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Posted May 23, 200817 yr

Here we go with another end of week, look at the charts. Taking a look at the latest top films, dvds, albums, and singles/tracks. Dave will, of course complete the thread with the top singles (courtesy of Chart Show TV, and today`s added sales info. All this, and also a look back to May 1980.

Let`s start with the top films, this week...

w/k ending 30th May 08

01 01 IRON MAN

02 02 WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS

03 03 FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL

04 05 MIM`S ISLAND

05 04 SPEED RACER

06 07 MADE OF HONOR

07 06 DOOMSDAY

08 08 IN BRUGES

09 NE SUKKAR BANAT

10 09 21

3 weeks at number one, for IRON MAN netting £12,996,686 in those 3 weeks. Wouldn`t it be great to earn that in 3 weeks?! (The top films are compiled by Screen International, for UK Box office).

Here are the top dvds, this week...

w/k ending 30th May 08

01 NE P.S. I LOVE YOU

02 NE ALIEN VS PREDATOR 2-REQUIEM

03 01 I AM LEGEND

04 03 GOLDEN COMPASS

05 02 CHARLIE WILSON`S WAR

06 NE IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH

07 07 RUN FAT BOY RUN

08 NE MR MAGORIUM`S WONDER EMPORIUM

09 04 ST TRINIANS

10 06 STARDUST

P.S. I LOVE YOU, had 72,239 takers this week. Which was a total combined with buyers and rentals. (The top dvds, are compiled by a combination of mrib/Blockbuster rentals)

On we go, with the top 20 albums, this week...

w/k ending 30th May 08

01 NE WE STARTED NOTHING - TING TINGS

02 01 HOME BEFORE DARK - NEIL DIAMOND

03 05 ROCKFERRY - DUFFY

04 03 JUMPING ALL OVER THE WORLD - SCOOTER

05 NE MINISTRY OF SOUND PRESENTS: CHILLED - VARIOUS

06 NE R + B COLLECTION - VARIOUS

07 02 IN SILICO - PENDULUM

08 NE LITTLE DREAMER - BETH ROWLEY

09 04 HARD CANDY - MADONNA

10 06 CLUBLAND CLASSIX - VARIOUS

11 07 NOW 69 - VARIOUS

12 NE CHANT - CISTERCIAN MONKS

13 11 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS

14 09 CREAM 15 YEARS - VARIOUS

15 08 MY OWN WAY - JAY SEAN

16 NE BEST OF - NEIL DIAMOND

17 13 DAVE PEARCE DANCE ANTHEMS - VARIOUS

18 14 LESSONS TO BE LEARNED - GABRIELLA CILMI

19 17 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE

20 NE TRIBUTE TO BOBBY - MICK HUCKNALL

TING TINGS, easily beat NEIL DIAMOND this week, but Neil has two albums in the top 20. (The album chart, is compiled from stores/download sites up to, and including Wednesday night).

Meanwhile, let`s look at May 1980...

Starting with the albums then

w/k ending 31st May 1980

01 01 THE MAGIC OF - BONEY M

02 02 SKY 2 - SKY

03 03 GREATEST HITS - ROSE ROYCE

04 09 OFF THE WALL - MICHAEL JACKSON

05 NE JUST ONE NIGHT - ERIC CLAPTON

06 22 ME MYSELF I - JOAN ARMATRADING

07 06 DUKE - GENESIS

08 NE MCCARTNEY 2 - PAUL MCCARTNEY

09 NE SPORTS CAR - JUDY TZUKE

10 07 12 GOLD BARS - STATUS QUO

11 NE I JUST CAN`T STOP - THE BEAT

12 11 HEAVEN AND HELL - BLACK SABBATH

13 14 ONE STEP BEYOND - MADNESS

14 08 GREATEST HITS - SUZI QUATRO

15 NE FLESH AND BLOOD - ROXY MUSIC

16 13 REGATTA DE BLANC - POLICE

17 NE MAGIC REGGAE - VARIOUS

18 NE CHAMPAGNE AND ROSES - VARIOUS

19 12 HYPNOTISED - UNDERTONES

20 20 SNAKES AND LADDERS - GERRY RAFFERTY

Imagine seeing BONEY ME, at number one, 28 years on...damn near impossibility! By 1980 though, BONEY M`s singles were drying up. "MY FRIEND JACK", just graced the top 60, for them in May 1980. The proper singer of the group (LIZ MITCHELL) lives not far away, from me. SKY hit the big time, as a turn on Classical Rock. Again, ROSE ROYCE were beginning to dry up, on the singles front...but the Greatest Hits album, kept them in the top three. MICHAEL JACKSON`s fore-runner to "THRILLER", (OFF THE WALL), was bouncing up and down most of the year. ERIC CLAPTON was proving himself, a more album man...than a singles one. Both JUDY TZUKE, and JOAN ARMATRADING dabbled with a few singles, but the albums always did better for them too. Compilations were not doing so good...MAGIC REGGAE was just like it said,,,a Reggae oldie album. CHAMPAGNE AND ROSES was a 1950s compilation, featuring ballads, like AL MARTINO, PEREZ PRADO, and MEL TORME. Outside the top 20 was, "TELL ME ON A SUNDAY", by MARTI WEBB (but it was chiefly a soundtrack, to the Lloyd Webber musical). GOOD MORNING AMERICA was another VA comp, at 21 and BOBBY VEE (in the album charts, currently) was down 15 places to 25, with his Singles Collection.

Do we remember 1980`s singles chart?

w/k ending 31st May 1980

01 02 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT - HOT CHOCOLATE

02 01 WHAT`S ANOTHER YEAR - JOHNNY LOGAN

03 10 THEME FROM MASH - THE MASH

04 03 SHE`S OUT OF MY LIFE - MICHAEL JACKSON

05 05 MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM - THE BEAT

06 07 OVER YOU - ROXY MUSIC

07 20 WE ARE GLASS - GARY NUMAN

08 25 RAT RACE/RUDE BOYS OUTA JAIL - SPECIALS

09 06 HOLD ON TO MY LOVE - JIMMY RUFFIN

10 04 GENO - DEXY`S MIDNIGHT RUNNER

11 19 FOOL FOR YOUR LOVING - WHITESNAKE

12 14 LET`S GO ROUND AGAIN - AVERAGE WHITE BAND

13 21 YOU GAVE ME LOVE - CROWN HEIGHTS AFFAIR

14 11 DON`T MAKE WAVES - THE NOLANS

15 30 FUNKY TOWN - LIPPS INC.

16 29 CRYING - DON MCLEAN

17 08 I SHOULD`VE LOVED YA - NARADA MICHAEL WALDEN

18 09 COMING UP - PAUL MCCARTNEY

19 26 LET`S GET SERIOUS - JERMAINE JACKSON

20 23 YOU`LL ALWAYS FIND ME IN THE KITCHEN AT PARTIES - JONA LEWIE

21 28 BACK TOGETHER AGAIN - ROBERTA FLACK/DONNY HATHAWAY

22 18 JUST CAN`T GIVE YOU UP - MYSTIC MERLIN

23 49 I`M ALIVE - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA

24 NE D-A-A-NCE - LAMBRETTAS

25 31 MIDNIGHT DYNAMOS - MATCHBOX

26 15 BREATHING - KATE BUSH

27 37 POLICE AND THIEVES - JUNIOR MERVIN

28 13 THE GROOVE - RODNEY FRANKLIN

29 12 SILVER DREAM MACHINE - DAVID ESSEX

30 41 MESSAGES - ORCHESTRAL MANOUEVRES IN THE DARK

Now, HOT CHOCOLATE failed to have an official number one...but did make it two charttoppers elsewhere. Here they were with a RECORD BUSINESS number one. "NO DOUBT ABOUT IT", was based on a UFO sighting that lead singer ERROL BROWN saw, while he drove home through a woodland area, one night. MASH was the theme from the best ever US tv series...JOHNNY LOGAN won Eurovision the first time for Ireland (he won the second time, in 1987). Of course Ireland, had won 10 years earlier with the lovely DANA. GARY NUMAN, was still doing good...and absoloutely was addicted to (guess what?)....Toast!! He always had bread delivered to his hotel rooms! The ska revival continued, with the likes of THE SPECIALS and the BEAT. DON MCLEAN returned to the top, eight years after his first number one in 1972 (Crying was a re-make of a 1961 ROY ORBISON minor hit). JIMMY RUFFIN returned to top ten success, after 10 years...WHITESNAKE rocked, and the AVERAGE WHITE BAND scored their first hit in 4 years, sounding very American (but coming from Scotland). THE NOLANS were not making waves...CROWN HEIGHTS AFFAIR had probably the best ever disco song, I think. MATCHBOX and LAMBRETTAS brought back Rock-a-billy. JONA LEWIE had been the vocalist (as Terry Dactyl) on "SEASIDE SHUFFLE" in 1972, and loved being in the kitchen! JERMAINE JACKSON joined STEVIE WONDER for "LET`S GET SERIOUS". ROBERTA FLACK returned with the late DONNY HATHAWAY (again Roberta had her first uk hit in 1972). PAUL MCCARTNEY was not coming up...he was going down! OMD scored their first hit, and outside the top 30, was my favourite MANHATTEN TRANSFER hit..."TWILIGHT ZONE-TWILIGHT ZONE" at 33, UK SUBS were 32 with "TEENAGE", PETER GABRIEL had "NO SELF CONTROL" at 34, and the COCKNEY REJECTS were "FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES", at 35.

Stick around, for Mr Dave Taylor`s round-up of the big 50 this week in 2008. And also, thanks for everyone who continues to read, the thread every week...the number that reads it...grows every week!

Dave will be here, shortly...

A Question

May 20, 200817 yr

I know Dave, already mentioned about Evelyn "Champayne" King in 1978, but as she entered the chart on Tues 9th May 78...look at this chart run:

72-54-63-51-55-57-59-50-42-50-39-49-43-44-60-59-56-53-49-53-48-57-60 = 23 weeks!

"Shame", only had one week in the top 40 (11 weeks after it entered the top 75) and hung around from May - October 78. So it has to be the longest chart run, not to make the top 30. What an amazing feat, this really was.

Chart run courtesy of Record Mirror 1978.

A Question

May 19, 200817 yr

Best hit not too make the top 40, in 78/79 Gerard Kenny and "New York New York (So Good They Named it Twice)". 8 weeks in the top 75, only got to 42...thrown out of Melody Maker`s chart because of chart hype allegations, when it smashed in at number 30 on the week of release!

Next Week`s Chart Mon 19th May 08

May 19, 200817 yr

^_^ I dont really get the rihanna ballad at all really. it stormed to the top in the US as well but its a bog standard mid-tempo snooze fest sung with a forgettable vocal.

Rihanna should stick to the club tracks ala S.O.S ,Umbrella and Dont stop the music. I think ballads totally unsuit her.
I really hope The tings tings do the double with the album and single.

I totally agree. To be honest I think Rihanna, is rather over-rated and as an all-round singer, not exactly that great. Even though good to look at. Though I always struggle to find a decent female singer anyway. I do prefer British girl singers.

Next Week`s Chart Mon 19th May 08

May 19, 200817 yr

I hope the Ting Tings can take the double this week - although Rihanna makes that pretty unlikely :(

There was some closeness between Rihanna and Ting Tings today, on the singles front. However downloads for Rihanna, are at a big high for her. With the physical out too, she must take the crown come Sunday.

Next Week`s Chart Mon 19th May 08

Posted May 19, 200817 yr

Monday, and the boys have been busy checking what could happen next Sunday by adding pre-orders, Sun/Mon Sales locally in the South-East to come up with some idea. We checked out the likes of HMV, Woolworths, Smiths, Tesco, Sainsburys, Asda, Play.com, Amazon.co.uk.

Starting with the albums (last week, we had 27 in the 30, 18 in the 20 and 9 in the 10).

So today, we found this preview...

01 NE WE STARTED NOTHING - TING TINGS

02 01 HOME BEFORE DARK - NEIL DIAMOND

03 03 ROCKFERRY - DUFFY

04 06 JUMPING ALL OVER THE WORLD - SCOOTER

05 04 IN SILICO - PENDULUM

06 05 HARD CANDY - MADONNA

07 NE BETH ROWLEY - LITTLE DREAMER

08 NE TRIBUTE TO BOBBY - MICK HUCKNALL

09 NE DEFINITIVE OSMONDS COLLECTION - OSMONDS

10 07 CLUBLAND CLASSIX - VARIOUS

11 NE MINISTRY OF SOUND PRESENTS CHILLED - VARIOUS

12 13 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS

13 08 NOW 69 - VARIOUS

14 09 CREAM 15 YEARS - VARIOUS

15 26 LESSONS TO BE LEARNED - GABRIELLA CILMI

16 NE R + B COLLECTION - VARIOUS

17 11 DAVE PEARCE TRANCE ANTHEMS - VARIOUS

18 12 SAM SPARRO - SAM SPARRO

19 NE CHANT - CISTERCIAN MONKS

20 14 MY OWN WAY - JAY SEAN

21 NE VERY BEST OF - JOHNNY RAY

22 22 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE

23 NE STOP DROP AND ROLL - FOXBORO HOTTUBS

24 NE BEST OF - NEIL DIAMOND

25 18 SMASH HITS 80s - VARIOUS

26 23 VERY BEST OF - PLATTERS

27 33 RAISING SAND - PLANT/KRAUSS

28 25 19 - ADELE

29 19 NOTHING BUT THE BEST - FRANK SINATRA

30 17 VERY BEST OF - THE SEARCHERS

New outside the 30 are THEA GILMORE in the top 40, and ANDY ABRAHAM and SCARLET JOHANSSON both grace the lower part of a top 75. The OSMONDS proving popular with up and coming dates. Also good to see the late JOHNNY RAY, a greatest hits collection was long in happening. Johnny passed away some years ago. The deaf singer shared his birthday with both Rod Stewart and me. I can not sing though! What do you mean, neither can Rod?!!! Actually, on the trivia front JOHNNY RAY`s last hit "I`LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN" spent over 2 months in the chart in 1959/60, and only ever got to number 26! (Bearing in mind there was only a top 30, this is some feat, to be beaten.

On the singles front, last week we had 10 in the 10, 18 in the 20, 27 in the 30, and 36 in the 40...again 4 downloads alone surprised us!

So, today the preview thus...

01 10 TAKE A BOW - RIHANNA

02 03 THAT`S NOT MY NAME - TING TINGS

03 01 4 MINUTES - MADONNA

04 06 HEARTBREAKER - WILL I. AM

05 04 BLACK AND GOLD - SAM SPARRO

06 02 WEARING MY ROLEX - WILEY

07 12 WARWICK AVENUE - DUFFY

08 07 LOVE IN THIS CLUB - USHER

09 08 AMERICAN BOY - ESTELLE

10 05 VIOLET HILL - COLDPLAY

11 09 CRY FOR YOU - SEPTEMBER

12 11 LOW - FLO RIDA

13 21 PARTY PEOPLE - NELLY/FERGIE

14 NE DISCO`S REVENGE - GUSTO

15 32 OUTTA MY HEAD - ASHLEE SIMPSON

16 24 LOVE SONG - SARA BAREILLES

17 18 CLOSER - NE YO

18 16 PROPANE NIGHTMARES - PENDULUM

19 26 SWEET ABOUT ME - GABRIELLA CILMI

20 20 DAYLIGHT - KELLY ROWLAND

21 15 THIS IS AN EMERGENCY - PIGEON DETECTIVES

22 13 IN MY ARMS - KYLIE MINOGUE

23 NE I CAN BE - TAIO CRUZ/ESTELLE

24 17 HEARTBEAT - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS

25 22 WITH YOU - CHRIS BROWN

26 19 ALPHABEAT - FASCINATION

27 14 MERCY - DUFFY

28 23 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK

29 NE DUST - ROYWORLD

30 38 LES ARTISTES - SANTOGOLD

31 NE DEVILS BEAT - SANDI THOM

32 NE GIVE ME WHAT I WANT - KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES

33 30 COLD SHOULDER - ADELE

34 33 BETTER/FOOTSTEPS - LEONA LEWIS

35 RE BEAT IT - FALL OUT BOY

36 42 LIL` WAYNE - LOLLIPOP

37 35 ALWAYS WHERE I WANT TO BE - KOOKS

38 29 WE CRY - SCRIPT

39 34 TOUCH MY BODY - MARIAH CAREY

40 NE ANDY ABRAHAM - EVEN IF

ANDY ABRAHAM has the worst ever betting for the Eurovision at 66-1, shall we take a chance? Definately not! Outside the top 40, in the 50 there are a lot of downloads alone, with ALPHABEAT, INDINA MENZEL, FRATELLIS, and ZUTONS. The FUTUREHEADS, JUSTICE and AMY MACDONALD look like flopping in the top 75. Top tip for FRATELLIS "MISTRESS MABEL", on pre-orders alone already would be number 9!

Let us finish with a look back to Radio Luxembourg`s Next Week`s Top 30, in 1974. As I see an OSMOND tribute, a-foot...

Weds 22nd May 1974

01 01 SUGAR BABY LOVE - RUBETTES

02 06 THIS TOWN AIN`T BIGGER ENOUGH FOR THE BOTH OF US - SPARKS

03 04 SHANG-A-LANG - BAY CITY ROLLERS

04 05 NIGHT CHICAGO DIED - PAPER LACE

05 02 DON`T STAY AWAY TOO LONG - PETERS AND LEE

06 16 THERE`S A GHOST IN MY HOUSE - R. DEAN TAYLOR

07 07 RED DRESS - ALVIN STARDUST

08 12 BREAK THE RULES - STATUS QUO

09 15 IF I DIDN`T CARE - DAVID CASSIDY

10 14 I CAN`T STOP - THE OSMONDS

11 03 WATERLOO - ABBA

12 20 GO - GIGLIOLA CINQUETTI

13 11 SPIDERS AND SNAKES - JIM STAFFORD

14 NE HEY ROCK N` ROLL - SHOWADDYWADDY

15 08 ROCK N` ROLL WINTER - WIZZARD

16 24 I SEE A STAR - MOUTH AND MCNEAL

17 NE THE IN CROWD - BRYAN FERRY

18 09 REMEMBER YOU`RE A WOMBLE - WOMBLES

19 10 HOMELY GIRL - CHI-LITES

20 25 JUDY TEEN - COCKNEY REBEL

21 27 YOU KEEP ME HANGING ON - CLIFF RICHARD

22 13 HE`S MISSTRA KNOW IT ALL - STEVIE WONDER

23 16 YEAR OF DECISION - THREE DEGREES

24 21 LONG LEGGED WOMAN - MUNGO JERRY

25 NE THE STREAK - RAY STEVENS

26 23 TSOP - MFSB

27 NE JARROW SONG - ALAN PRICE

28 NE W.O.L.D. - HARRY CHAPIN

29 26 SEASONS IN THE SUN - TERRY JACKS

30 NE MAN IN BLACK - COZY POWELL

Talent show, and Eurovision galore in 1974. PETERS AND LEE (the late LENNY PETERS, DIANE still singing today) won OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS in 73, SHOWADDYWADDY won NEW FACES. Now I`m thinking did the RUBETTES originally appear on a talent show, or did I imagine they did? PAUL DA VINCI did the singing on "SUGAR BABY LOVE", but did not sing it on TOP OF THE POPS. ABBA, MOUTH AND MCNEIL, GIGLIOLA CINQUETTI and indeed our entry by OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN (LONG LIVE LOVE, out of this chart) were all the Eurovision smashes, of 74. THE OSMONDS tv series was on BBC1 Tuesdays at 7pm. I CAN`T STOP is a lesser heard hit. BRYAN FERRY (of ROXY MUSIC) covered a DOBIE GRAY 1965 hit. ALVIN STARDUST was married to actress LIZA GODDARD (who started her career in SKIPPY-THE BUSH KANGAROO).

Want a THREE DEGREES joke? No, well hear goes anyway...At the latest THREE DEGREES concert, only SHEILA FERGUSON turned up...In the audience, everyone put on their coats and jackets...Well, It was minus 2 Degrees!!!!

In May 74, Radio Luxembourg got 8 in the top 10, 18 in the 20, and 25 in the 30. Missing the ARROWS (who did the original of "I LOVE ROCK N` ROLL, the JOAN JETT hit in 1975), ISLEY BROTHERS, ELTON JOHN. CHARLIE RICH and LIMMIE AND THE FAMILY COOKIN` had already dropped from Luxy`s top 30.

I want 2001 back - the chart 7 years ago!

