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Please predict the UK singles top 10 for Sunday 25th May! 01. Rihanna - Take A Bow 02. Ting Tings - That's Not My Name 03. Madonna/Justin Timberlake/Timbaland - 4 Minutes 04. Will.I.Am/Cheryl Cole - Heartbreaker 05. Sam Sparro - Black And Gold 06. Duffy - Warwick Avenue 07. Wiley - Wearing My Rolex 08. Usher/Young Jeezy - Love In This Club 09. Nelly/Fergie - Party People 10. Alphabeat - Ten Thousand Nights Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be # 40 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the singles top 40 next week? - 7 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: Jay Sean - My Own Way or Sam Sparro - Sam Sparro? - Sam Sparro - Sam Sparro

That's a shame the album isn't on iTunes yet. I was wondering why Andy hadn't charted yet. I'm predicting #16-#20. It's likely to debut lower and then climb to its peak in the week after the contest.

Please predict the UK singles top 10 for Sunday 18th May! 01. Rihanna - Take A Bow 02. Ting Tings - That's Not My Name 03. Madonna/Justin Timberlake/Timbaland - 4 Minutes 04. Wiley - Wearing My Rolex 05. Coldplay - Violet Hill 06. Sam Sparro - Black & Gold 07. Will.I.Am/Cheryl Cole - Heartbreaker 08. Usher/Young Jeezy - Love In This Club 09. Estelle/Kanye West - American Boy 10. September - Cry For You Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the highest climber next week within the top 75? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Paramore - That's What You Get 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? - 8 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: Duffy - Rockferry or Scooter - Jumping All Over The World? - Duffy - Rockferry ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

PREDICT THE FOLLOWING : Physical Singles out 12th May Cardiff City Fans - Do The Ayatollah - 18 Cassie – Is It You - 37 Chanelle Hayes – I Want It - 49 Cure – The Only One - 55 David Jordan - Move On - 53 Paramore – That’s What You Get - 40 Pigeon Detectives – This Is An Emergency - 11 Ting Tings - That's Not My Name - 2 (Downloads) Coldplay – Violet Hill - 5 Coldplay – Viva La Vida - 75+ (NCQ?) Duffy – Warwick Avenue - 12 Gusto – Disco’s Revenge 2008 - 20 NeYo - Closer - 13 Sara Bareilles – Love Song - 21 Bonus #1: Will Wiley – Wearing My Rolex still be the Top 3? - no Bonus #2: Will September – Cry For You still be in the Top 10? - yes Bonus #3: Will Nelly ft Fergie – Party People be in the Top 20? - no

Physical Singles out 5th May James Fox & Cardiff City FC - Bluebirds Flying High - 41 Kelly Rowland ft Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes – Daylight - 18 Kenna - Out Of Control (State Of Emotion) - 42 Kylie Minogue - In My Arms - 19 Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes - 23 Wideboys ft Shaznay Lewis – Daddy Oh - 26 Wiley - Wearing My Rolex - 1 Will.i.am ft Cheryl Cole – Heartbreaker - 5 (Downloads) Ashlee Simpson – Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya) - 35 Coldplay – Violet Hill - 6 Duffy – Warwick Avenue - 15 Nelly ft Fergie – Party People - 24 Sara Bareilles – Love Song - 25 Taio Cruz - I Can Be - 49 Bonus #1: Will Madonna ft Justin Timberlake – 4 Minutes still be the UK #1? - no Bonus #2: Will Usher ft. Young Jeezy - Love In This Club still be in the Top 5? - yes Bonus #3: Will Basshunter - Now You're Gone be in the Top 40? - yes

Please predict the UK singles top 10 for Sunday 11th May! 01. Wiley - Wearing My Rolex 02. Madonna/Justin Timberlake/Timbaland - 4 Minutes 03. Sam Sparro - Black & Gold 04. Usher/Young Jeezy - Love In This Club 05. Will.I.Am/Cheryl Cole - Heatbreaker 06. Coldplay - Violet Hill 07. Estelle/Kanye West - American Boy 08. September - Cry For You 09. Flo-Rida/T-Pain - Low 10. Pendulum - Propane Nightmares Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be biggest faller next week within the top 75? (Artist name and song title needed!) - One Night Only - It's About Time 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? - 7 3. (for 2 pts) Which song will be higher next week: Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me or Jay Sean - Maybe? - Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me

114k. Tesco (or Asda? I forget which) are selling it for £9 and giving either "Immaculate Collection," "Ray Of Light," "Music" or "Confessions" free with every copy! How good an offer is that! After seeing the prices on the high street for Sam Sparro, I now predict him at #2 ahead of Portishead. £6.97 in Woolworths, £7.95 in HMV. Portishead may take an early lead, but I see Sparro pulling ahead by the week's end. Should be an interesting week... makes a difference from last week anyway!

