Kylie Minogue Keeps Climbing + The Contest Winners

First off, thanks to everyone who entered the Kylie Minogue Aphrodite/"All The Lovers" giveaway I did here on the blog the other day. Several of you came close, but in the end only two got all three answers correct. I would have taken either Fever or X as my favorite album, and so the winners turned out to be XOLondon (as Vinny Vero said on Twitter upon hearing this, "They don't call him Chart Rigger for nothing!") and Pourhomme80. Congrats, guys!

For the singles, I was looking for along the lines of "What Kind Of Fool (Heard All That Before)," "On A Night Like This," "Better The Devil You Know," "Put Yourself In My Place," "Hand On Your Heart," "In My Arms," "Breathe," etc. (Or, as the two winners guessed, "I Should Be So Lucky" and "Love At First Sight.")

Anyway, jumping to the new UK singles chart, Kylie actually moves up three positions in her third week with "All The Lovers," which now sits at a new high of #3. The only other single she ever peaked at #3 with was "In Your Eyes" back in 2002.

By Tuesday, Aphrodite will have been released in most territories. I saw a review the other day (was it on NPR's site?) that likened Kylie to soccer: huge everywhere in the world except America.

That said, this American sure loves her. In fact, I'm trying to figure out if I've blogged this much about one artist's upcoming album ever before. Maybe I'll go shoot off some bottle rockets and think about it. (Oh, the irony of doing a UK chart post on Independence Day....) Happy 4th Of July!

The U.K. Top 10:

1. "California Gurls" - Katy Perry *2 weeks*
2. "Airplanes" - B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams
3. "All The Lovers" - Kylie Minogue
4. "I Like It" - Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull *new*
5. "Wavin' Flag" - K'naan
6. "Love The Way You Lie" - Eminem feat. Rihanna
7. "Alejandro" - Lady Gaga
8. "Kickstarts" - Example
9. "Commander" - Kelly Rowland feat. David Guetta
10. "Not Afraid" - Eminem