Paul JH

It's overproduced and typical American Idol/X Factor fare. Why can't any of the female winners sing something original? I wish it would flop, but it will be overplayed and make the top 5.

This week just keeps getting better. Fire (with its intriguing guitars and vocals) pulls further ahead of BEPs, and We Are The People is almost #11. And New In Town, I'm Not Alone, and Tiny Dancer are holding on pretty strong in the top 20.

Looks like Fire is pulling away from Boom Boom Pow. Hopefully strong physical sales will help it reach #1 on Sunday. I'm still worried about Boom's sales on Sunday because of the Diversity win. If Kasabian can pull off the #1 it would be the most exciting and deserved #1 since Coldplay's Viva La Vida. Fire's ascent to #1 has been thrilling to watch. I hope Empire of the Sun can continue to climb, but top 10 doesn't seem realistic due to the fact that La Roux refuses to leave. It would be an even more glorious day if Agnes, The Gossip, and Kelly Clarkson plummet down the chart ... rapidly.

5 pts Release Me 4 pts Takin' Back My Love 3 pts I Do Not Hook Up 2 pts Waking Up In Vegas 1 pt Not Fair

I guess I'm biased, because I dislike Because of You and MLWSWY so much. I thought she just 'went through the motions' for her performances of MLWSWY on American Idol, Oprah, and Saturday Night Live. It was as though she couldn't wait for the song to finish. Other people told me they were not impressed with her either, and expected much more from an AI winner. It's a bit frustrating because I liked her on season 1 American Idol and really haven't liked anything she's sung except for the song Breakaway.

I Do Not Hook Up is even worse than MLWSWY, clearly the worst UK #1 since that Ja Rule song Wonderful, or whatever it was called. The person I feel most sorry for is Kelly Clarkson. In performance, she sings these songs with absolutely no emotion. That's not how she performed on American Idol. She did well with soul and blues, and she wanted to record songs like those on the My December album. But since that didn't sell well, they are forcing her to record these Since You Been Gone copycats, which are awful. The magic will never be recreated, and I fear her career will soon be over. Back to iTunes, it's thrilling that Fire is doing so well. Hopefully it will be #1 by noon tomorrow and #1 on Sunday.

So that explains why commercial radio has become unlistenable. I figured that Radio 2 did that on weekends, but it sounds so real to me. I really imagine that the presenter is listening to the song. Alan Titchmarsh, Malcolm Laycock, and David Jacobs particularly do this well. (This has got to be the first mention of Malcolm Laycock on buzzjack!)

I would guess that Just Dance and the awful Kelly Clarkson single will be played all year. Do they ever play those new songs on this list -- except for maybe at 3am? I will be in London this weekend to see if it's improved or the same tired songs over and over. I can't bear to listen online when the superior Radio 1 and 2 are available.

No ... I want to be surprised when I go into the thread and see the updates. I don't want to see the positions in the subtitle. Does the subtitle really need to include the positions? Or just include the major risers and leave out the positions. I even try not to look at the subtitle, but that's impossible.

1. Take That - Rule The World (best; 20 pts) 2. Beverley Knight - Shoulda Woulda Coulda 3. Coldplay - Yellow 4. Snow Patrol - Run 5. Atomic Kitten - Whole Again 6. Coldplay - Fix You 7. Nelly Furtado - All Good Things 8. Sugababes – Round Round 9. Coldplay - Viva La Vida 10. Natasha Bedingfield - These Words 11. Killers - Human 12. Coldplay - In My Place 13. Rihanna ft. Jay-Z – Umbrella 14. Anastacia - Left Outside Alone 15. Blu Cantrell ft Sean Paul – Breathe 16. Riva ft Dannii Minogue - Who Do You Love Now? 17. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor 18. Killers - Mr Brightside 19. t.A.T.u – All The Things She Said 20. Girls Aloud - The Promise

Thrilled that they dropped Poker Face. Perhaps they decided to drop it after her horrible Live Lounge performance. But I'm sure they'll still play it, just as they won't let go of that awful Kelly Clarkson song. Both of those songs have quick burn factors, just like Don't Upset The Rhythm, but I still love that though. They should still be playing Embers and Tonight's Today in my opinion. Those were dropped too quickly.

1. Goldfrapp - A&E (best; 20 pts) 2. Sugababes - Girls 3. Duffy - Warwick Avenue 4. Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French 5. Eric Prydz - Pjanno 6. Coldplay - Viva La Vida 7. Duffy - Mercy 8. Adele - Chasing Pavements 9. Killers - Human 10. Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy 11. Girls Aloud - The Promise 12. Alesha Dixon - The Boy Does Nothing 13. Guru Josh Project - Infinity 2008 14. Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me 15. NeYo - Closer 16. Mariah Carey - Touch My Body 17. Rihanna - Take A Bow 18. Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody 19. Christian Falk & Robyn - Dream On 20. Saturdays - Up

1. Mark Ronson ft Daniel Merriweather - Stop Me (best: 20 pts) 2. Take That - Rule The World 3. Sugababes – About You Now 4. Arctic Monkeys – Fluorescent Adolescent 5. Klaxons - Golden Skans 6. Amy Winehouse - Tears Dry On Their Own 7. Rihanna ft. Jay-Z – Umbrella 8. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 9. Bloc Party - Flux 10. Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby 11. Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah 12. Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm 13. Sugababes - Change 14. Beyonce - Listen 15. Take That - Shine 16. Timbaland ft. OneRepublic – Apologize 17. Mika - Relax Take It Easy 18. Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game 19. Beverley Knight - No Man's Land 20. Gwen Stefani ft. Akon – The Sweet Escape

I'm still receiving this and it's now been 6 weeks. I'm not complaining as I enjoy reading the articles and finding the mistakes in the charts and release schedules. But I'm concerned there was fine print I didn't read and pretty soon I'll get a bill for a huge amount of pounds. Anyone know what is happening?

Could Calvin Harris sell over 100,000 this week? I think it's possible given what he sold in 3 days. He will eventually pass both of the gaga songs in the year totals. That will be one of the greatest moments of 2009!

Her past two weeks at #1 have been more than luck. I call it cheating. The OCC should have disqualified those 29p sales, just as they used to disqualify when physical singles included freebies. I demand the last two weeks be retracted and republished and the official #1 be given to the Noisettes who deserved it fair and square! Maybe it's time for the charts to be based on sales proceeds and not units sold. Great to see Calvin Harris with a gigantic lead! Has there ever been a lead like that? I hope he maintains it for a proper #1 on Sunday.

1. Zutons - Valerie (best: 20 pts) 2. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 3. Snow Patrol ft Martha Wainwright - Set the Fire to the Third Bar 4. Razorlight - America 5. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars 6. Nelly Furtado - All Good Things 7. Kooks - Naïve 8. Amy Winehouse - Rehab 9. Sigur Ros - Hopipolla 10. Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger 11. Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way 12. Beyoncé - Irreplaceable 13. Infernal - From Paris To Berlin 14. Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down 15. Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes 16. Jamelia - Something About You 17. Girls Aloud - Something Kinda Oooh 18. Killers - When You Were Young 19. All Saints - Rock Steady 20. Nelly Furtado - Maneater

1. Bloc Party - Two More Years (best; 20 pts) 2. Stereophonics - Dakota 3. Oasis - The Importance of Being Idle 4. Gorillaz - Dare 5. KT Tunstall - Other Side of the World 6. Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies) 7. Coldplay - Fix You 8. Killers - Somebody Told Me 9. Royksopp - What Else Is There? 10. Coldplay - Speed of Sound 11. Hard Fi - Hard To Beat 12. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor 13. Futureheads - Hounds of Love 14. Girls Aloud - Biology 15. Natalie Imbruglia - Shiver 16. Gwen Stefani - Cool 17. Rihanna - Pon De Replay 18. Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot 19. Chemical Brothers - Galvanize 20. Charlotte Church - Crazy Chick

1. Lemar - If There's Any Justice (best: 20 pts) 2. Snow Patrol - Run 3. Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You 4. Boogie Pimps - Somebody To Love 5. Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams 6. Keane - Somewhere Only We Know 7. Scissor Sisters - Laura 8. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out 9. Jamelia - Thank You 10. Natasha Bedingfield - These Words 11. Keane - Everybody's Changing 12. Nelly Furtado - Try 13. Anastacia - Left Outside Alone 14. Britney Spears - Toxic 15. Rasmus - In The Shadows 16. Maroon 5 - This Love 17. Killers - Mr Brightside 18. Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved 19. Estelle - 1980 20. Destiny’s Child - Lose My Breath

I saw the performance on American Idol on Wednesday and wasn't impressed. Just an inferior version of a Madonna dance routine. I'd much rather have the Noisettes be #1 on this chart and the official chart.

1. Emma Bunton - Maybe (best; 20 points) 2. Dido - Life For Rent 3. Evanescence - My Immortal 4. Coldplay - Clocks 5. Goldfrapp - Strict Machine 6. Alicia Keys - You Don't Know My Name 7. Will Young – Leave Right Now 8. Christina Aguilera - The voice within 9. Mis Teeq – Scandalous 10. Tomcraft - Loneliness 11. Blu Cantrell ft Sean Paul – Breathe 12. Beyonce ft Jay-Z – Crazy In Love 13. Michael Andrews ft Gary Jules – Mad World 14. Libertines - Don't Look Back into the Sun 15. White Stripes - Seven Nation Army 16. Muse - Time is Running Out 17. Evanescence – Bring Me To Life 18. Rachel Stevens – Sweet Dreams (My L.A. Ex) 19. Jamelia – Superstar 20. Johnny Cash - Hurt

1. Robbie Williams - Feel (best; 20 points) 2. Beverley Knight - Shoulda Woulda Coulda 3. Coldplay - The Scientist 4. Oasis – Stop Crying Your Heart Out 5. DB Boulevard - Point of View 6. Kylie Minogue - In your eyes 7. Celine Dion - A New Day Has Come 8. Sugababes – Round Round 9. Coldplay - In My Place 10. Mary J. Blige - No More Drama 11. Holly Valance – Kiss Kiss 12. Kylie Minogue - Love At First Sight 13. Will Young - Light My Fire 14. Doves - There Goes The Fear 15. Anastacia - One Day In Your Life 16. Jennifer Lopez - Ain't It Funny 17. No Doubt - Hella Good 18. Aaliyah - More Than A Woman 19. Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles 20. Ashanti - Foolish

1. Whitney Houston - It's Not Right But It's Okay (best) 2. Moloko - Sing It Back 3. Madonna - Beautiful Stranger 4. Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way 5. Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle 6. Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle 7. Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love 8. Britney Spears - Baby One More Time 9. Fatboy Slim - Praise You 10. Travis - Why Does It Always Rain On Me 11. Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love 12. George Michael & Mary J. Blige - As 13. Basement Jaxx - Red Alert 14. Chicane ft Maire Brennan - Saltwater 15. TLC - No Scrubs 16. ATB - 9pm (Till I Come) 17. DJ Jurgen ft. Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone 18. Celine Dion - That's The Way It Is 19. Blondie - Maria 20. Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much

1. Texas - Inner Smile (favourite, 20 points) 2. Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out Of My Head 3. Atomic Kitten - Whole Again 4. Alicia Keys - Fallin' 5. Travis - Sing 6. Rui Da Silva - Touch Me 7. Stereophonics - Have A Nice Day 8. Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood 9. Nelly Furtado - I’m Like A Bird 10. Outkast - Ms Jackson 11. Sugababes - Run for cover 12. Missy Elliott - Get UR Freak On 13. Blue - All Rise 14. Muse - Plug in Baby 15. Roger Sanchez - Another Chance 16. Zero 7 - Destiny 17. Dido - Here With Me 18. Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At? 19. Atomic Kitten - Eternal Flame 20. Basement Jaxx - Romeo

1. Moloko - The Time Is Now (favourite: 20 points) 2. Coldplay - Shiver 3. Sugababes - Overload 4. Spiller - Groovejet 5. Coldplay - Trouble 6. David Gray - Babylon 7. Coldplay - Yellow 8. Darude - Sandstorm 9. Fragma - Toca's Miracle 9. Robbie & Kylie - Kids 10. Delirium - Silence 11. Christina Aguilera - What A Girl Wants 12. Corrs - Breathless 13. Christina Aguilera - Come On Over Baby 14. Modjo - Lady 15. Sonique - Sky 16. LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight The Moonlight 17. Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby 18. Sonique - It Feels So Good 19. Robbie Williams - Rock DJ 20. All Saints - Pure Shores