Posted February 11, 20187 yr 11th February 2018 Straight in at 1 it's a record from Saara Alto, Finnish runner-up in X-Factor UK, and former The Voice Finland candidate. That makes her twice a song contest fave, but I have to say I don't watch either shows anywhere these days. That makes it pretty extraordinary that a record I'd never heard until yesterday enters on top. Essentially, she's engaging, and it sounds like a Eurovision Song Contest winning track - if only the BBC could come up with one like it. I rarely have singing competition singers top my chart (excluding Eurovision), and usually it's well into their career when they do: Adam Lambert did it in 2017, Olly Murs in 2013, Agnes in 2009, Girls Aloud did it twice in 2007, and that's about it for the 21st Century, none of them doing so with the first single after appearing. There is precedence though - Mary Hopkin won multiple weeks in a 60's show called Opportunity Knocks, Paul McCartney signed her up to Apple Records, and she had 3 chart-toppers in 1968, 1969 and 1970 - only missing out on making it 3 in a row thanks to being the UK singer for Eurovision in 1970 with a cheesy entry, which slipped in before her final one. Elsewhere, Florida Georgia Line get a double debut, both as featuring act, The Weeknd rockets to 3 with his Black Panther single, the film not even out yet, and giving him 5 years of top 3's since Twenty Eight hit 2, and including a chart-topper with Ariana Grande. Disclosure eclipse their Sam Smith 2012 Latch single (peaked at 10) in one fell swoop by sampling the brilliant Al Green, one of the greatest soul singers of all-time. Lissie's back after a slight gap, UB40 (or at least 3/8ths of them) string out a chart run to a whopping 38 years, and a six-year-old Mexican political track sneaks in at the bottom. 1 NEW 1 1 MONSTERS Saara Alto 170000 2 1 1 3 ANYONE WHO KNOWS WHAT LOVE IS (WILL UNDERSTAND) Irma Thomas 455000 3 40 3 2 PRAY FOR ME The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar 102000 4 3 3 4 I WISH I KNEW YOU The Revivalists 215400 5 4 4 3 SAY SOMETHING Justin Timberlake featuring Chris Stapleton 175000 6 2 2 4 DANCING Kylie Minogue 370000 7 7 7 3 BIG AS I CAN DREAM/ COMEBACK SSION 135000 8 NEW 8 1 FEEL LIKE I DO Disclosure & Al Green 48000 9 5 5 4 TIL I’M DONE Paloma Faith 170000 10 14 10 4 NEVER Embrace featuring Kerri Watt 101400 11 9 1 12 I KNOW YOU Craig David featuring Bastille 566150 12 12 3 8 ON OUR WAY HOME Empire Of The Sun 560600 13 13 13 4 THE LAST OF THE REAL ONES Fall Out Boy 104500 14 8 8 5 FOR YOU Liam Payne & Rita Ora 143200 15 6 4 6 WHERE WE GO P!nk 238300 16 16 16 12 BANDALA The Partridge Family featuring David Cassidy & Shirley Jones 185500 17 10 10 4 TILL THE AM (STRAWHATZ X KOHARU SUGARAWA’S “KIMONO” DANCE VERSION) TroyBoi 134000 18 15 1 10 UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) Aretha Franklin with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 881000 19 11 1 7 LIFETIMES Oh Wonder 523600 20 18 3 12 LIST OF PEOPLE (TO TRY AND FORGET) Tame Impala 527200 21 17 5 20 FEEL IT STILL Portugal. The Man 660050 22 22 22 3 POP DON’T STOP Kim Wilde