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FEMALE ARTISTS ON THE MOST SIMULTANEOUS HIT SINGLES As Whitney Houston has 12 Hits in the latest UK Singles Chart, she now holds the Singles Chart Record for a Female with the Most Top 75 Hits at the same time. (Although The Jam had more in 1983, & Michael Jackson had more in 2009). WHITNEY HOUSTON - (12 Top 75 Hits at the same time) W/E 25th February 2012 14) (R/E) I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU 20) (R/E) I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY 40) (R/E) ONE MOMENT IN TIME 42) (R/E) MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE 44) (RE) I HAVE NOTHING 56) (R/E) HOW WILL I KNOW 58) (R/E) THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL 59) (R/E) SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU 61) (R/E) IT'S NOT RIGHT BUT IT'S OKAY 62) (R/E) MILLION DOLLAR BILL 67) (R/E) RUN TO YOU 74) (R/E) WHERE DO BROKEN HEARTS GO @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ AMY WINEHOUSE - (8 Top 75 Hits at the same time) W/E 6th August 2011 08) (81) BACK TO BLACK 27) (R/E) TEARS RUN DRY ON THEIR OWN 29) (R/E) REHAB 33) (R/E) LOVE IS A LOSING GAME 37) (R/E) YOU KNOW I’M NO GOOD 41) (R/E) VALERIE 45) (R/E) VALERIE (Mark Ronson Featuring Amy Winehouse) 62) (N/E) WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ RIHANNA - (7 Top 75 Hits at the same time - for 3 Consecutive Weeks) W/E 4th June 2011 20) (36) CALIFORNIA KING BED 36) (37) S & M 47) (41) ALL OF THE LIGHTS (Kanye West Feat. Rihanna & Various Artists) 55) (49) WHO’S THAT CHICK? (David Guetta Feat. Rihanna) 58) (R/E) LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE (Eminem Feat. Rihanna) 70) (95) WHAT’S MY NAME (Rihanna Feat. Drake) 74) (65) ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD) W/E 11th June 2011 08) (20) CALIFORNIA KING BED 37) (36) S & M 52) (58) LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE (Eminem Feat. Rihanna) 58) (47) ALL OF THE LIGHTS (Kanye West Feat. Rihanna & Various Artists) 61) (70) WHAT’S MY NAME (Rihanna Feat. Drake) 66) (55) WHO’S THAT CHICK? (David Guetta Feat. Rihanna) 74) (74) ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD) W/E 18th June 2011 15) (08) CALIFORNIA KING BED 43) (37) S & M 63) (58) ALL OF THE LIGHTS (Kanye West Feat. Rihanna & Various Artists) 66) (52) LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE (Eminem Feat. Rihanna) 68) (66) WHO’S THAT CHICK? (David Guetta Feat. Rihanna) 74) (74) ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD) 75) (N/E) MAN DOWN

