The Black Eyed Peas have beaten Leona Lewis to the number one spot in the UK singles chart. Both acts performed on last weekend’s X Factor, but the Black Eyed Peas topped the charts with ‘Meet Me Halfway’, their third number one single this year after ‘Boom Boom Pow’ and ‘I’ve Got A Feeling’. Leona reached the number two spot with ‘Happy’, the first single from her second album ‘Echo’. JLS, who were number one last week with ‘Everybody In Love’, slipped down the chart to number 3.
This is not a good look for the X Factor legend. If she performed on the very show that made her career but yet failed to get the no 1 song, I can see her new album suffering a similar blow. You would think that after she returned ‘home’, people would be more supportive of the record. It gets even worse. Her album drops next week in the US and there has been no buzz or promotion for it. Is Leona suffering from that all dreaded sophomore jinx? I would hate to think so.
In related news, Leona’s idol Mariah Carey is a confirmed performer on next week’s X Factor show. And wasn’t tonight’s results show shocking or what? For Simon Cowell, I guess karma is a bitch. A true one at that.
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