Found it hard to pick a main choice. I first started listening out of intrigue because the UK Charts were always so interesting and filled with stuff that never makes it overseas. But of course streaming has slowed things down so it's not quite as fun in that regard, but the BuzzJack banter (and Jameela of course!) makes it worthwhile, and by now it has become a habit :lol:

That worked really well actually, we didn't have to listen to all the deadwood.

 

I just wish R1 could play the top 75 instead of just the top 40, it's not as if they don't have access to it surely as otherwise how would they play the #41 before the show each week? (unless OCC just gives them the top 41 which would make no sense)

 

The format would be 10 songs from #41-75, 10 songs from #21-40, with choices based on how fresh the songs are or big climbers/re-entries, then the whole top 20

 

We could have heard these songs last week then for example:

 

21 (09) The Vamps - Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart)

22 (28) Ed Sheehan - Don't

24 (17) Ella Henderson - Glow

25 (25) G.R.L - Ugly Heart

27 (10) Eminem feat. Sia - Guts Over Fear

30 (27) Krishane feat. Melissa Steel - Drunk And Incapable

31 (15) Watermat - Bullit

32 (60) Maroon 5 - Animals

33 (31) Hozier - Take Me To Church

39 (NE) Taylor Swift - Welcome To New York

 

41 (20) Wilkinson feat. Talay Riley - Dirty Love

42 (33) The Magician feat. Years & Years - Sunlight

43 (39) Labrinth - Let It Be

45 (34) Jessie Ware - Say You Love Me

48 (RE) Tracy Chapman - Fast Car

51 (NE) Hudson Taylor - Chasing Rubies

53 (85) Alex Clare - War Rages On

63 (NE) Bondax - All I See

64 (89) Ben Howard - I Forget Where We Were

75 (73) Jessie J feat. 2 Chainz - Burnin' Up

 

Totally agree that would make a fabulous chart show if those were the 20 tracks played before the top 20...

Totally agree that would make a fabulous chart show if those were the 20 tracks played before the top 20...

 

 

Done before ish, as Solid Gold Sixty by Tom Browne in the 1970's, but songs were shorter then. 4-7 pm Sundays for a few years.

I no longer listen to the chart show. No matter how good the quality of the songs, it's not worth listening to the host, how ever you spell her name. Would be nice to have a host who was actually interested in the charts. Not to say they'd have to be a chart geek, there would obviously have to be a balance with good radio presenting, but someone who repeats the same moronic phrases is a big no no for me!

 

I suppose even I, someone who likes good longevity in chart runs, would get bored of listening to the same bunch of songs for months and months on end too. It is quite sad that if it's not a big chart hit, new releases aren't going to spend very long in the chart at all. It's worse that most of the songs that do suffer short chart runs are usually well liked on here.

 

The idea of playing new entries/high climbers in the Top 75 then the Top 20 in full is a nice idea. Radio 1 are keen supporters of new upcoming artists so this would give them a good opportunity to do so some more. Playing a track from each of the Top 5 albums would be good too, although I suppose you'd need rights to play a song that hasn't been sent to radio.

I put to catch up on the latest in pop music (although i do also watch to see how my fave artists do), but most weekends i am usually working when it is on so I sadly don't listen as much as I used to. :cry:

Playing a track from each of the Top 5 albums would be good too, although I suppose you'd need rights to play a song that hasn't been sent to radio.

I doubt radio 1 would ever do this simply because a lot of albums that make the top 5 are from very 'non-R1' artists. Imagine Barbra Streisand having a song from her album played on R1 :lol:

I no longer listen to the chart show. No matter how good the quality of the songs, it's not worth listening to the host, how ever you spell her name. Would be nice to have a host who was actually interested in the charts. Not to say they'd have to be a chart geek, there would obviously have to be a balance with good radio presenting, but someone who repeats the same moronic phrases is a big no no for me!

 

I suppose even I, someone who likes good longevity in chart runs, would get bored of listening to the same bunch of songs for months and months on end too. It is quite sad that if it's not a big chart hit, new releases aren't going to spend very long in the chart at all. It's worse that most of the songs that do suffer short chart runs are usually well liked on here.

 

The idea of playing new entries/high climbers in the Top 75 then the Top 20 in full is a nice idea. Radio 1 are keen supporters of new upcoming artists so this would give them a good opportunity to do so some more. Playing a track from each of the Top 5 albums would be good too, although I suppose you'd need rights to play a song that hasn't been sent to radio.

Anyone who has been involved in politics will tell you that you need to repeat a message many times before it starts to get through to people not interested in politics. Similarly, a lot of people who listen to the Chart Show probably don't notice that the same facts are being repeated each week. They might well think "Oh, that's interesting" but by the following week they have forgotten.

Anyone who has been involved in politics will tell you that you need to repeat a message many times before it starts to get through to people not interested in politics. Similarly, a lot of people who listen to the Chart Show probably don't notice that the same facts are being repeated each week. They might well think "Oh, that's interesting" but by the following week they have forgotten.

Her facts are hardly anything impressive though, in fact most of them are wrong/outdated. And I think anyone who's going to listen to the chart show will have probably heard them since she mentions them every week without fail for months on end.

I doubt radio 1 would ever do this simply because a lot of albums that make the top 5 are from very 'non-R1' artists. Imagine Barbra Streisand having a song from her album played on R1 :lol:

That's true! :P Do they still play a snippet of a track when each album in the Top 5 is revealed though? Perhaps if this was just extended to 30 seconds so that you could hear the chorus.

People who aren't chart geeks wouldn't even notice if they're wrong or outdated anyway to be fair :P

People not noticing that the facts are shoddy and outdated is no reason to defend them. Imagine if I repeated the same, incorrect facts in my profession. Would it matter I was feeding the kids incorrect information, just because they're no geeky in the subject therefore won't notice?

 

It's laziness.