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The Record has been broken because 'Singles' no longer need to actually be on Sale in Shops in order to Chart. You can therefore Chart indefinitely - with Downloads - if you are popular enough. You can even Chart with Album Tracks. Those things have caused Lady GaGa to break the record. Just as if Downloads had been around in The Beatles time, & ABBA's, & Queen's, etc. - then those Acts would have spent far longer, (than they did), on the Singles Chart, in a Calendar Year. It's like the hype about Steps, Westlife, & Take That, all having, 'The UK's Biggest Stadium Tour', Record, at some stage. They could gain such feats because the Stadiums are around. There were no such UK Stadium Tours, in The Beatles, ABBA's, & Queen's 'Day', - but, those Acts would have held/broken those Tour records too, had there been - and had they decided to 'go for it'. So - like many Chart Records - the 'Most Singles Weeks In A Calendar Year', one, is now far easier to gain/break - due to the way things are in this day & age. Nothing to do with 2000's Acts actually being 'Bigger' than older Decades Acts - to be honest.....

The OCC counted the Sales of the W/E 3rd January 2009 Chart, as belonging to 2008. They saw/see it as the last Chart of 2008. Because ALL of its Sales were in 2008. (They started 2009's Sales on W/E 10th January). The OCC count the Chart of W/E 2nd January 2010 as the final Chart of 2009 - as its SALES are from Sunday 20th December to Saturday 26th December. NONE of its Sales are in 2010. So, The OCC will 100% definitely add the Sales, from the Singles & Albums Charts, for that Week - W/E 2nd January - to 2009. As for the Chart of W/E 9th January 2010. The SALES for that Chart are from Sunday 27th December to Saturday 2nd January - so FIVE of its Sales Days are in 2009. However, The OCC would deem it rather late to make the W/E 16th January Chart, the first of 2010, so they will almost certainly count the W/E 9th January Chart, as the 1st of 2010. In 2009, The OCC started the Sales Year with the W/E 10th January Chart. The SALES for that Chart were from Sunday 28th December to Saturday 3rd January - so 4 of its Sales Days were in 2008. However, it would have been rather late to make the 1st Chart of 2009 the W/E 17th January Chart - so, they started with the 10th.

Thanks for the response, Dave. Yes - I'm aware that 'The Floral Dance' was No.2 for 6 Weeks - Christmas/New Year 1977/1978. However, it was a Christmas No.2 HIT - NOT a Christmas SONG. I was only refering to No.2 Hits that were about Christmas - not No.2 Hits that were merely at that Position, over Christmas.....

'That's My Goal' was a Westlife Reject - even THEY did not want it! To my ears, it is weak, filmsy, garbage. It would not have even sold 100,000 copies had Shayne not Won the 'X Factor'. People only bought it because he Won. It is rather sad really - Songs Selling over a Million due to a TV Show - rather than because of merit.....

ROD STEWART - THE 12th ACT TO REACH 1000 UK ALBUM WEEKS THE TOP 12 UK ALBUM CHART ACTS (BY WEEKS ON CHART) Earlier in 2009, he was in 11th place, on 983 Weeks, but ABBA over-took him, & rose to 11. Then they reached 1000 Weeks. Now he's reached 1000 Weeks, & looks set to rise to No.11 again soon, as he has 2 Albums in the Top 75, & ABBA have none..... (2009 Weeks - since W/E 10th January - in Brackets) (To W/E 26th December 2009) 1) Queen - 1426 (5) 2) The Beatles - 1355 (46) 3) Elvis Presley - 1333 (0) 4) U2 - 1238 (49) 5) Michael Jackson - 1177 (149) 6) Madonna - 1148 (13) 7) Dire Straits - 1146 (0) 8) Simon & Garfunkel - 1135 (7) 9) David Bowie - 1026 (0) 10) Elton John - 1013 (0) 11) ABBA - 1002 (45) 12) Rod Stewart - 1000 (17)

'Last Christmas' was No.2 for 5 Weeks, between 1984 & 1985. It is the biggest Selling UK No.2 Hit. Its initial Top 10 Weeks:, 2-2-2-2-2-3-8 Then, it re-entered the Top 10 for Christmas/New Year 1985/1986:, 10-6-6 Only 1 other No.2 Christmas Song has spent so long at No.2. The now forgotten 'Santo Natale', ('Merry Christmas'), by David Whitefield, in 1954/1955:, 6-2-2-2-2-2-5

