trevs

I would say that when the gruesome twosome, were employed as hosts, it would have been on a yearly contract. So, that would take it to next October. Most of the time these days, when a presenter/s are employed they take up a 12 month contract. It used to be a minimum of 2 years, but it doesn`t happen much today. Going back to 1979, when Simon Bates was doing the show (he took over, from Tom Browne in April 78), obviously, Simon already had a Radio one contract, as he did the morning show anyway. Simon was taken off when Radio one bosses needed to give Tony Blackburn another job, (meaning Simon only did it for 18 months). Reggie and Fearne newcomers/new contract....probably minimum of 1 year. The bosses at Radio one, may of known Fearne would move on, hence 2 presenters! Of course Mikey and co, are exactly correct. You only need one presenter. I am informed that Lucio, has had a big wave of extra listeners, since these 2 were put on Radio one. Hence Hit40uk, playing all the songs, and featuring a couple of new releases, the number one album, and rundown of the top ten album chart at 6pm. After which Lucio plays the top ten, non stop and commercial free, until 7.00. Just imagine the number of complaints, that go to Radio one, every Sunday, when Amy MacDonald`s, "This is the Life", has been in the top 40, for something like 10 weeks, and these 2 nutters, have only played it about 4 times, at the most (even missing it out, when it went up 12 places, a few weeks back....even though all 3 of Rihanna`s songs were played, week after week! The total number of complaints to the producer must be astronomical! Most of all, the programme is the worst, it`s ever been...since the top 40 began in 1978!

Insider info tells us that both will be on their bikes, very soon!

Hi there Mikey, how`s the job going mate? Number of spots down/up for these please... Hometown Glory Wombats Cascada T2 Elliot Minor Booty Luv Cheers!

Album Down 1 Single Down 4

I`ll tell you, when we did the weekly run of shops yesterday for next week`s chart, the closeness, was very apparent. The Physical version of Rockstar, had diminished, but now the shops, are well stocked, with the single again. 2weeks ago, on MRIB`s physical chart, Rockstar shot up, from 22 to number 6. Number 4 physically last week, and growing. When we added airplay it pushes, passed Basshunter, very easily....so it`s possible, it could do it, by Sunday.

Hi Mikey, you are really missed when you are not here, because you do such a great service. You should be payed just for this alone...number of spots down for these please?... Ride It Rule the world Valerie Relax - Mika Heartbroken Elliot Minor Thanks old boy!

Absolutely. Joe Dolce, wasn`t even Italian. He was Australian, and a good friend of Jasper Carrott...Whats a matter you, Hey, gotta no respect, whata d`you think you do, why you looking so sad, it`s a nicer place...ahh Shuddup o` ya face!! Funny thing was Ultravox, sold more copies, and became the 5th best seller of 81, so it sold better than some number ones did, in 81!

Here is another fact on Tony Christie...round about 1973, his pop career took a nose-dive. Neil Sedaka offered Tony, a song called Solitaire. Tony and his management turned it down. Surprise Surprise, Andy Williams snapped it up at the end of 73, and he took the same song into the top 5, in Jan 1974. Poor Tony, bet he felt bad!

Yep, I forgot Jennifer! How about the longest time taken to get to number 2? I think it must be Sinitta and "So Macho"..it hit the top 200, in Feb 86, I think...but didn`t get to number 2, until August 86.

Back in the day, when I was young :lol: I remember Charlene in 1982, with "I`ve Never Been too Me", that (at that point) was the longest time to make it to the top, from May to June. It took 7 weeks! But it is definately Celine Dion who wins the prize! Ever growing airplay on Think Twice, meant it was first played in October, by the Pepsi Chart, on Independant Radio, in 94! But if you are very good, you would remember that Space Oddity, by David Bowie (originally released in 1969), took 6 years to make it to number one in Oct 1975! Unchained Melody - the Righteous Brothers, took 25 years 1965 - 1990!

Well THINK TWICE by CELINE DION took a long time to go to number one, how many weeks did that take, Mikey?