featuring Ricky Wilde 44200 23 35 23 3 THE DECONSTRUCTION Eels 41950 24 33 24 3 THESE DAYS Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen 53900 25 25 25 4 FIREWORKS First Aid Kit 62300 26 29 26 4 17 MK 60600 27 20 20 3 IMAGINARY PARTIES SUPERFRUIT 57900 28 34 28 5 TRIGGER BANG Lily Allen featuring Giggs 70500 29 19 9 6 LIVE IN THE MOMENT Portugal. The Man 141500 30 NEW 30 1 MEANT TO BE Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line 18000 31 42 31 2 TWO HIGH Moon Taxi 31650 32 27 27 4 SICK BOY The Chainsmokers 67000 33 21 5 13 PHASES Alma & French Montana 510600 34 37 34 3 NEVER BE THE SAME Camilla Cabello 42300 35 26 26 5 SOMEONE Anna Of The North 71900 36 36 36 4 IT’S A BEAUTIFUL WORLD Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 63450 37 30 30 4 WHATEVER IT TAKES Imagine Dragons 60100 38 38 38 3 LEAVE A LIGHT ON Tom Walker 44800 39 23 6 6 BREATHE (ORCHESTRATED) Midge Ure 167100 40 24 10 6 ONE CHANCE TO DANCE Naughty Boy featuring Joe Jonas 160250 41 41 41 2 RHIANNON (ALBUM VERSION) Fleetwood Mac 28000 42 28 28 5 DON’T DELETE THE KISSES Wolf Alice 63250 43 32 1 12 HOW CAN I BE SURE David Cassidy 932300 44 57 44 5 GOD SAVE OUR YOUNG BLOOD BORNS & Lana Del Ray 47550 45 60 45 3 ISTANBUL IS SLEEPY The Liminanas featuring Anton Newcombe 30100 46 44 9 8 PRETTY BABY Sister Sledge 189250 47 47 47 4 INTERNATIONAL BLUE Manic Street Preachers 43100 48 48 48 4 FINESSE (REMIX) Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B 41800 49 43 1 24 CRYBABY Paloma Faith 1140750 50 NEW 50 1 BEST DAYS Lissie 12000 51 31 18 6 YOUR DOMINO Jessie Ware 105150 52 45 1 15 AMEN The Fizz 896150 53 46 46 5 DOOM OR DESTINY Blondie featuring Joan Jett 56000 54 39 10 8 HOME Joe Goddard featuring Brainstorm 177850 55 49 3 18 BETWEEN TWO ISLANDS Pet Shop Boys 587200 56 51 38 6 STRANGERS Sigrid 73800 57 55 1 18 I LOVE YOU BUT I’M LOST Tears For Fears 771550 58 NEW 58 1 LET ME GO Halee Steinfeld featuring Florida Georgia Line & watt 10200 59 61 59 3 RIVER Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran 24400 60 50 50 3 IDGAF Dua Lipa 34000 61 62 61 4 CALL ME Imelda May & Jack Savoretti 27900 62 74 62 2 ALL THE STARS Kendrick Lamar and SZA 12600 63 65 63 3 WAIT Turin Brakes 20400 64 NEW 64 1 SOFIA Alvaro Soler 7100 65 63 1 20 MAGNIFICENT Hurts 961900 66 NEW 66 1 SHE LOVES ME NOW UB40 featuring Ali, Astro & Mickey 6800 67 68 67 3 LA LOUZE SHANGUY 18600 68 58 7 13 HOLD ME TIGHT OR DON’T Fall Out Boy 287250 69 67 1 23 FOOTSTEPS Pet Shop Boys 997650 70 70 70 2 DEEPER nervous_testpilot 12000 71 75 71 2 SPANISH SEA Toto 10800 72 72 72 2 CURIOUS Hayley Kiyoko 11200 73 64 19 14 SILENCE Marshmello featuring Khalid 186700 74 71 7 9 HOME FOR MY HEART The Fizz featuring Rick Wakeman 205500 75 NEW 75 1 MEXICO Mexican Institute Of Sound 5000 DROP OUTS 52 35 8 SMOKE CLEARS Andy Grammer 90800 53 40 5 PEOPLE WILL TALK Shed Seven 60800 54 1 14 MYSTERY OF LOVE Sufjan Stevens 942750 56 37 5 THE WEEKEND (FUNK WAV REMIX) SZA & Calvin Harris 53450 59 14 11 I CAN FEEL YOUR HEARTBEAT The Partridge Family featuring David Cassidy & Shirley Jones 227250 66 66 3 ALONE Jessie Ware 18000 69 69 3 MAGIC Simple Minds 16800 73 73 3 IF ALL I WAS WAS BLACK Mavis Staples 15400
