Posted June 4, 200718 yr We are now halfway through this year and have yet to have a chain of at least 2 'one week' No.1s (i.e: 2 or more songs only topping the charts for one week, after each other) the last time this had occured at this time of year was way back in 1993! bit random, but a true fact! ;)
June 4, 200718 yr It makes reaching Number One more meaningful when we don't get a new chart-topper every week. We look set for a return to the days of around 16 Number Ones each year rather than 30+.
June 4, 200718 yr Author It makes reaching Number One more meaningful when we don't get a new chart-topper every week. We look set for a return to the days of around 16 Number Ones each year rather than 30+. It does, but sadly as long as the is McFly <_< , there will always be one week no.1s! haha :lol:
June 4, 200718 yr It makes reaching Number One more meaningful when we don't get a new chart-topper every week. We look set for a return to the days of around 16 Number Ones each year rather than 30+. Of course the counter argument for this is that you can now get to No.1 with 25k sales when in 2000, every single one of the 42 different No.1's of that year sold far more than the average figure now, with many of them topping 100k in their first week...
June 4, 200718 yr Of course the counter argument for this is that you can now get to No.1 with 25k sales when in 2000, every single one of the 42 different No.1's of that year sold far more than the average figure now, with many of them topping 100k in their first week... I dont think theres many number ones that sell 25k! Its very rarely less than 30, if you worked it out its probably about 35 on average I'd guess?
June 4, 200718 yr In fact the #1s this year have been alternating between one-weekers and multi-weekers: Mika (5 wks) Kaiser Chiefs (1 wk) Take That (2 wks) Sugababes & Girls Aloud (1 wk) Proclaimers (3 wks) Timbaland (1 wk) Beyonce & Shakira (3 wks) McFly (1 wk) Rihanna (3+ wks)
June 4, 200718 yr In fact the #1s this year have been alternating between one-weekers and multi-weekers: Mika (5 wks) Kaiser Chiefs (1 wk) Take That (2 wks) Sugababes & Girls Aloud (1 wk) Proclaimers (3 wks) Timbaland (1 wk) Beyonce & Shakira (3 wks) McFly (1 wk) Rihanna (3+ wks) Interesting, the next No.1 will stay for 1 week only :lol:
June 4, 200718 yr 2000 1 15-Jan 34,739 Westlife I Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun 2 22-Jan 76,000 Manic Street Preachers The Masses Against The Classes 3 29-Jan 91,000 Britney Spears Born To Make You Happy 4 05-Feb 77,500 Gabrielle Rise 5 12-Feb 85,500 Gabrielle Rise 6 19-Feb 180,000 Oasis Go Let It Out 7 26-Feb 199,084 All Saints Pure Shores 8 04-Mar 154,000 All Saints Pure Shores 9 11-Mar 139,000 Madonna American Pie 10 18-Mar 75,470 Chicane / Bryan Adams Don't Give Up 11 25-Mar 106,000 Geri Halliwell Bag It Up 12 01-Apr 144,000 Melanie C / Lisa Left Eye Lopes Never Be The Same Again 13 08-Apr 82,776 Westlife Fool Again 14 15-Apr 165,000 Craig David Fill Me In 15 22-Apr 187,859 Fragma Toca's Miracle 16 29-Apr 116,000 Fragma Toca's Miracle 17 06-May 70,700 Oxide & Neutrino Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty) 18 13-May 124,000 Britney Spears Oops!...I Did It Again 19 20-May 93,000 Madison Avenue Don't Call Me Baby 20 27-May 104,000 Billie Piper Day & Night 21 03-Jun 195,306 Sonique It Feels So Good 22 10-Jun 109,000 Sonique It Feels So Good 23 17-Jun 85,000 Sonique It Feels So Good 24 24-Jun 81,500 Black Legend You See The Trouble With Me 25 01-Jul 82,000 Kylie Minogue Spinning Around 26 08-Jul 86,000 Eminem The Real Slim Shady 27 15-Jul 80,869 Corrs Breathless 28 22-Jul 94,400 Ronan Keating Life Is A Rollercoaster 29 29-Jul 77,500 Five / Queen We Will Rock You 30 05-Aug 149,000 Craig David 7 Days 31 12-Aug 199,307 Robbie Williams Rock DJ 32 19-Aug 121,000 Melanie C I Turn To You 33 26-Aug 202,591 Spiller Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) 34 02-Sep 115,000 Madonna Music 