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 The BMRB Years- Top 10 sales, 1980 |
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sorry for Lennon
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 Ciao, 911? E 'Quagmire. Sì, è preso nella finestra di questo
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27TH DECEMBER
 In a week in which most of the music industry were refusing to believe that anything but John Lennon would be the festive No 1 St Winifred's School Choir have turned up a chart surprise as "There's No-One Quite Like Grandma" becomes the Christmas No 1 for 1980 and a record equalling 26th No 1 of the calendar year drawing 1980 level with 1965. They sold 165,685 copies of their track last week to sprint over the 438,000 copies mark but it was far from a convincing victory!  Both new entries to the top 10 come this week from the man himself John Lennon. Some suggest that were not for the split in sales then "(Just Like) Starting Over" would easily have seen the year out at No 1 and in truth the three titles sold a cumulative 325,994 copies over the last week, "Starting Over" itself responsible for 164,385 as it slid to No 2 on a 11% sales increase and just 1,300 copies behind the Christmas No 1 despite leading the Christmas race until the final moment! However a fully re-issued "Happy Christmas (War Is Over)" hurtles 45-4 this week selling 102,609 in the copies and was of course a No 4 hit for John & Yoko back in 1972 and so has at least matched that peak and may out do it yet with New Year still ahead of us. Another re-issue comes in the form of Lennon's 1975 track "Imagine" which peaked at No 6 five years ago but perhaps with more poignant lyrics given recent events it may re-peak, it slams straight into the top 10 at No 9 ( 59,000) and brings to 10 in total the number of tracks to achieve this feat in 1980. Adam & The Ants also make some headway jumping 10-7 and record a 67% sales increase to 65,377 which in some weeks this year would see them at No 1 but as its Christmas No 7 will have to suffice. With the exception of St Winifred's and Adam & The Ants nothing else is climbing in the top 10 though as you might expect most go up sales wise. Jona Lewie up 11% to 126,048 and holds at No 3, Abba down 13% to 71,097, The police similarly drop 1 with sales down 6%,, to 58,160 Madness continue to fall 6-8 (61,139) sales up 4% and Stray Cats dip 9-10 (51,649) with a 32% sales hike. As BMRB are taking a well earned rest next week there is no chart so we'll be back in a fortnight with the final chart of 1980. 1- THERE’S NO-ONE QUITE LIKE GRANDMA- St Winifred’s School Choir (165,685) 2- (JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER- John Lennon & Yoko Ono (164,385) 3- STOP THE CAVALRY- Jona Lewie (126,048) 4- HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER)- John Lennon (102,609) 5- SUPER TROUPER- Abba (71,097) 6- DE DO DO DO, DE DA DA DA- The Police (69,160) 7- ANTMUSIC- Adam & The Ants (65,377) 8- EMBARRASSMENT- Madness (61,139) 9- IMAGINE- John Lennon (59,000) 10- RUNAWAY BOYS- Stray Cats (51,649)          
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