Ahh, but what about the combined artists/compilation albums in 2001?

01 01 BRIDGET JONES DIARY - OST

02 02 SURVIVOR - DESTINYS CHILD

03 04 NO ANGEL - DIDO

04 06 HOT SHOT - SHAGGY

05 NE GREATEST HITS - EDDY GRANT

06 NE WINGSPAN - PAUL MCCARTNEY

07 03 NOW 48 - VARIOUS

08 07 RISE - GABRIELLE

09 08 THE ALBUM - VARIOUS

10 NE LOOK OF LOVE - VARIOUS

11 05 JUST ENOUGH EDUCATION - STEREOPHONICS

12 11 NOT THAT KIND - ANASTACIA

13 16 ULTIMATE COLLECTION - BILLY JOEL

14 12 HYBRID THEORY - LINKIN PARK

15 17 SONGBIRD - EVA CASSIDY

16 09 RONAN - RONAN KEATING

17 20 WHITE LADDER - DAVID GRAY

18 NE ASLEEP IN THE BACK - ELBOW

19 18 ONKA`S BIG MOCHA - TOPLOADER

20 10 FREE - ALL ANGELS

Now, everyone thinks that the Toploader single "Dancin` in the Moonlight", was the original, but it wasn`t. Recorded by Hi-Breed in 1970, and a hit in the States for King Harvest in 1973.

The Almost Saturday Charts w/k ending 23rd May 08

record labels really do need to start getting physical singles out much quicker than they are doing. It might even help the physical market as shops might be more prepared to stock them if it led to more customers wanting to buy them. Given that a physical release isn't the big thing anymore, why do labels still hold back a release for weeks? It's not as if there's a promotion campaign to undertake anymore to build up demand for a big CD release with everyone flocking to the shop on the Monday. People just go to iTunes or whatever and download the track. If the option to buy a physical single was made more attractive more people might choose this.

Absolutely Robbie. Dave was saying the other day that he thinks, physicals should be released on Fridays. Like they were between the 50s and mid 80s. He could have an idea, there. What do you think?

The Almost Saturday Charts w/k ending 23rd May 08

thanks for the charts - much appreciated as always!

While it's good to see new entries at the top end of the chart, there's still a real lack of movement elsewhere in the singles chart. I wonder if it will be this way for a while yet?

I think if the physical versions, were released at the same time as the downloads, then the chart would be more speedier. So, would include more new entries. In which case Paramore and Cassie would then, I believe be in the top 40.

iTunes Download Chart May '08

When you combine popularity bars The Ting Tings are now ahead of Rihanna....

And next week they will hold the number one album, without a doubt. :thumbup:

The Almost Saturday Charts w/k ending 23rd May 08

Here is a quick Saturday Lunchtime update from Dave.

Ashlee Simpson is heading down at the moment, from last night`s number 26 position, and Fall Out Boy have switched places with Utah Saints at 40 and 39 respectively. Nelly and Alphabeat have also switched places, at 19 and 18. Other than that, not much change at the top half of the top 50.

The Almost Saturday Charts w/k ending 23rd May 08

Posted May 16, 200817 yr

Another Friday evening, with some more charts. We have the top films, dvds, albums, and Dave will complete with the singles. All that, and a look back to May 1992 as well.

So here we go, with this week`s top films...

w/k ending 23rd May 08

01 01 IRON MAN

02 NE WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS

03 02 FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL

04 NE SPEED RACER

05 03 NIM`S ISLAND

06 NE DOOMSDAY

07 04 MADE OF HONOR

08 07 IN BRUGES

09 06 21

10 05 THE EYE

2 weeks at number one, for IRON MAN netting £10,159,752 in 2 weeks! The top films are compiled for uk box office by Screen International.

Here are this week`s top dvds...

w/k ending 23rd May 08

01 03 I AM LEGEND

02 NE CHARLIE WILSON`S WAR

03 01 GOLDEN COMPASS

04 03 ST. TRINIANS

05 24 SHROOMS

06 06 STARDUST

07 08 RUN FAT BOY RUN

08 05 ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS

09 10 THE INVASION

10 07 RATATOUILLE

Not a lot happening in the dvds this week. Hot weather early in the week, affecting sales. The top dvds are compiled by mrib/Blockbuster sales.

The top albums, this week...

w/k ending 23rd May 08

01 NE HOME BEFORE DARK - NEIL DIAMOND

02 NE IN SILICO - PENDULUM

03 02 JUMPING ALL OVER THE WORLD - SCOOTER

04 01 HARD CANDY - MADONNA

05 03 ROCKFERRY - DUFFY

06 04 CLUBLAND CLASSIX - VARIOUS

07 05 NOW 69 - VARIOUS

08 NE MY OWN WAY - JAY SEAN

09 06 CREAM 15 YEARS - VARIOUS

10 NE SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME - IRON MAIDEN

11 15 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS

12 09 SAM SPARRO - SAM SPARRO

13 10 DAVE PEARCE TRANCE ANTHEMS - VARIOUS

14 19 LESSONS TO BE LEARNED - GABRIELLA CILMI

15 11 SMASH HITS 80s - VARIOUS

16 21 VERY BEST OF - PLATTERS

17 20 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE

18 14 KONK - KOOKS

19 22 RAISING SAND - ROBERT PLANT/ALISON KRAUSS

20 16 19 - ADELE

Were we surprised at NEIL DIAMOND? Well Dave and me weren`t but maybe we didn`t think that Neil himself, would beat the number 2 album by 5,000 copies. (The album chart is compiled from stores, and downloads up to and including Wednesday Night).

What was happening in 1992?

Starting with the albums then...

w/k ending 23rd May 1992

01 NE FEAR OF THE DARK - IRON MAIDEN

02 01 1992 THE LOVE ALBUM - CARTER USM

03 NE SOUTHERN HARMONY AND MUSICAL COMPANION - BLACK CROWES

04 02 STARS - SIMPLY RED

05 03 NOW 21 - VARIOUS

06 04 UP - RIGHT SAID FRED

07 06 GREATEST HITS - ZZ TOP

08 05 DIVA - ANNIE LENNOX

09 07 POWER OF TEN - CHRIS DE BURGH

10 24 WE CAN`T DANCE - GENESIS

11 NE GREATEST HITS - SQUEEZE

12 NE RAVE GENERATOR - VARIOUS

13 09 KAOS THEORY - VARIOUS

14 11 DIVINE MADNESS - MADNESS

15 NE REVENGE - KISS

16 12 MOODS 2 - VARIOUS

17 19 HORMONALLY YOURS - SHAKESPEARS SISTER

18 08 WISH - CURE

19 14 ADRENALIZE - DEF LEPPARD

20 15 GREATEST HITS II - QUEEN

It`s just coincidence, that we find in 1992 the albums some what connected with 2008. IRON MAIDEN went all the way then! Maiden knocked CARTER (THE UNSTOPPABLE SEX MACHINE) off the top. The BLACK CROWES (American hard rockers) at 3. DEF LEPPARD (again in the chart in 2008) managed to stick in the chart for quite a while in 92. The CURE also back in 08. More rock with KISS, and GENESIS going back up the top 30. The COMMITMENTS album was also sailing up and down the chart, (This week at 21).

1992`s singles...

w/k ending 23rd May 1992

01 01 PLEASE DON`T GO/GAME BOY - KWS

02 03 HANG ON IN THERE BABY - CURIOSITY

03 20 MY LOVIN`- EN VOGUE

04 NE KNOCKIN` ON HEAVEN`S DOOR - GUN`S N` ROSES

05 02 ON A RAGGA TIP - SL2

06 NE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - CELINE DION AND PEABO BRYSON

07 18 I DON`T CARE - SHAKESPEARS SISTER

08 32 EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU - UGLY KID JOE

09 10 ALWAYS THE LAST TO KNOW - DEL AMITRI

10 11 WORKAHOLIC - 2UNLIMITED

11 04 DAYS OF PEARLY SPENCER - MARC ALMOND

12 24 HAZARD - RICHARD MARX

13 05 DEEPLY DIPPY - RIGHT SAID FRED

14 09 SONG FOR LOVE - EXTREME

15 NE KEEP ON WALKIN` - CE CE PENISTON

16 06 YOU`RE ALL THAT MATTERS TO ME - CURTIS STIGERS

17 23 MISSING YOU NOW - MICHAEL BOLTON

18 33 NOW THE MAGIC HAS GONE - JOE COCKER

19 13 LOVE IS HOLY - KIM WILDE

20 38 CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR - THOMAS DOLBY

21 21 BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY - ALISON JORDAN

22 26 LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND - DON-E

23 NE 15 YEARS E.P. - LEVELLERS

24 29 JOIN OUR CLUB/PEOPLE GET REAL - ST. ETIENNE

25 14 YOU - TEN SHARP

26 35 ONE STEP OUT OF TIME - MICHAEL BALL

27 12 NOTHING ELSE MATTERS - METALLICA

28 NE SYMPATHY - MARILLLION

29 07 IN THE CLOSET - MICHAEL JACKSON

30 NE YOU WON`T SEE ME CRY - WILSON PHILLIPS

31 28 DO IT TO ME ONCE AGAIN - LIONEL RICHIE

32 15 TIRED OF BEING ALONE - TEXAS

33 NE KILLJOY WAS HERE - KINGMAKER

34 40 STAY WITH ME - JOHN O` KANE

35 NE PAPUA NEW GUINEA - FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON

36 19 SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST - VANESSA WILLIAMS

37 NE BETTER DAYS - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

38 17 FINER FEELINGS - KYLIE MINOGUE

39 NE LISTEN LIKE THIEVES - WAS NOT WAS

40 NE JUST TAKE MY HEART - MR BIG

41 22 THRILL ME - SIMPLY RED

42 NE LET`S GET HAPPY - MASS ORDER

43 49 STORY OF THE BLUES - GARY MOORE

44 08 TEMPLE OF LOVE 92 - SISTERS OF MERCY

45 37 DO YOU WANT IT RIGHT NOW - DEGREES OF MOTION/BITI

46 42 SHIVERING SAND - MEGA CITY FOUR

47 36 PLEASE DON`T GO - DOUBLE YOU

48 NE TAKE ME BACK TO LOVE AGAIN - KATHY SLEDGE

49 19 COME PLAY WITH ME - WEDDING PRESENT

50 NE PASSION - GAT DECOR

Big, big hits in 92. KWS beating the DOUBLE YOU re-working on PLEASE DON`T GO (the KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND hit from 79). GUNS N` ROSES sang BOB DYLAN. CURIOSITY dropped the KILLED THE CAT, and sang a 1974 JOHNNY BRISTOL top ten hit. MARC ALMOND sang DAVID MCWILLIAMS (a missed hit from 68). RICHARD MARX seemed to be forever on the Radio 2 playlist. We all loved 2UNLIMITED, didn`t we?! MICHAEL BALL was ONE STEP OUT of the EUROVISION SONG CONTEST, and lost. Dodgy titles around for LIONEL RICHIE and also the DEGREES OF MOTION hit. SIMPLY RED must have released most of the album, "STARS", on Single! The WEDDING PRESENT were still releasing a new single every month, for the whole of 1992. SHAKESPEAR`s SISTER had problems following up, "STAY", but the album HORMONALLY YOURS kept them going. My fav SISTERS OF MERCY crashed out of the top 40, down 36 places...but I was laughing at the time (because I can`t stand Michael Jackson, and he smashed down 22 places)!!

Hang on for Mr Dave Taylor, who will put up his added sales, up to the minute singles chart shortly and a quick tribute to the anniversary of the Radio One top 40. So, hang around....

Next Week`s Chart Mon 12th May 08

May 12, 200817 yr

Neil Diamond? :o

BTW Last week you've had Scooter at number 3 and we were laughing on it. In the end they've ended up at number 1 so anything can happen :o

Don`t under estimate the team then Ben! ;) Tell you what, I think James definately did not think Scooter would hit even the top 3, last week...and of course it started the mids at no` 2, and took until Sunday to get to the top! Good Here, ain`t it! :lol:

Next Week`s Chart Mon 12th May 08

May 12, 200817 yr

hmm...I think it will be a Rihanna-Ting Tings 1/2 come Sunday...

and I think Scooter might hang onto the No.1 album :o hope Neil Diamond doesn't get there :puke:

Personally (having seen Neil "live" a couple of times) I would say that I, prefer him as a studio recording man. The "live" concerts, do not quite do the same thing for me. I am trying to think when Neil, was at his best...and I think that (for me) was his 1979 recording of "Forever In Blue Jeans" (money talks, but it don`t sing and dance and it don`t walk etc)!

Next Week`s Chart Mon 12th May 08

Posted May 12, 200817 yr

Here is the weekly thread preview, of what could happen in next Sunday`s charts. With a big thanks to Peter Jay and John McManus in their 2 Music stores. Info taken from HMV, Asda, Smiths, Sainsbury, Woolworths, Tesco, iTunes, Play.co.uk, Amazon.co.uk etc.

So today for Albums including Sales and Preorders, we find the following...

