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I agree with Adele. I also have a sneaky suspicion that The Feeling's comeback single will get to #1. Unless it's a radical departure from their other stuff, which I doubt.

PREDICT THE FOLLOWING : Physical Singles out 17th December Ernie K-Doe – Here Come The Girls - 30 Kate Nash - Pumpkin Soup - 39 Killers – Don’t Shoot Me Santa - 26 Malcolm Middleton – We’re All Going To Die (7”) - 24 Scouting For Girls – Elvis Ain’t Dead - 16 Sugababes – Change - 15 X-Factor Winner – When You Believe [Wednesday 19th] - 1 (Xmas Downloads) Band Aid - Do They Know Its Christmas? - 18 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas - 27 Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You - 3 Shakin Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone - 14 Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody - 13 Wham! – Last Christmas - 7 Wizzard – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - 12 Bonus #1: Will Katie Melua & Eva Cassidy - What A Wonderful World still be the Top 5? - yes Bonus #2: Will Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York still be in the Top 10? - yes Bonus #3: Will Mark Ronson – Valerie still be in the Top 15? - no Bonus #4: Will Kylie Minogue – 2 Hearts still be the Top 20? - no Bonus #5: Will Freemasons ft Bailey Tzuke – Uninvited still be in the Top 30? - no Bonus #6: Will Bloc Party – Flux still be in the Top 40? - no

Please predict the UK singles top 10 for Sunday 23rd December! THIS WEEK FOR DOUBLE POINTS!!!!!! 1) Leon Jackson - When You Believe 2) Eva Cassidy/Katie Melua - What A Wonderful World 3) Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 4) Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love 5) Soulja Boy Tell'em - Crank That (Soulja Boy) 6) Pogues/Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York 7) Wham! - Last Christmas 8) Girls Aloud - Call The Shots 9) Timbaland/OneRepublic - Apologize 10) Take That - Rule The World Bonus questions: 1/A (for 5 pts) Which song will be the biggest faller inside the top 75 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game 1/B (for 5 pts) Which song will be the highest climber inside the top 75 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) Filo & Peri/Eric Lumiere - Anthem 2/A (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? - 7 2/B (for 3 pts) How many Christmas-themed songs will be in the top 40 next week? - 12 3/A (for 2 pts) Who will be higher: Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday or Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody next Sunday? - Wizzard 3/B (for 2 pts) Who will be higher: Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone or Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? next Sunday? - Shakin' Stevens

"Big Big World" - how annoying was that song!!

Wasn't expecting that at all! Cheers though!

Why is "Keeping The Dream Alive" classed as a Christmas single? It's always baffled me why it's on Christmas compilations, just like "Only You" by The Flying Pickets. These songs have nothing to do with Christmas other than they were hits in December.

Please predict the UK singles top 10 for Sunday 16th December! 1) Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love 2) T2/Jodie - Heartbroken 3) Soulja Boy Tell 'Em - Crank That (Soulja Boy) 4) Girls Aloud - Call The Shots 5) Timbaland/OneRepublic - Apologize 6) Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 7) Cascada - What Hurts The Most/Last Christmas 8) Shaun The Sheep - Life's A Treat 9) Pogues/Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York 10) Take That - Rule The World Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the biggest faller inside the top 75 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Enemy - We'll Live And Die In These Towns 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? - 7 3. (for 2 pts) Will Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You enter the top 5 next Sunday? - no

PREDICT THE FOLLOWING : Physical Singles out 10th December Amy MacDonald – This Is The Life - 70 Amy Winehouse – Love Is A Losing Game - 49 Andy Williams - Its The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year - 15 Cascada – What Hurts The Most - 7 David Guetta feat Cozi – Baby When The Light - 35 Newton Faulkner – Teardrop - 41 Pogues & Kirsty Macoll– Fairytale Of New York - 9 Shaun The Sheep – Life’s A Treat - 8 Soulja Boy – Crank That - 3 Stereophonics – My Friends - 31 (Downloads) Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas is You - 6 Shakin Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone - 20 Sugababes - Change - 19 Wizzard – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - 18 Bonus #1: Will Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love still be the UK #1? - yes Bonus #2: Will Girls Aloud – Call The Shots still be in the Top 5? - yes Bonus #3: Will Mark Ronson – Valerie still be in the Top 10? - no

