So here we are on a Monday, when I get together with some chums (who work in and around the music biz), and we go around the town shops, and have a look at what has been selling since yesterday. We take 4 record stores sales, 4 download sites, add in 20% of radio/tv play, put it together, and come up with the following...

 

Today we came up with this, in the albums...

01 NE JOIN WITH US - THE FEELING

02 03 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - NICKELBACK

03 02 19 - ADELE

04 01 SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC - JACK JOHNSON

05 NE BRITS O8 - VARIOUS ARTISTS

06 17 LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION - MIKA

07 NE TENOR AT THE MOVIES - JONATHAN ANSELL

08 RE BACK TO BLACK (BOTH EDITIONS) - AMY WINEHOUSE

09 18 THRILLER 25TH ANNIVERSARY - MICHAEL JACKSON

10 07 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS

11 NE BREAKDOWN 08-VERY BEST OF EUPHORIC DANCE - VARIOUS ARTISTS

12 RE VERSION - MARK RONSON

13 16 SET THE MOOD - DAVID JORDAN

14 12 STARTED A FIRE - ONE NIGHT ONLY

15 11 RAISING SAND - PLANT AND KRAUSS

16 10 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - RIHANNA

17 14 THIS IS THE LIFE - AMY MACDONALD

18 04 GREATEST HITS - MORRISEY

19 NE YOU RAISE ME UP 2008 - VARIOUS ARTISTS

20 20 DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS - VARIOUS ARTISTS

 

Just outside the top 20 today, we found new entries from SHERYL CROW at 24, KYLIE is up to 28, LEONA LEWIS back up to 22, SIMPLE PLAN at 35, and JOE BROWN`s GREATEST HITS is in at number 42. PAUL MCCARTNEY has a couple of albums in the top 50.

 

On the singles front, we had a hard job. The top ten was simple, but the rest full of download only tracks was the hardest chart, we ever put together, in 19 years! So in the end we relegated the 11 - 20, to physical and radioplay. Anyway we came up with this...

 

01 13 WHAT`S IT GONNA BE - H TWO O

02 NE MERCY - DUFFY

03 01 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK

04 02 NOW YOUR`E GONE - BASSHUNTER

05 09 WOW - KYLIE MINOGUE

06 05 CHASING PAVEMENTS - ADELE

07 NE STOP AND STARE - ONE REPUBLIC

08 06 SUN GOES DOWN - DAVID JORDAN

09 07 DON`T STOP THE MUSIC - RIHANNA

10 03 I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER - THE FEELING

11 08 WORK - KELLY ROWLAND

12 10 PIECE OF ME - BRITNEY SPEARS

13 NE 6 0F ONE - CRAIG DAVID

14 11 SUPERSTAR - LUPE FIASCO

15 15 JUST FOR TONIGHT - ONE NIGHT ONLY

16 16 HOMECOMING - KANYE WEST

17 NE JUST - MARK RONSON

18 04 A & E - GOLDFRAPP

19 17 CRANK THAT - SOULJABOY

20 NE BREAK OF DAWN 08 - OUT OF OFFICE

 

Outside the 20, HOT CHIP 21, TIMBALAND 22 (SCREAM), UTAH SAINTS 23, SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 24, APOLOGISE 25, TAIO CRUZ 26, MARK BROWN 27, ROBYN 28, ALICIA KEYS 29, VALERIE at 30...We had problems with REM, GNARLS BARKLEY but they are close in the top 40, doing well in Woolworths/HMVdownloads, and further down on iTUNES. FLO RIDA, YAEL NAIM also in the 40...and CHRIS BROWN top 50. NICK CAVE/BAD SEEDS, and the RASCALS also scrape the far low regions of what would be a top 100.

 

How will this reflect next Sunday`s chart, and the mids we will see! Last week we had 25 in the 30, but not necessarily in the right order, as usual! In the albums (combined) we had 27 in, again slightly out of order.

 

Let`s end with a flashback to 1995...Luxembourg ended satellite broadcasts in 1992. But we (thats Peter, Dave, John, and myself started it up for student radio in 1989, so this is what we came up with on Mon 20th Feb 95, which would have been the singles chart, for w/k ending 4th March 95...

 

01 02 THINK TWICE - CELINE DION

02 01 NO MORE I LOVE YOU`S - ANNIE LENNOX

03 06 I`VE GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU - MN8

04 05 DON`T GIVE ME YOUR LIFE - ALEX PARTY

05 03 BEDTIME STORIES - MADONNA

06 10 REACH UP - PAFECTO ALL STARS

07 18 SOMEDAY I`LL BE SATURDAY - BON JOVI

08 04 SET YOU FREE - N`TRANCE

09 33 WAKING UP - ELASTICA

10 08 COTTON EYE JOE - REDNEX

11 16 OUR RADIO ROCKS - PJ AND DUNCAN

12 07 HERE COMES THE HOTSTEPPER - INI KAMOZE

13 15 RUNAWAY - REAL MCCOY

14 NE BELIEVE - ELTON JOHN

15 14 INDEPENDANT LOVE SONG - SCARLET

16 21 TOCCATA AND PHUGE - VANESSA MAI

17 23 OVER MY SHOULDER - MIKE AND THE MECHANICS

18 12 TOTAL ECLYPSE OF THE HEART - NICKI FRENCH

19 13 CALL IT LOVE - DEUCE

20 35 FOR YOUR LOVE - STEVIE WONDER

 

We had 17 in the 20, in 1995, although only 4 totally correct (compared to the following Sun). I seem to remember, DEUCE narrowly missed out on representing the UK, in the Eurovision Song Contest (being beat in the Song For Europe, at some point). Now if anyone can remind me when that was, and the song title (I believe a chart hit), I would be grateful!! Any offers?

Edited February 18, 200817 yr by trevs

I Need You was the Deuce track entered into the Eurovision competition, Love City Groove won though

 

I Need You did go on to be Deuce's highest charting single (#10)

Kylie will be lucky to get 5 I reckon, but the top 4 looks most likely, but also to bear in mind, is The Brits Awards, some singles and albums will be on the rebound, for example Leona Lewis, Amy Winehouse, name a few.