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Thanks Mikey, I will correct...mis-prints everywhere!

Yep, here it is...I actually mixed them up, on typing them out, and suddenly thought, where`s Mariah? Of course, she hasn`t got aphysical release to supprt it. May be if she had she would be beating the Pogues... 01 NE WHEN YOU BELIEVE - LEON JACKSON 02 01 WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD/HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS - KATIE/EVA 03 02 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS 04 03 CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY 05 10 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - POGUES/KIRSTY MACCOLL 06 06 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT 07 07 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC/TIMBALAND 08 08 VALERIE - WINEHOUSE/RONSON 09 04 HEARTBROKEN - T2/JODIE AYSHA 10 05 CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD Not a lot, of difference, apart from Mariah, although the Pogues, are doing slightly better, on downloads, that`s how they have overtaken Leona Lewis.

Well the Saturday, before Christmas, and that means, the Christmas charts. This week, we have the top albums, the top films, the top singles/albums of 1973, the Christmas number 2 hits, and the new singles, all coming up! I would like to thank Dave Taylor, for all the chart info (davericktaylor@yahoo.co.uk). The top albums... w/k ending 28/12 15 14 DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS - VARIOUS ARTISTS 14 16 MINISTRY OF SOUND ANTHEMS 91 - 06 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 13 21 BEST OF VIVERE - ANDREA BOCCELLI 12 13 BACK TO BLACK-ORIGINAL/DELUXE - AMY WINEHOUSE 11 12 TANGLED UP - GIRLS ALOUD 10 11 X - KYLIE MINOGUE 09 06 LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN - EAGLES 08 07 MOTHERSHIP - LED ZEPPELIN 07 08 REJOICE - KATHERINE JENKINS 06 04 BREATHLESS - SHAYNE WARD 05 09 BEAUTIFUL WORLD-ORIGINAL/DELUXE - TAKE THAT 04 05 CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE - MICHAEL BUBLE 03 03 BACK HOME - WESTLIFE 02 01 NOW 68 01 02 SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS Well, a pure physical album chart will please fans, of KYLIE and GIRLS ALOUD, but the SPICE GIRLS, are just 18, CASCADA at 16, and WHITNEY at 19!! The albums in 1973... w/k ending 28th Dec 73 01 02 STRANDED - ROXY MUSIC 02 01 PIN UPS - DAVID BOWIE 03 03 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD - ELTON JOHN 04 04 DREAMS ARE NOTHING MORE THAN WISHES - DAVID CASSIDY 05 05 I`M A WRITER NOT A FIGHTER - GILBERT O` SULLIVAN 06 07 RINGO - RINGO STARR 07 08 AND I LOVE YOU SO - PERRY COMO 08 09 NOW AND THEN - CARPENTERS 09 17 TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS - YES 10 10 MIND GAMES - JOHN LENNON 11 06 QUADROPHENIA - WHO 12 16 BRAIN SALAD SURGERY - EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER 13 27 BAND ON THE RUN - WINGS 14 NE A TIME FOR US - DONNY OSMOND 15 15 SLADEST - SLADE A bit of a connection, with 1973, in the 2007 charts with...SLADE, ELTON, JOHN LENNON, PERRY COMO, and WIZZARD all in this week`s singles top 50!! Here is 1973`s singles top 30... w/k ending 28th Dec 1973 01 03 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY - SLADE 02 07 I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - WIZZARD 03 01 I LOVE YOU LOVE ME LOVE - GARY GLITTER 04 04 YOU WON`T FIND ANOTHER FOOL LIKE ME - NEW SEEKERS 05 02 MY COO-CA-CHOO - ALVIN STARDUST 06 05 PAPER ROSES - MARIE OSMOND 07 19 THE SHOW MUST GO ON - LEO SAYER 08 06 LAMPLIGHT - DAVID ESSEX 09 08 ROLL AWAY THE STONE - MOTT THE HOOPLE 10 09 STREET LIFE - ROXY MUSIC 11 10 WHY OH WHY OH WHY - GILBERT O` SULLIVAN 12 20 LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP - ROBERT KNIGHT 13 26 GAUDETTE - STEELEYE SPAN 14 12 TRUCK ON (TYKE) - T.REX 15 13 AMOUREUSE - KIKI DEE 16 23 POOL HALL RICHARD/I WISH IT WOULD RAIN - FACES 17 29 FOREVER - ROY WOOD 18 NE DANCE WITH THE DEVIL - COZY POWELL 19 15 WHEN I FALL IN LOVE - DONNY OSMOND 20 NE RADAR LOVE - GOLDEN EARRING 21 22 STEP INTO CHRISTMAS - ELTON JOHN 22 14 LET ME IN - OSMONDS 23 25 VADA VIA - DRUPI 24 11 DYNAMITE - MUD 25 21 KEEP ON TRUCKIN` - EDDIE KENDRICKS 26 27 VAYA CON DIOS - MILLICAN AND NESBITT 27 16 DO YOU WANNA DANCE - BARRY BLUE 28 17 HELEN WHEELS - PAUL MCCARTNEY/WINGS 29 24 FOR THE GOOD TIMES - PERRY COMO 30 18 TOP OF THE WORLD - CARPENTERS Plenty of 2007, in there! And ROY WOOD, having 2 records, in the top 20...one with WIZZARD, and the other solo...Elvis was having problems, because his new release, RAISED ON ROCK failed to make the top 30. Here are this weeks new top 10 films... w/k ending 28th Dec 2007 01 01 GOLDEN COMPASS 02 NE ENCHANTED 03 NE BEE MOVIE 04 02 FRED CLAUS 05 NE MR MAGORIUMS WONDER EMPORIUM 06 NE WE OWN THE NIGHT 07 03 HITMAN 08 04 AMERICAN GANGSTER 09 05 BEOWULF 10 08 ASSANINATION OF JESSE JAMES The Christmas number 2s, on the EMI, RECORD BUSINESS/MRIB chart 1957 - 2006... Some of these Christmas number 2s, did actually make number one, but not on the Christmas chart 1957 MA HE`S MAKING EYES AT ME - JOHNNY OTIS SHOW 1958 HOOT`S MON - LORD ROCKINGHAM`S XI 1959 WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THOSE EYES AT ME FOR - EMILE FORD 1960 I LOVE YOU - CLIFF RICHARD 1961 MOON RIVER - DANNY WILLIAMS 1962 THE NEXT TIME - CLIFF RICHARD 1963 SHE LOVES YOU - BEATLES 1964 I`M GONNA BE STRONG - GENE PITNEY 1965 CARNIVAL IS OVER - SEEKERS 1966 MORNINGTOWN RIDE - SEEKERS 1967 IF THE WHOLE WORLD STOPPED LOVIN` - VAL DOONICAN 1968 AIN`T GOT NO I GOT LIFE - NINA SIMONE 1969 RUBY DON`T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN - KENNY ROGERS 1970 I HEAR YOU KNOCKING - DAVE EDMUNDS 1971 JEEPSTER - T.REX 1972 GUDBUY T` JANE - SLADE 1973 I WISH IT COULD BE XMAS EVERYDAY - WIZZARD 1974 STREETS OF LONDON - RALPH MACTELL 1975 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS - GREG LAKE 1976 UNDER THE MOON OF LOVE - SHOWADDYWADDY 1977 FLORAL DANCE - BRIGHOUSE AND RASTRICK BRASS BAND 1978 YMCA - VILLAGE PEOPLE 1979 I HAVE A DREAM - ABBA 1980 STOP THE CALVARY - JONA LEWIE 1981 ONE OF US - ABBA 1982 TIME (CLOCK OF THE HEART) - CULTURE CLUB 1983 MY OH MY - SLADE 1984 LAST CHRISTMAS - WHAM 1985 SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU - WHITNEY HOUSTON 1986 REET PETITE - JACKIE WILSON 1987 WHEN I FALL IN LOVE - RICK ASTLEY 1988 ESPECIALLY FOR YOU - KYLIE AND JASON 1989 LET`S PARTY - JIVE BUNNY 1990 YOU`VE LOST THAT LOVIN` FEELING - RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS 1991 DONT LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME - ELTON AND GEORGE 1992 HEAL THE WORLD - JACKSON 1993 BABE - TAKE THAT 1994 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU - MARIAH CAREY 1995 WONDERWALL - MIKE FLOWERS POPS 1996 KNOCKIN` ON HEAVEN`S DOOR - DUNBLAINE 1997 TOO MUCH - SPICE GIRLS 1998 CHOCOLATE SALTED BALLS - CHEF 1999 MILLENIUM PRAYER - CLIFF RICHARD 2000 WHAT MAKES A MAN - WESTLIFE 2001 HOW WONDERFUL YOU ARE - GORDON HASKELL 2002 SACRED TRUST - ONE VOICE 2003 MAD WORLD - MICHAEL ANDREWS/GARY JULES 2004 FATHER AND SON - RONAN KEATING/YUSUF ISLAM 2005 JCB SONG - NIZLOPI 2006 PATIENCE - TAKE THAT Some differences there, compared to other charts! The new top 50 singles... w/k ending 28/12 50 36 AYO TECHNOLOGY - 50CENT/TIMBALAKE 49 34 HOT STUFF (LET`S DANCE) - CRAIG DAVID 48 38 HOME - MICHAEL BUBLE 47 RE WHEN YOU BELIEVE - MARIAH AND WHITNEY 46 RE MARY`S BOY CHILD - BONEY M 45 29 UNINVITED - FREEMASONS 44 RE WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS TIME - PAUL MCCARTNEY 43 53 WHITE CHRISTMAS - BING CROSBY 42 43 HERE COME THE GIRLS - ERNIE K. DOE 41 46 HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER) - JOHN LENNON 40 33 FLUX - BLOC PARTY 39 51 UMBRELLA - RIHANNA/JAY Z. 38 59 PUMPKIN SOUP - KATE NASH 37 23 HATE THAT I LOVE YOU - RIHANNA/NE`YO 36 35 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - CHRIS REA 35 NE ANTHEM - FILO AND PERRY 34 30 THIS IS THE LIFE - AMY MCDONALD 33 42 DON`T SHOOT ME SANTA - KILLERS 32 52 DON`T STOP THE MUSIC - RIHANNA 31 31 GOODBYE MR A. - HOOSIERS 30 22 LIFE`S A TREAT - SHAUN THE SHEEP 29 NE WOW - KYLIE MINOGUE 28 27 DO THEY KNOW ITS CHRISTMAS - BAND AID 27 NE WE`RE ALL GOING TO DIE - MALCOM MIDDLETON 26 25 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE - SHAKIN` STEVENS 25 16 2 HEARTS - KYLIE MINOGUE 24 24 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK 23 32 ELVIS AIN`T DEAD - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 22 20 THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR - ANDY WILLIAMS 21 21 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY - SLADE 20 14 ABOUT YOU NOW - SUGABABES 19 18 I WISH IT COULD BE XMAS EVERYDAY - WIZZARD 18 17 LOST - MICHAEL BUBLE 17 19 HOME - WESTLIFE 16 15 LAST CHRISTMAS - WHAM 15 13 BREATHLESS - SHAYNE WARD 14 12 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS 13 26 CHANGE - SUGABABES 12 09 WHAT HURTS THE MOST/LAST CHRISTMAS - CASCADA 11 08 HEARTBROKEN - T2/JODIE AYSHA 10 05 CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD 09 11 VALERIE - WINEHOUSE/RONSON 08 07 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC/TIMBALAND 07 06 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT 06 04 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU - MARIAH CAREY 05 03 CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY 04 02 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS 03 10 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - POGUES/KIRSTY MACCOLL 02 01 WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD/HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS - KATIE AND EVA 01 NE WHEN YOU BELIEVE - LEON JACKSON Many Christmas songs, going down, apart from the POGUES, SLADE, BING CROSBY, PAUL MCCARTNEY and BONEY M....outside the top 50 are PERRY COMO at 51, JONA LEWIE at 53, ELTON JOHN at 54, NAT KING COLE at 55...and BOOTY LUV has SOME KINDA RUSH at 52...further down the top 60, go AMY WINEHOUSE, DAVID GUETTA, LED ZEPPELIN, and TIMBALAND`s THE WAY I ARE is down at 60. Have a Happy Christmas one and all, and we will be back next Saturday, for the top sellers of 2007, and another retro chart, and a streamlined new chart...

