Hi there. Early(ish) for once, here's this week's Bullboard Top 50 singles chart based on official sales and airplay. If you didn't see the chart yet, and want an explanation of how it works, see here.

 

First of all, dropping out this week:

BOYZONE Love You Anyway (Peak: 5, Wks: 8)

IGLU & HARTLY In This City (Peak: 5, Wks: 8)

Leon JACKSON Don't Call This Love (Peak: 9, Wks: 6)

KAISER CHIEFS Never Miss A Beat (Peak: 8, Wks: 8)

KEANE The Lovers Are Losing (Peak: 21, Wks: 4)

Geraldine McQUEEN The Winner's Song (Peak: 14, Wks: 3)

MGMT Kids (Peak: 22, Wks: 5)

PLATNUM Love Shy (Thinking About You) (Peak: 24, Wks: 5)

SEAL A Change Is Gonna Come (Peak: 41, Wks: 1)

 

So we have 7 new entries, one re-entry, and one that's somewhere in the middle :)

 

Want to know who's number one? Read on...

 

:no1: 22 1x1 4 BEYONCE If I Were A Boy

2 1 2x1 7 GIRLS ALOUD The Promise

3 1 2x1 8 PINK So What

4 21 4 7 Leona LEWIS Forgive Me

5 33 5 2 Alesha DIXON The Boy Does Nothing HIGHEST CLIMBER :up:

6 10 6 2 X FACTOR FINALISTS 2008 Hero

7 3 4 3 GURU JOSH PROJECT Infinity

8 1 7 4 The SATURDAYS Up

9 4 4 10 Jennifer HUDSON Spotlight

10 1 10 4 Katy PERRY Hot N Cold

11 3 11 7 Kanye WEST Love Lockdown

12 6 2 10 NE-YO Miss Independent

13 13 1 Britney SPEARS Womanizer HIGHEST NEW ENTRY :ne:

14 11 3 6 RAZORLIGHT Wire To Wire

15 7 2* 12 RIHANNA Disturbia

16 8 16 3 KARDINAL OFFISHAL Feat. AKON Dangerous

17 7 3 8 SNOW PATROL Take Back The City

18 18 1 Christina AGUILERA Keeps Gettin' Better

19 23 19 2 The SCRIPT Break Even

20 8 6x1* 12 Katy PERRY I Kissed A Girl

21 2 19 6 The KILLERS Human

22 1 3 12 MADCON Beggin

23 3 20 4 TAKE THAT Greatest Day

24 2 22 3 DUFFY Rain On Your Parade

25 12 1x1 11 SUGABABES Girls

26 9 17 7 Jack WHITE & Alicia KEYS Another Way To Die

27 1 26 3 COLDPLAY Lost!

28 19 7 11 KINGS OF LEON Sex On Fire JOINT BIGGEST FALLER :down:

29 20 29 2 Miley CYRUS 7 Things

30 13 30 2 T.I. Feat. RIHANNA Live Your Life

31 4 23 4 SASH! Feat. STUNT Raindrops (Encore Une Fois)

32 1 31 3 Tom JONES If He Should Ever Leave You

33 4 33 33 2 AKON Right Now (Na Na Na)

34 34 1 PUSSYCAT DOLLS I Hate This Part

35 6 29 5 LEMAR If She Knew

36 9 36 4 KINGS OF LEON Use Somebody

37 19 2* 12 The SCRIPT The Man Who Can't Be Moved JOINT BIGGEST FALLER :down:

38 10 6* 12 Jordin SPARKS Feat. Chris BROWN No Air

39 6 29 6 DIDO Don't Believe In Love

40 8 6 10 PUSSYCAT DOLLS When I Grow Up

41 5 15 10 GYM CLASS HEROES Feat. THE-DREAM Cookie Jar

42 2 40 2 ADELE Make You Feel My Love

43 10 11 NE-YO Closer

44 / 44 1 BELLAMY BROTHERS Let Your Love Flow

45 45 1 NICKELBACK Gotta Be Somebody

46 46 1 Chris BROWN Superhuman

47 10 3 12 James MORRISSON You Make It Real

48 48 1 Will YOUNG Grace

49 49 1 Christian FALK Feat. ROBYN Dream On

50 11 19 5 Jordin SPARKS Tattoo

 

So Beyonce is the new number one! Nice climb for the X Factor but it's till not picking up on airplay that much. Bellamy Brothers is technically a new entry on this chart, as I have only calculated it for the last few weeks. I have airplay data back till 1991 now, but I haven't calculated the retros yet and I doubt it charted in the rave years :) Apparently Radio 1 broadcasted an airplay chart in the 70s though, and I'm currently trying to get hold of it...

 

My tips for next week's Bullboard number one? Beyonce could easily stay another week, Girls Aloud could go back up, or Duffy, The Killers or T.I. could make a big climb... SOmehow I still don't think X Factor will do it, but it should continue to climb. All will be revealed next Monday!

Edited November 10, 200816 yr by TomKay

No comments? :( Good or bad, I want to hear it!

Duffy already falling :o I hope the track re-climbs

Pretty sure it will. The random 2-3 place falls for many of the airplay old tracks are mostly due to the top end of the charts being quite similar this week.

Edited November 10, 200816 yr by TomKay

Just for interest Tom...Did you manage to do the 25% Airplay/75% Sales...if so could you either post it, or send it to me? I have an idea of incorporating it, for maybe a future joint venture, into a maybe different kind of Next Week`s Chart. Let me know if your interested?

Haven't done that yet Dave, but I'll sort that out tomorrow (or tonight if I can, but I'm at work til 11!)

With the huge lead on sales for Hero (especially last week) the chart really looks kinda random. The same kinda lead in the US (percentage) would easilly be be enough for the top spot. I mean last week the track had almost 5:1 lead over the competition and this week almost 3:1 so therefore it is quite strange ratio here. I mean Billboard has about50/50 ratio (cannot remember excatly what is is now after the last change). I mean how much would have the Hero single sold in order to get no 1 based on sales, 500k? I do think the ratio here is way off, I mean last week sales of 313k vs 67k for no 2 and still the sales leader only made 10th.

Well it's 6th, but I see what you're saying. Trouble is, I basically have to go 50-50, as I don't have the raw data available to do it following the Billboard methodology. As I was saying to Dave, I'm going to work out a 75-25 (sales-airplay) version later. I can post it in the thread if you want. but I still don't think X Factor would be number one.

Well it's 6th, but I see what you're saying. Trouble is, I basically have to go 50-50, as I don't have the raw data available to do it following the Billboard methodology. As I was saying to Dave, I'm going to work out a 75-25 (sales-airplay) version later. I can post it in the thread if you want. but I still don't think X Factor would be number one.

 

Ok, that then clarifies the chart. I thought you had some inside information and were adding together raw data from sales and airplay like Billboard does and then using some really weird ratio. But then again I guess the exact figures would be quite hard to get except for some music insiders. But that does create one essential problem IMO since there is no way to create any separation between a track selling 25k and getting no 1 with a 100 copy difference to no 2 and a song selling 300k with 250k lead.

That's true. I appreciate it's not perfect. It's a simulation more than anything. But if I can ever get the raw data, i'll use it :)