It`s Monday, so the preview of what`s been selling around the shops, and what`s being download since yesterday. We went around town with our spies, took sales info, and national stores chart info, from the likes of HMV, WOOLWORTHS, and 2 other smaller shops, added in 4 download sites info...took in radio/tv airplay (which works 40/40/20%), added it all together, to come up with these charts. Last week, when compared to last night`s official chart we had 18 records correctly in the album top 20 (though not exactly all in the right order), but the top 10 was nearly right! The albums today, looked this way... 01 SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC - JACK JOHNSON (NEW) 02 19 - ADELE (1) 03 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - NICKELBACK (5) 04 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS (2) 05 RAISING SAND - PLANT/KRAUSS (3) 06 MADE IN THE DARK - HOT CHIP (NEW) 07 THIS IS THE LIFE - AMY MACDONALD (4) 08 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - RIHANNA (11) 09 GROWING PAINS - MARY J. BLIGE (NEW) 10 LOVE SONGS - PAVAROTTI (NEW) 11 101 LOVE SONGS - VARIOUS (NEW) 12 WITH LOVE X - VARIOUS (NEW) 13 BIG TUNES 2008 - VARIOUS (9) 14 HAND BUILT BY ROBOTS - NEWTON FAULKNER (6) 15 ULTIMATE HITS - GARTH BROOKS (18) 16 ROBYN - ROBYN (15) 17 BEAUTIFUL WORLD - TAKE THAT (8) 18 MINISTRY OF SOUND ANTHEMS 91 - 08 - VARIOUS (16) 19 REAL LOVE - VARIOUS ARTISTS (NEW) 20 ULTIMATE NRG - VARIOUS (NEW) 21 R + B LOVE SONGS - VARIOUS (13) 22 GUIDE TO LOVE LOSS AND DESPERATION - WOMBATS (14) 23 POWER OF LOVE - VARIOUS ARTISTS (23) 24 LOVE COLLECTION - DIONNE WARWICK (NEW) 25 SCREAM AIM FIRE - BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE (10) 26 LATER WITH JOOLS HOLLAND - VARIOUS (12) 27 LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION - MIKA (19) 28 SET THE MOOD - DAVID JORDAN (28) 29 CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE - MICHAEL BUBLE (29) 30 HIS WONDROUS STORY - BILLY FURY (25) Ready for Valentine`s Day? The album chart is! With 9 various artist compilations in! Other new entries today are, KENNY ROGERS at 34, DUKE SPIRIT at 35, LAURA MARLING 36, MORCHEEBA 43, LENNY KRAVITZ 44, ALEXANDER O, NEIL 46, CHARLIE LANSBOROUGH 47, and RASCAL FLATTS at 48. Last week on the singles, we had 18 in the 20, 22 in the 25, and 29 in the 30, but again not nessecerily in the right order! HOT CHIP grew threw the week, squeezing into the mids low top 20, on Tuesday, and finished right up in the top 10, last night. Sales were not so good last Monday, that`s why it was only 29. Today we got this, for the singles... 01 05 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK 02 01 NOW YOU`RE GONE - BASSHUNTER 03 09 SUN GOES DOWN - DAVID JORDAN 04 04 DON`T STOP THE MUSIC - RIHANNA 05 03 WORK - KELLY ROWLAND 06 38 JOURNEY CONTINUES - MARK BROWN 07 NE THAT`S HOW PEOPLE GROW UP - MORRISEY 08 02 CHASING PAVEMENTS - ADELE 09 40 THE GIRL IS MINE 08 - JACKSON/WILL I AM 10 NE I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER - THE FEELING 11 29 READY FOR THE FLOOR - HOT CHIP 12 07 PIECE OF ME - BRITNEY 13 06 SUPERSTAR - LUPE FIASCO 14 14 CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY 15 11 BE MINE - ROBYN 16 27 WOW - KYLIE MINOGUE 17 12 RIDE IT - JAY SEAN 18 13 HOMECOMING - KANYE WEST 19 10 ELVIS AIN`T DEAD - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 20 16 JUST FINE - MARY J. BLIGE 21 08 JUST FOR NIGHT - ONE NIGHT ONLY 22 15 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC 23 19 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT 24 18 VALERIE - MARK RONSON 25 17 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS 26 NE WHO`S GOT A MATCH - BIFFY CLYRO 27 23 CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD 28 22 MOVING TO NEW YORK - WOMBATS 29 26 WHAT HURT`S THE MOST - CASCADA 30 25 RELAX TAKE IT EASY - MIKA A combination of downloads, and airplay pushes NICKELBACK to the top, after 17 weeks! The physical of it, has also grown. 30 SECONDS TO MARS enter at 31, there are is another new entry on downloads alone in the 40, for CRAIG DAVID. WET WET WET are down the bottom, of the top 50, along with DUFFY. We put 3 charts together today, one combined Physical/Downloads/Airplay (as above)...the 2nd one pure physical, had Rihanna at the top, Basshunter 2, Kelly Rowland 3...the third chart based on just downloads and physicals, that one had Basshunter at number 1, and Nickelback 2, Rihanna 3, and David Jordan 4. How will it compare to next Sunday`s chart, and the mids? Time will tell! Am I gonna add an old Luxembourg chart? Yep, see how they did then... This chart was announced on Radio Luxembourg on Tues 3rd Feb 1981, supposibly the chart for week ending 14th Feb 81. 01 NE SHADDUP YOU FACE - JOE DOLCE 02 04 VIENNA - ULTRAVOX 03 01 WOMAN - JOHN LENNON 04 13 THE OLDEST SWINGER IN TOWN - FRED WEDLOCK 05 10 ROMEO AND JULIET - DIRE STRAITS 06 02 IN THE AIR TONIGHT - PHIL COLLINS 07 20 I SURRENDER - RAINBOW 08 12 FADE TO GREY - VISAGE 09 03 RAPTURE - BLONDIE 10 19 ELEPHANTS GRAVEYARD - BOOMTOWN RATS 11 14 RETURN OF THE LAS PALMAS 7 - MADNESS 12 05 DON`T STOP THE MUSIC - YARBOROUGH AND PEOPLES 13 18 ITS MY TURN - DIANA ROSS 14 16 THE FREEZE - SPANDAU BALLET 15 30 WE`LL BRING THE HOUSE DOWN - SLADE 16 17 SGT ROCK IS GONNA HELP ME - XTC 17 06 A LITTLE IN LOVE - CLIFF RICHARD 18 NE I`M IN LOVE WITH A GERMAN FILMSTAR - PASSIONS 19 07 IMAGINE - JOHN LENNON 20 24 TWILIGHT CAFE - SUSAN FASSBENDER 21 08 YOUNG PARISIANS - ADAM AND THE ANTS 22 11 ANT MUSIC - ADAM AND THE ANTS 23 NE CAR TROUBLE - ADAM AND THE ANTS 24 15 I AM THE BEAT - THE LOOK 25 09 I AINT GONNA STAND FOR IT - STEVIE WONDER 26 13 GANGSTERS OF THE GROOVE - HEATWAVE 27 NE JUST WHEN I NEEDED YOU MOST - BARBARA JONES 28 NE ROCK THIS TOWN - STRAY CATS 29 27 HANG TOGETHER - ODDYSSEY 30 NE SOUTHERN FREEZ - FREEEZ They had 26 in the 30 correctly in 81, but yep, not in the right order, and the top 3 reversed! But they had JOE DOLCE at number 1, two weeks before those slow coaches, on Radio one! And just look at number 12, and definately not the same song, as Rihanna!

