The Almost Sats on a Thurs! Why you ask? Well, we`d never get the information from "dead" Britain on Christmas Day. So, better thank Brian/Steve/Don/Simon and the lovely Jo, at DTR headquarters in a difficult week in Berkshire. With the worst snowfalls since January 1986. Global Warming, what's that? Pah!!! And shame on Asda (Lower Earley) for having the most dangerous Car Park/badly run store in the Country (probably). Well done Morrison`s for cleaning up and managing the checkouts brilliantly. Also, thanks to Thames Travel for keeping the rural buses running, while Reading buses couldn`t manage to keep their`s going at all! :puke2:

 

Thursday 24th December

 

The Top Books: Compiled by Neilsen

01 04 THE LOST SYMBOL - DAN BROWN

02 01 GUINESS WORLD RECORDS - GUINESS BOOKS

03 02 ECLIPSE - STEPHENIE MEYER

04 03 TWILIGHT - STEPHENIE MEYER

05 07 GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO - STEIG LARSSON

06 06 WHERE'S STIG - BBC BOOKS

07 18 HANDLE WITH CARE - JODI PICOULT

08 05 DELIA'S HAPPY CHRISTMAS - DELIA SMITH

09 09 OH! WHAT A LOVELY PAIR - ANT AND DEC

10 14 MY $h!t LIFE SO FAR - FRANKIE BOYLE

 

The Top Dvd Films: Compiled by HMV

01 01 HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE

02 02 THE HANGOVER

03 03 TRANSFORMERS 2: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN

04 04 INGLOURIUS BASTERDS

05 05 STAR TREK XI

06 06 THE PROPOSAL

07 09 TERMINATOR 4: SALVATION

08 10 G.I. JOE: RISE OF THE COBRA

09 08 MY SISTER`S KEEPER

10 12 NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2

 

Ice Age 3 & G-Force are the missing kids dvds in the top 10. On music, it would be Take That doing the biz for "Circus Live".

The Top Comedians dvds are:

01 MICHAEL MCINTYRE 2009

02 LEE EVANS

03 JASON MUMFORD

04 AL MURRAY

05 RHOD GILBERT

With the dodgy material of Jimmy Carr in 6th place. I would question Al Murray...Am I the only one that thinks that this geezer is the unfunniest comedian around, rather an over done sketch me thinks! The average Pub landlord, has never been that funny in the real world has he??? Although, he may seem to know everything!

 

The Top Box Office Films: Compiled by Screen International

01 NE AVATOR £8,509,050

02 NE ST TRINIAN'S 2 £1,586,832

03 01 A CHRISTMAS CAROL

04 06 NATIVITY

05 04 PLANET 51

06 02 WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

07 03 NEW MOON

08 07 LAW ABIDING CITIZEN

09 04 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY

10 08 2012

 

The Top Games: Compiled by DTR

01 01 NEW SUPER MARIO BROTHERS

02 02 JUST DANCE

03 03 MARIO & SONIC AT THE WINTER OLYMPICS

04 04 FIFA 10

05 05 MARIO KART

06 06 DJ HERO

07 RE WARIOLAND: SHAKE DIMENSION

08 RE SINGSTAR: POP EDITION

09 08 SOLUS

10 09 BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM

 

The Top TV Programmes: Compiled by BARB (Only the top editions of multi broadcasted editions of programmes are noted)

01 01 X FACTOR 16.28

02 NE SUSAN BOYLE`S STORY 10.79

03 02 CORONATION STREET 10.40

04 05 EASTENDERS 9.49

05 04 STRICTLY COME DANCING 8.94

06 03 I`M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE 7.53

07 06 EMMERDALE 7.49

08 10 GAVIN AND STACEY 6.53

09 11 MERLIN 6.01

10 12 FAMILY FORTUNES 5.52

11 16 BBC NEWS 5.50

12 23 HOLBY CITY 5.43

13 NE CHERYL COLE`S NIGHT IN 5.37

14 RE ITV WEEKEND NEWS 5.32

15 24 WATERLOO ROAD 5.21

16 26 SPOOKS 5.11

17 22 HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU 5.10

18 NE BRITISH COMEDY AWARDS 5.02

19 NE ELF 4.94

20 NE QI 4.86

21 17 CASUALTY 4.84

22 27 LIVE AT THE APOLLO 4.82

23 NE BBC SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR 4.78

24 25 10 O`CLOCK NEWS 4.75

24 15 ONE SHOW 4.75

26 07 HARRY HILL`S TV BURP 4.74

27 19 6 O`CLOCK NEWS 4.71

28 NE TONIGHT 4.58

29 RE LOTTERY DRAWS 4.31

30 RE LIFE 4.30

 

The Bill slides up to 31 on 4million...will it re-enter the top 30 soon, we hope?

