Posted October 9, 201113 yr Greetings fellow popsters ... it's back after several months break! Rihanna enters at #1 with We Found Love Following the appearence of several fake cover versions, Rihanna released her single We Found Love on Wednesday this week and finds it enter straight in at #1. We Found Love features Dumfries born producer / singer Calvin Harris and marks his 3rd consecutive top 2 hit, following Bounce and Feel So Close. Rihanna adds not 1 but 2 songs to her tally of top 20 hits as Nicki Minaj's Fly rises to #16. Rihanna now has a total of 27 top 20 hits since her 2005 debut (including features), not bad eh! We Found Love comes just a year after Rihanna's last new lead single Only Girl (In The World) entered at #2 before ascending to #1 the following week. Maroon 5 feat Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger climbs to #2 Los Angeles based band Maroon 5 almost got themselves a #1 this week again but alas Moves Like Jagger stays for 6 weeks stuck at #2, behind 6 different #1s. The track features Christina Aguilera which means that she now has 10 top 5s since her 2000 debut with Genie In A Bottle. Maroon 5 have had big hit singles in the past most notably with This Love (#3 in 2004), She Will Be Loved (#4 in 2004) and Makes Me Wonder (#2 in 2007). Moves Like Jagger was sung on the first of the live X Factor shows by contestant Marcus Collins, which means it could potentially stay at #2 yet again. LMFAO - Sexy & I Know It climbs to #7 US electro hip hop / rap group LMFAO (Laughing My Flippin' Ass Off) this week score a second top 10 hit or 4th if you include David Guetta's Gettin' Over You from last year and 2008's I'm In Miami B**ch. This year, they have rocked the party, had a champaigne shower, now they are sexy and they know it! Charlene Soraia - Wherever You Will Go enters at #20 US rock group The Calling scored a huge #3 hit in 2002 with Wherever You Will Go, now the track has been covered by Charlene Soraia for the latest Twinings tea avertisements. As female singers covering big hits for TV ads go, this follows in the footsteps of Taken By Trees (Sweet Child O' Mine), Templecloud (One Big Family) and most successfully Ellie Goulding (Your Song). Lady Gaga climbs to #24 with You & I and to #33 with Edge Of Glory Lady Gaga has had a rather good week this week, as she finds her latest single reach a new peak of #24 and previous single Edge Of Glory rise back up to #33. This is following a price reduction of all her tracks to 59p on iTunes and an appearence on the Johnathan Ross show. Marina & The Diamonds - Radioactive enters at #25 After coming second in the BBC Sound Of 2010 poll, Marina Diamondis scored 3 minor hits including her #12 debut Hollywood together with a top 5 debut album. Now she is ready to move forward with her second album, and the lead single from it Radioactive enters at a rather disappointing #25 this week. Florence & The Machine - Shake It Out enters at #27 Talking of second albums and disappointing single entry positions, Florence & The Machine debut at #27 with new single Shake It Out. Florence Welsh scored a #24 hit with "buzz single" What The Water Gave Me, following on from huge success in 2009 with singles such as Dog Days Are Over and her cover of You've Got The Love. Her album Lungs was a massive #1, time will tell if she can do as well with forthcoming second album Ceremonials. James Morrison - The Awakening remains the #1 album James Morrison stays at #1 in the album charts for a second week as The Awakeing fends off competition from rockers You Me At Six who enter at #3. New entries in the top 10 can be found from Lady Antebelum with their second album at #4 and Ben Howard who debuts at #7 with Every Kingdom. Other notable new entries come from Erasure, Julian Lennon and Katherine Jenkins amongst others. Personal Opinion I am very happy to see M5 almost score a #1, I have long been a fan of thiers and think that Moves Like Jagger is one of the best songs of the year. Whilst I don't like everything Rihanna has done and We Found Love is far from her best, I do rather like it. At least it knocks off that utter rubbish Loca People and finishes well ahead of the even worse rubbish Sexy & I Know It by LMFAO. The cover of Wherever You Will go is rather nice, whist Marina and Florence's new singles may not be their respective best, but I do rather like them. I just wish this onslaught of new #1s would end and we see some longevity at the top, that's the result of constant holding back of singles though. Rihanna has proven that On Air On Sale can indeed work (We Found Love is not quite On Air On Sale but may as well have been). Edited October 11, 201113 yr by loudjamesbond
October 9, 201113 yr Personal Opinion I am very happy to see M5 finally score a #1, i have long been a fan of thiers and think that Moves Like Jagger is one of the best songs of the year. Whilst I don't like everything Rihanna has done and We Found Love is far from her best, I do rather like it. At least it knocks off that utter rubbish Loca People and the even worse rubbish Sexy & I Know It by LMFAO. The cover of Wherever You Will go is rather nice, whist Marina and Florence's new singles may not be their respective best, they are very good. I just wish this onslaught of new #1s would end and we see some longevity at the top, that's the result of constant holding back of singles though. Oops :P
October 9, 201113 yr Author Oops :P Ha I thought I'd changed all references but obviously just missed that. Thanks! :lol:
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 I honestly never thought I'd see a 6 week #2 in this chart climate, purely because you sort of expect them to end up behind a long running #1 like I Swear and I'm Too Sexy did, if such a thing is going to happen. To end up behind six individual #1's is completely and utterly ridiculous and a bit of a fluke run to say the least.
