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 10th January 2015, 11:30 PM
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QUOTE(ˇbré! @ Jan 10 2015, 05:34 PM)  Slightly missed our target of 4 posts per day yesterday oop (my fault for getting distracted by stuff, we will do 5 today to make up for it  )Singles Like 'Break Free' earlier, this is another track that missed out on a few weeks of charting that it would have had if the OCC had changed their rules a little bit earlier. Unlike 'Break Free', Going back to a previous discussion, "skeptical" is not an alternative spelling, it is a purely American spelling. The British English spelling is "sceptical". I'll take my Most Intelligent Poster award back now 
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10th January 2015, 11:46 PM
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QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Jan 10 2015, 11:30 PM) Going back to a previous discussion, "skeptical" is not an alternative spelling, it is a purely American spelling. The British English spelling is "sceptical". I'll take my Most Intelligent Poster award back now Well the fountain of knowledge Wikipedia lists both under the British spelling in the British/American English spelling differences article  (I usually avoid that word anyway as I never remember which spelling is correct, oops. Noted for future reference anyhow )
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11th January 2015, 12:04 AM
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QUOTE(ˇbré! @ Jan 10 2015, 11:46 PM) Well the fountain of knowledge Wikipedia lists both under the British spelling in the British/American English spelling differences article (I usually avoid that word anyway as I never remember which spelling is correct, oops. Noted for future reference anyhow )I consider the Oxford English Dictionary to be more reliable than Wiki 
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11th January 2015, 12:15 AM
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QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Jan 11 2015, 12:04 AM) I consider the Oxford English Dictionary to be more reliable than Wiki But as established the other day the OED use 'ize' instead of 'ise' so right now I'm not sure I trust their authority on anything! Mite jus hav too staht speling lyk thiss. |
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11th January 2015, 12:25 AM
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QUOTE(ˇbré! @ Jan 11 2015, 12:15 AM) But as established the other day the OED use 'ize' instead of 'ise' so right now I'm not sure I trust their authority on anything! Mite jus hav too staht speling lyk thiss. My preference remains -ise but I accept their verdict that -ise and -ize are both acceptable in British English. Someone has to be the arbiter and I will accept the OED's credentials. After all, they employed Susie Dent. |
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11th January 2015, 08:47 PM
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Singles
 14 ~ Ed Sheeran - Sing (1-2-3-3-4-7-8-10-14-15-19-23-24-26-27-26-29-33-36-30-26-22-25-34-36-44-44-39-37-27-...) 2356pts ~ 30wks If you're an Ed Sheeran fan, you're in luck with this section If you're Jack/Ethan, you might want to look away. Ed's first EVER #1  makes it to #14 here. Ed's dominated 2014 of course and this track was what began it all (ignoring how One was released before due to instant grat, but let's ignore that), having only left the top 40 for two weeks since it entered in June. Sing was produced by Pharrell, who appears in the music video for the song too. It's a great track IMO but the next one is better... 13 ~ Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (26-25-29-23-28-20-18-16-13-17-18-24-19-18-17-10-4-2-1-2-2-4-4-1-2-3-3-...) 2378pts ~ 27wks Ed's second EVER #1 only just beats his first, having spent 29 consecutive weeks in the top 40 (27 to the end of 2014) and it's still in the top 3. It first entered the top 40 as an album track and proceeded to hang around for forever when Heart picked it up. It climbed to the top 10 when radio picked it up, and then to #1 when he performed it on The X Factor. And since then it's just been omnipresent. Good thing it's my personal favourite Ed track  ~ Albums  14 ~ Katy Perry - PRISM (...-36-40-27-25-26-31-37-27-24-7-29-39-42-28-25-31-28-28-27-19-12-11-22-37-34-39-59-44-34-35-39-24-31-38-51-48-73-91-66-92-x) 2584pts ~ 40wks Tracks in singles list: 15 Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J) 51 Roar 115 Birthday 140 This Is How We Do 275 Unconditionally Katy Perry's third (proper) album proved to be another success for her although not QUITE on the same scale as previous album Teenage Dream, which is a million seller. Considering she had a lower hit rate this album in the singles chart, it's done very respectably really. Its week at #7 in the chart run looks...odd, to say the least  I presume that was Google Play's doing anyway. This album was followed by Katy's world tour, Prismatic. Which was quite possibly the best night of my life  13 ~ Ed Sheeran - x (1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-3-5-6-3-2-2-3-2-1-3-2-2-2-1-1-1-...) 