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8/3/2008 1 (1) Duffy - Mercy 2 (2) H Two O ft Platnum – What’s It Gonna Be 3 (3) Nickelback – Rockstar 4 (4) Basshunter ft DJ Mental Theo – Now You’re Gone 5 (5) Kylie Minogue - Wow 6 (6) Adele – Chasing Pavements 7 (8) Rihanna – Don’t Stop The Music 8 (9) OneRepublic – Stop And Stare 9 (7) David Jordan – Sun Goes Down 10 (10) Kelly Rowland - Work 11 (23) Taio Cruz ft Luciana – Come On Girl 12 (22) Flo Rida ft T-Pain - Low 13 (13) Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse - Valerie 14 (12) One Night Only – Just For Tonight 15 (14) Britney Spears – Piece Of Me 16 (20) Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & Nicole Scherzinger - Scream 17 (16) Goldfrapp – A&E 18 (11) Feeling – I Thought It Was Over 19 (35) Chris Brown – With You 20 (24) Take That – Rule The World 21 (15) Soulja Boy Tellem – Crank That (Soulja Boy) 22 (18) Timbaland pts OneRepublic – Apologize 23 (64) Alphabeat - Fascination 24 (19) Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar 25 (21) Utah Saints – Something Good ‘08 26 (26) Alicia Keys – No One 27 (27) Jay Sean – Ride It 28 (30) Mika – Relax Take It Easy 29 (17) Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor 30 (25) Scouting For Girls – Elvis Ain’t Dead 31 (37) Wombats – Moving To New York 32 (-) Delinquent ft KCat – My Destiny 33 (33) Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love 34 (38) Girls Aloud – Call The Shots 35 (49) Girls Aloud – Can’t Speak French 36 (31) Mark Ronson ft Phantom Planet - Just 37 (32) Kanye West - Homecoming 38 (74) Leona Lewis – Better In Time 39 (34) Robyn – Be Mine 40 (58) Westlife – Us Against The World 41 (42) T2 ft Jodie Aysha – Heartbroken 42 (44) Rihanna ft Jay-Z – Umbrella 45 (-) Young Knives – Up All Night 49 (51) Mark Ronson ft Daniel Merriweather – Stop Me 50 (61) Sean Kingston – Take You There 53 (-) Alicia Keys – Like You’ll Never See Me Again 54 (-) Marco Demark ft Casey Barnes – Tiny Dancer 58 (65) Michael Buble – Lost 60 (71) Adele – Hometown Glory 61 (re) Vampire Weekend – A-Punk 64 (-) Sugababes – Denial 65 (re) REM – Supernatural Superserious 69 (-) BWO – Sunshine In The Rain 71 (-) T-Pain ft Teddy Verseti – Church This was the first completely static top 6 since 30/5/1981, and the most static top 10 overall since 4/1/2003 (when the only change in the top 10 was Cheeky Girls and One True Voice swapping at #2 and #3). This was one of 3 weeks in 2008 in which Alicia Keys would have a non-mover at #26 – her hit Another Way To Die (with Jack White) would spend its first 3 weeks at that position (before eventually reaching #9). #27 was spending its 3rd consecutive week at that position. #35 and #40 both marked the first time that a song by the act in question had entered the top 40 outside the top 10 (both songs would however subsequently reach the top 10). #38 would reach #2 listed as Better In Time / Footprints In The Sand, with Footprints In The Sand also being listed at #25. #45 was the second time in the space of a few months that Young Knives had just missed the top 40 (Terra Firma had charted at #43 in November 2007). This contrasts with 2006, in which they managed 3 top 40 hits without making it higher than #35. #65 was the song’s 2nd of 3 non-consecutive weeks in the top 75 – it had entered at #54 when released as a download 2 weeks previously, this re-entry was due to its physical release, and it re-charted again 5 weeks later at #63 when the album was released. #69 was the first of BWO’s 2 #69 hits achieved in 2008 – Lay Your Love On Me would make #69 in August.

