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Nice thread(s). Would have preferred the top 3 to be in reverse order, but that's democracy for you!

It's a bit harsh calling The Vamps the worst band ever to grace music. They're not even that bad in the boyband market, remember really duff ones like 911?

And surely, if you've got anything worth keeping, you back up your hard drive regularly.

No re-entry for "Bikini Girls With Machine Guns" then?

Thanks. I understand now - as I said a couple of posts ago it's me getting old! Whatever you all them it's interesting data, so thanks for posting.

I still don't see the difference. Is a "scrobble" effectively a play that's been logged on to last.fm?

Does it make me old if I'd never heard the word "scrobble" before? Isn't it just "plays"?

It's certainly the best of the Top 10 (in my opinion)

Another excellent thread, thanks for posting.

Both really, as I buy mine on CD which is a physical product comprised of digital data files. I've not downloaded a single album as of yet.

So "The Hippy Hippy Shake" was on each of the first 5 episodes?

Thanks. Really liked the Czars version of "Song To The Siren" but not much off the album. Perhaps "Song To The Siren" is just one of those songs that will sound good whoever performs it.

I was hoping it was a track by mid-80s group Berlin (preferably "Like Flames") rather than the Ry X borefest, but sadly not!

In Finland?

You are right, I had even spelt Discoteque incorrectly! Has been amended in the database and will be corrected on the updated version.

OCC & UMB don't credit him, Polyhex & the chart threads at time on here do, so on the balance of evidence I've added him, the revised entry will appear next Monday. Thanks Bré