I haven`t been able to confirm this at all. I have spoken to Dave Taylor, but he doesn`t know either, but tells me that there was a printing error on yesterdays mrib chart. It should be that URBNRI record at 36, not The Ting Tings, he thinks. As Great DJs is at 26, at the moment on iTunes, I would expect it to be in the top 75 singles chart. Looking round the web, it doesn`t say anything, about the song being disqualified. The physical release is on the 3rd March. So, we will have to wait, and see what happens, in the meantime. The download has 2 tracks on it, and is declared an e.p.

It may have been played in 1988, it certainly hung around the bottom of the chart, for a few weeks, before it hit the top 40. I reckon it was released around the first, or second week of Feb 1989 possibly the 6th or 13th. An anti-oldies song, with lines such as, "Rock n`Roll Radio, Music From the Past, We Don`t Want Them Back, I`d Rather Jack". The British female duo, took the song to number 8, on both MRIB and GALLUP charts in March 89. I first heard it on the ED STEWART show, on Radio Mercury in Sussex. ED wasn`t listening to the lyrics, because he stated that they sang, "I`d Rather Jack, WITH Fleetwood Mac!" At the time, oldies started being played, more frequently, when the Gold stations, such as CAPITAL GOLD (London), FIRST GOLD RADIO (Guildford) began. Even Radio one, were playing older hits on shows such as, SIMON BATES playing songs, as far back as 1958. Like I said, Radio 2, were playing 40s records, back in 89, and hardly any chart singles, at all.

