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Yeah, it`s a shame. It might be a good idea, if Supermarket etc, start stocking all single releases again...taking note of Tesco`s own success, with Katie Melua. Katie, is still hanging in Tesco`s top 10. Had it been more available, it would still be in the national top 20, for sure.

On, to another set of charts, compiled by mrib/msn and Dave Taylor (davericktaylor@yahoo.co.uk). MRIB having a helping hand with MSN, these days, it seems. Starting with the latest Albums... 01 IN RAINBOWS - RADIOHEAD 02 SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS 03 BEAUTIFUL WORLD - TAKE THAT 04 NOW 68 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 05 CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE - MICHAEL BUBLE 06 BREATHLESS - SHAYNE WARD 07 BACK TO BLACK - AMYWINEHOUSE 08 BACK HOME - WESTLIFE 09 REJOICE - KATHERINE JENKINS 10 MOTHERSHIP - LED ZEPPELIN 11 LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN - EAGLES 12 TRICK TO LIFE - HOOSIERS 13 MINSTRY OF SOUND ANTHEMS - VARIOUS 14 X - KYLIE MINOGUE 15 DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS - VARIOUS Who remembers 1992`s albums?... 01 STARS - SIMPLY RED 02 GREATEST HITS II - QUEEN 03 SIMPLY THE BEST - TINA TURNER 04 NOW 20 - VARIOUS 05 DANGEROUS - MICHAEL JACKSON 06 REAL LOVE - LISA STANSFIELD 07 ACHTUNG BABY - U2 08 TIME LOVE AND TENDERNESS - MICHAEL BOLTON 09 ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER - MICHAEL CRAWFORD 10 DEFINITIVE - SIMON AND GARFUNKEL 11 WE CAN`T DANCE - GENESIS 12 GREATEST HITS I - QUEEN 13 HARDCOAR UPROAR - VARIOUS 14 SHEPHERD MOONS - ENYA 15 FROM TIME TO TIME - PAUL YOUNG 3 Michaels in the top 10, in 92, and HARDCORE UPROAR, was going to overtake NOW 20, on the following week...but QUEEN were dominating after the sad loss of FREDDIE MERCURY, 2 months earlier. The singles in 1992... w/k ending 10th Jan 92 01 THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LOVES/BOHEMION RHAPSODY - QUEEN 02 JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT - KLF/TAMMY WYNETTE 03 WHEN YOU TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME - DIANA ROSS 04 DON`T TALK JUST KISS - RIGHT SAID FRED/JOCELYN BROWN 05 ADDAMS GROOVE - HAMMER 06 LIVE AND LET DIE - GUNS N` ROSES 07 DON`T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME - ELTON JOHN/GEORGE MICHAEL 08 TOO BLIND TO SEE IT - KYM SIMS 09 ROOBARB AND CUSTARD - SHAFT 10 DRIVEN BY YOU - BRIAN MAY 11 JOSEPH MEGAMIX - JASON DONOVAN 12 STARS - SIMPLY RED 13 BARE NECESSITIES MEGAMIX - UK MIXMASTERS 14 BLACK OR WHITE - MICHAEL JACKSON 15 MARTIKA`S KITCHEN - MARTIKA 16 ALL WOMAN - LISA STANSFIELD 17 RIDE LIKE THE WIND - EAST SIDE BEAT 18 EVERYBODY MOVE - CATHY DENNIS 19 COMPLETE DOMINATOR - HUMAN RESOURCE 20 RUNNING OUT OF TIME - DIGITAL ORGASM 21 ROCKET MAN - KATE BUSH 22 GOODNIGHT GIRL - WET WET WET 23 WE SHOULD BE TOGETHER - CLIFF RICHARD 24 YOU SHOWED ME - SALT N` PEPA 25 AM I RIGHT - ERASURE 26 MYSTERIOUS WAYS - U2 27 WAS IT WORTH IT - PET SHOP BOYS 28 SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT - NIRVANA 29 SEVEN O` CLOCK/SILENT NIGHT - SIMON AND GARFUNKEL 30 WE GOT A LOVE THANG - CE CE PENISTON Independant radio still strongly taking the mrib chart in 1992, which showed with both U2, and Michael Jacson...BLACK OR WHITE, was in a remix battle with the original in Jan 92, Gallup listed them separately, but mrib listed both together...well it was the same song, and artist! With lots of dance, indie and other rock around, GUNS N` ROSES going WINGS with the 73 Bond theme, MC HAMMER lost his MC, for the theme to the ADAMMS FAMILY, the big film there of. SIMPLY RED heading back up, with the help of the album. EAST SIDE BEAT not getting much play on Independant radio, and a song that I could not find on YOU TUBE, the reworking of the CHRISTOPHER CROSS 1980 minor uk hit. CLIFF RICHARD was on the way out with the Christmas hit WE SHOULD BE TOGETHER (AT XMAS), but the quickie follow up THIS NEW YEAR stalled at 33....My favourite track by MOTLEY CRUE stalled at 38, HOME SWEET HOME (sounding like GUNS N` ROSES)!! Actually most of the best records, were outside the top 30, RUBBISH by CARTER USM, MAGIC`S BACK - MALCOM MCCLAREN, and OLD RED EYES IS BACK with the BEAUTIFUL SOUTH. The idea of the WEDDING PRESENT having 12 hits in a year went well, when they released a record every month, for the whole of 1992, starting with the release of BLUE EYES, on the 6th Jan 92. I certainly would not have predicted, that WET WET WET were on their way to have a number one single, with GOODNIGHT GIRL. It was a slowish, climb to the top, for them. Let`s check on this weeks films... 10 MR MAGORIUMS WONDER EMPORIUM 09 PS I LOVE YOU 08 KITE RUNNER 07 BALLS OF FURY 06 BEE HOME 05 ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS 04 ST TRINIANS 03 EHCHANTED 02 GOLDEN COMPASS 01 I AM A LEGEND The top off-line dvd rentals... 10 28 WEEKS LATER 09 ZODIAC 08 THE DEPARTED 07 SIMPSONS MOVIE 06 300 05 SHREK THE THIRD 04 TRANSFORMERS 03 PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN-WORLDS END 02 DIE HARD 4.0 01 BOURNE ULTIMATUM Here is the top 20 singles... 20 SOME KINDA RUSH - BOOTY LUV 19 RELAX TAKE IT EASY/LOLLIPOP - MIKA 18 ELVIS AIN`T DEAD - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 17 CHANGE - SUGABABES 16 WHAT HURTS THE MOST/LAST CHRISTMAS - CASCADA 15 NOW YOUR`E GONE - BASSHUNTER 14 UMBRELLA - RIHANNA/JAY Z. 13 ABOUT YOU NOW - SUGABABES 12 HEARTBROKEN - T2/JODIE AYSHA 11 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS 10 DON`T STOP THE MUSIC - RIHANNA 09 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK 08 GOODBYE MR A - HOOSIERS 07 CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD 06 VALERIE - RONSON/WINEHOUSE 05 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC/TIMBALAND 04 CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY 03 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT 02 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS 01 WHEN YOU BELIEVE - LEON JACKSON The Physical top 10 singles sales... 01 WHEN YOU BELIEVE - LEON JACKSON 02 WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD - KATIE MELUA 03 CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY 04 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS 05 CHANGE - SUGABABES 06 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT 07 CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD 08 HEARTBROKEN - T2/JODIE AYSHA 09 SOME KINDA RUSH - BOOTY LOVE 10 APOLOGISE - TIMBALAND A much better top 10 there, and no joke!

