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Definitely nothing on Radio 1.

I make it that My Heart Will Go On is the 26th song to return to the top spot in the same chart run.

Two of those ( I Believe by Frankie Laine and Singing The Blues by Guy Mitchell ) had 3 turns at number 1 in the same chart run.

Now 121 didn't stand a chance against the mighty Demon Hunters !

Congratulations ( sort of ) to Alex Warren as Ordinary is the UKs most popular song for a record equaling 18th week.

Golden by Huntr/X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei Ami number 1 tonight on SCR sales of 42,853.

Ordinary by Alex Warren number 9 on ACR sales of 25,438 but if still on SCR, it's sales would be 49,590.

So Drake and Central Cee top 5.

Ordinary on course for a record equaling 18 weeks as the Uk's most popular song.

Has anyone seen K-Pop Demon Hunters ?

Edit - gasman just answered my question

Beautiful Things on zero weeks of decline again.

13 place drop for Eternity - ouch !

fantastic for Paranoid to go up into the top 20 at least for today.

Could be quiet here tonight with the football on.

The latest Now album is out - volume 121 - but it will have an uphill fight to top the compilation chart.

The last 3 Now albums have sold 10,008 , 9,759 ad 8,998 on their opening week.

The current number 1 , K-Popp Demon Hunters, has increased its sales every week so far and had 14,465 sales last week.

23 minutes ago, chartjack2 said:

Line up for 31 July

Pink Pony Club - Chappell Roan (28), Wonderwall - Oasis (27), Illegal - Pink Pantheress (25), Can’t Decide - Max Dean / Locky / Luke Dean (24), Love Me Not - Ravyn Lenae (20), No Broke Boys - Disco Lines / Tinashe (12), Beautiful Things - Benson Boone (11) Daisies - Justin Bieber (1)

surely Paranoid by Black Sabbath at 32 deserves a play instead of songs that have been around forever like Beautiful Things.

Could even dig out the Pops performance from September 1970 and show that.

Confirmation in the sales report that Ordinary by Alex Warren would be number 1 for week 17 if still on SCR ( that includes last week as predicted )

Tonight:

Daisies at number 1 on SCR sales of 40,643

Ordinary at number 7 on ACR sales of 27,571 but pre-adjusted sales of 53,884.

Jack still talking when Ozzy started singing !!

14 minutes ago, adrianreavill83 said:

How many weeks has Alex Warren lost at number one with Ordinary due to ACR?

3 of the 4 weeks since it left the number 1 spot.

I'm calling it.

Alan Jones does not mention it in the sales report, but surely Ordinary by Alex Warren would still be number 1 tonight if not on ACR

Dior number 1 on SCR sales of 42,157.

Ordinary by Alex Warren number 7 on ACR sales of 27,602.

Who do you think should be presenting these shows ?

Dior by MK featuring Chrystal number 1 tonight on SCR sales of 39,701

Ordinary by Alex Warren number 8 on ACR sales of 26,594 but would still be number 1 if on SCR with sales of 52,191

We have just had the provisional schedule for the 25th July and the 1998 shows continue at 7pm

:

7pm - 20th February - Jo Whiley ( Happy 60th Birthday today Jo !! )

7.30pm - Jayne Middlemiss

There will then be a Prom at 8pm and the retro hour from 9.40pm.

Hopefully that will be the pattern from now on during Prom season - according to my calculations, BBC4 can finish 1998 on the week before Christmas if there are no more breaks.

Manchild by Sabrina Carpenter number 1 tonight on SCR sales of 45,756.

Ordinary by Alex Warren dropped from 1 to 9 on ACR sales of 28,702 but would still be number 1 if on SCR with sales of 56,289.

1998 will return on the 18th July with a double bill at 7pm.

6 February - Zoe Ball presenting

13 February - Jayne Middlemiss presenting

The gap between Never Ever at 1 and Bamboogie at number 2 was in fact 557 sales according to this article on the OCC website.

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-closest-battles-for-number-1-on-the-official-singles-chart__22356/

Tonight we will have the 9th and 16th January shows

Next Friday - the 23rd and 30th January shows.

We then take a break from 1998 for a fortnight ( cannot see the schedule for 11 July yet )

27 June Glastonbury

4 July - Test Cricket highlights.

In 1997 a record ( at the time ) 21 songs go straight in at number 1.

Too Much was the 88th song to debut at number 1 in UK chart history.

There were 213 songs going straight into the top 10 in 1997 beating the 1996 record of 176.

How different things are in the streaming era when we have only had 18 son gs go straight into the top 10 after 5 months of 2025.