Oh yeah, remember now. The track of "Getting Away With It", featured guest vocals by Neil Tennant (of the Pet Shop Boys)!!

What album were you thinking of Mikey? You confused me, I was thinking Electronic was a Pet Shop Boys thing, as in "Getting Away With It", later in 1989???

Here is another selection of Saturday chart action, with great thanks to Dave Taylor (davericktaylor@yahoo.co.uk). Today, back to 1989 with the Albums & Singles, a slice of the same with this week`s charts, and much more as usual. The albums 08/02... 15 NE LATER LIVE WITH JOOLS HOLLAND - VARIOUS 14 16 POWER OF LOVE - VARIOUS 13 05 COOL - LUPE FIASCO 12 10 LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION - MIKA 11 11 MINISTRY OF SOUND ANTHEMS 91 - 08 - VARIOUS 10 09 BIG TUNES 2008 - VARIOUS 09 13 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - RIHANNA 08 04 HAND BUILT BY ROBOTS - NEWTON FAULKNER 07 08 TRICK TO LIFE - HOOSIERS 06 02 THIS IS THE LIFE - AMY MCDONALD 05 12 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - NICKELBACK 04 03 RAISING SAND - PLANT/KRAUSS 03 NE SCREAM AIM FIRE - BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE 02 01 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 01 NE 19 - ADELE Valentines Day looms and next week, will be littered with those slushy, love song type albums...R & B LOVE SONGS is already in the top 20, but WITH LOVE X, REAL LOVE, and wait for it....PHIL COLLINS LOVE SONGS, are all tipped to slide into the chart, next week! The albums in 1989... w/k beggining 4th Feb 89 01 NE TECHNIQUE - NEW ORDER 02 NE MYSTERY GIRL - ROY ORBISON 03 01 THE LEGENDRY - ROY ORBISON 04 03 LIVING YEARS - MIKE AND THE MECHANICS 05 23 THE MARQUEE 30 LEGENDARY YEARS - VARIOUS 06 15 ANCIENT HEART - TANITA TIKARUM 07 02 THE INNOCENTS - ERASURE 08 07 WATERMARK - ENYA 09 05 ANYTHING FOR YOU - GLORIA ESTEFAN 10 04 GREATEST HITS - FLEETWOOD MAC 11 06 PREMIERE COLLECTION/LLOYD WEBBER - VARIOUS 12 NE AFTER THE WAR - GARY MOORE 13 27 LOVE SUPREME - SUPREMES/DIANA ROSS 14 08 ULTIMATE COLLECTION - BRYAN FERRY/ROXY MUSIC 15 09 KYLIE - KYLIE MINOGUE Nice set of new entries in the album chart in 89. ROY ORBISON sadly passed away in Dec 88, so 2 albums in the top 5. Of course ROY was also a member of the TRAVELLING WILBURYS and their Album was at 23, as well...and was the FLEETWOOD MAC GREATEST HITS collection, what inspired the REYNOLDS GIRLS to sing "I`D RATHER JACK, THAN FLEETWOOD MAC?"... 1989`s Singles chart... w/k beginning 4th Feb 89 01 01 SOMETHINGS GOTTEN HOLD OF MY HEART - MARC ALMOND/GENE PITNEY 02 06 LOVE TRAIN - HOLLY JOHNSON 03 04 CUDDLY TOY - ROACHFORD 04 02 LIVING YEARS - MIKE AND THE MECHANICS 05 03 YOU GOT IT - ROY ORBISON 06 10 THATS THE WAY LOVE IS - TEN CITY 07 07 WAIT - ROBERT HOWERD/KYM MAZELLE 08 NE LAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL PLAYBOYS - MORRISEY 09 05 SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY - FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS 10 20 MY PREROGATIVE - BOBBY BROWN 11 35 LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING - MICHAEL BALL 12 22 LOVER IN ME - SHEENA EASTON 13 29 FINE TIME - YAZZ 14 17 BIG AREA - THEN JERICHO 15 08 ESPECIALLY FOR YOU - KYLIE AND JASON 16 27 ITS ONLY LOVE - SIMPLY RED 17 13 STOP - ERASURE 18 09 BE MY TWIN - BROTHER BEYOND 19 11 BUFFALO STANCE - NENEH CHERRY 20 26 I ONLY WANNA BE WITH YOU - SAMANTHA FOX 21 15 BABY DONT FOGET MY NUMBER - MILLI VANILLI 22 30 LOOKING FOR LINDA - HUE AND CRY 23 12 BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY-FREBIRD - WILL TO POWER 24 18 RESPECT - ADEVA 25 14 WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL - BOY MEETS GIRL 26 NE SHE WON`T TALK TO ME - LUTHER VANDROSS 27 24 BREAK 4 LOVE - RAZE 28 NE EVERY ROSE HAS ITS THORN - POISON 29 16 WHERE IS THE LOVE - MICA PARIS/WILL DOWNING 30 33 FISHERMAN`S BLUES - WATERBOYS In 89, MARC ALMOND had a solo version of SOMETHINGS GOTTEN HOLD OF MY HEART on an album. This was created exactly like the 1967 original number 5 hit for GENE PITNEY. Marc, and his record company (Parlophone), persuaded GENE PITNEY to add his vocals, for the single release. HOLLY JOHNSON spun away from FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD for his first solo outing...MIKE RUTHERFORD teamed up, with PAUL CARRICK, for the LIVING YEARS, dedicated to his own father. How many other people had PAUL CARRICK sung with? Well, he had sung on many other records, and his first group, as such, was ACE (who had a top 20 hit in 74, with HOW LONG), later covered by ROD STEWART in 1982. MORRISEY scored another top 10 hit, away from the SMITHS (next week we expect MORRISEY back in the top 10, with the new single). There was BOBBY BROWN pre-marriage to who?...WHITNEY HOUSTON of course! MICHAEL BALL sang LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING from ASPECTS OF LOVE (the latest ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER production), helped by Radio 2 airplay (this about the only song in the singles chart, to be played by the station, at that time) along with presenters DEREK JAMESON, KEN BRUCE, JIMMY YOUNG, GLORIA HUNNIFORD, the late ADRIAN LOVE, and the late JOHN DUNN...SAMANTHA FOX sung DUSTY SPRINGFIELD...I ONLY WANNA BE WITH YOU also got to number 4 for BAY CITY ROLLERS, and the TOURISTS, unfortunately SAM FOX stalled at number 16! MILLI VANILLI had a BONEY M connection, same production team etc, and also we discovered MILLI VANILLI didnt sing on their records! Finally on 89, WILL TO POWER scored with the medley BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY and FREEBIRD....BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY (a PETER FRAMPTON song circa 76, from the live album, and FREEBIRD twice a hit for LYNYRD SKYNYRD in 76 and 83. Let`s go to this weeks film chart... w/k ending 8th Feb 08... 10 NE IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH 09 08 ENCHANTED 08 05 CHARLIE WILSONS WAR 07 07 ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS 06 04 I AM LEGEND 05 06 ST TRINIANS 04 02 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN 03 03 PS I LOVE YOU 02 01 ALIEN VS PREDATOR REQUIEM 01 NE SWEENEY TODD The top off-line dvd rentals... 10 RE 28 WEEKS LATER 09 10 NEXT 08 06 300 07 08 SIMPSONS MOVIE 06 07 SHREK THE THIRD 05 04 OCEANS 13 04 05 PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN-AT WORLDS END 03 03 TRANSFORMERS 02 02 DIE HARD 4.0 01 01 BOURNE ULTIMATUM Let`s go straight to the top tracks/singles this week...6 new, 4 up, 27 down and 3 stay the same... w/k ending 8th Feb 40 38 CHANGE - SUGABABES 39 32 PUMPKIN SOUP - KATE NASH 38 37 UMBRELLA - RIHANNA 37 35 DREAM CATCH ME - NEWTON FAULKNER 36 NE GREAT DJ - URBNRI 35 30 GOODBYE MR A. - HOOSIERS 34 28 ABOUT YOU NOW - SUGABABES 33 31 THIS IS THE LIFE - AMY MACDONALD 32 NE HOMETOWN GLORY - ADELE * 31 20 SOME KINDA RUSH - BOOTY LUV 30 NE JOURNEY CONTINUES - MARK BROWN/SARAH CRACKNELL * 29 19 HEARTBROKEN - T2/JODIE AYSHA 28 16 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS 27 23 SHE`S SO LOVELY - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 26 22 WHAT HURT`S THE MOST - CASCADA 25 24 RELAX-TAKE IT EASY - MIKA 24 18 MOVING TO NEW YORK - WOMBATS 23 21 CALL THE SHOTS - GIRLS ALOUD 22 25 WOW - KYLIE MINOGUE * 21 15 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS 20 14 VALERIE - RONSON/WINEHOUSE 19 17 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT 18 13 APOLOGISE - ONE REPUBLIC/TIMBALAND 17 NE STILL FIGURING OUT - ELLIOT MINOR 16 29 JUST FINE - MARY J. BLIGE 15 11 RIDE IT - JAY SEAN 14 12 HOMECOMING - KANYE WEST * 13 10 BE MINE - ROBYN 12 09 CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY 11 08 ELVIS AIN`T DEAD - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 10 05 SUPERSTAR - LUPE FIASCO 09 06 PIECE OF ME - BRITNEY SPEARS 08 26 SUN GOES DOWN - DAVID JORDAN * 07 NE JUST FOR TONIGHT - ONE NIGHT ONLY 06 04 DON`T STOP THE MUSIC - RIHANNA * 05 NE READY FOR THE FLOOR - HOT CHIP 04 05 WORK - KELLY ROWLAND 03 03 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK 02 02 CHASING PAVEMENTS - ADELE 01 01 NOW YOU`RE GONE - BASSHUNTER/DJ MENTAL THEO * Denotes download only. There are 16 download only tracks, in this week`s top 75. Looks like DAVID JORDAN is about to smash the top 3 next week. We tipped it for number one, on next week`s chart, last Monday! Can BASSHUNTER hold on for 5 weeks? This week NICKELBACK finally entered the physical top 15, expect them to go down next week, when MARK BROWN, MORRISEY, MICHAEL JACKSON will hit the top 10, and expect the FEELING to enter the top 10, on downloads alone. What about BJORK can she make the top 20, with EARTH INTRUDERS? Outside this week`s 40 we have PLAIN WHITE T`s (HEY THERE DELILAH, could be back in the 40, tomorrow) LEON JACKSON is 42, alongside ROBYN 43 (WITH EVERY HEARTBEAT), STRONGER - KANYE 44, GIMME MORE - BRITNEY 45, HTILY - RIHANNA, TIMBALAND, 50CENT, BLOC PARTY, DUFFY *and MICHAEL JACKSON*...in the top 60, its entries for URBNRI*, CRAIG DAVID*, BIFFY CLYRO*. CHASING CARS and SNOW PATROL goes to 51, and ROBYN and HANDLE ME is 52. ATOMIC KITTEN*, THE FEELING*, JAY Z/LINKIN PARK* and ISRAEL KAMIKAWAWOO`LE* are other entries in the full chart. Won`t add a download chart, there wasn`t one on Smash Hits tv today, so can`t put that up either, but we have seen the iTunes thread anyway. Looking around other download charts, we see RIHANNA is number one in Woolworths downloads, MICHAEL JACKSON is in the top 30, on Tesco`s chart at 26, meanwhile DAVID JORDAN is number 4, in Tesco, but only 27 on Woolworths! NICKELBACK slip on HMV`s, and Tesco, and KELLY ROWLAND is at 3 in one, and 4 on another. Look out in coming weeks for new releases from CASCADA, ALICIA KEYS, and DELINQUENT. Don`t forget Next Week`s Chart, on Monday from 4ish, where there will be battles in the albums with JACK JOHNSON, MARY J. BLIGE, HOT CHIP, ADELE (going for 2nd week at the top), and PAVOROTTI. Will RIHANNA`s physical release of DON`T STOP THE MUSIC head the singles? I shouldn`t think so, but ADELE could take a big tumble.