October 10, 201113 yr May I respectfully suggest that you read through what you've written and edit it? Lots of it is just factually incorrect: <<Rihanna enters at #1 with We Found Love Following the appearence of several fake cover versions, Rihanna released her single We Found Love on Wednesday this week and finds it within a whisker of #1.>> Within a whisker? She IS number one. <<Maroon 5 feat Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger climbs to #1>> No it doesn't. <<LMFAO - Sexy & I Know It climbs to #6 US electo hip hop / rap group LMFAO....>> Number 7. ElectRo. etc., including where you've left an 'x' instead of putting the chart position for the albums.
October 10, 201113 yr I'm guessing he wrote the commentary assuming Maroon 5 would be #1 (which was a fair enough assumption) and then forgot to edit out all the references to it.
October 10, 201113 yr FEMALE 'SOLO' ARTISTS - MORE THAN 5 UK NUMBER 1 SINGLES 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 As this was no.2 on the first chart *ever* it is quite possible that had records been taken prior to this it could have been no.2 in previous weeks or even no.1, but we will never know.... This song has been mentioned quite a few times recently but I wonder if anybody actually knows what it sounds like? Well here she is, Jo Stafford. It's OK to be honest, for what it is, although obviously utterley alien to anything that could make the charts today. But I'm still glad rock 'n' roll happened a few years later :) Edited October 10, 201113 yr by Col1967
October 11, 201113 yr Author I'm guessing he wrote the commentary assuming Maroon 5 would be #1 (which was a fair enough assumption) and then forgot to edit out all the references to it. Correct as Bre said, it was done based on the midweeks which all suggested M5 would be #1, I just forgot to change some parts. Now fixed. I honestly never thought I'd see a 6 week #2 in this chart climate, purely because you sort of expect them to end up behind a long running #1 like I Swear and I'm Too Sexy did, if such a thing is going to happen. To end up behind six individual #1's is completely and utterly ridiculous and a bit of a fluke run to say the least. Yeh it seems that the days of long running #1s are over, thanks to front loading / holding back of songs. :( At the beginning of the year we had a 5 weeker (Adele), a 4 weeker (LMFAO) and a 3 weeker (Pitbull & co) when it looked like On Air On Sale would be used. Edited October 11, 201113 yr by loudjamesbond
October 11, 201113 yr Yeh it seems that the days of long running #1s are over, thanks to front loading / holding back of songs. :( At the beginning of the year we had a 5 weeker (Adele), a 4 weeker (LMFAO) and a 3 weeker (Pitbull & co) when it looked like On Air On Sale would be used. I think Rihanna has got a chance to fix that now, hopefully she can hold on for 3 weeks or more. I don't think no one is going to challenge her just yet, probably Labyrinth with Tinie, don't know when Labyrinth is out though.
October 11, 201113 yr I think Rihanna has got a chance to fix that now, hopefully she can hold on for 3 weeks or more. I don't think no one is going to challenge her just yet, probably Labyrinth with Tinie, don't know when Labyrinth is out though. The Wanted will beat her to #1 next week. Or possibly Lana Del Rey. Professor Green/Emeli Sandé and Tinie Tempah/Labrinth are out the week after.
