March 21, 201312 yr I think Roll Deep might have had a long time between their chart debut and their first #1.
March 21, 201312 yr Took Timbaland 8 years to get his first number 1 too! 1999 debut -> 2007 first #1 What about amount of singles released before the first number 1? Because it's not really fair to go on years. As some artists take longer breaks. I think The Sats have the same amount of albums released as Coldplay and Maroon 5 etc.. (or just short), but have done it with a lot less time etc... (releases as the main credit only - no features :lol:) 911 had 10 releases before hitting number 1 with their 11th release, 'A Little Bit More'. Coldplay had 10 releases too before getting their first number 1. Maroon 5 did it with their 12th release. This will be The Saturdays' 14th release. My mind is drawing blanks when it comes to thinking of artists who seem to have taken a while to get a number 1, but from those I have checked up on, none of them come close to The Sats, so didn't bother mentioning them. Counting only chart hits as the first credited artist, Jay-Z didn't get to #1 until his 21st top 75 single ('Run This Town'). I think he'd beat The Saturdays counting all appearances as lead and featured up to 'Crazy In Love' also (and that's arguably not even a #1 for him). So there's one example. :P I'm sure there must be more. ('Run This Town' was also from his ELEVENTH studio album :o) Edited March 21, 201312 yr by Bré
March 21, 201312 yr As far as I know, Tony Christie has the record for the biggest gap between chart debut and first #1. First hit was in 1971 and 'Amarillo' reached #1 in 2005.
March 21, 201312 yr It took Tony Christie 34 years to get a number 1 single. Go figure. :P If we're going by a technicality, it took the Stereophonics twenty one releases until they reached number 1 with Dakota in 2005. Not necessarily the same but Tom Jones' gap between number 1s was a colossal 43 years between Green Green Grass... in 1966 and Islands in the Stream in 2009! Anything's possible ay? edit: argh Edited March 21, 201312 yr by Chez Wombat
March 21, 201312 yr Counting only chart hits as the first credited artist, Jay-Z didn't get to #1 until his 21st top 75 single ('Run This Town'). I think he'd beat The Saturdays counting all appearances as lead and featured up to 'Crazy In Love' also (and that's arguably not even a #1 for him). So there's one example. :P I'm sure there must be more. ('Run This Town' was also from his ELEVENTH studio album :o)Ha! I knew there'd be an obvious one that I didn't check up! :lol: (like you say though, I bet there's loads more!)
March 21, 201312 yr AND it took the Manic Street Preachers twenty six releases until their first number 1 with If You Tolerate This..., though oddly enough only seven years.
March 22, 201312 yr The only act that i can think of that released more singles than The Saturdays before getting their first #1 is Erasure - They hit the top spot with their 21st release 'Abba-esque EP' and had 11 Top 10 hits prior to reaching the top.
March 22, 201312 yr I think prince had 38 Top.75 singles between 1980-1993 before hitting the top with his 39th release of 'The most beautiful girl in the world'...not sure I can think of many longer...
March 22, 201312 yr Jamiroquai released their first single in 1993 - it was 5 years and 12 singles later in 1998 that they had their first (and so far only) number 1 with "Deeper Underground".
March 22, 201312 yr Just picking up on what was said earlier - red doesn't necessarily mean it's decreasing, it could be stable yet JT is just increasing.
March 22, 201312 yr Even if The Sats are decreasing surely they won't dip below 8-9k in sales today and tomorrow? Justin's been selling that at #2 all week and The Sats are still in front of him? Edited March 22, 201312 yr by Encore
March 22, 201312 yr Stereophonics had nearly 20 releases before they got a no.1. Seems quite a few acts have taken their time getting one,
March 22, 201312 yr So there's still hope for Hurts then. :lol: Though just to get a decent single chart entry would be good. Edited March 22, 201312 yr by Mybelle
March 22, 201312 yr Author Friday Update Top 40 Only Singles 1 Saturdays/Sean Paul (87,415) 2 Justin Timberlake (50k+) 3 P!nk/Nate Ruess 4 Bruno Mars 5 Bastille Top 10 Disclosure/AlunaGeorge Top 15 12 Taylor Swift Lumineers Justin Timberlake/Jay-Z Nelly Top 20 16 Kodaline 19 The 1975 Top 30 Script Christina Perri 27 Fall Out Boy 28 Imagine Dragons Top 40 Jakewob/Maiday ReConnected Thirty Seconds To Mars Mario 38 Stereophonics David Guetta/Sia ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albums 1 Justin Timberlake 2 David Bowie 3 Les Miserables 4 Emeli Sande 5 Bastille Top 10 9 Suede Top 15 Billy Bragg Lumineers Daughter Top 20 Ellie Goulding 18 One Direction Top 30 Taylor Swift 25 Hadouken! Script Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Biffy Clyro 30 Woodkid Top 40 Steve Mason David Guetta Low 40 David Bowie [best Of Bowie] NO SALES INFO
March 22, 201312 yr Author Finally can I stress this out, please do not post any sales information regarding final sales for the Saturdays on Sunday before 7pm on the board. Sales thread will be available after 7pm as usual if Sats sales are known. No mention of sales from MW for today yet, if anyone happens to come across them on Popjustice, feel free to post and share.
March 22, 201312 yr Hope 30 Seconds to Mars stays top 40 and The 1975 continue their rise in popularity into the top 20! Any friday report to come? Edited March 22, 201312 yr by steve201
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