davetaylor

It's a combo. iTunes is in, plus a surmised average figure for other sites (when added together) from an average 5 year period in week 42.

I wonder how the physicals will be be for The Wanted during the rest of the week? If they are thousands, then like you say, they will beat Rihanna for some days certainly.

Monday 17th October (the Monday chart is based on average positions & average October sales from all major download sites, plus actual iTunes sales over 30 hours) 80 RE BROKEN STRINGS - JAMES & NELLY 79 64 WHO'S LAUGHING NOW - JESSIE J 78 RE JUST THE WAY - BRUNO MARS 77 48 STAY AWAKE - EXAMPLE 76 59 CRY BABY - CEE LO GREEN 75 RE FIREWORK - KATY PERRY 74 NE JOE JONAS 400 73 RE HELLO - MARTIN SOLVEIG 72 60 CHANGED THE WAY - EXAMPLE 71 35 EDGE OF GLORY - LADY GAGA 70 62 PITBULL 69 57 SEAN KINGSTON 68 43 FIX YOU - COLDPLAY 67 67 BIRDY 66 RE THE SCIENTIST - COLDPLAY 65 NE COUNTDOWN - BEYONCE 64 RE RUSSIAN ROULETTE - RIHANNA 63 65 BOUNCE - CALVIN HARRIS 62 58 WRETCH 32 61 44 WOLFGANG GARTNER 60 RE RED - DANIEL BEDINGFIELD 59 75 LAIDBACK LUKE 58 52 ROLLING - ADELE 57 49 FLORENCE & THE MACHINE 590 56 53 WET - NICOLE 55 42 EMELI SANDE 54 45 MARINA & THE DIAMONDS 53 63 SWEAT - SNOOP DOGG 52 66 EMINEM & RIHANNA 51 40 ED SHEERAN 650 50 41 TIMBALAND 49 32 SATURDAYS 48 39 KANYE WEST 47 51 GLAD YOU CAME - WANTED 46 54 EVANESCENCE 45 33 WILL YOUNG 44 24 LADY GAGA 43 36 RIZZLE KICKS 42 55 FOSTER THE PEOPLE 41 50 NIRVANA 785 40 34 SLY - ADELE 868 39 30 SFTTR - ADELE 870 38 37 GUETTA/TAIO/LUDACRIS 37 56 NOEL GALLAGHER 36 38 NERO 35 27 RIHANNA 34 46 MAROON FIVE 33 24 PIXIE LOTT 32 31 LEGO HOUSE - ED SHEERAN 31 25 BRUNO MARS 30 NE SEAN PAUL 1300 29 20 BAD MEETS EVIL 28 21 NICKI MINAJ 27 29 KATY PERRY 26 15 JAMES MORRISON 25 19 NICKI & RIHANNA 24 11 GOO GOO DOLLS 23 18 DELILAH 22 13 JASON DERULO 21 06 MATT CARDLE 20 14 OLLY MURS 2100 19 12 DAPPY 18 17 CALVIN HARRIS 17 NE ONE THAT GOT AWAY - KATY PERRY 16 28 BEYONCE 15 09 A TEAM - ED SHEERAN 2300 14 NE LANA DEL REY 13 08 SAK NOEL 12 24 COLDPLAY 11 26 THE CALLING 2900 10 10 ONE DIRECTION 3200 09 16 GUETTA/USHER 3863 08 05 LMFAO 5010 07 04 CHRISTINA PERRI 5400 06 03 GYM CLASS HEROES 6574 05 NE KELLY CLARKSON 7026 04 02 MAROON FIVE 8035 03 07 CHARLENE SORAIA 8040 02 NE WANTED 9688 01 01 CALVIN HARRIS & RIHANNA 10,243

Well Bre, mate...I don't think the singles chart has much relevance today anyway. What have we got? X Factor dominated re-entries & re-climbing week after week. Hyped up other songs by singers that rely on "fornication" to sale their stuff... I was talking to one of the DJs at the BBC, the other day & they basically agreed. They said the official chart has lost all credibility. Youngsters can't keep on track with the latest #1 because it changes nearly every week & the Radio One Top 40 hasn't got more than a million listeners. 25 years back it got 14 million listeners from the age of 11 to 50 every Sunday. You've got Independant Radio, with an even more dodgy chart than ever, that gets nearly 3 times the amount that Radio One does. And that was from the mouth of a 23 year old. You may find it hard to believe, but across Europe, the chart that Mike Robinson does for Jason Scott on the net, has now got a bigger weekly audience than R1. Which does actually tell me that our DJ friend is right. Anyway there are other chart companies, apart from OCC. OCC are just the oversight for Milward Brown & the BBC (who actually do their research for them). Like I said "we don't claim it to be "Official". If you wanted total guesswork, then you should of heard the Radio Luxembourg chart in the 70s & 80s...Now, that really was made up. Our's is based on mathematical ethics, average positions from download sites & actually uses some proper sales figures, abeit those from iTunes. So it ain't total guesswork. If it was then, it wouldn't be that close to Official mids etc. In any case how can you go to Hell & die...If you,ve gone to Hell, then you must already be dead. Don't get that quote.

