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But as Ben says sales now are greater than they were 4 years ago (even at the top end of the chart - just do a simple comparison of the average sales of a #1,#5,#10 etc now compared to the same position 4 years ago when PF was out) therefore a direct comparison of sales now against sales 4 years ago is misleading unless some adjustment is made. Plus, PF was released approx 3-4 months after the release if its parent album; BL was released in advance of its album therefore BL is always going to sell more, again meaning that comparing straightforward sales isn't comparing like with like.

Notoriety at last :) We can't stop ... and we won't stop ...

Probably not entirely relevant here (so mods please move if you see fit) but what do the lyrics to Blue's All Rise mean? Is it about a couple that have split up and are going to court (if so, over what?) Is it about a couple who have split up and the guy is letting the girl know he's glad he's got rid of her and that others, over time, will also recognise that, by using courtroom terminology?

Anyone know best place to download hd versions of the episodes? Also, what is best way to then watch them on TV - our laptop has a HDMI out and we've tried using vlc player but there's just a wee bit of jerkiness in the pic and the sides are slightly cut off.

Is Gold by ABBA one of the anomalies? 850k in a month and a half in April/May last year seems way too high!

I've just realised who you remind me off - that other nutter, Alex Jones.

This is correct based on TJC selling 15% and 23k more than James A at this stage.

Hmmm I don't think so. TJC's track is new this week and the multipliers for start of week -> end of week for new tracks are less than for established tracks, even if that track is only one week old. I can't call it, I think James might be back ahead in the Friday mids but Saturday shopping (physicals) might just swing it back to TJC.

Was just going to say this - an album, if done correctly, represents a body of work for that artist at that point in their career. A cohesive sound of the artist. For me, that is no more embodied by Leona's Echo (of course I would say that) - one of the best albums for me of modern times. Granted, a lot of albums are indeed two hit singles with 10 tracks tacked on. But as I say if done correctly then an album is much more than just a way to rob the public of a tenner.

Pogues – Fairytale Of New York 15 Maroon 5 – One More Night 36 Wham! – Last Christmas 35 Disclosure - Latch 27 Wizzard – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 27 DJ Fresh – Gold Dust 24 Sub Focus – Tidal Wave 55 Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas 38 Alex Day – Stupid Stupid 26 Adele - Skyfall 26 Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody 35 Girls Aloud – Something New 37 Christina Perri – A Thousand Years 37 Shakin’ Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone 50 Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the number of song titles with the words Christmas or Xmas in the top 75 (on the OCC website) be a) odd or b) even? B Bonus 2) - 12 points Will the largest number of songs in the top 40 credited to X feat Y be a) between 1 and 10, b) between 11 and 20, c) between 21 and 30 or d) between 31 and 40? A Bonus 3) - 12 points How many new entries or re-entries will there be in the top 40 Singles Chart? 6

1 Justice - HAHHMB 2 James - Impossible 3 Will - S&S 4 Rihanna - Stay 5 Bruno - LOOH 6 Olly - Troublemaker 7 Taylor - IKUWT 8 PSY - GS 9 Gabrielle - TPOL 10 Rihanna - Diamonds 11 Labrinth - BYB 12 Pitbull - DSTP 13 1D - LT 14 Lumi - HH 15 Robbie - Candy #1 Shontelle - Impossible #2 Willy Moon - YY #3 6 #4 9 #5 4 #6 Yes

Ed Sheeran – Give Me Love 38 Maroon 5 – One More Night 35 Burns - Lies 42 Disclosure - Latch 32 Naughty Boy feat Emeli Sande - Wonder 52 DJ Fresh – Gold Dust 25 Sub Focus – Tidal Wave 54 Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas 38 Pitbull – Don’t Stop The Party 22 Adele - Skyfall 26 Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody 36 Girls Aloud – Something New 52 Christina Perri – A Thousand Years 30 Otto Knows – Million Voices 73 Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the number of song titles with the words Christmas or Xmas in the top 75 (on the OCC website) be a) odd or b) even? A Bonus 2) - 12 points Will the lowest climber within the top 40 be a) between 1 and 15, b) between 16 and 30, c) between 31 and 40 or d) there won’t be any climbers? B Bonus 3) - 12 points How many new entries or re-entries will there be in the top 40 Singles Chart? 8

1 James - Impossible 2 Will - S&S 3 Bruno - LOOH 4 Gabrielle - TPOL 5 Olly - Troublemaker 6 Rihanna - Stay 7 Rihanna - Diamonds 8 Labrinth - BYB 9 1D - KY 10 1D - LT #1 Bruno - Lies #2 8 #3 GD

1 Gabrielle - TPOL 2 Olly - TM 3 Labrinth - BYB 4 Bruno - LOOH 5 1D - LT 6 Rihanna - Diamonds 7 Kesha - DY 8 Pink - Try 9 Alicia - GOF 10 PSY - GS #1 Wizzard - IWICBCE #2 6 #3 Tulisa

Ed Sheeran – Give Me Love 21 Maroon 5 – One More Night 26 McFly – Love Is Easy 46 Disclosure - Latch 24 Naughty Boy feat Emeli Sande - Wonder 35 DJ Fresh – Gold Dust 23 Sub Focus – Tidal Wave 39 Ellie Goulding – Anything Could Happen 49 Pitbull – Don’t Stop The Party 19 Adele - Skyfall 17 Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody 47 Girls Aloud – Something New 27 Christina Perri – A Thousand Years 17 Otto Knows – Million Voices 56 Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the number of song titles with the words Christmas or Xmas in the top 75 (on the OCC website) be a) odd or b) even? A Bonus 2) - 12 points Will Last Christmas be higher than I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day? Yes Bonus 3) - 12 points How many new entries will there be in the top 40 Singles Chart? 5

