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Another week flys by, and April approaches. What has been happening in the Albums, singles, films and dvd charts this week? Thanks to Dave Taylor (daverictaylor@yahoo.co.uk), we are going to find out, with the most up to date charts in Britain. Also, we back track to late March 1983.

 

Firstly this week`s top films...

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01 NE HORTON HEARS A WHO

02 NE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES

03 NE STEP UP TO THE STREETS

04 NE MEET THE SPARTANS

05 01 10,000 BC

06 02 VANTAGE POINT

07 03 GAME PLAN

08 04 THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL

09 NE RACE

10 NE EL ORNATO

 

A good host of new films this week.

 

Here are the top dvd rentals...

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01 NE 30 DAYS OF NIGHT

02 NE BEOWULF

03 NE LIONS FOR LAMBS

04 03 STARDUST

05 04 RUN FAT BOY RUN

06 06 THE BRAVE ONE

07 NE GOOD LUCK CHUCK

08 08 MR BROOKES

09 NE THE INVASION

10 NE THE KINGDOM

 

Big moves in the dvds, as PLANET TERROR and AMERICAN GANGSTER full out of the top ten, from last week`s no. 1 and 2 respectively.

 

Here are this week`s top albums...

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01 01 NOW THAT`S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 69 - VARIOUS ARTISTS

02 NE PRETTY ODD - PANIC AT THE DISCO

03 NE ANTIDOTES - FOALS

04 02 ROCKFERRY - DUFFY

05 07 ASHES TO ASHES - VARIOUS ARTISTS/OST

06 03 H.A.R.R.P. - MUSE

07 NE RED - GUILLEMOTS

08 06 DREAMING OUT LOUD - ONE REPUBLIC

09 08 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - NICKELBACK

10 09 SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS

11 12 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE

12 10 FLOORFILLERS 08 - VARIOUS ARTISTS

13 13 MASSIVE R + B SPRING COLLECTION 08 - VARIOUS ARTISTS

14 14 BREAKDOWN 08-VERY BEST OF EUPHORIC DANCE - VARIOUS ARTISTS

15 NE HED KANDI-BACK TO LOVE - VARIOUS ARTISTS

 

Another healthy album chart, with 4 new entries, in the top 15, putting last week`s entries from ELBOW, BRYAN ADAMS, and MIKE OLDFIELD in the bottom, of the top 20.

 

Let`s slip back 25 years, and look at March 1983...

In the albums then...

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01 04 THE HURTING - TEARS FOR FEARS

02 03 SWEET DREAMS - EURYTHMICS

03 01 THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON

04 02 WAR - U2

05 35 SCRIPT FOR A JESTERS TEAR - MARILLION

06 08 THE KEY - JOAN ARMATRADING

07 07 TRUE - SPANDAU BALLET

08 05 THUNDER AND LIGHTNING - THIN LIZZY

09 NE INARTICULATE SYSTEM OF THE HEAT - VAN MORRISON

10 10 DEEP SEA SKIVING - BANANARAMA

11 12 TOTO IV - TOTO

12 NE POWER AND THE GLORY - SAXON

13 09 QUICKSTEP AND SIDEKICK - THOMPSON TWINS

14 NE FINAL CUT - PINK FLOYD

15 06 DAZZLE SHIPS - ORCHESTRAL MANOUEVRES IN THE DARK

16 28 CHARTBUSTERS - VARIOUS ARTISTS

17 11 HOTLINE - VARIOUS ARTISTS

18 22 HIGH ROAD - ROXY MUSIC

19 29 HAND CUT - BUCKS FIZZ

20 23 SIN OF PRIDE - UNDERTONES

 

Album title tracks were selling well, as they were released as singles. Such as SPANDAU BALLET, and the EURYTHMICS....Previously title tracks lifted from albums didn`t always sell too well, as singles. ELTON JOHN`s 1972 album HONKY CHATEAU springs to mind, as HONKY CAT as a single, didn`t make the top 30, in the 70s. More artists had singles from their current albums, in 1983, MARILLION, U2, JOAN ARMATRADING, BANANARAMA, TOTO, and infact most of that week`s top 30 album artists had a single lifted from it. FEARGAL SHARKEY was about to wrap up, the UNDERTONES, to form the ASSEMBLY, with VINCE CLARK (of YAZOO). Keep fit was the big thing, and JANE FONDA`s WORKOUT album was in the top 40, along with FELICITY KENDAL`s SHAPE UP AND DANCE.

 

1983`s singles chart...