The Madonna Single looks set to be her least successful Lead Single, for a New Album - ever. At least in the UK. By Lead Single, I mean the one that is released to go with a New Album. I'm aware that in October 1982, Everybody flopped completely, & that ended up on the Madonna Album. But, that Album was not released here until February 1984, & Holiday was really the Lead Single with that, & that Single was a No.6 Hit, that Year. As Mick Jagger is on a Top 5 Single, at the same time that Paul McCartney is on a Top 5 Album, I thought that I'd do some Chart Statistics, regarding this. Points C) & D) may sound contradictory - at first - but, they are not. You have to read them very carefully. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ CHART STATS RELATING TO THIS:, A) It is the first time - that either Act has been in the Singles Top 5 & Albums Top 5, at the same time, as credited Artists. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ B) Indeed, it is the first time ever, that Mick has been credited on a Hit Single, while Paul is credited on a Hit Album, at the same time. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ C) PAUL CREDITED HIT SINGLE - MICK CREDITED HIT ALBUM However - in the Charts of W/E 13th March 1993, Paul had a Hit Single, while Mick had a Hit Album. C'Mon People - Paul MCartney - No.48 in the Singles Chart. (It Peaked at No.41 on W/E 6th March 1993) Wandering Spirit - Mick Jagger - No.45 in the Albums Chart. (It Peaked at No.12 on W/E 20th February 1993) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ D) MICK ON A HIT SINGLE - PAUL ON A HIT ALBUM The last time that Mick was on a Hit Single, while Paul was on a Hit Album was:, W/E 12th September 1987 SINGLES CHART - Mick entered the Chart with Let's Work - at No.60 (It Peaked at No.31 on W/E 10th October 1987) ALBUMS CHART - Paul was on The Beatles, (The White Album), at No.71. (This Re-Issue had Peaked at No.18, a Week earlier) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ E) TOP 10 - TOP TEN MICK SINGLE - TOP 10 PAUL ALBUM The last time that Mick was on a Top 10 Single while Paul was simultaneously on a Top 10 Album was:, W/E 29th September 1973 SINGLES CHART - Angie - The Rolling Stones - No.7 (Its 4th, & final Top 10 Week - having Peaked at No.5 for 2 Weeks) ALBUMS CHART - 1967 - 1970 (The Blue Album) - The Beatles - No.8 (It had Peaked at No.2 for 3 Weeks) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ F) TOP 10 - TOP 10 PAUL SINGLE - TOP 10 MICK ALBUM The last time that Paul was on a Top 10 Single while Mick was simultaneously on a Top 10 Album was:, W/E 26th June 1976 SINGLES CHART - Silly Love Songs - Wings - No.3 (It had Peaked at No.2) ALBUMS CHART - Black And Blue - The Rolling Stones - No.10 (Having Peaked at No.2 - for 2 Weeks) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ G) TOP 5 - TOP 5 MICK SINGLE - TOP 5 PAUL ALBUM Believe it or not, the last time that Mick was on a Top 5 Single, while Paul was on a Top 5 Album was:, W/E 15th October 1966 SINGLES CHART - Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadow - The Rolling Stones - No.5 (Its Peak) ALBUMS CHART - Revolver - The Beatles - No.2 (It had previously Peaked at No.1 - for 7 Weeks) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ H) TOP 5 - TOP 5 PAUL SINGLE - TOP 5 MICK ALBUM The last time that Paul had a Top 5 Single, while Mick had a Top 5 Album was:, W/E 3rd April 1971 SINGLES CHART - Another Day - Paul McCartney - No.4 (Having previously Peaked at No.2, for 2 Weeks) ALBUMS CHART - Stone Age - The Rolling Stones - No.4 (Its Peak) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

