Posted December 8, 200816 yr Here is the usual Monday bash of previews...based on info from Peter Jay and Mark Manus at HMV, and other stores, including Tesco, Asda, Zavvi, and Sainsburys. Added to the usual download sites info. Slightly diluted Album info today due to Distribution problems continuing. Could be a dull Christmas. 01 01 THE CIRCUS - TAKE THAT 02 03 NOW 71 - VARIOUS 03 06 SPIRIT - LEONA 04 04 DAY AND AGE - KILLERS 05 12 ONLY BY THE NIGHT - KINGS OF LEON 06 10 A DECADE IN THE SUN - STEREOPHONICS 07 09 RHYDIAN - RHYDIAN 08 02 CIRCUS - BRITNEY 09 13 OUT OF CONTROL - GIRLS ALOUD 10 14 FUNHOUSE - PINK 11 22 ROCKFERRY - DUFFY 12 11 PRIESTS - PRIESTS 13 07 CHINESE DEMOCRACY - GUNS N`ROSES 14 44 SOUL - SEAL 15 27 POP PARTY 6 - VARIOUS 16 18 HSM 3 - OST 17 42 HUNDRED MILLION SUNS - SNOW PATROL 18 43 THE SCRIPT - SCRIPT 19 21 THE PROMISE - IL DIVO 20 32 GREATEST HITS - SIMPLY RED 21 31 MY LOVE - CELINE DION 22 37 UNCLE B - N-DUBZ 23 19 MAMMA MIA - OST 24 41 BEST OF - SASH 25 40 GREATEST HITS - ENRIQUE 26 35 NOW XMAS - VARIOUS 27 46 CHRISTMAS HITS - VARIOUS 28 37 MOS ANTHEMS 2 91-08 - VARIOUS 29 20 MOTOWN 50 - VARIOUS 30 NE SUGAR MOUNTAIN - NEIL YOUNG Concentrating on last week`s albums...distribution certainly effected the bottom of the chart. We only managed 18 in the combined top 30! This was slightly better with 30 out of 40. Lower down, New in this preview of albums...CLUBLAND EXTREME HARDCORE 5, DR DRE, SMASH HITS PARTY 08, WILEY, DANCE MANIA PARTY, BRANDY, and PANIC AT THE DISCO...all squeeze into a top 50. Let`s go to the Singles/Song preview: 01 01 RUN - LEONA LEWIS 02 02 GREATEST DAY - TAKE THAT 03 06 WOMANIZER - BRITNEY 04 07 HOT N`COLD - KATY PERRY 05 12 USE SOMEBODY - KINGS OF LEON 06 03 IF I WERE A BOY - BEYONCE 07 04 HUMAN - KILLERS 08 05 LIVE YOUR LIFE - T.I. 09 08 BOY DOES NOTHING - ALESHA DIXON 10 13 RIGHT NOW NA NA NA - AKON 11 NE BETTER - BOYZONE 12 32 ALL I WANT FOR XMAS IS YOU - MARIAH CAREY 13 16 SEX ON FIRE - KINGS OF LEON 14 11 THE PROMISE - GIRLS ALOUD 15 33 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - POGUES/KIRSTY MACCOLL 16 10 HERO - X FACTOR FINALISTS 17 23 REHAB - RIHANNA 18 14 INFINITY - GURU JOSH 19 15 I HATE THIS PART - PUSSYCAT DOLLS 20 39 BROKEN STRINGS - JAMES MORRISON/NELLY FURTADO 21 09 I`M OUTTA TIME - OASIS 22 41 CASH IN MY POCKET - WILEY 23 18 LOVE LOCKDOWN - KANYE WEST 24 20 PAPA CAN YOU HEAR ME - N-DUBZ 25 19 SO WHAT - PINK 26 24 FORGIVE ME - LEONA 27 25 7 THINGS - MILEY CYRUS 28 27 DANGEROUS - KARDINAL OFFISHALL 29 54 LAST CHRISTMAS - WHAM 30 26 BREAK EVEN - SCRIPT 31 21 RAIN ON YOUR PARADE - DUFFY 32 30 UP - SATURDAYS 33 NE BEAUTIFUL - AKON 34 NE IT`S CHRISTMAS TIME - STATUS QUO 35 NE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY-PEACE ON EARTH - TERRY WOGAN/ALED JONES (BANDAGED) 36 31 DISTURBIA - RIHANNA 37 59 SINGLE LADIES - BEYONCE 38 62 CIRCUS - BRITNEY SPEARS 39 NE DELIRIUM - LADYHAWKE 40 66 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE - SHAKIN`STEVENS Outside the 40 here, we have: SLADE, GABRIELLA CILMI in the 50. JASON MRAZ, BAND AID, CHRIS REA, NEYO - MAD all in the top 60, and DIDO - WHITE FLAG, SNOW PATROL - CRACK THE SHUTTERS, ANDY WILLIAMS, LIL`WAYNE, and KEVIN RUDOLF in the top 70. PARAMORE also creep in. In the singles last week, we got 35 in the 40. Back in 1991, Radio Luxembourg`s Top 20...looked like this: 01 12 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - QUEEN 02 01 BLACK OR WHITE - MICHAEL JACKSON 03 07 JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT - KLF 04 NE DRIVEN BY YOU - BRIAN MAY 05 NE MYSTERIOUS WAYS - U2 06 02 DON`T LET THE SUN GO DOWN - ELTON JOHN/GEORGE MICHAEL 07 04 STARS - SIMPLY RED 08 07 WHEN YOU TELL THAT YOU LOVE ME - DIANA ROSS 09 06 MARTIKA`S KITCHEN - MARTIKA 10 NE IF YOU GO AWAY - NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK 11 11 ROCKET MAN - KATE BUSH 12 08 SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT - NIRVANA 13 10 DIZZY - VIC REEVES/THE WONDER STUFF 14 NE TOO BLIND TO SEE IT - KIM SYMS 15 09 RIDE LIKE THE WIND - EAST SIDE BEAT 16 14 THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER TONIGHT - BRYAN ADAMS 17 NE CAN`T LET GO - MARIAH CAREY 18 NE LOVE AND MONEY - WINTER 19 NE SILENT NIGHT - SIMON AND GARFUNKEL 20 05 SOUND - JAMES In 1991, Radio Luxembourg managed just 14 in the 20. The Mariah, and Winter tunes did not make the official 40, neither did Bryan Adams.
December 8, 200816 yr Author Thanks Dave Boyzone and Wogan much lower than I thought... Not that surprising though. I am a little pickled with the Album Chart mess, at the mo. Hard to find new albums in the shops. HMV, the only main stockist it looks. Asda, WhSmith, and Sainsburys all without a new chart instore. Distribution dead, apparently.
December 8, 200816 yr Not much change in the top 10 singles and I thought Boyzone could do better, but looking at their digital sales (on iTunes) they are not really impressive.
December 8, 200816 yr Not that surprising though. I am a little pickled with the Album Chart mess, at the mo. Hard to find new albums in the shops. HMV, the only main stockist it looks. Asda, WhSmith, and Sainsburys all without a new chart instore. Distribution dead, apparently. Weird isn't it. Then again apparently Woolies are getting new deliveries again... I think Boyzone could still climb during the week, but Terry's had it.
December 8, 200816 yr Not much new album releases this week, hardly anything new is going to trouble the top 40 this week, and it be dead till mid Jan. I wouldn't be surprised Kings Of Leon album will go back to #1 in the new year, when sales are low at that time of the year. As for this week's single chart it looks pretty quiet, its the week before the X Factor winner releases. Its going to be a very slow chart this week
December 8, 200816 yr Outside the 40 here, we have: SLADE, GABRIELLA CILMI in the 50. JASON MRAZ, BAND AID, CHRIS REA, NEYO - MAD all in the top 60, and DIDO - WHITE FLAG, SNOW PATROL - CRACK THE SHUTTERS, ANDY WILLIAMS, LIL`WAYNE, and KEVIN RUDOLF in the top 70. PARAMORE also creep in. In the singles last week, we got 35 in the 40. Back in 1991, Radio Luxembourg`s Top 20...looked like this: 16 14 THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER TONIGHT - BRYAN ADAMS 17 NE CAN`T LET GO - MARIAH CAREY In 1991, Radio Luxembourg managed just 14 in the 20. The Mariah, and Winter tunes did not make the official 40, neither did Bryan Adams. Maybe not in this week, but both did make the official Top 40. Bryan Adams peaked at No.32 in November, while Mariah peaked at No.20 in January. Thanks again Dave :)
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