Key - $ = US Number One (1969-date), ✮ UK Million Seller, ➜ Still in Top 75 at 31/12/14. A line in red indicates a Number 1, a line in blue indicate a Top 10 hit. ALABAMA 3 British male/female vocal instrumental group centered around Jake Black ("The Very Reverend D Wayne Love") and Rob Spragg ("Larry Love") and a number of other musicians over the years 22 Nov 97 The Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness 72 1 wk 11 Apr 98 Ain't Goin' To Goa 40 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 3 ALARM British male vocal/instrumental group. The original later line up was Eddie Macdonald, Mike Peters, Dave Sharp and Nigel Twist. Later incarnations included Peters with Craig Adams, Steve Grantley and James Stevenson 24 Sep 83 68 Guns 17 7 wks 21 Jan 84 Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke 22 6 wks 31 Mar 84 The Deceiver 51 4 wks 03 Nov 84 The Chant Has Just Begun 48 4 wks 02 Mar 85 Absolute Reality 35 6 wks 28 Sep 85 Strength 40 4 wks 18 Jan 86 Spirit Of '76 22 5 wks 26 Apr 86 Knife Edge 43 3 wks 17 Oct 87 Rain In The Summertime 18 5 wks 12 Dec 87 Rescue Me 48 2 wks 20 Feb 88 Presence Of Love 44 3 wks 16 Sep 89 Sold Me Down The River/Yn Cymraeg 43 3 wks 04 Nov 89 A New South Wales/The Rock (Alarm featuring The Morrison Orpehus Male Voice Choir) 31 5 wks 03 Feb 90 Love Don't Come Easy 48 3 wks 27 Oct 90 Unsafe Building 1990 54 2 wks 13 Apr 91 Raw 51 2 wks 03 Jul 04 New Home New Life 45 1 wk 18 Feb 06 Superchannel (Alarm MMVI) 24 1 wk Total Hits : 18 Total Weeks : 66 DAMON ALBARN British male singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, born 23/5/68. Best known for being the front man of Blur, he was also behind the "virtual band" Gorilaz, and The Good, The Bad & The Queen 10 May 14 Heavy Seas Of Love 70 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 MORRIS ALBERT Brazilian male singer (born Mauricio Kaisermann, 7/9/51) 27 Sep 75 Feelings 4 10 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 10 ALBERTA Sierra Leonean female singer (born Alberta Sheriff) 26 Dec 98 Yoyo Boy 48 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 ALBERTO Y LOST TRIOS PARANOIAS British male comedy vocal/instrumental group - Tony Bowers, Bob Harding, Jimmy Hibbert, Ray Hughes, Chris "CP" Lee, Bruce Mitchell, Les Prior, Simon White 23 Sep 78 Heads Down No Nonsense Mindless Boogie 47 5 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5 ALBION See Ferry Corsten ALCATRAZ American male production duo (Jean-Phillippe Aviance & Victor Imbres) 17 Feb 96 Give Me Luv 12 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 ALCAZAR Swedish male-female vocal group (Annika Kjærgaard, Andreas Lundstedt and Tess Merkel) joined by Magnus Carlsson for the final hit 08 Dec 01 Crying At The Discoteque 13 11 wks 16 Mar 02 Sexual Guarantee 30 2 wks 02 Oct 04 This Is The World We Live In 15 5 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 18 ALDA Icelandic female vocalist (born Alda Ólofsdóttir, 1966) 29 Aug 98 Real Good Time 7 7 wks 26 Dec 98 Girls Night Out 20 7 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 14 ALENA Jamaican female singer (Alena Lova) 13 Nov 99 Turn It Around 14 5 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5 ALESSI American male vocal duo – identical twins Billy & Bobby Alessi (born 12/7/53) 11 Jun 77 Oh Lori 8 11 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 11 ALESSO Swedish male DJ/producer (born Alessandro Lindblad, 7/7/91) 09 Jun 12 Calling (Lose My Mind) (Sebastian Ingrosso & Alesso featuring Ryan Tedder) 19 3 wks 07 Dec 13 Under Control (Calvin Harris & Alesso featuring Hurts) 1 11 wks 25 Jan 14 If I Lose Myself (Alesso vs OneRepublic) 8 13 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 27 HANNAH ALETHEA British female vocalist, born Hannah Parshad 09 Nov 02 Take My Breath Away (Soda Club featuring Hannah Alethea) 16 4 wks 08 Mar 03 Heaven Is A Place On Earth (Soda Club featuring Hannah Alethea) 13 4 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 8 ALEX PARTY Italian/British male vocal/intstrumental/DJ group – brothers Paolo & Gianni Visnadi (also members of Livin' Joy), Alex Natale & Robin "Shanie" Campbell 18 Dec 93 Alex Party (Saturday Night Party) 49 6 wks 28 May 94 Saturday Night Party (Read My Lips) 29 4 wks (The same recording as "Alex Party (Saturday Night Party)" under a different title) 18 Feb 95 Don't Give Me Your Life 2 13 wks 18 Nov 95 Wrap Me Up 17 3 wks 19 Oct 96 Read My Lips 96 28 2 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 28 ALEXIA British female singer (born 9/6/84). She has starred in a number of West End productions including "The Lion King", "Wicked" and "Les Misérables" 22 Feb 03 Ring 48 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 ALEXIA Italian female singer (born Alessia Aquilani, 19/5/67) 21 Mar 98 Uh La La La 10 9 wks 13 Jun 98 Gimme Love 17 4 wks 10 Oct 98 The Music I Like 31 2 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 15 ALFI & HARRY See David Seville ALFIE British male vocal/instrumental group (Lee Gorton, Sean Kelly, Matt McGeever, Sam Morris & Ian Smith) 08 Sep 01 You Make No Bones 61 1 wk 16 Mar 02 A Word In Your Ear 66 1 wk 21 Jun 03 People 53 1 wk 13 Sep 03 Stuntman 51 1 wk 28 Feb 04 No Need 66 1 wk 13 Aug 05 Your Own Religion 61 1 wk Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 6 JOHN ALFORD British male actor born John Stephens, 30/10/71. He is best known for playing the part of Billy Ray in "London's Burning", but prior to that he was in Grange Hill and appeared on the "Just Say No" single. 