Brian, old friend, this is not the Christmas chart...Guiness have missed it out, of the book...I will print the proper missed chart, some time...

You missed SANTO NATALE - DAVID WHITFIELD out, a number 2, in 1954, an Italian title. MERRY GENTLE POPS - BARRON KNIGHTS 1965 SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN - JACKSON 5 1970 WHITE CHRISTMAS - FREDDIE STARR 1975 LICK A SMURP FOR CHRISTMAS - FATHER ABRAPHART AND THE SMURPS 1978 NEVER MIND THE PRESENTS - BARRON KNIGHTS 1980 I think, there are many more, but that was off the top of my head!

In Dulci Jubilo is actually a traditional carol, with the same tune as Good Christian Men Rejoice...theres the Christmas connection. However, from January 1976, Radio one played the other side, of the record, On Horseback.

It make`s it even more ridiculous, when the song is over 20 years old!! As Eric Idle sang: "Life`s a piece of $h!t, when you look at it!"

I will see what I can do. Last year, I got a top 20, only. I can`t see why they find it so difficult, to do one, because it`s all compiled by computer, isn`t it!

They never actually publish or broadcast one. Either way, we will slip in, the 2007 best sellers, that week! So, we will see what happens. Dave Taylor, has given me sketchy, pretty much static charts, in previous years, for those periods. It really depends on the Bank Holidays etc, and getting sales data.

The Box download chart, and other satellite/cable channels charts, all have their info, that breaks off around Wednesday. Remember mrib, go right up to Friday, with their charts...so, on a Saturday, it`s the most up to date chart, you`ll ever find...

It`s true that HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER) would have topped the chart, but in those days the charts changed on Tuesdays. John Lennon, would not have been the Christmas number one, however. If there had have been a chart with Lennon, at the top, it would have been announced on Tuesday 30th Dec 1980...so it did not affect the Christmas top 40. The first time, a chart was compiled in the new year period, was December/January 84/85...when BAND AID topped the chart for the first time, however that first new year chart, was ignored by Radio one, completely. Even on the following Sunday (6th Jan 1985) Richard Skinner, referered to "last weeks" positions of the 23rd Dec 1984. From Dec 1985, Radio One used the new year chart as well, but until 1987, it was never broadcasted in full. From December 1987, the charts were counted down on the Sunday, and the best selling singles of the year, were counted down, either on New Years Eve, or New Years Day. It was a 1971 postal strike, that meant that certain charts, that year were confined to a top 40 only, affecting postal returns. This did not have anything to do with the not compiling of a new year week chart, in any year at all.

