Once again a little late but been a tad busy - you know how it can be!

 

This weekly chart is done under a points system, I've taken the Top 100 Singles and Top 100 Albums and given an artist points for where they appear in each chart - 100 points for No.1 99pts for No.2 down to 1pt. for No.100 Obviously if artists appear more than once then they get points for each time they appear.

 

Once all the points are added up I'll put them into a table and do a top 40 - in the event of a tie the artist who has a song/album higher in the charts comes first.

 

 

01 01 Kings Of Leon - 342

02 06 Take That - 284

03 02 Lady Gaga - 278

04 03 Beyonce - 261

05 07 Killers - 255

06 05 Alesha Dixon - 250

07 04 Akon - 239

08 08 Saturdays - 234

09 28 Lily Allen - 221

10 09 Katy Perry - 215

11 10 P!nk - 214

12 11 Rihanna - 202

13 12 Britney Spears - 194

14 15 James Morrison - 192

15 18 Coldplay - 184

16 13 MGMT - 183

17 --- Fray - 176

18 14 Pussycat Dolls - 172

19 17 Script - 170

20 21 Jason Mraz - 167

21 16 Girls Aloud - 165

22 20 Kanye West - 161

23 26 N-Dubz - 146

24 19 Ne-Yo - 146

25 23 Leona Lewis - 142

26 --- All American Rejects - 136

27 25 Bruce Springsteen - 130

28 30 50 Cent - 123

29 33 T.I. - 123

30 24 Fleet Foxes - 119

31 --- Airborne Toxic Event - 117

32 31 Jordin Sparks - 113

33 32 Seasick Steve - 111

34 22 Elbow - 109

35 36 Lil Wayne - 108

36 --- Justin Timberlake - 108

37 --- Duffy - 102

38 --- UB40 - 98

39 39 Eminem ft. Dr Dre - 97

40 --- Luther Vandross - 97

 

I actually had to do a recount for this because some of the results were so surprising this week (like Take That being so high and Elbow's big drop after last week's big climb!) but this is correct, Take That are back in the Top 3 and are closing in on Kings Of Leon pushing Lady Gaga down to No.3! As mentioned Elbow drop down 12 which I personally think is a shame. Also a big mover, unsurprisingly though is Lily Allen who makes the Top 10 due to the release of her album.

 

A record 7 New Entries make the chart this week, including a return for Duffy at No.37 and headed by The Fray at No.17 meaning that the following 7 artists leave the chart:

 

Franz Ferdinand (27)

The View (29)

Snow Patrol (34)

Daniel Merriweather (35)

White Lies (37)

Tinchy Stryder ft. Taio Cruz (38)

Kid Cudi vs Crookers (40)

Thanks! I think after the Brits, KOL are guaranteed another week at number one on this chart...

I would agree - although I think Take That could make it once their new single is officially released