Posted December 3, 201014 yr Friday 17th December 2010 Everybody's caught in traffic it seems...Although I am miffed because Reading Transport told me Buses are running half an hour late due to heavy traffic. I thought about this & think how can buses run half an hour late, when they run a ten minute service? Surely if they are running 30 minutes late, then no one would notice! The Top Books 01 01 JAMIE'S 30 MINUTE MEALS - JAMIE OLIVER 02 02 GUINESS BOOK OF RECORDS 03 03 A SIMPLES LIFE - ALEKSANDR ORLOV 04 04 KITCHEN - NIGELLA LAWSON 05 05 LIFE AND LAUGHING - MICHAEL MCINTYRE 06 06 THE FAMILY - MARTINA COLE 07 NE DEAD OR ALIVE - TOM CLANCY 08 07 ZERO HOUR - ANDY MCNAB 09 NE HOUSE RULES - JODI PICOULT 10 10 WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET - ALAN SUGAR The Top Games 01 01 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 02 04 FIFA 11 03 03 GRAND TURISMO 5 04 05 SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2011 05 07 JUST DANCE 2 06 08 HALO: REACH 07 09 PROF. LAYTON & THE LOST FUTURE 08 10 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2011 09 NE NEED FOR SPEED: HOT PURSUIT 10 NE LET'S DRAW The Top Dvd Films 01 01 TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE 02 02 INCEPTION 03 NE EXPENDABLES 04 03 SHREK FOREVER AFTER 4 05 04 SEX AND THE CITY 2 06 NE SALT 07 NE KNIGHT AND DAY 08 05 A TEAM 09 07 TOY STORY 3 10 NE LAST AIRBENDER The Top Box Office Films 01 NE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER 02 01 HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART ONE 03 NE TOURIST 04 02 MEGAMIND 05 03 UNSTOPPABLE 06 04 DUE DATE 07 05 MONSTERS 08 NE SOMEWHERE 09 NE NO PROBLEM 10 06 THE AEMERICAN The Top TV Programmes 01 01 X FACTOR 14.53 02 02 STRICTLY COME DANCING 13.03 03 04 I'M A CELEBRITY 12.37 04 05 CORONATION ST 10.80 05 03 EASTENDERS 10.47 06 06 EMMERDALE 8.75 07 09 MERLIN 7.67 08 08 COUNTRYFILE 7.55 09 07 APPRENTICE 7.53 10 10 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 6.40 11 12 HOLBY 6.17 12 16 ONE SHOW 6.14 13 15 6 O'CLOCK NEWS 6.03 14 11 HARRY HILL 5.65 15 NE NATIONS FAVOURITE ABBA SONG 5.47 16 14 GARROW'S LAW 5.37 17 13 CASUALTY 5.34 18 25 10 0'CLOCK NEWS 5.06 18 22 TURN BACK TIME 5.06 20 NE Q1 5.02 21 20 HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU 4.95 22 18 FAMILY FORTUNES 4.85 23 21 YOU'VE BEEN FRAMED 4.82 24 28 ITV NEWS 4.52 25 NE MIRANDA 4.01 26 NE ANIMALS DO THE FUNNIEST THINGS 3.91 27 30 UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE 3.58 28 NE FRED CLAUS 3.44 29 NE COME DINE WITH ME 3.25 30 NE OPERATION MINCEMEAT 3.00 The Top Albums 01 01 NOW 77 - VARIOUS 02 02 PROGRESS - TAKE THAT 03 06 LOUD - RIHANNA 04 NE MICHAEL - MICHAEL JACKSON 05 03 CRAZY LOVE - MICHAEL BUBLE 06 04 OLLY MURS - OLLY MURS 07 19 IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 08 05 OUTTA THIS WORLD - JLS 09 07 THE GIFT - SUSAN BOYLE 10 08 THE BEGINNING - BLACK EYED PEAS 11 09 COME AROUND SUNDOWN - KOL 12 10 GH - BON JOVI 13 11 MOONLIGHT SERENADE - ANDRE RIEU 14 14 TEENAGE DREAM - KATY PERRY 15 12 GH SO FAR - PINK 16 13 GRAVITY - WESTLIFE 17 17 ELECTRONIC 80s - VARIOUS 18 18 NOW XMAS - VARIOUS 19 16 MESSY LITTLE RAINDROPS - CHERYL COLE 20 21 SCIENCE AND FAITH - SCRIPT 21 20 POP PARTY 8 - VARIOUS 22 23 ANTHEMS DISCO - VARIOUS 23 25 CHRISTMAS CORNUCOPIA - ANNIE LENNOX 24 24 SEASONS OF MY SOUL - RUMER 25 15 LOVE LIVE LIFE - N-DUBZ 26 28 ULTIMATE COLL - BARBRA STREISAND 27 31 LIGHTS - ELLIE GOULDING 28 33 DEFAMATION OF STRICKLAND BANKS - PLAN B 29 27 FLY ME TO THE MOON 5 - ROD STEWART 30 22 ENDLESSLY - DUFFY The Flashback to December 1994: Charts supplied by MRIB The Top TV back then 01 AUNTIES BLOOMERS 17.90 02 CORONATION ST 17.70 03 HEARTBEAT 16.90 Nick at his best 04 SOLDIER SOLDIER 16.30 Robson & Jerome at their best (all worst)! 