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You want this week`s Singles? Here they are! The Top 50 compiled by DTR/Chart Show TV, minus airplay. The 51-75 based on downloads alone. Top 75 Jay Sean etc (Do You Remember) Top 70 JLS (One Shot) Snow Patrol (Just Say Yes) Leona (Stop Crying Your Heart Out) Shakira (She Wolf) Top 60 XNRG 30 Seconds To Mars Beyonce (Single Ladies) Muse (Uprising) Shakira (Did It Again) KOL (Use Somebody) Lady GaGa/Beyonce (Telephone) Snow Patrol (Chasing Cars) 40) Esmee Denters 39) Sugababes 38) The Complete Top 50: 50 RE MR BRIGHTSIDE - KILLERS 49 RE BODIES - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 37) 48 RE OOPSY DAISY - CHIPMUNK 36) 47 RE MILLION DOLLAR BILL - WHITNEY HOUSTON 35) 46 RE PAPARAZZI - LADY GAGA 34) 45 RE 3 - BRITNEY SPEARS 44 02 KILLING IN THE NAME - RATM 43 19 YOU ARE NOT ALONE - X FACTOR FINALISTS 33) 42 39 BABY BY ME - 50CENT 32) 41 37 WHAT ABOUT NOW - WESTLIFE 31) 40 RE PENCIL FULL OF LEAD - PAOLO NUTINI 30) 39 RE BREAK YOUR HEART - TAIO CRUZ 29) 38 RE BOOM BOOM POW - BLACK EYED PEAS 28) 37 RE I CAN TRANSFORM YA - CHRIS BROWN 27) 36 05 CHILDREN IN NEED MEDLEY - PETER KAY 26) 35 RE SEXY CHICK - GUETTA/AKON 34 50 BEAT AGAIN - JLS 25) 33 44 I NEED YOU - N-DUBZ 24) 32 RE POKERFACE - LADY GAGA 23) 31 28 LET THE BASS KICK IN MIAMI GIRL - CHUCKIE/LMFAO 22) 30 RE SEX ON FIRE - KOL 21) 29 36 HAPPY - LEONA 20) 28 38 PARTY IN THE USA - MILEY CYRUS 19) 27 30 YOUNG FOREVER - JAY Z 26 20 DOWN - JAY SEAN 18) 25 15 DOESN`T MEAN ANYTHING - ALICIA KEYS 17) 24 NE TAKE THAT - WILEY 16) 23 27 CRY ME OUT - PIXIE LOTT 22 29 HAVEN`T MET YOU YET - MICHAEL BUBLE =19 21 13 MORNING AFTER DARK - TIMBALAND 15) =18 20 32 YOU GOT THE LOVE - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 14) 19 21 BROKEN HEELS - ALEXANDRA =17 18 23 PLAYING WITH FIRE - N-DUBZ/MR HUDSON =15 17 18 WATCHA SAY - JASON DERULO 13) =14 16 20 EMPIRE STATE OF MIND - JAY Z 12) =20 15 24 EGO - SATURDAYS =16 14 22 I GOTTA FEELING - BLACK EYED PEAS 11) =13 13 25 BAD BOYS - ALEXANDRA 10) =12 12 26 EVERYBODY IN LOVE - JLS 9) =11 11 16 LOOK FOR ME - CHIPMUNK 8) =10 10 14 FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE - CHERYL COLE 7) =9 09 10 YOU KNOW ME - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 6) =8 08 08 DON`T STOP BELIEVIN` - JOURNEY =7 07 06 STARSTRUCK - 3OH!3 =6 06 09 RUSSIAN ROULETTE - RIHANNA 05 04 3 WORDS - CHERYL COLE 5) =5 04 11 TIK TOK - KESHA 4) =4 03 07 MEET ME HALFWAY - BLACK EYED PEAS 3) =3 02 01 THE CLIMB - JOE MCELDERRY 2) =2 01 03 BAD ROMANCE - LADY GAGA 1) =1 ) Position without downloads alone = Position on Chart Show tv`s singles chart

Who knows? I just typed it! :lol: Maybe it ain`t been combined. For instance on a certain Big Top 40 show, last Sunday...the info for the full week pulled off on Wednesday, and still showed RATM at #1! On Monday Cheryl was 19 and 42. It usually only pushes the first position about 5 higher anyway. FFTL is still doing better on other sites than that of iTunes. It`s #6 on one download site.

Yep, virtually the show is a waste of space and basically a repeat! :puke2: Thank God for "Are You Being Served" then! :D

The week on iTunes so far (Sun - Thurs): Thanks to Steve Johnson 01 Lady GaGa 02 Kesha 03 Black Eyed Peas 04 Rihanna 05 30H!3 06 Joe McElderry 07 Journey 08 Cheryl Cole 09 Robbie 10 JLS 11 Chipmunk 12 Bad Boys 13 Broken Heels 14 Saturdays 15 Black Eyed Peas 16 N-Dubz 17 Jason Derulo 18 Fight For This Love 19 Empire State Of Mind 20 Timbaland 21 Florence And The Machine 22 Pixie Lott 23 Young Forever 24 Alicia Keys 25 Miley Cyrus 26 Michael Buble 27 Wiley 28 Happy 29 Jay Sean 30 Chris Brown 31 Beat Again 32 Sex On Fire 33 Pokerface 34 Chuckie 35 Boom Boom Pow 36 Westlife 37 50Cent 38 Britney 39 RATM 40 Break My Heart 41 Paolo Natuni 42 Paparazzi 43 Oopsy Daisy 44 I Need You 45 Bodies 46 Esmee Denters 47 Sexy Chick 48 Telephone 49 Sugababes 50 Stop Crying Your Heart Out 51 30 Seconds To Mars 52 Use Somebody 53 Mr Brightside 54 Did It Again 55 X Factor Finalists 56 Whitney Houston 57 Chasing Cars 58 Chase And Status 59 One Shot 60 The Big Pink Quickly done but correct at 4pm today.

I predict Rihanna`s downfall in 2010. Watch the fall, like the album.

Top 10 at 10.30: 01 Bad Romance (Lady GaGa) 02 The Climb (McElderry) 03 Meet Me Halfway (Black Eyed Peas) 04 Tik Tok (Kesha) 05 Russian Roulette (Rihanna) 06 Starstruck (3OH!3) 07 3 Words (Cheryl Cole) 08 You Know Me (Robbie Williams) 09 Everybody In Love (JLS) 10 Don`t Stop Believin' (Journey)

I guessed so! It was actually strange that Tom Browne turned up in Emmerdale Farm in 1979. He originally left the top 20 to present some European pop show. The ITV Strike (Aug-Nov 1979) put pay to his appearances in Emmerdale Farm, as he suddenly disappeared on the show`s return in Nov 1979, and was never mentioned again.

