Monday arrives, the space between Christmas and New Year. The weekly preview of what might happen in the first chart of 2009. With thanks to Peter Jay, and John McManus...thanks boys! Compiled from stores, and download sites across the country.

 

The Album preview:

01 01 THE CIRCUS - TAKE THAT

02 04 ONLY BY THE NIGHT - KINGS OF LEON

03 02 SPIRIT - LEONA

04 03 NOW 71 - VARIOUS

05 05 DAY AND AGE - KILLLERS

06 09 ROCKFERRY - DUFFY

07 06 OUT OF CONTROL - GIRLS ALOUD

08 12 FUNHOUSE - PINK

09 07 A DECADE IN THE SUN - STEREOPHONICS

10 11 I AM SASHA FIERCE - BEYONCE

11 18 THE SCRIPT - SCRIPT

12 10 PROMISE - IL DIVO

13 19 HUNDRED MILLION SUNS - SNOW PATROL

14 24 MAMMA MIA - OST

15 21 UNCLE B - N-DUBZ

16 08 PRIESTS - THE PRIESTS

17 28 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - RIHANNA

18 17 MY LOVE - CELINE DION

19 16 ANNUAL 2 91-08 - VARIOUS

20 20 MOTOWN 50 - VARIOUS

21 15 GREATEST HITS - SIMPLY RED

22 22 GREATEST HITS - ENRIQUE

23 13 SOUL - SEAL

24 14 RHYDIAN - RHYDIAN ROBERTS

25 25 DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS 2 - VARIOUS

26 NE WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THINGS - JASON MRAZ

27 43 YEAR OF THE GENTLEMAN - NE-YO

28 32 CIRCUS - BRITNEY SPEARS

29 37 ONE OF THE BOYS - KATY PERRY

30 46 DIG OUT YOUR SOUL - OASIS

 

Only one other new entry and that`s HED KANDI-A TASTE OF WINTER 09 at 34. Also back up for Kanye West`s Album.

 

The Singles preview:

01 01 HALLELUJAH - ALEXANDRA

02 03 RUN - LEONA

03 06 IF I WERE A BOY - BEYONCE

04 08 USE SOMEBODY - KINGS OF LEON

05 07 BROKEN STRINGS - JAMES MORRISON

06 05 GREATEST DAY - TAKE THAT

07 11 WOMANIZER - BRITNEY SPEARS

08 13 HOT N`COLD - KATY PERRY

09 10 HUMAN - KILLERS

10 NE JUST DANCE - LADY GAGA

11 18 SEX ON FIRE - KINGS OF LEON

12 19 RIGHT NOW - AKON

13 17 THE PROMISE - GIRLS ALOUD

14 22 LIVE YOUR LIFE - T.I.

15 25 SO WHAT - PINK

16 21 SINGLE LADIES - BEYONCE KNOWLES

17 15 BOY DOES NOTHING - ALESHA

18 14 HERO - X FACTOR FINALISTS

19 26 INFINTY - GURU JOSH

20 28 I HATE THIS PART - PUSSYCAT DOLLS

21 RE I KISSED A GIRL - KATY PERRY

22 27 REHAB - RIHANNA

23 02 HALLELUJAH - JEFF BUCKLEY

24 29 BREAK EVEN - SCRIPT

25 08 ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS SONG - GERALDINE

26 RE LOVE LOCKDOWN - KANYE WEST

27 45 ISSUES - SATURDAYS

28 76 GET UP - 50CENT

29 NE NO CAN DO - SUGABABES

30 RE MAN WHO CAN`T BE MOVED - SCRIPT

31 RE DISTURBIA - RIHANNA

32 30 RAIN ON YOUR PARADE - DUFFY

33 RE UP - SATURDAYS

34 51 HEARTLESS - KANYE WEST

35 RE PAPA CAN YOU HEAR ME - N-DUBZ

36 34 LOVING KIND - GIRLS ALOUD

37 20 LISTEN - BEYONCE

38 44 MAD - NE-YO

39 RE MISS INDEPENDANT - NE-YO

40 RE DANCE WIV ME - DIZZEE RASCAL/CALVIN HARRIS

 

Outside the 40...back up for Coldplay, Kardinal Offishall, Mercy-Duffy, Take That-Rule The World, When I Grow Up - Pussycat Dolls, Kevin Rudolf, Circus - Britney, Miley Cyrus, Jennifer Hudson, MGMT - Kids...flop of the week goes to Keane, and the title track from the album "Perfect Symmetry", which goes back up the album chart, all the same. Look`s like Martin could be right about Lady GaGa...Now there`s a first! :o

 

Last Monday we got 38 in the top 40 albums, but only 36 in the top 50 singles...because the dying Christmas Songs faded on Boxing Day!

Back in late December 1981, Radio Luxembourg came up with the following:

01 12 YOUNG TURKS - ROD STEWART

02 08 LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE - BUCKS FIZZ

03 28 GET DOWN ON IT - KOOL AND THE GANG

04 03 IT MUST BE LOVE - MADNESS

05 01 ONE OF US - ABBA

06 06 DON`T YOU WANT ME - HUMAN LEAGUE

07 13 MIRROR MIRROR - DOLLAR

08 05 ANT RAP - ADAM AND THE ANTS

09 19 WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU - FOREIGNER

10 02 DADDY`S HOME - CLIFF RICHARD

11 NE THE MODEL - KRAFTWERK

12 29 DON`T WALK AWAY - FOUR TOPS

13 16 I`LL FIND MY WAY HOME - JON AND VANGELIS

14 07 MY OWN WAY - DURAN DURAN

15 18 I COULD BE HAPPY - ALTERED IMAGES

16 09 ROCK N`ROLL - STATUS QUO

17 11 WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE - DIANA ROSS

18 10 SPIRITS IN THE MATERIAL WORLD - POLICE

19 04 WEDDING BELLS - GODLEY AND CREME

20 NE FOOTSTEPS - SHOWADDYWADDY

21 NE EASIER SAID THAN DONE - SHAKATAK

22 RE GOOD MORNING UNIVERSE - TOYAH

23 15 BEGIN THE BEGUINE - JULIO IGLESIAS

24 17 BEDSITTER - SOFT CELL

25 20 UNDER PRESSURE - QUEEN/DAVID BOWIE

26 21 DEAD RINGER FOR LOVE - MEAT LOAF

27 22 CAMBODIA - KIM WILDE

28 NE YELLOW PEARL - PHIL LYNOTT

29 23 STARS OVER 45 - CHAS N`DAVE

30 24 HOKEY COKEY - THE SNOWMEN

 

Well even though, they were far out with Rod at number one, Luxembourg did get 23 in the 30. Lot`s of future hits in there too. Four Tops, Meat Loaf, Kraftwerk, Shakatak, and Phil Lynott all made it in the 20, through Jan 1982. Phil doing the TOTP`s theme...which was first used on TOTP in the July of 1981. Memories for me in those days included Tommy Vance taking over the Top 40, on Radio One. Unfortunately Tommy`s gaffs on the show, made him the least popular presenter at that point. He did last 2 years though! Well that`s was the contract...we can only hope that when Fearne and Reggie`s disaster ends in October! Wasn`t that the worst end year countdown ever? Also in early 1982, Peter Davison (Britain`s least popular Doctor) took over in Dr Who...and that point running over two week day evenings, at the start of the week.

Thanks Dave

 

I wasn't really expecting Perfect Symmetry to be a hit, glad the album is climbing though. Ouch for Sugababes, but at least not as bad as some people thought....

Tom, you wanted the Fresh Hits Chart yesterday...Which of course, was based on Sales/Pre-Orders up to Saturday/Sunday 27th/28th Dec.

 

This was it..

01 Aleaxndra

02 Leona

03 Beyonce

04 James Morrison

05 Use Somebody

06 Take That

07 Jeff Buckley

08 Loving Kind 12th

09 Issues 5th

10 Geraldine

11 Katy Perry

12 Killers

13 Britney

14 Lady GaGa 5th

15 Lily Allen 26th

16 Kid Cudi 12th

17 Akon

18 T.I.

19 Single Ladies

20 Pogues

21 Sugababes - No Can Do 29th

22 I Hate This Part

23 Rehab

24 Mariah Carey

25 Break Even

26 50Cent

27 Gabriella Cilmi

28 Listen

29 Duffy

30 Sober - Pink 19th

31 Franz Ferdinand 19th

32 White Lies 12th

33 Tinchy Stryder/Taio Cruz - Take Me Back 19th

34 N-Dubz

35 Mad - Ne-Yo

36 Heartless - Kanye West

37 Kevin Rudolf 29th

38 Ava Leigh 5th

39 Wiley

40 Public Domain - Operation Blade 09 12th

Cheers Dave. :)

 

Shaping up to be a very static week on the singles!

 

Despite the hype looks like Lady GaGa is going to have an uphill battle this week cracking the top10 let alone going top 5. I don't think it'll be the first No1 of 2009 with Alexandra still selling really strongly...

Tom, you wanted the Fresh Hits Chart yesterday...Which of course, was based on Sales/Pre-Orders up to Saturday/Sunday 27th/28th Dec.

 

This was it..

 

Thanks Dave! I'm working on the Bullboard chart of the year currently, so I probably won't be publishing the Fresh chart this week, unless there's a demand. Feel free to drop into the weekly Bullboard thread and leave any comments or questions.

Thanks Dave! I'm working on the Bullboard chart of the year currently, so I probably won't be publishing the Fresh chart this week, unless there's a demand. Feel free to drop into the weekly Bullboard thread and leave any comments or questions.

Jolly Good Tom, I will be looking in!

 

I expect you know about the giant mistake on the Year End Chart, with Lupe Fiasco....Radio One etc, have him at 22, he should be about 66! :puke2: Sales errors! :o

One of the best charts from 1981, with the perfectly well fit Kim Wilde :wub: you should see her now, she's not so fit :(

 

Anyho... onto ths week's chart, pretty samey, seems Dizzee Rascal is returning :( TOTP New Years Eve will probably have some effect as well on the chart. I still think Alexandra will have another 2 weeks at the top, including this week, unless her sales plummet this week. Lady Gaga is still a sure bet for me to become the first #1 of 2009.

The first new number one I guess you mean Mart!n? Does anyone know what song Keane are perfoming on the NYE TOTP by the way?

The first new number one I guess you mean Mart!n? Does anyone know what song Keane are perfoming on the NYE TOTP by the way?

 

"Spiralling."

 

By the way Dave - can you give some examples of Tommy's gaffes?

 

I can only remember the Joan Jett incident, which wasn't really a gaffe per se...

 

I hope Breakeven goes Top 20 :cry: I don't want it to climb and not get a new peak :(

I expect you know about the giant mistake on the Year End Chart, with Lupe Fiasco....Radio One etc, have him at 22, he should be about 66! :puke2: Sales errors! :o

 

 

Will it be corrected by the OCC? Do they actually know?

"Spiralling."

 

By the way Dave - can you give some examples of Tommy's gaffes?

 

I can only remember the Joan Jett incident, which wasn't really a gaffe per se...

Gaffe in 1982, Tommy states that Candi Staton`s last hit was "Young Hearts Run Free"...it wasn`t. It was "Nights On Broadway".

 

Also on his early shows, he states "The Land Of Make BELIEF"...should be Make BELIEVE

 

Also, on a couple of shows in 1983...a track ran backwards!

 

Tommy also admitted he was not good, with jingles...always missing the cue, mostly on those jingles that went "Num..Ber whatever. Did you notice how he suddenly stopped using them much?

 

He also got in too trouble for taking some chords from Men At Work`s "Down Under". He ran them repetively for a rundown piece of music, without permission.

Girls Aloud - Sound Of Girls Aloud will re-enter the charts inside the top 20 at least, I bet my house on it :P

Gaffe in 1982, Tommy states that Candi Staton`s last hit was "Young Hearts Run Free"...it wasn`t. It was "Nights On Broadway".

 

Also on his early shows, he states "The Land Of Make BELIEF"...should be Make BELIEVE

 

Also, on a couple of shows in 1983...a track ran backwards!

 

Tommy also admitted he was not good, with jingles...always missing the cue, mostly on those jingles that went "Num..Ber whatever. Did you notice how he suddenly stopped using them much?

 

He also got in too trouble for taking some chords from Men At Work`s "Down Under". He ran them repetively for a rundown piece of music, without permission.

 

He also played the B-side version of Japan's Life In Tokyo on a show in October 1982, and caused it to fall down the charts, despite a TOTP performance the same week (my other half runs the major Japan fanpage on the internet).

 

Thanks dave!

 

Luxembourg's "forecast" was spectacularly wrong in that 1981 chart - Rod Stewart had taken a big leap to #11 on the BMRB chart the week before Christmas and the chart was then frozen so Luxy must have thought the single was going to continue upwards, which it never did. Where did the single fall to on the following week's Luxy chart? I bet it was to outside the top 10! And a song passing its millionth sale was down at #6 here.

 

Number one on the NME chart was One Of Us by Abba, the chart that people erroneously are referring to when describing the song was a "missing" number one due to the frozen chart. It sold nowhere near what the Human League did in that missing chart week. In fact the NME chart this week in 1981 was based only on three or so days sales prior to Christmas and I doubt there were many chart returns either due to the Christmas post. What was the MRIB / Record Business number one for this week in 1981? (ie the chart dated 02/01/82).

Edited December 29, 200816 yr by Robbie

It is not just some ABBA Fans who say that 'One Of Us' was a 'missing

No.1'. Benny & Bjorn say the same thing. I'm an ABBA Fan, but I know that

'One Of Us' was not No.1 in the BMRB Chart - 'Official Chart' - in early 1982.

People are confusing it with it being No.1 in 'NME' - but so was 'Chiquitita'

in 1979, & no one claims that as a 'missing' ABBA No.1. So ABBA had

9 No.1 Singles in the BMRB Charts, & 11 in 'NME'.

 

(To clarify - Benny & Bjorn say that BMRB compiled a Chart in late December

1981, & it had 'One Of Us' at No.1. But, that Chart was not published - due to

it being Christmas/New Year. So 'One Of Us' is 'only' shown as a No.3 Hit -

having only been No.1 in the 'missing' Week. The story has always been

nonsense. Unfortunately, it tends to be repeated as 'Fact' by many ABBA

Fans).

Edited December 29, 200816 yr by zeus555

Thanks dave!

 

Luxembourg's "forecast" was spectacularly wrong in that 1981 chart - Rod Stewart had taken a big leap to #11 on the BMRB chart the week before Christmas and the chart was then frozen so Luxy must have thought the single was going to continue upwards, which it never did. Where did the single fall to on the following week's Luxy chart? I bet it was to outside the top 10! And a song passing its millionth sale was down at #6 here.

 

Number one on the NME chart was One Of Us by Abba, the chart that people erroneously are referring to when describing the song was a "missing" number one due to the frozen chart. It sold nowhere near what the Human League did in that missing chart week. In fact the NME chart this week in 1981 was based only on three or so days sales prior to Christmas and I doubt there were many chart returns either due to the Christmas post. What was the MRIB / Record Business number one for this week in 1981? (ie the chart dated 02/01/82).

Robbie, Record Business had the Human League at the top for the 2nd Jan 82. That covered the 21st-24th Dec 1981. This was the point of sales, when it actually overtook Soft Cell as proper top seller of 1981. Abba did sneak up to number 2. On Luxy, Rod fell 6-11-28.

It is not just some ABBA Fans who say that 'One Of Us' was a 'missing

No.1'. Benny & Bjorn say the same thing. I'm an ABBA Fan, but I know that

'One Of Us' was not No.1 in the BMRB Chart - 'Official Chart' - in early 1982.

People are confusing it with it being No.1 in 'NME' - but so was 'Chiquitita'

in 1979, & no one claims that as a 'missing' ABBA No.1. So ABBA had

9 No.1 Singles in the BMRB Charts, & 11 in 'NME'.

 

(To clarify - Benny & Bjorn say that BMRB compiled a Chart in late December

1981, & it had 'One Of Us' at No.1. But, that Chart was not published - due to

it being Christmas/New Year. So 'One Of Us' is 'only' shown as a No.3 Hit -

having only been No.1 in the 'missing' Week. The story has always been

nonsense. Unfortunately, it tends to be repeated as 'Fact' by many ABBA

Fans).

the missing week sales can be guessed by looking at the revised end of year charts which show that Don't You Want Me easily outsold One Of Us. Apparently the Benny and Bjorn mistake comes from them being told they were number one in the UK but the source was quoting the NME chart (in the absence of a new official chart) by it would appear that B&B are not aware that it wasn't the official chart.

 

Chartwatch, the chart fanzine, compiled a chart for that week. My educated guess is that Alan Jones was the source of the sales information for that week (as he compiled the 3rd and final 1981 year end chart using BMRB figures and was a contributor to the fanzine) and they have Abba falling 2 places to number 5.

 

Their top 10:

 

01 01 Human League

02 05 Bucks Fizz

03 02 Cliff Richard

04 04 Adam & The Ants

05 03 Abba

06 06 Madness

07 09 Dollar

08 07 Godley and Creme

09 10 Jon & Vangelis

10 08 Status Quo

Yay for Sugababes

He also played the B-side version of Japan's Life In Tokyo on a show in October 1982, and caused it to fall down the charts, despite a TOTP performance the same week (my other half runs the major Japan fanpage on the internet).

He did indeed Tom. I found it quite astounding that people still argue that Tommy, was probably one of the best presenters of the top 40. Totally untrue, as complaints to the BBC at that time were enormous. It even made the newspapers. We knew by Autumn 1983, that Tommy had virtually had it! Andy Peebles was nominated to take over in 1984...but he declined, for his Soul show. Simon Bates was given a payrise to return to the show, 4 years after he had been taken off. Simon absolutely hated doing the chart, and sometimes it showed! He found it infuriating, being tied down to "chart hits". Simon was at his best, as a stand in. As he had many stand ins, for Tom Browne, Tony Blackburn, Tommy Vance, and Bruno Brookes.