17 Feb 96 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 13 5 wks 25 May 96 Blue Moon/Only You 9 4 wks 23 Nov 96 If/Keep On Running 24 3 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 12 ALI British male singer (born Ali Tennant) 23 May 98 Love Letters 63 1 wk 24 Oct 98 Feelin' You 63 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 ALI & FRAZIER British female vocal duo 07 Aug 93 Uptown Top Ranking 33 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 MAEJOR ALI American male singer/songwriter/producer, born Brandon Green 28 Sep 13 Lolly (Maejor Ali featuring Juicy J & Justin Bieber) 56 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 NADIA ALI American (Libyan-born) female singer. She was the lead singer and songwriter of Iio, her solo hit was a version of that group's biggest hit 14 Jan 12 Rapture 40 10 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 10 TATYANA ALI American female singer/actress, born 24/1/79. She played Ashley on the TV show "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" 14 Nov 98 Daydreamin' 6 5 wks 13 Feb 99 Boy You Knock Me Out (Tatyana Ali featuring Will Smith) 3 9 wks 19 Jun 99 Everytime 20 4 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 18 ALIBI British male vocal duo - brothers Judd & Kye Mahoney 15 Feb 97 I'm Not To Blame 51 1 wk 07 Feb 98 How Much I Feel 58 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 ALIBI VS ROCKEFELLER Dutch male production group - Dennis de Laat, Mark Nieuwenhuijzen & Dimitrie Siliakus 07 Jul 07 Sexual Healing 34 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 ALICE BAND International female vocal trio - Charity Hair (USA), Amy Lindow (Scotland) & Audrey Nugent (Ireland) 23 Jun 01 One Day At A Time 52 1 wk 27 Apr 02 Now That You Love Me 44 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 ALICE DEEJAY Dutch male/female vocal/production group - Producers Dennis van der Driesschen ("Danski"), Wessel van Diepen ("Delmundo"), Sebastiaan Molijn ("Pronti") & Eelke Kalberg ("Kalmani") with vocalist/dancer Judith Pronk 31 Jul 99 Better Off Alone (DJ Jurgen presents Alice Deejay) 2 16 wks 04 Dec 99 Back In My Life 4 15 wks 15 Jul 00 Will I Ever 7 10 wks 21 Oct 00 The Lonely One 16 5 wks 10 Feb 01 Celebrate Our Love 17 4 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 50 ALICE IN CHAINS American male vocal/instrumental group - at the time of their hits consisting of Jerry Cantrell, Mike Starr, Sean Kinney & Layne Staley (died 2002) 23 Jan 93 Would 19 3 wks 20 Mar 93 Them Bones 26 3 wks 05 Jun 93 Angry Chair 33 2 wks 23 Oct 93 Down In A Hole 36 2 wks 11 Nov 95 Grind 23 2 wks 10 Feb 96 Heaven Beside You 35 2 wks Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 14 ALIEN ANT FARM American male vocal/instrumental group (Mike Cosgrove, Terry Corso, Dryden Mitchell & Tye Zamora) 30 Jun 01 Movies 5 9 wks (Also charted in 2002. Peaked in February 2002) 08 Sep 01 Smooth Criminal 3 15 wks 25 May 02 Atittude 66 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 25 ALIEN VOICES See Andros Georgiou ALISHA American female singer (born Alisha Itkin, 16/4/68) 25 Jan 86 Baby Talk 67 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 ALISHA'S ATTIC British female vocal/instrumental duo - sisters Karen (born 8/1/71) and Shelley (born 20/3/72) Poole. Their father is 60s singer Brian Poole. Shelley married Ally McErlaine from Texas in 2001. 03 Aug 96 I Am I Feel 14 10 wks 02 Nov 96 Alisha Rules The World 12 6 wks 15 Mar 97 Indestructible 12 6 wks 12 Jul 97 Air We Breathe 12 6 wks 19 Sep 98 The Incidentals 13 7 wks 09 Jan 99 Wish I Were You 29 5 wks 17 Apr 99 Barbarella 34 2 wks 24 Mar 01 Push It All Aside 24 4 wks 28 Jul 01 Pretender Got My Heart 43 1 wk Total Hits : 9 Total Weeks : 47 ALIVE Italian male production duo - Luca Moretti & Ricky Romanini 27 Jul 02 Alive (Alive featuring DD Klein) 49 1 wk 06 Sep 03 The Power (Of Bhangra) (Snap vs Motivo) 34 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 3 ALIVE FEATURING DD KLEIN ALIZÉE French female vocalist (born Alizée Jacotey, 21/8/84) 23 Feb 02 Moi Lolita 9 9 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 9 ALKALINE TRIO American male vocal/instrumental group (Dan Andriano, Mike Felumlee & Matt Skiba). Felumlee left in 2005 and was replaced by Derek Grant 02 Feb 02 Private Eye 51 1 wk 30 Mar 02 Stupid Kid 53 1 wk 26 Jul 03 We've Had Enough 50 1 wk 18 Oct 03 All in Black 60 1 wk 09 Jul 05 Time To Waste 32 2 wks 03 Dec 05 Mercy Me 30 2 wks 04 Mar 06 Burn 34 1 wk Total Hits : 7 Total Weeks : 9 ALL ABOUT EVE British female/vocal group with the core being Julianne Regan & Andy Cousin, with other members including Mark Price, Tim Bricheno, Marty Wilson-Piper and Ben Saveigear passing through over the years 31 Oct 87 In The Clouds 47 5 wks 23 Jan 88 Wild Hearted Woman 33 4 wks 09 Apr 88 Every Angel 30 5 wks 30 Jul 88 Martha's Harbour 10 8 wks 12 Nov 88 What Kind Of Fool 29 4 wks 30 Sep 89 Road To Your Soul 37 4 wks 16 Dec 89 December 34 5 wks 28 Apr 90 Scarlet 34 2 wks 15 Jun 91 Farewell Mr Sorrow 36 2 wks 10 Aug 91 Strange Way 51 3 wks 19 Oct 91 Dreamer 41 2 wks 10 Oct 92 Phased (EP) 38 2 wks (Tracks: Phased / Mine / Infrared (Instrumental Version) / Ascent/Descent) 28 Nov 92 Some Finer Day 57 1 wk 05 Jun 04 Let Me Go Home 52 1 wk Total Hits : 14 Total Weeks : 48 