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Oh my pleasure Sergej! One of the great joys in life is getting excited with people talking about music you mutually love, old or new. It's also fascinating how some records never date and others do! 7 weeks for Kim Carnes on top, I wish she'd grabbed a week on top in my charts too! She still might if an advert or film features it! A great new entry for Stand & Deliver, that was Adam's one and only chart-topper for me, I remember buying the single when it came out and the great video which I recorded and played a lot. Queen Of Hearts is a nice version of the Dave Edmunds UK hit, so it was nice to see that chart in the USA for Juice. Gemini Dream was a good later Moody Blues hit, one I bought too, and I only recently bought Justin's Life In A Northern Town, hooray! Fab to see No Woman No Cry back, Bob's greatest record, maybe, and a huge loss he passed away so young and still with so much to offer. I remember that version of Boy From New York City, pretty sure I also charted it, and Alan Parsons Project might also fit into that category, though I can't think of them these days without thinking of Mike Meyers Austin Powers references 😄 fab chart!

The Nolans are a surprise high-placed act, veen giving Dancing's sales. I liked a couple of the singles after that though. Classics for me in ABC, The Lexicon Of Love is a masterpiece, and their 1987 comeback is also fab and slick. Gary Numan and The Stranglers would be higher with their 70's material, loved early Numan then went off him apart from the Bill Sharpe stuff. The Stranglers were great in their punk and 80's heyday, loved both phases. Iron maiden exist and not surprisingly they feature. Tina Turner is an icon, but as mentioned album sales were her major output and her singles were never quite up to River Deep or Nutbush quality for me, so her placing seems about right. Loved The Style Council, left-wing 60's jazzfunkish pop for the 80's. Fun Boy Three got better as they went along, peaked, then split which was a shame. I still feel a bit cheated Terry Hall's solo stuff just wasn't as good. Eddy Grant is currently plugging The Equals 60th anniversary compilation, absolutely mad on Viva Bobby Joe as a kid I was (and others), and Eddy was fab in the 70's and 80's too, especially Living On The Frontline. His 80's success was warmly welcomed by me, and Eddy just gave me a follow, so hooray for the great man! ELO were second only to ABBA in my affection during the 70's, but also like ABBA, they crossed-over into the 80's just as hot for me. They had 5 personal chart-toppers from 1980 to 1986 from me, which beats everyone else on this list so far. New Order got better as they went on, I thought, I much prefer their late 80's stuff, Genesis had Mama and Land Of Confusion as 2 classics, plus Turn It On Again, but by and large I wasnt that fussed, they were mostly OK. Dire Straits ditto, Money For Nothing, Private Investigations and a lot of OK stuff. Donna Summer could never be written off in the 80's, she'd drop the occasional goodie and I'm finding of late (eg current remix of I'm Free) that a lot of her non-hit stuff was pretty good too. That said 1976-1979 are peak Donna. Hot Chocolate were one of my top fave bands of the 70's, loved them, loved Errol Brown and Tony Wilson songs, and it was great seeing them have gems like No Doubt About It and It Started With A Kiss keeping the 15-year annual hit chart run going. Roxy Music also 70's faves, along with Bryan Ferry's solo stuff in the 70's, but the 80's output of both was pleasantly mellow and not that exciting, bar Same Old Scene. Nik Kershaw was good, saw him at his Riddle peak at the time, Tight Fit, loved Fantasy Island but they are basically on the list thanks to Lion Sleeps Tonight, and that's about it. Then sacked and career over. George Benson is a jazz-funk "always pleasant" but "rarely exciting" for me, and The Beat had a few great singles in their chart run. The Pretenders I caught in concert at each stage of their career - first line-up 1981, then late 80's and 90's - and I still rate Chrissie Hynde.