 

The Top Albums: Based on sales Thurs to Weds

01 03 CRAZY LOVE - MICHAEL BUBLE

02 01 I DREAMED A DREAM - SUSAN BOYLE

03 02 NOW 74 - VARIOUS

04 04 E.N.D. - BLACK EYED PEAS

05 06 FAME MONSTER - LADY GAGA

06 07 ELECTRONIC 80s - VARIOUS

07 05 JLS - JLS

08 12 CIRCUS LIVE - TAKE THAT

09 08 REALITY KILLED THE VIDEO STAR - ROBBIE WILLIAMS

10 09 UP TO NOW - SNOW PATROL

11 14 HITS - WILL YOUNG

12 15 3 WORDS - CHERYL COLE

13 11 WHERE ARE WE - WESTLIFE

14 16 SOULBOOK - ROD STEWART

15 13 ABSOLUTE GREATEST - QUEEN

16 10 ECHO - LEONA

17 18 SUNNY SIDE UP - PAOLO NUTINI

18 19 THIS IS IT - MICHAEL JACKSON

19 17 ELEMENT OF FREEDOM - ALICIA KEYS

20 20 COMING HOME - SOLDIERS

21 21 R + B COLLECTION 2010 - VARIOUS

22 24 NOW XMAS - VARIOUS

23 26 RATED R - RIHANNA

24 25 AGAINST ALL ODDS - N-DUBZ

25 23 OVERCOME - ALEXANDRA

26 31 BEST BETTE - BETTE MIDLER

27 27 VERY BEST OF - FLEETWOOD MAC

28 29 MY CHRISTMAS - ANDREA BOCELLI

29 22 HEROES - COLDSTREAM GUARDS

30 32 MINISTRY OF SOUND PRESENTS: ONE - VARIOUS

 

Mr Buble continues to overtake Ms Boyle by a bigger margin. And after 5 weeks...Do we finally understand what the "R" in "Rated X" reallly means for the 2000s answer to Little Eva?

 

Time for the Flashback to...December 1990: Charts compiled by the old gang at MRIB (MEDIA RESEARCH INFORMATION BUREAU)

The Top TV, back then:

01 CORONATION STREET 19.60

02 NEIGHBOURS...the liars try to tell us this garbage got 19million viewers! No way...10m maximum

03 EASTENDERS 18.40

04 BLIND DATE 13.90...Cilla still pulling us in on Saturdays

05 KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 13.60...Roy Clarke and his worst sitcom a la Mrs Bucket

06 WISH YOU WERE HERE 13.50...Judith Chalmers doing what she did best, and selling holidays!

07 CASUALTY 13.40...the 5th season for the Hospital drama

08 HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY CORONATION STREET 13.10...it began in December 1960, with Florrie Lindley in the corner shop

09 BIRDS OF A FEATHER 12.90...Quirke/Robson/Joseph keeping some entertained in the sitcom...Yes, I hated it!

10 TAGGART 12.80...Mark McManus in the series, that started just one month after the first episode of "The Bill" in 1983. The 100th episode coming tonight

11 THIS IS YOUR LIFE 12.70...Michael Aspel gets Evelyn Laye...the late actress, who was in her 90s by 1990

12 HOME AND AWAY...they say 12.5million, we don`t lie...so it was a tad above 6m!

13 BEADLES ABOUT 12.10...the late great Jeremy (much wasted in this nonsense). A shame because he was one of the most intelligent people on TV

14 BRUCE FORSYTH'S GENERATION GAME 11.70...Bruce avec Rosemarie Ford on Fridays at 8pm

15 ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES 11.60...50 minutes of David Jason by now...slightly inspired by both Citizen Smith & Minder by my reckoning

16 FAMILY FORTUNES 11.40...Les Dennis in his 4th season, the series itself in season 10

17 STAR TREK III 11.30...The Search For Spock in the 1984 film

18 NINE O`CLOCK NEWS 11.20

19 NEWS AT TEN 11.10

20 THE BILL 10.80...Episode 99 "One For The Road". Sgt Cryer celebrates 20 years on the force, but Sgt Penny is arrested for drink driving!