Great commentary, as ever! (Adele has moved 53-18 though, not 51-18)

Please predict the UK singles top 10 for Sunday 4th May! 01. Madonna/Justin Timberlake/Timbaland - 4 Minutes 02. Wiley - Wearing My Rolex 03. Sam Sparro - Black & Gold 04. Usher/Young Jeezy - Love In This Club 05. Estelle/Kanye West - American Boy 06. Will I Am/Cheryl Cole - Heartbreaker 07. September - Cry For You 08. Flo-Rida/T-Pain - Low 09. Pendulum - Propane Nightmares 10. Scouting For Girls - Heartbeat Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the highest climber next week within the top 75? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Duffy - Warwick Avenue 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? - 8 3. (for 2 pts) How many download only tracks will be in the top 40? - 8

PREDICT THE FOLLOWING : Physical Singles out 28th April Ben's Brother - Stuttering (Kiss Me Again) - 46 Crisis - Consequences - 61 Hadouken! – Declaration Of War - 31 Jack McManus – Bang On The Piano - 33 Jay Sean – Maybe - 29 Pendulum – Propane Nightmares - 9 Robyn – Who’s That Girl - 25 The Script – We Cry - 12 Usher ft Young Jeezy – Love In This Club - 4 (Downloads) Kylie Minogue – In My Arms - 47 Nelly ft Fergie – Party People - 21 Ashlee Simpson – Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya) - 19 Wiley – Wearing My Rolex - 2 Will I.Am - Heartbreaker - 6 Bonus #1: Will Madonna ft Justin Timberlake – 4 Minutes still be the UK #1? - yes Bonus #2: Will Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy still be in the Top5? - yes Bonus #3: Will Duffy – Warwick Avenue be in the Top 40 on downloads only?- yes

Excellent! I'm dead chuffed with the (joint) win. Predicted Wiley correctly at #4, and SFG in the Top 10.

PREDICT THE FOLLOWING : Physical Singles out 21st April Adele – Cold Shoulder - 44 Cahill ft Nikki Belle – Trippin’ On You - 20 The Feeling – Without You - 51 Hoosiers – Cops And Robbers - 49 Madonna & Justin – Four Minutes - 1 Simple Plan – Your Love Is A Lie - 39 Wombats – Backfire At The Disco - 32 (Downloads) Fall Out Boy ft. John Mayer - Beat It - 30 Nelly ft Fergie – Party People - 26 Robyn - Who's That Girl? - 31 Usher ft Young Jeezy – Love In The Club - 5 Will I.Am - Heartbreaker - 8 (Others) Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me - 28 MGMT - Time To Pretend - 41 Bonus #1: Will Sam Sparro - Black & Gold still be in the Top3? - yes Bonus #2: Will Mariah Carey - Touch My Body still be in the Top10? - yes Bonus #3: Will One Republic - Stop And Stare still be in the Top20? - no

Please predict the UK singles top 10 for Sunday 27th April! 01. Madonna/Justin - 4 Minutes 02. Estelle/Kanye West - American Boy 03. Sam Sparro - Black & Gold 04. Wiley - Wearing My Rolex 05. Usher/Young Jeezy - Love In This Club 06. Flo-Rida/T-Pain - Low 07. September - Cry For You 08. will.i.am/Cheryl Cole - Heartbreaker 09. Scouting For Girls - Heartbeat 10. Mariah Carey - Touch My Body Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the biggest faller next week within the top 75? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Elliot Minor - Parallel Worlds 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? - 6 3. (for 2 pts) Which song will be higher next week: Basshunter - Now You're Gone or Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music? - Basshunter - Now You're Gone

For the first half of the show though, he was saying stuff like "Rick was at #1 when all these songs were beneath him..." and "How did it feel, Rick, whenever you had a single that didn't make it to #1?" - he only ever had ONE #1!!! He was definitely playing a non-official chart cos he announced and played #20 as Aswad's "Don't Turn Around" (which was at #22, on its way to #5 the next week) and #19 as Alexander O'Neal/Cherelle's "Never Knew Love Like This" (which was actually on its way down from #31 to #37 that week from a peak of #26). And before anyone suggests it, they certainly weren't played as "bubbling under" tracks. A lot of the tracks between #12 and #18 were also in the incorrect order, albeit slightly. I then had to switch off at the halfway point by which time Kid was talking about Rick's #2 single that week rather than the #1.

From The Bottom Of The Top is usually an entertaining listen, but sometimes the research is poor, the guests don't participate enough and the records are often played in the wrong order, introduced or back-announced incorrectly or not at all! A couple of weeks ago, the "see you next week - thanks to my guest etc" was played in the middle of the show! Every week, they've adhered to the Guinness charts apart from a couple of weeks ago. The 1988 chart seemed to be completely made up! (I'm sure it wasn't even the Network Chart...!) Rick Astley was the guest. At the beginning, Kid Jensen announced "Together Forever" as a #1 (which raised my eyebrows initially) but halfway through the show he conceded it was actually a #2. For a pre-recorded programme this kind of mess is inexcusable! But at least they feature the whole Top 20 on these shows.

