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Mark's Top 40 weekending 21st March 2025 1 (1) Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 2 (7) Deacon Blue - Turn Up Your Radio 3 (5) Matt Goss - We Are Not Broken 4 (8) Sam Fender - Arm's Length 5 (4) Louise - Confession 6 (28) Doechii - Anxiety 7 (30) 1+1 ft Michael Armstrong - The Greatest Thing 8 (23) Gary Kemp - I Don't Know Where I'm Going 9 (26) Lady Gaga - Garden Of Eden 10 (New) Chappell Roan - The Giver 11 (6) Perrie - Rollercoaster 12 (New) Five Star - Five Star Stedman Tribute Mix 13 (32) Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not 14 (13) Billy Idol - Still Dancing 15 (17) Limahl - Horse With No Name 16 (36) Diesel Park West - Hole In One 17 (35) Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 18 (New) Lauren Mayberry - Punch Drunk 19 (New) Jade Thirlwall - FUFN 20 (2) Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 21 (3) Def Leppard - Stand By Me 22 (9) Joey McIntyre - Freedom 23 (11) Daniel James - Promises 24 (24) LeFlex And Jaki Graham - Don't Look Any Further 25 (25) Owen Paul - Mad About The Girl 26 (27) Gary Kemp - Put Your Head Up 27 (10) Betty Boo - Barberella 28 (12) Rita Ora - Praising You 29 (15) Ella Henderson - Filthy Rich 30 (14) Raye - Oscar Winning Tears 31 (20) AJ Tracey ft Jorja Smith - Crush 32 (16) Sam Fender - People Watching 33 (19) Supersister - Lock Up Your Daughters 34 (31) Lisa/Raye/Doja Cat - Born Again 35 (New) HAIM - Relationships 36 (New) Chesney Hawkes - Loud! 37 (New) Andy Bell (Erasure) - Don't Cha Know 38 (New) Bryan Adams - Make Up Your Mind 39 (New) Sugababes - Jungle 40 (New) Doobie Brothers - Learn To Let Go

The longest running band in pop history The Searchers are calling it a day with a final show at the Glastonbury festival BBC NewsThe Searchers to end 68-year stint with debut at GlastonburyKnown as the "longest-running band in pop history", The Searchers' hits included Sweets For My Sweet.

There was a compilation album called Hot Wax released in 1980 https://www.discogs.com/release/2112908-Various-Hot-Wax?srsltid=AfmBOorYt0AbSX9Eoqdg0pMLqKecETDk1w0v0oo9mI2gMdwq1nM0LG00 It reached No.3 in the charts https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/various-artists-hot-wax/

Mark's Top 40 weekending 14th March 2025 1 (7) Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 2 (1) Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 3 (2) Def Leppard - Stand By Me 4 (4) Louise - Confession 5 (6) Matt Goss - We Are Not Broken 6 (5) Perrie - Rollercoaster 7 (14) Deacon Blue - Turn Up Your Radio 8 (24) Sam Fender - Arm's Length 9 (3) Joey McIntyre - Freedom 10 (8) Betty Boo - Barbarella 11 (9) Daniel James - Promises 12 (12) Rita Ora - Praising You 13 (15) Billy Idol - Still Dancing 14 (10) Raye - Oscar Winning Tears 15 (13) Ella Henderson - Filthy Rich 16 (27) Sam Fender - People Watching 17 (32) Limahl - Horse With No Name 18 (11) Natasha Hamilton - Burning Letters 19 (30) Supersister - Lock Your Boyfriends Up 20 (25) AJ Tracey And Jorja Smith - Crush 21 (16) Lenny Kravitz - Honey 22 (17) Lola Young - Messy 23 (18) Gary Kemp - I Know Where I'm Going 24 (36) Leflex And Jaki Graham - Don't Look Any Further 25 (34) Owen Paul - Mad About The Girl 26 (New) Lady Gaga - Garden Of Eden 27 (20) Gary Kemp - Put Your Head Up 28 (New) Doechii - Anxiety 29 (19) Coldplay - All My Love 30 (New) 1+1 feat. Michael Armstrong - The Greatest Thing 31 (21) Lisa/Doja Cat/Rae - Born Again 32 (New) Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not 33 (New) Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 34 (23) Lauren Mayberry - Crocodile Tears 35 (22) Kylie Minogue - Someone For Me 36 (New) Diesel Park West - Hole In One 37 (New) Olivia Dean - It Isn't Perfect But It Might Be 38 (35) Deacon Blue - Late '88 39 (33) Chappell Roan - Red Wine Supernova 40 (26) Rose' And Bruno Mars - Apt. A

Mark's Album Chart - 14/03/2025 1. (01) Lady Gaga - Mayhem 2. (Re) Five Star - Silk And Steel 3. (03) Kim Wilde - Closer 4. (02) Manic Street Preachers - Critical Thinking 5. (04) Lauren Mayberry - Vicious Creature 6. (05) Betty Boo - Rip Up The Rulebook 7. (06) Chappell Roan - The Fall And Rise Of A Midwest Princess 8. (07) Fairground Attraction - Beautiful Happening 9. (09) Madness - Theatre Of The Absurd Pts C'est La Vie 10. (10) Paul Heaton - The Mighty Several 11. (08) Gary Kemp - This Destination 12. (11) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Bauhaus Staircase 13. (12) The Cure - Songs From A Lost World 14. (13) Kylie Minogue - Tension II 15. (14) Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 16. (15) Sabrina Carpenter - Short N' Sweet 17. (16) Crowded House - Gravity Stairs 18. (17) Duran Duran - Dance Macabre 19. (18) Bon Jovi - Forever 20. (20) Will Young - Light It Up

Mark's Top 40 weekending 7th March 2025 1 (17) Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 2 (1) Def Leppard - Stand By Me 3 (2) Joey McIntyre - Freedom 4 (6) Louise - Confession 5 (7) Perrie - Rollercoaster 6 (8) Matt Goss - We Are Not Broken 7 (9) Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 8 (3) Betty Boo - Barbarella 9 (4) Daniel James - Promises 10 (5) Raye - Oscar Winning Tears 11 (10) Natasha Hamilton - Burning Letters 12 (13) Rita Ora - Praising You 13 (11) Ella Henderson - Filthy Rich 14 (22) Deacon Blue - Turn Up Your Radio 15 (25) Billy Idol - Still Dancing 16 (18) Lenny Kravitz - Honey 17 (12) Lola Young - Messy 18 (16) Gary Kemp - I Know Where I'm Going 19 (20) Coldplay - All My Love 20 (15) Gary Kemp - Put Your Head Up 21 (19) Lisa/Doja Cat/Raye - Born Again 22 (14) Kylie Minogue - Someone For Me 23 (21) Lauren Mayberry - Crocodile Tears 24 (26) Sam Fender - Arm's Length 25 (35) AJ Tracey And Jorja Smith - Crush 26 (24) Rose' And Bruno Mars - Apt. 27 (30) Sam Fender - People Watching 28 (39) Fontaines DC - It's Amazing To Be Young 29 (40) The Birthday Massacre - Sleep Tonight 30 (New) Supersister - Lock Your Boyfriends Up 31 (32) Sam Fender - Little Bit Closer 32 (New) Limahl - Horse With No Name 33 (36) Chappell Roan - Red Wine Supernova 34 (New) Owen Paul - Mad About The Girl 35 (33) Deacon Blue - Late '88 36 (New) Le Flex And Jaki Graham - Don't Look Any Further 37 (38) Chappell Roan - Hot To Go! 38 (New) Jo Boxers - A Thorn In My Side 39 (New) Suzanne Vega - Speakers Corner 40 (New) Spin Doctors - Rock And Roll Heaven

Mark's Album Chart - 07/03/2025 1. (New) Lady Gaga - Mayhem 2. (01) Manic Street Preachers - Critical Thinking 3. (02) Kim Wilde - Closer 4. (03) Lauren Mayberry - Vicious Creature 5. (04) Betty Boo - Rip Up The Rulebook 6. (05) Chappell Roan - The Fall And Rise Of A Midwest Princess 7. (06) Fairground Attraction - Beautiful Happening 8. (07) Gary Kemp - This Destination 9. (08) Madness - Theatre Of The Absurd Pts C'est La Vie 10. (09) Paul Heaton - The Mighty Several 11. (10) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Bauhaus Staircase 12. (11) The Cure - Songs From A Lost World 13. (12) Kylie Minogue - Tension II 14. (13) Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 15. (14) Sabrina Carpenter - Short N' Sweet 16. (15) Crowded House - Gravity Stairs 17. (16) Duran Duran - Dance Macabre 18. (17) Bon Jovi - Forever 19. (19) Travis - L.A. Times 20. (20) Will Young - Light It Up

Yes i think that's a great idea too and it would give the sales chart more exposure though, maybe encouraging more sales.

Shaun Tilley hosts a retro chart every Sunday lunchtime on Heritage Chart Radio 1988 and 2000 this week. http://www.heritagechart.co.uk

As far as Radio 2 artists go i was hoping Kim Wilde would make her first NOW appearance since NOW 25. Nevermind.

Mark's Top 40 weekending 28th February 2025 1 (2) Def Leppard - Stand By Me 2 (3) Joey McIntyre - Freedom 3 (1) Betty Boo - Barbarella 4 (4) Daniel James - Promises 5 (5) Raye - Oscar Winning Tears 6 (8) Louise - Confession 7 (9) Perrie - Rollercoaster 8 (10) Matt Goss - We Are Not Broken 9 (11) Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 10 (12) Natasha Hamilton - Burning Letters 11 (6) Ella Henderson - Filthy Rich 12 (7) Lola Young - Messy 13 (13) Rita Ora - Praising You 14 (18) Kylie Minogue - Someone For Me 15 (15) Gary Kemp - Put Your Head Up 16 (20) Gary Kemp - I Know Where I'm Going 17 (23) Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 18 (26) Lenny Kravitz - Honey 19 (40) Lisa, Doja Cat And Raye - Born Again 20 (17) Coldplay - All My Love 21 (21) Lauren Mayberry - Crocodile Tears 22 (New) Deacon Blue - Turn Up Your Radio 23 (14) Chris De Burgh - Be My Valentine 24 (19) Rose' And Bruno Mars - Apt. 25 (New) Billy Idol - Still Dancing 26 (Re) Sam Fender - Arm's Length 27 (16) Owen Paul - Fly With Me 28 (22) Cher Lloyd - Head Down 29 (24) Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman 30 (Re) Sam Fender - People Watching 31 (25) The Weeknd - Cry For Me 32 (New) Sam Fender - Little Bit Closer 33 (21) Deacon Blue - Late '88 34 (33) Fairground Attraction - Sing Anyway 35 (New) AJ Tracey And Jorja Smith - Crush 36 (38) Chappell Roan - Red Wine Supernova 37 (New) Jennie And Doechii - ExtraL 38 (39) Chappell Roan - Hot To Go! 39 (New) Fontaines DC - It's Amazing To Be Young 40 (New) The Birthday Massacre - Sleep Tonight

Mark's Album Chart - 28/02/2025 1. (New) Manic Street Preachers - Critical Thinking 2. (01) Kim Wilde - Closer 3. (02) Lauren Mayberry - Vicious Creature 4. (03) Betty Boo - Rip Up The Rulebook 5. (04) Chappell Roan - The Fall And Rise Of A Midwest Princess 6. (05) Fairground Attraction - Beautiful Happening 7. (06) Gary Kemp - This Destination 8. (07) Madness - Theatre Of The Absurd Pts C'est La Vie 9. (08) Paul Heaton - The Mighty Several 10. (09) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Bauhaus Staircase 11. (10) The Cure - Songs From A Lost World 12. (11) Kylie Minogue - Tension II 13. (12) Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 14. (13) Sabrina Carpenter - Short N' Sweet 15. (14) Crowded House - Gravity Stairs 16. (15) Duran Duran - Dance Macabre 17. (16) Bon Jovi - Forever 18. (17) Simply Red - Time 19. (19) Travis - L.A. Times 20. (20) Will Young - Light It Up

They'll be one once Yearbook 1989 + extra version has been done i expect. If that is the next yearbook, we get a final chapter 1985-1989 later in the year.