 

The Top Albums in Dec 1990: Now 18, fighting with Madge

01 01 NOW 18 - VARIOUS

02 02 IMMACULATE COLLECTION - MADONNA

03 03 VERY BEST OF - ELTON JOHN

04 04 SERIOUS HITS LIVE - PHIL COLLINS

05 05 IN CONCERT - PAVAROTTI/DOMINGO/CARRERAS

06 08 FROM A DISTANCE - CLIFF RICHARD

07 06 SINGLES COLLECTION 1984-1990 - JIMMY SOMERVILLE

08 10 I'M YOUR BABY TONIGHT - WHITNEY HOUSTON

09 09 SOUL PROVIDER - MICHAEL BOLTON

10 11 RHYTHM OF THE SAINTS - PAUL SIMON

 

The Top Singles in Dec 1990:

01 03 SAVIOUR'S DAY - CLIFF RICHARD...just nudging in for the 3rd #1 in a row at Christmas for Cliff, for he heavily featured on Band Aid II in 1989

02 05 YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELING/EBB TIDE - RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS...Unchained Melody led to the re-release of the 1965/69/77 hit

03 11 SADNESS PART 1 - ENIGMA...the Romanian Michael Cretu etc project, rather than the 1981 starsound sounding mob

04 01 ICE ICE BABY - VANILLA ICE...with the rift of "Under Pressure" Robert Matthew Van Winkle from Dallas

05 21 GREASE MEGAMIX - JOHN AND OLIVIA...Grease 12 years on, doing well on stage hence this medley

06 02 JUSTIFY MY LOVE - MADONNA...not justifying Vanilla Ice, who kept her from #1!

07 04 ALL TOGETHER NOW - FARM...Up to Liverpool for the best from the boys

08 07 MARY HAD A LITTLE BOY - SNAP!...Christmas connection? No way!

09 06 PRAY - MC HAMMER...Stanley Kirk Burrell is 48 next March and came from California

10 12 TOTAL MIX - BLACK BOX...One year in, and another mix coming from the Italian house/dance mob

11 10 WICKED GAME - CHRIS ISAAK...Another Californian, his biggest hit...but remember "Blue Hotel?"

12 15 JUST THIS SIDE OF LOVE - MALANDRA BURROWS...Emmerdale star Malandra 44, 6 weeks back and another Liverpudlian

13 20 ANNIVERSARY WALTZ PART 2 - STATUS QUO...they'd had a MRIB #1 with Part 1, but part 2 just missed the top 10

14 NE ALL THE MAN THAT I NEED - WHITNEY HOUSTON...following up I`m Your Baby Tonight

15 13 UNBELIEVABLE - EMF...from Gloucestershire "Epsom Mad Funkers" not Electro Magnetic Field, did they pinch Jesus Jones' act?

16 25 CRAZY - SEAL...2 Crazys in the chart. The first from the 46 year old from Paddington

17 26 GONNA MAKE YOU SWEAT - C & C MUSIC FACTORY...Clivilles And Cole. The late David Cole who passed away in 1995

18 31 BEST CHRISTMAS OF THEM ALL - SHAKIN' STEVENS...Over to Wales for the Shaky, and quite a decent Christmas hit

19 16 UNCHAINED MELODY - RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS...from Ghost, the comeback for Bill Medley/Bobby Hatfield (Californian again)

20 41 41 CRAZY PARTY MIXES - JIVE BUNNY...had we had enough of John & Andrew Pickles, from Rotherham?

