Blackjane

I wonder how many other weeks have produced three (or more) different iTunes number ones, like this week? Not too many, I suspect....

Has Kylie's new single, released this week, been mentioned? It's good to see that it is already outselling its namesake on the itunes chart :huh: : 251. Kylie Minogue - Whistle (feat. Múm) 259. Flo Rida - Whistle

It's not very often there's such a close three way battle for the number one single. It's been fascinating all week, and it still could be any one of the three that tops the chart. It will also be very interesting to see the MW sales reports on Monday to see exactly how close it was.

150 PSY - Gangnam Style 140 Olly Murs feat. Flo Rida - Troublemaker 130 Gotye feat. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know 120 Fun. feat. Janelle Monáe - We Are Young 110 Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe 100 Robbie Williams - Candy 90 The Justice Collective - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother 80 Katy Perry - Part Of Me 70 Gabrielle Aplin - The Power Of Love 60 David Guetta feat. Sia - Titanium 50 Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch - Sweet Nothing 40 Coldplay - Paradise 30 Gary Barlow & The Commonwealth Band feat. Military Wives - Sing 20 Florence + The Machine - Spectrum (Say My Name) [Calvin Harris Remix] 10 Swedish House Mafia feat. John Martin - Don't You Worry Child -10 = Tulisa - Young

I managed to catch the last 1/3rd - from c.1988 onwards. I'll have to remember to watch it again in full on iPlayer.

Reading this thread made me dig through my old books, and I found one from 2002 called 'Top 100 Singles', published for the 50th anniversary of the NME, and detailing the best-selling 100 singles in the UK. There were 76 million sellers, although judging by some discussions on this subject there may have been some innaccuracies.

The Swedish House Mafia track appears to be gradually catching up Adele's Skyfall already on today's iTunes chart updates (now at 0.9000) - wouldn't it be ironic if another big midweek release failed to reach number 1 in its first full week? (although with the James Bond film not out for a few weeks yet, it could still make it in a later week even if it does miss out this week.) PS: Why is Adele's name in block capitals on iTunes? I'm sure this must've been covered before, but it's passed me by.

Selecting 20 songs from the 100 was relatively easy - putting them into some sort of order was nigh on impossible, but I've had a go: 30 Pet Shop Boys “It’s A Sin” 25 ABBA “The Winner Takes It All” 22 Kylie Minogue "I Should Be So Lucky" 20 Dead or Alive "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" 18 The Human League "Don't You Want Me" 16 Kylie Minogue “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” 14 The KLF feat. The Children of the Revolution “3 a.m. Eternal” 13 Pet Shop Boys “Always On My Mind” 12 Whitney Houston "One Moment in Time" 11 Donna Summer “I Feel Love” 10 Blondie “Atomic” 9 Soft Cell “Tainted Love” 8 Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” 7 John Lennon “Imagine” 6 Eminem feat. Dido "Stan" 5 Oasis “Don’t Look Back In Anger” 4 Lily Allen “The Fear” 3 David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland “When Love Takes Over” 2 Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" 1 Leona Lewis “Run”

Any news on where Flower charted in the latest UK singles chart - surely it must be somewhere in the top 200 after spending much of the week in the iTunes Top 100?

+30 Mel and Kim “Respectable” +25 East 17 “Stay Another Day” +22 Adamski feat. Seal “Killer” +20 Rick Astley “Never Gonna Give You Up” +18 Take That "Back for Good" +16 Black Box "Ride On Time" +14 The Beatles “She Loves You” +13 Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” +12 Kylie Minogue “Spinning Around” +11 The Beatles “Hey Jude” +10 The Police “Every Breath You Take” +09 S Club 7 “Don’t Stop Movin” +08 Bee Gees “You Win Again” +07 Eurythmics “There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)” +06 Freda Payne “Band of Gold” +05 Dusty Springfield “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me” +04 Survivor “Eye of the Tiger” +03 Gina G “Ooh Aah… Just a Little Bit” +02 Berlin "Take My Breath Away (Love Theme from Top Gun)" +01 The Beautiful South “A Little Time” -02 = Diana Vickers “Once”

It's already opened up quite a gap at the top on iTunes - it'll be interesting to keep an eye on popbars during the rest of today and tomorrow: popbarsUK (Live Pop Bars UK) Updated http://t.co/v5RVMSHz 1. GS 2. HOF 8500 (-500) 3. SN 6000 (+0) 4. LMLY 5500 (+0) 5. WANEGBT 5125 (+0) 13 minutes ago from Live Pop Bars UK

popbarsUK (Live Pop Bars UK) Updated http://t.co/v5RVMSHz 1. GS 10000 (+500) 2. HOF 9500 (-500) 3. SN 6500 (+0) 4. LMLY 6000 (+0) 5. WANEGBT 5625 (+0) PSY is/are now @ #1 on iTunes - is there enough time left to overhaul The Script / will.i.am before Sunday's countdown?

