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good good - glad it makes sense to you now! What do you think of the chart? - or the idea of it?

This weekly chart is done under a points system, I've taken the Top 100 Singles and Top 100 Albums and given an artist points for where they appear in each chart - 100 points for No.1 99pts for No.2 down to 1pt. for No.100 Obviously if artists appear more than once then they get points for each time they appear. Once all the points are added up I'll put them into a table and do a top 40 - in the event of a tie the artist who has a song/album higher in the charts comes first. 01 01 Kings Of Leon - 375 02 02 Beyonce - 332 03 03 Girls Aloud - 323 04 08 Akon - 292 05 05 Rihanna - 288 06 04 Take That - 270 07 32 Lady Gaga - 269 08 07 Pink - 265 09 13 Saturdays - 259 10 15 Ne-Yo - 248 11 06 MGMT - 237 12 12 Script - 235 13 10 Kanye West - 233 14 11 Britney Spears - 231 15 14 Killers - 223 16 09 Katy Perry - 220 17 20 Alesha Dixon - 205 18 18 James Morrison - 197 19 17 Leona Lewis - 186 20 19 Snow Patrol - 173 21 22 N-Dubz - 170 22 23 Jeff Buckley - 170 23 16 Duffy - 166 24 24 Jason Mraz 163 25 29 Nickelback - 124 26 36 Lil' Wayne - 123 27 21 Ting Tings - 115 28 --- Fleet Foxes - 110 29 31 Chris Brown - 109 30 25 Sash - 102 31 27 Coldplay - 101 32 40 Vampire Weekend - 100 33 --- Kid Cudi vs Crookers - 99 34 33 Nelly Furtado - 98 35 28 T.I. - 98 36 37 Kevin Rudolf - 96 37 26 Pussycat Dolls - 96 38 34 Alexandra Burke - 95 39 --- Roger Whittaker - 85 40 --- Sugababes - 84 So not too much movement other than a bit of a dip for Duffy at #23, plus a decent climb for Vampire Weekend and Lil' Wayne at #32 and #26 respectively, but the big move is Lady Gaga climbing 25 spots to #7 with the release of the album plus Pokerface debuting in te singles chart this week, it was to be expected. Well done also to Kings of Leon who remain at the top of the chart for the second week.

It will at somepoint - just giving it some time to get more established and well known first

That's cos Kevin Rudolf is good, whereas Lady Gaga's rubbish!

Results of Soundclash #16 Girls Aloud - The Loving Kind [ 21 ] ** [47.73%] Kevin Rudolf ft. Lil Wayne - Let It Rock [ 23 ] ** [52.27%] Break open the champagne if you're sick of Girls Aloud winning - they've finally been beaten in a very close race from the beginning by Kevin Rudolf - here's a rundown of their soundclash history! vs Killers - Human (won 28-18) vs Take That - Greatest Day (won 20-3) vs Lady Gaga - Just Dance (won 18-17) vs Sugababes - No Can Do (won 21-18) vs Saturdays - Issues (won 24-15) vs MGMT - Kids (won 17-15) vs Britney Spears - Circus (won 27-22) vs Rihanna/Justin - Rehab (won 28-11) vs Kanye West - Heartless (won 18-8) vs Kevin Rudolf - Let It Rock (lost 21-23) So, how long can Kevin Rudolf rule the soundclash world? next challenge is tipped to be a high new entry in the chart later today, Kid Cudi vs Crookers! Kevin Rudolf ft. Lil Wyne - Let It Rock vs Kid Cudi vs Crookers - Day N' Nite As always I'll be back in a couple of days with the next soundclash - RIP The Loving Kind!

21-08. Pussycat Dolls - I Hate This Part 23-06. The Script - Break Even 24-01. Britney Spears - Circus

Girls Aloud slightly in the lead now!

lol, it's not even been 24 hours - i can't really do that, but it has been very close throughout!

Results for Soundclash 15 Girls Aloud - The Loving Kind [ 18 ] ** [69.23%] Kanye West - Heartless [ 8 ] ** [30.77%] Sorry it's taken so long to come up with the next challenge but i've been busy these last couple of days and not had internet access, anyway - Girls Aloud take yet another victory nearly bringing their total to double figures, yes it's 9 in a row for The Loving Kind now! Next up Kevin Rudolf Girls Aloud - The Loving Kind vs Kevin Rudolf ft. Lil Wayne - Let It Rock Check back for results in a couple of days, can the girls be beaten this time???

Ok, so keep the airplay in for the whole chart, but why do they need to divide it so the top 10 is solely downloads and 11-40 includes airplay?

Can I ask, what is the point of having downloads and airplay for part of the chart and only downloads for the top 10???? It seems completely pointless and makes the chart pointless - just take airplay out altogether!

i thought he might, but it's not looking good so far, i've got an interesting song lined up next tho

42-04. MGMT - Electric Feel 43-02. Sash! & Stunt - Raindrops (Encore Une Fois) 44-02. Coldplay - Viva La Vida

Results of Soundclash #14 Girls Aloud - The Loving Kind [ 28 ] ** [71.79%] Rihanna ft. Justin Timberlake - Rehab [ 11 ] ** [28.21%] and again, a solid victory for Girls Aloud - bringing their tally to 8 wins with The Loving Kind now, next challenge Kanye West Girls Aloud - The Loving Kind vs Kanye West - Heartless As always, check back in a couple of days for the results!