The Madonna Single looks set to be her least successful Lead Single, for a New Album - ever. At least in the UK. By Lead Single, I mean the one that is released to go with a New Album. I'm aware that in October 1982, Everybody flopped completely, & that ended up on the Madonna Album. But, that Album was not released here until February 1984, & Holiday was really the Lead Single with that, & that Single was a No.6 Hit, that Year. As Mick Jagger is on a Top 5 Single, at the same time that Paul McCartney is on a Top 5 Album, I thought that I'd do some Chart Statistics, regarding this. Points C) & D) may sound contradictory - at first - but, they are not. You have to read them very carefully. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ CHART STATS RELATING TO THIS:, A) It is the first time - that either Act has been in the Singles Top 5 & Albums Top 5, at the same time, as credited Artists. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ B) Indeed, it is the first time ever, that Mick has been credited on a Hit Single, while Paul is credited on a Hit Album, at the same time. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ C) PAUL CREDITED HIT SINGLE - MICK CREDITED HIT ALBUM However - in the Charts of W/E 13th March 1993, Paul had a Hit Single, while Mick had a Hit Album. C'Mon People - Paul MCartney - No.48 in the Singles Chart. (It Peaked at No.41 on W/E 6th March 1993) Wandering Spirit - Mick Jagger - No.45 in the Albums Chart. (It Peaked at No.12 on W/E 20th February 1993) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ D) MICK ON A HIT SINGLE - PAUL ON A HIT ALBUM The last time that Mick was on a Hit Single, while Paul was on a Hit Album was:, W/E 12th September 1987 SINGLES CHART - Mick entered the Chart with Let's Work - at No.60 (It Peaked at No.31 on W/E 10th October 1987) ALBUMS CHART - Paul was on The Beatles, (The White Album), at No.71. (This Re-Issue had Peaked at No.18, a Week earlier) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ E) TOP 10 - TOP TEN MICK SINGLE - TOP 10 PAUL ALBUM The last time that Mick was on a Top 10 Single while Paul was simultaneously on a Top 10 Album was:, W/E 29th September 1973 SINGLES CHART - Angie - The Rolling Stones - No.7 (Its 4th, & final Top 10 Week - having Peaked at No.5 for 2 Weeks) ALBUMS CHART - 1967 - 1970 (The Blue Album) - The Beatles - No.8 (It had Peaked at No.2 for 3 Weeks) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ F) TOP 10 - TOP 10 PAUL SINGLE - TOP 10 MICK ALBUM The last time that Paul was on a Top 10 Single while Mick was simultaneously on a Top 10 Album was:, W/E 26th June 1976 SINGLES CHART - Silly Love Songs - Wings - No.3 (It had Peaked at No.2) ALBUMS CHART - Black And Blue - The Rolling Stones - No.10 (Having Peaked at No.2 - for 2 Weeks) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ G) TOP 5 - TOP 5 MICK SINGLE - TOP 5 PAUL ALBUM Believe it or not, the last time that Mick was on a Top 5 Single, while Paul was on a Top 5 Album was:, W/E 15th October 1966 SINGLES CHART - Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadow - The Rolling Stones - No.5 (Its Peak) ALBUMS CHART - Revolver - The Beatles - No.2 (It had previously Peaked at No.1 - for 7 Weeks) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ H) TOP 5 - TOP 5 PAUL SINGLE - TOP 5 MICK ALBUM The last time that Paul had a Top 5 Single, while Mick had a Top 5 Album was:, W/E 3rd April 1971 SINGLES CHART - Another Day - Paul McCartney - No.4 (Having previously Peaked at No.2, for 2 Weeks) ALBUMS CHART - Stone Age - The Rolling Stones - No.4 (Its Peak) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

I wasn't sure where to Post this. I hope it is OK in Sports? Afterall, Tom is an Olympic Diver etc. Here is British Diver Tom Daley, & the rest of the GB Diving Team doing a miming & dancing video of 'I'm Sexy And I Know It', the 2011 Global Hit, by LMFAO. It is the first time that I've actually liked the Single - as this Video makes it far more fun!

'Paradise' was disqualified, (from the Chart), for several weeks, because it was a Free Gift with pre-orders of 'Mylo Xyloto'. Over 118,000 copies of the Single were disqualified. The same will happen if Madonna has some kind of 'deal', where you get her Single for nothing, if you pre-order her Album. I think it is fair. The Chart is supposed to be for Singles that people actually buy - not what they get as a Freebie. It is down to Madonna, if she wants her Single to be able to have all of its Sales counted, in the UK. (Her Record Company, too - but, she is not the sort of Woman who lets the Record Company call all the shots).

No - The OCC gave no reasons for the decision. Only that that they had discussed 'G. I.Blues', & its 22 No.1 Weeks, & had decided to regard it as a Film Soundtrack, & not as a Studio Album. 'A Hard Day's Night', by The Beatles, was not mentioned to me, by them. I just thought about that Beatles Album, later.

Last Week, The OCC had a discussion, & decided not to count those 2 Elvis Soundtracks as Studio Albums. That's why they are saying that Adele's 19 No.1 Weeks are the most ever by a Solo Artist Studio Album. It is a very precise distinction, as Elvis recorded 'G.I. Blues' in the Studio. He was a Solo Artist too. But, The OCC have decided not to count the 22 No.1 Weeks of that Album, as being by a Studio Album. They see it only as a Film Soundtrack. However, they do regard 'A Hard Day's Night', by The Beatles, (1964), as a Studio Album, even though it was the Soundtrack to the Film, of the same name. So they say that it is one of 4 Beatles Albums to be still ahead of Adele's Album, in No.1 Weeks. (It was No.1 for 21 Weeks).

