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We know for definate that the "sales difficulties" for Viva La Vida, got it disqualified from the chart. Sales, and freebies really messed the powers that be up. Had it all been sales, then the track would have been in at number 13.

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!

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)!

You would be hard pressed to find hardly any Woolworths, in the south, that sell singles at all. So, that is rubbish.

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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

The weekly preview of what, might happen on next Sunday`s charts. I must thank the incredibly dashing John McManus (no relation to Jack) for his help today. On last week`s thread we had 35 in the top 40 singles (shame about Hadouken, and Ben`s Brother, they did better physically than downloads). We did better in the top 30, apart from those 2 mentioned already, with 28 in the 30, and 18 in the top 20. On the album front, we had 10 in the combined top 10 :yahoo: 18 in the 20, and 28 in the 30 (re-entries let us down). (Some think we make it up, but we don`t. There are mathematical equations, Sunday/Monday sales, pre-orders, and downloads taken into consideration). Here are today`s apparent albums plus pre-orders (to complete the week) 01 01 HARD CANDY - MADONNA 02 07 ROCKFERRY - DUFFY 03 NE JUMPING ALL OVER THE WORLD - SCOOTER 04 03 SAM SPARRO - SAM SPARRO 05 10 THIRD - PORTISHEAD 06 02 CLUBLAND CLASSIX - VARIOUS 07 NE SMASH HITS-THE 80s 08 06 NOW 69 - VARIOUS 09 09 CREAM 15 YEARS - VARIOUS 10 11 TRANCE ANTHEMS DAVE PEARCE - VARIOUS 11 05 AGE OF UNDERSTATEMENT - LAST SHADOW PUPPETS 12 04 KONK - KOOKS 13 NE EITHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT - JACK MCMANUS 14 08 SPIRIT - LEONA 15 25 LESSONS TO BE LEARNED - GABRIELLA CILMI 16 14 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 17 13 ADDICTED TO BASSLINE - VARIOUS 18 NE SONGS FROM THE SPARKLE LOUNGE - DEF LEPPARD 19 NE VERY BEST OF - WILLIE NELSON 20 20 101 TRANCE ANTHEMS - VARIOUS 21 19 19 - ADELE 22 NE OLIVER - OST 23 21 STEP UP 2 THE STREETS - OST 24 NE MUSIC FOR THE ACCELERATED CULTURE - HADOUKEN 25 NE EVERYTHINGS THE RUSH - DELAYS 26 26 101 DRIVING SONGS - VARIOUS 27 24 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE 28 18 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - NICKELBACK 29 12 E=MC2 - MARIAH CAREY 30 17 VERY BEST OF - THE PLATTERS Outside the 30 today HOOSIERS, NITE FLITE, CHRIS BROWN, GARAGE CLASSICS, ONE REPUBLIC, GIRLS ALOUD, FRANKIE VALLI (37), STEVE WINWOOD (40), ELVIS COSTELLO (44) and JAMES BUTLER (46). Here is what transpired, in the singles/tracks today.... 01 01 4 MINUTES - MADONNA 02 02 WEARING MY ROLEX - WILEY 03 03 BLACK AND GOLD - SAM SPARRO 04 08 HEARTBREAKER - WILL I. AM 05 05 AMERICAN BOY - ESTELLE 06 04 LOVE IN THIS CLUB - USHER 07 06 CRY FOR YOU - SEPTEMBER 08 07 LOW - FLO RIDA 09 09 PROPANE NIGHTMARES - PENDULUM 10 NE DAYLIGHT - KELLY ROWLAND 11 11 HEARTBEAT - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 12 12 MERCY - DUFFY 13 14 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK 14 13 FASCINATION - ALPHABEAT 15 15 WITH YOU - CHRIS BROWN 16 19 PARTY PEOPLE - NELLY (download only) 17 40 DADDY O - WIDEBOYS AND SHAZNAY LEWIS 18 35 IN YOUR ARMS - KYLIE MINOGUE 19 17 TOUCH MY BODY - MARIAH CAREY 20 28 SWEET ABOUT ME - GABRIELLA CILMI 21 10 WE CRY - SCRIPT 22 23 COLD SHOULDER - ADELE 23 42 WARWICK AVENUE - DUFFY 24 20 BETTER IN TIME - LEONA 25 18 BREAK THE ICE - BRITNEY SPEARS 26 21 SOMETHING GOOD - UTAH SAINTS 27 22 OUTTA MY HEAD - ASHLEE SIMPSON (download only) 28 29 CAN`T SPEAK FRENCH - GIRLS ALOUD 29 41 COPS AND ROBBERS - HOOSIERS 30 NE SANTOGOLD - LES ARTISTES 31 16 MAYBE - JAY SEAN 32 24 STOP AND STARE - ONE REPUBLIC 33 31 ALWAYS WHERE I NEED TO BE - KOOKS 34 25 WHO`S THAT GIRL - ROBYN 35 35 9AM - PANIC AT THE DISCO 36 NE LOVE SONG - SARA BAREILLES (download only) 37 30 I`N NOT GONNA TEACH YOUR BOYFRIEND - BLACK KIDS 38 NE BLUEBIRDS FLYING HIGH - JAMES FOX/CARDIFF CITY F.C. 39 37 WHAT`S IT GONNA BE - H TWO O. 40 33 NOW YOU`RE GONE - BASSHUNTER Can`t put COLDPLAY in today (not enough info<although it will probably appear in that very static top 15, somewhere). LIL` WAYNE still knocks about the top 50. CHARLETONS miss the boat with "MISBEGOTTEN", in the lower reaches of a top 75, not much else happening. Pre-orders not released yet show that CHANNELLE HAYES (I WANT IT), TING TINGS (THAT`S NOT MY NAME), are both heading top 20 bound. The CARDIFF CITY FANS (DO THE AYATOLLAH) is also a fair-sized pre-order! :puke2: No, I don`t like football either! ;) How did we do in 1995?.... We did this on 1st May 95 01 10 SOME MIGHT SAY - OASIS 02 01 BACK FOR GOOD - TAKE THAT 03 02 KEY TO MY LIFE - BOYZONE 04 04 I`M IN CHAINS - TINA ARENA 05 03 TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME - BOBBY BROWN 06 33 CHANGING MAN - PAUL WELLER 07 25 GUAGLIONE - PEREZ PRADO 08 06 IF YOU ONLY LET ME IN - MN8 09 05 HAVE YOU REALLY EVER LOVED A WOMAN - BRYAN ADAMS 10 NE WE`RE GONNA DO IT AGAIN - MAN UTD FC 11 NE DREAMER - LIVING JOY 12 36 ARMY OF ME - BJORK 13 09 OUTTHERE BROTHERS - DON`T STOP 14 21 JESSIE - JOSHUA CADESON 15 32 BUDDY HOLLY - WEEZER 16 08 LOVE AND DEVOTION - REAL MCCOY 17 31 I WANNA GO WHERE THE PEOPLE GO - WILDHEARTS 18 07 BEST IN ME - LET LOOSE 19 26 A UBHAL IS AIRDE - RUNRIG 20 12 IF YOU LOVE ME - BROWNSTONE 21 NE MY GIRL JOSEPHINE - SUPERCAT 22 11 LOVE CITY GROOVE - LOVE CITY GROOVE 23 37 YOUR BODY`S CALLING E.P. - R. KELLY 24 15 TEARS DON`T LIE - MARK OH 25 NE MADE IN ENGLAND - ELTON JOHN (new release) 26 13 BABY BABY - CORONA 27 18 NOT OVER YET - GRACE 28 51 LIFTING ME HIGHER - GEMS FOR JEM 29 53 FREAK LIKE ME - ADENA HOWERD 30 NE LENNY - SUPERGRASS 31 NE GREEN DAY - WHEN I COME AROUND 32 NE SPARKY`S DREAM - TEENAGE FAN CLUB 33 NE THE THE - 34 NE SKIN - TAKE ME DOWN TO THE RIVER 35 35 CASTLES IN THE SAND - THUNDER 36 54 DON`T LAUGH - WINX 37 NE FIND THE ANSWER WITHIN - BOO RADLEYS 38 NE WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN - SHED 7 39 NE 247/365 - CHARLES AND EDDY 40 NE BEST THING IN THE WORLD - OPTYMISTIC 16 new in the top 40! It`d never happen 13 years on! We only got 32 records placed in that week`s top 40, shocking! :( I haven`t even got the title for the THE THE single, it did not apparently make the top 75, it was the follow up single to "I SAW THE LIGHT".....Can anyone tell me the title, please???????

