December 4, 20222 yr Fairytale Of New York has been at #11, so is only missing #1 from the Top 20. The most likely existing hits to follow Wham!'s feat I would say are Merry Christmas Everyone (needs #4 & #5) and Three Lions (needs #5, #7 & #8).
December 4, 20222 yr hree of those even if it did. Little Mix are missing only #10 and #11 for a Top 12, and as the most recent song on the list probably has the best chance of a seemingly random resurgence, but I have to admit it's the only one oh here with a vocal that I can't instantly remember how it goes, so perhaps that means it's somehow less memorable and less likely to get a resurgence? That's rather rambly, so to summarise them, in order of number of positions needed to complete at least a Top 12: 1 postion: Taylor, Alma, Kay 2 positions: Pogues, Jane, Lewis, Mantovani, Frankie, Ed, Bill, Russ and Little Mix 3 positions: Elvis, Eminem and Doris Maybe a full top 12 won't happen, or at least something else new will come along that eventually achieves it rather than any of these? Of course if a Top 12 ever did happen then it would, in some ways, be the last 'true' record of this type, because the first couple of years of the chart were only a Top 12, so we can never be sure if some of these 50s contenders would have also got positions below #12 in their original chart runs, although I guess assuming it wasn't a 50's contender that got the full Top 12 record then it wouldn't matter that we don't know what their sub-12 positions would have been. Sorry am I missing something? Little Mix have had a chart position at 9 and 10. They haven’t had one for 7 or 8 though?
December 4, 20222 yr It's just occurred to me that there could be songs that are missing either two or three of the Top 10, but already have #11 and #12 under their belt, and also some that are missig two of the Top 10 and either #11 or #12 but not both, which means I haven't considered all the candidates that are 2 or 3 short of a full Top 12. I don't really have an easy way of finding those other candidates though, so perhaps someone with their own database might wan't to find them for this thread (or a new thread for the race to get the Top 12 record).
December 4, 20222 yr Sorry am I missing something? Little Mix have had a chart position at 9 and 10. They haven’t had one for 7 or 8 though? Read the whole thread... I was only considering individual singles that had reached 9 of the top 10 positions, as previously compiled by jim. Specifically for Little Mix it was Sweet Melody that qualified them for this thread.
December 4, 20222 yr Read the whole thread... I was only considering individual singles that had reached 9 of the top 10 positions, as previously compiled by jim. Specifically for Little Mix it was Sweet Melody that qualified them for this thread. I have done. You’re not quite clear with what you’re saying but I do get it now. Less is more.
December 4, 20222 yr I have done. You’re not quite clear with what you’re saying but I do get it now. Less is more. Sorry, I knew most of my reply was a bit rambly, as I acknowleged, but I think the thread prior to my reply had established the concept being discussed in the thread by that point. Sorry for confusing you though.
December 4, 20222 yr This thread has got me wondering how many acts or artist have, at some point in their single's career, with any release, occupied every position in the Top 100. I believe that Elvis has now had singles that at some point have, between them, occupied every position, but I think even he had to wait until xmas 2020 for Blue Christmas to happen to occupy the #79 position for him to achieve it, despite having well over a thousand weeks in the chart over all. Edited December 4, 20222 yr by DanChartFan
December 4, 20222 yr Out of curiosity I just went through Ed Sheeran's chart runs to see whether he'd managed every top 100 position. Unsurprisingly, he has, and I only had to go as far as Photograph to get the full set...!
June 23, 20232 yr Harry Styles - As It Was, on its 36th week in the Top 10, follows Last Christmas as the second song to have completed a Top 10 clean sweep, but is the first to do so without leaving the Top 100!
June 23, 20232 yr Harry Styles - As It Was, on its 36th week in the Top 10, follows Last Christmas as the second song to have completed a Top 10 clean sweep, but is the first to do so without leaving the Top 100! Do you know whether it has done it unadjusted (ie without applying ACR) as well?
June 23, 20232 yr As It Was more impressive doing it in one run, deserved record for a modern classic!
June 23, 20232 yr Author Well done Mr Styles. Whose next I wonder… must be another Christmas song I would assume by now. Are there any close ones that could potentially make it this year such as Mariah Carey?
June 23, 20232 yr Do you know whether it has done it unadjusted (ie without applying ACR) as well? According to my thread it has
June 24, 20232 yr According to my thread it has OK, thanks JulianT for confirming that. I thought that was probably the case...
June 24, 20232 yr Well done Mr Styles. Whose next I wonder… must be another Christmas song I would assume by now. Are there any close ones that could potentially make it this year such as Mariah Carey? Mariah needs 7, 9 and 10 in the charts
June 28, 20232 yr Mariah needs 7, 9 and 10 in the charts I was annoyed when it had a week at #8 last year, if I remember rightly it was midweek #7 for some of the week too! :drama:
June 30, 20232 yr I think there are a couple more with 9 of the 10 that haven't been mentioned "Pretend" by Nat King Cole "Wonderwall" by Oasis Both just missing a number one.
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