of the ones I know, Obession is a long-time fave, Icicle Works is good, and some of the entries are really interesting to see, like Zager & Evans, helen reddy, Modern Talking, Shocking Blue....🤗

sorry for the delay its been manic, Rotherham, Mansfield, Birkenhead, Dorset, London for Abba Voyage yesterday and now a day actually catching up.. I caught thursdays in the car driving to Dorset, the rest doing now: Mon: round 1: 33 (Jennifer Warnes doh! I also had a memory blank I couldnt get Up where We Belong out of my head) round 2: 39 3 in 10: Vienna, All Stood Still, Reap The Wild Wind - interesting the variety of song picks were so different for us all! I wouldnt have predicted that Tues: 30 and 33 both great scores, and I think Up On The Roof is a moral victory as it's outrageous it flopped in the UK when Robson Jerome had a number one with it. It's a genius record ❤️ round 1: 39 round 2: 33 (Nik Kershaw) 3 in 10: save the last dance for me, saturday night at the movies, at the club Wed: 33 and 36 so close, doh! round 1: 36 (Showaddywaddy) round 2: 39 3 in 10: rivers of babylon, daddy cool, brown girl in the ring Thurs: 33's also just one question away from the full house, tch! Nearly! round 1: 39 round 2: 39 3 in 10: Road To Hell, Driving Home For Christmas, Fool If You Think Its Over - the first 1 appropriate for the M6 to M5 usual tailback Thurs and M25/A3 junction improvements on fridays. Fri: 33's again so close, Jade, and have a great holiday Rollo! round 1: 39 round 2: 39 3 in 10: There It Is, I Can Make You Feel Good, Take That To The Bank

not had time to do a chart this week😮so a repeat chart... 1 1 1 6 I GUESS U NEVER REALLY CARED ABOUT ME - Artemas 505700 2 2 2 5 MYSTICAL MAGICAL - Benson Boone 305500 3 7 3 4 VOICES - Damiano David 201400 4 21 4 2 BROKENHEARTED - Gabry Ponte & Train 84750 5 12 5 6 BLUEBIRD - Lana Del Ray 137200 6 4 2 8 END OF THE WORLD - Miley Cyrus 390550 7 6 1 11 SUNSET BLVD - Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco 768900 8 8 8 7 APOCALYPSE - Pete Tong, MoBlack & Max Zotti featuring Monolink 220000 9 5 1 9 SHINE - Mondo Cozmo 927100 10 3 1 11 HOW BAD DO U WANT ME - Lady Gaga 598500 11 13 11 7 YOU KILLED THE MUSIC - Debbii Dawson 149700 12 22 12 3 TIME WAITED - My Morning Jacket 61500 13 15 13 5 HEART BY HEART - Joe Jonas 116150 14 10 3 9 RAGDOLL - The Lottery Winners featuring Chad Kroeger 293300 15 9 9 7 SPIKE ISLAND - Pulp 193800 16 18 16 5 NEXT SUMMER - Damiano David 84750 17 38 17 2 RUN WITH U - Mamagama 40000 18 52 18 2 VOYAGE - Zoe Me 33500 19 25 19 7 FEEL IT - d4vd 98350 20 11 11 8 ALL I KNOW - Rudimental x Khalid 169000 21 14 14 11 IT’S NOT RIGHT BUT IT’S OK - Felix Jaehn & Whitney Houston 194500 22 16 1 16 ORDINARY - Alex Warren 1210900 23 20 6 11 SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN - Avalan Rokston 320800 24 28 24 6 MARRIAGE - Nelly Furtado 77200 25 50 25 4 I’M FREE (7TH HEAVEN RADIO EDIT) - Donna Summer 42350 26 44 26 4 FIND XANADU - Alison Goldfrapp 49800 27 24 24 10 SORRY I’M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE - Benson Boone 146550 28 17 7 12 SORROW REPLACED - Kim Wilde featuring Midge Ure 250800 29 32 29 4 ANGELA - Benjamin Ingrosso 65500 30 19 1 11 LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN - Justin Hayward & Mike Batt 793600 31 23 5 12 LOVE IS LOVE - Kim Wilde 315400 32 34 32 6 COME BACK AND SHAKE ME - Clodagh Rodgers 87000 33 37 33 8 BOYS DON’T CRY - Tom Grennan 104400 34 26 26 9 RELENTLESS LOVE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 132900 35 27 1 21 THE PROUD ONE - The Osmonds 1222150 36 31 1 28 LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL - Reverend And The Makers 1606750 37 30 5 14 REVOLUTION - Mans Zelmerlow 413350 38 40 38 7 AZIZAM - Ed Sheeran 87000 39 45 39 5 PETITE ETOILE - Polo and Pan featuring Beth Ditto 52100 40 35 7 12 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - David Guetta & Sia 264250

Travis and S Club are pleasant or fun and Kylie is fab🙂

I bought Too Much on CD, quite pleasant chart-topper for me. Totally worth it to keep Teletubbies off the top on my birthday. 😇

Bangles were great, their minor hits were often as good as the big hits, Yazoo, 3 great singles and done. Better things to come for both, Alison Moyet's solo career was pretty good. Toyah had her moments, and kept it going albeit never big hits after 1981. Kate Bush is far too low, but will have way outsold most of them so far in the long run. Modern Romance are very flattered, one decent single and a lot of soundalikes. Dollar had great singles thanks to their producers and despite young David, and Jive Bunny introduced oldies to a new generation and for some, ruined them.

I bought that Banderas album on cassette, too. Love This Is Your Life see BJSC. Two ex BJSC acts so far for Singerpurear, (Cities In Dust, from Siouxsie t'other) so not too shabby, give or take a Sinitta or so. Springsteen I was way ahead of in the UK (Born To Run got the single), Fame I bought when the film came out, and Communards own material was better than their covers, none of which were better than the original versions - though they were fun. Julio's best achievement was Enrique, but Begin The Beguine is a great song.

sorry not had time to enter or think about it. In a Premier Inn Mansfield after a hectic week visiting relatives and friends and a few more days to go. I almost certainly would have gone for my 1970 group obsession, one UK number one in 1969 and nowt else. A really obscure bit of bubblegum which I might save for other contests.... Pretty sure it would have come last, mind you 😄

I did my best for Sparks, actually buying the album, doh! If only they had beaten Sabrina by one sale....😮 I love Ordinary, and so do a lot of (I suspect) the fairer sex. Why? It's gloriously and unashamedly utterly romantic in a positive and uplifting production in an era when most singers seem to be rattling on about Me Me Me Me Me and how much they are miserable/happy to be free from the horrid Ex/everybody else. I'm thinking of setting up Granny's Letter Page for unhappy songwriters to ask for advice on their love-life and general misery....

todays: round 1: 39 round 2: 39 3 in 10: reach out i'll be there, bernadette, simple game

Yes Rollo, 10cc prob up there with ELO and ABBA for top 10 band of the 70's and I have most of their stuff so the moral is pay attention! 😄 My listening skills have never been great under pressure and I wasnt even on the radio! Thanks Jade and two (more) secret Cliff fans there I see 😄 Yes shame about New Romantics, I would have gone for that one too, and shame about Kid Creole, almost there, and Rollo well done with the top mark yesterday hooray! Oop North for a week, prob on catch up for a few of these 🙂 29th: round 1: 36 one year out round 2: 36 one year out 3 in 10: Dr Beat 123 Cant Stay Away From You

1 1 1 6 I GUESS U NEVER REALLY CARED ABOUT ME - Artemas 505700 2 2 2 5 MYSTICAL MAGICAL - Benson Boone 305500 3 7 3 4 VOICES - Damiano David 201400 4 21 4 2 BROKENHEARTED - Gabry Ponte & Train 84750. 5 12 5 6 BLUEBIRD - Lana Del Ray 137200 6 4 2 8 END OF THE WORLD - Miley Cyrus 390550 7 6 1 11 SUNSET BLVD - Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco 768900 8 8 8 7 APOCALYPSE - Pete Tong, MoBlack & Max Zotti featuring Monolink 220000 9 5 1 9 SHINE - Mondo Cozmo 927100 10 3 1 11 HOW BAD DO U WANT ME - Lady Gaga 598500 11 13 11 7 YOU KILLED THE MUSIC - Debbii Dawson 149700 12 22 12 3 TIME WAITED - My Morning Jacket 61500 13 15 13 5 HEART BY HEART - Joe Jonas 116150 14 10 3 9 RAGDOLL - The Lottery Winners featuring Chad Kroeger 293300 15 9 9 7 SPIKE ISLAND - Pulp 193800 16 18 16 5 NEXT SUMMER - Damiano David 84750 17 38 17 2 RUN WITH U - Mamagama 40000 18 52 18 2 VOYAGE - Zoe Me 33500 19 25 19 7 FEEL IT - d4vd 98350 20 11 11 8 ALL I KNOW - Rudimental x Khalid 169000 21 14 14 11 IT’S NOT RIGHT BUT IT’S OK - Felix Jaehn & Whitney Houston 194500 22 16 1 16 ORDINARY - Alex Warren 1210900 23 20 6 11 SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN - Avalan Rokston 320800 24 28 24 6 MARRIAGE - Nelly Furtado 77200 25 50 25 4 I’M FREE (7TH HEAVEN RADIO EDIT) - Donna Summer 42350 26 44 26 4 FIND XANADU - Alison Goldfrapp 49800 27 24 24 10 SORRY I’M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE - Benson Boone 146550 28 17 7 12 SORROW REPLACED - Kim Wilde featuring Midge Ure 250800 29 32 29 4 ANGELA - Benjamin Ingrosso 65500 30 19 1 11 LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN - Justin Hayward & Mike Batt 793600 31 23 5 12 LOVE IS LOVE - Kim Wilde 315400 32 34 32 6 COME BACK AND SHAKE ME - Clodagh Rodgers 87000 33 37 33 8 BOYS DON’T CRY - Tom Grennan 104400 34 26 26 9 RELENTLESS LOVE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 132900 35 27 1 21 THE PROUD ONE - The Osmonds 1222150 36 31 1 28 LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL - Reverend And The Makers 1606750 37 30 5 14 REVOLUTION - Mans Zelmerlow 413350 38 40 38 7 AZIZAM - Ed Sheeran 87000 39 45 39 5 PETITE ETOILE - Polo and Pan featuring Beth Ditto 52100 40 35 7 12 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - David Guetta & Sia 264250

25th May 2025 It's 2 weeks on top for Artemas, holding off threats from Benson Boone, Damiano David, Gabry Ponte and Train and Lana Del Ray doing her best to break into the boys gang at the top. Train have topped my chart in the past, as has Lana Del Ray, and they have quite a few top 10's, but not in the recent few years, but Train make it a 3rd decade in a row of top tens. Highest new entry, OH, OK! It's Sam Ryder on his 5th charter or so, as he continues to not have hits with good records, no justice sometimes. Just behind him at 48 Agnes is back - she's had two massive number ones in the 2000's and 2010's and she's gonna give a try with her unusual new track, Balenciaga Covered Eyes. Debbii Dawson isn't satisfied with number 11, so she's dropped a new track in at 63, Chemical Reaction is good too. Richard Ashcroft cheekily rewrites Joan Armatrading's timeless Love & Affection to grab a 4th decade of Verve and Verve-less charting at 67, and Robbie Does the same, back with a more Britpop-era-styled track. Both have had multiple chart-toppers, but Robbie Williams has had more than most. Saint Etienne popped back in a few months back, and do it agin with the rather nice Glad, as this week goes 1990's mad with r number oneeturning stars of the decade. Talking of MAD! That's the new Sparks album, attempting to get that elusive UK, and another track drops in with the amusing In Daylight, for 51 years of charting, but the album seems to have less "singles" on it than the last couple, but I hope it hits the top anyway. At a mere 48 years of chart hits, Paul Weller has been stylishly jamming for 6 consecutive decades, this time he does a cover of the criminally under-known but fabulous 1974 hit for Brian Protheroe, Pinball. What a great song! That leaves one more 70's revisit as Cerrone returns again for another 48-year chart span, in collusion with Christine & The Queens, and one more 90's veteran as Pulp get a second entry with Got To Have Love. 1 1 1 6 I GUESS U NEVER REALLY CARED ABOUT ME - Artemas 505700 2 2 2 5 MYSTICAL MAGICAL - Benson Boone 305500 3 7 3 4 VOICES - Damiano David 201400 4 21 4 2 BROKENHEARTED - Gabry Ponte & Train 84750. 5 12 5 6 BLUEBIRD - Lana Del Ray 137200 6 4 2 8 END OF THE WORLD - Miley Cyrus 390550 7 6 1 11 SUNSET BLVD - Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco 768900 8 8 8 7 APOCALYPSE - Pete Tong, MoBlack & Max Zotti featuring Monolink 220000 9 5 1 9 SHINE - Mondo Cozmo 927100 10 3 1 11 HOW BAD DO U WANT ME - Lady Gaga 598500 11 13 11 7 YOU KILLED THE MUSIC - Debbii Dawson 149700 12 22 12 3 TIME WAITED - My Morning Jacket 61500 13 15 13 5 HEART BY HEART - Joe Jonas 116150 14 10 3 9 RAGDOLL - The Lottery Winners featuring Chad Kroeger 293300 15 9 9 7 SPIKE ISLAND - Pulp 193800 16 18 16 5 NEXT SUMMER - Damiano David 84750 17 38 17 2 RUN WITH U - Mamagama 40000 18 52 18 2 VOYAGE - Zoe Me 33500 19 25 19 7 FEEL IT - d4vd 98350 20 11 11 8 ALL I KNOW - Rudimental x Khalid 169000 21 14 14 11 IT’S NOT RIGHT BUT IT’S OK - Felix Jaehn & Whitney Houston 194500 22 16 1 16 ORDINARY - Alex Warren 1210900 23 20 6 11 SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN - Avalan Rokston 320800 24 28 24 6 MARRIAGE - Nelly Furtado 77200 25 50 25 4 I’M FREE (7TH HEAVEN RADIO EDIT) - Donna Summer 42350 26 44 26 4 FIND XANADU - Alison Goldfrapp 49800 27 24 24 10 SORRY I’M HERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE - Benson Boone 146550 28 17 7 12 SORROW REPLACED - Kim Wilde featuring Midge Ure 250800 29 32 29 4 ANGELA - Benjamin Ingrosso 65500 30 19 1 11 LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN - Justin Hayward & Mike Batt 793600 31 23 5 12 LOVE IS LOVE - Kim Wilde 315400 32 34 32 6 COME BACK AND SHAKE ME - Clodagh Rodgers 87000 33 37 33 8 BOYS DON’T CRY - Tom Grennan 104400 34 26 26 9 RELENTLESS LOVE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 132900 35 27 1 21 THE PROUD ONE - The Osmonds 1222150 36 31 1 28 LATE NIGHT PHONE CALL - Reverend And The Makers 1606750 37 30 5 14 REVOLUTION - Mans Zelmerlow 413350 38 40 38 7 AZIZAM - Ed Sheeran 87000 39 45 39 5 PETITE ETOILE - Polo and Pan featuring Beth Ditto 52100 40 35 7 12 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - David Guetta & Sia 264250 41 39 2 17 CONTROL OF ME - Topic x Daecolm 739100 42 29 3 13 KEEP THE FAITH - Armin van Buuren & Bon Jovi 536950 43 33 26 9 SOAK UP THE SUN (SURF MESA REMIX) - Sheryl Crow 130300 44 47 44 5 MIND OF A WARRIOR - Alan Walker & Sorana 48650 45 41 20 13 MARIAH CAREY THROUGH DEATH VALLEY - Blossoms 195750 46 80 46 2 ME & YOU - Ella Henderson 16750 47 NEW 47 1 OH OK - Sam Ryder 12500 48 NEW 48 1 BALENCIAGA COVERED EYES - Agnes 12300 49 66 49 2 DON’T SPEAK - Loaded Honey 18900 50 59 50 3 MAN ON THE MOON - Fitz & The Tantrums 27900 51 55 51 7 THE MESSAGE - Turin Brakes 66050 52 57 52 6 GUNSLINGER - Natalie Bergman 49000 53 56 53 6 BLINK TWICE - Shaboozey & Myles Smith 58450 54 43 38 12 CAFE DEL MAR - Pete Tong & Jules Buckley & The Essential Orchestra 149250 55 58 55 4 TEARS DRY TONIGHT - CYRIL & James Blunt 33000 56 49 7 16 ANDY (A GUY LIKE YOU) - The Waterboys 370900 57 63 57 3 TASTE - Sophie Ellis-Bextor 22600 58 67 58 2 ABSURDA - Javiera Mena 16800 59 46 45 7 ETERNAL LIFE - Robin Schulz & Oswald 72350 60 48 36 7 LOVE ME TO HEAVEN - Jonas Brothers 84450 61 51 5 15 BUSY WOMAN - Sabrina Carpenter 410600 62 73 62 2 I SAW THE MOUNTAINS - Noah Cyrus 12800 63 NEW 63 1 CHEMICAL REACTION - Debbii Dawson 7200 64 64 64 4 BARBARIAN - AWOLNATION 26600 65 68 65 5 IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND - Cascada 29800 66 71 66 5 RAIN IN THE RIVER - Bruce Springsteen 27000 67 NEW 67 1 LOVER - Richard Ashcroft 6600 68 75 68 4 I DON’T WANNA TALK - Dadi Freyr 20200 69 60 60 6 DREAM MACHINE - Purple Disco Machine & Alison Goldfrapp 43400 70 65 4 57 FEEL - Pet Shop Boys 1227400 71 NEW 71 1 ROCKET - Robbie Williams featuring Tony Iommi 5800 72 77 72 4 DROWNED IN A SEA OF TEARS - Sparks 19400 73 62 7 28 ALL YOUR FAULT - Gwen Stefani 507400 74 NEW 74 1 GLAD - Saint Etienne 5200 75 78 75 3 BORDERLINE - Louise 13600 76 NEW 76 1 PINBALL - Paul Weller 4800 77 NEW 77 1 IN DAYLIGHT - Sparks 4600 78 79 78 2 SPORTS CAR - Tate McRae 8600 79 NEW 79 1 GOT TO HAVE LOVE - Pulp 4200 80 NEW 80 1 CATCHING FEELINGS - Cerrone x Christine & The Queens 4000 DROP OUTS 36 28 7 HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE - Blondie 94050 42 42 5 GOODNIGHT MIDNIGHT - Clodagh Rodgers 49800 53 6 9 I GOT YOU - Split Enz 304400 54 8 7 ATOMIC - Blondie 161150 61 1 17 HAMMER TO THE HEART - Teddy Swims 889150 69 15 9 WHITE LIES - Sam Ryder 141150 70 30 11 CONFESSION - Louise 123100 72 1 27 PEOPLE WATCHING - Sam Fender 793450 74 73 7 LEARN TO LET GO - The Doobie Brothers 34200 76 27 12 TIL A MAWNIN - Shaggy featuring Sting 139350

Hi SSP! 🙂 Ooh Stereophonics strong here! Benson and Kim Wilde top 10, Anxiety, Azizam & The Giver top 30, Bryan Adams, Miley, Awolnation, top 50, and Mystical Magical, Zombie Lady, Cyril, Mutt, Feel It, Voices and some covers I need to hear down the bottom end. fab charts!

Hi SSP, thanks as always for the picks and tips! 😎

Hi AH! 🙂 Hope you are managing to avoid the Benson Boone Lynch Mob so far this week! 🙂 Innocent! Fabulous chart as always, and the Eurovision love is as strong as ever! 🤩

Hi AH 🙂 Off Up North tomorrow for a week to see relatives around Mansfield and the area, and Uni friends, so I may be late with my chart next week as ABBA Voyage a week saturday (again)! Hope all is Fab with you. My London comics fanzine mate is editor designer of the UK OGAE mag, been doing it for decades, so I have always had occasional benefit of any leftovers and free CD's (when they were a thing) that got handed out backstage without actually joining up officially, mostly cos I just never got round to it. My mate (currently back) in Birkenhead's life-long mate is also a contributor to the mag for decades, and it was such a coincidence that we both randomly had links to OGAE without being in it, that I took the hint 😄 I'm not surprised 12 months of listening to Beautiful Things 4 times a day is driving people insane 😄 no record, however good, justifies that sort of mental torture - Radio 2, 6 weeks max and you're banished! And no ads! It's not your fault Hits radio have zero imagination and should be playing the new track instead, there's no excuse! When I go into Tesco, I'm always interested in the varied mix of of music from across the ages, the annoyingly obvious giant hits are usually absent. I should write a letter of congrats really!😎 I took a mischievous delight in Kaj not winning after Sweden rejecting mans' more orthodox fab pop record. Oops! 😄The voting problems of the televote can easily be solved - stop letting people vote 20 times for one or multiple tracks, it's just distorting the reality which is generally more realistically seen in streaming and downloading charts. Then some of the nations getting nul points might actually make the nation top 10's. It's the greed of wanting cash for votes that distorts it. They used to call this corruption in the olden days, like buying multiple copies of the same records at chart panel shops!😇 Thanks as always for the huge support! 😎

Hey Sven! 🙂 Top 7 plus Claude still reigning nicely with a little shuffle, Ravyn climbing and liking the red positions for climbers, that makes 'em stand out nicely! Benson Boone almost top 20, hooray, love it! Shaboozey & Myles up and Kaj new in are the top 40 fave climbers. In the Breakers there's been loads lately, and still is with Tommy Cash, Calvin Harris, Doobies, Lizzo, Morgan Wallen, Donna Summer, Sissal, JJ, and VAEB. Back In 1980 and I was doing end of degree exams, and my tastes not quite so much in alignment with the chart in Netherlands, but till rated Funkytown, Detroit Spinners, Call Me, Matchbox and their forgotten fun Buzz Buzz A Diddle It, Pretenders, Liquid Gold, Barbara Dickson all good, with Coming Up, Stomp and Kitchen At Parties my faves along with recent discovery (from your retro charts) Cara Mia, great 60's oldie that one. fab charts!😎

Hey Sven! 🙂 I forgot to mention that Pete Tong track is a Cigarettes After Sex song, makes for a nice banger, thanks for the picks and the Morning Jacket tip ❤️ cheers! 😎

Belated Happy Birthday Sergej! Hope you had a fab day! 🙂 It's a mass Eurovision invasion! I was a bit more modest this year, though I did like most of the new entries in your chart from the contest. The winner, Germany, and Estonia have done the best in the UK charts, apart from the UK, and that's fair enough I think. Most of the rest were decent, but I didn't buy many this year, unusually. Outside Eurovision, Ravyn climbing, Damiano David climbing into the 20, Voices up too and his new Zombie Lady is great, I must buy that one thanks for the link. Just going to send an email to myself to remind me! Massive climb for Cyril and Blunty, Bluebird not too far behind, just gorgeous that one, and not heard that Avicii new entry, it's great here comes another self-email! Kyle Alessandro was one of the performance highlights at Eurov and the new tom grennan is good too. That leaves Miley Cyrus which I havent heard so playing that now. Seems nice. top notch chart! 😎

Hi Sergej! 🙂 Thanks for all the picks I'm happy you like so many! 🥰 Take care and thanks again! 😎

The Scientist seems to be universally loved these days, by everyone but me. Not that it's bad, it's just a bit depressing for me, music that brings me down I prefer to avoid. 7/10. Dirrty is a great clubbing pop tune, sweaty and attitude-packed 9/10, Sugababes Stronger was the A side for me, and also a 9/10 but just behind Dirrty. The Game Of Love, I loved: Big "million-seller" on a par with Smooth for me 10/10. For Santana to be banging out stuff as good as anything he'd done in 30-odd years was lovely to see. Shakira's doesn't ring a bell, a quick check brings out a 7/10, so I obviously liked it! Kylie's was also fab. loved it and a chart-topper for me, so that's another million-selling 10/10. She was on a roll! Wonderboy was a quirky oddity that appealed to me, a 9/10 but with the proviso that I haven't heard it since bar maybe once or twice a while back. Better than Jack's Lava Chicken at any rate, but children may (and do) beg to differ.... Ashanti got a happy enough 7/10, and so did a shy FX, both generally likeable. Meanwhile Blazin' Squad and any others on the list impressed me not based on one or more listens at the time. DNC. I make that 25%, so not too bad. 🙂

Circles I still love, it's quite moody and mysteriously sad.