35 09-Sep 82,000 A1 Take On Me 36 16-Sep 142,000 Modjo Lady (Hear Me Tonight) 37 23-Sep 78,000 Modjo Lady (Hear Me Tonight) 38 30-Sep 112,000 Mariah Carey & Westlife Against All Odds 39 07-Oct 78,500 Mariah Carey & Westlife Against All Odds 40 14-Oct 60,000 All Saints Black Coffee 41 21-Oct 65,471 U2 Beautiful Day 42 28-Oct 48,250 Steps Stomp 43 04-Nov 106,000 Spice Girls Holler / Let Love Lead The Way 44 11-Nov 112,252 Westlife My Love 45 18-Nov 60,500 A1 Same Old Brand New You 46 24-Nov 113,500 LeAnn Rimes Can't Fight The Moonlight 47 02-Dec 109,000 Destiny's Child Independent Women Part 1 48 09-Dec 144,000 S Club 7 Never Had A Dream Come True 49 16-Dec 198,805 Eminem Stan 50 23-Dec 214,963 Bob The Builder Can We Fix It? 51 30-Dec 359,639 Bob The Builder Can We Fix It? 52 06-Jan 90,244 Bob The Builder Can We Fix It? Well there is the weekly #1 sales for 2000 - compare with 2007, so far. 02 13 Jan 39.000 Leona Lewis A Moment Like This 03 20 Jan 20.400 Leona Lewis A Moment Like This 04 27 Jan 30.500 Mika Grace Kelly 05 03 Feb 38.500 Mika Grace Kelly 06 10 Feb 77,000 Mika Grace Kelly 07 17 Feb 55.000 Mika Grace Kelly 08 24 Feb 43.000 Mika Grace Kelly 09 03 Mar 38.000 Kaiser Chiefs Ruby 10 10 Mar 42.000 Take That Shine 11 17 Mar 27.000 Take That Shine 12 24 Mar 51.500 Sugababes Vs. Girls Aloud Walk This Way 13 31 Mar 126.000 The Proclaimers featuring Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin (I’m Gonna Be) 500 Miles 14 07 Apr 78.000 The Proclaimers featuring Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin (I’m Gonna Be) 500 Miles 15 14 Apr 48.000 The Proclaimers featuring Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin (I’m Gonna Be) 500 Miles 16 21 Apr 27.760 Timberland featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake Give It To Me 17 28 Apr 37.500 Beyonce & Shakira Beautiful Liar 18 05 May 35.000 Beyonce & Shakira Beautiful Liar 19 12 May 30.000 Beyonce & Shakira Beautiful Liar 20 19 May 30.693 McFly Baby’s Coming Back / Transylvania 21 26 May 34.164 Rihanna featuring Jay-Z Umbrella 22 02 Jun 38.482 Rihanna featuring Jay-Z Umbrella 23 09 Jun 60.650 Rihanna featuring Jay-Z Umbrella
June 4, 200718 yr I think it's pathetic the #1 has only managed to clear 50k on 6 occasions. :manson:
June 5, 200718 yr Author The chart works so diffrently now though, compared to 2000, then the was way more promo for singles, just before release, and singles were only availible to buy the week of release (hence the high sales for no.1) , unlike today, with itunes and songs being relesed weeks in advance.
June 5, 200718 yr I keep a little graph with the average sales for #1 songs. Interesting that so far this year we're above the total for last year. I guess the chart changes re downloads have had some impact, albeit small? http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c204/polyhex/averageNo1.gif
June 5, 200718 yr Makes you wonder what happened 2003 that it suddenly nose dived. It was heading towards a decline in 2002 due to a shift towards digital buying, but was falsely inflated that year by the Pop Idol singles. Therefore, without any huge releases, a jaded public and downloads on the increase, 2003 showed a slump.
June 5, 200718 yr Not many new singles are charting inside the top 40 as last year, we used to have 10-16 new entries every week, those days are gone, we only seem to be getting 4-10 new entries every week now and that's including downloads only, it feels the chart has fallen in a time warp back to the 80s.
June 5, 200718 yr The charts are completely dull now. Seeing the top 10 half of it was in the top 10 5 0r 6 weeks ago. They couldn't be more boring!
June 5, 200718 yr The charts are completely dull now. Seeing the top 10 half of it was in the top 10 5 0r 6 weeks ago. They couldn't be more boring! I agree it's all moving so slowly. Hopefully something will change it again. These things go in cycles.
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