Hi there. A little earlier than last week (thank god!) here's this week's Bullboard Top 50 singles chart based on official sales and airplay. If you didn't see the chart last week, and want an explanation of how it works, see here.

 

First of all, dropping out this week:

BASSHUNTER Angel In The Night (Peak: 18, 7wks)

Gabriela CILMI Sweet About Me (Peak:12 (probably higher), 10wks (since first chart))

COLDPLAY Viva La Via (Peak:5 (probably higher), 10wks (first chart))

FALL OUT BOY I Don't Care (Peak:37, 1wk)

KEANE Spiralling (Peak: 14, 7wks)

M.I.A. Paper Planes (Peak: 28, 6wks)

NE-YO Closer (Peak: 10 (probably higher) 10wks (first chart))

OASIS The Shock Of The Lightning (Peak: 12, 10wks (first chart))

Will YOUNG Changes (Peak: 3, 10wks (first chart))

 

So that means 9 songs that weren't in last week - and that's 8 new entries and one re-entry. So what's number one? No need to wait for three hours - just read on :)

 

This week Change Peak Weeks Artist Title

:no1: 2x1 6 GIRLS ALOUD The Promise

2 2x1 7 PINK So What

3 3 5 RAZORLIGHT Wire To Wire

4 7 4 2 GURU JOSH PROJECT Infinity 2008

5 4 9 Jennifer HUDSON Spotlight

6 2 2 9 NE-YO Miss Independent

7 2 7 3 SATURDAYS, The Up

8 4 2* 11 RIHANNA Disturbia

9 1 7 10 KINGS OF LEON Sex On FIre

10 3 3 7 SNOW PATROL Take Back The City

11 9 11 3 Katy PERRY Hot N Cold

12 1 6x1* 11 Katy PERRY I Kissed A Girl

13 7 1x1 10 SUGABABES Girls

14 2 14 6 Kanye WEST Love Lockdown

15 1 8 8 KAISER CHIEFS Never Miss A Beat

16 16 1 X FACTOR FINALISTS 2008 Hero HIGHEST NEW ENTRY

17 13 17 6 Jack WHITE & Alicia KEYS Another Way To Die

18 3 2* 11 SCRIPT, The The Man Who Can't Be Moved

19 7 19 5 KILLERS, The Human

20 4 20 3 TAKE THAT Greatest Day

21 4 3 11 MADCON Beggin

22 23 22 2 DUFFY Rain On Your Parade

23 5 23 3 BEYONCE If I Were A Boy

24 24 24 2 KARDINAL OFFISHAL Feat. AKON Dangerous HIGHEST CLIMBER

25 3 22 6 Leona LEWIS Forgive Me

26 17 26 2 COLDPLAY Lost!

27 4 23 3 SASH! Feat. STUNT Raindrops (Encore Une Fois)

28 1 6* 11 Jordin SPARKS Feat. Chris BROWN No Air

29 4 29 4 LEMAR If She Knew

30 12 3 11 James MORRISON You Make It Real

31 10 31 2 Tom JONES If He Should Ever Leave You

32 1 6 9 PUSSYCAT DOLLS When I Grow Up

33 4 29 5 DIDO Don't Believe In Love

34 9 14 3 Geraldine McQUEEN The Winner's Song

35 25 9 6 Leon JACKSON Don't Call This Love JOINT BIGGEST FALLER

36 4 15 9 GYM CLASS HEROES Feat. THE-DREAM Cookie Jar

37 37 1 AKON Right Now (Na Na Na)

38 38 1 Alesha DIXON The Boy Does Nothing

39 20 19 4 Jordin SPARKS Tattoo

40 40 1 ADELE Make You Feel My Love

41 41 1 SEAL A Change Is Gonna Come

42 42 1 SCRIPT, The Break Even

43 43 1 T.I. Feat. RIHANNA Live Your Life

44 4 24 5 PLATINUM Love Shy (Thinking About You)

45 40 3 KINGS OF LEON Use Somebody

46 25 21 4 KEANE The Lovers Are Losing JOINT BIGGEST FALLER

47 12 5 8 IGLU & HARTLY In This City

48 14 5 8 BOYZONE Love You Anyway

49 49 1 Miley CYRUS 7 Things

50 14 22 5 MGMT Kids

 

Good news for GA fans! It's a fantastic song, and IMHO deserved more than one week at number one on the official sales-based Top 40. So why is X-Factor so low? Simply because it's not picked up on airplay yet. Now it's the official number one, it's likely to climb on airplay and could be in the Bullboard top 10 next week, but I still can't see it being number one. If it stays for another two weeks, then we'll talk :)

 

My tips for next week's Bullboard number one? Girls Aloud could make it a third week, Beyonce has a shot, and Leona an outside chance too... All will be revealed next Monday!

Sorry TomKay, but a song that sells over 300K deserves far better than a #16 placing, no matter how execrable it is. ;)

*Remembers that Looking For Love spent several weeks at #1 airplay & only #8 on sales*

 

Forget what I just said. :P

I know it looks strange, but this chart is based half and half on sales and airplay, and Hero only just creeps into the top 50 airplay...

 

*Remembers that Looking For Love spent several weeks at #1 airplay & only #8 on sales*

 

Forget what I just said. :P

 

I remember that actually. Loved that song. I used to buy Music Week and work this chart out just for my own interest. Sad I know :) I may have a few old ones lying about somewhere if anyone's interested.