1992`s top ten albums... 01 STARS - SIMPLY RED 02 BACK TO FRONT - LIONEL RITCHIE 03 NOW 23 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 04 DIVA - ANNIE LENNOX 05 WE CAN`T DANCE - GENESIS 06 DANGEROUS - MICHAEL JACKSON 07 GREATEST HITS - CHER 08 UP - RIGHT SAID FRED 09 GOLD - ABBA 10 DIVINE MADNESS - MADNESS I only have a top 5, for 1993... 01 BACK INTO HELL - MEAT LOAF 02 BODYGUARD - OST 03 AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE - R.E.M. 04 NOW 26 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 05 SO CLOSE - DINA CARROLL 1994... 01 NOW 29 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 02 CROSSROAD - BON JOVI 03 CARRY ON UP THE CHARTS - BEAUTIFUL SOUTH 04 MUSIC BOX - MARIAH CAREY 05 ALWAYS AND FOREVER - ETERNAL 06 DIVISION BELL - PINK FLOYD 07 END OF PART ONE - WET WET WET 08 MONSTER - R.E.M. 09 PARKLIFE - BLUR 10 NOW 28 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 1995... 01 ROBSON AND JEROME - ROBSON AND JEROME 02 WHAT`S THE STORY MORNING GLORY - OASIS 03 COLOUR OF MY LOVE - CELINE DION 04 NOW 32 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 05 LIFE - SIMPLY RED 06 MADE IN HEAVEN - QUEEN 07 HISTORY - MICHAEL JACKSON 08 STANLEY ROAD - PAUL WELLER 09 PICTURE THIS - WET WET WET 10 GREAT ESCAPE - BLUR 1996... 01 JAGGED LITTLE PILL - ALANIS MORRISETTE 02 WHAT`S THE STORY MORNING GLORY - OASIS 03 SPICE - SPICE GIRLS 04 FALLING INTO YOU - CELINE DION 05 OLDER - GEORGE MICHAEL 06 TAKE 2 - ROBSON AND JEROME 07 THE SCORE - FUGEES 08 NOW 35 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 09 GREATEST HITS - TAKE THAT 10 GREATEST HITS - SIMPLY RED

I think it was less than Christmas Eve, for them, Friday 23rd December, is more likely. Thanks for the more likely figures, for Cliff...it`s probably 810,000, after extra downloads etc. MRIB are more business related these days, and don`t really deal with the general public. Which happened after the demise, of Emaps, Smash Hits Chart, in Sept 2006. No Sunday papers, take their charts anymore. The Sunday People did not renew their contract, in November, apparently. The old website, is ignored now, and not ever updated. They need some radio stations, to broadcast some charts. After 26 years, it seems to be fading, and the founder Barry Lazell died ten years ago...he was the chap, that first brought us an Indie chart, in 1980. MRIB grew from the old publication Record Business.

My thoughts exactly. I am wondering if, the chart broke off differently, to the BBC. It`s like the top 5, is sales only, up to last Sunday...then airplay kicks in from number 6...as we say, why is Rule the World, so low?...did they play Patience more? With a chart like that they should be playing "patience" with playing cards! Don`t know why people even bother, to listen!

Here is the Hit40uk of 2007... 01 BLEEDING LOVE 02 UMBRELLA 03 GRACE KELLY 04 500 MILES 05 THE WAY I ARE 06 HOW TO SAVE A LIFE 07 RUBY 08 ABOUT YOU NOW 09 BEAUTIFUL LIAR 10 WHEN YOU BELIEVE 11 SWEET ESCAPE 12 SHINE 13 SAY IT RIGHT 14 HEY THERE DELILAH 15 PATIENCE 16 BIG GIRLS DON`T CRY 17 CHASING CARS 18 FOUNDATIONS 19 WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND 20 RULE THE WORLD 21 VALERIE 22 CUPID`S CHOKEHOLD 23 BEAUTIFUL GIRLS 24 PING PONG SONG 25 STRONGER 26 GIVE IT TO ME 27 STARS IN THEIR EYES 28 WITH EV`RY HEARTBEAT 29 WORRIED ABOUT RAY 30 I DON`T FEEL LIKE DANCING 31 GIRLFRIEND 32 MAKE`S ME WONDER 33 BOOGIE TONIGHT 34 AYO TECHNOLOGY 35 1973 36 LEAVE ME ALONE (I`M LONELY) - PINK 37 REAL GIRL 38 AMERICA - RAZORLIGHT 39 BECAUSE OF YOU - NE`YO 40 STOP ME - MARK RONSON Quite surprised that, Rule the World, was not in Hit40uk`s top 10! This week`s regular Hit40uk... 40 GRACE KELLY 39 GIMME MORE 38 ALL I WANT FOR XMAS IS YOU 37 RUBY 36 CHASING CARS 35 BREATHLESS 34 THE WAY I ARE 33 THIS IS THE LIFE 32 WOW 31 HOME - WESTLIFE 30 STRONGER 29 SHINE 28 WORRIED ABOUT RAY 27 LOST - BUBLE 26 HAPPY ENDING 25 SHE`S SO LOVELY 24 UMBRELLA 23 KATIE/EVA 22 CASCADA 21 SOME KINDA RUSH 20 WHAM 19 DON`T STOP THE MUSIC 18 HEY THERE DELILAH 17 ELVIS AIN`T DEAD 16 2 HEARTS 15 ROCKSTAR 14 HATE THAT I LOVE YOU 13 CHANGE 12 NO ONE 11 ABOUT YOU NOW Top ten, as the official chart, of course.

