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Yes. They are. So, the million is not happening at the moment.

Here comes Mike's Top 50 for Monday & Tuesday based on the usual average from 5 download sites & actual iTunes sales. Sunday's figurings have not been included, but the Sunday Chart position is in brackets (from the Ultimate UK Chart on an internet/RSL/Euro station near you, every Sunday) ------ SLOW MOVING MILLIE 59, 60 ------ AMY WINEHOUSE 58, 59 ------ ALL ABOUT TONIGHT 57, 58 ------ JEALOUSY 56, 57 ------ KELLY CLARKSON 55, 56 ------ LIGHTNING 55, 38 ------ GYM CLASS HEROES 54, 55 ------ CHARLENE SORAIA 53, 54 ------ DOWN WITH THE TRUMPETS 52, 53 ------ WHEN I WAS A YOUNGSTER 51, 37 ------ JLS 49, 52 50 RE PRICE TAG - JESSIE J 50, 39 49 55 DOMINO - JESSIE J 42, 45 48 49 MIDNIGHT RUN - EXAMPLE 48, 51 47 53 ROLLING IN THE DEEP - ADELE 45, 48 46 52 LAZY SONG - BRUNO MARS 46, 49 45 51 BEST THING I NEVER HAD - BEYONCE 39, 43 44 42 DOWN FOR WHOEVER - KELLY ROWLAND 7WKS 47, 50 43 41 FIGHT FOR YOU - JASON DERULO 10WKS 43, 46 42 34 VIDEO GAMES - LANA DEL REY 12WKS 41, 44 41 47 WITHOUT YOU - DAVID GUETTA/USHER 37, 35 40 48 NO REGRETS - DAPPY 44, 47 39 RE CHASING CARS - SNOW PATROL 38, 42 38 43 PARTY ALL NIGHT - SEAN KINGSTON 40, 36 37 37 NOTHING'S REAL BUT LOVE - REBECCA FERGUSON 7WKS 35, 40 36 35 IT WILL RAIN - BRUNO MARS 9WKS 34, 31 35 27 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - POGUES 7WKS -- 34 29 MISTLETOE - JUSTIN BIEBER 5WKS 36, 32 33 36 UP - JAMES MORRISON/JESSIE J 30, 34 32 26 SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT - NIRVANA 3WKS 33, 41 31 32 MARRY THE NIGHT - LADY GAGA 8WKS 29, 28 30 33 SET FIRE TO THE RAIN - ADELE 31, 33 29 30 5 0' CLOCK - T.PAIN 5WKS 28, 29 28 31 SOMEONE LIKE YOU - ADELE 50WKS 27, 27 27 28 MARRY YOU - BRUNO MARS 26, 26 26 28 ONE THAT GOT AWAY - KATY PERRY 12WKS 23, 21 25 25 READ ALL ABOUT IT - PROFESSOR GREEN 11WKS 25, 22 24 21 WHO YOU ARE - JESSIE J 10WKS 24, 25 23 24 JAR OF HEARTS - CHRISTINA PERRI 27WKS 21, 20 22 20 TAKE CARE - DRAKE/RIHANNA 8WKS 22, 24 21 19 LOVE ON TOP - BEYONCE 7WKS 20, 23 20 22 THE A TEAM - ED SHEERAN 30WKS 19, 17 19 11 DOMINIC THE DONKEY - LOU MONTE 3WKS 32, 30 18 18 WARZONE - THE WANTED 17, 18 17 23 PARTY ROCK ANTHEM - LMFAO 18, 19 16 17 YOU DA ONE - RIHANNA 7WKS 16, 16 15 16 HEART SKIPS A BEAT - OLLY MURS 20WKS 15, 14 14 14 DEDICTION TO MY X - LLOYD 5WKS 14, 15 13 15 WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL - ONE DIRECTION 17WKS 13, 13 12 12 LEVELS - AVICCI 7WKS 12, 12 11 09 MAMA DO THE HUMP - RIZZLE KICKS 5WKS 11, 10 10 13 MOVES LIKE JAGGER - MAROON FIVE 21WKS 10, 11 09 10 SEXY & I KNOW IT - LMFAO 18WKS 9, 9 08 07 EARTHQUAKE - LABRINTH 11WKS 8, 8 07 08 WE FOUND LOVE - RIHANNA 7WKS 7, 7 06 03 CANNONBALL - LITTLE MIX 4WKS 6, 5 05 04 LEGO HOUSE - ED SHEERAN 14WKS 5, 6 04 05 DANCE WITH ME TONIGHT - OLLY MURS 7WKS 3, 2 03 06 GOOD FEELING - FLO RIDA 7WKS 4, 4 02 02 PARADISE - COLDPLAY 17WKS 1, 1 01 01 WHEREVER YOU ARE - MILITARY WIVES 3WKS 2, 3 Wednesday's position now at end of song/artist title, followed by Thursday's.

