Welcome to the usual Friday selection of end of week charts. As usual the top films, dvds, tv, albums, a flashback, and the up to minute singles chart. An added bonus this week because I have the most up to date top selling singles, and albums of 2008 too. Not forgetting the top sellers in the flashback chart year as well.

 

Who else would give a new chart on a Bank Holiday?...Only Buzzjack, folks!

 

We trust everyone had a decent Christmas, and took some caution in not to over eat/drink! :teresa:

 

Straight on to the top films, this week:

w/k ending 31st Dec

01 NE TWILIGHT taking £2,508,422

02 02 MADAGASCAR

03 03 4 CHRISTMASES

04 01 DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL

05 NE TASTE OF DESPEREAUX taking £560,870

06 04 INKHEART

07 05 RAB NE BANA DI JODI

08 07 CHANGELING

09 08 QUANTUM OF SOLACE

10 06 TRANSPORTER 3

 

The top dvd films:

01 02 MAMMA MIA

02 01 DARK KNIGHT

03 03 HANCOCK

04 10 WALL.E

05 04 HELLBOY 2

06 06 KUNG FU PANDA

07 07 INDIANA JONES KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL

08 08 ANGUS THONGS

09 09 MUMMY TOMB OF THE EMPEROR...

10 05 STAR WARS CLONE WARS

 

The top tv related dvds:

01 BIG: LEE EVANS

02 SPECIAL K PETER KAY

03 JEREMY CLARKSON THRILLER

04 MICHAEL MCINTYRE

05 FRANKIE BOYLE

06 THE SNOWMAN

07 BILL BAILEY

08 RICHARD HAMMOND`S TOP GEAR STUNT

09 FAMILY GUY 7

10 JIMMY CARR

 

The top tv programmes:

01 02 X FACTOR 14.06M

02 01 CORONATION STREET 10.41M

03 04 STRICTLY COME DANCING 10.37M

04 05 EASTENDERS 10.35M

05 NE GIRLS ALOUD PARTY 8.65M

06 08 TOP GEAR 7.54M

07 07 EMMERDALE 7.36M

08 NE BBC SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR 6.75M

09 06 HARRY HILL`S TV BURP 6.29M

10 NE SPOOKS 5.95M

 

The top films are compiled by Screen International for UK Box Office. The top dvds by DTR. Top tv by BARB.

 

On to music, and this week`s top albums:

w/k ending 31st Dec 2008

01 01 THE CIRCUS - TAKE THAT

02 02 SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS

03 03 NOW 71 - VARIOUS

04 05 ONLY BY THE NIGHT - KINGS OF LEON

05 04 DAY AND AGE - KILLERS

06 06 OUT OF CONTROL - GIRLS ALOUD

07 12 ROCKFERRY - DUFFY

08 09 A DECADE IN THE SUN - STEREOPHONICS

09 10 THE PROMISE - IL DIVO

10 07 I AM SASHA FIERCE - BEYONCE

11 08 THE PRIESTS - PRIESTS

12 11 FUNHOUSE - PINK

13 15 SOUL - SEAL

14 18 THE SCRIPT - SCRIPT

15 14 MOS ANTHEMS 2 91-08 - VARIOUS

16 22 MY LOVE - CELINE DION

17 17 GREATEST HITS - SIMPLY RED

18 19 HUNDRED MILLION SUNS - SNOW PATROL

19 16 UNCLE B - N-DUBZ

20 13 RHYDIAN - RHYDIAN ROBERTS

21 20 GREATEST HITS - ENRIQUE

22 22 MOTOWN 50 - VARIOUS

23 30 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - RIHANNA

24 23 MAMMA MIA - OST

25 26 DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS 2 - VARIOUS

26 24 POP PARTY 6 - VARIOUS

27 38 A COLLECTION - JOSH GROBAN

28 25 CIRCUS - BRITNEY SPEARS

29 41 DIG OUT YOUR SOUL - OASIS

30 28 BEST BETTE - BETTE MIDLER

 

Just outside the 30 we have Jackie 2 at 31, Rod Stewart goes back up 8 to 32, while Enya get`s stuck at 36.

(The album chart is compiled from Chart Show tv, by DTR).

 

Here are the top 15 albums of the whole of 2008:

01 ROCKFERRY - DUFFY

02 THE CIRCUS - TAKE THAT

03 MAMMA MIA - OST

04 ONLY BY THE NIGHT - KINGS OF LEON

05 VIVA LA VIDA - COLDPLAY

06 SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS

07 NOW 71 - VARIOUS

08 DAY AND AGE - KILLERS

09 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - RIHANNA

10 NOW 70 - VARIOUS

11 NOW 69 - VARIOUS

12 FUNHOUSE - PINK

13 OUT OF CONTROL - GIRLS ALOUD

14 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - NICKELBACK

15 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS

 

Maybe too late for Take That to beat Duffy in the top albums of 2008, as Rockferry rises back up the weekly combined top 10.

 

Lets`s take a flashback in 1983. Let`s start with the top 15 albums of that entire year:

01 THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON

02 LET`S DANCE - DAVID BOWIE

03 COLOUR BY NUMBERS - CULTURE CLUB

04 NO PARLEZ - PAUL YOUNG

05 TRUE - SPANDAU BALLET

06 FANTASTIC - WHAM

07 BUSINESS AS USUAL - MEN AT WORK

08 SYNCHRONICITY - THE POLICE

09 GENESIS - GENESIS

10 18 GREATEST HITS - MICHAEL JACKSON/JACKSON 5

11 SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF THIS - EURYTHMICS

12 CAN`T SLOW DOWN - LIONEL RICHIE

13 LABOUR OF LOVE - UB40

14 THE LUXURY GAP - HEAVEN 17

15 THE HURTING - TEARS FOR FEARS

 

THRILLER topping the best selling lists of 1983, possibly the biggest in the world. The rest of the top 20 of 1983 featured Elaine Paige, Beach Boys, Elton John, The Jam, and Duran Duran. The best selling VA Compilation was "Now That`s What I Call Music"...the very first one. It was the 21st Combined best seller was of the year. Due for a 25th Anniversary re-issue next month.

 

Let`s take a look at the weekly album chart for December 1983:

w/k ending 31st Dec

01 03 NO PARLEZ - PAUL YOUNG

02 04 NOW THAT`S WHAT I CALL MUSIC

03 01 THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON

04 02 COLOUR BY NUMBERS - CULTURE CLUB

05 08 CAN`T SLOW DOWN - LIONEL RICHIE

06 06 STAGES - ELAINE PAIGE

07 10 GENESIS - GENESIS

08 25 ESSENTIAL - JEAN MICHEL JARRE

09 05 UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY - U2

10 10 FORMULA 30 - VARIOUS

11 07 SEVEN AND THE RAGGED TIGER - DURAN DURAN

12 13 LABOUR OF LOVE - UB40

13 09 FANTASTIC - WHAM

14 11 AN INNOCENT MAN - BILLY JOEL

15 12 TOUCH - EURYTHMICS

16 22 PIPES OF PEACE - PAUL MCCARTNEY

17 NE PORTRAIT - DIANA ROSS

18 20 YOU BROKE MY HEART IN 17 PLACES - TRACEY ULLMAN

19 NE GREEN VELVET - VARIOUS

20 20 GREATEST HITS - MARVIN GAYE

 

Motown was doing well here in 1983. Although both Marvin Gaye, and Diana Ross` albums were on Telstar. A lot of the Decmber albums figured in the year end chart, as we find out. JEAN MICHEL JARRE will never go away it seems, a talent musician but slightly over doing Oxygene, what! BILLY JOEL already a top 5 album in 1983, managed to re-rise throughout 1984. U2 having their first live album, and chart topper too. TRACEY ULLMAN had been a big single success in 83, and the album didn`t do that badly either. Paul McCartney hid the heights of a uk number one single in early 1984, and the said album could have predicted that. Televised Adverts plugged all those Ronco, K-tel, and Telstar albums.

 

Let`s have a look at the best selling singles of the entire year in 1983:

01 KARMA CHAMELEON - CULTURE CLUB

02 RED RED WINE - UB40

03 UPTOWN GIRL - BILLY JOEL

04 LET`S DANCE - DAVID BOWIE

05 TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART - BONNIE TYLER

06 TRUE - SPANDAU BALLET

07 DOWN UNDER - MEN AT WORK

08 BILLIE JEAN - MICHAEL JACKSON

09 ALL NIGHT LONG - LIONEL RICHIE

10 SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF THIS - EURYTHMICS

11 YOU CAN`T HURRY LOVE - PHIL COLLINS

12 TOO SHY - KAJAGOOGOO

13 WHEREVER I LAY MY HEART - PAUL YOUNG

14 EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE - THE POLICE

15 IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW - DURAN DURAN

16 GIVE IT UP - KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND

17 BLUE MONDAY - NEW ORDER

18 I.O.U. - FREEEZ

19 BABY JANE - ROD STEWART

20 THEY DON`T KNOW - TRACEY ULLMAN

21 SAY SAY SAY - PAUL MCCARTNEY/MICHAEL JACKSON

22 WORDS - FR DAVID

23 TONIGHT I CELEBRATE MY LOVE FOR YOU - PEABO BRYSON/ROBERTA FLACK

24 BAD BOYS - WHAM

25 FLASHDANCE - IRENE CARA

26 NEW SONG - HOWARD JONES

27 MOONLIGHT SHADOW - MIKE OLDFIELD

28 SIGN OF THE TIMES - BELLE STARS

29 CANDY GIRL - NEW EDITION

30 TEMPTATION - HEAVEN 17

 

CULTURE CLUB doing amazing things in 1983`s best sellers, and re-rising in the weekly chart, as we find out:

 

Now this week in 1983...Gallup did not produce a weekly chart, MRIB did though...

01 01 ONLY YOU - FLYING PICKETS

02 03 MY OH MY - SLADE

03 02 VICTIMS - CULTURE CLUB

04 04 LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE - PAUL YOUNG

05 05 TELL HER ABOUT IT - BILLY JOEL

06 09 MARGUERITA TIME - STATUS QUO

07 08 ISLANDS IN THE STREAM - KENNY ROGERS/DOLLY PARTON

08 06 HOLD ME NOW - THOMPSON TWINS

09 07 LET`S STAY TOGETHER - TINA TURNER

10 13 THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON

11 11 WHAT IS LOVE - HOWARD JONES

12 22 PIPES OF PEACE - PAUL MCCARTNEY

13 10 PLEASE DON`T FALL IN LOVE - CLIFF RICHARD

14 12 MOVE OVER DARLING - TRACEY ULLMAN

15 15 2000 MILES - PRETENDERS

16 17 MANY RIVERS TO CROSS - UB40

17 16 READ `EM AND WEEP - BARRY MANILOW

18 14 UPTOWN GIRL - BILLY JOEL

19 20 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY - SLADE

20 23 STRAIGHT AHEAD - KOOL AND THE GANG

21 29 WHAT WE GONNA GET `ER IN DOORS - DENNIS WATERMAN/GEORGE COLE

22 30 RAT RAPPING - ROLAND RAT/KEVIN THE GERBIL

23 18 THAT`S ALL - GENESIS

24 19 CLUB FANTASTIC MEGAMIX - WHAM

25 41 CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN - FRANK KELLY

26 21 CALLING YOUR NAME - MARILYN

27 25 CRY JUST A LITTLE BIT - SHAKIN`STEVENS

28 33 SWEET SURRENDER - ROD STEWART

29 24 WATERFRONT - SIMPLE MINDS

30 34 COLD AS CHRISTMAS - ELTON JOHN

31 42 RELAX - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD

32 26 SAY SAY SAY - MCCARTNEY/JACKSON

33 27 RIGHT BY YOUR SIDE - EURYTHMICS

34 38 KARMA CHAMELEON - CULTURE CLUB

35 32 THE WAY YOU ARE - TEARS FOR FEARS

36 43 I CAN HELP - ELVIS PRESLEY

37 NE COME TO MY PARTY - KEITH HARRIS AND ORVILLE

38 36 THIS CHARMING MAN - THE SMITHS

39 37 CHRISTMAS SPECTRE - JINGLE BELLES

40 39 RUNNING WITH THE NIGHT - LIONEL RICHIE

 

3 weeks at the top for the FLYING PICKETS there! They kept SLADE off the top, but that didn`t bother Noddy, Dave, and the boys...rereleases of MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY kept them going all through the 80s! CULTURE CLUB doing the double, with 2 hits in the chart. VICTIMS got to number 2 on MRIB`s top 50. PAUL YOUNG covered NICKY THOMAS from 1970. 2 hits also in, for BILLY JOEL. STATUS QUO ever popular, and another top 3 hit on the way. KENNY ROGERS teamed up with DOLLY PARTON...and people misheard the words as "ISLANDS INDUSTRY". The THOMPSON TWINS were doing great all through`83, even though a threesome! TINA TURNER covered AL GREEN`s 1971 hit. MICHAEL JACKSON let THRILLER out as a single, maybe a bad idea. HOWARD JONES seemed to be slipping, but WHAT IS LOVE smashed up the top 3, at the start of 1984. CLIFF had his almost seasonal hit. THE PRETENDERS maybe issue 2000 MILES, a bit late. UB40 did indeed find MANY RIVERS TO CROSS, as they stalled at 16. BARRY MANILOW singing MEAT LOAF?! KOOL AND THE GANG began to slow down, with hits. MINDER was the top ITV show after Coronation Street, and This Is Your Life...and gave DENNIS WATERMAN his 2nd hit. Containing the line by GEORGE COLE "Is That Carol singing"...."I wish she`d stop!" ROLAND RAT saved TV-AM in the early days, so the rapping rodent tried his hand at the charts. THAT`S ALL should`ve been bigger for GENESIS. WHAM gathered together some early songs, rapped it around a version of prevoius hit for the MIRACLES "LOVE MACHINE", and scored a top 20 hit. FRANK KELLY was later to appear in FATHER TED, of course...in `83 he paroded with a take on the 12 days of Christmas, discovering that partridges, French hens, maids, and pipers etc did not get on! MARILYN was a mate of BOY GEORGE, and no women in sight! Glossing over Shakin`Stevenss who was having problems with his R`s again! SWEET SURRENDER sung ROD STEWART...that one never turns up today. In 1983, a Radio 1 top 40, had it down as SWEET SURREINDEER! I wonder if it had a red nose! :lol: TEARS FOR FEARS "THE WAY YOU ARE" is rather forgotten today. ELVIS slid in with an old hit...covered in 1974 by BILLY SWANN. THE JINGLE BELLES payed homeage to a PHIL SPECTOR medley...coinciding with a re-issue of Phil`s Christmas Album at 22 in the album chart. ELTON JOHN`s song was really about Christmas, as it stated "It was cold as Christmas, in the middle of July"...Elton got the spot, on the Christmas Day edition of THE TWO RONNIES...this programme also featured a parody on The Wizard Of Oz, where Ronnie Barker appeared in the TARDIS dressed as WORZEL GUMMIDGE, in relation to JON PERTWEE`s previous DR WHO role...WORZEL then goes off down the yellow brick road, all very confusing! KEITH HARRIS had his own BBC series, on Saturdays in 1983...be glad that Gallup did not produce a chart that week, because "COME TO MY PARTY" failed to make the BBC Top 40...what a shame! In the words of Keith Harris` other invention "Cuddles" (the pink monkey) "I hate that duck!"

 

Remember there will not be a weekly countdown referred to on Radio One, at all this week. Even though, the "experts" of Fearne and Reggie will play 40 records in 3 hours, for once....

I will be back for the up to minute new weekly singles chart, soon...but first the most up to date top 50 sellers of 2008:

50 LOVE LOCKDOWN - KANYE WEST

49 USE SOMEBODY - KINGS OF LEON

48 GREATEST DAY - TAKE THAT

47 WORK - KELLY ROWLAND

46 WHEN I GROW UP - PUSSYCAT DOLLS

45 FOREVER - CHRIS BROWN

44 PIECE OF ME - BRITNEY SPEARS

43 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT

42 FASCINATION - ALPHABEAT

41 INFINITY 08 - GURU JOSH PROJECT

 

40 LIVE YOUR LIFE - T.I/RIHANNA

39 WITH YOU - CHRIS BROWN

38 STOP AND STARE - ONE REPUBLIC

37 HUMAN - KILLERS

36 BETTER IN TIME/FOOTSTEPS IN THE SAND - LEONA LEWIS

35 WOMANIZER - BRITNEY SPEARS

34 WEARING MY ROLEX - WILEY

33 CRY FOR YOU - SEPTEMBER

32 WARWICK AVENUE - DUFFY

31 LOVE IN THIS CLUB - USHER/YOUNG JEEZY

 

30 HEARTBREAKER - WILL I. AM

29 WHAT YOU GONNA DO - H TWO O

28 MAN WHO CAN`T BE MOVED - SCRIPT

27 HOT N`COLD - KATY PERRY

26 SWEET ABOUT ME - GABRIELLA CILMI

25 CHASING PAVEMENTS - ADELE

24 VIVA LA VIDA - COLDPLAY

23 THAT`S NOT MY NAME - TING TINGS

22 DON`T STOP THE MUSIC - RIHANNA

21 NO AIR - JORDIN SPARKS/CHRIS BROWN

 

20 TAKE A BOW - RIHANNA

19 DISTURBIA - RIHANNA

18 ALL SUMMER LONG - KID ROCK

17 THE PROMISE - GIRLS ALOUD

16 SO WHAT - PINK

15 IF I WERE A BOY - BEYONCE

14 RUN - LEONA LEWIS

13 CLOSER - NE-YO

12 DANCE WIV ME - DIZZEE RASCAL/CALVIN HARRIS

11 LOW - FLO RIDA

 

10 BLACK AND GOLD - SAM SPARRO

09 4 MINUTES - MADONNA

08 SEX ON FIRE - KINGS OF LEON

07 NOW YOU`RE GONE - BASSHUNTER

06 AMERICAN BOY - ESTELLE/KANYE WEST

05 I KISSED A GIRL - KATY PERRY

04 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK

03 MERCY - DUFFY

02 HERO - X FACTOR FINALISTS

01 HALLELUJAH - ALEXANDRA BURKE

 

One year on, and Nickelback`s "Rockstar" (love or hate it) is the 4th best seller of the 2008. This chart will be much the same as the Radio One year end chart! I promise you.

 

I`m sure we want to know the top physicals of 2008:

01 HALLELUJAH - ALEXANDRA BURKE

02 HERO - X FACTOR FINALISTS

03 PEACE ON EARTH-LITTLE DRUMMER BOY - BANDAGED

04 NOW YOU`RE GONE - BASSHUNTER

05 AMERICAN BOY - ESTELLE

06 MERCY - DUFFY

07 WINNERS SONG - GERALDINE

08 SHOCK OF THE LIGHTNING/FALLIN`DOWN - OASIS

09 CLOSER - NE-YO

10 4 MINUTES - MADONNA

 

 

Hang on for the top 50, of this week...not forgetting the top physicals of the week too...

Wow at Top Gear and The X Factor.

 

How did Now 71 sell so much? I swear it opened with low sales compared to Now 70.

 

Thanks Anyway, Merry (belated) Christmas

Edited December 26, 200816 yr by Harve

Here are the week`s top ten physical sellers:

w/k ending 2nd Jan 2009

01 01 HALLELUJAH - ALEXANDRA BURKE

02 03 ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS SONG - GERALDINE MCQUEEN

03 02 PEACE ON EARTH-LITTLE DRUMMER BOY - BANDAGED

04 04 HERO - X FACTOR FINALISTS

05 05 BETTER - BOYZONE

06 06 BOY DOES NOTHING - ALESHA DIXON

07 09 IF I WERE A BOY - BEYONCE

08 13 GREATEST DAY - TAKE THAT

09 07 IS THIS CHRISTMAS - WOMBATS

10 10 WOMANIZER - BRITNEY SPEARS

 

A-waiting the combined info of Downloads/Physicals, hang on...for the complete top 50...

 

cool, thanks for all the charts

 

 

Thanks Dave

 

Nice to see Wall-E climb on the DVD chart. Gave it to my other half for Christmas... never been so emotionally affected by an animated movie before! Decided now it's my favourite film of the year, just ahead of Mamma Mia, which is a little bit ahead of Juno.

Here is the proper combined physical/download singles chart then:

50 45 UP - SATURDAYS 32) =53

49 36 PAPA CAN YOU HERE ME - N-DUBZ 31) =45

48 50 I KISSED A GIRL - KATY PERRY 30) =52

47 40 LOVE LOCKDOWN - KANYE WEST 29) =44

46 51 HEARTLESS - KANYE WEST =43

45 37 LOVING KIND - GIRLS ALOUD =42

44 42 CRACK THE SHUTTERS - SNOW PATROL 28) =40

43 44 ISSUES - SATURDAYS =41

42 38 MAD - NEYO =39

41 49 IT`S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS - PERRY COMO

 

40 33 I MISS YOU - BASSHUNTER 27) =38

39 RE WINNERS SONG - GERALDINE 26) =37

38 30 BETTER - BOYZONE 25) =36

37 28 CASH IN MY POCKET - WILEY 24) =35

36 55 DO THEY KNOW IT`S CHRISTMAS - BAND AID =47

35 NE GET UP - 50CENT

34 39 RAIN ON YOUR PARADE - DUFFY 23) =28

33 29 I HATE THIS PART - PUSSYCAT DOLLS 22) =30

32 57 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - CHRIS REA =34

31 08 LISTEN - BEYONCE 21) =24

 

30 31 BREAK EVEN - SCRIPT 20) =29

29 25 REHAB - RIHANNA =27

28 13 PEACE ON EARTH-LITTLE DRUMMER BOY - BANDAGED 19) =26

27 24 INFINITY - GURU JOSH 18) =23

26 32 I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - WIZZARD =31

25 43 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY - SLADE =32

24 41 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE - SHAKIN STEVENS =33

23 26 SO WHAT - PINK 17) =25

22 23 LIVE YOUR LIFE - T.I. 16) =21

21 18 RIGHT NOW - AKON 15) =20

 

20 20 THE PROMISE - GIRLS ALOUD 14) =18

19 19 SINGLE LADIES - BEYONCE =19

18 27 LAST CHRISTMAS - WHAM =22

17 15 HERO - X FACTOR FINALISTS 13) =17

16 22 SEX ON FIRE - KINGS OF LEON 12) =15

15 16 BOY DOES NOTHING - ALESHA DIXON 11) =16

14 10 WOMANIZER - BRITNEY SPEARS 10) =14

13 21 WARM THIS WINTER - GABRIELLA CILMI =13

12 14 HOT N`COLD - KATY PERRY 9) =12

11 11 HUMAN - KILLERS 8) =10

 

10 17 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU - MARIAH CAREY =11

09 12 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - POGUES 7) =9

08 09 GREATEST DAY - TAKE THAT 6) =8

07 07 USE SOMEBODY - KINGS OF LEON 5) =7

06 05 IF I WERE A BOY - BEYONCE 4) =6

05 06 BROKEN STRINGS - JAMES MORRISON 3) =6

04 04 ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS SONG - GERALDINE MCQUEEN 2) =2

03 02 HALLELUJAH - JEFF BUCKLEY =4

02 03 RUN - LEONA LEWIS =3

01 01 HALLELUJAH - ALEXANDRA BURKE 1) =1

 

) Position without downloads alone.

 

= Position on Chart Show tv.

 

Outside the 50: BASSHUNTER, ANDY WILLIAMS, BRENDA LEE, MACY GRAY, KEVIN RUDOLF, SCRIPT, KARDINAL OFFISHALL, WOMBATS, TAKE THAT, RIHANNA are in the top 60...as BRITNEY, LEONARD COHEN, STATUS QUO, MGMT, JOHN LENNON, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, and FRANK SINATRA are all in a top 75.

 

 

Note: This chart is based on Chart Show tv`s, but with added sales info...to make it the most up to date chart in Britain.

 

Do we think, that some of the Christmas songs could fall before Saturday night? I think so!

 

I will put on the pre-order chart top tens soon...

 

And if anyone would like a quick list of the Thursday singles mids, let me know via personal message, thanks! :D

Thanks Dave! Surprised Mariah is top 10. Great to see Gabriella has held up though :dance:

Thanks Dave! Surprised Mariah is top 10. Great to see Gabriella has held up though :dance:

OK Tom, cheers.

 

Here are the top pre-orders:

The Singles

01 LOVING KIND - GIRLS ALOUD 12TH JAN

02 ISSUES - SATURDAYS 5TH JAN

03 DAY N`NITE - KID CUDI 12TH JAN

04 THE FEAR - LILY ALLEN 26TH JAN

05 JUST DANCE - LADY GAGA 5TH JAN

06 ULYSSES - FRANZ FERDINAND 19TH JAN

07 TO LOSE MY LIFE - WHITE LIES 12TH JAN

08 SOBER - PINK 19TH JAN

09 LA LA LA - AVA LEIGH 5TH JAN

10 OPERATION BLADE 09 - PUBLIC DOMAIN 12TH JAN

 

The Albums

01 THE ALBUM - ALEXANDRA 16TH MARCH

02 WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THINGS - JASON MRAZ 29TH DEC

03 RELAPSE - EMINEM 2ND MAR

04 BOOMBOX - KYLIE 5TH JAN

05 WORKING ON A DREAM - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 26TH JAN

06 INVADERS MUST DIE - PRODIGY 2ND MARCH

07 BEFORE I SELF DESTRUCT - 50CENT

08 TO LOSE MY LIFE - WHITE LIES 19TH

09 NOW 1 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION - VARIOUS 12TH JAN

10 A TASTE OF WINTER 09 (HED KANDI) - VARIOUS 29TH DEC

 

 

Pink should go higher with Sober in the pre orders :angry:

thanks as ever Dave for these charts, and a belated Merry Christmas too

 

I'm sure I asked once before but can't remember the answer you gave... the MRIB charts - what sales week did they have back then, (in 1983 in this instance)? Was it Monday to Thursday? It might explain how MRIB had a chart for December 31, 1983 - that would be sales for Monday December 19 to Thursday December 22, 1983 which may have allowed a chart to be compiled before the Christmas shutdown the industry normally had back then. Gallup's sales week would have ran to Saturday December 24, 1983 and thus they probably just didn't bother with a new chart for the following week as the Monday and Tuesday the following week were Bank Holidays - it would have delayed the new chart until late Wednesday / early Thursday.

Thanks for posting this each week. You do a great job. I find it very fascinating!

 

Interesting to see Kid Cudi is getting more pre-orders than Lady Gaga. What stores are included in the pre-order chart out of curiousity?

 

Also great that you post the top physicals each week. I am probably in the minority now but i do still like to look at that chart. That top 10 physical of the year is quite surprising, i mean terry wogan at #3? :o Plus Oasis in the top 10!

thanks as ever Dave for these charts, and a belated Merry Christmas too

 

I'm sure I asked once before but can't remember the answer you gave... the MRIB charts - what sales week did they have back then, (in 1983 in this instance)? Was it Monday to Thursday? It might explain how MRIB had a chart for December 31, 1983 - that would be sales for Monday December 19 to Thursday December 22, 1983 which may have allowed a chart to be compiled before the Christmas shutdown the industry normally had back then. Gallup's sales week would have ran to Saturday December 24, 1983 and thus they probably just didn't bother with a new chart for the following week as the Monday and Tuesday the following week were Bank Holidays - it would have delayed the new chart until late Wednesday / early Thursday.

It was indeed Mon-Thurs for MRIB. In vain to compete with other charts, Melody Maker changed their chart compilation too. I believe the MM Charts took sales from Fri - Thurs from 1983 onwards. Previously NME were ahead of Melody Maker between 1969-82. In those years MM`s chart ran Weds-Tues, and NME Thurs-Weds. You already know of course, that MRIB evolved from Record Business Magazine`s old team and the late Barry Lazell.

Thanks for posting this each week. You do a great job. I find it very fascinating!

 

Interesting to see Kid Cudi is getting more pre-orders than Lady Gaga. What stores are included in the pre-order chart out of curiousity?

 

Also great that you post the top physicals each week. I am probably in the minority now but i do still like to look at that chart. That top 10 physical of the year is quite surprising, i mean terry wogan at #3? :o Plus Oasis in the top 10!

Yep, I believe quite a few people like to see the physical chart even though figures have fallen, so much! Stores included in the pre-order chart are mainly HMV, but I now also have someone giving me some of the pre-orders at other download sites. Meaning that the "Next Week Chart" feature will improve rapidly as 2009 come`s along...

Thanks for posting, pretty odd seeing those Xmas tracks floating back up the chart, especially Chris Rea, how odd :mellow:

 

I wonder if Eartha Kitt makes a late appearance with Santa Baby sadly she passed away yesterday

I could see that. It being Christmas, that song has been immortalised forever as her swansong. Though I wish Where Is My Man from the 80s would rechart...