…

After the song was covered by contestant Sam Bailey during her audition , Beyonce‘s 2006 number ‘Listen‘ soared a sweet 146 spots in the last week, earning the #14 spot on this week’s Urban Top 40- after enjoying a peak position of #8 in 2008.


Meanwhile, Wretch 32 eyes a fresh hit with his new single ‘Doing OK‘, watching it take flight on August 23rd and land at #12 on the very same chart, three months after watching its predecessor ‘Blackout’ peak at #6 on the main tally, pulled from the Rapper’s hotly anticipated third studio album.

Meanwhile, Katy Perry readies to welcome fresh sales of half a million units this week, afforded to her new single ‘Roar’, set to push its combined sales over the 1 million mark in the US alone if its succeeds in exceeding the sales prediction below.

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  1. Fran September 2, 2013

    Listen is a classic ballad. Dont care what anyone says. The amount of contestants that sing it and judges look like ‘you’re brave’ says it all.

    • Divin’ September 2, 2013

      Classic ? Let’s not.

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    • Kendall September 2, 2013

      True actually.

      • ETONE September 2, 2013

        RIP OFF CHECK:

        Listen video was a copy of Whitney’s greatest Love of all” same video minus the lil girl.

        beyonce is the biggest rip off copycat LIP SYNC IN MUSIC
        let us know when she is not stealing

    • _NoFucksGiven_1 September 2, 2013

      @ETONE B**** SHUT YO DUMB ASS UP. SO IF SOMEBODY SING ON A STAGE THEY COPY WHITNEY? B**** HAVE SEVERAL F****** SEATS AND IN THAT VIDEO BEYONCE WAS THE ONLY PERSON YOU DID NOT SEE NOBODY ELSE. NOW SHUT THE F*** UP. DAMN THE IDIOTS COME TO HATE. SMH

  2. Jessica September 2, 2013

    My ultimate karaoke song

  3. b****** be slaying September 2, 2013

    Keep ON SLAYING KEEP SLAYING ON WITH YO SLAYING ASS

  4. LDN Chick September 2, 2013

    Yes to #Roar scalping CaCa HAHAHA!

  5. Third Ward Trill (aka quetta) September 2, 2013

    The way they looked at her when she told them she was going to sing listen. She did amazing.

  6. Kendall September 2, 2013

    If you can nail listen you got it.

  7. . : : h 2 o : : . September 2, 2013

    “Listen” is that song you sing when you wanna make someone really impressed. I was just shocked @ Bey’s vocal abilities when she sang it on Oprah’s show.

    I love it and it’s one of my favorite Bey songs.

    • ETONE September 2, 2013

      LIP SYNC:

      if she lip sync on MLK memorial and OBAMA’S inauguration ruining history for the AA.
      then the fake singer was lipping on Oprah too using studio effects.
      ..
      #1 LIP SYNC IN HISTORY.
      she really had you fooled huh, ha ha ha ha ha

      • XXX September 2, 2013

        Rihanna could never.

    • _NoFucksGiven_1 September 2, 2013

      @ETONE WHERE IS YOUR FAV? B**** PLEASE BEYONCE DON’T LIP SING YOU MAD NOBODY CHECKING FOR YOUR RUSTY FAVE?

    • Gud September 2, 2013

      But rihanna already has. Rih destroys this t*****.

      • Omari September 2, 2013

        Lol Rihanna could never sing a song like Listen. She would butcher it just like she butchered Hero.

  8. fatusankoh September 2, 2013

    you go bey with yourtalented beautiful flawless queen self I love you thanks Sam for posting

  9. mildred hive September 2, 2013

    Whenever I hear *listen* get motivated

    • cake like lady gaga September 2, 2013

      I hope you get motivated to go back to school and learn to write in english

      • _NoFucksGiven_1 September 2, 2013

        A Lady Gaga fan trying to come for someone when Lady Gaga Applause is flopping. Azealia Ugly banks is calling this b**** out.

  10. Bey Is Grown September 2, 2013

    Yeah yeah,this is a good song.

  11. peggyhyls5 on Instagram BEYONCE HAS SOLD 118 million records as a solo artist and 60 million with DC WHICH MAKES IT 178 million records sold world wide wow Beyonce is a legend September 2, 2013

    Lip sing or not how many times people sang listen on the xfactor? Is there any R**** SONG THAT PEOPLE KEPT ON SINGING EVERY YEAR? None NAVY STUP AND HAIL THE QUEEN

  12. XXX September 2, 2013

    Beyonce is one of the few ones who can stand behind a mic with a spotlight and perform a powerhouse ballad like this and then give an epic high energy performances. Her performing versatility is rare.

  13. cake like lady gaga September 2, 2013

    LOL at the struggle that is T********* and her H**…. I can’t at them. Theirs is a comical struggle.

    😀 😀 😀

    • XXX September 2, 2013

      The struggle is applause darling. Please have a seat. You stay hovering over Beyonce posts but disappear when GayGay is getting dragged for filth. Weak b****.

  14. Micks September 2, 2013

    Her best ballad vocally

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