22 :arrowdown: (from 19) OneRepublic - Counting Stars [D]

 

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Chart Run: 43-30-20-17-13-2-4-3-1-3-1-3-5-6-11-12-16-17-19-22 [20 wks]

 

Release Date: 22-03-2013

Format: download only track

Label: polydor associated labels

 

Sales: 600k+

 

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Biography

Featuring the anthemic songwriting of Ryan Tedder, OneRepublic rose to prominence in 2007, when "Apologize" began its reign as the most popular digital download in American history. Although the song proved to be a quick success, OneRepublic had spent five years touring the musical minor leagues before its release, with Tedder splitting his time between the band's work and production gigs for other artists. Tedder and Zach Filkins formed the band in 2002 and relocated to Los Angeles shortly thereafter, adding keyboardist Drew Brown, bassist/cellist Brent Kutzle, and drummer Eddie Fisher to the lineup in the process. OneRepublic then signed with Sony BMG's Columbia label in 2003; three years later, however, the bandmates returned from a performance at Coachella to find themselves dropped from Columbia's roster.

 

Nevertheless, OneRepublic's popularity continued to soar on MySpace, and Tedder helped raise the group's profile by penning songs for artists like Blake Lewis and Hilary Duff. Hip-hop producer Timbaland (with whom Tedder had already worked for several years) took notice of the group's audience and signed OneRepublic to his own Mosley Music Group, a joint venture with Interscope Records. Timbaland also remixed one of the group's most promising tracks, "Apologize," and included it on his own album, 2007's Timbaland Presents Shock Value. The song quickly became a platinum-selling single in many countries, breaking airplay records in the U.K. and selling an unprecedented 4.3 million digital downloads in America alone.

 

Later that year, OneRepublic stepped out on their own with Dreaming Out Loud, a debut album filled with piano-fueled songwriting and pop/rock melodies. The album quickly went gold, and "Apologize" continued to top the singles charts in multiple countries. Another Tedder-penned track, Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love," experienced similar success at the same time, thus making Tedder one of the year's most celebrated songwriters. OneRepublic began writing songs for a second album in 2008, and the group later decamped to Colorado Springs to avoid outside distractions. Although initially planned for a summer release, Waking Up wasn't completed until September 2009. "All the Right Moves," the album's lead single, was released to radio that same month, while the entire album followed in November. In 2013, OneRepublic returned with its third studio album, Native, featuring the singles, "Feel Again" and "If I Lose Myself."

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

2007 03 Apologize (Timbaland Presents OneRepublic) -1-

2007 04 Stop And Stare -2-

2008 51 Say (All I Need) -3-

2010 30 All The Right Moves -1-

2013 01 Counting Stars -1-

Counting Stars :heart:

I reckon Do What You Want would be close to silver if it weren't for its first 3 weeks.

Counting Stars is in my top 3 songs of the year. Ryan seems a great guy too.

21 The Big Reunion Cast 2013 - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday [P]

 

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Chart Run: 21 [1 wk]

 

Release date: 15-12-2013 / 16-12-2013

Format: digital single / CDS

Label: UMC

 

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Biography

The Big Reunion is a British reality-documentary series that began airing on ITV2 on 31 January 2013. The show follows chart-topping bands who reformed for the show and were big names in the UK pop music scene between the 1990s and early 2000s, and the programme follows the bands as they reunite for the first time in a decade and go through their two weeks of intensive rehearsals before finally stepping back on stage for a comeback performance. Another mini-series, entitled The Big Reunion: On Tour, aired on 5 September 2013. It follows the groups embarking on their arena tour, and other behind-the-scenes action.

 

The Big Reunion proved to be an unexpected hit for ITV2; the first episode brought in 1.2 million viewers, becoming ITV2's highest rated premiere in five years, and the show went on to achieve over 1 million viewers every week, making it one of the channel's most popular shows.