21 28 CLOSE TO YOU/MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING - CARPENTERS...re-issued for the late Karen & Richard and a new peak for the Christmas classic

22 09 SITUATION - YAZOO...Vince Clarke/Alison Moyet on another re-issue

23 30 CRAZY - PATSY CLINE...She died in that plane crash, 27 years before, but we finally got her a big UK hit

24 08 THIS ONE'S FOR THE CHILDREN - NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK...One year in for Donnie and the gang, although they assembled in 1984

25 19 DISAPPEAR - INXS...the late Michael Hutchence, who formed in 1977 as the Farriss Brothers

26 14 DON'T WORRY - KIM APPLEBY...Mel sadily passed away, but Kim kept them coming for the mixed race English star

27 22 ARE YOU DREAMING - TWENTY 4 SEVEN/CAPTAIN HOLLYWOOD...Dutch produced dance

28 23 FREEDOM! - GEORGE MICHAEL...swearing on Chris Evans Radio 2 show, last week, it was Georgios

29 18 SUCKER DJ - DIMPLES D...hip hop producer Marley Marl brought in Crystal Smith for this hit, sampling the theme to "I Dream Of Jeannie"

30 24 24 HOURS - BETTY BOO...Alison Moira Clarkson from Kensington doing the "rap". She`s only 39 now, you know

31 17 KINKY BOOTS - PATRICK MACNEE/HONOR BLACKMAN...the re-issued hit from those 2 Avengers

32 27 FALLING - JULIE CRUISE...it came from "Twin Peaks". From Iowa, Julie was 56 on 1st Dec

33 35 A MATTER OF FACT - INNOCENCE...Gee Morris

34 NE DOCTOR JEEP - SISTERS OF MERCY...up to Leeds for more Gothic sounds

35 40 I`VE HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE - BILL MEDLEY/JENNIFER WARNES...Dirty Dancing 4 years on

36 38 TURTLE RHAPSODY - ORCHESTRA ON THE HALF SHELL...Those Teenage Mutant Turtles again. "Cowabunga!

37 NE MY BOOK - BEAUTIFUL SOUTH...A Little Time follow up, but a bit of a flop for Paul Heaton/Dave Hemingway from the Housemartins

38 NE I CAN`T TAKE THE POWER - OFF-SHORE...more dancey/house stuff, sounding rather like Snap!

39 36 I CALL YOUR NAME - A-HA...over to Norway for a forgotten small hit by the twosome

40 32 MY DEFINITION OF A BOOMBASTIC JAZZ STYLE - DEFINITION OF SOUND...the nicked riff of "Soul Bossa Nova" by Quincy Jones

41 NE SUMMER RAIN - BELINDA CARLISLE...California again, for this small hit by Belinda Jo

42 NE FANTASY - BLACK BOX...covering Earth Wind And Fire circa 1978

43 NE GEORDIE BOYS - PAUL GASCOIGNE...no fog on Gazza!

44 37 IT TAKES TWO - ROD STEWART/TINA TURNER...the super twosome covering Marvin Gaye/Kim Weston circa 1967

45 34 TURN IT UP - TECHNOTRONIC...Belgian dancey/house slightly tiring now

46 NE ROCK THE BOAT - DELAGE...covering the well covered Hues Corporation hit. The 4 girls forgotten from the Stock/Aitken/Waterman stable

47 NE PRODIGAL BLUES - BILLY IDOL...William Michael Albert Broad from Stanmore, ex-Generation X. He was 54, 6 weeks ago

48 39 KING OF THE ROAD - PROCLAIMERS...Charlie & Craig Reid from Leith covering Roger Miller`s #2 hit

49 NE I`M NOT IN LOVE - WILL TO POWER...over to Miami for a cover of 10cc`s 1975 #1

50 50 I CAN'T SAY GOODBYE - KIM WILDE...Marty`s daughter from Chiswick 49, 8 weeks ago with a well forgotten/under played minor hit. Ever noticed on the 1987 Christmas novelty...Mel Smith joins Kim, but on the CD comps today, poor old Griff Rhys Jones has been chopped off the end. All he wanted was Banarama...You have to dig out the original 7" single for the full version.

