love Brimful of Asha too <3 the song was everywhere at the time, I remember dancing to it like crazy

but my fav has to be the Shawnia single, love love love <3 glad it went top 10 but the song deserved better

no comment on the boring sappy Celine song :/

Adore 'Brimful of Asha' as well <3 I'm so used to the Norman Cook remix that it felt a bit weird to hear the band playing the original on TOTP tonight!

Speaking of TOTP, my top highlight was Air's 'Sexy Boy' outside the top 10 at #13 😍

13 hours ago, Jade said:

Adore 'Brimful of Asha' as well <3 I'm so used to the Norman Cook remix that it felt a bit weird to hear the band playing the original on TOTP tonight!

Speaking of TOTP, my top highlight was Air's 'Sexy Boy' outside the top 10 at #13 😍

Ditto with this post!

Sexy Boy deserved better <3 that's a classic

I remember back in the day a friend buying the Cornerstore album just cos of that remix, but the album only had the regular version :D

7TH MARCH

Written off for much of the decade as an artist whose creativity had peaked and was set for a slow gradual fade in pop history as a chart force, Madonna once again proves that you can never quite write her off. Heralding her first studio album in four years new single “Frozen” this week becomes her first instant No 1 selling a mighty 196,604 to prove the point helped by a memorable National Lottery show performance which garnered much attention. Where to start with the stats on Madonna is always a head scratcher but here goes, this is her 8th No 1 single drawing her level with Take That and Rolling Stones, and behind only Cliff, Elvis, The Beatles, and ABBA, the wait of 8 years since her last No 1 “Vogue” with new material is a longer wait than any act save Diana Ross, Queen, Cher, Don McLean, Frank Sinatra, Cliff, and The Bee Gees. It’s her 44th hit and 40th top 10 single more than double any other female soloist with only Elvis and Cliff ahead of her.

The single naturally comes with another eye catching promo featuring Madonna shapeshifting and the song is produced by William Orbit (former member of “Fascinating Rhythm” hitmakers Bass-O-Matic) to give it its distinctive sound, you can get the album “Ray Of Light” this week if you like the sound of this. Interesting fact, no Madonna single has sold as much in one week as “Frozen” last week!

The country is still “Titanic” crazy with the soundtrack still No 1 and Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” still raking it in at No 2 (140,000)- it has sold a mighty 550,000 in 3 weeks and rockets to No 1 on the YTD chart in the process.

With Catatonia’s “Mulder & Scully” still top 40, lead singer Cerys Matthews has gone AWOL to help out Space on their new single “Ballad Of Tom Jones”. The tale of warring lovers who come together through their love of the Welsh singer has found fans zooming straight in at No 4 (84,000) which makes it instantly the biggest hit of Space’s career.

A massive US hit and finally arriving in the UK at No 7 (43,000) is LeAnn Rimes’ “How Do I Live?”- it made No 2 stateside behind both Elton and Savage Garden spending a record 25 consecutive weeks in the top 5. The country song is written by Diane Warren expressly with Rimes in mind and for the film “Con Air” but once they heard 14yr old Rimes version the film studio said they would prefer an older singer to record the film version and country star Trisha Yearwood got the gig. Yearwood’s version made US #23 and UK #66 last year but Rimes gets the last laugh with the major hit.

From 15yr old Rimes to 18 yr old Robin Carlsson who records under the name Robyn. Discovered via television in her native Sweden Robyn’s first album generated a couple of minor hits here but two top 10 hits in the US including “Show Me Love” which is new at No 8 (37,000) here this week.

Long a star in his home country of Jamaica, Beenie Man is now a UK star with his song “Who Am I” crashing straight in at No 10 (32,000). It marks his debut with a major label (virgin) which gives the dancehall star an international platform. The song somewhat inexplicably turns into a cover, briefly, of Luther Vandross’ “Never Too Much” half way through which at least makes it something unusual.

Cornershop drop 1-3 (106,000) with Savage Garden off gently 4-5 (55,000). Aqua’s former chart topper falls 3-6 (47,000) and Another Level fall back 6-9 (35,000).


1- FROZEN- Madonna (196,604)
2- MY HEART WILL GO ON- Celine Dion (140,000)
3- BRIMFUL OF ASHA- Cornershop (106,000)
4- THE BALLAD OF TOM JONES- Space with Cerys Matthews (84,000)
5- TRULY MADLY DEEPLY- Savage Garden (55,000)
6- DOCTOR JONES- Aqua (47,000)
7- HOW DO I LIVE?- Le Ann Rimes (43,000)
8- SHOW ME LOVE- Robyn (37,000)
9- BE ALONE NO MORE- Another Level (35,000)
10- WHO AM I- Beenie Man (32,000)



 
 

14TH MARCH

Still selling in prodigious quantities each week there was always a chance, given the right circumstances, that Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” would reap the rewards of the top spot again given the ongoing success of the Titanic film. Circumstances happened this week, Madonna suffers a 54% decrease in sales to 91,000 and slumps 1-3 in part due to the arrival of her album “Ray Of Light” at No 1, that created a vacuum at the top which was filled by Dion as she rebounds 2-1 (112,000) a mere 20% slip week on week. Dion’s track is the 6th single to return to the top in the same run in the 90s, an usual feat until the last few years, it also turns platinum in celebration with a new tally of 663,000. She doesn’t have it all her own way though with the song toppled from the US No 1 spot by Will Smith, and it becomes the first chart topper since Puff Daddy last summer to be No 1 yet top none of the individual format charts with Madonna triumphing on 12", CD, and Cassingle and Cornershop the top selling 7".

For the first time in 10 years the entire top 3 consist of female soloists with Natalie Imbruglia joining Dion and Madonna there. Her new single “Big Mistake” avoids the controversy over writing credits that “Torn” generated by being co-written by the woman herself and arrives at No 2 (96,000), it’s another cut from “Left Of The Middle” which has done almost 400,000 so far.

Proving they were no one hit wonders Five are back with a second single hot on the heels of the No 10 smash “Slam Dunk (Da Funk)” in December. Former Dead Or Alive member Mike Percy co-writes this one (he’s already written top ten singles for Kenny Thomas and 911 this decade) and “When The Lights Go Out” easily tops of the achievement of Five’s first single by debuting at No 4 (65,000). An album is promised in the summer.

“Casualty” has been on our screens for 12 years now and whilst many have gone on to be well known faces on the TV few have made the transition to chart stars but now the entire cast score a top 10 single. The recent storyline which resulted in the marriage of characters Charlie & Baz resulted in some of the cast performing this single at the reception spearheaded by Amy Howard (played by Rebecca Wheatley) on main vocals. They pile in at No 5 (57,000).

Bereft of new entries in the lower half, tracks just re-arrange themselves, Cornershop drop 3-6 (54,000), Space & Cerys Matthews fall 4-7 (49,000), Savage Garden ebb 5-8 (44,000) as their album berths at No 14, LeAnn Rimes relents 7-9 (38,000) and Aqua hang in there 6-10 (36,000).

So this week sees the release of the Spice Girls 7th single- could their lucky streak continue?

1- MY HEART WILL GO ON- Celine Dion (112,000)
2- BIG MISTAKE- Natalie Imbruglia (96,000)
3- FROZEN- Madonna (91,000)
4- WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT- Five (65,000)
5- EVERLASTING LOVE- Cast From “Casualty” (57,000)
6- BRIMFUL OF ASHA- Cornershop (54,000)
7- THE BALLAD OF TOM JONES- Space With Cerys Matthews (49,000)
8- TRULY MADLY DEPLY- Savage Garden (44,000)
9- HOW DO I LIVE?- Le Ann Rimes (38,000)
10- DOCTOR JONES- Aqua (36,000)


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Frozen is the clear highlight in these two charts, two 10/10 chart toppers in a row

I make it that My Heart Will Go On is the 26th song to return to the top spot in the same chart run.

Two of those ( I Believe by Frankie Laine and Singing The Blues by Guy Mitchell ) had 3 turns at number 1 in the same chart run.

Frozen is superb, a well earned chart topper!

Frozen <3 have to admit that Madonna had kinda lost me by 97 as a fan

after the Immaculate Collection, everything went downhill a bit and the songs were just ok but not wow

and then the Evita era was a big no for me

but she re-invented herself once more with Frozen, insane sales, nearly 200K but totally deserved

Also love Natalie's Big Mistake, huge sales too considering it was a post-album single. Starting with two #2s is kinda bad luck though.

I also love How Do I Live. I know it's a bit on the cheesy side but always liked it. Never heard this Trisha person version though.

'Frozen' gives me goosebumps every time

I think 'Big Mistake' is Natalie's best! Love it so much.

Big step down for Madonna after gorgeous Evita era.

Genuine question: have you ever met anyone else who shares that opinion?

9 minutes ago, dandy* said:

Genuine question: have you ever met anyone else who shares that opinion?

No, because for the majority Ray of Light is favourite Madonna album. For me it's the one from her worst LPs.

From Madonna albums my favourites are the first two and Like A Prayer, after it Somethin To Remember, Evita and American Life.

I pretend Evita never happened 😆

'Frozen' is my favourite Madonna song, pleased that it was such a successful re-invention for her 🩵 another incredible chart topper following Cornershop indeed and the highlight of both TOTP repeats. Unlike the National Lottery, we got the music video on TOTP instead, but no complaints as it's a captivating visual. Love that she felt inspired by Aphex Twin's 'Come To Daddy' music video at the time *.*

I only recently found out that 'When The Lights Go Out' by 5ive actually managed to go top 10 in the U.S. as well, impressive.

First a 'Show Me Love' by Robin S and now one by Robyn, oh my

I've had the "Tom Jones Tom Jones" part of that Space/Cerys song stuck in my head since watching the performance yesterday

6 hours ago, Last Dreamer said:

No, because for the majority Ray of Light is favourite Madonna album. For me it's the one from her worst LPs.

From Madonna albums my favourites are the first two and Like A Prayer, after it Somethin To Remember, Evita and American Life.

A shame you don’t like Ray of Light, but I’m glad to see you enjoy American Life as that one is often unfairly overlooked

"Love Profusion" was her last big hit (# 1) in my chart and "Nothing Fails" is a great track too.

Just spotted the sales for Big Mistake… that’s much higher than I’d have guessed, I always assumed it was out in a quiet week (probably because Celine returned to #1 at the time) and had previously thought it was a lucky #2

No one makes songs like Space did anymore. What a time to be alive.