Into the New Year...So let`s shake it all up in the usual Friday selection of Charts. Including the top 40 of 2009, ahead of anyone else. Friday 1st January The Top Books: Compiled by Neilsen 01 01 LOST SYMBOL - DAN BROWN 02 02 GUINESS WORLD RECORDS - GUINESS BOOKS 03 03 ECLIPSE - STEPHENIE MEYER 04 04 TWILIGHT - STEPHENIE MEYER 05 11 DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION - JEREMY CLARKSON 06 10 MY $h!t LIFE SO FAR - FRANKIE BOYLE 07 09 OOH! WHAT A LOVELY PAIR - ANT AND DEC 08 13 SATURDAY NIGHT PETER - PETER KAY 09 06 WHERE`S STIG - BBC BOOKS 10 16 RUN FOR YOUR LIFE - JAMES PATTERSON The Top Dvd Films: Compiled by DTR 01 NE DISTRICT 9 02 NE HURT LOCKER 03 NE FINAL DESTINATION 04 01 HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE 05 04 INGLOURIUS BASTERDS 06 03 TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN 07 02 THE HANGOVER 08 05 STAR TREK XI 09 07 TERMINATOR: SALVATION 10 08 G.I. JOE: RISE OF THE COBRA The Top Box Office Films: Compiled by Screen International 01 NE ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS THE SQUEAKQUEL £5,347,191 02 01 AVATAR 03 NE SHERLOCK HOLMES £3,081,072 04 NE 3 IDIOTS £437,554 05 02 ST TRINIANS 2 06 NE NINE £338,095 07 NE NOWHERE BOY £148,157 08 03 A CHRISTMAS CAROL 09 07 NEW MOON 10 08 LAW ABIDING CITIZEN The Top Games:Compiled by DTR, based on all formats 01 02 JUST DANCE 02 01 NEW SUPER MARIO BROTHERS 03 11 SINGSTAR TAKE THAT 04 03 MARIO AND SONIC AT THE WINTER OLYMPICS 05 08 SINGSTAR POP EDITION 06 05 MARIO KART 07 06 DJ HERO 08 10 BATMAN ARKHAM ASYLUM 09 RE ASSASINS CREED 2 10 04 FIFA 10 The Top TV Programmes: Compiled by BARB...What garbage did we watch/or not on Christmas Day? 01 03 EASTENDERS 10.86 02 04 ROYLE FAMILY 10.23 03 02 DR WHO 10.03 04 NE GAVIN AND STACEY 9.17 05 NE THE GRUFFALO 8.79 06 07 CORONATION STREET 7.89 07 NE CATHERINE TATE 7.13 08 NE BBC NEWS 6.80 09 06 STRICTLY COME DANCING 6.79 10 NE SHREK THE HALLS 5.56 11 09 THE QUEEN 3.56 12 12 EMMERDALE 12.19 13 NE THE INCREDIBLES 5.09 14 NE BBC LATE NEWS 4.64 15 NE ITV NEWS 3.78 16 NE POIROT 3.71 17 15 TOP OF THE POPS 3.40 18 NE HAPPY FEET 3.39 19 17 DADS ARMY 3.39 20 NE LOTTERY DRAW 2.38 3 and a third were happy watching a 35 year old repeat of Dad`s Army. That says it all. A chappy agreed today that Christmas tv is getting worse every year. Hard to believe in the day...No Soaps were ever shown on Christmas Day. They were cancelled for entertainment. A bunch of Sitcoms, and some decent comics i.e. the great Dave Allen/Stanley Baxter/Mike Yarwood/Dick Emery...No need to go on really. When a re-hashed TOTP goes out in it`s old regular spot on a Thursday(New Year`s Eve), we must question the BBC and the licence fee even more. I suppose we could`ve watched that so called "Gold" Satellite channel that seems to be turning into "Only Fools And Horses" TV...but that would be even more futile, by paying for the watching of a BBC show again and again, and again. The Top Albums: Based on a rota of sales (Thurs to Weds) with adjusted figures for new entries 01 04 THE FAME MONSTER - LADY GAGA 02 02 I DREAMED A DREAM - SUSAN BOYLE 03 17 SUNNY SIDE UP - PAOLO NUTINI 04 01 CRAZY LOVE - MICHAEL BUBLE 05 03 E.N.D. - BLACK EYED PEAS 06 06 ELECTRONIC 80s - VARIOUS 07 34 LUNGS - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 08 05 NOW 74 - VARIOUS 09 07 JLS - JLS 10 42 THE RESISTANCE - MUSE 11 11 HITS - WILL YOUNG 12 12 3 WORDS - CHERYL COLE 13 10 UP TO NOW - SNOW PATROL 14 09 REALITY KILLED THE VIDEO STAR - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 15 33 TURN IT UP - PIXIE LOTT 16 15 ABSOLUTE GREATEST - QUEEN 17 41 IT`S NOT ME IT`S YOU - LILY ALLEN 18 45 ONLY BY THE NIGHT - KOL 19 23 AGAINST ALL ODDS - N-DUBZ 20 RE BRAND NEW EYES - PARAMORE 21 08 CIRCUS LIVE - TAKE THAT 22 19 R + B COLLECTION - VARIOUS 23 22 RATED X - RIHANNA 24 13 WHERE ARE WE - WESTLIFE 25 27 ONE - VARIOUS 26 40 SIGH NO MORE - MUMFORD AND SONS 27 RE BEAUTIFUL WORLD - TAKE THAT 28 16 ECHO - LEONA LEWIS 29 20 ELEMENT OF FREEDOM - ALICIA KEYS 30 RE WEST RYDER LUNATIC ASYLUM - KASABIAN Time for the Flashback to...Jan 1994. Charts compiled by MRIB (Media Research & Information Bureau) The Top TV, then 01 ONE FOOT IN THE ALGARVE 20.00...the Christmas Sunday showing of the special One Foot In The Grave 02 ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES 19.60...Christmas day with Rodney, Del etc 03 BIRDS OF A FEATHER 19.40...the girls try to track their father in Hollywood 04 CORONATION STREET 19.20 05 BBC NEWS 18.60 06 GHOST 18.50...the Christmas Day showing of that film 07 YOU`VE BEEN FRAMED 18.30...Jeremy Beadle as best host 08 HEARTBEAT 17.80...the original with Nick Berry 09 EASTENDERS 17.40 10 KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 17.10...Mrs Bucket and co travel on the QE2. For me, the only real episode that is actually funny! 