October 11, 201113 yr As this was no.2 on the first chart *ever* it is quite possible that had records been taken prior to this it could have been no.2 in previous weeks or even no.1, but we will never know.... This song has been mentioned quite a few times recently but I wonder if anybody actually knows what it sounds like? Well here she is, Jo Stafford. It's OK to be honest, for what it is, although obviously utterley alien to anything that could make the charts today. But I'm still glad rock 'n' roll happened a few years later :) It's certainly very much "of it's time" isn't it? Correct as Bre said, it was done based on the midweeks which all suggested M5 would be #1, I just forgot to change some parts. Now fixed. You chose an awkward week to make your comeback :lol: I hedged my bets and had two completely different sets of opening paragraphs.
October 13, 201113 yr 'You Belong To Me' was not in the Sheet Music Chart, prior to it being in the first Singles Chart, at No.2. As a contrast, 'Here In My Heart', (Al Martino), was in the Sheet Music Chart, prior to the first Singles Chart. (Mid November 1952). I've worked out, that it would have had 11 Weeks at No.1, (not 9), had the Singles Chart started 2 Weeks earlier. The Jo Stafford Hit would still have had the same Chart Run - as it would not have been in any earlier Charts.....
October 14, 201113 yr 'You Belong To Me' was not in the Sheet Music Chart, prior to it being in the first Singles Chart, at No.2. As a contrast, 'Here In My Heart', (Al Martino), was in the Sheet Music Chart, prior to the first Singles Chart. (Mid November 1952). I've worked out, that it would have had 11 Weeks at No.1, (not 9), had the Singles Chart started 2 Weeks earlier. The Jo Stafford Hit would still have had the same Chart Run - as it would not have been in any earlier Charts..... By this I assume that you are saying that the sheet music chart & the singles chart correlated very closely when they were running concurrently, so it's a reasonable assumption to make that what was no.1 on one chart would be no.1 on the other?
October 14, 201113 yr 'Here In My Heart' entered the Sheet Music Chart on W/E 3rd October 1952. (W/E 4th October, if you start the Singles Chart from 15th November, rather than the 14th November). It did this in the 6 Sheet Music Charts prior to the Singles Chart starting:, 7 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 Assuming that it would have done a similar 'Run' had the Singles Chart started on 3rd, (or 4th), October, it would have had a Top 10 Singles Chart 'Run' of:, 7 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 6 - 3 - 6 - 6 - 5 - 8 - 9 Giving it 22 Top 10 Weeks - 11 at No.1. Rather than 9 No.1 Weeks, & 16 Top 10 Weeks. 'High Noon' by Frankie Laine, was always really cheated out of a true Peak Position. It only got to be a No.7 Hit, with the Singles Chart not starting until Mid November 1952. (Which annoys me, as I like that Song, & No.7 was never a true reflection of its 1952 Sales). It reached No.2 in the Sheet Music Chart, & would have reached a similar Position in the Singles Chart, had that started a few Months earlier. Its Sheet Music Positions - prior to the Singles Chart starting:, 1st August 1952 - 9 - 6 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 4 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 5 Then the Singles Chart started - as 'High Noon's Sales were fading away - which is why it only does this in the Singles Chart:, 14th November 1952 - 7 - 7 - 11 - 11 - 9 - 12 - 12 The orginal version of the Song - by Tex Ritter - would have been a Hit, too, had the Singles Chart started earlier. 'High Noon', by Tex Ritter, entered the Sheet Music Chart on W/E August 15th 1952, but, its final Week was W/E 3rd October. Hence why it never appeared in the Singles Chart. 15th August 1952 - 10 - 9 - 9 - 8 - 9 - 8 - 8 - 9 Edited October 14, 201113 yr by zeus555
October 14, 201113 yr What were the 'sheet music charts' actually based on? Is that sheet music as in the notes written down on those little lines so you can play the music with your own instruments?
October 14, 201113 yr What were the 'sheet music charts' actually based on? Is that sheet music as in the notes written down on those little lines so you can play the music with your own instruments? Yes.
October 14, 201113 yr 'Here In My Heart' entered the Sheet Music Chart on W/E 3rd October 1952. (W/E 4th October, if you start the Singles Chart from 15th November, rather than the 14th November). It did this in the 6 Sheet Music Charts prior to the Singles Chart starting:, 7 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 Assuming that it would have done a similar 'Run' had the Singles Chart started on 3rd, (or 4th), October, it would have had a Top 10 Singles Chart 'Run' of:, 7 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 6 - 3 - 6 - 6 - 5 - 8 - 9 Giving it 22 Top 10 Weeks - 11 at No.1. Rather than 9 No.1 Weeks, & 16 Top 10 Weeks. That's very interesting, but how do the sheet music chart positions & singles chart positions compare when both charts were running at the same time?
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