This week's commentary on the front page and the latest news box. A bit short this week due to an unbelievably dull albums chart.

Here is a List that I up-dated a few Weeks ago, when Elton John

was No.1 in the Album Chart. His Week at No.1 made him only the

8th Act to spend a Year, (or more), at No.1, in the UK. (The 9th Act,

if we add Cliff Richard & The Shadows No.1 Weeks to The Shadows

No.1 Weeks).

 

THE UK's TOP 10 CHART ACTS - BY WEEKS AT NUMBER 1

 

(S = Singles + A = Albums)

 

1) BEATLES - S = 69 + A = 174.....TOTAL = 243 WEEKS

 

2) ELVIS PRESLEY - S = 80 + A = 63.....TOTAL = 143 WEEKS

 

3) ABBA - S = 31 + A = 57.....TOTAL = 88 WEEKS

 

4) CLIFF RICHARD - S = 46 + A = 30.....TOTAL = 76 WEEKS

 

5) ROLLING STONES - S = 18 + A = 45.....TOTAL = 63 WEEKS

 

6) MADONNA - S = 29 + A = 30.....TOTAL = 59 WEEKS

 

7) TAKE THAT - S = 28 + A = 28.....TOTAL = 56 WEEKS

 

8) ELTON JOHN - S = 23 + A = 29.....TOTAL = 52 WEEKS

 

9) MICHAEL JACKSON - S = 16 + A = 30.....TOTAL = 46 WEEKS

 

10) ROD STEWART - S = 18 + A = 27.....TOTAL = 45 WEEKS

 

NOTE - The Shadows would be in 4th place, if we add in their No.1

Singles & Albums with Cliff Richard - S = 44 + A = 42 = 86 Weeks.

I've only counted their No.1's as The Shadows, for this List. Which

is enough for 15th place - S = 16 + A = 21 = 37 Weeks.

 

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NOTE - The 3 biggest Acts in recent Years have all been Female Soloists.

In the List of the biggest Acts by UK No.1 Weeks, they feature as follows:,

 

A) ADELE - S = 5 + A = 24.....TOTAL = 29 WEEKS (25th=)

 

B) RIHANNA - S = 22 + A = 5.....TOTAL = 27 WEEKS (30th=)

 

C) LADY GAGA - S = 10 + A = 10.....TOTAL = 20 WEEKS (47th=)

 

And One Direction & Justin Bieber - who get a huge amount of UK Tabloid Press

- have done this - so far:,

 

ONE DIRECTION - S = 2 + A = 0 = 2 WEEKS

 

JUSTIN BIEBER - S = 0 + A = 1 = 1 WEEK

 

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Edited August 12, 201212 yr by zeus555

FYI - Pepper had a top 10 hit in 2010 off the back of Sky1's Must Be The Music, where she performed as Pepper & Piano. She has now ditched the piano and gone solo.

I'd wondered whether it was the same Pepper but couldn't find anything to confirm it. Apparently she is being mentored by Dizzee Rascal who was a judge on the Sky thingy (thanks to Manic Kangaroo for that info).

And One Direction & Justin Bieber - who get a huge amount of UK Tabloid Press

- have done this - so far:,

 

ONE DIRECTION - S = 1 + A = 0 = 1 WEEK

 

JUSTIN BIEBER - S = 0 + A = 1 = 1 WEEK

 

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As much as I hate to accredit them, One Direction have 2 weeks at #1 in the singles - unless you're only counting weeks where they were the lead artist at #1.

A few minor glitches crept in this week (not as bad as last week's shambles). These have been corrected. Thanks to paulgilb for pointing them out.

Bre - Well done for spotting One Direction's 2nd No.1 Hit. I keep forgetting that both they

& JLS were credited on the 2011 X Factor Finalists No.1 - 'Wishing On A Star'. I've now added

it to my original Post.

 

'The Sun' features an item on One Direction nearly every single day. Every move they make

is talked about. You'd think that they were the biggest Group since The Beatles!

 

Indeed, a few Weeks ago, the 'Sunday Mirror' actually called One Direction, 'The most successful

UK group since The Beatles'. (These 'Journalists' feed off the hysteria that they create. They never

actually do any research, to see if the hype is really true.....).

Edited August 12, 201212 yr by zeus555

Journalists are often very lazy. If they are given a press release then they will be only too happy to reproduce it. Nothing can do more to destroy any faith in the press than reading an article and realising that you know more about the subject than the journalist writing it.