The combined top 30 albums are as follows: 01 ne Madonna 02 ne Portishead 03 06 Duffy 04 02 Clubland Classix 05 01 Last Shadow Puppets 06 ne Sam Sparro 07 05 Now 69 08 07 Dave Pearce Trance Anthems 08 09 03 Kooks 10 ne Cream 15 Years 11 10 Scouting For Girls 12 04 Leona Lewis 13 08 Addicted To Bassline 14 ne Platters 15 28 Gabriella Cilmi 16 13 Adele 17 ne 101 Trance Anthems 18 14 Step up 2 the Streets 19 09 Mariah Carey 20 18 Amy Winehouse 21 16 Nickelback 22 ne Nite Flite 23 12 Mos Garage Classics 24 35 Hoosiers 25 19 One Republic 26 ne Rick Ashley 27 25 Kiss Presents the Mix Tape 28 23 Chris Brown 29 29 Britney Spears 30 22 Edge Of The 80s 12 compilations in the top 30, again! Aren`t they doing well?!

No he couldn`t do it! :lol:

Ha Ha! It was a near miss for Ben`s Brother though, what! Just missed at 41. :D. I shall have to do that chart, pretty much alone tomorrow...with no Dave, and Peter (mr hmv) Jay, on his hols. Never mind, I shall get into the various systems! Who else announces, a chart on a Bank Holiday, ay! Lol :yahoo:

What to do with the chart show? Personally start the programme at 2pm. Give the great Sean Tilley, the job as host (he`d been brillant, currently at Severn Sound). He knows the facts about everyone. Also, double up the new chart, with a chart from the past. That would increase listening figures, and bring in the slightly older person to listen (a family thing). Add in some sound effects, for songs going up and down, keep chat to a minimum (i.e. less chat, more chart). In 5 hours they could get in 80 songs. Call it the double top 40 show, put it on Radio 2, and get rid of the annoying nonsensical "Pick Of The Pops". Then the audience would double anyway. The Album chart, could follow (with it`s own show, complete with compilation chart too). Radio One would then concentrate on pure "new" music.

Dave is out for the afternoon, but he tells me that these are the Stats in the top 40..... 4 New entries 18 Down 10 Up 8 Stick (yep 8)!

One Night Only have slipped all week, haven`t they? Obviously the download version isn`t doing very well. ;) I wonder if Dave can possibly prove right, with Cardiff FC. Apparently, the pre-orders at HMV place it at number one! :w00t:

