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The Almost Saturday Charts are a Mike Robinson Production, based on an average of 5 download sites, iTunes sales & the odd physical (which this week are very odd & few & far between). And thanks for the viewer that sent us, a certain nude picture this week. It was interesting, but what a horrible looking body! :puke2: She does need to lose weight & no mistake... The Top Physicals (hardly worth a mention) 01 01 ONE THING - ONE DIRECTION slumping on physical sales by some 75% 02 02 MILITARY WIVES 03 03 COVER DRIVE Top Combined Albums 01 02 21 - ADELE 02 01 EMELI SANDE 03 05 ED SHEERAN 04 02 LANA DEL REY 05 04 GOTYE 06 11 19 - ADELE 07 06 MAVERICK SABRE 08 14 COLDPLAY 09 NE BRIT AWARDS 2012 - VARIOUS 10 10 JESSIE J 11 08 BE MY BABY - VARIOUS 12 28 CEREMONIALS - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 13 21 NOEL'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS 14 09 R N' B SLOW JAMZ - VARIOUS 15 20 BRUNO MARS Top 75 Proper JUST THE WAY YOU ARE - BRUNO MARS Top 70 68 SONG 2 - BLUR 65 GIRLS & BOYS - BLUR 64 SHAKE IT OUT - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 62 SKRILLEX 61 AKA...WHAT A LIFE - NOEL'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS 12) Top 60 60 HEART SKIPS A BEAT - OLLY MURS 11) 59 NO LIGHT NO LIGHT - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 58 I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY - WHITNEY HOUSTON 57 GUETTA/MINAJ 56 YOU DA ONE - RIHANNA 55 KATY PERRY 54 M83 53 REDLIGHT 52 ONE DIRECTION 10) 51 CHARLENE SORAIA 50 CHRISTINA PERRI 49 READ ALL ABOUT IT PART 2 - EMELI SANDE 48 TYGA 47 M.I.A. 46 SET FIRE TO THE RAIN - ADELE 45 PIXIE LOTT 44 BEYONCE 43 PARTY ROCK ANTHEMS - LMFAO 42 REBECCA FERGUSON 41 NADIA ALI 40 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - WHITNEY HOUSTON 39 DRAKE/RIHANNA 38 LABRINTH/TINIE TEMPAH 37 JAY Z/KANYE WEST 36 AVICCI 35 JASON DERULO 34 MAROON FIVE 33 CHARLIE BROWN - COLDPLAY 32 LLOYD 31 A TEAM - ED SHEERAN 9) 30 SOMEONE LIKE YOU - ADELE 29 GOOD FEELING - FLO RIDA 28 OLLY MURS 27 ROLLING IN THE DEEP - ADELE 7) 26 HEAVEN - EMELI SANDE 25 CHER LLOYD 24 ONE DIRECTION 6) 23 RIHANNA/CALVIN HARRIS 22 COLDPLAY 21 LIL' WAYNE 20 VIDEO GAMES - LANA DEL REY 7inch 5) 19 COVER DRIVE 4) 18 LEGO HOUSE - ED SHEERAN 3) 17 PITBULL/CHRIS BROWN 16 RIZZLE KICKS 15 LMFAO 14 BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY 7inch 2) 13 KELLY CLARKSON 12 DRUNK - ED SHEERAN 11 ALYSSA REID 10 WILL I. AM 09 GUETTA/MINAJ 08 GYM CLASS HEROES 07 NICKI MINAJ 06 JESSIE J. 05 GUETTA/SIA 04 FLO RIDA/SIA 03 DJ FRESH/RITA ORA 12inch 1) 02 EMELI SANDE 01 GOTYE/KIMBRA ) Without downloads alone Pretty wrapped up top 10 this week. Nothing more to say. Don't forget the Ultimate UK Chart runs every Sunday, if you can't tolerate Reggie's voice plus it's nearly a week ahead anyway.

And we know how Ray Parker Jnr plagiarised M's "Pop Muzik".

I've spotted a couple of wrong suggestions. The Birdie Song was originally recorded by Cash & Carry in 1974. They were from Belgium & the song was called "Cheep Cheep". King Harvest did not do the original of "Dancing In The Moonlight". They were the 3rd act to do it. The 2nd was a group called Hi-Broom...the original version escapes me, but it was in 1970. Then the big one is "Whole Lotta Love". Not originally a Led Zeppelin song.

The Almost Saturday Charts are a Mike Robinson Production, based on an average from 5 Download sites, iTunes Sales & the odd physical. Top Physicals 05 03 FEEDER 04 04 JLS 03 02 COVER DRIVE 02 01 MILITARY WIVES 01 NE ONE DIRECTION Top 10 Albums 10 09 WHO YOU ARE - JESSIE J 09 08 R + B SLOW JAMZ - VARIOUS 08 07 BE MY BABY - VARIOUS 07 RE GREATEST HITS - WHITNEY HOUSTON 06 02 LONELY ARE THE BRAVE - MAVERICK SABRE 05 04 + - ED SHEERAN 04 NE MAKING MIRRORS - GOTYE 03 05 21 - ADELE 02 01 BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY 01 NE OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE Top 70 Proper WHITNEY - IT'S NOT RIGHT LMFAO - PARTY ROCK ANTHEM MIA WHITNEY - MILLION DOLLAR BILL WHITNEY - GREATEST LOVE OF ALL NERO Top 60 60 MAVERICK SABRE - LET ME GO 59 ED SHEERAN - THE A TEAM 9) 58 BIRDY 57 ADELE - SET FIRE 56 WHITNEY - SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU 55 WHITNEY - HOW WILL I KNOW 54 NADIA ALI 53 MADONNA 52 ONE DIRECTION - WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL 8) 51 SKRILLEX 50 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA VS KNIFE PARTY 49 WHITNEY - I HAVE NOTHING 48 M83 47 JASON DERULO 46 WHITNEY - MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE 45 REDLIGHT 44 WHITNEY - ONE MOMENT IN TIME 43 ADELE - SOMEONE LIKE YOU 42 CHER LLOYD 41 KATY PERRY 40 EMELI SANDE - READ ALL ABOUT IT PART 2 39 ADELE - ROLLING IN THE DEEP 7) 38 BEYONCE 37 ED SHEERAN - LEGO HOUSE 6) 36 CHRISTINA PERRI 35 RIHANNA/CALVIN HARRIS 34 EMELI SANDE - HEAVEN 33 DRAKE 32 MAROON FIVE 31 REBECCA FERGUSON 30 OLLY MURS 29 AVICCI 28 CHARLENE SORAIA 27 LMFAO 26 PIXIE LOTT 25 LABRINTH 24 COLDPLAY 23 FLO RIDA - GOOD FEELING 22 LIL' WAYNE 21 LLOYD 20 WHITNEY - I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY 19 PITBULL 18 LANA DEL REY - VIDEO GAMES 7inch 5) 17 NICKI MINAJ - STARSHIPS 16 ED SHEERAN - DRUNK 15 WHITNEY - I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU 14 LANA DEL REY - BORN TO DIE 7inch 4) 13 KELLY CLARKSON 12 DAVID GUETTA/NICKI MINAJ 11 RIZZLE KICKS 10 COVER DRIVE 3) 09 ONE DIRECTION - ONE THING 2) 08 WILL I AM 07 ALYSSA REID 06 JESSIE J 05 FLO RIDA/SIA 04 DAVID GUETTA/SIA 03 GOTYE/KIMBRA 02 EMELI SANDE 01 DJ FRESH/RITA ORA 12inch 1) ) Without downloads alone

Tuesday evening by Mike (with Tues mids in brackets with no bracket!) 60 63 NADIA ALI 59 57 WHERE DO BROKEN HEARTS GO - WHITNEY 58 NE READ ALL ABOUT IT PART 2 - EMELI SANDE 57 60 SKRILLEX 56 52 RUN TO YOU - WHITNEY 55 56 ONE DIRECTION - WMYB 54 53 LET ME GO - MAVERICK SABRE 53 51 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA 52 49 JASON DERULO 51 48 MADONNA 50 45 MILLION DOLLAR BILL - WHITNEY 49 50 HEAVEN - EMELI SANDE 48 44 BIRDY 47 47 CHER LLOYD 46 42 GREATEST LOVE OF ALL - WHITNEY 45 55 SOMEONE LIKE YOU - ADELE 44 58 ROLLING IN THE DEEP - ADELE 43 46 WE FOUND LOVE - RIHANNA 42 43 JAR OF HEARTS - CHRISTINA PERRI 41 41 REDLIGHT 40 37 SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU - WHITNEY 39 38 HOW WILL I KNOW - WHITNET 38 39 BEYONCE 37 35 KATY PERRY 36 36 LEGO HOUSE - ED SHEERAN 35 34 REBECCA FERGUSON 34 33 MAROON FIVE 33 32 DRAKE 32 30 I HAVE NOTHING - WHITNEY 31 31 AVICCI 30 28 MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE - WHITNEY 29 40 LIL' WAYNE 28 29 LMFAO 27 25 ONE MOMENT IN TIME - WHITNEY 26 26 COLDPLAY 25 27 CHARLENE SORAIA 24 24 PIXIE LOTT 23 23 FLO RIDA 22 21 LABRINTH 21 22 LLOYD 20 20 OLLY MURS 19 19 PITBULL/CHRIS BROWN 18 17 VIDEO GAMES - LANA DEL REY 17 18 DRUNK - ED SHEERAN 16 16 BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY 15 13 I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY - WHITNEY 14 15 GUETTA/MINAJ 13 14 KELLY CLARKSON 12 12 RIZZLE KICKS 11 10 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - WHITNEY 10 11 COVER DRIVE 09 09 ONE DIRECTION 08 08 ALYSSA REID 07 07 WILL I AM 06 05 JESSIE J 05 06 FLO RIDA/SIA 04 04 GUETTA/SIA 03 03 GOTYE 22748 02 02 EMELI SANDE 31856 01 01 DJ FRESH 33025