I don't think it even includes airplay anymore does it?

Physicals The Game ft Ne Yo - Camera Phone - 42 Girls Aloud – The Loving Kind - 9 Kid Cudi vs Crookers – Day ‘n’ Nite - 3 White Lies – To Lose My Life - 37 Downloads Alesha Dixon – Breathe Slow - 31 Jordin Sparks - One Step At A Time - 39 Kanye West – Heartless - 11 Lady GaGa - Poker Face - 46 Ne-Yo - Mad - 22 P!nk - Sober - 29 Others Coolio – Gangsta’s Paradise - 38 Jason Mraz – I’m Yours - 25 Kevin Rudolf ft Lil Wayne - Let It Rock - 5 Saturdays - Issues - 4 Bonus #1: Will Alexandra Burke – Hallelujah still be in the Top 5? - No Bonus #2: Will Beyoncé - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) be in the Top 10? - Yes Bonus #3: Will Britney Spears – Circus be in the Top 20? - Yes

01. Lady Gaga - Just Dance 02. James Morrison/Nelly Furtado - Broken Strings 03. Kid Cudi vs Crookers - Day N' Nite 04. Saturdays - Issues 05. Kevin Rudolf - Let It Rock 06. Leona Lewis - Run 07. Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah 08. Beyonce - Single Ladies 09. Girls Aloud - The Loving Kind 10. Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be #40 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Kanye West - Love Lockdown 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? - 5 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: The Killers Day & Age or Leona Lewis Spirit? - Killers - Day & Age

LOL! yea, that would be a typo then! but yes it is a good idea - surprising to see KOL at the top, I would have thought Beyonce or Rihanna, plus interesting to see Jeff Buckley moving up, obviously due to his albums.

Making this a weekly thing, as suggested (thanks davetaylor!) - this is done under a points system, I've taken the Top 100 Singles and Top 100 Albums and given an artist points for where they appear in each chart - 100 points for No.1 99pts for No.2 down to 1pt. for No.100 Obviously if artists appear more than once then they get points for each time they appear (this week for example Beyonce appears twice in Top 10, she gets 94 points for being at no. 7 and 93 points for being at no.8, also she receives points for being elsewhere in the chart!). Once all the points are added up I'll put them into a table and do a top 40 - in the event of a tie the artist who has a song/album higher in the charts comes first. 01 05 - Kings Of Leon - 354 02 03 - Beyonce - 339 03 04 - Girls Aloud - 321 04 01 - Take That - 310 05 02 - Rihanna - 305 06 20 - MGMT - 278 07 07 - Pink - 260 08 15 - Akon - 253 09 06 - Katy Perry - 243 10 11 - Kanye West - 242 11 13 - Britney Spears - 235 12 10 - Script - 233 13 17 - Saturdays - 229 14 09 - Killers - 223 15 12 - Ne-Yo - 221 16 08 - Duffy - 211 17 14 - Leona Lewis - 203 18 21 - James Morrison - 195 19 19 - Snow Patrol - 188 20 27 - Alesha Dixon - 180 21 22 - Ting Tings - 171 22 18 - N-Dubz - 166 23 39 - Jeff Buckley - 152 24 16 - Jason Mraz - 146 25 26 - Sash - 124 26 25 - Pussycat Dolls - 123 27 24 - Coldplay - 115 28 30 - T.I. - 114 29 36 - Nickelback - 109 30 28 - Elbow - 101 31 38 - Chris Brown - 101 32 31 - Lady Gaga - 100 33 33 - Nelly Furtado - 99 34 29 - Alexandra Burke - 98 35 32 - Basshunter - 96 36 NE - Lil' Wayne - 95 37 NE - Kevin Rudolph - 91 38 34 - Stereophonics - 90 39 35 - Boyzone - 90 40 NE - Vampire Weekend - 90

They have won 7 yes - I'm running out of ideas for challengers!!

Results for Soundclash #13 Girls Aloud - The Loving Kind [ 27 ] ** [55.10%] Britney Spears - Circus [ 22 ] ** [44.90%] It looked for a while as if the Girls were beaten but a late surge of votes keeps their winning streak intact! How will they do against the collaboration of Rihanna and Justin Timberlake? Girls Aloud - The Loving Kind vs Rihanna ft. Justin Timberlake - Rehab Check back for results in a couple of days!

I'm so glad it isn't - I fail to seen the point of putting airplay in with sales, fine have an airplay chart (which we do) but to combine sales and airplay has always seemed pointless, which is why I've never been a huge fan of the Hit40Uk!

It's just this weeks points (week ending Jan 10th), I'll do another one for next weeks chart tomorrow/monday

Probably, but then would have dropped rapidly and would be out within weeks, i much prefer the chart as it is now, I really hated the SIANO every week situation!

I might just do that - thanks for the idea