Does anyone know what were the chart weeks whose top 40 contained the highest and lowest number former number one singles? (Not counting the song that was at #1 that week)

 

I'm guessing that maybe the record for the highest number of former number one singles within a top 40 may be in 2000, given the frantic number-one turnovers that year, but on the other hand that was also the time songs would often freefall down the chart once they hit #1.

Most number ones in a Top 40 was the first two weeks of this year, both of which had 16 number ones out of the 40

 

This is the w/e 12th Jan (all the other dates are w/e dates too)

 

Number 1 - Impossible by James Arthur reached number one on 22/12/12

Number 2 - Scream And Shout by Will.I.Am featuring Britney Spears reached number one on 19/01/13

Number 3 - Gangnam Style by Psy reached number one on 06/10/12

Number 6 - Troublemaker by Olly Murs featuring Flo-Rida reached number one on 01/12/12

Number 8 - Diamonds by Rihanna reached number one on 13/10/12

Number 9 - Don't You Worry Child by Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin reached number one on 20/10/12

Number 10 - Beneath Your Beautiful by Labrinth featuring Emeli Sandé reached number one on 03/11/12

Number 11 - Candy by Robbie Williams reached number one on 10/11/12

Number 17 - Little Things by One Direction reached number one on 24/11/12

Number 18 - Sweet Nothing by Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch reached number one on 27/10/12

Number 19 - Hall Of Fame by Script featuring Will.I.Am reached number one on 22/09/12

Number 21 - He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother by Justice Collective reached number one on 29/12/12

Number 23 - The Power Of Love by Gabrielle Aplin reached number one on 15/12/12

Number 25 - Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen reached number one on 14/04/12

Number 33 - Bom Bom by Sam & The Womp reached number one on 01/09/12

Number 35 - Spectrum (Say My Name) by Florence & The Machine reached number one on 21/07/12

 

14 former number 1s, 1 current and 1 future.

 

 

(also in the Top 75 were

Number 41 - Paradise by Coldplay reached number one on 07/01/12

Number 45 - Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye featuring Kimbra reached number one on 18/02/12

Number 47 - Titanium by David Guetta featuring Sia reached number one on 11/02/12

Number 48 - Feel The Love by Rudimental featuring John Newman reached number one on 09/06/12

Number 52 - We Are Young by Fun featuring Janelle Monáe reached number one on 02/06/12

Number 53 - Wings by Little Mix reached number one on 08/09/12

Number 61 - Payphone by Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa reached number one on 30/06/12

Number 66 - How We Do (Party) by Rita Ora reached number one on 25/08/12

Number 68 - Dance With Me Tonight by Olly Murs reached number one on 17/12/11

Number 71 - Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself) by Ne-Yo reached number one on 15/09/12

Number 72 - We Found Love by Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris reached number one on 15/10/11

 

making a total of 27 number 1s in the Top 75)

^ Wow, I had no idea that happened! :o The charts were very sluggish around that time though, so not surprising.

 

The time where there were the least #1s might have been in a time period where songs had short chart runs, but there was a long-running #1 (so all the previous #1s would've dropped out the chart while the current #1 was reigning). For example, in Amarillo's last week at #1, the only other #1s remaining were McFly and Stereophonics. Maybe that 16 weeker would've been the only #1 in the top 40 at the end of its run at #1?

It appears that there are a number of occurences where there are no former or future number 1s in the Top 40.

 

Again all dates are week ending dates

 

5th & 12th May 1979

31st August 1991

All 4 charts dated September 1991

5th, 12th & 19th October 1991 - so 8 consecutive weeks

14th Mar 1992

27th Nov 1993

 

The Top 40 for the last of those occasions

 

1 (1) Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)

2 (8) Elton John & Kiki Dee - True Love

3 (2) Bryan Adams - Please Forgive Me

4 (3) Dina Carroll - Don't Be A Stranger

5 (4) Culture Beat - Got To Get It

6 (12) Janet Jackson - Again

7 (7) Soul Asylum - Runaway Train

8 (5) Urban Cookie Collective - Feels Like Heaven

9 (11) Mariah Carey - Hero

10 (NE) Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'

11 (10) Goodmen - Give It Up

12 (6) Cappella - U Got 2 Let The Music

13 (NE) K-Klass - Let Me Show You

14 (9) Guns 'n' Roses - Ain't It Fun

15 (17) 2 Unlimited - Maximum Overdrive

16 (20) Lesley Garrett & Amanda Thompson - Ave Maria

17 (15) Pauline Henry - Feel Like Making Love

18 (22) Terence Trent D'Arby - Let Her Down Easy

19 (26) Heart - Will You Be There (In The Morning)

20 (NE) Naughty By Nature - Hip Hop Hooray (Remix)

21 (16) Michael Bolton - Said I Loved You But I Lied

22 (27) Crowded House - Nails In My Feet

23 (21) Sting - Demolition Man

24 (14) Time Frequency - Real Love '93

25 (13) Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds

26 (NE) Kate Bush - Moments Of Pleasure

27 (24) Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - I'm Looking For The One (To Be With Me)

28 (NE) Wonder Stuff - Full Of Life (Happy Now)

29 (23) Captain Hollywood Project - More And More

30 (19) Leftfield/Lydon - Open Up

31 (18) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome (Remix)

32 (NE) Aphex Twin - On

33 (NE) Belinda Carlisle - Lay Down Your Arms

34 (NE) Onyx - Throw Ya Gunz

35 (29) House Of Virginism - I'll Be There For You (Dooya Doodoo Doya)

36 (39) Barry Manilow - Could It Be Magic (Re recording)

37 (NE) Messiah - Thunderdome

38 (NE) Bee Gees - For Whom The Bell Tolls

39 (25) James - Laid

40 (NE) Nu Colours - Power (Remix)

 

 

Any amendments or corrections welcome.

...and the first ever chart of course !

yeah. but that wasn't a Top 40. I've only gone back to March 1960 when the chart expanded from 30 to 50 positions.

What about near the end of Love is All Around's reign?

Just to butt in... Interestingly, near the end of Love Is All Around's reign, Let's Get Ready to Rhumble was in the charts... And as we know, that was a future number 1! So those weeks don't count if you count future number ones, otherwise I can't find anything else in its last week (10/9/1994) :P

 

Edit: The previous number one, Come On You Reds, dropped out the same week that Let's Get Ready to Rhumble entered, so none of Love Is All Around's 15 weeks count!

Edited October 14, 201311 yr by Yorkie2

I was going to suggest Bryan Adams' reign - singles rarely made it to 10 weeks on the chart back then so it made sense that the end of his stint would have seen off all earlier number ones...that and the fact Jason Donovan, Color Me Badd, Cher and Chesney Hawkes were hardly great tunes anyway...

I was going to suggest Bryan Adams' reign - singles rarely made it to 10 weeks on the chart back then so it made sense that the end of his stint would have seen off all earlier number ones...that and the fact Jason Donovan, Color Me Badd, Cher and Chesney Hawkes were hardly great tunes anyway...

 

 

Yes, the Bryan Adams period is responsible for the 8 straight weeks of no future/former number ones in the Top 40 in 1991 as mentioned in my earlier post.