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Picture Disc LP released this week.

Someone mentioned Portugal a while back, and correctly stated at the time that it would just be Rui Da Silva and Nadia. There's been a third (just) since then: PORTUGAL RUI DA SILVA Portuguese male DJ/producer, born 25/4/68. He was the first artist from his nation to make the Top 75 13 Jan 01 Touch Me (Rui Da Silva featuring Cassandra) 1 16 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 16 NADIA Portuguese female singer (Nadia Almada, born Jorge Leodoro, 28/1/77). She won the 2004 series of Big Brother 11 Dec 04 A Little Bit Of Action 27 5 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 5 SALVADOR SOBRAL Portuguese male singer, born 28/12/89. "Amar Pelos Dois" won the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest, Portugal's first ever win in the contest after over 50 years. 25 May 17 Amar Pelos Dois 97 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1

Kaleo did scrape one week at No.96 (w/e 5/5/16) but otherwise you are correct.

SWITZERLAND SONYA BELOUSOVA & GIONA OSTINELLI American/Swiss Male/Female composing duo - Belousva was born in Soviet-era Russia (4/2/90) and Ostinelli was born 12/3/86. Their hit was from the Netflix drama series "The Witcher" 06 Feb 20 Toss A Coin To Your Witcher 93 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 DJ BOBO Swiss DJ/producer, born Peter Baumann, 5/1/68 24 Sep 94 Everybody 47 2 wks 17 Jun 95 Love Is All Around 49 2 wks 25 Oct 03 Chihuahua 36 3 wks Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 7 DJ ENERGY Swiss male DJ/producer, Roger Beglinger, 6/10/73-14/8/11 20 Jul 02 Excelsis 94 1 wk 14 Jun 03 Ayra 91 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 DJ PURE Swiss male DJ/producer, born Antonio Gasser 29 Sep 01 My Definition 94 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 DJ SPOKE Swiss male DJ, Cedric Rochat 07 Dec 02 Ignition 84 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 DJAIMIN Swiss male DJ/producer, born Dario Mancini 19 Sep 92 Give You 45 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 OLIVER $ & JIMI JULES German/Swiss male DJ/production duo 13 Sep 14 Pushing On 15 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 DOUBLE Swiss male vocal/instrumental duo - Felix Haug & Kurt Maloo 25 Jan 86 The Captain Of Her Heart 8 9 wks 05 Dec 87 Devil's Ball 71 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 10 GOLDEN BOY Swiss male producer (Stefan Altenburger, born 1968) 07 Sep 02 Rippen Kitten (Golden Boy with Miss Kittin) 67 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 GOTAN PROJECT French (Phillippe Cohen Solal)/Argentine (Eduardo Makaroff)/Swiss (Christoph H Müller) male instrumental group 28 Sep 02 Santa Maria 91 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 PATRICK JUVET Swiss male singer/songwriter, born 21/8/50 02 Sep 78 Got A Feeling 34 7 wks 04 Nov 78 I Love America 12 12 wks Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 19 KROKUS Swiss male vocal/instrumental group - Freddy Futig, Tommy Kiefer, Marc Storace, Fernando von Arb & Chris von Ruhr 16 May 81 Industrial Strength (EP) 62 2 wks (Tracks: Bedside Radio/Easy Rocker/Celebration/Bye Bye Baby) Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 YVES LAROCK Swiss male DJ/producer, born Yves Cheminade, 20/4/77 04 Aug 07 Rise Up 13 9 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 9 ASTON MARTINEZ Swiss male DJ, born Boris Aebi 18 Sep 04 Seduction 81 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 MOOGWAI Swiss male producer, born (in Lebanon) François Chabloz, 1967 06 May 00 Viola 55 1 wk 26 May 01 The Labyrinth 68 1 wk 19 Jul 03 Neon 100 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 3 OUI 3 International male/female vocal/instrumental group (American female vocalist Blair Booth (formerly with Terry, Blair & Anouchka), Swiss producer Philipp Erb and British rapper Trevor Miles) 20 Feb 93 For What It's Worth 26 9 wks ( Peaked in October 1993) 24 Apr 93 Arms Of Solitude 54 2 wks 17 Jul 93 Break From The Old Routine 17 6 wks 29 Jan 94 Facts Of Life 38 2 wks 27 May 95 Joy Of Living 55 2 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 21 REMADY Swiss male producer, born Marc Würgler, 12/12/77 27 Feb 10 No Superstar 75 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 SAMIM Swiss male producer (born Samim Winiger) 03 Nov 07 Heater 12 7 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 7 SEBALTER Swiss male singer/violinist, born Sebastiano Paù-Lessi, 1/7/85 24 May 14 Hunter Of Stars 85 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 SEELENLUFT FEATURING MICHAEL SMITH Swiss male producer (born Beat Solèr, 8/7/71) with American male vocalist 04 Oct 03 Manila 70 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 SHAKEDOWN Swiss male DJ/production duo - brothers Sebastien and Stephan Kohler 11 May 02 At Night 6 12 wks 28 Jun 03 Drowsy With Hope 46 2 wks 06 Nov 04 Love Game 98 1 wk Total Hits : 3 Total Weeks : 15 JOHN SILVER Italian-born Swiss singer/producer, born Gabriele Rizzo 25 Jan 03 Come On Over 35 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2 SWEET PEOPLE Swiss male/female instrumental group - Jean-Jacques Egli, Gaëtan Fama, Alain Morisod & Mady Rudaz 04 Oct 80 Et Les Oiseaux Chantaient (And The Birds Were Singing) 4 10 wks (Also charted in 1987) Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 10 YELLO Swiss male vocal/instrumental duo - Boris Blank & Dieter Meier 25 Jun 83 I Love You 41 4 wks 26 Nov 83 Lost Again 73 1 wk 09 Aug 86 Goldrush 54 3 wks 22 Aug 87 The Rhythm Devine (Yello & Shirley Bassey) 54 2 wks 27 Aug 88 The Race 7 11 wks 17 Dec 88 Tied Up 60 5 wks 25 Mar 89 Of Course I'm Lying 23 8 wks 22 Jul 89 Blazing Saddles 47 2 wks 08 Jun 91 Rubberbandman 58 2 wks 05 Sep 92 Jungle Bill 61 2 wks 07 Nov 92 The Race/Bostich 55 1 wk 15 Oct 94 How How 59 1 wk Total Hits : 12 Total Weeks : 42 So the highest position reached by a Swiss act is for a record that is basically birdsong.

