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32 The Game ft Ne Yo - Camera Phone 11 Girls Aloud – The Loving Kind 2 Kid Cudi vs Crookers – Day ‘n’ Nite 35 White Lies – To Lose My Life (Downloads) 34 Alesha Dixon – Breathe Slow 40 Jordin Sparks - One Step At A Time 10 Kanye West – Heartless 59 Lady GaGa - Poker Face 19 Ne-Yo - Mad 28 P!nk - Sober (Others) 44 Coolio – Gangsta’s Paradise 36 Jason Mraz – I’m Yours 5 Kevin Rudolf ft Lil Wayne - Let It Rock 6 Saturdays - Issues Bonus #1: Will Alexandra Burke – Hallelujah still be in the Top 5? No Bonus #2: Will Beyoncé - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) be in the Top 10? Yes Bonus #3: Will Britney Spears – Circus be in the Top 20? No

I think you mean '...and without being charity singles'. Apart from that, a great read!

1 Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah 2 Lady Gaga - Just Dance 3 Leona Lewis - Run 4 James Morrison - Broken Strings 5 Beyonce - If I Were A Boy 6 Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody 7 Katy Perry - Hot N Cold 8 TI - Live Your Life 9 Britney Spears - Womanizer 10 Saturdays - Issues Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the biggest faller within the top 75 next week? (It should remain in the top 75!) (Artist name and song title needed!) Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah 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: Celine Dion - My Love: Essential Collection or N-Dubz - Uncle B? N-Dubz

2 Lady Gaga - Just Dance 11 The Saturdays – Issues (Downloads) 39 Alesha Dixon – Breathe Slow 12 Beyoncé - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) 34 Britney Spears - Circus 30 Girls Aloud - The Loving Kind 28 Kanye West - Heartless 33 Ne-Yo – Mad 44 P!nk - Sober (Others) 35 Dizzee Rascal etc – Dance Wiv Me 37 Duffy – Rain On Your Parade 20 Kevin Rudolf ft. Lil Wayne - Let It Rock 13 Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire 29 MGMT – Kids Bonus #1: Will Alexandra Burke – Hallelujah still be the UK #1? Yes Bonus #2: Will Britney Spears – Womanizer still be in the Top 10? Yes Bonus #3: Will P!nk - So What still be in the Top 20? Yes

I Kissed A Girl is up 3 places, not 4. And Time To Pretend (which reached #35) is a lower-peaking MGMT single than Kids. Other than that, another great read!

23/11/2002 1 (-) Christina Aguilera ft Redman - Dirrty 2 (3) Nelly ft Kelly Rowland - Dilemma 3 (2) DJ Sammy & Yanou ft Do - Heaven 4 (1) Westlife - Unbreakable 5 (5) Las Ketchup - The Ketchup Song (Asereje)

Is Young Turks the lowest-peaking song that was predicted to be #1 by Radio Luxembourg (or its equivalent)?

72 Keane - Perfect Symmetry 39 Kevin Rudolf feat Lil Wayne - Let It Rock 34 Sugababes – No Can Do (Downloads) 14 Beyoncé - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) 53 Britney Spears - Circus 26 50 Cent - Get Up 36 Girls Aloud - The Loving Kind 40 Kanye West - Heartless 8 Lady Gaga - Just Dance 49 P!nk - Sober 27 The Saturdays - Issues 60 Tinchy Stryder - Take Me Back (Others) 20 Pussycat Dolls - I Hate This Part 25 The Script - Breakeven Bonus #1: Will Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah still be the UK #1? Yes Bonus #2: Will Katy Perry - Hot N Cold still be in the Top 10? Yes Bonus #3: Will X Factor Finalists 2008 - Hero still be in the Top 20? Yes

