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The 2 Beatles Albums are 2 of only 6, (since July 1956), that have reached the UK Top 10 - on 3 or more occasions - in totally different Chart Runs:, 4 TOP 10 ENTRIES 1) ‘Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ - The Beatles (1967) No.1 in 1967 - No.3 in 1987 - No.6 in 1992 - No.5 in 2009 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 2) ‘Gold’ - ABBA (1992) (One of only 2 Albums to reach the Top 5 each time) No.1 in 1992 - No.1 in 1999 - No.4 in 2004 - No.1 in 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 TOP 10 ENTRIES 1) ‘The Beatles - 1962 - 1966’ (‘The Red Album’) (1973) No.3 in 1973 - No.3 in 1993 - No.6 in 2010 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 2) ‘The Beatles - 1967 - 1970’ (‘The Blue Album’) (1973) (One of only 2 Albums to reach the Top 5 each time) No.2 in 1973 - No.4 in 1993 - No.4 in 2010 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 3) ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ - Pink Floyd (1973) No.2 in 1973 - No.7 in 1974 - No.4 in 1993 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 4) ‘Off The Wall’ - Michael Jackson (1979) No.5 in 1979 - No.10 in 1984 - No.3 in 2009 NOTE - The only Album to not reach its Peak Position until its 3rd Top 10 Entry @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Kings Of Leon are only the 7th USA Group to have had more than 2 UK No.1 Albums. Only 16 USA Groups have had more than 1:, USA GROUPS WITH THE MOST UK No.1 ALBUMS (To W/E 30th October 2010) 1) R.E.M. - 8 2) BON JOVI - 5 3)=DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES - 3 (Includes 1 with The Temptations) 3)=METALLICA - 3 3)=RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - 3 3)=KILLERS - 3 3)=KINGS OF LEON - 3 8)=BEACH BOYS - 2 8)=STYLISTICS - 2 8)=NIRVANA - 2 8)=D12 - 2 8)=LINKIN PARK - 2 8)=FOO FIGHTERS - 2 8)=SCISSOR SISTERS - 2 8)=GREEN DAY - 2 8)=MAROON 5 - 2 NOTE - Simon & Garfunkel, (2 No.1 Albums), The Carpenters, (3 No.1’s), & White Stripes, (2 No.1’s), are all Duo’s - not Groups. Fleetwood Mac have had 4 UK No.1 Albums, but they were a UK/USA Group at the time - as were Blondie, when they had 2 UK No.1 Albums. The Monkees had 2 No.1 Albums, but, they too were a UK/USA Group. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ And, as The Beatles have added 2 more Weeks, to their tally of Weeks in the UK Top 10, I've worked out these Lists - all to W/E 30th October:, THE TOP 20 UK ALBUM ACTS (BASED ON WEEKS IN THE TOP 5) (To W/E 30th October 2010) 1) BEATLES - 355 Weeks 2) ELVIS PRESLEY - 316 Weeks 3) SHADOWS - 223 Weeks (Includes 136 Weeks with Cliff Richard) 4) ROLLING STONES - 196 Weeks 5) FRANK SINATRA - 188 Weeks 6) CLIFF RICHARD - 175 Weeks 7) SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 159 Weeks 8) ABBA - 149 Weeks 9) MICHAEL JACKSON - 140 Weeks (Includes 10 Weeks with The Jackson 5 - both Acts credited) 10) ELTON JOHN - 128 Weeks 11) GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS - 116 Weeks 12)=PAUL McCARTNEY/WINGS - 114 Weeks 12)=QUEEN - 114 Weeks 14) ROD STEWART - 111 Weeks 15)=MADONNA - 110 Weeks (NOT including ‘Who’s That Girl’ - Soundtrack - (1987) 5 Top 5 Weeks) 15)=ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 110 Weeks 17)=BEACH BOYS - 104 Weeks 17)=SIMPLY RED - 104 Weeks 19) BOB DYLAN - 102 Weeks 20) DAVID BOWIE - 100 Weeks NOTE Phil Collins is at No.21 - 92 Top 5 Weeks Take That are on 59 Top 5 Weeks Westlife are also on 59 Top 5 Weeks @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ THE TOP 20 UK ALBUM ACTS (BASED ON WEEKS IN THE TOP 10) (To W/E 30th October 2010) 1) ELVIS PRESLEY - 512 Weeks 2) BEATLES - 463 Weeks 3) SHADOWS - 430 Weeks (Includes 235 Weeks with Cliff Richard) 4)=FRANK SINATRA - 337 Weeks 4)=CLIFF RICHARD - 337 Weeks 6) ROLLING STONES - 267 Weeks 7) MICHAEL JACKSON - 257 Weeks (Includes 18 Weeks with The Jackson 5 - both Acts credited) 8) SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 240 Weeks 9) ROD STEWART - 226 Weeks 10) ABBA - 224 Weeks 11) MADONNA - 215 Weeks (NOT including ‘Who’s That Girl’ - Soundtrack - (1987) 6 Top 10 Weeks) 12) ELTON JOHN - 213 Weeks 13) QUEEN - 209 Weeks 14) BOB DYLAN - 193 Weeks 15) PAUL McCARTNEY/WINGS - 189 Weeks 16) GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS - 171 Weeks 17) BEACH BOYS - 169 Weeks 18) SIMPLY RED - 165 Weeks 19) DAVID BOWIE - 163 Weeks 20) ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 162 Weeks NOTE Phil Collins is at No.21 - 154 Top 10 Weeks Take That are on 105 Top 10 Weeks Westlife are on 87 Top 10 Weeks @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ THE TOP 20 UK ALBUM ACTS (BASED ON WEEKS ON ENTIRE CHART) (To W/E 30th October 2010) (2010 Weeks - since W/E 16th January - in Brackets) 1) QUEEN - 1441 (13) 2) BEATLES - 1357 (2) 3) ELVIS PRESLEY - 1339 (6) 4) U2 - 1238 5) MICHAEL JACKSON - 1220 (32) 6) MADONNA - 1164 (14) 7) DIRE STRAITS - 1147 (1) 8) SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 1135 9) ROD STEWART - 1048 (44) 10) DAVID BOWIE - 1031 (5) 11) ELTON JOHN - 1013 12) ABBA - 1007 (5) 13) FLEETWOOD MAC - 940 (21) 14) PINK FLOYD - 938 15) FRANK SINATRA - 926 16) PHIL COLLINS - 887 (8) 17) CLIFF RICHARD - 857 (2) 18)=SHADOWS- 840 18)=ROLLING STONES - 840 (6) 20) MEAT LOAF - 832 (11)

