Just realised that when I wrote the chart down, when did this last happen other than Christmas/New Year? Must have been at least the early 1990s.

Edited March 11, 201114 yr by zenon

It nearly happened on W/E 31 Jul 2010 when Usher & Pitbull was the highest new entry at #20 :P

 

On W/E 6 Feb 2010 there were no new entries in the top 20 if you count 'If We Ever Meet Again' at #17 as having charted before in the lower top 200. Assuming you don't count this no idea when it last happened. Definitely never happened in 2010.

'At least the early 1990s' was extremely optimistic (is that the right word?) - it happened on W/E 16 May 2009.

 

1 (1) Number 1 - Tinchy Stryder feat. N-Dubz

2 (2) In For The Kill - La Roux

3 (3) Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer) - Ironik feat. Chipmunk and Elton John

4 (4) I'm Not Alone - Calvin Harris

5 (5) Poker Face - Lady GaGa

6 (6) Love Sex Magic - Ciara feat. Justin Timberlake

7 (8) We Made You - Eminem

8 (9) Not Fair - Lily Allen

9 (7) Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) - A.R. Rahman and The Pussycat Dolls feat. Nicole Scherzinger

10 (10) Halo - Beyoncé

11 (13) The Climb - Miley Cyrus

12 (12) Please Don't Leave Me - P!nk

13 (16) Warrior's Dance - The Prodigy

14 (15) Shake It - Metro Station

15 (18) Takin' Back My Love - Enrique Iglesias feat. Ciara

16 (14) Don't Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) - Noisettes

17 (17) Rubber Lover - Marmaduke Duke

18 (30) Hoedown Throwdown - Miley Cyrus

19 (26) I Remember - deadmau5 and Kaskade

20 (23) If U Seek Amy - Britney Spears

 

Highest new entry was, as last week, the #22 - Tommy Sparks' 'She's Got Me Dancing'.

 

That was the only new entry top 40 - the next highest was U2 with 'Magnificent' at #42, then Maxïmo Park with 'The Kids Are Sick Again' at #50, then Katy Perry with 'Waking Up In Vegas' at #52, then Steve Appleton with 'Dirty Funk' at #67, then Miley Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus with 'Butterfly Fly Away' at #78, then Ciara feat. Chris Brown with 'Turntables' at #80, the Empire Of The Sun with 'We Are The People' at #86, then Eminem feat. Dr. Dre with 'Old Time's Sake' at #87, then The King Blues with 'I Got Love' at #98, then finally Taylor Swift with 'Crazier' at #100.

 

Sorry, I'll shut up now.

Edited March 11, 201114 yr by Bray

'At least the early 1990s' was extremely optimistic (is that the right word?) - it happened on W/E 16 May 2009.

 

1 (1) Number 1 - Tinchy Stryder feat. N-Dubz

2 (2) In For The Kill - La Roux

3 (3) Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer) - Ironik feat. Chipmunk and Elton John

4 (4) I'm Not Alone - Calvin Harris

5 (5) Poker Face - Lady GaGa

6 (6) Love Sex Magic - Ciara feat. Justin Timberlake

 

Wow at the whole top 6 not moving! :o

Wasn't there the week at the beginning of 2010 when Wiley feat. Chew Fu - Take That, was the highest new entry at #22? :unsure:

Wasn't there the week at the beginning of 2010 when Wiley feat. Chew Fu - Take That, was the highest new entry at #22? :unsure:

 

"other than Christmas/New Year"

 

That was on the New Year chart. The NY chart of 2011's highest new entry was Martin Solveig at #73.

I remember it happening in early 2008 at least once, too. Gosh, that was a boring time. And I remember there were a few threads on here complaining about how slow the singles chart was back then. I'm surprised there hasn't been a thread popping up about that now actually, though I have seen some complaining (including from me) in various other threads like the Sunday Chart Predictions, etc.

 

Having just checked, it was two straight weeks of no new entries in the top 20 in late February/early March (01/03/08 and 08/03/08). Funnily enough, the second week of that also had a non-moving top 6. It seems like that's the ultimate sign of a slow period for new entries :D

 

It happened once or twice when new releases were allowed to enter a week before their physical release on downloads alone back in 2006, too, but before that you'd probably have to go back to 1994, I'd guess.

 

'At least the early 1990s' was extremely optimistic (is that the right word?) - it happened on W/E 16 May 2009.

No.

Having just checked, it was two straight weeks of no new entries in the top 20 in late February/early March (01/03/08 and 08/03/08). Funnily enough, the second week of that also had a non-moving top 6. It seems like that's the ultimate sign of a slow period for new entries :D

 

Not to mention we came very close to a non-moving top 6 last week as well, until Lady GaGa climbed back up to #4 on Friday/Saturday sales.

