From memory, I vaguely recall Lady Gaga taking the record from Oasis last year...was just wondering if anyone knew how many weeks the record is? And is there a Top 10 of this anywhere? Or does anybody have any more information on acts who have done well?

 

I reckon Glee Cast must be around 110 weeks for the year which is amazing, given only half the year has gone by! I doubt they will add much to this though, with the series finished.

Edited June 28, 201015 yr by campbell6977

Glee are on 116 weeks in the top 75 this year, plus another 50 between 76 and 100 to make 166 weeks top 100.

 

For comparison, last year GaGa got 182 weeks in the top 100, and 155 top 75.

 

However, it needs to be taken into account GaGa only had 14 top 100 hits last year, while Glee have 67.

Edited June 28, 201015 yr by Bray

Sex On Fire & Use Somebody surely must've been a big number of weeks in the top 75 in a year too. They hung around for years.

Edited June 28, 201015 yr by True Blue Eyes

Sex On Fire & Use Somebody surely must've been a big number of weeks in the top 75 in a year too. They hung around for years.

 

Sex On Fire:

93 weeks top 100

81 weeks top 75

 

Use Somebody:

75 weeks top 100

62 weeks top 75

Edited June 29, 201015 yr by Bray

Glee are a bit of a chart whore tbh :o

The second season starts in September too though I have no idea when it will air in the UK. I'm assuming before the end of the year, rather than leave such a long gap now it's so popular. The BBC did a similar thing with Heroes I believe.

Oasis managed 134 one year and 129 an adjacent year in the 90s thanks to a series of rereleases during morning glory madness. Rihanna managed 129 in 2008 and was probably top woman until gaga managed 156 (inc featuring credits) last year. She's also on 83 so far this year so could potentially equal or better this if she launches a new single and album before the end of year. Glee quite possibly will beat this though it so seems like cheating. I'm sure 80s madge must have done a fair whack too, though it was much harder when your physical could be deleted in favour of a new song- 3+ months was a huge run back then

Oasis managed 134 one year and 129 an adjacent year in the 90s thanks to a series of rereleases during morning glory madness. Rihanna managed 129 in 2008 and was probably top woman until gaga managed 156 (inc featuring credits) last year. She's also on 83 so far this year so could potentially equal or better this if she launches a new single and album before the end of year. Glee quite possibly will beat this though it so seems like cheating. I'm sure 80s madge must have done a fair whack too, though it was much harder when your physical could be deleted in favour of a new song- 3+ months was a huge run back then

 

Here's GaGa's top 75 positions throughout 2009 in perspective:

(76-100 positions are crossed out obvz)

 

Lady GaGa Alejandro 75

Lady GaGa Bad Romance 14 10 11 8 5 3 1 3 3

Lady GaGa Beautiful, Dirty, Rich 89 83 87

Lady GaGa Chillin 12 21 28 49 69 83

Lady GaGa Dance In The Dark 89

Lady GaGa Just Dance 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 6 8 11 12 13 13 15 18 19 22 24 25 32 35 41 46 45 51 51 46 44 46 48 50 55 62 67 74 78 89 75 87 89 79 90 67

Lady GaGa LoveGame 93 93 96 89 90 99 64 33 27 31 29 25 19 22 28 45 52 62 68 71 98

Lady GaGa Monster 68

Lady GaGa Paparazzi 99 95 87 61 58 57 65 64 43 13 8 4 5 4 5 8 8 9 13 18 18 26 30 31 34 42 37 47 50 56 61 68 81 66 71 61 74 61

Lady GaGa Poker Face 30 26 28 24 22 15 3 3 4 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 9 11 12 14 20 24 31 26 24 22 24 31 34 38 41 41 45 51 52 58 54 60 67 60 63 66 70 74 79 56 69 51

Lady GaGa So Happy I Could Die 84

Lady GaGa Speechless 88

Lady GaGa Telephone 30 41 62 82 74

Lady GaGa Video Phone

91 63

 

I made a mistake earlier when I said GaGa had 155 weeks top 75 and 182 top 100 - it's actually 156 (as you mentioned) and 183 respectively.

GaGa's progress this year so far:

 

Lady GaGa Alejandro 96 54 40 28 19 10 8

Lady GaGa Bad Romance 1 4 7 9 12 16 20 15 20 24 24 21 27 24 25 35 40 32 41 39 47 58 44 47 52 53

Lady GaGa Just Dance 54 72 84 81 81 89 77 62 74 83 93 83 88 100 93

Lady GaGa LoveGame 100

Lady GaGa Paparazzi 48 62 90 89 87 99 81 88 94 95 95

Lady GaGa Poker Face 32 39 56 63 69 70 74 53 58 63 68 61 66 68 74 77 95 75 87 61 84 100 77 79 92 92

Lady GaGa Telephone 67 55 48 49 42 39 39 34 37 31 12 1 1 2 4 6 11 11 15 16 19 24 22 33 38 40

Lady GaGa Video Phone 58 64 82 98

 

116 weeks top 100 (the same Glee have in the top 75), 85 of those in the top 75, and she's only released 2 singles this year.

So Glad it's Gaga and not some useless bint.

Sex On Fire:

 

71 weeks top 75

 

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Bray - 'Sex On Fire' has spent 81 Weeks in the Top 75.

 

Only 2 Singles beat it:,

 

'My Way' - Frank Sinatra (124 Weeks - 2 of them in 1994)

 

'Chasing Cars' - Snow Patrol (96 Weeks)

Edited June 28, 201015 yr by zeus555

Bray - 'Sex On Fire' has spent 81 Weeks in the Top 75.

 

Only 2 Singles beat it:,

 

'My Way' - Frank Sinatra (124 Weeks - 2 of them in 1994)

 

'Chasing Cars' - Snow Patrol (96 Weeks)

 

Typo. :P

It's weird to see all Glee songs being labeled as hits. Most of them are not.

Should the word "a hit" be redefined?

It's weird to see all Glee songs being labeled as hits. Most of them are not.

Should the word "a hit" be redefined?

 

'A hit' is subjective.

AFAIC anything that crosees the UK Top 100 is technically a hit.

True..There are hits that never charted.

 

Elsewhere, someone called Philip, has pointed out that Black Eyed Peas

now have the Single with the most consecutive Top 75 Weeks, for a Group.

 

It is 'I Gotta Feeling' - No.52 this Week, & on its 52nd Top 75 Week, in a row.

 

It is beaten only by 'Release Me', by Engelbert Humperdinck, (56 in a row),

& 'Stranger On The Shore', by Mr. Acker Bilk, (55 in a row).

 

The Black Eyed Peas Single has Charted for 54 Weeks, over all, as it was

at No.70 & No.68 last June, before dropping to No.79, & then re-entering,

at No.39, on W/E 11th July 2009 - and it has been in the Top 75 ever since.

 

 

Elsewhere, someone called Philip, has pointed out that Black Eyed Peas

now have the Single with the most consecutive Top 75 Weeks, for a Group.

 

It is 'I Gotta Feeling' - No.52 this Week, & on its 52nd Top 75 Week, in a row.

 

It is beaten only by 'Release Me', by Engelbert Humperdinck, (56 in a row),

& 'Stranger On The Shore', by Mr. Acker Bilk, (55 in a row).

 

The Black Eyed Peas Single has Charted for 54 Weeks, over all, as it was

at No.70 & No.68 last June, before dropping to No.79, & then re-entering,

at No.39, on W/E 11th July 2009 - and it has been in the Top 75 ever since.

 

Sex On Fire would have that record bagged if it weren't for a certain death-related event that sent it out of the top 75 for two weeks between two enormous runs inside it.

 

That reminds me, update to the total top 100 weeks table:

 

1. Chasing Cars 139

2. My Way 124

=3. Rule The World 93

=3. Sex On Fire 93

5. Poker Face 76

=6. Low 75

=6. Use Somebody 75

 

'Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) and 'I'm Yours' are both just below the top 7 (72 and 73 respectively).

 

I don't suppose you have the relevant information to fill the top 10, zeus555?

Edited June 30, 201015 yr by Bray

'A hit' is subjective.

AFAIC anything that crosees the UK Top 100 is technically a hit.

 

I prefer the definition that Guiness/Virgin uses - i.e. Top 75, though with the rules now being consistant right down, an argument for a different limit can certainly be made.

I prefer the definition that Guiness/Virgin uses - i.e. Top 75, though with the rules now being consistant right down, an argument for a different limit can certainly be made.

 

At least since the start of the archives on the OCC's website, 'a hit' throughout the ages goes by whatever limit chartstats has IMO. So that's top 50, top 75, top 100, top 75 again then top 100 again (since I think 2007-ish) as the years go on from 1960-2010.

 

Unless they had any charts in that period with a different limit than 50, 75 or 100 that I'm not aware of.

Edited June 30, 201015 yr by Bray