A lot of lists, this week...along the way, the best selling albums of the year, the best selling singles of the year, a look back to the best sellers of 1988, and a stream lined top 20 singles, and top 10 album chart for this week. And a big, big thanks to Dave Taylor (davericktaylor@yahoo.co.uk)

 

Here are the top 20 albums of 2007...

01 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE

02 SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS

03 NOW 68 - VARIOUS ARTISTS

04 LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION - MIKA

05 BEAUTIFUL WORLD - TAKE THAT

06 BACK HOME - WESTLIFE

07 LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN - EAGLES

08 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 - OST

09 FAVOURITE WORST NIGHTMARE - ARTIC MONKEYS

10 YOURS TRULY ANGRY MOB - KAISER CHIEFS

11 NOW 66 - VARIOUS ARTISTS

12 NOW 67 - VARIOUS ARTISTS

13 EYES OPEN - SNOW PATROL

14 SHOCK VALUE - TIMBALAND

15 LOOSE - NELLY FURTADO

16 VERSION - MARK RONSON

17 FUTURE SEX LOVE SOUNDS - JUSTIN TIMBALAKE

18 ALL THE LOST SOULS - JAMES BLUNT

19 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - RIHANNA

20 EVERYTIME WE TOUCH - CASCADA

 

Remember that top 20, is based purely on physical sales, only.

 

Here are all the number one albums of 2007...

BEAUTIFUL WORLD - TAKE THAT 2wks

BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE 2WKS

HATS OFF TO THE DJs - THE VIEW 1wk

NOT TOO LATE - NORAH JONES 1wk

LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION - MIKA 3wks

YOURS TRULY ANGRY MOB - KAISER CHIEFS 2wks

MY WAY - RAY QUINN 1wk

BEAUTIFUL WORLD - TAKE THAT 2wks

NOW 66 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 2wks

BEST DAMN THING - AVRIL LAVIGNE 1wk

FAVOURITE WORST NIGHTMARE - ARTIC MONKEYS 3wks

MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT - LINKIN PARK 1wk

IT WONT BE SOON BEFORE LONG - MAROON 5 2wks

GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - RIHANNA 1wk

COLLECTION - TRAVELLING WILBURYS 1wk

ICKY THUMP - WHITE STRIPES 1wk

END HAS A START - EDITORS 1wk

WE ARE THE NIGHT - CHEMICAL BROTHERS 1wk

WE`RE LIVE AND DIE IN THESE TIMES - ENEMY 1wk

ONE CHANCE - PAUL POTTS 1wk

NOW 67 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 2wks

MADE OF BRICKS - KATE NASH 1wk

THE KING - ELVIS PRESLEY 1wk

HAND BUILT BY ROBOTS - NEWTON FAULKNER 2wks

ONCE UP ON A TIME IN THE WEST - HARD-FI 1wk

GRADUATION - KANYE WEST 1wk

ALL THE LOST SOULS - JAMES BLUNT 1wk

ECHOES, SILENCE, PATIENCE AND GRACE - FOOFIGHTERS 1wk

MAGIC - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 1wk

CHANGES - SUGABABES 1wk

PULL THE PIN - STEREOPHONICS 1wk

TRICK TO LIFE - HOOSIERS 1wk

LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN - EAGLES 1wk

BACK HOME - WESTLIFE 1wk

SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS 1wk

NOW 68 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 4wks

SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS 3wks

 

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL surprisingly, only managing a number 2 combined chart album, but 11 weeks, in total, in the top 10 albums. Also peaking at number 2, was RADIO ONE ESTABLISHED 1967, and the RADIO ONE LIVE LOUNGE 2.

 

Here were the top 20 albums of 1988...

