Paul JH

Not with that song; it's trying to recapture the soul sound of the 1970s, but it wouldn't have even been a B side back then. Without question, she is the most overated artist of the 2000s. Couldn't stand her on American Idol and she completely ruined Jennifer Holliday's And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going. Who is Avenue?

2006 02 When The Sun Goes Down - Arctic Monkeys -1 Nasty Girl - The Notorious B.I.G Feat. P. Diddy, Jaggered Edge, Nelly and Avery Storm 00 Thunder In My Heart Again - Meck Feat. Leo Sayer 00 Sorry - Madonna 00 It's Chico Time - Chico 00 No Tomorrow - Orson 03 So Sick - NeYo 11 Crazy - Gnarls Barkley 00 I Wish I Was A Punk-Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair) - Sandi Thom 01 Maneater - Nelly Furtado -1 Hips Don't Lie - Shakira Feat. Wyclef Jean 02 Smile - Lily Allen 00 Please, Please \ Don't Stop Me Now - McFly 00 Deja Vu - Beyonce Feat. Jay Z 01 SexyBack - Justin Timberlake 00 I Don't Feel Like Dancin' - Scissor Sisters 09 America - Razorlight 00 Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance 00 Star Girl - McFly -1 Put Your Hands Up For Detroit - Fedde Le Grand -1 The Rose - Westlife -1 Smack That - Akon Feat. Eminem 01 Patience - Take That 00 A Moment Like This - Leona Lewis 2007 00 Grace Kelly - Mika 07 Ruby - Kaiser Chiefs 06 Shine - Take That 00 Walk This Way - Sugababes Vs Girls Aloud 00 I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers Feat. Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin 00 Give It To Me - Timbaland Feat. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake 00 Beautiful Liar - Beyonce & Shakira 00 Baby's Coming Back \ Transylvania - McFly 08 Umbrella - Rihanna Feat. Jay Z 00 The Way I Are - Timbaland Feat. Keri Hilson & D.O.E 01 With Every Heartbeat - Robyn 00 Stronger - Kanye West 00 Beautiful Girls - Sean Kingston 11 About You Now - Sugababes 01 Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis 03 What a Wonderful World - Eva Cassidy & Katie Melua 00 When You Believe - Leon Jackson 2008 00 Now You're Gone - Basshunter 08 Mercy - Duffy 06 American Boy - Estelle Feat. Kanye West 00 4 Minutes - Madonna Feat. Justin Timberlake 06 That's Not My Name - The Ting Tings 03 Take A Bow - Rihanna 00 Singin' In The Rain - Mint Royale 10 Viva La Vida - Coldplay 03 Closer - NeYo 06 Dance Wiv Me - Dizzee Rascal & Calvin Harris Feat. Chrome 01 All Summer Long - Kid Rock 00 I Kissed A Girl - Katy Perry

2004 00 All This Time - Michelle McManus 11 Take Me To The Clouds Above - LMC Vs. U2 00 With A Little Help From My Friends \ Measure of A Man - Sam and Mark 00 Who's David - Busted 00 Mysterious Girl - Peter Andre Feat. Bubbler Ranx 07 Toxic - Britney Spears 00 Cha Cha Slide - DJ Casper 01 Yeah! - Usher Feat. Lil' Jon 00 Five Colours In Her Hair - McFly -1 F**k It (I Don't Want You Back) - Eamon -1 F.U.R.B (F U Right Back) - Frankee 00 I Don't Wanna Know - Mario Winans Feat. P. Diddy & Enya 01 Everytime - Britney Spears 00 Obviously - McFly 00 Burn - Usher 11 Lola's Theme - Shapeshifters -1 Dry Your Eyes - The Streets 00 Thunderbirds \ 3AM - Busted ?? Baby Cakes - 3 Of A Kind 07 These Words - Natasha Bedingfield ?? My Place \ Flap Your Wings - Nelly 00 Real To Me - Brian McFadden 01 Call On Me - Eric Prydz 00 Radio - Robbie Williams -1 Wonderful - Ja Rule Feat. R. Kelly & Ashanti 00 Just Lose It - Eminem 00 Vertigo - U2 02 I'll Stand By You - Girls Aloud 06 Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid 20 2005 00 Against All Odds - Steve Brookstein 01 Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley 01 One Night \ I Got Stung - Elvis Presley 00 Goodies - Ciara Feat. Petey Pablo 01 It's Now Or Never - Elvis Presley 00 Like Toy Soldiers - Eminem -1 Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own - U2 00 Get Right - Jennifer Lopez 00 Over and Over - Nelly feat. Tim McGraw 11 Dakota - Stereophonics 00 All About You \ You Got A Friend - McFly 07 (Is This The Way To) Amarillo - Tony Christie Feat. Peter Kay 00 Lonely - Akon 07 Lyla - Oasis 00 Axel F - Crazy Frog 00 Ghetto Gospel - 2Pac Feat. Elton John 02 You're Beautiful - James Blunt 00 I'll Be Ok - McFly 11 The Importance Of Being Idle - Oasis 09 DARE - Gorillaz 00 Don't Cha - Pussycat Dolls Feat. Busta Rhymes 01 Push The Button - Sugababes 04 I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys 00 You Raise Me Up - Westlife 01 Hung Up - Madonna 00 Stickwitu - Pussycat Dolls 00 The JCB Song - Nizlopi 00 That's My Goal - Shanye Ward

