The Genre we have chosen for our coursework is 'R&B' this is a very popular genre as it is mainstream music. The official UK BBC top 40 single chart below shows how popular our genre is:
| Pos. | Status | Prev. | Wks | Artist | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | non-mover | 1 | 2 | Professor Green | Read All About It (Feat. Emeli Sande) |
| 2 | up 1 | 3 | 5 | Rihanna | We Found Love (Feat. Calvin Harris) |
| 3 | down 1 | 2 | 2 | Labrinth | Earthquake (Feat. Tinie Tempah) |
| 4 | new | none | 1 | Cher Lloyd | With Ur Love (feat. Mike Posner) |
| 5 | non-mover | 5 | 12 | Maroon 5 | Moves Like Jagger (feat. Christina Aguilera) |
| 6 | up 6 | 12 | 8 | Ed Sheeran | Lego House |
| 7 | non-mover | 7 | 9 | LMFAO | Sexy And I Know It |
| 8 | down 2 | 6 | 5 | Charlene Soraia | Wherever You Will Go |
| 9 | down 5 | 4 | 3 | Kelly Clarkson | Mr Know It All |
| 10 | up 3 | 13 | 10 | David Guetta | Without You (Feat. Usher) |
| 11 | down 2 | 9 | 3 | Wanted | Lightning |
| 12 | up 3 | 15 | 3 | Lana Del Rey | Video Games |
| 13 | new | none | 1 | Lucenzo & Qwote | Danza Kuduro |
| 14 | down 3 | 11 | 23 | Christina Perri | Jar Of Hearts |
| 15 | down 5 | 10 | 4 | Gym Class Heroes/Adam Levine | Stereo Hearts |
| 16 | down 8 | 8 | 2 | Rizzle Kicks | When I Was A Youngster |
| 17 | down 3 | 14 | 2 | Coldplay | Paradise |
| 18 | new | none | 1 | Nicole Scherzinger | Try With Me |
| 19 | down 2 | 17 | 3 | Sean Paul | Got 2 Luv U (feat. Alexis Jordan) |
| 20 | down 4 | 16 | 2 | Cobra Starship | You Make Me Feel (feat. Sabi) |
| 21 | up 15 | 36 | 41 | Adele | Set Fire To The Rain |
| 22 | down 2 | 20 | 22 | Ed Sheeran | The A Team |
| 23 | down 5 | 18 | 8 | One Direction | What Makes You Beautiful |
| 24 | down 3 | 21 | 6 | Sak Noel | Loca People |
| 25 | down 2 | 23 | 7 | Dappy | No Regrets |
| 26 | re-entry 31 | 57 | 5 | Florence + the Machine | Shake It Out |
| 27 | down 1 | 26 | 7 | James Morrison | I Won't Let You Go |
| 28 | up 1 | 29 | 25 | Calling | Wherever You Will Go |
| 29 | down 10 | 19 | 3 | Bruno Mars | Runaway Baby |
| 30 | down 6 | 24 | 41 | Bruno Mars | Marry You |
| 31 | down 9 | 22 | 8 | Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds | AKA... What A Life! |
| 32 | down 7 | 25 | 11 | Nicki Minaj | Fly (feat. Rihanna) |
| 33 | new | none | 1 | Birdy | People Help The People |
| 34 | down 6 | 28 | 219 | Goo Goo Dolls | Iris |
| 35 | up 4 | 39 | 5 | Beyoncé | Countdown |
| 36 | down 6 | 30 | 11 | Olly Murs | Heart Skips A Beat (feat. Rizzle Kicks) |
| 37 | down 3 | 34 | 9 | Pixie Lott | All About Tonight |
| 38 | down 6 | 32 | 9 | Delilah | Go |
| 39 | down 8 | 31 | 27 | Nicki Minaj | Super Bass |
| 40 | re-entry 77 | 117 | 33 | Katy Perry | E.T. (feat. Kanye West) |
This also gives us a wider target audience to target, and also gives us a wide range of possibilities to choose from, such as our artist's clothing/style, the song choice ( upbeat tune or slightly calm), and also our brand image as their are a range of different R&B artists out now with their own unique style.
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