05 NATIONAL LOTTERY LIVE 16.20 Bob Monkhouse introduces the 4th draw 06 EASTENDERS 16.20 07 YOU'VE BEEN FRAMED 15.80 more home videos 08 CASUALTY 15.20 over to Holby 09 CRACKER 15.20 Robbie Coltrane as Fitz 10 STRIKE IT LUCKY 14.80 Michael Barrymore & more daft contestants 11 LONDON'S BURNING 14.20 over to the boys at Blue Watch 12 GLADIATORS 13.80 more early evening Saturday nonsense 13 THE BILL 13.70 "Closing Time" Insp Calo raids a pub. Sgt Cryer is not impressed 14 BBC NEWS, WEATHER, & SPORT 13.60 15 BLIND DATE 13.00 Cilla & those dodgy dates 16 NOEL'S HOUSE PARTY 12.90 Noel Edmonds at his worst! 17 VICAR OF DIBLEY 11.60 Dawn French & her congregation 18 EMMERDALE 11.50 19 STRANGE BUT TRUE 11.50 Michael Aspel & more bizzare true stories 20 CATCHPHRASE 11.40 Roy Walker & Mr Chips in the mindboggling game The Top Albums in Dec 1994 01 01 NOW 29 - VARIOUS 02 04 CARRY ON UP THE CHARTS - BEAUTIFUL SOUTH 03 03 LIVE AT THE BBC - BEATLES 04 09 STEAM - EAST 17 05 05 CROSSROAD - BON JOVI 06 14 CROCODILE SHOES - JIMMY NAIL 07 08 LOVE ALBUM - VARIOUS 08 02 SECOND COMING - STONE ROSES 09 06 ALWAYS AND FORVER - ETERNAL 10 07 FIELDS OF GOLD - STING The Top Singles in Dec 1994: With Mariah the first time around, East 17 with that song with bells on, Powers Rangers, Zig & Zag, Line Dancing & River Dance just outside the top 40! Quite astounding that Madonna's "Take A Bow" never got any higher than 15, as it was played on just about every station going including Melody FM along with Jonathan Izzard, Tony Myatt, & David Allan. 01 01 STAY ANOTHER DAY - EAST 17 02 03 ALL I WANT FOR XMAS IS YOU - MARIAH CAREY 03 04 LOVE ME FOR A REASON - BOYZONE 04 12 GO GO POWER RANGERS - POWER RANGERS 05 05 CROCODILE SHOES - JIMMY NAIL 06 08 THINK TWICE - CELINE DION 07 10 PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - BON JOVI 08 11 COTTON EYE JOE - REDNEX 09 06 ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD - LOUIS ARMSTRONG 10 07 LET ME BE YOUR FANTASY - BABY D 11 NE THEM GIRLS THEM GIRLS - ZIG AND ZAG 12 12 ANOTHER DAY - WHIGFIELD 13 14 HOLD ME KISS ME THRILL ME - GLORIA ESTEFAN 14 09 ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM - CLIFF RICHARD 15 15 TAKE A BOW - MADONNA 16 NE CRAZY - ETERNAL 17 16 ETERNAL LOVE - PJ AND DUNCAN 18 17 BABY COME BACK - PATO BANTON 19 13 ANOTHER NIGHT - REAL MCCOY 20 32 SWEET LOVE - M BEAT 21 18 PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE - KYLIE MINOGUE 22 31 I'LL FIND YOU - MICHELLE GAYLE 23 23 OH BABY - ETERNAL 24 20 ALL I WANNA DO - SHERYL CROW 25 24 ALWAYS - BON JOVI 26 27 SATURDAY NIGHT - WHIGFIELD 27 33 I WANT TO BE ALONE - TWO THIRDS 28 21 SIGHT FOR SORE EYES - M PEOPLE 29 28 ONE MORE CHANCE - EYC 30 19 LOVE SPREADS - STONE ROSES 31 22 THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME - SINEAD O'CONNOR 32 43 WHEN I'M CLEANING WINDOWS - 2 IN A TENT 33 25 I LOVE SATURDAY - ERASURE 34 NE WIGGLE IN LINE - BLACK DUCK 35 NE GALLOWS POLE - PAGE AND PLANT 36 NE DOLLARS - CJ LEWIS 37 44 DARK HEART - BOMB THE BASS 38 34 OUT OF TEARS - ROLLING STONES 39 NE LET HEALING BEGIN - JOE COCKER 40 39 SWEETNESS - MICHELLE GAYLE The Top Pre-Order Albums this week 01 02 21 - ADELE 24th Jan 02 03 DOO WOPS AND HOOLIGANS - BRUNO MARS 31st Jan 03 05 RITUAL - WHITE LINES 17th Jan 04 06 BRING HIM HOME - ALFIE BOE 27th Dec 05 09 STAND STILL - EMMA'S IMAGINATION 10th Jan 06 07 LIVE FROM AMSTERDAM - ALTER BRIDGE 17th Jan 07 NE GLEE 4 24th Jan 08 NE OVER THE RAINBOW - ISRAEL 10th Jan 09 10 NO MORE IDOLS - CHASE AND STATUS 31st Jan 10 NE THE VISITATION - MAGNUM 17th Jan The Top Pre-Order Singles this week 01 NE FLOOD - CHERYL COLE 3rd Jan 02 05 ROLLING IN THE DEEP - ADELE 17th Jan 03 03 LOSE MY MIND - WANTED 27th Dec 04 NE ON MY OWN - YASMIN 31st Jan 05 NE BIGGER THAN US - WHITE LIES 3rd Jan The Top Physicals: 01 NE MATT CARDLE 02 01 X FACTOR FINALISTS 03 02 KYLIE MINOGUE 04 04 AKON 05 03 MANICS 06 06 JOE MCELDERRY 07 07 WILLOW SMITH 08 05 PET SHOP BOYS 09 08 JLS 10 09 WESTLIFE This tells us that without X Focker & downloads, Kylie is the proper Christmas number one this year & not even in the Official top 40 this week...proving the charts are actually a right load of bollocks anyway! I took the downloads out of the Official Chart earlier & all the other hype of Take That & album stuff which tells us that Willow is number one followed by Akon, & Cee Lo Green. Even more dodgy! Hang around...for the Top 75 lowdown....
December 17, 201014 yr The Top Pre-Order Albums this week 08 NE OVER THE RAINBOW - ISRAEL 10th Jan Interesting to see this listed although hasn't the album been available to buy in the UK for a couple of years? I guess the success of the title track in Central Europe recently has persuaded the record company to promote the track/album in the UK. Israel IZ for #1 :o
December 17, 201014 yr Author The Top 75 lowdown. With the top 40 based on a mix of downloads & physicals & the 41-75 based on downloads only. TOP 75 BEATLES -LIB TOP 70 YEO VALLEY BOYZ CHRISTINA AGUILERA RIHANNA - SM BLACK EYED PEAS - IGF JAMES BLAKE TOP 60 CHERYL COLE -THE F (Absolutely)! SLADE OLLY MURS 22) BAND AID PLAIN WHITE Ts 21) WIZZARD SCRIPT - NOTHING AVICIL & SEBASTIEN PROF GREEN CRYSTAL CASTLES TOP 50 50 48 DYNAMITE - TAIO CRUZ 21) 49 44 TURN AROUND - FLO RIDA 48 43 MAGIC - B.O.B. 47 42 HOLD YOU - GYPTIAN 20) 46 40 GAME OVER - TINCHY STRYDER & CO 45 36 HIGHER - SATURDAYS 19) 44 34 TAKE OVER CONTROL - AFROJACK 18) 43 35 PROMISE THIS - CHERYL COLE 17) 42 28 BETTER THAN TODAY - KYLIE 16) 41 41 WRITTEN IN THE STARS - TINIE TEMPAH 40 33 LOSE MY MIND - WANTED 39 NE XM@S - COREY TAYLOR 38 30 LOVE THE WAY - EMINEM/RIHANNA 37 31 CHECK IT OUT - WILL I AM/NICKI MINAJ 15) 36 15 THE SILENCE - ALEXANDRA 35 NE INVINCIBLE - TINIE TEMPAH 34 32 DO IT LIKE A DUDE - JESSIE J (I've never seen an English chappy grab his crotch, am I missing something here?) 33 23 GIRLS - N-DUBZ 14) 32 25 JUST A DREAM - NELLY 31 27 RAISE A GLASS - PINK 13) 30 37 MORE - USHER 29 29 MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE - ADELE 28 22 COOLER THAN ME - MIKE POSNER 27 NE UNFAITHFULL - RIHANNA 26 24 ALL I WANT FOR XMAS - MARIAH 25 16 TURN MY SWAG ON - ALEXA 24 18 SHINE A LIGHT - MCFLY 12) =20 23 NE 4'33'' - JOHN CAGE 22 14 LOVE YOU MORE - JLS 11) =17 21 20 HAPPINESS - ALEXIS =19 20 26 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - POGUES 19 19 JUST THE WAY - BRUNO MARS 10) =16 18 13 CHRISTMAS LIGHTS - COLDPLAY =18 17 21 f*** YOU - CEE LO GREEN 9) =15 16 10 POISON - NICOLE =14 15 09 WHOS THAT CHICK - RIHANNA 14 08 THINKING OF ME - OLLY 8) =12 13 07 HEROES - X FACTOR FOCKERS 7) =13 12 