2002 02 More Than A Woman - Aayliah 01 My Sweet Lord - George Harrison -1 Hero - Enrique Iglesias 01 World Of Our Own - Westlife 06 Anything Is Possible \ Evergreen - Will Young 00 Unchained Melody - Gareth Gates 02 The Hindu Times - Oasis 00 Freak Like Me - Sugababes 06 Kiss Kiss - Holly Valance 00 If Tomorrow Never Comes - Ronan Keating 02 Just A Little - Liberty X 00 Without Me - Eminem 06 Light My Fire - Will Young 01 A Little Less Conversation - Elvis Vs. JXL 00 Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake) - Gareth Gates 00 Colourblind - Darius 08 Round Round - Sugababes 03 Crossroads - Blazin' Squad 02 The Tide Is High - Atomic Kitten -1 Just Like A Pill - P!nk 00 The Long and Winding Roads \ Suspicious Minds - Will Young & Gareth Gates 07 The Ketchup Song (Asereje) - Las Ketchup 00 Dilema - Nelly and Kelly Rowland 00 Heaven - DJ Sammy Feat. Yanou and Do ?? Unbreakable - Westlife -1 Dirrty - Christina Aguilera Feat. Redman 03 If You're Not The One - Daniel Bedinfield 00 Lose Yourself - Eminem 00 Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word - Blue Feat. Elton John 00 Sound Of The Underground - Girls Aloud 2003 06 Stop Living The Lie - David Sneddon 05 All The Things She Said - t.A.T.u 00 Beautiful - Christina Aguilera 00 Spirit In The Sky - Gareth Gates Feat. The Kumars 01 Make Luv - Room 5 Feat. Oliver Cheatham 00 You Said No - Busted 05 Loneliness - Tomcraft 00 Ignition (Remix) - R. Kelly 02 Bring Me To Life - Evanescence 05 Crazy In Love - Beyonce Feat. Jay Z 00 Never Gonna Leave Your Side - Daniel Bedingfield 06 Breathe - Blu Cantrell Feat. Sean Paul 03 Are You Ready For Love - Elton John 00 Where Is The Love? - Black Eyed Peas 04 Hole In The Head - Sugababes -1 Be Faithful - Fatman Scoop Feat. The Crooklyn Clan 00 Slow - Kylie Minogue 00 Crashed The Wedding - Busted 00 Mandy - Westlife 08 Leave Right Now - Will Young -1 Changes - Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne 07 Mad World - Michael Andrews Feat. Gary Jules I need more '-1' than five! ... I forgot that these were very poor years for #1 singles!

2000 01 Masses Against The Classes - Manic Street Preachers ?? Born To Make You Happy - Britney Spears 11 Rise - Gabrielle 01 Go Let It Out - Oasis 02 Pure Shores - All Saints 00 American Pie - Madonna 03 Don't Give Up - Chicane Feat. Bryan Adams 01 Bag It Up - Geri Halliwell 01 Never Be The Same Again - Melanie C Feat. Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes 01 Fool Again - Westlife 03 Fill Me In - Craig David 08 Toca's Miracle - Fragma Feat. Coco 01 Bound 4 Da Reload - Oxide & Neutrino 01 Oops! ... I Did It Again - Britney Spears 03 Don't Call Me Baby - Madison Avenue ?? Day & Night - Billie Piper 01 It Feels So Good - Sonique 02 You See Trouble With Me - Black Legend 02 Spinning Around - Kylie Minogue -1 The Real Slim Shady - Eminem 04 Breathless - The Corrs 10 Life Is A Rollercoaster - Ronan Keating 00 We Will Rock You - Five & Queen 05 7 Days - Craig David 02 Rock DJ - Robbie Williams 01 I Turn To You - Melanie C 11 Groovejet (If This Is Love) - Spiller Feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor 01 Music - Madonna 02 Take On Me - A1 04 Lady (Hear Me Tonight) - Modjo 00 Against All Odds - Mariah Carey & Westlife 00 Black Coffee - All Saints -1 Beautiful Day - U2 ?? Stomp - Steps 00 Holler \ Let Love Lead The Way - Spice Girls ?? My Love - Westlife 00 Same Old Brand New You - A1 01 Can't Fight The Moonlight - LeAnn Rimes -1 Independent Woman Pt 1 - Destiny's Child 00 Never Had A Dream Come True - S Club 7 01 Stan - Eminem Feat. Dido 01 Can We Fix It? - Bob The Builder 2001 06 Touch Me - Rui Da Silva Feat. Cassandra 00 Love Don't Cost A Thing - Jennifer Lopez ?? Rollin' - Limp Bizkit 09 Whole Again - Atomic Kitten 00 It Wasn't Me - Shaggy Feat. Rikrok 00 Uptown Girl - Westlife 00 Pure & Simple - Hear'Say 01 What Took You So Long? - Emma Bunton 00 Survivor - Destiny's Child 00 Don't Stop Movin' - S Club 7 00 It's Raining Men - Geri Halliwell 11 Do You Really Like It? - DJ Pied Piper and the Master of Ceremonies 02 Angel - Shaggy Feat. Rayvon -1 Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya and P!nk ?? The Way To Your Love - Hear'Say 02 Another Chance - Roger Sanchez 11 Eternity \ Road To Mandalay - Robbie Williams 03 Eternal Flame - Atomic Kitten 00 21 Seconds - So Solid Crew 00 Let's Dance - Five 04 Too Close - Blue 01 Mambo No. 5 - Bob The Builder 00 Hey Baby - DJ Otzi 11 Can't Get You Out Of My Head - Kylie Minogue -1 Because I Got High - Afroman 00 Queen Of My Heart - Westlife 00 If You Come Back - Blue 00 Have You Ever - S Club 7 02 Gotta Get Thru This - Daniel Bedingfield 09 Somethin' Stupid - Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman

I thought It Was You was set to be the second single. Stop... has a Four Seasons feel, which is working this summer. So it should make top 40. I hope they release Don't Keep Me Waiting as the third single. It will sound great on the radio (but perhaps too similar to Stop...).

1. Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor (clear favourite) 2. David Jordan - Sun Goes Down 3. Adele - Chasing Pavements 4. Lupe Fiasco - Superstar 5. Kanye West feat Chris Martin - Homecoming 6. Wombats - Moving To New York 7. One Night Only - Just For Tonight 8. Mika - Relax, Take It Easy 9. Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 10. Mary J Blige - Just Fine

It is a deserved flop. It's an album cut and not single material. I don't think Serious would have done much better. There aren't any more singles on the album. So Rockferry needs to have a full single release.

Eric Prydz will likely be the first instrumental to top the iTunes chart. On the UK singles chart, there have been 24 instrumentals; most were in the 1950s and 1960s. The last was Flat Beat by Mr Oizo in 1999. Children by Robert Miles should have been #1, but it only got to #2. I can't recall what kept it from the top spot, but I'm sure it's not the classic that Children has become. Can someone please post the popularity bars? Is he close to that dreadful cherry chapstick song? Could he actually overtake it and be the UK #1 this week? This would have been an exciting period for UK #1s if Ms Perry had stayed in America.

Their best song will always be Two More Years. It's a song that's impossible to get tired of. Just brilliant!

I am completely serious. I grew up listening to the Four Seasons music and to hear it so cleverly used in this song is pretty wonderful. By the way, thanks for the frequent updates of this chart. I only wish I could download Beggin' and Baditude, but we can't do this in the US.

It is the best dance record in many years. Probably the best since Take Me To The Clouds Above or Lola's Theme. I love the Four Seasons sample, and the rap is tolerable.

Yes, with the exception of No Air. I want it to drop fast. Otherwise it's been a slow and much welcomed clear out. I'll be thrilled when Coldplay and Madcon pass No Air and it'd better be soon. Can't believe Baditude is not top 10.

If this makes #23 I'll be surprised. It's a third-rate Walk On By. Serious should have been the next single. It's the shame the album doesn't contain better songs apart from Rockferry, Mercy, and Warwick Avenue. Perhaps Sharleen Spiteri will write the songs for Duffy's second album. Melody is a great album. Rockferry is not.

Please help ... Who is Annie? And who was that Bashy from a couple weeks ago? I can't recall hearing them on Radio 1 or 2.

My question is answered! Jo Whiley just mentioned that These Are The Days was played over a BBC montage of Wimbledon highlights last night.

Any reason for These Are The Days charting? Did a choir sing it last Saturday? Agreed about The Feeling. The first album's songs were great. I blame the problems on sub-par songs and poor production ... everything seems a bit manic: the vocals, the drumming, and the piano riffs. A good producer could have controlled that. Could the same happen to The Kooks as the very ordinary Shine On isn't setting the chart on fire? Should have released Sway instead. Their cover of Violet Hill on Jo Whiley's programme last week was awful.

I predict top 5, knocking Sara out of the top 5. ... just as long as they aren't #1.

Of course I want Viva La Vida to be Coldplay's first #1 single, but I'm terrified that the Jonas Brothers will get to #1. Isn't SOS out on physical this week? And it's rising too quickly on the iTunes chart. I still haven't heard the song as Radio 1 doesn't seem to play it often, which is fine with me.

I agree Jester and Mart!n. When X&Y came out in 2005 it was my #3 album of the year. I'm still playing it regularly and more often than my #1 and #2. It took me many months to get into A Message and Low and now they are two of my favourite Coldplay songs. Sometimes I don't like What If, but then another day I love it. The Parachutes album sounds as fresh as when I first bought it. So Coldplay music takes a long time to fully appreciate it. That is why they are the best band today (and in my opinion the best band ever).

Gabrielle had a few classic soul songs on her recent fabulous album (Always, Every Little Teardrop, I'm Not In Love).

A band can't produce a Valerie or a Whistle For The Choir on every album. Those are exceptional songs and now classics. I very rarely listen to Radio 2 but for Poison Prince to become a hit single, it would need airplay on the same scale as This Is The Life -- Radio 2's continuous airplay has helped the album stay in the top 40. That's far more important than singles chart positions. Radio 2 is not enough to get a huge hit single, you need commercial radio behind you as well -- Perhaps you need to be reminded of a particular #1 single last December. I guess Radio 2 is huge after all. You can't deny that dance and R&B are dominant right now...even Scooter and Usher got No.1 albums recently, while the indie albums enter high and disappear quickly, just like in the singles charts. -- Are you predicting that Usher will spend the next year in the top 40 albums? I seriously doubt that. I expect Usher to fall down the chart as quickly as Madonna's R&B album. Yes, the Last Shadow Puppets got a #1 album and it fell quickly down the chart. Its brilliance appeals to a discerning audience, so we can't expect huge sales. I'd opt for quality over mainstream appeal any day.

Agreed, Richie, about Mint Royale. I went to You Tube, since I can't see BGT. The record is just plain terrible. So you don't have a valid point about dance topping the top, gooddelta. Sorry. Also, I think you fans of R&B are a bit biased. Tell me what is so groundbreaking about sampling Michael Jackson for Don't Stop The Music. Absolutely nothing special with that track, but I guess people like it to dance to it. Perhaps being more objective than some of you, I see no evolution of R&B over the past 10 years. And please name me some new R&B artists within the last year. I can't think of any. Whereas we are continuously getting new indie bands. Granted bands like One Night Only, Royworld, and Courteeners may not be the best, but they at least write fresh new music. And we have the excellent Vampire Weekend, which is a nice surprise this year. I agree that Always Where I Need To Be is average and Mistress Mabel rubbish, but Always Where I Need To Be was a great comeback. It's a catchy song, spent several weeks in the top 40 and has gotten a ton of airplay on Radio 1 ... but perhaps not on your commercial stations ... sorry I wouldn't know as I don't want to hear Hips Don't Lie, Amy's awful Valerie, and Rihanna every hour. I think most music critics would agree that 2008's two best albums in terms of quality songs, production, and variety would be from The Last Shadow Puppets and Elbow. As stated earlier, you have to respect a band like Elbow that retains their fans over many years and still get new fans (like myself). I also put Delays in this category. Name me two R&B artists with this longevity.

Soul is very much alive at #3 on the singles chart. Duffy sings Warwick Avenue with a classic soul style. Very impressive. I can hear Jackie Moore or Brenda and the Tabulations singing that song.

The Zutons are suffering from a lack of airplay? Aren't they number 6 on the radio airplay chart? They are constantly played on the country's most popular radio stations: Radio 2 and Radio 1. (I realise that the commentary author doesn't listen to Radio 2 based on previous comments concerning lack of airplay for Poison Prince.) Dance and R&B are the dominant genres in the UK at the moment? Perhaps on the singles chart, but it sure doesn't appear that way by looking at the album chart, or listening to a non-commercial radio station. I'd bet a lot of money that The Last Shadow Puppets and The Zutons will sell out more concerts (and sell more albums) than Sara Bareilles or Sam Sparro.