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Another week goes, and more charts. MSN/MRIB on an alliance it seems. This week, we have film charts, dvd charts, album charts, download charts, singles chart/or song chart, and a physical chart too. Teamed up with 1980, when the chart was much more likeable, and radio one, even played the Nolan Sisters, really!! Thanks to Dave Taylor (davericktaylor@yahoo.co.uk) for supplying this lot.

 

Dave gave me this album chart, but either something is wrong with it, or it is out of date. It is totally physical, not that it matters.

 

01 01 IN RAINBOWS - RADIOHEAD

02 02 SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS

03 04 NOW 68 - VARIOUS ARTISTS

04 05 CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE - MICHAEL BUBLE

05 03 BEAUTIFUL WORLD - TAKE THAT

06 09 MINISTRY OF SOUND ANTHEMS - VARIOUS ARTISTS

07 NE CLUBBERS GUIDE TO 2008 - VARIOUS ARTISTS

08 08 BACK HOME - WESTLIFE

09 06 BREATHLESS - SHAYNE WARD

10 07 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE

11 13 TRICK TO LIFE - HOOSIERS

12 11 MOTHERSHIP - LED ZEPPELIN

13 12 LONG ROAD TO RUIN - EAGLES

14 16 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS

15 15 DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS - VARIOUS ARTISTS

 

Something, funny about that chart...maybe TAKE THAT and LEONA LEWIS should be reversed? WESTLIFE and SHAYNE that high? It seems that AMY MCDONALD, NEWTON FAULKNER, and MIKA are missing totally. Open to question....Probably TAKE THAT at 2, AMY should be 3, NEWTON 4, and MIKA 5, with NOW 68 at 6, Buble at 7, Leona (reversed) at 8, Ministry of Sound Anthems at 9, and Clubbers Guide to 2008 at 10? Open to question...

 

Anyway back to 1980, the albums

w/k ending 18th Jan 1980

01 02 GREATEST HITS VOL. 2 - ABBA

02 01 GREATEST HITS - ROD STEWART

03 04 REGATTA DE BLANC - POLICE

04 03 20 HOTTEST HITS - HOT CHOCOLATE

05 05 THE WALL - PINK FLOYD

06 09 GREATEST HITS - BEE GEES

07 12 EAT TO THE BEAT - BLONDIE

08 08 OFF THE WALL - MICHAEL JACKSON

09 13 ONE STEP BEYOND - MADNESS

10 10 GREATEST HITS - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA

11 11 20 GOLDEN GREATS - DIANA ROSS

12 06 LOVE SONGS - ELVIS PRESLEY

13 15 LONDON CALLING - CLASH

14 18 OUTLANDOS D`AMOUR - POLICE

15 07 PEACE IN THE VALLEY - VARIOUS ARTISTS

 

I`m sure our good friend, and buddy Mikey, will remember those, like I certainly do...Most of those artists, had a single out at the same time, except ROD STEWART (who share`s his birthday with both me, and GEORGE FOREMAN, ex-boxer)!! HOT CHOCOLATE, had a couple of flop singles, out of 1979, BUT did recover in 1980, with a RECORD BUSINESS/MRIB number one "NO DOUBT ABOUT IT", that peaked at number 2, on the then official top 75 compiled by the British Market Research Bureau. PEACE IN THE VALLEY, was a RONCO album, full of easy listening peaceful type songs.

 

Here are the top 10 films, this week

01 01 I AM A LEGEND

02 09 PS I LOVE YOU

03 03 ENCHANTED

04 04 ST TRINIANS

05 02 GOLDEN COMPASS

06 05 ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS

07 06 BEE MOVIE

08 08 THE KITE RUNNER

09 07 BALLS OF FURY

10 NE SE. JIE

 

The off-line dvd rentals...

01 NE KNOCKED UP

02 01 BOURNE ULTIMATUM

03 O4 TRANSFORMERS

04 02 DIE HARD 4.0

05 05 SHREK THE THIRD

06 03 PIRATES OF PENZANCE-AT WORLD`S END

07 06 300

08 07 SIMPSON`S MOVIE

09 NE OCEANS 13

10 RE SPIDERMAN 3

 

Let`s take in the 1980, top 30 no-nonsense singles chart...