Dannyboy - at no time did I say that I do not find your Lists interesting. I said that such Lists are 'fun'. I did say that they do not work as regards gauging the most popular Acts or Hits. I do my own Lists. I do mine for Fun. But, mine gauge things like the Acts with the most No.1 Weeks, Top 5 Weeks, Top 10 Weeks, & so on - in Chart History. You get a better idea of success that way, than making Lists of individual Hits. You - obviously - put a lot of work into your Lists. They are interesting - I never said that they are not. Have you thought of working out the No.1 & No.2 Albums on the same basis? That would be interesting too.

It is silly to base who is the 'Biggest Act' on such Lists. Downloads make sure that many Hits hang around for ages & ages, these days. (Lady GaGa is just a big Act in the Download Era - The Beatles, ABBA, Queen, Bee Gees etc. would have been in the Singles Charts for far longer, had they had Downloads to assist them). Old Hits had to depend on actually being available in the Shops. Downloads are there 24/7 - 365 Days a Year - no wonder so many 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 etc. Hits are in the Charts for Months & Months. We may as well say that 'I Believe', by Frankie Laine, was the biggest UK No.1 ever - 18 Weeks at No.1, 36 Top 10 Weeks - both more than any other UK No.1. But, it had low Sales, as Singles Sales were low in 1953. Downloads also distort what is biggest in UK Chart History. It is OK for 'fun', to compile these Lists - but, we will find that more & more Hits from this 'Era' fill the Lists, until only a minority of pre-2006 No.1's will get a look in, when Points are added up. This is already happening.

The 2 Beatles Albums are 2 of only 6, (since July 1956), that have reached the UK Top 10 - on 3 or more occasions - in totally different Chart Runs:, 4 TOP 10 ENTRIES 1) ‘Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ - The Beatles (1967) No.1 in 1967 - No.3 in 1987 - No.6 in 1992 - No.5 in 2009 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 2) ‘Gold’ - ABBA (1992) (One of only 2 Albums to reach the Top 5 each time) No.1 in 1992 - No.1 in 1999 - No.4 in 2004 - No.1 in 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 TOP 10 ENTRIES 1) ‘The Beatles - 1962 - 1966’ (‘The Red Album’) (1973) No.3 in 1973 - No.3 in 1993 - No.6 in 2010 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 2) ‘The Beatles - 1967 - 1970’ (‘The Blue Album’) (1973) (One of only 2 Albums to reach the Top 5 each time) No.2 in 1973 - No.4 in 1993 - No.4 in 2010 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 3) ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ - Pink Floyd (1973) No.2 in 1973 - No.7 in 1974 - No.4 in 1993 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 4) ‘Off The Wall’ - Michael Jackson (1979) No.5 in 1979 - No.10 in 1984 - No.3 in 2009 NOTE - The only Album to not reach its Peak Position until its 3rd Top 10 Entry @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Kings Of Leon are only the 7th USA Group to have had more than 2 UK No.1 Albums. Only 16 USA Groups have had more than 1:, USA GROUPS WITH THE MOST UK No.1 ALBUMS (To W/E 30th October 2010) 1) R.E.M. - 8 2) BON JOVI - 5 3)=DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES - 3 (Includes 1 with The Temptations) 3)=METALLICA - 3 3)=RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - 3 3)=KILLERS - 3 3)=KINGS OF LEON - 3 8)=BEACH BOYS - 2 8)=STYLISTICS - 2 8)=NIRVANA - 2 8)=D12 - 2 8)=LINKIN PARK - 2 8)=FOO FIGHTERS - 2 8)=SCISSOR SISTERS - 2 8)=GREEN DAY - 2 8)=MAROON 5 - 2 NOTE - Simon & Garfunkel, (2 No.1 Albums), The Carpenters, (3 No.1’s), & White Stripes, (2 No.1’s), are all Duo’s - not Groups. Fleetwood Mac have had 4 UK No.1 Albums, but they were a UK/USA Group at the time - as were Blondie, when they had 2 UK No.1 Albums. The Monkees had 2 No.1 Albums, but, they too were a UK/USA Group. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ And, as The Beatles have added 2 more Weeks, to their tally of Weeks in the UK Top 10, I've worked out these Lists - all to W/E 30th October:, THE TOP 20 UK ALBUM ACTS (BASED ON WEEKS IN THE TOP 5) (To W/E 30th October 2010) 1) BEATLES - 355 Weeks 2) ELVIS PRESLEY - 316 Weeks 3) SHADOWS - 223 Weeks (Includes 136 Weeks with Cliff Richard) 4) ROLLING STONES - 196 Weeks 5) FRANK SINATRA - 188 Weeks 6) CLIFF RICHARD - 175 Weeks 7) SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 159 Weeks 8) ABBA - 149 Weeks 9) MICHAEL JACKSON - 140 Weeks (Includes 10 Weeks with The Jackson 5 - both Acts credited) 10) ELTON JOHN - 128 Weeks 11) GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS - 116 Weeks 12)=PAUL McCARTNEY/WINGS - 114 Weeks 12)=QUEEN - 114 Weeks 14) ROD STEWART - 111 Weeks 15)=MADONNA - 110 Weeks (NOT including ‘Who’s That Girl’ - Soundtrack - (1987) 5 Top 5 Weeks) 15)=ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 110 Weeks 17)=BEACH BOYS - 104 Weeks 17)=SIMPLY RED - 104 Weeks 19) BOB DYLAN - 102 Weeks 20) DAVID BOWIE - 100 Weeks NOTE Phil Collins is at No.21 - 92 Top 5 Weeks Take That are on 59 Top 5 Weeks Westlife are also on 59 Top 5 Weeks @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ THE TOP 20 UK ALBUM ACTS (BASED ON WEEKS IN THE TOP 10) (To W/E 30th October 2010) 1) ELVIS PRESLEY - 512 Weeks 2) BEATLES - 463 Weeks 3) SHADOWS - 430 Weeks (Includes 235 Weeks with Cliff Richard) 4)=FRANK SINATRA - 337 Weeks 4)=CLIFF RICHARD - 337 Weeks 6) ROLLING STONES - 267 Weeks 7) MICHAEL JACKSON - 257 Weeks (Includes 18 Weeks with The Jackson 5 - both Acts credited) 8) SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 240 Weeks 9) ROD STEWART - 226 Weeks 10) ABBA - 224 Weeks 11) MADONNA - 215 Weeks (NOT including ‘Who’s That Girl’ - Soundtrack - (1987) 6 Top 10 Weeks) 12) ELTON JOHN - 213 Weeks 13) QUEEN - 209 Weeks 14) BOB DYLAN - 193 Weeks 15) PAUL McCARTNEY/WINGS - 189 Weeks 16) GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS - 171 Weeks 17) BEACH BOYS - 169 Weeks 18) SIMPLY RED - 165 Weeks 19) DAVID BOWIE - 163 Weeks 20) ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 162 Weeks NOTE Phil Collins is at No.21 - 154 Top 10 Weeks Take That are on 105 Top 10 Weeks Westlife are on 87 Top 10 Weeks @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ THE TOP 20 UK ALBUM ACTS (BASED ON WEEKS ON ENTIRE CHART) (To W/E 30th October 2010) (2010 Weeks - since W/E 16th January - in Brackets) 1) QUEEN - 1441 (13) 2) BEATLES - 1357 (2) 3) ELVIS PRESLEY - 1339 (6) 4) U2 - 1238 5) MICHAEL JACKSON - 1220 (32) 6) MADONNA - 1164 (14) 7) DIRE STRAITS - 1147 (1) 8) SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 1135 9) ROD STEWART - 1048 (44) 10) DAVID BOWIE - 1031 (5) 11) ELTON JOHN - 1013 12) ABBA - 1007 (5) 13) FLEETWOOD MAC - 940 (21) 14) PINK FLOYD - 938 15) FRANK SINATRA - 926 16) PHIL COLLINS - 887 (8) 17) CLIFF RICHARD - 857 (2) 18)=SHADOWS- 840 18)=ROLLING STONES - 840 (6) 20) MEAT LOAF - 832 (11)

Westlife never progress. They do the same sort of music with almost every Single. Even many of their old Fans are fed up now - the days of guaranteed No.1 Singles & Albums are over - for Westlife. The people who get excited over them seem to think that being bland, same old same old, & predictable, makes Westlife 'fantastic'. Most people see nothing much there. They are sort of Val(ium) Doonican Tribute Group. They will never, ever be respected by the Music Industry. There is nothing much to respect. Their 2 biggest UK Singles were Covers, ('I Have A Dream', & 'Uptown Girl'). 10 of their 14 UK No.1 Singles could only remain at No.1 for 1 Week. They've had 7 UK No.1 Albums, & none spent more than 1 Week at No.1. So - lots of No.1's, but they did not really 'Dominate' the Charts at all - as in holding off other big Acts, from the No.1 spot - by staying there for 3, 4, or 5 Weeks - often. Their UK Chart Statistics are not that impressive, when they are actually looked at in that way.

ROBBIE WILLIAMS 9th UK No.1 ALBUM As Robbie has his 9th UK No.1 Album:, ACTS WITH 7 - OR MORE - UK No.1 ALBUMS (To W/E 23rd October 2010) 1) THE BEATLES - 15 2)=ELVIS PRESLEY - 11 2)=MADONNA - 11 4)=THE ROLLING STONES - 10 4)=U2 - 10 6)=ABBA - 9 6)=MICHAEL JACKSON - 9 6)=ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 9 6)=QUEEN - 9 10)=DAVID BOWIE - 8 10)=OASIS - 8 10)=LED ZEPPELIN - 8 10)=BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 8 10)=REM - 8 (13W) 15)=SHADOWS - 7 (Includes 3 No.1’s, with Cliff Richard) 15)=CLIFF RICHARD - 7 15)=ROD STEWART - 7 15)=BOB DYLAN - 7 15)=PAUL McCARTNEY/WINGS - 7 15)=WESTLIFE - 7 MALE SOLO ACTS WITH THE MOST UK No.1 ALBUMS (To W/E 23rd October 2010) 1) ELVIS PRESLEY - 11 2)=MICHAEL JACKSON - 9 2)=ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 9 4)=DAVID BOWIE - 8 4)=BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 8 6)=CLIFF RICHARD - 7 6)=ROD STEWART - 7 6)=BOB DYLAN - 7 UK MALE SOLO ACTS WITH THE MOST UK No.1 ALBUMS (To W/E 23rd October 2010) 1) ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 9 2) DAVID BOWIE - 8 3)=CLIFF RICHARD - 7 3)=ROD STEWART - 7 5)=ELTON JOHN - 6 5)=PHIL COLLINS - 6 5)=GEORGE MICHAEL - 6 5)=PAUL McCARTNEY - 6 @@@ @@@ = Paul McCartney's name is credited on the Covers of 6 No.1 Albums. However, 'Ram', (1971), was not Solo - it is a Paul & Linda McCartney Album. 'Band On The Run', (1973 - No.1 in 1974), is a Paul McCartney & Wings Album. But, I've added those 2 in. After all - Cliff Richard gets 3 Cliff Richard & The Shadows Albums added to his 'Solo' Total. (I've not added in 'Venus & Mars' (1975), for that No.1 Album was just credited to Wings).

IF - this 'campaign' succeeds, it will be 100% pointless. DJ's etc. will not play the 'silent track' on the Radio. Nor will it even be played if it were at No.1. Instead, the Christmas Chart will stop when the No.2 Hit is played. The No.1 will be mentioned - but, then 100% ignored. So, it may as well not be No.1 at all. If an 'X Factor' Track is at No.2 - then that will be the final Hit played in the Christmas Chart - which means it is being treated as if it were at No.1. So, the entire idea of a 'silent track' at No.1 is 100% stupid, pointless, & only a reflection on how dumb the people are who thought of the idea. And I say that as someone who hates 'X Factor. But, I hate this idea even more. Instead, it would be better to get a Christmas Single to No.1 that has never been there before. Say 'White Christmas', by Bing Crosby', or 'Fairy Tale Of New York', by The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl. I loathe the 'X Factor', but I also loathe prople who think that it is clever to campaign for Heavy Rock, (2009), or Silence, (2010), to be No.1 at Christmas.....

I doubt very much if the JLS Single will beat the Take That Single to No.1. The Take That Track is far stronger. The JLS one - heard such ballads a million times before. We will see, anyhow.

It will be No.1, due to the hype. However, it shows that Cowell has Zero imagination. In 2008, he chose Mariah Carey's 'Hero' as the Help4Heroes Charity Single. This time, it is Bowie's 'Heroes' - for the same Charity. Gordon 'Misnomer' Smart, in 'The Sun', says that 'Paper will be backing the Single all the way. If Cowell backs the same Charity in 2011, will he pick 'Holding Out For A Hero', or Enrique Iglesias 'Hero'? Where is the imagination in any of this? Cowell has none. In the past he has admited that he does not 'get' any Artists who are unusual in any way - Bowie, Kate Bush, & Bob Dylan, to name but 3. He also says that he 'deserves' more money than Bruce Springsteen, as he has 'Sold more records', than Springsteen! Cowell has Zero Musical creativity - can't sing, write songs, produce records, or play instruments, but he looks down on Acts who can! As about 80% of the 'X Factor' is finding people who look good - singing is secondary - there is no way that he'd have ever let Queen, Slade, Elton John, or Led Zeppelin, through to the Final. He'd have said that all 4 Acts were, 'Too ugly to be a success'. Yet he has the cheek to allow 'his' X Factor Acts to sing Queen etc. Songs, in the 'Rounds'. Then we have Cheryl Cole judging the Singing, when she clearly has not got a decent voice herself. When she does get on the 'X Factor' Stage, to 'Sing', she either mimes or uses autotune, & surrounds herself with loads & loads of dancers - all designed to hide the fact that she can't sing. But, she sits there in judgement on whether this or that Contestant can sing. Now we have Cowell going the 'Charity Single' route again - as he knows it is easy UK No.1 territory, & his Ego sees these No.1's - many of them Covers - as somehow making him look like a Music Tycoon. A man with all it takes to have No.1's. The whole thing is a laughable heap of garbage. Why so many buy into it, I don't know. But, if everyone saw through him, Cowell would not be rich - so he's thankful that so many are taken in.....

The latest, (W/E 16th October), 'Music Week', reports that:, 1) 'Poker Face', by Lady GaGa, has just become the 102nd Million Selling Single in the UK. 2) It sold 1,418 copies last Week - to bring its UK Total to 1,003,011. 3) It is only the 13th UK Million Selling Single by a Solo Female.

Yes, that's correct. Also - Tinie Tempah looks like being the only Act, of the 4, to NOT have the No.1 Single, at some stage during the 'Feat'. He's unlikely to manage 2 Singles in the Top 5 next Week, & he may not have the No.1 Album, either.

Loudjamesbond - the Tinie Tempah Album is just called 'Disc-Overy' - there is no 'The' in the Title. As Tinie Tempah has 2 Top 5 Singles, & the No.1 Album, in the latest UK Charts, I decided to check how many times this has been achieved since the Album Chart began. (July 28th 1956). To my surprise, I found that Tinie Tempah is only the FOURTH Act to achieve it. Also, that it is only the 16th Chart Week that it has been achieved in. John Lennon managed it 9 times - 8 Weeks in The Beatles, & 1 Week as John Lennon. The Shadows now have their Cliff Richard & The Shadows Singles, & Albums, added to their Statistics. As a result of this, they were the 1st Act to achieve it - for a Total of 6 Weeks. 2 TOP 5 SINGLES & THE NUMBER 1 ALBUM - IN THE SAME WEEK (BY THE SAME ACT) 1) THE SHADOWS W/E 17th January to W/E 31st January 1963 (3 WEEKS) 2 TOP 5 SINGLES (3 WEEKS) ‘The Next Time/Bachelor Boy’ - No.1 - No.2 - No.2 - Cliff Richard & The Shadows ‘Dance On!’ - No.2 - No.1 - No.4 - The Shadows No.1 ALBUM (2 WEEKS) W/E 17th & 24th January 1963 (2 WEEKS) ‘Out Of The Shadows’ - No.1 - No.1 - The Shadows W/E 31st January 1963 (1 WEEK) No.1 ALBUM (1 WEEK) ‘Summer Holiday’ (Soundtrack) - No.1 - Cliff Richard & The Shadows @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 2) THE SHADOWS W/E 21st March to 4th April 1963 (3 WEEKS) 2 TOP 5 SINGLES (3 WEEKS) ‘Summer Holiday’ - No.1 - No.2 - No.1 - Cliff Richard & The Shadows ‘Foot Tapper’ - No.2 - No.1 - No.4 - The Shadows No.1 ALBUM (3 WEEKS) W/E 21st March to 4th April 1963 (3 WEEKS) ‘Summer Holiday’ (Soundtrack) - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - Cliff Richard & The Shadows @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 3) THE BEATLES W/E 12th December 1963 to W/E 16th January 1964 (6 WEEKS) 2 TOP 5 SINGLES (6 WEEKS) ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’ - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.2 ‘She Loves You’ - No.2 - No.2 - No.2 - No.3 - No.5 - No.5 No.1 ALBUM (6 WEEKS) ‘With The Beatles’ - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 4) THE BEATLES W/E 20th December to 27th December 1967 (2 WEEKS) 2 TOP 5 SINGLES (2 WEEKS) ‘Hello Goodbye’ - No.1 - No.1 ‘Magical Mystery Tour (EP) - No.3 - No.2 No.1 ALBUM (2 WEEKS) ‘Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ - No.1 - No.1 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 5) JOHN LENNON W/E 7th February 1981 (1 WEEK) 2 TOP 5 SINGLES (1 WEEK) ‘Woman’ - No.1 ‘Imagine’ - No.4 No.1 ALBUM (1 WEEK) ‘Double Fantasy’ - No.1 - John Lennon & Yoko Ono @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 6) TINIE TEMPAH W/E 16th October 2010 (1 WEEK) 2 TOP 5 SINGLES (1 WEEK) ‘Written In The Stars’ - No.3 - Tinie Tempah Feat. Eric Turner ‘Miami 2 Ibiza’ - No.5 - Swedish House Mafia Vs Tinie Tempah No.1 ALBUM (1 WEEK) ‘Disc-Overy’ - No.1 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ NOT COUNTING THESE 2 ACTS:, A) JOHN TRAVOLTA W/E 21st October to 18th November 1978 (5 WEEKS) 2 TOP 5 SINGLES (5 WEEKS) ‘Summer Nights’ - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.3 - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John ‘Sandy’ - No.4 - No.3 - No.2 - No.3 - No.4 - John Travolta No.1 ALBUM (5 WEEKS) ‘Grease’ (Soundtrack) - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - VARIOUS ARTISTS (So, it does not count) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ B) OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN W/E 11th November to 18th November 1978 (2 WEEKS) 2 TOP 5 SINGLES (2 WEEKS) ‘Summer Nights’ - No.1 - No.3 - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John ‘Hopelessly Devoted To You - No.4 - No.2 - Olivia Newton-John No.1 ALBUM (2 WEEKS) ‘Grease’ (Soundtrack) - No.1 - No.1 - VARIOUS ARTISTS (So, it does not count) This post has been edited by zeus555: Today, 07:15 PM

Suedehead2 - the Tinie Tempah Album is just called 'Disc-Overy' - there is no 'The' in the Title. As Tinie Tempah has 2 Top 5 Singles, & the No.1 Album, in the latest UK Charts, I decided to check how many times this has been achieved since the Album Chart began. (July 28th 1956). To my surprise, I found that Tinie Tempah is only the FOURTH Act to achieve it. Also, that it is only the 16th Chart Week that it has been achieved in. John Lennon managed it 9 times - 8 Weeks in The Beatles, & 1 Week as John Lennon. The Shadows now have their Cliff Richard & The Shadows Singles, & Albums, added to their Statistics. As a result of this, they were the 1st Act to achieve it - for a Total of 6 Weeks. 2 TOP 5 SINGLES & THE NUMBER 1 ALBUM - IN THE SAME WEEK (BY THE SAME ACT) 1) THE SHADOWS W/E 17th January to W/E 31st January 1963 (3 WEEKS) 2 TOP 5 SINGLES (3 WEEKS) ‘The Next Time/Bachelor Boy’ - No.1 - No.2 - No.2 - Cliff Richard & The Shadows ‘Dance On!’ - No.2 - No.1 - No.4 - The Shadows No.1 ALBUM (2 WEEKS) W/E 17th & 24th January 1963 (2 WEEKS) ‘Out Of The Shadows’ - No.1 - No.1 - The Shadows W/E 31st January 1963 (1 WEEK) No.1 ALBUM (1 WEEK) ‘Summer Holiday’ (Soundtrack) - No.1 - Cliff Richard & The Shadows @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 2) THE SHADOWS W/E 21st March to 4th April 1963 (3 WEEKS) 2 TOP 5 SINGLES (3 WEEKS) ‘Summer Holiday’ - No.1 - No.2 - No.1 - Cliff Richard & The Shadows ‘Foot Tapper’ - No.2 - No.1 - No.4 - The Shadows No.1 ALBUM (3 WEEKS) W/E 21st March to 4th April 1963 (3 WEEKS) ‘Summer Holiday’ (Soundtrack) - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - Cliff Richard & The Shadows @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 3) THE BEATLES W/E 12th December 1963 to W/E 16th January 1964 (6 WEEKS) 2 TOP 5 SINGLES (6 WEEKS) ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’ - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.2 ‘She Loves You’ - No.2 - No.2 - No.2 - No.3 - No.5 - No.5 No.1 ALBUM (6 WEEKS) ‘With The Beatles’ - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 4) THE BEATLES W/E 20th December to 27th December 1967 (2 WEEKS) 2 TOP 5 SINGLES (2 WEEKS) ‘Hello Goodbye’ - No.1 - No.1 ‘Magical Mystery Tour (EP) - No.3 - No.2 No.1 ALBUM (2 WEEKS) ‘Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ - No.1 - No.1 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 5) JOHN LENNON W/E 7th February 1981 (1 WEEK) 2 TOP 5 SINGLES (1 WEEK) ‘Woman’ - No.1 ‘Imagine’ - No.4 No.1 ALBUM (1 WEEK) ‘Double Fantasy’ - No.1 - John Lennon & Yoko Ono @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 6) TINIE TEMPAH W/E 16th October 2010 (1 WEEK) 2 TOP 5 SINGLES (1 WEEK) ‘Written In The Stars’ - No.3 - Tinie Tempah Feat. Eric Turner ‘Miami 2 Ibiza’ - No.5 - Swedish House Mafia Vs Tinie Tempah No.1 ALBUM (1 WEEK) ‘Disc-Overy’ - No.1 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ NOT COUNTING THESE 2 ACTS:, A) JOHN TRAVOLTA W/E 21st October to 18th November 1978 (5 WEEKS) 2 TOP 5 SINGLES (5 WEEKS) ‘Summer Nights’ - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.3 - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John ‘Sandy’ - No.4 - No.3 - No.2 - No.3 - No.4 - John Travolta No.1 ALBUM (5 WEEKS) ‘Grease’ (Soundtrack) - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - No.1 - VARIOUS ARTISTS (So, it does not count) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ B) OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN W/E 11th November to 18th November 1978 (2 WEEKS) 2 TOP 5 SINGLES (2 WEEKS) ‘Summer Nights’ - No.1 - No.3 - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John ‘Hopelessly Devoted To You - No.4 - No.2 - Olivia Newton-John No.1 ALBUM (2 WEEKS) ‘Grease’ (Soundtrack) - No.1 - No.1 - VARIOUS ARTISTS (So, it does not count)

The Glee beating The Beatles hype is laughable. 1) Of the 75 'Glee' Billboard Hot 100 Hits, only 14 spent more than 1 Week on the Chart. 2) Only 1 made the Top 10 - their Cover of Journey's 'Don't Stop Believin' - No.4. 3) Of The Beatles 71 Hot 100 Hits, 34 made the Top 10. 4) 20 of The Beatles Hits were No.1's. But - just because 'Glee' has had 75 Hot 100 Hits, to The Beatles 71, the USA & UK Media is running the story as if 'Glee' is bigger than The Beatles! Indeed, that is what Gordon 'Misnomer' Smart, said in today's, 'The Sun':, "THERE are few acts in history bigger than THE BEATLES - but the cast of GLEE now officially are". LINK:, http://smurl.name/49re

Spicefunk - As far as I understand it, the 2010 'British Hit Singles' Book goes up to the Chart of W/E 10th April THIS Year - inclusive. At first I was told W/E 3rd April, but - in various ways - I worked out that the Data went up to a Week later than that - 10th April.

You can hear a SOUNDCLIP of the entire Song here:, (See it at the bottom of the Article). http://smurl.name/uc98 I'm not sure if it is strong enough to be the lead Single from her 2nd Album - 'Endlessly'. Especially as she needs to really have a huge Single, after taking far too long to follow-up the hugely successful 'Rockferry' Album. I like 'Well Well Well' - but, as to whether it is strong enough to regain her momentum - it is not by any means certain.....

WH Smith will be selling the 2010 'British Hit Singles' Book for £12.40 - 60p cheaper than Amazon.uk, & £7.60 cheaper than its full price. LINK:, http://bit.ly/bPM6Ga

They have addressed the 'mess' that was the 2008 Book. The more people who buy the 2010 Book, the more chance of a 2011 Album Book, & 2012 Singles Book. It is in 'Chart Fans' hands, whether these Books continue or not. We are very lucky in the UK - the people who compile the German Charts, refuse to let anyone do German Chart Books. There have not been any there for many Years.

The 2nd Volume of the 'Virgin Book Of British Hit Singles' is out on Thursday 4th November. Amazon.uk are currently taking Pre-Orders for it - at £13, rather than its full price of £20. LINK:, http://smurl.name/e4z6 Here is Amazon's description of it:, "The second in this new series, The Virgin Book of Hit Singles is the most-up-to-date and comprehensive record of the music charts available today and a perfect, collectable complement to The Virgin Book of Hit Albums and The Virgin Book of Top 75 Charts. Now improved and fine-tuned, and drawn from the Official Charts Company Data since 1952, The Virgin Book of Hit Singles features the most comprehensive, easy to read and accessible music chart data and information. It's all here -- expanded artist biographies, side notes of interest, label and catalogue numbers, peak positions, number of weeks on chart and weeks at number one. Also includes EP charts. The Virgin Book of Hit Singles is essential reading, and reference, for any music lover". SOMEONE'S COMMENTS ON THE 2010 'HIT SINGLES' BOOK Someone has seen the 'Hit Singles' Book, & describes it on James Masterton's Chart Blog. I thought that you'd like to see what the Fellow says. (It will be a Male - hardly any Females are interested in Chart Books. People who run Book Shops have often told me that, when I've asked). He calls himself 'This Charming Man', & he says:, "Chart lovers: GOOD NEWS! I have seen an early copy of the new Virgin British Hit Singles and it's ace. Lists of best selling singles/dowloads ever and by year. The short-lived EP charts listings, lists of "more weeks at #1" by artist and single, "in the top 10" etc... They vastly make up for the poor showing of 2 years ago. And they have "weeks in the charts" column as opposed to "weeks in the Top 40" as they did last time. I hope this doesn't count as spam as I am effectively promoting something, so apologies if I am offending anyone". @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Anyhow - with full Top 75 Weeks On Chart, & EP Chart Data added in - plus many other improvements, on the 2008 Edition - it looks like the 2010 Edition will be well worth buying for Chart Fans.

Suedehead2 - 'Down Down' wasn't a 1973 No.1 for Status Quo. It entered the UK Charts in December 1974, & was No.1, (1 Week), On W/E 18th January 1975. Nor was it their only No.1 Single. They also went to No.1 in 1994 - with the Manchester United Football Squad. The Single was 'Come On You Reds', & it was No.1 - for 2 Weeks - in May 1994.

At a guess, I'd say that at least 15 to 18 of the Top 30 will be by No.1 Singles from 2005 to 2009. Downloads are enabling really popular Hits, to stay on the Charts for far longer than most No.1's have done, for Decades. Yes - Robson & Jerome really did only release 3 Singles, & all 3 went to No.1. (2 in 1995 & 1 in 1996). They only released 2 Albums - and both were No.1's. (1995 & 1996). A 3rd Album was released in 1997, but it was a 'Best Of', & it only got to No.20.

Far more effort has gone into the 2010 'Hit Singles' Book. (Than went into the 2008 Edition). There are numerous Facts & Feats in it, & it is Top 75 based, this time. Depending on how well the 2010 Edition sells, there will be future 'Hit Singles', & 'Hit Albums', Books. There will not be any future 'Top 40' Charts Books, as the 2009 Edition did not sell well enough to justify up-dated editions.

'Gold', by ABBA, spent 58 Weeks in the Top 10. (433 - so far - in the Top 75). 'Greatest Hits' by Queen, is the UK's Best Selling Album, but it 'only' spent 23 Weeks in the Top 10. It spent 472 Weeks on the Chart, but 'only' 410 of those were in the Top 75. Its other 62 Weeks are Positions from 76 to 100, when the entire Top 100 was used for Chart Books. (August 1981 to January 1989). The Queen Album, that spent the most Weeks in the Top 10, was their 1984 Album, 'The Works. It was in the Top 10 for 25 Weeks. Ironically, it was not one of their 9 No.1 Albums. It Peaked at No.2 - for 3 Weeks - non-consecutive.

Lady GaGa's 'The Fame', is the first Album by a Female Solo Artist, to reach 70, (or more), Top 10 Weeks, in the UK. (To W/E 25th September 2010) THE ALBUMS WITH THE MOST TOP 10 WEEKS (EXCLUDING SOUNDTRACKS) 1) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 135 2) THE BLACK & WHITE MINSTREL SHOW - THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS - 120 3) THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON - 88 (Includes 7 Top 10 Weeks with ‘Thriller 25’ ) 4) TUBULAR BELLS - MIKE OLDFIELD - 74 5) THE FAME - LADY GAGA - 71 (Includes Sales of ‘The Fame Monster’ - 2009) THE ALBUMS - BY FEMALE SOLO ARTISTS - WITH THE MOST TOP 10 WEEKS 1) THE FAME - LADY GAGA - 71 (Includes Sales of ‘The Fame Monster’ - 2009) 2) BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE - 66 (Includes 12 Top 10 Weeks with the 'Deluxe' Edition) 3) NO ANGEL - DIDO - 56 4) COME ON OVER - SHANIA TWAIN - 51 5)=JAGGED LITTLE PILL - ALANIS MORISSETTE - 41 5)=FALLING INTO YOU - CELINE DION - 41

Well, I'm floundering a bit, with the Peter Andre Single - I've probably still got it too high, by estimating that it is the UK's 111th Best Selling Single. Eventually I'll try to get more precise details of the Sales of 'Bleeding Love', 'Crazy', & 'Whole Again'. Plus the status, (as regards being close - or not - to a Million), of 'White Christmas', 'I Will Survive', & 'Don't Stand So Close To Me'. I saw the Joe Meek Film - and, (before I did), I assumed that it would cause several of 'his' old Hits to get a Downloads boost. However, the Film was awful, & I assume that anyone who did see it already had Joe Meek Compilations & so on. (The Film made him look like a very dangerous & unstable Fellow - which he turned out to be, of course!). Cliff Richard Fans tend to buy his Hits via Compilations, or 'Live' DVD's, these Days - and now the 'Daily Mail' is going to be giving away his old Films, from Saturday, (18th September), onwards.