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Here comes Next Week`s preview then. Thanks to John & Peter as usual.

 

What might happen next Sunday? Based on Tues - Mon sales plus pre-order info form both stores and download sites.

 

The Album Preview:

01 08 IT`S NOT ME IT`S YOU - LILY ALLEN

02 03 THE FAME - LADY GAGA

03 02 TOGETHER THROUGH LIFE - BOB DYLAN

04 01 NOW 72 - VARIOUS

05 04 MUSIC FOR THE PEOPLE - ENEMY

06 05 I AM SASHA FIERCE - BEYONCE

07 07 INVADERS MUST DIE - PRODIGY

08 10 FUNHOUSE - PINK

09 NE CLASSIC CHILLED IBIZA - VARIOUS

10 NE ROADSINGER - YUSUF ISLAM (CAT STEVENS)

11 13 SKA MANIA - VARIOUS

12 36 HANNAH MONTANA - OST

13 06 ONLY BY THE NIGHT - KOL

14 NE WALL OF ARMS - MACCABEES

15 35 DOLL DOMINATION - PUSSYCAT DOLLS

16 14 ASHES TO ASHES 2 - VARIOUS

17 NE FANTASY RIDE - CIARA

18 16 FREEDOM - AKON

19 17 ANNIE LENNOX COLLECTION - ANNIE LENNOX

20 09 FLOORFILLERS 80`s CLUB CLASSICS - VARIOUS

21 NE PRIMARY COLOURS - HORRORS

22 NE DANCE NATION VOL. 1 - VARIOUS

23 37 TIME TO SAY GOODBYE - VARIOUS

24 23 SONGS FOR YOU TRUTHS FOR ME - JAMES MORRISON

25 26 LADYHAWKE - LADYHAWKE

26 33 FEARLESS - TAYLOR SWIFT

27 27 HED KANDI SPRING MIX 09 - VARIOUS

28 11 SOUNDS OF THE UNIVERSE - DEPECHE MODE

29 32 FOOTSTEPS - CHRIS DE BURGH

30 29 TWO SUNS - BAT FOR LASHES

 

 

The Singles Preview:

01 01 NUMBER 1 - TINCHY STRYDER/N-DUBZ

02 16 TINY DANCER - IRONIK

03 02 IN FOR THE KILL - LA ROUX

04 03 I`M NOT ALONE - CALVIN HARRIS

05 04 POKERFACE - LADY GAGA

06 09 NOT FAIR - LILY ALLEN

07 06 JAI HO - A R RAHMAN

08 05 LOVE SEX MAGIC - CIARA

09 10 THE CLIMB - MILEY CYRUS

10 08 HALO - BEYONCE

11 07 WE MADE YOU - EMINEM

12 22 IF U SEEK AMY - BRITNEY SPEARS

13 15 UNTOUCHABLE - GIRLS ALOUD

14 12 DON`T UPSET THE RHYTHM - NOISETTES

15 11 PLEASE DON`T LEAVE ME - PINK

16 NE MAGNIFICENT - U2

17 14 SHAKE IT - METRO STATION

18 17 TAKIN` BACK MY LOVE - ENRIQUE/CIARA

19 13 RUBBER LOVER - MARMADUKE DUKE

20 19 WARRIOR`S DANCE - PRODIGY

21 20 RETURN THE FAVOUR - KERI HILSON

22 18 RIGHT ROUND - FLO RIDA

23 21 JUST DANCE - LADY GAGA

24 33 HOEDOWN THROWDOWN - MILEY CYRUS

25 24 BEAUTIFUL - AKON

26 26 LA LA LAND - DEMI LOVATO

27 28 THE FEAR - LILY ALLEN

28 25 LOVE STORY - TAYLOR SWIFT

29 38 I REMEMBER - DEADMAU5 AND KASKADE

30 42 LET`S GET EXCITED - ALESHA DIXON

31 23 KNOW YOUR ENEMY - GREEN DAY

32 34 DEAD AND GONE - T.I.

33 31 USE SOMEBODY - KINGS OF LEON

34 49 NO TIME FOR TEARS - ENEMY

35 35 I`M YOURS - JASON MRAZ

36 30 MY LIFE WOULD SUCK - KELLY CLARKSON

37 39 SUGAR - FLO RIDA

38 NE KISS ME THROUGH THE PHONE - SOULJA BOY

39 29 I LOVE COLLEGE - ASHER ROTH

40 NE DIRTY FUNK - STEVE APPLETON

41 32 BROKEN STRINGS - JAMES MORRISON

42 41 SEX ON FIRE - KINGS OF LEON

43 40 PLEASE DON`T STOP THE RAIN - JAMES MORRISON

44 37 SHOW ME LOVE - STEVE ANGELLO

45 45 SINGLE LADIES - BEYONCE

46 43 OMEN - PRODIGY

47 46 BREATHE SLOW - ALESHA DIXON

48 NE THE KIDS ARE SICK AGAIN - MAXIMO PARK

49 50 DAY N`NITE - KID CUDI

50 NE 3AM - EMINEM

 

So, we have N-Dubz, K.I.G, Killers, Israel, Pink (Sober), Maccabee`s, Tinchy/Taio, Chani, Veronicas following them...Katy Perry is Waking Up In Vegas further down the top 75, and Miley teams up with Dad on "Butterfly Fly Away".

 

 

Last week we got 9 in the 10, 15 in the 20, and 24 in the 30 in the combined albums. In the singles we got 9 in the 10, 20 in the 20, 27 in the 30, 37 in the 40, and 49 in the 50! We only missed the Maccabees. All that and Mr Crapper did not event the toilet, as many think! :lol:

 

Back in 1978, Radio Luxembourg`s chart looked much ahead and mainly concentrated on Airplay. Here it was anyway:

01 06 RIVERS OF BABYLON - BONEY M

02 03 AUTOMATIC LOVER - DEE DEE JACKSON

03 05 LET`S ALL CHANT - MICHAEL ZAGER BAND

04 01 BAD OLD DAYS - COCO

05 02 NIGHT FEVER - BEE GEES

06 10 DO IT DO IT AGAIN - RAFAELLA CARRA

07 16 LOVE IS IN THE AIR - JOHN PAUL YOUNG

08 11 JACK AND JILL - RAYDIO

09 13 BECAUSE THE NIGHT - PATTI SMITH GROUP

10 04 TOO MUCH TOO LITTLE TOO LATE - JOHNNY MATHIS/DENIECE WILLIAMS

11 07 SINGIN` IN THE RAIN - SHEILA AND B. DEVOTION

12 19 JUST FOR YOU - ALAN PRICE

13 09 EVERYBODY DANCE - CHIC

14 08 IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO - RICHARD MYHILL

15 20 HEY LORD DON`T ASK ME QUESTIONS - GRAHAM PARKER/THE RUMOUR

16 17 BACK IN LOVE AGAIN - DONNA SUMMER

17 14 SHE`S ALWAYS A WOMAN - BILLY JOEL

18 29 SATISFACTION - DEVO

19 18 TAKE ME I`M YOURS - SQUEEZE

20 NE BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY - DARTS

21 22 BOOGIE SHOES - K.C. AND THE SUNSHINE BAND

22 23 COME TO ME - RUBY WINTERS

23 12 WITH A LITTLE LUCK - WINGS

24 26 DON`T RAIN ON MY PARADE - JAPAN

25 NE PARLEZ VOUS FRANCAIS - BACCARA

26 NE WHAT A WASTE - IAN DURY AND THE BLOCKHEADS

27 27 JUPITER - EARTH WIND AND FIRE

28 NE DON`T TAKE IT LYIN` DOWN - DOOLEYS

29 NE MAKING UP AGAIN - GOLDIE

30 NE PUMP IT UP - ELVIS COSTELLO

 

A mixture of predictions and airplay there. It did pay off on some records, but Billy Joel`s "Just The Way You Are" follow up "She`s Always A Woman" was pretty much a UK flop...but got tons of airplay even on the BBC. Japan were ahead of their time by 3 years with a re-make of Barbra Striesand`s 1964 Funny Girl film song. Baccara stood little chance of a 3rd hit, although represented Luxembourg in the 78 Eurovision and finished 7th. Radio Luxembourg thought better of our entry in 1978, as CoCo along with a younger Cheryl Baker managed to top the Luxembourg top 30! Despite that, it became one of the UK`s biggest Eurovision flops at that point, by coming 11th with 61 points. The contest was held in Paris. The first that was commentated by Wogan, I believe. Israel won with 157 points, as Izhar Cohen won with the epic "A Ba Ni Bi"...which meant "I Love You". A couple of other flops in the Radio Luxembourg top 30 were Earth Wind And Fire`s follow up to "Fantasy" called "Jupiter", and The Dooleys unfortunately had to "Take It Lyin`Down!"

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Thanks Dave :thumbup:

 

Loving all the Eurovision action in the retro, Parlez Vous Français should have been a UK hit, it's Baccara's best, well, campest anyway... I know I ask every week, but any sign of Jade Ewen? It's out on digital now.

 

Amazing early entry for Japan on the retro too- was 24 their peak? Only my other half runs their biggest fan site www.nightporter.co.uk and wants to know!

01 08 IT`S NOT ME IT`S YOU - LILY ALLEN

 

:huh:

 

And the singles predictions look very... odd. Can't put my finger on why. Might be Steve Appleton, might be the Enemy, might be U2, idk. 8D

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Britney at #12 :o

 

That's odd too.

 

Something tells me this week will be very bad for my predictions. 8P

01 08 IT`S NOT ME IT`S YOU - LILY ALLEN

 

:huh:

 

To be honest I do think it might just do a u-turn, as album sales are pretty bad. Her single is doing well, and it might push her album back to the top next week.

 

To be honest I do think it might just do a u-turn, as album sales are pretty bad. Her single is doing well, and it might push her album back to the top next week.

 

Yeah, I was wondering whether we would see Lily going back to #1. Heck, maybe even the Prodigy could get back up there :P

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I'm confused as to which sales are counted in this, how can tues and mon sales be accounted if they haven't happened yet/ended?

Last Tues to this Mon...then the added pre-order factor for new entries.

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Thanks Dave :thumbup:

 

Loving all the Eurovision action in the retro, Parlez Vous Français should have been a UK hit, it's Baccara's best, well, campest anyway... I know I ask every week, but any sign of Jade Ewen? It's out on digital now.

 

Amazing early entry for Japan on the retro too- was 24 their peak? Only my other half runs their biggest fan site www.nightporter.co.uk and wants to know!

24 the peak for Japan, Tom...a song that was rather well played but for some reason (probably lack of support by the BBC), it didn`t sell. Well ahead of it`s time I think.

 

Baccara did manage a #16 peak on the Radio Luxembourg top 20. Again, lack of Radio One play for that!

24 the peak for Japan, Tom...a song that was rather well played but for some reason (probably lack of support by the BBC), it didn`t sell. Well ahead of it`s time I think.

 

Baccara did manage a #16 peak on the Radio Luxembourg top 20. Again, lack of Radio One play for that!

 

Thanks Dave. Maybe it would take too long to explain this, so sorry if so, but could this be called "the Radio Luxembourg chart" or was there another at the time?

It will be interesting to see where 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole and 'Dirty Funk' by Steve Appleton end up. I didn't see Appleton beig a hit at all tbh. xP

 

And Only By The Night's reign of terror spanning 32 weeks in the top 10 seems to be finally over. We'll see how many more weeks it can rack up in the chart. I can still see it being around in the top 75 all year.

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Thanks Dave. Maybe it would take too long to explain this, so sorry if so, but could this be called "the Radio Luxembourg chart" or was there another at the time?

Radio Luxembourg Charts kept changing, Tom.

 

In the pre 1960s...they concentrated on Sheet Music Charts. Then in 1960, they used the NME singles top 20. Between mid 1965-66 they used a special Weekend prepared NME chart, broadcasted on Saturdays. After June 1966, they tried to predict a chart by looking at the previous week`s Music press, and the BBC Chart. This also included airplay. In 1973, airplay was dropped and a "guessing game" of predictions began on a top 30 (again based around looking at the previous week`s Radio One Chart). Early in 1978, they increased the chart to a top 40 putting airplay in again. By 1979 it was back to a top 30. Airplay was dropped again in 1987, and by 1989 the chart was just a top 20 again. The predictions did improve after 1984 because I have a sneaky feeling they also had access to the midweek MRIB Chart. Although, they never actually used a proper compiled chart after 1966. Doing a guessed chart could take ages, but their`s was probably rather thrown together in a few hours on a Tuesday most of the time. Sometimes they even forgot to include some records! ;) Some cheesey records were left out on purpose, and banned records were not included at all...If you were Judge Dread, for example!

Thanks for the explanation Dave! Is there an archive of their chart anywhere?
And Only By The Night's reign of terror spanning 32 weeks in the top 10 seems to be finally over. We'll see how many more weeks it can rack up in the chart. I can still see it being around in the top 75 all year.

 

 

Wait for Father's Day next month, it will shoot back up :D

Wait for Father's Day next month, it will shoot back up :D

 

5th week at #1 8D

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24 the peak for Japan, Tom...a song that was rather well played but for some reason (probably lack of support by the BBC), it didn`t sell. Well ahead of it`s time I think.

 

Baccara did manage a #16 peak on the Radio Luxembourg top 20. Again, lack of Radio One play for that!

David Sylvian didn't look quite as sophisticated in 1978 as he did by the time Japan actually made it big! I remember he appeared on the front cover of Record Mirror sometime in 1978 with the same haircut he has on this picture sleeve for the "Don't Rain On My Parade" single.

 

http://www.discogs.com/Japan-Dont-Rain-On-.../release/936397

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