Bob The Builder Alien Ant Farm

Hard-Fi Gabriella Cilmi

At the start of 2008, the BBC sound of 2008 poll was carried out, which predicted which artists would be big in 2008. For the first time since the inception of this poll in 2003, 20 artists were selected (instead of the usual 10). They are listed as follows, together with the peak positions of their hits (#s in brackets refer to 2007 or earlier hits, and #s in asterisks indicate featured credits): 1 Adele 2-18-19-26 2 Duffy 45-1-3-21-15 3 Ting Tings 1-33-6-28 4 Glasvegas 16-12 5 Foals (39)-26 6 Vampire Weekend 55-38 7 Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong 43 8 Black Kids 11-36 9 MGMT 35-22-25 10 Santogold 27 11 Ida Maria 13 12 One Night Only (46)-9-37-55 13 Alphabeat 6-16-15 14 Laura Marling no top 75 hits 15 Cajun Dance Party no top 75 hits 16 Courteeners (44)-20-19-35-36 17 Gabriella Cilmi 6-33-22 18 Late Of The Pier no top 75 hits 19 Black Mountain no top 75 hits 20 Lil' Wayne (*4*)-(*23*)-(*45*)-(*66*)-26-*34*-*33*-*59*-57 Compared to previous years: * All of the top 10 managed top 75 hits (as in all previous years) * 9 of the top 10 managed top 40 hits (best showing since 2004 when all 10 managed top 40 hits) * 5 of the top 10 managed top 20 hits (1 better than 2007 and equalling 2006) * 3 of the top 10 managed top 10 hits (worst showing since 2003) * 3 of the top 10 managed top 5 hits (1 more than 2007, and equalling 2006) * 3 of the top 10 managed top 3 hits (joint best showing along with 2003 and 2004) * 2 of the top 10 managed #1 hits (no previous year has included more than 1 chart-topper) And the misses (all of these artists managed at least 2 top 20 hits in 2008 having never previously managed a top 20 hit or released an album): Platnum Flo-Rida Taio Cruz (although he first reached the top 30 in 2006) Script Katy Perry Saturdays

Seeing as the last year without an X-Factor Xmas #1 was 2004 (when Band Aid 20 reached #1 with X-Factor-esque predictability), I'm interested to know when people think the next non-X-Factor Xmas #1 will be. Will it be next year, the year after, or even later?

1 Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah 2 Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah 3 Leona Lewis - Run 4 Take That - Greatest Day 5 Beyonce - If I Were A Boy 6 Geraldine - Once Upon A Christmas Song 7 James Morrison - Broken Strings 8 Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody 9 Killers - Human 10 Britney Spears - Womanizer 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be # 20 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) TI - Live Your Life 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the singles top 40 next week? 6 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: Duffy - Rockferry or P!nk - Funhouse? Pink

1 Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah 2 Leona Lewis - Run 3 Beyonce - If I Were A Boy 4 Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah 5 Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody 6 Take That - Greatest Day 7 Britney Spears - Womanizer 8 James Morrison - Broken Strings 9 Katy Perry - Hot N Cold 10 Geraldine - Once Upon A Christmas Song 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the highest climber within the top 75 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the singles top 40 next week? 7 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: Killers - Day & Age or Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night? Kings Of Leon

38 Basshunter - I Miss You 10 Geraldine McQueen - Once Upon A Christmas Song 69 Jason Mraz – I’m Yours 55 Kaiser Chiefs - Good Days Bad Days 74 Outsiders ft Amanda Wilson – Keep This Fire Burning 49 Scooter vs Status Quo – Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want) 26 Snow Patrol – Crack The Shutters 73 Victoria Hart with the Household Division Big Band – Santa Baby 40 Wombats - Is This Christmas? 1 X Factor winner – Hallelujah (Downloads) 21 Beyoncé - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) 43 Britney Spears - Circus 20 Gabriella Cilmi - Warm This Winter 52 Girls Aloud - The Loving Kind 4 Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah 39 Kanye West - Heartless 34 Ne-Yo – Mad 54 Paramore – Decode 47 The Saturdays - Issues (Others/Old Xmas Songs) 18 Aled Jones & Sir Terry Wogan - Little Drummer Boy 41 Ladyhawke - My Delerium 12 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 15 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York 42 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 34 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody 27 Wham! - Last Christmas 29 Wiley - Cash In My Pocket 33 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday Bonus #1: Will Leona Lewis - Run still be in the Top 2? Yes Bonus #2: Will Katy Perry - Hot N Cold still be in the Top 10? Yes Bonus #3: Will Rihanna – Rehab still be in the Top 20? No Bonus #4: Will Status Quo - Its Christmas Time still(?) be in the Top 40? No Bonus #5: Who will be higher: X Factor Finalists - Hero or Kings of Leon - Sex On Fire? X Factor Finalists Bonus #6: Who will be higher: Kanye West - Love Lockdown or The Script - Break Even? Kanye West

1 Leona Lewis - Run 2 Take That - Greatest Day 3 Britney Spears - Womanizer 4 Katy Perry - Hot N Cold 5 Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody 6 Beyonce - If I Were A Boy 7 Killers - Human 8 TI - Live Your Life 9 Alesha Dixon - The Boy Does Nothing 10 Akon - Right Now 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be # 20 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) Pussycat Dolls - I Hate This Part 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the singles top 40 next week? 7 3. (for 2 pts) Which new album will be higher next week: Panic At The Disco - Live From Chicago or Wiley - See Clear Now? Wiley

