Wow, that's great for Britney on that 1999 chart and the current one. :lol: These are actually pretty interesting charts to see. Very unpredictable at times.

Here is the chart of December 1, 2007:

 

20 Gwen Stefani - Now That You Got It RE-ENTRY

19 Foo Fighters - Long Road To Ruin NEW

18 Jennifer Lopez - Do It Well RE-ENTRY

17 Mark Ronson & Amy Winehouse - Valerie 6 Down

16 Fergie - Clumsy 3 Up

15 50 Cent & Justin Timberlake - Ayo Technology 1 Up

14 Kanye West - Good Life 6 Up

13 Rihanna & Ne-Yo - Hate That I Love You 1 Up

12 Craig David - Hot Stuff 5 Up

11 Nicole Scherzinger - Baby Love 5 Down

10 Linkin Park - Shadow Of The Day 2 Up

9 Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah 4 Up

8 Foo Fighters - The Pretender Stay =>

7 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music Stay =>

6 Alicia Keys - No One 4 Up

5 Kylie Minogue - 2 Hearts Stay =>

4 Britney Spears - Gimme More 3 Down

3 Avril Lavigne - Hot 1 Up

2 Sugababes - About You Now 1 Up

1 Timbaland & OneRepublic - Apologize 1 Up

 

And yet again chart history is written this week! There are two re-entries for a second week in a row! But something even more impressive has happened in 1998 - then there were two re-entries one week, THREE re-entries (a record) the following week... and then SEVEN new entries (a joint record) the following week!

No, what has really happened for the first time is something else. So far there have been 4 occasions in the history of European Top 20 when there has been at least one re-entry for three weeks in a row. However, this week for the first time there has been at least one re-entry for FOUR weeks in a row!!!! And to think that during the period 2000-2005 I wondered whether I'd EVER see a re-entry in the chart!...

The lower re-entry at number 20 is "Now That You Got It" by Gwen Stefani. It entered the chart at number 16 and made a very promising climb to number 10 the following week... only to go straight out of the chart from that number 10 position! But now, after two weeks' absence, it's back in the chart.

The other re-entry (at number 18) actually spent just one week out of the chart. "Do It Well" by Jennifer Lopez did seem to have completed a full chart run - it spent 7 weeks in the chart and peaked at number 7... but now it's back for an eighth week and we'll see whether it's capable of something more.

In between them at number 19 is the only new entry - "Long Road To Ruin" by Foo Fighters. Their old single "The Pretender" is still at number 8.

Nicole Scherzinger is probably not very happy this week. "Baby Love" falls from number 6 to number 11... while "Whatever U Like" leaves the chart once again. But if it does re-enter next week (or even later), it will be the first song to re-enter European Top 20 THREE times!

"Hey There Delilah" makes a shocking reclimb to the Top 10, going 13-9. It's still far from improving on its peak position - number 6... but it will be an impressive achievement if it does it!

I just knew "No One" by Alicia Keys shouldn't be written off yet! Until last week, its chart run was:

 

10-6-9-10

 

...and it looked like it had peaked too early and was going to continue falling in the chart. But this week it reclimbs 4 places to its peak position. And, unlike "Hey There Delilah", I think it has a strong chance to improve that!

Just like Sugababes, her predecessors at the top, Britney Spears has only spent one week at number 1. "Gimme More" leaves the Top 3 altogether while the three songs behind it all go one place up.

Which means that Avril Lavigne scores her third Top 3 single from her current album as "Hot" reaches number 3. Before that "Girlfriend" became a number 1 and "When You're Gone" peaked at number 2... I must admit I would never have expected to see "Hot" so high!

What was easy to expect, however, was that "Apologize" by Timbaland and OneRepublic would reach the top. Second number 1 for Timbaland after "The Way I Are" spent 7 weeks at the top (and finally leaves the chart this week straight from number 9). It will be interesting to see whether "Apologize" will have anywhere near as long a reign!

for the next edition there are 2 versions of the chart! I wonder which one is the correct one!

for the next edition there are 2 versions of the chart! I wonder which one is the correct one!

Well done MTV!

Mykka said:"for the next edition there are 2 versions of the chart! I wonder which one is the correct one!"

In fact i know the next 2 editions and yes,they are a bit strange.Maybe they are both true-at least the no'1 position is one and the same but it's not timbaland.I hope in the new year 2008 Mtv will place order in this mess.They show bobiloko's last chart,mtv hits shows the next and mtv finland shows the following one-in one week three different charts.Mtv's websites update et20 in different times-the chart of 15/12/2007 was published on 12/12/2007-the mess is BIG!!!!I wrote my 10th e-mail to MTV asking for some information of the chart's early years,but i received my 10th standart answer. :cry: :cry: :cry:

I wrote my 10th e-mail to MTV asking for some information of the chart's early years,but i received my 10th standart answer. :cry: :cry: :cry:

and what's the answer?

Mykka said:"for the next edition there are 2 versions of the chart! I wonder which one is the correct one!"

In fact i know the next 2 editions and yes,they are a bit strange.Maybe they are both true-at least the no'1 position is one and the same but it's not timbaland.I hope in the new year 2008 Mtv will place order in this mess.They show bobiloko's last chart,mtv hits shows the next and mtv finland shows the following one-in one week three different charts.Mtv's websites update et20 in different times-the chart of 15/12/2007 was published on 12/12/2007-the mess is BIG!!!!I wrote my 10th e-mail to MTV asking for some information of the chart's early years,but i received my 10th standart answer. :cry: :cry: :cry:

 

dont forget one of them has a certain girl band as a new entry and the other one doesnt ;)

For Xmasben:the answer that MTV send me was:"Hi there,Thanks for taking the time to contact MTV. We have received your message successfully.

Please be assured that all emails are read however due to the volume of emails we receive, we cannot answer all the messages we receive. Answers to the questions we are asked most frequently can be found on www.mtv.tv. If you have written in with comments, suggestions, music or show ideas - thank you for your contribution. Your contributions will be borne in mind in the future.For more information about MTV's shows please visit www.mtv.tv/showsRegards,The MTV.TV Web Team"

I think the correct next edition is the one which has a certain girl band as a new entry @ no.20 because last saturday i saw on mtv finland's website that version which was also on mtv germany's website.mtv finland doesn't write the songs positions-the write the time when the songs are played,and the first song played was this new entry.Xmasben-any new charts from 1991 soon,'cause i can't wait-please.

 

sorry xmas ben,i didn't see the update.thank you.i hope for more soon.

Xmasben-any new charts from 1991 soon,'cause i can't wait-please.

:P Sorry I was pretty busy the last 2 weeks but I've just posted 2 more! :D

For Xmasben:the answer that MTV send me was:"Hi there,Thanks for taking the time to contact MTV. We have received your message successfully.

Please be assured that all emails are read however due to the volume of emails we receive, we cannot answer all the messages we receive. Answers to the questions we are asked most frequently can be found on www.mtv.tv. If you have written in with comments, suggestions, music or show ideas - thank you for your contribution. Your contributions will be borne in mind in the future.For more information about MTV's shows please visit www.mtv.tv/showsRegards,The MTV.TV Web Team"

I think the correct next edition is the one which has a certain girl band as a new entry @ no.20 because last saturday i saw on mtv finland's website that version which was also on mtv germany's website.mtv finland doesn't write the songs positions-the write the time when the songs are played,and the first song played was this new entry.Xmasben-any new charts from 1991 soon,'cause i can't wait-please.

 

MTV Sweden has the positions, and they also have that new entry at #20

Yes, there is definitely a new entry by a certain girl band...

Here is the chart of December 8, 2007:

 

20 Spice Girls - Headlines NEW

19 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love NEW

18 Gwen Stefani - Now That You Got It 2 Up

17 Fergie - Clumsy 1 Down

16 Craig David - Hot Stuff 4 Down

15 Jennifer Lopez - Do It Well 3 Up

14 Foo Fighters - Long Road To Ruin 5 Up

13 Rihanna & Ne-Yo - Hate That I Love You Stay =>

12 50 Cent & Justin Timberlake - Ayo Technology 3 Up

11 Foo Fighters - The Pretender 3 Down

10 Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah 1 Down

9 Nicole Scherzinger - Baby Love 2 Up

8 Linkin Park - Shadow Of The Day 2 Up

7 Kylie Minogue - 2 Hearts 2 Down

6 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 1 Up

5 Alicia Keys - No One 1 Up

4 Timbaland & OneRepublic - Apologize 3 Down

3 Avril Lavigne - Hot Stay =>

2 Britney Spears - Gimme More 2 Up

1 Sugababes - About You Now 1 Up

 

The HEADLINE of this commentary is, of course, the new entry at number 20. Spice Girls are back! They were last seen in the chart with "Holler" almost 7 years ago... Here are the peak positions of their singles in European Top 20:

 

Wannabe - number 1

Say You'll Be There - number 3

2 Become 1 - number 3

Mama - number 1

Spice Up Your Life - number 2

Too Much - number 1

Stop - number 4

Viva Forever - number 1

Goodbye - number 5

Holler - number 1

 

As you can see, all of their singles so far have made the Top 5! I have a feeling it will be hard for "Headlines" to do the same... But I'm happy that it entered the chart because I was afraid it wouldn't. After all, it's nice to see Spice Girls' comeback noted in the chart, even though it wasn't really successful... On the other hand, Take That's comeback WAS successful and I think "Patience" deserved more than the number 7 position where it peaked...

The other new entry at number 19 is "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis. This is not the first song by a participant in a UK music show to enter this chart - "Anyone Of Us" by Gareth Gates reached number 3 in 2003... and I think Leona has the potential to do something similar - she's already appearing high in the Scandinavian charts and it's very likely that this will be the case in the rest of Europe as well.

There are a few surprising movements in the chart - "Hot Stuff" by Craig David falling 12-16 after climbing 17-12 last week; "Baby Love" by Nicole Scherzinger reclimbing back to the Top 10 (please, let "Whatever U Like re-enter once again!); "Ayo Technology" by 50 Cent and Justin Timberlake continuing to reclimb, this time going 3 places up...

However, the most shocking movement is the 1-4 fall of "Apologize" by Timbaland and OneRepublic. It looked like the song was going to spend quite some time at the top... but it falls after only one week there and actually leaves the Top 3 altogether!

Who benefits from that? For example, Britney Spears, who made the exact same movement (1-4) last week. This week "Gimme More" reclimbs to number 2. However, that's not enough for the top spot, which is retaken by Sugababes.

"About You Now" spent a single week at the top before being replaced by "Gimme More", which also spent a single week at the top before being replaced by "Apologize"... which also spent a single week at the top before being replaced by "About You Now"!

In the history of the chart it has happened from time to time that a song returns to number 1. However, to return to the top after not one but TWO other songs have been there - that's an extremely rare case! In fact, it has happened only twice before:

In 1993, "I Feel You" by Depeche Mode spent two weeks at number 1. After that "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You" by Sting stayed at the top for one week and "Give In To Me" by Michael Jackson - for two weeks... before "I Feel You" returned for an additional two weeks at number 1!

But even more impressive was the situation in 2001. "Stan" by Eminem and Dido spent two weeks at number 1. After that "Don't Tell Me" by Madonna stayed at the top for two weeks and "Love Don't Cost A Thing" by Jennifer Lopez - for five weeks... before "Stan" returned for an additional three weeks at number 1! To go back at the top after seven weeks!

I have also sent many emails to MTV about the chart archive of European Top 20 from before December 1991... but with no result. The closest I got was when once they replied to me that they had contacted the person who makes the chart and he'd see what he could do... They promised me to keep me informed but never wrote to me again... I'd really like to know who is this person who makes the chart and what is his email... I have so many things to ask him...

Speaking of music show participants(and winners) i would like to introduce my favorite one-Gregory Lemarchal(star academy france).I fell in love with his song "Le Lien".But when i found more music and information about him,i was stunned when i read that he..................died in April 2007.His music is great and his life was a life of a hero-being so talanted and fighting with cystic fibrosis-you can search for more in internet.I hope you will like his music and share your thoughts.

BTW-in the chart from 22.12.2007 there is something that's never happened before-unfortunately it shouldn't happened!!!we have such movement for the first time in euro top 20 history.just wait and you will see what i'm talking about. :huh: :huh: :huh:

the chart of 15th December also has more than 1 edition. in one, there's a re-entry but no new entries. The other one has a shocking new entry

tsetsi81, I did know about Gregory Lemarchal a couple of years ago - I knew that he was the winner of the French Star Academy... I had only listened to one song by him - his duet with Lucie Silvas "Même Si"... but I was impressed by him. And I was extremely sad when I found out about his death... But it's only now that I have listened to several of his songs. Yes, he is amazing. Especially the chorus of "SOS D'Un Terrien En Détresse" is something magical - how he begins with very low tones and reaches so high... I cried after I heard the song. This is so unfair...

FOR BOBILOKO:THE STORY OF GREGORY LEMARCHAL SOMEHOW CHANGED MY LIFE.MAYBE IF WE ALL THINK MORE ABOUT THE IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE,STORIES LIKE THIS WILL HAVE STRONGER EFFECT.SADLY,IN BULGARIA THERE WASN'T A MEDIA TO TELL US ABOUT GREGORY.IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO A BIGGER PART OF HIS GREAT MUSIC GO TO WWW.DATA.BG.I FOUND THE SONGS AND PLACED THEM THERE.I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS REAL GOOD MUSIC WITH OTHER PEOPLE.THE MAGICAL SONGS FROM HIM (FOR ME) ARE "LE LIEN" & "ET MAINTENANT".HIS VERSION OF THAT CLASSIC FRENCH SONG MADE ME WATCH THE PERFORMANCE MORE THAN 10 TIMES.AND ANY WORDS WERE USELESS.I WILL SEND THEM AS CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO MY FRIENDS.

tsetsi: please turn caps lock off ;)

Here is the chart of December 15, 2007:

 

20 Jennifer Lopez - Do It Well 5 Down

19 Gwen Stefani - Now That You Got It 1 Down

18 Foo Fighters - Long Road To Ruin 4 Down

17 Kanye West - Good Life RE-ENTRY

16 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love 3 Up

15 Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah 5 Down

14 Craig David - Hot Stuff 2 Up

13 Foo Fighters - The Pretender 2 Down

12 Rihanna & Ne-Yo - Hate That I Love You 1 Up

11 50 Cent & Justin Timberlake - Ayo Technology 1 Up

10 Fergie - Clumsy 7 Up

9 Linkin Park - Shadow Of The Day 1 Down

8 Nicole Scherzinger - Baby Love 1 Up

7 Kylie Minogue - 2 Hearts Stay =>

6 Britney Spears - Gimme More 4 Down

5 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 1 Up

4 Avril Lavigne - Hot 1 Down

3 Timbaland & OneRepublic - Apologize 1 Up

2 Alicia Keys - No One 3 Up

1 Sugababes - About You Now Stay =>

 

When "Good Life" by Kanye West debuted in European Top 20, it spent only two weeks in the chart and went out. However, later it re-entered the chart and spent two additional weeks in before leaving again last week. Now it re-enters for the second time! This is the first time there are TWO songs in one year that re-enter the chart twice (the first song was, of course, "Whatever U Like" by Nicole Scherzinger).

But there is something else which may or may not be unique about this week's chart. Yes, there is a re-entry... but do you see any new entries? There have been occasions with no entries at all (let's hope that never happens again!)... but an edition with no new entries and just a re-entry?

There is a "mysterious" edition of European Top 20 - the chart of November 26, 1994. In it there is only one entry - "Goodnight Girl" by Wet Wet Wet. The thing is, "Goodnight Girl" by Wet Wet Wet spent some time in the chart in February and March 1992! So did it make a re-entry in 1994 - almost two years later? It's strange because every other re-entry in the history of the chart has re-entered in a four-month period at the most. But still, if that's the same version of "Goodnight Girl" as the one that charted in 1992, it must be a re-entry?

The problem is that I'm not sure it's the same version. In fact, in Germany the song has charted both in 1992 and in 1994 - and the 1994 version is titled "Goodnight Girl '94". I checked both videos in YouTube - there seem to be really, really small differences between both the songs and the videos. But whether that's enough to consider them two different versions - I can't decide. If someone else knows something more about the two "Goodnight Girl"'s, I'll be glad to hear explanations!

Anyway, what's for sure is that this week there is an indisputable case of a chart with one re-entry and no new entries. By the way, which song did "Good Life" replace in the chart? "Headlines" by Spice Girls, which spent just a single week at number 20... Poor Spice Girls! Ten years ago they were scoring Top 5 hit after Top 5 hit...

Here is the chart run of "Clumsy" by Fergie until this week: 19-16-17. Nothing foreshadowed that it would make a 7-place climb to number 10 this week! But, after all, it's such shocking movements that make the chart interesting!

"About You Now" by Sugababes spends a second consecutive and third in total week at number 1. The biggest contender for its spot turns out to be "No One" by Alicia Keys, which goes 5-2... and thus it's already Alicia's highest peaking song, improving on the number 3 peaks of "Fallin'" and "Gangsta Lovin'" with Eve.

Here are the number ones in European Top 20 at this time during the years:

 

1991 Michael Jackson - Black Or White

1992 Michael Jackson - Heal The World

1993 Bryan Adams - Please Forgive Me

1994 Bon Jovi - Always

1995 Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise

1996 Robert Miles - One And One

1997 Aqua - Barbie Girl

1998 Cher - Believe

1999 5ive - Keep On Movin'

2000 Backstreet Boys - The Shape Of My Heart

2001 Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head

2002 Nelly & Kelly Rowland - Dilemma

2003 Britney Spears & Madonna - Me Against The Music

2004 Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For?

2005 Madonna - Hung Up

2006 Justin Timberlake - My Love