How many #1s do you get per year, does your #1 change often or do you keep a song at #1 for weeks on end.

 

2010: 27

2011: 16

2012: 29

2013: 19

2014: 18

2015: 14

2016: 12

 

I'd say my #1 turnover is in the middle of the two extremes then, the average stay at #1 is 2-3 weeks but I do sometimes get longer runners

the average #1 on my chart spends 1 week :lol:

 

i've had 22 #1s from 33 weeks

Mine is similar to yours Thermo, I'd say the average is 2-3 weeks but I regularly have 4-weekers. It isn't as ridiculously fast moving as the UK chart which completely devalues the point of a #1 single.

 

The yearly turnover from 2006 is as follows (with longest running number one single total weeks in square brackets):

 

2006: 24 [05]

2007: 19 [08]

2008: 22 [05]

2009: 20 [05]

2010: 20 [07]

2011: 21 [05]

2012: 22 [06]

2013: 20 [06]

2014: 18* [04] (to 14 Sep)

Edited September 17, 201410 yr by Doctor Blind

2011: 2 (but I started in the 2nd last week lol)

2012: 26

2013: 27

2014: 25 to September 13th

 

So a MUCH faster turnover this year, with only one song spending more than 2 weeks at the top (Ariana & Iggy with Problem, which spent 4 weeks at #1).

2004 (18)

2005 (25)

2006 (25)

2007 (18)

2008 (19)

2009 (19)

2010 (18)

2011 (16)

2012 (20)

2013 (20)

2014 (12) so far to 14 Sept

2014 looks like it may have the biggest turnover for me since 2005 - when I had 26, but 2005 was an AMAZING year for music, and 2014 just isn't. :(

Mine usually averages 20-23, the lowest was 16 in 2002 when there were really long runners from DJ Sammy and Flip & Fill and 2012, thanks to Euphoria's 17 week stint! The most was 2000 which had 30.

 

Last year my longest running #1 was three 4 weekers from Michael Woods, DJ Kent and Avicii. But this year I've already had an 8 weeker in Sheppard and a 6 weeker in Sanna Nielsen, depends how obsessed I get with songs and what sort of competition is around at the time I guess.

2010: 23

2011: 32

2012: 31

2013: 27

2014: 19 (so far)

 

It's been getting slower - I know when I started my chart in earnest I had periods where I'd change the #1 every week and I sometimes still get months like that, but if there is a good enough song to hold my attention for a few weeks it'll almost definitely get 3 weeks at least.

2014's turnover for me will probably beat 2011 and maybe last years' depending on if any really good songs get released soon. I don't want another year of 25+ #1s though I just like it when a #1 stays there for more than a week.

 

2011 was so low for me because I had two massively long runners (S&M, 7 weeks, and Party Rock Anthem, 8 weeks) plus the first 5 weeks of the year was a continuation of What's My Name's 7 week run which I counted as a 2010 #1 and not a 2011 one. And if that wasn't enough 2011 was also the year of Loca People and Levels which spent 5 weeks at #1 each.

1990: 17 (in 11 months)

1991: 17

1992: 23

1993: 28

1994: 29

1995: 26

1996: 34

1997: 32

1998: 30

1999: 32

2000: 23

2001: 27

2002: 23

2003: 24

2004: 21

2005: 19

2006: 24

2007: 25

2008: 27

2009: 21

2010: 20

2011: 21

2012: 26

2013: 19

2014: 19 (so far)

 

 

I had 32 #1 songs last year. So far in 2014 I've had 17 #1 songs, so there will probably less this year than last. I think I've got better this year of managing my chart this year - 2013 saw some songs debut at #1 and disappear quite quickly, whereas recently they've been climbing to the top spot.

 

I agree very much with Doctor Blind that I prefer #1s to stay on top for multiple weeks for the same reason he gave. If a #1 is only there for one week then it has to deserve it.

I've had 16 this year

Let it go of course spending a million weeks and ghost/west coast/ shake it off long runs at the top also helped. Otherwise I think everything has been a one week number one apart from home

From my Retro favourites chart :

24 : 1988, 1989

23 : 1999

22 : 1995

21 : 1987

20 : 1983, 1990, 1992, 1996

19 : 1984, 1998

18 : 1977, 1985, 1986, 1994

17 : 1993, 1997

16 : 1970, 1975, 1978, 1991

15 : 1964, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1980, 1981, 1982

14 : 1966, 1976, 1979

13 : 1972, 1973

12 : 1974

11 : 1968

Edited September 18, 201410 yr by AlexRange

2005: 24

2006: 20

2007: 33

2008: 23

2009: 24

2010: 34

2011: 18 (only 38 weeks of chart)

2012: 27

2013: 22

2014: 13 so far

 

Spikes in 2007 and 2010 :o

 

This year is probably going to have the lowest number of #1s ever in the end oops. I had 13 #1s in 2007 by MAY ffs

1990: 24

1991: 25

1992: 24

1993: 20

1994: 24

1995: 29

1996: 27

1997: 30

1998: 28

1999: 27

 

2000: 24

2001: 31

2002: 29

2003: 24

2004: 26

2005: 22

2006: 24

2007: 24

2008: 22

2009: 20

 

2010: 22

2011: 18

2012: 25

2013: 25

2014 (so far): 20

 

Highest = 31

Lowest = 18

Average = 25

 

 

 

 

Only had 19 in the whole of 2013, due to having 4 long running #1s (6 weeks for 'Get Lucky', 7 for 'Mirrors' and 'Lost & Not Found' and 11 for 'Royals'). 2014 so far has had 23 with the longest runner ('Magic') being only 4 weeks.

 

I could go back further than that but I don't have simple spreadsheets to look in so ceebz. If I recall correctly my earlier charts were much more like 'new #1 every week' than lots of long runners.

2011: 11*

2012: 21

2013: 19

2014: 16

 

*30 weeks only

 

LordT I really am the buzzjack equivalent to Billboard ain't I?

Edited October 26, 201410 yr by Timmy SZN

2011: 24

2012: 25

2013: 22

2014: 17 (so far)

 

Seems to be fairly similar each year in the low to mid-20s. 2014 looks set to continue the trend - this time last year there were only another 3 #1s to add to the tally, but in 2012 there were 7 #1s. So who knows?

2004 - 20

2005 - 24

2006 - 26

2007 - 26

2008 - 20

2009 - 20

2010 - 17

2011 - 16

2012 - 16

2013 - 12

2014 - 13 so far

 

I went from January 2011 to July 2014 without a one-weeker!

Looking down through my charts - overwhelmingly the most common is two weeks....

 

1 week: 175

2 weeks: 340

3 weeks: 166

4 weeks: 68

5 weeks: 37

6 weeks: 15

7 weeks: 10

8 weeks: 2

9 weeks: 3

10 weeks: 0

11 weeks: 1

 

That gives an average of 2.5 weeks at No.1

 

Least No.1s: 16 in 1981 and 1982

Most No.1s: 26 in 2003

Edited January 2, 201510 yr by tuzapicabit