February 11, 20187 yr Hi John, my faves: 3 40 3 2 PRAY FOR ME The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar 102000 4 3 3 4 I WISH I KNEW YOU The Revivalists 215400 5 4 4 3 SAY SOMETHING Justin Timberlake featuring Chris Stapleton 175000 6 2 2 4 DANCING Kylie Minogue 370000 9 5 5 4 TIL I’M DONE Paloma Faith 170000 11 9 1 12 I KNOW YOU Craig David featuring Bastille 566150 12 12 3 8 ON OUR WAY HOME Empire Of The Sun 560600 14 8 8 5 FOR YOU Liam Payne & Rita Ora 143200 18 15 1 10 UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) Aretha Franklin with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 881000 21 17 5 20 FEEL IT STILL Portugal. The Man 660050 22 22 22 3 POP DON’T STOP Kim Wilde featuring Ricky Wilde 44200 24 33 24 3 THESE DAYS Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen 53900 26 29 26 4 17 MK 60600 28 34 28 5 TRIGGER BANG Lily Allen featuring Giggs 70500 30 NEW 30 1 MEANT TO BE Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line 18000 32 27 27 4 SICK BOY The Chainsmokers 67000 34 37 34 3 NEVER BE THE SAME Camilla Cabello 42300 36 36 36 4 IT’S A BEAUTIFUL WORLD Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 63450 38 38 38 3 LEAVE A LIGHT ON Tom Walker 44800 39 23 6 6 BREATHE (ORCHESTRATED) Midge Ure 167100 41 41 41 2 RHIANNON (ALBUM VERSION) Fleetwood Mac 28000 43 32 1 12 HOW CAN I BE SURE David Cassidy 932300 44 57 44 5 GOD SAVE OUR YOUNG BLOOD BORNS & Lana Del Ray 47550 46 44 9 8 PRETTY BABY Sister Sledge 189250 47 47 47 4 INTERNATIONAL BLUE Manic Street Preachers 43100 48 48 48 4 FINESSE (REMIX) Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B 41800 49 43 1 24 CRYBABY Paloma Faith 1140750 52 45 1 15 AMEN The Fizz 896150 53 46 46 5 DOOM OR DESTINY Blondie featuring Joan Jett 56000 55 49 3 18 BETWEEN TWO ISLANDS Pet Shop Boys 587200 56 51 38 6 STRANGERS Sigrid 73800 57 55 1 18 I LOVE YOU BUT I’M LOST Tears For Fears 771550 58 NEW 58 1 LET ME GO Halee Steinfeld featuring Florida Georgia Line & watt 10200 :cheer: 59 61 59 3 RIVER Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran 24400 60 50 50 3 IDGAF Dua Lipa 34000 65 63 1 20 MAGNIFICENT Hurts 961900 69 67 1 23 FOOTSTEPS Pet Shop Boys 997650 73 64 19 14 SILENCE Marshmello featuring Khalid 186700 74 71 7 9 HOME FOR MY HEART The Fizz featuring Rick Wakeman 205500 Lots I need to check out when I can find the time, like your No.1! Great to see Hailee & co enter (a slow burner for me too). Great chart as always :D
February 16, 20187 yr Old guardians of pop music. :) I like new Kim Wilde song and the fourth single from Bucks Fizz's comeback album was released some days ago.
February 17, 20187 yr Hey John! Great to see the big gains for "Pray For Me" and "All The Stars"! Also great debuts for Hailee Steinfeld and Alvaro Soler! Especially for the latter one, two years later it's still great, one of my favourite summer songs in 2016! And kinda weird that the Mexican Institute Of Sound is in our charts, with "Mexico" being in your chart and in my chart they are charting with "Pa' La Calle". Anyway overall it's another great chart!