The Monday Chart is a Mike Robinson Production, based on an average of 5 download sites & iTunes sales plus the odd physical in the HMV barrel. The Top 10 Albums 10 08 R + B SLOW JAMZ - VARIOUS 09 07 BE MY BABY - VARIOUS 08 05 21 - ADELE 07 04 + - ED SHEERAN 06 RE ULTIMATE COLLECTION - WHITNEY HOUSTON 05 02 LONELY ARE THE BRAVE - MAVERICK SABRE 04 NE MAKING MIRRORS - GOTYE 03 01 BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY 02 NE OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE 01 RE GREATEST HITS - WHITNEY HOUSTON Ain't it funny that it takes someone's death, to make the enormously popular again?! And arent there some cruel jokes, going around. The sort of thing that really is sick...Have a bit of consideration. I mean these poor stars, really put themselves through it & we thought it was hard working in Retail. It certainly makes you think, that the easy life is better. Meanwhile, Whitney has 13 songs in the top 75 today & 4 more just outside. 12 in the top 60, 8 in the top 50, 6 in the top 40, 4 in the top 30, & 2 in the top 20. So, has she beaten Jackson's death record? The Top Songs 70 36 R.I.O. 69 56 JAMES MORRISON 68 57 WHEN I WAS A YOUNGSTER - RIZZLE KICKS 67 47 YOU DA ONE - RIHANNA 66 64 SET FIRE TO THE RAIN - ADELE 65 RE DIDN'T WE ALMOST HAVE IT ALL - WHITNEY HOUSTON 740 64 45 NADIA ALI 63 53 READ ALL ABOUT IT - PROFESSOR GREEN/EMELI SANDE 62 44 SKRILLEX 61 46 I NEED - MAVERICK SABRE 60 76 ROLLING IN THE DEEP - ADELE 9) 59 RE RUN TO YOU - WHITNEY HOUSTON 998 58 52 THE A TEAM - ED SHEERAN 8) 57 41 WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL - ONE DIRECTION 7) 56 58 SOMEONE LIKE YOU - ADELE 55 RE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL - WHITNEY HOUSTON 1052 54 RE WHERE DO BROKEN HEARTS GO - WHITNEY HOUSTON 1072 53 RE IT'S NOT RIGHT BUT IT'S OK - WHITNEY HOUSTON 1088 52 40 M83 51 39 LET ME GO - MAVERICK SABRE 50 25 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA VS KNIFE PARTY 49 49 HEAVEN - EMELI SANDE 48 42 BREATHING - JASON DERULO 47 RE MILLION DOLLAR - WHITNEY HOUSTON 1172 46 RE SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU - WHITNEY HOUSTON 1326 45 37 MADONNA/MINAJ/M.I.A. 44 43 CHER LLOYD 43 32 RIHANNA/CALVIN HARRIS 42 22 BIRDY 41 33 CHRISTINA PERRI 40 RE HOW WILL I KNOW - WHITNEY HOUSTON 1510 39 23 REDLIGHT 38 38 LIL' WAYNE/BRUNO MARS 37 29 BEYONCE 36 31 LEGO HOUSE - ED SHEERAN 6) 35 27 KATY PERRY 34 RE MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE - WHITNEY HOUSTON 1774 33 34 REBECCA FERGUSON 32 30 MAROON FIVE 31 28 DRAKE 30 RE I HAVE NOTHING - WHITNEY HOUSTON 1822 29 RE ONE MOMENT IN TIME - WHITNEY HOUSTON 1830 28 20 AVICCI 27 24 LMFAO 26 35 CHARLENE SORAIA 25 21 COLDPLAY 24 18 PIXIE LOTT 23 17 GOOD FEELING - FLO RIDA 22 15 LLOYD/ANDRE 3000/LIL' WAYNE 21 19 LABRINTH/TINIE TEMPAH 20 16 OLLY MURS 19 12 PITBULL/CHRIS BROWN 18 14 DRUNK - ED SHEERAN 17 13 VIDEO GAMES - LANA DEL REY 7inch 5) 16 10 BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY 7inch 4) 15 11 GUETTA/MINAJ 14 RE I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY - WHITNEY HOUSTON 3618 13 09 KELLY CLARKSON 12 RE I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - WHITNEY HOUSTON 4461 11 08 RIZZLE KICKS 10 07 COVERDRIVE 3) 09 26 ONE THING - ONE DIRECTION 2) 08 05 ALYSSA REID 07 03 WILL I AM/MICK JAGGER/JENNIFER LOPEZ 06 06 WILD ONES - FLO RIDA/SIA 05 04 JESSIE J 04 02 GUETTA/SIA 03 01 GOTYE/KIMBRA 14864 02 NE NEXT TO ME - EMELI SANDE 16552 01 NE HOT RIGHT NOW - DJ FRESH/RITA ORA 12inch 1) 21682 ) Without downloads alone

The Almost Saturday Chart is a Mike Robinson Production, based on average downloads, iTunes sales, & the odd physical from HMV. The Top Physicals 05 03 METALLICA 04 05 JLS 03 01 FEEDER 02 04 COVERDRIVE 01 02 MILITARY WIVES The Top 10 Albums 10 07 WHO YOU ARE - JESSIE J 09 09 R + B SLOW JAMZ - VARIOUS 08 08 ANTHEMS HIP HOP II - VARIOUS 07 06 BE MY BABY - VARIOUS 06 04 21 - ADELE 05 NE DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH - VAN HALEN 04 03 + - ED SHEERAN 03 NE KISSES ON THE BOTTOM - PAUL MCCARTNEY 02 NE LONELY ARE THE BRAVE - MAVERICK SABRE 01 01 BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY Emeli Sande for next week's #1, so says Mike Top 75 Proper LUNIZ Top 70 LADY GAGA - EOG JESSIE J - WYA ADELE - SFTTR RIZZLE KICKS - WIWAY ED SHEERAN - AT REDD KELLY ROWLAND Top 60 FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE - NLNL MAVERICK SABRE - NO ONE PROFESSOR GREEN/EMELI SANDE FOSTER THE PEOPLE EMELI SANDE - HEAVEN PROFESSOR GREEN - NBART MIA JLS 6) MAVERICK SABRE - I NEED ADELE - SLY Top 50 50 PRICE TAG - JESSIE J 5) 49 JAMES MORRISON 48 NADIA ALI 47 GUETTA/USHER 46 RIHANNA - YDO 45 MAVERICK SABRE - LET ME GO 44 TAIO CRUZ 43 SKRILLEX 42 CHER LLOYD 41 JASON DERULO 40 M83 39 ONE DIRECTION - WMYB 4) 38 MADONNA 37 LIL' WAYNE 36 REBECCA RUMBELOW 35 R.I.O. 34 CHRISTINA PERRI 33 CHARLENE SORAIA 32 RIHANNA/CALVIN HARRIS 31 ED SHEERAN - LEGO HOUSE 3) 30 MAROON FIVE 29 BEYONCE 28 LMFAO 27 ONE DIRECTION - ONE THING 26 KATY PERRY 25 DRAKE 24 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA 23 REDLIGHT 22 AVICCI 21 COLDPLAY 20 BIRDY 19 LABRINTH 18 FLO RIDA 17 PIXIE LOTT 16 OLLY MURS 15 LLOYD 14 ED SHEERAN - DRUNK 13 LANA DEL REY - VIDEO GAMES 2) 12 GUETTA/MINAJ 11 PITBULL/CHRIS BROWN 10 KELLY CLARKSON 09 LANA DEL REY - BORN TO DIE 1) 08 RIZZLE KICKS 07 COVER DRIVE 06 FLO RIDA 05 JESSIE J 04 ALYSSA 03 WILL I AM 02 GOTYE 01 GUETTA/SIA ) Without downloads alone There I was earlier, talking to this presenter from Heart. He was saying to me, how he's fed up working for this boring network & having to constantly play Beyonce & Rihanna, for the play safe, diehard programmers. Quite frankly, I blame the "niche" that listen to it & advertise on it. If it had neither, it wouldn't exist. They don't care, they are just there for the money. Same goes for all the other groups, like Capital & the nonsense that is the other Heart owned station called "Gold"...or should it be "Cold!!" They are definately not the only ones with this "niche" there are many others. The only thing you can do with these type of Radio Stations, is to swamp them with complaints continuously. Then, they may take notice. Now, this regular thread is due to stop, in a few weeks time, because old Dave is taking up a new Radio project. Mike R refuses to post on forums or social networks, due to some of the hob goblins, they draw in. But if you want to recieve these listings, email: mikerobinson67@hotmail.co.uk & he'll send them to your inbox.

Pretty Vacant would be a better choice. John does another Norman Wisdom impression... or perhaps "Ghost Town" & the Specials.

Redd/Akon/Snoop Dogg (I'm Daydreaming)

The Monday Chart is a Mike Robinson Production, based on an average of 5 download sites, iTunes sales, & physicals from HMV. The Top 10 Albums 01 NE LONELY ARE THE BRAVE - MAVERICK SABRE 02 01 BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY 03 NE KISSES ON THE BOTTOM - PAUL MCCARTNEY 04 03 + - ED SHEERAN 05 04 21 - ADELE 06 06 BE MY BABY - VARIOUS ARTISTS 07 07 WHO YOU ARE - JESSIE J 08 09 R + B SLOW JAMZ - VARIOUS ARTISTS 09 NE FORMAT - PET SHOP BOYS 10 08 ANTHEMS HIP HOP 2 - VARIOUS ARTISTS The Top 65 Songs 65 69 KELLY ROWLAND/BIG SEAN 64 RE LUNIZ 63 NE REDD 62 76 NO LIGHT NO LIGHT - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 61 62 OLLY MURS 9) 60 56 LMFAO 59 57 RIZZLE KICKS 58 59 SET FIRE TO THE RAIN - ADELE 57 48 THE A TEAM - ED SHEERAN 8) 56 49 PROFESSOR GREEN/EMELI 55 43 FOSTER THE PEOPLE 54 55 WHO YOU ARE - JESSIE J 53 54 EDGE OF GLORY - LADY GAGA 52 NE MIA 51 46 JLS 7) 50 44 NADIA ALI 49 40 PROFESSOR GREEN 48 41 JAMES MORRISON 47 45 JASON DERULO 46 61 PRICE TAG - JESSIE J 6) 45 37 SKRILLEX 44 39 CHER LLOYD 43 42 GUETTA/USHER 42 47 WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL - ONE DIRECTION 5) 41 35 YOU DA ONE - RIHANNA 40 68 MIRROR - LIL' WAYNE 39 67 REBECCA FERGUSON 38 31 TAIO CRUZ 37 34 M83 36 28 WE FOUND LOVE - RIHANNA/CALVIN HARRIS 35 29 CHARLENE SORAIA 34 22 JAR OF HEARTS - CHRISTINA PERRI 33 36 R.I.O. 32 32 LEGO HOUSE - ED SHEERAN 4) 31 38 ONE THING - ONE DIRECTION 30 27 MAROON FIVE 29 23 KATY PERRY 28 25 LMFAO 27 21 REDLIGHT 26 30 DRAKE 25 18 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA 24 26 BEYONCE 23 20 COLDPLAY 22 24 BIRDY 21 19 AVICCI 20 14 LABRINTH 19 NE MADONNA/NICKI MINAJ/MIA 18 12 FLO RIDA 17 16 OLLY MURS 16 11 PIXIE LOTT 15 13 LLOYD 14 15 DRUNK - ED SHEERAN 13 17 VIDEO GAMES - LANA DEL REY 3) 12 33 TURN ME ON - GUETTA/MINAJ 11 10 PITBULL/CHRIS BROWN 10 08 KELLY CLARKSON 09 10 BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY 1) 08 07 RIZZLE KICKS 07 06 COVER DRIVE 06 05 FLO RIDA 05 02 ALYSSA REID/JUMP SMOKERS 04 04 JESSIE J 03 NE WILL I AM/MICK JAGGER/JENNIFER LOPEZ 8000 behind #2 02 03 GOTYE 01 01 DAVID GUETTA/SIA 2600 in front ) Without downloads alone

Never mind! Remember all those smokey jumpers, after an evening down the pub pre 2006? P. Reign was on the original, I believe.