Roadblock (#13 in 1987) credited to 'Stock Aitken Waterman' (vocals were by Chyna Gordon and Dee Lewis.)

Thanks for the feedback. It will be interesting to see if anything is confirmed in the MW reports tomorrow.

Does anyone have an accurate cumulative sales figure for "You'll Never Walk Alone"? Perhaps its recent resurgence might take it up towards or even over the 1,000,000 mark in the next week or two? I suspect that it might get a mention or two in Monday's chart reports.

+30 = Ben E. King "Stand By Me" +25 = Simon & Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water” +22 = Scissor Sisters "I Don't Feel Like Dancin" +20 = Louis Armstrong "What a Wonderful World/Cabaret" +18 = Eurythmics "There Must Be An Angel (Playing with My Heart)" +16 = Kylie Minogue "Slow" +14 = Survivor "Eye of the Tiger" +13 = Dusty Springfield "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" +12 = M/A/R/R/S “Pump Up The Volume/Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance)” +11 = John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John "Summer Nights" +10 = Billie Piper "Day & Night" +09 = Starship "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" +08 = Razorlight “America” +07 = Kraftwerk "Computer Love/The Model" +06 = Freda Payne "Band of Gold" +05 = The Monkees "I'm a Believer" +04 = The Righteous Brothers "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin" +03 = Tubeway Army "Are 'Friends' Electric?" +02 = The Specials "Ghost Town" +01 = fun. feat. Janelle Monáe "We Are Young" -02 B*Witched "Blame It On the Weatherman"

I would love to to see Kylie secure another #1 album with this release, but I just can't see it. The pre-Xmas run in will already be in full swing, and sales levels will be much higher than they are at present. A proper new studio album might have had half a chance, but I really don't see this release hitting the top spot (hope I'm wrong.)

+30 The Hollies "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" +25 Oasis "Don't Look Back in Anger" +22 ABBA "Dancing Queen" +20 Soft Cell "Tainted Love" +18 S Club 7 "Don't Stop Movin" +16 Johnny Mathis "When a Child Is Born (Soleado)" +14 White Town "Your Woman" +13 Robyn with Kleerup "With Every Heartbeat" +12 The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden and Stock Aitken Waterman "Ferry 'Cross the Mersey" +11 Leona Lewis "Run" +10 Tubeway Army "Are 'Friends' Electric?" +09 Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder "Ebony and Ivory" +08 Smokey Robinson and The Miracles "The Tears of a Clown" +07 The Jam "Going Underground/Dreams of Children" +06 Slade "Merry Xmas Everybody" +05 Kate Bush "Wuthering Heights" +04 Spandau Ballet "True" +03 Georgie Fame "Yeh Yeh" +02 The Tremeloes "Silence Is Golden" +01 Rolf Harris "Two Little Boys" -02 3 Of A Kind "Babycakes"

+30 Pet Shop Boys "Always On My Mind" +25 Scissor Sisters "I Don't Feel Like Dancin" +22 Bucks Fizz "The Land of Make Believe" +20 David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland "When Love Takes Over" +18 Tight Fit "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" +16 James Blunt "You're Beautiful" +14 The Police "Every Breath You Take" +13 Holly Valance "Kiss Kiss" +12 DJ Sammy and Yanou feat. Do "Heaven" +11 Jim Diamond "I Should Have Known Better" +10 Freddie Mercury "Living on My Own" +09 David Bowie "Ashes to Ashes" +08 Four Tops "Reach Out I'll Be There" +07 Gareth Gates "Anyone of Us (Stupid Mistake)" +06 Soul II Soul feat. Caron Wheeler "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" +05 Take That "Shine" +04 John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John "Summer Nights" +03 Tom Jones "It's Not Unusual" +02 Babylon Zoo "Spaceman" +01 Bobby Darin "Dream Lover" -02 Beyoncé & Shakira "Beautiful Liar" (deserves minus points for the single version, although the Freemasons remix was awesome.)

I really enjoyed choosing from this week's list - there are some real classic number one singles in there! I can't help feeling, though, that my selections tend to help the songs from the last millennium at the expense of post-2000 number ones! 30 ABBA "The Winner Takes It All" 25 Fern Kinney "Together We Are Beautiful" 22 Jason Donovan "Too Many Broken Hearts" 20 Britney Spears "Oops!... I Did It Again" 18 Billy Joel "Uptown Girl" 16 Marvin Gaye "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" 14 Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds "Three Lions" 13 Eurythmics "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)" 12 Madonna "Hung Up" 11 The Prodigy "Firestarter" 10 Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody" 09 Dusty Springfield "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" 08 The Three Degrees "When Will I See You Again" 07 The Spencer Davis Group "Keep On Running" 06 Roy Orbison "Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel)" 05 Feargal Sharkey "A Good Heart" 04 Robson & Jerome "I Believe/Up on the Roof" 03 The Communards "Don't Leave Me This Way" 02 My Chemical Romance "Welcome to the Black Parade" 01 Herman's Hermits "I'm Into Something Good" -02 = Cliff Richard "The Millennium Prayer"

I don't watch the X Factor, and so I haven't heard the song in question, but I am now aware of it charting based on downloads since Saturday. However, it is a very sad indictment of music reality television, and the music industry/charts in general, if a song that people want to buy is pulled and is no longer available. And record companies wonder why consumers are becoming disillusioned and their revenue streams are no longer as profitable as they once were.

+30 = Black Box "Ride on Time" +25 = The Four Seasons "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" +22 = Kylie Minogue "Spinning Around" +20 = 2 Unlimited "No Limit" +18 = Rihanna "Only Girl (In the World)" +16 = Irene Cara "Fame" +14 = Bee Gees "Tragedy" +13 = Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" +12 = Doctor and the Medics "Spirit in the Sky" +11 = The Kinks "Sunny Afternoon" +10 = Kelly Marie "Feels Like I'm in Love" +09 = Hot Chocolate "So You Win Again" +08 = ABBA "Knowing Me, Knowing You" +07 = ABBA "Take a Chance on Me" +06 = Gary Numan "Cars" +05 = Berlin "Take My Breath Away (Love Theme from "Top Gun")" +04 = The Jam "Town Called Malice/Precious" +03 = Ricky Valance "Tell Laura I Love Her" +02 = Simply Red "Fairground" +01 = Perry Como "Magic Moments" -02 = Joe McElderry "The Climb"

I like Kylie's interpretation of Let It Snow (probably even more so than Santa Baby too for that matter) It's good to have some Christmas classics, Kylie-style, for the festive period.

+30 = Rick Astley "Never Gonna Give You Up" +25 = Pet Shop Boys "West End Girls" +22 = David Bowie "Let's Dance" +20 = The Boomtown Rats "I Don't Like Mondays" +18 = The KLF feat. The Children of The Revolution "3 a.m. Eternal" +16 = Bee Gees "You Win Again" +14 = Gloria Gaynor "I Will Survive" +13 = Nilsson "Without You" +12 = John Lennon "Woman" +11 = Frankie Laine "I Believe" +10 = Gina G "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit" +09 = Blondie "Sunday Girl" +08 = The Beautiful South "A Little Time" +07 = Sandie Shaw "Long Live Love" +06 = Band Aid II "Do They Know It's Christmas?" +05 = Robson & Jerome "Unchained Melody/(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover" +04 = ABBA "The Name of the Game" +03 = Baccara "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" +02 = George Michael "Careless Whisper" +01 = Shakin' Stevens "Merry Christmas Everyone" -02 Cher Lloyd "Swagger Jagger"

+30 = Donna Summer "I Feel Love" +25 = The Beatles "Hey Jude" +22 = Take That "Patience" +20 = Blondie "Atomic" +18 = Take That "Back for Good" +16 = Kylie Minogue "Hand on Your Heart" +14 = Madonna "Vogue" +13 = The Beatles "All You Need Is Love" +12 = Ferry Aid "Let It Be" +11 = Don McLean "Crying" +10 = Gotye feat. Kimbra "Somebody That I Used To Know" +9 = Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" +8 = The Righteous Brothers "Unchained Melody" +7 = Love Affair "Everlasting Love" +6 = Peter & Gordon "A World Without Love" +5 = Bay City Rollers "Bye Bye Baby" +4 = Terry Jacks "Seasons in the Sun" +3 = Guy Mitchell "Singing the Blues" +2 = Boney M. "Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord" +1 = Foreigner "I Want to Know What Love Is"