JLS vs Take That

There hasn't been a decent chart battle since little JOE McELDERRY squared up to RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE last Christmas. But that was handbags compared to this battle of the bands.

New boys JLS will attempt to slay man band TAKE THAT in the album charts. Both acts have new releases due on November 22.

In the tale of the tapes, the JLS boys have a long way to go before they measure up to Take That's fame. They've been there, done it, shagged the groupies, split up and started all over again.

Now they're back with ROBBIE WILLIAMS after 15 years apart.

GARY BARLOW, JASON ORANGE, MARK OWEN and HOWARD DONALD shifted two million copies of their last studio album The Circus. And their as-yet untitled album, recorded in Los Angeles and London, is potentially the biggest of the decade. Everyone I've spoken to who has heard the unnamed album says it sounds completely different to anything they've done before.

But both bands - signed to rival labels Universal and Sony - will put their all into getting to No1.

The date is so important for the music industry that executives are calling it "Super Monday" - like Super Tuesday in America, the biggest polling date in their election calendar.

Over in the JLS camp ASTON MERRYGOLD, MARVIN HUMES, ORITSE WILLIAMS and JB GILL have recorded their new album Outta This World in LA and London, too.

And their debut effort last November at the same time as Robbie's comeback CD Reality Killed The Video Star beat him into second place in the charts. So it's 1-0 to JLS.

November 22 is also the date for the new Now! compilation and albums from JUSTIN BIEBER and ALESHA DIXON. A CD of new MICHAEL JACKSON material is expected too.

But everything changes with these two - the biggest pop bands of the moment.

JLS's label boss NICK RAPHAEL said: "People expect Take That to win. But it will be the biggest battle since OASIS and BLUR."

Will Robbie get Beat Again? I'm off to the bookies.

Fuente: The Sun