Our weekly tribute to the now defunct MRIB singles and Album charts is here! Dave and me took a look at Chart Show tv`s top 40 (which is broadcasted Saturday 3pm - 6.30pm, playing the complete top 40 along with bubblers and new releases). Altogether getting 50 plus songs into 3 and a half hours! Anyway we looked at that, added in sales from today, and came up with the latest charts around exclusive to our brilliant forum here at Buzzjack (the best chart forum, on the web by far). We have top films, dvds, as well as a trip back to May 1983, and of course the very latest top 20 albums, and top 50 singles here in the UK. Let`s begin with the top films this week.... 01 NE FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL 02 NE THE EVE 03 01 21 04 02 FOOLS GOLD 05 03 IN BRUGES 06 05 SON OF RANBOW 07 NE DECEPTION 08 04 STREET KINGS 09 06 SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES 10 09 HAPPY GO LUCKY FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL pulls in a gross earning of £2,144,038...3 times as much as THE EVE (films courtesy of Screen International, for UK box office) Here are the top dvds.... 01 NE I AM LEGEND 02 01 ST TRINIANS 03 02 ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS 04 03 STARDUST 05 04 RUN FAT BOY RUN 06 NE BALLS OF FURY 07 06 THE INVASION 08 07 BEOWULF 09 09 RATATOUILLE 10 10 30 DAYS OF NIGHT I AM LEGEND was rented/bought by 124,877 takers, compared to 93,437 for ST TRINIANS (with I AM LEGEND having double takers of ST TRINIANS last week! (the dvd chart is a combination of Blockbuster/mribvideo sales info). Here are this week`s top 20 albums... w/k ending 9th May 08 01 NE HARD CANDY - MADONNA 02 NE THIRD - PORTISHEAD 03 01 AGE OF UNDERSTATEMENT - LAST SHADOW PUPPETS 04 03 CLUBLAND CLASSIX - VARIOUS 05 NE SAM SPARRO - SAM SPARRO 06 04 NOW 69 - VARIOUS 07 06 ROCKFERRY - DUFFY 08 NE CREAM-15 YEARS - VARIOUS 09 02 KONK - KOOKS 10 05 SPIRIT - LEONA LEWIS 11 07 TRANCE ANTHEMS 08/DAVE PEARCE - VARIOUS 12 10 ADDICTED TO BASSLINE - VARIOUS 13 11 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 14 28 LESSONS TO BE LEARNED - GABRIELLA CILMI 15 14 19 - ADELE 16 08 E=MC2 - MARIAH CAREY 17 12 GARAGE CLASSICS/MOS - VARIOUS 18 NE 101 TRANCE ANTHEMS - VARIOUS 19 19 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE 20 13 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - NICKELBACK Compilations still doing brill, with almost a dozen in the top 30, this week. MADONNA outsells them all though. (the album chart is compiled from sales across Britain, and download sites, including chart info up to and including Wednesday night). Let`s take a look back to May 1983 next, starting with the albums then.... w/k ending 7th May 1983 01 01 LET`S DANCE - DAVID BOWIE 02 02 THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON 03 07 TRUE - SPANDAU BALLET 04 05 SWEET DREAMS - EURYTHMICS 05 03 FINAL CUT - PINK FLOYD 06 04 FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF NIGHT - BONNIE TYLER 07 24 CARGO - MEN AT WORK 08 20 WHITE FEATHERS - KAJAGOOGOO 09 09 QUICK STEP AND SIDE KICKS - THOMPSON TWINS 10 08 WAR - U2 11 06 THE HURTING - TEARS FOR FEARS 12 12 TOTO IV - TOTO 13 NE LUXURY GAP - HEAVEN 17 14 18 HIGHLAND HIGH RAIN - AXTEC CAMERA 15 10 LOCAL HERO - MARK KNOPFLER 16 13 THE KEY - JOAN ARMATRADING 17 11 RIO - DURAN DURAN 18 34 HIGHLY STRUNG - STEVE HACKETT 19 17 PRIDE - ROBERT PALMER 20 15 SCRIPT HAS A JESTERS TEAR - MARILLION Compilations were scarce in 83, but CHARTBUSTERS (a forerunner to the Now series, was just out of the top 20). DAVID BOWIE reigned supreme with his