The Almost Saturday Charts are a Mike Robinson Production, based on an average of 5 download sites, iTunes sales & the odd physical. This week's Top Physical Singles 05 03 JLS 04 02 COVERDRIVE 03 NE METALLICA 02 01 MILITARY WIVES 01 NE FEEDER (What a shame that ain't the real chart) The Top 10 Albums 10 11 NOEL'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS 09 06 RIZZLE KICKS 08 08 JESSIE J 07 04 BE MY BABY - VARIOUS ARTISTS 06 02 COLDPLAY 05 03 ADELE 04 NE R + B SLOW JAMZ - VARIOUS ARTISTS 03 01 ED SHEERAN 02 NE LEONARD COHEN 01 NE LANA DEL REY The Top 70 Proper LIL WAYNE - MIRROR REBECCA FERGUSON KELLY ROWLAND KEVIN LYTTLE Top 60 60 SNOOP DOGG/WIZ KHALIFA/BRUNO MARS 59 NICKI MINAJ/RIHANNA - FLY 58 K-CI & JOJO 57 MICHAEL KIWANUKA 56 50CENT/JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE 55 ADELE - SET FIRE TO THE RAIN 54 MILITARY WIVES 9) 53 JESSIE J - WHO YOU ARE 52 ADELE - SOMEONE LIKE YOU 51 FEEDER 8) 50 FOSTER THE PEOPLE 49 KINGS OF POP 48 NADIA ALI 47 DAVID GUETTA/USHER 46 PROFESSOR GREEN/EMELI SANDE 45 ONE DIRECTION - WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL 7) 44 THE A TEAM - ED SHEERAN 6) 43 JASON DERULO 42 JLS 5) 41 JAMES MORRISON 40 DAVID GUETTA/NICKI MINAJ 39 PROFESSOR GREEN 38 CHER LLOYD 37 ONE DIRECTION - ONE THING 36 SKRILLEX 35 M83 34 RIHANNA - YOU DA ONE 33 R.I.O. 32 MAROON FIVE 31 ED SHEERAN - LEGO HOUSE 4) 30 RIHANNA/CALVIN HARRIS 29 DRAKE/RIHANNA 28 LMFAO 27 TAIO CRUZ 26 CHARLENE SORAIA 25 BEYONCE 24 BIRDY 23 KATY PERRY 22 CHRISTINA PERRI 21 COLDPLAY 20 REDLIGHT 19 AVICCI 18 LANA DEL REY - VIDEO GAMES 3) 17 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA VS KNIFE PARTY 16 OLLY MURS 15 LLOYD 14 ED SHEERAN - DRUNK 13 LABRINTH 12 FLO RIDA 11 PIXIE LOTT 10 LANA DEL REY - BORN TO DIE 2) 09 PITBULL/CHRIS BROWN 08 KELLY CLARKSON 07 RIZZLE KICKS 06 FLO RIDA/SIA 05 COVERDRIVE 1) 04 JESSIE J 03 GOTYE 02 ALYSSA REID/SMOKE JUMPERS 01 DAVID GUETTA/SIA ) Position without downloads alone & only 9 physical copies available in the top 75! Look out for the other thread coming soon, where we will uncover what really did make #1 between 1952 & 1969, and not what certain books would like us believe...

The Monday Chart is a Mike Robinson Production, based on an average of download sites & iTunes, plus the odd physical. The Top 10 Albums 01 NE BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY 02 NE OLD IDEAS - LEONARD COHEN 03 01 ED SHEERAN 04 02 COLDPLAY 05 03 ADELE 06 04 BE MY BABY - VARIOUS ARTISTS 07 05 BRUNO MARS 08 07 JESSIE J 09 06 RIZZLE KICKS 10 09 THE VACCINES The Top 60 Songs 60 66 WHEN I WAS A YOUNGSTER - RIZZLE KICKS 59 58 HEART SKIPS A BEAT - OLLY MURS 58 50 WHO YOU ARE - JESSIE J 53 57 57 PARTY ROCK ANTHEM - LMFAO 56 RE WRITTEN IN THE STARS - TINIE TEMPAH 55 RE FLY - RIHANNA/NICKI MINAJ 51 54 RE K-CI & JOJO 52 53 54 SET FIRE TO THE RAIN - ADELE 55 52 RE AYO TECHNOLOGY - 50CENT 50 51 53 SOMEONE LIKE YOU - ADELE 54 50 52 EDGE OF GLORY - LADY GAGA 49 49 BREATHING - JASON DERULO 46 48 31 FOSTER THE PEOPLE 48 47 60 TURN THIS CLUB AROUND - R.I.O. 41 46 41 NADIA ALI 49 45 40 KINGS OF POP 47 44 46 GUETTA/USHER 45 43 43 READ ALL ABOUT IT - PROFESSOR GREEN/EMELI SANDE 44 42 48 THE A TEAM - ED SHEERAN 43 41 44 WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL - ONE DIRECTION 42 40 35 NEVER BE A RIGHT TIME - PROFESSOR GREEN 39 39 39 JLS 40 38 42 JAMES MORRISON 38 37 32 BREAKN' A SWEAT - SKRILLEX 36 36 36 ONE THING - ONE DIRECTION 37 35 38 CHER LLOYD 35 34 34 M83 33 33 28 BIRDY 34 32 24 RIHANNA/CALVIN HARRIS 32 31 27 YOU DA ONE - RIHANNA 31 30 33 CHARLENE SORAIA 30 29 30 DRAKE 27 28 25 LMFAO 29 27 26 LEGO HOUSE - ED SHEERAN 26 26 23 MAROON FIVE 28 25 22 BEYONCE 25 24 21 KATY PERRY 24 23 18 REDLIGHT 23 22 16 TAIO CRUZ 22 21 20 VIDEO GAMES - LANA DEL REY 20 20 29 DRUNK - ED SHEERAN 17 19 37 JAR OF HEARTS - CHRISTINA PERRI 21 18 15 AVICCI 19 17 17 COLDPLAY 18 16 19 PIXIE LOTT 14 15 14 BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY 12 14 06 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA 16 13 12 LLOYD 13 12 13 OLLY MURS 15 11 11 LABRINTH 11 10 09 GOOD FEELING - FLO RIDA 10 09 08 KELLY CLARKSON 8 08 10 PITBULL/CHRIS BROWN 9 07 04 RIZZLE KICKS 7 06 07 GOTYE/KIMBRA 6 05 05 WILD ONES - FLO RIDA 5 04 03 JESSIE J 4 03 01 COVER DRIVE 3 02 NE ALYSSA REID 1 01 02 GUETTA/SIA 2 Added Tuesday positions

The Almost Saturday Charts are a Mike Robinson Production, based on average downloads from 5 sites, & iTunes sales plus a tad of physical from HMV. Just ahead of today's charts: There we were the other day, screaming at the way Guiness books & others, have falsely put it about that the charts, that they chose for 50s & 60s to be "Official" back in the day, when they most certainly were not! We came to the conclusion that the best way to start from something "Official" would be to only use the word from 11th Feb 1969. Which is only correct & right. So, how to achieve a more correct chart from before that period? It can be done, we think & that is something we plan for a future post/& or publication. Mainly because, we get fed up of people telling us that these flipping records were number one, & were not! These are the records from the 50s & 60s period, that were not definately not bonafide #1s: UNCHAINED MELODY - JIMMY YOUNG HERNANDO'S HIDEAWAY - JOHNSTON BROTHERS (The biggest calamity of the 50s, & really a struggle for a top 3 place) ROCK N' ROLL WALTZ - KAY STARR SINGING THE BLUES - TOMMY STEELE ROCK-A-BILLY - GUY MITCHELL ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE - VIC DAMONE IT'S ALL IN THE GAME - TOMMY EDWARDS THE DAY THE RAIN'S CAME - JANE MORGAN MACK THE KNIFE - BOBBY DARIN THREE STEPS TO HEAVEN - EDDIE COCHRAN SHAKIN' ALL OVER - JOHNNY KIDD I LOVE YOU - CLIFF RICHARD SAILOR - PETULA CLARK ON THE REBOUND - FLOYD KRAMER (This one being the biggest sample mistake & likely never even made the top 3) REACH FOR THE STARS - SHIRLEY BASSEY KON TIKI - THE SHADOWS THE WAYWARD WIND - FRANK IFIELD DEVIL IN DISGUISE - ELVIS PRESLEY DIANE - THE BACHELORS IT'S ALL OVER NOW - ROLLING STONES LITTLE RED ROOSTER - ROLLING STONES THE MINUTE YOU'RE GONE - CLIFF RICHARD KING OF THE ROAD - ROGER MILLER THE LEGEND OF XANADU - DAVE DEE, DOZY, BEAKY, MICK, & TICH I PRETEND - DES O' CONNOR FIRE - THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN BLACKBERRY WAY - THE MOVE All those (except the 2 mentioned) really only went as high, as #2. There are some obvious reasons for it. Both NME & Record Retailer were midweek cut offs & so, became behind other charts, that went Mon to Sat (such as Melody Maker & Disc). Though we do stress, that no charts from the 1952 to 1969 period, was actually based on sales. Every single chart, from what ever Music Publication, was based on a mean average of stores charts, across the Britain. Those were 27 that were not really #1s...but it doesn't stop there, for these 13 are ignored for hitting the top (when they most certainly did): UNCHAINED MELODY - AL HIBBLER MA, HE'S MAKING EYES AT ME - JOHNNY OTIS SHOW BIRD DOG - EVERLY BROTHERS ARE YOU SURE - THE ALLISONS TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY - BOBBY VEE STRANGER ON THE SHORE - MR ACKER BILK MARCH OF THE SIAMESE CHILDREN - KENNY BALL A PICTURE OF YOU - JOE BROWN PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET - BILLY J. KRAMER NINETEENTH NERVOUS BREAKDOWN - ROLLING STONES SHA LA LA LA LEE - SMALL FACES THIS GUY'S IN LOVE WITH YOU - HERB ALPERT Back into 2012. The Top Physicals 05 03 NOEL'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS 04 NE ARCTIC MONKEYS 03 02 JLS 02 NE COVER DRIVE 01 01 MILITARY WIVES The Top Albums 01 01 ADELE 02 03 COLDPLAY 03 02 ED SHEERAN 04 05 BRUNO MARS 05 NE CHRIS ISAAK 06 NE BE MY BABY - VARIOUS 07 08 VACCINES 08 10 RIZZLE KICKS 09 11 JESSIE J 10 09 FLORENCE & THE MACHINE Top 75 Songs RIO Top 70 LADY GAGA COVER DRIVE - LICK YA DOWN 50CENT K-CI & JOJO TINIE TEMPAH - WRITTEN IN THE STARS CHRIS ISAAK Top 60 NICKI MINAJ/RIHANNA KELLY ROWLAND/BIG SEAN PITBULL LITTLE MIX 8) LADY GAGA NICKI MINAJ ADELE - SET FIRE ADELE - SLY JAMES MORRISON GUETTA/USHER Top 50 50 JASON DERULO 49 SNOOP DOGG 48 JESSIE J - WYA 47 SKEPTA 46 MICHAEL KANAWUKA 45 MILITARY WIVES 7) 44 ETTA JAMES 43 NADIA ALI 42 THE 41 JLS 6) 40 ONE DIRECTION 5) 39 PROF/EMELI 38 CHRISTINA PERRI 37 CHER 36 ONE THING 35 ED SHEERAN 34 SKRILLEX 33 M83 32 PROFESSOR GREEN 31 FOSTER THE PEOPLE 30 CHARLENE SORAIA 29 DRAKE 28 BIRDY 27 LMFAO 26 ED SHEERAN 4) 25 RIHANNA - YDO 24 MAROON FIVE 23 RIHANNA/CALVIN 22 BEYONCE 21 KATY PERRY 20 LANA DEL REY 3) 19 COLDPLAY 18 PIXIE LOTT 17 REDLIGHT 16 AVICCI 15 OLLY MURS 14 TAIO CRUZ 13 LABRINTH 12 LANA DEL REY 2) £8.99 for a 7inch! 11 LLOYD 10 PITBULL 09 FLO RIDA 08 GOTYE 07 KELLY CLARKSON 06 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA 05 FLO RIDA/SIA 04 RIZZLE KICKS 03 JESSIE J 02 DAVID GUETTA/SIA 01 COVER DRIVE 1) ) Without downloads alone

The Monday Chart is a Mike Robinson Production. Based on an average from download sites, & iTunes sales Sun/Mon. 75 NE KELLY ROWLAND/BIG SEAN 74 69 SHE MAKES ME WANNA - JLS 13) 73 67 NO LIGHT NO LIGHT - FLORENCE & THE MACHINE 72 70 ROLLING IN THE DEEP - ADELE 12) 71 66 MARRY YOU - BRUNO MARS 70 63 BOUNCE - CALVIN HARRIS/KELIS 11) 69 NE NICKI MINAJ 68 58 ALL ABOUT TONIGHT - PIXIE LOTT 67 62 SEAN KINGSTON 66 59 SHAKE IT OUT - FLORENCE & THE MACHINE 65 NE JASON DERULO 64 RE CHRIS ISAAK 63 56 LMFAO 62 54 DOWN WITH THE TRUMPETS - RIZZLE KICKS 61 60 IT WILL RAIN - BRUNO MARS 60 61 WHEN I WAS A YOUNGSTER - RIZZLE KICKS 59 55 BENNY BENASSI/CHRIS BROWN 58 47 JLS 10) 57 48 LADY GAGA 56 RE MICHAEL ANDREWS 55 51 THE A TEAM - ED SHEERAN 9) 54 52 OLLY MURS/RIZZLE KICKS 8) 53 49 LITTLE MIX 7) 52 53 SET FIRE TO THE RAIN - ADELE 51 57 ALOE BLACC 50 43 SOMEONE LIKE YOU - ADELE 49 34 MILITARY WIVES 6) 48 45 GUETTA/USHER 47 44 SNOOP DOGG 46 40 MICHAEL KIWANUKA 45 36 PROFESSOR GREEN/EMELI SANDE 44 31 SKEPTA 43 NE T.H.E. - WILL I. AM/MICK JAGGER/JENNIFER LOPEZ 42 32 PITBULL & CO 41 38 WHO YOU ARE - JESSIE J 40 37 ONE DIRECTION 5) 39 42 PROFESSOR GREEN 38 46 NADIA ALI 37 30 CHARLENE SORAIA 36 35 M83 35 33 SKRILLEX 34 27 CHRISTINA PERRI 33 26 CHER LLOYD 32 28 ONE THING - ONE DIRECTION 31 29 BIRDY 30 39 ETTA JAMES 29 25 DRAKE 28 23 KATY PERRY 27 22 ED SHEERAN 4) 26 20 VIDEO GAMES - LANA DEL REY 3) 25 NE REDLIGHT 24 17 RIHANNA/CALVIN HARRIS 23 19 YOU DA ONE - RIHANNA 22 14 LABRINTH/TINIE TEMPAH 21 16 MAROON FIVE 20 18 LMFAO 19 24 FOSTER THE PEOPLE 18 15 BEYONCE 17 12 OLLY MURS 16 21 GOTYE 15 08 PIXIE LOTT 14 NE FLO RIDA/SIA 13 NE LANA DEL REY 2) 12 13 PITBULL 11 07 AVICCI 10 10 COLDPLAY 09 09 TAIO CRUZ 08 04 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA 07 06 LLOYD 06 11 KELLY CLARKSON 05 05 FLO RIDA 04 03 GUETTA/SIA 03 02 RIZZLE KICKS 02 01 JESSIE J 01 NE COVER DRIVE 1) 1600 ahead of Jessie ) Without downloads alone As revealed by Jason Scott last night, Cover Drive are #1.

The Almost Saturday Charts are a Mike Robinson Production, based on averages, iTunes sales, & the odd physical from HMV & has no connection with anything official. This Week's Top Physicals 05 NE YASMIN 12" 04 04 LITTLE MIX 03 03 NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS 02 02 JLS 01 01 MILITARY WIVES 4000 Top 10 Albums 10 13 WHO YOU ARE - JESSIE J 09 24 CEREMONIALS - FLORENCE & THE MACHINE 08 07 WHAT DID YOU EXPECT FROM - THE VACCINES 07 06 NOW 80 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 06 05 4 - BEYONCE 05 08 MYLO XYLOTO - COLDPLAY 04 01 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - BRUNO MARS 03 02 21 - ADELE 02 03 + - ED SHEERAN 01 NE FLASH FLOOD OF COLOUR - ENTER SHIKARI Top 75 Highlights FLORENCE & THE MACHINE WILL I. AM - T.H.E. Top 70 GLEE - WITHOUT YOU KANYE WEST - ALL OF THE LIGHTS SEAN KINGSTON Top 60 60 FLORENCE & THE MACHINE - SHAKE IT DOWN 59 OLLY MURS - HEART SKIPS A BEAT 9) 58 BRUNO MARS - IT WILL RAIN 57 RIZZLE KICKS - YOUNGSTER 56 CALVIN HARRIS/KELIS 55 BENNY BENASSI 54 EMINEM 53 ED SHEERAN - A TEAM 8) 52 ADELE - SET FIRE 51 ALOE BLACC 50 NADIA ALI 49 LADY GAGA 48 GUETTA/USHER 47 ADELE - SOMEONE LIKE YOU 46 LITTLE MIX 7) 45 JLS 6) 44 JOHN VINCENT MCMORROW 43 YASMIN 12" 5) 42 SNOOP DOGG & CO 41 MICHAEL KIWANUKA 40 PROFESSOR GREEN 39 JME 38 M83 37 JESSIE J - WHO YOU ARE 36 ONE DIRECTION - WHAT MAKES 4) 35 PROFESSOR GREEN/EMELI SANDE 34 SKRILLEX 33 BIRDY 32 PITBULL & CO 31 MILITARY WIVES 3) 30 SKEPTA 29 CHARLENE SORAIA 28 ONE DIRECTION - ONE THING 27 CHRISTINA PERRI 26 DRAKE 25 CHER 24 FOSTER THE PEOPLE 23 GOTYE 22 KATY PERRY 21 ED SHEERAN 2) 20 LANA DEL REY 1) 19 LMFAO 18 RIHANNA - YOU DA ONE 17 RIHANNA/CALVIN HARRIS 16 MAROON FIVE 15 PITBULL 14 OLLY MURS 13 LABRINTH 12 BEYONCE 11 TAIO CRUZ 10 KELLY CLARKSON 09 COLDPLAY 08 PIXIE LOTT 07 AVICCI 06 LLOYD 05 FLO RIDA 04 GUETTA/SIA 03 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA 02 RIZZLE KICKS 01 JESSIE J ) Position without downloads alone Tip Of The Week: Never buy anything from Gas companies, except Gas or Electricity Thought provoking joke of the week: Once up on a time, we had an Empire run by an Emperor. Then we had a Kingdom run by a King. Now we have a Country, run by a ???? (Do fill in the blanks)!

