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1. Beyonce ft Jay-Z – Crazy In Love (Best) 2. Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out Of My Head 3. Sugababes - Push The Button 4. Britney Spears - Toxic 5. Killers - Somebody Told Me 6. Sugababes – About You Now 7. Girls Aloud – Sound Of The Underground 8. Spiller ft Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) 9. Madonna - Hung Up 10. Beyoncé - Irreplaceable 11. Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams 12. Nelly Furtado - Maneater 13. Christina Aguilera – Beautiful 14. Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love 15. Anastacia - Left Outside Alone 16. Amy Winehouse - Rehab 17. Rihanna ft Jay-Z – Umbrella 18. Girls Aloud – Call The Shots 19. Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone 20. Snow Patrol - Run

I didn't get to vote in this (I was stuck overseas due to volcano causing flight home to be cancelled.) If I had Viva La Vida and the 2 Take That songs would have qualified.

1. Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah (Best) 2. Take That - Rule The World 3. Mika – Grace Kelly 4. Sugababes – About You Now 5. Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love 6. Take That - Shine 7. Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby 8. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 9. Beyonce & Shakira - Beautiful Liar 10. Fray - How To Save a Life 11. Girls Aloud – Call The Shots 12. Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse – Valerie 13. Rihanna ft. Jay-Z – Umbrella 14. Timbaland/OneRepublic – Apologize 15. Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good 16. Christina Aguilera – Candyman 17. Fergie – Big Girls Don’t Cry 18. Rihanna - Shut Up And Drive 19. Mutya Buena - Real Girl 20. Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend

1. Take That - Patience (Best) 2. Feeling - Fill My Little World 3. Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger 4. Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way 5. Beyoncé - Irreplaceable 6. Razorlight - America 7. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars 8. Nelly Furtado - Maneater 9. Zutons - Valerie 10. Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On 11. Automatic - Monster 12. Amy Winehouse - Rehab 13. Rogue Traders - Voodoo Child 14. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 15. Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin' 16. Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie 17. James Morrison - Wonderful World 18. Lily Allen - Smile 19. Rihanna - SOS 20. Pink - Who Knew

1. Coldplay - Fix You (Best) 2. Coldplay - Speed of Sound 3. Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot 4. Sugababes - Push The Button 5. Coldplay - Talk 6. Killers - Somebody Told Me 7. Madonna - Hung Up 8. Oasis - The Importance of Being Idle 9. KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See 10. Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends 11. Pussycat Dolls Ft Busta Rhymes - Don't Cha 12. Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone 13. Natalie Imbruglia - Shiver 14. Amerie - 1 Thing 15. Daniel Powter - Bad Day 16. Girls Aloud - Biology 17. Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl 18. Mariah Carey - We Belong Together 19. Stereophonics - Dakota 20. KT Tunstall - Other Side of the World

1. Britney Spears - Toxic (Best) 2. Beyonce - Naughty Girl 3. Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved 4. Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams 5. Keane - Somewhere Only We Know 6. Girls Aloud - Love Machine 7. Natasha Bedingfield - These Words 8. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out 9. Lemar - If There's Any Justice 10. Anastacia - Left Outside Alone 11. Jamelia - Thank You 12. Keane - Everybody's Changing 13. Green Day - American Idiot 14. Maroon 5 - This Love 15. Killers - Mr Brightside 16. Snow Patrol - Run 17. Kylie Minogue - I Believe In You 18. Britney Spears - Everytime 19. Destiny’s Child - Lose My Breath 20. Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For?

1. Dido – White Flag (BEST) 2. Beyonce ft Jay-Z – Crazy In Love 3. Katie Melua - Closest Thing To Crazy 4. Dido - Life For Rent 5. Coldplay - Clocks 6. Jamelia – Superstar 7. Christina Aguilera – Beautiful 8. Johnny Cash - Hurt 9. Michael Andrews ft Gary Jules – Mad World 10. R Kelly - Ignition 11. Celine Dion - I Drove All Night 12. Girls Aloud - Jump 13. Mis Teeq – Scandalous 14. Rachel Stevens – Sweet Dreams (My L.A. Ex) 15. Britney Spears & Madonna - Me Against The Music 16. Blu Cantrell ft Sean Paul – Breathe 17. Black Eyed Peas ft Justin Timberlake – Where Is The Love? 18. Justin Timberlake – Cry Me A River 19. t.A.T.u – All The Things She Said 20. Christina Aguilera - Fighter

1. Coldplay - The Scientist (BEST) 2. Girls Aloud – Sound Of The Underground 3. Nelly & Kelly Rowland – Dilemma 4. Coldplay - In My Place 5. Sugababes – Round Round 6. Oasis – Stop Crying Your Heart Out 7. Elvis Vs JXL - A Little Less Conversation 8. DJ Sammy – Heaven 9. Stereophonics - Handbags And Gladrags 10. Nickelback - How You Remind Me 11. Red Hot Chilli Peppers - By The Way 12. Robbie Williams - Feel 13. Sophie Ellis-Bexter - Murder On The Dancefloor 14. Christina Aguilera - Dirrty 15. Beverley Knight - Shoulda Woulda Coulda 16. Britney Spears - I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman 17. Avril Lavigne – Complicated 18. Liberty X – Just A Little 19. Holly Valance – Kiss Kiss 20. Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles

1. Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out Of My Head (Best) 2. Atomic Kitten - Whole Again 3. Emma Bunton - What Took You So Long? 4. Destiny’s Child - Survivor 5. Moulin Rouge (C.Ag, P!nk, Lil Kim, Mya & Ms Elliott) - Lady Marmalade 6. Dido - Here With Me 7. Destiny's Child - Bootylicious 8. Dido - Thank You 9. Destiny's Child - Emotion 10. Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag 11. Blue - All Rise 12. Jennifer Lopez - Love Don't Cost A Thing 13. Train - Drops of Jupiter 14. Alicia Keys - Fallin' 15. S Club 7 - Don't Stop Movin 16. Britney Spears - I'm A Slave 4 U 17. Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You 18. Mary J. Blige - Family Affair 19. Nelly Furtado - I’m Like A Bird 20. Texas - Inner Smile

1. Coldplay - Trouble (Best) 2. Coldplay - Yellow 3. Kylie Minogue - Spinning Around 4. LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight The Moonlight 5. Spiller ft Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) 6. Madonna - Music 7. David Gray - Babylon 8. Destiny's Child - Independent Women 9. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication 10. Anastacia - I'm Outta Love 11. Corrs - Breathless 12. Gabrielle - Rise 13. Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby 14. All Saints - Pure Shores 15. Bon Jovi - It's My Life 16. Coldplay - Shiver 17. Destiny's Child - Say My Name 18. Melanie C - I Turn To You 19. S Club 7 - Reach 20. Spice Girls - Holler

1. Paloma Faith - New York (Best) 2. Fleet Foxes - Mykonos 3. Miley Cyrus - Party In The USA 4. Noisettes - Never Forget You 5. Beyonce - Single Ladies 6. Noisettes - Don't Upset The Rhythm 7. James Morrison ft Nelly Furtado - Broken Strings 8. Killers - Spaceman 9. Jason Mraz - I'm Yours 10. Daniel Merriweather - Red

1. Scouting For Girls - I Wish I Was James Bond (Best) 2. Nickelback - Rockstar 3. Beyonce – If I Were A Boy 4. Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead 5. Elbow - One Day Like This 6. Jennifer Hudson - Spotlight 7. Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved 8. Ting Tings - Shut Up and Let Me Go 9. Ting Tings - That's Not My Name 10. Kid Rock - All Summer Long

1. Hoosiers - Worried About Ray (Best) 2. Hoosiers - Goodbye Mr A 3. Katie Melua - If You were A Sailboat 4. Scouting For Girls - She's So Lovely 5. Fray - How To Save a Life 6. Spice Girls - Headlines (Friendship Never Ends) 7. Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good 8. Rihanna - Shut Up And Drive 9. Killers - Read My Mind 10. Natasha Bedingfield – Soulmate

1. Katie Melua - Nine Million Bicycles (Best) 2. Coldplay - Talk 3. Oasis - Let There Be Love 4. Destiny's Child - Girl 5. Green Day - Jesus Of Suburbia 6. Westlife - You Raise Me Up 7. Pussycat Dolls - Stickwitu 8. Kate Bush - King Of The Mountain 9. Scissor Sisters - Filthy/Gorgeous 10. Beverley Knight - Keep This Fire Burning

1. Feeling - Never Be Lonely (Best) 2. Feeling - Fill My Little World 3. Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger 4. Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On 5. Beverley Knight - Piece Of My Heart 6. Beyonce - Deja Vu 7. Fedde le Grand - Put Your Hands Up (For Detroit) 8. James Morrison - Wonderful World 9. Paolo Nutini - Last Request 10. Nerina Pallot - Everybody's Gone To War

1. Katie Melua - Closest Thing To Crazy (15pts) 2. Dido - Life For Rent 3. R Kelly - Ignition 4. Celine Dion - I Drove All Night 5. Atomic Kitten - Love Doesn't Have To Hurt 6. Blur - Out of Time 7. Busted - Sleeping With The Light On 8. Simply Red - Sunrise 9. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Mixed Up World 10.Dannii Minogue - I Begin To Wonder 11.Junior Senior - Move Your Feet 12.Big Brovaz - Baby Boy 13.Beverley Knight - Shape Of You (Reshaped) 14.Feeder - Just The Way I'm Feeling 15.Goldfrapp - Strict Machine

2000: Madonna - Music Anastacia - I'm Outta Love 2001: Stereophonics - Have A Nice Day 2002: Enrique Iglesias - Hero 2003: Katie Melua - Closest Thing To Crazy Dido - Life For Rent Beyonce - Naughty Girl 2004: Dido - Sand In My Shoes 2005: Coldplay - Talk Katie Melua - Nine Million Bicycles In Beijing 2006: Feeling - Never Be Lonely Feeling - Fill My Little World Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger 2007: Hoosiers - Worried About Ray Scouting For Girls - She's So Lovely Katie Melua - If You Were A Sailboat 2008: Scouting For Girls - I Wish I Was James Bond 2009: Paloma Faith - New York Miley Cyrus - Party In The USA Fleet Foxes - Mykonos

1. Beyonce - Crazy In Love (BEST) 2. Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head 3. Coldplay - Viva La Vida 4. Sugababes - Push The Button 5. Take That - Patience 6. Britney Spears - Toxic 7. Sugababes - About You Now 8. Girls Aloud - Sound Of The Underground 9. Kylie Minogue - Spinning Around 10. Leann Rimes - Can't Fight The Moonlight 11. Spiller ft Sophie Ellis Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) 12. Destiny's Child - Surivivor 13. Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya & Pink - Lady Marmalade 14. Madonna - Hung Up 15. Nelly ft Kelly Rowland - Dilemma 16. Destiny's Child - Independant Women Pt 1 17. Nelly Furtado - Maneater 18. Sugababes - Round Round 19. Christina Aguilera - Beautiful 20. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love 21. Natasha Bedingfield - These Words 22. Oasis - The Importance Of Being Idle 23. Michael Andrews ft Gary Jules - Mad World 24. Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy 25. Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl 26. Rihanna ft Jay-Z - Umbrella 27. Duffy - Mercy 28. Lily Allen - Smile 29. Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin' 30. Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire 31. Ting Tings - That's Not My Name 32. Liberty X - Just A Little 33. Girls Aloud - The Promise 34. Christina Aguilera ft Redman - Dirrty 35. Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You 36. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 37. Britney Spears - Everytime 38. Beyonce & Shakira - Beautiful Liar 39. Melanie C - I Turn To You 40. Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss

1. (20 Pts) George Harrison - My Sweet Lord 2. Coldplay - Viva La Vida 3. Kylie Minogue - Spinning Around 4. Destiny's Child - Surivivor 5. Madonna - Music 6. Nelly Furtado - Maneater 7. Sugababes - Round Round 8. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love 9. Natasha Bedingfield - These Words 10. Take That - Shine 11. Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never 12. Eva Cassidy & Katie Melua - What A Wonderful World 13. Oasis - The Hindu Times 14. Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name 15. Lily Allen - Smile 16. Girls Aloud - I'll Stand By You 17. Eric Prydz - Call On Me 18. Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin' 19. Robbie Williams - Eternity/The Road To Mandalay 20. Liberty X - Just A Little

1. (20pts) Tony Christie ft Peter Kay - Is This The Way To Amarillo 2. Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head 3. Sugababes - Push The Button 4. Take That - Patience 5. Sugababes - About You Now 6. Girls Aloud - Sound Of The Underground 7. Spiller ft Sophie Ellis Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love 8. Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya & Pink - Lady Marmalade 9. Enrique Iglesias - Hero 10. Michael Andrews ft Gary Jules - Mad World 11. Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy 12. Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl 13. U2 - Vertigo 14. Rihanna ft Jay-Z - Umbrella 15. Blu Cantrell ft Sean Paul - Breathe 16. Kid Rock - All Summer Long 17. Akon - Lonely 18. Atomic Kitten - Eternal Flame 19. Band Aid 20 - Do They Know It's Christmas? 20. Britney Spears - Everytime

1. (20pts) Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock 2. Beyonce - Crazy In Love 3. Britney Spears - Toxic 4. Leann Rimes - Can't Fight The Moonlight 5. Atomic Kitten - Whole Again 6. Madonna - Hung Up 7. Razorlight - America 8. Destiny's Child - Independant Women Pt 1 9. Christina Aguilera - Beautiful 10. Beyonce - If I Were A Boy 11. Pussycat Dolls ft Busta Rhymes - Don't Cha 12. Take That - Greatest Day 13. DJ Sammy & Yanou ft Do - Heaven 14. Oasis - Lyla 15. Duffy - Mercy 16. McFly - Five Colours In Her Hair 17. Girls Aloud - The Promise 18. Christina Aguilera ft Redman - Dirrty 19. Pink - So What 20. Busted - Thunderbirds/3AM

1. (20pts) Mika - Grace Kelly 2. Emma Bunton - What Yook You So Long? 3. Nelly ft Kelly Rowland - Dilemma 4. Oasis - The Importance Of Being Idle 5. Elton John - Are You Ready For Love 6. Elvis vs JXL - A Little Less Conversation 7. Pixie Lott - Mama Do 8. Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby 9. Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker 10. Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band - The Official BBC Children In Need Medley 11. Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire 12. DJ Otzi - Hey Baby 13. Meck ft Leo Sayer - Thunder In My Heart Again 14. Ting Tings - That's Not My Name 15. Pixie Lott - Boys & Girls 16. Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You 17. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 18. Daniel Bedingfield - If You're Not The One 19. Atomic Kitten - The Tide Is High (Get The Feelin') 20. Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby

I know there was a separate EP chart (at least until 1967 when they abandoned it and classed EPs as singles like everybody else), but that doesn't seem to be recognised anywhere today. There are lists of hit singles and hit LPs, but the EPs from this period are totally ignored, even though subsequent EPs are routinely accepted as hits. That's what I would like to see rectified, so the records listed by Dave are accorded their proper status. It is clearly wrong that 'Magical Mystery Tour' is regarded today as a hit single yet 'Twist & Shout' is not. I think 'Three Steps To Heaven' by Eddie Cochran might be another one?

I think one of the biggest problems with the credibility of the RR charts, apart from the obvious non-recognition of true number ones (19th Nervous Breakdown by the Stones is another example) is the fact they don't include EPs. The most obvious example is the Beatles' 'Twist & Shout' EP. In 1963 it was, from memory, in the charts for about 30 weeks, and sold around 700,000 copies (I think it was the sixth best seller of the year). That makes it a hit by any standard, and it was certainly regarded as such at the time. However, it is not now listed as a hit anywhere in the 'official' lists, which is a nonsense. That's why I support the view that RR should not be considered definitive pre 1969.

1. Beyonce ft Jay-Z – Crazy In Love (Best) 2. Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out Of My Head 3. Coldplay - Viva La Vida 4. Britney Spears - Baby One More Time 5. Sugababes - Push The Button 6. Killers - Human 7. Take That - Rule The World 8. Britney Spears - Toxic 9. Killers - Somebody Told Me 10. Sugababes – About You Now 11. Girls Aloud – Sound Of The Underground 12. Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle 13. Spiller ft. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) 14. Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams 15. Nelly & Kelly Rowland – Dilemma 16. Nelly Furtado - Maneater 17. Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love 18. Christina Aguilera – Beautiful 19. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars 20. Amy Winehouse - Rehab