I remember a week when Soulja Boy Tellem - Kiss Me Thru The Telephone was the only new entry in the chart and it charted at something like #29, that was only about 3 years ago too..

i like weeks like this week though with few new entries it means songs like dr dre, tiesto,avril lavigne etc get to move up the chart and have higher peaks.theres nothing worse than singles that rise in sales but fall in he chart!!

I think Katy B did that, sort of, with Lights On. She climbed 11-4 but her sales actually decreased! :o

I remember a week when Soulja Boy Tellem - Kiss Me Thru The Telephone was the only new entry in the chart and it charted at something like #29, that was only about 3 years ago too..

 

That was the week I mentioned - KMTTP climbed from 63 to 30 that week and the highest new entry was Tommy Sparks - She's Got Me Dancing at #22.

That was the week I mentioned - KMTTP climbed from 63 to 30 that week and the highest new entry was Tommy Sparks - She's Got Me Dancing at #22.

 

Oh sorry, for some reason I thought KMTTP was the only new entry that week.

I remember it happening in early 2008 at least once, too. Gosh, that was a boring time. And I remember there were a few threads on here complaining about how slow the singles chart was back then. I'm surprised there hasn't been a thread popping up about that now actually, though I have seen some complaining (including from me) in various other threads like the Sunday Chart Predictions, etc.

 

Having just checked, it was two straight weeks of no new entries in the top 20 in late February/early March (01/03/08 and 08/03/08). Funnily enough, the second week of that also had a non-moving top 6. It seems like that's the ultimate sign of a slow period for new entries :D

 

It happened once or twice when new releases were allowed to enter a week before their physical release on downloads alone back in 2006, too, but before that you'd probably have to go back to 1994, I'd guess.

No.

 

I think i'm in the minority here, but I prefer a slower moving chart, ok, the top 6 all non-movers is a bit much, but I'd much prefer to see 6 new entries in a top 40 with only 1 or 2 making the top 20, much like it was up to 1994 or so. The late 90's to when downloads were incorporated to the the chart was a very dark time for the chart for me, nearly a new entry at no.1 every week, sometimes the majority of the top 10 new hits, then 3 weeks later they'd be out of the top 40 completely! At least now you can miss a couple of weeks (say if you went away for a holiday) and come back, the majority of the songs you recognised would still be around.

I think i'm in the minority here, but I prefer a slower moving chart, ok, the top 6 all non-movers is a bit much, but I'd much prefer to see 6 new entries in a top 40 with only 1 or 2 making the top 20, much like it was up to 1994 or so. The late 90's to when downloads were incorporated to the the chart was a very dark time for the chart for me, nearly a new entry at no.1 every week, sometimes the majority of the top 10 new hits, then 3 weeks later they'd be out of the top 40 completely! At least now you can miss a couple of weeks (say if you went away for a holiday) and come back, the majority of the songs you recognised would still be around.

Not sure what you mean about 1994 only having six new entries in the top 40 each week - it had a lot more than that! Admittedly not as many as 1995-1998 when the chart was at its fastest in that respect but it was nowhere near as slow as now. It was the late 80s when the chart started speeding up in terms of new entries...

 

I don't like having a new #1 every week (though at the time it was happening in 2000 I really didn't mind at all!) but I loved the late 90s/early 00s in terms of chart speed. Yeah, there was an awful lot of new entries but it was ever varied, you could actually sit down and listen to the top 40 and hear songs you had never heard before, it felt like every type of music fan had their say even if it was just some metal song charting at #33 or something - the good times of the chart for me! Though I'm probably a bit biased as I started listening to the top 40 in 1998. If I started listening in the 70s/80s perhaps I'd hate that time more as it would have been a big change from what I knew, but as far as I was concerned at the time it was the only way the chart could be!

 

I guess in terms of following the chart it's "easier" to keep up (though way more boring IMO) but in terms of variety it's nowhere near what it once was when the chart was faster. We're more like the Hot 100 now if anything. I used to be able to say hand on heart that the UK had the best chart in the world, now I don't think I can really. Probably because our chart always felt like it had its own identity before but now it feels too similar to the Hot 100/ARIA charts, etc, musically. And yeah, I do blame that on downloads slowing down the chart and taking away the rash of new entries, meaning only the big pop radio hits can really do damage now in most cases...

Edited March 13, 201114 yr by superbossanova

In the post-2007 chart era, the first chart to feature no new entries in the Top 20 (outside of Christmas and New Year) was announced on 4th February 2007; Kasabian had the highest new entry with "Me Plus One" at 22.

 

Other weeks with no new entries in the Top 20 since then, apart from those mentioned, include (the date I mention is the day the chart was announced):

 

17th February 2007: the highest new entry was "Desecration Smile" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers at 27; although the highest Top 40 entry was "Ice Box" by Omarion which had climbed 51-19

 

24th February 2007: the highest new entry was "This Is A Song" by the Magic Numbers at 36; the highest Top 40 entry was "Listen" by Beyoncé which had climbed 51-16

 

1st April 2007: the highest new entry was "I Want Candy" by Melanie C at 24; the highest Top 40 entry was "On Call" by Kings of Leon which had climbed 50-18

 

29th April 2007: the highest new entry was "Your Love Is Not Alone" by the Manic Street Preachers and Nina Persson at 26; the highest Top 40 entry was "Baby Baby" by Sunblock which had climbed 55-16

 

8th July 2007: the highest new entry was "The Heinrich Maneuver" by Interpol at 31; the highest Top 40 entry was "Soulmate" by Natasha Bedingfield which had climbed 49-7

 

20th April 2008: the highest new entry was "Happiness" by Goldfrapp at 25

 

4th May 2008: the highest new entry was "Daylight" by Kelly Rowland and Travie McCoy at 36; the highest Top 40 entry was "Maybe" by Jay Sean which had climbed 42-19

 

25th May 2008: the highest new entry was "10,000 Nights" by Alphabeat at 23

 

8th June 2008: the highest new entry was "All You Need Is Me" by Morrissey at 24

 

15th June 2008: the highest new entry was "We Are The People" by Feeder at 25; the highest Top 40 entry was "No Air" by Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown which had climbed 74-22

 

13th July 2008: the highest new entry was "Standing Next To Me" by the Last Shadow Puppets at 30; the highest Top 40 entry was "All Summer Long" by Kid Rock which had climed 46-6

 

23rd November 2008: the highest new entry was a re-entry for "Run" by Snow Patrol at 29

 

11th January 2009 (so *just* outside the Christmas/New Year period): the highest new entry was a re-entry for "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio and LV; the highest Top 40 entry was a re-entry for "Circus" by Britney Spears at 24

 

Before 2007, the last time the highest new entry came in below the Top 20 was 19th June 1994, when the highest new entry was "Move Your Body" by Anticappella featuring MC Fixx - as Ben's already stated, at 21.

Edited March 13, 201114 yr by Col

One week in 1994 the highest new entry was Anticappella at number 21

Not sure what you mean about 1994 only having six new entries in the top 40 each week - it had a lot more than that! Admittedly not as many as 1995-1998 when the chart was at its fastest in that respect but it was nowhere near as slow as now. It was the late 80s when the chart started speeding up in terms of new entries...

 

I don't like having a new #1 every week (though at the time it was happening in 2000 I really didn't mind at all!) but I loved the late 90s/early 00s in terms of chart speed. Yeah, there was an awful lot of new entries but it was ever varied, you could actually sit down and listen to the top 40 and hear songs you had never heard before, it felt like every type of music fan had their say even if it was just some metal song charting at #33 or something - the good times of the chart for me! Though I'm probably a bit biased as I started listening to the top 40 in 1998. If I started listening in the 70s/80s perhaps I'd hate that time more as it would have been a big change from what I knew, but as far as I was concerned at the time it was the only way the chart could be!

 

I guess in terms of following the chart it's "easier" to keep up (though way more boring IMO) but in terms of variety it's nowhere near what it once was when the chart was faster. We're more like the Hot 100 now if anything. I used to be able to say hand on heart that the UK had the best chart in the world, now I don't think I can really. Probably because our chart always felt like it had its own identity before but now it feels too similar to the Hot 100/ARIA charts, etc, musically. And yeah, I do blame that on downloads slowing down the chart and taking away the rash of new entries, meaning only the big pop radio hits can really do damage now in most cases...

 

Word on that entire post. I also prefer the fast moving chart era, at least I was never bored.

 

I also agree that the UK charts had its own identity during that time, all the other charts were relatively slow and the UK charts were really fast with songs debuting high up the charts rather than climb. It also made songs that climbed a lot more special than today.

 

However I dont blame the slowdown of the charts entirely on downloads, since it seems other charts across the globe are slowing down a lot too. Maybe its downloads too elsewhere, but I think there are fewer songs released each week, or fewer songs that have a chance of reaching the top40 - maybe radio / tv stations are to blame for playing the same artists, songs, 24/7. Or maybe the lack of places to do promo these days, who knows, there are multiple reasons for this. Shame really :(

1994 was a good chart year... again biased because I started listening that year, but it was a nice happy medium. There were plenty of new entries in the top 40, but not TOO many. Some songs would climb to a peak, some would debut high. Some stayed on the charts for a long time, but not usually ridiculously long like some do now.

The charts have been so boring the past few weeks tbh. It was exactly the same this time last year, although 2010 got really good from about May until about November.