It has been to No.1 in Germany, (still there at present), Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, & The Netherlands. It is currently in its 22nd Top 10 Week there. (In The Netherlands). It has spent 20 of them in the Top 5 - 4 at No.1, & 10 at No.2. It is at No.5 there now. It is on its way to No.1 in Austria - a No.46 to No.3 leap - in its 2nd Chart Week. I love it. However - don't you think that the Intro reminds you of the Childrens' Nursery Rhyme, 'Baa Baa Black Sheep'? Gotye is a Belgian/Australian. The Female - Kimbra - is from New Zealand.

The OCC tell me that they are not counting G. I. Blues, by Elvis Presley, as a Studio Album. Hence why the 19 No.1 Weeks of 21 are now given that Chart Record - as regards Solo Albums. MOST WEEKS AT NUMBER 1 - UK ARTIST ALBUMS @ = The Weeks at No.1 were Non-Consecutive 1) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL (1970) - 33 @ 2) PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES (1963) - 30 3) SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - THE BEATLES (1967) - 27 @ 4) G.I. BLUES (OST) - ELVIS PRESLEY (1960 - No.1 in 1961) - 22 @ 5)=WITH THE BEATLES - THE BEATLES (1963) - 21 5)=A HARD DAY’S NIGHT - THE BEATLES (1964) - 21 7) 21 - ADELE (2011) - 19 @ THE FOUR NON-ARTIST ALBUMS THAT SPENT 19 - OR MORE - WEEKS AT No.1 1) SOUTH PACIFIC (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS (1958) - 115 @ 2) THE SOUND OF MUSIC (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS (1965) - 70 @ 3) THE KING & I (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS (1956) - 48 @ 4) MY FAIR LADY - ORIGINAL BROADWAY STAGE CAST (1958) - 19 MOVES LIKE JAGGER - THE FIRST NON-No.1 SINCE 1957 TO..... In the meantime, Moves Like Jagger, becomes the first Single, since 1994, to enter in the Top 20, & to remain it in for as long as 21 Weeks. It also becomes the first Non-No.1, since 1957, to achieve it. Another No.1 achieved it in 1967. I'm not saying that no No.1 Hits have beaten that since 1957. I'm merely going on about 21 consecutive Top 20 Weeks, by Singles that entered in the Top 20. She Loves You, by The Beatles, entered at No.12 in 1963, & spent 24 consecutive Weeks in the Top 20. LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND - PAT BOONE (1957) - (Entered at No.18, Peaked at No.2, (7W) - 21 Consecutive Top 20 Weeks) 18-12-12-7-6-5-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-3-2-4-5-13-12-13-20 THE LAST WALTZ - ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK (1967) - (Entered at No.19, Peaked at No.1, (5W) - 21 Consecutive Top 20 Weeks) 19-3-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-2-4-4-5-8-5-13-16-12-13-16-19 LOVE IS ALL AROUND - WET WET WET (1994) - (Entered at No.4, Peaked at No.1, (15W) - 21 Consecutive Top 20 Weeks) 4-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-4-8-16 MOVES LIKE JAGGER - MAROON 5 FT. CHRISTINA AGUILERA (2011) - (Entered at No.3, Peaked at No.2, (7W) - 21 Consecutive Top 20 Weeks) @@@ 3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-5-5-9-7-8-10-16-14-15-11-12 @@@ = Up to now ADELE'S No.1 WEEKS IN 2011 Adele spent 23 Weeks at No.1 in 2011. 5 with a Single, & 18 with an Album. It was the most ever by a Solo Female. It was also the most since ABBA managed 23 Weeks in 1976. ABBA had 12 Singles Weeks, (3 No.1's), & 11 Albums Weeks, (1 No.1 Album), that Year.

A fantastic Single. It just has to be a UK & Irish Hit. It depends on Air Play, I guess. We will see. I think that Gotye sounds like Sting.

The OCC tell me that they are not counting G. I. Blues, by Elvis Presley, as a Studio Album. Hence why the 19 No.1 Weeks of 21 are now given that Chart Record - as regards Solo Albums. MOST WEEKS AT NUMBER 1 - UK ARTIST ALBUMS @ = The Weeks at No.1 were Non-Consecutive 1) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL (1970) - 33 @ 2) PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES (1963) - 30 3) SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - THE BEATLES (1967) - 27 @ 4) G.I. BLUES (OST) - ELVIS PRESLEY (1960 - No.1 in 1961) - 22 @ 5)=WITH THE BEATLES - THE BEATLES (1963) - 21 5)=A HARD DAY’S NIGHT - THE BEATLES (1964) - 21 7) 21 - ADELE (2011) - 19 @ THE FOUR NON-ARTIST ALBUMS THAT SPENT 19 - OR MORE - WEEKS AT No.1 1) SOUTH PACIFIC (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS (1958) - 115 @ 2) THE SOUND OF MUSIC (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS (1965) - 70 @ 3) THE KING & I (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS (1956) - 48 @ 4) MY FAIR LADY - ORIGINAL BROADWAY STAGE CAST (1958) - 19 MOVES LIKE JAGGER - THE FIRST NON-No.1 SINCE 1957 TO..... In the meantime, Moves Like Jagger, becomes the first Single, since 1994, to enter in the Top 20, & to remain it in for as long as 21 Weeks. It also becomes the first Non-No.1, since 1957, to achieve it. Another No.1 achieved it in 1967. I'm not saying that no No.1 Hits have beaten that since 1957. I'm merely going on about 21 consecutive Top 20 Weeks, by Singles that entered in the Top 20. She Loves You, by The Beatles, entered at No.12 in 1963, & spent 24 consecutive Weeks in the Top 20. LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND - PAT BOONE (1957) - (Entered at No.18, Peaked at No.2, (7W) - 21 Consecutive Top 20 Weeks) 18-12-12-7-6-5-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-3-2-4-5-13-12-13-20 THE LAST WALTZ - ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK (1967) - (Entered at No.19, Peaked at No.1, (5W) - 21 Consecutive Top 20 Weeks) 19-3-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-2-4-4-5-8-5-13-16-12-13-16-19 LOVE IS ALL AROUND - WET WET WET (1994) - (Entered at No.4, Peaked at No.1, (15W) - 21 Consecutive Top 20 Weeks) 4-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-4-8-16 MOVES LIKE JAGGER - MAROON 5 FT. CHRISTINA AGUILERA (2011) - (Entered at No.3, Peaked at No.2, (7W) - 21 Consecutive Top 20 Weeks) @@@ 3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-5-5-9-7-8-10-16-14-15-11-12 @@@ = Up to now ADELE'S No.1 WEEKS IN 2011 Adele spent 23 Weeks at No.1 in 2011. 5 with a Single, & 18 with an Album. It was the most ever by a Solo Female. It was also the most since ABBA managed 23 Weeks in 1976. ABBA had 12 Singles Weeks, (3 No.1's), & 11 Albums Weeks, (1 No.1 Album), that Year.

The OCC have now added the Top 20 Singles of 2011 to their Site - with Sales. Including the Sales for W/E 7th January. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/chart-new...-2011-revealed/ And the Top 20 Albums of 2011 http://www.theofficialcharts.com/chart-new...-2011-revealed/

Regarding ABBA's 'Happy New Year' - it never, ever does as well in the UK iTunes Chart, as it does elsewhere. Here is how it was doing earlier today, in various European iTunes Charts:, (Courtesy of Benny at UKMIX). "Happy New Year" is now at number one on iTunes in Sweden and Norway, top 10 in the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Estonia and Denmark, top 20 in Finland, Latvia and Lithuania and top 60 in Hungary, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Austria and Germany." ABBA were going to release it as a Single, in December 1980, but changed their minds. That was a pity, as they'd have ended up with 2 simultaneous Top 10 Hits, in the UK & Irish Charts - as well as in Germany, Austria, The Netherlands, Norway, etc. (With the 'Super Trouper' Single). I think it would do a lot better in the January UK iTunes Charts, had it been a Single, in 1980. Many people in the UK are not aware that the Song exists. It actually reaches the Singles Chart Top 10, (via Downloads), in some European Countries - some Year's, anyhow. Sweden - No.4 in 2008, No.5 in 2009, & No.9 in 2010. Norway - No.5 in 2009. And, last January, it jumped from No.47 to No.8, in The Netherlands - their 24th Top 10 Hit there. (It is currently No.70 in The Netherlands Top 100).

There are many UK 1950's & 1960's Chart Statistics, on this Site, too:, http://www.davemcaleer.com/ Mr. McAleer has information/data on different No.1's, in different Charts, on this Page:, http://www.davemcaleer.com/page22.htm

The stuff in HMV is massively over-priced. It is better to sell a lot of something at a competative price, than far less of something at an extortionate price. Sadly, that simple idea has by-passed HMV. As far as I'm concerned, if it folds, (eventually), it is its own fault - for selling things at such rip off prices. I have a brother, who will not use Amazon.uk. Instead, he thinks it is cool to go in HMV, to shop. In early December, he bought a Box Set of the 1970's TV Series, 'Department S'. HMV charged him £70 for it. At the same time, he could have got it from Amazon.uk, for £36! He bought an £8 Horror DVD, at the same time. Amazon.uk were selling it for £4! In both cases, Postage Free. So - my brother paid £78, at HMV, for 2 items, that he could have got for £40 at Amazon.uk. HMV are their own worst enemies, as most people are not as stupid, as my brother!

I don't know if it is on Wikipedia. Anyhow, not everyone knows every Wikipedia Chart Page. Personally, I think Wikipedia is a joke. I use it as a rough guide - but, rarely as a reliable source.

Guys, an Italian fellow, who calls himself Me, (?!), has Posted every No.1 Single , (from the various UK Charts), on his Website. You have to scroll across the page, to see all of the No.1's. They include the NME, & Melody Maker No.1's. The Decades take a little while to load, but, they do so after a very short time. He's even Posted the Sheet Music No.1's - from as far back as December 1939. LINK:, http://www.it-charts.it/uk-charts.htm NOTE - He says if you spot any mistakes, can you let him know. I spotted that he's put the word 'I' in front of How Do You Do It?, (1963), & 'World Without Love', (1964), in the MM No.1's. He's also got the letters mixed up, in the Being part, of Smokey Robinson's No.1, in 1981. (Again in the MM Lists).

Shouldn't Rihanna get the 18 Weeks from this Single too? All Of The Lights - Kanye West & Various Artists. Rihanna was the only one of the Featured Artists to be credited. "All of the Lights" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Kanye West, released January 18, 2011, as the fourth single from his fifth studio album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010). It was produced by West and features additional vocals from several other recording artists, including John Legend, The-Dream, Elly Jackson, Alicia Keys, Fergie, Kid Cudi, Elton John, and Rihanna, who is solely credited as a featured artist on the single. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_of_the_Lights Its Chart Run:, 46-46-66-32-19-17-15-15-19-21-29-39-41-47-58-63-59-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-65 = 18 Weeks

The OCC worked on the List in September. Well, one of their Staff did so. As with all such Lists he, (& maybe others), made the final decision as to what was to go in it. (Channel 5 have definitely excluded some Hits, that were in The OCC List - on the grounds that the Chart contained more than one version of those Songs). 1) It is not meant to be a Christmas Themed Songs List. It is meant to reflect the Singles that sold the most over the Christmas period, in the UK. 2) I saw the initial List, & it did have Band Aid 20 in it - with 1,154,821 Sales. It also had Band Aid II in it - 425,908 sales. 3) Halleujah, by Alexandra Burke, was in the initial List - 1,222,079 Sales. 4) In the List that I saw, White Christmas, by Bing Crosby, was in 4th place, with 1,461,843 Sales. The Total in the List has had almost 472,000 of those Sales removed. 5) Harry Belafonte's Mary's Boy Child, was in too - 1,182,621 Sales. 6) It even had Killing In The Name, by Rage Against The Machine, in it - 713,240 Sales. 7) As far as I know, they did include 1981 Sales for the St Winifred's School Choir, Hit. It was only the 20th Best Seller of 1980 - in the Year End Chart that included the entire Year. Super Trouper, by ABBA, was 4th, & I believe that sold 709,000 in 1980. The ABBA Hit then sold only 31,000 more in 1981, even though it did this, in January 1981:, 5 - 8 - 28 - 48 - 71. That's because Sales were very low in January 1981. The St. Winifred's School Choir Hit, can't have sold much more than the ABBA Hit, in January 1981. It did this - 1 - 6 - 22 - 58 - 70. Maybe 45,000 to 55,000 Sales? 8) As regards the other 2 Band Aid Hits, & Harry Belafonte, not being in the List - it looks like a Channel 5 decision, to me. They obviously did not want to show the same Song, more than once. So, they chose to show/include only the versions that are the most well known. That's the Boney M, Mary's Boy Child, & the original Band Aid's, Do They Know It's Christmas?, from 1984. (In other words, it is not The OCC's decision, that the other versions were excluded from the Channel 5 Chart). So, The OCC were not ignoring those Hits - Channel 5 were. 9) Stay Another Day, got 768,444 Sales, in the List, I saw. Rounded up to 770,000. The OCC clearly have 2 'Sets' of 1994 - 1996 Sales, in their Files, & the Guy who did the Chart looked at the lower Totals for the East 17 Hit. (I know him, so I will ask him about it, in January). 10) I was not aware that MW's Alan Jones had declared Fairytale Of New York a UK Million Seller. I do know that The OCC added up its Annual Totals for 1987/1988, (No.2 Hit), & 1991/1992, (No.36 Hit), & then they added in Downloads from 2004 to 2010. This gave a Total of 815,000 - not including its December 2011 Sales, of course. I don't think that Fairytale Of New York has sold a Million. It would have had to suddenly gain 180,000 Sales, that it never had before. Unless it is supposed to have got them in December 2011.....

The OCC were working on such a UK List, a few Months ago. I think that it was for Channel 5, (TV). Presumably, it will be revealed soon.

It matters not how little a percentage Amazon have of the Download Market. The Military Wives Single will sell hugely on CD, anyhow. (Many people plan to buy it as gifts for Friends & Family).

For those who doubt that Military Wives will be No.1 on Christmas Day:, Read this:, http://tinyurl.com/brtk6b8 It has been obvious for around 2 Weeks. Their Single was No.1 in the Amazon Top 100 - on Pre-Orders alone. It is still in the Top 3. The little Mix Single is just inside the Top 40 of that Top 100. How much more evidence do doubters need?

For those who doubt that Military Wives will be No.1 on Christmas Day:, Read this:, http://tinyurl.com/brtk6b8 It has been obvious for around 2 Weeks. Their Single was No.1 in the Amazon Top 100 - on Pre-Orders alone. It is still in the Top 3. The little Mix Single is just inside the Top 40 of that Top 100. How much more evidence do doubters need?

It may sell 300,000 to 400,000. But, what does it matter? It is awful. Matt Cardle sold over 400,000 in Week 1, & he is already finding it hard to remain very popular. The trouble with The X Factor is that it throws up so many temporary 'Stars'. Even Leona Lewis has lost much popularity on an International scale, & JLS are already selling less than they used to - in the UK. They don't mean a thing outside the UK & Ireland.....

The Little Mix cover is awful. But, I hope they enjoy their Week at No.1 with it. It almost certainly will not be the Christmas No.1. That will be the No.1 Single in the Chart of Sunday 25th December. As to Matt Cardle's 1st Week Sales, in 2010 - what does it matter? He's already in decline. Oh - And people who think the Little Mix Single is awful, are just as entitled to think that as those who think it is terrific. If they want to be a Global success they'll have to do better than that!