Posted January 6, 201411 yr As most of you know, the last "Book Of British Hit Singles" (covering the modern era at least) was the 2nd Virgin volume over three years ago, and there seems to be very little likelihood of getting an updated volume any time soon. With that in mind, I have used the chart data I have to create one, a "Virtual Book of British Hit Singles" if you like. I've used the basic formats (more or less) of the Guinness & Virgin backed books, so if the mods feel this is too much like a potential copyright violation, please let me know and I'll either come up with something different or take the thread down altogether. The charts used are the "standard" ones used in tomes like this - NME -> Record Retailer -> Music Week -> OCC. I know that some of these early charts have issues and other charts were probably more accurate at the time, but I'm afraid that boat has sailed and these are the ones that now have recognition as the charts with the necessary lineage. Also the newly created charts from 1940-52 are not included. Only the top 75 places are used, again to maintain compatibility with earlier books As it's faaaaaaaaaar too big for a single posting, I'm splitting it up into weekly chunks, posting about a hundred artists each Monday. I'll then take amendments/corrections/additions on that part for a week, and post a revised version alongside the next part on the following Monday. Notes on the compilation and posting of this thread, and rules and conventions applied 1. The first rule is that all rules have exceptions, common sense (and my own inconsistencies) may sometimes take precedence 2. Act names - I've tried to reflect the act names as given on the charts, occasionally this is different from that shown on the label or sleeve/cover. If the chart credit is undeniably wrong (e.g. "Elizabethan Reggae") then common sense has been used. An initial "The" from artists names has almost always been dropped, a separator of "And" is usually replaced with an ampersand. 3. Personal names - I have tried to show "real" names of performers where possible, middle names are not shown unless they have some relevance to the stage name (e.g. it would not make sense to show Rihanna's real name as just Robyn Fenty). Where the name an individual goes by is a standard short form of his/her given name (e.g. if someone known as Andy is really an Andrew), I normally haven't bothered showing this. Diactritics are shown where possible, but the software used in compiling the data has difficult with some non-ASCII characters, and the ý in Mýa. I have not shown aritst names in anything other than the Latin script, so for artists whose "real" names are written in Cyrillic, Burmese or Korean for instance, I have used the transliteration as normally shown on the charts. 4. Dates of birth/death - Shown where I have found these while checking out other details. Any additional information gladly received 5. Band membership - Normally relates to their hitmaking period only. Changes in personnel before or after this are very rarely shown 6. Featured artists - This got complex! Where a combination of lead/featured artist ONLY had hit(s) together (e.g. Gotye featuring Kimbra) they are only shown as effectively one act. Where the lead artist has had other hits but the featured one isn't, the lead artist only has a separate full entry. Where either the featured artist has other credits, or both do, both have individual entries. The same (more or less) works with normal duos - for instance Simon & Garfunkel's hits are listed under both Art Garfunkel's and Paul Simon's solo careers. 6a The OCC has sometimes changed the credit shown on the chart during a chart run. In such cases I have tried to use the most inclusive credit. 7. Where a record has been in the charts as both a "normal" A-side and a Double A-Side (whether in combination with a track by the same artist or a different artist), it is shown with separate lines (e.g. "Last Christmas" by Wham!) 8. When a record has re-entered the chart with a different artist credit, I have normally amassed the two together (e.g. "Woman In Chains"). Which artist credit I have used depends on the song itself, and a note is attached showing that an alternate credit exists. 9. Remixes/Re-Recordings/Live Versions used to be charted separately and are shown as different hits, but current practice is for all versions to be collected and charted together, so for any chart runs of such tracks since the advent of the download era are normally added to the original hit version 10. Labels and catalogue numbers are completely omitted 11. EP/LP tracks are shown where known when the chart entry was credited to an EP/LP. If an EP was released on two different CD singles, it is usually the tracks of CD1 that are listed 12. Most of the "bio" information comes straight from Wikipedia (to save time), so there is the likelihood that a number of the entries contain mistakes. Please let me know of any of these, or if there's anything that you think is significant enough to be mentioned. I have tried to keep opinions out of them, and kept references to genres to a minimum as those tend to cause more disagreements than almost anything else. Honours such as knighthoods, OBE's etc. are shown. Oscars, Grammys & Brits are a work in progress and will eventually all be shown, less high profile awards (e.g. MOBOs, Mercury Prize, etc.) are unlikely to be listed unless a particular artist has achieved something extraordinary. 12a Close family relationships between hitmakers are shown where possible, and also in some cases to other famous people (e.g. it made no sense to write even a sketchy bio for Jane Wyman and not mention she was married to Ronald Reagan) 13. Cross-references ("See also....") are a work in progress, as are the marking of US number ones. Expect these to get more comprehensive as the series goes on! 14. Alphabetisation - aritsts whose name is an acronym (and is pronounced as such), e.g. ABC are sorted as if the name is a series of spaced letters (i.e. A B C). All such acts are listed at the start of those with that initial. Where an acronymic (?) name is usually voiced as a word (e.g. ABBA) then it is indexed under that word. Numbers are treated as if they are spelled out, punctuation is ignored. Individuals are indexed firstly under their surname then their given name(s). For some artists, it can be difficult to determine whether a name is a given name followed by a surname, or whether the whole thing is to be treated as one name. In these cases (most of which involve seem to involve rappers), I have tried to use the sorting sequence used for that artist within Wikipedia categories. 15. Where an artist has had hits under two (or more) different names, they are merged (e.g. Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus). With some combinations (usually European production outfits), it can sometimes be difficult to identity which pairings work under which names! 16. Nationalities - I've tried to use the nationalities where people grew up rather than the place they happened to be born. Where there is some difference of opinion I have usually come down on one side of the coin or the other. Large groups are given under the likely most-common nationality (e.g. the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is shown as Austrian, even if a number of them may not have been. Club football teams of the modern era are usually shown as "Mostly British". Anonymous cover version acts may be shown without nationality. Where a country has changed name since the person was born, I have no hard and fast rule about which name to use but hopefully this should be clear either way. Where I know a person has changed or taken on a second citizenship I have mentioned it Data originally sourced from (not necessarily a 100% complete list): Contemporary listings of charts self compiled on and off since 1977, Chartstats, UKMix (primarily Kingofskiffle's thread of UK Charts), Buzzjack (weekly chart threads and chart vault plus input from numerous forum contributors), OCC (weekly official charts top 75), Record Mirror & Music Week (both used for checking historical data), Polyhex (top 75 runs to check data from all of the above), Guinness & Virgin Books Of British Hit Singles, Wikipedia, Discogs.com, Haven, Musicbrainz.org,45-rpm.org.uk,band and artists own websites & Facebook pages Edited December 25, 201410 yr by fchd
January 6, 201411 yr Author Key - $ = US Number One (1969-date), ✮ UK Million Seller, ➜ Still in Top 75 at 31/12/2014. A line in red indicates a Number 1, a line in blue indicate a Top 10 hit. A British male vocal/instrumental group (Mark Chapman, Stevie Swindon and three brothers Adam, Giles and Jason Perry). Swindon left and was replaced by Daniel P Carter 07 Feb 98 Foghorn 63 1 wk 11 Apr 98 Number 1 47 1 wk 27 Jun 98 Sing-A-Long 57 1 wk 24 Oct 98 Summer On The Underground 72 1 wk 05 Jun 99 Old Folks 54 1 wk 21 Aug 99 I Love Lake Tahoe 59 1 wk 02 Mar 02 Nothing 9 6 wks 01 Jun 02 Starbucks 20 3 wks 30 Nov 02 Something's Going On 51 1 wk 13 Sep 03 Good Time 23 2 wks 14 May 05 Rush Song 35 2 wks 30 Jul 05 Better Off With Him 52 1 wk Total Hits : 12 Total Weeks : 21 ABC British male vocal/instrumental group led by Martin Fry, with an ever-changing cast over the years. At their chart debut, other members included Mark Lickley, David Robinson, Stephen Singleton and Mark White). Robinson was replaced by David Palmer in 1981, Singleton left in 1984 being replaced by American Fiona Russell-Powell (known as Eden) and David Yarritu. 31 Oct 81 Tears Are Not Enough 19 8 wks 20 Feb 82 Poison Arrow 6 11 wks 15 May 82 The Look Of Love 4 12 wks (Also charted in 1983) 04 Sep 82 All Of My Heart 5 8 wks 05 Nov 83 That Was Then But This Is Now 18 4 wks 21 Jan 84 SOS 39 5 wks 10 Nov 84 (How To Be A) Millionaire 49 4 wks 06 Apr 85 Be Near Me 26 4 wks 15 Jun 85 Vanity Kills 70 1 wk 18 Jan 86 Ocean Blue 51 3 wks 06 Jun 87 When Smokey Sings 11 10 wks 05 Sep 87 The Night You Murdered Love 31 8 wks 28 Nov 87 King Without A Crown 44 3 wks 27 May 89 One Better World 32 4 wks 23 Sep 89 The Real Thing 68 1 wk 14 Apr 90 The Look Of Love (Remix) 68 1 wk 27 Jul 91 Love Conquers All 47 2 wks 11 Jan 92 Say It 42 3 wks 22 Mar 97 Stranger Things 57 1 wk Total Hits : 19 Total Weeks : 93 AC/DC Anglo-Australian male vocal/instrumental group. Line up at the time of their early success was Philip Rudd, Ronald "Bon" Scott, Cliff Williams, Adam Young & Malcolm Young. Scott died in 1980 and was replaced by Brian Johnson (ex-Geordie) and in 1983 Simon Wright replaced Rudd, with Rudd re-joining the line-up in place of Wright in 1994. Until the re-promotion of "Highway To Hell" in late 2013, they held the record for most Top 40 hits without making the Top 10 10 Jun 78 Rock And Roll Damnation 24 9 wks 01 Sep 79 Highway To Hell 4 6 wks (Also charted in 2012 & 2013. Peaked in December 2013) 02 Feb 80 Touch Too Much 29 9 wks 28 Jun 80 Whole Lotta Rosie 36 9 wks (Also charted in 2012) 28 Jun 80 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap 47 3 wks 28 Jun 80 High Voltage 48 3 wks 28 Jun 80 It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock'n'Roll) 55 3 wks 13 Sep 80 You Shook Me All Night Long 38 11 wks (Also charted in 1986 & 2012) 29 Nov 80 Rock'n'Roll Ain't Noise Pollution 15 8 wks 06 Feb 82 Let's Get It Up 13 6 wks 03 Jul 82 For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) 15 6 wks 29 Oct 83 Guns For Hire 37 4 wks 04 Aug 84 Nervous Shakedown 35 5 wks 06 Jul 85 Danger 48 4 wks 18 Jan 86 Shake Your Foundations 24 5 wks 24 May 86 Who Made Who 16 5 wks 16 Jan 88 Heatseeker 12 6 wks 02 Apr 88 That's The Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll 22 5 wks 22 Sep 90 Thunderstruck 13 6 wks (Also charted in 2012) 24 Nov 90 Money Talks 36 3 wks 27 Apr 91 Are You Ready? 34 3 wks 17 Oct 92 Highway To Hell (Live) 14 4 wks 06 Mar 93 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Live) 68 1 wk 10 Jul 93 Big Gun 23 3 wks 30 Sep 95 Hard As A Rock 33 2 wks 11 May 96 Hail Caesar 56 1 wk 15 Apr 00 Stiff Upper Lip 65 1 wk 01 Dec 12 Back In Black 27 2 wks Total Hits : 28 Total Weeks : 133 ADAM FEATURING AMY French male/female vocal/production duo 01 Jul 95 Zombie 16 11 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 11 AFI American male vocal/instrumental group (Hunter Burgan, Adam Carson, Davey Havok, Jade Puget) 21 Jun 03 Girls Not Grey 22 3 wks 20 Sep 03 The Leaving Song - Part III 43 1 wk 24 Jun 06 Miss Murder 44 2 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 6 AFX See Aphex Twin A HOUSE Irish male/female vocal/instrumental group (Fergal Bunbury, Dave Couse, Dave Dawson, Martin Healy, Susan Kavanagh, David Morrissey, Dermot Wylie) 13 Jun 92 Endless Art 46 3 wks 08 Aug 92 Take It Easy On Me 55 2 wks 25 Jun 94 Why Me? 52 1 wk 01 Oct 94 Here Come The Good Times 37 2 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 8 AKA British male vocal group 12 Oct 96 Warning 43 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 A1 Anglo-Norwegian male vocal group (Ben Adams, Christian Ingebrigtsen, Paul Marazzi & Mark Read). Adams had one solo hit single 03 Jul 99 Be The First To Believe 6 9 wks 11 Sep 99 Summertime Of Our Lives 5 8 wks 20 Nov 99 Everytime/Ready Or Not 3 11 wks 04 Mar 00 Like A Rose 6 12 wks 09 Sep 00 Take On Me 1 11 wks 18 Nov 00 Same Old Brand New You 1 10 wks 03 Mar 01 No More 6 13 wks 02 Feb 02 Caught In The Middle 2 12 wks 25 May 02 Make It Good 11 5 wks Total Hits : 9 Total Weeks : 91 A+ American male rapper (born Andre Levins, 29/8/81) 13 Feb 99 Enjoy Yourself 5 9 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 9 