OK, I'm back, nearly four years after my last post to this thread and over two since my last post at all! Austria & Switzerland requested above, here's Austria. Positions 76-100 now added back to w/e 23/12/00, anything before that won't show here (sorry) AUSTRIA Key - $ = US Number One (1959-date), ✮ UK Million Seller, ➜ Still in Top 100 at this time. A line in red indicates a Number 1, a line in blue indicate a Top 10 hit. CLUB 69 Austrian male producer (Peter Rauhofer) 05 Dec 92 Let Me Be Your Underwear 33 5 wks 14 Nov 98 Alright (Club 69 featuring Suzanne Palmer) 70 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 6 LEENA CONQUEST & HIP HOP FINGER American female singer with Austrian male production/vocal group (Hans Holler, Muhammad Malli & Werner Popp) 18 Jun 94 Boundaries 67 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 D KAY & EPSILON Austrian male production duo. D Kay was born David Kulenkampff, 1979; Epsilon was Dragoljub Drobnjakovic 30 Aug 03 Barcelona (D Kay & Epsilon featuring Stamina MC) 14 5 wks 18 Sep 04 Honey (D Kay & Epsilon featuring MC Verse) 88 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 6 DJ ÖTZI Austrian male vocalist, born Gerhard Friedle, 7/1/71 04 Aug 01 Hey Baby 1 32 wks (Also charted in 2002) 22 Sep 01 Do Wah Diddy 9 10 wks 29 Dec 01 X-Mas Time 51 2 wks 08 Jun 02 Hey Baby (The Unofficial World Cup Remix) 10 9 wks 28 Dec 02 Live Is Life (Hermes House Band & DJ Ötzi) 50 2 wks Total Hits : 5 Total Weeks : 55 EAV Austrian male group - Mario Bottazzi, Eik Breit, Klaus Eberhartinger, Nino Holm, Günter Schönberger, Thomas Spitzer & Anders Stenmo. The full name of the group is Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung 27 Sep 86 Ba Ba Bankrobbery 63 4 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 4 EDELWEISS Austrian male vocal/instrumental group - Martin Gletschermayer, Matthias Schweger and Walter Werzowa with female vocalist Maria Mathis 29 Apr 89 Bring Me Edelweiss 5 10 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 10 FALCO Austrian male vocalist/musician, Johann (Hans) Hölzel, 19/2/57-6/2/98. He died in a road traffic accident a few days before his 41st birthday 22 Mar 86 Rock Me Amadeus $ 1 15 wks 31 May 86 Vienna Calling 10 8 wks 02 Aug 86 Jeanny 68 1 wk 27 Sep 86 The Sound Of Musik 61 2 wks Total Hits : 4 Total Weeks : 26 CHRISTOPHER JUST Austrian male DJ/producer 13 Dec 97 I'm A Disco Dancer 72 1 wk 06 Feb 99 I'm A Disco Dancer (Remix) 69 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 KLANGKARUSSELL Austrian male instrumental/production duo (Adrian Held & Tobias Rieser) 31 Aug 13 Sonnentanz (Sun Don't Shine) (Klangkarussell featuring Will Heard) 3 20 wks (Also charted in 2014) 30 Aug 14 Netzwerk (Falls Like Rain) 83 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 21 LADYFUZZ Anglo-Austrian male/female vocal/instrumental group - Ben Esser, Matt Lord & Liz Neumayr 01 Apr 06 Bouncy Ball 52 1 wk 22 Jul 06 Oh Marie 78 1 wk Total Hits : 2 Total Weeks : 2 LULA Austrian female producer, Claudia Radbauer 08 Dec 01 The DJ The Music And Me 76 1 wk Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 1 OPUS Austrian male vocal/instrumental group - Günter Grasmuck, Niki Gruber, Ewald Pfleger, Kurt-Rene Plisnier & Herwig Rüdisser 15 Jun 85 Live Is Life 6 15 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 15 VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Austrian male instrumental group 18 Dec 71 Theme From The Onedin Line 15 14 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 14 CONCHITA WURST Austrian male singer (born Thomas Neuwirth, 6/11/88) in a female persona. "Rise Like A Phoenix" was the winner of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest 24 May 14 Rise Like A Phoenix 17 2 wks Total Hits : 1 Total Weeks : 2

