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Please predict the UK singles top 10 for Sunday 22nd June! 01. Coldplay - Viva La Vida 02. Ne-Yo - Closer 03. Mint Royale - Singin' In The Rain 04. Sara Bareilles - Love Song 05. Chris Brown - Forever 06. Rihanna - Take A Bow 07. Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me 08. Jonas Brothers - SOS 09. Ting Tings - That's Not My Name 10. Jordin Sparks/Chris Brown - No Air Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be # 30 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Nickelback - Photograph 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the singles top 40 next week? - 8 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: Feeder - Silent Cry or Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark? - Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark

PREDICT THE FOLLOWING : Physical Singles out 16th June Cage The Elephant – Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked - 35 Chris Brown - Forever - 5 Jonas Brothers - SOS - 8 Panic At The Disco - That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed) - 39 The Potbelleez - Don't Hold Back - 41 Subways – Alright - 44 (Downloads) Bryn Christopher - The Quest - 34 Coldplay – Viva La Vida - 1 Fall Out Boy ft John Mayer - Beat It - 14 Jordin Sparks ft Chris Brown – No Air - 10 Madonna – Give It 2 Me - 20 Maroon 5 ft Rihanna - If I Never See Your Face Again - 27 N*E*R*D - Everyone Nose - 33 Ne-Yo - Closer - 2 Bonus #1: Will Mint Royale – Singing In The Rain still be the UK#1? - no Bonus #2: Will Sam Sparro - Black & Gold still be in the Top 10? - no Bonus #3: Will the Scooter - Jumping All Over The World still be in the Top 40? - yes

The Feeling - as far as I know - hold the record for most weeks at a position between #11 and #75, when "Fill My Little World" was #16 for four weeks in a row in 2006. I think this prompted an entire thread on chc at the time? I think Jester had something to do with it? We put together a list of each position in descending order of songs which held that position for the most consecutive weeks, e.g. #34 - Bucks Fizz - "I Hear Talk" - 3 weeks - Jan 1985. Tina Turner's #40 was also there, but shared it with Holly And The Ivys' "Christmas On 45" - 3 weeks - Dec 1981/Jan 1982! It made for very interesting reading!

There were stacks of Cure singles in my HMV on Friday - rather too many really! Dave - you have an error in your 1989 singles chart - "I Won't Back Down" is listed as being by New Model Army instead of Tom Petty. Cheers as ever for a great thread!

Coldplay - "Viva La Vida" - #2 on iTunes, and it's only just started getting airplay. It has massive crossover potential.

In singles, Coldplay's "Violet Hill" and Fratellis are still experiencing slight reclimbs. In albums, Father's Day really takes effect (although Neil Diamond is surely one for the mums?). As I expected, Fratellis are off the top spot but it's a surprise to see them as low as #4. Madonna has fallen from yesterday, but that's only to be expected with the new arrival at #1.

Friday Top 40 update from MW Singles 1 Mint Royale 2 Rihanna 3 Ne-Yo 4 Sara Bareilles 5 Ting Tings Top 10 Gabriella Cilmi Chris Brown Top 20 Alex Gaudino Top 30 Feeder Mystery Jets Fall Out Boy Jordin Sparks Maroon 5 Scooter Top 40 Music We Are Scientists N*E*R*D Flo-Rida Albums 1 Coldplay 125k 2 Neil Diamond 3 Duffy 4 Fratellis 5 Paul Weller Top 10 Cistercian Monks Top 15 Neil Diamond - Essential Platters Top 20 N*E*R*D Guns N' Roses Paul Simon Top 30 Lil' Wayne Gabriella Cilmi Nickelback Emmylou Harris Bobby Vee Top 40 Elbow Dolly Parton Mystery Jets Tom Petty Eddie Cochran Whitesnake NO FURTHER SALES INFO YET

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I'm sure I read somewhere it's download-only now...

Thursday Top 40 update from MW Singles 1 Mint Royale 2 Rihanna 3 Ne-Yo 4 Sara Bareilles 5 Ting Tings Top 10 Gabriella Cilmi Chris Brown Top 20 Alex Gaudino Feeder Top 30 Mystery Jets Fall Out Boy Jordin Sparks Maroon 5 Scooter Top 40 Music We Are Scientists Radiohead Flo-Rida Albums 1 Fratellis 2 Duffy 3 Neil Diamond 4 Paul Weller 5 Radiohead Top 10 Scooter Cistercian Monks Top 15 Rihanna N*E*R*D Top 20 Lil' Wayne Platters Paul Simon Top 30 Gabriella Cilmi Emmylou Harris Nickelback Searchers Top 40 Mystery Jets Dolly Parton - BB Joan As Policewoman Eddie Cochran NO SALES INFO YET In singles, Coldplay's "Violet Hill" has a slight reclimb and Scooter have been combined. In albums, Madonna is now a non-mover from Sunday. Full Top 40's in both :)

Yes, Top 11 exactly the same as yesterday. Feeder have fallen 5 places, so everything between #13 and #17 yesterday has moved up 1. That's as exciting as it gets in that part of the chart!

Yep, just seen it! Cheers!

A bit of shuffling around - most of the physical releases this week have moved down a couple of places. Looks like Scooter have not yet been combined as they're still showing a slight fall from Sunday's position. Nickelback are on their way back up AGAIN :( - It's a Top 39 again, so #40 could be Madonna or Rihanna perhaps... In albums, nothing much to report. Madonna has fallen a couple of places today.

