Thus week's musings now on the front page and the latest news box.

R: Lovely Day. The top 40 single featuring a note held (naturally) for the longest time is A-Ha with 'Summer Moved On', in which Morten holds a note for 20 seconds. Praise You features a note held for over half a minute, although that effect has been achieved artificially.

I expect it will take The A Team a while longer than a month or two to reach a million. No doubt he'll get a slot at the BRITs and perform it there but I don't imagine it will get to the million mark just by that, maybe some point between late summer and the end of the year though. We Found Love will surely be the next to hit it after Price Tag? Seems insane that at least five 2011 releases will become million sellers, sales totals have risen so much in the last few years :o

I expect it will take The A Team a while longer than a month or two to reach a million. No doubt he'll get a slot at the BRITs and perform it there but I don't imagine it will get to the million mark just by that, maybe some point between late summer and the end of the year though. We Found Love will surely be the next to hit it after Price Tag? Seems insane that at least five 2011 releases will become million sellers, sales totals have risen so much in the last few years :o

Insane indeed. If every year produced five million sellers (even allowing for the fact that Rolling In The Deep may not get there until next year) we would have a total of around 300 by now instead of just over 100 :o

Insane indeed. If every year produced five million sellers (even allowing for the fact that Rolling In The Deep may not get there until next year) we would have a total of around 300 by now instead of just over 100 :o

 

We'd still have at least five if Rolling In The Deep didn't get there (Someone Like You, Moves Like Jagger, Party Rock Anthem, Price Tag, We Found Love)

The OCC tell me that they are not counting G. I. Blues, by

Elvis Presley, as a Studio Album. Hence why the 19 No.1 Weeks

of 21 are now given that Chart Record - as regards Solo Albums.

 

MOST WEEKS AT NUMBER 1 - UK ARTIST ALBUMS

 

@ = The Weeks at No.1 were Non-Consecutive

 

1) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL (1970) - 33 @

2) PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES (1963) - 30

3) SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - THE BEATLES (1967) - 27 @

4) G.I. BLUES (OST) - ELVIS PRESLEY (1960 - No.1 in 1961) - 22 @

5)=WITH THE BEATLES - THE BEATLES (1963) - 21

5)=A HARD DAY’S NIGHT - THE BEATLES (1964) - 21

7) 21 - ADELE (2011) - 19 @

 

THE FOUR NON-ARTIST ALBUMS THAT SPENT 19 - OR MORE - WEEKS AT No.1

 

1) SOUTH PACIFIC (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS (1958) - 115 @

2) THE SOUND OF MUSIC (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS (1965) - 70 @

3) THE KING & I (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS (1956) - 48 @

4) MY FAIR LADY - ORIGINAL BROADWAY STAGE CAST (1958) - 19

 

MOVES LIKE JAGGER - THE FIRST NON-No.1 SINCE 1957 TO.....

 

In the meantime, Moves Like Jagger, becomes the first Single,

since 1994, to enter in the Top 20, & to remain it in for as long as

21 Weeks. It also becomes the first Non-No.1, since 1957, to

achieve it. Another No.1 achieved it in 1967. I'm not saying that

no No.1 Hits have beaten that since 1957. I'm merely going on

about 21 consecutive Top 20 Weeks, by Singles that entered in

the Top 20. She Loves You, by The Beatles, entered at No.12 in 1963,

& spent 24 consecutive Weeks in the Top 20.

 

LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND - PAT BOONE (1957) - (Entered at No.18, Peaked at No.2, (7W) - 21 Consecutive Top 20 Weeks)

 

18-12-12-7-6-5-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-3-2-4-5-13-12-13-20

 

THE LAST WALTZ - ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK (1967) - (Entered at No.19, Peaked at No.1, (5W) - 21 Consecutive Top 20 Weeks)

 

19-3-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-2-4-4-5-8-5-13-16-12-13-16-19

 

LOVE IS ALL AROUND - WET WET WET (1994) - (Entered at No.4, Peaked at No.1, (15W) - 21 Consecutive Top 20 Weeks)

 

4-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-4-8-16

 

MOVES LIKE JAGGER - MAROON 5 FT. CHRISTINA AGUILERA (2011) - (Entered at No.3, Peaked at No.2, (7W) - 21 Consecutive Top 20 Weeks) @@@

 

3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-5-5-9-7-8-10-16-14-15-11-12

 

@@@ = Up to now

 

ADELE'S No.1 WEEKS IN 2011

 

Adele spent 23 Weeks at No.1 in 2011. 5 with a Single, & 18

with an Album. It was the most ever by a Solo Female. It was also

the most since ABBA managed 23 Weeks in 1976. ABBA had 12

Singles Weeks, (3 No.1's), & 11 Albums Weeks, (1 No.1 Album),

that Year.

Edited January 8, 201213 yr by zeus555

The OCC tell me that they are not counting G. I. Blues, by

Elvis Presley, as a Studio Album. Hence why the 19 No.1 Weeks

of 21 are now given that Chart Record - as regards Solo Albums.

 

That's a stupid decision. Sounds to me like they are re-writing history just so they can announce new "records"

 

Thanks as ever for that extra info zeuss. And a very Happy New Year to you.

 

I used the Virgin book definition to determine whether the twi Elvis albums (Blue Hawaii now behind Adele on 18 weeks and GI Blues) were soundtracks or studio albums. I assume they took their steer from the OCC.

Last Week, The OCC had a discussion, & decided not to count those 2 Elvis Soundtracks as

Studio Albums. That's why they are saying that Adele's 19 No.1 Weeks are the most ever

by a Solo Artist Studio Album. It is a very precise distinction, as Elvis recorded 'G.I. Blues'

in the Studio. He was a Solo Artist too. But, The OCC have decided not to count the 22 No.1

Weeks of that Album, as being by a Studio Album. They see it only as a Film Soundtrack.

However, they do regard 'A Hard Day's Night', by The Beatles, (1964), as a Studio Album,

even though it was the Soundtrack to the Film, of the same name. So they say that it is one

of 4 Beatles Albums to be still ahead of Adele's Album, in No.1 Weeks. (It was No.1 for 21 Weeks).

Edited January 8, 201213 yr by zeus555

Last Week, The OCC had a discussion, & decided not to count those 2 Elvis Soundtracks as

Studio Albums. That's why they are saying that Adele's 19 No.1 Weeks are the most ever

by a Solo Artist Studio Album. It is a very precise distinction, as Elvis recorded 'G.I. Blues'

in the Studio. He was a Solo Artist too. But, The OCC have decided not to count the 22 No.1

Weeks of that Album, as being by a Studio Album. They see it only as a Film Soundtrack.

However, they do regard 'A Hard Day's Night', by The Beatles, (1964), as a Studio Album,

even though it was the Soundtrack to the Film, of the same name. So they say that it is one

of 4 Beatles Albums to be still ahead of Adele's Album, in No.1 Weeks. (It was No.1 for 21 Weeks).

I was wondering about that myself. Again I went with the Virgin book but I did wonder how A Hard Day's Night came to be classified as a studio album but the two Elvis albums were classified as soundtracks. Did the OCC give any reasons for their decision?

 

No - The OCC gave no reasons for the decision. Only that that they

had discussed 'G. I.Blues', & its 22 No.1 Weeks, & had decided to regard

it as a Film Soundtrack, & not as a Studio Album.

'A Hard Day's Night', by The Beatles, was not mentioned to me, by them.

I just thought about that Beatles Album, later.

That's a stupid decision. Sounds to me like they are re-writing history just so they can announce new "records"

As usual..