Idol judge Jennifer Lopez leaps into singles chart (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Billboard) – New "American Idol" judge Jennifer Lopez blasted back onto the Billboard Hot 100 on Thursday with her highest debut in more than eight years as "On the Floor" grabbed the No. 9 position.

It marks Lopez's first top 10 as a lead artist since the four-week No. 1 "All I Have," featuring LL Cool J, in 2003. That song also marked her previous highest debut, having arrived at No. 25 at the end of 2002.

Her Island Def Jam label synched its digital release with the premiere of its video on Thursday's "Idol" episode. The song, with Pitbull as a featured vocalist, precedes the April 19 release of Lopez's seventh album, "Love?"

"On the Floor" also marks Lopez's 10th Hot 100 top 10, a sum that includes four No. 1s. She last reached the top 10 as a featured artist on LL Cool J's "Control Myself" in 2006.

Divas dominated the Hot 100 headlines, as Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" spent a third week at No. 1, dating to its debut on top two weeks ago. With cumulative digital sales of 1.2 million downloads, it's the fifth-best-selling song this year.

At three weeks atop the Hot 100, "Born" ties Gaga's 2009 debut single "Just Dance" for the longest of her three chart reigns. ("Poker Face" ruled the chart for a week in 2009.)

Cee Lo Green's "F*** You (Forget You)" was No. 2 for a second week, Bruno Mars' "Grenade" held at No. 3, Pink's "F**kin' Perfect" rebounded two to No. 4, and Rihanna's "S&M" jumped two to No. 5.

Katy Perry's "Firework" slipped one to No. 6, but the pop singer also soared 20 to No. 8 with "E.T.," featuring Kanye West. In between, Enrique Iglesias' "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" jumped two to No. 7. Dr. Dre's "I Need a Doctor," featuring Eminem and Skylar Grey, fell six to No. 10.

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Justin Bieber's <i>Never Say Never - The Remixes</i> Tops <i>Billboard</i> Chart

In a week in which the post-Grammy sales boom finally took hold, sending several long-dormant albums rocketing back up the charts, it was the kid who got shut out at the big show who ended up topping the charts.

Justin Bieber's Never Say Never - The Remixes debuts at #1 on next week's Billboard top 200 albums chart, giving the pop star the second chart-topping bow of his young career. The album sold more than 161,000 copies, easily surpassing Mumford & Sons' breakout Sigh No More, which benefited from the group's Grammy-night performance with Bob Dylan (and the Avett Brothers), selling nearly 133,000 copies — a 169 percent increase in sales from the previous week — to hold steady at #2.

Former chart champ the Now 37 compilation lands at #3, with sales of nearly 95,000 copies, and Lady Antebellum — who not only performed at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, but took home the awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year — posted a 205 percent sales jump, selling more than 85,000 copies to snag the #4 spot.

Grammy winner and performer Bruno Mars' Doo-Wops & Hooligans sold nearly 61,000 copies (a 55 percent burst in sales) to come in at #5, followed by a host of other Grammy beneficiaries: Eminem's Recovery at #6 (nearly 61,000 copies sold), the 2011 Grammy Nominees compilation (#7, nearly 56,000 copies sold), Bieber's My World, 2.0 (#8, more than 54,000 copies), and Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday (#9, nearly 46,000 copies). Rihanna's Loud rounds out the top 10, with sales of more than 45,000 copies sold.

That Grammy bump continues outside the top 10 too, starting with Katy Perry's Teenage Dream, which, thanks to her Grammy performance, jumped 30 percent in sales, moving nearly 42,000 units to land at #11. Surprise Album of the Year winners Arcade Fire's The Suburbs posted a 238 percent sales jump to come in at #12, selling more than 40,000 copies ... and moving past the 500,000 mark in total sales as a result.

Other winners and performers who leapt up the charts include Florence and the Machine, whose Lungs moved from #28 to #19; Cee Lo Green's The Lady Killer (from #53 to #22); Lady Gaga's The Fame (from #35 to #23); and the Black Keys' Brothers, which posted a 25 percent sales jump to grab the #24 spot.

Aside from Bieber's Never Say Never, other notable Billboard debuts include Bright Eyes' The People's Key, which opened at #12 with sales of nearly 41,000 copies, Hillsong United's Aftermath (#17, with sales of more than 27,000 copies), Ginuwine's Elgin (#30, with sales of more than 19,000 copies), and PJ Harvey's Let England Shake, which bows at #32 with sales of nearly 18,000.

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Brits chart boost for Adele song

20 February 2011 Last updated at 19:00 GMT Adele wowed the Brits audience with an acoustic rendition of Someone Like You Adele, whose song Someone Like You is number one, and acts including Plan B and Tinie Tempah have enjoyed a Brits boost in this week's chart.

Someone Like You, sung acoustically by Adele at Tuesday's Brits, climbed 46 places while Mumford and Sons' winning album Sigh No More rose from 15 to two.

Disc-Overy by breakthrough winner Tinie Tempah climbed 19 to number six.

And best British male solo artist Plan B's album, The Defamation of Strickland Banks, leapt from 24 to seven.

Glee effect

Adele's 21 holds on to the number one album position while her debut collection, 19, rose two place to number four.

She also has the number four single, Rolling in the Deep.

Tinie Tempah, meanwhile, has five of the top 40 singles, the highest of which is his collaboration with JLS, Eyes Wide Shut, at number eight.

Also in the singles chart, there was a new entry at 14 for Far East Movement featuring Ryan Tedder, with Rocketeer, while, at 21, You Me at Six featuring Chiddy Bang entered the chart with Rescue Me.

The cast of E4's Glee also hit the chart at 36 with Teenage Dream as well as at number 39 with their Start Me Up/Livin' on a Prayer "mash-up".

There were new entries in the album chart for PJ Harvey's Let England Shake, at number eight, and for Mogwai's Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will, at 25.

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Animated gnomes top UK film chart

15 February 2011 Last updated at 16:38 GMT James McAvoy and Emily Blunt voice the film's titular characters An adaptation of Romeo and Juliet featuring animated gnomes was the top film in UK and Ireland last weekend.

Gnomeo and Juliet - which features songs by Sir Elton John, its executive producer - took £2.94m between Friday and Sunday.

Bafta-winning film The King's Speech remained steady at two for a second week.

Disney fairy-tale Tangled, based on the story of Rapunzel, slipped from one down to three.

True Grit, the Coen brothers' take on a novel previously filmed with John Wayne, made its debut at four with takings of £1.82m.

Yogi Bear - in which Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake voice the title character and his sidekick Boo Boo - was another new entry at five.

Romcom Just Go With It, starring Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler, entered the chart at six, while Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan fell three places to seven.

Boxing biopic The Fighter, dystopian drama Never Let Me Go and caving thriller Sanctum rounded out this week's Top 10.

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