Posted December 4, 201014 yr Friday 24th December Seasons Greetings & Happy Commercialised-Mas! The Top Books 01 01 JAMIE'S 30 MINUTE MEALS - JAMIE OLIVER 02 03 A SIMPLE'S LIFE - ALEKSANDR ORLOV 03 02 GUINESS WORLD RECORDS 04 04 KITCHEN - NIGELLA LAWSON 05 05 LIFE AND LAUGHING 06 11 A TINY BIT MARVELLOUS - DAWN FRENCH 07 06 THE FAMILY - MARTINA COLE 08 07 DEAD OR ALIVE - TOM CLANCY 09 08 ZERO HOUR - ANDY MCNAB 10 09 HOUSE RULES - JODI PICOULT The Top Games 01 01 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 02 02 FIFA 11 03 03 GRAN TURISMO 5 04 05 JUST DANCE 2 05 04 SMACKDOWN VS RAW 06 06 HALO: REACH 07 07 PROF LAYTON & THE LOST FUTURE 08 08 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2011 09 09 NEED FOR SPEED: HOT PURSUIT 10 10 LET'S DRAW A bit stuck there! But I found it slightly amusing & rather sick of me, as Dead Rising 2 is just outside the top 10 closely followed by Michael Jackson: The Experience. Can you tell the difference?! :o The Top Dvd Films 01 01 ECLIPSE 02 02 INCEPTION 03 03 EXPENDABLES 04 06 SALT 05 04 SHREK FOREVER AFTER 4 06 05 SEX AND THE CITY 2 07 07 KNIGHT AND DAY 08 08 A TEAM 09 10 LAST AIRBENDER 10 09 TOY STORY 3 The Top Box Office Films 01 NE TRON: LEGACY 02 01 CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER 03 02 HARRY POTTER/DEATHLY HALLOWS PT 1 04 03 TOURIST 05 04 MEGAMIND 06 NE BURLESQUE 07 NE ANIMALS UTD 08 NE FRED 09 05 UNSTOPPABLE 10 06 DUE DATE The Top TV Programmes 01 01 X FACTOR 2010 FINAL 16.55 02 04 CORONATION STREET 14.10 03 02 STRICTLY COME DANCING 12.04 04 05 EASTENDERS 10.22 05 06 EMMERDALE 8.50 06 09 APPRENTICE 7.53 07 03 I'M A CELEBRITY 7.84 08 08 COUNTRYFILE 6.81 09 NE 50 YEARS/MOMENTS OF CORONATION ST 6.75 10 RE TAKE ME OUT 5.96 11 18 10 O'CLOCK NEWS 5.84 12 10 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 5.82 13 21 HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU 5.73 14 RE LIFE STORIES 5.72 15 13 6 O'CLOCK NEWS 5.54 16 12 ONE SHOW 5.45 17 17 CASUALTY 5.22 18 NE CORONATION ST BIG 50 5.20 19 NE LIVE AT THE APOLLO 4.67 20 18 TURN BACK TIME 4.47 21 11 HOLBY 4.31 22 24 ITV NEWS 4.15 23 NE UEFA CHAMPION LEAGUE SOCCER 4.12 24 RE TONIGHT 4.09 25 NE FILM: ELF 3.99 26 22 FAMILY FORTUNES 3.97 27 RE COUNTRYWISE 3.72 28 25 MIRANDA 2.85 29 29 COME DINE WITH ME 2.79 30 27 UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE 2.77 The Top Albums 01 01 PROGRESS - TAKE THAT 02 03 LOUD - RIHANNA 03 02 NOW 77 - VA 04 05 CRAZY LOVE - MICHAEL BUBLE 05 06 OLLY MURS - DITTO 06 09 GIFT - SUSAN BOYLE 07 04 MICHAEL - JACKSON 08 08 OUTTA THIS WORLD - TAKE THAT 09 12 GH - BON JOVI 10 10 BEGINNING - BLACK EYED PEAS 11 11 COME AROUND SUNDOWN - KOL 12 13 ELECTRONIC 80s - VA 13 07 IN AND OUT - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 14 16 GH SO FAR - PINK 15 15 TEENAGE DREAM - KATY PERRY 16 20 SCIENCE AND FAITH - SCRIPT 17 17 GRAVITY - WESTLIFE 18 14 MOONLIGHT SERENADE - ANDRE RIEU 19 21 CHRISTMAS CORNUCOPIA 20 23 LOVE LIVE LIFE - N-DUBZ 21 18 MESSY LITTLE RAINDROPS - CHERYL COLE 22 22 SEASONS OF MY SOUL - RUMER 23 19 NOW XMAS - VA 24 25 ULTIMATE COLL - BARBRA STREISAND 25 26 MOS ANTHEMS DISCO - VA 26 24 POP PARTY 8 - VA 27 27 LIGHTS - ELLIE GOULDING 28 28 DEFAMATION OF STRICKLAND BANKS - PLAN B 29 31 DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS 4 - VA 30 30 ENDLESSLY - DUFFY There was I a few months back, thinking Duffy...Christmas number one contender! Not a chance. :cry: The top pains in the arse: i.e annoyances 01 THE BBC 02 ITV 03 INDEPENDANT RADIO (What Independant Radio?) 