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Manic Street Preachers - Empty Souls (sold only about 12,750 the week it entered at #2, then fell to #26 in week 2). McFly - One For The Radio Cliff Richard - 21st Century Christmas / Move It Geraldine - The Winner's Song Jedward - Ice Ice Baby What's interesting is that some of these #2s were midweek #1, which makes you think what sort of chart run they may have had had they been #1 (most of them probably wouldn't have fallen down quite so fast). In terms of 'how the hell did that get to #2', I would nominate the following: Lisa Maffia - All Over

Timelords - Doctorin' The Tardis (don't think I've ever heard this anywhere other than Youtube)

Quite a few from late 1996/early 1997: Robson & Jerome - What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted* Peter Andre - I Feel You (already mentioned) Boyzone - A Different Beat Dunblane - Knockin' On Heaven's Door* Blur - Beetlebum (can't say I remember how this one goes, but others will disagree) LL Cool J - Ain't Nobody* U2 - Discotheque (same comment as Blur) Obviously the asterisked ones are at least recognisable due to being covers, but I'm sure the chart-topping versions are not particularly well-remembered.

Here is how the artists on the BBC Sound Of 2012 list performed in 2012: Note: a lot of chart positions are based on Wikipedia, and thus may be inaccurate. 1 – Michael Kiwanuka. Having released a few EPs in 2011, Michael Kiwanuka’s debut single Home Again peaked at #29 in January (and reached #3 in Flanders). Follow-up I’m Getting Ready only reached #187. He did have a couple of other minor hits in Flanders. The album Home Again reached #4 in the UK, #1 in the Netherlands, and top 10 in Flanders, Norway and Sweden. It was nominated for the Mercury Prize. 2 – Frank Ocean. Despite relatively little singles chart success (his biggest UK hit in his own right was Lost which reached #86, although he did feature on Jay-Z & Kanye West’s #37 hit No Church In The Wild), the album Channel Orange was a success, reaching #2 in the UK (despite being download only initially), #1 in Norway, and top 3 in 3 other countries. He won Best Urban Video – International at the UK Music Video Awards for Novacane (as well as several other awards). 3 – Azealia Banks. Currently a one-hit wonder, her hit 212 peaked at #12 in the UK in April (but spent 32 weeks on the top 75). It also reached #7 in Ireland and top 20 in Flanders and Netherlands. Her EP 1991 reached #79 in May. The album Broke With Expensive Taste is due for release in February 2013. She won NME and Billboard awards in 2012. 4 – Skrillex. Having released EPs since 2009, Skrillex reached #32 in February with Breakn’ A Sweat. Then came Bangarang, which reached #24 in June (spending 28 weeks in the top 75), and Make It Bun Dem (which charted at #66 around about the same time). He also reached #175 with Kyoto. The Bangarang EP reached #31 in the album chart. He also won 3 Grammys (and was nominated for 2 others). 5 – Niki & The Dove. Album Instinct reached #60 in May (equalling its peak in their native Sweden). Single DJ, Ease My Mind reached #103. A$AP Rocky – Single Goldie reached #98, and f***in’ Problems reached #91 (the latter reached the top 25 in the US). Album Long. Live. ASAP is due for release in January 2013. Dot Rotten – Having reached #24 as part of The Collective in 2011, Dot Rotten had 3 hits in 2012 – Are You Not Entertained? (#53 in March), Overload (#15 in June), and Karmageddon (#67 in December). Album Voices In My Head is yet to be released. Dry The River – Album Shallow Bed reached #28 in March, but none of the singles charted. Flux Pavilion – Having reached #56 and #61 with his 2011 singles Bass Cannon and Superbad, Flux Pavilion reached #39 in May with Daydreamer (featuring Example). EP Blow The Roof is due for release in January 2013. Friends – Album Manifest! reached #100 in June. No singles charted. Jamie N Commons – does not even have his own Wikipedia entry. Lianne La Havas – Album Is Your Love Big Enough? reached #4 in July (it reached #3 in the Netherlands). The highest-charting single was the title track which reached #103 (and #17 in Flanders). The album won Album Of The Year at the iTunes Best of 2012 awards. Ren Harvieu – Album Through The Night reached #5 in May, with single Open Up Your Arms reaching #108 (the title track having reached #178 in 2011). She reached #1 as part of The Justice Collective with He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother. Spector – Album Enjoy It While It Lasts reached #12 in August. No singles charted. Stooshe – Stooshe managed 2 top 5 hits – Love Me (#5 in March), and Black Heart (#3 in June, also #4 in Ireland). A cover of TLC’s Waterfalls reached #21 in November. Self-titled album is due for release in March 2013. Ones that got away: Conor Maynard fun. Lawson Rita Ora Rudimental

Another great thread! Thanks, and have a good Christmas!