As 2 people emailed, and told me I missed out, the top films, this week. Here they are... 01 02 ENCHANTED 02 01 GOLDEN COMPASS 03 NE ST. TRINIANS 04 NE ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS 05 03 BEE MOVIE 06 04 FRED CLAUS 07 NE TRADE 08 05 MR MAGORIUM`S WONDER EMPORIUM 09 06 WE OWN THE NIGHT 10 NE P.S. I LOVE YOU I couldn`t find the top films, of 2007...so if anyone, knows the top films, of the year...

It`s easily done...what?!!! I have found Sainsburys, "mistake" top 10, here... 01 IN RAINBOWS - RADIOHEAD 02 SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS 03 NOW 68 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 04 CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE - MICHAEL BUBLE 05 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE 06 BACK HOME - WESTLIFE 07 LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN - EAGLES 08 BREATHLESS - SHAYNE WARD 09 MOTHERSHIP - LED ZEPPELIN 10 BEAUTIFUL WORLD - TAKE THAT 11 BEST OF VIVERE - ANDREA BOCCELLI So, take out RADIOHEAD, and you`ve got a more realistic top 10!!! I wonder if they will smash in at the top, next week?!

Thanks for that. Yeah, it`s a shame about radio one...they seem to want to go in too competition, with Lucio`s dire Hit40uk. I don`t believe Radio one, need to chat to extent...Capital have to do it, because apart from the top 10, Hit40uk, is pretty much unimportant, with far too much airplay, added to the chart. When the Network Chart was on, only 5% was airplay, and it made more sense. 1988, was a fine example, U2 and DESIRE was a big Independant radio airplay hit. It didn`t even make the top 40, end of year chart best sellers, on Radio one. If Hit40uk, had been on, in 88, DESIRE would have been played at number 11, probably!! Too much, airplay info, for sure. Give me a slick, no nonsense countdown any day, in the style of Simon Bates, Tom Browne, Tony Blackburn etc.

I haven`t seen it in Reading either, since last month. It must depend on our individual towns. I was curious to find that only the deluxe version of Back to Black, was more readily available now, and the original version was suffering, in stock supply, and still OCC listed the albums separately!! mrib, did not do that, the original version was dropped.

I suppose, some stores do have both versions, still in stock, maybe that`s why it is apparently selling, that well?

Alright there, Norma? I reckon, it was just the online purchases. It was still at 12.95, in Reading too, in HMV, but only 8.95, in another well know store! Some kind of price rip-off, I reckon. Of course, this time last year, it was the number one, of the moment....

Its number 60, actually 51 - 60, in the year end chart, are like this... 60 GOODBYE MR A. - HOOSIERS 59 GIRLFRIEND - AVRIL LAVIGNE 58 REHAB - AMY WINEHOUSE 57 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS 56 UNINVITED - FREEMASONS 55 GIMME MORE - BRITNEY SPEARS 54 LIL` STAR - KELIS/C.LO 53 1973 - JAMES BLUNT 52 SHE`S SO LOVELY - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 51 A MOMENT LIKE THIS - LEONA LEWIS I reckon without a doubt the HOOSIERS album "TRICK TO LIFE" will go back up the album chart, tomorrow, and MIKA`s "LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION" will even go into the top 10, along with a top 20 re-entry, for TIMBALAND`s "SHOCK VALUE", and the SUGABABES, "CHANGES". All of those were, in various well known stores, top tens, this week, even RAISING SAND with ROBERT PLANT/ALISON KRAUS...Not fogetting AMY MCDONALD, and RIHANNA. I will be very surprised if TAKE THAT reclaim, a number 2 spot though. Remember on the mrib album chart last week, they were already a number 4, artist album, where as they were only number 8, on the official album chart.

HAPPY ENDING re-enters the top 40, and RELAX (TAKE IT EASY) enters for the first time. This single, is already on display, in HMV, on all 3 formats...On the other side of the fence LOVE TODAY becomes the 61st best seller of the year. On reflection, the chart this week, seems to look a bit like Hit40uk`s chart, last Sunday, apart from the top ten, coz the HOOSIERS (GOODBYE MR A.) was in their top 20 still, and HAPPY ENDING was 29, on there, last week.

A lot of lists, this week...along the way, the best selling albums of the year, the best selling singles of the year, a look back to the best sellers of 1988, and a stream lined top 20 singles, and top 10 album chart for this week. And a big, big thanks to Dave Taylor (davericktaylor@yahoo.co.uk) Here are the top 20 albums of 2007... 01 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE 02 SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS 03 NOW 68 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 04 LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION - MIKA 05 BEAUTIFUL WORLD - TAKE THAT 06 BACK HOME - WESTLIFE 07 LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN - EAGLES 08 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 - OST 09 FAVOURITE WORST NIGHTMARE - ARTIC MONKEYS 10 YOURS TRULY ANGRY MOB - KAISER CHIEFS 11 NOW 66 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 12 NOW 67 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 13 EYES OPEN - SNOW PATROL 14 SHOCK VALUE - TIMBALAND 15 LOOSE - NELLY FURTADO 16 VERSION - MARK RONSON 17 FUTURE SEX LOVE SOUNDS - JUSTIN TIMBALAKE 18 ALL THE LOST SOULS - JAMES BLUNT 19 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - RIHANNA 20 EVERYTIME WE TOUCH - CASCADA Remember that top 20, is based purely on physical sales, only. Here are all the number one albums of 2007... BEAUTIFUL WORLD - TAKE THAT 2wks BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE 2WKS HATS OFF TO THE DJs - THE VIEW 1wk NOT TOO LATE - NORAH JONES 1wk LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION - MIKA 3wks YOURS TRULY ANGRY MOB - KAISER CHIEFS 2wks MY WAY - RAY QUINN 1wk BEAUTIFUL WORLD - TAKE THAT 2wks NOW 66 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 2wks BEST DAMN THING - AVRIL LAVIGNE 1wk FAVOURITE WORST NIGHTMARE - ARTIC MONKEYS 3wks MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT - LINKIN PARK 1wk IT WONT BE SOON BEFORE LONG - MAROON 5 2wks GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - RIHANNA 1wk COLLECTION - TRAVELLING WILBURYS 1wk ICKY THUMP - WHITE STRIPES 1wk END HAS A START - EDITORS 1wk WE ARE THE NIGHT - CHEMICAL BROTHERS 1wk WE`RE LIVE AND DIE IN THESE TIMES - ENEMY 1wk ONE CHANCE - PAUL POTTS 1wk NOW 67 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 2wks MADE OF BRICKS - KATE NASH 1wk THE KING - ELVIS PRESLEY 1wk HAND BUILT BY ROBOTS - NEWTON FAULKNER 2wks ONCE UP ON A TIME IN THE WEST - HARD-FI 1wk GRADUATION - KANYE WEST 1wk ALL THE LOST SOULS - JAMES BLUNT 1wk ECHOES, SILENCE, PATIENCE AND GRACE - FOOFIGHTERS 1wk MAGIC - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 1wk CHANGES - SUGABABES 1wk PULL THE PIN - STEREOPHONICS 1wk TRICK TO LIFE - HOOSIERS 1wk LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN - EAGLES 1wk BACK HOME - WESTLIFE 1wk SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS 1wk NOW 68 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 4wks SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS 3wks HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL surprisingly, only managing a number 2 combined chart album, but 11 weeks, in total, in the top 10 albums. Also peaking at number 2, was RADIO ONE ESTABLISHED 1967, and the RADIO ONE LIVE LOUNGE 2. Here were the top 20 albums of 1988... 