ARE WEAPONS American male vocal/instrumental group (Thomas Bullock, Matthew McAuley, Ryan Noel, Brian McPeck & Eric Rapin) 04 Aug 01 Street Gang 72 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 A-STUDIO FEATURING POLINA Kazakh male vocal/instrumental trio (Vladimir Mikloshich, Baigali Serkebayev & Baglan Sadvakasov) with Russian female singer (Polina Griffith, 21/5/80) 08 Jul 06 SOS 64 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 ATB German male DJ/producer (born André Tanneberger, 26/2/73) 13 Mar 99 9PM (Till I Come) 1 21 wks 19 Jun 99 9PM (Till I Come) [Australian Import] 63 1 wk (Shown separately as the Australian import was in the charts in the same week as the German import) 09 Oct 99 Don't Stop 3 15 wks (Also charted in 2000) 25 Mar 00 Killer 4 9 wks 27 Jan 01 The Fields Of Love (ATB featuring York) 16 4 wks 30 Jun 01 Let U Go 34 2 wks Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 52 ATC Multi-national male/female vocal group based in Germany, also known as "A Touch Of Class". Members were Sarah Egglestone (Australia), Joey Murray (New Zealand), Tracey Packham (UK) & Livio Salvi (Italy) 17 Aug 02 Around The World 15 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 ATFC British male producer (Aydan Hasrici). "In And Out Of My Life" samples records by Fatboy Slim and Adeva, hence Onephatdeeva 30 Oct 99 In And Out Of My Life (ATFC presents Onephatdeeva) 11 5 wks 16 Sep 00 Bad Habit (ATFC presents Onephatdeeva) 17 3 wks 09 Feb 02 Sleep Talk (ATFC presents Lisa Millett) 33 2 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 10 ATGOC Italian male instrumentalist/producer (Andrea Mazzali). Mazzali was also one-half of Flickman 21 Nov 98 Repeated Love 38 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 ATL American male vocal group (Lawrence "L Rock" Gibbs, Cory "Danger" Griffin, TréKas "Tré" Simms & Marvin "Will" Williams) 29 May 04 Calling All Girls 12 5 wks 28 Aug 04 Make It Up With Love 21 4 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 9 A*TEENS Swedish male/female vocal group (Dhani Lennevald, Sara Lumholdt, Amit Paul & Marie Serneholt) who started out as an Abba tribute act 04 Sep 99 Mamma Mia 12 5 wks 11 Dec 99 Super Trouper 21 5 wks 26 May 01 Upside Down 10 7 wks 27 Oct 01 Halfway Around The World 30 2 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 19 A VS B British male production duo (Panos Liassi and Gary Sharkey) 09 May 98 Ripped In Two Minutes 49 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 AALIYAH American female singer (Aaliyah Haughton, 16/1/79-25/8/01). She had just emerged as a major R&B star when she was killed in an aeroplane crash shortly after take-off in The Bahamas 02 Jul 94 Back And Forth 16 5 wks 15 Oct 94 (At Your Best) You Are Love 27 2 wks 11 Mar 95 Age Ain't Nothing But A Number 32 2 wks 13 May 95 Down With The Clique 33 2 wks 09 Sep 95 The Thing I Like 33 2 wks 03 Feb 96 I Need You Tonight (Junior M.A.F.I.A. Featuring Aaliyah) 66 1 wk 24 Aug 96 If Your Girl Only Knew 21 2 wks 23 Nov 96 Got To Give It Up (Aaliyah featuring Slick Rick) 37 2 wks 24 May 97 If Your Girl Only Knew/One In A Million 15 3 wks 30 Aug 97 4 Page Letter 24 2 wks 22 Nov 97 The One I Gave My Heart To/Hot Like Fire 30 2 wks 18 Apr 98 Journey To The Past 22 3 wks 12 Sep 98 Are You That Somebody? 11 4 wks 22 Jul 00 Try Again $ 5 12 wks 21 Jul 01 We Need A Resolution (Aaliyah featuring Timbaland) 20 6 wks 19 Jan 02 More Than A Woman 1 12 wks 18 May 02 Rock The Boat 12 7 wks 26 Apr 03 Don't Know What To Tell Ya 22 3 wks Total Hits : 18 Total Weeks : 72 ABBA Swedish male/female vocal/instrumental group (Benny Andersson, Agnetha Fältskog, Norwegian born Anni-Frid Lyngstad & Bjorn Ulvaeus).They won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with "Waterloo" and went on to be huge stars. After the group split, both females had solo hits, while the men concentrated on songwriting and co-wrote the musical "Chess" with Tim Rice. Their songs have been the inspiration for the stage musical and film "Mamma Mia" 20 Apr 74 Waterloo 1 12 wks (Also charted in 2004) 13 Jul 74 Ring Ring 32 5 wks 12 Jul 75 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do 38 6 wks 20 Sep 75 SOS 6 10 wks 13 Dec 75 Mamma Mia 1 19 wks (Also charted in 2008) 27 Mar 76 Fernando 1 15 wks 21 Aug 76 Dancing Queen ✮ $ 1 20 wks (Also charted in 1992) 20 Nov 76 Money Money Money 3 12 wks 26 Feb 77 Knowing Me, Knowing You 1 13 wks 22 Oct 77 The Name Of The Game 1 12 wks 04 Feb 78 Take A Chance On Me 1 10 wks 16 Sep 78 Summer Night City 5 9 wks 03 Feb 79 Chiquitita 2 9 wks 05 May 79 Does Your Mother Know 4 9 wks 14 Jul 79 Angeleyes/Voulez-Vous 3 11 wks 20 Oct 79 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 3 12 wks 15 Dec 79 I Have A Dream 2 10 wks 02 Aug 80 The Winner Takes It All 1 10 wks 15 Nov 80 Super Trouper 1 12 wks 18 Jul 81 Lay All Your Love On Me 7 7 wks 12 Dec 81 One Of Us 3 10 wks 20 Feb 82 Head Over Heels 25 7 wks 23 Oct 82 The Day Before You Came 32 6 wks 11 Dec 82 Under Attack 26 8 wks 12 Nov 83 Thank You For The Music 33 6 wks Total Hits : 25 Total Weeks : 260 ABBACADABRA British male/female vocal group who recorded a version of one of Abba's biggest hits set to a disco beat 05 Sep 92 Dancing Queen 57 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 RUSS ABBOT British male comedian/actor/vocalist (born Russell Roberts, 18/9/47) 06 Feb 82 A Day In The Life Of Vince Prince 61 2 wks 29 Dec 84 Atmosphere 7 13 wks 13 Jul 85 All Night Holiday 20 7 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 22 GREGORY ABBOTT American male singer/musician (born 2/4/64) 22 Nov 86 Shake You Down $ 6 13 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 13 PAULA ABDUL American female singer/dancer/TV personality, born 19/6/62. She has been a judge on both "American Idol" and the US version of "The X Factor" (and a guest judge on the original UK version) 04 Mar 89 Straight Up $ 3 13 wks 03 Jun 89 Forever Your Girl $ 24 6 wks 19 Aug 89 Knocked Out 45 3 wks 02 Dec 89 (It's Just) The Way That You Love Me 74 1 wk 07 Apr 90 Opposites Attract $ (Paula Abdul with the Wild Pair) 2 13 wks 21 Jul 90 Knocked Out (Pettibone Remix) 21 5 wks 29 Sep 90 Cold Hearted $ 46 3 wks 22 Jun 91 Rush Rush $ 6 11 wks 31 Aug 91 Promise Of A New Day $ 52 2 wks 18 Jan 92 Vibeology 19 6 wks 08 Aug 92 Will You Marry Me? 73 1 wk 17 Jun 95 My Love Is For Real (Paula Abdul featuring Ofra Haza) 28 3 wks Total Hits : 12 Total Weeks : 67 ABERFELDY British male/female vocal/instrumental group (Poppy Ackroyd, Ruth Barrie, Murray Briggs, Riley Briggs, Sarah McFayden, Ian Stoddart) 28 Aug 04 Heliopolis By Night 66 1 wk 26 Feb 05 Love Is An Arrow 60 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 ABI British male singer 13 Jun 98 Counting The Days 44 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 ABIGAIL British