01 04 BRASS IN POCKET - PRETENDERS

02 12 WITH YOU I`M BORN AGAIN - BILLY PRESTON/SYREETA

03 07 PLEASE DON`T GO - KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND

04 01 ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL - PINK FLOYD

05 02 I HAVE A DREAM - ABBA

06 17 MY GIRL - MADNESS

07 09 TEARS OF A CLOWN/RANKING FULL STOP - THE BEAT

08 03 DAYTRIP TO BANGOR - FIDDLERS DRAM

09 23 I`M IN THE MOOD FOR DANCING - NOLAN SISTERS

10 05 I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU - TOURISTS

11 15 LONDON CALLING - THE CLASH

12 13 IS IT LOVE YOU`RE AFTER - ROSE ROYCE

13 06 RAPPERS DELIGHT - SUGARHILL GANG

14 30 GREEN ONIONS - BOOKER T AND THE MGs

15 10 JOHN I`M ONLY DANCING (AGAIN) 1979 - DAVID BOWIE

16 28 BETTER LOVE NEXT TIME - DR HOOK

17 45 BABE - STYX

18 11 MY SIMPLE HEART - THREE DEGREES

19 08 WALKING ON THE MOON - POLICE

20 19 MY FEET KEEP DANCING - CHIC

21 33 SPACER - SHEILA AND B. DEVOTION

22 36 I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND - DOLLAR

23 14 QUE SERA MI VIDA - GIBSON BROTHERS

24 16 OFF THE WALL - MICHAEL JACKSON

25 35 SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN - BEE GEES

26 22 BLUE PETER - MIKE OLDFIELD

27 25 WORKING FOR THE YANKEE DOLLAR - SKIDS

28 26 IT`S MY HOUSE - DIANA ROSS

29 38 WE GOT THE FUNK - POSITIVE FORCE

30 20 LIVING ON AN ISLAND - STATUS QUO

 

1980, and the first new number one, of the decade THE PRETENDERS (BRASS IN POCKET), BILLY PRESTON teaming up with STEVIE WONDER`s ex-wife SYREETA WRIGHT...SYREETA of course having a couple of solo hits in 1975...PLEASE DON`T GO was covered by a group called DOUBLE U, in 1992, But along came KWS also in 92, and stole the thunder from DOUBLE U! ABBA`s original (and best version) of I HAVE A DREAM. TEARS OF A CLOWN - THE BEAT covering SMOKEY ROBINSON ska/reggae style...the NOLANS first top 20 hit, following up the small hit of SPIRIT, BODY AND SOUL released in Oct 79...GREEN ONIONS and BOOKER T, was a flop in Britain in 1962, and re-issued at the end of 79. DAVID BOWIE re-working the 1972 hit (if you flipped it over on t`other side, was the original...THE GIBSON BROTHERS - QUE SERA MI VIDA meant "IF YOU SHOULD GO". THE BEE GEES album title track SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN, spun into the top 30, singles...if you looked at a certain NME book, you would find a mistake because they have this down as TOO NICE TO TALK TOO, by the BEAT (which is definately a big mistake)! MIKE OLDFIELD composed the re-done BLUE PETER theme, for the series, where SARAH GREENE in 1980, replaced TINA HEATH (best known for playing the LIZY DRIPPING character, in the 70s series, of the same name. DIANA ROSS and IT`S MY HOUSE, was also covered reggae style, by British group STORM, who just missed the top 30, with their version...WE GOT THE FUNK - POSITIVE FORCE could have been the 1980, NOW YOU`RE GONE for repetiveness "Brian`s got the funk, I`ve got the funk, Vicky`s got the funk etc" What the funk, was all that about?!!!

 

Let`s take a look at the download only chart, that is surprising...but compiled by msn data only...

w/k ending 18/01/08

20 BE MINE - ROBYN

19 WHEN YOU BELIEVE - LEON JACKSON

18 GOODBYE MR A - HOOSIERS

17 HEARTBROKEN - T2

16 RELAX - MIKA

15 THIS IS THE LIFE - AMY MCDONALD

14 CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY

13 ABOUT YOU NOW - SUGABABES

12 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS

11 ELVIS AIN`T DEAD - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS

10 WHAT HURT`S THE MOST - CASCADA

09 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT

08 SUPERSTAR - LUPE FIASCO

07 CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD

06 VALERIE - MARK RONSON

05 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS

04 NOW YOU`RE GONE - BASSHUNTER

03 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC

02 DON`T STOP THE MUSIC - RIHANNA

01 PIECE OF ME - BRITNEY SPEARS

 

Britney and a number one download...and Rihanna not far behind there.

 

The physical top 10 singles sales chart...

01 NOW YOU`RE GONE - BASSHUNTER new entry

02 WHEN YOU BELIEVE - LEON JACKSON down 1

03 CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY non mover

04 PIECE OF ME - BRITNEY SPEARS new entry

05 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS down 1

06 CHANGE - SUGABABES down 1

07 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT down 1

08 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC/TIMBALAND up 2

09 CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD down 2

10 VALERIE - RONSON/WINEHOUSE up 2

 

Great shame, we can`t use that proper singles countdown, makes you want to cry, what!!

 

Here it is then combined downloads/physicals/cons etc...

w/k ending 18th Jan

30 43 WOW - KYLIE MINOGUE

29 40 THIS IS THE LIFE - AMY MCDONALD

28 18 UMBRELLA - RIHANNA

27 25 PUMPKIN SOUP - KATE NASH

26 NE WAVING FLAGS - BRITISH SEA POWER

25 35 SHE`S SO LOVELY - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS

24 NE BE MINE - ROBYN

23 NE I FOUGHT THE LLOYDS - OYSTAR

22 20 SOME KINDA RUSH - BOOTY LUV

21 16 CHANGE - SUGABABES

20 13 ABOUT YOU NOW - SUGABABES

19 19 RELAX/LOLLIPOP - MIKA

18 08 GOODBYE MR A. - HOOSIERS

17 14 WHAT HURT`S THE MOST - CASCADA

16 41 HOMECOMING - KANYE WEST

15 12 HEARTBROKEN - T2/JODIE AYSHA

14 11 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS

13 06 VALERIE - RONSON/WINEHOUSE

12 07 CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD

11 02 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS

10 14 ELVIS AIN`T DEAD - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS

09 NE SUPERSTAR - LUPE FIASCO

08 04 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT

07 05 APOLOGISE - TIMBALAND/ONE REPUBLIC

06 10 DON`T STOP THE MUSIC - RIHANNA

05 01 WHEN YOU BELIEVE - LEON JACKSON

04 09 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK

03 03 CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY

02 21 PIECE OF ME - BRITNEY SPEARS

01 15 NOW YOU`RE GONE - BASSHUNTER/DJ MENTAL

 

Some surprises, maybe? Outside the top 30, in the 40...are WOW - KYLIE at 31, HEY THERE DELILAH at 32, 2 HEARTS is 33, THE WAY I ARE is 34, HATE THAT I LOVE YOU at 35, GIMME MORE 36, STRONGER 37, HAPPY ENDING 38, NEWTON FAULKNER IS 39, and SHAYNE WARD props up the 40...DAVE ARMSTRONG springs to 43, and WOMBATS are 46. BRITISH SEA POWER, and WAVING FLAGS, is taken from the album DO YOU LIKE ROCK MUSIC, released Monday 14th Jan.

 

Don`t forget to look out for NEXT WEEK`S CHART on Monday around 4pm, a weekly salute to Radio Luxembourg....where we visit 4 different well known stores, take 4 up to date download charts, take the airplay chart...add the lot together, and come up with the most up to minute singles chart...based on 40% physicals, 40% downloads, and 20% airplay. See how it looks on Monday, Basshunter were number 2, last Monday, and Britney at 5, so see how it ends up, this Monday at 4pm, alright!!

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Let`s take a look at the download only chart, that is surprising...

w/k ending 18/01/08

20 BE MINE - ROBYN

19 WHEN YOU BELIEVE - LEON JACKSON

18 GOODBYE MR A - HOOSIERS

17 HEARTBROKEN - T2

16 RELAX - MIKA

15 THIS IS THE LIFE - AMY MCDONALD

14 CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY

13 ABOUT YOU NOW - SUGABABES

12 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS

11 ELVIS AIN`T DEAD - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS

10 WHAT HURT`S THE MOST - CASCADA

09 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT

08 SUPERSTAR - LUPE FIASCO

07 CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD

06 VALERIE - MARK RONSON

05 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS

04 NOW YOU`RE GONE - BASSHUNTER

03 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC

02 DON`T STOP THE MUSIC - RIHANNA

01 PIECE OF ME - BRITNEY SPEARS

 

Britney and a number one download...and Rihanna not far behind there.

 

Very surprising - where does this data come from because its nothing like the actual download chart :huh:

 

Friday's Download mids looked like

 

1 Basshunter (almost 5k ahead)

2 Nickelback

3 Britney

4 Soulja Boy

5 Rihanna

6 Timbaland

7 Lupe Fiasco

 

You don't even have Nickelback in the top 20 <_<

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Very surprising - where does this data come from because its nothing like the actual download chart :huh:

 

Friday's Download mids looked like

 

1 Basshunter (almost 5k ahead)

2 Nickelback

3 Britney

4 Soulja Boy

5 Rihanna

6 Timbaland

7 Lupe Fiasco

 

You don't even have Nickelback in the top 20 <_<

Its a combination of msn/mrib, up to Weds evening apparently based on msn sales only...I see what you mean about Nickelback, wonder if a mistake has been made? The albums definately have been messed up, to say the least, breaking off Tues. Singles obviously up to close of play, nationally yesterday.

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01 04 BRASS IN POCKET - PRETENDERS :wub:

03 07 PLEASE DON`T GO - KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND

04 01 ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL - PINK FLOYD :wub:

06 17 MY GIRL - MADNESS

07 09 TEARS OF A CLOWN/RANKING FULL STOP - THE BEAT

10 05 I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU - TOURISTS :wub:

11 15 LONDON CALLING - THE CLASH :wub:

13 06 RAPPERS DELIGHT - SUGARHILL GANG

14 30 GREEN ONIONS - BOOKER T AND THE MGs

15 10 JOHN I`M ONLY DANCING (AGAIN) 1979 - DAVID BOWIE

17 45 BABE - STYX

19 08 WALKING ON THE MOON - POLICE :wub:

21 33 SPACER - SHEILA AND B. DEVOTION

22 36 I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND - DOLLAR

27 25 WORKING FOR THE YANKEE DOLLAR - SKIDS :wub:

 

Some great memories from 1980

 

Cor, what is wrong with that album chart! I take it Nickelback, is selling virtually no physicals? I caught the 3 download chart, and Nickelback were at no. 4 on there. Soulja Boy, was not in that at all. Something a miss? <_<
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Cor, what is wrong with that album chart! I take it Nickelback, is selling virtually no physicals? I caught the 3 download chart, and Nickelback were at no. 4 on there. Soulja Boy, was not in that at all. Something a miss? <_<

Yeah, I don`t get that album chart, at all. I noticed the Sunday People do not print charts, anymore. So, we can`t check the albums with that. Someone told me that the People didn`t renew a contract. I contacted the People, but got no reply. Maybe the albums, are only MSN sales too? Can`t comment on 3, Soulja Boy missing. Nickelback, not on MSN, can`t be right...I understand MSN, being different to the national download mids, because obviously MSN, is only a small percentage in the full/whole download sites etc...seems downloading Nickelback on MSN, ain`t happening! Got to be wrong, one asumes...

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Yeah, I don`t get that album chart, at all. I noticed the Sunday People do not print charts, anymore. So, we can`t check the albums with that. Someone told me that the People didn`t renew a contract. I contacted the People, but got no reply. Maybe the albums, are only MSN sales too? Can`t comment on 3, Soulja Boy missing. Nickelback, not on MSN, can`t be right...I understand MSN, being different to the national download mids, because obviously MSN, is only a small percentage in the full/whole download sites etc...seems downloading Nickelback on MSN, ain`t happening! Got to be wrong, one asumes...

At least the album chart, you printed portrays compilations so its possible to see that Clubbers Guide, has overtaken Now 68. On the singles chart I noticed Chart Show TV now feature last Sundays official chart on the Singles Chart on Saturday at 1pm. Why would that be?

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At least the album chart, you printed portrays compilations so its possible to see that Clubbers Guide, has overtaken Now 68. On the singles chart I noticed Chart Show TV now feature last Sundays official chart on the Singles Chart on Saturday at 1pm. Why would that be?

Chart show tv...a week behind then! Maybe they can`t get a company to do a chart for them. OCC don`t like people even giving away, midweek positions. So they wouldn`t let them have one. Although the OCC, was originally known as CIN (Chart information network). They don`t actually compile the chart, the chart is researched by MILWARD BROWN (a research company) who do the adding up etc. The OCC (Official charts company) just support it, and distribute it etc.

 

You may get stopped in the street, to do a survey, about products like hairsprays, make-up, fizzy drinks, or something...the survey, might be carried out by MILWARD BROWN who do the chart. Alternately, you might do a survey, for GALLUP, or the BRITISH MARKET RESEARCH BUREAU...all previous pop chart compilers! There are plenty of other market research companies...one day MILWARD BROWN could lose the contract, for the chart, and it could go to another. They have compiled the official chart since 1993. GALLUP did it between 1983 - 1993, and BRITISH MARKET RESEARCH BUREAU did it between Feb 1969 - Jan 1983. Before that no official chart existed, at all!

 

The Chart Show started on Channel 4, in 1986 on Friday evenings. First of all it used MRIB`s chart, then when the Chart Show moved to ITV, on Saturdays, they used an in-house compiler. Meanwhile, on a Tuesday at 7pm, ITV launched the ROXY with DAVID JENSEN, which was ITV`s answer to TOP OF THE POPS (it lasted a couple of years, and disappeared) that was a TV version, of Independant radio`s the NETWORK CHART. The NEWS OF THE WORLD used to print the NETWORK (MRIB) Top 30, on a Sunday morning. Then later, they stopped doing so. The Sunday People, took up publishing the chart, shortly after (previously the People, printed the MELODY MAKER chart). Then, last November 25th, was the last time, a chart was featured in there. I don`t know, the set up, that Chart Show TV had, when downloads appeared, in the chart, Chart Show TV, seemed to go down the pan, with the Singles chart.

 

The SMASH HITS CHART on EMAP stations, ran a combined download/sales/airplay chart, compiled by MRIB. When the programme finished in Sept 2006, the Sunday People MRIB chart, seemed to switch to physical sales, only...don`t know why. Most stations that took, the SMASH HITS CHART, now take HIT40UK (compiled by MILWARD BROWN and MUSIC CONTROL) with a total sales/download official top ten...and a combined airplay/sales/downloads 40 - 11 part of the chart. Other stations feature the A LIST, which is the best selling artists, of the week...not singles only, but albums, and other music related stuff. I do not know, anyone, who actually listens, to that one...never even see a chart, for it. I must find their website, sometime.

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Chart show tv...a week behind then! Maybe they can`t get a company to do a chart for them. OCC don`t like people even giving away, midweek positions. So they wouldn`t let them have one. Although the OCC, was originally known as CIN (Chart information network). They don`t actually compile the chart, the chart is researched by MILWARD BROWN (a research company) who do the adding up etc. The OCC (Official charts company) just support it, and distribute it etc.

 

You may get stopped in the street, to do a survey, about products like hairsprays, make-up, fizzy drinks, or something...the survey, might be carried out by MILWARD BROWN who do the chart. Alternately, you might do a survey, for GALLUP, or the BRITISH MARKET RESEARCH BUREAU...all previous pop chart compilers! There are plenty of other market research companies...one day MILWARD BROWN could lose the contract, for the chart, and it could go to another. They have compiled the official chart since 1993. GALLUP did it between 1983 - 1993, and BRITISH MARKET RESEARCH BUREAU did it between Feb 1969 - Jan 1983. Before that no official chart existed, at all!

 

The Chart Show started on Channel 4, in 1986 on Friday evenings. First of all it used MRIB`s chart, then when the Chart Show moved to ITV, on Saturdays, they used an in-house compiler. Meanwhile, on a Tuesday at 7pm, ITV launched the ROXY with DAVID JENSEN, which was ITV`s answer to TOP OF THE POPS (it lasted a couple of years, and disappeared) that was a TV version, of Independant radio`s the NETWORK CHART. The NEWS OF THE WORLD used to print the NETWORK (MRIB) Top 30, on a Sunday morning. Then later, they stopped doing so. The Sunday People, took up publishing the chart, shortly after (previously the People, printed the MELODY MAKER chart). Then, last November 25th, was the last time, a chart was featured in there. I don`t know, the set up, that Chart Show TV had, when downloads appeared, in the chart, Chart Show TV, seemed to go down the pan, with the Singles chart.

 

The SMASH HITS CHART on EMAP stations, ran a combined download/sales/airplay chart, compiled by MRIB. When the programme finished in Sept 2006, the Sunday People MRIB chart, seemed to switch to physical sales, only...don`t know why. Most stations that took, the SMASH HITS CHART, now take HIT40UK (compiled by MILWARD BROWN and MUSIC CONTROL) with a total sales/download official top ten...and a combined airplay/sales/downloads 40 - 11 part of the chart. Other stations feature the A LIST, which is the best selling artists, of the week...not singles only, but albums, and other music related stuff. I do not know, anyone, who actually listens, to that one...never even see a chart, for it. I must find their website, sometime.

 

Thank you for all that info Trevs ;) You are always so clued up, and ready to explain things. Before I came across your researched posts I thought that there had been a official forever. Then some others explained about the debatable choice for the charts used pre 1969 in Guiness Hit Singles books. Thanks again :D

 

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