January 6, 20179 yr I think it was too soon after 'Starboy' and he's not big enough to manage two BIG hits at the same time (a la Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran, Drake). It was def meant as single 2 - Starboy was released in September after all. Starboy just seemed to gain momentum again over Xmas when it looked like it was starting to wane!
January 6, 20179 yr and I don't think I'm spoiling anything by telling you these dropouts: :P xx [05] Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas... (is the producers to stop setting me up to fail at live events) xx [07] Wham - Last Christmas xx [17] Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone xx [20] Matt Terry - When Christmas Comes Around xx [23] Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be.. xx [24] Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time.. xx [27] Michael Bublé - It's Beginning To Look.. xx [29] Band Aid - Do They Know.. xx [30] Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody xx [31] Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around.. xx [37] Elton John - Step Into Christmas xx [40] Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime There were 13 dropouts today, not just these 12. This list is missing: xx [15] The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York
January 6, 20179 yr Have to disagree with those choices I'm afraid. It was 'Umbrella' that made Rihanna, not 'S.O.S.' - almost easy to forget she had hits before that! SOS is far superior to Umbrella imo, and Somebody's Watching Me is a great dance track and is very atmospheric compared to most other looped house songs, so I would say in an ideal world they should have taken a few weeks off Crazy at number 1. Having said that I really like Crazy too (and U2 and Mary J Blige's One (#2) and Chicane and Tom Jones' Stoned In Love which made top 10 at this time too) and numerous other songs outside the top 10 during this time too . Just a great time for the charts back then in early 2006 imo.
January 6, 20179 yr Not surprised Matt was in the top 100, he was top 150 on iTunes still up to yesterday!
January 6, 20179 yr I think 'S.O.S.' really did help her though, she was seen as someone who was likely to remain a one hit wonder (sort of) before that came along and changed it, and she had decent success (although I do agree that she was lucky to keep getting a continued push until 'Umbrella' really sent things stratospheric for her). Oh I don't disagree with you there tbf, I think it was obvious they were pushing her as the next big thing but it wasn't the era to do so. She was still on the same line as say, Ciara, Amerie and Cassie at the time.
January 6, 20179 yr SOS is far superior to Umbrella imo, and Somebody's Watching Me is a great dance track and is very atmospheric compared to most other looped house songs, so I would say in an ideal world they should have taken a few weeks off Crazy at number 1. Having said that I really like Crazy too (and U2 and Mary J Blige's One (#2) and Chicane and Tom Jones' Stoned In Love which made top 10 at this time too) and numerous other songs outside the top 10 during this time too . Just a great time for the charts back then in early 2006 imo. 2006 was a great year full stop for chart music, the resurgence of dance music especially. Very varied in genre, and some absolute classic urban-pop crossovers such as 'Hips Don't Lie', 'SexyBack' and 'Maneater'. Freemasons also managed to turn some average songs into absolute tunes (such as 'Deja Vu' by Beyoncé).
January 6, 20179 yr :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: oops testing 41 At least if anyone was to block it going top 40 it was a great Adele song
January 7, 20179 yr Re: Rihanna, I remember back in 2009 when Russian Roulette entered at #6, which seemed shockingly low at the time for the lead single from her new album (eventually rising to #2), and thinking "Oh well, that's the end of her peak era". Rude Boy being a huge club anthem throughout 2010 made me reconsider that, and then came Love The Way You Lie...
January 7, 20179 yr That's the thing with Rihanna she's so huge because she does pop but she also does anti pop and makes it pop!!
January 7, 20179 yr 2006 was a great year full stop for chart music, the resurgence of dance music especially. Very varied in genre, and some absolute classic urban-pop crossovers such as 'Hips Don't Lie', 'SexyBack' and 'Maneater'. Freemasons also managed to turn some average songs into absolute tunes (such as 'Deja Vu' by Beyoncé). Dance music hadn't gone away really from the charts though, there were plenty of dance songs in the top 40 in 2005, probably more than there had been in 2004, even if a few of them did underperform. Freemasons also had the glorious Watchin in 2006 which did underperform in the charts a bit sadly but at least it went top 20. Dance did start to go downhill in late 2006 and 2007 imo when electro took off, it was too much about getting an annoying vocal like in Yeah Yeah, Perfect (Exceeder) or The Creeps (Get On The Dance Floor) over a dull electro beat and the soul and emotion (as had been present in vocal trance and funky house) had gone from a lot of dance music that made the charts. About SexyBack, I much preferred My Love, it sounded so fresh and incredible at the time, looking back it was arguably one of the first EDM trap songs to become a hit.