11 CASUALTY 17.00 12 LONDON`S BURNING 16.20 13 STRIKE IT LUCKY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 15.70...a special edition with kids featuring 2 blind girls & a kidney disease patient. Quite moving on a Boxing Day 14 GLADIATORS - FINAL 14.40 15 THE BILL 14.30..."Paid In Fall". Sgt Boyden foils a smash and grab raid, and thinks he should get a reward. Monroe doesn`t agree 16 PRIME SUSPECT 3 14.30...Helen Mirren in a child prostitution come rent boy story 17 BIG BREAK 14.20...Jim Davidson/John Virgo try those snooker busting questions in the quiz on Series 3 18 BACK TO THE FUTURE III 13.70...the BBC showing of the 1990 Michael J. Fox epic 19 BRITISH COMEDY AWARDS 13.60...Jonathan Ross hosts 20 NOEL`S CHRISTMAS PRESENTS 12.70...Mr Edmonds in a show, that unfortunately still goes out on Sky about 5 or 6 times over the Christmas period The Top Albums in Jan 1994: Very close this week in 1994 in the top 4 01 05 EVERYTHING CHANGES - TAKE THAT 02 07 SO CLOSE - DINA CARROLL 03 01 BAT OUT OF HELL II -BACK INTO HELL - MEAT LOAF 04 02 SO FAR SO GOOD - BRYAN ADAMS 05 04 NOW 26 - VARIOUS 06 10 MUSIC BOX - MARIAH CAREY 07 03 ONE WOMAN-ULTIMATE COLLECTION - DIANA ROSS 08 08 BOTH SIDES - PHIL COLLINS 09 16 ELEGANT SLUMMING - M PEOPLE 10 12 END OF PART ONE - PET SHOP BOYS The Top Singles in Jan 1994: 01 03 TWIST AND SHOUT - CHAKA DEMUS AND PLIERS...a big tip for the top out of 1993 re-working the Isley Brothers circa 1963 02 05 IT`S ALRIGHT - EAST 17...Brian Harvey and the gang. And of course we knew that E-17 was Walthamstow 03 01 MR BLOBBY - MR BLOBBY...The third year for Noel`s ghastly Houseparty, bringing us drivel again! 04 02 BABE - TAKE THAT...Should`ve been 1993`s Xmas #1, but Blobby got in the way 05 13 COME BABY COME - K7...New York based hip-hop from leadman of group TKA 06 RE THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER -D:REAM...Peter Cunnah and co, the Irish pop/rock band 07 07 THE PERFECT YEAR - DINA CARROLL...Geraldine Carroll actually, who was 40 last year 08 04 FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS - BEE GEES...still very big then, and Barry & Robin now sadly alone, and talking to Andy Peebles last week 09 06 I`D DO ANYTHING BUT I WON`T DO THAT - MEAT LOAF...the biggest single of 1993 for old fatso 10 21 I MISS YOU - HADDAWAY...Alexander Nester Haddaway, 45 next week. He could`nt get away from "What Is Love" could he! 11 NE ANYTHING - CULTURE BEAT...Mr Vain again then? 12 08 BAT OUT OF HELL - MEAT LOAF...the re-release for the man 13 NE ALL FOR LOVE - BRYAN ADAMS/ROD STEWART/STING...From the Three Musketeers Soundtrack 14 10 A WHOLE NEW WORLD - PEOBO BRYSON/REGINA BELLE...From the Soundtrack to Aladdin 15 NE SAVE OUR LOVE - ETERNAL...Mobo Award winners, with Louise leaving in 1995 16 24 FAMILY AFFAIR - SHABBA RANKS...Over to Jamaica for the Ragga star 17 NE COLD COLD HEART - WET WET WET...Marti Pellow and the gang in Clydesbank 18 12 PLEASE FORGIVE ME - BRYAN ADAMS...Bryan doing well with 2 hits in the chart 19 NE BLOW YOUR WHISTLE - DJ DUKE...anothe dancey/house hit via Ohio 20 17 DON`T LOOK ANY FURTHER - M PEOPLE...Heather Small 21 14 HERO - MARIAH CAREY...a year away from that certain Christmas hit 22 NE I`M IN THE MOOD - CE CE PENNISTON...Ohio again. Cecelia was her full name and again 40 last year 23 NE THAT WAS THE DAY - THE THE...Matt Johnson formed them in 1979 24 09 TRUE LOVE - ELTON JOHN/KIKI DEE...Elton teaming up with his 1976 previous duet partner, Kiki ex Motown label 25 18 AGAIN - JANET JACKSON...She performed at the O2 Arena at December`s "Jingle Bell Ball". Rather spectacular on it`s own 26 NE ACTION - DEF LEPPARD...Rock from Sheffield. Formerly known as Atomic Mass 27 20 FEELING ALRIGHT - E.Y.C...EYC stood for Express Yourself Clearly, for this US R n`B/pop band 28 NE EVERYDAY - PHIL COLLINS...the forever drummer man, who won`t go away 29 15 YOUR LOVE - DIANA ROSS...more mush from Diana 30 NE MY HOUSE - TERRORVISION...Tony Wright and co, from West Yorshire where they formed as "Spoilt Bratz". 31 NE DAUGHTER - PEARL JAM...over to Seattle for this rock band 32 RE TOWER OF STRENGTH - THE MISSION...gothic rock, from the ashes of Sisters Of Mercy 33 NE BREATHE AGAIN - TONI BRAXTON...Maryland for the singer/songwriter 34 11 POWER OF LOVE - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD...2nd time around for Frankie 35 NE SHIPBUILDING EP - TASMIN ARCHER...from Bradford, she couldn`t quite get the big follow up to "Sleeping Satellite". 36 NE WOOMP THERE IT IS - TAG TEAM...old Skool Dance 37 NE HERE I STAND - BITTY MCCLEAN...British Reggae from Birmingham 38 NE TIME OF OUR LIVES - ALISON LIMERICK...slightly under rated UK singer, 50 last year 39 NE WHO LET IN THE RAIN - CYNDI LAUPER...New York based Cynthia actually 40 NE STOP LOVING ME STOP LOVING YOU - DARYL HALL...one half of Hall & Oates from Pennsylvania 41 NE WHY DON`T YOU TAKE ME - ONE DOVE...Jim McKinven was a one member of Altered Images, and one member of this threesome 42 NE I GOT YOU BABE - CHER/BEAVIS/BUTTHEAD...the animated twosome join together with the "animated twosome" of Cher! 43 NE YOU AND ME - LISA B...Lisa Bernstein to be exact 44 34 LEADER OF THE GANG - HULK HOGAN/GREEN JELLY...wrestling made easy for Hulk recreating a GG hit 45 22 THAT`S HOW I`M LIVING - ICE T...Tracy Marrow the male American rapper 46 19 WOULDN`T NORMALLY - PET SHOP BOYS...the boys following up "Go West" 47 NE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT - BARBRA STREISAND/MICHAL CRAWFORD...Frank Spencer teams up with Second Hand Rose! 48 NE ABANDON SHIP - BLAGGERS ITA...ITA means "In The Area" for this left wing group 49 26 RUNAWAY TRAIN - SOUL ASYLUM...Minnesota formed 1983 band, with the biggest UK release 50 25 WALKING ON AIR - BAD BOYS INC...They formed in March 1993, and were in competition with the likes of Take That/E-17 Remember the top selling albums and singles in 1993? Top Albums of 1993: 01 BAT OUT OF HELL II BACK INTO HELL - MEAT LOAF 02 BODYGUARD - OST 03 AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE - R.E.M. 04 NOW 26 - VARIOUS 05 SO CLOSE - DINA CARROLL 06 EVERYTHING CHANGES - TAKE THAT 07 ONE WOMAN - DIANA ROSS 08 SO FAR SO GOOD - BRYAN ADAMS 09 BEST DANCE ALBUM IN THE WORLD EVER - VARIOUS 10 PROMISES AND LIES - UB40 Top Singles of 1993: I would guess that this MRIB Chart of 1993 was actually ahead of the one broadcasted on Radio One, as Blobby finished at 6 on R1, and Take That`s Babe was at 21...were they so behind? Independant Radio didn`t feature this chart, as they were buggered up with the Pepsi Chart 1993...and Blobby didn`t feature on that at all! Neither did Jazzy Jeff/Fresh Prince! Airplay still crap, back then. They did favour Billy Joel and Freddie Mercury rather a lot, as the most played. 