Yep, I'm aware of all that too! I get really frustrate dwith the stuff that's wrong and missed out etc., but it's the highlight of my radio week! I don't get a lot of chances to listen to the radio, but the missus and kids now appreciate that Sunday afternoons mean Pick Of The Pops followed by the Top 40, so it's nice to wallow in a bit of nostalgia for a couple of hours once a week. I just enjoy the "counting down the chart" factor whilst driving around the countryside with the family! (Sad, I know!) Does anyone else listen to From The Bottom To The Top on Gold? By the way, all the 60s charts I've heard on POTP (and I've only missed one show since the new series started in 2005) have matched my Guinness Top 40 Charts book...

Edgy folk artist, much loved by the great John Peel EDITS: That'll be Sharon Shannon then!

"No need to listen to Dale Winton`s pretty naff Radio 2 show, what!!!!!!" How roooood!! Dale's show is great! He's doing 1992 this week too... Is it a coincidence you've done the same year as him for two weeks in a row, or are you bowing down to the great Mr Winton by way of a tribute? :P

Looking at the mids now - now with 3 new entries and 1 re-entry!! - we could be looking at a Top 40 with 40 different artists, if we exclude "featuring Kanye West," "featuring Cheryl Cole" etc.

It would be nice to have a chart with a decent amount of new entries in again! *still reeling from this week's mids*

Yep, The Chart Show definitely never had The Bangles at #1 - they were #2 behind Madonna, then Simply Red then Kylie. In those days it was very rare for something to debut at #1 on The Chart Show chart - especially if it did so without it being matched by the Gallup chart the following day. The Chart Show chart did seem like a midweek chart, but I think it also picked up sales from the previous Friday and Saturday, thus causing new releases to chart lower in their first week. Throughout 1987-1988 they always had the number of hours and minutes listed since the chart was published (usually about 2-3 hours), thus earning its tag as "The Fastest Chart On Television"!!!

Dale counted down this chart on Pick Of The Pops today on Radio 2. You can hear it for the next 7 days on the Listen Again facility on the Raio 2 website. The week ending date of this chart - 15th April 1989 - was also the day of the Hillsborough disaster. A great chart, but those songs also remind of me that too. (EDITS: As Robbie also mentions in the MRIB thread too)

PREDICT THE FOLLOWING : Physical Singles out 14th April Britney Spears – Break The Ice - 13 Goldfrapp – Happiness - 33 Kanye West ft Dwele - Flashing Lights - 28 The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement - 9 September - Cry For You (You’ll Never See Me Again) - 1 (Downloads) Adele – Cold Shoulder - 44 Cahill ft Nikki Belle – Trippin’ On You - 25 Jordin Sparks - Tattoo - 53 Madonna & Justin – 4 Minutes - 2 Nelly ft Fergie – Party People - 20 Usher ft Young Jeezy – Love In This Club - 7 Will I.Am - Heartbreaker - 18 (Others) Elliot Minor - Parallel Worlds - 40 Fragma - Toca's Miracle 2008 - 19 Bonus #1: Will Estelle ft Kanye West – American Boy still be in the UK#1? - yes Bonus #2: Will Kooks - Always Where I Need To Be still be in the Top10? - yes Bonus #3: Will Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French still be in the Top20? - no

Please predict the UK singles top 10 for Sunday 20th April! 01. September - Cry For You 02. Madonna/Justin - 4 Minutes 03. Estelle/Kanye West - American Boy 04. Sam Sparro - Black & Gold 05. Flo-Rida/T-Pain - Low 06. Mariah Carey - Touch My Body 07. Usher/Young Jeezy - Love In This Club 08. Duffy - Mercy 09. Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement 10. Kooks - Always Where I Need To Be Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the highest climber next week within the top 75? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Queen - Don't Stop Me Now 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? - 6 3. (for 2 pts) Which song will be higher next week: Fragma - Toca's Miracle 2008 or Natasha Bedingfield - Love Like This? - Fragma - Toca's Miracle 2008

Physical Singles out 7th April Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You - 6 Blood Red Shoes - Say Something Say Anything - 52 Count & Sinden - Beeper - 34 Elliot Minor – Parallel Worlds - 21 Fragma – Toca’s Miracle 2008 - 15 Natasha Bedingfield feat Sean Kingston – Love Like This - 19 Sam Sparro – Black & Gold - 2 Scouting For Girls – Heartbeat - 20 Soulja Boy ft Arab – Yahhh! - 38 (Downloads) Britney Spears – Break The Ice - 16 Kanye West – Flashing Lights - 26 The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement - 10 Madonna ft Justin Timberlake – 4 Minutes - 4 Usher ft Young Jeezy – Love In The Club - 17 Bonus #1: Will Estelle ft Kanye West – American Boy still be in the UK#1? - yes Bonus #2: Will Mariah Carey – Touch My Body still be in the Top10? -yes Bonus #3: Will H Two O ft Platnum – What’s It Gonna Be still be in the Top20? - yes