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I don't know why MDNA flopped so badly, it's a really strong album in my opinion. Girl Gone Wild and Masterpiece could have been huge had they have been promoted correctly. It just sounds so summery, it's the album I listened to the most when I was on holiday.

Devotion's clicked with me suddenly! At first it was just meh, but in the last week I've started listening to it and it's really good. There isn't really a song on here I dislike; it's effortless and easy to listen to.

Lover To Lover's a really good song, but it's going to flop. I really don't see the point in releasing a new single, she's admitted herself that she isn't a singles artist so it would be logical to move onto the next album after the surprising success of Spectrum. Saying that, I would have said the same about Spectrum's release and that did amazingly well, so you never whether Lover To Lover could do the same. #unlikely

I was hoping Nicki Minaj might have a slot, but seeing as though she's ending her UK tour soon it doesn't seem likely. Looking forward to seeing Alicia Keys though, Girl On Fire is pretty epic.

01 // Robbie Williams - Candy 02 // Labrinth feat. Emeli Sande - Beneath Your Beautiful 03 // Adele - Skyfall 04 // The Wanted - I Found You 05 // Misha B - Do You Think Of Me 06 // Wiley - Can You Hear Me 07 // Rita Ora - Shine Ya Light 08 // Rihanna - Diamons 09 // Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child 10 // PSY - Gangnam Style 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be #41 and just miss the top 40 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) Little Mix - Wings 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? 8 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: JLS – Evolution or Ne-Yo - R.E.D.? jLS

52 // Mumford & Sons – I Will Wait 44 // Florence + The Machine – Spectrum 33 // Lawson – Standing In The Dark 48 // Jake Bugg – Two Fingers 50 // Naughty Boy feat Emeli Sande - Wonder 17 // Christina Aguilera – Your Body 15 // Sub Foc us – Tidal Wave 31 // Ellie Goulding – Anything Could Happen 27 // Asaf Avidan – One Day / Reckoning Song 42 // Little Mix - Wings 40 // Pink - Try 57 // David Guetta / Sia - Titanium 54 // Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks 25 // Otto Knows – Million Voices Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the number of two word song titles in the top 40 (on the OCC website) be a) odd or b) even? Bonus 2) - 12 points Will the lowest climber within the top 40 be a) between 1 and 15, b) between 16 and 30, c) between 31 and 40 or d) there won’t be any climbers? Bonus 3) - 12 points How many new entries will there be in the top 40 Singles Chart? 6 Spot on - 12 points 1 away - 8 points 2 away - 4 points

Va Va Voom's up to #20, it could outpeak itself this week. The video does at last seem to be having an effect, but the chart run is going to look really odd! LWWY is almost out of the T40 now, proof that despite beating Ellie in its peak she will have the better longevity and (hopefully) better sales.

I went to see Nicki last night too! I thought she'd have been on a little bit longer though, and she did a lot of songs that she features on and no one's ever heard of so that was a bit disappointing. Overall she was really good, she sounds good live and is quite an amazing dancer.

33/40, wooo! Quite a lot were guesses, but most of them were educated. The one about CIA couldn't have been anything other than Clique really, could it? Nice idea.

Nicki Minaj has just premiered a new song, Freedom, and she's usually good at releasing songs quickly in the UK so it should be available this week. I don't think it will do very well, as with a lot of Nicki's pre-album releases, but on first listen it sounded good so you never know.

I really hope 212 can keep Top 40 at least, but sales are always high around Christmas so it could quite easily be pushed out.

01 // Robbie Williams - Candy 02 // Labrinth feat. Emeli Sande - Beneath Your Beautiful 03 // Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child 04 // Adele - Skyfall 05 // Wiley feat. Ms D - Can You Hear Me? 06 // PSY - Gangnam Style 07 // Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch - Sweet Nothing 08 // Rihanna - Diamonds 09 // Maroon 5 - One More Night 10 // Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be #40 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) Pink - Try 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? 6 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: Kylie Minogue – The Abbey Road Sessions or Matt Cardle – The Fire? Kylie

SECTION A 38 // Mumford & Sons – I Will Wait 37 // Florence + The Machine – Spectrum 22 // Lawson – Standing In The Dark 35 // Jake Bugg – Two Fingers 27 // Naughty Boy feat Emeli Sande - Wonder 52 // Rudimental – Feel The Love 61 // Leona Lewis - Trouble 64 // Tyler James – Single Tear 55 // Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe 28 // Little Mix - Wings 39 // Pink - Try 53 // Of Monsters And Men – Mountain Sound 34 // Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks Otto Knows – Million Voices SECTION B Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the number of songs credited to X feat Y in the top 40 (on the OCC website) be a) oddor b) even? Bonus 2) - 12 points Willl Michael Jackson – Thriller and/or Ray Parker Jr – Ghostbusters be in the top 100? a) Both of them, b) one of them, c) neither of them. Bonus 3) - 12 points How many new entries will there be in the top 40 Singles Chart? 5 Spot on - 12 points 1 away - 8 points 2 away - 4 points

Just Give Me A Reason is my favourite, but to be honest I'm quite disappointed with the album as a whole. At first I really liked it but once the novelty wore off I realised there's only 3 I really like, and about 5 I really don't like that much. It's not bad, but I thought it would be much better.

Va Va Voom video has premiered, so hopefully that will rise over the next week. It's far too good to have the peak it has, it's one of my favourites by Nicki.

01 // Labrinth feat. Emeli Sande - Beneath Your Beautiful 02 // Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child 03 // Calvin Harris feat. Florence - Sweet Nothing 04 // Rihanna - Diamonds 05 // PSY - Gangnam Style 06 // JLS - Hottest Girl In The World 07 // Maroon 5 - One More Night 08 // Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together 09 // Adele - Skyfall 10 // Naughty Boy feat. Emeli Sande - Wonder 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be #30 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) Owl City and CRJ - Good Time 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? eight 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: Dappy – Bad Intentions or Lawson – Chapman Square? lawson

27 // Mumford & Sons – I Will Wait 38 // Florence + The Machine – Spectrum 37 // Paloma Faith - Never Tear Us Apart 20 // Jake Bugg – Two Fingers 09 // Naughty Boy feat Emeli Sande - Wonder 52 // Rudimental – Feel The Love 24 // Leona Lewis - Trouble 63 // Tyler James – Single Tear 55 // Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe 25 // Little Mix - Wings 66 // Everything Everything - Cough Cough 36 // fun. - Some Nights 44 // Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks 23 // Otto Knows – Million Voices Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the number of two word song titles in the top 40 (on the OCC website) be a) odd or b) even? Bonus 2) - 12 points Will the lowest non-mover in the top 40 be a) between 1 and 15, b) between 16 and 30, c) between 31 and 40 or d) there won’t be any non-movers? Bonus 3) - 12 points How many new entries will there be in the top 40 Singles Chart? seven Spot on - 12 points 1 away - 8 points 2 away - 4 points

Releasing a cover for their next single will be Stooshe's career suicide...

Figure 8 is amazing, I absolutely love the dark and mysterious feeling of Halcyon.

Calvin's been so unlucky lately! Every song (that I know of, at least) that he has written for other people - We Found Love, Call My Name and Spectrum - has gone to #1, yet with his own releases he has been unable to. All of his songs from 18 months have done quite well so I think he deserves a #1 to show for that. I'm glad Sweet Nothing's looking set for the top, it will be one of my favourites of the year. If someone would have told me this time last year that Florence would get 2 #1s I would not have believed them in a million years! Calvin's done wonders for her popularity and success. Her third album could be massive when it comes out. #stan

06 // Are We All We Are 09 // Blow Me (One Last Kiss) 09 // Try 10 // Just Give Me A Reason 08 // True Love 07 // How Come You're Not Here 07 // $l*t Like You 08 // The Truth About Love 06 // Beam Me Up 07 // Walk of Shame 05 // Here Comes The Weekend 05 // Where Did The Beat Go? 05 // The Great Escape Sorry, I don't have the deluxe edition and as this closes tonight I won't have time to listen to the links you have posted. I think The Truth About Love is a really strong album overall, the second half does drag a little bit but I can see Try and Just Give Me A Reason becoming as big as Blow Me in time.

01 // Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch - Sweet Nothing 02 // Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child 03 // Psy - Gangnam Style 04 // Adele - Skyfall 05 // Rihanna - Diamonds 06 // Flo Rida - I Cry 07 // Lawson - Standing In The Dark 08 // Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together 09 // Conor Maynard feat. NeYo - Turn Around 10 // Ellie Goulding - Anything Could Happen 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be #20 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) Little Mix - Wings 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? 9 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: Ellie Goulding - Halcyon or Muse – The 2nd Law? Muse

19 // Mumford & Sons – I Will Wait 32 // Florence + The Machine – Spectrum 23 // Paloma Faith - Never Tear Us Apart 07 // Lawson – Standing In The Dark 42 // Jason Mraz – I Won’t Give Up 37 // Rudimental – Feel The Love 20 // Leona Lewis - Trouble 01 // Calvin Harris – Sweet Nothing 53 // Cheryl – Under The Sun 44 // Muse - Madness 40 // Maroon 5 Payphone 26 // fun. - Some Nights 41 // Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks 14 // Otto Knows – Million Voices Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the number of songs in the top 40 credited to X feat. Y (on the OCC website) be a) odd or b) even? Bonus 2) - 12 points Will the lowest climber within the top 40 be a) between 1 and 15, b) between 16 and 30, c) between 31 and 40 or d) there won’t be any climbers? Bonus 3) - 12 points How many new entries will there be in the top 40 Singles Chart? 8

Coexist hasn't clicked yet, but I listened to it every day for a fortnight after getting it so I've given it a rest for a few days. One song that has clicked is Angels; it's breathtaking.

Halcyon is really strong after a few listens, I was expecting a lot from Ellie and she hasn't let me down at all. I definitely agree with some critics who have made similarities between Ellie and Florence - and with Florence being my favourite singer ever, that can only be a good thing.