Simon Cowell has been moaning that the BBC has been backing the RATM Song. He says that the TV Company should not be biased, & that backing RATM gives them an unfair advantage over Joe. He is unbelieveably hypocritical. He uses ITV to Promote his Acts as much as possible. For Years he's used the 'X Factor' to showcase Songs from Westlife & Il Divo, & more recently Leona Lewis, & Alexandra Burke. Even the Susan Boyle ITV Special had him ensuring that some of his other Acts were her 'Guests'. Every chance he gets, he uses ITV to 'Product Place' his Acts. James Masterton - 'Chart Expert' - fails to understand why people are fed up of Cowell dominating the UK Charts with Covers & Pap. He calls those who bought the RATM Song, 'Mindless idiots'. In the meantime I hear that:, 1) Cowell wants 'The X Factor' to be on TV for 5 Months of the Year. He says that 3 Months is not enough. 2) He also wants an International 'X Factor' to be shown, each Year. So, that would mean even more of his Acts & Covers going to No.1 in the UK. 3) He also wants to Host a Political Show, where 'The Public' debate 'Big issues', & he promises to have a 'Hot Line' to the Prime Minister etc., to get answers - 'Live' on Air. So, now he wants to influence UK Politics, too! I bet you can see his Ego from Space! I regard him as an over-rated joke, who fools those who ought to be able to think for themselves - but can't. (Or can - but would rather let Simon do it for them).

Read the Comments under this 'Daily Mail' Article, to see what a great many people think of 'The Climb', the 'X Factor', the Judges, & the 'Race' for the 2009 Christmas No.1. (It only shows the 1st 6 Comments - to see all 27, Click-On 'View all'). http://smurl.name/62hc People are just tired of weak, manufactured Covers automatically going to No.1 at Christmas - just because the Winner of the 'X Factor' is Singing them. It's nothing to do with Music - just about easy Fame, & Simon Cowell making even more money..... Gareth Gates admitted in last nights 'Manchester Evening News' that Simon Cowell had told he & Will Young, that they'd BOTH get Record Contracts off him - no matter who Won the 2002 'Pop Idol', when he & Will were in the Final. Gareth said he wasn't sure if he ought to reveal that. (That's because it means that the Voting was purely to get Cash out of the Viewers - the 'Prize' was going to BOTH Guys! It's called a Con! A deceit). 'The Climb' has a huge advantage over the RATM 'Single' - it is available on CD. 'The Climb' was always going to get to No.1 - even if it isn't today, it will be next Sunday. The RATM Campaign was always going to die out after today - if it is No.1 in today's Chart, then its 'Goal' will have been achieved, & people will cease Downloading it. If it is No.2 today, its 'Goal' has failed - and people will cease Downloading it due to that. 'The Climb' is AWFUL - but, it was always going to be a No.1 in the UK - either this Week, or next.....

I don't like 'The Climb', but there is no way that The OCC would 'ban' it from the Charts, because some people are buying several copies. You can buy as many copies of a Single, (or Album), as you like. I recall seeing people buying huge armfuls of Oasis's 'Be Here Now' Album in 1997, & the Elton John 'Diana' Single, the same Year. They were even shown buying them on the TV News - filmed in HMV etc.

The 'adjusted', (lower), Sales for 'Back For Good', & 'Stay Another Day' etc. should be ignored. The OCC did give out the lower Sales for some TV Charts, but they have recently given the original - higher - Totals for those same Singles. 'Back For Good' is on over a Million UK Sales, now, with Downloads added in. (Added in to its 900,000+ from the 1990's, I mean - NOT added to the erroneous 725,000 Total, that it is said - sometimes - to have sold in the 1990's). I've discussed all of this with The OCC, & told them that it would be better if everyone in their Office(s), used the original figures - rather than some of their Staff giving out the lower ones, & some giving out the original ones. (Alan Jones of 'Music Week', always gives out the higher/original Totals). I recall that it was widely reported that 'Back For Good' sold 350,000 in its 1st Week, in 1995. It was No.1 for 4 Weeks - and must have sold more than 725,000 in its 13 Week Chart Run.

1) Cliff Richard was born in India 2) Engelbert Humperdinck was born in India 3) Freddie Mercury, (Queen), was born in Zanzibar - an Island off the East African Coast 4) apl.de.ap, (Black Eyed Peas), was born in the Philippines

His Single will Sell about 500,000 - 650,000 in Week 1. He certainly isn't another Leon Jackson! I'd say he has the ability to be another Gareth Gates, (Who? Quite!). It depends on how many his 2nd ALBUM Sells that will decide if Simon drops him or not - the Singles are secondary to that matter.....

Here is a Statement - from The OCC - about the 29p Downloads from Amazon:, The Official Singles Chart Rules do not specify a minimum retail selling price for the sale of a single to be eligible for inclusion in the Official Singles Chart, however they do specify a minimum published dealer price. This does not affect the ability of a retailer to carry out price promotions and any genuine consumer purchases made as a result of a retailer promotion will be eligible as long as the single meets all other applicable chart rules. In plain English - RAGTM & Joe 'The Climb' Downloads from Amazon.uk DO count. I know someone at The OCC, & he's just re-confirmed it to me. Basically - Dealers have to pay a minimum of 40p, but they can sell the Downloads as cheaply as they like - such as 29p. The OCC still count them.

LADY GAGA - THE FIRST SOLO FEMALE ACT TO HAVE 3 CALENDAR YEAR UK No.1 SINGLES The UK Singles Chart began in mid-November 1952. It has taken 57 Years, but Lady GaGa becomes the first Solo Female, to have 3 No.1 Singles in a Calendar Year. Her 1st No.1 of the Year, ('Just Dance'), was credited as 'Featuring Colby O'Donis', but it was really a Solo Single - one only has to see the Video. Colby O'Donis only Sings a small part of the Song. She does about 95% of it. Only 6 Groups, with Female Singers, have ever achieved 3 No.1 Singles in A Calendar Year:, 1) ABBA - 1976 2) Blondie - 1980 3) Spice Girls 1996 4) Spice Girls - 1997 (4 No.1's if you count '2 Become 1', the 1996 Xmas No.1) 5) All Saints - 1998 6) B*Witched - 1998 7) Black Eyed Peas - 2009 MADONNA has had 13 UK No.1 Singles, but has never had more than 2 in a Calendar Year. Kylie Minogue has never had more than 1 genuine SOLO No.1 in a Calendar Year. (She only had 1 No.1 Solo Hit in 1989 - the 1st one was a Duet with Jason Donovan). THE 10 SOLO FEMALES WITH 2 UK No.1 SINGLES (CALENDAR YEAR) (Doris Day went to No.1 twice, with 'Secret Love', in 1954, but that does not count. Rosemary Clooney went to No.1 twice, in 1955 - 'Mambo Italiano' - that does not count either. Nor does Celine Dion - No.1 - twice - with 'My Heart Will Go On', in 1998) 1) Connie Francis - 1958 2) Helen Shapiro - 1961 3) Cilla Black - 1964 4) Madonna - 1986 5) Madonna - 1987 6) Billie - 1998 7) Geri Halliwell - 1999 8) Britney Spears - 2000 9) Madonna - 2000 10) Britney Spears - 2004 11) Leona Lewis - 2007 12) Alexandra Burke ('Hallelujah' was No.1 in the 1st Chart of 2009 - W/E 10th January) 13) Pixie Lott - 2009

The 'X Factor' is all about Covers, Ballads, & Cash really. If some people see nothing wrong with that, then fine. Many of us have higher standards than that. Also, I fail to see why Muppets Vote for the Finalists each Year, when Cowell often plans to give the 'Runner Up' a Contract anyhow. So, coming 1st really means nothing - as the 2nd Act can get No.1 Hits etc. too. So why Vote? (Cowell relies on you being Mugs - he makes tons of cash from the 'phone Votes). Cowell clearly knows fools when he sees them! (LOL!) Pretty Boy Joe will last for about 2 to 3 Years, before Cowell drops him. Cowell is only interested in success and cash. If Album 2 fails to bring the Sales in, then he drops you down the toilet. Nice Guy! (Shayne Ward? Gareth Gates? Leon Jackson?) I hear that Cowell is not satisfied with 'The X Factor' being on ITV for 3 months of the Year - he wants ITV to make the Show last for FIVE Months! With the Final, (and maybe earlier Shows), taking place at Wembley. Basically, he wants to take over UK Music & Entertainment - using the Shows to Promote Acts that he has connections with. Just like the Susan Boyle 'Special' Tonight - several of the Acts are connected with Cowell - as she is. It is all very, very manipulative. Still - as we have seen many of the Fans of the 'X Factor' see nothing wrong with bland, Covers dominating the Charts. They may as well check themselves into Old Peoples Homes, in my view - they are like Grannies & Grand Dads in their tastes - as is Cowell!!!

I heard Miley Cyrus's 'The Climb' earlier today - it nearly sent me into a Coma! God, it's boring! It makes 'That's My Goal', & 'A Moment Like This' sound like the Sex Pistols! (Miley's version was No.11 in the UK, earlier in 2009). Simon Cowell seems to only like Music that appeals to Granny's & little Girls. I like some of those Songs too, ('Unchained Melody' etc.), but. the problem is that such styles of Music are ALL that Simon seems to like! IF the 'X Factor' Winner, (probably Joe), is to release a Cover of 'The Climb' as a Single, then I'd rather that anything were No.1 than such sleep inducing garbage! Thank God none of the 3 Finalists has any chance - at all - of still being successful in 2012, & beyond - assuming that they can even manage it in 2011! I do wish the supporters of the garbage, would see that it is manipulative tripe, that creates nothing except Pop Puppets, short term Acts, & lots of cash for Cowell. Leona Lewis is about the only decent Act to come out of the Show - with Will Young being the best from 'Pop Idol'. I find it incredibly sad that so many people on Chart Forums think that the Show & Acts are great - they sure must have low standards!

Pete Waterman has seen through 'The X Factor' & Cowell's manipulation. He's right! Link:, http://smurl.name/6m2r

The USA once had a Guy like Simon Cowell. He was P. T. Barnum. He regarded those who fell for his hype as 'suckers'. One of his Shows had an 'Amazing Cherry Colored Cat' advertised. Many people rushed to pay to get in - to see a RED Cat. In fact - it was the color of BLACK Cherries! (Doh!). I regard those who Vote for 'X Factor' Acts, & who get excited by it all, as the same sort of people who fell for Barnum's garbage! Simon Cowell is just out to suck as much cash as he can out of such people - whilst making the minimum effort that he can. Then his manufactured, cheap, uminmaginative Covers end up being No.1. He creates Zero. He can't write Hits, or Produce, or Sing, or play Instruments. He just sits on his bum, & says very samey things, & then the cash rolls in. (Tragic). He likes to boast how many Records he's sold. I'd say, that as he played Zero part in making the Records, that he's sold Zero Records...... It would be hugely amusing - if it were not so sad!!!!!! Thank God that more people in the UK see through it all, than fall for it......There is hope for us yet.....

What are the Top 10 Best Selling 'Live' Albums in the UK? Should the MTV 'Unplugged' Albums count as 'Live' Albums?

But 'Singles' are only having these long Chart stays due to Downloads. It is nothing to do with them Selling more than in previous Decades. 'Rule The World' spent 68 Weeks on the Chart, & it has sold no-where near as many as 'Back For Good' - 13 Chart Weeks. So - yes, a lot of 'Singles' are Charting for longer - but, their Sales are often not as big as many old Hits, that spent far less time on the Charts..... The long Chart Runs are very misleading.....

Here is what it says on 'The X Factor' Site - that £1, from each CD sold, will go to the Children's Hospital. http://xfactor.itv.com/2009/videos/player/item_200784.htm It ONLY mentions the CD - no mention - at all - is given, as to how much go to the Hospital from Downloads. The CD is about £4:, Play.com http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/12159475/Y...amp;source=9593 Amazon.uk (One Amazon.uk Reviewer says that the 2008 'X Factor Finalists' Single only had 7% of its profits going to the Charity, which it claimed to be released for! Does Simon Cowell really think we are all Morons? Gordon 'Misnomer' Smart, of 'The Sun' does. He says we can't 'knock' 'You Are Not Alone', because the cash is going to Charity - no mention that 75% of it is NOT!). http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002TZS...ASIN=B002TZS53I hmv.uk http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetail...LEASES_2-294153 So - why isn't every penny going towards the Hospital? Instead - 25% is for the Hospital, & 75% goes elsewhere. How much to Simon Cowell? So, the Video uses images of very ill Children, at the Hospital - and only a Fourth of the cash goes to help them. I call it disgraceful, greedy, manipulation.

007 - Westlife, (1999), were not the previous Act, (to Black Eyed Peas), to have 3 No.1 Singles, in a Calendar Year. (Westlife did it in 2000 - 2 No.1's alone, & 1 with Mariah Carey). Will Young & Gareth Gates did it in 2002 - 2 Solo No.1's each, & 1 as a Duet. Elvis Presley had 3 No.1's in 2005. Black Eyed Peas become only the 2nd USA Group to have 3 UK No.1 Singles in a Calendar Year. The other was Blondie, in 1980. However - no entirely USA Group has ever managed it. One of Blondie was British, & 1 of Black Eyed Peas is from the Philippines. JLS become the first all Male UK Black Group to have a UK No.1 Album. Since July 28th 1956 there have been over 880 No.1 Albums - but only 18 have been by Black Groups. Only 4 of those were by UK Black Groups - Five Star, (1986), Soul II Soul, (1989 & 1990), & JLS - 2009. THE 13 BLACK GROUPS WITH UK No.1 ALBUMS (Have I missed any? I've NOT counted Duo's) 1) Greatest Hits - Four Tops (1968) 2) Greatest Hits - Diana Ross & The Supremes (1968) 3) Diana Ross & The Supremes Join The Temptations (1969) 4) The Best Of The Stylistics - Stylistics (1975) 5) The Best Of The Stylistics Volume 2 - Stylistics (1976) 6) 20 Golden Greats - Diana Ross & The Supremes (1977) 7) Night Flight To Venus - Boney M (1978) 8) Oceans Of Fantasy - Boney M (1979) 9) Greatest Hits - Rose Royce (1980) 10) The Magic Of Boney M - Boney M (1980) 11) 18 Greatest Hits - Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five (1983) 12) Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers (1984) @@@ 13) Silk & Steel - Five Star (1986) *** 14) Club Classics Volume 1 - Soul II Soul (1989) *** 15) Volume II (1990 A New Decade) - Soul II Soul (1990) *** 16) Wu Tang Forever - Wu Tang Clan (1997) 17) Survivor - Destiny’s Child (2001) 18) JLS - JLS (2009) *** *** = The only British Black Groups to achieve it. JLS being the only British Male Black Group to do so. - Since W/E 28th July 1956, when the UK Album Chart began. @@@ = Alan Jones says that Bob Marley was 'Mixed Race'. However, the Wailers weren't - so I count the entire Act as being Black.

6weeksatnumber7 - Thanks for correcting me. I forgot that Dido has spent 17 Weeks at No.1 in the UK Album Chart. (7 with 'No Angel', & 10 with 'Life For Rent'). So Leona's 8 Weeks, ('Spirit'), are the 2nd most for a UK Female Sololist - both Career-wise, & for an individual Album. Dido has only spent 1 Week at No.1 in the UK Singles Chart - 'Stan' - Eminem (2000). (Uncredited). She's been no higher than No.2 as Dido - 'White Flag', in 2003.

Yes - Geri Halliwell is the British Female Soloist with the most No.1 Singles - 4. And all 4 were terribly weak..... However - they only spent 5 Weeks at No.1 between them. Leona's 3 No.1's have managed 13 Weeks on Top - and 'Happy' would be her 4th No.1, & 14th Week at No.1. (IF it gets to No.1). As it is, no British Female Soloist has spent longer than Leona, at No.1, in the UK Singles Chart. She's beaten only by Madonna - 29 Weeks, Kylie & Whitney - 16 Weeks each, & Doris Day - 15 Weeks. (Olivia Newton John was born in the UK, & has spent 18 Weeks at No.1 - but all 3 of her No.1's were collaberations - 16 Weeks with John Travolta, & 2 Weeks with Electric Light Orchestra). Cher - like Leona - is on 13 No.1 Weeks - one of them with Chrissie Hynde, Neneh Cherry, & Eric Clapton. She gets 15 Weeks, if you add in the 2 Weeks of Sonny & Cher's 'I Got You Babe', from 1965. So, Leona has already spent longer at No.1 than any other British Female Soloist. That includes in the Album Chart too - 8 Weeks at No.1, with 'Spirit'.

But - Boney M were NOT from the UK! JLS are the first UK/British Black Group to have more than 1 No.1 Single.