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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

Spectrum is probably my favourite #1 of the year. When it first came out I didn't like it and doubted it would go Top 40, then it got to #1 on iTunes but I thought it wouldn't officially, then it did officially and I thought it would imminently plummet, but it's really stuck around and sold loads.

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

This Taylor Swift song sounds quite good, hearing all of these promotional singles has actually made me want to buy her album.

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

Bom Bom's been eclipsed by the more weird and more successful Gangnam Style methinks...

I didn't mean that they weren't in the Top 40, I meant that they would have had much longer chart runs with probably the same peak.

I think that if Blow Me (One Last Kiss) had been released OA/OS it would still be in the Top 40 today. The same goes for How We Do (Party). I think it's a shame that songs are held back for ridiculously long periods of time to get a higher peak. It sacrifices tons of sales.

Feel The Love is such a good anthem! It's actually quite amazing how Rudimental have managed such a huge chart run with no promotion or anything; all of their success is based on the quality of the song. It doesn't sound a day older than when it first came out.

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.

192. P!nk - Try Glad this is showing up already! I really hope radio support Try because it has the potential to be at least as big as Blow Me. The video's fantastic, too. The Truth About Love doesn't have an obvious big hit on it in my opinion, but Try is one of the better songs and a good choice for a second single. Is it likely that Pink will get an X Factor performance?

I don't know whether you've included this in the figures above, but the album version of ACH is just outside the T40 so I'd say that would be above Leona overall.

You have to hand it to Swedish House Mafia, very few acts would be able to go head to head with Adele and even come close to beating her.

01 // Adele - Skyfall 02 // Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child 03 // Rihanna - Diamonds 04 // Psy - Gangnam Style 05 // Ellie Goulding - Anything Could Happen 06 // One Direction - Live While We're Young 07 // Leona Lewis feat. Childish Gambino - Trouble 08 // Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together 09 // The Script feat. will.i.am - Hall Of Fame 10 // Flo Rida - I Cry 11 // David Guetta feat. Sia - She Wolf (Falling To Pieces) 12 // Conor Maynard feat. Ne Yo - Turn Around 13 // Ne Yo - Let Me Love You 14 // Little Mix - Wnings 15 // Otto Knows - Million Voices 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the biggest faller within the top 75 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up 2. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the highest climber within the top 75 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) Nicki Minaj - Starships 3. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? six 4. (for 3 pts) How many climbers will be in the top 40 next week? (climbers from outside the top 40 don't count!) eight 5. (for 3 pts) How many non movers will be in the top 40 next week? four 6. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: Lemar – Invincible or Mika - The Origin of Love? mika

17 // Mumford & Sons – I Will Wait 27 // Florence + The Machine – Spectrum 36 // Paloma Faith - Never Tear Us Apart 57 // Jake Bugg – Two Fingers 26 // Jason Mraz – I Won’t Give Up 34 // Rudimental – Feel The Love 56 // David Guetta etc. – Play Hard 45 // The Other Tribe - Skirts 42 // Taylor Swift - Red 60 // Professor Green feat. Sierra Kusterbeck – Avalon 43 // Stooshe – Black Heart 22 // fun. - Some Nights 38 // Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks 15 // Otto Knows – Million Voices Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the number of one word song titles in the top 40 (on the OCC website) be a) odd or b) even? Bonus 2) - 12 points Will Muse – Madness be above Wiley - Heatwave? Yes Bonus 3) - 12 points How many new entries will there be in the top 40 Singles Chart? five Spot on - 12 points 1 away - 8 points 2 away - 4 points