big seller at the top, followed by THRILLER (the original)....remember the micky take by LENNY HENRY on his show?! SPANDAU BALLET had the album, with the same title, as the big selling single. MEN AT WORK hit the big time in the UK in 83, but were already big in Australia (their native country) and also sold well in the States in 1982. HEAVEN 17, had a few released singles already in 1981, and actually featured on TOP OF THE POPS with SIMON BATES in 81, with the song "PLAY TO WIN". Were MARILLION paying homeage to our very own Jester? Maybe not! All these albums stick in my mind from 1983, because people used to have a chance to win them on Radio 2 in "DAVID HAMILTON`s MUSIC GAME", a daily quiz, with David on his then drivetime show. Here are 1983`s singles from this week then.... 01 05 TRUE - SPANDAU BALLET 02 07 KEEP FEELING FASCINATION - HUMAN LEAGUE 03 04 WORDS - F.R. DAVID 04 02 BEAT IT - MICHAEL JACKSON 05 03 CHURCH OF THE POISON MIND - CULTURE CLUB 06 12 WE ARE DETECTIVE - THOMPSON TWINS 07 15 TEMPTATION - HEAVEN 17 08 01 LET`S DANCE - DAVID BOWIE 09 30 PALE SHELTER - TEARS FOR FEARS 10 06 LOVE IS A STRANGER - EURYTHMICS 11 10 TRUE LOVE WAYS - CLIFF RICHARD 12 24 DANCING TIGHT - GALAXY/PHIL FEARON 13 16 FLIGHT OF ICARUS - IRON MAIDEN 14 08 BLUE MONDAY - NEW ORDER 15 17 ROSANNA - TOTO 16 38 OUR LIPS ARE SEALED - FUN BOY THREE 17 09 BREAKAWAY - TRACEY ULLMAN 18 23 FRIDAY NIGHT (LIVE) - KIDS FROM FAME 19 20 I AM I`M ME - TWISTED SISTER 20 11 HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT - TRACIE 21 29 LAST FILM - KISSING THE PINK 22 26 OVERKILL - MEN AT WORK 23 18 YOUNG FREE AND SINGLE - SUNFIRE 24 28 MISS THE GIRL - CREATURES 25 31 I`M NEVER GIVING UP - SWEET DREAMS 26 13 OOH TO BE AH - KAJAGOOGOO 27 14 BOXER BEAT - JO BOXERS 28 NE CAN`T GET USED TO LOSING YOU - THE BEAT 29 NE BLIND VISION - BLANCMANGE 30 37 HEY - JULIO IGLESIAS SPANDAU BALLET beating them all in 83, and knocking even Bowie off the top. F.R. DAVID had the one top 3 hit, the follow up "MUSIC" missed totally. MICHAEL JACKSON was doing well with his FALL OUT BOY cover!! Speaking of HEAVEN 17, as we were...they actually were former members of the HUMAN LEAGUE. CLIFF RICHARD was singing with the LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, in a live moment. EURYTHMICS rereleased an 82 flop. NEW ORDER with the biggest selling 12 inch, of all time. FAME was still big on the telly, with the Kids, still proving that. FUN BOY THREE covered a minor GO-GOs hit....the GO-GOs featured BELINDA CARLISLE, of course. KISSING THE PINK started promising, but the follow up singles flopped badly. IRON MAIDEN and TWISTED SISTER got heavy (will we ever see Maiden back in the singles chart, again)?! SUNFIRE gave us a simple melodic soul sound. SWEET DREAMS sang the EUROVISION entry, but disappeared without trace! The CREATURES were more or less SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES, and the BEAT covered ANDY WILLIAMS 1963, number 3 BBC chart single. TRACIE (YOUNG) was a female singer (who previously sang with the STYLE COUNCIL). JULIO IGLESIAS prop up the bottom of the top 30, and PINK FLOYD with "NOT NOW JOHN", had to be content with number 31, in the MRIB top 40 singles chart. I am done....stick around for Dave, who will complete the Thread of this week`s most up to date singles top 50 plus..... One good thing of lodging with Trevs, and the family means I just take over just like that :D Magic! Here are firstly, the physical top 10 this week 01 Madonna 02 Usher (new) 03 Sam Sparro 04 Jay Sean (new) 05 Estelle 06 September 07 