 

 

The Top Physicals this week: Compiled by DTR

01 01 JOE MCELDERRY

02 02 PETER KAY

03 03 X FACTOR FINALISTS

04 NE 3 WORDS - CHERYL COLE

05 04 GEORGE MICHAEL

06 05 PET SHOP BOYS

07 06 LADY GAGA

08 07 WOGAN/JONES/CORR

09 09 ROBBIE WILLIAMS

10 08 SOLDIERS

11 10 BLACK EYED PEAS

12 11 FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE - CHERYL COLE

13 12 WESTLIFE

14 14 KESHA

15 13 ALICIA KEYS

16 16 JLS

17 17 LEONA - HAPPY

18 15 HOLLIE STEEL

19 19 CHUCKIE/LMFAO

20 16 MINI VIVA

 

Joe battles Peter for top physical of the whole year.

 

The Week on iTunes (Sun to Thurs): Thanks to Steve Johnson for the info every week

01 02 JOE MCELDERRY

02 03 LADY GAGA

03 01 RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE

04 04 3OH!3

05 06 CHERYL COLE - 3 WORDS

06 07 JOURNEY

07 08 RIHANNA

08 09 BLACK EYED PEAS - MEET ME HALFWAY

09 05 ROBBIE WILLIAMS

10 10 KESHA

11 18 POGUES

12 31 ALEXANDRA - BROKEN HEELS

13 13 CHIPMUNK

14 14 JASON DERULO

15 15 TIMBALAND

16 19 JAY Z/ALICIA KEYS

17 21 CHERYL COLE - FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE

18 23 MARIAH CAREY

19 11 ALICIA KEYS - DOESN`T MEAN ANYTHING

20 17 PIXIE LOTT

 

Last week the downloads for RATM were amazing. Remember we told you that on the combined front last Friday, that Joe was 19,000 ahead...well by mid Saturday, he was 4,000 in front. Then came the hammering by RATM. 63,000 passed through the download sector in less than 12 hours. Some people suggested that this thread helped RATM get there! With nearly 7,000 hits maybe it did. Some others suggested that Uncle Dave, was lying to you as a gimmick! :lol: No point in lying, so I don`t. With 40+ years in the business, and so many contacts and the research company we still have shares in, we can`t go wrong. So, stick with us every week. It may not be Official, but I look at it this way...Even in the 70s/80s, at certain points in the week NME/Melody Maker/MRIB were all correct from their break off periods. Except no one chart could be certain in the 50s/60s...So, we always take in the BBC Averaged Chart, not some daft magazine that Guiness Books decided to use for those periods, where most of the time...not more than 50 shops were polled! Let them try and tell you that the Beatles didn`t get to #1 with Please Please Me, or Mr Acker Bilk didn`t either, for instance. Then later they try to say Des O`Conner had a #1! Utter rubbish. No one followed the Record Retailer chart in the 60s. Bad mananagement in the OCC (previously CIN) has even messed up the archive of sales figures, from the 50s-70s...They ain`t got them all. High Street shops in the 50s/60s, either used a local chart or the Melody Maker Top 50 (which surveyed 150 shops by 1968).

 

If you would like a full list of the charts compiled by the BBC, for the proper chart years 1957-69 (a good Christmas present) email me at davericktaylor@yahoo.co.uk

 

Just before the latest singles chart compiled by DTR...A teaser. On Radio One`s Top 40 Show on Sunday, Dev (Devin Griffin to you & me) presents. Now Dev has something in common with former Solid Gold Sixty/Top Twenty host "Tom Browne" (the best ever host)...but what is the connection?

I used to love Keeping Up Appearances, it was brilliant. I don't watch it too much anymore :(

The finish and the Top 75 highlights plus complete top 50...compiled thus by DTR, the Top 40 based on physicals & downloads. The rest on just downloads.