Please predict the UK singles top 10 for Sunday 9th December! 1) Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love 2) Girls Aloud - Call The Shots 3) T2/Jodie - Heartbroken 4) Timbaland/OneRepublic - Apologize 5) Take That - Rule The World 6) Mark Ronson/Amy Winehouse - Valerie 7) Alicia Keys - No-One 8) Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 9) Cascada - What Hurts The Most 10) Soulja Boy - Crank That Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be # 15 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) Elvis Presley - Burning Love 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? - 10 3. (for 2 pts) How many Christmas songs will be in the top 75 next Sunday? - definition of Christmas song is...? does East 17's "Stay Another Day" count? - if so, 10

Physical Singles out 3rd December Arctic Monkeys – Teddy Picker - 11 Babyshambles – You Talk - 19 Bon Jovi – Lost Rainbow - 51 Dannii Minogue vs Jason Nevins - Touch Me Like That - 22 Elvis Presley – Burning Love - 15 The Enemy – We’ll Live And Die In These Towns - 28 Foo Fighters - Long Road To Ruin - 23 Ian Brown – Sister Rose - 49 James Blunt – Same Mistake - 48 Lee Mead - Gonna Make You A Star - 75+ Maximo Park - Karaoke Plays - 30 (Downloads) Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas is You - 8 Soulja Boy – Crank That - 10 Sugababes - Change - 24 Bonus #1: Will T2 ft Jodie Aysha – Heartbroken still be in the Top 3? - yes Bonus #2: Will Shayne Ward – Breathless still be in the Top 10? - no Bonus #3: Will Craig David – Hot Stuff (Let’s Dance) still be in the Top 20? - no

Please predict the UK singles top 10 for Sunday 2nd December! 1) Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love 2) T2/Jodie - Heartbroken 3) Girls Aloud - Call The Shots 4) Take That - Rule The World 5) Timbaland/OneRepublic - Apologize 6) Mark Ronson/Amy Winehouse - Valerie 7) Alicia Keys - No-One 8) Soulja Boy - Crank That (Soulja Boy) 9) Kylie Minogue - 2 Hearts 10) Shayne Ward - Breathless Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be # 40 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Rihanna/Jay-Z - Umbrella 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? - 8 3. (for 2 pts) Who will be higher: Shayne Ward - No U Hang Up/If That's OK With You or Ida Corr vs Fedde Le Grande - Let Me Think About It next Sunday? - Ida Corr vs Fedde Le Grand - Let Me Think About It

PREDICT THE FOLLOWING : Physical Singles out 26th November Editors - The Racing Rats - 33 Elvis Presley - An American Trilogy - 17 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots - 3 Pendulum - Granite - 31 Sean Kingston - Me Love - 32 The Twang - Push The Ghosts - 44 (Downloads) Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven - 52 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas is You - 24 Peter Gelderblom - Waiting 4 - 37 Souja Boy - Crank That (Soulja Boy) - 8 (Others) Britney Spears - Gimme More - 23 Bloc Party - Flux - 22 Shayne Ward - Breathless - 10 Westlife - Home - 16 Bonus #1: Will Alicia Keys - No One still be in the Top 10? - yes Bonus #2: Will Freemasons - Uninvited still be in the Top 20? - yes Bonus #3: Will Rihanna - Umbrella still be in the Top 40? - yes

Physical Singles out 19th November Dizzee Rascal – Flex - 30 Elvis Presley – Always On My Mind - 14 Gallows feat Lethal Bizzle - Staring At The Rude Bois - 25 KT Tunstall - Saving My Face - 53 Reverend & The Makers – Open Your Window - 35 Richard Fleeshman – Coming Down - 20 Shayne Ward – Breathless - 8 Spice Girls - Headlines (Friendship Never Ends) - 4 T2 feat Jodie – Heartbroken - 3 Wyclef Jean feat Akon and Lil Wayne – Sweetest Girl - 26 (Downloads) Led Zeppelin – Stairway To Heaven - 44 Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas is You - 31 Pendulum – Granite - 40 Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight - 28 Bonus #1: Will Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love still be the UK#1? - yes Bonus #2: Will Timbaland ft One Republic – Apologize still be in the Top5? - yes Bonus #3: Will Westlife – Home still be in the Top 10? - no

Please predict the UK singles top 10 for Sunday 25th November! 1) Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love 2) Timbaland/OneRepublic - Apologize 3) T2/Jodie - Heartbroken 4) Take That - Rule The World 5) Spice Girls - Headlines (Friendship Never Ends) 6) Alicia Keys - No One 7) Kylie Minogue - 2 Hearts 8) Shayne Ward - Breathless 9) Mark Ronson/Amy Winehouse - Valerie 10) Runrig/Tartan Army - Loch Lomond Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the biggest faller inside the top 75 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Wombats - Let's Dance To Joy Division 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? - 8 3. (for 2 pts) Who will be higher: Mika - Happy Ending or Robyn - Handle Me next Sunday? - Mika - Happy Ending

Please predict the UK singles top 10 for Sunday 18th November! 1) Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love 2) Kylie Minogue - 2 Hearts 3) Take That - Rule The World 4) Alicia Keys - No One 5) Spice Girls - Headlines (Friendship Never Ends) 6) Timbaland/One Republic - Apologize 7) Mark Ronson/Amy Winehouse - Valerie 8) Craig David - Hot Stuff (Let's Dance) 9) Sugababes - About You Now 10) Rihanna - Hate That I Love You Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the highest climber inside the top 75 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Pendulum - Granite 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? - 9 3. (for 2 pts) Will Take That - Rule The World still be top 3 next Sunday? - yes

PREDICT THE FOLLOWING : Physical Singles out 12th November Alicia Keys - No-One - 4 Bloc Party - Flux - 12 Darren Hayes - Me, Myself & (I) - 41 Duran Duran - Falling Down - 22 Elvis Presley - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - 16 Hard-Fi - Can't Get Along (Without You) - 29 Kylie Minogue - 2 Hearts - 2 Linkin Park - Shadow Of The Day - 28 Nickelback - Rockstar - 20 Pigeon Detectives - I Found Out - 21 Rihanna feat Ne-Yo - Hate That I Love You - 10 (Downloads) Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven - 34 Pendulum - Granite - 30 Spice Girls - Headlines (Friendship Never Ends) - 5 Bonus #1: Will Take That – Rule The World still be in the Top5? - yes Bonus #2: Will Sugababes – About You Now still be in the Top 10? - yes Bonus #3: Will Mika – Happy Ending still be in the Top 20? - no

If Mika comes out as a double-A then he'll have that "split" chart position problem going on, won't he? It would make sense for "Lollipop"'s downloads to be attached to the physical release IMO rather than "Relax."

1) Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love 2) Kylie Minogue - 2 Hearts 3) Spice Girls - Headlines (Friendship Never Ends) 4) Take That - Rule The World 5) Timbaland - Apologize 6) Mark Ronson - Valerie 7) Craig David - Hot Stuff (Let's Dance) 8) Sugababes - About You Now 9) Westlife - Home 10) Britney Spears - Gimme More Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be # 40 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? - 10 3. (for 2 pts) Which song will be higher: Kylie Minogue – 2 Hearts or Spice Girls - Headlines (Friendship Never Ends) next Sunday? - Kylie Minogue - 2 Hearts

PREDICT THE FOLLOWING : Physical Singles out 5th November Craig David – Hot Stuff (Let’s Dance) - 7 David Gray - You're The World To Me - 34 Elvis Presley – In The Ghetto - 17 Justice – D.A.N.C.E. - 27 Kanye West feat T-Pain - Good Life - 22 Nicole Scherzinger – Baby Love - 23 Paul McCartney – Ever Past Present - 75 Seal – Amazing - 43 Wet Wet Wet – Too Many People - 11 (Downloads) Alicia Keys – No One - 12 Hard Fi – Can’t Get Along (Without You) - 25 Kylie Minogue – 2 Hearts - 2 Rihanna feat Ne-Yo - Hate That I Love You - 29 Spice Girls – Headlines (Friendship Never Ends) - 3 Bonus #1: Will Britney Spears - Gimme More still be in the Top10? - yes Bonus #2: Will Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight still be in the Top 20? - no Bonus #3: Will Oasis – Lord Don’t Slow Me Down still be in the Top 40? - no