1 Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You 2 Saturdays - Just Can't Get Enough 3 Flo Rida - Right Round 4 Taylor Swift - Love Story 5 TI - Dead And Gone 6 Lady Gaga - Poker Face 7 Lily Allen - The Fear 8 Shontelle - T-Shirt 9 Lady Gaga - Just Dance 10 Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the biggest faller next week within the top 40? (Artist name and song title needed!) U2 - Get On Your Boots 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: Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid or Lady Gaga - The Fame? Lady Gaga

1 Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You 49 Kings of Leon - Revelry 53 Ladyhawke – Paris Is Burning (7”) [Limited] 33 Lemar – Weight Of The World 2 The Saturdays – Just Can’t Get Enough 70 Starsailor - Tell Me It's Not Over 12 Take That – Up All Night 4 Taylor Swift - Love Story 46 Will Young – Let It Go 59 Wombats - My Circuit Board City (Downloads) 3 Flo Rida ft. Kesha - Right Round 37 Katy Perry - Thinking Of You 5 Lady GaGa - Poker Face 75 U2 - Magnificent Bonus #1: Will Lily Allen - The Fear still be in the Top 5? No Bonus #2: Will Lady Gaga - Just Dance still be in the Top 10? Yes Bonus #3: Will The Saturdays - Up still be in the Top 40? Yes

19/04/2008 Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine - 57 - album featured in Zane Lowe's Masterpieces 16/08/2008 Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) - 72 - ??? 05/04/2008 Spencer Davis Group - I'm A Man - 54 - TV advert 10/05/2008 Crowded House - Fall At Your Feet - 75 - Britain's Got Talent 30/08/2008 Metallica - Enter Sandman - 52 - band's comeback 30/08/2008 Metallica - Nothing Else Matters - 47 - band's comeback 04/10/2008 Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings - 70 - X Factor? 08/11/2008 Bobby 'Boris' Pickett - Monster Mash - 60 - Halloween 22/11/2008 Mariah Carey - Hero - 67 - crap cover version 13/12/2008 Bon Jovi - Always - 67 - X Factor

1 Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You 2 Taylor Swift - Love Story 3 Lily Allen - The Fear 4 TI - Dead & Gone 5 Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody 6 Shontelle - T Shirt 7 Lady Gaga - Just Dance 8 Pussycat Dolls - Whatcha Think About That 9 Lady Gaga - Poker Face 10 Prodigy - Omen Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be # 40 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) MGMT - Kids 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? 8 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: Kings of Leon Only By The Night or Lily Allen It's Not Me It's You? Kings Of Leon

59 Chase & Status ft Kano – Against All Odds 63 Glasvegas – Flowers & Football Tops 8 Pussycat Dolls ft Missy Elliott - Whatcha Think About That 6 Shontelle – T-Shirt 57 The Ting Tings – We Walk (12”) [Limited] (Downloads) 49 Enrique Iglesias With Ciara - Takin' Back My Love 9 Lady GaGa - Poker Face 39 Katy Perry - Thinking Of You 1 Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You 15 Take That – Up All Night 2 Taylor Swift – Love Story 4 T.I. ft Justin Timberlake – Dead And Gone (Others) 5 Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody 37 M.I.A. - Paper Planes Bonus #1: Will Lily Allen - The Fear still be the UK #1? No Bonus #2: Will U2 - Get On Your Boots still be in the Top 20? No Bonus #3: Will The Killers - Spaceman still be in the Top 40? No

Another interesting fact was that #37 was charting only on import sales - one of only a handful of records to get into the top 40 in this way.

STARTING Track: The Saturdays Up HIGHER Miley Cyrus Fly On The Wall LOWER U2 Get On Your Boots LOWER Coldplay Viva La Vida LOWER Chase And Status Against All Odds LOWER The Ting Tings We Walk HIGHER Kings Of Leon Revelry HIGHER Kelly Clarkson My Life Would Suck Without You LOWER Taylor Swift Love Story LOWER Lady GaGa Poker Face LOWER Shontelle T-Shirt Bonus Round 1. Estimate next weeks No1 singles sales (e.g. 56,745; Title or Artist not needed). 43945 2. Estimate next weeks No2 singles sales (e.g. 35,282; Title or Artist not needed). 38272 3. Ignoring ‘The’s what will be the most common first letter of the artists in next weeks top40 singles? K

Great read!

#5 was a re-issue of a #37 hit from 1999 - this song was a reasonable sized hit in the US despite the band being from the UK. #7 was reaching its peak in its 14th week after a crazy chart run (bearing in mind that this was ages before downloads): 11-16-21-26-22-20-23-21-21-21-17-13-8-7-12-14-21-22-28-42-48-54-58-70-71. Not only that, but it was a re-issue of a #19 hit from earlier in 2000. #10 was a ripoff of Hernando's Hideaway by The Johnston Brothers (a #1 in 1955). #60 was Cevin Fisher's 2nd chart hit in just over a month - It's A GOod Life had made #54 just 5 weeks previously.

#1 albums with only 5 weeks in the top 75 (I think these are the only ones): Morrissey - Vauxhall & I Little Angels - Jam Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark Steve Brookstein - Heart And Soul

7 Beyonce – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) 13 Britney Spears – Circus 66 The Days – No Ties 45 Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream (7”) [Limited] 27 Gary Go – Wonderful 53 The King Blues - Save The World, Get The Girl 16 Miley Cyrus - Fly On The Wall 4 The Prodigy – Omen 47 Rudenko - Everybody 10 U2 – Get On Your Boots (Downloads) 43 Coldplay - Viva La Vida 42 Take That – Up All Night 60 Taylor Swift – Love Story 24 T.I ft Justin Timberlake - Dead And Gone Bonus #1: Will Lily Allen - The Fear still be the UK #1? Yes Bonus #2: Will Kid Cudi Vs. Crookers - Day 'N' Nite still be in the Top 10? No Bonus #3: Will Kings of Leon - Sex On Fire be in the Top 20? Yes

1 Lily Allen - The Fear 2 Lady Gaga - Just Dance 3 Alesha Dixon - Breathe Slow 4 Prodigy - Omen 5 Shontelle - T-Shirt 6 James Morrison - Broken Strings 7 Tinchy Stryder - Take Me Back 8 Beyonce - Single Ladies 9 Eminem - Crack A Bottle 10 U2 - Get On Your Boots 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be # 20 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) Saturdays - Issues 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: Morrissey – Years Of Refusal or Saint Etienne - London Conversations: The Best Of ? Morrissey

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1 Lily Allen - The Fear 2 Lady Gaga - Just Dance 3 Eminem - Crack A Bottle 4 Alesha Dixon - Breathe Slow 5 Tinchy Stryder - Take Me Back 6 Kid Cudi - Day N Nite 7 James Morrison - Broken Strings 8 Beyonce - Single Ladies 9 Kevin Rudolf - Let It Rock 10 Daniel Merriweather - Change 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be # 40 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) Britney Spears - Womanizer 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? 5 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: The Airborne Toxic Event – The Airborne Toxic Event or All American Rejects - When The World Comes Down? All-American Rejects

4 Alesha Dixon – Breathe Slow 47 The Killers – Spaceman (7”) 25 Morrissey – I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris 51 My Chemical Romance – Desolation Row (12”) [Limited] (Downloads) 16 Britney Spears – Circus 3 Eminem ft Dr. Dre & 50 Cent - Crack A Bottle 53 Katy Perry - Thinking Of You 25 Lady GaGa – Poker Face 46 Miley Cyrus - Fly On The Wall 40 N-Dubz - Strong Again 13 Pussycat Dolls & Missy Elliot - Whatcha Think About That 11 Shontelle - T-Shirt 61 Take That - Up All Night 38 T.I. ft. Justin Timberlake - Dead And Gone Bonus #1: Will Lily Allen - The Fear still be the UK #1? Yes Bonus #2: Will Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) still be in the Top 10? Yes Bonus #3: Will Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah still be in the Top 40? Yes

32 Airborne Toxic Event – Sometime Around Midnight 24 All American Rejects - Gives You Hell 54 Coldplay – Life In Technicolor II (7”) 15 Daniel Merriweather – Change 43 Fleet Foxes – Mykonos (7”) 38 Kardinal Offishall ft Keri Hilson - Numba 1 (Tide Is High) (Downloads) 4 Alesha Dixon – Breathe Slow 13 Britney Spears – Circus 20 Jordin Sparks - One Step At A Time 57 Killers – Spaceman 45 Kyla - Do You Mind? 28 Lady GaGa – Poker Face 23 Pussycat Dolls & Missy Elliot - Whatcha Think About That 12 Shontelle - T-Shirt Bonus #1: Will Lily Allen - The Fear still be the UK #1? Yes Bonus #2: Will Beyonce – Single Ladies still be in the Top 10? Yes Bonus #3: Will T.I. ft Rihanna – Live Your Life still be in the Top 40? Yes

1 Lily Allen - The Fear 2 Lady Gaga - Just Dance 3 Tinchy Stryder - Tale Me Back 4 Alesha Dixon - Breathe Slow 5 Kid Cudi - Day N Nite 6 James Morrison - Broken Strings 7 Beyonce - Single Ladies 8 Kevin Rudolf - Let It Rock 9 Saturdays - Issues 10 Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody 11 Jason Mraz - I'm Yours 12 Shontelle - T-Shirt 13 Britney Spears - Circus 14 Pink - Sober 15 Daniel Merriweather - Change 16 Killers - Human 17 Beyonce - If I Were A Boy 18 Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire 19 Katy Perry - Hot N Cold 20 Ne-Yo - Mad 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the biggest faller within the top 75 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) Tommy Reilly - Give Me A Call 2. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the highest climber within the top 75 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) Pussycat Dolls - Whatcha Think About That 3. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? 6 4. (for 3 pts) How many climbers will be in the top 40 next week? (climbers from outside the top 40 don't count!) 7 5. (for 3 pts) How many fallers will be in the top 40 next week? 22 6. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: Lady Gaga The Fame or The Script The Script? Lady Gaga

All-American Rejects' previous top 40 hits were in 2003 and 2006 (I wonder if their next one will be in 2012?). Other than that, another brilliant read!

32 The Fray - You Found Me 66 Ida Maria – Oh My God 20 Jay Sean – Tonight 1 Lily Allen – The Fear (Downloads) 10 Alesha Dixon – Breathe Slow 35 The All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell 19 Britney Spears – Circus 27 Jordin Sparks - One Step At A Time 28 Lady GaGa – Poker Face 44 The Pussycat Dolls & Missy Elliott - Whatcha Think About That 29 Shontelle - T-Shirt (Others) 30 Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses 22 Jason Mraz - I'm Yours 40 White Lies - To Lose My Life Bonus #1: Will James Morrison & Nelly Furtado - Broken Strings still be in the UK Top 5? Yes Bonus #2: Will Girls Aloud - The Loving Kind still be in the Top 20? No Bonus #3: Will Pink - So What still be in the Top 40? Yes

1 Lily Allen - The Fear 2 Lady Gaga - Just Dance 3 Tinchy Stryder - Take Me Back 4 Kid Cudi - Day N Nite 5 James Morrison - Broken Strings 6 Beyonce - Single Ladies 7 Saturdays - Issues 8 Kevin Rudolf - Let It Rock 9 Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody 10 Alesha Dixon - Breathe Slow 11 Pink - Sober (if Lily is DQ'd) 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the biggest faller within the top 75 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) Bon Iver - Blood Bank 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: Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream or Ferry Corsten – Twice In A Blue Moon? Bruce Springsteen

Thanks for these! Songs that reached #1 in the Singles Chart but were never I-Tunes #1s (listed with weeks at #1): Shakira ft Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie 5 McFly - Don’t Stop Me Now / Please Please 1 Beyonce ft Jay-Z - Deja Vu 1 McFly - Star Girl 1 Westlife - The Rose 1 Take That - Shine 2 Beyonce & Shakira - Beautiful Liar 3 McFly - Baby's Coming Back / Transylvania 1 Eva Cassidy & Katie Melua - What A Wonderful World 1 Ting Tings - That's Not My Name 1 I-Tunes #1 with the lowest official chart peak: Coldplay - Violet Hill (#8)

1 Lady Gaga - Just Dance 2 Kid Cudi - Day N Nite 3 James Morrison - Broken Strings 4 Saturdays - Issues 5 Kevin Rudolf - Let It Rock 6 Beyonce - Single Ladies 7 Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody 8 Kanye West - Heartless 9 Beyonce - If I Were A Boy 10 Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the highest climber within the top 75 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) Tinchy Stryder - Take Me Back 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? 4 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: James Morrison - Songs For You, Truths For Me or Lady Gaga - The Fame? Lady Gaga

38 Franz Ferdinand – Ulysses 13 Pink – Sober 21 Tinchy Stryder ft Taio Cruz – Take Me Back (Downloads) 20 Alesha Dixon – Breathe Slow 15 Britney Spears – Circus 31 Jordin Sparks - One Step At A Time 28 Lady GaGa – Poker Face 19 Ne-Yo – Mad 52 Shontelle - T-Shirt (Others) 10 Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah 64 Coolio – Gangsta’s Paradise 14 Girls Aloud - The Loving Kind 34 Saturdays - Up 30 Take That - Greatest Day Bonus #1: Will Lady GaGa – Just Dance still(?) be the UK #1? Yes Bonus #2: Will Kanye West - Heartless be in the Top 10? Yes Bonus #3: Will Pussycat Dolls - I Hate This Part still be in the Top 40? Yes

1 Lady Gaga - Just Dance 2 Kid Cudi - Day N Nite 3 James Morrison - Broken Strings 4 Leona Lewis - Run 5 Kevin Rudolf - Let It Rock 6 Saturdays - Issues 7 Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah 8 Beyonce - Single Ladies 9 Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody 10 Beyonce - If I Were A Boy Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be #40 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) Dizzee Rascal - Dance Wiv Me 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? 4 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: The Killers Day & Age or Leona Lewis Spirit? Leona Lewis