 

On 6 July 2013, it was reported by the Daily Star that the bands from The Big Reunion would be joining together as a supergroup to release a Christmas charity single in aid of ITV's fundraiser Text Santa. This was confirmed by ITV on 23 October 2013. It was revealed that Five, 911, Atomic Kitten, B*Witched, Honeyz and Liberty X would be covering Wizzard's "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" to raise money for Age UK, Barnardo's, BeatBullying, the British Heart Foundation, CLIC Sargent and Help the Hospices. - Wikipedia

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

2013 21 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday -NAS-

> #21 [ NEW ENTRY]

> THE BIG REUNION CAST 2013

> "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" [non-album single]

> 21-

> 1 week top 40

 

> #22 [ from #19]

> ONEREPUBLIC

> "Counting Stars" [2nd single from "Native"]

> 43-30-20-17-13-2-4-3-1-3-1-3-5-6-11-12-16-17-19-22-

> 19 weeks top 40; 20 weeks top 75

 

> #23 [ from #14]

> LADY GAGA feat. R. KELLY

> "Do What U Want" [2nd single from "ARTPOP"]

> 9-16-11-10-14-23-

> 6 weeks top 40

 

> #24 [ from #21]

> LORDE

> "Royals" [2nd single from "Pure Heroine"]

> 1-2-4-7-11-13-18-21-24-

> 9 weeks top 40

 

> #25 [ from #34]

> KATY PERRY

> "Unconditionally" [2nd single from "PRISM"]

> 60-64-79-71-47-35-35-34-25-

> 4 weeks top 40; 8 weeks top 75; 9 weeks top 100

 

> #26 [ from #28]

> CHASE AND STATUS feat. JACOB BANKS

> "Alive" [3rd single from "Brand New Machine"]

> 48-28-26-

> 2 weeks top 40; 3 weeks top 75

 

> #27 [ NON-MOVER]

> AVICII

> "Wake Me Up" [1st single from "True"]

> 1-1-1-2-2-2-2-3-4-6-8-11-17-21-20-24-29-33-18-24-27-27-27-

> 23 weeks top 40

 

> #28 [ from #18]

> JESSIE J

> "Thunder" [3rd single from "Alive"]

> 82-40-31-18-28-

> 4 weeks top 40; 5 weeks top 100

 

> #29 [ from #75]

> THE KILLERS

> "Mr. Brightside" [1st single from "Hot Fuss"]

> 10-26-38-60-x(157)-73-95-81-77-87-92-95-93-91-92-x(6)-86-97-x(2)-76-64-92-x(3)-89-78-90-89-93-82-81-91-x(1)-93-98-79-...

...-100-100-90-87-x(9)-98-89-99-88-98-x(2)-92-90-85-79-86-94-x(2)-91-86-80-88-96-60-73-89-x(4)-99-86-96-90-89-98-98-90-...

...-93-87-x(12)-100-70-x(5)-96-x(5)-89-93-x(16)-59-75-x(1)-97-x(118)-48-47-52-92-x(7)-95-50-47-93-x(1)-58-52-59-82-80-...

...-x(13)-79-57-x(20)-98-88-81-84-85-x(2)-87-x(16)-88-x(3)-75-29-

> 4 weeks top 40; 22 weeks top 75; 95 weeks top 100

 

> #30 [ from #46]

> KELLY CLARKSON

> "Underneath The Tree" [1st single from "Wrapped In Red"]

> 79-46-30-

> 1 week top 40; 2 weeks top 75; 3 weeks top 100

 

> #31 [ from #25]

> STORM QUEEN

> "Look Right Through" [non-album single]

> 1-6-7-15-22-25-31-

> 7 weeks top 40

 

> #32 [ from #16]

> REBECCA FERGUSON

> "I Hope" [1st single from "Freedom"]

> 15-16-32-

> 3 weeks top 40

 

> #33 [ RE-ENTRY]

> ALTERN 8

> "Activ-8" [2nd single from "Full On .. Mask Hysteria"]

> 11-4-3-6-11-23-26-24-50-x(1145)-33-

> 9 weeks top 40; 10 weeks top 75

 

> #34 [ from #22]

> BREACH feat. ANDREYA TRIANA

> "Everything You Never Had (We Had It All)" [non-album single]

> 9-11-22-34-

> 4 weeks top 40

 

> #35 [ from #36]

> SUB FOCUS

> "Turn Back Time" [6th single from "Torus"]

> 85-36-35-

> 2 weeks top 40; 3 weeks top 100

 

> #36 [ from #40]

> WHAM!

> "Last Christmas" [non-album single]

> 2-2-2-2-2-3-8-11-21-33-38-51-67-x(39)-32-10-6-6-14-36-68-x(45)-85-63-47-45-71-x(1090)-50-23-14-16-40-x(47)-67-36-26-...