I always thought that The Bravery - An Honest Mistake would have been bigger if it had been released in 2007-08 (although it was a reasonable hit when released in 2005). Paris Hilton - Stars Are Blind, although a top 5 hit and a decent pop tune, could have been even bigger if it had not been released in the middle of the indie/guitar boom in 2006.

Since the start of 2007, I believe the record is held by Big Hits 2012 (who had 4 hits this year all of which spent just 1 week in the top 75).

SECTION A 23 Pogues – Fairytale Of New York 35 Maroon 5 – One More Night 44 Wham! – Last Christmas 30 Disclosure - Latch 32 Wizzard – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 28 DJ Fresh – Gold Dust 55 Sub Focus – Tidal Wave 47 Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas 19 Alex Day – Stupid Stupid 27 Adele - Skyfall 45 Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody 66 Girls Aloud – Something New 29 Christina Perri – A Thousand Years 54 Shakin’ Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone SECTION B Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the number of song titles with the words Christmas or Xmas in the top 75 (on the OCC website) be a) odd or b) even? Odd Bonus 2) - 12 points Will the largest number of songs in the top 40 credited to X feat Y be a) between 1 and 10, b) between 11 and 20, c) between 21 and 30 or d) between 31 and 40? A Bonus 3) - 12 points How many new entries or re-entries will there be in the top 40 Singles Chart? 5

1 James Arthur - Impossible 2 Justice Collective - He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother 3 will.i.am - Scream & Shout 4 Rihanna - Stay 5 Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven 6 Olly Murs - Troublemaker 7 Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble 8 Gabrielle Aplin - The Power Of Love 9 Rihanna - Diamonds 10 PSY - Gangnam Style 11 Labrinth - Beneath Your Beautiful 12 Ke$ha - Die Young 13 One Direction - Little Things 14 Pink - Try 15 Robbie Williams - Candy Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the biggest faller within the top 75 next week? Shontelle - Impossible 2. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the highest climber within the top 75 next week? Willy Moon - Yeah Yeah 3. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? 4 4. (for 3 pts) How many climbers will be in the top 40 next week? 6 5. (for 3 pts) How many non movers will be in the top 40 next week? 5 6. (for 2 pts) Will Michael Bublé - Christmas be number 1 next week? No

With less than 2 hours to go until the sales week starts, here are the latest odds (thanks to www.oddschecker.com): 2/9 Justice Collective (Hillsborough) 11/2 James Arthur 14/1 Alistair Griffin (as short as 4/1 with some :o) 25/1 The Choir 33/1 Alex Day* 33/1 Gabrielle Aplin 33/1 Katherine Crowe* 33/1 Labrinth & Emeli Sande* 33/1 Rylan Clark* 33/1 Voices of The Big Sing 50/1 1 Pound Fish 50/1 Jimmy Higham 50/1 Clive Dunn 50/1 Girls Aloud 50/1 Olivia Newton John & John Travolta* 50/1 One Direction *only one bookmaker quoting

I thought the top 10 all cleared 100k that week? Great idea for a thread, though!