15 Boyzone – Better 75 Geo Da Silva - I'll Do It Like A Truck 21 James Morrison ft Nelly Furtado – Broken Strings 5 Kings Of Leon – Use Somebody 42 Ladyhawke - My Delirium 37 Sir Terry Wogan & Aled Jones - Little Drummer Boy / Peace On Earth 39 Status Quo – Its Christmas Time (Downloads) 38 Britney Spears - Circus 12 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 73 Paramore – Decode 15 The Pogues ft. Kirsty Maccoll - Fairytale Of New York 16 Rihanna – Rehab 40 Shakin Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone 29 Wham! - Last Christmas Bonus #1: Will Akon - Right Now still be in the Top 10? Yes Bonus #2: Will X Factor Finalists - Hero still be in the Top 20? Yes Bonus #3: Will Rihanna – Disturbia still be in the Top 40? Es

40+ weeks in top 75 (date - artist - title - weeks - chart run): 14/01/1961 Andy Stewart A Scottish Soldier 40 46-21-19-26-27-26-28-29-29-26-34-32-27-34-39-31-26-25-32-29-29-34-37-29-29-30-31-31-32-29-19-24-26-24-25-27-28-43-xx-45-43 02/12/1961 Mr Acker Bilk Stranger On The Shore 55 32-16-14-6-6-8-2-2-2-5-8-7-12-11-13-8-8-7-6-7-13-12-10-15-13-12-11-12-11-11-9-9-17-19-18-20-19-18-22-23-27-30-32-31-38-47-39-35-40-33-31-45-39-43-37 28/01/1967 Engelbert Humperdinck Release Me 56 39-23-12-4-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-5-8-11-15-21-19-23-29-31-36-33-26-41-33-35-34-38-40-45-42-43-37-39-33-31-32-33-37-41-37-34-33-36-33-32-31-31-33-35-47-40-46-50-50 02/04/1969 Frank Sinatra My Way 122 50-43-23-17-16-9-6-6-5-5-7-7-21-20-27-28-31-43-26-41-50-33-40-33-38-39-35-45-38-31-42-44-48-49-49-48-46-49-42-42-37-50-xx-49-xx-xx-xx-49-30-32-30-40-xx-43-40-38-33-44-43-42-45-41-xx-xx-42-41-43-45-48-35-45-37-44-49-49-42-44-36-30-40-30-28-28-34-35-xx-33-25-24-26-26-18-31-21-23-24-29-29-31-32-31-28-xx-37-22-25-26-23-33-38-31-45-44-39-41-35-36-36-39-40-38-45-xx-xx-xx-xx-49-46-42-43-39-39-42-50-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-50 05/12/1970 Judy Collins Amazing Grace 67 49-42-34-34-30-21-19-8-8-6-5-5-6-7-9-13-6-19-18-23-24-23-29-37-30-42-38-46-38-47-49-45-xx-48-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-47-47-41-41-47-40-49-xx-xx-xx-xx-50-xx-xx-xx-48-48-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-31-46-24-23-20-21-21-22-26-32-29-31-31-38-40-37-42-37-42-xx-46-50-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-49-49-49 10/03/1973 Dawn ft Tony Orlando Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree 40 38-32-16-7-3-2-1-1-1-1-3-4-6-9-14-13-16-16-20-22-22-30-39-29-28-32-43-41-37-29-27-28-28-23-29-33-41-40-46-xx-xx-xx-xx-41 29/04/1978 Boney M Rivers Of Babylon 40 21-2-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-6-10-18-20-18-10-6-5-4-3-2-3-5-10-21-28-37-45-52-65-71-71-75-74-62-57-57-44-53-70-65 19/11/1983 Grand Master & Melle Mel White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) 43 60-63-75-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-74-59-52-53-52-49-57-55-56-58-55-52-56-52-48-51-52-46-36-21-12-10-9-8-7-7-10-9-10-13-18-20-23-31-39-41-52-55-xx-xx-xx-75-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-73 26/11/1983 Frankie Goes To Hollywood Relax 52 67-55-54-55-46-46-35-6-2-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-6-16-21-23-21-29-29-31-26-24-21-17-16-11-5-3-2-2-3-3-3-6-7-12-20-22-29-41-47-50-66-71-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-68-58-64-74 31/12/1994 Oasis Whatever 50 3-6-8-9-14-19-28-43-65-70-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-48-49-61-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-75-xx-xx-66-55-57-xx-61-63-69-xx-69-64-55-58-61-66-70-56-58-64-63-62-67-65-70-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-69-62-70-63-xx-66-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-34-36-41-48-59-61-56-45-53-65 04/12/2004 Jay-Z & Linkin Park Numb/Encore 43 14-18-19-19-18-17-16-17-14-17-18-14-17-21-25-30-37-40-50-54-63-63-73-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-64-69-68-xx-69-71-xx-xx-xx-66-74-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-75-xx-xx-74-72-74-72-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-65-65-xx-xx-xx-67-61-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-64-45-65-71 30/04/2005 Bodyrockers I Like The Way 40 3-4-5-8-12-13-16-14-14-19-15-19-20-23-25-23-26-24-31-39-40-47-50-60-66-69-63-70-73-72-66-xx-73-75-70-68-56-57-60-67-68 11/06/2005 James Blunt You're Beautiful 40 12-6-2-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-2-5-10-18-27-33-40-33-35-42-45-49-37-41-41-36-41-37-42-16-24-32-41-49-49-51-31-36-50 01/10/2005 Kanye West ft Jamie Foxx Gold Digger 44 2-4-6-7-6-10-16-17-25-31-31-42-45-49-29-28-27-34-44-46-50-36-28-39-38-46-51-60-51-55-65-60-59-66-69-70-68-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-62-57-69-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-65-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-59-49-71 29/07/2006 Snow Patrol Chasing Cars 91 25-15-13-10-12-7-7-6-8-8-17-16-14-20-23-27-26-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-9-21-28-32-24-23-12-21-27-31-29-28-35-47-48-48-47-45-51-48-51-54-54-51-59-65-60-44-54-56-56-54-56-52-61-56-66-67-75-65-68-71-68-66-60-49-55-68-xx-xx-xx-50-58-68-61-58-53-53-59-67-75-71-65-75-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-69-71-71-75-75-xx-74-75-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-49-59-64-72-xx-xx-xx-65-69 28/10/2006 Amy Winehouse Rehab 57 19-7-7-13-15-17-19-28-30-37-25-20-20-24-28-27-49-22-18-29-38-46-49-49-64-75-66-64-54-62-68-60-67-68-xx-60-59-xx-xx-72-72-69-56-47-47-54-52-64-73-xx-72-74-75-xx-xx-66-71-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-42-48-62-xx-xx-xx-xx-58-48-62 25/11/2006 Take That Patience 40 4-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-5-8-15-15-22-10-15-14-20-16-20-26-31-40-52-50-48-53-65-64-73-xx-xx-xx-xx-47-69-74-71-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-64-74-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-61-50-66-74-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-59 20/01/2007 Mika Grace Kelly 40 3-1-1-1-1-1-2-4-6-7-11-10-12-19-22-25-26-32-34-27-31-38-47-57-56-62-60-41-50-55-53-63-62-69-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-48-35-55-64-xx-xx-xx-xx-57-72 27/01/2007 Fray How To Save A Life 42 29-16-10-6-7-5-5-5-5-6-5-4-7-11-13-19-23-26-25-25-24-28-28-39-39-34-35-46-51-51-62-63-58-40-44-53-62-57-72-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-59-69-73 10/02/2007 Take That Shine 42 30-17-11-10-1-1-4-7-8-15-22-28-29-35-38-44-40-48-48-53-72-75-37-49-49-29-30-39-50-54-65-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-73-63-62-63-70-67-xx-xx-xx-xx-44-36-53-66-xx-xx-xx-xx-73 26/05/2007 Rihanna Umbrella 51 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1 Leona Lewis - Run 2 Take That - Greatest Day 3 Beyonce - If I Were A Boy 4 Killers - Human 5 TI - Live Your Life 6 Britney Spears - Womanizer 7 Katy Perry - Hot N Cold 8 Alesha Dixon - The Boy Does Nothing 9 Oasis - I'm Outta Time 10 X Factor Finalists - Hero 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the highest climber within the top 75 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) Will Young - Grace 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the singles top 40 next week? 8 3. (for 2 pts) Which new album will be higher next week: Akon – Freedom or Same Difference – Pop? Akon

74 Florence & The Machine – Dog Days Are Over (7”) 44 Jonas Brothers – Lovebug 9 Oasis - I'm Outta Time 19 Will Young – Grace (Downloads) 39 James Morrison & Nelly Furtado - Broken Strings 30 Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah 40 Kanye West – Heartless 13 Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody 1 Leona Lewis - Run 21 Rihanna – Rehab (Others) 6 Britney Spears – Womanizer 32 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 27 Miley Cyrus - 7 Things 33 Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York Bonus #1: Will Take That - Greatest Day still be in the UK #1? No Bonus #2: Will Same Difference - We R One still be in the Top 20? No Bonus #3: Will Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl still be in the Top 40? Yes

Boyzone's last #1 was actually a couple of weeks after Westlife's first. But still - it is quite an interesting fact!

1 Take That - Greatest Day 2 Beyonce - If I Were A Boy 3 Killers - Huma 4 TI - Live Your Life 5 X Factor Finalists - Hero 6 Katy Perry - Hot N Cold 7 Alesha Dixon - Boy Does Nothing 8 Britney Spears - Womanizer 9 Girls Aloud - The Promise 10 Akon - Right Now *****NEW RULE***** You can predict an eleventh song if you're not sure one of the predicted songs are chart eligible or will be released that week. If that song gets cancelled or is disqualified (NCQ) the eleventh song will count. (Like Oasis - Falling Down) Please be clear in what position that song should be! (Any questions about the rules, contact me!) *****NEW RULE***** Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be # 40 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) Madcon - Beggin 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the singles top 40 next week? 8 3. (for 2 pts) Which new album will be higher next week: Alesha Dixon – The Alesha Show or Craig David – Greatest Hits ? Alesha

10 Akon – Right Now (Na Na Na) 63 Alphabeat – What Is Happening 52 Bob The Builder – Big Fish Little Fish 8 Britney Spears – Womanizer 39 George Sampson – Get Up On The Dance Floor / Headz Up 6 Katy Perry – Hot N Cold 29 Madonna – Miles Away 13 McFly - Do Ya / Stay With Me 26 N-Dubz – Papa 16 Pussycat Dolls – I Hate This Part 14 Same Difference – We R One 1 Take That – Greatest Day 4 T.I. ft Rihanna – Live Your Life (Downloads) 28 Rihanna - Rehab Bonus #1: Will X Factor Finalists - Hero still be in the Top 5? Yes Bonus #2: Will Duffy - Rain On Your Parade still be in the Top 20? No Bonus #3: Will Christian Falk ft. Robyn Dream On still be in the Top 40? Yes

1 (1) Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love 2 (2) Take That – Rule The World 3 (3) Timbaland pts OneRepublic – Apologize 4 (12) Kylie Minogue – 2 Hearts 5 (4) Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse – Valerie 6 (9) Alicia Keys – No One 7 (5) Westlife – Home 8 (-) Bloc Party – Flux 9 (-) Runrig ft Tartan Army – Loch Lomond 10 (6) Sugababes – About You Now 11 (7) Craig David – Hot Stuff (Let’s Dance) 12 (10) Freemasons ft Bailey Tzuke – Uninvited 13 (8) Britney Spears – Gimme More 14 (-) T2 ft Jodie Aysha – Heartbroken 15 (16) Rihanna ft Ne-Yo – Hate That I Love You 16 (-) Elvis Presley – You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me 17 (21) Shayne Ward – No U Hang Up / If That’s OK With You 18 (11) Hoosiers – Goodbye Mr A 19 (17) 50 Cent ft Justin Timberlake & Timbaland – Ayo Technology 20 (34) Nickelback – Rockstar 21 (15) Ida Corr vs Fedde Le Grand – Let Me Think About It 22 (14) Nicole Scherzinger ft will.i.am – Baby Love 23 (20) Spice Girls – Headlines (Friendship Never Ends) 24 (19) Mika – Happy Ending 25 (26) Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight 26 (18) Robyn – Handle Me 27 (23) Kanye West ft T-Pain – Good Life 28 (25) Plain White T’s – Hey There Delilah 29 (28) Timbaland ft Keri Hilson – The Way I Are 30 (61) Amy Winehouse – Back To Black 31 (27) Scouting For Girls – She’s So Lovely 32 (24) Samim – Heater 33 (-) Lahayna – In The City 34 (22) McFly – The Heart Never Lies 35 (29) Akon – Sorry Blame It On Me 36 (32) Fergie – Big Girls Don’t Cry 37 (-) Led Zeppelin – Stairway To Heaven 38 (36) Rihanna ft Jay-Z – Umbrella 39 (31) Sean Kingston – Beautiful Girls 40 (35) Foo Fighters – The Pretender 42 (-) Pigeon Detectives – I Found Out 43 (48) Pendulum – Granite 45 (-) Hard-Fi – Can’t Get Along (Without You) 46 (-) Linkin Park – Shadow Of The Day 49 (60) Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars 52 (-) Duran Duran – Falling Down 53 (-) Soulja Boy Tellem – Crank That (Soulja Boy) 57 (67) Dizzee Rascal – Flex 59 (-) Darren Hayes – Me Myself And (I) 61 (-) Leona Lewis – Whatever It Takes 62 (70) Fergie – Clumsy 64 (re) Led Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love 65 (-) Leona Lewis – Footprints In The Sand 72 (-) Maroon 5 – Won’t Go Home Without You 73 (-) Leona Lewis – The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 74 (re) Leona Lewis – A Moment Like This 75 (re) Andrea Bocelli – Con Te Partiro This was Take That’s 4th consecutive week at #2 – the first song to manage such a run since Nizlopi – JCB Song in 2005/06, and the first to do so without reaching #1 since Destiny’s Child – Lose My Breath (although Kate Nash – Foundations did have 5 non-consecutive weeks at #2 without reaching #1 earlier in 2007). The two highest new entries were the main surprise of the week – in fact in a prediction game on another forum, nobody predicted either song to go top 10! This was Bloc Party’s 4th hit of 2007, and mirrored the pattern of their 2005 hits (top 5 hit at the start of the year, then 2 hits charting outside the top 10 before a return to the top 10 towards the end of the year). #9 was Runrig’s first hit since 1997, and their first top 10 hit. Surprisingly for such a song it climbed from its initial midweek position. I would bet that some of the Tartan Army who featured on this record also feature on this week’s #40 hit! This song charted 2 places higher than the Spice Girls comeback hit would manage the following week (both songs being Children In Need Songs). #14 marked the start of a short-lived garage revival – the main hits being this song and H “Two” O’s What’s It Gonna Be, both of which spent 3 weeks at #2. T2 is not the same act that charted in 1997 with You Got The Love. Hate That I Love You could easily have spent 4 consecutive weeks at #16 if Elvis had sold a bit more (the song went 16-15-16-16). #20 was the physical release of Rockstar – and we know what happened next… Back To Black’s rise to #30 was as a result of Hope’s performance of it on X-Factor (they also caused Christina Aguilera – Hurt to return to the top 40). Back To Black would make another similar rise up to #30 after Christmas – made more surprising that the song only made it to #25 when physically released. #33 was a download-only song that got into the chart due to some pre-order tactic (it was in fact top 20 in the first set of midweeks), and it fell out of the top 200 the following week. The act was mistakenly listed as Lahannya in the first set of midweeks, leading to much confusion. #37 was the first ever chart appearance of Stairway To Heaven, as Led Zeppelin never released singles (with the exception of Whole Lotta Love in 1997). #42 was a re-issue of the band’s first hit (which had made #39 the previous year). #45 was the second single from Hard-Fi’s 2nd album, and was the follow-up to Suburban Knights (which had given them their biggest hit by charting at #7). This was considered a massive disappointment considering that the band had managed 5 top 15 hits from their first album (however they would go top 40 with their next hit due to a “Concert Live” promotion). The Leona Lewis new/re-entries lower down were due to album track downloads. Footprints In The Sand would re-chart the following year and make #25 as well as making #2 as a double A-side with Better In Time.

1 X Factor Finalists - Hero 2 TI - Live Your Life 3 Killers - Human 4 Beyonce - If I Were A Boy 5 Alesha Dixon - The Boy Does Nothing 6 Katy Perry - Hot N Cold 7 Girls Aloud - The Promise 8 Britney Spears - Womanizer 9 Duffy - Rain On Your Parade 10 Guru Josh - Infinity *****NEW RULE***** You can predict an eleventh song if you're not sure one of the predicted songs are chart eligible or will be released that week. If that song gets cancelled or is disqualified (NCQ) the eleventh song will count. (Like Oasis - Falling Down) Please be clear in what position that song should be! (Any questions about the rules, contact me!) *****NEW RULE***** Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be # 20 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) Pussycat Dolls - I Hate This Part 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the singles top 40 next week? 4 3. (for 2 pts) Which new album will be higher next week: Beyonce – I Am...Sasha Fierce or Dido – Safe Trip Home ? Beyonce