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JOSHUA RADIN American male singer/songwriter, born 14/6/74 17 Apr 10 I'd Rather Be With You 11 6 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 6 aAJfhZamFmo The album "Simple Times" had been originally released in the US in 2008, but it wasn't until two years later before it got a UK release (in a slightly amended version) His music had been regularly featured on TV shows, particulary "Scrubs" and a video featuring Hayden Panettiere helped "I'd Rather Be With You" to a place very close to the top ten The song itself is pretty standard singer/songwriter stuff.

HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT British male vocal/instrumental group (Nigel Blackwell, Neil Crossley, Ken Hancock & Carl Henry). Their hit came as part of a campaign to keep BBC Radio 6Music on the air. 17 Apr 10 Joy Division Oven Gloves 56 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 JEag0ss9pFU I mentioned a few acts ago that there were two from this sequence of one-hit wonders who had a more extensive career than their singles chart history alone would indicate, and here's the second one. One of John Peel's favourites (they did 12 sessions for him), the two founding members (Nigel Blackwell & Neil Crossley) are still touring as HMHB today, 36 years after their debut. Wiki says they are known for their "satirical, sardonic and sometimes surreal songs" and that about sums them up. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't but when they are good they are very good. "The Trumpton Riots" and "All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit" are two of my all time favourites. As mentioned above, their only singles chart entry was a "campaign record", the campaign was successful as 6 Music remains on the air to this day. (Oh and breaking my own rules again but please indulge me - it's HMHB after all, here's a live video for "The Trumpton Riots" from the late lamented TV show "The Old Grey Whistle Test") _ZxkErDC16A

The Killers' epic "Mr Brightside" is, this week, notching up it's 248th week in the UK Top 100, but remarkably exactly 200 of those have now been spent in the 76-100 region of the chart. No. 76 1 No. 77 2 No. 78 2 No. 79 4 No. 80 6 No. 81 7 No. 82 5 No. 83 4 No. 84 6 No. 85 8 No. 86 10 No. 87 7 No. 88 9 No. 89 15 No. 90 12 No. 91 6 No. 92 17 No. 93 11 No. 94 6 No. 95 9 No. 96 10 No. 97 7 No. 98 11 No. 99 10 No. 100 15 I know it is a very good song and performance, but I'm not sure why it in particular still sells/streams enough virtually every week, 16 years on, to make the OCC Top 100 yet very rarely does enough to push into the Top 75. It holds the record for most weeks at all positions from No. 79 downwards with the exception of No. 83, where Take That's "Rule The World" rules the roost with 8 weeks. (The records for positions 79 & 82 are shared) The 17 weeks spent at No. 92 is beaten for any position solely by Frankie Laine's "I Believe" and that song's 18 weeks (in 3 spells) at Number One. The 200 weeks in the lower quarter of the chart is a massive 145 more than any other record, "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol being runner-up with 55 weeks. Only a handful of artists (other than The Killers) have 200 such weeks with all their hits combined. Ed Sheeran leads the way with 336, Drake has 300, Rihanna 250, Chris Brown 202 and Justin Bieber 200. Note: These figures only include data from the start of February 1999 to date. There maybe some artists who may have notched up lots of low ranking weeks before then, but chart runs were a lot shorter in those days so no individual record will come anywhere close to "Mr Brightside" Full chart run : {10}-26-38-60-x(26)-100-x(108)-100-x(2)-99-82-86-82-98-89-84-94-x(4)-91-x(2)-97-99 -x(2)-73-95-81-77-87-92-95-93-91-92-x(6)-86-97-x(2)-76-64-92-x(3)-89-78-90-89-93-82-81-91-x(1)-93 -98-79-100-100-90-87-x(9)-98-89-99-88-98-x(2)-92-90-85-79-86-94-x(2)-91-86-80-88-96-60-73-89-x(4) -99-86-96-90-89-98-98-90-93-87-x(12)-100-70-x(5)-96-x(5)-89-93-x(16)-59-75-x(1)-97-x(118)-48-47-52 -92-x(7)-95-50-47-93-x(1)-58-52-59-82-80-x(13)-79-57-x(20)-98-88-81-84-85-x(2)-87-x(16)-88-x(3)-75 -29-28-36-67-x(27)-92-x(2)-100-94-x(18)-74-x(14)-69-73-88-x(15)-84-x(1)-84-94-x(25)-93-100-53-65-78 -97-x(10)-86-88-84-86-88-92-85-89-90-92-90-89-82-87-85-79-88-89-89-85-83-95-91-99-100-90-49-81-73 -73-80-80-75-85-98-x(4)-95-92-x(2)-95-93-x(1)-80-83-97-90-83-69-55-45-45-53-55-50-89-92-86-96-x(1) -92-91-85-96-72-74-87-96-86-99-92-x(4)-72-x(1)-100-x(1)-98-92-x(2)-96-99-100-x(2)-99-x(14)-99-x(5) -100-x(17)-77-100-100-x(13)-95-x(2)-95-x(6)-54-68-84-90-81-80-83-87-81-98-96-x(1)-100-x(13)-75-x(14) -99-97-93-92-90-93-98-90-85-88-81-72-96-94-95-x(1)-100-94-92-89-89-93-92-89-92-x(1)-96-97-86