female singer (Abigail Zsiga) 16 Jul 94 Smells Like Teen Spirit 29 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 ABOVE & BEYOND British male DJ/production trio – Jono Grant & Paavo Siljamäki 02 Feb 02 The Drill (Dirt Devils) 15 6 wks 06 Dec 03 Music Is Life (Dirt Devils) 53 2 wks 02 Apr 11 Sun & Moon (Above & Beyond featuring Richard Bedford) 71 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 9 ANDY ABRAHAM British male singer (born 17/7/64). He was runner-up on the 2005 series of the X Factor, and represented the UK in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing in equal last position 08 Apr 06 Hang Up 63 1 wk 23 Dec 06 December Brings Me Back To You (Andy Abraham & Michael Underwood) 18 2 wks 31 May 08 Even If 67 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 4 COLONEL ABRAMS American male singer 17 Aug 85 Trapped 3 23 wks 07 Dec 85 The Truth 53 3 wks 08 Feb 86 I'm Not Gonna Let You 24 7 wks 15 Aug 87 How Soon We Forget 75 2 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 35 ABS British male vocalist (born Richard Breen, 29/6/79). He was formerly a member of Five. He changed his name to Abz Love in 2008. 31 Aug 02 What You Got 4 8 wks 07 Jun 03 Stop Sign 10 9 wks 06 Sep 03 Miss Perfect (Abs featuring Nodesha) 5 7 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 24 ABSOLUTE American male production duo (Mark Pichioitti and Craig Snider) 18 Jan 97 I Believe (Absolute featuring Suzanne Palmer) 38 2 wks 14 Mar 98 Catch Me 69 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 3 ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS See Pet Shop Boys MARC ACARDIPANE & DICK RULES German male production duo (Marc Trauner, born 7/3/69 & Michael Ward) 18 Oct 03 Maria (I Like It Loud) (Scooter vs Marc Acardipane & Dick Rules) 16 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 ACE British male vocal/instrumental group – Paul Carrack (born 22/4/51), Terry "Tex" Corner (born 23/2/49), Phil Harris (18/7/48-Aug 2010), Alan King (born 18/9/45) & Irish born Fran Byrne (born 17/3/48). Carrack went on to be a member of both Squeeze and Mike & The Mechanics, and took a solo version of "How Long" to the charts in 1996. 09 Nov 74 How Long 20 10 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 10 ACE OF BASE Swedish male/female vocal/instrumental group (Ulf "Buddha" Ekberg and three siblings, Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Malin "Linn" Berggren and Jenny Berggren) 08 May 93 All That She Wants 1 16 wks 28 Aug 93 Wheel Of Fortune 20 6 wks 13 Nov 93 Happy Nation 40 6 wks (Also charted in 1994. Peaked in October 1994) 26 Feb 94 The Sign $ 2 16 wks 11 Jun 94 Don't Turn Around 5 11 wks 14 Jan 95 Living In Danger 18 4 wks 11 Nov 95 Lucky Love 20 5 wks 27 Jan 96 Beautiful Life 15 6 wks 25 Jul 98 Life Is A Flower 5 11 wks 10 Oct 98 Cruel Summer 8 5 wks 19 Dec 98 Always Have, Always Will 12 10 wks 17 Apr 99 Everytime It Rains 22 4 wks Total Hits : 12 Total Weeks : 100 RICHARD ACE Jamaican male vocalist 02 Dec 78 Stayin' Alive 66 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 ACEN British male producer (Acen Razvi) 08 Aug 92 Trip II The Moon 38 3 wks 10 Oct 92 Trip II The Moon (Kaleidoscope) 71 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 4 ACES See Desmond Dekker TRACY ACKERMAN British female singer/songwriter 26 May 90 Loving You (Massivo featuring Tracy) 25 11 wks 05 Jun 93 Get Here (Q featuring Tracy Ackerman) 37 4 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 15 ACT Anglo-German male/female vocal/instrumental duo – Thomas Leer & Claudia Brücken (ex-Propaganda) 23 May 87 Snobbery And Decay 60 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 ACT ONE American male vocal/instrumental group (George Barker, Rafael Gerard, Reginald Ross & Roger Terry) 18 May 74 Tom The Peeper 40 6 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6 ACZESS British female vocalist (Rachel Ellektra) 27 Oct 01 Do What We Would 65 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 ADAM & THE ANTS British male/vocal instrumental group. After a number of members passed through the group early (several went to form Bow Wow Wow), their early hitmaking line up was Adam Ant (Stuart Goddard), Chris "Merrick" Hughes, Terry Lee Miall, Kevin Mooney & Marco Pirroni. Mooney left in 1981 and was replaced by Gary Tubbs. Their "Kings Of The Wild Frontier" won the Brit award for Best Album in 1982. 02 Aug 80 Kings Of The Wild Frontier 2 18 wks (Also charted in 1981. Peaked in March 1981) 11 Oct 80 Dog Eat Dog 4 16 wks 06 Dec 80 Antmusic 2 18 wks 27 Dec 80 Young Parisians 9 13 wks 24 Jan 81 Zerox 45 9 wks 24 Jan 81 Cartrouble 33 9 wks 09 May 81 Stand And Deliver ✮ 1 15 wks 12 Sep 81 Prince Charming 1 12 wks 12 Dec 81 Ant Rap 3 10 wks 27 Feb 82 Deutscher Girls 13 6 wks 13 Mar 82 Antmusic EP 46 4 wks (Tracks : Kick/Physical/Cartrouble Part 1/Cartrouble Part 2/Friends) Total Hits : 11 Total Weeks : 130 ARTHUR ADAMS American male singer and musician (born 25/12/43) 24 Oct 81 You Got The Floor 38 5 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5 BEN ADAMS British male vocalist born 22/11/81. Formerly a member of A1 11 Jun 05 Sorry 18 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 BRYAN ADAMS Canadian male singer (born 5/11/59). "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)" was number one for a record-breaking 16 consecutive weeks and was the biggest selling single of 1991. He is also an accomplished photographer, one of his pictures of Queen Elizabeth II was used for a Canadian postage stamp in 2004-5. 12 Jan 85 Run To You 11 12 wks 16 Mar 85 Somebody 35 7 wks 25 May 85 Heaven $ 38 5 wks 10 Aug 85 Summer Of '69 42 9 wks (Also charted in 2012) 02 Nov 85 It's Only Love (Bryan Adams & Tina Turner) 29 6 wks 21 Dec 85 Christmas Time 55 2 wks 22 Feb 86 This Time 41 7 wks 12 Jul 86 Straight From The Heart 51 3 wks 28 Mar 87 Heat Of The Night 50 2 wks 20 Jun 87 Hearts On Fire 57 3 wks 17 Oct 87 Victim Of Love 68 2 wks 29 Jun 91 (Everything I Do) I Do It For You ✮ $ 1 25 wks 14 Sep 91 Can't Stop This Thing We Started 12 6 wks 23 Nov 91 There Will Never Be Another Tonight 32 3 wks 22 Feb 92 Thought I'd Died And Gone To Heaven 8 7 wks 18 Jul 92 All I Want Is You 22 5 wks 26 Sep 92 Do I Have To Say The Words? 