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And that all important voters chart as we reach the top 100!! 1 (1) Spiceboy 463 2 (14) Rogue 432 3 (23) Chez Wombat 428 4 (6) AaronTM 424 5 (5) Stonedragon 418 6 (1) Jay 416 7 (16) Josh! 415 8 (11) Xajnipi 412 9 (10) Padamic Tension 409 9 (27) Dandy* 409 11 (1) …ready for it 407 12 (13) Riser 405 12 (28) Roba 405 14 (4) Jra1989 403 15 (11) Lukuzz 400 16 (29) Leonardo 396 17 (9) JulianT 393 17 (17) Jordanlee 393 19 (18) Jade 388 20 (7) Quartonworks 386 20 (20) Lillanv273 386 22 (15) Jason 381 23 (26) Dark Horse 374 24 (19) Detonate 372 25 (20) Bris29 369 26 (24) DarrenJames 360 27 (29) Mango 359 28 (34) Marcinjaro 356 29 (34) Mack 352 30 (22) Electroboy 351 31 (32) One_For_Sorrow 342 32 (25) Gezza 339 33 (8) Vibe 337 34 (31) JosephBoone 335 34 (32) Smint 335 36 (43) Lee_His_Cheeks 322 37 (34) Rio309 300 38 (41) Jester 298 39 (42) AH Gold 293 40 (37) Gooddelta 292 41 (38) WhoOdyssey 277 41 (40) GreyAsh 277 43 (39) Popchartfreak 276 44 (45) Scene 274 45 (42) Chartjack2 251 46 (46) Jimwatts 225 47 (47) Cow P 190 47 (50) Seven 190 49 (51) DoBelieveTheHype 178 50 (52) LewisGT 166 51 (48) King Rollo 158 52 (53) Severin 138 53 (49) PeteFromLeeds 104

Recap of the ones that have left since our last reccap No 101- 62pts OMD No 102- 61 pts Eurythmics Cranberries Simon & Garfunkel No 105- 60pts N-Sync Mis-Teeq Liberty X No 108- 59pts Five No 109- 58pts Bring Me The Horizon No 110- 57pts Beautiful South No 111- 56pts My Chemical Romance ELO Rolling Stones No 114- 55pts Heart No 115- 54 pts Blink 182 10CC Delirious? No 118- 53pts Honeyz No 119- 52 pts Placebo Kinks No 121- 51pts Genesis 5 Seconds Of Summer Tears For Fears Blackpink No 124- 50pts Stereophonics Slade No 126- 48 pts Nico & Vinz No 128- 47 pts Sparks Swedish House Mafia JLS Talking Heads No 132- 46 pts Vaccines Kraftwerk Chase & Status No 135- 45 pts Crowded House Wombats No 137- 44pts XX A1 No 139- 43 pts Simply Red Alphabeat Portishead Def Leppard No 143- 42 pts Bon Iver Savage Garden Belle & Sebastian No 146- 41pts Script Ace Of Base No 148- 40pts Biffy Clyro No 149- 39pts Culture Club Mamas & Papas No 151- 38 pts Kooks Vengaboys No 153- 37 pts Sleeper Jonas Brothers Sheppard No 156- 36 pts Sade No 157- 35pts Fall Out Boy Dead Or Alive Cardigans No 160- 34 pts Bucks Fizz Jesus & Marychain No 162- 33pts Booty Luv FLO Maneskin No 165- 32 pts Bloc Party Police Ash Train Joy Division Doors No 171- 31 pts Vampire Weekend B*Witched Boyzone Boney M Veronicas *Positions adjusted after my boo-boo with Supergrass!

NO 101- 62 POINTS OMD (169) (Voters: Jimwatts- 20pts, King Rollo- 22pts, Popchartfreak- 20pts) 18 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: SOUVENIR (#3, 1981) SAILING ON THE SEVEN SEAS (#3, 1991) iNg2cPPiF1Q

This afternoon I'll reveal No 101 and do the recap with voters chart

NO 102- 61 POINTS EURYTHMICS (76) (Voters: Lillanv273- 15pts, AH Gold- 10pts, Marcinjaro- 30pts, Popchartfreak- 6pts) 24 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL (PLAYING WITH MY HEART)-(#1, 1985) TRKKcOCDeqA CRANBERRIES (79) (Voters: xajnipi- 20pts, Lukuzz- 1pt, Padamic Tension- 3pts, GreyAsh- 22pts, Jester- 8pts, Dark Horse- 7pts) 9 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: SALVATION (#13, 1996) PROMISES (#13, 1999) mP4-9h4b1KU SIMON & GARFUNKEL (NEW) (Voters: Rio309- 10pts, DoBelieveTheHype- 9pts, Chartjack2- 22pts, Popchartfreak- 4pts, JulianT-16pts) 7 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER (#1, 1970) 6JUbFj0BIc4

Tomorrow is a big day for the rate as we recap what's gone, look at what's left, and of course update the voters chart- just who is on top? Oh by the way someone else will lose their 30 pointer in the mix!

NO 105- 60 POINTS N-SYNC (78) (voters: Vibe- 13pts, …Ready For It- 21pts, Jay- 1pt, JordanLee- 3pts, Riser- 22pts) 10 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: GIRLFRIEND (#2, 2002) ZiU1Iysqq2Y MIS-TEEQ (112) (Voters: Vibe- 15pts, JosephBoone- 10pts, Bris29- 7pts, GreyAsh- 14pts, jra1989- 12pts, Lee_His_Cheeks- 2pts) 8 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: ALL I WANT (#2, 2001) SCANDALOUS (#2, 2003) Ki83g2ZjqDw LIBERTY X (129) (Voters: Electroboy- 20pts, Jay- 11pts, jra1989- 4pts, Lee_His_Cheeks- 25pts) 10 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: JUST A LITTLE (#1, 2002) hOIxOz1AKek

NO 108- 59 POINTS FIVE (60) (Voters: Vibe- 20pts, Electroboy- 3pts, Bris29- 10pts, ….Ready For It- 4pts, Jay- 4pts, Dark Horse- 5pts, Jason- 5pts, One_For_Sorrow- 8pts) 11 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: KEEP ON MOVIN (#1, 1999) WE WILL ROCK YOU (#1, 2000) LET’S DANCE (#1, 2001) 3xabIFLwAfI

NO 109- 58 POINTS BRING ME THE HORIZON (129) (Voters: Cow P- 21pts, WhoOdyssey- 29pts, Rio309- 5pts, Lukuzz- 3pts) 8 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: DROWN (#17, 2014) tDf7SBRmrvE

NO 110- 57 POINTS THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH (169) (Voters: Vibe- 1pt, DarrenJames- 29pts, AaronTM- 23pts, Dandy*- 4pts) 22 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: A LITTLE TIME (#1, 1990) 4O5EA3zVpBg

Tomorrow we have an act who attracted a new rate best of 8 voters!

NO 111- 56 POINTS MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE (75) (Voter: Cow P- 22pts, Rio309- 12pts, Quartonworks- 10pts, Jason- 12pts) 9 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: WELCOME TO THE BLACK PARADE (#1, 2006) KjmAlRDvKnQ E.L.O (123) (Voter: King Rollo- 30pts, Popchartfreak- 26pts) 27 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: XANADU (#1, 1980) G256YLZEYJg THE ROLLING STONES (150) (Voter: Leonardo- 10pts, Lillanv273- 8pts, Chartjack2- 18pts, JulianT- 20pts) 44 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: IT’S ALL OVER NOW (#1, 1964), LITTLE RED ROOSTER (#1, 1964) THE LAST TIME (#1, 1965) (I CAN’T GET NO) SATISFACTION (#1, 1965) GET OFF MY CLOUD (#1, 1965) PAINT IT BLACK (#1, 1966) JUMPIN JACK FLASH (#1, 1968) HONKY TONK WOMAN (#1, 1969) 2K7jMLS-7iw

NO 114- 55 POINTS HEART (110) (Voter: Cow P- 17pts, GreyAsh- 19pts, Mango- 19pts) 8 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: ALONE (#3, 1987) z3ezqy4qQps

Welcome. Also on the BPI website historically the certification date was always given as the first of the month regardless of when it actually got certified in the month. So DYWM is in the database for platinum on 1.1.82 even though it got certified at the end of the month. It's possible that the OCC overlooked that and took the first of January as its literal certification and therefore proof that it sold a million by new years day (thereby making it 1981's best seller) whereas it was the 31st of January in fact

I bring bad news............Another 30 pointer won't be going further than tomorrow!

NO 115- 54 POINTS BLINK 182 (98) (Voter: Scene- 4pts, Cow P- 15pts, WhoOdyssey- 27pts, xajnipi- 3pts, Lukuzz- 4pts, One_For_Sorrow- 1pt) 11 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: ALL THE SMALL THINGS (#2, 2000) vqr2bk0mRaw 10CC (150) (Voter: King Rollo- 25pts, PeteFromLeeds- 7pts, Popchartfreak- 22pts) 12 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: RUBBER BULLETS (#1, 1973) I’M NOT IN LOVE (#1, 1975) DREADLOCK HOLIDAY (#1, 1978) -tqSIpr0T0w DELIRIOUS? (NEW) (Voter: Smint- 27pts, PeteFromLeeds- 27pts) 7 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: HISTORY MAKERS (#4, 2010) iDIOiFhBw_U

You're quite right- my mistake! (though I think my first error so far so I'll still call that a victory!)- spreadsheet altered!

NO 118- 53 POINTS THE HONEYZ (95) (Voters: Vibe- 16pts, AaronTM- 7pts, Jay- 10pts, jra1989- 8pts, One_For_Sorrow- 7pts, Gooddelta- 5pts) 7 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: FINALLY FOUND (#4, 1998) B4nE_A__U4k

NO 119- 52 POINTS PLACEBO (64) (Voters: Gezza- 24pts, Electroboy- 8pts, xajnipi-13pts, Dandy*-7pts) 15 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: NANCY BOY (#4, 1997) PURE MORNING (#4,1998) 8WEDyXpmEz8 THE KINKS (206) (Voters: DoBelieveTheHype- 5pts, Chartjack2- 26pts, JulianT- 21pts) 21 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: YOU REALLY GOT ME (#1, 1964) TIRED OF WAITING FOR YOU (#1, 1965) SUNNY AFTERNOON (#1, 1966) p_u0gn1I8xQ

NO 121- 51 POINTS GENESIS (92) (Voter: Gezza- 3pts, …Ready For It- 19pts, King Rollo- 29pts) 20 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: MAMA (#4, 1983) F-3unR3sU74 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER (100) (Voter: Electroboy- 2pts, JosephBoone- 21pts, Jay- 14pts, Jason- 14pts) 10 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: SHE LOOKS SO PERECT (#1, 2014) F3zrtcm6p3I TEARS FOR FEARS (118) (Voter: Jester- 5pts, King Rollo- 20pts, Marcinjaro- 6pts, Popchartfreak- 13pts, Stonedragon- 7pts) 16 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD (#2, 1985) W7T5ICRvjk4 BLACKPINK (281)(Voter: Josh!- 1pt, JosephBoone- 5pts, Detonate- 15pts, LewisGT- 30pts) 8 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: SOUR CANDY (#17, 2020) t0RcZWn085g

It's been a while since anyone lost their 30 pointer........Someone will tomorrow.....

NO 125- 50 POINTS THE STEREOPHONICS (96) (Voter: DarrenJames- 27pts, Lukuzz- 14pts, JordanLee- 9pts) 25 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: DAKOTA (#1, 2005) d8596DNZkBM SLADE (NEW) (Voter: Gezza- 17pts, Mack- 14pts, Chartjack2- 19pts) 24 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: COZ I LUV YOU (#1, 1971) TAKE ME BACK OME (#1, 1972) MAMA WE’RE ALL CRAZEE NOW (#1, 1972) CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE (#1, 1973) SKWEEZE ME PLEEZE ME (#1, 1973) MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY (#1, 1973) 1pPL9PPy1MI

NO 127- 48 POINTS SUPERGRASS (240) (Voter: Jester- 22pts, Roba- 26pts) 14 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: ALRIGHT/ TIME (#2, 1995) RICHARD III (#2, 1997) JSu5yG1hVE0 NICO & VINZ (NEW) (Voter: Cow P- 19pts, PeteFromLeeds- 29pts) 2 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: AM I RIGHT: (#1, 2014) lKceHnMhwgQ

So I've done some more digging. Certifications back in the 80s were done only when the record company requested them from the BPI. Once the request was received the BPI would then audit the sales to ensure that it had in fact reached that level of shipments and would then give the award. "Don't You Want Me" achieved platinum status on W/E 6/2/82 by which time the panel sales for it indicate a sale of approx 672k which would in turn make the missing week of sales around 327k and if we add that sale to the "known" sales of DYWM in 81 that would make it the third best seller of the year and still over 50k behind Soft Cell. By the end of January there would not be much stock left in shops given it was at that point falling fast and was outside the top 20 so it would just have trickled over the million mark, it only sold about 65k for the rest of 1982 after this point in a run 28-54-66 chartwise. Again certifications were given on shipments not sales so sales would have been lagging slightly behind again reducing that 327k figure down slightly. Like I say i would be loathed to add it given that other tracks wouldn't get theirs added (including TL and S&D) so not a level playing field. In any case definitely NOT the best seller of 1981

NO 129- 47 POINTS SPARKS (169) (Voter: AH Gold- 27pts, King Rollo- 2pts, Seven- 18pts) 10 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: THIS TOWN AIN’T BIG ENOUGH FOR THE BOTH OF US (#2, 1974) qCx9Ug3TH3I SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA (206) (Voter: Electroboy- 14pts, Mack- 4pts, JodranLee- 20pts, Jason-9 pts) 8 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: DON’T YOU WORRY CHILD (#1, 2012) PkQ5rEJaTmk JLS (NEW) (Voter: Electroboy- 23 pts, JosephBoone- 13pts, Jay- 3pts, JordanLee- 8pts) 13 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: BEAT AGAIN (#1, 2009) EVERYBODY IN LOVE (#1, 2009) THE CLUB IS ALIVE (#1, 2010) LOVE YOU MORE (#1, 2010) SHE MAKES ME WANNA (#1, 2011) WISHING ON A STAR (#1, 2011) JVY_f1tKRr8 TALKING HEADS (NEW) (Voter: Severin- 18pts, Seven- 29pts) 3 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HITS: ROAD TO NOWHERE (#6, 1985) cl3B_FTDKD0