I believe downloads would make the chart, more exciting if the download was available only from the same day, as the physical release. I don`t like the chart being cluttered by old material. So, if an "old" recording becomes popular years later...such as Mariah Carey last December, then it should also be made available, as a physical single. It is very apparent that many titles in the chart, lose there physical availability...such as at the moment, try to find a physical version of any of these, in single form...Rockstar - Nickelback, Relax-Take it Easy - Mika, She`s So Lovely - SFG, Goodbye Mr A - Hoosiers, Hey There Delilah - PWT`s, Umbrella - Rihanna, Dream Catch Me - Newton Faulkner, Gimme More - Britney Spears, With Every Heartbeat - Robyn, Hate That I Love You - Rihanna...these are all still in the top 40, but it is increasingly difficult, (why would you want to anyway, because they are months old) to get physical copies today. So, they should either be topped up by more supplys, or thrown out of the chart, to make way for newer hits, that may appear further down the top 200. As those titles are from albums (in the album chart anyway), then they have lost the appeal of the original single (when it was available). At the rate of this moment the download chart, will soon be exactly the same as the combined singles chart.

Afternoon Mikey, atrocious weather today. If you manage to see this, How many down for the following long runners, since Sunday?.... Rule The World Some Kinda Rush About You Now This is the Life Goodbye Mr A With Every Heartbeat Thank you kindly!

On MRIB`s physical chart, Nickelback have never even entered the top 20, since it`s release!

Good Afternoon Mikey, bit of a surprise on the Elliot Minor front. It was 17 in HMV yesterday, and no sign of it in Woolies! Could I possibly have (not get, as someone said earlier, verves mixed up there)! Could I have the number of positions fallen for these please, since Sun... Elvis Ain`t Dead Soulja Boy Jay Sean! Homecoming Apologise Alicia Keys Valerie Much obliged!

Not directly. But of course during the 1984 - 93 period Airplay was included in the weekly chart, on Independant Radio, abeit 5% of airplay. To which, at the time was stated, "by using airplay in the main chart, it means our chart, is nearly 2 weeks ahead, of the rest". It is possible to work out some airplay, by looking at the Network Chart, from those days. Certainly, Wham`s "I`m Your Man" was an airplay number one, well in front of Feargal Sharkey`s "A Good Heart" in November 1985. Which put Wham as a new entry at number one, the week of release (ahead of Radio one`s top 40).

4th Feb (next Mon). It might blast the top 3 to bits!

