Posted December 17, 201212 yr Hope this makes sense! Based on the presumption that Alex Day enters the chart this week then disappears without trace the following week, following the trend of both "Forever Yours" and "Lady Godiva" (apologies Alex if this doesn't happen). I've been looking around for artists whose entire chart career consisted of single week hits. The most I can find at present was the Scottish girl group Lemonescent from 2002-04 29/6/02 "Beautiful" one week at No. 70 9/11/02 "Swing My Hips (Sex Dance)" one week at No. 48 5/4/03 "Help Me Mama" one week at 36 21/6/03 "Cinderella" one week at 31 3/7/04 "All Right Now" one week at 37 If I recall correctly, they logged an abnormally high proportion of their sales North of the Border and had one single disqualified from the chart due to suspicious buying patterns. Is there any one else whose entire chart career has been 6 or more single-weekers?
December 17, 201212 yr Amy Winehouse started off with one weekers in the singles chart with the "Frank" album releases. What was the reason behind that? Where they limited? Ahh...Lemonescent, I bought their album off Amazon for 1p! Worst album I ever heard in my life excluding those singles. It was nothing but instrumentals (what was the point of the girls in the group!) and what seemed like demo track cuts! Edited December 17, 201212 yr by StAndrews1875
December 17, 201212 yr I used to love Lemonescent :kink: - They was on course to score a Top 20 hit but as you mentioned it got disqualified due to 100s of copies bought in a few select stores :lol: However there is a band that outdo Lemonescent! Gorkys Zygotic Mynci: 09/11/1996 - Patio Song #41 [1 Week] 29/03/1997 - Diamond Dew #42 [1 Week] 21/06/1997 - Young Girls And Happy Endings/Dark Night #49 [1 Week] 06/06/1998 - Sweet Johnny #60 [1 Week] 29/08/1998 - Let's Get Together [in Our Minds] #43 [1 Week] 02/10/1999 - Spanish Dance Troupe #47 [1 Week] 04/03/2000 - Poodle Rockin' #52 [1 Week] 15/09/2001 - Stood On Gold #65 [1 Week] Rather unfortunate they never managed a Top 40 hit but got so close several times having singles peak at #41, #42 and #43! Both their albums only managed a week in the charts too!
December 17, 201212 yr Amy Winehouse started off with one weekers in the singles chart with the "Frank" album releases. What was the reason behind that? Where they limited? I don't think so, it's probably just because she wasn't well-known back then. She's always been a better album seller anyway.
December 17, 201212 yr Another band who's release's consisted of 1 week in the charts per release and nothing else! Heavy Stereo: 22/07/1995 - Sleep Freak #46 [1 Week] 28/10/1995 - Smiler #46 [1 Week] 10/02/1996 - Chinese Burn #45 [1 Week] 24/08/1996 - Mouse In A Hole #53 [1 Week]
December 17, 201212 yr TSD (Claire from Steps first band): Only two singles: Heart and Soul #69 1 week Baby I Love You #64 1 week
December 17, 201212 yr Since the start of 2007, I believe the record is held by Big Hits 2012 (who had 4 hits this year all of which spent just 1 week in the top 75).
December 17, 201212 yr They don't beat Gorky but the band Alfie had 6 one-weekers between 2001 and 2005. 2001 'You Make No Bones' #61 2002 'A Word In Your Ear' #66 2003 'People' #53 2003 'Stuntman' #51 2004 'No Need' #66 2005 'Your Own Religion' #61 Cosmic Rough Riders interestingly had 4 one-week wonders which all went top 40 - 'Revolution (In The Summertime)' #35, 'The Pain Inside' #36 (both 2001), 'Because You' #34 and 'Justify The Rain' #39 (both 2003). Just searching through obscure bands that charted in the early 2000s :P Mew also had 6, again still not as many as Gorky: 2003 'Comforting Sounds' #48 2003 'Am I Wry? No' #47 2003 'She Came Home For Christmas' #55 2005 'Apocalypso' #75 2005 'Special' #46 2006 'Why Are You Looking Grave?' #53 Edited December 17, 201212 yr by Michael Bubré
December 17, 201212 yr TSD (Claire from Steps first band): Only two singles: Heart and Soul #69 1 week Baby I Love You #64 1 week Claire from Steps did things before she was Claire from Steps? I'd always assumed she and the other 4 members of Steps were created in a lab in 1998 by Dr Watermanstein.
December 17, 201212 yr Another interesting one that shows perseverance pays off sometimes! A+ 07/02/1998 Foghorn #63 [1 Week] 11/04/1998 Number One #47 [1 Week] 27/06/1998 Sing-A-Long #57 [1 Week] 24/10/1998 Summer On The Underground #72 [1 Week] 05/06/1999 Old Folks #54 [1 Week] 21/08/1999 I Love Lake Tahoe #59 [1 Week] Started off their career with 6 singles all 1 week wonders before returning in 2002 - 02/03/2002 Nothing #9 [6 Weeks] 01/06/2002 Starbucks #20 [3 Weeks] But soon returned to being 1 week wonders :lol: 30/11/2002 Somethings Going On #51 [1 Week]
December 17, 201212 yr Another interesting one that shows perseverance pays off sometimes! A+ 07/02/1998 Foghorn #63 [1 Week] 11/04/1998 Number One #47 [1 Week] 27/06/1998 Sing-A-Long #57 [1 Week] 24/10/1998 Summer On The Underground #72 [1 Week] 05/06/1999 Old Folks #54 [1 Week] 21/08/1999 I Love Lake Tahoe #59 [1 Week] Started off their career with 6 singles all 1 week wonders before returning in 2002 - 02/03/2002 Nothing #9 [6 Weeks] 01/06/2002 Starbucks #20 [3 Weeks] But soon returned to being 1 week wonders :lol: 30/11/2002 Somethings Going On #51 [1 Week] Fun fact - they're actually called A. And they're incredibly difficult to Google. Probably why they're not that well known now despite a few decent tunes. QnFVrOOZYqg
December 17, 201212 yr Their Wikipedia page is the first result when Googling 'a band', surprisingly!
December 18, 201212 yr TSD (Claire from Steps first band): Only two singles: Heart and Soul #69 1 week Baby I Love You #64 1 week :heart: "Heart and Soul" was # 1 in my charts. Never heard "Baby I Love You" Is it available on Youtube?
December 18, 201212 yr Wasn't there some artist a while ago that was releasing a single for every letter of the alphabet or something? I bet most of those only charted for 1 week.
December 18, 201212 yr Ash, only a few went Top 100 iirc though. And yes, none survived a second week Top 200! (They don't could though, as they've had lots of multiple week runners before. :P)
December 18, 201212 yr Fun fact - they're actually called A. And they're incredibly difficult to Google. Probably why they're not that well known now despite a few decent tunes. More so than 'The The'? :P
December 18, 201212 yr More so than 'The The'? :P Their official website is the first result on Google for the search term 'the the' as well. The only truly un-Googleable band I know of is !!! and even then you can find them if you type in 'chk chk chk'.
December 18, 201212 yr :heart: "Heart and Soul" was # 1 in my charts. Never heard "Baby I Love You" Is it available on Youtube? Here it is: Not the best quality mind, but an insight on what the song sounds like. "Heart and Soul" - that could have been big....shame really. I do remember them, but very vaguely.
December 18, 201212 yr Wasn't there some artist a while ago that was releasing a single for every letter of the alphabet or something? I bet most of those only charted for 1 week. You're thinking of Ash, who released a single every two weeks for a year, each signified by a letter of the alphabet. Only one of those charted though, Instinct.
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