 

Top 75

Andy Williams

Brenda Lee

JLS (One Shot)

Robbie Williams (Bodies)

 

Top 70

GaGa/Beyonce (Videophone)

Black Eyed Peas (Boom Boom Pow)

GaGa (Paparazzi)

GaGa/Beyonce (Telephone)

 

Top 60

Sugababes 33)

KOL (Sex On Fire) 32)

Miley Cyrus (The Climb) 31)

Shakira (Did It Again)

JLS (Beat Again) 30)

Drake & Co (Forever)

GaGa (Pokerface) 29)

Chris Brown 28)

Britney Spears

N-Dubz (I Need You) 27)

 

Top 50

50 43 KINGS AND QUEENS - 30 SECONDS TO MARS 26)

49 RE DO THEY KNOW IT`S CHRISTMAS - BAND AID

48 34 WILD HORSES - SUSAN BOYLE

47 31 BOHIEMIAN RHAPSODY - MUPPETS

46 RE I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY - WIZZARD

45 RE DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - CHRIS REA

44 NE MUST BE SANTA - BOB DYLAN

43 NE BROKEN DOWN - ALICIA KEYS

42 40 BABY BY ME - 50CENT 25)

41 RE MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE - SHAKIN STEVENS

 

40 48 WINTER WINDS - MUMFORD AND SONS 24)

39 28 STOP CRYING YOUR HEART OUT - LEONA

38 41 PARTY IN THE USA - MILEY CYRUS 23)

37 33 WHAT ABOUT NOW - WESTLIFE 22)

36 39 HAPPY - LEONA 21)

35 47 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY - SLADE

34 37 DOWN - JAY SEAN 20)

33 42 LAST CHRISTMAS - WHAM!

32 38 YOU GOT THE LOVE - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 19)

31 12 DECEMBER SONG - GEORGE MICHAEL 18)

 

30 21 HAVEN`T MET YOU YET - MICHAEL BUBLE

29 49 YOUNG FOREVER - JAY Z

28 16 LET THE BASS KICK IN MIAMI GIRL - DJ CHUCKIE/LMFAO 17)

27 24 CRY ME OUT - PIXIE LOTT

26 26 EVERYBODY IN LOVE - JLS 16)

25 23 BAD BOYS - ALEXANDRA 15)

24 30 EGO - SATURDAYS

23 27 PLAYING WITH FIRE - N-DUBZ

22 29 I GOTTA FEELING - BLACK EYED PEAS 14)

21 36 BROKEN HEELS - ALEXANDRA =18

 

20 25 EMPIRE STATE - JAY Z/ALICIA KEYS 13) =19

19 18 WATCHA SAY - JASON DERULO 12) =16

18 13 YOU ARE NOT ALONE - X FACTOR FINALISTS 11) =20

17 22 ALL I WANT FOR XMAS IS YOU - MARIAH CAREY =17

16 20 LOOK FOR ME - CHIPMUNK =15

15 14 DOESN`T MEAN ANYTHING - ALICIA KEYS 10) =11

14 17 FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE - CHERYL COLE 9) =14

13 15 MORNING AFTER DARK - TIMBALAND 8) =13

12 19 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - POGUES/KIRSTY MACCOLL =12

11 11 TIK TOK - KESHA 7) =10

 

10 06 YOU KNOW ME - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 6) =9

09 09 RUSSIAN ROULETTE - RIHANNA

08 08 DON`T STOP BELIEVIN` - JOURNEY =6

07 10 MEET ME HALFWAY - BLACK EYED PEAS 5) =8

06 05 STARSTRUCK - 3OH!3 =4

05 04 CHILDREN IN NEED MEDLEY - PETER KAY 4) =5

04 07 3 WORDS - CHERYL COLE 3) =7

03 03 BAD ROMANCE - LADY GAGA 2) =3

02 02 KILLING IN THE NAME - RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE =2

01 01 THE CLIMB - JOE MCELDERRY 1) =1

 

) Position without downloads alone

 

= Position on Chart Show tv (Saturday at 1pm)

 

Well after last week`s defeat in the end, Joe does for us for a 2nd week...Though no contest this time, as Rage lose around 10,000 a day to Joe. Joe heading upwards of 70,000+ ahead. Could he clear well over 200k, this week?

Comparing to previous years i.e. 1967-83, when the chart was never announced over week 52...3 occasions come to mind of a change of #1, when no charts were announced, these were 1970, when Clive Dunn overtook Dave Edmunds. 1971, when Benny Hill was overtaken by the New Seekers. 1980, was dodgy in that St Winifreds/John Lennon/Jona Lewie battle, when apparently the #4 overtook all 3. As Lennon`s other re-entry "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", the #1 that never was...or was it?

