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Has Chris Moyles' album not reached the Top 40? Oops! :wacko: I really like his radio show but the parodies suck.

Amazing what an appearance on "Dancing On Ice" can do for an album. I wish they'd have a musical guest every week.

I agree with the person who commented previously on this post. Posts like this discourage me from posting more on this forum. Casual visitors don't read every topic so stop jumping down their throats. It's not a big deal really, is it? Not all are. Is it relevant? Generally considered to be a dud??? I'm a huge DM fan and "JCGE" is up there with their best work. Yes, they've moved on artistically but it's a great song and their first big hit. I'd be p*ssed off if I went to see them in concert and they didn't perform this song.

That's sad as I used to work there on a Saturday when it was Virgin Megastore... it was a sh*t job that I put up with for less than 2 months, but I've shopped there for many years. It's also about 200 yards from the big Woolworths store in Glasgow so that's 2 large units now empty.

HMV is my favourite online store these days. I would say that it takes 3-5 days from the date of posting to receive the item (which is the same as Play.com and faster than CD-Wow) but pre-orders are despatched usually by the Wednesday of the previous week which means that you sometimes get them on the Saturday before release or on the day of release. I've pre-ordered Now 1 and it was despatched on Tuesday night.

I can't believe that people are wishing that stores would close?!?!?!? You might not like the store but others do and people are employed by them. Choose not to shop there but don't wish it away. You might not like Zavvi but any music presence on the High Street is a bonus. Am I just being a bit over-sensitive because soon the music industry will be completely dictated by the buyers at Tesco and ASDA? I'm just praying that HMV hangs in there as they must be due to report their sales figures soon.

Thanks for posting this Martin. Really interesting and encouraging figures. I wonder how far we'd need to go back to find a TOTP episode with almost 8 million vehicles? Ok it was over 2 showings and 1 was a "revised repeat" but it just shows that the format isn't dead - it just needs the right slot in the schedule. I'm surprised that TOTP2 doesn't appear on our screens more regularly (excluding Dave repeats) as it must be a relatively cheap show to make and all we seem to hear about are BBC budget cutbacks, and the figures for that are fairly impressive also.

From Music Week... TOTP ratings an unexpected Christmas cracker Monday January 5, 2009 Veteran show's return wins music TV ratings battle. Anyone got access to the full story???

Times have changed - look at Eastenders which, in a normal week, doesn't get 10m viewers anymore (previous Xmas episodes have been more than double what yesterdays episode got). There are more channels so they expect lower ratings. To see TOTP in the top 15 is a big achievement in my opinion. There are loads of shows on the 5 main channels getting low ratings so ratings shouldn't be the only way to measure it's success. Share % is also a big factor and almost one third of the available audience at that time chose to watch TOTP. I appreciate the Xmas special will always do better than the weekly show but I think these figures (and the outcry over it originally being cancelled this year) show that there's still a place for it in the schedules. It'll be interesting to see where the New Year show ends up in the ratings. As for where it would fit in the schedule, I actually think that teatime on BBC1 on a Saturday is possibly the best option. 7pm on a weekday is now filled and we don't want 7:30pm as it'll get lost against Corrie again. It should be seen as a showcase for current and upcoming hits and not judged on the difference it makes to that weeks charts (it lost it's influence on that years ago).

I personally thought that Christmas TOTP was a great show and had such an impressive line up. I was pleased to see that it was the 15th highest rated show of the day in terms of audience, and 11th highest in terms of audience share (higher than Corrie!). Time to bring it back weekly! 1. Wallace & Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf And Death - BBC One, 8.30pm - 14.25 million, 53.3% 2. Doctor Who: 'The Next Doctor' - BBC One, 6pm - 11.71 million, 50.5% 3. EastEnders - BBC One, 9pm - 11.47 million, 44.9% 4. The Royle Family - BBC One, 9.30pm - 9.98 million, 41.7% 5. EastEnders - BBC One, 8pm - 9.89 million, 40.6% 6. Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special - BBC One, 7pm - 8.57 million, 35% 7. Coronation Street - ITV1, 7pm - 7.36 million, 30% 8. Wallace & Gromit In The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit - BBC One, 4.30pm - 7.22 million, 39.8% 9. The Queen - BBC One, 3pm - 6.45 million, 42.6% 10. Blackadder Rides Again - BBC One, 10.30pm - 5.58 million, 30.9% 11. Dancing On Ice At Christmas - ITV1, 8pm - 5.2 million, 20.4% 12. Emmerdale - ITV1, 6pm - 4.76 million, 20.5% 13. Shark Tale - BBC One, 3.10pm - 4.69 million, 31.1% 14. It'll Be Alright On The Night - ITV1, 9.30pm - 3.8 million, 15.9% 15. Top Of The Pops Christmas Special - BBC One, 2pm - 3.74 million, 30.6% 16. Harry Potter and the Prisoner Of Azkaban - ITV1, 3pm - 3.32 million, 20% 17. Dad's Army - BBC Two, 8pm - 2.7 million, 11.1% 18. The Two Ronnies - BBC One, 1.05pm - 2.52 million, 22.5% 19. The Santa Clause 2 - BBC One, 11.25am - 2.37 million, 22.2% 20. Stanley Baxter: Now & Then - ITV1, 10.30pm - 2.16 million, 11.8% 1 Wallace & Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf And Death BBC One, 8.30pm 14.25 million 0.533 2 Doctor Who: 'The Next Doctor' BBC One, 6pm 11.71 million 0.505 3 EastEnders BBC One, 9pm 11.47 million 0.449 4 The Queen BBC One, 3pm 6.45 million 0.426 5 The Royle Family BBC One, 9.30pm 9.98 million 0.417 6 EastEnders BBC One, 8pm 9.89 million 0.406 7 Wallace & Gromit In The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit BBC One, 4.30pm 7.22 million 0.398 8 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special BBC One, 7pm 8.57 million 0.35 9 Shark Tale BBC One, 3.10pm 4.69 million 0.311 10 Blackadder Rides Again BBC One, 10.30pm 5.58 million 0.309 11 Top Of The Pops Christmas Special BBC One, 2pm 3.74 million 0.306 12 Coronation Street ITV1, 7pm 7.36 million 0.3 13 The Two Ronnies BBC One, 1.05pm 2.52 million 0.225 14 The Santa Clause 2 BBC One, 11.25am 2.37 million 0.222 15 Emmerdale ITV1, 6pm 4.76 million 0.205 16 Dancing On Ice At Christmas ITV1, 8pm 5.2 million 0.204 17 Harry Potter and the Prisoner Of Azkaban ITV1, 3pm 3.32 million 0.2 18 It'll Be Alright On The Night ITV1, 9.30pm 3.8 million 0.159 19 Stanley Baxter: Now & Then ITV1, 10.30pm 2.16 million 0.118 20 Dad's Army BBC Two, 8pm 2.7 million 0.111 Figures from Digital Spy

Alexandra is still number one (no surprise) according to the Heat website... "We think that Alexandra Burke will be enjoying the festive season more than most this year – not only has she bagged the coveted Christmas number one spot, but it looks like it’s impossible for anyone to knock Hallelujah off the top of the charts any time soon. The latest midweek charts have just come in, and already this week (and it’s only Tuesday lunchtime!), Alex has sold over 100,000 copies. It seems people may have been buying the single as a last-minute stocking filler yesterday, as over 80,000 of those sales are of the CD version, rather than the download. Things are changing elsewhere in the top ten though – it’s all very close, but Geraldine’s Once Upon A Christmas Song now sits at two (but is WAY behind Alexandra, at just over 13,000 copies), with Leona at three, and Jeff Buckley’s version of Hallelujah at four. What CDs are you hoping to find in your stocking this year? And what have been your musical highlights of 2008?" 1. Alexandra Burke - 100k+ (Impressive physical sales!) 2. Geraldine 13k 3. Leona Lewis 4. Jeff Buckley

According to HMV, it's got 4 tracks - does that make the physical single ineligible for the singles chart? track listing 1. Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth 2. Swing On A Star - Clare Teal 3. Puff The Magic Dragon - Sally B. 'Traffic' Boazman & The Storys 4. Right Said Fred - Mark Radcliffe

Sorry Mart!n. I was so excited that I thought that it merited a new topic to show off the good news. I don't particularly like Fearne and Reggie but at least it's back. The weekly shows need to return too. It's incredibly sad that no major TV channel can devote 30 minutes of it's weekly schedule to a peak-time popular music show.

From Media Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/20/bbc-christmas-top-of-the-pops) The BBC has reversed its decision to axe the Christmas edition of Top of the Pops – and announced it will return for two one-off shows over the festive period. Simon Cowell said he would like to buy the show and put it on ITV after the BBC announced it would not be returning last month. The BBC had previously said the long-running music show – which was axed from its regular weekly slot in 2006 – had not earned its place in the Christmas schedule. However, today Top of the Pops was welcomed back with open arms, with not one but two editions on BBC1 on Christmas Day and New Year's Eve. The BBC1 controller, Jay Hunt, said: "With shows on Christmas Day and New Year's Eve, Top of the Pops has never been bigger. "The shows will form the centerpiece of a massive musical offering during the festive season that we hope viewers are really going to enjoy." The BBC announced on October 28 that Top of the Pops would not be returning this year, instead unveiling plans to show eight special episodes of archive series TOTP2 on BBC2. "We said ... the Christmas special would continue but would have to earn its place every year," a spokesman said at the time. The Top of the Pops Christmas Special will be hosted by Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates and filmed at BBC TV Centre. New spin-off show the Top of the Pops New Year's Eve Special will review the year in pop. But there remain no plans to bring the show back full time to BBC1. Cowell said last month he would rather take the show to ITV than let it "just sit in the dustbin". "If the BBC wanted to do a deal, and I can get ITV to buy it and broadcast it, I'd put it on ITV," The X Factor judge added.

Sheena's song is the best, closely followed by DD. Worst has got to be Rita Coolidge!

How about Sheena Easton SINGLES YEAR/ UK/ USA 9 TO 5 / MORNING TRAIN (9 TO 5) 1980/ 3/ 1 FOR YOUR EYES ONLY 1981/ 8/ 4 YOU COULD HAVE BEEN WITH ME 1981/ 54/ 15 WE'VE GOT TONIGHT 1983/ 28/ 6 TELEFONE (LONG DISTANCE LOVE AFFAIR) 1983/ 84/ 9 ALMOST OVER YOU 1983/ 89/ 25 STRUT 1984/ */ 7 SUGAR WALLS 1984/ 95/ 9 DO IT FOR LOVE 1985/ */ 29 U GOT THE LOOK 1987/ 11/ 2 THE LOVER IN ME 1989/ 15/ 2 WHAT COMES NATURALLY 1991/ */ 19 * - did not chart Source: www.sheenaeaston.co.uk

Can I just clear up a couple of points about Sheena Easton. She is British and Morning Train (9 To 5) was an original song. She currently holds duel citizenship of the UK and America but only held a UK passport at the time of her number one song. There's a good website about her for anyone that's interested www.sheenaeaston.co.uk

That's not bad at all, thanks Mikey. It's a great album for any of you who are thinking of buying it. I got it on download last year from Itunes but am thinking of upgrading to a proper CD copy this week as 128kbs doesn't do it justice on anything apart from the Ipod.

I was under the impression that it had been decided before the album's release that Annie would be moving on from Sony BMG. It was originally meant to be a best of album and then she decided to release SOMD instead. I'm sure that a best of will still be released before the end of the year, but I guess that there won't be any new material on there. It does seem odd to drop an artist who does still sell a decent amount of albums and has such an extensive history with the company. They don't seem to know how to promote her music these days. Annie does seem to need a big hit single to generate huge album sales. The previous album, "Bare", didn't have any singles released from it in the UK which was a huge mistake and affected it's sales. As for "SOMD", I thought that "Dark Road" would have done better but "Sing" (the second single released on download only) is definitely a case of the cause and sentiment being much better than the actual song. It's the weakest song on the album but Annie should be commended for at least caring enough to do something. I'm sure that there'll be plenty of other companies showing interest in signing Annie, she may even decide to release her music independantly. It can be done successfully.

Any news on Tom Baxter's album? Thanks

For me it has been KIM WILDE "Never Say Never" (although it was released in 2006) ANNIE LENNOX "Songs Of Mass Destruction" MATCHBOX 20 "Exile On Mainstream" MAROON 5 "It Won't Be Soon Before Long" TOM BAXTER "Skybound"

Your buying habits are just totally pointless given that Take That over 35,000 copies behind on first day sales alone. Your loyalty is bordering on delusional. If you're going to p*ss away money then you'd be as well giving it to charity cos it will make no difference to the end result and save you some storage space! Let the record companies worry about sending out buying teams.

Sorry, but I find this totally pointless (and a bit sad)

You've kinda answered your own question there... :wacko: You should have gone to HMV or ordered it online.

Top 75 Annie Lennox - Dark Road F**K - it's on physical release too. :wacko: Is the Erasure position from the 7" single only? I assume that the CD single is ineligible as it has too many songs. The 7" is priced at £4.99 in HMV - what a rip off?!!?!