Updated to end of 2017

Is there any specific reason behind the re-entry of the almost 40-year old "September" by Earth, Wind & Fire?

Annual update posted, with positions 76-100 now checked back to the beginning of 2003 as well. Lots of changes, mostly due to the contuning presence of "Mr Brightside" around the bottom end of the Top 100 Changes to (deep breath) positions 27,38,58,65,71,72,73,78,80,81,85,86,87,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,98,90 and 100

The one that immediately springs to mind to me is "Thank You For The Music" by Abba, only got a belated single release in 1983 and peaked at No. 33. Cyndi Lauper deserves a mention too - "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", "True Colors" and "Time After Time" have all aged very well.

Just three. Original post updated to date.

Taking it back through the "NME Era": Eddie Fisher "I Need You Know" 4/12/54 Mario Lanza "Drinking Song" 5/2/55 Frank Sinatra "You My Love 11/6/55 Ronnie Hilton "Stars Shine In Your Eyes" 10/9/55 Gary Miller "The Yellow Rose Of Texas" 12/11/55 Don Charles presents The Singing Dogs "The Singing Dogs Medley" 10/12/55 Jimmy Young "Someone On Your Mind" 14/1/56 Eddie Calvert "Zambesi" 31/3/56 Alma Cogan "Willie Can" 14/4/56 Michael Holliday "The Gal With The Yaller Shoes" 23/6/56 Ronnie Carroll "Walk Hand In Hand" 25/8/56 Bill Haley & His Comets "Razzle Dazzle" 6/10/56 Tommy Steele & The Steelmen "Rock With The Caveman" 3/11/56 Ronnie Hilton "Two Different Worlds" 1/12/56 Frankie Laine "Moonlight Gambler" 5/1/57 Norman Wisdom "The Wisdom Of A Fool" 23/3/57 Malcolm Vaughan "Chapel Of The Roses" 1//6/57 Billy Ward & His Dominoes "Stardust" 28/9/57 Marino Marini & His Quartet - "Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu") 11/10/58 Perry Como "Mandolins In The Moonlight" 10/1/59 Connie Francis "You Always Hurt The One You Love" 17/1/59 Harry Simeone Chorale "Little Drummer Boy" 21/2/59 Malcolm Vaughan "Wait For Me"/"Willingly" 4/4/59 Anthony Newley "Idle On Parade" (EP) 16/5/59 Craig Douglas "A Teenager In Love" 1/8/59 Perry Como "I Know" 22/8/59 Lonnie Donegan "She's Got A Sugar Lip" 12/9/59 Buddy Holly "Peggy Sue Got Married" 3/10/59 Ernie Fields & His Orchestra "In The Mood" 30/1/60 I'd take out "Bonnie Came Back" as it was no. 12 in the last NME chart, the number 13 peak comes from the first "Record Retailer" Top 50. There may be a day or two discrepancies with other listings as the "week ending" day for some of the older charts has been shown differently in recent years.

Brought up to date, and another 4 years worth of charts checked for positions 76-100. Highest change comes at Number 6 where "Sexual" by Neiked sets a new record with 5 weeks, the previous tying 14 records now being bettered A couple of additions to the "4 weeks at number 10" group - both "Dancing On My Own" by Calum Scott and "Too Good" by Drake featuring Rihanna are added. Kungs vs Cookin' on 3 Burners "This Girl" is added to the Number 11 record, as is "Light It Up" by Major Lazer featuring Nyla two places lower. This time last year, "Fairytale of New York" was in a tie with "Who's That Chick" by Guetta/Rihanna with 4 weeks at Number 15, two more weeks for The Pogues & Kirsty this time around have now claimed sole possession of tht spot. They've done the same at number 18 ousting Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles" from a tie. No changes then until Number 35 where The Weeknd's "The Hills" now has sole possession by adding a 6th week The logjam at 46 has been added to by "False Alarm" by Matoma & Becky Hill with their 3 weeks at that spot. For years (decades even) "My Way" was the record holder at Number 48. Not Frank Sinatra's version which still appears numerous times in the list, but Dororthy Squires' version. Now that is wiped off the list and replaced by "Needed Me" by Rihanna with 5 weeks. Number 58 was held solely by "Chasing Cars" the last time I compiled this list, now they're joined by a pair of male singer/songwriters - James Bay's "Let It Go" and Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud" Finally, within the Top 75, Sia's "Chandelier" is added to the pair at Number 67 The records for positions 76 have been extended back in time to the w/e 7/1/06 with numerous additions/changes that I am not going to detail; this part of the list is still a Work In Progress.

Whoops! My mistake, I thought it needed to reach 500,000 not 600,000. Apologies to all for wasting everyone's time.

24K in 10 months is a lot less than 3.2k per week

Yes it is. I'll do a complete update of the thread that listed the most weeks spent at each position in the next day or two. More "Fairytale Of New York" dominance in the teens after this winter's run plus other oddities like Rihanna's "Needed Me" breaking the record with 5 weeks at Number 48 etc.

Found a March artist that definitely should count; Ides Of March - Vehicle - (9 Weeks) 06/06/1970 -46-33-40-{31}-36-47-34-41-50

Two Hawai'ian artists in the top 100 (Bruno Mars & Auli'i Cravalho), that must be a rare occurence.

A couple more April's in the artist: John Dummer & Helen April - Blue Skies - (3 Weeks) 28/08/1982 -71-{54}-57 Nino Tempo & April Stevens - Deep Purple - (11 Weeks) 09/11/1963 -47-35-29-21-{17}-18-34-33-34-33-48 Nino Tempo & April Stevens - Whispering - (8 Weeks) 18/01/1964 -35-31-26-{20}-23-25-33-45 Also "April Come She Will" was one of the titles on Simon & Garfunkel's EP version of Mrs Robinson which spent 5 weeks in the chart in early 1969.

I've just spotted what appears to be an all-time record for a record between appearances on the chart - Elvis' "Blue Christmas" makes it's first appearance since January 1965 - nearly 52 years or over 2700 weekly charts!

A complete waste of space that should never have been recorded? No, seriously it is number 70. Loads of other Christmas hits rising in the 41-100 area - Bing Crosby at 47, Coldplay 48, John Lennon 49, Boney M 50, Jona Lewie 58, Pretenders 62, Eartha Kitt 63, Mud 65, Kelly Clarkson 66, Ronettes 68, Bobby Helms (!) 71, Kylie 72, Darlene Love 74, Elvis 75, etc. etc. etc. but surprisingly Greg Lake only makes number 79. 2nd best Christmas song ever, "Christmas Wrapping" makes a welcome re-appearance, the first since it's original chart run back over 30 years ago, at 96.

I'm amazed Garth Brooks isn't higher on this list.

Looks like it is tied second - Christina Perri's "A Thousand Years" peaked on its 39th top 75 week, and Amy Winehouse's "Back To Black" made No. 8 on the 35th Top 75 appearance.

I think my last one was "Wherever You Are" by the Military Wives Choir, so the very end of 2011.

Hope that Riton/Kah-Lo track drops like a stone

Ree-ton is correct. It's from a French slang term for Henry according to Wikipedia, so feel free to take it with a pinch of salt