The weekly guide to what has been selling so far this week. Bringing the top films, dvds, tv, albums, the flashback, and back later for the latest up to minute singles.

 

Starting with the top films: Compiled by Screen International for UK Box Office

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01 01 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

02 02 VALKYRIE

03 NE REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

04 03 MY BLOODY VALENTINE

05 08 BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA

06 04 7 POUNDS

07 07 BRIDE WARS

08 06 ROLE MODELS

09 05 UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE...

10 NE NICK AND NORAHS INFINATE PLAYLIST

 

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD £1,013,548 in a week, and NICK AND NORAH`S INFINATE PLAYLIST nets £398,194...what a difference! Of course for MY BLOODY VALENTINE...a pair of 3D glasses comes in handy.

 

The top dvd films: Compiled by DTR

01 NE ROCK N`ROLLA

02 NE DEATH RACE

03 NE STEP BROTHERS

04 01 TROPIC THUNDER

05 02 YOU DON`T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN

06 NE IGOR

07 06 MAMMA MIA

08 NE THE ACCIDENTAL HUSBAND

09 NE JCVD

10 05 PINEAPPLE EXPRESS

 

Healthy dvd film chart this week. Did we wade through the snow, to buy and rent! :lol:

 

The top tv related dvds:

01 01 THE ROYLE FAMILY

02 02 THE NEXT DOCTOR

03 03 LITTLE DORRIT

04 04 DR WHO COMPLETE 4TH SERIES

05 05 SURVIVORS

06 NE SOUTH PARK SEASON 9

07 NE THE 39 STEPS BBC PRODUCTION

08 NE NOT GOING OUT

09 06 SCRUBS SEASON 7

10 08 24 REDEMPTION

 

The top tv programmes: Compiled by BARB, only the top soap episodes are noted.

01 01 CORONATION STREET 10.62M

02 02 EASTENDERS 9.49M

03 03 DANCING ON ICE 8.58M

04 04 EMMERDALE 7.78M

05 06 WILD AT HEART 7.48M

06 08 CASUALTY 7.18M

07 09 IN IT TO WIN IT 6.96M

08 07 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 6.58M

09 RE SIX O`CLOCK NEWS 6.49M

10 05 UNFORGIVEN 6.47M

11 11 LARK RISE TO CANDLEFORD 6.31M

12 13 HUSTLE 6.30M

13 10 HARRY HILL`S TV BURP 6.00M

14 17 TRIAL AND RETRIBUTION 5.92M

15 15 HOLBY CITY 5.61M

16 24 THE BILL 5.54M

17 NE FA CUP SOCCER 5.48M

18 16 HUNTER 5.30M

19 20 THE ONE SHOW 5.28M

20 NE INAUGURATION US PRESIDENT 5.16

 

Did over 5 million really stay up to watch the president inauguration? Anti-American political Dave, says why...Are there that many insomniacs in the uk?! :D

 

This week`s Albums:

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01 01 WORKING ON A DREAM - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

02 NE WHICH BITCH - THE VIEW

03 03 ONLY BY THE NIGHT - KINGS OF LEON

04 28 FLEET FOXES - FLEET FOXES

05 04 THE FAME - LADY GAGA

06 10 I AM SASHA FIERCE - BEYONCE

07 05 SONGS FOR YOU TRUTHS FOR ME - JAMES MORRISON

08 20 SELDOM SEEN KID - ELBOW

09 08 MOTOWN 50 - VARIOUS

10 02 TONIGHT - FRANZ FERDINAND

11 14 DAY AND AGE - KILLERS

12 07 SCRIPT - THE SCRIPT

13 19 ORACULAR SPECTACULAR - MGMT

14 12 WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THINGS - JAMES MORRISON

15 13 MAMMA MIA - OST

16 09 SOUND OF BASSLINE 2 - VARIOUS

17 15 FUNHOUSE - PINK

18 21 CHASING LIGHTS - SATURDAYS

19 NE ULTIMATE NRG - VARIOUS

20 11 ROCKFERRY - DUFFY

21 25 THE ALESHA SHOW - ALESHA DIXON

22 17 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - RIHANNA

23 06 TO LOSE MY LIFE - WHITE LIES

24 16 GOLDEN AGE OF - ROGER WHITAKER

25 23 THE CIRCUS - TAKE THAT

26 18 YEAR OF THE GENTLEMAN - NE-YO

27 NE SATURDAY NIGHT CLUB CLASSICS

28 NE STEVE WRIGHT SUNDAY LOVE SONGS - VARIOUS

29 RE ONE OF THE BOYS - KATY PERRY

30 NE COVERS - JAMES TAYLOR

 

Bruce does it for a 2nd week, selling much more than 2 and 3. Valentine`s Day approaches...Up goes the price of flowers etc....don`t follow hyped up stupid traditions like that...No, you give your beloved a surprise anyday. Valentine`s Day is just another excuse, to drum up business! Oh, and the ever Steve "ego" Wright...Steve why do you talk all over the songs you play? People would like to hear the music, given half a chance! :teresa: Yeah he read`s the thread, he does you know...

 

And now the Flashback...This week going back to Feb 1969...this was the week when the BBC joined forces with the BRITISH MARKET RESEARCH BUREAU for the first "Official Chart". But however, what did EMI get for that week? Here is where we find out....

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The Albums

01 01 BEATLES - THE BEATLES (THE WHITE ALBUM)

02 02 BEST OF - SEEKERS

03 08 DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES JOIN THE TEMPTATIONS - DITTO

04 03 THE SOUND OF MUSIC - OST

05 05 YELLOW SUBMARINE - BEATLES

06 04 WORLD OF - VAL DOONICAN

07 06 THE GRADUATE - OST

08 07 BEGGARS BANQUET - ROLLING STONES

09 11 HAIR - OST

10 09 HELP YOURSELF - TOM JONES

11 19 BEST OF - NAT KING COLE

12 10 WORLD OF - MANTOVANI

13 12 BEST OF VOL 3 - BEACH BOYS

14 14 FELICIANO - JOSE FELICIANO

15 15 LIVE AT THE TALK OF THE TOWN - TOM JONES

16 NE BRITISH MOTOWN CHARTBUSTERS - VARIOUS

17 18 WORLD OF - THE BACHELORS

18 20 LOVE CHILD - DIANA ROSS/SUPREMES

19 16 GREATEST HITS - HOLLIES

20 RE THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY - OST

 

A mix bag of albums in 1969...the album chart not such a serious thing then. Although the BEATLES were the most successful in Album terms, aside the STONES, and the easy listening side of the SEEKERS, VAL DOONICAN, THE BACHELORS etc. With Motown up front too, along with those many long running Soundtrack albums. I wonder if there is anyone who has never seen the SOUND OF MUSIC???

 

The top singles in Feb 1969:

01 02 BLACKBERRY WAY - THE MOVE

02 01 ALBATROSS - FLEETWOOD MAC

03 03 FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE - STEVIE WONDER

04 15 HALF AS NICE - AMEN CORNER

05 06 DANCING IN THE STREET - MARTHA REEVES/VANDELLAS

06 12 I`M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME - DIANA ROSS, SUPREMES, TEMPTATIONS

07 04 YOU`VE GOT SOUL - JOHNNY NASH

08 11 PLEASE DON`T GO - DONALD PEERS

09 08 TO LOVE SOMEBODY - NINA SIMONE

10 05 OB LA DO OB LA DA - MARMALADE

11 21 WHERE DO YOU GO TO MY LOVELY - PETER SARSTEDT

12 07 FOX ON THE RUN - MANFRED MANN

13 13 I`LL GUESS I`LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - ISLEY BROTHERS

14 09 SOMETHINGS HAPPENING - HERMAN`S HERMITS

15 16 I`LL PICK A ROSE FOR MY ROSE - MARV JOHNSON

16 10 PRIVATE NUMBER - WILLIAM BELL/JUDY CLAY

17 17 PEOPLE - TYMES

18 NE THE WAY IT USED TO BE - ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK

19 14 STOP HER ON SIGHT (SOS)/HEADLINE NEWS - EDWIN STARR

20 19 MRS ROBINSON EP - SIMON AND GARFUNKEL

21 NE WITCHITA LINEMAN - GLEN CAMPBELL

22 18 LILY THE PINK - THE SCAFFOLD

23 29 GOING UP THE COUNTRY - CANNNED HEAT

24 23 HEY JUDE - WILSON PICKETT

25 26 SOUL SISTER BROWN SUGAR - SAM AND DAVE

26 27 MOVE IN A LITTLE CLOSER - HARMONY GRASS

27 28 YOU AIN`T LIVIN`TILL YOU`RE LOVIN` - MARVIN GAYE/TAMMI TERRELL

28 20 BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP - FOUNDATIONS

29 RE SON OF A PREACHER MAN - DUSTY SPRINGFIELD

30 NE IT`S TOO LATE NOW - LONG JOHN BALDRY

 

It has to be said that the BBC`s early attempts of an "Official Chart" were slightly out of key. It wasn`t until 1971 that the majority of people fully accepted the new chart. Even less so, on an album chart. The EMI listening above was probably more correct than that first "Official Top 30". As the BRITISH MARKET RESEARCH BUREAU excluded EPs...Simon and Garfunkel lost out. Although, no way did the EP get to Number 9 in the chart! 19 yes, but 9 no way jose! The only thing slightly ahead with BMRB was the AMEN CORNER record, as it hit the top before any other chart...infact denying the MOVE a BBC Chart-topper! It was ALAN FREEMAN who pushed for the re-release of "Dancing In The Street", and it paid off. Quite a few minor hits here to, with LONG JOHN BALDRY a 4th solo hit, MARVIN GAYE/TAMMI TERRELL, HARMONY GRASS (doing a US smash for MAMA CASS). Re-issues for EDWIN STARR (originally 1966), and also the ISLEY BROTHERS (again 1966). The Soul sound taking off at last!

 

Here are the top pre-orders this week in Singles/Albums:

The Singles

01 GET ON YOUR BOOTS - U2 16th

02 PUTTING YOUR ARMS AROUND PARIS - MORRISEY 9th

03 LET IT GO - WILL YOUNG 2nd Mar

04 WONDERFUL - GARY GO 16th

05 OMEN - PRODIGY 16th

06 MY LIFE WOULD.... - KELLY CLARKSON 2nd Mar

07 UP ALL NIGHT - TAKE THAT 2nd Mar

08 SPACEMAN - KILLERS 9th

09 POP REMIXED - ERASURE 9th

10 THINKING OF YOU - KATY PERRY 9th Mar

 

The Albums

01 THE ALBUM - ALEXANDRA 26th Oct

02 IT`S NOT ME IT`S YOU - LILY ALLEN 9th

03 NO LINE ON THE HORIZON - U2 2nd Mar

04 INVADERS MUST DIE - PRODIGY 23rd

05 YEARS OF REFUSAL - MORRISEY 16th

06 RELAPSE - EMINEM 23rd Mar

07 THE FRAY - THE FRAY 9th

08 WHEN THE WORLD COMES DOWN - ALL AMERICAN REJECTS 9th

09 WRATH - LAMB OF GOD 23rd

10 AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT - AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT 9th

 

Stand by for the latest singles coming soon....

Thanks Dave!

 

It's cool to see that old a retro chart... plenty of Motown and groovy stuff :) But actually Rose For My Rose was by Marv Johnson...

20 NE INAUGURATION US PRESIDENT 5.16

 

Did over 5 million really stay up to watch the president inauguration? Anti-American political Dave, says why...Are there that many insomniacs in the uk?! :D

It was on between 4 & 6pm...

It was on between 4 & 6pm...

That`s why I went to bed...boredom! :lol:

Alexandra STILL Number 1 on Album Pre-Orders :o WOW!

Thanks Dave!

 

It's cool to see that old a retro chart... plenty of Motown and groovy stuff :) But actually Rose For My Rose was by Marv Johnson...

It was Tom, thanks. A slight typo, there. On Marv Johnson...because down at the BBC in 1969, there I was quite shocked to see that on certain record labels, a typo on the label itself said "Mary Johnson". Wrong sex there, what! ;)

Here come`s the finish.

 

Starting with those ever decreasing top ten physicals:

01 01 LILY ALLEN

02 03 LADY GAGA

03 02 KID CUDI

04 04 ALEXANDRA

05 NE DANIEL MERRIWEATHER

06 NE KARDINAL OFFISHALL

07 06 GIRLS ALOUD

08 07 TINCHY STRYDER/TAIO CRUZ

09 08 JAY SEAN

10 09 SATURDAYS (ISSUES)

 

No big surprises, or sales there. Kardinal Offishall missing on the download front, but enough people did buy the physical of "Numba 1!"

 

The top ten download chart:

01 01 LILY ALLEN

02 02 LADY GAGA

03 04 TINCHY/TAIO

04 06 ALESHA DIXON

05 03 KID CUDI

06 NE EMINEM AND CO.

07 05 JAMES MORRISON

08 NE DANIEL MERRIWEATHER

09 08 BEYONCE

10 07 KEVIN RUDOLF

 

Put the downloads together, with the physical...and you come up with this:

50 NE SPACEMAN - KILLERS -

49 51 DO YOU MIND - KYLA - =45

48 47 THE PROMISE - GIRLS ALOUD 36) =46

47 42 SO WHAT - PINK 35) =43

46 45 PAPER PLANES - MIA 34) =44

45 40 I HATE THIS PART - PUSSYCAT DOLLS 33) =42

44 34 INFINITY - GURU JOSH 32) =38

43 26 ULYSSES - FRANZ FERDINAND 31) =35

42 NE DEAD AND GONE - T.I. - =47

41 33 LIVE YOUR LIFE - T.I. 30) =36

 

40 55 STRONG AGAIN - N-DUBZ - =40

39 32 YOU FOUND ME - FRAY 29) =39

38 35 WOMANIZER - BRITNEY SPEARS 28) =34

37 36 BREAK EVEN - SCRIPT 27) =37

36 37 UP - SATURDAYS 26) =33

35 31 KIDS - MGMT 25) =31

34 38 SOMETIME AROUND MIDNIGHT - AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT 24) =32

33 29 RIGHT NOW - AKON 23) =30

32 24 HALLELUJAH - ALEXANDRA 22) =29

31 30 BOY DOES NOTHING - ALESHA DIXON 21) =26

 

30 21 LOVING KIND - GIRLS ALOUD 20) =27

29 25 TONIGHT - JAY SEAN 19) =28

28 NE LIFE IN TECHNICOLOUR II - COLDPLAY 18) =25

27 20 HEARTLESS - KANYE WEST - =24

26 17 RUN - LEONA LEWIS - =23

25 19 MAD - NE-YO - =21

24 22 SEX ON FIRE - KINGS OF LEON 17) =20

23 28 POKERFACE - LADY GAGA -

22 18 IF I WERE A BOY - BEYONCE 16) =18

21 15 HUMAN - KILLERS 15) =19

 

20 39 GIVES YOU HELL - ALL AMERICAN REJECTS 14) =22

19 16 ONE STEP AT A TIME - JORDIN SPARKS - =16

18 11 SOBER - PINK 13) =15

17 23 HOT N`COLD - KATY PERRY 12) =14

16 41 WHATCHA THINK ABOUT THAT - PUSSYCAT DOLLS/MISSY ELLIOT - =17

15 13 CIRCUS - BRITNEY SPEARS - =13

14 12 I`M YOURS - JASON MRAZ 11) =12

13 27 T-SHIRT - SHONTELLE -

12 10 USE SOMEBODY - KINGS OF LEON 10) =11

11 09 ISSUES - SATURDAYS 9) =10

 

10 07 LET IT ROCK - KEVIN RUDOLF 8) =7

09 08 SINGLE LADIES - BEYONCE - =8

08 NE CHANGE - DANIEL MERRIWEATHER 7) =9

07 05 BROKEN STRINGS - JAMES MORRISON 6) =6

06 NE CRACK A BOTTLE - EMINEM AND CO. -

05 06 BREATHE SLOW - ALESHA DIXON 5) =5

04 03 DAY N`NITE - KID CUDI 4) =4

03 04 TAKE ME BACK - TINCHY/TAIO 3) =3

02 02 JUST DANCE - LADY GAGA 2) =2

01 01 THE FEAR - LILY ALLEN 1) =1

 

) Position without downloads alone. Also without downloads alone: Take That are 37, MGMT - TIME TO PRETEND 38, ELBOW 39, KANYE WEST - LOVE LOCKDOWN 40.

 

= Position on Chart Show tv.

 

Lily beats the GaGa by 8,000. Are we watching Eminem...American drivel? No, me neither! :P Outside the 50, the main ones to keep an eye on are Miley Cyrus only a couple of places away, Akon`s "Beautiful" ain`t far away either...as Jennifer Hudson climbs back up, with MGMT and "Time To Pretend", and Elbow are on the climb again too, with "One Day Like This". Also back up are the Bellamy Brothers...Katy Perry goes into the top 60 too. Further down we find Sway, and the View squeeze into the top 75.

 

NOTE: This is not the official chart, but it is a chart that is based on Chart Show tv placings, and brought up to date by info from today...making it the most up to date chart anywhere. The Chart Show video singles can be seen on Saturdays at 9am (sky channel 365).

Thanks for all this Dave. :)

 

Any info on Fleet Foxes and Kardinal Offishal/Keri Hilson in the singles chart.

Cheer Dave! :)

 

Could Eminem go top5 tomorrow or is Alesha safe?

 

Great to see U2 leading the pre-orders. :)

Kardinal Offishal/Keri Hilson.

 

:o The version that made the iTunes chart briefly was Kardinal Offishall/RIHANNA. :blink: :unsure:

Brilliant Dave, thanks for this. Horrible N-Dubz top 40, but I won't hold it against you :)

 

So it looks like alot of us might definently get a point for Biggest faller being Tommy Reilly :o

:o The version that made the iTunes chart briefly was Kardinal Offishall/RIHANNA. :blink: :unsure:

That's coz that's on his album already ;) and the one with Keri (The Single Version) wasn't available yet.

That's coz that's on his album already ;) and the one with Keri (The Single Version) wasn't available yet.

 

Yes I know that was the Not 4 Sale version. I just find it rather odd that he re-recorded it with another singer considering how popular Rihanna is at the mo.

 

Thanks for all this Dave. :)

 

Any info on Fleet Foxes and Kardinal Offishal/Keri Hilson in the singles chart.

Well Fleet Foxes are still knocking about in the lower top 60, and Numba 1 is not showing in tonight`s top 75!

 

So it looks like alot of us might definently get a point for Biggest faller being Tommy Reilly :o

Expect a fall of at least 38 places!

Cheer Dave! :)

 

Could Eminem go top5 tomorrow or is Alesha safe?

 

Great to see U2 leading the pre-orders. :)

Alesha should be safe, in context to Eminem who is not that obliging on other download charts, apart from iTunes.

 

The retro is practically before my time just... most of those records are in my mum's record collection.

 

At present, in the singles chart, I wonder in 40 years time if Eminem, Katy Perry will still be remembered like classic artists like Dusty Springfield, Nina Simone etc etc.

 

Anyho thanks for posting Dave.

GA still number seven in physicals? Thats mad.

GA still number seven in physicals? Thats mad.

It`s beginning to be getting rather slow on the physical front. Over the last few weeks, the physical chart has struggled to produce only a couple of new entries to the top ten each week. When in it`s closing popularity days it manged to achieve well up to half a dozen entries each week! Obviously a thing brought on by certain shops going into administration. What are we left with? HMV, online ordering, and the ever approaching death of CD singles...and the ever growing fact of the download chart looking just like the combined physical/download chart. Long live the physical album, then.