January 7, 20179 yr 'Sexual' spending its fifth week at #6, is that a record? Yes it is. I'll do a complete update of the thread that listed the most weeks spent at each position in the next day or two. More "Fairytale Of New York" dominance in the teens after this winter's run plus other oddities like Rihanna's "Needed Me" breaking the record with 5 weeks at Number 48 etc.
January 8, 20179 yr Top 40 Album Chart Summary: 06 December - 12 January 01 | 01 | 07 | Little Mix - Glory Days http://is3.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music71/v4/18/ca/a7/18caa775-3ace-4ce1-b022-56b827383f9c/source/170x170bb.jpg NE: 1-1-3-3-2-1-1 Sales: 400k+ Certification: Platinum Charting Songs From This Album: 01 Shout Out to My Ex 04 Touch 41 Oops (ft. Charlie Puth) 61 You Gotta Not 82 F.U. Chart History: 2012 03 DNA 2013 04 Salute 2015 02 Get Weird 2016 01 Glory Days 02 | 24 | 06 | Pete Tong, The Heritage Orchestra & Jules Buckley - Classic House NE: 16-17-23-25-24-2 Sales: 90k+ Certification: Silver 03 | 02 | 09 | Michael Ball & Alfie Boe - Together NE: 2-3-4-2-2-1-1-2-3 Sales: 500k+ Certification: Platinum 04 | 03 | 11 | Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - The Wonder of You NE: 1-2-3-5-5-3-4-4-3-3-4 Sales: 400k+ Certification: Platinum 05 | 05 | 05 | The Rolling Stones - Blue & Lonesome NE: 1-2-4-5-5 Sales: 200k+ Certification: Gold 06 | 04 | 08 | Olly Murs - 24 HRS NE: 1-6-6-5-5-5-4-6 Sales: 300k+ Certification: Platinum 07 | 14 | 59 | Adele - 25 NE: 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-2-2-4-2-1-1-2-1-1-1-2-4-2-2-6-8-12-13-9-10-9-14-14-1-2-2-2-4-5-7-6-8-11-14-17-11-15-21-25-20-29-29-23-33-23-26-21-16-13- -14-7 Sales: 3,200k+ Certification: 10x Platinum 08 | 07 | 09 | Robbie Williams - The Heavy Entertainment Show NE: 1-6-7-12-7-6-6-7-8 Sales: 300k+ Certification: Platinum 09 | 06 | 07 | Bruno Mars - 24k Magic NE: 3-8-9-9-7-6-9 Sales: 200k+ Certification: Gold 10 | 13 | 30 | Rick Astley - 50 NE: 1-3-4-8-6-9-10-14-14-13-12-7-13-18-23-27-36-48-52-42-28-18-23-19-25-25-17-17-13-10 Sales: 200k+ Certification: Gold -x- 11 | 08 | 87 | George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael NE: 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-4-4-6-6-5-10-14-14-6-14-14-13-15-18-15-14-14-16-20-21-21-29-28-28-22-24-27-33-40-43-39-40-37-49-51-58-75-55-49-50-64-65-79-98 RE: 100-89-80-67 RE: 96 RE: 63-52-60-75-86 RE: 100-78-98 RE: 63-57-61-72 RE: 74-73-100 RE: 69-87 RE: 67-52-68-83 RE: 98 RE: 47-49-48-55-78 RE: 8-11 Sales: 2,500k+ Certification: 8x Platinum 12 | 12 | 06 | The Weeknd - Starboy NE: 5-14-18-20-12-12 Sales: 100k+ Certification: Gold 13 | 16 | 57 | Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams NE: 2-3-4-7-8-10-11-13-10-1-5-5-5-5-5-6-7-12-11-11-14-17-18-16-8-4-3-6-5-2-3-4-5-5-6-8-7-10-9-18-22-21-20-25-23-19-19-38-37-17-18-19-20-15-15- -16-13 Sales: 1,000k+ Certification: 3x Platinum 14 | 10 | 08 | Emeli Sandé - Long Live the Angels NE: 2-9-14-10-10-10-10-14 Sales: 200k+ Certification: Gold 15 | 15 | 10 | James Arthur - Back from the Edge NE: 1-6-9-13-18-16-19-19-15-15 Sales: 100k+ Certification: Gold 16 | 23 | 12 | Original Motion Picture Recording - Trolls NE: 57-11-18-13-18-15-20-22-26-24-23-16 Sales: 100k+ Certification: Gold 17 | 17 | 12 | Phil Collins - The Singles NE: 2-6-7-9-14-16-23-15-11-11-17-17 Sales: 200k+ Certification: Gold 18 | 19 | 07 | David Bowie - Legacy NE: 13-21-29-19-20-16-19-18 Sales: 100k+ Certification: Gold 19 | 71 | 30 | Christine and the Queens - Chaleur humaine http://a3.mzstatic.com/eu/r30/Music69/v4/81/c1/fd/81c1fd18-f056-dfd0-22fb-8b0450279fa1/cover170x170.jpeg NE: 85 RE: 8-6-7-8-3-2-3-6-4-7-14-15-19-10-22-32-40-41-50-49-46-51-69-62-64-56-57-71-19 Sales: 100k+ Certification: Gold Charting Songs From This Album: 20 Tilted Chart History: 2016 02 Chaleur humaine 20 | 22 | 10 | Alexander Armstrong - Upon a Different Shore NE: 8-8-12-14-15-12-12-18-22-20 Sales: 100k+ Certification: Gold -x- 21 | 18 | 06 | André Rieu & the Johann Strauss Orchestra - Falling in Love NE: 7-11-13-12-18-21 Sales: 100k+ Certification: Gold 22 | 27 | 45 | The 1975 - I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it NE: 1-6-6-11-14-19-23-26-27-29-38-34-29-30-24-44-45-23-33-25-26-30-25-21-9-15-18-29-29-26-34-37-50-55-54-65-65-58-65-67-63-50-39-27-22 Sales: 200k+ Certification: Gold 23 | 20 | 06 | Bradley Walsh - Chasing Dreams NE: 10-13-14-14-20-23 Sales: 100k+ Certification: Gold 24 | 31 | 36 | Drake - Views NE: 1-4-1-2-2-2-5-9-8-6-3-4-3-4-3-2-4-8-8-8-6-6-12-14-11-13-22-24-34-28-49-55-48-51-31-24 Sales: 300k+ Certification: Platinum 25 | 11 | 11 | Michael Bublé - Nobody But Me NE: 2-3-4-8-8-9-8-8-9-11-25 Sales: 300k+ Certification: Platinum 26 | 28 | 70 | twenty one pilots - Blurryface NE: 14-36-61-74 RE: 82-66-81-73-69-80-72-87-97 RE: 100-96 RE: 92 RE: 91 RE: 79-84 RE: 87-84-66-44-40-28-37-26-17-17-18-22-19-22-24-19-32-31-26-16-27-32-33-24-19-18-16-16-13-13-10-11-5-10-14-8-8-16-17-17-24-25-28-32-33-44- -44-46-49-28-26 Sales: 200k+ Certification: Gold 27 | 65 | 05 | Motion Picture Cast Recording - Moana http://is3.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music71/v4/67/3a/e2/673ae2d9-dce9-860d-0b70-d49484cd4cf7/source/170x170bb.jpg NE: 88-82-87-65-27 Sales: 10k+ Certification: - Charting Songs From This Album: 94 How Far I'll Go (by Auli'i Cravalho) Chart History: 2016 27 Moana 28 | 26 | 15 | Shawn Mendes - Illuminate NE: 3-15-29-29-15-21-20-28-26-37-36-40-36-26-28 Sales: 90k+ Certification: Silver 29 | 25 | 125 | Robbie Williams - Greatest Hits NE: 1-1-2-4-2-3-2-2-1-1-9-10-14-17-35-37-28-34-43-42-63-76-98 RE: 44-52-76-94 RE: 78-89-96 RE: 83-73-64-38-60-69-69-81-90-91-86-68-5-7-14-19-49-85 RE: 74-52-48-34-35-43-47-58-63-67-71-76-62-68-65-59-69-73-75-89-83-83-82-69-57-67-74-71-76-64-77-91 RE: 96 RE: 56-52-75-100-92-94 RE: 40-27-37-42-24-33-47-55-47-65-85-98-93-77-73-58-60-72-79-91 RE: 38-43-59-64-64-72-83 RE: 98 RE: 9-12-22-27-38-32-30-29-25-29 Sales: 2,400k+ Certification: 7x Platinum 03 | NE | 01 | The Shires - My Universe http://a2.mzstatic.com/eu/r30/Music20/v4/3f/13/49/3f13499b-7e6e-ef7e-7582-1530255cfd6a/cover170x170.jpeg NE: 3-7-14-27-36-45-43-45-43-48-59-52-54-30 Sales: 70k+ Certification: Silver Charting Songs From This Album: NONE Chart History: 2015 10 Brave 2016 03 My Universe -x- 31 | 40 | 53 | Wham! - The Final NE: 2-2-2-3-4-6-8-11-19-23-26-29-25-21-23-27-32-38-53-45-49-55-23-15-15-18-30-33-36-45-47-45-53-51-50-66-63-68-91-96 RE: 81-88-69-92 RE: 99 RE: 36-40 RE: 50-74-91-97 RE: 40-31 Sales: 800k+ Certification: Platinum 32 | 39 | 32 | Catfish and the Bottlemen - The Ride NE: 1-5-10-18-15-15-20-22-24-24-24-24-28-22-36-27-31-35-43-51-53-56-60-47-44-53-65-79-72-59-39-32 Sales: 100k+ Certification: Gold 33 | 29 | 12 | Kings of Leon - WALLS NE: 1-5-10-11-21-22-31-27-29-27-29-33 Sales: 100k+ Certification: Gold 34 | 44 | 72 | Jess Glynne - I Cry When I Laugh http://is1.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music1/v4/0c/89/b4/0c89b494-a705-cd5d-a5ac-735319ff94c4/source/170x170bb.jpg NE: 1-2-2-4-3-5-3-3-4-6-5-9-6-8-5-5-5-5-4-4-7-9-7-9-10-6-6-6-2-3-4-6-10-10-9-9-7-10-10-14-7-7-16-16-11-12-12-10-13-12-15-12-14-17-22-23-25-25-26-30-23-31-33- -32-39-41-48-54-51-48-44-34 Sales: 900k+ Certification: 3x Platinum Charting Songs From This Album: 01 Don't Be So Hard On Yourself 01 Hold My Hand 02 Real Love (with Clean Bandit) 06 Right Here 06 Take Me Home 45 Ain't Got Far to Go 68 Why Me Chart History: 2015 01 I Cry When I Laugh 35 | 38 | 41 | Charlie Puth - Nine Track Mind NE: 6-9-14-11-12-17-18-22-22-28-31-32-49-39-64-65-56-60-64-87-72-88-92-64-41-40-58-68-62-72-78-90-56-58-80-89 RE: 83-42-43-38-35 Sales: 100k+ Certification: Gold 36 | 32 | 07 | UB40 ft. Ali Campbell, Astro & Mickey Virtue - Unplugged NE: 17-32-31-34-45-32-36 Sales: 50k+ Certification: - 37 | 30 | 49 | Sia - This Is Acting NE: 3-8-12-10-13-14-11-15-12-8-9-6-5-6-14-18-19-13-23-30-30-29-23-27-25-20-22-30-26-30-30-20-28-30-32-30-33-43-8-19-17-30-34-36-38-37-32-30-37 Sales: 200k+ Certification: Gold 38 | 33 | 11 | Lady Gaga - Joanne NE: 3-14-22-41-58-71-43-43-46-33-38 Sales: 90k+ Certification: Silver 39 | 21 | 06 | Prince - 4Ever NE: 24-24-22-21-21-39 Sales: 80k+ Certification: Silver 40 | 46 | 60 | Justin Bieber - Purpose http://is3.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music69/v4/f6/c9/bb/f6c9bbf8-e1bd-8b07-8000-551afaffa162/source/170x170bb.jpg NE: NE: 2-3-3-4-4-3-3-3-4-5-4-5-4-3-4-3-3-2-3-5-7-7-5-8-9-9-12-10-11-8-12-20-13-14-16-15-12-9-12-8-9-15-16-16-16-10-18-15-10-12-24-27-38-40-45-53-47-53-46-40 Sales: 1,100k+ Certification: 3x Platinum Charting Songs From This Album: 01 Love Yourself 01 Sorry 01 What Do You Mean? 15 I'll Show You 25 Company 33 Mark My Words 34 The Feeling (ft. Halsey) 38 No Pressure (ft. Big Sean) 41 Purpose 44 Children 50 No Sense (ft. Travis Scott) 61 Life is Worth Living 63 Been You 77 Get Used to Me 88 Trust 91 All In It Chart History: 2010 03 My World 2011 17 Never Say Never: The Remixes 2011 13 Under the Mistletoe 2012 01 Believe 2013 05 Believe: Acoustic 2014 46 Journals 2015 02 Purpose ~ Million Seller -x- Dropouts 42 | 36 | 61 | Little Mix - Get Weird 49 | 37 | 14 | Craig David - Follow My Intuition 56 | 35 | 08 | Cliff Richard - Just...Fabulous Rock N Roll 57 | 34 | 12 | Katie Melua - In Winter xx | 09 | 52 | Michael Bublé - Christmas
January 11, 20179 yr A lot of these songs wouldn't have re-entered if the ratio never increased Would it not be the reverse for all these established songs that have?
January 11, 20179 yr Would it not be the reverse for all these established songs that have? Yeah. And if the ratio never increased, Robbie would be forever missing the top 40 so he's benefitted loads from this Edited January 11, 20179 yr by Hadji
January 13, 20179 yr I have a bunch of stuff too but probably need a scanner or something. This could be among the most helpful forums IMHO. I play in lots of different musical settings and am always in need of a chart for this or that.
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