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Thanks, that was exactly the sort of thing I was looking for.

Looks very good on a first glance. How far do the Top 100s go back? Do they go back to when there were exclusion criteria from the "next 25"? Looks like a lot of data to add to my database, I will keep the "virtual book" threads based on Top 75 until I've reached the end in December, than I intend to expand to include data from the top 100 if I've typed everything up in time! I'm sure this will mean a whole host of pretty obscure artists will have to have entries!

And then ignore that retrospective adjustment when publishing the "year end" charts?

Perhaps you need to disregard the official chart and refer to the MTV chart that someone makes up posts on another thread

Batch 50, and a group dominated by female singers. Jennifer Lopez, Pixie Lott, Louise, Demi Lovato, Lolly & Lorde all appear here Most weeks by a group in this batch are by the almost-forgotten Loose Ends with top male soloist being Hank Locklin. Love Affair reached number one, as did Los Lobos & Lord Rockinghams XI, and Lisa Left-Eye Lopes managed it as a featured singer on a Mel C track. That just leaves dual Eurovision winner Johnny Logan, whose two winning songs made Number 1 and 2, but never made the Top 50 as a performer again.

Updated to w/e 21 Feb 2015, Hozier and Ed Sheeran's late peaks taken into account.

I have 59 records peaking at number 1 for 2 weeks or more since 1/1/2010

This sounds so disjointed with all the swear words cut out. But I don't expect it sounds any better with them in.

Most weeks Top 10 since 1960 * 22 - "Relax" - Frankie Goes To Hollywood 21 - "Everything I Do (I Do It For You) - Bryan Adams - "She Loves You" - Beatles 20 - "Love Is All Around" - Wet Wet Wet "Happy" - Pharrell Williams 19 - "All Of Me" - John Legend "Rivers Of Babylon"/"Brown Girl In The Ring "Thinking Out Loud" - Ed Sheeran 18 - "Somebody That I Used To Know" - Gotye featuring Kimbra *1960 chosen as there were a shed load of long top 10 runners in the very early days of the chart

Week after next, surely?

Week after next, surely?

That was going to be my guess too.

That Bipolar Sunshine track was really good. Shame it hasn't made the Top 40.

Sounds like the OCC chart archive will finally be worthy of its name! http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/t...charts.com-3488

The instrumental bits are far better than the uninspiring vocals, particularly what sounds quite like synthesized xylophone.

Agreed - just plain annoying. Other people do it as well - "Sir Newman" and "chart saviour John Legend". May have been funny/interesting the first time but to carry it on for months....

It isn't actually boosting sales. It might boost *sales numbers* but not the sales themselves.

Although it has dropped out of the Top 75 this week

I've yet be convinced that a single Chris Brown track is above average, let alone great.

I think you're being generous in referring to it as average.

The Late Show?

Is Fergie trying to name every city in the developed world in this song (and quite a few countries as well)?

She made a bit of a pig's ear of the album chart - Megan down 3 places to 3? And, as bre has mentioned this isn't Bob's eighth studio album! Shame they didn't play a track from it, although the 20 seconds or so they did play was so dull it could have been anyone (sounded more George Ezra than Bob Dylan)

"All Of Me" becomes only the 6th record ever to spend 50 weeks in the Top 40.

No problems with the stream for me. Probably a problem at your end.