01 NE HOME BEFORE DARK - NEIL DIAMOND

02 01 HARD CANDY - MADONNA

03 02 ROCK FERRY - DUFFY

04 NE IN SILICO - PENDULUM

05 NE SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME - IRON MAIDEN

06 03 JUMPING ALL OVER THE WORLD - SCOOTER

07 06 CLUBLAND CLASSIX - VARIOUS

08 07 NOW 69 - VARIOUS

09 08 CREAM 15 YEARS - VARIOUS

10 NE HERE AND NOW-80s - VARIOUS

11 10 TRANCE ANTHEMS-DAVE PEARCE - VARIOUS

12 04 SAM SPARRO - SAM SPARRO

13 16 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS

14 NE MY OWN WAY - JAY SEAN

15 05 THIRD - PORTISHEAD

16 NE ULTIMATE EUROVISION PARTY - VARIOUS

17 NE VERY BEST OF - THE SEARCHERS

18 09 SMASH HITS-THE 80s - VARIOUS

19 NE NOTHING BUT THE BEST - FRANK SINATRA

20 NE MS KELLY - KELLY ROWLAND

21 11 AGE OF UNDERSTATEMENT - LAST SHADOW PUPPETS

22 27 BACK TO BLACK - AMY W

23 30 VERY BEST OF - PLATTERS

24 12 KONK - KOOKS

25 21 19 - ADELE

26 15 LESSONS TO BE LEARNED - GABRIELLA CILMI

27 17 ADDICTED TO BASSLINE - VARIOUS

28 26 101 DRIVING SONGS - VARIOUS

29 14 SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS

30 NE AWAKE LIVE! - JOSH GROBAN

Outside the 30 albums are 101 CLASSICAL HITS at 31, BOBBY VEE, SANTOGOLD, CHARLATANS all in the top 40. Further down PARAMORE, RIHANNA go back up...while other entries from DAN LE SAC, ISOBEL CAMPBELL, DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, MARTHA WAINWRIGHT, FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS, ALPHABEAT, BON IVOR, and last but not least GEMMA HAYES. What a healthy album chart!

In the singles/tracks today it was like this...

01 01 4 MINUTES - MADONNA

02 02 WEAR MY ROLEX - WILEY

03 NE THAT`S NOT MY NAME - TING TINGS

04 03 BLACK AND GOLD - SAM SPARRO

05 NE VIOLET HILL - COLDPLAY

06 04 HEARTBREAKER - WILL I. AM

07 06 LOVE IN THIS CLUB - USHER

08 05 AMERICAN BOY - ESTELLE

09 07 CRY FOR YOU - SEPTEMBER

10 NE TAKE A BOW - RIHANNA

11 08 LOW - FLO RIDA

12 23 WARWICK AVENUE - DUFFY

13 18 IN MY ARMS - KYLIE

14 12 MERCY - DUFFY

15 NE THIS IS AN EMERGENCY - PIGEON DETECTIVES

16 09 PROPANE NIGHTMARES - PENDULUM

17 11 HEARTBEAT - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS

18 NE CLOSER - NEYO

19 14 FASCINATION - ALPHABEAT

20 10 DAYLIGHT - KELLY ROWLAND

21 16 PARTY PEOPLE - NELLY

22 15 WITH YOU - CHRIS BROWN

23 13 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK

24 36 LOVE SONG - SARAH BARIELLES

25 NE SHAWTY GET LOOSE - LIL` MAMA

26 20 SWEET ABOUT ME - GABRIELLA CILMI

27 NE THAT`S WHAT YOU GET - PARAMORE

28 NE IS IT YOU - CASSIE

29 21 WE CRY - SCRIPT

30 22 COLD SHOULDER - ADELE

31 38 BLUEBIRDS FLYING HIGH - JAMES FOXX/CARDIFF CITY FC

32 27 OUTTA MY HEAD - ASHLEE SIMPSON

33 24 BETTER IN TIME - LEONA

34 26 TOUCH MY BODY - MARIAH CAREY

35 28 ALWAYS WHERE I NEED TO BE - KOOKS

36 25 BREAK THE ICE - BRITNEY SPEARS

37 29 COPS AND ROBBERS - HOOSIERS

38 30 LES ARTISTES - SANTOGOLD

39 28 CAN`T SPEAK FRENCH - GIRLS ALOUD

40 17 DADDY O - WIDEBOYS

12 in a row going down there. Meanwhile Chanelle Hayes slips in at 45, but above that is Lil` Wayne and also Cardiff City Fans (Do the Ayatollah) is 41. David Jordan is on the edge of the top 50, along with Hot Chip. Further down download only entries too for, TAIO CRUZ, VAMPIRE WEEKEND and WILL SMITH.

Last week we got 37 in the 40, 29 in the 30, 16 in the 20, and 8 in the top 10...Not bad! In the albums 9 in the combined top 10, 16 in the 20, and 27 in the 30.

We end today with a look back to 1978. Radio Luxembourg gave us this preview, on Tues 16th May 1978...

01 01 RIVERS OF BABYLON - BONEY M.

02 02 NIGHT FEVER - BEE GEES

03 03 TOO MUCH TOO LITTLE TOO LATE - JOHNNY MATHIS/DENIECE WILLIAMS

04 05 AUTOMATIC LOVER - DEE DEE JACKSON

05 07 BECAUSE THE NIGHT - PATTI SMITH GROUP

06 13 BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY - DARTS

07 04 NEVER LET HER SLIP AWAY - ANDREW GOLD

08 06 LET`S ALL CHANT - MICHAEL ZAGER BAND

09 NE LOVE IS IN THE AIR - JOHN PAUL YOUNG

10 NE IF I CAN`T HAVE YOU - YVONNE ELLIMAN

11 15 SHE`S SO MODERN - BOOMTOWN RATS

12 14 EVERYBODY DANCE - CHIC

13 10 JACK AND JILL - RAYDIO

14 19 DO IT DO IT AGAIN - RAFFAELLA CARRA

15 20 I`M ALWAYS TOUCHED BY YOUR PRESENCE DEAR - BLONDIE

16 NE MORE THAN A WOMAN - TAVARES

17 09 IF YOU CAN`T GIVE ME LOVE - SUZI QUATRO

18 NE NICE AND SLEAZY - STRANGLERS

19 NE HI TENSION - HI TENSION

20 16 BAD OLD DAYS - COCO

Now in 1978, Luxembourg got 17 in the 20...missing with ROSE ROYCE and RUBY WINTERS. I remember 78, a lot because like Dave said yesterday, it was the first time Radio One followed the top 40 (increased from the top 30). It was also the first time we had a May Day Bank Holiday. The World Cup (in Argentina) with a theme provided by ROD ARGENT, "ARGENTINE MELODY" under the guise of SAN HOSE, for Rod. The Eurovision Song Contest was won by Israel, and IZHAR COHEN. Our entry came about 12th for COCO, featuring CHERYL BAKER (later of BUCK`s FIZZ fame). BECAUSE THE NIGHT and PATTI SMITH was a BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN penned song, RAYDIO was RAY PARKER JNR`s first outing. My favourite female singer YVONNE ELLIMAN struck another top tenner (the Hawaiian singer, who appeared in Jesus Christ Superstar) and sung I DON`T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM. Strange but true, my favourite British female singer PETULA CLARK also sang the very same song, in another production, 2 absolutely brilliant female acts with absoloute class, in my humble opinion. Don`t miss Yvonne singing "I CAN`T GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND", on Youtube...and Petula, with, "THE OTHER MAN`s GRASS. Great stuff! Here is some useless info to end with...The MICHAEL ZAGER BAND were number 8, in 78 with "Let`s All Chant", later done by PAT and MICK for charity, but ZAGER is a slang word for "watch", as in wrist watch! Bet you never knew that! :lol:

The Almost Saturday Charts w/k ending 16th May 08

Posted May 9, 200817 yr

The weekly look at what has been selling this week up to now. In tribute to the days of the now defunct MRIB Singles and Album Charts. Dave takes a look at charts, that will appear on Chart Show TV, and brings them up to date with sales, up to now.

So, this week we have the top films and dvds, the latest singles and album charts, and slip back to May 1989, to see what was happening back then.

Firstly, let`s take a look at the top films this week...

01 NE IRON MAN

02 01 FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL

03 NE NIM`S ISLAND

04 NE MADE OF HONOR

05 02 THE EVE

06 03 21

07 05 IN BRUGES

08 04 FOOLS GOLD

09 10 HAPPY GO LUCKY

10 NE PERSEPOLIS

IRON MAN draws in £5,465,105 in a week! In a normal week the money made by the number 2 film, would have been enough to keep it at the top. (The top uk films are from the uk box office, curtesy of Screen International).

Here are the top dvds this week...

01 NE GOLDEN COMPASS

02 01 I AM LEGEND

03 02 ST TRINIANS

04 NE HALLOWEEN 2008

05 03 ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS

06 04 STARDUST

07 09 RATATOUILLE

08 05 RUN FAT BOY RUN

09 06 BALLS OF ARMS

10 07 THE INVASION

A big fall in dvd rentals and sales this week (well we had some decent weather)!! 70,000 people either rented, or bought GOLDEN COMPASS. (The top uk dvds are compiled by a division of MRIB/Blockbuster).

Here are the top albums...

w/k ending 16th May 08

01 01 HARD CANDY - MADONNA

02 NE JUMPING ALL OVER THE WORLD - SCOOTER

03 07 ROCKFERRY - DUFFY

04 04 CLUBLAND CLASSIX - VARIOUS

05 06 NOW 69 - VARIOUS

06 08 CREAM 15 YEARS

07 NE SONGS FROM THE SPARKLE LOUNGE - DEF LEPPARD

08 02 THIRD - PORTISHEAD

09 05 SAM SPARRO - SAM SPARRO

10 11 DAVE PEARCE TRANCE ANTHEMS - VARIOUS

11 NE SMASH HITS 80S - VARIOUS

12 NE MUSIC FOR THE ACCELERATED CULTURE - HADOUKEN

13 03 AGE OF UNDERSTATEMENT - LAST SHADOW PUPPETS

14 09 KONK - KOOKS

15 13 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS

16 15 19 - ADELE

17 10 SPIRIT - LEONA

18 12 ADDICTED TO BASSLINE - VARIOUS

19 14 LESSONS TO BE LEARNED - GABRIELLA CILMI

20 20 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE

This chart is compiled by stores, and downloads up to, and included Wednesday night. Scooter, were the surprise (to some) this week, and edge ever closer to take the number one! Def Leppard will slip, by Sunday...and all those compilation albums (4 in a row) are all close, in sales. From Monday 12th May, look out for albums that will chart next week for NEIL DIAMOND, FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS, MARTHA WAINWRIGHT, ISOBEL CAMPBELL, EUROVISION 08 (VARIOUS), PENDULUM, DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, and DAN LE SAC.

Let`s head back, and look at the albums in May 1989...

w/k ending 13th May 1989

01 NE STREET FIGHTING YEARS - SIMPLE MINDS

02 NE TEN GOOD REASONS - JASON DONOVAN

03 NE DISINTEGRATION - THE CURE

04 02 A NEW FLAME - SIMPLY RED

05 01 BLAST - HOLLY JOHNSON

06 03 ANYTHING FOR YOU - GLORIA ESTEFAN

07 05 RAW AND THE COOKED - FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS

08 09 EVERYTHING - BANGLES

09 06 LIKE A PRAYER - MADONNA

10 04 WHEN THE WORLD KNOWS YOUR NAME - DEACON BLUE

11 07 CLUB CLASSICS VOL II - SOUL II SOUL

12 15 DEEP HEAT-THE SECOND BURN - VARIOUS

13 30 PASTPRESENT - CLANNAD

14 08 KICK - INXS

15 13 POP ART - TRANSVISION VAMP

16 16 DON`T BE CRUEL - BOBBY BROWN

17 12 APPETITE FOR DESTUCTION - GUNS N` ROSES

18 11 NOW 14 - VARIOUS

19 25 KYLIE - KYLIE MINOGUE

20 18 FOREVER YOUR GIRL - PAULA ABDUL

HOLLY JOHNSON dethroned by SIMPLE MINDS in 1989, after just the one sneaky week! JASON DONOVAN was still growing in success, following hottily from KYLIE (88, had seen the wedding in Neighbours). Althouh Jason`s album was 10 GOOD REASONS, it actually had 11 tracks (which puzzled many), then after listening we found that the title was actually from the single, "TOO MANY BROKEN HEARTS". After 2 weeks, Jason knocked out SIMPLE MINDS, from the top. TEN GOOD REASONS spent the rest of 1989, in the top 20 albums. THE CURE (are back for 2008, single released Tuesday). GUNS N` ROSES became worldwide superstars in the 90s, but it was still rather early days here. BOBBY BROWN (later Mr Whitney Houston) originally sung with 80s pop black kid sensation, "NEW EDITION". CLANNAD smashed into the chart, with a collection of new and old hits (and the unmistakeable sound of ENYA). KYLIE headed back up the chart...did she have a single this week in 1989? Let`s find out...

The top singles, May 89...

w/k ending 13th May 1989

01 02 HAND ON YOUR HEART - KYLIE MINOGUE

02 13 MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY - NATALIE COLE

03 01 ETERNAL FLAME - BANGLES

04 07 REQUIEM - LONDON BOYS

05 NE I WANT IT ALL - QUEEN

06 04 BABY I DON`T CARE - TRANSVISION VAMP

07 05 WHO`S IN THE HOUSE - BEATMASTERS/MERLIN

08 10 BEDS ARE BURNING - MIDNIGHT OIL

09 03 IF YOU DON`T KNOW ME BY NOW - SIMPLY RED

10 16 BRING ME EDELWEISS - EDELWEISS

11 15 WHERE HAS ALL THE LOVE GONE - YAZZ

12 36 I`M EVERY WOMAN 89 - CHAKA KHAN

13 18 YOUR MAMA DON`T DANCE - POISON

14 09 AMERICANOS - HOLLY JOHNSON

15 22 I`LL BE THERE FOR YOU - BON JOVI

16 23 ELECTRIC YOUTH - DEBBIE GIBSON

17 06 GOOD THING - FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS

18 30 THE LOOK - ROXETTE

19 08 LULLABY - THE CURE

20 11 AIN`T NOBODY BETTER - INNER CITY

21 17 ONE - METALLICA

22 14 I BEG YOUR PARDON - KON KAN

23 12 INTERESTING DRUG - MORRISEY

24 NE DON`T IT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD - STEFAN DENNIS

25 20 ME MYSELF I - DE LA SOUL

26 49 ROOMS ON FIRE - STEVIE NICKS

27 25 YOU ON MY MIND - SWING OUT SISTER

28 47 THROUGH THE STORM - ARETHA FRANKLIN/ELTON JOHN

29 24 STRAIGHT UP - PAULA ABDUL

30 NE VIOLENTLY - HUE AND CRY

31 27 GOT TO KEEP ON - COOKIE CREW

32 34 MOVE CLOSER - TOM JONES

33 32 REAL LOVE - JODY WATLEY

34 NE HELYOM HALIB - CAPELLA

35 41 THRILL HAS GONE - TEXAS

36 37 HEAVEN HELP ME - DEON ESTUS

37 NE DISAPPOINTED - PUBLIC IMAGE LTD

38 NE MY LOVE IS SO RAW - ALYSON WILLIAMS/NIKKI-D

39 28 LIKE APRAYER - MADONNA

40 31 TOO MANY BROKEN HEARTS - JASON DONOVAN

41 19 THIS IS YOUR LAND - SIMPLE MINDS

42 NE WORKIN` OVERTIME - DIANA ROSS

43 NE THAT`S WHEN I THINK OF YOU - 1927

44 21 WHEN LOVE COME`S TO TOWN - U2/B.B. KING

45 29 DO YOU BELIEVE IN SHAME - DURAN DURAN

46 NE MY HEAR CAN`T TELL YOU NO - ROD STEWART

47 48 I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW 89 - JOHNNY NASH

48 33 THIS TIME I KNOW IT`S FOR REAL - DONNA SUMMER

49 26 MYSTIFY - INXS

50 NE CAN I GET A WITNESS - SAM BROWN

Wow, the MRIB Top 50, in 89...KYLIE hit the top, Queen didn`t! BEATMASTERS were rather annoyingly shouting "Who`s In The House"....I remember my dad mis-hearing this as "Balls in the House", maybe he was right!! MIDNIGHT OIL took a slow climb to top 10 status (they were Australian)....EDELWEISS from an Alpine region gave us BRING ME EDELWEISS, and ripped off the melody of ABBA`s "S.O.S.", and I believe were taken to court for it. There was the do you like DEBBIE GIBSON or TIFFANY debate (but by now TIFFANY had practically disappeared from the scene). CHAKA KHAN re-mixed a 1978 classic, and beat the peak position. KON KAN nicked a sample from LYNN ANDERSON`s 1971 top 5 hit, "ROSE GARDEN". MORRISEY managed to hang in the chart for a second week, unusual for him! STEFAN DENNIS was also in NEIGHBOURS...SWING OUT SISTER were on their last legs...I don`t remember the ARETHA/ELTON song at all! TOM JONES sang PHYLLIS NELSON`s 1985 hit...TEXAS found it hard to follow up their first hit...Was JOHN LYDON "DISAPPOINTED" with such a small hit?! Who remembers the group "1927?" JOHNNY NASH`s 1972 hit was re-mixed for a coffee advert (and was not a patch on the original). Taliking of coffee, NESCAFE were the sponsers of the NETWORK CHART (alongside David "Kid" Jensen....and here 19 years on, NESCAFE celebrate their 70th Anniversary!

Hang around...Dave will put up the up to date singles, shortly....when he comes in!

How would you change the chart show

May 9, 200817 yr

And they probably don't have people texting in saying what should be No1.

I`m sorry to say they do, as well. It`s all very well going on about Hit40uk, but that chart is ridiculously compiled with 50/50 percent, of both Sales/Airplay...then the top 10 is just the official sales top 10, which makes it even dafter. Yes, they have more listeners than the BBC (but that is mainly because, the listeners of that, have their radio permanently tuned to their Local Independant Station). As more Independant Stations, take Hit40uk, it`s going to have more listeners anyway. Then, there is Lucio (the presenter), he is not that good, and makes lots of mistakes, with info...very much like the gruesome twosome of Radio One! Given the edge, I prefer to listen to Hit40uk, but it ain`t that good because of the way the chart is compiled and the presentation is pretty bad too. Repetibly saying "What`s Gonna Be Number One?"....Oh Janet of Stoke says, it will be....(some song, that hasn`t a chance)!

Portishead chart question

Thanks, trevs :D Was Now 30 out that week, or had it been out for a while?

Incidentally, does anyone have the UK sales for Dummy and Portishead, please?

Now 30 entered on the combined chart on Sunday 16th Apr 95 at number one, in front of Wet Wet Wet keeping them off the top. Now 30 was a combined no` 1 for 3 weeks. Dummy and Portishead did not show in the year`s top ten albums though. I don`t have any sales info, other than that.

Portishead chart question

The combined top 10 albums this week in 1995, pushed Dummy to number 3, as follows...

01 01 NOW 30 - VARIOUS

02 02 PICTURE THIS - WET WET WET

03 10 DUMMY - PORTISHEAD

04 03 GREATEST HITS - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

05 NE WARNING! DANCE BOOM - VARIOUS

06 04 NO NEED TO ARGUE - CRANBERRIES

07 07 COLOUR OF MY LOVE - CELINE DION

08 NE CREAM LIVE - VARIOUS

09 09 MEDUSA - ANNIE LENNOX

10 06 THE CHOIR - ANTHONY WAY

Next Week`s Chart Mon 5th May 08

ASDA, WHSMITH, WOOLWORTHS all had Jonathan Ansell at number 1 and he actually dropped that week

Also I'd expect Def Leppard to be much higher and definitely to outsell Jack McManus

Quite right James, they did have Jonathan at number one, and I believe it was the 2nd week of chart entry for him. Maybe a lot of German fans will pick up the Scooter album! ;) But they do have a quite big following, taken into account, rather like the people who will dash out, to get Iron Maiden soon.

Next Week`s Chart Mon 5th May 08

Scooter top 5 in the albums no way.

Coldplay might go top 10

Well Mart!n, old boy according to HMV, ASDA, WHSMITH, WOOLWORTHS, Scooter will! :thumbup: I wonder :D

Next Week`s Chart Mon 5th May 08

cheers trevs!

can't find anything for The The in May 1995 - they had no single make the top 200 in May 1995 and nothing showing as a single release from then either - all I can find on the web is the January 1995 release (I Saw the Light) and then a single in 2000, 5 years later:

http://www.interzone23.com/thethe/singles.html

Thanks Robbie. It may have been, a re-surge in interest for I Saw The Light. I can`t remember at all. We used to play the chart, on Student Radio. I think I must have been away then, because the hand written chart, was definately not my writing. Maybe the inmates, at the Uni found new popularity in the record!

Next Week`s Chart Mon 5th May 08

Scooter will be that high in the albums? :o

And what a drop for Mariah also in the albums. Down 17 places??? :o :o :o

Remember though Ben, in the combined artists/comps yesterday, Mariah was already down to 19, from number 9.

Next Week`s Chart Mon 5th May 08