February 18, 20187 yr Hi John, The Weeknd no 3 :cheer: JT and Kylie already down :nono: Great ne entry from Disclosure ft Al Green :heart: Bebe Rexha & FGL new at no 30 :yahoo:
February 19, 20187 yr Author Hi John, my faves: 3 40 3 2 PRAY FOR ME The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar 102000 4 3 3 4 I WISH I KNEW YOU The Revivalists 215400 5 4 4 3 SAY SOMETHING Justin Timberlake featuring Chris Stapleton 175000 6 2 2 4 DANCING Kylie Minogue 370000 9 5 5 4 TIL I’M DONE Paloma Faith 170000 11 9 1 12 I KNOW YOU Craig David featuring Bastille 566150 12 12 3 8 ON OUR WAY HOME Empire Of The Sun 560600 14 8 8 5 FOR YOU Liam Payne & Rita Ora 143200 18 15 1 10 UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT’S WHAT I’M GONNA DO) Aretha Franklin with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 881000 21 17 5 20 FEEL IT STILL Portugal. The Man 660050 22 22 22 3 POP DON’T STOP Kim Wilde featuring Ricky Wilde 44200 24 33 24 3 THESE DAYS Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen 53900 26 29 26 4 17 MK 60600 28 34 28 5 TRIGGER BANG Lily Allen featuring Giggs 70500 30 NEW 30 1 MEANT TO BE Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line 18000 32 27 27 4 SICK BOY The Chainsmokers 67000 34 37 34 3 NEVER BE THE SAME Camilla Cabello 42300 36 36 36 4 IT’S A BEAUTIFUL WORLD Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 63450 38 38 38 3 LEAVE A LIGHT ON Tom Walker 44800 39 23 6 6 BREATHE (ORCHESTRATED) Midge Ure 167100 41 41 41 2 RHIANNON (ALBUM VERSION) Fleetwood Mac 28000 43 32 1 12 HOW CAN I BE SURE David Cassidy 932300 44 57 44 5 GOD SAVE OUR YOUNG BLOOD BORNS & Lana Del Ray 47550 46 44 9 8 PRETTY BABY Sister Sledge 189250 47 47 47 4 INTERNATIONAL BLUE Manic Street Preachers 43100 48 48 48 4 FINESSE (REMIX) Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B 41800 49 43 1 24 CRYBABY Paloma Faith 1140750 52 45 1 15 AMEN The Fizz 896150 53 46 46 5 DOOM OR DESTINY Blondie featuring Joan Jett 56000 55 49 3 18 BETWEEN TWO ISLANDS Pet Shop Boys 587200 56 51 38 6 STRANGERS Sigrid 73800 57 55 1 18 I LOVE YOU BUT I’M LOST Tears For Fears 771550 58 NEW 58 1 LET ME GO Halee Steinfeld featuring Florida Georgia Line & watt 10200 :cheer: 59 61 59 3 RIVER Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran 24400 60 50 50 3 IDGAF Dua Lipa 34000 65 63 1 20 MAGNIFICENT Hurts 961900 69 67 1 23 FOOTSTEPS Pet Shop Boys 997650 73 64 19 14 SILENCE Marshmello featuring Khalid 186700 74 71 7 9 HOME FOR MY HEART The Fizz featuring Rick Wakeman 205500 Lots I need to check out when I can find the time, like your No.1! Great to see Hailee & co enter (a slow burner for me too). Great chart as always :D Hi AH, thanks for the long list :cheer: I also need more time to check out some of your charters, though I have nibbled at the edges of the bigger ones :lol: cheers! john B-)
February 19, 20187 yr Author Old guardians of pop music. :) I like new Kim Wilde song and the fourth single from Bucks Fizz's comeback album was released some days ago. Hi Alex, Yes I'm very loyal to old pop stars! :lol: I have caught the new Bucks Fizz track thanks for the link, I need to hear it a bit more as it's not quite as immediate as the first 3 (I havent heard the whole album yet but will flick through them at some stage for gems) cheers! john B-)
February 19, 20187 yr Author Hey John! Great to see the big gains for "Pray For Me" and "All The Stars"! Also great debuts for Hailee Steinfeld and Alvaro Soler! Especially for the latter one, two years later it's still great, one of my favourite summer songs in 2016! And kinda weird that the Mexican Institute Of Sound is in our charts, with "Mexico" being in your chart and in my chart they are charting with "Pa' La Calle". Anyway overall it's another great chart! Hey Sergej :) Thanks for the comments, Sounds like you are wella head of the game picking up on Alvaro 2 years ago and having a new Mexican Iof S track! That is a coincidence - or maybe not, as I've been checking some of your charting songs on youtube and also looking randomly for a Buzzjack Song Contest entry on youtube and it came up as a "you liked this you may like these" suggestion :lol: cheers! john B-)
February 19, 20187 yr Author Hi John, The Weeknd no 3 :cheer: JT and Kylie already down :nono: Great ne entry from Disclosure ft Al Green :heart: Bebe Rexha & FGL new at no 30 :yahoo: Hi Sven :) Yes poor ol JT and Kylie forced down by some great new tracks - I don't love them less, I just love new ones more :lol: Disclosure is fab, very sad it's not selling or appearing on playlists or radio, the kiss of death commercially. cheers! john B-)
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