2673pts ~ 27wks Tracks in singles list: 13 Thinking Out Loud 14 Sing 18 Don't 29 I See Fire 104 One 168 Photograph 263 I'm A Mess 327 Bloodstream 332 Nina 339 Afire Love 342 Tenerife Sea 423 Runaway 504 The Man 657 Take It Back Ed Sheeran. Oh Ed Sheeran. What a chart MONSTER he has been this year. In a good way of course. I'm a huge fan of Ed and I think x is a really good album. Most of it charted in the top 100 at some point funnily enough. Obviously its chart run has been INSANE but sadly, it was released a bit too late in the year to contend for the top 10 properly, even with such an amazing chart run - only outside the top 5 for one week, and even then it was at #6  Ed doing it for us gingers, g'won *.*
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11th January 2015, 10:47 PM
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Singles
 12 ~ Ella Henderson - Ghost (1-1-2-2-3-4-3-4-6-5-10-12-12-18-17-17-21-22-16-18-21-29-37-45-49-43-37-33-30-...) 2411pts ~ 29wks Such a shame for Ella, she had so much POtential (  ) but she just could never achieve enough commercial success and alas she is due to be dropped any time around now.In all seriousness though, this was the debut single from Ella who shocked the world when she undeservedly went out in just sixth place in the X Factor 2012 despite being seemingly one of only two acts anyone cared for that series, along with James Arthur (who was in the bottom 2 with her the week she left which gave his voters the kick up the arse needed to get him to eventually win). James went on to have a very successful winner's single but in terms of original material from their respective debut eras Ella has him conclusively beat, with this song that will soon have sold 800k+ (over a million if you include streams) and is also in the process of getting big Stateside. It was a great song from a popular act, always destined for huge success. The follow-up singles haven't QUITE done as well but she's yet to see a proper flop and her album has also done fairly well, reaching #1 and sustaining a decent chart run if with a large second week drop.  11 ~ OneRepublic - Counting Stars (...-10-13-14-17-24-23-26-34-36-32-30-22-19-30-42-44-45-50-51-58-49-50-53-57-59-70-61-50-43-42-54-51-51-62-63-63-66-74-86-85-92-96-80-59-79-87-93-x(2)-68-83-70-...) 2434pts ~ 50wks The final song to fall short of the top 10 is OneRepublic's first EVER UK #1 ( ) 'Counting Stars'. The majority of its lengthy top 10 run was of course in 2013, and indeed its chart run has been split in such an awkward way for them that this marks two straight years in the 11-20 section of the countdown after finishing 17th in 2013. Whoops. Ah well, it's a million seller so I'm sure they won't mind too much. Despite being in the chart for such a ridiculously long time I still find this song more enjoyable than any of its follow-ups from the 'Native' album.~ Albums  12 ~ The Vamps - Meet The Vamps (2-3-9-13-18-17-9-23-36-28-27-32-18-14-11-14-13-14-19-27-21-30-31-31-36-32-27-23-31-32-30-37-43-15-48-48-41-...) 2834pts ~ 37wks Tracks in singles list: 97 Somebody To You (feat. Demi Lovato) 133 Wild Heart 134 Last Night 147 Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart) (feat. Shawn Mendes) 200 Can We Dance Boyband The Vamps showed incredibly impressive longevity with their debut album with the very unimaginative title 'Meet The Vamps'. They couldn't get to #1 courtesy of the silly decision to release the album head to head with the long-awaited comeback from Paolo Nutini - picking good release weeks is not a strength of whoever's in charge of those decisions for The Vamps - but the album has apparently managed to appeal significantly beyond the fanbase, being held up by the top 10 successes of two post-album singles and having a small boost at the end of the year from the release of a 'Christmas Edition'.  11 ~ Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (...-21-20-17-24-19-24-26-15-18-9-17-25-34-27-13-20-23-35-47-53-50-59-66-74-68-57-49-31-20-34-42-33-18-21-18-27-55-53-30-52-72-69-76-56-71-x(5)-97-97-...) 2865pts ~ 47wks Tracks in singles list: 65 Demons 89 Radioactive 474 On Top Of The World Just missing the top 10 albums are Imagine Dragons with their debut 'Night Visions' originally released quite early in 2013. The continuing ever-presence of 'Radioactive', the success of new single 'Demons' and probably a bunch of other factors that don't immediately spring to mind ensured the Dragons were top 100 for more or less the entire year once again. The follow-up is due in 2015 and they'll presumably be aiming for a #1 this time ('Night Visions' peaked at number 2, unable to get past Justin Timberlake's 3rd week with 'The 20/20 Experience'). |
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11th January 2015, 10:57 PM
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Top 10 time and we're still in the first half of January
g'won BrasephSingles  10 ~ Pitbull - Timber [feat. Ke$ha] (1-2-2-5-6-5-8-8-13-12-16-18-23-23-25-26-29-33-36-44-41-36-41-44-44-50-47-45-49-55-65-65-73-82-84-82-80-86-99-x(4)-97-x) 2440pts ~ 40wks IT'S GOING DOWN, I'M YELLING TIMBURRRRRRRRRRR! Mr Worldwide returned in late 2013, or for us UK'ers, early 2014 (  ) with new single Timber, from the re-release of his album Global Warming. The track was tipped as a huge hit by many and it's easy to see why, it's catchy, fun and accessible. Sadly, though, there wasn't a a DALÉ in sight. On the brightside, it gave Queen$ha another #1 and a brief return to relevance following a slightly floppy (and INCREDIBLY underappreciated) second era. Poor Ke$ha, or Kesha as she now is. Will she ever get another hit?  ~ Albums  10 ~ Pharrell - G I R L (1-3-3-4-7-8-8-9-12-15-12-10-6-14-17-20-23-29-15-33-32-40-43-42-14-45-33-29-47-75-72-60-12-19-26-37-47-70-77-91-92-73-49-...) 2969pts ~ 43wks Tracks in singles list: TBA Happy 143 Marilyn Monroe 490 Gust Of Wind 606 Come Get It Bae Pharrell's new album G I R L was highly anticipated following the mega success of its first single Happy (initially for the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack), and unsurprisingly it shot in at #1. Its chart run after tha was very impressive and has remained in the top 100 ever since its released, although perhaps it benefits a little here from being released before Ed Sheeran and George Ezra so therefore had more time to get points. It did well for an album that only really had one hit anyway, as follow-up Marilyn Monroe didn't make that big an impact and the two follow-ups made even less of an impact. WD Pharrell though, he seems like a nice guy. |
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11th January 2015, 11:10 PM
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12th January 2015, 05:44 PM
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12th January 2015, 08:14 PM
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Singles
 7 ~ Vance Joy - Riptide (RE-85-35-18-10-14-13-12-15-27-30-34-39-43-52-57-49-70-67-72-74-59-62-87-97-92-88-66-61-37-49-61-53-41-38-37-40-45-47-51-50-49-52-57-55-53-51-65-78-73-x(1)-87-78-...) 2476pts ~ 51wks There's one obvious song this year that's finished higher than it ever peaked on the weekly charts, but there is in fact another one, Vance Joy's 'Riptide' which only spent a week in the top 10 and even then at just #10 but finishes seventh here. Some predicted this song to be the new 'Somebody That I Used To Know' - it is after all an Australian-origin radio friendly and slightly-MOR-but-not-in-a-bad-way indie pop track - and it never quite lived up to that but nonetheless it shot up the chart quickly in the new year and proceeded to stick around in the top 100 for the entire year save one week in December. It is of course another track that benefited heavily from streaming, with its last four top 40 weeks all being gained from streaming (although in last week's chart it was top 40 on sales but not overall oddly enough). ~ Albums  7 ~ Paolo Nutini - Caustic Love (1-1-1-3-4-6-3-4-7-7-5-7-9-6-7-10-8-8-8-11-8-8-12-15-15-17-14-11-20-27-34-38-35-36-38-28-18-...) 3247pts ~ 37wks Tracks in singles list: 166 Scream (Funk My Life Up) 222 Iron Sky 272 Better Man 328 Let Me Down Easy I have always loved Paolo Nutini's music, but the nature of that love has a tendency to flip-flop. Sometimes his songs are just so inexplicable that they're slightly adorable (e.g. 'Candy' and 'Pencil Full Of Lead') and other times he's just legitimately good, without a trace of irony (e.g. 'Last Request'). This album is no exception, the lead single 'Scream (Funk My Life Up)' is somehow a mixture of the two - it may just be the title but it still feels like quite a silly song, while simultaneously actually being really good - while 'Iron Sky' is very much the latter, a beautifully crafted masterpiece of a track which is easily the best thing he's ever done, I was quite distraught that it never managed to make the top 40. Seriously, if you haven't heard it, even if you don't like Paolo, have a listen. Paolo remained a big name in 2014 anyway despite his quite lengthy absence, and this album gave him a second #1 and the fourth biggest seller of the year, it won't come close to the sales of the first two albums but it's hardly done badly, even returning to the top 10 last week. |
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12th January 2015, 08:42 PM
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Even I'll vouch for that - Iron Sky is definitely the best thing I've heard from Paolo.