Wednesday Top 40 update from MW Singles 1 Mint Royale 2 Rihanna 3 Ne-Yo 4 Sara Bareilles 5 Ting Tings Top 10 Chris Brown Top 20 Alex Gaudino Feeder Top 30 Mystery Jets Fall Out Boy We Are Scientists Maroon 5 Jordin Sparks Top 40 Music Radiohead Little Man Tate Albums 1 Fratellis 2 Duffy 3 Paul Weller 4 Neil Diamond 5 Radiohead Top 10 Scooter Top 15 Rihanna N*E*R*D Lil' Wayne Guns N' Roses Top 20 Platters Emmylou Harris Top 30 Paul Simon Gabriella Cilmi Nickelback Top 40 Journey Joan As Policewoman Mystery Jets Dolly Parton - BB NO SALES INFO YET

It might be my eyes, but I can only find "Greatest Hits" and that was Top 90

Their new one - "What Your Boyfriend Said." It must be doing well on physicals but may not stay Top 40 by Sunday. Having said that, all 5 of their previous hits went Top 40 so I guess they are "big enough" for this part of the chart.

Yep, "Hard Candy" is in the summary - a non-mover

I'm here to answer queries between 12pm and 1pm if any come in. "Viva La Vida" will only become eligible from Thursay (so Friday's mids) but only the album version. Since people are downloading the single version en masse at the moment it's unlikely to do much in the chart, unless attention switches immediately to the album version upon the album's release. The single version will continue to be NCQ, so I only see the album version denting the bottom of the Top 40 by Sunday as it will have only chalked up 3 days' worth of sales.

PREDICT THE FOLLOWING : Physical Singles out 9th June Alex Gaudino ft Shena – Watch Out - 10 Feeder - We Are The People - 40 Foals – Red Sox Pugie - 44 The Music – Strength In Numbers - 28 Scooter - Jumping All Over The World - 19 Sonny J – Handsfree (If You Hold My Hand) - 42 We Are Scientists – Chick Lit - 40 (Downloads) Chris Brown – Forever - 8 Coldplay – Viva La Vida (Album version eligible Thu 12th June) - 33 Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown – No Air - 34 Maroon 5 ft Rihanna - If I Never See Your Face Again - 22 Ting Tings – Shut Up And Let Me Go - 35 (Others) Gabriella Cilmi – Sweet About Me - 6 Sara Bareilles – Love Song - 3 Bonus #1: Will Mint Royale – Singing In The Rain still be the UK#1? - yes Bonus #2: Will Madonna ft Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes still be in the Top 10? - yes Bonus #3: Will the Nickelback – Rockstar still be in the Top 40? - yes, it will never leave

Please predict the UK singles top 10 for Sunday 8th June! 01. Mint Royale - Singin' In The Rain 02. Rihanna - Take A Bow 03. Sara Bareilles - Love Song 04. Ne-Yo - Closer 05. Ting Tings - That's Not My Name 06. Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me 07. Duffy - Warwick Avenue 08. Chris Brown - Forever 09. Madonna/Justin Timberlake/Timbaland - 4 Minutes 10. Alex Gaudino/Shena - Watch Out Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be # 20 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Taio Cruz - I Can Be 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the singles top 40 next week? - 8 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: Duffy - Rockferry or Fratellis - Here We Stand? - Duffy - Rockferry

In bingo terms - Alphabeat are "doctor's orders" and Rihanna "unlucky for some"

Yes - it's being downloaded from the Best Of. It's the first time Radiohead's back catalogue has been available on iTunes. "High And Dry," "Karma Police," "Street Spirit" and "No Surprises" are also likely to go Top 200 this week.

From Sunday - single down 4, album down 11

Friday Top 40 update from MW Singles 1 Mint Royale 2 Rihanna 3 Ting Tings 4 Duffy 5 Ne-Yo Top 10 Gabriella Cilmi Sara Bareilles Chris Brown Top 20 Morrissey Top 30 Snap! Fall Out Boy Lil' Wayne Alex Gaudino Mystery Jets Top 40 Rihanna - IINSYFA Scooter Elbow Albums 1 Paul Weller 2 Duffy 3 Neil Diamond 4 Usher 5 Radiohead Top 10 Zutons Neil Diamond - BO Alphabeat Top 15 Rihanna Neil Diamond - Essential Alanis Morissette Top 20 Russell Watson Disturbed Top 30 Paul Simon Guns N' Roses Opeth Top 40 Taio Cruz Elbow Eddie Cochran Hall & Oates NO SALES INFO YET

Going back to the first post: it's a misconception that Arctic Monkeys have done well from downloads - they haven't. It's their physical sales which prop them up every time. "Brianstorm"'s performance on downloads was hugely underwhelming considering how massive an act they were/are, going #11-#11 before climbing to #2 upon physical release. Because they were lumped in with the MySpace phenomenon, people mistakenly believe they sell singles on downloads. Indie stuff is underperforming if it's not on the Radio 1 playlist, I agree. They think they're oh-so-cutting-edge playing Kooks, SFG, Hoosiers etc, but this is just pop really - and not very good pop either. Indie acts can get more of a chanceof breaking through now if their album does well - and the only way that's going to happen if Radio 1 haven't taken a shine to them is by getting glowing reviews in NME, Q, Mojo, Uncut etc. If they can chart in the Top 10 with their album then the word-of-mouth effect may well knock through to the singles chart... but this hasn't really happened yet... either that or I can't think of any examples. As usual, if you don't look outside the box for good music then you risk missing out on it. The Radio 1 playlist sucks!