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The Libertines
The Libertines


Background information
Origin London, England
Genre(s) Post-punk Revival
Garage Rock Revival
Indie Rock
Years active 1997—present
Label(s) Rough Trade Records
Associated acts Razorlight
Dirty Pretty Things
The Chavs
Babyshambles
Yeti
Members
Pete Doherty
Carl Barât
Gary Powell
John Hassall
Former members
Johnny Borrell
Steve Bedlow
Paul Dufour



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X Factor Finalists And Take That Storm UK Charts

November 28, 2010
X Factor Finalists And Take That Storm UK ChartsThe X Factor finalists have gone straight in at number one on the UK singles chart with their charity single 'Heroes'.

The track, a cover version of the David Bowie classic, features all 16 of this year's finalists, and pushed JLS off the top spot.

Rihanna had two entries in this week's chart with 'Only Girl (In The World)' slipping to number five and new sngle 'What's My Name' featuring Drake entered the chart at number ten.

Elsewhere, Ellie Goulding climbed one spot to number two with 'Your Song', while Olly Murs scored his second UK top 10 with 'Thinking Of Me'.

In the album chart, Take That's 'Progress' held the top spot for the second week running, selling more than 580,000 copies. The other new entry in this week's album chart was JLS's 'Outta This World' at number two.

(by Holly Frith)



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