Ed Sheeran – Give Me Love 23 Maroon 5 – One More Night 20 McFly – Love Is Easy 31 Disclosure - Latch 19 Naughty Boy feat Emeli Sande - Wonder 36 Ladywell Primary School – O Holy Night 20 Sub Focus – Tidal Wave 38 Ellie Goulding – Anything Could Happen 36 Ke$ha – Die Young 10 One Direction – Live While We’re Young 49 Pink - Try 28 Girls Aloud – Something New 14 Christina Perri – A Thousand Years 12 Otto Knows – Million Voices 44 #1 A #2 Yes #3 5

1 Olly - TM 2 Bruno - LOOH 3 Rihanna - Diamonds 4 Labrinth - BYB 5 Gabrielle - TPOL 6 1D - LT 7 Alicia - GOF 8 Robbie - Candy 9 PSY - GS 10 Lumi - HH #1 McFly - LIE #2 7 #3 GA

1 Olly - TM 2 1D - LT 3 GA - SN 4 Alicia - GOF 5 Labrinth - BYB 6 Gabrielle - TPOL 7 PSY - GS 8 Robbie - Candy 9 Bruno - LOOH 10 Lumi - HH #1 Disclosure - Latch #2 7 #3 Lady A

Mumford & Sons – I Will Wait 70 Maroon 5 – One More Night 18 McFly – Love Is Easy 32 fun. - Some Nights 55 Naughty Boy feat Emeli Sande - Wonder 40 Christina Aguilera – Your Body 75 Sub Focus – Tidal Wave 29 Ellie Goulding – Anything Could Happen 30 Rudimental – Not Giving In 15 The Script – Six Degrees Of Separation 75 Pink - Try 31 Frankie Goes To Hollywood – The Power Of Love 75+ Lana Del Rey - Ride 65 Otto Knows – Million Voices 41 Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the number of single songs credited to X feat. Y in the top 40 (on the OCC website) be a) odd or b) even? B Bonus 2) - 12 points Will the lowest climber within the top 40 be a) between 1 and 15, b) between 16 and 30, c) between 31 and 40 or d) there won’t be any climbers? B Bonus 3) - 12 points How many new entries will there be in the top 40 Singles Chart? 7

What a terrible, dare I say it muso-snobby, list. Guess that makes it easy what NOT to do on New Years Day!

1 Bruno - LOOH 2 Mix - DNA 3 1D - LT 4 Labrinth - BYB 5 Gabrielle - TPOL 6 Robbie - Candy 7 PSY - GS 8 McFly - LIE 9 Lumi - HH 10 Rihanna - Diamonds 11 Adele - Skyfall 12 SHM - DYWC 13 Wiley - CYHM 14 Ed - GML 15 Maroon - OMN #1 Jason - IWGU #2 Christina Perri - ATY #3 10 #4 4 #5 0 #6 No

Mumford & Sons – I Will Wait 58 Maroon 5 – One More Night 15 Lawson – Standing In The Dark 50 fun. - Some Nights 47 Naughty Boy feat Emeli Sande - Wonder 37 Christina Aguilera – Your Body 27 Sub Focus – Tidal Wave 22 Ellie Goulding – Anything Could Happen 40 Willy Moon – Yeah Yeaah 50 Little Mix - DNA 3 Pink - Try 29 Gabrielle Aplin – The Power Of Love 5 Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks 58 Otto Knows – Million Voices 37 Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the number of single word song titles in the top 40 (on the OCC website) be a) odd or b) even? DNA counts as a single word. A Bonus 2) - 12 points Will the lowest non-mover within the top 40 be a) between 1 and 15, b) between 16 and 30, c) between 31 and 40 or d) there won’t be any non-movers? D Bonus 3) - 12 points How many new entries will there be in the top 40 Singles Chart? 9

What is this "Gold Dust" from DJ Fresh? Wasn't this out yonks ago, or am I thinking of a different song?

Has the top 10 effect now gone and been replaced by a top 15 effect? Definitely seems that way looking at kworb this week It also seems iTunes have changed the appearance of the store, such that for "Charts" there's a side scrolling list of the top 100 in 5 song increments (on iPhone), although not sure what the store looks like on a PC/Mac. Maybe users get fed up after scrolling right twice and don't get past the top 15?

Mumford & Sons – I Will Wait 46 Florence + The Machine – Spectrum 45 Lawson – Standing In The Dark 35 Jake Bugg – Two Fingers 50 Naughty Boy feat Emeli Sande - Wonder 36 Christina Aguilera – Your Body 15 Sub Foc us – Tidal Wave 13 Ellie Goulding – Anything Could Happen 30 Asaf Avidan – One Day / Reckoning Song 41 Little Mix - Wings 40 Pink - Try 42 David Guetta / Sia - Titanium 53 Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks 47 Otto Knows – Million Voices 26 Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the number of two word song titles in the top 40 (on the OCC website) be a) odd or b) even? B Bonus 2) - 12 points Will the lowest climber within the top 40 be a) between 1 and 15, b) between 16 and 30, c) between 31 and 40 or d) there won’t be any climbers? B Bonus 3) - 12 points How many new entries will there be in the top 40 Singles Chart? 6