01 I`D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE BUT I WON`T DO THAT - MEAT LOAF 02 ALL THAT SHE WANTS - ACE OF BASS 03 CAN`T HELP FALLING IN LOVE - UB40 04 MR BLOBBY - MR BLOBBY 05 NO LIMIT - 2 UNLIMITED 06 BABE - TAKE THAT 07 MR VAIN - CULTURE BEAT 08 PRAY - TAKE THAT 09 FIVE LIVE EP - GEORGE MICHAEL 10 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - WHITNEY HOUSTON 11 DREAMS - GABRIELLE 12 YOUNG AT HEART - BLUEBELLS 13 OH CAROLINA - SHAGGY 14 BOOM BOOM SHAKE THE ROOM - JAZZY JEFF/FRESH PRINCE 15 TEASE ME - CHAKA DEMUS 16 WHAT IS LOVE - HADDAWAY 17 PLEASE FORGIVE ME - BRYAN ADAMS 18 RELIGHT MY FIRE - TAKE THAT 19 TRUE LOVE - ELTON JOHN/KIKI DEE 20 LIVING ON MY OWN - FREDDIE MERCURY 21 DON`T BE A STRANGER - DINA CARROLL 22 INFORMER - SNOW 23 THE KEY - URBAN COOKIE COLLECTIVE 24 RIVER OF DREAMS - BILLY JOEL 25 IT KEEPS RAININ`- BITTY MCCLEAN 26 TWO PRINCES - SPIN DOCTORS 27 WHAT`S UP - FOUR NON BLONDES 28 MOVIN`ON UP - M PEOPLE 29 GONNA MAKE YOU SWEAT - INNER CIRCLE 30 LOVE SONG FOR A VAMPIRE/LITTLE BIRD - ANNIE LENNOX 31 SHE DON`T LET KNOW BODY - CHAKA DEMUS 32 WHY CAN`T I WAKE UP WITH YOU - TAKE THAT 33 COULD IT BE MAGIC - TAKE THAT 34 TWIST AND SHOUT - CHAKA DEMUS 35 YOU GOT 2 LET THE MUSIC - CAPPELLA 36 LOVE I LOST - SYBIL 37 MR LOVERMAN - SHABBA RANKS 38 EXTERMINATE - SNAP! 39 ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY - LENNY KRAVITZ 40 RIGHT HERE - SWV 41 AIN`T NO LOVE AIN`T NO USE - SUB SUB 42 WHEN I`M GOOD AND READY - SYBIL 43 TRIBAL DANCE - 2 UNLIMITED 44 EVERYBODY HURTS - R.E.M. 45 THAT`S THE WAY LOVE GOES - JANET JACKSON 46 GO WEST - PET SHOP BOYS 47 BOOM SHACK-A-LACK - APACHE INDIAN 48 GIVE INTO ME - MICHAEL JACKSON 49 SHOW ME LOVE - ROBIN S 50 GIVE IT UP - GOODMEN What we are going to do on the Flashback, this year is to feature the years 1982, 1985, 1991, 1994 & an older chart from an older period. That`s because some have said can we see some earlier years, rather than being stuck in the late 70s/early 80s/90s. So, I will add in some from the late 60s and early 70s, over a rota. Say 1967/70/73/76/79 on every 5th week. Thus providing chart info/tv info from the start of Radio One, until the axeman cometh in 1994. But not using Radio One`s charts, and staying independant for EMI/Record Business/MRIB. The Top Pre-Order Singles minus those songs available on download already: 01 RIVERSIDE - SIDNEY SAMPSON 4th Jan (We reckon next week`s #1) 02 ECHO - GIRLS CAN`T CATCH 18th Jan 03 WHERE ARE WE - LOST PROPHETS 4th Jan 04 HURTFUL - ERIK HASSLE 8th Feb 05 MANY OF HORROR - BIFFY CLYRO 18th Jan The Top Pre-Order Albums: 01 THE BETRAYED - LOST PROPHETS 18th Jan 02 CONTRA - VAMPIRE WEEKEND 11th Jan 03 ACOLYTE - DELPHIC 11th Jan 04 HOLD ME DOWN - YOU ME AT SIX 11th Jan 05 REBIRTH - LIL`WAYNE 1st Feb The Week on iTunes: Note: Last week on the Big Top 40 at the start, the week`s top ten only covered 4 days... Matt Wilkinson played RATM at the top still, when it should have been that McElderry person! Altogether they made it look like Joe, never got a #1! :lol: 01 02 LADY GAGA - BAD ROMANCE 02 10 KESHA 03 08 MEET ME HALFWAY 04 07 RIHANNA 05 04 3OH!3 06 01 JOE MCELDERRY 07 06 JOURNEY 08 05 CHERYL COLE - 3 WORDS 09 09 ROBBIE 10 13 CHIPMUNK 11 23 JLS 12 17 CHERYL COLE - FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE 13 12 BROKEN HEELS 14 26 BAD BOYS 15 24 I GOTTA FEELING 16 22 SATURDAYS 17 16 JAY Z/ALICIA KEYS 18 21 N-DUBZ 19 14 JASON DERULO 20 15 TIMBALAND (iTunes weekly chart thanks to Steve Johnson) The Top Physicals this week: Compiled by DTR 01 01 JOE MCELDERRY 02 02 PETER KAY 03 03 X FACTOR FINALISTS 04 04 CHERYL COLE - 3 WORDS 05 07 LADY GAGA 06 NE WILEY 07 NE CHIPMUNK 08 09 ROBBIE WILLIAMS 09 11 BLACK EYED PEAS 10 14 KESHA 11 12 CHERYL COLE - FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE 12 13 WESTLIFE 13 NE ESMEE DENTERS 14 16 JLS 15 17 LEONA 16 15 ALICIA KEYS 17 05 GEORGE MICHAEL 18 21 ALEXANDRA BURKE 19 22 JAY Z 20 06 PET SHOP BOYS Here`s the up to New Years Eve Top 40 songs of 2009: Compiled by DTR 01 Pokerface 02 I Gotta Feeling 03 Just Dance 04 Fight For This Love 05 The Climb 06 In For The Kill 07 Boom Boom Pow 08 Bad Boys 09 Killing In The Name 10 Meet Me Halfway 11 Number 1 12 Sexy Bitch 13 Use Somebody 14 The Fear 15 Bonkers 16 Beat Again 17 Bad Romance 18 Broken Strings 19 Paparazzi 20 Sex On Fire 21 When Love Takes Over 22 Right Round 23 I`M Not Alone 24 Halo 25 Children In Need Medley 26 Bulletproof 27 Jai Ho 28 You Are Not Alone 29 Love Story 30 Evacuate The Dancefloor 31 Day N`Nite 32 Not Fair 33 Single Ladies 34 Empire State Of Mind 35 Break Your Heart 36 Release Me 37 Red 38 Sweet Dreams 39 I`m Yours 40 Knock You Down Everybody In Love just misses the top 40 of 2009. And the top albums of 2009: 01 I Dreamed A Dream - Susan Boyle 02 The Fame - Lady GaGa 03 Crazy Love - Michael Buble 04 Only By The Night - Kings Of Leon 05 E.N.D. - Black Eyed Peas 06 Now 74 - Various 07 JLS - JLS 08 I Am Sasha Fierce - Beyonce 09 Sunny Side Up - Paolo Nutini 10 It`s Not Me It`s You - Lily Allen Hang on for the up to minute singles...While you wait (if you are over 30, and like retro charts) try listening to this file: http://www.mediafire.com/file/e2memdmywii/2009.12.27