Well Steve mate, the first proper sales based chart was launched on Tuesday 11th February 1969 & was compiled by the British Market Research Bureau funded by the BBC. What will be 60 years old this year is the NME chart & the first chart to be based on Records, rather than sheet music. The actual BBC Charts will be 54 years old on 30th March 2012. The actual "Offical" named chart will be 43 on 11th Feb. That's how it really pans out. Like we've said before, it's just that the people behind Guiness Books, that decided to use NME & Record Retailer charts because they were the charts with the most positions i.e. top 30s & top 50s. Though, no charts were ever correct below 30 anyway, due to the hyping of records at the time. Guiness Books (or whoever prints those books today) have not got the rights to print the NME charts in full by the way. Though they choose to refer to them for the 1950s. In actual fact, the NME is pretty out for 50s charts, just like Record Retailer is for the 60s. The Record Retailer was the most easy chart to hype, with it's 30 shop poll & just to prove it, in 1962, Brian Epstein got some people to go out to those 30 shops & buy "Love Me Do". This hyped the record into the top 20 at 17. In no other chart, did it even get that high. Amazingly, this showed when they failed to show "Please Please Me" at #1 in February 1963, when really it made the top for at least 2 weeks, unfortunately Record Retailer's 30 shop "easy listening" poll had Frank Ifield ahead of it, which was a definate no no. "Please Please Me" did really top the Record Retailer chart in a tie, but they never used ties, because there were some many of them in their chart, & the week's tie was seperated by going by the record which was higher, on the previous week. All of Record Retailer's charts are behind all the others of the day, because of their cut off periods & publishing days. Record Retailer was not seen by anyone in the 60s & the High Street shops all displayed the Melody Maker top 30. Where as in the 50s, they preferred to show "Record Mirror". To break any hyping, the BBC compiled their own top 20s/30s until that first sales chart on 11th Feb 69. The 31 to 50 part was still open to hype & that is why to this day, the BBC never mention anything outside the top 40. Of course, Radio One extended to a top 40 in May 1978, when British Market Research Bureau increased to a top 75. The early 1969 charts are still not that accurate, due to small sales returns. The chart panel was supposed to collect up to 300 stores sales, but were rather lower at 150. The Radio Chart was still under question until around early 1971, when it was more excepted by the media, but all the daily newspapers still preferred Melody Maker's chart up to the early 80s. You can't actually say that the R1 chart is actually nearly 100% until 1983, when Gallup collated data from over 1000 outlets. 150 to 300 was still a measily amount.

No charts in the 50s & 60s were based on sales. Whether it were RR, Melody Maker, NME, or whatever. All the papers did was collect various top 50s from shops & add them together, for though own average Top 20/30/50. The BBC just then, took them all & added them together for the a more accurate Top 30. Record Retailer just took 30 different charts from mainly Woolworths & WHSmiths & added them together, hence only half the story & separated tied positions. The worst of all point is the incomprehensible fact, that both those shops would only appeal to the older person, hence the teenage fan being handed a chart that had such things as Frank Ifield ahead of the Beatles & Nancy Sinatra ahead of the Stones, & worst of all Des O' Connor at the top! Anyway this re-writing Official History bit is nonsense, as you take your choice & many, many other books are available apart from Guiness, that do not use Record Retailer charts. There were no proper charts until Feb 11th 1969 in Britain & even those were not widely accepted until 1971.

I wouldn't go so far as saying that, they were ever close. A mess, yes & about as good as that show on Independant Radio i.e. Big Top 40! :lol: The most accurate chart has to always be, the one broadcasted by the mighty BBC & the one that we paid for with our licence fee.

The Almost Saturday Charts are a Mike Robinson Production based on 5 download sites, actual iTunes sales & the odd physical from HMV. Just before this week's charts...Let us step back, because it's exactly 50 years (or was on 7th January) that the Charts have been broadcasted by some outfit called the BBC on a Sunday. So, how did that first Sunday show pan out? Well it was introduced by Alan Freeman (as Pick Of The Pops) & produced by Denys Jones. The show lasted for 1 hour & kicked off with those new entries, the new releases, the LP spot, & finally the top 10. This was the running order: Top 20 newcomers JAMES DARREN 20 G-CLEFS 15 BOBBY VEE 14 DOROTHY PROVINE 17 New Releases COME RUNNING - MARTY WILDE THE YOUNG ONES - CLIFF RICHARD & THE SHADOWS HE'S OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER - THE CRICKETS FORGET ME NOT - EDEN KANE YOU'RE FOLLOWING ME - JIMMY BREEDLOVE CRYING IN THE RAIN - EVERLY BROTHERS MR MUSIC MAN - JIMMY JONES LP Spot DANCING IN THE DARK - TONY BENNETT The top 10 singles followed, but this was the BBC top 20 that week: 20 NE GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD - JAMES DARREN 20 RE YOU'RE THE ONLY GOOD THING (THAT'S HAPPENED TO ME) - JIM REEVES 19 13 WALKIN' BACK TO HAPPINESS - HELEN SHAPIRO 17 RE I CRIED FOR YOU - RICKY STEVENS 17 NE DON'T BRING LULU - DOROTHY PROVINE 16 17 SON, THIS IS SHE - JOHN LEYTON 15 NE I UNDERSTAND - THE G-CLEFS 14 NE RUN TO HIM - BOBBY VEE 13 09 MY FRIEND THE SEA - PETULA CLARK 12 07 TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY - BOBBY VEE 11 10 TOY BALLOONS - RUSS CONWAY 10 14 MULTIPLICATION - BOBBY DARIN 09 08 SO LONG BABY - DEL SHANNON 08 10 I'D NEVER FIND ANOTHER YOU - BILLY FURY 07 12 HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET SIXTEEN - NEIL SEDAKA 06 06 MIDNIGHT IN MOSCOW - KENNY BALL 05 03 TOWER OF STRENGTH - FRANKIE VAUGAN 04 04 JOHNNY WILL - PAT BOONE 03 05 LET THERE BE DRUMS - SANDY NELSON 02 01 MOON RIVER - DANNY WILLIAMS 01 02 STRANGER ON THE SHORE - MR ACKER BILK That's about as perfect as we could be in 1962. No recognised Official type charts & never believe that a so called "Record Retailer" chart was official because it wasn't. Half the time (the chart that Guiness uses for 1960s charts) is so, so wrong it's quite breath taking. Record Retailer polled just 30 shops & then ended up with millions of ties in it's charts. Then, they proceeded to separate ties, depending on what was higher on the previous week. Many people never realise that Record Retailer actually had many unlisted joint number ones (that you'd never know about) including the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Acker Bilk, Everly Brothers & many more. In 1962, they got even more ridiculous, when they mixed up Acker Bilk with Kenny Ball & another time in 1966, when Nancy Sinatra was confused with the Small Faces, can you believe?! So, I urge all of you, always take Guiness & Record Retailer with a pinch of salt (or even better, throw them in the bin)! Back up to date. The Top Physicals 01 01 MILITARY WIVES 8000 02 02 JLS 03 03 NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS 04 04 LITTLE MIX 05 05 X FACTOR FINALISTS Top 10 Albums 10 16 NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS 09 18 KASABIAN 08 05 COLDPLAY 07 17 VACCINES 06 03 NOW 80 05 09 BEYONCE 04 04 ED SHEERAN 03 01 ADELE 02 02 BRUNO MARS 01 NE MACCABEES Top 75 Proper BENNY BENASSI/CHRIS BROWN Top 70 ENRIQUE KANYE WEST - GOLDDIGGER MACCABEES CALVIN HARRIS - BOUNCE ALOE BLACC EMINEM - LOSE YOURSELF KANYE WEST - ALL OF THE LIGHTS KATY PERRY - ET Top 60 60 TEMPER TRAP 12) 59 PITBULL - GIVE ME EVERYTHING 58 BEYONCE - BEST THING 57 BRUNO MARS - MARRY YOU 56 VACCINES 11) 55 THE WANTED 54 DRAKE - HEADLINES 53 CHER LLOYD 10) 52 JAMES MORRISON/JESSIE J 51 ADELE - ROLLING IN THE DEEP 9) 50 M83 49 PROFESSOR GREEN - NEVER BE 48 SNOOP DOGG/WIZ KHALIFA/BRUNO MARS 47 ED SHEERAN - THE A TEAM 8) 46 BRUNO MARS - IT WILL 45 GUETTA/USHER 44 ADELE - SET FIRE 43 T.PAIN 42 ADELE - SOMEONE 41 SKRILLEX & THE DOORS 40 PROFESSOR GREEN/EMELI SANDE 39 LADY GAGA 38 LMFAO - PARTY ROCK 37 GOTYE/KIMBRA 36 OLLY MURS - HEART SKIPS 7) 35 JESSIE J - WHO YOU ARE 34 SKEPTA 33 JLS 6) 32 LITTLE MIX 5) 31 ONE DIRECTION 4) 30 SEAN KINGSTON 29 JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW 28 MICHAEL KIWANUKA 27 CHRISTINA PERRI 26 CHARLENE SORAIA 25 FOSTER THE PEOPLE 24 MILITARY WIVES 3) 9750 23 KATY PERRY 22 BIRDY - SKINNY LOVE 21 KELLY CLARKSON 20 PITBULL/CHRIS BROWN 19 PIXIE LOTT 18 RIHANNA - YOU DA 17 DRAKE 16 ED SHEERAN 2) 15 LMFAO 14 LANA DEL REY 7" 1) 13 BEYONCE 12 MAROON FIVE 11 RIHANNA/CALVIN HARRIS 10 GUETTA/SIA 16858 09 LABRINTH 17370 08 OLLY MURS 17749 07 COLDPLAY 21324 06 TAIO CRUZ 22491 05 LLOYD 24306 04 AVICCI 24787 03 RIZZLE KICKS 30017 02 FLO RIDA 37696 01 JESSIE J 44041 ) Without downloads alone Think we've got a sturdy top 10, here. David Guetta & Sia can only get as high as 8 for Sunday. Lloyd is likely to go infront of Avicci. Then further down, Pixie & Kelly will climb further, pushing Pitbull out of the 20. Gaga & Prof. Green are in danger of falling out, to be replaced by at least Skrillex & that's how it stands.

The Monday Chart is a Mike Robinson Production, based on an average of positions from 5 download sites & actual iTunes sales from Sunday/Monday & covering the 36 hour period of Sunday to 12pm on Monday. 60 51 ALL ABOUT TONIGHT - PIXIE LOTT 59 48 PRICE TAG - JESSIE J 10) 58 RE HEADLINES - DRAKE 57 NE SKILLEX & THE DOORS 56 RE TEMPER TRAP 55 46 MARRY YOU - BRUNO MARS ----, 1860 54 49 WHEN I WAS A YOUNGSTER - RIZZLE KICKS 53 14 MILITARY WIVES 9) ----, 1550 52 47 JEALOUSY - WILL YOUNG ----, 1790 51 65 SNOW PATROL 50 42 49 IT WILL RAIN - BRUNO MARS 49 39 50 ROLLING IN THE DEEP - ADELE 8) 48 NE 38 GOTYE 47 43 48 WITHOUT YOU - GUETTA/USHER ---, 2262 46 58 46 VACCINES ----, 2278 45 RE 47 ET - KATY PERRY ---, 2266 44 40 45 T.PAIN 43 34 44 LADY GAGA 42 NE 37 PIXIE LOTT 1727, 3211 41 35 43 SET FIRE TO THE RAIN - ADELE 40 33 42 A TEAM - ED SHEERAN 7) ----, 2703 39 32 41 PROFESSOR GREEN/EMELI SANDE ----, 2872 38 NE 36 KELLY CLARKSON 1836, 3286 37 36 40 WHO YOU ARE - JESSIE J ----, 3100 36 28 39 SOMEONE LIKE YOU - ADELE 35 RE 34 TITANIUM - GUETTA/SIA 2088, 3748 34 31 35 SKEPTA ----, 3536 33 44 29 PITBULL/CHRIS BROWN 2346, 3974 32 16 33 JLS 6) 31 29 32 THE WANTED 30 15 31 LITTLE MIX 5) 29 25 30 CHRISTINA PERRI ----, 3913 28 30 28 JAMES MORRISON/JESSIE J 27 38 27 CHARLENE SORAIA 4313 26 37 26 MICHAEL KIWANUKA 25 41 25 FOSTER THE PEOPLE 24 27 24 PARTY ROCK ANTHEM - LMFAO ----, 4372 23 19 23 OLLY MURS 4) ----, 4377 22 24 18 YOU DA ONE - RIHANNA ----5276 21 21 22 JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW ----, 4980 20 22 21 KATY PERRY 19 23 20 SEAN KINGSTON -----, 5091 18 17 17 ONE DIRECTION 3) ----, 5266 17 RE 19 SKINNY LOVE - BIRDY ----, 5136 16 18 DRAKE 15 20 BEYONCE 14 26 13 LANA DEL REY 3969 2) 6447 13 13 14 LEGO HOUSE - ED SHEERAN 1) 12 11 LMFAO 11 09 RIHANNA/CALVIN HARRIS -----, 8071 10 12 10 MAROON FIVE 5664, 8800 09 06 9 OLLY MURS 6009, 9635 08 07 8 LABRINTH 6030, 9530 07 10 6 LLOYD 6420, 11278 06 02 7 COLDPLAY 6966, 11136 05 03 5 TAIO CRUZ 7427, 12303 04 04 4 AVICCI 7437, 12545 03 05 3 RIZZLE KICKS 8781, 14375 02 08 1 JESSIE J 10737, 18871 01 01 2 FLO RIDA 11628, 18658 Jessie J for #1 this week? Could be... ) Without downloads alone

The Almost Saturday Charts are a Mike Robinson Production, based on an average of 5 download sites, actual iTunes sales, & the odd physical from HMV. Just before the thread proper. Last week (you may remember) Mike gave us some stuff from 1980/81, when appearently John Lennon unofficially went to #1 with "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)". Well, both Mike & I were bombarded by emails & calls on the subject. Many people claiming that it probably didn't actually go to #1 really. As you saw, Mike's sales bit was very very close, & a couple of people sent us other charts to compare too. So, did it go to the top or not? The NME & Melody Maker suggest not. These were the NME Charts compared to Melody Maker on that w/k ending 3rd Jan 1981: NME MM 01 01 STARTING OVER - JOHN LENNON 02 02 STOP THE CAVALRY - JONA LEWIE 03 03 GRANDMA - ST WINIFRED'S SCHOOL CHOIR 04 04 HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) - JOHN LENNON 05 07 IMAGINE - JOHN LENNON 06 08 ANT MUSIC - ADAM AND THE ANTS 07 05 DE DO DO DO DE DA DA DA - THE POLICE 08 06 SUPER TROUPER - ABBA 09 09 EMBARRASMENT - MADNESS 10 10 RUNAWAY BOYS - STRAY CATS 11 15 RABBIT - CHAS AND DAVE 12 14 FLASH - QUEEN 13 11 BANANA REPUBLIC - BOOMTOWN RATS 14 12 LIES/DON'T DRIVE MY CAR - STATUS QUO 15 16 TO CUT A LONG STORY SHORT - SPANDAU BALLET 16 17 LOVE ON THE ROCKS - NEIL DIAMOND 17 27 THIS WRECKAGE - GARY NUMAN 18 13 LADY - KENNY ROGERS 19 18 OVER THE RAINBOW-YOU BELONG TO ME - MATCHBOX 20 19 NEVER MIND THE PRESENTS - BARRON KNIGHTS 21 22 LONELY TOGETHER - BARRY MANILOW 22 26 DO NOTHING/MAGGIE'S FARM - THE SPECIALS 23 24 TOO NICE TO TALK TO - THE BEAT 24 20 DO YOU FEEL MY LOVE - EDDY GRANT 25 25 CELEBRATION - KOOL AND THE GANG 26 21 THE TIDE IS HIGH - BLONDIE 27 --- MY GIRL - ROD STEWART 28 30 DECEMBER WILL BE MAGIC AGAIN - KATE BUSH 29 29 IT'S HARD TO BE HUMBLE - MAC DAVIS 30 --- DON'T WALK AWAY - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA --- 23 EARTH DIES SCREAMING/DREAM A LIE - UB40 --- 28 LOOKING FOR CLUES - ROBERT PALMER Now looking at those, it suggests that Lennon probably returned to the top with "Starting Over". Could be that sales of Lennon were badly mixed up in that drunken New Year of 80/81! Noteably in NME & MM, on the w/k ending 10th Jan 1981, "Happy Xmas (War Is Over) actually went down to #6, & rose back up to #3 on 17th Jan. Meanwhile, Radio One announced "Happy Xmas" up to #2 on 10th Jan. Going down the lines of other Professionals from 1980/81, I'm inclined to believe that it was so, tight that "Starting Over" & "Grandma" probably did really stay in the top 2, but did "Happy Xmas" fall? Maybe. "Stop The Cavalry" had been closely in that top 3, all over the period. Infact, take away Lennon's death & Radio One would have announced the following top 10s, through January 1981: The Christmas 1980 chart would have been: 01 GRANDMA 02 STOP THE CAVALRY 03 SUPER TROUPER 04 DE DO DO DO DE DA DA DA 05 ANTMUSIC 06 EMBARRASSMENT 07 RUNAWAY BOYS 08 BANANA REPUBLIC 09 LIES/DON'T DRIVE MY CAR 10 RABBIT 10th Jan 1981 01 STOP THE CAVALRY 02 ANTMUSIC 03 GRANDMA 04 DE DO DO DO DE DA DA DA 05 SUPER TROUPER 06 EMBARRASSMENT 07 FLASH 08 RABBIT 09 RUNAWAY BOYS 10 BANANA REPUBLIC 17th Jan 1981 01 ANTMUSIC 02 DO NOTHING/MAGGIE'S FARM 03 STOP THE CAVALRY 04 TOO NICE TO TALK TO 05 RABBIT 06 DE DO DO DO DE DA DA DA 07 FLASH 08 LIES/DON'T DRIVE MY CAR 09 WHO'S GONNA ROCK YOU 10 EMBARRASMENT 24th Jan 1981 01 ANTMUSIC 02 IN THE AIR TONIGHT 03 DO NOTHING/MAGGIE'S FARM 04 I AM THE BEAT 05 DON'T STOP THE MUSIC 06 FLASH 07 YOUNG PARISIANS 08 I AIN'T GONNA STAND FOR IT 09 RUNAROUND SUE 10 RAPTURE 31st Jan 1981 01 IN THE AIR TONIGHT 02 ANTMUSIC 03 RAPTURE 04 VIENNA 05 DON'T STOP THE MUSIC 06 I AM THE BEAT 07 YOUNG PARISIANS 08 I AIN'T GONNA STAND FOR IT 09 DO NOTHING/MAGGIE'S FARM 10 FADE TO GREY So, we find without JL's death Stop The Cavalry, Antmusic, & In The Air Tonight would have been #1s, & later Vienna, & Kings Of The Wild Frontier would of also topped the charts. Most of all, it wasn't Joe Dolce preventing Ultravox because they'd of had a week there, anyway! Let's get up todate. The Top Physicals 01 01 MILITARY WIVES 14,000 02 NE JLS 2,500 03 02 LITTLE MIX 1,000 04 03 NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS 05 04 X FACTOR FINALISTS The Top 10 Albums 01 07 21 - ADELE 02 01 NOW 80 03 03 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - BRUNO MARS 04 02 + - ED SHEERAN 05 04 MYLO XYLOTO - COLDPLAY 06 06 LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES - AMY WINEHOUSE 07 05 IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW - OLLY MURS 08 14 4 - BEYONCE 09 11 WHO YOU ARE - JESSIE J 10 10 HEAVEN - REBECCA FERGUSON The Top 75 proper KELLY CLARKSON - WHAT KILLS YOU GUETTA/SIA Top 70 SNOW PATROL - CHASING CARS MACCABEES SNOOP DOGG/WIZ KHALIFA/BRUNO MARS Top 60 SKILLREX VACCINES 51 AZEALIA BANKS Top 50 50 MARRY YOU - BRUNO MARS 49 ALESHA DIXON 48 WILL YOUNG - JEALOUSY 47 RIZZLE KICKS - WHEN I WAS 46 IT WILL RAIN - BRUNO MARS 45 PITBULL/CHRIS BROWN 44 NADIA ALI 43 GUETTA/USHER 42 BEYONCE - BEST THING 41 MICHAEL KIWANUKA 40 CHARLENE SORAIA 39 FOSTER THE PEOPLE 38 ADELE - ROLLING IN THE DEEP 8) 37 LADY GAGA 36 ADELE - SET FIRE 35 T.PAIN 34 JESSIE J - WHO YOU ARE 33 LANA DEL REY 7) 32 ED SHEEAN - A TEAM 6) 31 PROFESSOR GREEN 30 SKEPTA 29 JAMES & JESSIE 28 THE WANTED 27 LMFAO - PARTY ROCK ANTHEM 26 CHRISTINA PERRI 25 SEAN KINGSTON 24 ADELE - SOMEONE 23 RIHANNA - YOU DARREN 22 KATY PERRY 21 JAMES VINCENT MORROW 17775 20 OLLY MURS 5) 17952 19 BEYONCE 21265 18 ONE DIRECTION 4) 21892 17 DRAKE 22786 16 LITTLE MIX 23299 15 JLS 3) 24801 14 MILITARY WIVES 2) 26500 13 MAROON FIVE 28491 12 LMFAO 30335 11 ED SHEERAN - LEGO HOUSE 1) 31300 10 LLOYD 32216 09 RIHANNA 33399 08 LABRINTH 37712 07 JESSIE J - DOMINO 38901 06 OLLY MURS 41324 05 RIZZLE KICKS 46461 04 AVICCI 46546 03 TAIO CRUZ 51124 02 COLDPLAY 52008 01 FLO RIDA 61480 ) Position without downloads alone

The Monday Chart is a Mike Robinson Production, based on an average of 5 download sites, actual iTunes sales & the odd physical. 60 51 DOWN FOR WHATEVER - KELLY ROWLAND 59 NE RAPTURE - NADIA ALI 58 57 SUPERBASS - NICKI MINAJ 57 52 NO REGRETS - DAPPY 56 49 NOTHING'S REAL - REBECCA FERGUSON 55 54 STEREO HEARTS - GYM CLASS HEROES 54 53 LAZY SONG - BRUNO MARS 12) 53 55 JEALOUSY - WILL YOUNG 52 50 MIDNIGHT RUN - EXAMPLE 51 47 ALL ABOUT TONIGHT - PIXIE LOTT 50 RE IF YOU WANNA - VACCINES 49 60 WHEREVER YOU WILL GO - CHARLENE SORAIA 48 44 BEST THING I NEVER HAD - BEYONCE 47 37 LIGHTNING - THE WANTED 11) 46 38 MR KNOW IT ALL - KELLY CLARKSON 45 40 WHEN I WAS A YOUNGSTER - RIZZLE KICKS 44 39 PRICE TAG - JESSIE J 10) 43 30 IT WILL RAIN - BRUNO MARS 42 43 DOWN WITH THE TRUMPETS - RIZZLE KICKS 2528 41 NE DO IT OUR WAY - ALESHA DIXON 2620 40 36 VIDEO GAMES - LANA DEL REY 2896 9) 39 35 UP - JAMES & JESSIE 3176 38 26 MARRY THE NIGHT - LADY GAGA 3260 37 24 PARTY ROCK ANTHEM - LMFAO 3284 36 28 MARRY YOU - BRUNO MARS 3296 35 59 PUMPED UP KICKS - FOSTER THE PEOPLE 3516 34 25 WHO YOU ARE - JESSIE J 3540 33 29 5 0' CLOCK - T.PAIN 3548 32 31 WITHOUT YOU - DAVID GUETTA/USHER 3680 31 78 HIGHER LOVE - JAMES VINCENT MORROW 3852 30 23 READ ALL ABOUT IT - PROFESSOR GREEN 3996 29 17 THE A TEAM - ED SHEERAN 3942 8) 28 45 ROLLING IN THE DEEP - ADELE 4024 7) 27 32 SET FIRE TO THE RAIN - ADELE 4148 26 33 PARTY ALL NIGHT - SEAN KINGSTON 4236 25 21 WARZONE - THE WANTED 4524 24 04 WHEREVER YOU ARE - MILITARY WIVES 4564 6) 23 16 YOU DA ONE - RIHANNA 4956 22 18 ONE THAT GOT AWAY - KATY PERRY 5008 21 20 TAKE CARE - DRAKE 5204 20 27 SOMEONE LIKE YOU - ADELE 5240 19 19 JAR OF HEARTS - CHRISTINA PERRI 5248 18 22 LOVE ON TOP - BEYONCE 5344 17 NE TROUBLEMAKER - TAIO CRUZ 5828 16 33 DOMINO - JESSIE J 6432 15 15 HEART SKIPS A BEAT - OLLY MURS 6736 5) 14 14 WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL - ONE DIRECTION 8612 4) 13 06 CANNONBALL - LITTLE MIX 8640 3) 12 07 LEGO HOUSE - ED SHEERAN 8528 2) 11 13 DEDICATION TO MY X - LLOYD 9230 10 46 DO YOU FEEL WHAT I FEEL - JLS 9468 1) 09 09 SEXY AND I KNOW IT - LMFAO 10644 08 11 MOVES LIKE JAGGER - MAROON FIVE 11140 07 12 LEVELS - AVICCI 11218 06 05 WE FOUND LOVE - RIHANNA 12006 05 10 MAMA DO THE HUMP - RIZZLE KICKS 12520 04 08 EARTHQUAKE - LABRINTH 13296 03 02 DANCE WITH ME TONIGHT - OLLY MURS 13756 02 01 PARADISE - COLDPLAY 17112 01 03 GOOD FEELING - FLO RIDA 18424 ) Position without downloads alone

Oh dear & I didn't even spot it! Sort of ill-unintentional remark, that one of todays chart presenters might fluff up on! :lol:

