The Kooks' new single made a massive jump from number 71 to 3! That's 68 places up! Is this the biggest chart jump ever for a Top 75, or was there even a bigger jump?

 

Also, as a bonus question, what song has made the biggest jump for the whole Top 200?

Edited April 6, 200817 yr by buzz_person

Steps still hold the record: they moved 72-2 in January 2001 with "It's The Way You Make Me Feel"/"Too Busy Thinkin' 'Bout My Baby" which charted a week early due to leaked sales.

 

Westlife have the biggest jump within the Top 200, moving a "perfect" 200-1 in 2000 with "My Love" - again, leaked sales causing the early chart placing.

Also, as a bonus question, what song has made the biggest jump for the whole Top 200?

 

I believe its Steps, peaked at No.2, can't remember which track it was, as it had leaked sales, something like 197-2

 

not sure where to post this but its chart info stuff

 

what is the lowest selling number 1 single and number 1 album to date>???

not sure where to post this but its chart info stuff

 

what is the lowest selling number 1 single and number 1 album to date>???

 

I could be wrong but i think (THINK) Eric Prydz is the lowest selling number 1! Which is hard to believe if you ask me :huh:

 

I could be wrong but i think (THINK) Eric Prydz is the lowest selling number 1! Which is hard to believe if you ask me :huh:

No he isn't :lol: You've confused it with the record for lowest-selling #1 for 1 week (which is now old). I do believe the lowest selling #1 was Ja Rule's 'Wonderful'. I reckon McFly have probably beaten that now though :lol:

Orson's 'No Tomorrow' was quite low selling. I'm not sure if you mean overall, but in it's week at #1 it sold 17k, which to date is the lowest sales to reach #1 with.

Orson's 'No Tomorrow' was quite low selling. I'm not sure if you mean overall, but in it's week at #1 it sold 17k, which to date is the lowest sales to reach #1 with.

 

though they did sell well over 200k in the end...

 

to quote everyhit.com

 

Lowest selling No.1 in total since at least 1960 is the 2005 re-issue of Elvis Presley's "It's Now Or Never" (39,900 copies). This was, however, a limited edition single.

 

The record for a non-limited edition single is "Wonderful" by Ja Rule featuring R Kelly & Ashanti. Entering the chart w/e 6th Nov 2004 it went on to sell a total of 65,000 copies. Prior to the slump in singles sales which occurred from late 2002 onwards, the lowest selling no. 1 since (since at least 1960) had been Iron Maiden's "Bring Your Daughter... To The Slaughter"; its first week sales were roughly 42,000, second week 29,000, with a further 30,000 or so in the next few weeks bringing it to a total of around 100,000.

 

Lowest weekly sale for a no. 1 since at least 1960 is for Orson's 2006 track "No Tomorrow". It sold 17,694 on its third week in the chart to take it to the top spot (w/e 25th March 2005), beating the previous record of 20,463 set by Presley's "One Night / I Got Stung" reissue in Jan 2005. The latter title is also the lowest sale which enabled a track to enter at No. 1

 

The figures for the period before w/e 23rd April 2005 reflect only physical sales (CDs, vinyl etc) and do not take into account the increasing number of downloads. In Spring 2006, downloads are making a significant contribution to overall sales. In fact the Orson track mentioned above sold a mere 6,249 physical copies in the week in question.