Flo rida 08 Pendulum (new) 09 Mariah 10 Chris Brown The physical chart supplied by a combination of HMV, and other stores sales. Here is the full top 50 this week 50 41 BACKFIRED AT THE DISCO - WOMBATS 40) 49 NE DADDY-O - WIDEBOYS 48 NE SANTOGOLD - LES ARTISTES 47 NE LOVE SONG - SARA BAREILLES - 46 46 CHASING PAVEMENTS - ADELE 39) 45 29 TOCA`S MIRACLE - FRAGMA 38) =40 44 NE IN MY ARMS - KYLIE MINOGUE - bubbler 43 NE BANG ON THE PIANO - JACK MCMANUS 37) bubbler 42 36 DON`T STOP THE MUSIC - RIHANNA 36) =39 41 NE STUTTERING - BEN`S BROTHER 35) =37 40 25 TRIPPIN` ON YOU - CAHILL 34) =36 39 32 COME ON GIRLS - TAIO CRUZ 33) =35 38 31 FLASHING LIGHTS - KANYE WEST 32) =38 37 NE IT`S ABOUT TIME - ONE NIGHT ONLY 31) not playlisted 36 33 NOW YOU`RE GONE - BASSHUNTER 30) =34 35 35 PANIC AT THE DISCO - 9AM IN THE AFTERNOON 29) =32 34 26 WHAT`S IT GONNA BE - H20 28) =33 33 25 I`M NOT GONNA TEACH YOUR BOYFRIEND - BLACK KIDS 27) =27 32 34 OUTTA MY HEAD - ASHLEE SIMPSON - =29 31 NE WARWICK AVENUE - DUFFY - =31 30 NE DAYLIGHT - KELLY ROWLAND - 29 23 CAN`T SPEAK FRENCH - GIRLS ALOUD 26) =30 28 21 LAST SHADOW PUPPETS - AGE OF UNDERSTATEMENT 25) =25 27 22 STOP AND STARE - ONE REPUBLIC 24) =28 26 37 COPS AND ROBBERS - HOOSIERS 23) =26 25 40 WHO`S THAT GIRL - ROBYN 22) =24 24 19 ALWAYS WHERE I NEED TO BE - KOOKS 21) =22 23 27 PARTY PEOPLE - NELLY/FERGIE - =23 22 17 SOMETHING GOOD 08 - UTAH SAINTS VS VAN SHE 20) =21 21 16 BREAK THE ICE - BRITNEY SPEARS 19) =20 20 20 COLD SHOULDER - ADELE 18) =15 19 15 LEONA - BETTER IN TIME/FOOTSTEPS 17) =19 18 45 MAYBE - JAY SEAN 16) =18 17 29 SWEET ABOUT ME - GABRIELLA CILMI 15) =17 16 30 WE CRY - THE SCRIPT 14) =13 15 11 TOUCH MY BODY - MARIAH CAREY 13) =16 14 14 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK 12) =14 13 13 WITH YOU - CHRIS BROWN 11) =12 12 12 FASCINATION - ALPHABEAT 10) =11 11 09 MERCY - DUFFY 9) =10 10 10 HEARTBEAT - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 8) =9 09 08 HEARTBREAKER - WILL I. AM - =8 08 18 PROPANE NIGHTMARES - PENDULUM 7) not playlisted 07 06 LOW - FLO RIDA 6) =7 06 04 CRY FOR YOU - SEPTEMBER 5) =6 05 03 AMERICAN BOY - ESTELLE/KANYE WEST 4) =5 04 07 LOVE IN THIS CLUB - USHER/YOUNG JEEZY 3) =4 03 05 WEAR MY ROLEX - WILEY - =2 02 02 BLACK AND GOLD - SAM SPARRO 2) =3 01 01 4 MINUTES - MADONNA/TIMBALAND/TIMBERLAKE 1) =1 ) Position without downloads only. Number 41 without downloads only goes to ONE REPUBLIC/TIMBALAND and the long runner, "Apologise". It resides at 52, in the combined top 75, today. Chartshow TV positions follow the = sign. 3 weeks for Madonna, selling 7,000 more than Sam, a close call but Sam gets 2nd place to WILEY (who seems to be running out of steam, on download sites). Outside the 50, not much is happening..all the action is inside the 50. LIL`WAYNE slips to 51, SHAWTY GET LOOSE is in the top 75, along with DAN LE SAC and HADOUKEN. Losers this week are IVYRISE, CRISIS, BRIGADE, BRIT AND ALEX and the DELAYS (who looked promising, then fell off). Next week look out for albums by the DELAYS, DEF LEPPARD, ELVIS COSTELLO, STEVE WINWOOD, JACK MCMANUS, SCOOTER, JAMES HUNTER, SMASH HITS - THE 80s and the new HED KANDI compilation "WORLD SERIES LIVE, SAN FRANSISCO">>>And look out for singles from RACONTEURS, SHAGGY/AKON, CHARLETONS, WIDEBOYS, KYLIE, LES ARTISTES, and my top top 20 tip, THE CARDIFF CITY FC song by JAMES FOX, "BLUEBIRDS FLYING HIGH", will outsell Madonna.......or maybe not!!!!!!!! :blink: Don`t forget Chart Show TV for the fastest chart on TV, tomorrow 3 - 6.30pm. I will slip the positions from that in tomorrow around 5pm.

I know Ben, I`m just thinking about this other "new" group called "Last Shadow Prophets", I know where Dave`s been this afternoon......The pub! :lol: I should`ve checked it before I typed it up! First there were 2 number 28s, and now I have seen the other 2 errors. It`s worse than the local paper!

It`s number 8, in HMV`s sales chart today.

I see you haven`t got Ben`s Brother in yours either, why`s that then?

I have just spotted, that I missed her out! Dave has two 28s listed! Hold on for a correction....

Are you not expecting Hadouken, then? :lol:

All of a sudden Dave, hands me a crumple piece of paper, full of equations and figures....it must be the weekly preview to what may happen in next weekend`s charts! So here we go, compiled from figures out of HMV, and downloads from all download sites under the sun, including stores like Asda, Woolworths, Tesco, Sainsburys, and WHSmiths. Today we found in the albums this... 01 NE HARD CANDY - MADONNA 02 03 CLUBLAND CLASSIX - VA 03 NE SAM SPARRO - SAM SPARRO 04 02 KONK - KOOKS 05 01 AGE OF UNDERSTATEMENT - LAST SHADOW PUPPETS 06 05 NOW 69 - VA 07 07 ROCKFERRY - DUFFY 08 04 SPIRIT - LEONA 09 NE CREAM 15 YEARS - VA 10 NE THIRD - PORTISHEAD 11 10 DAVE PEARCE TRANCE ANTHEMS - VA 12 06 E=MC2 - MARIAH CAREY 13 13 ADDICTED TO BASSLINE - VA 14 09 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 15 NE ULTIMATE COLLECTION - RICK ASTLEY 16 15 GARAGE CLASSICS - VA 17 NE VERY BEST OF - THE PLATTERS 18 11 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - NICKELBACK 19 17 19 - ADELE 20 NE 101 TRANCE ANTHEMS - VA 21 RE STEP UP 2 THE STREETS - VA 22 NE NITE FLTE - VA 23 16 DREAMING OUT LOUD - ONE REPUBLIC 24 20 BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE 25 RE LESSONS TO BE LEARNED - GABRIELLA CILMI 26 23 101 DRIVING SONGS - VA 27 08 HARD2BEAT CLUB ANTHEMS - VA 28 19 GOOD TO BE BAD - WHITESNAKE 29 21 EDGE OF THE 80s - VA 30 25 TANGLED UP - GIRLS ALOUD Feasible album chart there, I reckon. 12 compilations in there! Not much happening outside the 30, ROBYN, ONE NIGHT ONLY and HOOSIERS go back up, outside. Other entries in the 40 for THE FALL, HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT, and THE TINDERSTICKS.....Further down there is CAJUN DANCE PARTY and BRANDY CARLILE both in the top 60. In the singles today, we found.... 01 01 4 MINUTES - MADONNA 02 ne WEAR MY ROLEX - WILEY 03 03 BLACK AND GOLD - SAM SPARRO 04 06 LOVE IN THIS CLUB - USHER 05 02 AMERICAN BOY - ESTELLE 06 05 CRY FOR YOU - SEPTEMBER 07 04 LOW - FLO RIDA 08 10 HEARTBREAKER - WILL I. AM 09 ne PROPANE NIGHTMARES - PENDULUM 10 ne WE CRY - SCRIPT 11 08 HEARTBEAT - SFG 12 07 MERCY - DUFFY 13 13 FASCINATION - ALPHABEAT 14 14 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK 15 17 WITH YOU - CHRIS BROWN 16 ne MAYBE - JAY SEAN 17 09 TOUCH MY BODY - MARIAH CAREY 18 16 BREAK THE ICE - BRITNEY 19 31 PARTY PEOPLE - NELLY 20 12 BETTER IN TIME/FOOTSTEPS - LEONA 21 23 SOMETHING GOOD - UTAH SAINTS 22 ne OUTTA MY HEAD - ASHLEE SIMPSON 23 22 COLD SHOULDER - ADELE 24 19 STOP AND STARE - ONE REPUBLIC 25 39 WHO`S THAT GIRL - ROBYN 26 ne STUTTERIN` - BEN`S BROTHER 27 ne DECLARATION OF WAR - HADOUKEN 28 32 SWEET LIKE ME - GABRIELLA CILMI 29 24 CAN`T SPEAK FRENCH - GIRLS ALOUD 30 26 I`M NOT GONNA TEACH YOUR BOYFRIEND - BLACK KIDS 31 20 ALWAYS WHERE I NEED TO BE - KOOKS 32 11 TRIPPIN` ON YOU - CAHILL 33 35 FLASHING LIGHTS - KANYE 34 18 AGE OF UNDERSTATEMENT - LAST SHADOW PROPHETS 35 ne IN YOUR ARMS - KYLIE 36 28 TOCA`S MIRACLE - FRAGMA 37 36 WHAT WE GONNA DO - H TWO O 38 29 COME ON GIRLS - TAIO CRUZ 39 37 NOW YOU`RE GONE - BASSHUNTER 40 ne DADDY O - WIDEBOYS JACK MCMANUS - BANG THE PIANO (HMV made a mistake with that today...they have it catalogued as BANG THE RADIO....Have they been listening to Fearne and Reggie too)?!!!!! Jack is in the top 60, along with ONE NIGHT ONLY and LIL` WAYNE is top 50, with BRIT and ALEX). There was no sign, of FREEMASONS today, DUFFY is still hanging on with WARWICK AVENUE, and SARA BAREILLES also knocks about the top 70. Also, in the outer reaches of the full chart are CRISIS, DELAYS and the HMV pre-order of the week is JAMES FOX/CARDIFF CITY FC, in HMV the pre-orders are putting it, in the top 3! Last week we had 36 in the 40, so once again we did ok....late arrivals of downloads by WILEY, PENDULUM, SCRIPT, and ASHLEE SIMPSON caught us out. How did we do with the singles 14 years ago, in 1994?.... This was Monday 25th April 94 01 01 MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL - PRINCE 02 02 MMM MMM MMM MMM - CRASH TEST DUMMIES 03 06 SWEETS FOR MY SWEET - CJ LEWIS 04 04 THE REAL THING - TONY DE BART 05 03 ALWAYS - ERASURE 06 08 DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE - BITTY MCCLEAN 07 22 I`LL STAND BY YOU - PRETENDERS 08 25 JUST A STEP FROM HEAVEN - ETERNAL 09 40 LIGHT MY FIRE - CLUBHOUSE 10 24 UNDER THE BRIDGE - RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS 11 09 I LIKE TO MOVE IT - REEL TO REAL 12 10 100% PURE LOVE - CRYSTAL WATERS 13 05 EVERYTHING CHANGES - TAKE THAT 14 11 STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 15 NE INSIDE - STILTSKIN 16 14 ROCK MY HEART -HADDAWAY 17 41 MONEY - SKIN (E.P.) 18 NE DREAMS - CRANBERRIES 19 21 ANOTHER SAD LOVE SONG - TONI BRAXTON 20 13 THE SIGN - ACE OF BASS 21 NE OBJECTS IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR - MEAT LOAF 22 26 ALL OVER YOU - LEVEL 42 23 23 MR JONES - COUNTING CROWS 24 43 HOLD THAT SUCKER DOWN - OT QUARTET 25 28 MISLED - CELINE DION 26 12 YOU GOTTA BE - DES`REE 27 35 COME ON YOU REDS - MAN UTD FC 28 15 DOOP - DOOP 29 27 AS IF WE NEVER SAID GOODBYE - BARBRA STRIESAND 30 NE PHIL COLLINS - WE WAIT AND WE WONDER 31 NE RUN BABY RUN - SHERYL CROW 32 NE BREAKAWAY - ZZ TOP 33 NE SATURDAY NIGHT SUNDAY MORNING - TEMPO 34 NE ELTON JOHN AND MARCELLA DETROIT - AIN`T NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING 35 44 BECOMING MORE LIKE GOD - JAH WOBBLES 36 42 IT WILL BE YOU - PAUL YOUNG 37 NE SILENT SCREAM - RICHARD MARX 38 NE LIKE A SHOT - CYPRESS HILL 39 16 WHATTA MAN - SALT N` PEPA/EN VOGUE 40 17 THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER - DEE:REAM I was never a fan of 1994 because it drew up that ghastily make believe reggae feel from the likes of SHAGGY, and the just as bad CJ LEWIS!! Givew me proper reggae and ska anyday! Is that why we had a bad week with only 31 in the top 40?!! That`s what came of listening to Dr Neil Fox, on the Pepsi Chart. They championed both PHIL COLLINS and ELTON JOHN/MARCELLA DETROIT and both songs did not do that well, in the Official Chart...Elton peaked at 24 (13 on the PEPSI CHART) and PHIL went to 48 officially, and 22 on the PEPSI CHART. Dave will do the honours later in the week, with the top 40, without downloads only (probably Weds, he tells me....since he is lodging with us, at the mo). How will we do on our preview today?.....time will only tell!

