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Ah right, cheers. :)

I'm sure Elvis Presley should feature in that list of Most Weeks at No. 1 in Hot 100's History.

+25 The Beatles- Eleanor Rigby (Yellow Submarine) +24 Take That- Rule The World (Stardust) +23 Survivor- Eye Of The Tiger (Rocky) +22 Julie Andrews- My Favourite Things (The Sound Of Music) +21 Irene Cara- Fame (Fame) +20 Duran Duran- A View To Kill (A View To Kill) +19 Britney Spears- Everytime (Spring Breakers) +18 Seal- Kiss From A Rose (Batman Forever) +17 Elton John- Circle Of Life (The Lion King) +16 Bee Gees- Night Fever (Saturday Night Fever) +15 Alanis Morissette- Uninvited (City Of Angels) +14 Bee Gees- Stayin Alive (Saturday Night Fever) +13 Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes- Up Where We Belong (An Officer And A Gentleman) +12 Louis Armstrong- What A Wonderful World (Good Morning Vietnam) +11 The Righteous Brothers- Unchained Melody (Ghost) +10 A.R. Rahman Ft Pussycat Dolls and NICOLE SCHERZINGER- Jai Ho [slumdog Millionaire] +09 Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes- I’ve Had The Time Of My Life (Dirty Dancing)

25 Timbaland (feat. Katy Perry) - If We Ever Meet Again 24 Eminem & Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie 23 Cee Lo Green - f*** You 22 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé - Telephone 21 Mumford & Sons - The Cave 20 Lady Gaga - Alejandro 19 Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed 18 Rihanna - Only Girl (In The World) 17 Kylie Minogue - All The Lovers 16 Rihanna - Rude Boy

25 Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You 24 Muse - Uprising 23 Lady Gaga - Bad Romance 22 Lily Allen - The Fear 21 Paloma Faith - New York 20 Lady Gaga - Poker Face 19 Lily Allen - Not Fair 18 James Morrison (feat. Nelly Furtado) - Broken Strings 17 Lady Gaga - Paparazzi 16 Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow 15 Beyoncé - Halo 14 Leona Lewis - Happy 13 Beyoncé - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) 12 AR Rahman & Pussycat Dolls - Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) 11 Florence & The Machine - Dog Days Are Over 10 Alexandra Burke (feat. Flo Rida) - Bad Boys 09 Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love 08 Noisettes - Never Forget You 07 La Roux - In For The Kill 06 Lady Gaga - Just Dance 05 P!nk - Please Don't Leave Me 04 Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone 03 La Roux - Bulletproof 02 Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway 01 Britney Spears - Circus

+25 Take That - Rule The World +24 Sugababes - About You Now +23 Timbaland (feat. Keri Hilson & DOE) - The Way I Are +22 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black +21 Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game +20 Kate Nash - Foundations +19 Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby +18 Mark Ronson (feat. Amy Winehouse) - Valerie +17 Aly & AJ - Potential Breakup Song +16 Britney Spears - Gimme More +15 Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good +14 Mark Ronson (feat. Daniel Merriweather) - Stop Me +13 Mika - Grace Kelly +12 Amy Winehouse - Tears Dry On Their Own +11 Klaxons - Golden Skans +10 Timbaland and OneRepublic - Apologize +09 Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm +08 Peter, Bjorn & John - Young Folks +07 Kanye West - Stronger +06 Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent Adolescent +05 Gwen Stefani (feat. Akon) - The Sweet Escape +04 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love +03 Freemasons (feat. Bailey Tzuke) - Uninvited +02 Mutya Buena - Real Girl +01 Kelis (feat. Cee-Lo Green) - Lil Star

Thanks for that Dobbo. :)

Wow, how long has Ed been at No.2?

Well done to Mark Ronson. How many weeks has Ed been stuck at No.2?

I used to laugh when she'd call Foxes her 'Fringe Nemesis'! :jameela:

I'm still curious as to how streaming is calculated. I thought, originally, you only had to play a song for at least 30 seconds for the stream to count! This seems wrong to me. For a stream to count, the full duration of the song should be a must. I don't think streaming should count towards million 'sellers'.

No.2 Xmas 1975. :P

I used to listen to the countdown of the new chart on a Tuesday lunchtime and I wrote up the chart from 1981 until around 1991.

Thanks again Riser. It was new to me! :)

If someone could send me the link too it would be much appreciated. :)

That's one thing I'd be miffed about. For me a track's total sales should be just that. The streams should only count towards the tracks weekly chart position. While I'm on a wee rant I also think a song should be listened to all the way through before it counts as a chart stream, not this 30 second nonsense!! :nono:

Wouldn't 50,000 streams be equivalent to 500 sales? Edit..Beat me to it Ben!

Thanks Vidcapper. :)

Is it definite that people who have the free Spotify service will have streams counted towards the chart?

Wow, I didn't realise it only beat 'Bulletproof' by one sale! :o 'Man in the Mirror' so deserved to be a posthumous No.1 for Michael! It is strange Bre. Also, I think I'm correct in saying, Madonna has NEVER had a million seller in the UK.

I went for top 20. Thought it was pretty good. It's a shame she's struggling so badly this era! :(

Does anyone have any info on the Embrace 'Refugee' EP? :unsure:

Aww, I went to see Embrace last Thursday. Second gig of their comeback tour. They've been away for 8 years. New 'Refugees' EP came out on Monday. Not sure that it's likely to chart come Sunday though. :(

Back in '87 George Michael's 'I Want Your Sex' was skipped on the chart. Radio 1 didn't play it at all but I recall the Network chart playing 'Hard Day' instead which was an extra track on the 12 inch version. Also skipped in 1987 were The Tams 'There Ain't Nothing Like Shaggin''. The Shag was an American dance and the lyrics go: "There ain't nothin' like shaggin, when you're shaggin' with the one you love". I'm sure they were having a cheeky laugh. The song just missed the top 20. :D TH_ODa805D0 It's actually a pretty good track. The Tams date back to the 1960's and had a No.1 in 1971 with 'Hey Girl Don't Bother Me'.

I agree about 1984 being a great year for Christmas tracks in the Top 40. Around a quarter of the songs were Christmas/novelty. Even Alvin Stardust made it with a less well known 'So Near To Christmas'. Pretty cheesy but I liked it. Surprised no-one's mentioned George Michael's 'December Song' from 2 or 3 years back. I really like that. Like Coldplay's 'Christmas Lights' he just missed the Top 10...even after an X Factor performance!