I thought this spent a reasonable amount of time in the Top 40/75, non? Maybe not compared to most of this year's #1's, but I'd reserve that status for tracks that doesn't 4 or 5 weeks in the chart!

 

It only had six weeks in the top 40 (and only 5 on sales alone). 12 weeks in the top 75 and 17 in the top 100 which could be worse but from its top 40 run alone it is most definitely down there with the likes of 'I Don't Care'.

I'd definitely call SLSP a non-#1. Just because it sold 400k doesn't mean it deserved #1, many songs sell that much without going to #1. It dropped 1-10, so clearly the #1 was from a fanbase buy. Same with Rixton, except that didn't sell nearly as much in the end.

 

I never said that it deserved #1 just because it sold 400k. But equally, that's a good sales figure for a #1 and its chart run is more than just 1-10. It sold over 90k to go to #1 too, not as if it just got #1 on a quiet week like Rixton did.

I actually kind of agree with Joseph for once, the initial drop was obviously pretty awful but it's gone on to do more than well enough to redeem its #1 status. Fairly certain the song will be remembered better than quite a few of the other #1s this year as well.

I don't think She Looks So Perfect is a non-number 1 by the standard definition of the term (ie. number 1 that crashes out of the charts within a few weeks) but it's a non-number 1 in terms that it's peak of number 1 wasn't reflective of it's overall popularity as it fell 1-10-15. Had it peaked at say number 4 or 5, it would've had a good chart run through and through, but that drop, to me at least, doesn't justify it as a worthy number 1.

Edited December 29, 201410 yr by FrostytheWallaby

It only had six weeks in the top 40 (and only 5 on sales alone). 12 weeks in the top 75 and 17 in the top 100 which could be worse but from its top 40 run alone it is most definitely down there with the likes of 'I Don't Care'.

Wow, that's actually a bit worse than I remembered. Maybe I'm getting it confused with 'She Looks So Perfect' or something. :lol:

I've been catching up with this thread over the last couple of days and found it fascinating.

It does indeed whittle out a lot of the flash-in-the-pan #1's very successfully.

 

The only flaw with the 3-week-basis for calculation seems to be that some pretty successful tracks get lost between huge selling #1's on either side of them.

I imagine a '2-week sales' calculation might help these sorts of tracks whilst still weeding out the obvious non-number-ones

 

No surprises that the likes of McFly, Westlife and other fan-led singles are the biggests losers by this calculation.

 

I've been catching up with this thread over the last couple of days and found it fascinating.

It does indeed whittle out a lot of the flash-in-the-pan #1's very successfully.

 

The only flaw with the 3-week-basis for calculation seems to be that some pretty successful tracks get lost between huge selling #1's on either side of them.

I imagine a '2-week sales' calculation might help these sorts of tracks whilst still weeding out the obvious non-number-ones

 

No surprises that the likes of McFly, Westlife and other fan-led singles are the biggests losers by this calculation.

 

Indeed and as can be seen from this thread it brings out all the loons defending their acts no1s :lol:

Getting lost between big selling #1s has always happened, just look at Take That's "Rule The World" in 2007 for example. Not everything can be a number 1 record, unless it is the year 2000 or 2014 in which case - yes every bloody commercial push gets to number 1 by default.

Getting lost between big selling #1s has always happened, just look at Take That's "Rule The World" in 2007 for example. Not everything can be a number 1 record, unless it is the year 2000 or 2014 in which case - yes every bloody commercial push gets to number 1 by default.

I was referring to actual #1 singles that lost their #1 status in this thread due to huge #1 singles on either side.

Example: Naught Boy feat Sam Smith

NON NUMBER ONE- LOVERS ON THE SUN- David Guetta Featuring Sam Martin

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ed/Loversonthesun.jpg

 

NEW PEAK POSITION: 2

 

Losing out by just 2k on this thread to Lily Wood & Robin Schulz's "Prayer In C", Guetta gets a second No 1 stripped from him following 2010's "Getting Over You". Shame his real gem from this year "Dangerous" didn't do as well in the real chart!

 

NON NUMBER ONE- BANG BANG- Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj

 

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NEW PEAK POSITION: 2

 

A demotion that I for one am quite happy with, "Bang Bang" is held at bay by Sigma then Meghan Trainor on this thread, poor Nicki though, finally gets a No 1 and it gets demoted straight away!

 

NON NUMBER ONE- I DON'T CARE- Cheryl

 

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NEW PEAK POSITION: 4

 

Not even close to keeping the No 1 on this thread Cheryl gets her second demotion of the year and her 3rd of five possible demotions in total.

 

We'll round off tomorrow for another year!

The demotion of the devil herself (Jessie J) makes me wish this system was actually in place.

3 very deserving demotions right there!

I definitely class 'Lovers on the Sun' and 'I Don't Care' as non-#1s (the former had an even worse chart run on sales only, I believe!). Neither are the best efforts from either act, although I do like them both and 'Lovers on the Sun' is still the best single from Listen!

NON NUMBER ONE- WAKE ME UP- Gareth Malone's All Star Choir

 

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NEW PEAK POSITION: 3

 

Not as bad a peak as I had thought, "Wake Me Up" obviously loses its chart topping status on this thread as it can only sneak into No 3 for a week. In the real world it famously dropped 1-7-54-OUT, here it stumbles against both Ed Sheeran and Band Aid thankfully.

 

It should have never made #1; a really awful uninspired cover that had literally no appeal outside the, well.. appeal. Just donate to the charity rather than buying these abominations.

Hoping there's two more still to come and not just TT.

NON NUMBER ONE- THESE DAYS- Take That

 

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NEW PEAK POSITION: 2

 

Take That's second demotion here (following "Greatest Day") is down to Ed Sheeran (yes him again). In truth it was very lucky to make No 1 at all after some bad press and a slightly obnoxious Bob Geldof proved a swift collapse in sales for Band Aid.