Face it...Radio One is crap! You pay your licence, for ego & idiots. End of story. Try asking them, why a song that has featured at #1 on iTunes for 3 complete weeks (though not together) isn't playlisted or try asking them, why Coldplay's "Paradise" is not allowed in the Official chart. They can't answer either question. I know, I've asked both.

The Monday Chart is based on an average of positions from 4 major download sites, & average monday sales from the last 5 years plus a quotation of physical sales. It does not claim to be "Official", though may be close & does include every single download song, without giving a "false" impression by not including tracks i.e. Coldplay is not included by the Official Charts Company, although it has actually sold some 45,000 copies in 3 weeks. It's not pure guesswork, as this non chalant below says because it does actually entail a lot of adding up, & besides we do have some 40 years of working in the record business & market research in & around the music industry. Trouble is some take the word "Official" as it says. If a chart is so "Official" then every song downloaded & paid for, would be included in the chart. Obviously it can't be so "Official", because it doesn't include every paid for download rendering the whole thing a farce. Try asking Radio One, why Coldplay are not in the "Official" chart...they can't answer it. I know, i've even done it.

Maybe they were fans of The Sound Of Music...As Reach For The Stars goes "I Reach For The Stars, as reach I for your heart" or something. Then "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" is like "Climb Ev'ry Mountain, Walk ev'ry hillside". Two of the most awfully mind numbing songs you'd ever hear anyway....Some charts say it made #1, but it didn't really.

Eric, Reach For The Stars was the proper A side of this Shirley Bassey Record, & Climb Ev'ry Mountain was the other side...in other words they are 2 different songs, as it was a Double A sided record, hence the / bit. And of course it was featured in the Sound Of Music later on. No connected with S Club 7.

I think Mike means the Fresh Hit 40. The chart that's always ahead of the game.

Best Retro Countdowns are: Atlantic Oldies 2NG 2PM Sundays Bay FM Sundays 4pm Radio Hafren Sunday 12pm If you enjoy PIck Of The Pops...you'll like those much more. Honest!

Monday 29th August 70 Ellie Goulding 69 Kesha - Blow 68 Wretch 32 - Traktor 67 Brandi Carlile (New) 66 Rihanna - CKB 65 Lady GaGa - Y/I 64 Nicole Scherzinger - RT 63 Jessie J - PT 16) 62 Loick Essien 61 Jason Derulo 15) 60 Adele - MKFML 59 Snoop Dogg - Sweat 58 Dev 57 Guetta/Sia 56 Plain White Ts 55 Rihanna - Cheers 54 Noah & The Whale 53 Eminem 52 Talay Riley (New) 51 J.Lp/Pitbull 50 Noel Gallagher 14) 49 Etta James (New) 48 Gary Go/Benny B 47 Adele - RITD 13) 46 Bruno Mars - Lazy Song 12) 45 Chris & Benny 44 LMFAO 43 Alexandra Stan 42 Bad Meets Evil 41 Guetta/Hudson 40 Wiz/Tinie 39 Calvin Harris 11) 38 Foster The People 37 Example 36 Katy Perry 35 Adele - SLY 34 Pitbull/Marc 33 Guetta/Minaj 32 Jay Z/Kanye 31 Chris & Justin 30 Lady GaGa 29 Cher Llloyd 10) 28 Modestep 27 Nicki Minaj 26 DJ Fresh 9) 12inch 25 Pitbull 24 Aloe Blacc 23 Nero 8) 12inch 22 Beyonce 21 Nicole - Wet 20 Florence 19 JLS 7) 18 Wanted 6) 17 Jessie J 5) 16 Ed Sheeran 4) 15 Guetta/Cruz 14 Sean Kingston 13 Rizzle Kicks 12 Adele 11 Bruno Mars 10 Cover Drive ( New) 09 Emeli Sande 08 Will Young 07 Wretch 32 06 Christina Perri 05 Calvin Harris 04 Ed Sheeran ( New) 3) 03 Example (New) 2) 12inch 02 Maroon Five 01 Olly Murs 1) ) Without downloads alone

Monday 15th August 01 WRETCH 32 (new) 02 EMELI SANDE (new) 03 MAROON 5 (new) 04 NERO 05 CHRISTINA PERRI 06 GUETTA & CO - LBG 07 JLS 08 ED SHEERAN 09 WANTED 10 RIZZLE KICKS 11 CHER LLOYD 12 BEYONCE 13 NICKI MINAJ 14 MODESTEP (new) 15 JUSTIN & CHRIS 16 GUETTA & SIA 17 DJ FRESH 18 ADELE - SFTTR 19 PITBULL & FRIENDS 20 KATY PERRY 21 FOSTER THE PEOPLE 22 BRUNO MARS - MY 23 GUETTA/MINAJ/FLO RIDA 24 NICOLE SCHERZINGER (Up 14) 25 JESSIE J (Up 12) 26 BENNY & GARY 27 CALVIN HARRIS 28 TINIE & WIZ 29 LMFAO 30 PITBULL & MARC (Up 2) 31 ALEXANDRA STAN 32 EXAMPLE 33 ALOE BLACC 34 JASON DERULO 35 EMINEM 36 KANYE & JAY Z 37 MAVERICK 38 JOE JONAS (new) 39 CHRIS & BENNY 40 LADY GAGA 41 ADELE - SLY (Out of the 40 after 29 weeks) 42 BRUNO MARS - LS 43 J.LO/PITBULL 44 RIHANNA - CKB 45 SNOOP DOGG - SWEAT 46 DEV (new) 47 COLDPLAY 48 SFG 49 WYNTER GORDON 50 ADELE - RITD 51 JESSIE J - PT 52 GAME 53 RIHANNA -OG 54 BEYONCE/JAY Z/KANYE 55 ENRIQUE 56 BLACK EYED PEAS 57 NICOLE - RT 58 JESSIE J - NP 59 PLAIN WHITE Ts 60 CEE LO GREEN 61 DRAKE 62 CHARLIE SIMPSON 63 LMFAO/NATALIA 64 VATO GONZALEZ 65 SNOW PATROL 66 LOPEZ/LIL 67 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA 68 SELENA GOMEZ 69 GUETTA/ROWLAND 70 LADY ANTEBELLUM (new) Quick Note (Coz we usually give this to Martin) But want to clear something up...Now if you listen to Jason Scott & the Fresh Hit 40 on a Sunday, you'll know the chart is ahead of the game with New Entries & New Number Ones before anyone else. Infact it is a Sunday only chart & does not take into account anything that has happened between Mon & Sat...That's how it's ahead of anything else. We say that because some people were saying "How can Wretch 32, be ahead of Nero with one days sales of Wretch & 6 days of Nero. Simple thing is Sunday sellers altogether, without the other week's sales, say Wretch had passed Nero by 4pm. Which is out cut off period.

No, I don't think that there are more oldies played on the radio, than there used to be because: a) Radio Stations tend to play the same stuff over & over every week, plus Gold plays the same 200 songs week in, week out. B) Less oldies are played, because Radio Stations have been come stagnant in "Brand" & lazy. c) You would think more variety in oldies would be apparent, because downloading has made finding more stuff easier, but like I said Radio Stations are stuck in a rut & probably the people that listen to them, most having cabbage for brains to listen to them in the first place i.e. any Heart Station, Capital, Gold et al. d) Radio One is beyond a decent oldie base. e) Radio 2 is a "Celebrity" Station, & even specialist shows are not great in playing a more varied oldie selection i.e. Blackburn's awful POTP.

Well now, Disc began in February 1958 as a top 20. Became a top 30 in 1962, but the top 50 was shortlived & went back to a top 30 in April 1967 because the 31 - 50 was not widely accurate & open to hype. The Melody Maker also decreased to a top 30 at the same time for the same reasons. Which is why the BBC did not use a bigger selection until 1978. From 2nd September 1967 until Disc algamated with Record Mirror in 1971, they used the same chart as Melody Maker. They did go back to a top 50 from September 1969. I have both charts, & if you PM me, we might come to some arrangement. I'm surprised that you want them actually, because you've previously slated every other chart except the boring, small polled Record Retailer charts!! But do PM me...

They were various R1 DJs Records Of The Week.

Now I don't know if this is true, but some lunatic (who can't spell at all or string a sentence together) on Facebook has said that during August, Radio 2 will be repeating some of Alan Freeman's original POTPs on Sundays at 1pm. That would mean the 1967 to 1972 period. Though it all depends if this nutter on Facebook is actually speaking the truth!

And Smooth Radio too! They are both called Adult stations, hence teenager stations (who influence the chart) don't bother with them. An unfair society & the chart not influencing the Adult audience because the older generation, don't download much. There was a lot of phone calls to Smooth about purchasing "Whats Going On-Rain Forest" the Paul Hardcastle track. However it's download only & adults would rather by it in the shops.

12inch.

Rene & Renato did have another top 75 single in 1983.

Depeche Mode don't have the physical release until next month.

12 inch

Blind Faith

They chose 1976, because that's when the show reached it's peak...although all those 1976 shows have already been re-run on Eins Festival the German channel & there are gaps because there are a whole bunch missing. Including the one in November 1976, where the winner of the competition to name the new dancers, who were given the name "Legs & Co" of course. So, if they run the remaining ones from 76 in order, on the week they were broadcasted...it will be impossible to do. Most of the missing ones from 1976, were the ones introduced by Jimmy Savile & Dave Lee Travis. There is also one from September 76, where David Hamilton made a gaff (when his drink was spiked)...David introduced "Rod Stewart & The Killing Of Georgie Fame"...big mistake & don't expect to see that one! Plus they have not got 43 years to choose from...Complete editions from 1964 - 67 are wiped & there are only a couple from 1968 remaining & barely any from 1969. Many from 1970 - 75 are also missing i.e. junked & you'd have to go to 1978 - 2007 for a complete run, with none missing. The Christmas editions from 1972 onwards exist. Though these were made throughout the 70s without a studio audience & any performances by Mr Gary Glitter, have been cut out.

Not likely for Wheatus. Maybe for Wiz.

Absolutely Eric! You have to add them together to combine them as one. I'm just stating where they would be if they were not together.