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great point. songs can earn their positions now rather than relying on front-loaded marketing campaigns for chart placings

excellent for Kylie Minogue and Goldfrapp. hope both are huge hits! and mark ronson's releasing "just" as the fourth single? NOT the best choice, "apply some pressure" is waaay more exciting

good idea to have it in chart chat also, as i regularly check here but don't always remember to go over to the personal charts forum and miss weeks here and there anyway, This Week / Last Week / Peak Position / Title {chart run} 01 02 01 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots {24-7-6-3-1-2-5-2-2-2-1} 02 04 02 Roisin Murphy - You Know Me Better {5-4-2} 03 03 03 Kylie Minogue - Wow {6-3-3} 04 05 04 Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor {13-5-4} 05 01 01 Dannii Minogue Vs. Jason Nevins - Touch Me Like That {27-16-12-11-10-8-8-7-11-5-1-1-5} 06 11 02 Sugababes - About You Now {6-2-2-2-2-4-6-9-11-10-10-13-16-14-11-6} 07 07 01 Roisin Murphy - Let Me Know {10-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-4-4-4-5-2-4-4-7-7} 08 14 08 Natalie Imbruglia - Glorious {21-14-10-11-19-22-20-14(re)-8} 09 10 09 Britney Spears - Piece Of Me {26-18-18-11-10-9} 10 16 10 Robyn - Be Mine! {26-20-16-10} 11 13 02 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love {13-2-3-5-6-9-8-9-17-13-11} 12 06 01 Kylie Minogue - 2 Hearts {11-4-2-1-2-1-3-1-1-6-8-6-12} 13 09 06 Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game {19-11-10-13-12-9-7-6-7-7-7-9-13} 14 15 14 Gwen Stefani - Early Winter {28-25-22-17-15-15-14} 15 08 01 Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse - Valerie {23-13-8-4-4-3-3-4-1-2-2-3-3-3-3-8-15} 16 12 10 Freemasons feat. Bailey Tzuke - Uninvited {30-11-10-12-16} 17 17 01 Booty Luv - Some Kinda Rush {25-11-4-1-9-17-17} 18 19 05 Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler {18-7-5-5-10-11-14-10-13-19-19-18} 19 27 19 Justice - Phantom {27-19} 20 30 20 Sugababes - Change {30-20} 21 22 21 Duran Duran - Nite Runner {25-22-22-21} 22 24 02 Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat {19-5-3-2-2-5-9-12-8-8-9-18-16-19-19-15-19-23-22-26-24-22} 23 21 01 Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good {29-14-1-2-3-4-6-10-9-5-4-12-14-21-23-20-15-24-29-21(re)-23} 24 23 07 Timbaland Presents OneRepublic - Apologize {17-15-10-7-12-13-15-14-20-24-23-24} 25 NE 25 September - Looking For Love {25} 26 18 12 Bjork - Declare Independence {29-12-12-18-26} 27 25 06 Rihanna feat. Ne-Yo - Hate That I Love You {21-12-6-8-18-25-27} 28 NE 28 M.I.A. - Paper Planes {28} 29 26 26 Groove Armada - Love Sweet Sound {28-26-29} 30 28 01 Roisin Murphy - Overpowered {24-20-10-4-1-1-2-7-14-16-16-14-14-13-15-14-12-12-8-6-8-8-7-9-17-20-24-29-28-30}

robbie williams releasing a swing comeback album in february? is this 100% confirmed?? i thought he only released in october/november these days to maximize his $ale$

lucky didn't hit a million, but especially for you came extremely close

hoping for a number 1 from Kylie with Wow! if madonna's new single is at least decent it should hit number one no problem in the early months of the year

HUGE drop for kylie! hope x-factor's performances help it back up

interesting! thanks

just wondering do artists usually release different things for ireland and the uk? or do they usually get the same releases/release dates as the UK?

and of course nelly furtado "loose" still gets a lot of plays from me too (just didn't include it as it's from last year)

good for gwen! honestly, download albums do not sell very much at all. amy is a real anomaly selling nearly 100K with back to black (but compare that to her album's overall sales and it's clear that it's not very significant). at best, downloaded albums make up 10-20% of overall sales. i think the problem is that consumers (myself definitely included) don't feel like paying $10/8 pounds for a downloadable album when the physical equivalent (minus maybe some bonus tracks) is only a few dollars more. it feels like a half-ass commitment without much of a discount really