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01 04 IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW - DURAN DURAN

02 08 LET`S DANCE - DAVID BOWIE

03 03 SPEAK LIKE A CHILD - STYLE COUNCIL

04 01 TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART - BONNIE TYLER

05 02 SWEET DREAMS - EURYTHMICS

06 18 DON`T TALK TO ME ABOUT LOVE - ALTERED IMAGES

07 09 RIP IT UP - ORANGE JUICE

08 05 ROCK THE BOAT - FORREST

09 20 DROP THE PILOT - JOAN ARMATRADING

10 07 NA NA HEY HEY KISS HIM GOODBYE - BANANARAMA

11 06 BILLIE JEAN - MICHAEL JACKSON

12 12 YOU CAN`T HIDE YOUR LOVE FROM ME - DAVID JOSEPH

13 26 BOXERBEAT - JO BOXERS

14 22 BLUE MONDAY - NEW ORDER

15 24 GARDEN PARTY - MEZZOFORTE

16 13 VISIONS IN BLUE - ULTRAVOX

17 14 RUN FOR YOUR LIFE - BUCKS FIZZ

18 29 WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND - NICK HEYWARD

19 34 FIELDS OF FIRE - BIG COUNTRY

20 32 ORCHARD ROAD - LEO SAYER

21 10 HIGH LIFE - MODERN ROMANCE

22 19 WAVES - BLANCMANGE

23 36 CRY ME A RIVER - MARI WILSON

24 21 COMMUNICATION - SPANDAU BALLET

25 43 BREAKAWAY - TRACEY ULLMAN

26 NE OOH TO BE AHH - KAJAGOOGOO

27 NE TWO HEARTS BEAT AS ONE - U2

28 23 JOY - BAND AKA

29 11 SHE MEANS NOTHING TO ME - PHIL EVERLY AND CLIFF RICHARD

30 NE I AM I`M ME - TWISTED SISTER

 

DURAN DURAN bang at number one in 83, and BOWIE not far behind. PAUL WELLER scored with the STYLE COUNCIL after the JAM. The JAM reunion coming soon without Paul, though. EURYTHMICS were doing good, with ANNIE and DAVE...One dodgy person called "me", had the pleasure of actually playing the keyboards on a version, of said song, in a re-working at a Uni gig, a few years back! All the boys favourite singer CLARE GROGAN returned with ALTERED IMAGES...JOAN ARMATRADING lifted DROP THE PILOT from the album, to the top 10 singles. FORREST re-worked the 1974 hit by the HUES CORPORATION...One of the singers with FORREST was SINNITA. NICK HEYWARD went solo, from HAIRCUT 100...NEW ORDER had the big 12 inch version only, of BLUE MONDAY in the chart for the rest of the year!! TRACEY ULLMAN comedienne broke away from tv`s THREE OF A KIND, for a few chart hits, before going stateside...MEZZOFORTE had the catchy instrumental GARDEN PARTY (later used by BBC racing). One MICHELLE COLLINS (of EASTENDERS fame) was singing backing vocals, on the MARI WILSON re-worked 1957 JULIE LONDON smash...BUCKS FIZZ kept going, as Easter approached SWEET DREAMS (the group that is), won the SONG FOR EUROPE to enter the EUROVISION SONG CONTEST for the UK, with NEVER GIVING UP. KENNY EVERETT was back on BBC1, on Thursdays, after TOP OF THE POPS, and actually appeared on TOTP, performing SNOT RAP (which this week sat at 33, in the mrib top 40). While HOPE by the brilliant WAH, could get no higher than 32. I note that DAVID JOSEPH sat at number 12, in this chart, but for the life of me, I can not remember which group he sang with previous to this. So, please remind me someone???

 

Here is the big finish...this week`s singles/tracks...In the physical singles this week it`s 1) ESTELLE, 2) DUFFY 3) FLO RIDA...Downloads are 1) ESTELLE, 2) FLO RIDA, 3) DUFFY.

Put together it`s like this...

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45 40 SWEET ABOUT ME - GABRIELLA CILMI

44 45 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS

43 35 GREAT DJ - TING TINGS

42 31 BEGINNING OF THE TWIST - FUTUREHEADS

41 26 US AGAINST THE WORLD - WESTLIFE

40 50 CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD

39 51 CHURCH - T-PAIN

38 36 VALERIE - RONSON/WINEHOUSE

37 NE HEARTBEAT - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS

36 NE BREAK THE ICE - BRITNEY SPEARS

35 34 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT

34 28 SUN GOES DOWN - DAVID JORDAN

33 24 ONE NIGHT ONLY - JUST FOR TONIGHT

32 30 PIECE OF ME - BRITNEY SPEARS

31 33 RUN - GNARLS BARKLEY

 

30 NE SENSUAL SEDUCTION - SNOOP DOGG

29 NE NEW SOUL - YAEL NAIM

28 25 CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY

27 23 KELLY ROWLAND - WORK

26 29 LOVE LIKE THIS - NATASHA BEDINGFIELD/SEAN KINGSTON

25 22 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC

24 20 GET OVER IT - GUILLEMOTS

23 21 WOW - KYLIE MINOGUE

22 NE CARRY YOU HOME - JAMES BLUNT

21 19 SCREAM - TIMBALAND

 