On be half on Dave, here is the top 30 progs up to last week.... 01 CORONATION STREET MON 11.18 02 EASTENDERS MON 10.60 03 BRITAINS GOT TALENT 9.44 04 DR WHO 9.04 05 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TUES 7.92 06 EMMERDALE MON 7.92 07 FOYLES WAR 7.74 08 THE APPRENTICE 7.32 09 CASUALTY 6.76 10 MR AND MRS 6.53 11 PUSHING DAISES 6.36 12 THE BILL WEDS 5.82 13 BENIDORM 5.59 14 I`D DO ANYTHING 5.57 15 MY FAMILY 5.56 16 10 O` CLOCK NEWS MON 5.51 17 BBC NEWS SUN 5.48 18 HOLBY CITY 5.42 19 THE ONE SHOW TUES 5.19 20 TIGER: SPY IN THE JUNGLE 5.14 21 TRAFFIC COPS 5.07 22 SIX O` CLOCK SHOW 4.60 23 BBC NEWS SAT 10.10PM 4.42 24 HEADCASES 4.39 25 WATCHDOG 4.39 26 THE FIXER 4.30 27 TV`s FUNNIEST MOMENTS 3.99 28 ANIMALS DO THE FUNNIEST THINGS 3.92 29 ITV EARLY EVENING NEWS 6.30PM 3.84 30 HOLIDAY HOMES FROM HELL 3.82 BBC2 01 APPRENTICE-YOU`RE FIRED 3.00 02 DELIA 2.96 03 UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE 2.48 BBC3 01 GAVIN AND STACEY 1401,000 02 60 SECONDS 1189,000 03 EASTENDERS TUES 1043,000 CH4 01 GRAND DESIGNS 3.67 02 BODYSHOCK 3.65 03 PROPERTY MATTERS 3.24 CH5 01 CSI 3.15 02 CSI-NEW YORK 3.01 03 HOUSE 2.68 BBC4 01 RATHER YOU THAN ME 669,000 02 ARENA: FRANKIE HOWERD 514,000 03 WHO KILLED KIRSTY MACOLL 426,000 ITV 3 01 WEXFORD 584,000 02 ROSEMARY AND THYME 544,000 03 DOC MARTIN 513,000 ITV 4 01 UEFA CUP 07 - 08 932,000 02 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 657,000 03 END OF DAYS 449,000 MEN AND MOTORS 01 ALL THE GEAR NO IDEA 39,000 02 FREDDIE STARR 38,000 03 CRIMEFIGHTERS 33,000 E4 01 SKINS 766,000 02 SHAMELESS 764,000 03 HOLLYOAKS 666,000 FILM 4 01 BOAT TRIP 456,000 02 MONSTER IN LAW 400,000 03 CROCODILE DUNDEE II 346,000 LIVING TV 01 AMERICA`S NEXT TOP MODEL 580,000 02 CRIMINAL MINDS 298,000 03 CSI 227,000