So, it`s the Monday post, of next week`s chart. The day when 3 of my other colleagues, take a look at what has been selling yesterday, and today, in various record shops. We take 4 shops sales info, add it together, then take a look at 4 download charts, add that in. Then top it up with Radioplay. This give`s a good idea, of how the charts, will look on the following Sunday! Firstly this week, I want to thank Brian Hankin (from another site), for all your interest last week. We got all over the web, last week because no one believed JAY SEAN would be that high! Let`s start with the albums... 01 NE 19 - ADELE 02 01 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 03 02 RAISING SAND - PLANT/KRAUSS 04 03 THIS IS THE LIFE - AMY MACDONALD 05 22 ALL THE RIGHT REASONS - NICKELBACK 06 04 HAND BUILT BY ROBOTS - NEWTON FAULKNER 07 06 TRICK TO LIFE - HOOSIERS 08 05 BEAUTIFUL WORLD - TAKE THAT 09 07 BIG TUNES 2008 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 10 NE SCREAM AIM FIRE - BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE 11 10 GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - RIHANNA 12 NE LATER LIVE (JOOLS HOLLAND) - VARIOUS 13 NE R + B LOVE SONGS - VARIOUS ARTISTS 14 12 GUIDE TO LOVES LOSS AND DESPERATION - WOMBATS 15 15 ROBYN - ROBYN 16 11 MINISTRY OF SOUND ANTHEMS 91 - 08 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 17 08 COOL - LUPE FIASCO 18 24 ULTIMATE HITS - GARTH BROOKES 19 09 LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION - MIKA 20 14 IN RAINBOWS - RADIOHEAD On our combined artist/compilation album chart last week, we had the top 4 totally correct, and almost the top 11. Lots of compilation albums in the charts, at the moment. Shame they are not included in OCCs main chart. They do publish a combined one, on the subscription to Music Week. Outside the top 20, down goes NOW 68, CLUBBERS GUIDE TO 2008, POWER OF LOVE is 23, LEONA is 24, BILLY FURY has a new entry at 25 (This being the 25th anniversary, of his sad passing in 1983). Also there are entries for GILES PETERSON, DAVID JORDAN is in the top 30, down goes AMY WINEHOUSE, MICHAEL BUBLE, and there is another new entry for K.D. LANG, in the top 40, along with MARS VOLTA and also, VAMPIRE WEEKEND. Here are todays singles, seemingly a close battle on... 01 02 NOW YOU`RE GONE - BASSHUNTER 02 01 CHASING PAVEMENTS - ADELE 03 13 WORK - KELLY ROWLAND 04 04 DON`T STOP THE MUSIC - RIHANNA 05 08 ROCKSTAR - NICKELBACK 06 05 SUPERSTAR - LUPE FIASCO 07 03 PIECE OF ME - BRITNEY SPEARS 08 NE JUST FOR TONIGHT - ONE NIGHT ONLY 09 37 SUN GOES DOWN - DAVID JORDAN 10 10 ELVIS AIN`T DEAD - SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 11 11 BE MINE - ROBYN 12 06 RIDE IT - JAY SEAN 13 07 HOMECOMING - KANYE WEST 14 09 CRANK THAT - SOULJA BOY 15 12 APOLOGISE - TIMBALAND/ONE REPUBLIC 16 32 JUST FINE - MARY J. BLIGE 17 22 NO ONE - ALICIA KEYS 18 14 VALERIE - RONSON/WINEHOUSE 19 15 RULE THE WORLD - TAKE THAT 20 18 BLEEDING LOVE - LEONA LEWIS Last week, we managed to get 17 actually in the 20, not neccesarily in the right order though! It appears to be a 3 way battle at the top today, but BASSHUNTER reclaim the top spot. Outside the top 20, T2 are 21, WOMBATS 22, GIRLS ALOUD 23, BOOTY LUV 24, then CASCADA, MIKA, KYLIE and SCOUTING FOR GIRLS (SHE`S SO LOVELY)...New entries in the top 40, from ELLIOT MINOR, HOT CHIP (at 29), MICHAEL JACKSON/WILL I AM was in last week, and makes a steady climb, today. Further down (but not in the 40), were other entries for LAURA MARLING, RICHARD HAWLEY, and DUKE AND THE SPIRIT. Let`s compare a vintage chart from same week in 1975, this chart was announced on Radio Luxembourg, on Tues 28th Jan 1975. Supposably the chart for week ending 8th Feb 75... 01 01 JANUARY - PILOT 02 09 GOODBYE MY LOVE - GLITTER BAND 03 14 SUGAR CANDY KISSES - MAC AND KATIE KISSOON 04 02 THE BUMP - KENNY 05 05 MORNING SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN - DONNY AND MARIE OSMOND 06 04 NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - GLORIA GAYNOR 07 17 PLEASE MR POSTMAN - CARPENTERS 08 08 ARE YOU READY TO ROCK - WIZZARD 09 07 HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT - JOHN HOLT 10 18 FOOTSEE - WIGAN`S CHOSEN FEW 11 11 PROMISED LAND - ELVIS PRESLEY 12 10 CRYING OVER YOU - KEN BOOTHE 13 16 PURELY BY COINCIDENCE - SWEET SENSATION 14 03 MS GRACE - TYMES 15 12 STARDUST - DAVID ESSEX 16 20 SOMETHING FOR THE GIRL WITH EVERYTHING - SPARKS 17 06 DOWN DOWN - STATUS QUO 18 23 NOW I`M HERE - QUEEN 19 24 BLACK SUPERMAN - JOHNNY WAKELIN AND THE KINSHASA BAND 20 14 I CAN HELP - BILLY SWAN In 1975, they had 16, out of 20 in, but again not neccesarily in the right order! They missed entries from HELEN REDDY and the STYLISTICS. See how we do, with this weeks info, on Sunday`s new chart, and the mids. And thank you to Peter, Dave, and Simon, for all the info today. Tip of the day...DAVID JORDAN we reckon, could be on his way to the top of the chart???

About You Now finished the chart of 2007, at 11, rest of the top 15, had Kaiser Chiefs, Take That, Timbaland, the Fray.