04 READING TRANSPORT/COUNCIL 05 DEPARTMENT STORES 06 GLOBAL WARMING 07 THE BRING YOUR OWN CARRIER BAG SUPERMARKET THING 08 SELF-SERVIICE CHECKOUTS 09 THICK/NON EDUCATED PEOPLE i.e. Reggie Yates 10 TEENAGE PREGNANCIES i.e. Girls that don't pay rent/council tax/go to work & nick our tax every month All those things make this Country what it is today...which accounts for a lot of the garbage, we have to get through every year. Feel the same? If you don't, ignore this bit. The top detested Celebrities (or not, but a complete bunch of tossers on an ego trip, who probably got the job by knowing a friend of a friend) 01 SIMON COWELL 02 STEVE WRIGHT 03 MARK LAMARR 04 CHRIS MOYLES 05 WES BUTTERS (REAL RADIO) 06 JIM DAVIDSON 07 JOHNNY VAUGHAN 08 STEVE SCRUTTON (BBC ESSEX) 09 PHILIP SWERN (RADIO 2 PRODUCER) 10 CHRIS EVANS The top Celebrities that should feature on TV & Radio more often (who don't have an ego problem) 01 TIM VINE 02 LEE EVANS 03 TONY HAWKES 04 PAUL DANIELS 05 PAT SHARP 06 KEN BRUCE 07 HYWEL BENNETT 08 DAVID HAMILTON 09 ED STEWART 10 VAL DOONICAN The Flashback to December 1982: Charts supplied by Record Business Magazine The Top TV back then 01 CORONATION ST MON 16.00 02 THIS IS YOUR LIFE 15.60 Eamonn Andrews springs the Big Red Book on singer Marty Wilde 03 CORONATION ST WEDS 14.00 04 TENKO 13.50 the Drama series focusing on the fall of Singapore with the Japs in 1942 05 THE PROFESSIONALS 13.10 Saturday night action with Bodie & Doyle...oh and Cowley! 06 LITTLE & LARGE SHOW 12.50 Sid & Eddie providing early evening entertainment at its best on BBC's Saturday line up 07 CROSSROADS TUES 12.40 08 BRUCE FORSYTH'S PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT 12.40 Friday night with Bruce & the fixed card game 09 HI-DE-HI! 12.40 the Maplins Holiday Camp sitcom with Simon Cadell, Ruth Madoc, Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland & Su Pollard 10 THE GENTLE TOUCH 12.20 Jill Gascoigne & the crimebusting drama on Fridays on ITV at 9pm 11 CROSSROADS WEDS 12.10 12 THREE OF A KIND 12.10 David Copperfield, Lenny Henry & Tracey Ullman in the Saturday night comedy sketch show on BBC 13 CARRY ON LAUGHING 12.10 Clips from the Carry On films on Thursday at 8pm on ITV 14 RUSSIAN ROULETTE 11.90 an ITV showing of the 1975 film with George Segal in a KGB conspiracy to kill Alexei Kosygin the Russian premier 15 CROSSROADS MON 11.60 16 WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN 11.60 the BBC attempt to find the 1982 Strongest Man 17 CROSSROADS THUR 11.30 18 SHOGUN 10.70 the BBC showing of the mini series with Richard Chamberlain shipwrecked on the Japanese coast in the 17th century 19 LATE LATE BREAKFAST SHOW 10.50 Noel Edmonds & Mike Smith host the Saturday evening host of rubbish 20 DALLAS 10.30 JR & the gang Top Of The Pops captured some 10million on Thursdays at 7.20 in 1982 & Channel 4 was 7 weeks old with Brookside scraping 4million viewers The Top Albums in Dec 1982: John knocked off Abba. No contest! And as Barry Manilow's biggest male fan...Shame he doesn't seem to want to perform "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself A Letter" these days, as it has to be one of his best. Then there was Lionel Richie's first solo outing, since the Commodores. 01 02 JOHN LENNON COLLECTION - JOHN LENNON 02 01 SINGLES-FIRST TEN YEARS - ABBA 03 NE DIG THE NEW BREED - JAM 04 03 RIO - DURAN DURAN 05 04 PEARLS - ELKIE BROOKS 06 06 LOVE SONGS - DIANA ROSS 07 08 HEARTBREAKER - DIONNE WARWICK 08 09 GREATEST LOVE SONGS - NAT KING COLE 09 07 KIDS FOM FAME - KIDS FROM FAME 10 10 FROM THE MAKERS OF - STATUS QUO 11 22 RICHARD CLAYDERMAN - RICHARD CLAYDERMAN 12 14 KISSING TO BE CLEVER - CULTURE CLUB 13 NE FRIENDS - SHALAMAR 14 15 THE RISE AND FALL - MADNESS 15 16 I WANNA DO IT WITH YOU - BARRY MANILOW 16 17 LIONEL RICHIE - LIONEL RICHIE 17 05 CODA - LED ZEPPELIN 18 13 HELLO I MUST BE GOING - PHIL COLLINS 19 20 GIVE ME YOUR HEART TONIGHT - SHAKIN STEVENS 20 11 CHART HITS 82 - VARIOUS The Top Singles in Dec 1982: With a half decent Christmas chart...well almost! Although there was something a little heart warming about Save You Love, wasn't there? And how Culture Club & Shakin' Stevens were so close behind those 2 on that Friday. Richard Allinson certainly thought so on his UK Top 30 on Capital. Shame about Tommy Vance wasn't it? Did Radio One miss a trick there in 1982, they could've reinstated Alan Freeman on the Top 40, as his Pick Of The Pops-Take Two became Capital's biggest listened too show at this point. Where as some of Radio One's audience of the Top 40 were not too happy. Hardly surprising! 01 03 SAVE YOUR LOVE - RENEE AND RENATO 02 02 TIME CLOCK OF THE HEART - CULTURE CLUB 03 11 BLUE CHRISTMAS E.P. - SHAKIN STEVENS 04 13 PEACE ON EARTH-LITTLE DRUMMER BOY - DAVID BOWIE 05 06 OUR HOUSE - MADNESS 06 01 BEAT SURRENDER - JAM 07 05 TRULY - LIONEL RICHIE 08 09 BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES - MODERN ROMANCE 09 19 YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE - PHIL COLLINS 10 07 YOUNG GUNS - WHAM! 11 16 FRIENDS - SHALAMAR 12 04 MIRROR MAN - HUMAN LEAGUE 13 25 LITTLE TOWN - CLIFF RICHARD 14 35 A WINTER'S TALE - DAVID ESSEX 15 20 BUFFALO GALS - MALCOM MCLAREN 16 08 HYMN - ULTRAVOX 17 14 LET'S GET THIS STRAIGHT FROM THE START - DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS 18 29 ALL THE LOVE IN THE WORLD - DIONNE WARWICK 19 17 THE OTHER SIDE OF LOVE - YAZOO 20 12 LIVING ON THE CEILING - BLANCMANGE 21 10 RIO - DURAN DURAN 22 22 IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HEAT - BUCK'S FIZZ 23 24 I FEEL LOVE (RE-MIX) - DONNA SUMMER 24 30 SING-A-LONG-A-SANTA - SANTA CLAUS AND THE CHRISTMAS TREES 25 26 UNDER ATTACK - ABBA 26 15 WISHING I HAD A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU - A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS 27 47 THEME FROM E.T. - JOHN WILLIAMS 28 18 WHERE THE HEART IS - SOFT CELL 29 31 HI DE HI-HI DE HO - KOOL AND THE GANG 30 39 DEAR ADDY - KID CREOLE 31 43 CACHARPAYA - INCANTATION 32 27 IT'S RAINING AGAIN - SUPERTRAMP 33 NE ORVILLE'S SONG - KEITH HARRIS 34 21 I DON'T WANNA DANCE - EDDY GRANT 35 23 YOUTH OF TODAY - MUSICAL YOUTH 36 41 NIGHTPORTER - JAPAN 37 36 TALK TALK - TALK TALK 38 42 I'M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN & WRITE MYSELF A LETTER - BARRY MANILOW 39 32 SEXUAL HEALING - MARVIN GAYE 40 47 HEARTACHE AVENUE - MAISONETTES The Top Pre-Order Albums this week 01 01 21 - ADELE 24th Jan 02 02 DOO WOPS & HOOLIGANS - BRUNO MARS 31st Jan 03 NE MATT CARDLE - TBA 24th Oct 2010 (don't people make you sick, it's 10 focking months away)!!!! 04 03 RITUAL - WHITE LIES 17th Oct 05 05 STAND STILL - EMMA'S IMAGINATION 10th Jan 06 04 BRING HIM HOME - ALFIE BOE/VA 27th Dec 07 RE WORLD IS YOURS - MOTORHEAD 17th Jan 08 06 LIVE FROM AMSTERDAM - ALTER BRIDGE 17th Jan 09 12 DIFFERENT GEAR STILL SPEEDING - BEEDY EYE 28th Feb 10 NE VISITATION - MAGNUM 17th Jan Bit of solid rock there, apart from solid cack! The Top Pre-Order Singles this week 01 01 THE FLOOD - CHERYL COLE 3rd Jan 02 03 ROLLING IN THE DEEP - ADELE 17th Jan 03 02 LOSE MY MIND - WANTED 27th Dec 04 04 ON MY OWN - YASMIN 31st Jan 05 05 BIGGER THAN US - WHITE LIES 3rd Jan The Top Physicals 01 01 MATT CARDLE 02 02 X FACTOR FINALISTS 03 05 AKON 04 04 KYLIE MINOGUE 05 03 RUMER 06 08 WILLOW SMITH 07 10 JLS 08 11 TAKE THAT 09 06 MANICS 10 07 JOE MCELDERRY We're going straight to the Top 75 lowdown...but firstly may I thank everyone who followed the thread regularly over the last 3 years & I regret to tell everyone that this has to be the last regular one. This is due to reasons beyond my control & the other fact that i'm moving in the New Year to pastures new, & I can't guarantee that I'd be able to get to a PC on a Friday to post it. Sorry Folks. So for the very last regular time, here's how the chart looks at this point with thanks to DTR & the rest of the gang for putting it all together: Top 75 Lowdown JOHN LENNON TOP 70 #1 BRUNO MARS TRIBUTE BAND CHRIS REA BLACK EYED PEAS - IGAF KOL - PYRO TOP 60 DUCK SAUCE 21) OLLY MURS - PDLMG 20) KATY B 19) B.O.B - MAGIC JAMES BLAKE TINCHY STRYDER & CO RIHANNA - UNFAITHFUL SCRIPT - NOTHING IT'S OK - CEE LO GREEN 6 FOOT 7 FOOT - LIL WAYNE/CORY GUNZ 50 RE LAST XMAS - WHAM! 49 NE JUNGLE - PROFESSOR GREEN 48 RE DO THEY KNOW IT'S XMAS - BAND AID 47 36 SILENCE - ALEXANDRA 46 44 WRITTEN IN THE STARS - TINIE TEMPAH 45 45 HIGHER - SATURDAYS 18) 44 41 TURN AROUND - FLO RIDA 43 42 PROMISE THIS - CHERYL COLE 17) 42 49 DYNAMITE - TAIO CRUZ 16) 41 RE MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY - SLADE 40 37 CHECK IT OUT - WILL I. AM 15) 39 25 TURN YOUR SWAG ON - ALEXA 38 38 LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE - EMINEM/RIHANNA 37 RE I WISH IT COULD BE XMAS EVERY DAY - WIZZARD 36 32 JUST A DREAM - NELLY 35 31 RAISE A GLASS - PINK 14) 34 16 POISON - NICOLE 33 40 LOSE MY MIND - WANTED 32 03 SURFIN BIRD - TRASHMEN 31 28 COOLER THAN ME - MIKE POSNER 30 30 MORE - USHER 29 NE FLOOD - CHERYL COLE 28 29 MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE - ADELE 27 33 GIRLS - N-DUBZ 13) 26 21 HAPPINESS - ALEXIS 25 24 SHINE A LIGHT - MCFLY 12) =19 24 NE LONELY SKY - BEN AND JAMIE HAZELBY 23 22 LOVE YOU MORE - JLS 11) =20 22 34 DO IT LIKE A DUDE - JESSIE J 21 07 MANY OF HORROR - BIFFY CLYRO 10) =13 20 26 ALL I WANT FOR XMAS - MARIAH CAREY 19 19 JUST THE WAY - BRUNO MARS 9) =18 18 18 CHRISTMAS LIGHTS - COLDPLAY =17 17 17 FORGET YOU - CEE LO GREEN 8) =16 16 35 INVINCIBLE - TINIE TEMPAH/KELLY ROWLAND 15 15 HEROES - X FACTOR FINALISTS 7) =14 14 20 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - POGUES =15 13 14 THINKING OF ME - OLLY MURS 6) =12 12 10 HOLD MY HAND - AKON 5) =11 11 15 WHO'S THAT CHICK - RIHANNA 10 09 WHIP MY HAIR - WILLOW 4) =9 09 11 LIKE A G6 - FAR EAST MOVEMENT =10 08 12 FIREWORK - KATY PERRY =8 07 08 ONLY GIRL - RIHANNA =7 06 06 FLOOD - TAKE THAT 3) =6 05 05 YOUR SONG - ELLIE =5 04 04 THE TIME - BLACK EYED PEAS =4 03 NE LIGHTS ON - KATY B/MS DYNAMITE 12inch 2) =2 02 02 WHATS MY NAME - DRAKE/RIHANNA =3 01 01 WHEN WE COLLIDE - MATT CARDLE 1) =1 ) Position without downloads alone = Position on Chart Show tv Matt does it for a 2nd week, & in another week or 2 could well pass the million mark. Don't forget to listen to the 50 Biggest Christmas Singles of all time with Richard Todd on Sunday at 11am on AtlanticOldies2NG & of course the best Top 40 show via tne Net on http://www.thesuperstation.info with Jason Scott at 4pm, where there's more Chart than Chat every Sunday followed by the Ones To Watch at 7. I'll leave you with a toucn of tongue in cheek via Paddy Roberts (that might go down well with the state of the media & the hype of today) o5BQBKClJeY
December 24, 201014 yr thanks dave its fascinating reading this every friday, especially the old charts.do you have any sales for the 82 chart?its very festive - did david essex and cliff peak in the top 15 only?
December 24, 201014 yr I have read Alexsandr's book and it is amazing :lol: hopefully it will overtake Jamie Oliver :D and thanks Dave for these threads, they have been very interesting- Merry Christmas :)
December 24, 201014 yr Author thanks dave its fascinating reading this every friday, especially the old charts.do you have any sales for the 82 chart?its very festive - did david essex and cliff peak in the top 15 only? Well Culture Club & Shakin' Stevens managed to sell some 200,000 that week & were very close to each other, but on the other hand Renee & Renato did sell well over 250,000 copies to get there. This was in a week, when even the number 11 shifted 80,000. Cliff did manage a number 11 peak & David Essex did rise to a top 3 placing in January 1983.
December 24, 201014 yr pretty decent!! interesting to note that take that is ahead of the now album - must be selling well!!
December 24, 201014 yr 08 08 OUTTA THIS WORLD - TAKE THAT LOL. Edited December 24, 201014 yr by OddOne
December 24, 201014 yr I am really suprised that The X Factor Finalists only have fallen 1 this week :o
December 24, 201014 yr Many thanks in posting this thread every Friday, shall miss it. Have a happy xmas and a happy new year. I wonder if more Xmas tracks slide iniside the top 40 chart come Sunday, some of them are just outside the top 40.
December 24, 201014 yr Adele still number 1 on pre-order album! she will easily get that number 1 and sell well! And two notable disturbing moments: 1. Matt Cardle number 3 on pre-order albums? Really? It's release day is in almost a year! 2. Inception stuck at number 2 only to be beaten by trash-obsessed little girls best movie Eclipse :puke2:
December 25, 201014 yr :cheer: I always like reading The Almost sat chart thanks. One thing I always wondered how do they get tv viewing figure info? Is it from a satellite or something. I always think it would be hard to monitor with all the channel flicking and such.
December 25, 201014 yr Many thanks in posting this thread every Friday, shall miss it. Have a happy xmas and a happy new year. I wonder if more Xmas tracks slide iniside the top 40 chart come Sunday, some of them are just outside the top 40. think slade and band aid will be top 40.wizzard should push into the top 35 or 30 if theyre lucky.mariah could be around 15-17 and the pogues will be top 10.as for coldplay they could go to no 15 if theyre lucky!!
December 25, 201014 yr I am really suprised that The X Factor Finalists only have fallen 1 this week :o they are no2 on the physical chart.should sell a decent ammount on the run up to xmas this week, prob around 75-80% of the total sales.
December 25, 201014 yr Thanks Dave Sorry to hear this is your last one though :( Thanks for all your work on this over the last few years. Check your messages in a few minutes.
December 28, 201014 yr I'm sorry to hear that this is your last weekly thread. Thanks for doing these threads over the past 3 years, I've enjoyed reading them. All the best Dave. Rob
January 1, 201114 yr We're going straight to the Top 75 lowdown...but firstly may I thank everyone who followed the thread regularly over the last 3 years & I regret to tell everyone that this has to be the last regular one. This is due to reasons beyond my control & the other fact that i'm moving in the New Year to pastures new, & I can't guarantee that I'd be able to get to a PC on a Friday to post it. Sorry Folks. shame this was the last one, always enjoyed your posts - good luck for the future though! :dance:
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