Neither site appears to have Pop Weekly: A music mag that ran between 1962 & 1966. The author of the site has also made errors in the Top Of The Pops chart i.e. the Rolling Stones first TOTP #1 was "The Last Time" & not "Little Red Rooster", which got stuck at #2 along with "It's All Over Now". This was where the Stones used to go wrong: They always released their singles, at exactly the same time as the Beatles. All the Beatles singles entered the chart at #1 in 1964 preventing the Stones. They corrected the feat in 1965 & released on different weeks.

No Steve. Mike's already included them. He took all the physicals from MRIB, then added in the downloads from the last 5 years from Milward Brown.

I asked Mike to take it back to the start i.e. 1987 & 1994 & the totals are what he come up with. So, didn't bother AJ.

I believe the reason that Jason Donovan is missing the Sunday 31st Dec week, when MRIB always missed the last chart of the year, as their offices always shut. Elsewhere, Jason is quoted as 250. So, I would say you're right. :D I've sorted out David Essex now, & it should be 205.

Correct! Although they did not sample Woolworths, it wasn't such a bad thing (on some points). For instance: It was only the Woolworths tally that pushed St Winifred's School Choir to the #1 spot & previously in 1978, the same went for Brian & Michael's "Matchstick Men & Matchstalk Cats & Dogs"...with that other St Winifred's connection. Mike can only take figures up to 2008, because mrib no longer exist. The other figures have been culled from OCC comps.

