richy67

...radio 1 could always go back to the old pre-87 model : REVEAL the chart fairly swiftly on Friday (new entries, climbers and top few songs) then play the whole top 40 on Sunday

Sunday is the only day I would ever sit down and listen to charts - have seriously fallen out of chart interest since the Friday move (much of that could also be down to Drake though! lol).

The list on the programme (and sales) were as follows : 40 Christina Aguilera - stripped 2.0m 39 ed Sheehan - X 2.0m 38 Red Hot Chilli Peppers - By The Way 2.0m 37 Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane 2.0m 36 Kaiser Chiefs - Employment 2.1m 35 Robbie Williams - Escapology 2.1m 34 Green Day - American Idiot 2.1m 33 Killers - Hot Fuzz 2.2m 32 Emile Sande - Our Version Of Events 2.2m 31 Robbie Williams - Sing When You're Winning 2.2m 30 Take That - Circus 2.2m 29 Duffy - Rockferry 2.2m 28 Michael Buble - Christmas 2.2m 27 Adele - 19 2.2m 26 Michael Jackson - number ones 2.3m 25 Robbie Williams - Greatest Hits 2.3m 24 Take That - Ultimate Collection 2.4m 23 Snow Patrol - Eyes Open 2.4m 22 Take That - Progress 2.4m 21 Robbie Williams - Swing When You're Winning 2.4m 20 Eminen - Marshall Mathers 2.4m 19 Abba - Gold 2.5m 18 Nora Jones - Come Away With Me 2.5m 17 Coldplay - Parachutes 2.6m 16 Coldplay - X & Y 2.7m 15 Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters 2.8m 14 Keane - Hopes And Fears 2.8m 13 Take That - Beautiful World 2.9m 12 Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night 2.9m 11 Dido - Life For Rent 2.9m 10 Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head 2.9m 09 Lady Gaga - The Fame 2.9m 08 David Grey - White Ladder 3.0m 07 Michael Buble - Crazy Love 3.1m 06 Beatles - One 3.1m 05 Dido - No Angel 3.1m 04 Leona Lewis - Spirit 3.1m 03 James Blunt - Back To Bedlam 3.3m 02 Amy Winehous - Back To Black 3.6m 01 Adele - 21 4.7m

Agree entirely with you here! Lost a point on the first no.1 for the same reason, so counting my 18 as a 19 (lol)

... I do distinctly recall the top 40 dj commenting on how great Phil Collins "one more night" was on cd ... So that would be fairly early 1985? Think it was Richard skinner

very good point : especially as the streaming factor of 1:100 seems quite arbitrary

really enjoyed this thread - good of you guys hosting to give up your time, thank you

Lol - I'm afraid Elton and Band Aid were just charity products that happened to be chart eligible!

sadly not - happy overtook mul of kintyre last week I believe

including streams, it is now the biggest selling pop record in history!

be great if Matt queued up Gareth Malone by mistake

....perhaps Bob Geldof's just tuned in expecting to be no1

Perhaps the sentiments in "Prayer in C" were too controversial for some to warm to in the same way as Waves?

Amazing (in a good way) that "Waves" is as high as number 4 ! so many years it's sales could have made it number 1 though

True, but I think Ella will prove to out perform most x factor winners over time