ALL ABOUT SHE British male/female vocal/instrumental group (Jon Clare, James Tadgell & Vanya Taylor) 14 Dec 13 Higher (Free) 20 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS American male vocal/instrumental group – Chris Gaylor (born 11/4/79), Mike Kennerty (born 20/7/80), Tyson Ritter (born 24/4/84) & Nick Wheeler (born 20/3/82) 02 Aug 03 Swing Swing 13 5 wks 22 Nov 03 The Last Song 69 1 wk 11 Mar 06 Move Along 42 3 wks 17 Jun 06 Dirty Little Secret 18 9 wks 07 Oct 06 It Ends Tonight 66 1 wk 31 Jan 09 Gives You Hell 18 17 wks (Also charted in 2010) Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 36 ALL ANGELS British female vocal/instrumental group (Daisy Chute (born 7/8/89), Rachel Fabri (born in Malta, 12/8/85), Melanie Nakhla (born 29/12/88) & Charlotte Ritchie (born 29/8/89), Laura Wright (born 17/6/90)). Ritchie plays Oregon in the TV series "Fresh Meat" 30 Dec 06 Angels 48 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 ALL BLUE British male vocal duo - brothers Ed & Henry Johnson 21 Aug 99 Prisoner 73 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 ALL EYES Male vocal group with three Britons (Freddy, Dudley & Nico) and Irishman Owen Clarke 13 Nov 04 She's A Vision 65 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 ALL-4-ONE American male vocal group (Tony Borowiak, Jamie Jones, Delious Kennedy & Alfred Nevarez). "I Swear" spent a record 7 consecutive weeks at Number 2 (and 11 straight weeks as US Number 1) 02 Apr 94 So Much In Love 60 1 wk 18 Jun 94 I Swear $ 2 18 wks 19 Nov 94 So Much In Love (Remix) 49 2 wks 15 Jul 95 I Can Love You Like That 33 2 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 23 ALL SAINTS Female vocal group consisting of two Britons (Melanie Blatt & Shaznay Lewis) and two Canadian sisters (Natalie & Nicole Appleton). Blatt & Lewis also had solo hits, while the Appleton sisters had hits as Appleton. 06 Sep 97 I Know Where It's At 4 8 wks 22 Nov 97 Never Ever ✮ 1 24 wks 09 May 98 Under The Bridge/Lady Marmalade 1 14 wks 12 Sep 98 Bootie Call 1 11 wks 05 Dec 98 War Of Nerves 7 11 wks 26 Feb 00 Pure Shores 1 16 wks 14 Oct 00 Black Coffee 1 18 wks (Also charted in 2001) 27 Jan 01 All Hooked Up 7 7 wks 11 Nov 06 Rock Steady 3 10 wks Total Hits : 9 Total Weeks : 119 ALL SEEING I British male vocal/instrumental/production group – Richad Barratt ("DJ Parrot"), Jason Buckle & Dean Honer. Honer was also part of I Monster 28 Mar 98 Beat Goes On 11 7 wks 23 Jan 99 Walk Like A Panther '98 (All Seeing I featuring Tony Christie) 10 7 wks 18 Sep 99 1st Man In Space 28 3 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 17 ALL SYSTEMS GO British male vocal/instrumental group 18 Jun 88 Pop Muzik 63 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 ALL TIME LOW American male vocal/instrumental group (Jack Barakat, Rian Dawson, Alex Gaskarth & Zack Merrick) 24 Apr 10 Lost In Stereo 63 1 wk 14 Sep 13 A Love Like War (All Time Low featuring Vic Fuentes) 56 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 RICHARD ALLAN British male singer 26 Mar 60 As Time Goes By 43 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 STEVE ALLAN Nom-de-disque for Alan Carvell. See Carvells DONNA ALLEN American female vocalist 18 Apr 87 Serious 8 12 wks 03 Jun 89 Joy And Pain 10 10 wks 21 Jan 95 Real 34 2 wks 11 Oct 97 Saturday (East 57th Street featuring Donna Allen) 29 3 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 27 LILY ALLEN British female singer (born 2/5/85). She is the daughter of actor Keith Allen (who had a number two hit with Fat Les) 08 Jul 06 Smile 1 23 wks (Also charted in 2007) 30 Sep 06 Ldn 6 14 wks (Also charted in 2007) 16 Dec 06 Littlest Things 21 7 wks 17 Feb 07 Alfie 15 9 wks 07 Jul 07 Oh My God (Mark Ronson featuring Lily Allen) 8 11 wks 27 Oct 07 Drivin' Me Wild (Common featuring Lily Allen) 56 1 wk 07 Feb 09 The Fear 1 20 wks 04 Apr 09 Not Fair 5 24 wks 08 Aug 09 22 14 10 wks 28 Nov 09 Who'd Have Known 39 4 wks 24 Jul 10 Just Be Good To Green (Professor Green featuring Lily Allen) 5 9 wks 17 Dec 11 5 O'Clock (T-Pain featuring Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen) 6 6 wks 13 Jul 13 True Love (Pink featuring Lily Allen) 16 12 wks 23 Nov 13 Somewhere Only We Know 1 13 wks (Also charted in 2014) 30 Nov 13 Hard Out Here 9 3 wks 15 Mar 14 Air Balloon 7 6 wks 26 Apr 14 Our Time 43 4 wks Total Hits : 17 Total Weeks : 176 DOT ALLISON British female singer/songwriter, born 17/8/69, formerly the lead singer of One Dove 17 Aug 02 Strung Out 67 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 ALLISONS British male vocal duo. John Alford (born 31/12/39) & Bob Day (born 2/2/41) were marketed as brothers despite being completely unrelated. They reprsented the UK in the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest, coming 2nd 25 Feb 61 Are You Sure 2 16 wks 20 May 61 Words 34 5 wks 17 Feb 62 Lessons In Love 30 6 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 27 ALLNIGHT BAND British male instrumental group 03 Feb 79 The Joker (The Wigan Joker) 50 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 ALLSTARS British male/female vocal group (Sam Bloom, Ashley Dawson, Sandi Hughes, Rebecca Hunter & Thaila Zucchi). Frequently styled AllSTARS*, they had an ITV programme "Star Street" made about them, their first hit being them the theme song. 23 Jun 01 Best Friends 20 7 wks 22 Sep 01 Things That Go Bump In The Night 12 4 wks 26 Jan 02 The Land Of Make Believe 9 8 wks 11 May 02 Back When/Going All The Way 19 3 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 22 ALLURE American female vocal gorup (Linnie Belcher, Alia Davis, Lalisha McClean & Akissa Mendez) 14 Jun 97 Head Over Heels (Allure featuring Nas) 18 3 wks 10 Jan 98 All Cried Out 12 5 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 8 ALMIGHTY British male vocal/instrumental group (Ricky Warwick, Floyd London, Stump Monroe & Canadian Pete Friesen) 30 Jun 90 Wild And Wonderful 50 2 wks 02 Mar 91 Free 'n' Easy 35 2 wks 11 May 91 Devil's Toy 36 2 wks 29 Jun 91 Little Lost Sometimes 42 2 wks 03 Apr 93 Addiction 38 2 wks 29 May 93 Out Of Season 41 2 wks 30 Oct 93 Over The Edge 38 2 wks 24 Sep 94 Wrench 25 2 wks 14 Jan 95 Jonestown Mind 26 3 wks 16 Mar 96 All Sussed Out 28 2 wks 25 May 96 Do You Understand 38 1 wk Total Hits : 11 Total Weeks : 22 MARC ALMOND British male singer/songwriter/musician, born Peter Mark Almond, 9/7/57, formerly a member of Soft Cell, and Marc & The Mambas 02 Jun 84 The Boy Who Came Back 52 5 wks 01 Sep 84 You Have 57 3 wks 20 Apr 85 I Feel Love (Medley) (Bronski Beat & Marc Almond) 3 12 wks 24 Aug 85 Stories Of Johnny 23 5 wks 26 Oct 85 Love Letter 68 3 wks 04 Jan 86 The House Is Haunted 55 3 wks 07 Jun 86 A Woman's Story 41 5 wks 18 Oct 86 Ruby Red 47 3 wks 14 Feb 87 Melancholy Rose 71 1 wk 03 Sep 88 Tears Run Rings 26 7 wks 05 Nov 88 Bitter Sweet 40 3 wks 14 Jan 89 Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart (Marc Almond featuring Gene Pitney) 1 12 wks 08 Apr 89 Only The Moment 45 2 wks 03 Mar 90 A Lover Spurned 29 4 wks 19 May 90 The Desperate Hours 45 2 wks 23 Mar 91 Say Hello Wave Goodbye '91 (Soft Cell with Marc Almond) 38 3 wks 18 May 91 Tainted Love (Soft Cell featuring Marc Almond) 5 8 wks 28 Sep 91 Jacky 17 6 wks 11 Jan 92 My Hand Over My Heart 33 5 wks 25 Apr 92 The Days Of Pearly Spencer 4 7 wks 27 Mar 93 What Makes A Man A Man (Live) 60 2 wks 13 May 95 Adored And Explored 25 3 wks 29 Jul 95 The Idol 44 2 wks 30 Dec 95 Child Star 41 1 wk 28 Dec 96 Yesterday Has Gone (PJ Proby & Marc Almond) 58 2 wks (Also charted in 1997) Total Hits : 25 Total Weeks : 109 ALOOF British male vocal/instrumental group (Ricky Barrow, Gary Burns, Jagz Kooner, Richard Thair & Dean Thatcher). Burns and Kooner were also members of Sabres Of Paradise 19 Sep 92 On A Mission 64 1 wk 18 May 96 Wish You Were Here 61 1 wk 30 Nov 96 One Night Stand 30 2 wks 01 Mar 97 Wish You Where Here 43 1 wk 29 Aug 98 What I Miss The Most 70 1 wk Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 6 HERB ALPERT American male composer/trumpeter, born 31/3/35. The Tijuana Brass were his backing group, Lou Pagani (piano); Nick Ceroli, Bob Edmondson, Tonni Kalash, Lou Pagani, John Pisano and Pat Senatore. He was also a record company executive - he was the "A" in A & M. 11 Dec 65 Spanish Flea (Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass) 3 20 wks 26 Mar 66 Tijuana Taxi (Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass) 37 4 wks 29 Apr 67 Casino Royale 27 14 wks 06 Jul 68 This Guy's In Love With You $ 3 19 wks (Also charted in 1969) 21 Jun 69 Without Her 36 5 wks 12 Dec 70 Jerusalem (Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass) 42 3 wks (Also charted in 1971) 13 Oct 79 Rise $ 13 13 wks 19 Jan 80 Rotation 46 3 wks 21 Mar 87 Keep Your Eye On Me 19 9 wks 06 Jun 87 Diamonds 27 7 wks Total Hits : 10 Total Weeks : 97 ALPHABEAT Danish male/female vocal/instrumental group (Anders B, Stine Bramsen, Troels Hansen, Rasmus Nagel, Anders Reinholdt & Anders SG) 01 Mar 08 Fascination 6 30 wks 31 May 08 Ten Thousand Nights 16 16 wks 16 Aug 08 Boyfriend 15 9 wks 31 Oct 09 The Spell 20 3 wks 06 Mar 10 Hole In My Heart 29 2 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 60 ALPHAVILLE German male vocal/instrumental group – Marian Gold (born Hartwig Schierbaum, 26/5/54, Bernhard Lloyd (born Bernhard Gößling 6/6/60) and Frank Mertens (born Frank Sorgatz, 26/10/61) 18 Aug 84 Big In Japan 8 13 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 13 ALPINESTARS FEATURING BRIAN MOLKO British male instrumental duo (Richard Woolgar & Glyn Thomas) with male featured singer (Molko is the lead singer of Placebo) 22 Jun 02 Carbon Kids 63 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 ALSOU Russian female singer, born Alsou Safina, 27/6/83. She finished 2nd representing Russia in the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest 12 May 01 Before You Love Me 27 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 GERALD ALSTON American male singer (born 8/11/51), also the lead singer of the Manhattans 15 Apr 89 Activated 73 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 ALT-J British male vocal/instrumental group (Thom Green, Joe Newman, Gwil Sainsbury & Gus Unter-Hamilton). Often styled as △, the representation for the Mac OS character Alt-J 02 Jun 12 Breezeblocks 75 1 wk 27 Sep 14 Hunger Of The Pine 59 1 wk 04 Oct 14 Every Other Freckle 58 3 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 5 ALTER EGO German male production duo (Roman Flügel and Jörn Elling Wuttke) 11 Dec 04 Rocker 32 6 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6 ALTERED IMAGES British male/female vocal/instrumental group. Original line up was Michael Anderson, Clare Grogan, Tony McDaid, Johnny McElhone & Gerard McInulty. McIntulty left in mid-1981 and was replaced by Jim McKinven. Later, McKinven & Anderson left and were replaced by Steve Lironi. Grogan was also an actress (starred in the movie "Gregory's Girl" and married Lironi in 1994 28 Mar 81 Dead Popstars 67 2 wks 26 Sep 81 Happy Birthday 2 17 wks 12 Dec 81 I Could Be Happy 7 12 wks 27 Mar 82 See Those Eyes 11 7 wks 22 May 82 Pinky Blue 35 6 wks 19 Mar 83 Don't Talk To Me About Love 7 7 wks 28 May 83 Bring Me Closer 29 6 wks 16 Jul 83 Love To Stay 46 3 wks Total Hits : 8 Total Weeks : 60 ALTERKICKS British male vocal/instrumental group (Oliver Hughes, Mike Oates, Gareth Padfield, Martin Stilwell & Mark Yari-Gerrard) 26 Mar 05 Do Everything I Taught You 71 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 ALTERN 8 British male production duo - Mark Archer & Chris Peat. Peat stood in the 1992 General Election for the Stafford constituency, representing the Hardcore (Altern8-ive) party. He finished 4th after receiveing 158 votes. 13 Jul 91 Infiltrate 202 28 7 wks 16 Nov 91 Activ 8 (Come With Me) 3 10 wks (Also charted in 2013) 08 Feb 92 Frequency 41 1 wk 11 Apr 92 Evapor-8 6 6 wks 04 Jul 92 Hynpotic St-8 16 4 wks 10 Oct 92 Shame (Altern 8 vs Evelyn King) 74 1 wk 12 Dec 92 Brutal-8-E 43 5 wks 03 Jul 93 Everybody 58 1 wk Total Hits : 8 Total Weeks : 35 ALTHIA & DONNA Jamaican female vocal duo - Althia Forrest & Donna Reid 24 Dec 77 Up Town Top Ranking 1 11 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 11 ALUNAGEORGE British male/female vocal/instrumental duo consisting of Aluna Francis & George Reid 20 Oct 12 Your Drums Your Love 50 2 wks 09 Feb 13 White Noise (Disclosure featuring AlunaGeorge) 2 24 wks (Also charted in 2014) 13 Apr 13 Attracting Flies 17 9 wks 11 May 13 You Know You Like It 39 4 wks 01 Mar 14 White Noise-Royals (Disclosure & Lorde featuring AlunaGeorge) 72 2 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 41 ALY & AJ American female sister vocal duo (Alyson "Aly" Michalka born 25/3/89 and Amanda "AJ" Michalka born 10/4/91) 13 Oct 07 Potential Break Up Song 22 5 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5 ALY-US American male vocal/instrumental group (Eddie Lewis, William Jennings & Kyle Smith) 21 Nov 92 Follow Me 43 2 wks 25 May 02 Follow Me (Remix) 54 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 3 SADIE AMA British female singer, born Mersadie Hall, 19/8/87. She is the sister of Shola Ama 03 Feb 07 Fallin' 67 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 SHOLA AMA British female singer, born Mathurin Campbell, 18/3/79. She is the sister of Sadie Ama 19 Apr 97 You Might Need Somebody 4 14 wks 30 Aug 97 You're The One I Love 3 8 wks 29 Nov 97 Who's Loving My Baby 13 7 wks 21 Feb 98 Much Love 17 3 wks 11 Apr 98 Some Day I'll Find You 28 3 wks (Listed alongside the other side of the record - "I've Been To A Marvellous Party" by Divine Comedy) 17 Apr 99 Taboo (Glamma Kid featuring Shola Ama) 10 8 wks 06 Nov 99 Still Believe 26 3 wks 29 Apr 00 Imagine 24 4 wks 11 Sep 04 You Should Really Know (Pirates featuring Enya, Shola Ama, Naila Boss & Ishani) 8 8 wks Total Hits : 9 Total Weeks : 58 EDDIE AMADOR American male DJ/producer, born 1967 24 Oct 98 House Music 37 2 wks 22 Jan 00 Rise 19 3 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 5 RUBY AMANFU Ghanaian born American female singer/musician 15 Mar 03 Sugah 32 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 AMAR British female singer (born Amar Dhanjan, 15/6/82) 09 Sep 00 Sometimes It Snows In April 48 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 AMAZULU British male/female vocal/instrumental group (Nardo Bailey, Sharon Bailey, Lesley Beach, Clare Kenny, Anne-Marie Ruddock and Margo Sagov, with Beach leaving in 1987 06 Jul 85 Excitable 12 13 wks 23 Nov 85 Don't You Just Know It 15 11 wks 15 Mar 86 The Things The Lonely Do 43 6 wks 31 May 86 Too Good To Be Forgotten 5 13 wks 13 Sep 86 Montego Bay 16 9 wks 10 Oct 87 Mony Mony 38 5 wks Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 57 AMBASSADOR Dutch male DJ (born Michael van der Heiden, 1/9/71). He was also "DJ Misjah" in the partnership DJ Misjah & DJ Tim 12 Feb 00 One Of These Days 67 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 AMBASSADORS OF FUNK See Simon Harris AMBER German female singer/songwriter (born Netherlands, Marie-Claire Cremers, 9/5/70) 24 Jun 00 Sexual 34 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 AMBULANCE LTD American male vocal/instrumental group (Darren Beckettl, Marcus Congleton, Matthew Dublin & Benji Lysaght) 12 Mar 05 Stay Where You Are 67 1 wk 25 Jun 05 Primitive (The Way I Treat You) 72 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 AMELIA LILY British female singer (born Amelia Lily Oliver, 16/10/94). She finished 3rd in the 2011 series of "The X Factor" 22 Sep 12 You Bring Me Joy 2 8 wks 02 Feb 13 Shut Up (And Give Me Whatever You've Got) 11 3 wks 04 May 13 Party Over 40 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 12 AMEN American male vocal/instrumental group – founded by Casey Chaos with an ever-changing line-up of musicians including John Fahnestock, Shannon Larkin & Sonny Mayo 17 Feb 01 Too Hard To Be Free 72 1 wk 21 Jul 01 The Waiting 18 61 1 wk 03 Apr 04 California's Bleeding 52 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 3 AMEN CORNER British male vocal/instrumental group (Dennis Byron (born 14/4/49), Andy Fairweather Low (born 2/8/48), Allan Jones (boorn 6/2/47), Neil Jones (born 25/3/49), Mike Smith (born 4/11/47), Clive Taylor (born 27/4/48) & Blue Weaver (born 11/3/47) 29 Jul 67 Gin House Blues 12 10 wks 14 Oct 67 The World Of Broken Hearts 24 6 wks 20 Jan 68 Bend Me Shape Me 3 12 wks 03 Aug 68 High In The Sky 6 13 wks 01 Feb 69 (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice 1 16 wks (Also charted in 1976) 28 Jun 69 Hello Suzie 4 10 wks Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 67 AMEN! UK See Paul Masterton AMERICA American male vocal/instrumental group (Gerry Beckley (born 12/9/52), Dewey Bunnell (born 19/1/52) & Dan Peek (1/11/50-24/7/11)) 18 Dec 71 Horse With No Name $ 3 15 wks (Also charted in 1972 & 2014) 25 Nov 72 Ventura Highway 43 4 wks 06 Nov 82 You Can Do Magic 59 3 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 22 AMERICAN AUTHORS American male vocal/instrumental group (Zac Barnett, Dave Rubin, Matt Sanchez & James Shelley) 18 Jan 14 Best Day Of My Life 17 17 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 17 AMERICAN BREED American male vocal/instrumental group (Al Ciner (born 14/5/47), Charles Colbert (born 30/8/30), Lee Graziano (born 9/11/43), Gary Loizzo (born 16/8/45) & Kevin Murphy (born 1947), most of whom went on to form Rufus 10 Feb 68 Bend Me, Shape Me 24 6 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6 AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE American male group - Chris Emery, Justin Fouler, Chad Hanks, Cameron Heacock, Wayne Kile, David Rogers, Aaron Zilch 08 Jun 02 Just So You Know 52 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 AMERICAN HI-FI American male vocal/instrumental group (Jamie Arentzen, Stacy Jones, Brian Nolan & Drew Parsons) 08 Sep 01 Flavour Of The Week 31 3 wks 26 Apr 03 The Art Of Losing 75 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 4 AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB American male vocal/instrumental group - Mark Eitzel, Bruce Kaphan, Tim Mooney, Daniel Pearson & Vudi (Mark Pankler) 24 Apr 93 Johnny Mathis' Feet 58 2 wks 10 Sep 94 Wish The World Away 46 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 4 AMERIE American female vocalist (born Amerie Rogers, 12/1/80) 09 Nov 02 Why Don't We Fall In Love (Amerie featuring Ludacris) 40 2 wks 22 Feb 03 Paradise (LL Cool J featuring Amerie) 18 5 wks 04 Jun 05 1 Thing 4 14 wks 03 Sep 05 Touch 19 4 wks 05 May 07 Take Control 10 7 wks 21 Jul 07 Gotta Work 21 6 wks Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 38 AMERITZ British male/female vocal company, specialising in supplying "soundalike" backing tracks, released "Run" ahead of the Leona Lewis version 29 Nov 08 Run (In The Style Of Leona Lewis) 52 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 AMES BROTHERS American male vocal group - brothers Ed (born 9/7/27), Gene (13/2/23-4/4/97), Joe (3/5/21-22/12/07) & Vic (20/5/25-23/1/78) Ames 05 Feb 55 The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane 6 6 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6 AMILLIONSONS British male production group (Robin Junga, Matt Shelton & Sam Toolan) with a vocal provided by Taka Boom 24 Aug 02 Misti Blu 39 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 AMIRA American female singer (Amira Rasheed) 13 Dec 97 My Desire 51 1 wk 08 Aug 98 My Desire (Remix) 46 2 wks 10 Feb 01 My Desire (2nd Remix) 20 4 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 7 CHERIE AMORE French male producer (Eric Peyronel) 15 Apr 00 I Don't Want Nobody 33 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 VANESSA AMOROSI Australian female singer/songwriter (born 8/8/81) 23 Sep 00 Absolutely Everybody 7 10 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 10 AMOS British male DJ/producer, Amos Pizzey 03 Sep 94 Only Saw Today-Instant Karma 48 2 wks 25 Mar 95 Let Love Shine 31 2 wks 07 Oct 95 Church Of Freedom 54 1 wk 12 Oct 96 Stamp! (Jeremy Healy & Amos) 11 5 wks 31 May 97 Argentina (Jeremy Healy & Amos) 30 2 wks 22 Jul 00 Peakin' (Bleachin') 32 4 wks Total Hits : 6 Total Weeks : 16 TORI AMOS American female singer/songwriter/pianist, born Myra Amos, 22/8/63 23 Nov 91 Silent All These Years 26 7 wks (Also charted in 1992. Peaked in August 1992) 01 Feb 92 China 51 2 wks 21 Mar 92 Winter 25 4 wks 20 Jun 92 Crucify 15 6 wks 22 Jan 94 Cornflake Girl 4 6 wks 19 Mar 94 Pretty Good Year 7 4 wks 28 May 94 Past The Mission 31 3 wks 15 Oct 94 God 44 2 wks 13 Jan 96 Caught A Lite Sneeze 20 3 wks 23 Mar 96 Talula 22 2 wks 03 Aug 96 Hey Jupiter/Professional Widow 20 9 wks 09 Nov 96 Blue Skies (BT featuring Tori Amos) 26 2 wks 11 Jan 97 Professional Widow (It's Got To Be Big) 1 10 wks 02 May 98 Spark 16 3 wks 13 Nov 99 Glory Of The 80s 46 1 wk 26 Oct 02 A Sorta Fairytale 41 2 wks Total Hits : 16 Total Weeks : 66 AMOURE British male production duo - Rod Edwards & Nick Magnus 27 May 00 Is That Your Final Answer? 33 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 AMPS American male/female vocal/instrumental group - Kim Deal, Nate Farley, Luis Lerma & Jim Macpherson. Deal & Macpherson were previously (and would be again) members of The Breeders 21 Oct 95 Tipp City 61 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 AMSTERDAM British male group - Johnny Barlow, Paul Hagan, Nigel Hopkins, Tony Kiley, Pete O'Connor, Ian Prowse 05 Feb 05 The Journey 32 1 wk (Listed alongside the other side of the record, "Stop Knocking The Walls Down" by Ricky) 11 Jun 05 Does This Train Stop On Merseyside 53 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2

Notes on the compilation and posting of this thread, and rules and conventions applied 1. The first rule is that all rules have exceptions, common sense (and my own inconsistencies) may sometimes take precedence 2. Act names - I've tried to reflect the act names as given on the charts, occasionally this is different from that shown on the label or sleeve/cover. If the chart credit is undeniably wrong (e.g. "Elizabethan Reggae") then common sense has been used. An initial "The" from artists names has almost always been dropped, a separator of "And" is usually replaced with an ampersand. 3. Personal names - I have tried to show "real" names of performers where possible, middle names are not shown unless they have some relevance to the stage name (e.g. it would not make sense to show Rihanna's real name as just Robyn Fenty). Where the name an individual goes by is a standard short form of his/her given name (e.g. if someone known as Andy is really an Andrew), I normally haven't bothered showing this. Diactritics are shown where possible, but the software used in compiling the data has difficult with some non-ASCII characters, and the ý in Mýa. I have not shown aritst names in anything other than the Latin script, so for artists whose "real" names are written in Cyrillic, Burmese or Korean for instance, I have used the transliteration as normally shown on the charts. 4. Dates of birth/death - Shown where I have found these while checking out other details. Any additional information gladly received 5. Band membership - Normally relates to their hitmaking period only. Changes in personnel before or after this are very rarely shown 6. Featured artists - This got complex! Where a combination of lead/featured artist ONLY had hit(s) together (e.g. Gotye featuring Kimbra) they are only shown as effectively one act. Where the lead artist has had other hits but the featured one isn't, the lead artist only has a separate full entry. Where either the featured artist has other credits, or both do, both have individual entries. The same (more or less) works with normal duos - for instance Simon & Garfunkel's hits are listed under both Art Garfunkel's and Paul Simon's solo careers. 6a The OCC has sometimes changed the credit shown on the chart during a chart run. In such cases I have tried to use the most inclusive credit. 7. Where a record has been in the charts as both a "normal" A-side and a Double A-Side (whether in combination with a track by the same artist or a different artist), it is shown with separate lines (e.g. "Last Christmas" by Wham!) 8. When a record has re-entered the chart with a different artist credit, I have normally amassed the two together (e.g. "Woman In Chains"). Which artist credit I have used depends on the song itself, and a note is attached showing that an alternate credit exists. 9. Remixes/Re-Recordings/Live Versions used to be charted separately and are shown as different hits, but current practice is for all versions to be collected and charted together, so for any chart runs of such tracks since the advent of the download era are normally added to the original hit version 10. Labels and catalogue numbers are completely omitted 11. EP/LP tracks are shown where known when the chart entry was credited to an EP/LP. If an EP was released on two different CD singles, it is usually the tracks of CD1 that are listed 12. Most of the "bio" information comes straight from Wikipedia (to save time), so there is the likelihood that a number of the entries contain mistakes. Please let me know of any of these, or if there's anything that you think is significant enough to be mentioned. I have tried to keep opinions out of them, and kept references to genres to a minimum as those tend to cause more disagreements than almost anything else. Honours such as knighthoods, OBE's etc. are shown. Oscars, Grammys & Brits are a work in progress and will eventually all be shown, less high profile awards (e.g. MOBOs, Mercury Prize, etc.) are unlikely to be listed unless a particular artist has achieved something extraordinary. 12a Close family relationships between hitmakers are shown where possible, and also in some cases to other famous people (e.g. it made no sense to write even a sketchy bio for Jane Wyman and not mention she was married to Ronald Reagan) 13. Cross-references ("See also....") are a work in progress, as are the marking of US number ones. Expect these to get more comprehensive as the series goes on! 14. Alphabetisation - aritsts whose name is an acronym (and is pronounced as such), e.g. ABC are sorted as if the name is a series of spaced letters (i.e. A B C). All such acts are listed at the start of those with that initial. Where an acronymic (?) name is usually voiced as a word (e.g. ABBA) then it is indexed under that word. Numbers are treated as if they are spelled out, punctuation is ignored. Individuals are indexed firstly under their surname then their given name(s). For some artists, it can be difficult to determine whether a name is a given name followed by a surname, or whether the whole thing is to be treated as one name. In these cases (most of which involve seem to involve rappers), I have tried to use the sorting sequence used for that artist within Wikipedia categories. 15. Where an artist has had hits under two (or more) different names, they are merged (e.g. Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus). With some combinations (usually European production outfits), it can sometimes be difficult to identity which pairings work under which names! 16. Nationalities - I've tried to use the nationalities where people grew up rather than the place they happened to be born. Where there is some difference of opinion I have usually come down on one side of the coin or the other. Large groups are given under the likely most-common nationality (e.g. the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is shown as Austrian, even if a number of them may not have been). Club football teams of the modern era are usually shown as "Mostly British". Anonymous cover version acts may be shown without nationality. Where a country has changed name since the person was born, I have no hard and fast rule about which name to use but hopefully this should be clear either way. Where I know a person has changed or taken on a second citizenship I have mentioned it Key Part 1 - A to Akon Parts 2, 3, & 4 in this thread

Revised Part 1 now in the second post. No changes to the data (apart from Afrojack's run being extended for this week), but the formatting now changed to the most recent version as per suggesstions raised in this thread. Part 2 to follow soon...

Maybe a "dance song" but a "dance anthem"? I can't see that it's very anthemic at all (not to say it's not good, just not what I would think of as an "anthem")

Thanks, have found why that did not appear and amended it on my system. When Carey appears properly (in about part 13) that will be showing correctly.

Is the John Grant nominated for best internation male the John Grant who used to be part of the Czars?

"Mirrors" may be a better written song, but it's far more poorly sung.

And even now when we do have what is supposed to be a completely comprehensive sales-based chart, we get things like the "Real" chart adding and deducting sales seemingly at random just to be different from the "official" chart, the mess that is the Big Top 40 and so on.

Dollar sings indicate a US number one. The key is in the second post, I simply haven't repeated it each indivdual time while I'm faffing around. An arrow indicates still in the Top 75 as at now, a star a UK Million seller. I'm still adding the US number one data, so far I'm back to 1970 so if there's one or more I've missed since then, if someone lets me know I can add the code.