Posted January 8, 200916 yr One thing the digital age has generally killed is the immortal line "straight in at number 1 this week". We've lost our SIANOs. Here's how the number 1s from 1952 onwards arrived at their peak: 1950s straight in at number 1 2/94. The very first #1 Al Martino with "Here In My Heart" and the first true SIANO Elvis Presley with "Jailhouse Rock" in 1958. 1960s 3/186 ... 1960 Elvis and the Jordanaires "It's Now Or Never", the first UK artists to have a SIANO: 1962 Cliff Richard and The Shadows "The Young Ones" and to round off the 60s The Beatles with Billy Preston "Get Back" in 1969. 1970s 3/168 ... All in 1973. Glamrock took over the airwaves and Slade went straight to #1 twice and Gary Glitter once. 1980 1/24 ... The Jam slotted straight in at the top with double A side "Going Underground/Dreams of Children" 1981 1/19 ... Adam & the Ants "Stand and Deliver"ed. 1982 2/21 ... The Jam doubled up with "Town Called Malice/Precious" and "Beat Surrender" 1983 1/17 ... Duran Duran "Is There Something I Should Know" 1984 2/14 ... Band Aid at the end of the year and Frankie Goes To Hollywood with the epic "Two Tribes" 1985 1/19 ... Bowie and Jagger danced along the streets straight to #1 1986 0/20 ... "Don't Leave Me This Way" by the Communards with Sarah Jane Morris was the biggest seller in a blank year 1987 1/19 ... Ferry Aid's "Let It Be" was released ti raise funds in the aftermath of the Zeebrugge Disaster 1988 0/19 ... though it was the year of Kylie's first number 1 1989 4/18 ... two of which were charity records 1990 1/18 ... Iron Maiden's glorious "Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter" replaced Cliff's "Saviour's Day" 1991 4/16 ... a year of heavvy hitters - U2 and Michael Jackson were joined by Queen who doubled up in the year of Freddie Mercury's death 1992 1/13 ... Erasue with their Abba-esque EP 1993 4/16 ... three of them were by Take That "Pray", "Relight My Fire" with Lulu, and Babe 1994 3/16 ... Take That, Mariah and Whigfield 1995 10/18 ... record companies start to target the #1 spot in the first week of release 1996 18/24 ... but not the year's biggest seller which was the Fugees with "Killing Me Softly" 1997 21/24 ... with the unlikely trio of Tori Amos, R Kelly and Aqua having to deploy the crampons to hit the peak 1998 27/30 ... another unlikely set of climbers - All Saints, Tamperer feat. Maya and South Park's Chef 1999 33/35 ... Steps "Heartbeat/Tragedy" and Cliff's "Millennium Prayer" had to fight their way to the top 2000 42/43 ... "Bob The Builder" was the one exception and climbed to the summit 2001 29/31 ... exceptions were SClub7 "Don't Stop Moving" and DJ Otzi "Hey Baby" 2002 31/31 ... Daniel Bedingfield's "Gotta Get Thru This returned to the top spot at the start of the year having previously entered at #1 2003 23/23 ... the last year to have a full house of SIANOs 2004 28/29 ... exception was DJ Casper "Cha Cha Slide". Also Eric Prydz returned to #1 after previously entering there. 2005 27/29 ... exceptions Steve Brookstein "Against All Odds" and James Blunt "You're Beautiful" 2006 9/25 .... the digital era kicks in and SIANOs decrease 2007 6/17 .... the total number of #1s is also dropping 2008 10/20 .... a recovery? In many ways the chart has reverted back to when it was its strongest in the 70s/80s. There's far more meaning to getting the top spot now. 43 #1s in a year was devaluing the singles chart IMO. Edited January 8, 200916 yr by 6weeksatnumber7
January 8, 200916 yr Tbh though, like most other European countries, songs rarely go in straight at #1, they just climb there.
January 8, 200916 yr I Prefer songs to climb rather than just come straight in at number 1.. It much more interesting, A few songs still do it though such as Leona-Run, Alexandra.. It rarely happens now though there needs to be a large demand for a particular song and with the absence of TOTP songs take longer to filter to everyone!
January 8, 200916 yr As you say, we're going back to how the chart was in the 70s and 80s and for me, that's much better. Songs have the chance to grow in popularity, and for word of mouth to play a part in music again. When nearly every song went in at number 1 in the 90s, it made the chart look really calculated and, dare I say it, rigged. Seems a lot more real now.
January 8, 200916 yr And the list is 1 24 Jan 1958 Elvis Presley Jailhouse Rock 2 03 Nov 1960 Elvis Presley It’s now or never 3 11 Jan 1962 Cliff Richard & the Shadows The Young Ones 4 23 Apr 1969 Beatles with Billy Preston Get Back 5 03 Mar 1973 Slade Cum on feel the noize 6 30 Jun 1973 Slade Skweeze me pleeze me 7 17 Nov 1973 Gary Glitter I love you love me love 8 15 Dec 1973 Slade Merry Christmas everyone 9 22 Mar 1980 Jam Going Underground / Dreams of Children 10 27 Sep 1980 Police Don’t stand so close to me 11 09 May 1981 Adam & the Ants Stand and deliver 12 13 Feb 1982 Jam A Town called Malice / Precious 13 04 Dec 1982 Jam Beat Surrender 14 26 Mar 1983 Duran Duran Is there something I should know? 15 16 Jun 1984 Frankie Goes to Hollywood Two Tribes 16 15 Dec 1984 Band Aid Do they know it’s Christmas? 17 17 Sep 1985 David Bowie & Mick Jagger Dancing in the Street 18 04 Apr 1987 Ferry Aid Let it be 19 20 May 1989 Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden & Stock Aitken Waterman/Ferry cross the Mersey 20 10 Jun 1989 Jason Donovan Sealed with a kiss 21 16 Dec 1989 Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers Let’s Party 22 23 Dec 1989 Band Aid II Do they know it’s Christmas? 23 05 Jan 1991 Iron Maiden Bring your daughter… to the slaughter 24 26 Jan 1991 Queen Innuendo 25 02 Nov 1991 U2 The Fly 26 23 Nov 1991 Michael Jackson Black or White 27 07 Dec 1991 George Michael & Elton John Don’t let the sun go down on me 28 21 Dec 1991 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody / These are the days of our lives 29 13 Jun 1992 Erasure Abba-esque (EP) 30 01 May 1993 George Michael & Queen with Lisa Stansfield Five Live EP 31 17 Jul 1993 Take That Pray 32 09 Oct 1993 Take That & Lulu Relight my fire 33 18 Dec 1993 Take That Babe 34 19 Feb 1994 Mariah Carey Without you 35 09 Apr 1994 Take That Everything changes 36 17 Sep 1994 Whigfield Saturday Night 37 15 Oct 1994 Take That Sure 38 08 Apr 1995 Take That Back for good 39 06 May 1995 Oasis Some might say 40 13 May 1995 Livin’ Joy Dreamer 41 20 May 1995 Robson Green & Jerome Flynn Unchained Melody / (There’ll be bluebirds over) The White Cliffs of Dover 42 05 Aug 1995 Take That Never forget 43 26 Aug 1995 Blur Country House 44 23 Sep 1995 Shaggy Bombastic 45 30 Sep 1995 Simply Red Fairground 46 28 Oct 1995 Coolio ft. L.V. Gangsta’s Paradise 47 11 Nov 1995 Robson & Jerome I believe / Up on the roof 48 09 Dec 1995 Michael Jackson Earth Song 49 20 Jan 1996 George Michael Jesus to a child 50 27 Jan 1996 Babylon Zoo Spaceman 51 02 Mar 1996 Oasis Don’t look back in anger 52 09 Mar 1996 Take That How deep is your love? 53 30 Mar 1996 Prodigy Firestarter 54 04 May 1996 George Michael Fast love 55 01 Jun 1996 Baddiel, Skinner & the Lightning Seeds Three Lions (The Official Song of the England Football Team) 56 08 Jun 1996 The Fugees Killing me softly 57 20 Jul 1996 Gary Barlow Forever love 58 14 Sep 1996 Peter Andre Flava 59 12 Oct 1996 Chemical Brothers Setting Sun 60 19 Oct 1996 Boyzone Words 61 26 Oct 1996 Spice Girls Say you’ll be there 62 09 Nov 1996 Robson & Jerome What becomes of the broken hearted / Saturday Night at the Movies / You’ll never walk alone 63 23 Nov 1996 Prodigy Breathe 64 07 Dec 1996 Peter Andre I feel you 65 14 Dec 1996 Boyzone A Different Beat 66 21 Dec 1996 Dunblane Knockin’ on heaven’s door – Throw these guns away 67 28 Dec 1996 Spice Girls 2 Become 1 68 25 Jan 1997 White Town Your Woman 69 01 Feb 1997 Blur Beetlebum 70 08 Feb 1997 LL Cool J Ain’t Nobody 71 15 Feb 1997 U2 Discotheque 72 22 Feb 1997 No Doubt Don’t Speak 73 15 Mar 1997 Spice Girls Mama / Who do you think you are 74 05 Apr 1997 Chemical Brothers Block rockin’ beats 75 03 May 1997 Michael Jackson Blood on the dancefloor 76 10 May 1997 Gary Barlow Love can’t wait 77 17 May 1997 Olive You’re not alone 78 31 May 1997 Eternal with BeBe Winans I wanna be the only one 79 07 Jun 1997 Hanson MMMBop 80 28 Jun 1997 Puff Daddy with Faith Evans (ft. 112) I’ll be missing you 81 19 Jul 1997 Oasis D’you know what I mean? 82 16 Aug 1997 Will Smith Men In Black 83 13 Sep 1997 The Verve The Drugs don’t work 84 20 Sep 1997 Elton John Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something about the way you look tonight 85 25 Oct 1997 Spice Girls Spice up your life 86 29 Nov 1997 Various Artists Perfect Day 87 13 Dec 1997 The Teletubbies Teletubbies Say “Eh-Oh” 88 27 Dec 1997 Spice Girls Too much 89 24 Jan 1998 Oasis All around the world 90 31 Jan 1998 Usher You make me wanna 91 07 Feb 1998 Aqua Doctor Jones 92 21 Feb 1998 Celine Dion My heart goes on 93 28 Feb 1998 Cornershop Brimful of Asha 94 07 Mar 1998 Madonna Frozen 95 21 Mar 1988 Run DMC vs. Jason Nevins It’s like that 96 02 May 1998 Boyzone All that I need 97 09 May 1998 All Saints Under the bridge / Lady Marmalade 98 16 May 1998 Aqua Turn back time 99 01 Jun 1998 B*Witched C’est la vie 100 20 Jun 1998 Baddiel, Skinner & the Lightning Seeds 3 Lions ’98 101 11 Jul 1998 Billie Because we want to 102 18 Jul 1998 Another Level Freak me 103 25 Jul 1998 Jamiroquai Deeper Underground 104 01 Aug 1998 Spice Girls Viva forever 105 15 Aug 1998 Boyzone No matter what 106 05 Aug 1998 Manic Street Preachers If you tolerate this your children will be next 107 12 Sep 1998 All Saints Bootie Call 108 19 Sep 1998 Robbie Williams Millennium 109 26 Sep 1998 Melanie B featuring Missy ‘Misdemeanor’ Elliott I want you back 110 03 Oct 1998 B*Witched Rollercoaster 111 17 Oct 1998 Billie Girlfriend 112 24 Oct 1998 Spacedust Gym and Tonic 113 31 Oct 1998 Cher Believe 114 19 Dec 1998 B*Witched To you I belong 115 26 Dec 1998 Spice Girls Goodbye 116 16 Jan 1999 Fatboy Slim Praise you 117 23 Jan 1999 911 A little bit more 118 30 Jan 1999 Offspring Pretty fly (for a white guy) 119 06 Feb 1999 Armand Van Helden featuring Duane Harden You don’t know me 120 13 Feb 1999 Blondie Maria 121 20 Feb 1999 Lenny Kravitz Fly Away 122 27 Feb 1999 Britney Spears Baby one more time 123 13 Mar 1999 Boyzone When the going gets tough 124 27 Mar 1999 B*Witched Blame it on the Weatherman 125 03 Apr 1999 Mr. Oizo Flat Beat 126 17 Apr 1999 Martine McCutcheon Perfect Moment 127 01 May 1999 Westlife Swear it again 128 15 May 1999 Backstreet Boys I want it that way 129 22 May 1999 Boyzone You needed me 130 29 May 1999 Shanks & Bigfoot Sweets like chocolate 131 12 Jun 1999 Baz Luhrmann Everybody’s free (to wear sunscreen) 132 19 Jun 1999 S Club 7 Bring it all back 133 26 Jun 1999 Vengaboys Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!! 134 03 Jul 1999 ATB 9pm (till I come) 135 17 Jul 1999 Ricky Martin Livin’ la vida loca 136 07 Aug 1999 Ronan Keating When you say nothing at all 137 21 Aug 1999 Westlife If I let you go 138 28 Aug 1999 Geri Halliwell Mi Chico Latino 139 18 Sep 1999 Vengaboys We’re going to Ibiza 140 25 Sep 1999 Eiffel 65 Blue (Da Ba Dee) 141 16 Oct 1999 Christina Aguilera Genie in a Bottle 142 30 Oct 1999 Westlife Flying without wings 143 06 Nov 1999 Five Keep on movin’ 144 13 Nov 1999 Geri Halliwell Lift me up 145 20 Nov 1999 Robbie Williams She’s the one / It’s only us 146 27 Nov 1999 Wamdue Project King of my Castle 147 25 Dec 1999 Westlife I have a dream / Seasons in the sun 148 22 Jan 2000 Manic Street Preachers The Masses against the classes 149 29 Jan 2000 Britney Spears Born to make you happy 150 05 Feb 2000 Gabrielle Rise 151 19 Feb 2000 Oasis Go let it out 152 26 Feb 2000 All Saints Pure Shores 153 11 Feb 2000 Madonna American Pie 154 18 Mar 2000 Chicane featuring Bryan Adams Don’t give up 155 25 Mar 2000 Geri Halliwell Bag it up 156 01 Apr 2000 Melanie C featuring Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes Never be the same again 157 08 Apr 2000 Westlife Fool Again 158 15 Apr 2000 Craig David Fill me in 159 22 Apr 2000 Fragma Toca’s Miracle 160 06 May 2000 Oxide & Neutrino Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty) 161 13 May 2000 Britney Spears Oops!… I did it again 162 20 May 2000 Madison Avenue Don’t call me baby 163 27 May 2000 Billie Piper Day and Night 164 03 Jun 2000 Sonique It feels so good 165 24 Jun 2000 Black Legend You see the trouble with me 166 01 Jul 2000 Kylie Minogue Spinning Around 167 08 Jul 2000 Eminem The Real Slim Shady 168 15 Jul 2000 The Corrs Breathless 169 22 Jul 2000 Ronan Keating Life is a rollercoaster 170 29 Jul 2000 Five & Queen We will rock you 171 05 Aug 2000 Craig David 7 Days 172 12 Aug 2000 Robbie Williams Rock DJ 173 19 Aug 2000 Melanie C I turn to you 174 26 Aug 2000 Spiller, lead vocals by Sophie Ellis-Bextor Groovejet (If this ain’t love) 175 02 Sep 2000 Madonna Music 176 09 Sep 2000 A1 Take on me 177 16 Sep 2000 Modjo Lady (hear me tonight) 178 30 Sep 2000 Mariah Carey & Westlife Against all odds 179 14 Oct 2000 All Saints Black Coffee 180 21 Oct 2000 U2 Beautiful Day 181 28 Oct 2000 Steps Stomp 182 04 Nov 2000 Spice Girls Holler / Let love lead the way 183 11 Nov 2000 Westlife My love 184 18 Nov 2000 A1 Same old brand new you 185 25 Nov 2000 LeAnn Rimes Can’t fight the moonlight 186 02 Dec 2000 Destiny’s Child Independent Woman Part 1 187 09 Dec 2000 S Club 7 Never had a dream come true 188 16 Dec 2000 Eminem Stan 189 13 Jan 2001 Rui Da Silva featuring Cassandra Touch me 190 20 Jan 2001 Jennifer Lopez Love don’t cost a thing 191 27 Jan 2001 Limp Bizkit Rollin’ 192 10 Feb 2001 Atomic Kitten Whole Again 194 17 Mar 2001 Westlife Uptown Girl 195 24 Mar 2001 Hear’Say Pure and Simple 196 14 Apr 2001 Emma Bunton What took you so long? 197 28 Apr 2001 Destiny’s Child Survivor 198 05 May 2001 S Club 7 Don’t stop movin’ 199 12 May 2001 Geri Halliwell It’s Raining Men 200 02 Jun 2001 DJ Pied Piper & The Master Of Ceremonies Do you really like it? 201 09 Jun 2001 Shaggy featuring Rayvon Angel 202 30 Jun 2001 Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya & Pink Lady Marmalade 203 07 Jul 2001 Hear’Say The Way to you love 204 14 Jul 2001 Roger Sanchez Another Chance 205 21 Jul 2001 Robbie Williams Eternity / The Road to Mandalay 206 04 Aug 2001 Atomic Kitten Eternal Flame 207 18 Aug 2001 So Solid Crew 21 Seconds 208 25 Aug 2001 Five Let’s dance 209 08 Sep 2001 Blue Too close 210 15 Sep 2001 Bob The Builder Mambo No.5 211 22 Sep 2001 DJ Otzi Hey Baby (uhh, ahh) 212 29 Sep 2001 Kylie Minogue Can’t get you out of my head 213 27 Oct 2001 Afroman Because I got high 214 17 Nov 2001 Westlife Queen of the heart 215 24 Nov 2001 Blue If you come back 216 01 Dec 2001 S Club 7 Have you ever 217 08 Dec 2001 Daniel Bedingfield Gotta get thru this 218 22 Dec 2001 Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman Somethin’ Stupid 219 19 Jan 2002 Aaliyah More than a woman 220 26 Jan 2002 George Harrison My Sweet Lord 221 02 Feb 2002 Enrique Iglesias Hero 222 02 Mar 2002 Westlife World of our own 223 09 Mar 2002 Will Young Evergreen / Everything Is Possible 224 30 Mar 2002 Gareth Gates Unchained Melody 225 27 Apr 2002 Oasis The Hindu Times 226 04 May 2002 Sugababes Freak like me 227 11 May 2002 Holly Valance Kiss Kiss 228 18 May 2002 Ronan Keating If tomorrow never comes 229 25 May 2002 Liberty X Just a little 230 01 Jun 2002 Eminem Without me 231 08 Jun 2002 Will Young Light my fire 232 22 Jun 2002 Elvis vs. JXL A little less conversation 233 20 Jul 2002 Gareth Gates Anyone of us (Stupid mistake) 234 10 Aug 2002 Darius Colourblind 235 24 Aug 2002 Sugababes Round Round 236 31 Aug 2002 Blazin’ Squad Crossroads 237 07 Sep 2002 Atomic Kitten The Tide is high (get the feeling) 238 28 Sep 2002 Pink Just like a pill 239 05 Oct 2002 Will Young & Gareth Gates The Long and Winding Road / Suspicious Minds 240 19 Oct 2002 Las Ketchup The Ketchup Song (Asereje) 241 26 Oct 2002 Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland Dilemma 242 09 Nov 2002 DJ Sammy & Yanou featuring Do Heaven 243 16 Nov 2002 Westlife Unbreakable* 244 23 Nov 2002 Christina Aguilera featuring Redman Dirrty 245 07 Dec 2002 Daniel Bedingfield If you’re not the one 246 14 Dec 2002 Eminem Lose yourself 247 21 Dec 2002 Blue featuring Elton John Sorry seems to be the hardest word 248 28 Dec 2002 Girls Aloud Sound of the underground 249 25 Jan 2003 David Sneddon Stop living the lie 250 08 Feb 2003 t.A.T.u. All the things she said 251 08 Mar 2003 Christina Aguilera Beautiful 252 22 Mar 2003 Gareth Gates with special guests The Kumars Spirit in the sky 253 05 Apr 2003 Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham Make luv 254 03 May 2003 Busted You said no 255 10 May 2003 Tomcraft Loneliness 256 17 May 2003 R. Kelly Ignition Remix 257 14 Jun 2003 Evanescence Bring me to life 258 12 Jul 2003 Beyoncé Crazy in love 259 02 Aug 2003 Daniel Bedingfield Never gonna leave your side 260 09 Aug 2003 Blu Cantrell featuring Sean Paul Breathe 261 06 Sep 2003 Elton John Are you ready for love 262 13 Sep 2003 The Black Eyed Peas Where is the love? 263 25 Oct 2003 Sugababes Hole in the head 264 01 Nov 2003 Fatman Scoop featuring The Crooklyn Clan Be Faithful 265 15 Nov 2003 Kylie Minogue Slow 266 22 Nov 2003 Busted Crash the wedding 267 29 Nov 2003 Westlife Mandy 268 06 Dec 2003 Will Young Leave right now 269 20 Dec 2003 Ozzy & Kelly Osbourne Changes 270 27 Dec 2003 Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules Mad World 271 17 Jan 2004 Michelle All this time 272 07 Feb 2004 LMC vs. U2 Take Me To The Clouds Above 273 21 Feb 2004 Sam & Mark With a little help from my friends / Measure of a Man 274 28 Feb 2004 Busted Who’s David? 275 06 Mar 2004 Peter Andre Mysterious Girl 276 13 Mar 2004 Britney Spears Toxic 277 27 Mar 2004 Usher featuring Lil’ Jon & Ludacris Yeah 278 10 Apr 2004 McFly 5 Colours In Her Hair 279 24 Apr 2004 Eamon F**k It (I don’t you want you back) 280 22 May 2004 Frankee FURB (F**k you right back) 281 12 Jun 2004 Mario Winans featuring Enya & P. Diddy I Don’t Wanna Know 282 26 Jun 2004 Britney Spears Everytime 283 03 Jul 2004 McFly Obviously 284 10 Jul 2004 Usher Burn 285 24 Jul 2004 Shapeshifters Lola’s Theme 286 31 Jul 2004 The Streets Dry Your Eyes 287 07 Aug 2004 Busted Thunderbirds / 3AM 288 21 Aug 2004 3 Of A Kind Baby Cakes 289 28 Aug 2004 Natasha Bedingfield These Words 290 11 Sep 2004 Nelly My Place / Flap Your Wings 291 18 Sep 2004 Brian McFadden Real To Me 292 25 Sep 2004 Eric Prydz Call On Me 293 16 Oct 2004 Robbie Williams Radio 294 06 Nov 2004 Ja Rule featuring R. Kelly & Ashanti Wonderful 295 13 Nov 2004 Eminem Just Lose It 296 20 Nov 2004 U2 Vertigo 297 27 Nov 2004 Girls Aloud I’ll Stand By You 298 11 Dec 2004 Band Aid 20 Do They Know It’s Christmas? 299 15 Jan 2005 Elvis Presley Jailhouse Rock 300 23 Jan 2005 Elvis Presley One Night / I Got Stung 301 30 Jan 2005 Ciara featuring Petey Pablo Goodies 302 05 Feb 2005 Elvis Presley It’s Now Or Never 303 12 Feb 2005 Eminem Like Toy Soldiers 304 19 Feb 2005 U2 Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own 305 26 Feb 2005 Jennifer Lopez Get Right 306 05 Mar 2005 Nelly featuring Tim McGraw Over And Over 307 12 Mar 2005 Stereophonics Dakota 308 19 Mar 2005 McFly All About You / You’ve Got A Friend 309 26 Mar 2005 Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay (Is This The Way To) Amarillo 310 14 May 2005 Akon Lonely 311 28 May 2005 Oasis Lyla 312 04 Jun 2005 Crazy Frog Axel F 313 02 Jul 2005 2Pac featuring Elton John Ghetto Gospel 314 27 Aug 2005 McFly I’ll Be OK 315 03 Sep 2005 Oasis The Importance Of Being Idle 316 10 Sep 2005 Gorillaz featuring Shaun Ryder Dare 317 17 Sep 2005 Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes Don’t Cha 318 08 Oct 2005 Sugababes Push The Button 319 29 Oct 2005 Arctic Monkeys I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor 320 05 Nov 2005 Westlife You Raise Me Up 321 19 Nov 2005 Madonna Hung Up 322 10 Dec 2005 Pussycat Dolls Stickwitu 323 24 Dec 2005 Nizlopi JCB Song 324 31 Dec 2005 Shayne Ward That’s My Goal 325 28 Jan 2006 Arctic Monkeys When The Sun Goes Down 326 11 Feb 2006 Meck featuring Leo Sayer Thunder In My Heart Again 327 04 Mar 2006 Madonna Sorry 328 11 Mar 2006 Chico It’s Chico Time Tracks that have gone straight in at No.1 since downloads began 329 08 Apr 2006 Gnarls Barkley Crazy¹ 330 29 Jul 2006 McFly Please Please / Don’t Stop Me Now 331 04 Nov 2006 McFly Star Girl 332 18 Nov 2006 Westlife The Rose 333 30 Dec 2006 Leona Lewis A Moment Like This 334 24 Mar 2007 Sugababes Vs. Girls Aloud Walk This Way 335 19 May 2007 McFly Baby’s Coming Back / Transylvania 336 26 May 2007 Rihanna featuring Jay-Z Umbrella¹ 337 03 Nov 2007 Leona Lewis Bleeding Love 338 22 Dec 2007 Katie Melua & Eva Cassidy What A Wonderful World 339 29 Dec 2007 Leon Jackson When You Believe 340 23 Feb 2008 Duffy Mercy¹ 341 24 May 2008 Ting Tings That’s Not My Name 342 28 Jun 2008 Coldplay Viva La Vida² 343 12 Jul 2008 Dizzee Rascal feat. Calvin Harris & Chrome Dance Wiv Me¹ 344 20 Sep 2008 Kings Of Leon Sex On Fire¹ 345 01 Nov 2008 Girls Aloud The Promise 346 08 Nov 2008 X Factor Finalists Hero 347 06 Dec 2008 Take That Greatest Day 348 13 Dec 2008 Leona Lewis Run² 349 27 Dec 2008 Alexandra Burke Hallelujah 1: before a physical release 2: on downloads only
January 8, 200916 yr 2/20 last year went straight to #1? Thats definetly wrong! Edited January 8, 200916 yr by RobotKing
January 8, 200916 yr Author 2/20 is clearly wrong - will adjust it. Was using a site that asterisked all the straight in ats so they've clearly ballsed up.
January 8, 200916 yr You have to think Coldplay and Leona will defintely go straight to #1, they are only available on downloads, than you have tracks going to #1 before they are physically released, which there is a few, hence why 1 is situated next to the track for last year. This is the most definitive list I got to date, and I always keep it updated, mind you there are some earlier ones like Lou Bega, DJ Otzi, Eiffel 65 and a few others that will remain questionable. I'm sure Paul can correct me on the above when he comes online.
January 8, 200916 yr in 2000, it was Bob The Builder that climbed to the top, not 'Black Coffee' Black Coffee went straight to #1 week ending 14 October 2000 :mellow: Bob The Builder went 2-1
January 8, 200916 yr It's definately more interesting as you can see literally every number one from about 2000 - early 2006 debuted straight at the top :lol:
January 8, 200916 yr last time I use that site ;) The only track that didn't go straight to No.1 in 2000 was actually Bob The Builder, he entered straight in at #2 than climbed a week later to #1
January 8, 200916 yr Estelle?? Her single was previously released and charted top 75, before it was re-released again.
January 8, 200916 yr Is DJ Casper the only other one that didn't enter at no1 before 2006? :unsure: Toxic beat DJ Casper to #1, he did climb the week after to #1 he was the only act that year to climb to #1
January 8, 200916 yr I make it 11 records that entered at No1 last year! 01 Duffy 1- 02 Estelle 1- 03 The Ting Tings 1- 04 Coldplay 1- 05 Dizzee Rascal 1- 06 Kings Of Leon 1- 07 Girls Aloud 1- 08 X Factor Finalists 1- 09 Take That 1- 10 Leona Lewis 1- 11 Alexandra Burke 1- The ones that climbed were: 01 Basshunter 14-1- 02 Madonna 7-5-8-4-1- 03 Rihanna 2-1- 04 Mint Royale 28-1- 05 Ne-Yo 22-24-12-7-5-3-2-1- 06 Kid Rock 46-6-3-2-1- 07 Katy Perry 4-1- 08 P!nk 38-1- 09 Beyoncé 2-3-1- Out of these Katy Perry and P!nk only climbed to the top because of midweek releases.
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