Posted October 9, 201113 yr Up on the front page and the latest news box. I think I've posted the right version :lol:
October 9, 201113 yr Zeus, if you're around, could you see what the last song to spend its *first* 20 weeks in the top 20 was? (i.e. entered in the top 20 and was still there in its twentieth week without dropping out). Ed Sheeran seems likely to do it 3 weeks from now with The A Team.
October 9, 201113 yr FEMALE 'SOLO' ARTISTS - MORE THAN 5 UK NUMBER 1 SINGLES (Weeks AT No.1 in Brackets) 1) MADONNA - 13 (29 Weeks) 2) KYLIE MINOGUE - 7 (16 Weeks) @@@ 3) RIHANNA - 6 (17 Weeks) ### @@@ = 1 of them with Jason Donovan ### = 1 with Jay-Z, 1 with Jay-Z & Kanye West, 1 with Drake, & 1 with Calvin Harris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By the way - had Moves Like Jagger risen to No.1 today - it would have been only the 3rd UK No.1, to get there after after more than 4 Weeks at No.2. UK SINGLES THAT SPENT 5 - OR MORE - WEEKS AT No.2 - BEFORE REACHING No.1 (In Maroon 5 Ft. Christina Aguilera's case - so close - & yet so far) A) YOU BELONG TO ME - JO STAFFORD (1952) (8 Pre-No.1 Weeks at No.2) 15/11/1952 - 2 - 5 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 5 - 5 - 6 - 9 - (11) - 8 B) LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT - KITTY KALLEN (1954) (7 Pre No.1 Weeks at No.2) 3/7/1954 - 5 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 3 - 5 - 6 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 9 - 10 - 9 C) MOVES LIKE JAGGER - MAROON 5 FT. CHRISTINA AGUILERA (5 Pre-No.1 Weeks at No.2) 27/8/2011 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Instead, Moves Like Jagger becomes the 10th Single to spend 6, (or more), Weeks at No.2:, UK No.2 SINGLES THAT SPENT 6 - OR MORE - WEEKS AT No.2 **************************************************************************** 1) TERRY'S THEME (FROM 'LIMELIGHT') - FRANK CHACKSFIELD (1953) (8 Weeks at No.2) 23/5/1953 - 10-3-2-2-5-4-2-2-2-3-2-2-3-5-2-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-6 **************************************************************************** 2)=LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND - PAT BOONE (1957) (7 Weeks at No.2) 27/7/1957 - 7-6-5-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-3-2-4-5 2)=I SWEAR - ALL-4-ONE (1994) (7 Weeks at No.2) 25/6/1994 - 7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-6-7-10 **************************************************************************** 4)=BLOWING WILD - FRANKIE LAINE (1954) (6 Weeks at No.2) 9/1/1954 - 7-2-2-2-2-2-4-2-7-5-8 4)=ARE YOU SURE - THE ALLISONS (1961) (6 Weeks at No.2) 4/3/1961 - 4-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-3-6 4)=RUBY DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN - KENNY ROGERS & THE FIRST EDITION (1969) (6 Weeks at No.2) 22/11/1969 - 9-5-3-2-2-2-2-2-4-2-7-7 4)=THE FLORAL DANCE - THE BRIGHOUSE & RASTRICK BRASS BAND (1977) (6 Weeks at No.2) 3/12/1977 - 9-2-2-2-2-2-2-5 4)=THE SMURF SONG - FATHER ABRAHAM & THE SMURFS (1978) (6 Weeks at No.2) 17/6/1978 - 10-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-4 4)=I'M TOO SEXY - RIGHT SAID FRED (1991) (6 Weeks at No.2) 10/8/1991 - 3-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-7-9 4)=MOVES LIKE JAGGER - MAROON 5 FT. CHRISTINA AGUILERA (2011) (6 Weeks at No.2) 27/8/2011 - 3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2 @@@ @@@ = To W/E 15th October 2011 Edited October 9, 201113 yr by zeus555
October 9, 201113 yr Author Thanks for that. There was a reference to Jo Stafford in the alternative version of my commentary. That was the version which had Maroon 5 at number one.
October 9, 201113 yr Author I'm not sure about the others as I don't know what time of year they were in the chart but Floral Dance's run includes a frozen chart. So it was number two for six weeks but only in five charts.
October 10, 201113 yr Zeus, if you're around, could you see what the last song to spend its *first* 20 weeks in the top 20 was? (i.e. entered in the top 20 and was still there in its twentieth week without dropping out). Ed Sheeran seems likely to do it 3 weeks from now with The A Team. Still there Zeus? :P By the way Suedehead, I just realised something which I'm surprised you didn't comment on - in addition to 'Don't Go', 'Go' and 'I Won't Let You Go' there's now a 'Wherever You Will Go' to add to the collection. That particular verb is getting a lot of attention these days :lol:
October 10, 201113 yr Bre - I just felt it was too soon, to do that Chart Statistic - hence my delay. 'The A Team', by Ed Sheeran, has spent its first 17 Weeks, in the Top 20 - so far:, (The OCC Site gives it 18 Weeks - I can 'only' find 17). 3-5-6-3-3-3-4-4-7-6-9-13-18-14-7-11-13 I haven't looked as carefully as I normally do, but, here are similar examples, from recent Years:, 7/11/2009 - Bad Romance - Lady GaGa (18 Weeks) 14-10-11-8-5-3-1-3-3-1-4-7-9-12-16-20-15-20 29/3/2008 - 4 Minutes - Madonna Ft. Justin Timberlake (17 Weeks) 7-5-8-4-1-1-1-1-3-3-4-8-11-13-14-17-20 10/1/2009 - Just Dance - Lady GaGa Ft. Colby O'Donis (17 Weeks) 3-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-6-8-11-12-13-13-15-18-19 19/11/2005 - Hung Up - Madonna (16 Weeks) 1-1-1-3-2-4-8-3-3-7-14-13-18-17-16-20 14/4/2007 - Beautiful Liar - Beyonce And Shakira (16 Weeks) 10-5-1-1-1-2-3-3-3-5-8-8-14-14-15-16 26/5/2007 - Umbrella - Rihanna Ft. Jay-Z (16 Weeks) 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-4-7-13-15-16 3/7/2010 - Love The Way You Lie - Eminem Ft. Rihanna (16 Weeks) 7-6-4-3-2-4-4-2-2-2-4-7-6-6-11-14
October 11, 201113 yr Author Still there Zeus? :P By the way Suedehead, I just realised something which I'm surprised you didn't comment on - in addition to 'Don't Go', 'Go' and 'I Won't Let You Go' there's now a 'Wherever You Will Go' to add to the collection. That particular verb is getting a lot of attention these days :lol: Well, there you go (see what I did there?). With all the concentration on what was going (oh, there's that verb again) to be number one, that one passed me by :o
October 11, 201113 yr Bre - I just felt it was too soon, to do that Chart Statistic - hence my delay. 'The A Team', by Ed Sheeran, has spent its first 17 Weeks, in the Top 20 - so far:, (The OCC Site gives it 18 Weeks - I can 'only' find 17). Alright, I'll ask again in three weeks' time then. :P Bruno Mars' Just The Way You Are did 19 weeks but the last one that I know did 20 weeks from the start of its run was 'Love Is All Around' in 1994, I'm sure that can't really be the last one to do it. The OCC has it on 18 weeks because it spent one week in the top 200 earlier this year when it was made available as a live version which was deleted from iTunes before the 'proper' single release. You Need Me, I Don't Need You also charted in the top 200 before its 'proper' release. Edited October 11, 201113 yr by Bré
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