Physical Singles out 29th October Akon - Sorry Blame It On Me - 21 Avril Lavigne – Hot - 18 Celine Dion – Taking Chances - 37 Chris Brown ft T-Pain - Kiss Kiss - 25 Cliff Richard - When I Need You - 14 Cribs - Don't You Wanna Be Relevant? / Our Bovine Public - 39 Elliot Minor – The White One Is Evil - 38 Elvis Presley – Viva Las Vegas - 16 Keane – The Night Sky - 42 Robyn - Handle Me - 19 Samim – Heater - 10 Timbaland & OneRepublic – Apologize - 5 Westlife – Home - 3 (Other) McFly - The Heart Never Lies - 9 Bonus #1: Will Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love still(?) be in the UK #1? - yes Bonus #2: Will Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah still be in the Top20? - yes Bonus #3: Will James Blunt - 1973 still be in the Top40? - yes

Please predict the UK singles top 10 for Sunday 4th November! 1) Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love 2) Take That - Rule The World 3) Westlife - Home 4) Sugababes - About You Now 5) Timbaland/One Republic - Apologize 6) Mark Ronson/Amy Winehouse - Valerie 7) Britney Spears - Gimme More 8) Freemasons/Bailey Tzuke - Uninvited 9) McFly - The Heart Never Lies 10) Sanim - Heater Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be # 20 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) - Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight 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 song will be higher: Westlife - Home or Take That – Rule The World next Sunday? - Take That - Rule The World

Can't really fault this show. Nice to see they're letting the countdown speak for itself and not trying to be clever. (Hello, Radio 1!) There's been the odd "last week position" error here and there, but I'm willing to forgive. When the Elvis re-issues are over in December we should get a full forty, and what a festive forty that will be with all the oldies coming back!!

Great info. The Network Chart only featured a Top 30 for about the first seven years though - played in full. Positions 75-31 were featured on a "warm-up" programme between 4-5pm on Capital Radio featuring a selection of new entries and climbers. I think it was 1991 that this was increased to a complete Top 40 - mirroring what Bruno and Mark were doing on Radio 1. Radio 1's 4:30pm start didn't last long: loads of the songs were clumsily edited so they could feature them all. Verses and choruses missed out here and there... It was dreadful. I was very relieved when they extended it to a three-hour show. I miss that format so much! Wish I'd appreciated it properly at the time!

60k-70k. I would have gone for 100k in the past, but the singles market has changed a lot in the last year. A lot of the outlets where this single would have done well physically (ie supermarkets) no longer sell singles, and even in places like HMV, Woolies and Virgin have scaled down their singles sections so that you can only find them if you're *really looking* for them! In the past, artists like Leona would have benefited from a lot of casual buyers picking up a copy of the single whilst browsing. Even with all these high profile singles released this week, the stores I visited didn't have them in a display at the front of the store or anything.... I know she'll have a lot of downloads but singles of this ilk traditionally did well physically but the vehicles used historically to sell these are either no longer there or not being utilised properly. Plus, people are aware that the album is justaround the corner and will be waiting for that. I think the days of a *normal* 100k+ selling single are now over. You may get the odd charity single or single launched *directly* from The X Factor/Christmas week exceeding that but that will be all. It will be interesting to see how well/badly this year's X Factor winner's sales will be this year. I predict 250k: Leona did 570,000 last year and Shayne 750,000 the year before was it?

PREDICT THE FOLLOWING : Physical Singles out 22nd October Backstreet Boys - Inconsolable - 20 Britney Spears - Gimme More - 4 Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream - 18 Freemasons feat Bailey Tzuke - Uninvited - 8 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love - 1 McFly - The Heart Never Lies - 3 Mutya Buena - Just A Little Bit - 43 Newton Faulkner - All I Got - 48 Take That - Rule The World - 2 (Downloads only) Killers - Tranquilize - 21 Nicole Scherzinger - Baby Love - 30 Oasis - Lord Don't Slow Me Down - 6 Rihanna ft Ne-Yo - Hate That I Love You - 22 Timbaland & One Republic - Apologize - 9 Bonus #1: Will Sugababes - About You Now still be in the Top5? - yes Bonus #2: Will Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah still be in the Top10? - no Bonus #3: Will Aly & AJ - Potential Break Up Song still be in the Top40?- yes