KARENGOLDSTONE

Singles & Albums were released on Fridays all the way through the 40s to the early 80s. The BBC chart period was still Sun to Sat. Why should it be any different now? Don't get it.

The final top 10: 1 soft cell 990,000 2 stand & deliver 860,000 3 prince charming 750,000 4 this ole house 740,000 5 league 739,000 6 vienna 735,000 7 one day in your life 725,000 8 making your mind up 717,000 9 shaddup you face 708,000 10 birdie song 670,000 estimated figures. which suggest the League would of finished the year at 2 (with a missed week included). Passing a million on w/k ending Saturday 16th Jan 82 (sales period Monday 4th Jan to Saturday 9th).

3 Year End charts for 1981 were published. In the 2nd the League are 21. In the 3rd, they are 5.

I think it's more correct to than OCC's effort. Where streaming pushes back anything released between Jan & June. Big Top 40 was based on total sales from iTunes alone. No streaming at all or physical sales.

occ could pose as a poster & ask for the link! Dodgy. Keep up the good work Miroslav.

Tommy Vance presented the BFBS Chart continuously between 1973 & 1987 & also did Radio One over the period 1982 - 1992.