...-27-45-x(48)-53-39-41-34-x(48)-57-53-56-61-x(48)-55-26-28-34-x(48)-55-34-41-35-87-x(47)-91-44-40-36-

> 33 weeks top 40; 53 weeks top 75; 56 weeks top 100

 

> #37 [ RE-ENTRY]

> DEMI LOVATO

> "Skyscraper" [1st single from "Unbroken"]

> 32-54-91-x(78)-59-13-7-21-32-48-72-x(6)-37-

> 6 weeks top 40; 10 weeks top 75; 11 weeks top 100

 

> #38 [ from #32]

> ELLIE GOULDING

> "Burn" [4th single from "Halcyon"]

> 1-1-1-2-3-8-10-13-18-17-23-26-33-27-17-28-28-32-38-

> 19 weeks top 40

 

> #39 [ from #51]

> LITTLE MIX

> "Little Me" [2nd single from "Salute"]

> 77-x(3)-51-39-

> 1 week top 40; 2 weeks top 75; 3 weeks top 100

 

> #40 [ from #44]

> JOHN NEWMAN

> "Love Me Again" [1st single from "Tribute"]

> 1-2-3-4-2-6-11-15-16-21-23-28-27-25-30-26-42-42-53-59-71-85-91-44-40-

> 17 weeks top 40; 23 weeks top 75; 25 weeks top 100

 

lol @ this. First time hearing. I do not have high expectations.

Excellent chart run for Counting Stars. Hopefully the Alesso remix of 'If I Lose Myself' can be a big hit! :D

Altough this will be seen as a flop, for the majority of artists on it #21 is the stuff of dreams these days.

This is such a dreadful version, and Abz's rap.... *no comment* If only it were the Wizzard version charting this week!

This version is rather bland -_-

 

Rather the original in the top 40 instead

Oh dear. So vapid!

Um. No thanks.

Rubbish version really. :(

This is horrific I bet this wont even be top 100 next week...sometimes the originals should never be touched

GO BACK TO THE 90s/EARLY 00s!!

 

Thanks.

Dreadful. :mansoncheer:

I've heard much better versions of this at drunken karaoke nights.

 

The naffest Christmas cover since Stacey Solomon?

20 :arrowup: (from 47) Ed Sheeran - I See Fire [D]

 

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Chart Run: 13-21-54-xx(2 wks)-47-20 [5 wks]

 

Release date: 06-11-2013

Format: download only single

Label: WaterTower Music Inc.

 

Sales: 50k+

 

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Biography

Edward Christopher "Ed" Sheeran (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. Raised in Framlingham, Suffolk, he moved to London in 2008 to pursue a musical career. In early 2011, Sheeran released an independent extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project, which caught the attention of both Elton John and Jamie Foxx. He then signed to Asylum Records. His 2011 debut album, +, containing the singles "The A Team" and "Lego House", was certified quintuple platinum in the United Kingdom. In 2012, he won two BRIT Awards for Best British Male and British Breakthrough. "The A Team" won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.

 

Sheeran began to be known in the United States in 2012. He made a guest appearance on Taylor Swift's fourth album, Red, and wrote songs for One Direction. "The A Team" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards and he performed the song in duet with Elton John during the ceremony. He spent much of 2013 touring North America as the opening act for Taylor Swift's Red Tour. His second album will be released in February 2014. - Wikipedia

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

2011 03 The A Team -1- MILLION SELLER

2011 04 You Need Me I Don't Need You -2-

2011 09 Drunk -4-

2011 05 Lego House -3-

2011 24 Teardrop (The Collective Feat. Labrinth, Tulisa, Chipmunk, Dot Rotten, Ed Sheeran, Ms. Dynamite, Mz Bratt, Rizzle Kicks, Tinchy Stryder & Wretch 32)

2012 35 Hush Little Baby (Wretch 32 Feat. Ed Sheeran)

2012 25 Small Bump -5-

2012 34 Wish You Were Here (Ed Sheeran/Richard Jones/Nick Mason/Mike Rutherford/David Arnold)

2012 07 Watchtower (Devlin Feat. Ed Sheeran)

2012 07 Everything Has Changed (Taylor Swift Feat. Ed Sheeran)

2012 18 Give Me Love -6-

2013 13 I See Fire -OST-

Ed Sheeran !!

What an amazing re-entry, I See Fire is one of his best for me. :wub: