Evening All! Friday Night`s are made brighter in this recession (what recession)?!! With the usual line-up of charts, including the top films, dvds, tv, albums...and of course back later for the big finish, of the up to minute singles chart exclusively unofficial! ;)

 

Here are the Top UK Films: Compiled by Screen International

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01 01 BOLT

02 NE CONFESSIONS OF A SHOP-A-HOLIC

03 02 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

04 05 HOTEL FOR DOGS

05 04 CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

06 03 HE`S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU

07 NE PUSH

08 08 PINK PANTHER 2

09 07 NOTORIOUS

10 09 VICKY CHRISTINA BARCELONA

 

Well SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, and VICKY CHRISTINA BARCELONA slammed the awards last week and a rise in revenue. However, newcomers CONFESSIONS OF A SHOP-A-HOLIC took £2,846,622 and PUSH took £625,300.

 

The Top film dvds: Compiled by DTR

01 01 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3

02 NE GET SMART

03 03 TAKEN

04 NE CITY OF EMBER

05 02 RIGHTEOUS KILL

06 04 BURN AFTER READING

07 07 TROPIC THUNDER

08 09 MAMMA MIA

09 06 ROCK N`ROLLA

10 RE INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL

 

2 weeks for HSM3, as the album starts to re-climb the album chart too.

 

The top tv related dvds:

01 NE FUTURAMA: INTO THE DEEP GREEN YONDER

02 01 CSI SEASON 8

03 02 MERLIN

04 NE SOFIA`S DIARY

05 03 WHITECHAPEL

 

The top tv programmes: Compiled by BARB (Only the top episodes of Soaps, have been included)

01 01 CORONATION STREET 10.73

02 02 EASTENDERS 10.09

03 03 DANCING ON ICE 9.64

04 04 WHITECHAPEL 8.20

05 07 WILD AT HEART 8.11

06 17 HARRY HILL`S TV BURP 7.87

07 05 EMMERDALE 7.84

08 NE ANT AND DEC`S SATURDAY TAKEAWAY 7.74

09 NE SOCCER: SPAIN V ENGLAND 6.71

10 NE RUGBY SIX NATIONS 6.67

11 12 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 6.40

12 21 HUSTLE 6.27

13 08 CASUALTY 6.22

14 18 LARK RISE TO CANDLEFORD 6.20

15 09 10 O`CLOCK NEWS 6.15

16 06 IN IT TO WIN IT 6.13

17 15 WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE 5.86

18 10 6 O`CLOCK NEWS 5.83

19 NE ITV WEEKEND NEWS 5.82

20 NE ITV NEWS SUNDAY 5.71

 

Well some people have been watching ITV! Even the News. Paying the price, and slipping out of the 20...it`s HOLBY CITY at 21, THE ONE SHOW at 24, TRIAL AND RETRIBUTION at 23. Where as THE BILL goes up to 22 on 5.55M, and YOU`VE BEEN FRAMED slips further at 26 with 5.05M.

 

Ready for the top albums?

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01 NE INVADERS MUST DIE - PRODIGY

02 03 ONLY BY THE NIGHT - KINGS OF LEON

03 02 IT`S NOT ME IT`S YOU - LILY ALLEN

04 19 ROCKFERRY - DUFFY

05 32 SELDOM SEEN KID - ELBOW

06 04 THE FAME - LADY GAGA

07 27 THE CIRCUS - TAKE THAT

08 01 YEARS OF REFUSAL - MORRISEY

09 08 DAY AND AGE - KILLERS

10 37 WE STARTED NOTHING - TING TINGS

11 09 THE BRITS 09 - VARIOUS

12 13 MASH UP EUPHORIA - VARIOUS

13 RE POP ART - PET SHOP BOYS

14 10 I AM SASHA FIERCE - BEYONCE

15 12 FLEET FOXES - FLEET FOXES

16 39 VIVA LA VIDA - COLDPLAY

17 26 ORACULAR SPECTACULAR - MGMT

18 40 SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - OST

19 NE MASSIVE R + B COLLECTION SPRING 2009 - VARIOUS

20 NE TOTAL POP - ERASURE

21 14 SONGS FOR YOU TRUTHS FOR ME - JAMES MORRISON

22 15 MOTOWN 50 - VARIOUS

23 05 BEST BETTE - BETTE MIDLER

24 11 I STARTED WITH NOTHING - SEASICK STEVE

25 18 VERY BEST OF - BUDDY HOLLY

26 06 THE ALESHA SHOW - ALESHA DIXON

27 25 FUNHOUSE - PINK

28 28 MAMMA MIA - OST

29 21 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - RIHANNA

30 18 GOLDEN AGE - ROGER WHITAKER

 

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE makes a new peak, and first entry to the combined top 30. As PRODIGY smash KOL, and LILY to bits...now that would be rather fun to watch! :teresa: Actually though, Prodigy sell twice as many as Kings Of Leon.

 

Time for the weekly flashback...this week it`s March 1981.

The top albums, back then:

01 02 FACE VALUE - PHIL COLLINS

02 03 KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER - ADAM AND THE ANTS

03 04 VIENNA - ULTRAVOX

04 05 DIFFICULT TO CURE - RAINBOW

05 NE STRAY CATS - STRAY CATS

06 01 DOUBLE FANTASY - JOHN LENNON

07 06 THE JAZZ SINGER - NEIL DIAMOND

08 09 DANCE CRAZE - OST

09 11 MAKIN`MOVES - DIRE STRAITS

10 10 MOVING PICTURES - RUSH

11 08 VERY BEST OF - DAVID BOWIE

12 12 VISAGE - VISAGE

13 13 MANILOW MAGIC - BARRY MANILOW

14 20 GUILTY - BARBRA STRIESAND

15 18 SOTHERN FREEEZ - FREEEZ

16 NE KILLERS - IRON MAIDEN

17 16 BARRY - BARRY MANILOW

18 15 THE MEN IN BLACK - STRANGLERS

19 20 ABSOULTELY - MADNESS

20 NE DIRK WEARS WHITE SOCKS - ADAM AND THE ANTS

 

One solatary week at the top for PHIL COLLINS and "Face Value", a well won album on DAVID HAMILTON`s top 30 game in 1980 (which of course did later become the Music Game) over there on Radio 2. David having the most listened to afternoon show during the 77-78 period, as the programme went out on Radio 1, and 2 during those BBC cutbacks...something the disgraceful corporation should be doing more of in 2009, instead of using double acts of radio chart shows for example! :D ADAM AND THE ANTS had 2 top 20 albums that week, and about 6 singles in the top 75. ULRAVOX peaked at 2 in albums, but did have a MRIB number one single, as we find out soon. RAINBOW were doing equally well. The STRAY CATS had the highest new entrant. A crash down for the maybe over ex-posed, and late JOHN LENNON. NEIL DIAMOND live, never a good thing. As I have seen him so many times on the live circuit, and definately prefer the studio recordings. DANCE CRAZE was the latest dance based movie...well forgotten, and best forgotten! DIRE STRAITS were getting better by day, and MAKIN`MOVES climbed back into the top 10, meaning those original British Rock And Pop Awards were much more well deserved, and presented in 1981. VISAGE were getting stuck, but the singles kept coming in 1981. BARBRA STRIESAND was up and down the album chart, as was BARRY MANILOW x 2...looking out for the new one from Barry, now there is a great live singer/showman...the best Yankee male singer? Yes, most certainly! ;) RUSH were the best rock outfit around. Not forgetting early IRON MAIDEN. The SOUTHERN FREEEZ, affectionately known as a cold day in Bournemouth kept us dancing! :lol: The STRANGLERS gave us "THE MEN IN BLACK", actually all the words in that title were joint together, and there definately was no sign of ruddy WILL SMITH! MADNESS scored again at those BRP awards, and did we all flock out, and buy the soundtrack to the brilliant tv show "FAWLTY TOWERS", which relinquished just outside the album top 20...

 

The top singles in March 1981:

01 03 SHADDUP YOU FACE - JOE DOLCE

02 01 VIENNA - ULTRAVOX

03 05 I SURRENDER - RAINBOW

04 02 WOMAN - JOHN LENNON

05 06 OLDEST SWINGER IN TOWN - FRED WEDLOCK

06 07 RETURN OF THE LAS PALMAS 7 - MADNESS

07 22 PLEASE DON`T TOUCH - MOTORHEAD

08 04 IN THE AIR TONIGHT - PHIL COLLINS

09 26 JEALOUS GUY - ROXY MUSIC

10 09 ROCK THIS TOWN - STRAY CATS

11 14 MESSAGE OF LOVE - PRETENDERS

12 21 DO THE HUCKLEBUCK - COAST TO COAST

13 08 ROMEO AND JULIET - DIRE STRAITS

14 24 SOUTHERN FREEEZ - FREEEZ

15 11 WE`LL BRING THE HOUSE DOWN - SLADE

16 13 FADE TO GREY - VISAGE

17 17 SGT ROCK IS GONNA HELP ME - XTC

18 42 KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER - ADAM AND THE ANTS

19 15 ANT MUSIC - ADAM AND THE ANTS

20 10 RAPTURE - BLONDIE

21 NE SOMETHING `BOUT YOU BABY I LIKE - STATUS QUO

22 25 THAT`S ENTERTAINMENT - THE JAM

23 19 A LITTLE IN LOVE - CLIFF RICHARD

24 12 IMAGINE - JOHN LENNON

25 38 SOMEBODY HELP ME OUT - BEGGAR AND CO.

26 23 I`M IN LOVE WITH A GERMAN FILM STAR - THE PASSIONS

27 NE IT`S A MYSTERY - TOYAH

28 35 ONCE IN A LIFETIME - TALKING HEADS

29 20 THE FREEZE - SPANDAU BALLET

30 18 YOUNG PARISIANS - ADAM AND THE ANTS

31 16 DON`T STOP THE MUSIC - YARBOROUGH AND PEOPLES

32 NE REWARD - TEARDROP EXPLODES

33 29 GANGSTERS OF THE GROOVE - HEATWAVE

34 41 HOT LOVE - KELLY MARIE

35 28 TWILIGHT CAFE - SUSAN FASSBENDER

36 27 BURN RUBBER ON ME - GAP BAND

37 34 MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION - GILLAN

38 40 I MADE IT THROUGH THE RAIN - BARRY MANILOW

39 33 ELEPHANT`S GRAVEYARD - BOOMTOWN RATS

40 32 JUST WHEN I NEEDED YOU MOST - BARBARA JONES

 

Well ADAM ANT was beside himself with joy, as well as having 6 singles in the top 75. JOE DOLCE knocked off ULTRAVOX at MRIB. Joe was actually an Australian comedian...Do they really exist?! Maybe they do, we all saw Neighbours after all! MOTORHEAD gave us a re-make of the 1959 JOHNNY KIDD top 20 hit. Which at this point came from the "St Valentine`s Day Massacre" E.P. ROXY MUSIC gave another tribute to JL. MADNESS gave us a more-or-less instrumental. FRED WEDLOCK was a very unlikely name, and a comedy hit. PHIL COLLINS went down, with another MRIB number one. SLADE were back in full swing, after the 1980 Reading Festival. THE PRETENDERS had an almost forgotten now hit. VISAGE had a first. XTC were stuck, and still searching for a top tenner. STATUS QUO sang TOM JONES 1974 top 30 hit! THE JAM`s "THAT`S ENTERTAINMENT" was only available on import...the label being Metronome. BEGGAR AND CO, gave us the first chant of the year..as SPANDAU BALLET froze, and later gave us CHANT NO. 2. TALKING HEADS did alright, but missed the top ten...then the girls from the band became the TOM TOM CLUB. THE PASSIONS gave us the first version of a well covered "I`M IN LOVE WITH A GERMAN FILMSTAR, I ONCE SAW IN A BAR". BLONDIE sung some nonsense, such as "eating cars, beating bars". What the hell was DEBBIE HARRY on about? CLIFF went down, and seemed to be missing OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN, both assigned to the EMI label. TEARDROP EXPLODES under JULIAN COPE bounced in to the chart. KELLY MARIE was trying so hard to follow up "FEELS LIKE I`M IN LOVE"...but was maybe too samey. HEATWAVE were coming near the end of chart success. SUSAN FASSBENDER (the late there of) couldn`t follow up "TWILIGHT CAFE". THE GAP BAND went wrong, by trying to do "OOPS UP SIDE YOUR HEAD" twice! GILLAN under IAN GILLAN of course, had those minor hits aplenty before he set his sights on Football e.g. remember the time he was eyeing up Reading FC? BARBARA JONES cut a reggae version of a 1979 hit for RANDY VANWARMER. BARRY MANILOW squeezed into the 40, with a GERARD KENNY penned song...equally as good as Barry`s version. Just outside the 40, sat ELVIS. He was there with a re-issue of the 1968 hit "GUITAR MAN" at 41. Didn`t mention TOYAH. Should`ve done, as she had her first hit, and E.P. "It`s A Mystery" came from the FOUR FROM TOYAH E.P.

 

The top pre-order Singles:

01 KELLY CLARKSON 2nd Mar

02 TAYLOR SWIFT 2nd Mar

03 SATURDAYS - JUST CAN`T GET ENOUGH 2nd Mar

04 LADY GAGA - POKERFACE 30th Mar

05 T.I. - DEAD AND GONE 9th Mar

06 UP ALL NIGHT - TAKE THAT 2nd Mar

07 COMIC RELIEF - ISLANDS IN THE STREAM 9th Mar

08 WILL YOUNG - LET IT GO 2nd Mar

09 FALLIN` DOWN - OASIS 9th Mar

10 KOL - REVELRY 2nd Mar

 

Top pre-order Albums:

01 NO LINE ON THE HORIZON - U2 2nd Mar

02 ALL I EVER WANTED - KELLY CLARKSON 9th Mar

03 FINE FASCINATION - RED LIGHT COMPANY 2nd Mar

04 FEARLESS - TAYLOR SWIFT 9th Mar

05 RELAPSE - EMINEM 13th Apr

06 YES - PET SHOP BOYS 23rd Mar

07 EVERYDAY DEMONS - ANSWER 2nd Mar

08 ALL THE PLANS - STARSAILOR 9th Mar

09 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN - GREEN DAY 18th May

10 SELDOM SEEN KID LIVE AT ABBEY ROAD - ELBOW 30th Mar

 

Green Day have the fastest growing pre-order album. Where as outside the pre-order singles top ten lies: Pet Shop Boys, Lemar, Wombats, Metro Station, Ladyhawke, Beyonce (Halo), Depeche Mode, Pete Doherty, Ladytron, Starsailor, La Roux, G. Club, and The Cleansing. Of which the final 6 will be hard pressed to achieve a top 40 hit between them.

 

Coming soon the up to minute Singles Chart....

:cheer: For Kelly top of Pre-Orders when it matters most, now let's see if she can hold off The Sats next week, which is doubtful! :(

 

Thanks as always Dave ^_^

One of my favourite charts of 1981, Visage, Ultravox, Roxy Music all time favourites, I was gutted when Vienna was nipped to the post by Joe Dolce in the official chart, Vienna is one of my all time fave singles to date. Among other favourites from Blondie, Teardrop Explodes, Adam And The Ants, Susan Fassbender, Jam, Spandau Ballet, the list is endless. I grew up listening to New Romantics of the 80s, and some of them are still going strong now, Depeche Mode, Erasure namecheck a few. And I hear The Jam have reformed but without Paul Weller.

Here come`s the big finish, and starting with the top 10 physicals, this week:

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01 NE PUSSYCAT DOLLS/MISSY ELLIOT

02 NE SHONTELLE

03 01 U2

04 05 BEYONCE - SINGLE LADIES

05 02 PRODIGY

06 06 ALESHA DIXON - BREATHE SLOW

07 NE GLAS VEGAS - FLOWERS AND FOOTBALL TOPS

08 08 LADY GAGA - JUST DANCE

09 04 BRITNEY SPEARS - CIRCUS

10 09 KID CUDI

 

Some surprises there. Pussycat Dolls getting top physical, as Glas Vegas only just scraped into a combined top 75...the physical crashes in at 7!

 

The top 10 Downloads:

01 NE KELLY CLARKSON

02 21 TAYLOR SWIFT

03 16 T.I.

04 15 LADY GAGA - POKERFACE

05 01 LILY ALLEN

06 03 KOL - USE SOMEBODY

07 02 LADY GAGA - JUST DANCE

08 06 SHONTELLE

09 09 PUSSYCAT DOLLS/MISSY ELLIOT

10 05 ALESHA DIXON

 

Add them both together, and does it look much different from the download chart? Well we will find out!

The top 50 combined physical/download singles chart:

50 NE WALKING ON A DREAM - EMPIRE OF THE SUN 35)

49 NE INVADERS MUST DIE - PRODIGY -

48 42 MAD - NE-YO - =43

47 44 HEARTLESS - KANYE WEST - =42

46 31 CHANGE - DANIEL MERRIWEATHER 34) =39

45 35 RUN - LEONA LEWIS - =41

44 51 THINKING OF YOU - KATY PERRY - =40

43 49 THE PROMISE - GIRLS ALOUD 33) =37

42 47 TIME TO PRETEND - MGMT 32) =38

41 NE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD - LEMAR - =47

 

40 40 SPACEMAN - KILLERS 31) =36

39 38 UP - SATURDAYS 30) =35

38 37 KIDS - MGMT 29) =34

37 71 BEGGIN`- MADCON 28) =34

36 56 BEAUTIFUL - AKON - =44

35 36 ONE DAY LIKE THIS - ELBOW 27) =33

34 26 EVERYBODY - RUDENKO 26) =29

33 30 SOBER - PINK 25) =32

32 29 HOT N`COLD - KATY PERRY 24) =31

31 33 IF I WERE A BOY - BEYONCE 23) =30

 

30 22 WONDERFUL - GARY GO 22) =28

29 28 VIVA LA VIDA - COLDPLAY - =26

28 24 ISSUES - SATURDAYS 21) =27

27 34 PAPER PLANES - MIA 20) =25

26 27 STRONG AGAIN - N-DUBZ - =24

25 18 LET IT ROCK - KEVIN RUDOLF 19) =23

24 14 FLY ON THE WALL - MILEY CYRUS 18) =21

23 17 CIRCUS - BRITNEY SPEARS 17) =22

22 11 GET ON YOUR BOOTS - U2 16) =18

21 19 HUMAN - KILLERS 15) =19

 

20 21 GIVES YOU HELL - ALL AMERICAN REJECTS 14) =20

19 20 I`M YOURS - JASON MRAZ 13)

18 13 DAY N`NITE - KID CUDI/CROOKERS 12) =17

17 15 SEX ON FIRE - KINGS OF LEON 11) =14

16 48 UP ALL NIGHT - TAKE THAT - =16

15 08 BROKEN STRINGS - JAMES MORRISON/NELLY FURTADO 10) =13

14 10 TAKE ME BACK - TINCHY STRYDER/TAIO CRUZ 9) =15

13 09 SINGLE LADIES - BEYONCE 8) =12

12 07 CRACK A BOTTLE - EMINEM -

11 03 OMEN - PRODIGY 7) =11

 

10 05 BREATHE SLOW - ALESHA DIXON 6) =10

09 12 WHATCHA THINK ABOUT THAT - PUSSYCAT DOLLS/MISSY ELLIOT 5) =9

08 06 T-SHIRT - SHONTELLE 4) = 8

07 02 JUST DANCE - LADY GAGA 3) =7

06 04 USE SOMEBODY - KINGS OF LEON 2) =6

05 16 POKERFACE - LADY GAGA - =5

04 01 THE FEAR - LILY ALLEN 1) =3

03 23 DEAD AND GONE - T.I/JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE - =4

02 25 LOVE STORY - TAYLOR SWIFT - =2

01 NE LIFE WOULD SUCK WITHOUT YOU - KELLY CLARKSON - =1

 

) Position without downloads alone

 

= Position on Chart Show tv

 

Kelly sells 3,000 more than Taylor to get her first uk number one. With a top 3 of solid downloads. Outside the top 50 lurks: ENRIQUE/CIARA, More KINGS OF LEON (REVELRY), TING TINGS (WE WALK), and CHASE AND STATUS...They all glide into the top 60. Further about the the top 75 are 50 CENT (I GET IT IN), JENNIFER HUDSON (IF THIS ISN`T LOVE), and the FOUR SEASONS (BEGGIN`). Now why don`t people download the best version of Beggin`, by TIMEBOX? GLAS VEGAS hold on to the top 75 by a whisker. So we have to watch METRO STATION, and LADYHAWKE.

 

NOTE: These charts art not the Official Charts (whatever that means)!! Well any chart compiled is correct at the point of time, it was put together, by whatever company. This, though is based on Chart Show tv`s Singles chart, but with added sales to make it, the most up to date charts in Britain at this point of time. Don`t forget the Chart Show top 20 Video Singles, can be seen on Saturdays at 9am, and Sundays at 11am on Sky Channel 365, and FreeSat channel 500.

Kelly only 3K ahead of Taylor... that was her lead on Tuesday. I thought she would have pulled away more..

 

How much has she done in total then? 40-45K?

Thanks Dave

 

Is Madcon's new single Liar anywhere in the top 75. Completely agree about the amazing Timebox version, the original UK hit in, I think, 1967.

 

Expect we will have lost Killers - Spaceman from the top 40 by Sunday, not sure in exchange for what though...

Expect we will have lost Killers - Spaceman from the top 40 by Sunday, not sure in exchange for what though...

 

I'd say Lemar.

Thanks Dave

 

Is Madcon's new single Liar anywhere in the top 75. Completely agree about the amazing Timebox version, the original UK hit in, I think, 1967.

 

Expect we will have lost Killers - Spaceman from the top 40 by Sunday, not sure in exchange for what though...

No sign of "Liar", Tom. Probably Lemar will knockout the Killers. Talking about Timebox...It was around the Summer of 1968. They were all over Radio One, and Radio 2. But they just could not even scrape the top 30. What an injustice to the UK. I do seem to remember some distribution problems of the label "Deram". You may also remember something similar happening in 1976 with the group Starbuck and "Moonlight Feels Right". A big U.S. hit, that just never got the big release here, due to a strike (again, with the record company).

 

Thanks Dave

 

Is Madcon's new single Liar anywhere in the top 75. Completely agree about the amazing Timebox version, the original UK hit in, I think, 1967.

 

Expect we will have lost Killers - Spaceman from the top 40 by Sunday, not sure in exchange for what though...

Either Lemar or Perry (who is performing on Ant & Dec on Saturday). Take That managed a 13 place climb from the "Almosts" last week (#50-#37) solely as a result of Ant & Dec and, even allowing for their fan base being well in excess of Perry's, I'm sure she'll manage at least a 5 place climb from her current #44 position. Lemar will definitely climb as he's top 30 on iTunes and climbing so should easily overcome Killers.

I hope that date on the pre-orders for Green Day's album is true!! :D

 

Nice to see a clearout of the top ten even if the rest of the chart is Baren Karen.

 

Bout time Clarkson got a no1.