01 KYLIE - KYLIE MINOGUE 02 PRIVATE COLLECTION - CLIFF RICHARD 03 BAD - JACKSON 04 PUSH - BROS 05 NOW 13 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 06 POPPED IN SOULED OUT - WET WET WET 07 TRACEY CHAPMAN - TRACEY CHAPMAN 08 INTRODUCING THE HARDLINE - TERENCE TRENT DARBY 09 TANGO IN THE NIGHT - FLEETWOOD MAC 10 MONEY FOR NOTHING - DIRE STRAITS 11 RATTLE AND HUM - U2 12 NOW 12 - VARIOUS ARISTS 13 NOW 11 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 14 DIRTY DANCING - OST 15 KICK - INXS 16 WHITNEY - WHITNEY HOUSTON 17 PREMIERE COLLECTION - LLOYD WEBBER/VARIOUS 18 CHRISTIANS - CHRISTIANS 19 HEAVEN ON EARTH - BELINDA CARLISLE 20 GREATEST HITS COLLECTION - BANANARAMA Kylie, ousting everyone else in 88, and selling many more, than this years X, disapointment...we also had a repackage of DIRTY DANCING in 2007, but not doing as well, as the 1988, number one album. WHITNEY in there too, again not making 2007`s top 20 best sellers. The top 30 singles of 2007... 30 PATIENCE - TAKE THAT 29 SAY IT RIGHT - NELLY FURTADO 28 WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND - JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE 27 CUPIDS CHOKEHOLD - GYM CLASS HEROES 26 PING PONG SONG - ENRIQUE IGLESIAS 25 AYO TECHNOLOGY - 50CENT/TIMBERLAKE/TIMBALAND 24 WITH EV`RY HEARTBEAT - ROBYN 23 STARS IN YOUR EYES - JUST JACK 22 GIVE IT TO ME - TIMBALAND 21 BIG GIRLS DON`T CRY - FERGIE 20 GIRLFRIEND - AVRIL LAVIGNE 19 STRONGER - KANYE WEST 18 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC/TIMBALAND 17 SHINE - TAKE THAT 16 FOUNDATIONS - KATE NASH 15 HEY THERE DELILAH - PLAIN WHITE Ts 14 BEAUTIFUL GIRLS - SEAN KINGSTON 13 SWEET ESCAPE - GWEN STEFANI/AKON 12 BEAUTIFUL LIAR - BEYONCE/SHAKIRA 11 RUBY - KAISER CHIEFS 10 VALERIE - RONSON/WINEHOUSE 09 HOW TO SAVE A LIFE - FRAY 08 WAY I ARE - TIMBALAND/KERI HILSON/D.O.E. 07 ABOUT YOU NOW - SUGABABES 06 500 MILES - PROCLAIMERS AND CO. 05 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT 04 WHEN YOU BELIEVE - LEON JACKSON 03 GRACE KELLY - MIKA 02 UMBRELLA - RIHANNA/JAY Z 01 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS Not very often, that a single, from the beginning of the year, ends up, in the year end, top 3, with MIKA...another that springs to mind, was DAVID SOUL in 1977, who had a number one in Jan 77, with DON`T GIVE UP ON US, and managed to take the year`s best seller. 2007 and mrib`s number ones... A MOMENT LIKE THIS - LEONA LEWIS 3WKS GRACE KELLY - MIKA 5WKS RUBY - KAISER CHIEFS 1WK SHINE - TAKE THAT 2WKS WALK THIS WAY - GIRLS ALOUD/SUGABABES 1WK 500 MILES - PROCLAIMERS AND CO. 3WKS GIVE IT TO ME - TIMBALAND/FURTADO 1WK BEAUTIFUL LIAR - BEYONCE/SHAKIRA 3WKS BABYS COMING BACK/TRANSYLVANIA - MCFLY 1WK IT MAKES ME WONDER - MAROON 5 1WK UMBRELLA - RIHANNA/JAY Z. 2WKS ICKY THUMP - WHITE STRIPES 1WK UMBRELLA - RIHANNA/JAY Z. 5WKS FOUNDATIONS - KATE NASH 1WK WAY I ARE - TIMBALAND 1WK WITH EV`RY HEARTBEAT - ROBYN 1WK STRONGER - KANYE WEST 2WKS BEAUTIFUL GIRLS - SEAN KINGSTON 4WKS ABOUT YOU NOW - SUGABABES 4WKS BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS 7WKS WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD/HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS - KATIE AND EVA WHEN YOU BELIEVE - LEON JACKSON On mrib`s physical only chart these other hits, topped the chart... DON`T MATTER - AKON REAL GIRL - MUTYA BUENA ANY DREAM WILL DO - LEE MEAD NO U HANG UP/IF THATS OK - SHAYNE WARD They had one week, at the top, on a physical chart, but on a physical chart, MCFLY did not have a number one single!! Here are the top 30 singles of 1988... 01 THE ONLY WAY IS UP - YAZZ 02 I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY - KYLIE 03 MISLETOE AND WINE - CLIFF 04 I THINK WERE ALONE NOW - TIFFANY 05 ESPECIALLY FOR YOU - KYLIE AND JASON 06 NOTHINGS GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU - GLENN MADEIROS 07 WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS/SHE`S LEAVING HOME - WET WET WET/BILLY BRAGG 08 LOCOMOTION - KYLIE 09 HE AINT HEAVY HE`S MY BROTHER - HOLLIES 10 TEARDROPS - WOMACK AND WOMACK 11 FIRST TIME - ROBIN BECK 12 A GROOVY KIND OF LOVE - PHIL COLLINS 13 ORINOCHO FLOW - ENYA 14 JE NE SAIS PAS POURQUOI - KYLIE 15 PEFECT - FAIRGROUND ATTRACTION 16 PUSH IT/TRAMP - SALT AND PEPA 17 HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH - BELINDA CARLISLE 18 THEME FROM S`EXPRESS - S`EXPRESS 19 GOT TO BE CERTAIN - KYLIE 20 ONE MOMENT IN TIME - WHITNEY 21 I OWE YOU NOTHING - BROS 22 HARDER I TRY - BROTHER BEYOND 23 NOTHING CAN DIVIDE US - JASON DONAVAN 24 HEART - PET SHOP BOYS 25 DESIRE - U2 26 TELL IT TO MY HEART - TAYLOR DAYNE 27 DON`T TURN AROUND - ASWAD 28 BEAT DIS - BOMB THE BASS 29 GET OUTTA MY DREAMS - BILLY OCEAN 30 TOGETHER FOREVER - RICK ASTLEY Well done to KYLIE in 1988, ohh, and JASON!! PHIL COLLINS did not make number one, on mrib in 1988, and U2`s DESIRE, achieved more airplay, than the sales. Funnily mrib, tell us that MISTLETOE AND WINE has sold 980,000, BUT it only shows at number 3, for 1988!! Mind you, CLIFF himself tells us that it was his second million seller too!! He also, gave us the full sales to MILLENIUM PRAYER as to 1.5 million... The week`s latest albums... w/k ending 4th Jan 2008 10 10 X - KYLIE MINOGUE 09 09 LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN - EAGLES 08 08 MOTHERSHIP - LED ZEPPELIN 07 12 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE 06 06 BREATHLESS - SHAYNE WARD 05 04 CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE - MICHAEL BUBLE 04 02 NOW 68 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 03 03 BACK HOME - WESTLIFE 02 05 BEAUTIFUL WORLD - TAKE THAT 01 01 SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS Get the feeling this, is becoming, the KYLIE thread...I have typed it more than I did with Christmas, last week! Top release next week, of course...RADIOHEAD, even though SAINSBURYS, and WOOLWORTHS messed up, this week! Here are the top 20 singles.... w/k ending 4th Jan 2008 20 23 ELVIS AIN`T DEAD - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 19 24 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK 18 31 GOODBYE MR A. - HOOSIERS 17 20 ABOUT YOU NOW - SUGABABES 16 17 HOME - WESTLIFE 15 NE SOME KINDA RUSH - BOOTY LUV 14 15 BREATHLESS - SHAYNE WARD 13 14 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS 12 13 CHANGE - SUGABABES 11 10 CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD 10 12 WHAT HURTS THE MOST/LAST CHRISTMAS - CASCADA 09 11 HEARTBROKEN - T2/JODIE AYSHA 08 08 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC/TIMBALAND 07 03 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - POGUES/KIRSTY MACCOLL 06 09 VALERIE - RONSON/WINEHOUSE 05 07 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT 04 05 CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY 03 04 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS 02 02 WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD/HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS - KATIE MELUA/EVA CASSIDY 01 01 WHEN YOU BELIEVE - LEON JACKSON Here are some tips, for early Jan... REINFORCED LOVE - LEE RYAN WORST CASE SCENARIO - HOOSIERS WORK - KELLY ROWLAND PIECE OF ME - BRITNEY SPEARS That`s it, I think...

Today, I spoke to the manager, of the entertainment section, at our local Woolworths. It seems there was a c**k-up in both Woolies, and Sainsbury. Both have album charts printed with Radiohead, at number one. Both stores, have been supplied copies, of the cd. However Radiohead`s record distributor, made a mistake of telling stores, that the album was released on 24th Dec. Radiohead`s management, told the distributers yesterday, to remove all, of the copies, from the shelfs. On display now are all empty boxes of the new cd!! With the charts, in the stores, still showing the album, at number one!!! Wow, could that have lost sells, if more copies got out early!! I wonder if anyone, actually managed, to take a copy, out of a store!!!

If they have...why have they got it in their album charts? And would Woolworths, and Sainsbury, both make the same mistake? Or is the mistake, in the stores, chart, and that`s why it`s on display? I suppose we will have to wait, until we see, a proper compiled chart. Not sure, whether I will see an mrib chart, this Saturday... Maybe Woolworths, and Sainsbury, have just restricted it to, the Southern area of England?

I think that Katie Melua, wll be still in the top 5 though Mikey...remembering Tesco etc!!! Maybe the Christmas singles, that are available physically, might still hang around, too?

The top 20 albums in Woolworths... 01 IN RAINBOWS - RADIOHEAD 02 SPIRIT - LEONA 03 TRICK TO LIFE - HOOSIERS 04 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 05 SHOCK VALUE - TIMBALAND 06 LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN - EAGLES 07 CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE - MICHAEL BUBLE 08 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE (BOTH VERSIONS) 09 CHANGE - SUGABABES 10 MOTHERSHIP - LED ZEPPELIN 11 HOME - WESTLIFE 12 LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION - MIKA 13 RAISING SAND - PLANT/KRAUSS 14 THIS IS THE LIFE - AMY MACDONALD 15 MADE OF BRICKS - KATE NASH 16 SPIRIT OF THE GLEN - ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS 17 BREATHLESS - SHAYNE WARD 18 SOUP - HOUSEMARTINS/BEAUTIFUL SOUTH 19 ALL THE LOST SOULS - JAMES BLUNT 20 X - KYLIE

It`s all over the stores, in Reading. Number one in Sainsbury`s and Woolworths. HMV still go with a release of 31st December. Very Strange!!!

I was quite surprised by Hit40uk yesterday, because the whole top 40 was played in full. I`m sure Lucio hasn`t done that before. I wrote it down, as he went along, so I definately got the chart that was played, on air.

I listen to Hit40uk yesterday, and it was not the same chart as that...Lucio played them like this... 11 - 40 40 IDA CORR/FEDDE LE GRAND 39 KELLY ROWLAND 38 WIZZARD 37 AYO TECHNOLOGY - 50CENT 36 BRITNEY SPEARS - GIMME MORE 35 CHASING CARS 34 KATE NASH - PUMPKIN SOUP 33 TAKE THAT - SHINE 32 FREEMASONS - UNINVITED 31 PERRY COMO 30 BOOTY LUV - SOME KINDA RUSH 29 MIKA - HAPPY ENDING 28 SHE` SO LOVELY 27 NICKELBACK 26 SHAYNE WARD - BREATHLESS 25 AMY MCDONALD 24 WESTLIFE - HOME 23 CASCADA 22 PLAIN WHITE Ts - HEY THERE DELILAH 21 2 HEARTS - KYLIE 20 BAND AID 19 LOST - MICHAEL BUBLE 18 RIHANNA/NE`YO 17 ELVIS AIN`T DEAD 16 T2 15 GOODBYE MR A. 14 WHAM 13 CHANGE - SUGABABES 12 ABOUT YOU NOW - SUGABABES 11 ALICIA KEYS The other one, must be a mistake, by Music Week...

On that edition of the Two Ronnies....originally, the BBC recorded a 50 minute version, of that show, but it was cut to 43 minutes, to be broadcasted on Christmas Day 1982. The 50 minute show, has never been shown, by the BBC, but in 1997, UK GOLD showed the full unedited programme, it hasn`t been shown since. The BBC showed another edited show, around 1998, where a sketch, from a 70s show, was added. On the original programme, there was a Christmas song medley, at the end, including David Esses, joining in...when Corbett/Baker sign off Ronnie B. says we won`t be with you again until next year. I have not seen that version of the show, since 1982! There is also, a 1980 series, that has never been repeated. It went out in Jan/Feb 1980, Barbera Dickson, was the guest. The series only ran for 6 editions, at 35 minutes, a programme. Wonder why, it has never been repeated on BBC, or Gold channels? On the 1983 Christmas show Elton John sing Cold as Christmas...a line in this song goes, "As cold as Christmas in the middle of the year"...apt, when the show was shown again, in Jul 1984!

It would be good to see some from the 70s, and 80s...

I think the top 6, will be the same, there apparently is a closeness between Take That and One Republic/Timbaland, and also Girls Aloud and T2, and Wizzard and Michael Buble.