The Almost Saturday Charts are a Mike Robinson Production & based on an average from 5 Download sites, actual iTunes sales, & HMV Physicals. Let's start off with the latest top 55 of 2011...which includes every download/physical selling over 300,000 in the period of Saturday 1st Jan to Friday 30th December 2011 We can't say, whether a certain BBC station will be this up to date tomorrow in their countdown, as they fight out to beat the audience on Independant Radio, who will also be doing "The Big Top 40" of 2011 & confusing everyone! :puke2: 55 NO REGRETS - DAPPY 300,000 54 ALL ABOUT TONIGHT - PIXIE LOTT 310,000 53 HELLO - MARTIN SOLVEIG/DRAGONETTE 319,000 52 BUZZIN' - MANN/50 CENT 51 WE R WHO WE R - KESHA 50 COMING HOME - DIDDY/DIRTY MONEY #4 in January & 328,000 sold 49 WHEREVER YOU WILL GO - CHARLENE SORAIA #4 in October & 330,000 sold 48 WHAT'S MY NAME - RIHANNA #1 in January & 333,000 sold 47 DON'T WANNA GO HOME - JASON DERULO #1 in June & 334,000 sold 46 FEEL SO CLOSE - CALVIN HARRIS #3 in August & 345,000 sold 45 LAST FRIDAY NIGHT - KATY PERRY #7 in July & 360,000 sold 44 WHO'S THAT CHICK - RIHANNA/DAVID GUETTA #6 in January & 368,000 sold 43 CANNONBALL - LITTLE MIX #1 in December & 372,000 sold 42 JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH - BLACK EYED PEAS #3 in March & 375,000 sold 41 LEGO HOUSE - ED SHEERAN #4 in November & 379,000 sold During the last 12 months, over 350 songs made our top 40, & 29 of them were number ones. Remarkeably only 14 tracks in our top 40 of 2011, were available in a physical single form, from the high street shops. The other 26 were only available as downloads 40 READ ALL ABOUT IT - PROFESSOR GREEN/EMELI SANDE 1 Week at #1 in November & 403,000 sold in 10 Weeks 39 CHAMPION - CHIPMUNK #2 in February & 405,000 sold 38 ET - KATY PERRY/KANYE WEST #3 in April & over 414,000 sold 37 DANCE WITH ME TONIGHT - OLLY MURS 1 Week at #1 in November & 415,000 sold in just 6 Weeks 36 BOUNCE - CALVIN HARRIS/KELIS #2 in June & 416,000 sold 35 BEST THING I NEVER HAD - BEYONCE #4 in June & 422,000 sold 34 SEXY AND I KNOW IT - LMFAO #4 in October, & nearly 427,000 sold in 17 Weeks 33 DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH - NICOLE SCHERZINGER 1 Week at #1 in March & 432,000 sold 32 WHERE THEM GIRLS AT - DAVID GUETTA/FLO RIDA/NICKI MINAJ nearly 436,000 sold 31 SUPERBASS - NICKI MINAJ only #9 in August, but still selling nearly 446,000 copies 30 SET FIRE TO THE RAIN - ADELE only #11 in July, but a good stayer, because it sold 456,000 for the whole year 29 EARTHQUAKE - LABRINTH 1 Week at #2 in November & 470,000 sold in 10 Weeks 28 HEART SKIPS A BEAT - OLLY MURS/RIZZLE KICKS 1 Week at #1 in September & 482,000 sold in 19 Weeks 27 YEAH 3X - CHRIS BROWN only #6 in February & it sold 470,000 26 EDGE OF GLORY - LADY GAGA only #6 in May, but it seesawed up & down for weeks, & sold 472,000 25 DO IT LIKE A DUDE - JESSIE J 1 Week at #2 in January & 476,000 sold 24 LOUDER - DJ FRESH 1 Week at #1 in July & 484,000 sold 23 GLAD YOU CAME - THE WANTED 2 Weeks at #1 in July & 488,000 sold 22 MR SAXOBEAT - ALEXANDRA STAN #3 in May & 499,000 sold 21 PARADISE - COLDPLAY 505,000 sold in 16WKS 20 WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL - ONE DIRECTION 1 Week at #1 in September & 524,000 sold in 16 Weeks 19 SWEAT - SNOOP DOGG/DAVID GUETTA #4 in April & 555,000 sold 18 I NEED A DOLLAR - ALOE BLACC #2 in June & 572,500 sold 17 CHANGED THE WAY YOU KISSED ME - EXAMPLE 2 Weeks at #1 in June, & over 575,000 sold 16 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - CHRIS BROWN/BENNY BENASSI #4 in April & nearly 584,000 sold 15 LAZY SONG - BRUNO MARS 2 Weeka at #1 in January & over 610,000 sold 14 BORN THIS WAY - LADY GAGA #3 in February & selling 613,000 13 WHEREVER YOU ARE - MILITARY WIVES 616,000 sold in 2 Weeks 12 S & M - RIHANNA 2 Weeks at #3 in March & nearly 638,000 sold 11 JAR OF HEARTS - CHRISTINA PERRI 2 Weeks at #4 in August & selling 658,400 for the year 10 ON THE FLOOR - JENNIFER LOPEZ/PITBULL #1 for 2 Weeks in April & selling 777,000 in total for the year 09 THE A TEAM - ED SHEERAN only 1 week at #3 in July, but it spent the beest part of 29 Weeks in the top 50 & sells 790,500 for the year 08 ROLLING IN THE DEEP - ADELE only 1 week at #2 in January, but it still sales 791,600 in years top 50 07 WE FOUND LOVE - RIHANNA/CALVIN HARRIS 5 Weeks at #1 in October & November & selling 866,500 20 Weeks 06 GRENADE - BRUNO MARS 2 Weeks at #1 in January & selling nearly 846,000 for the year 05 GIVE ME EVERYTHING - PITBULL & CO 3 Weeks at #1 in May & June & selling 860,000 04 PRICE TAG - JESSIE J 2 Weeks at #1 in February & selling 975,000 this year 03 PARTY ROCK ANTHEM - LMFAO 4 Weeks at #1 in April & selling 985,000 in total for the year 02 MOVES LIKE JAGGER - MAROON FIVE/CHRISTINA AGUILERA 1million, 20 thousand sold in 20 Weeks. 01 SOMEONE LIKE YOU - ADELE 5 Weeks at #1 in February & March & selling 1million, 229,000 in a bit of anti-climax, because both the Live & Studio versions were added together! TOP ELEVEN ALBUMS OF 2011 with the top 6, easily passing the million or millions 11 NOW 79 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 10 WHO YOU ARE - JESSIE J 09 BORN THIS WAY - LADY GAGA 08 LOUD - RIHANNA 07 + - ED SHEERAN 06 MYLO XYLOTO - COLDPLAY 05 NOW 80 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 04 DOOWOPS & HOOLIGANS - BRUNO MARS 03 CHRISTMAS - MICHAEL BUBLE 02 19 - ADELE 01 21 - ADELE Twelve Months Of Flops: 12 songs that were certainly not Top Of The Pops, this year 01 GOOD FOR THE SOUL - DIONNE BROMFIELD Dionne is the 15 year old from Tower Hamlets, that came into the public's eye after appearing on "Strictly Come Dancing". She had 2 top 50 singles with "Mama Said" & "Yeah Right". This particular one came from the album, also callled "Good For The Soul". The album only made #53 & the single didn't do anything, when it was released last January 02 TURN YOUR BACK ON LOVE - I BLAME COCO Eliot Sumner is I Blame Coco from Tuscany. She recorded "Splash" with Sub Focus in 2010. That made #41. This one didn't do a thing in February 03 BUMPY RIDE - HOOSIERS the trio from London looked for a 5th top 50 single in March, but didn't get it, because this only made #150 04 LOVE TO LIFE - TWENTY TWENTY the 3 piece from London/Cambridge & Essex released 2 singles this year. All 3 members recorded their own versions of "Move It". That didn't do it at all, & this one only made #60 in April 05 STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU - SADE Sade Adu the Nigerian from London, looked for an 11th top 50 single in May, but didn't even manage the top 200. It came from the album "Sade-The Ultimate Collection" 06 BOW CHICA WOW WOW - MIKE POSNER & LIL' WAYNE Mike Posner was trying to find a follow up to "Cooler Than Me", but he didn't manage it in June, as he only made #174 07 THE BEAT GOES ON - BEADY EYE it was the former members of Oasis minus Noel. This was the 7th single for them in July & only made #64 08 NOTHING MOVES ME ANYMORE - WONDERLAND the five girls from Ireland, do alright in their Homeland, but not in the UK. In August this missed in both Countries 09 WE DON'T NEED MONEY TO HAVE A GOOD TIME - SUBWAYS the Rock trio from Welwyn Garden City searched for a 6th top 50 single in September, but didn't get it, because it missed totally 10 SAVING A LIFE - CLIFF RICHARD & FREDA PAYNE Cliff, that well known British Indian put out an album, where he joined with Soul greats. This single featured Freda Payne from Detroit, but in October it didn't do a thing 11 MONARCHY OF ROSES - RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS the Los Angeles band looked for a 25th top 50 single, But they didn't get it, because in November it failed to dent the top 100 12 HAPPY THIS CHRISTMAS - MICK HUCKNALL that ginger bloke from Simply Red issued this single, this month. It didn't sell a lot of downloads, but it did make the physical sales top 10 Just before we tackle this week's chart, let's shoot back! In December 1980 (the 30th December to be exact) a chart was compiled but nobody actually saw it. So, what did it look like really? Well this was that missing top 40, 3 weeks after John Lennon's death: 40 41 MY GIRL - ROD STEWART 39 43 I AM THE BEAT - THE LOOK 38 35 I'M COMING OUT - DIANA ROSS 37 30 I COULD BE SO GOOD FOR YOU - DENNIS WATERMAN 36 33 LOOKING FOR CLUES - ROBERT PALMER 35 37 IF I COULD ONLY MAKE YOU CARE - MIKE BERRY 34 40 RUNAROUND SUE - RACEY 33 36 LORRAINE - BAD MANNERS 32 27 ROCK N' ROLL AIN'T NOISE POLLUTION - AC/DC 31 34 BLUE MOON - SHOWADDYWADDY 30 32 DECEMBER WILL BE MAGIC AGAIN - KATE BUSH 29 31 WHO'S GONNA ROCK YOU - THE NOLANS 28 29 IT'S HARD TO BE HUMBLE - MAC DAVIS 27 28 THIS WRECKAGE - GARY NUMAN 26 26 DON'T WALK AWAY - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA 25 25 CELEBRATION - KOOL AND THE GANG 24 20 THE TIDE IS HIGH - BLONDIE 23 21 DO YOU FEEL MY LOVE - EDDY GRANT 22 23 TOO NICE TO TALK TO - THE BEAT 21 24 DO NOTHING/MAGGIE'S FARM - THE SPECIALS 20 22 LONELY TOGETHER - BARRY MANILOW 19 17 NEVER MIND THE PRESENTS - BARRON KNIGHTS 18 19 OVER THE RAINBOW-YOU BELONG TO ME (MEDLEY) - MATCHBOX 17 18 LOVE ON THE ROCKS - NEIL DIAMOND 16 14 LADY - KENNY ROGERS 15 16 TO CUT A LONG STORY SHORT - SPANDAU BALLET 14 12 LIES/DON'T DRIVE MY CAR - STATUS QUO 13 15 FLASH - QUEEN 12 11 BANANA REPUBLIC - BOOMTOWN RATS 11 13 RABBIT - CHAS & DAVE 10 10 RUNAWAY BOYS - STRAY CATS 09 08 EMBARRASSMENT - MADNESS 08 06 DE DO DO DO DE DA DA DA - THE POLICE 07 05 SUPER TROUPER - ABBA 06 07 ANT MUSIC - ADAM & THE ANTS 05 09 IMAGINE - JOHN LENNON 04 03 STOP THE CAVALRY - JONA LEWIE 97,500 03 02 STARTING OVER - JOHN LENNON 98,000 02 01 THERE'S NO ONE QUITE LIKE GRANDMA - ST WINIFRED'S SCHOOL CHOIR 100,000 01 04 HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER) - PLASTIC ONO BAND 102,000 It was indeed that close in 1980's hidden chart covering 22nd to 27th Dec & you only had 4 days sales, with no shops open on either Christmas Day or Boxing Day & of course (thankfully) no damn Sunday trading in those lovely days! Those Woolworths sales keeping "Grandma" in the top 3, without them they only made #3 & John would of knock his self off the top, more than once through Dec & Jan...Oh yeah & Jona Lewie would have taken top spot, on the 29th Dec to 3rd Jan period, had John survived. Yep, things would have been certainly different. Credit to Mike, who took the MRIB figures & translated them to Woolworths missed sales. Bang up to date & the top physicals, this week: 05 WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL - ONE DIRECTION 04 WISHING ON A STAR - X FACTOR FINALISTS 03 IF I HAD A GUN - NOEL'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS 02 CANNONBALL - LITTLE MIX 8,000 01 MILITARY WIVES 45,000 The Top Ten Albums 10 WHO YOU ARE - JESSIE J 09 UP ALL NIGHT - ONE DIRECTION 08 21 - ADELE 07 TALK THAT TALK - RIHANNA 06 NOW 80 05 LIONESS: HIDDEN TREASURES - AMY WINEHOUSE 04 IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW - OLLY MURS 03 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - BRUNOMARS 02 MYLO XYLOTO - COLDPLAY 01 + - ED SHEERAN The Top 75 lowdown LADY GAGA - BORN THIS WAY Top 70 JAMES VINCENT MORROW RIHANNA - S & M ED SHEERAN - YOU NEED ME I DON'T COLDPLAY - EVERY TEARDROP FLORENCE & THE MACHINE NICKI MINAJ - SUPERBASS BRUNO MARS - GRENADE 14) SLOW MOVING MILLIE THE WANTED - GLAD YOU CAME 13) ONE DIRECTION - GOTTA BE YOU 12) Top 60 60 FOSTER THE PEOPLE - PUMPED UP KICKS 59 SNOW PATROL 58 AMY WINEHOUSE 57 WILL YOUNG - JEALOUSY 56 PIXIE LOTT - ALL ABOUT TONIGHT 55 GYM CLASS HEROES 54 CHARLENE SORAIA 53 KELLY CLARKSON 52 KELLY ROWLAND 51 RIZZLE KICKS - DOWN WITH THE TRUMPETS 50 NIRVANA 49 BRUNO MARS - LAZY SONG 11) 48 JASON DERULO 47 EXAMPLE - MIDNIGHT RUN 46 JLS 45 REBECCA FERGUSON 44 ADELE - ROLLING IN THE DEEP 10) 43 DAPPY - NO REGRETS 42 JESSIE J - PRICE TAG 9) 41 BEYONCE - BEST THING I NEVER HAD 40 THE WANTED - LIGHTNING 8) 39 JUSTIN BIEBER 38 LOU MONTE 37 LANA DEL REY 7) 36 RIZZLE KICKS - WHEN I WAS A YOUNGSTER 35 JESSIE J - DOMINO 34 SEAN KINGSTON 33 GUETTA/USHER 32 JAMES/JESSIE - UP 31 ADELE - SET FIRE 30 BRUNO MARS - IT WILL 29 T.PAIN 28 LADY GAGA 27 ADELE - SOMETHING 26 BRUNO MARS - MARRY YOU 25 JESSIE J - WHO YOU ARE 24 LMFAO - PARTY ROCK ANTHEM 23 BEYONCE - LOVE ON TOP 22 DRAKE 21 PROFESSOR GREEN 20 THE WANTED - WARZONE 19 KATY PERRY 18 ED SHEERAN - A TEAM 6) 17 CHRISTINA PERRI 16 RIHANNA - YOU DARREN 15 LLOYD 14 OLLY MURS - HEART SKIPS 5) 13 ONE DIRECTION - WHAT MAKES 4) 12 AVICCI 11 MAROON FIVE 10 LMFAO 09 RIZZLE KICKS - MAMA 08 LABRINTH 07 ED SHEERAN - LEGO HOUSE 3) 06 RIHANNA/CALVIN HARRIS 05 LITTLE MIX 2) 04 FLO RIDA 03 MILITARY WIVES 60,000 1) 02 OLLY MURS 01 COLDPLAY 103,000 ) Position without downloads alone Once again, thanks to Mike for compiling & he'd like to remind everyone that the New Ultimate UK Chart goes out across the net, RSL Stations, & FM Stations accros the world every week from Sunday.