Spot the ones not included or missed shall we?! 01 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? Band Aid 3,650,000 02 MARY'S BOY CHILD Boney M 1,840,000 03 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham 1,610,000 SLADE...should be here, with this year's sales = 1,180,000 MARY'S BOY CHILD - HARRY BELAFONTE 1.17 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS - BAND AID 20 1.1517 04 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY Slade 1,150,000 05 WHITE CHRISTMAS Bing Crosby 990,000 06 THE MILLENNIUM PRAYER Cliff Richard 910,000 POGUES & KIRSTY MACOLL...Should be here, with this year's sales = 905,000 07 WHEN A CHILD IS BORN Johnny Mathis 890,000 08 MISTLETOE & WINE Cliff Richard 865,000 09 HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER) John Lennon & Yoko Ono 860,000 MARIAH CAREY...should be here, with this year's sales = 820,000 10 A FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl 815,000 11 LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS Mud 810,000 12 STAY ANOTHER DAY East 17 770,000 13 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU Mariah Carey 750,000 14 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE Shakin' Stevens 700,000 15 THE POWER OF LOVE Frankie Goes To Hollywood 660,000 16 I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY Wizzard 590,000 17 THERE'S NO-ONE QUITE LIKE GRANDMA St. Winifred's School Choir 550,000 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS - BAND AID II 480,000 18 I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS Greg Lake 470,000 19 WOMBLING MERRY CHRISTMAS The Wombles 460,000 LET'S PARTY - JIVE BUNNY 435,000 20 STOP THE CAVALRY Jona Lewie 420,000 21 CHRISTMAS TIME (DON'T LET THE BELLS END) The Darkness 410,000 22 BLUE CHRISTMAS Shakin' Stevens 400,000 23 PIPES OF PEACE Paul McCartney 370,000 24 ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE Mel (Smith) and Kim (Wilde) 310,000 25 SAVIOUR'S DAY Cliff Richard 300,000 WHEN YOU COME BACK TO ME - JASON DONOVAN 270,000 RUDOLF THE RED-NOSED REINDEER - GENE AUTRY 270,000 26 WONDERFUL CHRISTMASTIME Paul McCartney 260,000 CHRISTMAS ALPHABET - DICKIE VALENTINE 250,000 27 IT'S GONNA BE A COLD, COLD CHRISTMAS Dana 230,000 28 PEACE ON EARTH - LITTLE DRUMMER BOY David Bowie and Bing Crosby 212,000 29 SILENT NIGHT Bros 210,000 DAVID ESSEX...Should be here, as 1982's 3 weeks have been ignored = 206,000 30 FATHER CHRISTMAS, DO NOT TOUCH ME The Goodies 205,000 PEFECT YEAR - DINA CARROLL 205,000 31 PROPER CRIMBO! Bo Selecta 202,000 32 MR. HANKEY THE CHRISTMAS POO Mr. Hankey (South Park) 201,000 33 PRETTY PAPER Roy Orbison 200,000 34 IN DULCE JUBILO Mike Oldfield 200,000 35 SANTO NATALE David Whitfield 190,000 36 WALKING IN THE AIR Aled Jones 181,000 37 ANOTHER ROCK AND ROLL CHRISTMAS Gary Glitter 180,000 38 LITTLE TOWN Cliff Richard 180,000 39 BIONIC SANTA Chris Hill 170,000 RENTA SANTA - CHRIS HILL 165,000 40 I'M WALKING BACKWARDS FOR CHRISTMAS The Goons 160,000 41 GAUDETE Steeleye Span 160,000 42 HEY MR CHRISTMAS Showaddywaddy 152,000 43 SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN Bruce Springsteen 151,000 THE CHRISTMAS SONG - GILBERT O' SULLIVAN 44 LITTLE DONKEY Nina and Frederick 150,000 45 PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Bon Jovi 148,000 GRANDMA'S PARTY - PAUL NICHOLAS 145,000 WINTER'S TALE - QUEEN 145,000 HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS - KATIE MELUA 143,000 SNOW COACH - RUSS CONWAY 140,000 THE GIFT OF CHRISTMAS - CHILDLINERS 140,000 LONELY PUP - ADAM FAITH 140,000 HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) - THE IDOLS 135,000 ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE - BRENDA LEE 130,000 CHRISTMAS THROUGH YOUR EYES - GLORIA ESTEFAN 130,000 46 A WINTER'S TALE David Essex 125,000 47 YOUR CHRISTMAS WISH The Smurfs 120,000 48 2000 MILES (The) Pretenders 117,000 MIRRORS - SALLY OLDFIELD 117,000 49 DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Chris Rea 115,000 50 I BELIEVE IN CHRISTMAS The Tweenies 112,000 WINTER WORLD OF LOVE - ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK 110,000 LITTLE DRUMMER BOY - BEVERLY SISTERS 110,000 SANTA BRING MY BABY BACK TO ME - ELVIS PRESLEY 110,000 SLEIGH RIDE - S. CLUB JUNIORS 110,000 51 STEP INTO CHRISTMAS Elton John 110,000 52 ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS SONG Geraldine (Peter Kay) 105,000 I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS - JIMMY BOYD 100,000 53 CRUISE INTO CHRISTMAS (MEDLEY) Jane McDonald 100,000 DOMINICK THE DONKEY - LOU MONTE 93,000+ I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS - BEVERLY SISTERS 90,000 MERRIE GENTLE POPS - BARRON KNIGHTS 90,000 NEW YEAR - SUGABABES 85,000 54 CHRISTMAS LIGHTS Coldplay 85,000 HOKEY COKEY - SNOWMEN 76,000 55 THANK GOD IT'S CHRISTMAS Queen 75,000 JINGLE BELLS - CRAZY FROG 70,000 WHITE CHRISTMAS - MANTOVANI 70,000 JINGLE BELL ROCK - MAX BYGRAVES 70,000 LAST CHRISTMAS - CASCADA 70,000 IF EVERY DAY WAS LIKE CHRISTMAS - ELVIS PRESLEY 70,000 CHRISTMAS IN SMURFLAND - FATHER ABRAHAM 70,000 SANTA'S LIST - CLIFF RICHARD 69,000 WHEN A CHILD IS BORN - LUTRICIA MCNEIL 69,000 BLUE CHRISTMAS - ELVIS PRESLEY 68,000 CHRISTMAS IN DREADLAND - JUDGE DREAD 68,000 56 BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE Tom Jones and Cerys Matthews 65,000 LITTLE DRUMMER BOY-PEACE ON EARTH - BANDAGED 61,000 NEVER MIND THE PRESENTS - BARRON KNIGHTS 60,000 WE SHOULD BE TOGETHER - CLIFF RICHARD 60,000 LITTLE DRUMMER BOY - ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS 60,000 LITTLE DONKEY - BEVERLY SISTERS 60,000 BAMBINO - SPRINGFIELDS 60,000 SING-A-LONG-A-SANTA - SANTA CLAUS & THE CHRISTMAS TREES 60,000 MAKE A DAFT NOISE FOR CHRISTMAS - THE GOODIES 60,000 WHAT WE GONNA GET 'ER IN DOORS - DENNIS WATERMAN/GEORGE COLE 60,000 57 NAUGHTY CHRISTMAS (GOBLIN IN THE OFFICE) Fat Les 60,000 58 MERRY CHRISTMAS, DARLING The Carpenters 59,000 DECEMBER WILL BE MAGIC AGAIN - KATE BUSH 55,000 59 SANTA BABY Eartha Kitt 55,000 60 A CHRISTMAS KISS Daniel O'Donnell 52,000 WARM THIS WINTER - GABRIELLA CILMI 51,000 61 THE BEST CHRISTMAS OF THEM ALL Shakin' Stevens 50,000 IT WON'T SEEM LIKE CHRISTMAS WITHOUT YOU - ELVIS PRESLEY 50,000 LITTLE DRUMMER BOY - HARRY SIMEONE CHORALE 50,000 CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN - FRANK KELLY 50,000 I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS - BILLY COTTON & HIS BAND 50,000 ALL I WANT FOR CHISTMAS IS A BEATLE - DORA BRYAN 50,000 CHRISTMAS ISLAND - DICKIE VALENTINE 50,000 62 HAVE A CHEEKY CHRISTMAS The Cheeky Girls 47,000 63 SO NEAR TO CHRISTMAS Alvin Stardust 46,000 64 THE CHRISTMAS SONG (CHESTNUTS ROASTING ON AN OPEN FIRE/ MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU) Nat 'King' Cole 46,000 RING OUT SOLSTICE BELLS - JETHRO TULL 46,000 PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - EAGLES 46,000 CHRISTMAS RAPPING - KURTIS BLOW 45,000 A MERRY JINGLE - GREEDIES 45,000 HERE'S TO LOVE - JOHN CHRISTIE 44,000 HOKEY COKEY - BLACK LACE 44,000 65 SANTA CLAUS IS ON THE DOLE Spitting Image 43,000 21ST CENTURY CHRISTMAS - CLIFF RICHARD 43,000 DECEMBER SONG - GEORGE MICHAEL 42,000 IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR - ANDY WILLIAMS A SPACEMAN CAME TRAVELLING - CHRIS DE BURGH IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS - PERRY COMO CHRISTMAS WILL BE JUST ANOTHER LONELY DAY - BRENDA LEE THE CHRISTMAS SONG - ALEXANDER O' NEAL WINTER MELODY - DONNA SUMMER CHRISTMAS WRAPPING - WAITRESSES That's everything selling over 40,000. Credit: Mike Robinson ex mrib

There's a lot more to spend money on, that you don't really need in 2011! 1965, I was in my 20s. No Telephone (not really needed). If you wanted to watch TV, then you went to the neighbours house. Most people had a Radiogram. As Radio was a must. If only to listen to Family Favourites, Pick Of The Pops, & The Clitheroe Kid! But those figures given are no bases for today. You could buy a house for a couple of thousand in 1965. It would take about 10 years to buy it, so it's not much different than today. A house in the South East today...say £180,000 for a terrace & it takes nearly 20 years to pay for it. No, we were better off in 1965. Crime was low & the country wasn't grossly overpopulated. On the whole people had more manners. There was no "I want, I want, I want", because you couldn't have it anyway! If you did have a TV, it wasn't over run with bad soap operas, all running the same storylines. You could actually have a good laugh, because people were not afraid of upsetting others, & censorship was rather limited. Give me 1965, any day & yes Harold Wilson, as Prime Minister. Yep, you saved your shillings for the gas meter & if you had electricity in your house, then you were lucky! The record buying public were not that hard up, because you had the #1 single selling at 200,000 a week, not just at Christmas. So, that's nonsense to start with. Though possibly, because everyone was definately not waisting money on things that, they simply did not need i.e. the high waste of cost of Mobile Phones...quite easily the biggest unneeded high cost thing ever invented today.

The Almost Saturday Chart is a Mike Robinson Production, based on an average of download sites, iTunes sales & Physical sales. Quick Christmas Cracker joke here: :dance: How do monkeys make toast? Put the bread under the Gorilla, of course! It would be nice to have a monkey for Christmas, but this year we're having turkey again! :puke2: I don't get this one: Driving instructor & female learner. Instructor says' "The lights are green". Female learner replies "Frog?" Totally threw me that one. Perhaps she came from Essex... :heart: Top Physicals 10 10 MICK HUCKNALL 09 07 ONE DIRECTION (WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL) 08 05 GEORGE MICHAEL 07 04 WESTLIFE 06 03 ONE DIRECTION (GOTTA BE YOU) 05 06 THE WOMBLES 04 NE THE ONLY WAY IS ESSEX CAST 03 02 X FACTOR FINALISTS 02 01 LITTLE MIX 01 NE MILITARY WIVES 384,000 Top Ten Albums 10 09 ED SHEERAN 09 10 WESTLIFE 08 08 REBECCA FERGUSON 07 07 ADELE 06 06 RIHANNA 05 05 OLLY MURS 04 04 COLDPLAY 03 03 AMY WINEHOUSE 02 02 NOW 80 01 01 MICHAEL BUBLE Top 75 Proper BEYONCE (BEST THING I NEVER HAD) Top 70 WRETCH 32 62 LEONA LEWIS ha ha ha ha (down 54 places)!! COLDPLAY (CHRISTMAS LIGHTS) Top 60 60 DAMIEN RICE 59 JLS 58 SWAY 57 ADELE (SET FIRE) 56 CEE LO GREEN 55 SLADE 54 JESSIE J (DOMINO) 53 GUETTA/USHER 52 CHARLENE SORAIA 51 JAMES MORRISON/JESSIE J 50 CHRIS REA 49 ADELE (SLY) 48 EXAMPLE 47 BAND AID 46 AMY WINEHOUSE 45 PROF GREEN/EMELI SANDE 44 LMFAO 43 X FACTOR FINALISTS 10) 42 MICHAEL BUBLE 41 WIZZARD 40 THE WANTED (WARZONE) 39 ED SHEERAN (A TEAM) 9) 38 KELLY ROWLAND 37 SLOW MOVING MILLIE 36 WHAM! 35 JASON DERULO 34 REBECCA FERGUSON 33 LANA DEL REY 8) 7" 32 BRUNO MARS 31 LADY GAGA 30 CHRISTINA PERRI 29 JUSTIN BIEBER 28 ONLY WAY IS ESSEX 7) 27 OLLY MURS (HSAB 6) 26 JESSIE J 25 STACEY SOLOMAN 24 T.PAIN 23 RIHANNA 22 BEYONCE 21 ONE DIRECTION 5) 20 KATY PERRY 19 MARIAH CAREY 18 LMFAO 17 DRAKE 16 LABRINTH 15 MAROON FIVE 14 POGUES/KIRSTY MACOLL 4) 7" 13 ED SHEERAN 3) 12 RIZZLE KICKS 11 RIHANNA 10 NIRVANA 09 AVICCI 08 FLO RIDA 07 OLLY MURS 06 LLOYD 05 COLDPLAY 44,000 04 ALEX DAY 48,000 03 LOU MONTE 80,000 02 LITTLE MIX 105,000 2) 01 MILITARY WIVES 492,000 1) ) Without downloads alone Here's Mike's professional outlook: Military Wives on TV tonight, but the sales are now slipping. 550,000 for the Christmas Chart, or less. A big drop in sales will follow next week & it will struggle to do 700,000. It'll drop further & will not make 800,000 in total all told. Sounds about right. A pretty bad Christmas sales period (without Military Wives) & Little Mix won't get more than 122,000. Next week's album chart will see Michael Buble struggle to hold a top 10 place & Adele will return to #1, says Mike. Really??

Isn't it because it was not eligible for the Radio One top 40, for it's first few weeks? So, those sales will be missed out. According to my old mate Mike Robinson, it's only sold 325,000 not 345,000. So, who knows!

This one's better. Download & listen at your peril! http://www.mediafire.com/file/968jg0tornmk...Xmas%202010.mp3 You'll need the password. Which is freeradio

Thought it'd been cover well here, for the last 4 years! Open thou eyes & thee shall find. try this thread: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=57525

Agreed! Tell you why (& some will scream at me for this): Back before 1960, we had National Service in the UK, yep? So, every man had to go into the services (excluding those with health problems & those with flat feet). These days, you joined the Services of your own free will. If you have to fight or go on to the Front Line & are afraid of what will happen...Then you shouldn't join up!

Yeah. I get your drift. Guess it means that Radio One lost 6million between 1986 & 1997, because of the 1993 Radio axing of all the old tribe of presenters, or everybody hated Bruno Brookes & Mark Goodier.

I wouldn't say it's difficult to understand how it works. Currently it's Sun to Sat sales for the Top 10 for the week on iTunes for the 4-4.30pm countdown. Then you've got the 40-11 50/50 airplay for the week. So, thats the chart for the week & the only part with any sense at all. The 6pm Lockdown on the Live iTunes Top 10 is the bit, where they try to be ahead of Radio One, but because they don't include multipli versions of songs together, you end up with the wrong number one...like Flo Rida's "Good Feeling", which definately wasn't really at the top at any point. Over in Australia, they broadcast the "Live" iTunes Top 40, but on that all multipli versions are linked together & it's a good show.

I'm horrified that 2.5million actually listen to it. Are they not paying attention &/or are they just plain thick? Looking at some figures for Radio One vs Independant Radio, the other day: In 1986: Radio One Top 40 11million The Network Top 30 6million In 1997: Radio One Top 40 5million The Pepsi Chart 5.5million In 2005: Radio One Top 40 2.5million Hit40UK (Capital) 2million Smash Hits Chart (Emap) .2million The A List (Heart) .3million 2011: Radio One Top 40 1million Big Top 40 2.5million Can't quite get my head around how Independant Radio, haven't lost as many listeners, as Radio One in 25 years. Independant Radio 6million in 1986 & 2.5 today. Radio One 11million in 1986 & 1million today.

Some of that email is from 2009. But it still beggars the question...If they don't intend playing certain songs, then why are they in there in the first place? Airplay = We play it on our stations, surely to goodness?

7" Vinyl at £3.99 if you please! :o

Don't know mate. I don't put it together. Coldplay have only shifted 8000 a day since then, so that's Tuesday/Weds/Thurs...maybe Mike's missed some days. In which case it's more like 61/62,000.

Friday 16th December 2011 (Just a week to Winter) The Almost Saturday Charts are a Mike Robinson Production. Top Physicals (Shame this isn't the chart that counts today, as it's much better than the awful chart full of overplayed Christmas songs & Tuneless wonders of the download age, that teenage girls aged 13 to 30 buy...& yeah 30 year olds, with a mentallity of a teenager. There's lots around believe me). Those people that think Titanic beer goes down well, get it?! 20 15 SUCK IT & SEE - ARCTIC MONKEYS 19 NE I WANNA ROO YOU - RUMER 18 14 BE WITH YOU - ERASURE 17 13 WITH UR LOVE - CHER LLOYD 16 12 GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU - SOLDIERS/ROBIN GIBB 15 11 AKA WHAT A LIFE - NOEL'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS 14 09 LIGHTNING - THE WANTED 13 10 HEART SKIPS A BEAT - OLLY MURS 12 08 TAKE A CHANCE ON ME - JLS 11 06 MY HEART TAKES OVER - SATURDAYS 10 NE HAPPY THIS CHRISTMAS - MICK HUCKNELL 09 05 LEGO HOUSE - ED SHEERAN 08 04 TEARDROP - THE COLLECTIVE 07 07 WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL - ONE DIRECTION 06 RE WOMBLING MERRY CHRISTMAS - WOMBLES 05 RE DECEMBER SONG - GEORGE MICHAEL 04 03 LIGHTHOUSE - WESTLIFE 03 02 GOTTA BE YOU - ONE DIRECTION 02 01 WISHING ON A STAR - X FACTOR FINALISTS 6,000 01 NE CANNONBALL - LITTLE MIX 20,000+ The Top 10 Albums 10 10 UP ALL NIGHT - ONE DIRECTION 09 07 + - ED SHEERAN 08 04 HEAVEN - REBECCA FERGUSON 07 07 21 - ADELE 06 06 TALK THAT TALK - RIHANNA 05 05 IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW - OLLY MURS 04 03 NOW 80 - VARIOUS ARTISTS 03 09 MYLO XYLOTO - COLDPLAY 02 01 HIDDEN TREASURES - AMY WINEHOUSE 01 02 CHRISTMAS - MICHAEL BUBLE Top 50 Singles (Based on an average of 5 download sites, plus actual iTunes sales & physical info at HMV) 50 50 SOMEONE LIKE YOU - ADELE 49 38 WITHOUT YOU - DAVID GUETTA/USHER 48 43 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE - SHAKIN' STEVENS 47 41 DO YOU FEEL WHAT I FEEL - JLS 46 31 WHEREVER YOU WILL GO - CHARLENE SORAIA 45 NE CHRISTMAS - MICHAEL BUBLE 44 40 A TEAM - ED SHEERAN 9) 43 35 HEART SKIPS A BEAT - OLLY MURS 8) 42 18 STILL SPEEDIN' - SWAY 41 32 READ ALL ABOUT IT - PROFESSOR GREEN 40 37 VIDEO GAMES - LANA DEL REY 7" 7) 39 23 NOTHING'S REAL BUT LOVE - REBECCA FERGUSON 38 30 MIDNIGHT RUN - EXAMPLE 37 36 DO THEY KNOW IT'S XMAS - BAND AID 36 33 MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY - SLADE 35 RE YOU DA ONE - RIHANNA 6000 34 34 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE - SLOW MOVING MILLIE 33 29 OUR DAY WILL COME - AMY WINEHOUSE 32 26 JAR OF HEARTS - CHRISTINA PERRI 31 28 I WISH IT COULD BE XMAS EVERY DAY - WIZZARD 30 21 MARRY THE NIGHT - LADY GAGA 7" 6) 29 17 FIGHT FOR YOU - JASON DERULO 28 27 LAST XMAS - WHAM! 27 20 IT WILL RAIN - BRUNO MARS 26 39 WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL - ONE DIRECTION 5) 25 24 MISTLETOE - JUSTIN BIEBER 24 22 LOVE ON TOP - BEYONCE 23 25 ONE THAT GOT AWAY - KATY PERRY 22 RE DON'T LET GO - EN VOGUE 21 RE CANNONBALL - DAMIEN RICE 20 11 DOWN FOR WHOEVER - KELLY ROWLAND 19 07 WHO YOU ARE - JESSIE J 18 48 MAMA DO THE HUMP - RIZZLE KICKS 17 02 WISHING ON A STAR - X FACTOR FINALISTS 4) 16 19 SEXY AND I KNOW IT - LMFAO 15 14 TAKE CARE - DRAKE 14 15 MOVES LIKE JAGGER - MAROON FIVE 13 16 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - POGUES/KIRSTY MACOLL 862,000 sold since 1987 7" 3) 12 13 EARTHQUAKE - LABRINTH 11 05 5 0' CLOCK - T.PAIN 10 12 ALL I WANT FOR XMAS IS YOU - MARIAH CAREY 790,000 sold since 1994 09 09 LEGO HOUSE - ED SHEERAN 2) 08 08 LEVELS - AVICCI 07 NE HURT - LEONA LEWIS 06 04 GOOD FEELING - FLO RIDA 05 06 WE FOUND LOVE - RIHANNA/CALVIN HARRIS 04 03 DEDICATION TO MY X - LLOYD 03 01 DANCE WITH ME TONIGHT - OLLY MURS 02 10 PARADISE - COLDPLAY 45,000 01 NE CANNONBALL - LITTLE MIX 137,000 1) ) Without downloads alone Bubbling Under in the 51 - 75 FORGIVENESS - WRETCH 32 ANYWAY - CEE LO GREEN WILD YOUNG & FREE - SNOOP DOGG/WIZ KHALIFA/BRUNO MARS CHARLIE BROWN - COLDPLAY HURT - JOHNNY CASH STEP INTO CHRISTMAS - ELTON JOHN FIX YOU - COLDPLAY SUPERBAD - DOCTOR P/FLUX PAVILION DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - CHRIS REA UP - JESSIE J/JAMES MORRISON WARZONE - WANTED ALL ABOUT TONIGHT - PIXIE LOTT

No one in the Media should judge anyone & the list is endless. Spector is currently serving a prison sentence. James Brown was a convict, as was Ike Turner. You can add in R. Kelly & Jonathan King & Gary Glitter. But then if you going down that road, then Jerry Lee Lewis married a 13 year old. Suddenly a pattern emerges here. If you are British & was convicted, apparently you don't get airplay. Now, I wonder...What if a certain Mr Jackson had been found guilty? Either way, TV & Radio should not do the judging. Even the JK & GG still have fans, & then there are the hyped Newspaper stories & bugging, like we've found out in the last year. Should those two be omitted from re-runs of Top Of The Pops? Of course not, they are no worse than anyone else of the criminal variety. It appears they both have sexual problems, which in an ideal world, would be treated in a special hospital for cases of such. Another tale of failed Government funding for Hospitals today.