Let`s jump in with the Christmas number ones before 1952...1945 - 51... 1945 I`M IN LOVE WITH TWO SWEETHEARTS - ISSY BONN 3wks at the top in total 1946 FIVE MINUTES MORE - FRANK SINATRA 4wks at the top 1947 APPLE BLOSSOM WEDDING - SAMMY KAYE AND HIS ORCHESTRA 7wks at the top, in total 1948 BUTTONS AND BOWS - DINAH SHORE 11wks at the top, in total 1949 YOU`RE BREAKIN` MY HEART - INKSPOTS 8wks at the top, in total 1950 RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER - GENE AUTRY 6wks at the top, in total 1951 LONGING FOR YOU - TEDDY JOHNSON 9wks at the top, in total If you listened to the BBC Light Programme in the 50s and 60s, the Christmas number ones 1957 - 68, on PICK OF THE POPS were... 1957 MARY`S BOY CHILD - HARRY BELAFONTE 1958 IT`S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE - CONWAY TWITTY 1959 WHAT DO YOU WANT - ADAM FAITH 1960 IT`S NOW OR NEVER - ELVIS PRESLEY 1961 TOWER OF STRENGTH - FRANKIE VAUGHAN 1962 RETURN TO SENDER - ELVIS PRESLEY 1963 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND - BEATLES 1964 I FEEL FINE - BEATLES 1965 DAYTRIPPER/WE CAN WORK IT OUT - BEATLES 1966 GREEN GRASS OF HOME - TOM JONES 1967 HELLO GOODBYE - BEATLES 1968 LILY THE PINK - THE SCAFFOLD

Without question! Have a look at mrib`s download only chart... 10 APOLOGISE 09 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK 08 WHAT HURT`S THE MOST 07 RULE THE WORLD 06 HEARTBROKEN 05 CALL THE SHOTS 04 CRANK THAT 03 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU 02 WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD 01 BLEEDING LOVE That answer`s the question! Long live the physical release!! Although that download chart, is nearly the same as the combined top 10!

Ten days to Christmas, and another Saturday mrib chart, up and ready...With big big thanks to Dave Taylor (davericktaylor@yahoo.co.uk) This week, we have the top albums, and singles, compared to 2003`s Christmas battle. Along with, the top films (from Screen International), and a bunch of 30 Christmas forgotten flops (some of which, are absolutely abysmal)!! Here`s the top albums... w/k ending 21/12 01 01 NOW THAT`S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 68 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 02 02 SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS 03 04 BACK HOME - WESTLIFE 04 03 BREATHLESS - SHAYNE WARD 05 RE CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE - MICHAEL BUBLE 06 05 LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN - EAGLES 07 08 MOTHERSHIP - LED ZEPPELIN 08 07 REJOICE - KATHERINE JENKINS 09 12 BEAUTIFUL WORLD - TAKE THAT 10 09 POP PARTY 5 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 11 06 X - KYLIE MINOGUE 12 11 TANGLED UP - GIRLS ALOUD 13 14 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE 14 15 DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS - VARIOUS ARTISTS 15 10 GREATEST HITS - SPICE GIRLS A bit relaxed in the albums, this week...Leona is closing the gap on NOW 68. As GIRLS ALOUD fell outside OCC`s Top 20, purely physically they are still up there, along with the SPICE GIRLS! Just outside the top 15, CASCADA is number 17, WHITNEY 18, and a host of Various Artist compilations follow with the MINISTRY OF SOUND ANTHEMS, RADIO ONE LIVE LOUNGE 2, and NOW CHRISTMAS 2007, is just outside the top 20. Everybody remembers 4 years ago... w/k ending 19th Dec 2003 01 03 LIFE FOR RENT - DIDO 02 01 FRIDAY`S CHILD - WILL YOUNG 03 02 NOW THAT`S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 56 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 04 04 NO` 1s - MICHAEL JACKSON 05 NE XMAS FACTOR - THE IDOLS 06 08 BEST OF 98 - 03 - R.E.M. 07 09 ELEFUNK - BLACK-EYED PEAS 08 05 PRESENTS FOR EVERYONE - BUSTED 09 09 TURN AROUND - WESTLIFE 10 NE CLIFF AT CHRISTMAS - CLIFF RICHARD 11 07 GREATEST HITS - RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS 12 12 LOVE ACTUALLY - O.S.T. 13 13 PURE - HAYLEY WESTERNRA 14 10 INTRODUCTION - ALEX PARKES 15 15 GUILTY - BLUE The IDOLS, smashing into the top 5, although the single cover of the JOHN LENNON classic, only pulled in 100,000+ buyers altogether! The big film was of course, LOVE ACTUALLY, and the soundtrack at number 12. Here are the top 30 singles, in 2003 w/k ending 19th Dec 01 NE CHANGES - KELLY/OZZY OSBOURNE 02 01 LEAVE RIGHT NOW - WILL YOUNG 03 03 SHUT UP - BLACKEYED PEAS 04 NE SANTA`S LIST - CLIFF RICHARD 05 02 I`M YOUR MAN - SHANE RICHIE 06 05 MANDY - WESTLIFE 07 04 SAY IT ISN`T SO - GARETH GATES 08 NE MY IMMORTAL - EVANESCENCE 09 NE LOVE PROFUSION/NOTHING FAILS - MADONNA 10 NE VOICE WITHIN - CHRISTINA AGUILERA 11 NE HAVE A CHEEKY CHRISTMAS - CHEEKY GIRLS 12 06 JUMP - GIRLS ALOUD 13 NE POWERLESS - NELLY FURTADO 14 NE AIN`T WHAT YOU DO - BIG BROVAZ 15 09 CLOSEST THING TO CRAZY - KATIE MELUA 16 11 TURN ME ON - KEVIN LITTLE 17 08 YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW - SIMPLY RED 18 07 LIFE FOR RENT - DIDO 19 14 HEY YAH - OUTCAST 20 12 CRASH THE WEDDING - BUSTED 21 10 REAL WORLD - D. SIDE 22 NE CRY LITTLE SISTER - LOST BROTHERS 23 33 SWING LOW - UB40 24 16 BE FAITHFUL - FATMAN SCOOP 25 NE YOU DON`T KNOW MY NAME - ALICIA KEYS 26 NE FUNKY DORY - RACHEL STEVENS 27 13 RAINS - JA RULE 28 NE YOUNG AND HOPELESS - GOOD CHARLOTTE 29 20 50/50 - LEMAR 30 21 ME AGAINST THE MUSIC - BRITNEY SPEARS/MADONNA The days of 12 new entries in the top 30, could well be over now, but they were not in 2003! We were still awaiting the DARKNESS, GARY JULES, and the IDOLS...On mrib, the DARKNESS won the battle!! Here are the top 20 singles... w/k ending 21/12 20 25 THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR - ANDY WILLIAMS 19 15 HOME - WESTLIFE 18 30 I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - WIZZARD 17 NE LOST - MICHAEL BUBLE 16 10 2 HEARTS - KYLIE MINOGUE 15 24 LAST CHRISTMAS - WHAM 14 12 ABOUT YOU NOW - SUGABABES 13 09 BREATHLESS - SHAYNE WARD 12 07 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS 11 06 VALERIE - RONSON/WINEHOUSE 10 14 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - POGUES/KIRSTY MACCOLL 09 20 WHAT HURT`S THE MOST/LAST CHRISTMAS - CASCADA 08 02 HEARTBROKEN - T2/JODIE AYSHA 07 04 APOLOGISE - TIMBALAND/ONE REPUBLIC 06 05 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT 05 03 CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD 04 08 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU - MARIAH CAREY 03 11 CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY 02 01 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS 01 NE WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD/HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS - KATIE MELUA/EVA CASSIDY Down goes LEONA, down goes ONE REPUBLIC...both after 7 weeks stuck, in the same positions. The surprise chart topper , from KATIE and EVA, shocks everyone, for only being available from Tesco. Can it beat X-Factor??? What about SOULJA BOY, MARIAH and CASCADA???...Just outside the top 50 this week are JACK PENATE, BING CROSBY and PERRY COMO...NEXT WEEK, the Christmas chart here, from 2.30pm... Here is the physical only, top 10... 01 NE WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD/HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS - KATIE/EVA 02 01 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS 03 NE CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY 04 03 CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD 05 02 HEARTBROKEN - T2/JODIE AYSHA 06 04 APOLOGISE - TIMBALAND/REPUBLIC 07 06 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT 08 07 VALERIE - RONSON/WINEHOUSE 09 NE WHAT HURT`S THE MOST/LAST CHRISTMAS - CASCADA 10 NE FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - POGUES/KIRSTY MACCOLL Not a lot of difference, in there...apart from a lack of Christmas downloads!!! The top 10 films... w/k ending 21/12 01 NE GOLDEN COMPASS 02 01 FRED CLAUS 03 02 HITMAN 04 03 AMERICAN GANGSTER 05 04 BEOWULF 06 05 STARDUST 07 06RATATOUILLE 08 09 ASSASINATION OF JESSE JAMES 09 07 DARJEELING LTD 10 10 AAJA NACHLE To end with, here are 30 lost Christmas songs, that are either totally number twos...or just hard to find! 01 A JOLLY HOLLY CHRISTMAS - BURL IVES 02 MY LITTLE DRUM - VINCE GUARALDI 03 CHRISTMAS SHOES - ALABAMA 04 FROSTY THE SNOWMAN - JIMMY DURANTE 05 WE NEED A LITTLE XMAS - ANGELA LANSBURY 06 FELIZ NAVIDAD - JOSE FELICIANO 07 WELCOME CHRISTMAS - VILLAGERS IN WHOVILLE 08 CHRISTMAS IS THE TIME TO SAY I LOVE YOU - BILLY SQUIER 09 ROCK N` ROLL CHRISTMAS -GEORGE THOROGOOD 10 NUTTIN` FOR CHRISTMAS - BARRY GORDON 11 FATHER XMAS - KINKS 12 WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS - MUPPETS 13 MY ONLY WISH THIS YEAR - BRITNEY SPEARS 14 CHANUKAH SONG - ADAM SANDLER 15 GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMAN - BARE NAKED LADIES/SARAH MCCLAUGHLAN 16 CHRISTMAS DAY - DIDO 17 THIS CHRISTMAS - JOE 18 DOMINIK THE CHRISTMAS DONKEY - LOU MONTE 19 CHRISTMAS TIME - BACK STREET BOYS 20 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU - VINCE VANCE 21 12 PAINS OF CHRISTMAS - BOB RIVERS 22 RIU CHIU - MONKEES 23 FIRST CHRISTMAS - STAN ROGERS 24 MERRY CHRISTMAS - RAMONES 25 SILENT NIGHT/7 O` CLOCK NEWS - SIMON AND GARFUNKEL 26 GABRIELS MESSAGE - STING 27 GOOD KING WENCELAS - MANNHEIN STEAMROLLER 28 CHRISTMAS AT GROUND ZERO - WEIRD AL YANKOVIC 29 I WANT A HIPPOTAMOUS FOR CHRISTMAS - GAYLA PEEVEY 30 CHRISTMAS IN HOLLIS - RUN DMC Who remembers them...well, the RUN DMC track came from the album A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS in 87, which was a charity thing. the VINCE GUARALDI song, featured in A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS, and the LOU MONTE song, has been voted the worst official Christmas song of all time!! That`s it `til next week`s Christmas charts!!