Not only that, but the Christmas songs will start to tumble too...as their popularity where`s off, as Christmas Eve turns to Christmas Day/Boxing Day. Poor Slade, and Bob Dylan looked like he could have a single top 50 hit, for the first time in years! Due to that showing on TOTP2 yesterday.

Number 7 actually mate, but I think we both mean, that Soap!

Where do you get the number 6 from? Or have you spotted another connection there? I was actually connecting the fact that both Tom Browne & Dev have acted in a certain programme. Are we having the same thought?

Overall Pixie has sold better on iTunes, than other Download sites...that`s the position. It`s very acurate at this point. The hidden thing abut iTunes is the other versions available. Not on Pixie, but other songs such as the multi Pogues/Carey/Cheryl etc. We count all versions together, which is what the people at Big Top 40 do. You can check out the top 10 portion at the start of Big Top 40 in comparison (although there may be a little change because it`s 2 days until Sunday). Pixie will be lower, on the proper chart because of other people`s physicals/other download sites...like you say, there is no physical of Cry Me Out. The physicals of Peter Kay & X Factor Finalists push her out of the top 20 on their own, as well as the combination of other sites & other physicals.

It happen to Pixie last week though. 18 on iTunes towards the end of the week, and only 26 on the proper Sunday chart.

Sorry Steve, I didn`t put them in, as I only have a Top 5. But just for you: Top Pre-Order Singles minus songs already available on download alone: 01 Riverside - Sidney Sampson 4th Jan 02 Echo - Girls Can`t Catch 18th Jan 03 Take That - Wiley 28th Dec 04 Where We Belong - Lost Prophets 4th Jan 05 Doubt - Delphic 30th Dec Top Album pre-orders: 01 Betrayed - Lost Prophets 18th Jan 02 Contra - Vampire Weekend 11th Jan 03 Acolyte - Delphic 11th Jan 04 Forever Vienna - Andre Rieu 28th Dec 05 Rebirth - Lil`Wayne 1st Feb

I do agree. Possibly poor old Shaky was out of favour by 1990. Which was a shame.

The finish and the Top 75 highlights plus complete top 50...compiled thus by DTR, the Top 40 based on physicals & downloads. The rest on just downloads. Top 75 Andy Williams Brenda Lee JLS (One Shot) Robbie Williams (Bodies) Top 70 GaGa/Beyonce (Videophone) Black Eyed Peas (Boom Boom Pow) GaGa (Paparazzi) GaGa/Beyonce (Telephone) Top 60 Sugababes 33) KOL (Sex On Fire) 32) Miley Cyrus (The Climb) 31) Shakira (Did It Again) JLS (Beat Again) 30) Drake & Co (Forever) GaGa (Pokerface) 29) Chris Brown 28) Britney Spears N-Dubz (I Need You) 27) Top 50 50 43 KINGS AND QUEENS - 30 SECONDS TO MARS 26) 49 RE DO THEY KNOW IT`S CHRISTMAS - BAND AID 48 34 WILD HORSES - SUSAN BOYLE 47 31 BOHIEMIAN RHAPSODY - MUPPETS 46 RE I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY - WIZZARD 45 RE DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - CHRIS REA 44 NE MUST BE SANTA - BOB DYLAN 43 NE BROKEN DOWN - ALICIA KEYS 42 40 BABY BY ME - 50CENT 25) 41 RE MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE - SHAKIN STEVENS 40 48 WINTER WINDS - MUMFORD AND SONS 24) 39 28 STOP CRYING YOUR HEART OUT - LEONA 38 41 PARTY IN THE USA - MILEY CYRUS 23) 37 33 WHAT ABOUT NOW - WESTLIFE 22) 36 39 HAPPY - LEONA 21) 35 47 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY - SLADE 34 37 DOWN - JAY SEAN 20) 33 42 LAST CHRISTMAS - WHAM! 32 38 YOU GOT THE LOVE - FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE 19) 31 12 DECEMBER SONG - GEORGE MICHAEL 18) 30 21 HAVEN`T MET YOU YET - MICHAEL BUBLE 29 49 YOUNG FOREVER - JAY Z 28 16 LET THE BASS KICK IN MIAMI GIRL - DJ CHUCKIE/LMFAO 17) 27 24 CRY ME OUT - PIXIE LOTT 26 26 EVERYBODY IN LOVE - JLS 16) 25 23 BAD BOYS - ALEXANDRA 15) 24 30 EGO - SATURDAYS 23 27 PLAYING WITH FIRE - N-DUBZ 22 29 I GOTTA FEELING - BLACK EYED PEAS 14) 21 36 BROKEN HEELS - ALEXANDRA =18 20 25 EMPIRE STATE - JAY Z/ALICIA KEYS 13) =19 19 18 WATCHA SAY - JASON DERULO 12) =16 18 13 YOU ARE NOT ALONE - X FACTOR FINALISTS 11) =20 17 22 ALL I WANT FOR XMAS IS YOU - MARIAH CAREY =17 16 20 LOOK FOR ME - CHIPMUNK =15 15 14 DOESN`T MEAN ANYTHING - ALICIA KEYS 10) =11 14 17 FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE - CHERYL COLE 9) =14 13 15 MORNING AFTER DARK - TIMBALAND 8) =13 12 19 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - POGUES/KIRSTY MACCOLL =12 11 11 TIK TOK - KESHA 7) =10 10 06 YOU KNOW ME - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 6) =9 09 09 RUSSIAN ROULETTE - RIHANNA 08 08 DON`T STOP BELIEVIN` - JOURNEY =6 07 10 MEET ME HALFWAY - BLACK EYED PEAS 5) =8 06 05 STARSTRUCK - 3OH!3 =4 05 04 CHILDREN IN NEED MEDLEY - PETER KAY 4) =5 04 07 3 WORDS - CHERYL COLE 3) =7 03 03 BAD ROMANCE - LADY GAGA 2) =3 02 02 KILLING IN THE NAME - RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE =2 01 01 THE CLIMB - JOE MCELDERRY 1) =1 ) Position without downloads alone = Position on Chart Show tv (Saturday at 1pm) Well after last week`s defeat in the end, Joe does for us for a 2nd week...Though no contest this time, as Rage lose around 10,000 a day to Joe. Joe heading upwards of 70,000+ ahead. Could he clear well over 200k, this week? Comparing to previous years i.e. 1967-83, when the chart was never announced over week 52...3 occasions come to mind of a change of #1, when no charts were announced, these were 1970, when Clive Dunn overtook Dave Edmunds. 1971, when Benny Hill was overtaken by the New Seekers. 1980, was dodgy in that St Winifreds/John Lennon/Jona Lewie battle, when apparently the #4 overtook all 3. As Lennon`s other re-entry "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", the #1 that never was...or was it?

The Top 75 Downloads Sun - Tues: 01 Rage Against The Machine 02 Joe McElderry 03 Lady GaGa - Bad Romance 04 3OH!3 05 Journey 06 Rihanna 07 Cheryl Cole - 3 Words 08 Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway 09 Robbie Williams 10 Kesha 11 Alexandra - Broken Heels 12 Chipmunk 13 Jason Derulo 14 Timbaland 15 Jay Z 16 Alicia Keys 17 Pogues 18 Pixie Lott 19 Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love 20 Mariah Carey 21 Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling 22 N-Dubz - Playing With Fire 23 Chuckie/LMFAO 24 Saturdays - Ego 25 Alexandra - Bad Boys 26 Michael Buble 27 JLS - Everybody In Love 28 Florence And The Macine 29 Jay Z - Young Forever 30 Leona - Stop Crying Your Heart Out 31 George Michael 32 Miley Cyrus - Party In The USA 33 Muppets 34 Alicia Keys - Broken Down 35 Jay Sean 36 Westlife 37 Wham! 38 50Cent 39 Shakin`Stevens 40 Susan Boyle 41 30 Seconds To Mars 42 Mumford And Sons 43 Chris Brown/Lil' Wayne 44 Bob Dylan - Must Be Santa 45 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas 46 Britney Spears 47 Shakira - Did It Again 48 Miley Cyrus - Climb 49 Drake 50 Wizzard 51 Band Aid 52 Big Pink 53 Taken By Trees 54 Lady GaGa - Pokerface 55 Slade 56 Chase And Status 57 N-Dubz - I Need You 58 Sugababes 59 JLS - Beat Again 60 Leona - Happy 61 KOL - Sex On Fire 62 Paolo Nutini 63 Lady GaGa - Paparazzi 64 X Factor Finalists 65 Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart 66 Lady GaGa - Telephone 67 Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow 68 Luther Vandross 69 Whitney Houston 70 Cheryl Cole - Parachute 71 Glee Cast 72 Fightstar - A City On Fire 73 David Guetta/Akon - Sexy Chick 74 JLS - One Shot 75 Lady GaGa - Speechless

Are you not fogetting "The Floral Dance" in 1977...6 weeks behind "Mull Of Kintyre?" Not exactly Christmas song, but shifting quite a lot.

