Posted May 24, 20205 yr The entry window has closed, and I will be revealing the answers shortly. Thank you to the 27 participants who took the time to send me answers to this chart quiz, but was anyone able to correctly guess all album covers... Stay tuned for the answers! :D As a reminder, points were allocated as follows; 10 points for correct artist and album. or 5 points for correct artist (without album name) or 5 points for correct album (without artist name) and there were lots of ways to earn extra points including; 25 bonus points for correctly guessing the number of ‘Greatest Hits’ albums (this includes any album with a collection of the artist’s hits or singles from other albums by that artist, not just albums with “Greatest Hits” in their title) and 25 bonus points for correctly guessing the number of albums which peaked at #1 in the UK Albums Chart and 10 bonus points for correctly guessing the two albums which did not chart in the UK Albums Chart Participants (27): :') Bjork Bré chrissmith276 Cremey DalekTurret32 dan-G Jade J🐠hq jimwatts Jordan Lee King Rollo LewisGT ✖ leww ✖ Mack M4NGO MrAndrewMan n4yr PeteFromLeeds Riser Rush Sarah Scene StoneDragon The Hit Parade vibe West
May 24, 20205 yr Not even sure if top 20 will be achievable this week :lol: but at least there's guaranteed leaderboard points! Looking forward to this ^_^
May 24, 20205 yr Hoping for Top 5 placement but the bonus questions may screw me as I missed some albums!
May 24, 20205 yr Author 1. Dirty Vegas – Dirty Vegas Release year: 2002 UK Chart Peak: #40 Greatest Hits: No The first answer in the quiz was the debut self-titled album from Dirty Vegas. It contained two Top 40 singles called Days Go By and Ghosts. Correct Answers: 12 of 27 (44.44%) :'), Bjork, chrissmith276, DalekTurret32, dan-G, jimwatts, ✖ leww ✖, M4NGO, MrAndrewMan, Rush, The Hit Parade, West Wrong Answers: Holly Valance (Jordan Lee, n4yr) Kylie Minogue – Greatest Hits (Riser) Madonna (PeteFromLeeds) Mariah Carey (Mack.) Moloko (Jade)
May 24, 20205 yr I'm going for up to 200 points if all the answers I sent are correct! Won't happen, but looking forward to seeing how close I get.
May 24, 20205 yr got the #1 really by pure chance, was searching for early 00s songs and searched for Days Go By and saw that album cover
May 24, 20205 yr Btw I absolutely love 'Days Go By' :heart: noughties gem! Just don't know a lot about Dirty Vegas beyond that.
May 24, 20205 yr Author 2. Nero – Welcome Reality Release year: 2011 UK Chart Peak: #1 Greatest Hits: No For the second album cover, we have our first #1 album from the quiz, it is from the dance act Nero from 2011. It contained hits like Me And You, Guilt, Crush On You and the UK #1 single Promises. Correct Answers: 20 of 27 (74.07%) :'), Bjork, Bré, chrissmith276, Cremey, DalekTurret32, dan-G, J🐠hq, jimwatts, King Rollo, LewisGT, ✖ leww ✖, M4NGO, MrAndrewMan, n4yr, Riser, Rush, Sarah, StoneDragon, West Wrong Answers: A miscellaneous dance act (PeteFromLeeds) Axwell Λ Ingrosso (Jade) Empire Of The Sun (Mack.) Simon & Garfunkel (Jordan Lee)
May 24, 20205 yr That one was so irritating :( it had to be some kind of dance group but I couldn't pinpoint who. Of course, Nero! Loved 'Guilt' from that album in particular :wub:
May 24, 20205 yr Author 3. Whitney Houston – Whitney: The Greatest Hits Release year: 2000 UK Chart Peak: #1 Greatest Hits: Yes The first “Greatest Hits” album from this quiz is by the late Whitney Houston who released this album in 2000 and went straight to #1. The 2-Disc compilation contained over 30 songs from her amazing career up to that point in time. Correct Answers: 22 of 27 (81.48%) :'), Bjork, Bré, chrissmith276, Cremey, dan-G, J🐠hq, jimwatts, Jordan Lee, LewisGT, ✖ leww ✖, M4NGO, MrAndrewMan, n4yr, Riser, Rush, Sarah, Scene, StoneDragon, The Hit Parade, vibe, West Wrong Answers: Duran Duran (Jade) Mark Ronson (DalekTurret32) Space (PeteFromLeeds)
May 24, 20205 yr I'm not familiar with that cover at all somehow :ph34r: I only know the Ultimate Collection one!
May 24, 20205 yr Author 4. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular Release year: 2007 UK Chart Peak: #8 Greatest Hits: No Indie rock group MGMT are the guys behind our next album cover from 2007 with their album Oracular Spectacular. The album spawned minor hits like Time To Pretend, Electric Feel and Kids (which later got sampled in the single Opposite Of Adults by Chiddy Bang. It seems that a few people here were wrongly convinced that the album was by Prince. Correct Answers: 18 of 27 (66.67%) :'), Bjork, Bré, chrissmith276, Cremey, DalekTurret32, dan-G, J🐠hq, jimwatts, Jordan Lee, ✖ leww ✖, M4NGO, MrAndrewMan, Riser, Rush, The Hit Parade, vibe, West Wrong Answers: Childish Gambino (PeteFromLeeds) Prince (Jade, King Rollo, n4yr)
May 24, 20205 yr Glad I wasn't the only one who put Prince :lol: again, another cover I'm not familiar with despite knowing all of those songs mentioned!
May 24, 20205 yr 4/4 so far! Things can only go downhill from here :lol: Time To Pretend is such a great song
May 24, 20205 yr Author 5. The Feeling – Join With Us Release year: 2008 UK Chart Peak: #1 Greatest Hits: No Does anyone remember The Feeling? Well certainly a few of you did, but this did prove to be one of the most challenging covers from this quiz, managing a 29.63% accuracy, despite featuring part of the logo in the art. It’s a surprise that this forgotten album made it to #1 because it only had one Top 40 hit on it, which was I Thought It Was Over. Correct Answers: 8 of 27 (29.63%) :'), Bjork, Cremey, DalekTurret32, M4NGO, PeteFromLeeds, The Hit Parade, West Wrong Answers: Daft Punk (Jade) Estelle (Jordan Lee) Maroon 5 (chrissmith276) Scissor Sisters – Greatest Hits (Riser) Edited May 25, 20205 yr by awardinary
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