Singles  6 ~ Sam Smith - Stay With Me (1-2-2-4-5-6-7-10-10-13-16-13-13-16-15-16-15-12-16-23-27-23-15-17-18-16-21-29-28-25-19-22-...) 2757pts ~ 32wks Sam Smith AGAIN now, making his last appearance in the points chart this year. Stay With Me gave him a second solo #1, and a third overall, and has not left the top 40, or top 30 rather, in 34 weeks (32 of which in 2014). I can't blame people for being extremely bored of the track, its longevity is astounding but it's the kinda song that's surely been lapped up by Heart and the MOR stations so it's basically unavoidable, even now. I still find it a really pleasant track anyway, a lovely listen and as someone who doesn't listen to the radio, I'm not actually bored of it yet. The version with Mary J. Blige on guest vocals is even better though. ~ Albums  6 ~ The 1975 - The 1975 (...-20-15-13-21-23-19-21-16-17-22-21-30-40-33-34-30-30-26-37-31-29-28-25-41-37-34-40-32-30-23-16-11-13-22-13-24-33-37-29-34-45-49-59-54-63-90-96-98-x(3)-68-...) 3277pts ~ 49wks Tracks in singles list: 341 Girls 457 Chocolate 523 Settle Down Perhaps surprisingly high here is The 1975's debut album. It went to #1 in 2013 and spend the majority of 2014 in the chart too. Denise Welch's son fronts the band, who decided to release about 500 singles from the album which would explain why it sold so well. Especially as Radio 1 supported each and every one. Anyway, I find them rather good for what they are, and I've listened to half the album out of my own choice (not gotten around to the second half yet). They can either be pretty good or dreadfully boring, like with recent track Medicine. |
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12th January 2015, 09:18 PM
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12th January 2015, 09:19 PM
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The top 4s will be revealed tomorrow - anyone want to predict?
The remaining songs if you couldn't guess: Clean Bandit - Rather Be [feat. Jess Glynne] Idina Menzel - Let It Go John Legend - All Of Me Pharrell - Happy And the remaining albums: Arctic Monkeys - AM Ellie Goulding - Halcyon London Grammar - If You Wait Paloma Faith - A Perfect Contradiction |
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12th January 2015, 09:24 PM
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Predictions:
Happy #1 Rather Be #2 All Of Me #3 Let It Go #4 |
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12th January 2015, 09:28 PM
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my predictions!
The remaining songs if you couldn't guess: #1 Pharrell - Happy #2 Clean Bandit - Rather Be [feat. Jess Glynne] #3 John Legend - All Of Me #4 Idina Menzel - Let It Go And the remaining albums: #1 Paloma Faith - A Perfect Contradiction #2 Ellie Goulding - Halcyon #3 London Grammar - If You Wait #4 Arctic Monkeys - AM |
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12th January 2015, 10:16 PM
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I think All Of Me will be #2 over Rather Be.
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12th January 2015, 10:33 PM
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One of the joys of a chart compiled in this way is that a lovely song such as Riptide can appear to be a massive hit
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13th January 2015, 04:14 PM
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 4 ~ Clean Bandit - Rather Be [feat. Jess Glynne] (1-1-1-1-3-3-3-5-7-8-8-9-12-16-16-18-22-21-23-23-25-28-32-24-28-27-29-29-26-26-30-34-31-29-30-32-35-39-43-40-35-43-48-56-60-58-50-46-50-...) 3685pts ~ 49wks MILES ahead of Mr Probz is Clean Bandit's biggest hit single Rather Be. The track was released in late January 2014 and became the fastest selling single of the year (until Band Aid 30 came along, and Ben Haenow too, and Uptown Funk but not in its debut week). The track was knocked off #1 by Sam Smith's Money On My Mind but decided to hang around for eternity in the top 40 anyway. I've not seen anyone who actually dislikes this track, I know I'm bored of it now but the track is still great and it's not at all hard to see why it's been so huge. Unpopular opinion but I prefer Extraordinary  The track also introduced us to Jess Glynne, and despite this being recorded after Route 94's My Love, which is funnily enough where Clean Bandit heard her vocals for the first time, it got released beforehand and became her first chart topper, with My Love becoming her second not long after. She almost got a third, with Clean Bandit again, with their recent collaboration Real Love, but Band Aid 30 ended up releasing that week and it was no contest really (good cause it's very weak in comparison to this).~ Albums  4 ~ Arctic Monkeys - AM (...-8-9-12-14-11-14-11-2-2-5-5-17-21-17-15-13-14-22-28-29-8-7-15-16-18-20-34-26-23-39-18-23-30-17-12-15-32-33-40-44-53-52-52-62-59-71-83-88-81-82-71-39-...) 3720pts ~ 52wks Tracks in singles list: 105 Do I Wanna Know? 373 R U Mine? 407 Arabella 633 Snap Out Of It 664 Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? So after spending the entire year in the top 100, the most recent Arctic Monkeys album is unsurprisingly high up in this countdown. It "only" peaked at #2 in 2014, following the BRITs last year, but of course it made #1 in 2013 when it was released. The album has had astounding longevity, spending a very big chunk of the year in the top 40, all without any hit singles to keep it going (other than Do I Wanna Know? still hanging around). Not bad at all. Shame it's not a better act 
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13th January 2015, 04:20 PM
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I'm a paragon so don't perceive me
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Bré, stop giving Joseph good album acts to comment on.
 Surprised Rather Be is the lowest of the top 4 actually, guess this means the highest great song isn't what I was expecting it to be
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