Got to say that I Love You & Cliff was not a Christmas #1, neither was Moon River for Danny Williams...Danny got there after Christmas, as the dates were different. Cliff never got to #1. On Pick Of The Pops, he peaked at #2. Although either way, Elvis remained at the top with It`s Now Or Never, because again the dates differed. I believe it was 27th Dec for Moon River, and the chart for 1960 changed on the 29th.

Yes. Don`t forget we`ve got about 200 people that used to think were good!

Well, Big Top 40 are based only on downloads, and RATM are the complete week`s winner on iTunes. Whether the "live" Chart will change it...Is highly unlikely. If Radio One gets more listeners, than usual...then those people that haven`t listen to it for years, are in for a bit of a shock, when they find out what a mess the Radio One Countdown has become! :puke2:

Isn`t it just amazing how hype works...It only takes one person! Thank you Chris/Mike, on a thread that at it`s most, gets around 900 hits...this week get`s 5,000+. And it`s all unofficial. No, wonder David Jensen pulled Radio One`s listeners in 1984!

Bulk purchasing, Robbie...Now that leads to dsq!

Either way, the charts are totally manipulated by factors of Cowell...and even the rather ridiculous manipulation of Facebook. Can`t people buy something for quality, rather than hype and not get drawn in by following the crowd? I mean how many people actually thought about quality in either case? It just to goes to show that the average person in the record buying public has the head full of mush. If you take both songs away...you end up with Lady Gaga/Robbie/3OH!3. Robbie`s single has surged because of his appearance on that bloody programme anyway. So, we can take him out. Downloads of the week show 3OH!3 have outsold GaGa. So, 3OH!3 would be top download without the hype (for the younger bunch). George Michael top Physical without the hype. What do we deduce from that, and what sex/age are the most people that went out and bought Joe? Are they middle aged women, who bought the bloody thing for their kids?

The Almost Sats on a Thurs! Why you ask? Well, we`d never get the information from "dead" Britain on Christmas Day. So, better thank Brian/Steve/Don/Simon and the lovely Jo, at DTR headquarters in a difficult week in Berkshire. With the worst snowfalls since January 1986. Global Warming, what's that? Pah!!! And shame on Asda (Lower Earley) for having the most dangerous Car Park/badly run store in the Country (probably). Well done Morrison`s for cleaning up and managing the checkouts brilliantly. Also, thanks to Thames Travel for keeping the rural buses running, while Reading buses couldn`t manage to keep their`s going at all! :puke2: Thursday 24th December The Top Books: Compiled by Neilsen 01 04 THE LOST SYMBOL - DAN BROWN 02 01 GUINESS WORLD RECORDS - GUINESS BOOKS 03 02 ECLIPSE - STEPHENIE MEYER 04 03 TWILIGHT - STEPHENIE MEYER 05 07 GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO - STEIG LARSSON 06 06 WHERE'S STIG - BBC BOOKS 07 18 HANDLE WITH CARE - JODI PICOULT 08 05 DELIA'S HAPPY CHRISTMAS - DELIA SMITH 09 09 OH! WHAT A LOVELY PAIR - ANT AND DEC 10 14 MY $h!t LIFE SO FAR - FRANKIE BOYLE The Top Dvd Films: Compiled by HMV 01 01 HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE 02 02 THE HANGOVER 03 03 TRANSFORMERS 2: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN 04 04 INGLOURIUS BASTERDS 05 05 STAR TREK XI 06 06 THE PROPOSAL 07 09 TERMINATOR 4: SALVATION 08 10 G.I. JOE: RISE OF THE COBRA 09 08 MY SISTER`S KEEPER 10 12 NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2 Ice Age 3 & G-Force are the missing kids dvds in the top 10. On music, it would be Take That doing the biz for "Circus Live". The Top Comedians dvds are: 01 MICHAEL MCINTYRE 2009 02 LEE EVANS 03 JASON MUMFORD 04 AL MURRAY 05 RHOD GILBERT With the dodgy material of Jimmy Carr in 6th place. I would question Al Murray...Am I the only one that thinks that this geezer is the unfunniest comedian around, rather an over done sketch me thinks! The average Pub landlord, has never been that funny in the real world has he??? Although, he may seem to know everything! The Top Box Office Films: Compiled by Screen International 01 NE AVATOR £8,509,050 02 NE ST TRINIAN'S 2 £1,586,832 03 01 A CHRISTMAS CAROL 04 06 NATIVITY 05 04 PLANET 51 06 02 WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE 07 03 NEW MOON 08 07 LAW ABIDING CITIZEN 09 04 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 10 08 2012 The Top Games: Compiled by DTR 01 01 NEW SUPER MARIO BROTHERS 02 02 JUST DANCE 03 03 MARIO & SONIC AT THE WINTER OLYMPICS 04 04 FIFA 10 05 05 MARIO KART 06 06 DJ HERO 07 RE WARIOLAND: SHAKE DIMENSION 08 RE SINGSTAR: POP EDITION 09 08 SOLUS 10 09 BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM The Top TV Programmes: Compiled by BARB (Only the top editions of multi broadcasted editions of programmes are noted) 01 01 X FACTOR 16.28 02 NE SUSAN BOYLE`S STORY 10.79 03 02 CORONATION STREET 10.40 04 05 EASTENDERS 9.49 05 04 STRICTLY COME DANCING 8.94 06 03 I`M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE 7.53 07 06 EMMERDALE 7.49 08 10 GAVIN AND STACEY 6.53 09 11 MERLIN 6.01 10 12 FAMILY FORTUNES 5.52 11 16 BBC NEWS 5.50 12 23 HOLBY CITY 5.43 13 NE CHERYL COLE`S NIGHT IN 5.37 14 RE ITV WEEKEND NEWS 5.32 15 24 WATERLOO ROAD 5.21 16 26 SPOOKS 5.11 17 22 HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU 5.10 18 NE BRITISH COMEDY AWARDS 5.02 19 NE ELF 4.94 20 NE QI 4.86 21 17 CASUALTY 4.84 22 27 LIVE AT THE APOLLO 4.82 23 NE BBC SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR 4.78 24 25 10 O`CLOCK NEWS 4.75 24 15 ONE SHOW 4.75 26 07 HARRY HILL`S TV BURP 4.74 27 19 6 O`CLOCK NEWS 4.71 28 NE TONIGHT 4.58 29 RE LOTTERY DRAWS 4.31 30 RE LIFE 4.30 The Bill slides up to 31 on 4million...will it re-enter the top 30 soon, we hope? The Top Albums: Based on sales Thurs to Weds 01 03 CRAZY LOVE - MICHAEL BUBLE 02 01 I DREAMED A DREAM - SUSAN BOYLE 03 02 NOW 74 - VARIOUS 04 04 E.N.D. - BLACK EYED PEAS 05 06 FAME MONSTER - LADY GAGA 06 07 ELECTRONIC 80s - VARIOUS 07 05 JLS - JLS 08 12 CIRCUS LIVE - TAKE THAT 09 08 REALITY KILLED THE VIDEO STAR - ROBBIE WILLIAMS 10 09 UP TO NOW - SNOW PATROL 11 14 HITS - WILL YOUNG 12 15 3 WORDS - CHERYL COLE 13 11 WHERE ARE WE - WESTLIFE 14 16 SOULBOOK - ROD STEWART 15 13 ABSOLUTE GREATEST - QUEEN 16 10 ECHO - LEONA 17 18 SUNNY SIDE UP - PAOLO NUTINI 18 19 THIS IS IT - MICHAEL JACKSON 19 17 ELEMENT OF FREEDOM - ALICIA KEYS 20 20 COMING HOME - SOLDIERS 21 21 R + B COLLECTION 2010 - VARIOUS 22 24 NOW XMAS - VARIOUS 23 26 RATED R - RIHANNA 24 25 AGAINST ALL ODDS - N-DUBZ 25 23 OVERCOME - ALEXANDRA 26 31 BEST BETTE - BETTE MIDLER 27 27 VERY BEST OF - FLEETWOOD MAC 28 29 MY CHRISTMAS - ANDREA BOCELLI 29 22 HEROES - COLDSTREAM GUARDS 30 32 MINISTRY OF SOUND PRESENTS: ONE - VARIOUS Mr Buble continues to overtake Ms Boyle by a bigger margin. And after 5 weeks...Do we finally understand what the "R" in "Rated X" reallly means for the 2000s answer to Little Eva? Time for the Flashback to...December 1990: Charts compiled by the old gang at MRIB (MEDIA RESEARCH INFORMATION BUREAU) The Top TV, back then: 01 CORONATION STREET 19.60 02 NEIGHBOURS...the liars try to tell us this garbage got 19million viewers! No way...10m maximum 03 EASTENDERS 18.40 04 BLIND DATE 13.90...Cilla still pulling us in on Saturdays 05 KEEPING UP APPEARANCES 13.60...Roy Clarke and his worst sitcom a la Mrs Bucket 06 WISH YOU WERE HERE 13.50...Judith Chalmers doing what she did best, and selling holidays! 07 CASUALTY 13.40...the 5th season for the Hospital drama 08 HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY CORONATION STREET 13.10...it began in December 1960, with Florrie Lindley in the corner shop 09 BIRDS OF A FEATHER 12.90...Quirke/Robson/Joseph keeping some entertained in the sitcom...Yes, I hated it! 10 TAGGART 12.80...Mark McManus in the series, that started just one month after the first episode of "The Bill" in 1983. The 100th episode coming tonight 11 THIS IS YOUR LIFE 12.70...Michael Aspel gets Evelyn Laye...the late actress, who was in her 90s by 1990 12 HOME AND AWAY...they say 12.5million, we don`t lie...so it was a tad above 6m! 13 BEADLES ABOUT 12.10...the late great Jeremy (much wasted in this nonsense). A shame because he was one of the most intelligent people on TV 14 BRUCE FORSYTH'S GENERATION GAME 11.70...Bruce avec Rosemarie Ford on Fridays at 8pm 15 ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES 11.60...50 minutes of David Jason by now...slightly inspired by both Citizen Smith & Minder by my reckoning 16 FAMILY FORTUNES 11.40...Les Dennis in his 4th season, the series itself in season 10 17 STAR TREK III 11.30...The Search For Spock in the 1984 film 18 NINE O`CLOCK NEWS 11.20 19 NEWS AT TEN 11.10 20 THE BILL 10.80...Episode 99 "One For The Road". Sgt Cryer celebrates 20 years on the force, but Sgt Penny is arrested for drink driving! The Top Albums in Dec 1990: Now 18, fighting with Madge 01 01 NOW 18 - VARIOUS 02 02 IMMACULATE COLLECTION - MADONNA 03 03 VERY BEST OF - ELTON JOHN 04 04 SERIOUS HITS LIVE - PHIL COLLINS 05 05 IN CONCERT - PAVAROTTI/DOMINGO/CARRERAS 06 08 FROM A DISTANCE - CLIFF RICHARD 07 06 SINGLES COLLECTION 1984-1990 - JIMMY SOMERVILLE 08 10 I'M YOUR BABY TONIGHT - WHITNEY HOUSTON 09 09 SOUL PROVIDER - MICHAEL BOLTON 10 11 RHYTHM OF THE SAINTS - PAUL SIMON The Top Singles in Dec 1990: 01 03 SAVIOUR'S DAY - CLIFF RICHARD...just nudging in for the 3rd #1 in a row at Christmas for Cliff, for he heavily featured on Band Aid II in 1989 02 05 YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELING/EBB TIDE - RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS...Unchained Melody led to the re-release of the 1965/69/77 hit 03 11 SADNESS PART 1 - ENIGMA...the Romanian Michael Cretu etc project, rather than the 1981 starsound sounding mob 04 01 ICE ICE BABY - VANILLA ICE...with the rift of "Under Pressure" Robert Matthew Van Winkle from Dallas 05 21 GREASE MEGAMIX - JOHN AND OLIVIA...Grease 12 years on, doing well on stage hence this medley 06 02 JUSTIFY MY LOVE - MADONNA...not justifying Vanilla Ice, who kept her from #1! 