DEE EDWARDS American female singer, born Doris Harrell, 19/6/45-25/1/06 17 Apr 10 Why Can't There Be Love 82 3 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 3 T5g0xJelxdQ Edwards, or Harrell if you prefer, had been dead for four years when Adidas featured a remix of "Why Can't There Be Love" in an advert, earning her her only UK chart entry

You can't just say "Everyone loves the video" and then not include the proper version! djV11Xbc914

DARWIN DEEZ American male/female vocal/instrumental group - Darwin Deez (born Darwin Smith), Michelle Dorrance, Andrew Hoepfner, Greg Richardson & Cole Smith 17 Apr 10 Radar Detector 62 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 8pbdLqTh_x4 Favourites of the NME back in the day, a decent combination of indie pop/rock which maybe deserved to rise a little higher than No. 62. The accompanying album did - it went all the way to No. 61! Not much else chart success anywhere, but "Radar Detector" did make the "Hottest 100" poll of 2010 by Australian radio station Triple J which is always a very eclectic listing that I've been using as a great way of finding some interesting music for over 20 years now.

BEN MONTAGUE British male singer/songwriter, born 1983 17 Apr 10 Haunted 97 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 XmGCMe2rGR8 Technically you could say than Ben Montague had exactly the same UK singles chart career as Laura Marling, and you'd be right. Then there's not much more to say to be honest. He had some quite prominent tour support slots, but none of them ever translated into having any other chart presence.

No, can't see one.

James Arthur must have the dreariest voice in the last 20 years.

So to the only non one-hit wonder in this run: ADAM LAMBERT American male singer/songwriter, 29/1/82. He was the runner-up on the 2009 series of "American Idol" 17 Apr 10 For Your Entertainment 37 7 wks 10 Jul 10 Whataya Want From Me 53 5 wks 21 Jul 12 Never Close Our Eyes 17 2 wks 20 Jun 15 Ghost Town 71 2 wks 14 May 20 You Are The Champions (Queen & Adam Lambert) 95 1 wk Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 17 IsPFDzAGb4A 7LcLqIHzNkY Lambert has successfully completed the transition from reality TV contestant to someone with a long term career, exceeding that of the winner of his series of American Idol, Kris Allen. He hasn't been particulary prolific over the years, this year's "Velvet" being only his fourth studio album, but has successfully carved out a niche working with Brian May and Roger Taylor under the name "Queen + Adam Lambert", all sides making it clear that he wasn't becoming a member of Queen, or being a direct replacement for Freddie Mercury, but working alongside two of the remaining members of Queen (John Deacon doesn't participate). "You Are The Champions" was a "lockdown special", the three parts recorded separately, re-worked version of the Queen classic "We Are The Champions", released to raise funds for the WHO Covid-19 funds for frontline health service workers.

ALEX GARDNER British male singer, born 23/7/91 10 Apr 10 I'm Not Mad 44 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 0Ly_Us6MOEM Gardner, a Scottish singer/songwriter, originally wrote "I'm Not Mad" at the age of 13. He later adopted the stage name A-L-X

SARAH PHILLIPS British female singer, born 4/8/93 whose hit single was a tribute to her mother who had just died of cancer 03 Apr 10 Autumn - Tribute To Debbie Phillips 49 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 jIRQvbhdR58 Debbie Phillips was just 49 when she died of cervical cancer. Her 16 year old daughter Sarah recorded a cover of a Paolo Nutini song on her mobile phone just hours before Debbie died. A musical accompaniment was added and the song was released with the aim of raising money for the UCL Cancer Research Trust, and it resonated with enough people to make the Top 50.

And if they do it for Christmas, they've got to offer similar "carrots" for major religious festivals of all other faiths.

LAURA MARLING British female singer, born 1/2/90 03 Apr 10 Devil's Spoke 97 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 GDJPRRUH07k A big shock here when researching this thread was that this was Laura Marling's only credited dip into the UK Singles Chart. She has six top ten albums (all but her debut).She won the Brit award for Best British Female in 2011, and has been nominated for that same award four other timesFour of her albums have been on the Mercury Music Prize shortlist"Semper Femina" was nominated for a GrammyAll this would suggest she might have picked up a minor hit single or two, maybe from the use of one her songs on an advert or something, but no, not really, as all she has to her name is one week at No. 97 I did say "only credited dip into the chart" earlier as she has two uncredited appearances. "5 Years Time" by Noah & The Whale and "Young Love" by Mystery Jets, both of which made considerably higher than 97.

ROX British female singer/songwriter, born Roxanne Tataei 27 Mar 10 My Baby Left Me 91 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 hXlBAadicBI Nine out of the next 10 acts were one-hit wonders, so don't expect very long postings about them. Two of the nine do have a more extensive resume (outside the singles chart) though. Roxanne Tataei, aka Rox, isn't one of the two. This song did get a little higher in some European countries (according to Wikipedia at least)

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INNA Romanian female singer, born Elena Apostoleanu, 16/10/86 27 Mar 10 Hot 6 19 wks 28 Aug 10 Amazing 14 7 wks 20 Nov 10 Deja Vu (Inna featuring Bob Taylor) 60 2 wks 21 May 11 Sun Is Up 15 14 wks K15zuILXkP0 VNfFTuIk-dQ Very few Eastern European acts have had long-term UK chart success, including those from Romania. Inna's four hits only rails one other Romanian act, which I'll leave for someone else to guess. "Hot", her debut single, was compared to New Order and David Guetta, while the synthesizer sounds were likened to Boney M's "Ma Baker"! Perhaps it's just better for us to appreciate it for what it is.

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STEVE AOKI American male DJ/producer, born 30/11/77 20 Mar 10 I'm In The House (Steve Aoki featuring Zuper Blahq) 29 3 wks 16 Jul 11 Turbulence (Laidback Luke & Steve Aoki featuring Lil Jon) 66 3 wks 19 Nov 11 No Beef (Afrojack & Steve Aoki featuring Miss Palmer) 25 4 wks 08 Sep 12 Beat Down (Steve Aoki & Angger Dimas featuring Iggy Azalea) 44 2 wks 28 Sep 13 A Light That Never Comes (Linkin Park & Steve Aoki) 34 2 wks 22 Dec 16 Just Hold On (Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki) 2 15 wks 08 Nov 18 Waste It On Me (Steve Aoki featuring BTS) 57 1 wk Total Hits : 7 Total Weeks : 30 fcT5tgf3Blg Vt4Tq89R8u0 Another king of collaborations, all seven of his hits are jointly credited one way or another, but at least he has given us a wide range of partners from Linkin Park to Louis Tomlinson. "Just Hold On" was his only Top 20, and probably sold much more on the Tomlinson name than Aoki's to be honest. He is a very successful club DJ, doing tours reminiscent of rock stars rather than DJs, even getting a name for crowd surfing etc. and was named in the top 10 of DJ Magazine's Top 100 DJs for seven straight years from 2013-19. (oh, and if you didn't know, "Zuper Blahq" on Aoki's debut hit was an alias of Will.I.Am)

MCLEAN British male singer, born Anthony McLean, 23/4/80. He is the nephew of Bitty McLean 20 Mar 10 My Name 10 9 wks 26 Jun 10 Finally In Love 44 2 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 11 52ost_pgfto Bitty McLean had three top 10 hits in the early 90s, with "It Keeps Rainin' (Tears From My Eyes)" reaching No. 2 (stopped from reaching the top of the charts by Culture Beat's "Mr Vain") Forward to 2010 and Bitty's nephew Anthony also hit the Top 10, his first hit in his own right, but he had also appeared on a No. 10 single six months earlier as part of the Young Soul Rebels with their cover of the Killers' "All These Things That I've Done", retitled "I Got Soul". Anthony's brother Aaron was a professional footballer, playing for Peterborough United, Hull City (including one subsitute appearance in a Premier League match) and Bradford City among other clubs.

If I understand it correctly, Hindley beat Geoghan Hart comfortably on the first, downhill TT, while Geoghan Hart beat Hindley comfortably in the second, uphill TT. The final one is flat. Could end up being very, very close.

GENERAL FIASCO Northern Irish male vocal/instrumental group - Stuart Bell, Stephen Leacock and brothers Enda & Owen Strathern 20 Mar 10 Ever So Shy 87 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 As-Rulo-E4g There have been several acts from Northern Ireland who have had long and successful UK chart careers. General Fiasco were not one of them. For some reason, they were slightly more successful in New Zealand, with both this and "We Are The Foolish" making the Kiwi Top 40.

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Female *lead" artist. Most weeks top 100 with a female artist credited Sia "Chandelier" 114 Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl "Fairytale of New York" 102 Mariah Carey "All I Want For Christmas Is You" 93 Christina Perri "A Thousand Years" 92 Clean Bandit feauring Jess Glynne "Rather Be" 90 David Guetta featuring Sia "Titanium" 87 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper "Shallow" 85 Lady Gaga "Poker Face" 84

As indicated by JosephStyles in the chart thread and noted by Suedehead in his chart commentary, this week sees Justin Bieber's 50th Top 40 hit in a little over 10 years. Most top 40 hits, 1952-date Cliff Richard 124 Elvis Presley 110 Madonna 69 Elton John 68 Drake 59 David Bowie 59 Shadows 58 Diana Ross 57 Status Quo 57 Michael Jackson 55 Queen 53 Kylie Minogue 51 Justin Bieber 50 Other lists may vary slightly if they use some different ways of treating re-issues/re-recordings, or if some featured artist credits vary