Notice that the Christmas compilations, don`t celebrate the New Year. Why don`t the record companies, put together a New Year compilation? It would be quite a ploy, in the quiet week of new releases, between Christmas, and the 31st December. It could feature ABBA, U2, DINA CARROLL, CLIFF, FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS, the G CLEFS, PAUL NICHOLAS and JOHN CHRISTIE on it...all bonafide New Year songs! Can anyone think of any other artists, who have done New Year related material?

Quite agree! If it was not on the Independant Radio list, we would have removed it. Somebody argued the other day, that the Power of Love by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, was a Christmas song, because the video, had the wise men in it! It`s true that these Christmas compilations, put these songs on, that are not even about Christmas. I was listening to one, that had Snowbird by Anne Murray on it. That`s nothing about Christmas either. Then, later on it had When the Red Red Robin, Comes Bob Bob Bobbing Along by Bing Crosby...it was more to do with songs about birds! Further down that Independant Radio list, there is The Land of Make Believe by Bucks Fizz...again no direct connection to Christmas!

I always enjoy the Barron Knights, because their versions of the songs, are so much cleverer, than the artists, that they have taken the mick of!

I quite agree, about STOP THE CALVARY etc, like I said in the Biggest Selling Christmas Records thread, on chart chat. Do you know, I saw another list that had, MILLENIUM PRAYER in it!! It may have been in the chart at Christmas, BUT not a Christmas song! Other ones are, PIPES OF PEACE, A WINTERS TALE, PERFECT YEAR, WINTER WORLD OF LOVE, WALKING IN THE AIR and ALL AROUND MY HAT. Someone else suggested to me that the POWER OF LOVE - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD was actually a Christmas song, because the video, is about the wisemen etc. I certainly do not consider that it is a Christmas song! Someone else suggested that GRANDMA`S PARTY - PAUL NICHOLAS was a Christmas song, because it starts with a few bars of AULD LANG SYNE! We already, worked out that MARY HAD A LITTLE BOY - SNAP, was not actually about Mary and Joseph, but just cashed in on the title!

Carrying on with the top 20, most played Christmas songs... 20 SAVIOURS DAY - CLIFF RICHARD 1990 number 1 19 WINTER WONDERLAND - ANNIE LENNOX, DARLENE LOVE, JOHNNY MATHIS ETC. 18 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE - SHAKIN` STEVENS 1985 number 1 17 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS - GREG LAKE 1975 number 2 16 MARY`S BOY CHILD - BONEY M 1978 number 1 15 MISTLETOE AND WINE - CLIFF RICHARD 1988 number 1 14 A SPACEMAN CAME TRAVELLING - CHRIS DE BURGH 1975/86 13 MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING - CARPENTERS 1972 number 43 12 WHEN A CHILD IS BORN - JOHNNY MATHIS 1976 number 1 11 WHITE CHRISTMAS - BING CROSBY, DARLENE LOVE etc. 10 LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS - MUD 1974 number 1 09 STOP THE CALVARY - JONA LEWIE 1980 number 3 08 WONDERFUL CHRISTMASTIME - PAUL MCCARTNEY 1979 number 6 07 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU - MARIAH CAREY 1994 number 2 06 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - POGUES/KIRSTY MACCOLL 1987 number 3 05 I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - WIZZARD 1973 number 4 04 HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER) - JOHN LENNON/PLASTIC ONO BAND, IDOLS 03 LAST CHRISTMAS - WHAM, WHIGFIELD etc. 02 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY - SLADE 1973 number 1 01 DO THEY KNOW IT`S CHRISTMAS - BAND AID 1984/85/89/05 So, the CARPENTERS, and CHRIS DE BURGH are the 2 most played songs, too have never made the top 20 singles chart! All that based on Independant Radio airplay 1973 - 2006.

I reckon, you might be confusing Jennifer Holliday, with Jennifer Hart, unless Jennifer Holliday, guess starred in an episode. She did do, a bit of acting, and was an American too. As to Elvis, I would say mrib have included more days, than usual in the chart. That`s why he ain`t in the top 10. It looks like a real Saturday chart.

All of her songs, were rather over dramatic. Lots of screaming, and yelling etc!!

Thanks for pointing it out, Mikey mate! I didn`t spot that, I`ve corrected it now. I knew it was J. Holliday. I`ll tell you, that Dave Taylor, he must be full of pre-Christmas booze! He was probably thinking of JENNIFER HOLLIDAY from the 80s! Anyone remember her? She had a hit in 82, with AND I`M TELLING YOU I`M NOT GOING? She also, released lots of other singles, but they never made the UK charts!

Right, all sorted. I had the Enemy at 16, but they should have been 21!! Here are the top films... 01 NE FRED CLAUS 02 NE HITMAN 03 01 AMERICAN GANGSTER 04 02 BEOWULF 05 03 STARDUST 06 04 RATATOUILLE 07 06 THE BARJEELING LTD 08 05 GOOD LUCK CHUCK 09 NE ASSASINATION OF JESSE JAMES 10 NE AAJA NACHLE The top dvd off-line rentals... 01 NE PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN-AT WORLDS END 02 04 DIE HARD 4.0 03 03 300 04 01 SPIDERMAN 3 05 03 20 YEARS LATER 06 08 FANTASTIC 4-RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER 07 07 NEXT 08 06 SHOOTER 09 NE SUNSHINE 10 10 DEJA VU The top mrib albums so far this year... 01 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE 02 LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION - MIKA 03 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 - O.S.T. 04 SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS 05 BEAUTIFUL WORLD - TAKE THAT 06 NOW 68 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 07 FAVOURITE WORST NIGHTMARE - ARTIC MONKEYS 08 YOURS TRULY ANGRY MOB - KAISER CHIEFS 09 NOW 66 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 10 NOW 67 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 11 EYES OPEN - SNOW PATROL 12 LOOSE - NELLY FURTADO 13 VERSION - MARK RONSON 14 FUTURE SEX LOVE SOUNDS - JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE 15 EV`RY TIME WE TOUCH - CASCADA There we are, `til next Saturday!!!

That`s not all, I have also made a mistake in the singles, bear with me, a mo.

Its another Saturday, everybody is Christmas Shopping (why do they all go, at once)! Here are this weeks mrib charts, thanks to Dave Taylor (davericktaylor@yahoo.co.uk). The top 15 albums... w/k ending 14/12 01 01 NOW THAT`S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 68 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 02 02 SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS 03 03 BREATHLESS - SHAYNE WARD 04 05 BACK HOME - WESTLIFE 05 07 LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN - EAGLES 06 04 X - KYLIE MINOGUE 07 06 REJOICE - KATHERINE JENKINS 08 10 MOTHERSHIP - LED ZEPPELIN 09 11 POP PARTY 5 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 10 08 GREATEST HITS - SPICE GIRLS 11 09 TANGLED UP - GIRLS ALOUD 12 12 BEAUTIFUL WORLD - TAKE THAT 13 NE PERFECT PARTY - CASCADA 14 16 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE 15 17 DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS - VARIOUS ARTISTS I think I prefer mrib`s album chart, based totally on sales, and moving more sedately, than OCC. As we expect WHITNEY HOUSTON to go back, into OCC`s top 10 tomorrow...I can tell you on mrib`s she has gone from 24 - 17, this week! Who remember`s the albums in 2000? w/k ending 15th Dec 2000 01 02 1s - THE BEATLES 02 01 NOW THAT`S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 47 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 03 03 COAST TO COAST - WESTLIFE 04 04 GREATEST HITS - TEXAS 05 05 SING WHEN YOU`RE WINNING - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 06 06 BORN TO DO IT - CRAIG DAVID 07 08 MUSIC - MADONNA 08 NE 7 - S. CLUB 7 09 07 PARACHUTES - COLDPLAY 10 10 MARSHALL MATHURS - EMINEM 11 09 50 GREATEST HITS - ELVIS PRESLEY 12 11 DAY WITHOUT RAIN - ENYA 13 13 RONAN - RONAN KEATING 14 12 BUZZ - STEPS 15 15 NOW THAT`S WHAT I CALL CHRISTMAS - VARIOUS ARTISTS Pretty static top 15, in 2000...WESTLIFE, the only act to also be in this week`s top 15. Here are the top 30 singles in 2000... w/k ending 15th Dec 2000 01 NE STAN - EMINEM 02 NE CAN WE FIX IT - BOB THE BUILDER 03 03 INDEPENDANT WOMAN - DESTINY`S CHILD 04 02 CAN`T FIGHT THE MOONLIGHT - LEANNE RIMES 05 01 NEVER HAD A DREAM COME TRUE - S. CLUB 7 06 05 WHO LET THE DOGS OUT - BAHA MEN 07 04 DON`T TELL ME - MADONNA 08 07 OPERATION BLADE - PUBLIC DOMAIN 09 06 NUMBER ONE - TWEENIES 10 NE 911 - WYCLEF JEAN 11 11 WALKIN` AWAY - CRAIG DAVID 12 NE STRONGER - BRITNEY SPEARS 13 19 WAZZ UP - DA MUTZ 14 09 FAT BASE - WARP BROTHERS 15 10 WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL - RONAN KEATING 16 12 I PUT A SPELL ON YOU - SONIQUE 17 08 ONE MORE TIME - DAFT PUNK 18 16 MY LOVE - WESTLIFE 19 14 FEEL THE BEAT - DARUDE 20 17 GRAVEL PIT - WU TAN CLAN 21 NE INCOMPLETE - SISQO 22 NE 7 COLOURS - LOST WITNESS 23 15 THANK YOU FOR LOVING ME - BON JOVI 24 28 UP ROCKING BEATS - BOMFUNK MCs 25 NE I JUST WANNA LOVE YOU - JAY Z. 26 13 PLEASE TURN ME ON - ARTFUL DODGER/LIFFORD 27 27 WOTS UP - TRUE PARTY 28 18 DANCIN` IN THE MOONLIGHT - TOPLOADER 29 33 KIDS - KYLIE MINOGUE/ROBBIE WILLIAMS 30 23 SHE BANGS - RICKY MARTIN Well, this week in 2000, was the week, when SO SOLID CREW, had their latest record, disqualified from the chart, it would have entered at number 13! Only 4 artists from 2000, out of the 30, are in this week`s chart, although the FOOFIGHTERS entered at 31, in 2000, with their new record. Here`s the new singles chart... w/k ending 14/12 40 31 WAY I ARE - TIMBALAND/KERI HILSON/D.O.E. 39 RE MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE - SHAKIN` STEVENS 38 29 HEY THERE DELILAH - PLAIN WHITE Ts 37 32 GRANITE - PENDULLUM 36 NE LONG ROAD TO RUIN - FOOFIGHTERS 35 NE BED - J. HOLLIDAY 34 25 LET ME THINK ABOUT IT - IDA CORR/FEDDE LE GRAND 33 30 HAPPY ENDING - MIKA 32 27 IN THE AIR TONIGHT - PHIL COLLINS 31 24 AYO TECHNOLOGY - 50CENT/TIMBALAND 30 RE I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY - WIZZARD 29 18 GIMME MORE - BRITNEY SPEARS 28 NE WAITING 4 - PETER GELDERBLOM 27 15 HOT STUFF (LET`S DANCE) - CRAIG DAVID 26 36 CHANGE - SUGABABES 25 NE THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR - ANDY WILLIAMS 24 RE LAST CHRISTMAS - WHAM 23 19 GOODBYE MR A. - HOOSIERS 22 20 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK 21 NE WE`LL LIVE AND DIE IN THESE TOWNS - THE ENEMY 20 NE WHAT HURTS THE MOST/LAST CHRISTMAS - CASCADA 19 16 HATE THAT I LOVE YOU - RIHANNA/NE`YO 18 14 UNINVITED - FREEMASONS 17 NE TEDDY PICKER - ARTIC MONKEYS 16 13 FLUX - BLOC PARTY 15 11 HOME - WESTLIFE 14 48 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - POGUES/KIRSTY MACCOLL 13 RE BURNING LOVE - ELVIS PRESLEY 12 12 ABOUT YOU NOW - SUGABABES 11 17 CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY 10 09 2 HEARTS - KYLIE MINOGUE 09 07 BREATHLESS - SHAYNE WARD 08 34 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU - MARIAH CAREY 07 08 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS 06 06 VALERIE - RONSON/WINEHOUSE 05 05 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT 04 04 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC/TIMBALAND 03 02 CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD 02 03 HEARTBROKEN - T2/JODIE AYSHA 01 01 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS 7 weeks for LEONA, ONE REPUBLIC have also been number 4, for 7 weeks! Here is this week`s physical only singles... 01 01 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS 02 03 HEATBROKEN - T2/JODIE AYSHA 03 02 CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD 04 04 APOLOGISE - TIMBALAND/ONE REPUBLIC 05 RE BURNING LOVE - ELVIS PRESLEY 06 05 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT 07 06 VALERIE - RONSON/WINEHOUSE 08 08 2 HEARTS - KYLIE MINOGUE 09 09 BREATHLESS - SHAYNE WARD 10 10 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS