Boy Bands Are Back - UK Charts

Boy bands may be dead in America, but they're alive and well in the UK. With their 14th chart topping record "The Rose," Westlife now sits only behind the Beatles and Elvis Presley for the most UK number ones. If the charts incorporated taste, however, the Bette Midler remake would have tanked. It's horrible.



In at number two is the superstar collaboration of U2 and Green Day with "The Saints are Coming." Girls Aloud's arch rivals jump to #3 with "Rock Steady." And rounding out the top five are two "slippers": Fedde Le Grand's falls to #4 with "Put Your Hands Up for Detroit" and Beyonce's "Irreplacable" crumbles to #5 just as the single breaks into the top 10 in America.

Other tasty tidbits: Madonna's "Jump" leaps to #9. Check out George Michael's lastest ballad, "This Is Not Real Love," a duet with former Sugababes Mutya. It's not the best, but much better than his last tired funk outing.