01 KYLIE - KYLIE MINOGUE

02 PRIVATE COLLECTION - CLIFF RICHARD

03 BAD - JACKSON

04 PUSH - BROS

05 NOW 13 - VARIOUS ARTISTS

06 POPPED IN SOULED OUT - WET WET WET

07 TRACEY CHAPMAN - TRACEY CHAPMAN

08 INTRODUCING THE HARDLINE - TERENCE TRENT DARBY

09 TANGO IN THE NIGHT - FLEETWOOD MAC

10 MONEY FOR NOTHING - DIRE STRAITS

11 RATTLE AND HUM - U2

12 NOW 12 - VARIOUS ARISTS

13 NOW 11 - VARIOUS ARTISTS

14 DIRTY DANCING - OST

15 KICK - INXS

16 WHITNEY - WHITNEY HOUSTON

17 PREMIERE COLLECTION - LLOYD WEBBER/VARIOUS

18 CHRISTIANS - CHRISTIANS

19 HEAVEN ON EARTH - BELINDA CARLISLE

20 GREATEST HITS COLLECTION - BANANARAMA

 

Kylie, ousting everyone else in 88, and selling many more, than this years X, disapointment...we also had a repackage of DIRTY DANCING in 2007, but not doing as well, as the 1988, number one album. WHITNEY in there too, again not making 2007`s top 20 best sellers.

 

The top 30 singles of 2007...

30 PATIENCE - TAKE THAT

29 SAY IT RIGHT - NELLY FURTADO

28 WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND - JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE

27 CUPIDS CHOKEHOLD - GYM CLASS HEROES

26 PING PONG SONG - ENRIQUE IGLESIAS

25 AYO TECHNOLOGY - 50CENT/TIMBERLAKE/TIMBALAND

24 WITH EV`RY HEARTBEAT - ROBYN

23 STARS IN YOUR EYES - JUST JACK

22 GIVE IT TO ME - TIMBALAND

21 BIG GIRLS DON`T CRY - FERGIE

20 GIRLFRIEND - AVRIL LAVIGNE

19 STRONGER - KANYE WEST

18 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC/TIMBALAND

17 SHINE - TAKE THAT

16 FOUNDATIONS - KATE NASH

15 HEY THERE DELILAH - PLAIN WHITE Ts

14 BEAUTIFUL GIRLS - SEAN KINGSTON

13 SWEET ESCAPE - GWEN STEFANI/AKON

12 BEAUTIFUL LIAR - BEYONCE/SHAKIRA

11 RUBY - KAISER CHIEFS

10 VALERIE - RONSON/WINEHOUSE

09 HOW TO SAVE A LIFE - FRAY

08 WAY I ARE - TIMBALAND/KERI HILSON/D.O.E.

07 ABOUT YOU NOW - SUGABABES

06 500 MILES - PROCLAIMERS AND CO.

05 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT

04 WHEN YOU BELIEVE - LEON JACKSON

03 GRACE KELLY - MIKA

02 UMBRELLA - RIHANNA/JAY Z

01 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS

 

Not very often, that a single, from the beginning of the year, ends up, in the year end, top 3, with MIKA...another that springs to mind, was DAVID SOUL in 1977, who had a number one in Jan 77, with DON`T GIVE UP ON US, and managed to take the year`s best seller.

 

2007 and mrib`s number ones...

A MOMENT LIKE THIS - LEONA LEWIS 3WKS

GRACE KELLY - MIKA 5WKS

RUBY - KAISER CHIEFS 1WK

SHINE - TAKE THAT 2WKS

WALK THIS WAY - GIRLS ALOUD/SUGABABES 1WK

500 MILES - PROCLAIMERS AND CO. 3WKS

GIVE IT TO ME - TIMBALAND/FURTADO 1WK

BEAUTIFUL LIAR - BEYONCE/SHAKIRA 3WKS

BABYS COMING BACK/TRANSYLVANIA - MCFLY 1WK

IT MAKES ME WONDER - MAROON 5 1WK

UMBRELLA - RIHANNA/JAY Z. 2WKS

ICKY THUMP - WHITE STRIPES 1WK

UMBRELLA - RIHANNA/JAY Z. 5WKS

FOUNDATIONS - KATE NASH 1WK

WAY I ARE - TIMBALAND 1WK

WITH EV`RY HEARTBEAT - ROBYN 1WK

STRONGER - KANYE WEST 2WKS

BEAUTIFUL GIRLS - SEAN KINGSTON 4WKS

ABOUT YOU NOW - SUGABABES 4WKS

BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS 7WKS

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD/HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS - KATIE AND EVA

WHEN YOU BELIEVE - LEON JACKSON

 

On mrib`s physical only chart these other hits, topped the chart...