07 04 ALL TOGETHER NOW - FARM...Up to Liverpool for the best from the boys 08 07 MARY HAD A LITTLE BOY - SNAP!...Christmas connection? No way! 09 06 PRAY - MC HAMMER...Stanley Kirk Burrell is 48 next March and came from California 10 12 TOTAL MIX - BLACK BOX...One year in, and another mix coming from the Italian house/dance mob 11 10 WICKED GAME - CHRIS ISAAK...Another Californian, his biggest hit...but remember "Blue Hotel?" 12 15 JUST THIS SIDE OF LOVE - MALANDRA BURROWS...Emmerdale star Malandra 44, 6 weeks back and another Liverpudlian 13 20 ANNIVERSARY WALTZ PART 2 - STATUS QUO...they'd had a MRIB #1 with Part 1, but part 2 just missed the top 10 14 NE ALL THE MAN THAT I NEED - WHITNEY HOUSTON...following up I`m Your Baby Tonight 15 13 UNBELIEVABLE - EMF...from Gloucestershire "Epsom Mad Funkers" not Electro Magnetic Field, did they pinch Jesus Jones' act? 16 25 CRAZY - SEAL...2 Crazys in the chart. The first from the 46 year old from Paddington 17 26 GONNA MAKE YOU SWEAT - C & C MUSIC FACTORY...Clivilles And Cole. The late David Cole who passed away in 1995 18 31 BEST CHRISTMAS OF THEM ALL - SHAKIN' STEVENS...Over to Wales for the Shaky, and quite a decent Christmas hit 19 16 UNCHAINED MELODY - RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS...from Ghost, the comeback for Bill Medley/Bobby Hatfield (Californian again) 20 41 41 CRAZY PARTY MIXES - JIVE BUNNY...had we had enough of John & Andrew Pickles, from Rotherham? 21 28 CLOSE TO YOU/MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING - CARPENTERS...re-issued for the late Karen & Richard and a new peak for the Christmas classic 22 09 SITUATION - YAZOO...Vince Clarke/Alison Moyet on another re-issue 23 30 CRAZY - PATSY CLINE...She died in that plane crash, 27 years before, but we finally got her a big UK hit 24 08 THIS ONE'S FOR THE CHILDREN - NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK...One year in for Donnie and the gang, although they assembled in 1984 25 19 DISAPPEAR - INXS...the late Michael Hutchence, who formed in 1977 as the Farriss Brothers 26 14 DON'T WORRY - KIM APPLEBY...Mel sadily passed away, but Kim kept them coming for the mixed race English star 27 22 ARE YOU DREAMING - TWENTY 4 SEVEN/CAPTAIN HOLLYWOOD...Dutch produced dance 28 23 FREEDOM! - GEORGE MICHAEL...swearing on Chris Evans Radio 2 show, last week, it was Georgios 29 18 SUCKER DJ - DIMPLES D...hip hop producer Marley Marl brought in Crystal Smith for this hit, sampling the theme to "I Dream Of Jeannie" 30 24 24 HOURS - BETTY BOO...Alison Moira Clarkson from Kensington doing the "rap". She`s only 39 now, you know 31 17 KINKY BOOTS - PATRICK MACNEE/HONOR BLACKMAN...the re-issued hit from those 2 Avengers 32 27 FALLING - JULIE CRUISE...it came from "Twin Peaks". From Iowa, Julie was 56 on 1st Dec 33 35 A MATTER OF FACT - INNOCENCE...Gee Morris 34 NE DOCTOR JEEP - SISTERS OF MERCY...up to Leeds for more Gothic sounds 35 40 I`VE HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE - BILL MEDLEY/JENNIFER WARNES...Dirty Dancing 4 years on 36 38 TURTLE RHAPSODY - ORCHESTRA ON THE HALF SHELL...Those Teenage Mutant Turtles again. "Cowabunga! 37 NE MY BOOK - BEAUTIFUL SOUTH...A Little Time follow up, but a bit of a flop for Paul Heaton/Dave Hemingway from the Housemartins 38 NE I CAN`T TAKE THE POWER - OFF-SHORE...more dancey/house stuff, sounding rather like Snap! 39 36 I CALL YOUR NAME - A-HA...over to Norway for a forgotten small hit by the twosome 40 32 MY DEFINITION OF A BOOMBASTIC JAZZ STYLE - DEFINITION OF SOUND...the nicked riff of "Soul Bossa Nova" by Quincy Jones 41 NE SUMMER RAIN - BELINDA CARLISLE...California again, for this small hit by Belinda Jo 42 NE FANTASY - BLACK BOX...covering Earth Wind And Fire circa 1978 43 NE GEORDIE BOYS - PAUL GASCOIGNE...no fog on Gazza! 44 37 IT TAKES TWO - ROD STEWART/TINA TURNER...the super twosome covering Marvin Gaye/Kim Weston circa 1967 45 34 TURN IT UP - TECHNOTRONIC...Belgian dancey/house slightly tiring now 46 NE ROCK THE BOAT - DELAGE...covering the well covered Hues Corporation hit. The 4 girls forgotten from the Stock/Aitken/Waterman stable 47 NE PRODIGAL BLUES - BILLY IDOL...William Michael Albert Broad from Stanmore, ex-Generation X. He was 54, 6 weeks ago 48 39 KING OF THE ROAD - PROCLAIMERS...Charlie & Craig Reid from Leith covering Roger Miller`s #2 hit 49 NE I`M NOT IN LOVE - WILL TO POWER...over to Miami for a cover of 10cc`s 1975 #1 50 50 I CAN'T SAY GOODBYE - KIM WILDE...Marty`s daughter from Chiswick 49, 8 weeks ago with a well forgotten/under played minor hit. Ever noticed on the 1987 Christmas novelty...Mel Smith joins Kim, but on the CD comps today, poor old Griff Rhys Jones has been chopped off the end. All he wanted was Banarama...You have to dig out the original 7" single for the full version. The Top Physicals this week: Compiled by DTR 01 01 JOE MCELDERRY 02 02 PETER KAY 03 03 X FACTOR FINALISTS 04 NE 3 WORDS - CHERYL COLE 05 04 GEORGE MICHAEL 06 05 PET SHOP BOYS 07 06 LADY GAGA 08 07 WOGAN/JONES/CORR 09 09 ROBBIE WILLIAMS 10 08 SOLDIERS 11 10 BLACK EYED PEAS 12 11 FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE - CHERYL COLE 13 12 WESTLIFE 14 14 KESHA 15 13 ALICIA KEYS 16 16 JLS 17 17 LEONA - HAPPY 18 15 HOLLIE STEEL 19 19 CHUCKIE/LMFAO 20 16 MINI VIVA Joe battles Peter for top physical of the whole year. The Week on iTunes (Sun to Thurs): Thanks to Steve Johnson for the info every week 01 02 JOE MCELDERRY 02 03 LADY GAGA 03 01 RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE 04 04 3OH!3 05 06 CHERYL COLE - 3 WORDS 06 07 JOURNEY 07 08 RIHANNA 08 09 BLACK EYED PEAS - MEET ME HALFWAY 09 05 ROBBIE WILLIAMS 10 10 KESHA 11 18 POGUES 12 31 ALEXANDRA - BROKEN HEELS 13 13 CHIPMUNK 14 14 JASON DERULO 15 15 TIMBALAND 16 19 JAY Z/ALICIA KEYS 17 21 CHERYL COLE - FIGHT FOR THIS LOVE 18 23 MARIAH CAREY 19 11 ALICIA KEYS - DOESN`T MEAN ANYTHING 20 17 PIXIE LOTT Last week the downloads for RATM were amazing. Remember we told you that on the combined front last Friday, that Joe was 19,000 ahead...well by mid Saturday, he was 4,000 in front. Then came the hammering by RATM. 63,000 passed through the download sector in less than 12 hours. Some people suggested that this thread helped RATM get there! With nearly 7,000 hits maybe it did. Some others suggested that Uncle Dave, was lying to you as a gimmick! :lol: No point in lying, so I don`t. With 40+ years in the business, and so many contacts and the research company we still have shares in, we can`t go wrong. So, stick with us every week. It may not be Official, but I look at it this way...Even in the 70s/80s, at certain points in the week NME/Melody Maker/MRIB were all correct from their break off periods. Except no one chart could be certain in the 50s/60s...So, we always take in the BBC Averaged Chart, not some daft magazine that Guiness Books decided to use for those periods, where most of the time...not more than 50 shops were polled! Let them try and tell you that the Beatles didn`t get to #1 with Please Please Me, or Mr Acker Bilk didn`t either, for instance. Then later they try to say Des O`Conner had a #1! Utter rubbish. No one followed the Record Retailer chart in the 60s. Bad mananagement in the OCC (previously CIN) has even messed up the archive of sales figures, from the 50s-70s...They ain`t got them all. High Street shops in the 50s/60s, either used a local chart or the Melody Maker Top 50 (which surveyed 150 shops by 1968). If you would like a full list of the charts compiled by the BBC, for the proper chart years 1957-69 (a good Christmas present) email me at davericktaylor@yahoo.co.uk Just before the latest singles chart compiled by DTR...A teaser. On Radio One`s Top 40 Show on Sunday, Dev (Devin Griffin to you & me) presents. Now Dev has something in common with former Solid Gold Sixty/Top Twenty host "Tom Browne" (the best ever host)...but what is the connection?