Friday 24th September

 

The weekly guide, as to whats been hot or not this week. Based on sales averages & chart averages. All put together by the band of "merry" men of DTR (a non-profitting radio venture)

 

The Top Books:

01 NE THE FRY CHRONICLES - STEPHEN FRY

02 02 61 HOURS - LEE CHILD

03 01 A JOURNEY - TONY BLAIR

04 NE GUINESS WORLD RECORDS 2010

05 03 A WEEK IN DECEMBER - SEBASTIAN FAULKES

06 NE BOOK OF TOMORROW - CECILIA AHERN

07 07 GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST - STIEG LARSSON

08 04 I SHALL WEAR MIDNIGHT - TERRY PRACHETT

09 05 LOST SYMBOL - DAN BROWN

10 NE DEVIL RIDES OUT - PAUL O'GRADY

Surprisingly Tony Blair gets one of the biggest selling books of 2010. The only thing he's likely to be top of again! In his first whole week, Tony sold 63,000 in total which was a combo of the Hardback & the airport paperback. It wasn't the fastest selling book of all time though. That one goes to David Beckham. "My Side" sold 86,126 in 2 days & 103,508 in it's first full week, back in 2003. It's good to know that books in general are still selling well, in this lazy computer age. Though I must admit to reading the unpublished Dr Who Target novels online, but reading from a screen does tend to mess your eyes up, after a bit.

 

The Top Games:

01 03 HALO: REACH

02 NE F1 2010

03 05 BLUR

04 01 RESIDENT EVIL 5

05 07 ART ACADEMY

06 09 JUST DANCE

07 10 UNCHARTED 2

08 NE DEAD RISING 2

09 NE SPORTS CHAMPIONS

10 NE SIMS 3: FAST LANE STUFF

 

The Top Dvd Films:

01 NE ROBIN HOOD DIRECTORS CUT

02 01 KICK ASS

03 02 PRINCE OF PERSIA

04 06 LAST SONG

05 03 4 LIONS

06 05 SHERLOCK HOLMES

07 NE BACK UP PLAN

08 07 DEAR JOHN

09 04 DATE NIGHT

10 NE THE GHOST

 

The Top UK Box Office Films:

01 NE THE OTHER GUYS

02 NE DEVIL

03 01 RESIDENT EVIL AFTERLIFE

04 02 TOY STORY 3

05 03 GROWN UPS

06 05 TAMARA DREWE

07 04 LAST EXORCISM

08 RE MARMADUKE

09 RE DIARY OF A WIMPY KID

10 06 SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD

 

The Top TV Programmes:

01 01 X FACTOR 11.78

02 03 EASTENDERS 10.09

03 02 CORONATION STREET 9.88

04 NE NEW TRICKS 7.96

05 05 EMMERDALE 7.54

06 NE STRICTLY COME DANCING 7.45

07 NE MERLIN 6.49

08 RE HEARTBEAT 6.00

09 NE CONCERT FOR HEROES 5.87

10 RE MIDSOMER MURDERS 5.84

11 NE BOUQUET OF BARBED WIRE 2010 5.67

12 07 HOLBY 5.60

13 08 WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE 5.42

14 20 BBC NEWS SUN 5.14

15 RE WATCHDOG 5.09

15 NE LAW AND ORDER 5.09

17 06 CASUALTY 5.08

18 12 COUNTRYFILE 5.05

19 NE THE UNFORETTABLE..... 4.92

20 NE ALBERT'S MEMORIAL 4.91

21 NE 71 DEGREES NORTH 4.90

22 09 WATERLOO RD 4.66

23 NE PEGGY MITCHELL 4.62

24 22 BBC NEWS SAT 4.58

25 14 MOTORWAY COPS 4.56

26 14 10 O'CLOCK NEWS 4.51

27 RE 6 O'CLOCK NEWS 4.50

28 25 ONE SHOW 4.36

28 NE BATTLE OF BRITAIN 4.36

30 RE FAMILY FORTUNES 4.34

 

The Top Albums:

01 NE POSTCARDS FROM A YOUNG MAN - MANIC STREET PREACHERS

02 04 GOING BACK - PHIL COLLINS

03 01 SCIENCE & FAITH - SCRIPT

04 NE HANDS ALL OVER - MAROON 5

05 NE BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION - BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION

06 02 A THOUSAND SUNS - LINKIN PARK

07 05 FLAMINGO - BRANDON FLOWERS

08 06 XX - XX

09 07 TEENAGE DREAM - KATY PERRY

10 03 BAND OF JOY - ROBERT PLANT

11 08 NOW 76 - VARIOUS

12 14 MONSTER FLOORFILLERS - VARIOUS

13 09 AMERICAN ANTHEMS - VARIOUS

14 NE SEAL VI - SEAL

15 20 FAME - LADY GAGA

16 NE GUITAR HEAVEN - SANTANA

17 13 RECOVERY - EMINEM

18 17 MASH UP MIX 2010 - VARIOUS

19 NE ROKSTARR COLLECTION - TAIO CRUZ

20 NE HISTORY OF MODERN - OMD

21 18 SIGH NO MORE - MUMFORD AND SONS

22 NE RAYMOND VS RAYMOND DELUX - USHER

23 16 80s GROOVE - VARIOUS

24 24 ELIZA - ELIZA DOOLITTLE

25 19 REVOLUTIONS - BIFFY CLYRO

26 21 STREET NATION 2010 - VARIOUS

27 NE DANCE NATION 2010 - VARIOUS

28 29 SCRIPT - SCRIPT

29 NE 100 R + B CLASSICS - VARIOUS

30 26 HEADLINES - SATURDAYS

 

The Flashback Charts in September 1976:

The Top TV, back then; It's official that in November 1976, TV audicences peaked. After that it was downhill all the way. Figures were in homes rather than individuals & still September it hadn't happened yet. Coronation Street did not topped one single chart in 1976 or 1977.

01 GEORGE AND MILDRED 8.80...The Ropers move house in series one of the sitcom

02 THE SWEENEY 8.20...Dennis Waterman & John Thaw in Series 3 of the Flying Squad drama. In Sept 1976, Dennis released the album & single "I'm Too Old To Play For The England Football Team"...Well, many were but it didn't stop them!

03 BRUCE FORSYTH AND THE GENERATION GAME 7.90...Bruce wins Saturday night tv, with a host of guests & hostess Anthea Redfern

04 CROSSROADS 7.60...down at the Motel, a la Benny, Meg et al

05 PILGER 7.40...an ITV documentary series with John Pilger tracing world history stuff, like propaganda, Australia, Israel & various other topics

06 THE TWO RONNIES 7.20...Series 5 featuring Fork Handles & The Phantom Raspberry Blower Of Old London Town

07 THE GOOD LIFE 7.10...Tom & Barbara vs Jerry & Margo in the Self Sufficiency sitcom

08 THE BENNY HILL SHOW 7.10...Wednesday at 8pm for Benny & co

09 DUCHESS OF DUKE STREET 7.10...the BBC's answer to Upstairs Downstairs based on the real life stories of Rosa Lewis & the Cavendish Hotel

10 CROSSROADS 7.00

11 CROSSROADS 6.80

12 THE BIONIC WOMAN 6.80...Lynsey Wagner as Jamie Somers in the US Sci-Fi series on ITV on Tuesdays at 7.30pm

13 CORONATION STREET 6.70...early days for Mike Baldwin at this point, having an affair with Bet Lynch

14 CROSSROADS 6.30

15 SPRING AND AUTUMN 6.30...Jimmy Jewel, Charlie Hawkins, & Jo Warne (who played the original Peggy Mitchell in Eastenders) star in the sitcom, where Jimmy plays a pensioner, who has many adventures with a young boy

16 CORONATION STREET 6.20

17 NINE O'CLOCK NEWS 6.20

18 NEWS AT TEN 6.10

19 THE DICK EMERY SHOW 6.00...Saturday night comedy with Dick in many a guise

20 DR WHO 6.00...The Masque Of Mandragora with Tom Baker & Elisabeth Sladen. The show reached it's peak & it was the last series with Liz as Sarah Jane Smith. Many people (at the time) said it should have been taken off after she left. I agree. I don't reckon it was ever the same again, & the plots were harder & harder to follow. But Saturday night & the BBC certainly won the schedules of Saturdays in general

Just outside the top 20, there was Top Of The Pops, Happy Ever After, Tomorrow's World (3 Thursday night BBC winners), The Streets Of San Francisco, & The Fall & Rise Of Reginald Perrin. Kids tv saw Noel Edmonds, Keith Chegwin, Maggie Philbin, & John Craven in the 1st series of The Multi-Coloured Swap Shop featuring a cartoon break with Hong Kong Phooey...So, remember the name of Henry the mild mannered janitor's cat in that cartoon?

 

The Top Albums in Sept 1976: Surprisingly no VA Comps in the chart in 1976 & 8 of the artists in the top ten had a number one single at some point in their career

01 03 GREATEST HITS - ABBA

02 01 20 GOLDEN GREATS - BEACH BOYS

03 04 A NIGHT ON THE TOWN - ROD STEWART

04 09 SPIRIT - JOHN DENVER

05 02 LAUGHTER AND TEARS - NEIL SEDAKA

06 05 GREATEST HITS II - DIANA ROSS

07 06 WINGS AT THE SPEED OF SOUND - WINGS

08 08 FOREVER AND EVER - DEMIS ROUSOS

09 07 A LITTLE BIT MORE - DR HOOK

10 11 BREAKAWAY - GALLAGHER AND LYLE

11 16 NO REASON TO CRY - ERIC CLAPTON

12 12 FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE - PETER FRAMPTON

13 14 BEAUTIFUL NOISE - NEIL DIAMOND

14 15 JAILBREAK - THIN LIZZY

15 23 ATLANTIC CROSSING - ROD STEWART

16 10 PASSPORT - NANA MOUSKOURI

17 22 BEST OF THE STYLISTICS VOL.2 - STYLISTICS

18 13 VIVA - ROXY MUSIC

19 24 BEST OF - GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS

20 17 THEIR GREATEST HITS 1971-75 - EAGLES

 

The Top Singles in Sept 1976: My least fav Abba song at the top, the Real Thing off Opportunity Knocks 75, Rod x 2...If you were at TOTP in 76, you may have heard David Hamilton introduce Rod Stewart & "The Killing Of Georgie Fame". A big mistake by DH, who had had his drink spiked during recording! It was also the first time pan pipes appeared in the chart via Gheorghie Zamfir.

01 01 DANCING QUEEN - ABBA

02 04 CAN'T GET BY WITHOUT YOU - REAL THING

03 12 I AM A CIDER DRINKER - WURZELS

04 02 KILLING OF GEORGIE - ROD STEWART

05 13 MISSISSIPPI - PUSSYCAT

06 07 ARIA - ACKER BILK/HIS CLARINET & STRINGS

07 10 I ONLY WANNA BE WITH YOU - BAY CITY ROLLERS

08 09 BLINDED BY THE LIGHT - MANFRED MANN'S EARTHBAND

09 06 LIGHT OF EXPERIENCE - GHEORGHE ZAMFIR

10 05 YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO - CHI-LITES

11 16 DANCE LITTLE LADY DANCE - TINA CHARLES

12 03 LET EM IN - WINGS

13 08 16 BARS - STYLISTICS

14 25 SAILING - ROD STEWART

15 24 LOVING & FREE E.P. - KIKI DEE

16 18 BABY WE'D BETTER TRY AND GET IT TOGETHER - BARRY WHITE

17 21 I CAN'T ASK FOR ANYMORE THAN YOU BABE - CLIFF RICHARD

18 20 HERE I GO AGAIN - TWIGGY

19 31 GIRL OF MY BEST FRIEND - ELVIS PRESLEY

20 37 DISCO DUCK - RICK DEES

21 17 THE PRICE OF LOVE - BRYAN FERRY

22 19 YOU'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER LOVE LIKE MINE - LOU RAWLS

23 11 DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART - ELTON JOHN AND KIKI DEE

24 14 WHAT I'VE GOT IN MIND - BILLIE JOE SPEARS

25 40 BEST DISCO IN TOWN - RITCHIE FAMILY

26 22 NICE AND SLOW - JESSE GREEN

27 30 LOVING ON THE LOSING SIDE - TOMMY HUNT

28 26 HEAVEN IS IN THE BACK SEAT OF MY CADILLAC - HOT CHOCOLATE

29 15 YOU SHOULD BE DANCING - BEE GEES

30 23 A LITTLE BIT MORE - DR HOOK

31 36 I WANT MORE - CAN

32 35 SWEET HOME ALABAMA E.P. - LYNRYD SKYNYRD

33 27 AFTERNOON DELIGHT - STARLAND VOCAL BAND

34 43 EVERY NIGHT'S A SATURDAY NIGHT WITH YOU - DRIFTERS

35 NE GET UP OFFA THAT THING - JAMES BROWN

36 34 SHANNON - HENRY GROSS

37 29 IN ZAIRE - JOHNNY WAKELIN

38 39 WORK ALL DAY - BARRY BIGGS

39 50 BREAKAWAY - GALLAGHER AND LYLE

40 NE UPTOWN UPTEMPO WOMAN - RANDY EDELMAN

 

Finishing off the look at 1976, I noted that a few newspapers were expresing concerns back then, at the growing number of under-age pregnancies i.e. before 16. 34 years on, what can I say? Jim Callaghan you had a lot to answer for, even before Mrs Thatcher came to power...& I didn't vote for either! :teresa:

 

This week's top pre-order singles:

01 01 SHAME - GARY & ROBBIE 4th Oct

02 05 RADIO ACTIVE - KINGS OF LEON 11th Oct

03 07 EVERYDAY IS LIKE SUNDAY 27th Sept

04 08 LOVE PART 2 - BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT 27th Sept

05 03 I'LL BE THERE - STAND 25th Oct

 

This week's top pre-order albums:

01 01 COME AROUND SUNDOWN 18th Oct

02 03 tba - TAKE THAT 22nd Nov

03 02 IN & OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS - ROBBIE 11th Oct

04 04 DISCOVERY - TINIE TEMPAH

05 08 REACH FOR THE SKIES - RAF CENTRAL BAND 27th Sept

I always wonder why some artists i.e. Tinie Tempah, don't come up with more original titles...Look's like he's pulled out an ELO album from his collection, which I'd rather hear anyday! :teresa: Outside that lot, we've got Eric Clapton, David Bowie, Rumer, JLS, The Wanted, & someone called Joe McElderry (whose not got a title yet, for his 25th October release). We can only hope that it remains that way e.g. invisible!

 

Hang on for the top 75 lowdown, but first the top physicals

01 02 ALEXANDRA BURKE

02 03 OLLY MURS

03 01 MCFLY

04 04 MANICS

05 05 ALESHA

06 NE SCISSOR SISTERS

07 NE AHA

08 08 WANTED

09 NE PENDULUM

10 NE ALEX GAUDINO

 

Hang on...

Up.

Dave, Tinie's album is actually called 'Disc-Overy'. You see, it's a bit of a pun. Better than just 'Discovery'.

 

Very surprised Alex Gaudino only scraped top 10 on the physical chart, I expected an easy top 5. It's the sort of song that tends to do well physically.

Edited September 24, 201014 yr by ~ braysephone ~

Well thanks to Bray there, for pointing that out. I must admit to not being the greatest fan of TT. Can't help but think, that maybe there's no room in music for innuendo. Keep it clean, I say! But then maybe it's just my age & I'm out of touch with the average teenager.

 

On to the finale. The top 75 based on averages both sales & downloads for this week (over a Sun-Fri basis). All put together by DTR.

 

Top 75

PROF. GREEN

DEADMAU5

 

Top 70

SCISSOR SISTERS

USHER - HT

PEPPER AND PIANO - OOTD

BASHY

FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE

 

Top 60

RUMER 27)

SCRIPT

PARTY HIT KINGS

HURTS 26)

MARK RONSON - BBB 25)

PEPPER AND PIANO - YTMH

TRAIN 24)

IYAZ

EMINEM 23)

EDWARD MAYA 22)

 

Top 50

50 44 LET YOU GO - CHASE AND STATUS 21)

49 NE INTRODUCING ME - NICK JONAS

48 NE GET OUTTA MY WAY - KYLIE

47 33 SING FOR THEIR DEAF - MISSING ANDY

46 42 WHAT IF - JASON DERULO

45 40 I NEED AIR - MAGNETIC AIR 20)

44 34 ISLANDS - XX

43 NE THE ISLAND - PENDULUM 19)

42 NE EARTHLY TREASURES - PICTURES

41 24 ITS NOT WAR JUST THE END OF LOVE - MANICS 18)

40 32 TURN MY SWAG ON - GREG STREET

39 37 KICK STARTS - EXAMPLE 17)

38 26 LAST ONES STANDING - EXAMPLE 16)

37 18 DRUMMER BOY - ALESHA 15)

36 NE WAY WE WERE - MISSING ANDY

35 29 CALIFORNIA GURLS - KATY P 14)

34 25 ALORS ON DANSE - STROMAE

33 22 MISSING YOU - SATURDAYS 13)

32 13 PARTY GIRL - MCFLY 12)

31 20 I LIKE IT - ENRIQUE 11)

30 30 MISERY - MAROON 5

29 28 GOLD DUST - DJ FRESH

28 21 BEAUTIFUL MONSTER - NE-YO

27 23 AIRPLANES - B.O.B etc 10)

26 19 ONE - SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA 9)

25 16 GREEN LIGHT - ROLL DEEP 8)

24 14 ALL TIME LOW - WANTED 7) =19

23 31 THIS DAY - EMMA'S IMAGINATION

22 NE BIKE SONG - MARK RONSON 6)

21 NE HIGHER - SATURDAYS =20

20 11 CROSSFIRE - BRANDON FLOWERS

19 17 BILLIONAIRE - TRAVIE MCCOY 5) =18

18 27 PACK UP - ELIZA =16

17 12 WE NO SPEAK AMERICANO - YOLANDA BE COOL =14

16 NE PYRAMID - CLARICE/IYAZ =13

15 15 TAKE IT OFF - KESHA =17

14 09 CLUB CAN'T HANDLE ME - FLO RIDA =15

13 NE HEARTBEAT - ENRIQUE =12

12 07 DJ GOT US - USHER =11

11 04 PLEASE DON'T LET ME GO - OLLY MURS 4) =9

10 08 ON A MISSION - KATY BRIEN =8

09 NE I'M IN LOVE - ALEX GAUDINO 3) =10

08 10 IMPOSSIBLE - SHONTELLE =7

07 NE FOCUS - EMMA'S IMAGINATION

06 06 LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE - EMINEM/RIHANNA =6

05 01 START WITHOUT YOU - ALEXANDRA 2) =5

04 05 FOR THE FIRST TIME - SCRIPT =4

03 03 TEENAGE DREAM - KATY PERRY =3

02 02 DYNAMITE - TAIO CRUZ 1) =2

01 NE JUST THE WAY YOU ARE - BRUNO MARS =1

 

) Position without downloads alone

 

= Position on Chart Show tv (Sats at 9am)

 

Bruno does it easily, & released a week early to beat off all those covers. A few weeks for him, me thinks.

 

Don't forget Heart FM Spain for the complete top 40 countdown Sunday at 4pm. Atlantic Oldies 2NG for the Retro Countdown...one for Mikey because it's September 1979 at 2pm on Sunday.

Fresh still top 30 :D

 

I find it very strange Bashy has only charted in his second week of release... what's up with that? :unsure:

 

Hopefully deadmau5 and Wolfgang Gartner - Animal Rights will stay top 75, if only because the name 'Wolfgang Gartner' is absolutely epic. I'd kill for that name.

I always wonder why some artists i.e. Tinie Tempah, don't come up with more original titles...Look's like he's pulled out an ELO album from his collection, which I'd rather hear anyday! :teresa: Outside that lot, we've got Eric Clapton, David Bowie, Rumer, JLS, The Wanted, & someone called Joe McElderry (whose not got a title yet, for his 25th October release). We can only hope that it remains that way e.g. invisible!

 

it has got a title, 'wide awake' i believe, which is apt as maybe if you were wide awake then you would have known this :naughty:

it has got a title, 'wide awake' i believe, which is apt as maybe if you were wide awake then you would have known this :naughty:

Well it's been a hard week, you know! :lol: Though it apparently was late in coming, if I'm correct.

Well it's been a hard week, you know! :lol: Though it apparently was late in coming, if I'm correct.

 

i'm just teasing :lol: and yeah i think it has only just been announced. love this chart though, appreciate all the work :D

I find it odd seeing Scissor Sisters and A'ha in the top 10 physical chart where they fail to enter the official Top 40 chart and yet Alex Guardino is top 10, Aex must be doing fairly well on downloads.

 

The 1976 chart, I vividly remember listening to some of those tracks, as I remember my mother playing Sailing to death by Rod Stewart at the time, and I ended up throwing it out in the dustbin. :D

 

Thanks for compiling Dave

I find it odd seeing Scissor Sisters and A'ha in the top 10 physical chart where they fail to enter the official Top 40 chart and yet Alex Guardino is top 10, Aex must be doing fairly well on downloads.

 

Physicals sell f*** all now, aside from charity releases, X Factor artists and 'fanbase buy' artists (eg. Paul Weller)

 

I'm In Love (I Wanna Do It) is #5 on iTunes

Edited September 24, 201014 yr by ~ braysephone ~

Scissor sisters doing well on phyisicals but saldy prob wont even make the top 50 on sunday. I hope kylie can get the phyisical number when get outta my way is released.

 

Also nice to see eastenders over take corrie again in the ratings.

It's a shame to see Scissor Sisters not doing well for this era, they've really won me back after the last shoddy album (barring 'Kiss You Off'). Oh well, quality is important and at least that's there...

lol Morrissey top 3 on pre-order singles :o

 

Hopefully Bike song will be top 20 tomorrow. ^_^