Wednesday 20 September 2000

Mariah helps Westlife to a sixth

Mariah Carey's collaboration with Irish boy-band Westlife, a cover of Phil Collins' '80's chart topper, "Against All Odds", looks like ending Modjo's two week spell at the top of the singles chart this coming Sunday. This will give Westlife a sixth number one from six releases, this one recorded with the USA in mind, where the lads had a top twenty hit earlier this year with their first ever single, "Swear it Again". Other big sellers of the week, so far, include Zombie Nation's "Kernkraft 400", which looks like being the runner-up with Billie's "Something Deep Inside", Anastacia, Pink and Sisqo making a possible six new entries into the top ten. No prizes for predicting the outcome of the battle for the album crown - Madonna's "Music" has outsold current holder, Robbie Williams, all week, which will end his three week run at the top.

Meanwhile, talking of Mariah, two American songwriters, Seth Swirsky and Warryn Campbell, are claiming that she "ripped off" one of their songs for her hit, "Thank God I Found You", from her "Rainbow" album. They say that the song bares a more than a "striking resemblance" to their "One Of Those Love Songs", recorded by Xscape in 1998. The pair are suing for copyright infringement, unfair competition and "unjust enrichment" (whatever that means).

(Bigmouth News)



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