DON`T MATTER - AKON

REAL GIRL - MUTYA BUENA

ANY DREAM WILL DO - LEE MEAD

NO U HANG UP/IF THATS OK - SHAYNE WARD

 

They had one week, at the top, on a physical chart, but on a physical chart, MCFLY did not have a number one single!!

 

Here are the top 30 singles of 1988...

01 THE ONLY WAY IS UP - YAZZ

02 I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY - KYLIE

03 MISLETOE AND WINE - CLIFF

04 I THINK WERE ALONE NOW - TIFFANY

05 ESPECIALLY FOR YOU - KYLIE AND JASON

06 NOTHINGS GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU - GLENN MADEIROS

07 WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS/SHE`S LEAVING HOME - WET WET WET/BILLY BRAGG

08 LOCOMOTION - KYLIE

09 HE AINT HEAVY HE`S MY BROTHER - HOLLIES

10 TEARDROPS - WOMACK AND WOMACK

11 FIRST TIME - ROBIN BECK

12 A GROOVY KIND OF LOVE - PHIL COLLINS

13 ORINOCHO FLOW - ENYA

14 JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI - KYLIE

15 PEFECT - FAIRGROUND ATTRACTION

16 PUSH IT/TRAMP - SALT AND PEPA

17 HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH - BELINDA CARLISLE

18 THEME FROM S`EXPRESS - S`EXPRESS

19 GOT TO BE CERTAIN - KYLIE

20 ONE MOMENT IN TIME - WHITNEY

21 I OWE YOU NOTHING - BROS

22 HARDER I TRY - BROTHER BEYOND

23 NOTHING CAN DIVIDE US - JASON DONAVAN

24 HEART - PET SHOP BOYS

25 DESIRE - U2

26 TELL IT TO MY HEART - TAYLOR DAYNE

27 DON`T TURN AROUND - ASWAD

28 BEAT DIS - BOMB THE BASS

29 GET OUTTA MY DREAMS - BILLY OCEAN

30 TOGETHER FOREVER - RICK ASTLEY

 

Well done to KYLIE in 1988, ohh, and JASON!! PHIL COLLINS did not make number one, on mrib in 1988, and U2`s DESIRE, achieved more airplay, than the sales. Funnily mrib, tell us that MISTLETOE AND WINE has sold 980,000, BUT it only shows at number 3, for 1988!! Mind you, CLIFF himself tells us that it was his second million seller too!! He also, gave us the full sales to MILLENIUM PRAYER as to 1.5 million...

 

The week`s latest albums...

w/k ending 4th Jan 2008

10 10 X - KYLIE MINOGUE

09 09 LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN - EAGLES

08 08 MOTHERSHIP - LED ZEPPELIN

07 12 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE

06 06 BREATHLESS - SHAYNE WARD

05 04 CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE - MICHAEL BUBLE

04 02 NOW 68 - VARIOUS ARTISTS

03 03 BACK HOME - WESTLIFE

02 05 BEAUTIFUL WORLD - TAKE THAT

01 01 SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS

 

Get the feeling this, is becoming, the KYLIE thread...I have typed it more than I did with Christmas, last week! Top release next week, of course...RADIOHEAD, even though SAINSBURYS, and WOOLWORTHS messed up, this week!

 

Here are the top 20 singles....

w/k ending 4th Jan 2008

20 23 ELVIS AIN`T DEAD - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS

19 24 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK

18 31 GOODBYE MR A. - HOOSIERS

17 20 ABOUT YOU NOW - SUGABABES

16 17 HOME - WESTLIFE

15 NE SOME KINDA RUSH - BOOTY LUV

14 15 BREATHLESS - SHAYNE WARD

13 14 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS

12 13 CHANGE - SUGABABES

11 10 CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD

10 12 WHAT HURTS THE MOST/LAST CHRISTMAS - CASCADA

09 11 HEARTBROKEN - T2/JODIE AYSHA

08 08 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC/TIMBALAND

07 03 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - POGUES/KIRSTY MACCOLL

06 09 VALERIE - RONSON/WINEHOUSE

05 07 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT

04 05 CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY

03 04 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS

02 02 WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD/HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS - KATIE MELUA/EVA CASSIDY

01 01 WHEN YOU BELIEVE - LEON JACKSON

 

Here are some tips, for early Jan...

REINFORCED LOVE - LEE RYAN

WORST CASE SCENARIO - HOOSIERS

WORK - KELLY ROWLAND

PIECE OF ME - BRITNEY SPEARS

 

That`s it, I think...

Edited January 12, 200817 yr by trevs

Take That set for a climb up the album chart tomorrow then!

What is MRIB? The charts look very similar to the official ones, but not quite...

I think its sales up to and including Friday???

 

Wow for Booty Luv soaring up to No.15! Should be in about the same place tomorrow which would be their 4th top 20 hit

Quite a lot of singles have been pushed up the chart in the top 20, hence there are no Xmas tracks, Booty Luv should end up top 10 I think tomorrow.

 

Seems two tracks are double A sides now from Casada and Katie Melua

Funny how Mariah's fallen loads yet The Pogues have only gone down a couple of places. I guess The Pogues is one Xmas song you can get away with listening to all year! :lol:

 

Hope Booty Luv can go a bit higher tomorrow.

Funny how Mariah's fallen loads yet The Pogues have only gone down a couple of places. I guess The Pogues is one Xmas song you can get away with listening to all year! :lol:

 

 

Pogues have had a physical release, and Mariah hasn't... Mariah was bound to fall like a brick through a window. :lol:

I wonder if anybody went into a shop, and bought About You Now, instead of Change, by mistake? Could easily happen. I think, Katie Melua, could have kept Leon, off the top had the single, not been only available in Tesco.

What are the 2 Mika songs in the chart, Trevs? :huh:

What are the 2 Mika songs in the chart, Trevs? :huh:

HAPPY ENDING re-enters the top 40, and RELAX (TAKE IT EASY) enters for the first time. This single, is already on display, in HMV, on all 3 formats...On the other side of the fence LOVE TODAY becomes the 61st best seller of the year.

 

On reflection, the chart this week, seems to look a bit like Hit40uk`s chart, last Sunday, apart from the top ten, coz the HOOSIERS (GOODBYE MR A.) was in their top 20 still, and HAPPY ENDING was 29, on there, last week.

Edited December 29, 200717 yr by trevs

HAPPY ENDING re-enters the top 40, and RELAX (TAKE IT EASY) enters for the first time. This single, is already on display, in HMV, on all 3 formats...On the other side of the fence LOVE TODAY becomes the 61st best seller of the year.

 

On reflection, the chart this week, seems to look a bit like Hit40uk`s chart, last Sunday, apart from the top ten, coz the HOOSIERS (GOODBYE MR A.) was in their top 20 still, and HAPPY ENDING was 29, on there, last week.

Where is Goodbye Mr A in the chart of the year, at the mo?

Where is Goodbye Mr A in the chart of the year, at the mo?

Its number 60, actually 51 - 60, in the year end chart, are like this...

60 GOODBYE MR A. - HOOSIERS

59 GIRLFRIEND - AVRIL LAVIGNE

58 REHAB - AMY WINEHOUSE

57 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS

56 UNINVITED - FREEMASONS

55 GIMME MORE - BRITNEY SPEARS

54 LIL` STAR - KELIS/C.LO

53 1973 - JAMES BLUNT

52 SHE`S SO LOVELY - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS

51 A MOMENT LIKE THIS - LEONA LEWIS

 

I reckon without a doubt the HOOSIERS album "TRICK TO LIFE" will go back up the album chart, tomorrow, and MIKA`s "LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION" will even go into the top 10, along with a top 20 re-entry, for TIMBALAND`s "SHOCK VALUE", and the SUGABABES, "CHANGES". All of those were, in various well known stores, top tens, this week, even RAISING SAND with ROBERT PLANT/ALISON KRAUS...Not fogetting AMY MCDONALD, and RIHANNA. I will be very surprised if TAKE THAT reclaim, a number 2 spot though. Remember on the mrib album chart last week, they were already a number 4, artist album, where as they were only number 8, on the official album chart.

Edited December 29, 200717 yr by trevs

I will be very surprised if TAKE THAT reclaim, a number 2 spot though. Remember on the mrib album chart last week, they were already a number 4, artist album, where as they were only number 8, on the official album chart.

 

I think BW by Take That will probably still be top 10 at best. Do you know if the talk of £3.99 was just for online purchases or selected stores - because my local HMV in Wigan has it still priced at £12.95 (cheeky beggars - that's more than I paid for the DeLuxe edition).

 

Norma

 

 

 

I think BW by Take That will probably still be top 10 at best. Do you know if the talk of £3.99 was just for online purchases or selected stores - because my local HMV in Wigan has it still priced at £12.95 (cheeky beggars - that's more than I paid for the DeLuxe edition).

 

Norma

Alright there, Norma? I reckon, it was just the online purchases. It was still at 12.95, in Reading too, in HMV, but only 8.95, in another well know store! Some kind of price rip-off, I reckon. Of course, this time last year, it was the number one, of the moment....

Alright there, Norma? I reckon, it was just the online purchases. It was still at 12.95, in Reading too, in HMV, but only 8.95, in another well know store! Some kind of price rip-off, I reckon. Of course, this time last year, it was the number one, of the moment....

 

I know - I suppose I shouldn't complain - it has done brill (if the stupid record company hadn't discontinued the DeLuxe edition it probably would have made top 5 this end-year!) Glad to know that Wigan isn't alone in having a dorky HMV!

 

Norma

 

I know - I suppose I shouldn't complain - it has done brill (if the stupid record company hadn't discontinued the DeLuxe edition it probably would have made top 5 this end-year!) Glad to know that Wigan isn't alone in having a dorky HMV!

 

Norma

I suppose, some stores do have both versions, still in stock, maybe that`s why it is apparently selling, that well?

I suppose, some stores do have both versions, still in stock, maybe that`s why it is apparently selling, that well?

I have seen both copies, still on sale, in and around Oxfordshire. Also, Trevs, can I thank you, for all the info, every Saturday. Its good to know what to expect, on a Sunday, before it happens. A shame that the mrib chart, isn`t actually broadcast on any radio stations today, if it were Iwould listen to it, instead of that Radio one c**p chat show! :puke2:

I suppose, some stores do have both versions, still in stock, maybe that`s why it is apparently selling, that well?

 

Believe me - I tried getting it for my niece a couple of days before Christmas and nowhere had it (HMV Bolton, Liverpool, Southport, Wigan) that's in addition to all my local Asda's, Tesco's and Woolworths. It isn't even available on HMV online. HMV in Bolton checked all their stores at that time and only two stores had copies in stock - one in Central London and one in Ireland. Luckily Amazon still had supplies - so my niece will get it for her birthday if not for Christmas (which I'd promised).

 

Anyone would think Polydor wanted Take That to fail!

 

Norma

Believe me - I tried getting it for my niece a couple of days before Christmas and nowhere had it (HMV Bolton, Liverpool, Southport, Wigan) that's in addition to all my local Asda's, Tesco's and Woolworths. It isn't even available on HMV online. HMV in Bolton checked all their stores at that time and only two stores had copies in stock - one in Central London and one in Ireland. Luckily Amazon still had supplies - so my niece will get it for her birthday if not for Christmas (which I'd promised).

 

Anyone would think Polydor wanted Take That to fail!

 

Norma

I haven`t seen it in Reading either, since last month. It must depend on our individual towns. I was curious to find that only the deluxe version of Back to Black, was more readily available now, and the original version was suffering, in stock supply, and still OCC listed the albums separately!! mrib, did not do that, the original version was dropped.

I have seen both copies, still on sale, in and around Oxfordshire. Also, Trevs, can I thank you, for all the info, every Saturday. Its good to know what to expect, on a Sunday, before it happens. A shame that the mrib chart, isn`t actually broadcast on any radio stations today, if it were Iwould listen to it, instead of that Radio one c**p chat show! :puke2:

Thanks for that. Yeah, it`s a shame about radio one...they seem to want to go in too competition, with Lucio`s dire Hit40uk. I don`t believe Radio one, need to chat to extent...Capital have to do it, because apart from the top 10, Hit40uk, is pretty much unimportant, with far too much airplay, added to the chart. When the Network Chart was on, only 5% was airplay, and it made more sense. 1988, was a fine example, U2 and DESIRE was a big Independant radio airplay hit. It didn`t even make the top 40, end of year chart best sellers, on Radio one. If Hit40uk, had been on, in 88, DESIRE would have been played at number 11, probably!! Too much, airplay info, for sure.

 

Give me a slick, no nonsense countdown any day, in the style of Simon Bates, Tom Browne, Tony Blackburn etc.