Sak Noel - Loca People (Im still baffled as to how this became no 1, what was the defining source of sales for this?)

 

That was the week of the big September/October heatwave, so anything summery sounding was gonna sell tons. Maybe not the main reason, but it certainly seemed to help!

Oh, so "Airplanes" is looking to fill the "Love The Way You Lie" role - but will the latter actually get promoted?

Ugh. I'm so angry about Airplanes. It was the best #1 of the year imo.

 

I knew something like that would happen. California Gurls, Love the Way You Lie, We No Speak Americano and Airplanes were all some of the biggest songs of the year, and all at the top of the charts at the same time.

 

As with Loca People, I was surprised at how *poorly* it did (it did very well, but I was expecting much better), as the song had so much hype around it for months (reminiscent of We No Speak Americano's hype from the year before tbh). I think maybe they held it back for too long.

Ah, I wasn't expecting Airplanes to show up on this thread although it's 1 week at #1 did make it vulnerable. It was a really big record though, probably an unfortunate casualty of doing things this way.

 

I guess that means K'naan didn't get promoted then, shame but I knew it'd be a bit of a long shot. I'm pretty sure Love The Way You Lie will get promoted though, I can't see how it isn't going to, particularly with Green Light around.

Surprised that Airplanes (which finished in the top 10 of 2010) is demoted but Nothing On You (which IIRC didn't finish in the top 40 of 2010) keeps its #1 spot!

Who in God's name is Sak Noel?

 

Airplanes is a horrible song - cheesy, cliched, predictable, lame rap. All Time Low is foul as well with that hideous station/presentation/reservation rhyme and the laughable faux-trance section. I still get afflicted with it regularly on my local radio station on the way to work even now. Why me?! :cry:

 

As for The Club Is Alive - well, I don't think anything needs to be said there, what a joke.

 

2010 was an absolutely rubbish year for pop, safely the worst of the 21st century thus far with 2002. No wonder I fell out of touch with the charts again after that.

Edited July 1, 201212 yr by superbossanova

Who in God's name is Sak Noel?

 

I'm just wondering, do you know anything about the past year in music (July 2011-2012)? :D

 

Sorry if this sounds rude, I just wanted to know. ^_^

 

2010 was an absolutely rubbish year for pop, safely the worst of the 21st century thus far with 2002. No wonder I fell out of touch with the charts again after that.

 

Music in the charts has changed quite a lot since then though. :o

Edited July 1, 201212 yr by Griff

Surprised that Airplanes (which finished in the top 10 of 2010) is demoted but Nothing On You (which IIRC didn't finish in the top 40 of 2010) keeps its #1 spot!

 

Yeah, it's strange isn't it. :lol:

 

But there were so many big hits dominating when Airplanes was in the charts: http://chartarchive.org/c/singles/2010-07-31

Compared to much fewer big hits around when Nothin' On You was popular: http://chartarchive.org/c/singles/2010-06-05

 

So it seems right considering that. The whole top 4 in the Airplanes week finished in the year-end top 10, whilst in the Nothin' On You week, none of the top 10 finished in the year-end top 20 (although Ridin' Solo got close)!

 

On another note, has there ever been a time where the whole top 5 in one of the charts ended up in the year-end top 10? Or does 2010 hold the record for that?

Edited July 1, 201212 yr by Eric_Blob

I'm just wondering, do you know anything about the past year in music (July 2011-2012)? :D

 

Sorry if this sounds rude, I just wanted to know. ^_^

Well of course I know something, at least most of the big hits, through unfortunately catching them on the radio at least once or twice. But certainly my knowledge of the last two years in charts is pathetic compared to the 90s and the 00s where I pretty much know everything that reached the top 40 (and between about 2003 and 2007 I basically know everything that got a full release, as I used to go out of my way to check all the singles on the release schedule).

 

I don't have as much time as when I was a sad student with no life and bunking off school though, particularly when I have other interests. Mind you, if the current music I actually heard engaged me in any way I would be able to make some time. :D

Edited July 1, 201212 yr by superbossanova

I agree with superbossnova tbh. Especially 2009-2011, they were so boring for chart music imo.

How did that happen? :o Seems odd that a song like 'MHWGO' would take such a massive drop from no. 1 :o

You know, I just checked that to see if it was true as like you I found it hard to believe, and it is. But even more bizarrely the following week it completely disappeared from the chart for two weeks, then came back and climbed into the top 3 again. What the hell is that all about?! :lol:

 

Full chart run from australian-charts.com:

 

21/12/1997: N 45.

28/12/1997: 23.

04/01/1998: 17.

11/01/1998: 12.

18/01/1998: 7.

25/01/1998: 4.

01/02/1998: 3.

08/02/1998: 2.

15/02/1998: 1.

22/02/1998: 1.

01/03/1998: 1.

08/03/1998: 1.

15/03/1998: 24.

05/04/1998: R 35.

12/04/1998: 10.

19/04/1998: 3.

26/04/1998: 3.

03/05/1998: 3.

10/05/1998: 4.

17/05/1998: 3.

24/05/1998: 7.

31/05/1998: 8.

07/06/1998: 14.

14/06/1998: 21.

21/06/1998: 29.

28/06/1998: 45.

The only logical explanation is that stocks must have run out temporarily, very bizarre :lol:

Well of course I know something, at least most of the big hits, through unfortunately catching them on the radio at least once or twice. But certainly my knowledge of the last two years in charts is pathetic compared to the 90s and the 00s where I pretty much know everything that reached the top 40 (and between about 2003 and 2007 I basically know everything that got a full release, as I used to go out of my way to check all the singles on the release schedule).

 

I don't have as much time as when I was a sad student with no life and bunking off school though, particularly when I have other interests. Mind you, if the current music I actually heard engaged me in any way I would be able to make some time. :D

 

I agree with superbossnova tbh. Especially 2009-2011, they were so boring for chart music imo.

 

See, I'm the complete opposite :lol: For me almost everything that was released between 2003 and 2007 was dire, and I spent most of those years listening to old 80s/90s stuff instead. 2009-2011 on the other hand were incredible - the whole synth-heavy Guetta/Gaga/BEPs/etc sound I've loved way more than the more acoustic sound of mid-2000s hits.

 

Saying that though I have way more memories attached to the last few years than I did of the mid-2000s, so maybe that helps a lot!

Being a fan of the Australian charts, I know the answer. Back in the late 90s and early to mid Noughties, labels deleted songs from production whilst they were still high to help sell the album etc. This lead to many big songs having short or odd chart runs. In Celine's case, her label stopped producing the single to help the album. Being a smaller market, supply ran out quick so it dropped 1-24. 2 weeks later, her label decided to reissue the single but make the dance remix the A side, hence it climbed back very quickly.

 

Loads of songs had awful runs, Complicated by Avril fell 1-10, Jesse McCartney fell 1-15, Everytime by Britney fell 1-2-18-29-out. They even deleted novelty songs, Who Let the dogs out went 3-1-1-1-1-2-24-out! There are many examples as well.

Being a fan of the Australian charts, I know the answer. Back in the late 90s and early to mid Noughties, labels deleted songs from production whilst they were still high to help sell the album etc. This lead to many big songs having short or odd chart runs. In Celine's case, her label stopped producing the single to help the album. Being a smaller market, supply ran out quick so it dropped 1-24. 2 weeks later, her label decided to reissue the single but make the dance remix the A side, hence it climbed back very quickly.

 

Loads of songs had awful runs, Complicated by Avril fell 1-10, Jesse McCartney fell 1-15, Everytime by Britney fell 1-2-18-29-out. They even deleted novelty songs, Who Let the dogs out went 3-1-1-1-1-2-24-out! There are many examples as well.

 

Blimey!!! :o

 

That's as bad as the UK chart rules in 2006 which saw a fair few big hits disappearing from the chart altogether from a high chart position. Although I think in the UK's case, big hits were deleted to make way for the follow up single which 99% of the time bombed terribly and further proved that the record companies should've just let the much bigger hits continue selling as they were still clearer popular.

See, I'm the complete opposite :lol: For me almost everything that was released between 2003 and 2007 was dire, and I spent most of those years listening to old 80s/90s stuff instead. 2009-2011 on the other hand were incredible - the whole synth-heavy Guetta/Gaga/BEPs/etc sound I've loved way more than the more acoustic sound of mid-2000s hits.

 

Saying that though I have way more memories attached to the last few years than I did of the mid-2000s, so maybe that helps a lot!

 

I have more memories attached to 2002-2007, since those were the years I was in senior school!! :lol: So yeah, it could be partly due to life experiences at the time.

 

I was at college in 2009, and at the parties, there wasn't an awful lot of 2009 music being played at most of them, let's put it that way. :lol:

 

But chart music does seem to be going back in the more acoustic direction recently. It's been hilarious the past few months seeing Somebody That I Used to Know, We Are Young, Call Me Maybe effortlessly smashing all over the entire world, despite being by unknown artists, and having "boring" music videos, and all these try-hard songs with desperate music videos like Where Have You Been and Marry the Night by the biggest pop stars in the world underperforming, even though everybody thinks they're going to be massive. :D That's why I'm not grouping 2012 in with 2009-2011 period, things are definitely changing now!!

DIANA VICKERS- ONCE- NON NUMBER ONE

 

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510Rmms3O9L._SL500_AA300_.jpg

 

NEW PEAK POSITION: 2

 

An entirely predictable demotion? Probably, the far more consistant selling "OMG" triumphs here to rob Diana of her sole UK chart topper, moving 1-4-8 it didn't hang around too long for this Cathy Dennis penned debut from teh former X Factor contestant.

 

Once! :wub:

 

Best #1 IN HISTORY! :cheer: I can remember I was SO nervous for the chart show as Diana had fallen a couple of places on iTunes by then and I feared OMG would nick it at the last minute! Luckily it didn't and Diana got the #1! :D

On another note, has there ever been a time where the whole top 5 in one of the charts ended up in the year-end top 10? Or does 2010 hold the record for that?

Well the nearest I can get was W/E 15th November 1997 when 4 of the top 5 ended up in the Y/E top 10, Aqua, Elton John, Spice Girls & Natalie Imbruglia, but Barbra Streisand & Celine Dion let the side down!

Another one with the top 4 was on week-ending 24th March 2001, when the top 5 was:

 

01. (-) Hear'Say - Pure And Simple (YE #2)

02. (1) Westlife - Uptown Girl (YE #6)

03. (2) Shaggy - It Wasn't Me (YE #1)

04. (3) Atomic Kitten - Whole Again (YE #4)

05. (4) Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood (YE #12)

 

And another very close one on week-ending 9th December 1995:

 

01. (-) Michael Jackson - Earth Song (YE #6)

02. (1) Robson & Jerome - I Believe/Up On The Roof (YE #3)

03. (2) Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (YE #2)

04. (3) Everything But The Girl - Missing (YE #9)

05. (4) Boyzone - Father And Son (YE #13)

 

I can't think of anything off-hand with that situation in the entire top 5 though. Maybe in the 1950s/60s/70s, but I know little about the charts from those decades.

NE-YO- BEAUTIFUL MONSTER- NON NUMBER ONE

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/45/Ne-yo_Beautiful_Monster_Cover.jpg

 

NEW PEAK POSITION: 3

 

I can barelt recall how this even goes which is a testament to the Non 1 status of this track. Anyway strike another chart topper of Ne-Yo's list, I remember at the time that this seemed to come from nowhere and promptly went back there.