my chart's this week (i've been out of the loop for a few, sorry if it throws anything off too much!): This Week / Last Week / Title (Peak Position) [chart run] 01 01 Kylie Minogue - 2 Hearts (01) [11-4-2-1-2-1-3-1-1] 02 05 Roisin Murphy - Let Me Know (01) [10-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-4-4-4-5-2] 03 03 Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse - Valerie (01) [23-13-8-4-4-3-3-4-1-2-2-3-3] 04 11 Booty Luv - Some Kinda Rush (04) [25-11-4] 05 02 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots (01) [24-7-6-3-1-2-5] 06 12 Rihanna feat. Ne-Yo - Hate That I Love You (06) [21-12-6] 07 06 Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game (06) [19-11-10-13-12-9-7-6-7] 08 09 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (02) [13-2-3-5-6-9-8] 09 13 Britney Spears - Gimme More (03) [25-6-4-8-7-7-3-5-5-12-15-15-16-13-9] 10 14 Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler (05) [18-7-5-5-10-11-14-10] 11 07 Dannii Minogue Vs. Jason Nevins - Touch Me Like That (07) [27-16-12-11-10-8-8-7-11] 12 04 Ida Corr Vs. Fedde Le Grand - Let Me Think About It (04) [14-6-5-4-12] 13 10 Sugababes - About You Now (02) [6-2-2-2-2-4-6-9-11-10-10-13] 14 15 Timbaland Presents OneRepublic - Apologize (07) [17-15-10-7-12-13-15-14] 15 22 The Raveonettes - Dead Sound (15) [22-15] 16 08 Craig David - Hot Stuff (Let's Dance) (08) [25-14-8-16] 17 21 Jennifer Lopez - Hold It Don't Drop It (17) [27-26-29-20-21-17] 18 26 Britney Spears - Piece Of Me (18) [26-18] 19 16 UNKLE - Hold My Hand (16) [24-18-16-19] 20 17 Roisin Murphy - Overpowered (01) [24-20-10-4-1-1-2-7-14-16-16-14-14-13-15-14-12-12-8-6-8-8-7-9-17-20] 21 24 Fergie - Clumsy (21) [30-24-21] 22 25 Gwen Stefani - Early Winter (22) [28-25-22] 23 19 Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat (02) [19-5-3-2-2-5-9-12-8-8-9-18-16-19-19-15-19-23] 24 20 Girls Aloud - Sexy! No, No, No... (02) [13-6-2-3-3-5-6-16-21-22-26-19-20-24] 25 18 Bob Dylan - Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) (12) [28-29-23-17-13-13-12-18-25] 26 30 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music (02) [21-3-2-4-6-11-13-10-8-18-21-20-29-30-26] 27 28 Gwen Stefani - Now That You Go It (09) [29-18-13-10-14-19-14-9-11-17-23-28-27] 28 27 Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch (15) [22-17-15-16-18-26-27-28] 29 NE Bjork - Declare Independence (29) [29] 30 NE Freemasons feat. Bailey Tzuke - Uninvited (30) [30]

nice to see mariah in the upper reaches. imagine if rules like these had been in effect for the past decade and a half (or if physical singles had stayed in print longer)

not only does she (well, her label really) choose poor release weeks and times of year, but they never promote the damn things right at all!!! so frustrating

WOW for justin's dvd! any info on other recent music dvd sales? like beyonce & nelly furtado maybe?

arctics are a disappointment for sure. but the good news lies in rihanna finally releasing don't stop the music! this should be HUGE

jojo and a bunch of others have suffered this year as a result of frontloaded physical sales distorting their midweek positions

this week is so full of flops i can't even keep track! which of the singles were out on physical this week that totally bombed? other than dannii :angry: good for kylie though! she should stick around the top 5 with x-factor's performance. and is rihanna releasing "don't stop the music" soon in the uk or is that just a random download spike?

i don't think that weighting the physical sales higher than download sales would be really fair. the charts should be based purely sales numbers, not on the amount of money spent each week on a certain single. though i do understand what you're getting at about the extra effort and cost for getting a physical release, i think the better solution to that would be to offer more multi-format bundles (like 3 for 5 pounds or something like that - it's been done to great success with a number of artists in the past at high street shops)

it will be really interesting to see how the radiohead album does on physical sales. can't wait to see its impact on the industry

groove armada earned that spot well!! it's a great album

ooh, of course Shirley Manson and Robbie Williams too!!

yeah, hopefully natalie will release in 2008 as planned, but knowing how long she's taken between releases, i'm guessing it won't be out as early as we're hoping for

a rough list - only including those released in 2007: 1.Roisin Murphy-Overpowered 2.Kylie Minogue-X (this may overtake soon!) 3.Garbage-Absolute Garbage 4.Amy Winehouse-Back To Black 5.Mark Ronson-Version 6.Hed Kandi-Disco Kandi: The Mix 7.Groove Armada-Soundboy Rock 8.Sophie Ellis-Bextor-Trip The Light Fantastic 9.Hotel Costes X 10.Madonna-The Confessions Tour

here are a few of mine (i'll definitely set up last.fm when i get the time, but for now just according to itunes): Roisin Murphy-Let Me Know Roisin Murphy-You Know Me Better Roisin Murphy-Overpowered Roisin Murphy-Movie Star Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse-Valerie Kylie Minogue-In My Arms Kylie Minogue-Wow Nelly Furtado-Say It Right Gwen Stefani feat. Akon-The Sweet Escape Beyonce-Green Light (Freemasons radio edit) Eric Prydz Vs. Floyd-Proper Education (radio edit)