30 3 wks 30 Oct 93 Please Forgive Me 2 16 wks 15 Jan 94 All For Love $ (Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting) 2 13 wks 22 Apr 95 Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman? $ 4 9 wks 11 Nov 95 Rock Steady (Bonnie Raitt featuring Bryan Adams) 50 2 wks 01 Jun 96 The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me 6 7 wks 24 Aug 96 Let's Make It A Night To Remember 10 8 wks 23 Nov 96 Star 13 4 wks 08 Feb 97 I Finally Found Someone (Barbra Streisand & Bryan Adams) 10 7 wks 19 Apr 97 18 Til I Die 22 3 wks 20 Dec 97 Back To You 18 7 wks 21 Mar 98 I'm Ready 20 4 wks 10 Oct 98 On A Day Like Today 13 5 wks 12 Dec 98 When You're Gone (Bryan Adams featuring Melanie C) 3 19 wks 15 May 99 Cloud Number 9 6 9 wks 18 Dec 99 The Best Of Me 47 3 wks (Also charted in 2000) 18 Mar 00 Don't Give Up (Chicane featuring Bryan Adams) 1 14 wks 20 Jul 02 Here I Am 5 8 wks 25 Sep 04 Open Road 21 3 wks 11 Dec 04 Flying 39 2 wks Total Hits : 36 Total Weeks : 250 CLIFF ADAMS ORCHESTRA British male/female vocal ensemble, also known as the Cliff Adams Singers (although their hit was an instrumental, hence the different credit). They were the main contributors to the "Sing Something Simple" show on Radio 2. Leader Adams (21/8/23-22/10/01) had previously formed The Stargazers, and wrote a number of well-known advertising jingles. 30 Apr 60 The Lonely Man Theme 39 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 GAYLE ADAMS American female singer 26 Jul 80 Stretchin' Out 64 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 OLETA ADAMS American female singer/pianist (born 4/5/53) 24 Mar 90 Rhythm Of Life 38 7 wks (Also charted in 1995. Peaked in December 1995) 12 Jan 91 Get Here 4 12 wks 13 Apr 91 You've Got To Give Me Room/Rhythm Of Life 49 3 wks 29 Jun 91 Circle Of One 73 1 wk 28 Sep 91 Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 33 5 wks 10 Jul 93 I Just Had To Hear Your Voice 42 3 wks 07 Oct 95 Never Knew Love 22 3 wks 10 Feb 96 We Will Meet Again 51 1 wk Total Hits : 8 Total Weeks : 35 RYAN ADAMS American male singer/songwriter/guitarist, born David Ryan Adams, 5/11/74. He married Mandy Moore in 2009 08 Dec 01 New York New York 53 1 wk 20 Apr 02 Answering Bell 39 2 wks 28 Sep 02 Nuclear 37 1 wk 31 Jan 04 So Alive 21 2 wks 10 Jul 04 Wonderwall 27 2 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 8 ADAMSKI British male DJ/producer/songwriter, born Adam Tinley (4/12/67) 20 Jan 90 N-R-G 12 6 wks 07 Apr 90 Killer 1 18 wks 08 Sep 90 The Space Jungle 7 8 wks 17 Nov 90 Flashback Jack 46 2 wks 09 Nov 91 Never Goin' Down (Incorporating Future Freak)/Born To Be Alive! (Adamski & Jimi Polo & Solo) 51 2 wks (Jimi Polo is credited only on "Never Goin' Down", Solo credited only on "Born To Be Alive!") 04 Apr 92 Get Your Body! (Adamski featuring Nina Hagen) 68 1 wk 04 Jul 92 Back To Front 63 1 wk 11 Jul 98 One Of The People (Adamski's Thing featuring Gerideau) 56 1 wk Total Hits : 8 Total Weeks : 39 ADDAMS & GEE British male instrumental duo 20 Apr 91 Chung Kuo (Revisited) 72 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 ADDICTIVE British female vocal duo (Louise Bagan & Aisha Stuart) 22 Mar 08 Gonna Be Mine (Addictive featuring T2) 47 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 ADDIS BLACK WIDOW Swedish/American male/female rap duo - Armias Mamo ("Pigeon") and Dianne Wiston ("Cream") 03 Feb 96 Innocent 42 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 ADDRISI BROTHERS American male vocal duo, brothers Donald (14/12/38-13/11/84) and Richard (born 4/7/41) Addrisi 06 Oct 79 Ghost Dancer 57 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 ADELE British female singer (born Adele Adkins, 5/5/88). Her album "21" was the biggest seller of 2011, and is in the top 5 of all time, while "Someone Like You" was the biggest selling single of 2011. 26 Jan 08 Chasing Pavements 2 19 wks 09 Feb 08 Hometown Glory 19 21 wks (Also charted in 2012) 19 Apr 08 Cold Shoulder 18 9 wks 01 Nov 08 Make You Feel My Love 4 55 wks (Also charted in 2010 & 2011. Peaked in October 2010) 29 Jan 11 Rolling In The Deep ✮ $ 2 56 wks (Also charted in 2012) 05 Feb 11 Someone Like You ✮ $ 1 65 wks (Also charted in 2012) 14 May 11 Set Fire To The Rain $ 11 48 wks (Also charted in 2012) 14 May 11 Turning Tables 62 2 wks 06 Oct 12 I Can't Make You Love Me 37 2 wks 13 Oct 12 Skyfall 2 28 wks (Also charted in 2013) Total Hits : 10 Total Weeks : 305 ADEMA American male vocal/instrumental group (Marc DeLeon, Dave DeRoo, Tim Fluckey & Kris Kohls) 16 Mar 02 Giving In 62 1 wk 10 Aug 02 The Way You Like It 61 1 wk 23 Aug 03 Unstable 46 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 3 ADEVA American female singer (born Patricia Daniels, c1960). 14 Jan 89 Respect 17 9 wks 25 Mar 89 Musical Freedom (Moving On Up) (Paul Simpson featuring Adeva) 22 8 wks 12 Aug 89 Warning 17 8 wks 21 Oct 89 I Thank You 17 7 wks 16 Dec 89 Beautiful Love 57 5 wks 28 Apr 90 Treat Me Right 62 2 wks 06 Apr 91 Ring My Bell (Monie Love vs Adeva) 20 5 wks 19 Oct 91 It Should Have Been Me 48 3 wks 29 Feb 92 Don't Let It Show On Your Face 34 4 wks 06 Jun 92 Until You Come Back To Me 45 3 wks 17 Oct 92 I'm The One For You 51 2 wks 11 Dec 93 Respect (Remix) 65 1 wk 27 May 95 Too Many Fish (Frankie Knuckles featuring Adeva) 34 2 wks 18 Nov 95 Whadda U Want (From Me) (Frankie Knuckles featuring Adeva) 36 2 wks 06 Apr 96 Do Watcha Do (Hyper Go-Go featuring Adeva) 54 1 wk 04 May 96 I Thank You (Remix) 37 2 wks 12 Apr 97 Do Watcha Do (Remix) (Hyper Go-Go featuring Adeva) 60 1 wk 26 Jul 97 Where Is The Love?/The Way That You Feel 54 1 wk Total Hits : 18 Total Weeks : 66 Also see ATFC presents Onephatdeeva ADICTS British male vocal/instrumental group - Michael "Kid Dee" Davison, Pete "Pete Dee" Davison, Mel "Spider" Ellis and vocalist Keith "Monkey" Warren 14 May 83 Bad Boy 75 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 ADIEMUS British male/female orchestra (The London Philharmonic Orchestra) with South African female vocalist Miriam Stockley in a project of British male composer Karl Jenkins 14 Oct 95 Adiemus 48 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 LARRY ADLER British male harmonica player (10/2/14-7/8/01) 30 Jul 94 The Man I Love (Kate Bush & Larry Adler) 27 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 ADRENALIN MOD British male vocal/instrumental group (Morris Bird, Richie Ferne & Darren Mohammed) 08 Oct 88 O-O-O 49 5 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5 ADULT NET American/British female/male vocal/instrumental group, with Brix Smith (ex The Fall) the constant member of a group that at the time of their hit included another Fall member Simon Rogers (aka Ottersley Kipling), ex-Smiths Craig Gannon, ex-Blondie Clem Burke, and ex-The The James Eller 10 Jun 89 Where Were You 66 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 ADVENTURES British male/female vocal/instrumental group formed by two former members of the Starjets (Pat Gribben & Terry Sharpe) with Gribben's wife Eileen, Tony Ayre (died 20/12/09), Paul Crowder & Gerard Murphy. 