12 FIREWORK - KATY P =11 11 05 LIKE A G6 - FAR EAST MOVEMENT =10 10 11 HOLD MY HAND - AKON 6) =9 09 02 WHIP MY HAIR - WILLOW 5) =6 08 04 ONLY GIRL - RIHANNA 4) =7 07 RE MANY OF HORROR - BIFFY CLYRO 3) =8 06 17 FLOOD - TAKE THAT 2) =5 05 03 YOUR SONG - ELLIE =3 04 01 TIME - BLACK EYED PEAS =4 03 NE SURFIN BIRD (BIRDS THE WORD-PAPA OOM MOW MOW) - TRASHMEN 02 06 WHATS MY NAME - RIHANNA =2 01 NE MANY OF HORROR - MATT CARDLE 1) =1 ) Position without downloads alone ) Position on Chart Show tv The original of the Trashmen record was the Rivingtons the US R n'B group (when r n'b was r n'b, not by today's standards) & of course Surfin Bird is based on those 2 songs mentioned above. Papa Oom Mow Mow was a hit in the UK for both the Sharonettes & Gary Glitter in 1975. Where as Birds The Word weren't a hit at all in Britain. Probably Matt Cradle is passed some 300,000 copies by now. But who cares?! As I think we are all fed up with this stuff every Christmas. Join me next week & the last time up.
December 17, 201014 yr Author Why would you want to take downloads out of the chart though...? :wacko: Trying to discover if anyone over 45 has actually bought any singles this Christmas!
December 17, 201014 yr ^ To be fair though, I doubt most people over 45 have even heard songs like Whip My Hair, The Time or What's My Name? There'd probably be worldwide uproar if they heard The Time. :lol:
December 17, 201014 yr 24th January for the next Glee album? HMV & Amazon have it down for 21st February :unsure: Shame about 'Knight & Day' going in low on the DVD chart, I love that movie :(
December 17, 201014 yr Author ^ To be fair though, I doubt most people over 45 have even heard songs like Whip My Hair, The Time or What's My Name? There'd probably be worldwide uproar if they heard The Time. :lol: Probably a case of the 45plus group would back the Songs that are played on Smooth Radio (for the Ladies) & maybe Absolute (for the men). So the likes of Rumer would come up trumps & maybe a touch of Kylie & Akon. Although I don't imagine too many would care for the irritating Akon without Michael Jackson on it! It's a fallacy that over 45s listen to Radio 2 in millions. They should be concentrating on them, but do not. So, all we are left with is Independant Radio. In my case it hads to be Smooth, but it isn't a very good station because of the repetetive playlists. They just try to pull listeners with a line up of Simon Bates, Pat Sharp, Mark Goodier, & Andy Peebles...strange really because at one time or another, all 5 of them have presented Chart Shows.
December 17, 201014 yr With the rate Kylie's now climbing iTunes because of Royal Variety, is there a chance she could stay top 40 this week from being #42 here?
December 17, 201014 yr Author With the rate Kylie's now climbing iTunes because of Royal Variety, is there a chance she could stay top 40 this week from being #42 here? She'll likely knock out Corey Taylor as on Wednesday she was only at number 50.
December 17, 201014 yr Everybody's caught in traffic it seems...Although I am miffed because Reading Transport told me Buses are running half an hour late due to heavy traffic. I thought about this & think how can buses run half an hour late, when they run a ten minute service? Surely if they are running 30 minutes late, then no one would notice! Here is a dilemma Three buses arrive at the same time at the bus stop, and all 3 buses are the No.12. Which bus would you get on?
December 17, 201014 yr Author Here is a dilemma Three buses arrive at the same time at the bus stop, and all 3 buses are the No.12. Which bus would you get on? Probably the last one, not the 1st or 2nd because it wouldn't have many passengers & would probably overtake the other 2! Although the Number 12 goes to Woodley Airfield & only runs a couple an hour & I've no intention of going there. :lol: It beggars the question how did they manage to catch up with each other in the first place these 3 buses?!
December 17, 201014 yr Probably a case of the 45plus group would back the Songs that are played on Smooth Radio (for the Ladies) & maybe Absolute (for the men). So the likes of Rumer would come up trumps & maybe a touch of Kylie & Akon. Although I don't imagine too many would care for the irritating Akon without Michael Jackson on it! It's a fallacy that over 45s listen to Radio 2 in millions. They should be concentrating on them, but do not. So, all we are left with is Independant Radio. In my case it hads to be Smooth, but it isn't a very good station because of the repetetive playlists. They just try to pull listeners with a line up of Simon Bates, Pat Sharp, Mark Goodier, & Andy Peebles...strange really because at one time or another, all 5 of them have presented Chart Shows. My dad (who's 50) listens to Smooth a lot! It seems to be all old songs on there though. In terms of recent songs, the only ones I can remember hearing on there are The Silence and Rumer's first single (I forgot what it's called, was it Slow?). Although, I get the impression they quiet down the percussion in the songs and stuff. I recognize a lot of the songs they play on there, and I swear they're quieter than I remember them, if you know what I mean. :lol: I'm glad he doesn't listen to Absolute though. I've listened to it a little bit occasionally, whilst flipping throught channels, and it definitely does not seem like my kind of station. :lol: Capital FTW! The problem with Smooth is the number of Disco songs of the 70s & 80s that creep in. The missed hits of Paloma Faith are drummed out quite a bit & Mark Goodier's show is laden with mistakes. Mainly because he doesn't know what day it is, most of the time. They don't really know who they are aiming at. It should be inline with the old Saga stations, whom they bought but it just isn't. It's more an imitation of MagicFm & that's pretty crap too. Then I remembered Magic bought out MelodyFM in 1998 & that was basically the later Saga audience. Both stations, a tad messy.
December 18, 201014 yr Quite astounding that Madonna's "Take A Bow" never got any higher than 15, as it was played on just about every station going including Melody FM along with Jonathan Izzard, Tony Myatt, & David Allan. Take A Bow only got to #16 in the official charts; perhaps you've missed a record out? http://www.chartstats.com/chart.php?week=19941224 :teresa:
December 18, 201014 yr Author Take A Bow only got to #16 in the official charts; perhaps you've missed a record out? http://www.chartstats.com/chart.php?week=19941224 :teresa: No, I used MRIB. And it was number 15 there. Which was equivalent to some midweek chart at the time. I don't worry to much about this word "Official". It doesn't count for much really. Every chart is correct at some point, depending on how it's compiled. The OCC lot have a lot to answer for as much as any other chart, especially when they to don't always research enough to include everything that has been paid for. It only happens to be a Chart broadcasted by Radio One, & they ain't got hardly any listeners anyway. :lol: Then the thread is based on, & tributed to MRIB's Charts anyway.
December 18, 201014 yr No, I used MRIB. And it was number 15 there. Which was equivalent to some midweek chart at the time. I don't worry to much about this word "Official". It doesn't count for much really. Every chart is correct at some point, depending on how it's compiled. The OCC lot have a lot to answer for as much as any other chart, especially when they to don't always research enough to include everything that has been paid for. It only happens to be a Chart broadcasted by Radio One, & they ain't got hardly any listeners anyway. :lol: What do you mean by "they don't always research enough to include everything that has been paid for"? Maybe this nutter has a point then: http://therealchart.blogspot.com/ I would have loved Ellie to be #1 last week, but it didn't happen :P
December 18, 201014 yr Author What do you mean by "they don't always research enough to include everything that has been paid for"? Maybe this nutter has a point then: http://therealchart.blogspot.com/ I would have loved Ellie to be #1 last week, but it didn't happen :P He's got some true points. If I could actually read the charts without going blind, I might judge a bit better. My major point is the non inclusion about unregistered tracks, not being included. Milward Brown do the research for OCC. This register business, is rather comical. When someone has registered summat or not, is neither here nor there. I mean someone bought the damn thing, didn't they! :lol:
December 18, 201014 yr Corey at #39, perilous position but I hope he can stay in, he deserves it! Also I think I may be going mad, but I watched all of the Royal Variety show and I swear Kylie wasn't in it. I'm not even joking! I can't remember her being in it at all, what did she sing?!
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