SECTION A 35 Ed Sheeran – Give Me Love 31 Maroon 5 – One More Night 46 Burns - Lies 34 Disclosure - Latch 48 Naughty Boy feat Emeli Sande - Wonder 27 DJ Fresh – Gold Dust 49 Sub Focus – Tidal Wave 44 Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas 19 Pitbull – Don’t Stop The Party 21 Adele - Skyfall 41 Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody 51 Girls Aloud – Something New 22 Christina Perri – A Thousand Years 65 Otto Knows – Million Voices SECTION B Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the number of song titles with the words Christmas or Xmas in the top 75 (on the OCC website) be a) odd or b) even? Odd Bonus 2) - 12 points Will the lowest climber within the top 40 be a) between 1 and 15, b) between 16 and 30, c) between 31 and 40 or d) there won’t be any climbers? B Bonus 3) - 12 points How many new entries or re-entries will there be in the top 40 Singles Chart? 6

1 James Arthur - Impossible 2 will.i.am - Scream & Shout 3 Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven 4 Gabrielle Aplin - The Power Of Love 5 Olly Murs - Troublemaker 6 Rihanna - Diamonds 7 Labrinth - Beneath Your Beautiful 8 Ke$ha - Die Young 9 Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble 10 Rihanna - Stay Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be #41 and just miss the top 40 next week? Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? 6 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: Green Day - ¡Tré! or Kanye West & Jay-Z - The Throne 2? Kanye West & Jay-Z

Thanks for another great thread, Gezza!

6 songs left? You said there were 11 songs left the other day and we have had 6 since then (the figure of 95 at the start of the thread is also consistent with there only being 5 songs left). Looking forward to them anyway! And I believe Girls charted at about #91.

SECTION A 27 Ed Sheeran – Give Me Love 25 Maroon 5 – One More Night 56 McFly – Love Is Easy 29 Disclosure - Latch 40 Naughty Boy feat Emeli Sande - Wonder 19 DJ Fresh – Gold Dust 43 Sub Focus – Tidal Wave 47 Ellie Goulding – Anything Could Happen 13 Pitbull – Don’t Stop The Party 18 Adele - Skyfall 54 Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody 30 Girls Aloud – Something New 17 Christina Perri – A Thousand Years 57 Otto Knows – Million Voices SECTION B Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the number of song titles with the words Christmas or Xmas in the top 75 (on the OCC website) be a) odd or b) even? Odd Bonus 2) - 12 points Will Last Christmas be higher than I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day? Yes Bonus 3) - 12 points How many new entries will there be in the top 40 Singles Chart? 5

1 Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven 2 Gabrielle Aplin - The Power Of Love 3 Labrinth - Beneath Your Beautiful 4 Rihanna - Diamonds 5 Olly Murs - Troublemaker 6 Ke$ha - Die Young 7 One Direction - Little Things 8 Lumineers - Ho Hey 9 Alicia Keys - Girl On Fire 10 PSY - Gangnam Style Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be #40 next week? Naughty Boy - Wonder 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? 6 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: Ke$ha – Warrior or Tulisa – The Female Boss? Ke$ha

The actual chart that week: 1 (-) Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules - MAD WORLD 2 (-) Darkness - CHRISTMAS TIME (DON'T LET THE BELLS END) 3 (1) Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne - CHANGES 4 (-) Bo Selecta - PROPER CRIMBO 5 (-) Idols - HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) 6 (2) Will Young - LEAVE RIGHT NOW 7 (3) Black Eyed Peas - SHUT UP 8 (-) Atomic Kitten - LADIES NIGHT 9 (4) Shane Richie - I'M YOUR MAN 10 (-) Sugababes - TOO LOST IN YOU 11 (-) Blue featuring Stevie Wonder and Angie Stone - SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED, I'M YOURS 12 (-) Ultrabeat - FEELIN' FINE 13 (5) Cliff Richard - SANTA'S LIST 14 (6) Westlife - MANDY 15 (10) Cheeky Girls - HAVE A CHEEKY CHRISTMAS 16 (22) Outkast - HEY YA! 17 (14) Katie Melua - THE CLOSEST THING TO CRAZY 18 (7) Evanescence - MY IMMORTAL 19 (17) UB40 / United Colours Of Sound - SWING LOW 20 (12) Girls Aloud - JUMP (FOR MY LOVE) 21 (9) Christina Aguilera - THE VOICE WITHIN 22 (16) Simply Red - YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW 23 (18) Kevin Lyttle - TURN ME ON 24 (8) Gareth Gates - SAY IT ISN'T SO 25 (-) Fast Food Rockers - I LOVE CHRISTMAS 26 (-) Billy Mack - CHRISTMAS IS ALL AROUND 27 (13) Nelly Furtado - POWERLESS (SAY WHAT YOU WANT) 28 (21) Lost Brothers featuring G Tom Mac - CRY LITTLE SISTER (I NEED U NOW) 29 (-) G Unit - STUNT 101 30 (24) Fatman Scoop Featuring The Crooklyn Clan - BE FAITHFUL 31 (23) Busted - CRASHED THE WEDDING 32 (20) Dido - LIFE FOR RENT 33 (11) Madonna - LOVE PROFUSION 34 (19) Alicia Keys - YOU DON'T KNOW MY NAME 35 (15) Big Brovaz - AIN'T WHAT YOU DO 36 (-) Erin Rocha - CAN'T DO RIGHT FOR DOING WRONG 37 (25) D-Side - REAL WORLD 38 (29) Noddy - MAKE WAY FOR NODDY 39 (28) Lemar - 50 : 50 / LULLABY 40 (27) Ja Rule - CLAP BACK / REIGNS 41 (30) Britney Spears featuring Madonna - ME AGAINST THE MUSIC 42 (31) Alex Parks - MAYBE THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES 43 (36) Jamelia - SUPERSTAR 44 (-) Basil Brush featuring India Beau - BOOM BOOM / CHRISTMAS SLIDE 45 (26) Rachel Stevens - FUNKY DORY 46 (-) Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros - REDEMPTION SONG / ARMS ALOFT 47 (32) Jay-Z - CHANGE CLOTHES 48 (-) Travis - THE BEAUTIFUL OCCUPATION 49 (33) John And Yoko And The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir - HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) 50 (39) Delta Goodrem - NOT ME NOT I 51 (38) Blazin' Squad - FLIP REVERSE 52 (34) Good Charlotte - HOLD ON / THE YOUNG AND THE HOPELESS 53 (35) Daniel O'Donnell - YOU RAISE ME UP / WINTER WONDERLAND 54 (37) Michael Jackson - ONE MORE CHANCE 55 (-) Mew - SHE CAME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS 56 (45) Kylie Minogue - SLOW 57 (40) Texas - I'LL SEE IT THROUGH 58 (41) Limp Bizkit - BEHIND BLUE EYES 59 (51) Missy Elliott - PASS THAT DUTCH 60 (42) Pink - TROUBLE 61 (44) No Doubt - IT'S MY LIFE 62 (43) Muse - HYSTERIA 63 (46) Blue - GUILTY 64 (65) Robbie Williams - SEXED UP 65 (56) Black Eyed Peas - WHERE IS THE LOVE? 66 (-) Diff'rent Darkness - ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARKNESS 67 (54) Iron Maiden - RAINMAKER 68 (53) Atomic Kitten - IF YOU COME TO ME 69 (48) Blink 182 - FEELING THIS 70 (58) Sugababes - HOLE IN THE HEAD 71 (73) Holly Valance - STATE OF MIND 72 (47) Enrique Iglesias - ADDICTED 73 (59) Ludacris - STAND UP 74 (50) Meat Loaf - MAN OF STEEL 75 (57) Nelly - IZ U IIRC, the top 25 all sold over 10000 (with the top 2 clearing 220000 and Idols selling enough to make #1 on a typical 2003 week). Bear in mind that this was all physical sales. We were however only 5 weeks away from #10 selling under 10k.

SECTION A 29 Ed Sheeran – Give Me Love 23 Maroon 5 – One More Night 57 McFly – Love Is Easy 26 Disclosure - Latch 47 Naughty Boy feat Emeli Sande - Wonder 25 Ladywell Primary School – O Holy Night 41 Sub Focus – Tidal Wave 40 Ellie Goulding – Anything Could Happen 11 Ke$ha – Die Young 42 One Direction – Live While We’re Young 30 Pink - Try 12 Girls Aloud – Something New 17 Christina Perri – A Thousand Years 49 Otto Knows – Million Voices SECTION B Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the number of song titles with the words I, You or Me in the top 40 (on the OCC website) be a) odd or b) even? Odd Bonus 2) - 12 points Will Fairytale Of New York be higher than All I Want For Christmas Is You? No Bonus 3) - 12 points How many new entries will there be in the top 40 Singles Chart? 7

1 Olly Murs - Troublemaker 2 Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven 3 Labrinth - Beneath Your Beautiful 4 One Direction - Little Things 5 Alicia Keys - Girl On Fire 6 Rihanna - Diamonds 7 Gabrielle Aplin - The Power Of Love 8 PSY - Gangnam Style 9 Lumineers - Ho Hey 10 Robbie Williams - Candy Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be #30 next week? Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? 7 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: Girls Aloud – Ten or McFly - Memory Lane: The Very Best Of ? Girls Aloud

I believe Katie Melua released in single at the start of 2008 (If The Lights Go Out), which charted at #96, so I believe that should be considered the follow-up to What A Wonderful World. A great thread BTW (if I haven't said it already)!

SECTION A 70 Mumford & Sons – I Will Wait 20 Maroon 5 – One More Night 25 McFly – Love Is Easy 55 fun. - Some Nights 53 Naughty Boy feat Emeli Sande - Wonder 50 Christina Aguilera – Your Body 34 Sub Focus – Tidal Wave 35 Ellie Goulding – Anything Could Happen 13 Rudimental – Not Giving In 29 The Script – Six Degrees Of Separation 30 Pink - Try 52 Frankie Goes To Hollywood – The Power Of Love 43 Lana Del Rey - Ride 41 Otto Knows – Million Voices SECTION B Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the number of single songs credited to X feat. Y in the top 40 (on the OCC website) be a) odd or b) even? Odd Bonus 2) - 12 points Will the lowest climber within the top 40 be a) between 1 and 15, b) between 16 and 30, c) between 31 and 40 or d) there won’t be any climbers? B Bonus 3) - 12 points How many new entries will there be in the top 40 Singles Chart? 7

1 Olly Murs - Troublemaker 2 One Direction - Little Things 3 Girls Aloud - Something New 4 Alicia Keys - Girl On Fire 5 Labrinth - Beneath Your Beautiful 6 Gabrielle Aplin - The Power Of Love 7 Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven 8 PSY - Gangnam Style 9 Rihanna - Diamonds 10 Little Mix - DNA Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be #20 next week? Maroon 5 - One More Night 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? 7 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: Christina Perri - A Very Merry Perri Christmas or Lady Antebellum – On This Winter's Night? Lady Antebellum

SECTION A 53 Mumford & Sons – I Will Wait 14 Maroon 5 – One More Night 48 Lawson – Standing In The Dark 47 fun. - Some Nights 41 Naughty Boy feat Emeli Sande - Wonder 22 Christina Aguilera – Your Body 21 Sub Focus – Tidal Wave 33 Ellie Goulding – Anything Could Happen 45 Willy Moon – Yeah Yeaah 3 Little Mix - DNA 34 Pink - Try 5 Gabrielle Aplin – The Power Of Love 52 Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks 35 Otto Knows – Million Voices SECTION B Bonus 1) - 8 points Will the number of single word song titles in the top 40 (on the OCC website) be a) odd or b) even? Odd Bonus 2) - 12 points Will the lowest non-mover within the top 40 be a) between 1 and 15, b) between 16 and 30, c) between 31 and 40 or d) there won’t be any non-movers? D Bonus 3) - 12 points How many new entries will there be in the top 40 Singles Chart? 8

1 Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven 2 One Direction - Little Things 3 Little Mix - DNA 4 Labrinth - Beneath Your Beautiful 5 Gabrielle Aplin - The Power Of Love 6 Robbie Williams - Candy 7 McFly - Love Is Easy 8 PSY - Gangnam Style 9 Rihanna - Diamonds 10 Adele - Skyfall 11 Wanted - I Found You 12 Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child 13 Wiley - Can You Hear Me 14 Maroon 5 - One More Night 15 Calvin Harris - Drinking From The Bottle Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the biggest faller within the top 75 next week? Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up 2. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the highest climber within the top 75 next week? Christina Perri - A Thousand Years 3. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? 8 4. (for 3 pts) How many climbers will be in the top 40 next week? 3 5. (for 3 pts) How many non movers will be in the top 40 next week? 3 6. (for 2 pts) Will Christina Aguilera - Lotus debut in the top 5 albums next week? Yes