20 18 CHASING PAVEMENTS - ADELE

19 NE LOVE IN THIS CLUB - USHER

18 15 DENIAL - SUGABABES

17 14 9 IN THE AFTERNOON - PANIC AT THE DISCO

16 16 RIHANNA - DON`T STOP THE MUSIC

15 12 NOW YOU`RE GONE - BASSHUNTER

14 10 WHAT WE GONNA DO - H TWO O

13 08 SOMETHING GOOD 08 - UTAH SAINTS/VAN SHE

12 13 COME ON GIRLS - TAIO CRUZ

11 09 CAN`T SPEAK FRENCH - GIRLS ALOUD

 

10 11 FASCINATION - ALPHABEAT

09 17 WITH YOU - CHRIS BROWN

08 05 STOP AND STARE - ONE REPUBLIC

07 06 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK

06 02 BETTER IN TIME/FOOTSTEPS IN THE SAND - LEONA LEWIS

05 04 4 MINUTES - MADONNA

04 27 BLACK AND GOLD - SAM SPARRO

03 03 MERCY - DUFFY

02 07 LOW - FLO RIDA

01 01 AMERICAN BOY - ESTELLE/KANYE WEST

 

With the physical out, on the 2nd week of ESTELLE`s reign, she easily sells twice as many copies, as FLO RIDA. What will knock her off the top? Will it be MADONNA or SAM SPARRO? Or neither? Maybe USHER will push passed the 2 of them? Outside the 45, The MANICS slip, and PORTISHEAD surprisingly enters at 47, with CASSIE just behind. KANYE WEST clocks up 3 hits simultaneously in the top 75, JORDIN SPARKS, and PLIES/AKON also sit in the top 75.

 

Don`t forget Next Week`s Chart, will be here on Monday. When we may find new entries from RADIOHEAD, MARIAH CAREY and the COURTEENERS...Will they all make the top 20? Find out Monday at 5pm.

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Do you know where Cascadas EXACT Chart position is?? ^_^ thanks! :D
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Do you know where Cascadas EXACT Chart position is?? ^_^ thanks! :D

Sadly John, Cascada only scrape number 56, on the top 60.

 

T-Pain's single is 'Church'. ;)

 

Shame the Utah Saint's have slipped out of the top10. :(

 

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T-Pain's single is 'Church'. ;)

 

Shame the Utah Saint's have slipped out of the top10. :(

Cheers for that, I did know, but missed it! :)

Sadly John, Cascada only scrape number 56, on the top 60.

 

:( Thanks! :cry: Cant say im shocked though! :(

 

Sadly John, Cascada only scrape number 56, on the top 60.

Say Trevs, where would it be without the downloads only? I usually follow Dave Taylor`s other thread, on another forum, but it`s off-line tonight <_<

Trevs where wopuld they be in the Physicals Chart? Hopefully Top 20 there!
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Say Trevs, where would it be without the downloads only? I usually follow Dave Taylor`s other thread, on another forum, but it`s off-line tonight <_<

Oh dear another forum, I thought this one was best! :cry: I worked out that if the downloads that were available only, as a download wre removed, Cascada would be 46. So, blame the downloads, that jump in ahead! :angry:

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Trevs where wopuld they be in the Physicals Chart? Hopefully Top 20 there!

Number 15!

Number 15!

 

Cool thats cheered me up a bit i suppose! lol

 

Sugababes should be 19 come sunday then
Excellent work as always trevs, thanks for posting :)
Oh dear another forum, I thought this one was best! :cry: I worked out that if the downloads that were available only, as a download wre removed, Cascada would be 46. So, blame the downloads, that jump in ahead! :angry:

Thanks Trevs :cheer: Did Kate Nash make an impact? :huh:

David Joseph used to be in Hi-Tension - he was the lead singer (well, there was more than one lead singer but he was one of them).

 

As always, thanks for the charts!

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Thanks Trevs :cheer: Did Kate Nash make an impact? :huh:

With Happy wotsit? No, she didn`t show in the top 75!

With Happy wotsit? No, she didn`t show in the top 75!

Merry Happy it was ^_^ I see she was in HMV`s top 20 ;)

With Happy wotsit? No, she didn`t show in the top 75!

 

So Kate Nash winning at the Brits was just a fluke i suppose! lol I dont think she will have another hit off of MOB now TBH! :( (Well I suppose Merry Happy was only Limited Edition)

 

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David Joseph used to be in Hi-Tension - he was the lead singer (well, there was more than one lead singer but he was one of them).

 

As always, thanks for the charts!

Thanks Robbie mate! Who could forget the British Hustle. I actually quite like Peace on Earth, which if I remember was the other side? Which through popular demand, became a double A, with it in the Autumn of 78.

Thanks for posting as usual, maybe we could ask Dave Taylor to post on here sometimes

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