Re: the teaser - the connection is mentioned in the first post - I'll not spoil it but its number 6...... :)

18 31 BEST CHRISTMAS OF THEM ALL - SHAKIN' STEVENS...Over to Wales for the Shaky, and quite a decent Christmas hit

 

I would say this is probably better than THAT earlier Christmas no 1 but seems to have been forgotten about.....

I would say this is probably better than THAT earlier Christmas no 1 but seems to have been forgotten about.....

I do agree. Possibly poor old Shaky was out of favour by 1990. Which was a shame.

No pre-orders this week?

No pre-orders this week?

Sorry Steve, I didn`t put them in, as I only have a Top 5. But just for you:

 

Top Pre-Order Singles minus songs already available on download alone:

01 Riverside - Sidney Sampson 4th Jan

02 Echo - Girls Can`t Catch 18th Jan

03 Take That - Wiley 28th Dec

04 Where We Belong - Lost Prophets 4th Jan

05 Doubt - Delphic 30th Dec

 

Top Album pre-orders:

01 Betrayed - Lost Prophets 18th Jan

02 Contra - Vampire Weekend 11th Jan

03 Acolyte - Delphic 11th Jan

04 Forever Vienna - Andre Rieu 28th Dec

05 Rebirth - Lil`Wayne 1st Feb

i am chuffed that echo is doing well on pre orders :yahoo:

Confused as to Pixie's chart position of #27 when she is #20 on iTunes this week.

 

The Saturdays, especially, must be selling incredibly on other download sites.

Confused as to Pixie's chart position of #27 when she is #20 on iTunes this week.

 

The Saturdays, especially, must be selling incredibly on other download sites.

It happen to Pixie last week though. 18 on iTunes towards the end of the week, and only 26 on the proper Sunday chart.

Confused as to Pixie's chart position of #27 when she is #20 on iTunes this week.

well it hasn't had a physical release. how accurate exactly is this chart??

well it hasn't had a physical release. how accurate exactly is this chart??

Overall Pixie has sold better on iTunes, than other Download sites...that`s the position. It`s very acurate at this point. The hidden thing abut iTunes is the other versions available. Not on Pixie, but other songs such as the multi Pogues/Carey/Cheryl etc. We count all versions together, which is what the people at Big Top 40 do. You can check out the top 10 portion at the start of Big Top 40 in comparison (although there may be a little change because it`s 2 days until Sunday).

 

Pixie will be lower, on the proper chart because of other people`s physicals/other download sites...like you say, there is no physical of Cry Me Out. The physicals of Peter Kay & X Factor Finalists push her out of the top 20 on their own, as well as the combination of other sites & other physicals.

Re: the teaser - the connection is mentioned in the first post - I'll not spoil it but its number 6...... :)

Where do you get the number 6 from? Or have you spotted another connection there?

 

I was actually connecting the fact that both Tom Browne & Dev have acted in a certain programme. Are we having the same thought?

No 6 in this week's TV chart????

Hi Dave, I suspect iTunes 'gift card' affect, tomorrow and Boxing Day, could shake some of these positions up.

No 6 in this week's TV chart????

Number 7 actually mate, but I think we both mean, that Soap!

Hi Dave, I suspect iTunes 'gift card' affect, tomorrow and Boxing Day, could shake some of these positions up.

Not only that, but the Christmas songs will start to tumble too...as their popularity where`s off, as Christmas Eve turns to Christmas Day/Boxing Day. Poor Slade, and Bob Dylan looked like he could have a single top 50 hit, for the first time in years! Due to that showing on TOTP2 yesterday.

Not only that, but the Christmas songs will start to tumble too...as their popularity where`s off, as Christmas Eve turns to Christmas Day/Boxing Day. Poor Slade, and Bob Dylan looked like he could have a single top 50 hit, for the first time in years! Due to that showing on TOTP2 yesterday.

 

 

Even TOTP tomorrow might have some effect on the chart, not a lot though, as I think Christmas TOTP viewing figures are getting lower each year, the show just seems dated now without having a weekly TV show.

I think it's still one of the most watched shows for the timeslot Mikey. I just wish the artists would perform their current songs rather than ancient ones.

 

Anyway, didn't see this yesterday - thanks Dave :cheer: