Jester

Amazing sales for Spice Girls :o great Christmassy song too.

Jester’s Top Tunes 980 1 (1) Coldplay – ALL MY LOVE // 2-1-1-1-1 (5 wks) 4 weeks at number 1 2 (3) Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande – Defying Gravity // 6-3-2 (3 wks) 3 (6) Ariana Grande – Popular // 10-6-3 (3 wks) 4 (2) Sam Fender – People Watching // 11-4-2-2-4 (5 wks) 5 (4) Doves – Renegade // 5-1-2-3-4-5 (6 wks) 6 (5) Inhaler – Your House // 7-1-3-3-4-5-6 (7 wks) 7 (10) The Wombats – Blood On The Hospital Floor // 20-15-10-7 (4 wks) 8 (7) Tom Rasmussen feat. Romy – Never Look Back // 1-1-1-4-5-5-5-7-8 (9 wks) 9 (8) ROSE & Bruno Mars – APT. // 11-8-3-4-6-8-8-9 (8 wks) 10 (9) Bear McCreary & Rufus Wainwright – Old Tom Bombadil // 2-2-2-4-8-9-8-9-9-10 (10 wks) 11 (11) Shawn Mendes – The Mountain // 21-10-7-11-11 (5 wks) 12 (12) Jamie xx feat. Romy & Oliver Sim – Waited All Night // 3-1-1-1-4-4-6-7-8-9-11-12-12 (13 wks) 13 (14) Inhaler – Open Wide // 14-13 (2 wks) 14 (16) Sam Fender – Wild Long Lie // 16-14 (2 wks) 15 (13) The Wombats – Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want To Come // 16-7-3-2-6-10-11-13-13-15 (9 wks) 16 (15) Romy & Sampha – I’m On Your Team // 6-3-2-7-7-12-15-16 (8 wks) 17 (17) Will Young – Everything But You // 19-11-7-3-1-1-2-2-5-6-8-9-11-13-14-16-17-17 (18 wks) 18 (-) Olly Alexander – Archangel // 18 (1 wk) 19 (19) Coldplay feat. Little Simz, Burna Boy, Elyanna & TINI – WE PRAY // 5-4-1-3-6-6-7-6-8-10-12-13-15-17-18-19-19 (17 wks) 20 (20) Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Freedom Of The Night // 16-7-5-10-12-13-17-20-20 (9 wks) 21 (22) Charlie XCX feat. Troye Sivan – Talk Talk // 13-11-11-6-4-3-5-11-12-16-19-20-22-21 (15 wks) 22 (-) Fred Again.., Angie Mason – Light Dark Light // 22 (1 wk) 23 (21) Chappell Roan – HOT TO GO! // 19-9-5-2-2-2-1-4-5-9-10-11-11-12-14-15-16-16-18-18-19-21-23 (22 wks) 24 (23) Empire Of The Sun – Cherry Blossom // 11-6-3-1-1-1-3-6-7-8-9-12-12-13-15-17-18-20-21-22-23-24 (22 wks) 25 (24) Bruno Mars & Lady Gaga – Die With A Smile // 15-10-6-2-2-5-5-8-9-10-13-14-17-19-23-23-24-25 (18 wks) 26 (18) Jazzy & CamrinWatsin – Touching Heaven // 15-14-18-26 (4 wks) 27 (26) Jessie Ware & Romy – Lift You Up // 12-9-4-4-1-3-4-6-8-8-10-12-13-13-14-17-18-19-19-23-24-25-26-27 (24 wks) 28 (25) Manic Street Preachers – Hiding In Plain Sight // 18-15-14-12-21-25-28 (7 wks) 29 (28) Myles Smith – Nice To Meet You // 20-17-22-26-28-29 (6 wks) 30 (29) Jamie xx feat. Robyn – Life // 10-4-3-2-2-1-4-5-8-9-13-17-17-16-15-15-18-19-20-22-22-26-27-28-29-30 (26 wks) 31 (30) Coldplay – feelslikeimfallinginlove // 4-3-2-1-1-3-2-4-7-8-12-16-16-17-18-18-15-18-19-20-21-24-25-27-30-31 (27 wks) 32 (27) Lady Gaga – Disease // 12-10-9-6-16-24-27-32 (8 wks) 33 (32) Manic Street Preachers – Decline & Fall // 16-9-4-2-4-9-13-20-22-23-25-29-30-31-32-33 (16 wks) 34 (31) Kylie Minogue – Lights Camera Action // 8-5-3-5-9-13-14-25-28-30-31-34 (12 wks) 35 (34) Bright Light, Bright Light feat. Berri – Snap! // 15-11-10-7-3-8-11-17-21-24-27-29-32-34-35 (15 wks) 36 (37) Billie Eilish – BIRDS OF A FEATHER // 16-9-3-2-1-4-5-7-8-8-10-15-17-19-19-22-23-25-27-28-30-31-32-34-34-36-37-36 (28 wks) 37 (35) Romy – Always Forever // 1-1-1-1-1-4-6-7-8-9-12-13-16-19-20-20-20-20-22-24-26-26-27-27-30-33-34-35-37 (29 wks) 38 (36) Charlie XCX feat. Billie Eilish – Guess // 16-9-3-3-2-7-14-14-17-19-20-24-28-28-28-31-32-33-36-38 (20 wks) 39 (38) Kasabian – Darkest Lullaby // 18-16-10-7-3-2-6-7-17-17-18-21-23-24-26-27-29-31-31-32-32-36-37-38-38-39 (26 wks) 40 (33) Elbow – Adriana Again // 22-26-29-33-40 (5 wks)

+10 Coldplay - Christmas Lights +09 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep +08 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree +07 Darkness - Christmas Time (Don’t Let the Bells End) +06 Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal +05 Mumford and Sons - Winter Winds +04 Band Aid 20 – Do They Know It's Christmas +03 Kylie - Santa Baby +02 Gabriella Cilmi - Warm This Winter +01 Hurts - All I Want For Christmas Is New Year's Day

5/5 through this time!

4/5 of my pics through, happy with that!

Mysterious Girl is a catchy good song (not massively to my taste) and I can see the appeal. The others? Who knows.

I think both of his number 1s in 1996 were non-number 1s, following on the coat tails of Mysterious Girl. Cosmic Girl, Australia and Don't Marry Her are my pics from the last 2 weeks.

Jester’s Top Tunes 979 1 (1) Coldplay – ALL MY LOVE // 2-1-1-1 (4 wks) 3 weeks at number 1 2 (2) Sam Fender – People Watching // 11-4-2-2 (4 wks) 3 (6) Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande – Defying Gravity // 6-3 (2 wks) 4 (3) Doves – Renegade // 5-1-2-3-4 (5 wks) 5 (4) Inhaler – Your House // 7-1-3-3-4-5 (6 wks) 6 (10) Ariana Grande – Popular // 10-6 (2 wks) 7 (5) Tom Rasmussen feat. Romy – Never Look Back // 1-1-1-4-5-5-5-7 (8 wks) 8 (8) ROSE & Bruno Mars – APT. // 11-8-3-4-6-8-8 (7 wks) 9 (9) Bear McCreary & Rufus Wainwright – Old Tom Bombadil // 2-2-2-4-8-9-8-9-9 (9 wks) 10 (15) The Wombats – Blood On The Hospital Floor // 20-15-10 (3 wks) 11 (7) Shawn Mendes – The Mountain // 21-10-7-11 (4 wks) 12 (11) Jamie xx feat. Romy & Oliver Sim – Waited All Night // 3-1-1-1-4-4-6-7-8-9-11-12 (12 wks) 13 (13) The Wombats – Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want To Come // 16-7-3-2-6-10-11-13-13 (8 wks) 14 (-) Inhaler – Open Wide // 14 (1 wk) 15 (12) Romy & Sampha – I’m On Your Team // 6-3-2-7-7-12-15 (7 wks) 16 (-) Sam Fender – Wild Long Lie // 16 (1 wk) 17 (16) Will Young – Everything But You // 19-11-7-3-1-1-2-2-5-6-8-9-11-13-14-16-17 (17 wks) 18 (14) Jazzy & CamrinWatsin – Touching Heaven // 15-14-18 (3 wks) 19 (18) Coldplay feat. Little Simz, Burna Boy, Elyanna & TINI – WE PRAY // 5-4-1-3-6-6-7-6-8-10-12-13-15-17-18-19 (16 wks) 20 (17) Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Freedom Of The Night // 16-7-5-10-12-13-17-20 (8 wks) 21 (19) Chappell Roan – HOT TO GO! // 19-9-5-2-2-2-1-4-5-9-10-11-11-12-14-15-16-16-18-18-19-21 (21 wks) 22 (20) Charlie XCX feat. Troye Sivan – Talk Talk // 13-11-11-6-4-3-5-11-12-16-19-20-22 (14 wks) 23 (22) Empire Of The Sun – Cherry Blossom // 11-6-3-1-1-1-3-6-7-8-9-12-12-13-15-17-18-20-21-22-23 (21 wks) 24 (23) Bruno Mars & Lady Gaga – Die With A Smile // 15-10-6-2-2-5-5-8-9-10-13-14-17-19-23-23-24 (17 wks) 25 (21) Manic Street Preachers – Hiding In Plain Sight // 18-15-14-12-21-25 (6 wks) 26 (25) Jessie Ware & Romy – Lift You Up // 12-9-4-4-1-3-4-6-8-8-10-12-13-13-14-17-18-19-19-23-24-25-26 (23 wks) 27 (24) Lady Gaga – Disease // 12-10-9-6-16-24-27 (7 wks) 28 (26) Myles Smith – Nice To Meet You // 20-17-22-26-28 (5 wks) 29 (28) Jamie xx feat. Robyn – Life // 10-4-3-2-2-1-4-5-8-9-13-17-17-16-15-15-18-19-20-22-22-26-27-28-29 (25 wks) 30 (27) Coldplay – feelslikeimfallinginlove // 4-3-2-1-1-3-2-4-7-8-12-16-16-17-18-18-15-18-19-20-21-24-25-27-30 (26 wks) 31 (30) Kylie Minogue – Lights Camera Action // 8-5-3-5-9-13-14-25-28-30-31 (11 wks) 32 (31) Manic Street Preachers – Decline & Fall // 16-9-4-2-4-9-13-20-22-23-25-29-30-31-32 (15 wks) 33 (29) Elbow – Adriana Again // 22-26-29-33 (4 wks) 34 (32) Bright Light, Bright Light feat. Berri – Snap! // 15-11-10-7-3-8-11-17-21-24-27-29-32-34 (14 wks) 35 (34) Romy – Always Forever // 1-1-1-1-1-4-6-7-8-9-12-13-16-19-20-20-20-20-22-24-26-26-27-27-30-33-34-35 (28 wks) 36 (33) Charlie XCX feat. Billie Eilish – Guess // 16-9-3-3-2-7-14-14-17-19-20-24-28-28-28-31-32-33-36 (19 wks) 37 (36) Billie Eilish – BIRDS OF A FEATHER // 16-9-3-2-1-4-5-7-8-8-10-15-17-19-19-22-23-25-27-28-30-31-32-34-34-36-37 (27 wks) 38 (38) Kasabian – Darkest Lullaby // 18-16-10-7-3-2-6-7-17-17-18-21-23-24-26-27-29-31-31-32-32-36-37-38-38 (25 wks) 39 (37) Charli XCX, The 1975 & Jon Hopkins – I Might Say Something Stupid // 19-15-24-25-26-32-35-37-39 (9 wks) 40 (40) Shed Seven feat. Issy Ferris – Waiting For The Catch // 13-6-4-9-12-19-22-24-28-30-33-34-36-39-40-40-40 (17 wks)

Next episode skipped tonight due to Gary Glitter.

+5 Coldplay - Christmas Lights 4 Leona - One More Sleep 3 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree 2 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me 1 Hurts - All I Want For Christmas Is New Years Day

Thanks for hosting, Jim!

1997 - a mix of many music genres (the tail end of Britpop, with R&B and pop on the rise and lots of dance). Superb year overall! 1995 is actually my favourite year for music (I voted for that as well), but 1997 runs close. There were some iconic events in 1997 and the CD sales were massive.

Thanks also Dan!

Thanks Jade!

Jester’s Top Tunes 978 1 (1) Coldplay – ALL MY LOVE // 2-1-1 (3 wks) 2 weeks at number 1 2 (4) Sam Fender – People Watching // 11-4-2 (3 wks) 3 (2) Doves – Renegade // 5-1-2-3 (4 wks) 4 (3) Inhaler – Your House // 7-1-3-3-4 (5 wks) 5 (5) Tom Rasmussen feat. Romy – Never Look Back // 1-1-1-4-5-5-5 (7 wks) 6 (-) Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande – Defying Gravity (6) 7 (10) Shawn Mendes – The Mountain // 21-10-7 (3 wks) 8 (6) ROSE & Bruno Mars – APT. // 11-8-3-4-6-8 (6 wks) 9 (8) Bear McCreary & Rufus Wainwright – Old Tom Bombadil // 2-2-2-4-8-9-8-9 (8 wks) 10 (-) Ariana Grande – Popular // 10 (1 wk) 11 (9) Jamie xx feat. Romy & Oliver Sim – Waited All Night // 3-1-1-1-4-4-6-7-8-9-11 (11 wks) 12 (7) Romy & Sampha – I’m On Your Team // 6-3-2-7-7-12 (6 wks) 13 (11) The Wombats – Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want To Come // 16-7-3-2-6-10-11-13 (7 wks) 14 (15) Jazzy & CamrinWatsin – Touching Heaven // 15-14 (2 wks) 15 (20) The Wombats – Blood On The Hospital Floor // 20-15 (2 wks) 16 (14) Will Young – Everything But You // 19-11-7-3-1-1-2-2-5-6-8-9-11-13-14-16 (16 wks) 17 (13) Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Freedom Of The Night // 16-7-5-10-12-13-17 (7 wks) 18 (17) Coldplay feat. Little Simz, Burna Boy, Elyanna & TINI – WE PRAY // 5-4-1-3-6-6-7-6-8-10-12-13-15-17-18 (15 wks) 19 (18) Chappell Roan – HOT TO GO! // 19-9-5-2-2-2-1-4-5-9-10-11-11-12-14-15-16-16-18-18-19 (20 wks) 20 (19) Charlie XCX feat. Troye Sivan – Talk Talk // 13-11-11-6-4-3-5-11-12-16-19-20 (13 wks) 21 (12) Manic Street Preachers – Hiding In Plain Sight // 18-15-14-12-21 (5 wks) 22 (21) Empire Of The Sun – Cherry Blossom // 11-6-3-1-1-1-3-6-7-8-9-12-12-13-15-17-18-20-21-22 (20 wks) 23 (23) Bruno Mars & Lady Gaga – Die With A Smile // 15-10-6-2-2-5-5-8-9-10-13-14-17-19-23-23 (16 wks) 24 (16) Lady Gaga – Disease // 12-10-9-6-16-24 (6 wks) 25 (24) Jessie Ware & Romy – Lift You Up // 12-9-4-4-1-3-4-6-8-8-10-12-13-13-14-17-18-19-19-23-24-25 (22 wks) 26 (22) Myles Smith – Nice To Meet You // 20-17-22-26 (4 wks) 27 (25) Coldplay – feelslikeimfallinginlove // 4-3-2-1-1-3-2-4-7-8-12-16-16-17-18-18-15-18-19-20-21-24-25-27 (25 wks) 28 (27) Jamie xx feat. Robyn – Life // 10-4-3-2-2-1-4-5-8-9-13-17-17-16-15-15-18-19-20-22-22-26-27-28 (24 wks) 29 (26) Elbow – Adriana Again // 22-26-29 (3 wks) 30 (28) Kylie Minogue – Lights Camera Action // 8-5-3-5-9-13-14-25-28-30 (10 wks) 31 (30) Manic Street Preachers – Decline & Fall // 16-9-4-2-4-9-13-20-22-23-25-29-30-31 (14 wks) 32 (29) Bright Light, Bright Light feat. Berri – Snap! // 15-11-10-7-3-8-11-17-21-24-27-29-32 (13 wks) 33 (32) Charlie XCX feat. Billie Eilish – Guess // 16-9-3-3-2-7-14-14-17-19-20-24-28-28-28-31-32-33 (18 wks) 34 (33) Romy – Always Forever // 1-1-1-1-1-4-6-7-8-9-12-13-16-19-20-20-20-20-22-24-26-26-27-27-30-33-34 (27 wks) 35 (31) Disclosure – Arachnids // 21-16-23-28-31-35 (6 wks) 36 (34) Billie Eilish – BIRDS OF A FEATHER // 16-9-3-2-1-4-5-7-8-8-10-15-17-19-19-22-23-25-27-28-30-31-32-34-34-36 (26 wks) 37 (35) Charli XCX, The 1975 & Jon Hopkins – I Might Say Something Stupid // 19-15-24-25-26-32-35-37 (8 wks) 38 (37) Kasabian – Darkest Lullaby // 18-16-10-7-3-2-6-7-17-17-18-21-23-24-26-27-29-31-31-32-32-36-37-38 (24 wks) 39 (36) Sabrina Carpenter – Taste // 14-10-6-4-3-4-10-21-27-29-30-33-36-39 (14 wks) 40 (40) Shed Seven feat. Issy Ferris – Waiting For The Catch // 13-6-4-9-12-19-22-24-28-30-33-34-36-39-40-40 (16 wks)

+5 The Idols - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 4 The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End) 3 Kylie - Santa Baby 2 Mumford & Sons - Winter Winds 1 Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal

Forgot to mention Breathe - superb song. So dark, throbbing menace and brooding.

Nice guess, Rich, but have you considered that Fleet Foxes was a number 1 on my personal chart when it was released? :P

It’s a bit dull tbh. But then again, I rarely like dull Ed Sheeran songs, prefer his catchier tunes. This is quite the year for disappointing new Christmas songs isn’t it?

Voted.

Loving the banner!

What a hot mess! Awful.

Jester’s Top Tunes 977 1 (2) Coldplay – ALL MY LOVE // 2-1 (2 wks) 1 week at number 1 2 (1) Doves – Renegade // 5-1-2 (3 wks) 3 (3) Inhaler – Your House // 7-1-3-3 (4 wks) 4 (11) Sam Fender – People Watching // 11-4 (2 wks) 5 (5) Tom Rasmussen feat. Romy – Never Look Back // 1-1-1-4-5-5 (6 wks) 6 (4) ROSE & Bruno Mars – APT. // 11-8-3-4-6 (5 wks) 7 (7) Romy & Sampha – I’m On Your Team // 6-3-2-7-7 (5 wks) 8 (9) Bear McCreary & Rufus Wainwright – Old Tom Bombadil // 2-2-2-4-8-9-8 (7 wks) 9 (8) Jamie xx feat. Romy & Oliver Sim – Waited All Night // 3-1-1-1-4-4-6-7-8-9 (10 wks) 10 (21) Shawn Mendes – The Mountain // 21-10 (2 wks) 11 (10) The Wombats – Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want To Come // 16-7-3-2-6-10-11 (6 wks) 12 (14) Manic Street Preachers – Hiding In Plain Sight // 18-15-14-12 (4 wks) 13 (12) Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Freedom Of The Night // 16-7-5-10-12-13 (6 wks) 14 (13) Will Young – Everything But You // 19-11-7-3-1-1-2-2-5-6-8-9-11-13-14 (15 wks) 15 (-) Jazzy & CamrinWatsin – Touching Heaven // 15 (1 wk) 16 (6) Lady Gaga – Disease // 12-10-9-6-16 (5 wks) 17 (15) Coldplay feat. Little Simz, Burna Boy, Elyanna & TINI – WE PRAY // 5-4-1-3-6-6-7-6-8-10-12-13-15-17 (14 wks) 18 (18) Chappell Roan – HOT TO GO! // 19-9-5-2-2-2-1-4-5-9-10-11-11-12-14-15-16-16-18-18 (19 wks) 19 (16) Charlie XCX feat. Troye Sivan – Talk Talk // 13-11-11-6-4-3-5-11-12-16-19 (12 wks) 20 (-) The Wombats – Blood On The Hospital Floor // 20 (1 wk) 21 (20) Empire Of The Sun – Cherry Blossom // 11-6-3-1-1-1-3-6-7-8-9-12-12-13-15-17-18-20-21 (19 wks) 22 (17) Myles Smith – Nice To Meet You // 20-17-22 (3 wks) 23 (19) Bruno Mars & Lady Gaga – Die With A Smile // 15-10-6-2-2-5-5-8-9-10-13-14-17-19-23 (15 wks) 24 (23) Jessie Ware & Romy – Lift You Up // 12-9-4-4-1-3-4-6-8-8-10-12-13-13-14-17-18-19-19-23-24 (21 wks) 25 (24) Coldplay – feelslikeimfallinginlove // 4-3-2-1-1-3-2-4-7-8-12-16-16-17-18-18-15-18-19-20-21-24-25 (23 wks) 26 (22) Elbow – Adriana Again // 22-26 (2 wks) 27 (26) Jamie xx feat. Robyn – Life // 10-4-3-2-2-1-4-5-8-9-13-17-17-16-15-15-18-19-20-22-22-26-27 (23 wks) 28 (25) Kylie Minogue – Lights Camera Action // 8-5-3-5-9-13-14-25-28 (9 wks) 29 (27) Bright Light, Bright Light feat. Berri – Snap! // 15-11-10-7-3-8-11-17-21-24-27-29 (12 wks) 30 (29) Manic Street Preachers – Decline & Fall // 16-9-4-2-4-9-13-20-22-23-25-29-30 (13 wks) 31 (28) Disclosure – Arachnids // 21-16-23-28-31 (5 wks) 32 (31) Charlie XCX feat. Billie Eilish – Guess // 16-9-3-3-2-7-14-14-17-19-20-24-28-28-28-31-32 (17 wks) 33 (30) Romy – Always Forever // 1-1-1-1-1-4-6-7-8-9-12-13-16-19-20-20-20-20-22-24-26-26-27-27-30-33 (26 wks) 34 (34) Billie Eilish – BIRDS OF A FEATHER // 16-9-3-2-1-4-5-7-8-8-10-15-17-19-19-22-23-25-27-28-30-31-32-34-34 (25 wks) 35 (32) Charli XCX, The 1975 & Jon Hopkins – I Might Say Something Stupid // 19-15-24-25-26-32-35 (7 wks) 36 (33) Sabrina Carpenter – Taste // 14-10-6-4-3-4-10-21-27-29-30-33-36 (13 wks) 37 (36) Kasabian – Darkest Lullaby // 18-16-10-7-3-2-6-7-17-17-18-21-23-24-26-27-29-31-31-32-32-36-37 (23 wks) 38 (35) Lady Gaga – Happy Mistake // 14-10-7-9-16-24-29-35-38 (9 wks) 39 (38) BL3SS & CamrinWatsin feat. Bbyclose – Kisses // 12-7-5-5-9-13-16-17-21-23-29-33-34-38-39 (15 wks) 40 (39) Shed Seven feat. Issy Ferris – Waiting For The Catch // 13-6-4-9-12-19-22-24-28-30-33-34-36-39-40 (15 wks)

Interesting that Robson and Jerome weren't on TOTP 'live'. The must've known the gig was up! Also, the best best new one by miles (pardon the pun) is One and One.

I was getting used to the early 80s again!! Look forward to 1988, the year I started to buy music properly.