Elaine Coombs aged 16 from Salisbury was the winner & she chose the name of "Legs & Co". Elaine appeared on the show with the girls & Dave Lee Travis. The girls performed their routine to "Spinning Rock Boogie" by Hank C. Burnette. That show is missing, of course. Though maybe Elaine has it? The 2 Christmas Editions go out on Christmas Morning & 1977 begins with Kid Jensen on 5th Jan 2012, when the 7.30 showing will be edited because it's a 40 minute show in a half hour slot.

Updated the top 30 on page 3. Mainly because that part of the chart is more correct than the rest, as it does base itself on sales from a 1992 chart, with added singles since then. Other sites do have these lists, but go in to the realms of fantasy with some songs. One quotes Dickie Valentine, as only selling 200,000...definately wrong & Dana certainly passed over 200,000 too. Record sales (45s that is, were at their peak from 1978-1984 & then fell off). And 1975 sales were bigger than 10 years before.

The Almost Saturday Charts are a Mike Robinson production, based on actual iTunes sales & an average from 4 other major download sites, with a smittering of physical sales from HMV. The Physical Five 05 06 LEGO HOUSE - ED SHEERAN 04 04 THE COLLECTIVE 03 05 WESTLIFE 02 02 ONE DIRECTION 01 01 X FACTOR FINALISTS 10,000 The Album Ten 10 05 ONE DIRECTION 09 09 COLDPLAY 08 08 ED SHEERAN 07 06 ADELE 06 04 RIHANNA 05 02 OLLY MURS 04 NE REBECCA FERGUSON 03 03 MICHAEL BUBLE 02 NE AMY WINEHOUSE 01 01 NOW 80 The Singles 75 DEAN MARTIN NICKI MINAJ Top 70 WILSON PHILLIPS AVRIL LAVIGNE COLDPLAY (CHRISTMAS LIGHTS) PAUL MCCARTNEY Top 60 60 THE CAST OF GLEE 59 ADELE (RAIN) 58 JESSIE J/JAMES MORRISON 57 BEYONCE (BEST THING) 56 CHRIS REA 55 LITTLE MISS DYNAMITE 54 BEYONCE (COUNTDOWN) 53 GYM CLASS HEROES 52 ONE DIRECTION (GOTTA BE) 8) 51 BRUNO MARS (MY) 50 ADELE (SLY) 49 KELLY CLARKSON 48 FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 47 RIHANNA 46 LOICK ESSIEN 45 CHRISTINA PERRI (A THOUSAND) 44 SHAKIN' STEVENS 43 EMELI SANDE 42 RIZZLE KICKS 41 ED SHEERAN 7) 40 JLS 39 ONE DIRECTION 6) 38 GUETTA/USHER 37 LANA DEL REY 5) 7inch 36 BAND AID 35 OLLY MURS 4) 34 SLOW MOVING MILLIE 33 SLADE 32 PROF GREEN 31 CHARLENE SORAIA 30 EXAMPLE 29 AMY WINEHOUSE 28 WIZZARD 27 WHAM 26 CHRISTINA PERRI 25 KATY PERRY 24 JUSTIN BIEBER 23 REBECCA FERGUSON 22 LADY GAGA 20468 3) 7inch 21 BRUNO MARS 20632 20 BEYONCE 21030 19 LMFAO 21142 18 SWAY 22832 17 JASON DERULO 23494 16 POGUES 24164 15 MAROON FIVE 26212 14 LABRINTH 28311 13 DRAKE 28928 12 MARIAH CAREY 31375 11 KELLY ROWLAND 31929 10 COLDPLAY 36839 09 ED SHEERAN 38264 2) 08 AVICII 40695 07 JESSIE J 47602 06 RIHANNA 47682 05 T.PAIN 48312 04 LLOYD 56020 03 FLO RIDA 56096 02 X FACTOR FINALISTS 60907 1) 01 OLLY MURS 63268 ) Position without downloads alone Some Non-Essential Books This Christmas LION TAMING - CLAUDE BALLS TIGER HUNTING - MAUD FOOT THE END OF THE WORLD IS NIGH - BLIMEY O' RILEY A HISTORY OF SEXUAL DISASTERS - DICK FOXX CHRISTMAS TREES: A COMPLETE STORY - OLLY TINSEL To finish: In the thread there is a deliberate mistake this week. If you can find it & tell me why, PM me personally & i'll send you a CD oF your choice...OK? Only personal PMs will be excepted & no mods are allowed to enter, & that includes mods from other sites.