Edited November 3, 200816 yr by TomKay

I know it looks strange, but this chart is based half and half on sales and airplay, and Hero only just creeps into the top 50 airplay...

I remember that actually. Loved that song. I used to buy Music Week and work this chart out just for my own interest. Sad I know :) I may have a few old ones lying about somewhere if anyone's interested.

 

Please do post! I'd love to see old TV Airplay charts from the '90s! :D

 

Other huge airplay #1's that only made top ten on sales:

 

Des'ree - Life

Tin Tin Out - Here's Where The Story Ends

Simply Red - Say You Love Me

 

They all would have probably been #1's in your system during 1998. :lol:

I'll have a dig, but I don't think I have the TV Airplay data I'm afraid :( I remember hearing Des'Ree amd Tin Tin Out song all the time round then too. Less so the Simply Red, but I'll take your word for it. How much old airplay data do you have by the way?

 

VERY INTERESTING :o

I'll have a dig, but I don't think I have the TV Airplay data I'm afraid :( I remember hearing Des'Ree amd Tin Tin Out song all the time round then too. Less so the Simply Red, but I'll take your word for it. How much old airplay data do you have by the way?

 

Haven has the entire collection from 1991 to now. Including the top 100 charts from Hit Music & Charts Plus!

 

I don't suppose you have a Haven account?

 

The entire collection can be found in these two threads:

 

A Little Airplay Help

Airplay Archive Sub-Board from 1991-2008

 

Note - from 1998-2002, only the top 50 airplay charts were available sadly.

Wow, no I'm not on Haven at the moment, but I just joined for that. So if I can find whole sales charts runs I could work out years of this stuff. If I was that sad :)

Edited November 3, 200816 yr by TomKay

Wow, no I'm not on Haven at the moment, but I just joined for that. So if I can find whole sales charts runs I could work out years of this stuff. If I was that sad :)

 

 

That would keep you going for a few years :P :lol:

LOL, I know. I'm not against it though. If anyone wanted to help, I can pass on the secret recipe ;)

 

Newbie question but where do you get full top 75 charts from the past anyway?

Edited November 3, 200816 yr by TomKay

Please do post! I'd love to see old TV Airplay charts from the '90s! :D

 

Other huge airplay #1's that only made top ten on sales:

 

Des'ree - Life

Tin Tin Out - Here's Where The Story Ends

Simply Red - Say You Love Me

 

They all would have probably been #1's in your system during 1998. :lol:

 

oh god I couldn't get away from those 3 songs in 1998 :lol: I recall hearing The Air That I Breathe from the same Simply Red album a lot more on the radio in 1998 though...I'm interested to know how many airplay No.1's The Corrs had in 1998, I presume all 3 of their 1998 singles were at least top 3 airplay hits?

oh god I couldn't get away from those 3 songs in 1998 :lol: I recall hearing The Air That I Breathe from the same Simply Red album a lot more on the radio in 1998 though...I'm interested to know how many airplay No.1's The Corrs had in 1998, I presume all 3 of their 1998 singles were at least top 3 airplay hits?

 

What Can I Do? was an airplay #1 for 3 weeks & So Young was an airplay #1 for 2 weeks between New Year's Eve.

 

The Corrs owned the UK & Ireland in 1998. :wub: :wub: If only 2008 was like 1998 all over again. :(

Good for GA, to be expected though i suppose.

What Can I Do? was an airplay #1 for 3 weeks & So Young was an airplay #1 for 2 weeks between New Year's Eve.

 

The Corrs owned the UK & Ireland in 1998. :wub: :wub: If only 2008 was like 1998 all over again. :(

 

thought so ^_^ So Young is brilliant, deserved to peak much higher than No.6 in my opinion, 1998 was an incredible year, the second half of the year was a period that has never been bettered in my opinion :heart:

Talk On Corners may be one of the most perfect pop albums ever. :heart: :heart:

 

And colour me crazy, but I think the second version of Runaway is much better than the first. Their fanbase would disagree, but I love it. They should have released Runaway a week before ...Baby One More Time if they wanted a #1 by that point. :(

Edited November 3, 200816 yr by Karen Ramirez

LOL, I know. I'm not against it though. If anyone wanted to help, I can pass on the secret recipe ;)

 

Newbie question but where do you get full top 75 charts from the past anyway?

http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13167

 

a 37 page thread with all the charts from November 1952 to April 2008!

 

Talk On Corners may be one of the most perfect pop albums ever. :heart: :heart:

 

And colour me crazy, but I think the second version of Runaway is much better than the first. Their fanbase would disagree, but I love it. They should have released Runaway a week before ...Baby One More Time if they wanted a #1 by that point. :(

 

I agree on all points, Talk On Corners is brilliant

 

and I think that the Tin Tin Out version of Runaway is much better too, and bought it bang up to date for 1999, the 1995 original sounds very dated now with all of the heavy production, whereas the new version is more timeless and the production was more subtle, making the melody stand out more, one of my ten favourite songs of all time :wub:

http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13167

 

a 37 page thread with all the charts from November 1952 to April 2008!

 

Wow, awesome, thanks! As soon as Haven let me in I'll get to work :)

 

I agree, Talk On Corners is a great album. My dad, weirdly, bought the one before too (Forgiven Not Forgotten)? Great melodic 90s pop, very underrated.

Wow, awesome, thanks! As soon as Haven let me in I'll get to work :)

That's on UKmix not Haven :lol: