Here's wat I'm liking from your whole charts so far Rich.

 

Albums 20-4

 

18. The Saturdays - Chasing Lights - Peaked at #2

16. Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad - Peaked at #3

9. Maria Haukaas Storeng - Hold On Be Strong - Peaked at #1 for 1 weeks

6. Various Artists - Eurovision Song Contest Belgrade 2008 - Peaked at #1 for 3 weeks

 

Great stuff here... really like the Saturdays album and I'd forgotten how good the Maria album is! This year's Eurovision had a bizarre number of excellent songs in it too. :heart:

 

And my ultimate faves from your singles...

 

Singles (40-6)

 

38. The Revelations - It's You - Peaked at #1 for 2 weeks

36. Duffy - Warwick Avenue - Peaked at #4

32. Euroband - This Is My Life - Peaked at #3

31. Miley Cyrus - See You Again - Peaked at #2

29. Britney Spears - Womanizer - Peaked at #4

26. Alphabeat - Boyfriend - Peaked at #2

24. Kelly Rowland - Work (Freemasons Mix) - Peaked at #1 for 1 week

22. September - Cry For You - Peaked at #1 for 2 weeks

20. Girls Aloud - The Loving Kind - Peaked at #2

16. Katy Perry - Hot 'N' Cold - Peaked at #2

15. The Saturdays - Up - Peaked at #2

6. Rihanna - Disturbia - Peaked at #1 for 2 weeks

 

All these have charted really highly for me! Loads I absolutely love here, and I hope your top five proves to be just as good. :magic:

Hi Rich out of these my faves

 

40. Robyn - Be Mine - Peaked at #1 for 1 week

36. Duffy - Warwick Avenue - Peaked at #4

35. Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl - Peaked at #4

33. Boyzone - Better - Peaked at #3

31. Miley Cyrus - See You Again - Peaked at #2

30. Katy Perry - Self Inflicted - Peaked at #1 for 1 week

29. Britney Spears - Womanizer - Peaked at #4

28. Sash! feat Stunt - Raindrops - Peaked at #3

27. Dizzee Rascal feat Calvin Harris - Dance Wiv Me - Peaked at #2

26. Alphabeat - Boyfriend - Peaked at #2

25. The Killers - Human - Peaked at #2

24. Kelly Rowland - Work (Freemasons Mix) - Peaked at #1 for 1 week

23. Leona Lewis - Run - Peaked at #1 for 3 weeks

22. September - Cry For You - Peaked at #1 for 2 weeks

21. Mariah Carey - Touch My Body - Peaked at #1 for 1 week

20. Girls Aloud - The Loving Kind - Peaked at #2

17. Eric Prydz - Pjanoo - Peaked at #1 for 2 weeks

16. Katy Perry - Hot 'N' Cold - Peaked at #2

15. The Saturdays - Up - Peaked at #2

13. Alphabeat - 10,000 Nights Of Thunder - Peaked at #1 for 2 weeks

12. Kylie Minogue - Wow - Peaked at #2

9. Boyzone - Love You Anyway - Peaked at #1 for 3 weeks

8. Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me - Peaked at #2

7. Alphabeat - Fascination - Peaked at #2

6. Rihanna - Disturbia - Peaked at #1 for 2 weeks

 

 

thanks Rob :D

I'm going to rundown your recap again :kink:

 

20. Basshunter - Now You're Gone - The Album - Peaked at #1 for 2 weeks

18. The Saturdays - Chasing Lights - Peaked at #2

16. Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad - Peaked at #3

15. Sash - The Best Of - Peaked at #1 for 1 week

12. Cascada - Perfect Day - Peaked at #1 for 4 weeks

10. Girls Aloud - Out Of Control - Peaked at #1 for 4 weeks

9. Maria Haukaas Storeng - Hold On Be Strong - Peaked at #1 for 1 weeks - Not heard!

7. Jordin Sparks - Jordin Sparks - Peaked at #1 for 1 week

5. Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful Of Sunshine - Peaked at #1 for 2 weeks I REALLY WANT TO HEAR THIS! :cry:

4. Gabriella Cilmi - Lessons To Be Learned - Peaked at #1 for 1 week :heart: Glad to see you picked GNPTG! :wub:

 

Singles (40-6)

40. Robyn - Be Mine - Peaked at #1 for 1 week

38. The Revelations - It's You - Peaked at #1 for 2 weeks

36. Duffy - Warwick Avenue - Peaked at #4

35. Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl - Peaked at #4

34. Mira Craig - Headhunted - Peaked at #1 for 1 week

33. Boyzone - Better - Peaked at #3

32. Euroband - This Is My Life - Peaked at #3

31. Miley Cyrus - See You Again - Peaked at #2

30. Katy Perry - Self Inflicted - Peaked at #1 for 1 week

29. Britney Spears - Womanizer - Peaked at #4

28. Sash! feat Stunt - Raindrops - Peaked at #3

27. Dizzee Rascal feat Calvin Harris - Dance Wiv Me - Peaked at #2

26. Alphabeat - Boyfriend - Peaked at #2

25. The Killers - Human - Peaked at #2

24. Kelly Rowland - Work (Freemasons Mix) - Peaked at #1 for 1 week

23. Leona Lewis - Run - Peaked at #1 for 3 weeks

22. September - Cry For You - Peaked at #1 for 2 weeks

21. Mariah Carey - Touch My Body - Peaked at #1 for 1 week

20. Girls Aloud - The Loving Kind - Peaked at #2

19. Basia Bulat - In The Night - Peaked at #1 for 2 weeks (non-consecutive) - Actually listened to it and it's not bad :lol:

18. Delta Goodrem - Believe Again - Peaked at #1 for 12 weeks (10 of these in 2007)

17. Eric Prydz - Pjanoo - Peaked at #1 for 2 weeks

16. Katy Perry - Hot 'N' Cold - Peaked at #2

15. The Saturdays - Up - Peaked at #2

14. Sanna Nielsen - Nobody Without You - Peaked at #2

13. Alphabeat - 10,000 Nights Of Thunder - Peaked at #1 for 2 weeks

12. Kylie Minogue - Wow - Peaked at #2

11. H 'Two' O feat Platnum - What's It Gonna Be - Peaked at #1 for 1 week

10. Maria Haukaas Storeng & Mira Craig - Mine All Mine - Peaked at #3

9. Boyzone - Love You Anyway - Peaked at #1 for 3 weeks

8. Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me - Peaked at #2

7. Alphabeat - Fascination - Peaked at #2

6. Rihanna - Disturbia - Peaked at #1 for 2 weeks

 

Fantastic all round TBH! -_- Shame Britney isn't in your Top 20 albums :cry:

 

so many Johnjo :o :cheer: Britney really hasn't had enough of an impact yet to make the top 20...it's not unheard of for albums to reach my end of year chart the following year though, when they've had a whole year of playing (e.g. Cascada's Perfect Day!)

 

Here's wat I'm liking from your whole charts so far Rich.

 

Albums 20-4

 

18. The Saturdays - Chasing Lights - Peaked at #2

16. Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad - Peaked at #3

9. Maria Haukaas Storeng - Hold On Be Strong - Peaked at #1 for 1 weeks

6. Various Artists - Eurovision Song Contest Belgrade 2008 - Peaked at #1 for 3 weeks

 

Great stuff here... really like the Saturdays album and I'd forgotten how good the Maria album is! This year's Eurovision had a bizarre number of excellent songs in it too. :heart:

 

And my ultimate faves from your singles...

 

Singles (40-6)

 

38. The Revelations - It's You - Peaked at #1 for 2 weeks

36. Duffy - Warwick Avenue - Peaked at #4

32. Euroband - This Is My Life - Peaked at #3

31. Miley Cyrus - See You Again - Peaked at #2

29. Britney Spears - Womanizer - Peaked at #4

26. Alphabeat - Boyfriend - Peaked at #2

24. Kelly Rowland - Work (Freemasons Mix) - Peaked at #1 for 1 week

22. September - Cry For You - Peaked at #1 for 2 weeks

20. Girls Aloud - The Loving Kind - Peaked at #2

16. Katy Perry - Hot 'N' Cold - Peaked at #2

15. The Saturdays - Up - Peaked at #2

6. Rihanna - Disturbia - Peaked at #1 for 2 weeks

 

All these have charted really highly for me! Loads I absolutely love here, and I hope your top five proves to be just as good. :magic:

 

thanks David :D I thought ESC was excellent this year, a massive improvement on 2007!

I like so far...

 

 

40. Robyn - Be Mine - Peaked at #1 for 1 week

36. Duffy - Warwick Avenue - Peaked at #4

35. Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl - Peaked at #4

34. Mira Craig - Headhunted - Peaked at #1 for 1 week

32. Euroband - This Is My Life - Peaked at #3

28. Sash! feat Stunt - Raindrops - Peaked at #3

27. Dizzee Rascal feat Calvin Harris - Dance Wiv Me - Peaked at #2

25. The Killers - Human - Peaked at #2

23. Leona Lewis - Run - Peaked at #1 for 3 weeks

22. September - Cry For You - Peaked at #1 for 2 weeks

20. Girls Aloud - The Loving Kind - Peaked at #2

17. Eric Prydz - Pjanoo - Peaked at #1 for 2 weeks

16. Katy Perry - Hot 'N' Cold - Peaked at #2

12. Kylie Minogue - Wow - Peaked at #2

8. Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me - Peaked at #2

6. Rihanna - Disturbia - Peaked at #1 for 2 weeks

 

 

And I bet your #1 will be....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September :unsure:

the big finish!

 

Albums

 

3. Katy Perry - One Of The Boys

 

 

Full Chart Run: 2-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-2-4-3-5-6-7-8-8-10-12-12-13

 

Now this took me by surprise...I thought I Kissed A Girl was very good and an obvious hit, even though I didn't quite think it was as good as it's hype suggested, and the track only peaked at No.4 in my chart. I decided to purchase the album anyway as I do stuff like that, and was really pleasantly surprised. Many people criticise it for being weak but I have to say that I completely disagree. Here is my track by track rate of the album to show why I love it so much:

 

1. One Of The Boys - 9/10

2. I Kissed A Girl - 9/10

3. Waking Up In Vegas - 8.5/10

4. Thinking Of You - 9/10

5. Mannequin -8 /10

6. Ur So Gay - 8.5/10

7. Hot 'n' Cold 10/10

8. If You Can Afford Me - 8/10

9. Lost - 8.5/10

10. Self Inflicted - 10/10

11. I'm Still Breathing - 8/10

12. Fingerprints - 7/10

 

Only really the last track is something I wouldn't rush back to listen to, but even that's good...a quite competent debut in my opinion, even if a lot of these songs are perhaps not 'radio hits', I do think that it flows well and is a great collection of pop songs!

I like so far...

40. Robyn - Be Mine - Peaked at #1 for 1 week

36. Duffy - Warwick Avenue - Peaked at #4

35. Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl - Peaked at #4

34. Mira Craig - Headhunted - Peaked at #1 for 1 week

32. Euroband - This Is My Life - Peaked at #3

28. Sash! feat Stunt - Raindrops - Peaked at #3

27. Dizzee Rascal feat Calvin Harris - Dance Wiv Me - Peaked at #2

25. The Killers - Human - Peaked at #2

23. Leona Lewis - Run - Peaked at #1 for 3 weeks

22. September - Cry For You - Peaked at #1 for 2 weeks

20. Girls Aloud - The Loving Kind - Peaked at #2

17. Eric Prydz - Pjanoo - Peaked at #1 for 2 weeks

16. Katy Perry - Hot 'N' Cold - Peaked at #2

12. Kylie Minogue - Wow - Peaked at #2

8. Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me - Peaked at #2

6. Rihanna - Disturbia - Peaked at #1 for 2 weeks

And I bet your #1 will be....

September :unsure:

 

thanks Martin :D September was at #22 :heehee:

thanks Martin :D September was at #22 :heehee:

 

Oops I overlooked it -_-

 

It's a shame One Of The Boys got so much abuse really, it's not perfect but their are some fantastic songs on it (Hot N Cold, One Of The Boys, Self Inflicted, Thinking Of You)

2. Sara Bareilles - Little Voice

 

 

Full Chart Run: 6-3-2-1-1-2-2-1-2-1-1-4-5-8-9-10-12-11-10-7-11-12-11-13-10-4-2-1-2-4-7-10-11-14-15-16-18-18-18

 

Love Song entered my chart way back in November 2007 and persuaded me quite quickly to get Californian singer Sara's debut album. Somehow the album reached the top ten in the UK off the back of Love Song, but disappeared quickly meaning that most people would not have been able to hear a truly mesmerising singer-songwriter collection. I find album's from this genre quite hit and miss usually but this one was hit nearly all the way and had a very weird chart run during 2008, having four separate stints at No.1! Here is my track by track review of the album:

 

1. Love Song - 10/10

2. Vegas - 8/10

3. Bottle It Up - 9/10

4. One Sweet Love - 8/10

5. Come Round Soon - 8/10

6. Morningside - 8.5/10

7. Between The Lines - 8/10

8. Love On The Rocks - 10/10

9. City - 10/10

10. Many the Miles - 8.5/10

11. Fairytale - 9.5/10

12. Gravity - 9/10

 

the main problem with this album is that only Love Song, and possibly Fairytale would work as singles so it was doomed from the start...as a collective album however, it's fantastic and I hope that she comes back with something as strong next time, but I sincerely doubt that she will ever grace the UK top 75 singles or albums chart again.

Oops I overlooked it -_-

 

:lol: the top 5 is coming soon!

It's a shame One Of The Boys got so much abuse really, it's not perfect but their are some fantastic songs on it (Hot N Cold, One Of The Boys, Self Inflicted, Thinking Of You)

 

I agree, I think she is just someone that people love to hate for no reason in particular :(

1. Alphabeat - This Is Alphabeat

 

 

Full Chart Run: 7-5-2-4-5-7-1-1-2-4-6-4-1-1-3-5-6-6-6-5-5-5-3-3-2-3-5-6-10-10-10-9-10-13-14-14-15-20-20-19-19

 

Fascination instantly became a favourite of mine and I instantly downloaded their Danish album titled Alphabeat, which was very similar to the UK album albeit with two or three different tracks. In fact, I was very sad that the excellent Into The Jungle, Ocean Blue and The Hours didn't make it onto the UK album. This band I saw live, and their show was one of the best I've ever seen, excellent energy and a great catalogue of songs, one of my favourite debut albums of all time actually. Only ten songs long, this is practically the perfect pure pop album, particularly the second half, and I am gobsmacked and quite devestated that they got dropped. Perhaps in hindsight the more mellow What Is Happening wasn't the best choice of single, perhaps Fantastic 6 would have done better. Here is my track by track rating of this fantastic pop album, and my favourite of 2008!

 

1. Fantastic Six - 10/10

2. Fascination - 10/10

3. 10,000 Nights - 10/10

4. Boyfriend - 10/10

5. What Is Happening - 10/10

6. Go-Go - 9/10

7. Touch Me Touching You - 9/10

8. Rubber Boots - 8/10

9. Public Image - 9/10

10. Nothing But My Baby - 8.5/10

Singles

 

5. Charlotte Perrelli - Hero

 

Full Chart Run: 37-1-3-6-7-4-3-2-1-1-1-2-2-5-10-17-26-35

 

 

Well there I was thinking that Leona's Run was the biggest climb to No.1 in my chart, I completely forgot about this. An instant Schlager Eurodisco classic from aging Swedish diva Charlotte Perrelli (nee Nilsson), this quickly became one of my favourite tracks from this year's Eurovision and I was severely unimpressed at its final placing in the contest. It was the longest running Eurovision related No.1 since 2002 in my chart, the track clocking up four non-consecutive weeks at No.1 and 14 weeks inside the top ten in total. I know it's completely generic and Sweden-by-numbers but I still can't help but adore this brilliant pop track.

4. Girls Aloud - The Promise

 

Full Chart Run: 17-3-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-5-10-13-13

 

 

Girls Aloud have always been one of my favourite acts, scoring over 30 top ten hits in my chart so far, but they have always lacked a massive chart topping single for me. All of their other chart toppers had only a week at the top of my chart, but The Promise blew the success of the others out of the water. First time I heard it I was won over and I know a lot of people see it as far from their best, but for me it is a reminder of how far they have come, and how they have transformed British pop almost single handedly in the past 6 years. A well deserved end of year top five finish, and the first time they have ever finished inside my end of year top ten! A band that truly get better and better with age! Oh and it features another of my three favourite lyrics of the year 'Here I am walking primrose', what on earth is Sarah on about!?!

3. Maria Haukaas Storeng - Hold On Be Strong

 

Full Chart Run: 38-10-7-7-12-11-12-5-5-6-4-2-2-1-1-1-5-6-9-12-19-27-35-45

 

 

'Love can be hard sometimes, yes it can catch you off guard like bad crimes'. Surely the best opening lyric to any song, ever!?! Norwegian diva and former Idols contestant Maria Haukaas Storeng proved that in the face of political/diaspora voting, a stunning song can rise up to the top, and in this year's Eurovision, this excellent 60's influenced pop soul offering, written by her friend and fellow Norwegian Mira Craig, finished in 5th place for Norway, more famous for coming last at Eurovision than having success. It's a shame that it was never released as a single here as like Mine All Mine, see #10, she could have had a massive UK hit with this as radio would love it. A song that lasted well beyond Eurovision, this song spent almost half a year in my chart and has surpassed Ira Losco's 7th Wonder to become my favourite Eurovision song to date. Truly great.

2. Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown - No Air

 

Full Chart Run: 20-4-3-9-20-32-41-46-47-33-12-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-5-7-11-18-24-30-36

 

 

Like I said before, Jordin is not someone I had a lot of time for as an American Idol winner, however having bought her album because I liked Tattoo, it became instantly obvious that No Air was the standout track. A brilliant 'they got it just right' duet with the man of 2008, Chris Brown, this is an amazing pop/r&b crossover track which absolutely ruled my summer spending 6 weeks at the top of my chart, having previously made the top 3 as an album track before falling away. It's a shame it wasn't a UK No.1 considering the amount of time it spent in the charts and the sales that it clocked up, but at least Jordin was given a chance to release this excellent track here, unlike Carrie Underwood, who could surely have a monster hit on her hands with Before He Cheats!?!

2 great albums there, Sara should finish in my top 15 end of year albums and Alphabeat in the top 10. I myself was very pleased when Little Voice made the top 10, it was just a shame Bottle It Up didnt even chart at all. I mean i wasnt expecting top 75 but to not make the top 200 at all was awful.

Alphabeat getting dropped is a tragedy IMO, Fascination, 10000 Nights & Boyfriend were all brilliant but i agree that Fantastic 6 would have been a better choice of final single.

 

Hero was just simply fantastic and has now probably overtaken This Is My Life to become my second favourite from this years Eurovision, Bullet is also brilliant by the way. The Promise for me whilst still being very good is far from my favourite GA track, according to a countdown i made a month or so back i ranck it as my 26th favorite GA song and 12th single. Hold On Be Strong came extremly close to making my chart and was in there right until the final update but something must have knocked it out at the last minute, anyway great song and it was very pleasing to see it do well in the competition.

 

And i think everyone knows how i feel about No Air :wub:

1. Sara Bareilles - Love Song

 

44-12-10-12-12-3-2-3-4-3-2-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-2-4-5-7-9-10-10-5-7-7- 10-12-11-3-1-2-3-4-6-8-12-15-19-27-34-40

 

 

And finally, onto the No.1! It was only ever going to be one track, and that track is the brilliant Love Song by Sara Bareilles. This song first popped onto my radar in November 2007 via random MySpace searching. It grew and grew on me and was my xmas No.2 last year behind Delta's Believe Again. Then in 2008, it continued to grow on me even more, and it was around this time that the song became a surprise hit in the US thanks to a Napster commercial. What was truly shocking to me is when it started to take off in the UK. US singer songwriter females with quirky songs aren't exactly familiar to the UK top five in this day and age but this song defied the odds to climb steadily to No.4 in the UK, which prompted it to return to No.1 in my chart for a fifth week in total and took its top ten total to a stunning 32 weeks, breaking the previous record of 30 weeks held by Shakira's Hips Don't Lie. I can't explain why I like this song so much, it just really clicks with me...absolutely brilliant!

Well's that's no suprise is it :lol: A great song which managed to reach #3 in my chart for 2 weeks and will finish in the top 40 of my end of year chart.