15 Sep 84 Another Silent Day 71 2 wks 01 Dec 84 Send My Heart 62 4 wks 13 Jul 85 Feel The Raindrops 58 3 wks 09 Apr 88 Broken Land 20 10 wks 02 Jul 88 Drowning In The Sea Of Love 44 4 wks 13 Jun 92 Raining All Over The World 68 1 wk Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 24 ADVENTURES OF STEVIE V British male producer Stevie Vincent, with a range of singers that included Mick Walsh & Melody Washington. Dirty Cash was the basis for Dizzee Rascal's 2009 hit Dirtee Cash 21 Apr 90 Dirty Cash 2 13 wks 29 Sep 90 Body Language 29 5 wks 02 Mar 91 Jealousy 58 3 wks 27 Sep 97 Dirty Cash (Remix) 69 1 wk Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 22 ADVERTS British male/female vocal/instrumental group led by TV Smith (Tim Smith) & Gaye Advert (who eventually married) with Laurie Driver (Laurie Muscat) and Howard Pickup (Howard Boak, died 7/11/97) 27 Aug 77 Gary Gilmore's Eyes 18 7 wks 04 Feb 78 No Time To Be 21 34 4 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 11 AEROSMITH American male vocal/instrumental group (Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, Joe Perry, Steven Tyler & Brad Whitford). Perry was replaced by Jimmy Crespo in 1979, and Whitford by Rick Dufay in 1981, but both line-up changes were reversed in 1984. 17 Oct 87 Dude (Looks Like A Lady) 20 10 wks (Also charted in 1990. Peaked in March 1990) 16 Apr 88 Angel 69 2 wks 09 Sep 89 Love In An Elevator 13 8 wks 14 Apr 90 Rag Doll 42 4 wks 01 Sep 90 The Other Side 46 2 wks 10 Apr 93 Lovin' On The Edge 19 4 wks 03 Jul 93 Eat The Rich 34 3 wks 30 Oct 93 Cryin' 17 6 wks 18 Dec 93 Amazing 57 3 wks 02 Jul 94 Shut Up And Dance 24 4 wks 20 Aug 94 Sweet Emotion 74 1 wk 05 Nov 94 Crazy/Blind Man 23 4 wks 08 Mar 97 Falling In Love (Is Hard On The Knees) 22 4 wks 21 Jun 97 Hole In My Soul 29 2 wks 27 Dec 97 Pink 13 8 wks (Also charted in 1999. Peaked in June 1999) 12 Sep 98 I Don't Want To Miss A Thing ✮ $ 4 28 wks (Also charted in 2008, 2011, 2012 & 2014) 17 Mar 01 Jaded 13 7 wks Total Hits : 17 Total Weeks : 100 AFRICAN BUSINESS Italian male vocal/instrumental group (Marcello Catalano, Fabrizio Gatto, Aldo Martinelli, Claudio Ridolfi) 17 Nov 90 In Zaire 73 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 AFRO CELT SOUND SYSTEM Irish/African male vocal/instrumental group, organised by Irish producer/guitarist Simon Emmerson with a number of Irish and West African musicians, and an even higher number of guest contributors (including Peter Gabriel & Sinead O'Connor) 29 Apr 00 Release 71 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 AFRO MEDUSA British male vocal/production duo – Nick Bennett & Patrick Cole with Spanish vocalist - Isabel Fructuoso 28 Oct 00 Pasilda 31 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 AFROJACK Dutch male DJ/producer, born Nick van de Wall, 9/9/87 11 Dec 10 Take Over Control (Afrojack featuring Eva Simons) 24 7 wks 30 Apr 11 Give Me Everything ✮ $ (Pitbull featuring Nayer, Afrojack & Ne-Yo) 1 33 wks (Also charted in 2012) 19 Nov 11 No Beef (Afrojack & Steve Aoki featuring Miss Palmer) 25 2 wks 15 Jun 13 As Your Friend (Afrojack featuring Chris Brown) 21 2 wks 07 Dec 13 The Spark (Afrojack featuring Spree Wilson) 17 7 wks 31 May 14 Ten Feet Tall (Afrojack featuring Wrabel) 20 2 wks Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 53 AFROMAN American male rapper (born Joseph Foreman, 28/7/74) 06 Oct 01 Because I Got High 1 22 wks (Also charted in 2002) 02 Feb 02 Crazy Rap 10 8 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 30 AFTER 7 American male vocal group – brothers Kevon & Melvin Edwards, & Keith Mitchell 03 Nov 90 Can't Stop 54 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 AFTER THE FIRE British male vocal/instrumental group (Peter "Memory" Banks, Andy Piercy, John Russell & Ivor Twidell). Twidell had left by 1982, being replaced by Pete King 09 Jun 79 One Rule For You 40 6 wks 08 Sep 79 Laser Love 62 2 wks 09 Apr 83 Der Komissar 47 4 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 12 AFTERSHOCK American male vocal/instrumental duo (Frost Rivera & Guy Routte) 21 Aug 93 Slave To The Vibe 11 8 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 8 AGE OF CHANCE British male vocal/instrumental group (Steve Elvidge, Neil Howson, Jan Perry & Geoff Taylor). Elvidge left in 1988 being replaced by Charles Hutchinson 17 Jan 87 Kiss 50 6 wks 30 May 87 Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Noise 65 2 wks 20 Jan 90 Higher Than Heaven 53 5 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 13 AGE OF LOVE Italian male production duo (Bruno Sanchioni & Guiseppe Chierchia) with Dutch female vocalist (Karen Mulder) 05 Jul 97 The Age Of Love – The Remixes 17 4 wks 19 Sep 98 The Age Of Love 38 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 6 AGENT BLUE British male vocal /instrumental group (Nic Andrews, Josh Hill, Matt Jones, Calum Murphy & Mark Taylor) 29 May 04 Sex Drugs And Rocks Through Your Window 71 1 wk 21 Aug 04 Something Else 59 1 wk 19 Mar 05 Children's Children 62 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 3 AGENT 00 British male DJ/production duo - Kevin Andrews and Gary Dedman 07 Mar 98 The Magnificent 65 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 AGENT PROVOCATEUR British male/female vocal/instrumental group - Lance Burman, John Gosling, Dan Peppe, Danny Saber & Cleo Torez 22 Mar 97 Agent Dan 49 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 AGENT SUMO British male production duo (Martin Cole and Steven Halliday) 09 Jun 01 24 Hours 44 2 wks 20 Apr 02 Why 40 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 4 AGNELLI & NELSON Northern Irish male DJ/production duo - Christoper Agnew and Robert Nelson 15 Aug 98 El Nino 21 4 wks 11 Sep 99 Everyday 17 4 wks 17 Jun 00 Embrace 35 2 wks 09 Sep 00 Hudson Street 29 2 wks 07 Apr 01 Vegas 48 1 wk 15 Jun 02 Everyday 2002 33 2 wks 03 Apr 04 Holding On To Nothing 41 2 wks Total Hits : 7 Total Weeks : 17 AGNES Swedish female singer (born Agnes Carlsson, 6/3/88). She was the winner of the Swedish TV show "Idol 2005" 06 Jun 09 Release Me 3 17 wks 28 Nov 09 I Need You Now 40 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 19 CHRISTINA AGUILERA American former child TV personality turned singer-songwriter-actress, born 18/12/80. Apart from her successful music career, she starred in the movie "Burlesque" and has been a regular judge on the US TV series "The Voice" 11 Sep 99 Genie In A Bottle $ 1 24 wks 26 Feb 00 What A Girl Wants $ 3 13 wks 22 Jul 00 I Turn To You 19 6 wks 11 Nov 00 Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You) $ 8 8 wks (Also charted in 2001) 10 Mar 01 Nobody Wants To Be Lonely (Ricky Martin with Christina Aguilera) 4 12 wks 30 Jun 01 Lady Marmalade $ (Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya & Pink) 1 16 wks 23 Nov 02 Dirrty (Christina Aguilera featuring Redman) 1 9 wks 22 Feb 03 Beautiful 1 12 wks 21 Jun 03 Fighter 3 13 wks 20 Sep 03 Can't Hold Us Down (Christina Aguilera featuring Lil Kim) 6 9 wks 20 Dec 03 The Voice Within 9 10 wks 13 Nov 04 Car Wash (Christina Aguilera featuring Missy Elliott) 4 14 wks 04 Dec 04 Tilt Ya Head Back (Nelly & Christina Aguilera) 5 12 wks 29 Jul 06 Ain't No Other Man 2 16 wks (Also charted in 2007) 18 Nov 06 Hurt 11 15 wks (Also charted in 2007 & 2009) 16 Dec 06 Tell Me (P Diddy featuring Christina Aguilera) 8 17 wks 10 Mar 07 Candyman 17 20 wks 15 Nov 08 Keeps Getting Better 14 5 wks 22 May 10 Not Myself Tonight 12 5 wks 25 Dec 10 Express 75 1 wk 27 Aug 11 Moves Like Jagger ✮ $ (Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera) 2 52 wks 17 Nov 12 Your Body 16 2 wks 30 Mar 13 Feel This Moment (Pitbull featuring Christina Aguilera) 5 14 wks 01 Mar 14 Say Something (A Great Big World featuring Christina Aguilera) 4 23 wks Total Hits : 24 Total Weeks : 328 A-HA Norwegian male vocal/instrumental group - Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket & Pål Waaktaar. Harket also had one solo hit. 28 Sep 85 Take On Me $ 2 19 wks 28 Dec 85 The Sun Always Shines On TV 1 12 wks 05 Apr 86 Train Of Thought 8 8 wks 14 Jun 86 Hunting High And Low 5 10 wks 04 Oct 86 I've Been Losing You 8 7 wks 06 Dec 86 Cry Wolf 5 9 wks 28 Feb 87 Manhattan Skyline 13 6 wks 04 Jul 87 The Living Daylights 5 9 wks 26 Mar 88 Stay On These Roads 5 6 wks 18 Jun 88 The Blood That Moves The Body 25 4 wks 27 Aug 88 Touchy! 11 7 wks 03 Dec 88 You Are The One 13 10 wks 13 Oct 90 Crying In The Rain 13 7 wks 15 Dec 90 I Call Your Name 44 5 wks 26 Oct 91 Move To Memphis 47 2 wks 05 Jun 93 Dark Is The Night 19 4 wks 18 Sep 93 Angel 41 3 wks 26 Mar 94 Shapes That Go Together 27 3 wks 03 Jun 00 Summer Moved On 33 2 wks 04 Feb 06 Analogue (All I Want) 10 5 wks 29 Apr 06 Cosy Prisons 39 1 wk 08 Aug 09 Foot Of The Mountain 66 1 wk Total Hits : 22 Total Weeks : 140 AHMAD American male rapper (born Ahmad Lewis, 12/10/75) 09 Jul 94 Back In The Day 64 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 AIDA See Rank 1 AIR French male instrumental duo (Jean-Benoît Dunckel & Nicolas Godin) 21 Feb 98 Sexy Boy 13 4 wks 16 May 98 Kelly Watch The Stars 18 3 wks 21 Nov 98 All I Need 29 3 wks 26 Feb 00 Playground Love 25 2 wks 02 Jun 01 Number 1 31 2 wks 21 Aug 04 Alpha Beta Gaga 44 2 wks Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 16 AIR SUPPLY Male vocal/instrumental with a core of Australian Russell Hitchcock & Brit Graham Russell, plus a string of other musicians including Ralph Cooper, Frank Esler-Smith, Rex Goh, David Green & David Moyse 27 Sep 80 All Out Of Love 11 11 wks 02 Oct 82 Even The Nights Are Better 44 4 wks 20 Nov 93 Goodbye 66 2 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 17 AIR TRAFFIC British male vocal/instrumental group (David Jordan, Jim Madddock, Tim Pritchard and Chris Wall) 07 Apr 07 Charlotte 33 1 wk 30 Jun 07 Shooting Star 30 1 wk 06 Oct 07 No More Running Away 45 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 3 AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT American male/female vocal/instrumental group (Anna Bulbrook, Steven Chan, Noah Harmon, Mikel Jollett & Daren Taylor) 07 Feb 09 Sometime Around Midnight 33 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 AIRHEAD British male vocal/instrumental group - Andy Carr, Ian Groves, Ben & Sam Kesteven, Steve Marshall, Richard Merrett, Michael Wallis & Roger Wells 05 Oct 91 Funny Now 57 3 wks 21 Dec 91 Counting Sheep 35 5 wks 07 Mar 92 Right Now 50 2 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 10 AIRHEADZ British male production duo (Leigh Guest and Andrew Peach) 28 Apr 01 Stanley (Here I Am) 36 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 AIRSCAPE See Svenson & Gielen LAUREL AITKEN & THE UNITONE Jamaican (Cuban born) male singer (22/4/27-17/7/05) with British male backing band (most of the Ruts - Paul Fox, Segs Jennings, Dave Ruffy, Malcolm Owen and Gary Barnacle) 17 May 80 Rudi Got Married 60 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 AKABU See Joey Negro AKALA British male rapper (born Kingslee Daley, 1/12/83). He is the brother of Ms Dynamite 28 May 05 Roll Wid Us 72 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 JEWEL AKENS American male singer (12/9/33-1/3/13) 27 Mar 65 The Birds And The Bees 29 8 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 8 AKIN British female vocal duo 14 Jun 97 Stay Right Here 60 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 AKON American (Senegalese-born) male singer/songwriter/producer (born Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam, 16/4/73) 25 Dec 04 Locked Up (Import) (Akon featuring Styles P) 61 3 wks (Also charted in 2005) 05 Mar 05 Locked Up 5 13 wks 14 May 05 Lonely 1 16 wks 20 Aug 05 Belly Dancer (Bananza) 5 8 wks 19 Aug 06 Girls (Beenie Man featuring Akon) 47 2 wks 16 Sep 06 Snitch (Obie Trice featuring Akon) 44 2 wks 18 Nov 06 Smack That (Akon featuring Eminem) 1 23 wks (Also charted in 2007) 13 Jan 07 I Wanna Love You $ (Akon featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg) 3 20 wks 03 Feb 07 The Sweet Escape (Gwen Stefani featuring Akon) 2 28 wks 14 Apr 07 Don't Matter $ 3 19 wks 02 Jun 07 I Tried 69 1 wk 11 Aug 07 Mama Africa 47 2 wks 15 Sep 07 Sorry Blame It On Me 22 13 wks 01 Dec 07 Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill) (Wyclef Jean featuring Akon Lil Wayne & Niia) 66 1 wk 01 Mar 08 Wanna Be Starting Something 2008 (Michael Jackson with Akon) 69 1 wk 05 Apr 08 Hypnotized (Plies featuring Akon) 66 2 wks 09 Aug 08 Body On Me (Nelly/Akon/Ashanti) 17 9 wks 11 Oct 08 Dangerous (Kardinal Offishall featuring Akon) 16 20 wks 25 Oct 08 Right Now (Na Na Na) 6 27 wks 01 Nov 08 I'm So Paid (Akon featuring Lil Wayne) 59 3 wks (Also charted in 2009) 13 Dec 08 Beautiful (Akon featuring Kardinal Offishall & Colby O'Donis) 8 30 wks (Also charted in 2009) 28 Feb 09 Silver And Gold (Sway featuring Akon) 61 1 wk 11 Apr 09 Stuck With Each Other (Shontelle featuring Akon) 23 9 wks 18 Jul 09 We Don't Care 61 2 wks 22 Aug 09 Sexy Chick (David Guetta featuring Akon) 1 26 wks 30 Jan 10 Shut It Down (Pitbull featuring Akon) 33 5 wks 13 Feb 10 Oh Africa 56 2 wks 04 Dec 10 Kush (Dr Dre featuring Snoop Dogg & Akon) 57 1 wk 18 Dec 10 Hold My Hand (Michael Jackson & Akon) 10 7 wks 22 Jan 11 I Just Had Sex (Lonely Island featuring Akon) 68 1 wk 22 Jan 11 Move That Body (Nelly featuring Akon & T-Pain) 71 1 wk 16 Apr 11 Who Dat Girl (Flo-Rida featuring Akon) 64 1 wk 18 Feb 12 I'm Day Dreaming (Redd featuring Akon & Snoop Dogg) 71 1 wk 22 Sep 12 Play Hard (David Guetta featuring Ne-Yo & Akon) 6 24 wks (Also charted in 2013. Peaked in May 2013) Total Hits : 34 Total Weeks : 324 Edited December 25, 201410 yr by fchd
January 6, 201411 yr Excellent chart resource, huge task to take on, I'm assuming you are working to a deadline :lol: finishing date Dec 2018... :P
January 6, 201411 yr Can't wait for the rest. :funky: However you might want to be careful. You don't want to make it too like the GBHS, otherwise you could get accused of ripping off their work.
January 6, 201411 yr Author Excellent chart resource, huge task to take on, I'm assuming you are working to a deadline :lol: finishing date Dec 2018... :P I think 2 years should be sufficient! About 100 batches of about 100 artists over about 100 weeks
January 6, 201411 yr Author Can't wait for the rest. :funky: However you might want to be careful. You don't want to make it too like the GBHS, otherwise you could get accused of ripping off their work. That's why I put the bit in the intro that if the mods thought it was going to be a problem, and if it would reflect back on to Buzzjack, to let me know and I would pull it instantly. I have had a nice message from one of the mods basically telling me to carry on for now. However, if you think there's any way I can change the formatting to keep as much of the data as possible, and still to be readable, but to be less like the books, please let me know, I'm open to all ideas.
January 6, 201411 yr I think 2 years should be sufficient! About 100 batches of about 100 artists over about 100 weeks Good luck fchd. :) I look forward to reading!
January 7, 201411 yr On avoiding it looking like the GBHS. The only thing that strikes me as obvious is adding the dates of birth to the artists. I think it's useful to know the year when an artist has died though. And try and simplify the description. To country of birth. Keep the bits such as a real name, if they are members of other bands/acts who have charted etc. An example of two much like the book and a suggestive alternative: "ABC British male vocal/instrumental group led by Martin Fry, with an ever-changing cast over the years. At their chart debut, other members included Mark Lickley, David Robinson, Stephen Singleton and Mark White). Robinson was replaced by David Palmer in 1981, Singleton left in 1984 being replaced by American Fiona Russell-Powell (known as Eden) and David Yarritu." "ABC British male vocal/instrumental group." Footnote I don't know if any of the members of ABC were members of other groups or had hits on their own. The other aspects of the design have been used in other chart books so I think you are fine on that.
January 7, 201411 yr This is really good work fhcd, I'll look forward to reading it every week :D I've got a query with re-releases though. With 'Highway To Hell', you've got: 01 Sep 79 Highway To Hell 4 6 wks But shouldn't re-issues in the download era be counted as separate entries? As otherwise it looks like Highway To Hell got to Number 4 back in '79, which it obviously didn't! I know this makes your task a lot harder but I'm only asking the question :) Also I'm not sure what you're planning on doing for songs that were physically re-issued multiple times, for example 'Holiday' by Madonna? It was issued and charted three times but will there still just be one entry? Edited January 7, 201411 yr by Mango
January 7, 201411 yr I was going to mention an idea of an online BHS, but thought it was such a mammoth task that no one would want to take it on. So congrats to fchd for this.
January 7, 201411 yr On avoiding it looking like the GBHS. The only thing that strikes me as obvious is adding the dates of birth to the artists. I think it's useful to know the year when an artist has died though. And try and simplify the description. To country of birth. Keep the bits such as a real name, if they are members of other bands/acts who have charted etc. An example of two much like the book and a suggestive alternative: "ABC British male vocal/instrumental group led by Martin Fry, with an ever-changing cast over the years. At their chart debut, other members included Mark Lickley, David Robinson, Stephen Singleton and Mark White). Robinson was replaced by David Palmer in 1981, Singleton left in 1984 being replaced by American Fiona Russell-Powell (known as Eden) and David Yarritu." "ABC British male vocal/instrumental group." Footnote I don't know if any of the members of ABC were members of other groups or had hits on their own. The other aspects of the design have been used in other chart books so I think you are fine on that. I would prefer the longer version as it is far more informative. If the description was a direct copy of the Virgin book it could be a problem. However it gives more info than Virgin so it is clearly not just lifted word for word. This is really good work fhcd, I'll look forward to reading it every week :D I've got a query with re-releases though. With 'Highway To Hell', you've got: But shouldn't re-issues in the download era be counted as separate entries? As otherwise it looks like Highway To Hell got to Number 4 back in '79, which it obviously didn't! I know this makes your task a lot harder but I'm only asking the question :) Also I'm not sure what you're planning on doing for songs that were physically re-issued multiple times, for example 'Holiday' by Madonna? It was issued and charted three times but will there still just be one entry? That was a major criticism of the last edition of the Guinness book with Holidya being the oft-quoted example. The biggest problem is whether to have a separate entry every time a song enters the top 75 - even if it only dropped out for one week - or to combine entries in some way or to go for something in between.
January 7, 201411 yr That was a major criticism of the last edition of the Guinness book with Holidya being the oft-quoted example. The biggest problem is whether to have a separate entry every time a song enters the top 75 - even if it only dropped out for one week - or to combine entries in some way or to go for something in between. I'd say go for something in between. If a song dropped out of the Top 75 for a couple of weeks then re-entered then that wouldn't be a separate entry, but in the case of 'Highway To Hell' or the multiple releases of 'Holiday' they are clearly completely separate issues. I appreciate that it would be a lot less clear what to do for some songs though, for example the Christmas songs which chart every year or something like 'Chasing Cars' which comes and goes!
January 7, 201411 yr I'd say go for something in between. If a song dropped out of the Top 75 for a couple of weeks then re-entered then that wouldn't be a separate entry, but in the case of 'Highway To Hell' or the multiple releases of 'Holiday' they are clearly completely separate issues. I appreciate that it would be a lot less clear what to do for some songs though, for example the Christmas songs which chart every year or something like 'Chasing Cars' which comes and goes! And therein lies the problem :lol: The Virgin book attempted to go for something in between which meant listing the Christmas songs every year but I haven't looked in sufficient detail to determine how long a song needs to stay out to count as a separate entry or even whether they judged it on a case-by-case- basis.
January 7, 201411 yr You could just do acts that have charted since 2010 onwards, as that is where the book edition left off. It would be alot easier and quicker for yourself. but say if an act charts that had hits before 2010 you'd give their full chart details. so it'd exclude acts like The Shadows etc who havent charted for decades and likely won't again. Edited January 7, 201411 yr by fiesta
January 7, 201411 yr I fully agree with the way fchd has done it, it's senseless to list 'Highway To Hell' as anything other than a #4 hit even if it didn't achieve that peak on its original release. The peak is its overall peak, not the peak in the year it was released. If that leads to misleading appearances then so be it :P
January 7, 201411 yr And therein lies the problem :lol: The Virgin book attempted to go for something in between which meant listing the Christmas songs every year but I haven't looked in sufficient detail to determine how long a song needs to stay out to count as a separate entry or even whether they judged it on a case-by-case- basis. Each song should definitely be judged on a case-by-case basis. However, with the Christmas songs, to me it makes sense to list a separate entry for each year. e.g. 'All I Want For Christmas' would be listed as: 2011: 64-27-12-{11}-17 2012: 56-30-{20}-21-20-55 2013: 68-47-14-{12}-13-30 rather than ...64R(48)-27-12-11-17-56R(48)-30-20-21-20-55-68R(47)-47-14-12-13-30
January 7, 201411 yr The re-entries thing was a problem for BHS due to the increasing size of the printed edition. However with an online edition space is not such a problem. There is no need to combine the entries. Each entry could be listed as a separate entry, assuming that you have the information. Since you don't list labels, the word "re-entry" could be used, to show it is.
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