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Mark's Top 40 weekending 29th March 2024 1 (2) Rick Astley - Driving Me Crazy 2 (3) Tony Hadley - Walk Of Shame 3 (1) New Kids On The Block - Kids 4 (4) UB40 - Gimme Some Kind Of Sign 5 (6) Lauren Mayberry - Change Shapes 6 (7) Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 7 (10) Bon Jovi - Legendary 8 (5) Beyonce - Texas Hold 'Em 9 (9) Madness - Round We Go 10 (11) Teddy Swims - Lose Control 11 (12) Ariana Grande - We Can't Be Friends 12 (8) Bananarama - Supernova 13 (27) Fairground Attraction - What's Wrong With The World? 14 (13) Billy Joel - Turn The Lights Back On 15 (20) Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 16 (14) Ariana Grande - Yes, And? 17 (15) Dannii Minogue - Thinking 'Bout Us 18 (16) Ariana DeBose, Boy George And Nile Rodgers - Electric Energy 19 (35) Child - I Love How You Love Me 20 (New) Take That - You And I 21 (25) Rozalla - Lotta Love 22 (26) S Club - Good Times 23 (17) Dua Lipa - Training Season 24 (19) Delta Goodrem - Hearts On The Run 25 (18) Classic Nouveaux - No Do Overs 26 (23) Ariana Grande - Bye 27 (22) Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters 28 (24) Sia And Kylie Minogue - Dance Alone 29 (30) Pet Shop Boys - Loneliness 30 (New) Leigh-Ann - Stealin' Love 31 (31) The Farm - Let The Music Take Control 32 (New) UB40 - Forever True 33 (New) Becky Hill - Outside Of Love 34 (33) Noah Kahan - Stick Season 35 (New) Usher - Kissing Strangers 36 (Re) Lizzo - About Damn Time 37 (28) Gabrielle - A Place In Your Heart 38 (29) Jennifer Lopez - Can't Get Enough 39 (36) Take That - This Life 40 (34) P!nk - All Out Of Fight https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0K65znEf2...b75b27487f647c6

Mark's Album Chart - 29/03/2024 1. (02) Paul Young - No Parlez 2. (01) Taylor Swift - Midnights 3. (04) Bananarama - Glorious The Ultimate Collection 4. (03) Take That - This Life 5. (05) Rick Astley - Are We There Yet? 6. (06) Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds 7. (07) Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 8. (08) Taylor Swift - Evermore 9. (09) Taylor Swift - Folklore 10. (10) Taylor Swift - Red 11. (11) Johnny Hates Jazz - Wide Awake 12. (12) Rod Stewart And Jools Holland - Swing Fever 13. (13) Paloma Faith - The Glorification Of Sadness 14. (14) Jennifer Lopez - This Is Me...Now 15. (24) Jessie Ware - That Feels Good 16. (16) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Hana 17. (17) P!nk - Trustfall 18. (18) Debbie Gibson - The Body Remembers 19. (19) Bananarama - Masquerade 20. (22) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Bauhaus Staircase

Mark's Top 40 weekending 22nd March 2024 1 (2) New Kids On The Block - Kids 2 (3) Rick Astley - Driving Me Crazy 3 (5) Tony Hadley - Walk Of Shame 4 (4) UB40 - Gimme Some Kind Of Sign 5 (1) Beyonce - Texas Hold 'Em 6 (18) Lauren Mayberry - Change Shapes 7 (7) Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 8 (6) Bananarama - Supernova 9 (21) Madness - Round We Go 10 (22) Bon Jovi - Legendary 11 (11) Teddy Swims - Lose Control 12 (19) Ariana Grande - We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love) 13 (13) Billy Joel - Turn The Lights Back On 14 (8) Ariana Grande - Yes, And? 15 (10) Dannii Minogue - Thinking 'Bout Us 16 (17) Ariana DeBose ft Boy George And Nile Rodgers - Electric Energy 17 (9) Dua Lipa - Training Season 18 (12) Classix Nouveaux - No Do Overs 19 (15) Delta Goodrem - Hearts On The Run 20 (24) Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 21 (16) Pharrell Williams ft Miley Cyrus - Doctor (Work It Out) 22 (20) Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters 23 (23) Ariana Grande - Bye 24 (14) Sia And Kylie Minogue - Dance Alone 25 (27) Rozalla - Lotta Love 26 (28) S Club - Good Times 27 (New) Fairground Attraction - What's Wrong With The World? 28 (25) Gabrielle - A Place In Your Heart 29 (26) Jennifer Lopez - Can't Get Enough 30 (29) Pet Shop Boys - Loneliness 31 (30) The Farm - Let The Music Take Control 32 (33) James Blunt - All The Love That I Ever Needed 33 (32) Noah Kahan - Stick Season 34 (37) P!nk - All Out Of Fight 35 (New) Child - I Love How You Love Me 36 (39) Take That - This Life 37 (36) Belinda Carlisle - If You Go 38 (35) The Zutons - Creeping On The Dancefloor 39 (38) Liam Gallagher And John Squire - Just Another Rainbow 40 (40) Kelly Clarkson - Lighthouse https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1E92ZN3S0...6a7493d13d1468a

Mark's Album Chart - 22/03/2024 1. (01) Taylor Swift - Midnights 2. (New) Paul Young - No Parlez 3. (03) Take That - This Life 4. (08) Bananarama - Glorious The Ultimate Collection 5. (05) Rick Astley - Are We There Yet? 6. (13) Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds 7. (14) Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 8. (16) Taylor Swift - Evermore 9. (17) Taylor Swift - Folklore 10. (18) Taylor Swift - Red 11. (07) Johnny Hates Jazz - Wide Awake 12. (02) Rod Stewart And Jools Holland - Swing Fever 13. (04) Paloma Faith - The Glorification Of Sadness 14. (06) Jennifer Lopez - This Is Me...Now 15. (09) Cast - Love Is The Call 16. (10) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Hana 17. (11) P!nk - Trustfall 18. (12) Debbie Gibson - The Body Remembers 19. (15) Bananarama - Masquerade 20. (19) Tears For Fears - The Seeds Of Love

Superman & Lois coming back to BBC1 April 2024 Series 3 https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p09y...8/superman-lois

Here's a couple of 90s TV reports on the chart The first is from 1993 a feature on Live And Kicking featuring then chart show host Bruno Brookes nowqJceS2gY and the 2nd is from 1995 a feature on Short Change also features clips of Bruno Brookes and Dr Fox in action and lots of Virgin Megastore footage If you recognise the reporter it's the actor James Gilbey who was Michelle Fowler's creepy stalker in EastEnders GDZuZGRmo9w

Mark's Top 40 weekending 15th March 2024 1 (1) Beyonce - Texas Hold 'Em 2 (3) New Kids On The Block - Kids 3 (13) Rick Astley - Driving Me Crazy 4 (12) UB40 - Gimme Some Kind Of Sign 5 (New) Tony Hadley - Walk Of Shame 6 (2) Bananarama - Supernova 7 (7) Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 8 (4) Ariana Grande - Yes, And? 9 (5) Dua Lipa - Training Season 10 (6) Dannii Minogue - Thinking 'Bout Us 11 (17) Teddy Swims - Lose Control 12 (8) Classix Nouveaux - No Do Overs 13 (10) Billy Joel - Turn The Lights Back On 14 (11) Sia ft Kylie Minogue - Dance Alone 15 (14) Delta Goodrem - Hearts On The Run 16 (18) Pharrell Williams ft Miley Cyrus - Doctor (Work It Out) 17 (20) Ariana Debose ft Boy George And Nile Rodgers - Electric Energy 18 (New) Lauren Mayberry - Change Shapes 19 (New) Ariana Grande - We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love) 20 (9) Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters 21 (19) Madness - Round We Go 22 (New) Bon Jovi - Legendary 23 (New) Ariana Grande - Bye 24 (30) Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 25 (15) Gabrielle - A Place In Your Heart 26 (16) Jennifer Lopez - Can't Get Enough 27 (29) Rozalla - Lotta Love 28 (31) S Club - Good Times 29 (21) Pet Shop Boys - Loneliness 30 (22) The Farm - Let The Music Take Control 31 (27) DJO - End Of Beginning 32 (28) Noah Kahan - Stick Season 33 (23) James Blunt - All The Love That I Ever Needed 34 (26) Ella Henderson - Alibi 35 (32) The Zutons - Creeping On The Dancefloor 36 (33) Belinda Carlisle - If You Go 37 (35) P!nk - All Out Of Fight 38 (37) Liam Gallagher And John Squire - Just Another Rainbow 39 (38) Take That - This Life 40 (39) Kelly Clarkson - Lighthouse https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4LicxdBZs...772f8b2b0b94763

Mark's Album Chart - 15/03/2024 1. (New) Taylor Swift - Midnights 2. (1) Rod Stewart And Jools Holland - Swing Fever 3. (03) Take That - This Life 4. (02) Paloma Faith - The Glorification Of Sadness 5. (04) Rick Astley - Are We There Yet? 6. (05) Jennifer Lopez - This Is Me...Now 7. (New) Johnny Hates Jazz - Wide Awake 8. (New) Bananarama - Glorious The Ultimate Collection 9. (06) Cast - Love Is The Call 10. (07) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Hana 11. (08) P!nk - Trustfall 12. (09) Debbie Gibson - The Body Remembers 13. (Re) Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds 14. (New) Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 15. (10) Bananarama - Masquerade 16. (New) Taylor Swift - Evermore 17. (New) Taylor Swift - Folklore 18. (New) Taylor Swift - Red 19. (New) Tears For Fears - The Seeds Of Love 20. (New) Judas Priest - Invisible Shield

Article taken from "Record Of The Day" via https://www.facebook.com/groups/40615224454?locale=en_GB The Official Singles Chart - what should its future be? 01 March 2024 - Editorial For years now, the Official Singles Chart has been something of an unhappy compromise. Now in 2024, it’s in real danger of finally creaking into oblivion, weighed down by the sheer number of bolt-on changes and rule tweaks that it’s endured since streaming was added almost a decade ago. As we approach that milestone 10-year streaming anniversary this coming June, maybe it’s time to re-assess everything and go back to basics. Firstly though, how did we get here? It was on Sunday evening 6 July in 2014 that ‘Problem’ by Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea became the first no.1 single that had both download sales and streams combined for its overall tally. Six weeks later, a former Record of the Day called ‘Am I Wrong’ by Nico & Vinz became the first song in history to appear on the Top 75 without selling a single copy, having done so on streams alone. But we were still in the era when downloads were king, and its release on UK iTunes a week later then propelled it from that lowly starting position of no.52 all the way up to no.1. By December that same year, we saw the first example of a song topping the chart thanks to its dominant streaming figures – that was ‘Thinking Out Loud’ by Ed Sheeran. Famously, Ed’s the guy who flipped the chart on its head in 2017 when the streaming numbers from his brand-new album ‘Divide’ were so huge on its opening week, nine of the Top 10 songs were by him. An incredulous Greg James had the honour of revealing that historic event on the Radio 1 Top 40 that Friday evening. And it was clear that something had to change. On 26 June that same year, a new rule came into effect which still exists today, meaning only the three most popular songs that week from a lead artist will feature on the singles chart. Around that same time, we first saw and heard the terms SCR (Standard Chart Ratio) plus the dreaded ACR (Accelerated Chart Ratio) halving the streaming tallies for any current song that had essentially been around a bit too long, or even permanent ACR for anything that was more than three years old. This was the last time that 100 streams were regarded as being the equivalent of one sale, with an alteration meaning that was now 150:1, and those songs that had been around for more than ten weeks and seen their sales decline for three consecutive weeks would see that cut to 300:1. Looking back, those 150 and 300 numbers seem to have been plucked out of thin air at the time, and with video streams now featuring (you need to be a boffin to understand just how they weigh up against audio streams), it’s quite frankly an unholy mess of formulas and algorithms that render the entire chart process incomprehensible to the public at large. Which could be one of the reasons why interest appears to have waned so much. That brief history lesson brings us to where to we are today, and your head is probably already spinning. We feel it’s time to relook at all this, particularly considering the enormous change in consumption habits that we’ve seen in recent times. Audio streaming leads the way, and one daily glance at the Spotify Top 50 gives you a much truer picture of what the nation is really consuming. How can we fix the Official Singles Chart? Let’s throw some ideas out there for discussion. First, it’s surely time to scrap ACR completely, is it not? You could be overly brutal and ask: if a new release isn’t good enough to compete against any catalogue title, does the whole current A&R process needs addressing from top to bottom? But that’s another story, and we’ll try not to be flippant here. What is inescapable though is that songs are blowing up from every genre and every possible era on a week-by-week basis, often without any sort of label control, and their true immediate popularity often isn’t being reflected by the existing chart rules. There can be an annoying lag before they sometimes show up properly on the chart, which seems a bit silly really. We saw this first in 2022 when ‘Running Up That Hill’ by Kate Bush surged back to life after its inclusion in ‘Stranger Things’ and was the most-streamed song, yet only ranked at no.2 on the Official Chart behind Harry Styles with ‘As It Was’. It was only a media uproar that forced the hand of the chart bosses to dump Kate’s ACR status, give a song a reset, and then see its true popularity shine through. It’s happened again just recently when ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’ by Sophie Ellis-Bextor has outgunned every other UK-signed act, even though the song is 23 years old. ‘Unwritten’ by Natasha Bedingfield also returned and had a bit of a reset, while the perennial favourites ‘Mr. Brightside’ by The Killers and ‘Riptide’ by Vance Joy were also among the 20 most-streamed songs that week, but were inexplicably downgraded, so didn’t show up inside the Official Top 40. If ACR went, the chart would feel much more natural and reflective of what people are really listening to and loving, even if that does mean oldies. Certain songs might hang around for months on end, of course, but if that’s what people are consuming, the chart really does need to better reflect that to maintain its relevance as a true barometer of the nation’s music tastes. If that prospect alarms you, fear not as the arrival of big new music will always push those tracks out of the way if they have genuine mass appeal. Next, how about this for a simple tweak – labels must decide going forward which song from an album bundle they want to be the so-called ‘focus single’, and that would then be the only one that shows up on the singles chart. Everything else would then be regarded simply as an album track. Beyond that, you could now introduce a four-week eligibility gap between each ‘focus single’, which would help enormously with radio airplay, and the artist builds up a string of multiple ‘focus singles’ on the chart from that album, now without being restricted to just three titles, should they choose to keep releasing a new ‘focus single’ every four weeks. If their streaming levels remain strong for months on end, you’d see that properly reflected on the weekly singles chart. We’ve recently seen a few of the majors (with one notable exception) trying to ‘game’ the chart by dropping physical product at appropriate moments in the release cycle, and it has worked very well for some big-name acts, particularly when the streaming numbers may not have been as impressive as hoped, but a high chart position was needed to sort-of save face. This needs a radical overhaul. One solution could be that a £1.99 maximum retail price limit is placed upon the physical CD single. And no physical will count toward the chart if it comes after the steaming debut. Anything that does arrive on time must be only one track (no remixes or bonus songs if it’s truly going to represent a streaming equivalent). And if a label chooses to put physical stock out there, the song then gets removed from the Top 100 once your physical stock dries up, even if you continue to be streamed in huge numbers. Think of it as being like the days when tracks were routinely deleted. And all this might finally deter labels from doing down that desperate physical route. We should also look at the sales of physical product through artist’s own websites. How and why has this somehow become acceptable? Back in the days of old, this would be considered as pure hype, and any such sales would be excluded from the chart. Of course, a big international star like Taylor Swift, Adele, or Ed Sheeran is going to shift bigger numbers of physical than a new artist, by sheer virtue of the fact that they each can motivate a fan base of millions rather than a small core. Our recommendation would be that any sales could only count if it was generally available to the public through at least one mainstream outlet such as Amazon etc. Oh, and we’d scrap cassette sales from the chart completely. Nobody plays them, after all. They’re probably one of the worst pieces of landfill with all their mixed component parts, and it’s about as relevant as counting a plant pot with an artist’s face on as a legitimate sale, claiming it’s somehow as worthy as 150 streams. Just get rid. You could go even more radical though, and simply dump all physical sales from the chart, full stop. That’d certainly keep it pure again, just like the old days when the Top 40 was an essential guide to the most-bought singles that week, nothing more, nothing less. One copy sold equalled one unit, and everyone knew exactly where we stood. Maybe 2024 is the year that the industry finally says the Official Singles Chart is simply the week’s most-streamed songs in its totally unfiltered form, free from any rules concerning the age of a song or its existing chart life to date. Incidentally, does anyone know why we still seem to be unable to differentiate between what is an elected play that’s been sought out on a streaming platform (and therefore arguably of higher significance) versus a ‘lean back’ one from a playlist? Surely that info is out there, but wasn’t it once claimed that between 80-90% of all plays were not coming from specific searches, and that could potentially undermine the perception of just how popular songs are if the public realised many high chart positions were therefore vastly inflated? While we’ve been pulling ideas together, we’ve heard from any industry contacts who’ve asked us why we care so much about this stuff. Is our interest in the chart not just a throwback to our teenage years, and today’s kids have simply moved on with barely a shoulder shrug for its continued existence? Yes, that’s possibly so, which then makes us wonder if there is indeed any hope for the future survival of the Official Singles Chart. Some say it’s always simply been a tool for the music industry and has been ‘gamed’ by them since its inception. But we do remain optimistic. Stripping it right back to basics feels like a positive start, and maybe somehow getting it back as an appointment-to-listen/see show on both radio and primetime TV each week is another thing that will help to lift mainstream interest in the weekly ups and downs of our favourite stars. Summing all this up is tough. But here’s how we see it as we head into Q2 2024. Dump ACR as soon as possible. It’s anachronistic, feels like a flawed and dated concept, and nobody will shed a tear at its disappearance. Ten years was more than enough. Just last week Beyonce took the no.1 title ahead of Noah Kahan, even though ‘Stick Season’ had been streamed many more times than Texas Hold ‘Em’. Incidents like that simply dent the credibility of the Official Singles Chart even further. Consider excluding all physical product (CDs, vinyl singles, cassettes and possibly even downloads) from the Official Singles Chart to keep it purer and less prone to desperate hype from product teams. However, if the temptation to keep physical in there somehow persists, look at maximum price points that are closer to those of a download sale, not vinyl singles priced at almost a tenner. If you put into action those points 1 and 2, then simplify the name as the final part of the process – The UK’s Official Singles Chart becomes The Official Singles Streaming Chart in its pure unfiltered form, free from arbitrary restrictions on the age of songs, and everyone then knows exactly where they stand from now on. Thanks to everyone we’ve spoken to when we’ve been canvassing opinions on all this. What’s clear is that nobody seems entirely happy with the Official Singles Chart in its current form, from both inside and outside the industry, and better transparency about how it’s complied and the stats behind each chart placing would certainly be a very useful start. We’re keen to keep the dialogue going, with some people who’ve been in contact also bemoaning the day the chart is released, the relative failure of New Music Friday to generate much impact anymore, and even a desire from some for a quicker turnover of big hits again. It’s impossible to please everyone, and we can’t turn back the clock either. Instead, let’s all work together for the best possible solutions and on-going chats to push forward what’s still one of the world’s most trusted, keenly fought and referenced list of our nation’s most popular songs.

The first time i bought CD singles was 1994 which was the first year you couldn't get everything on 7" I think the last CD singles i bought were early 2010 Timbaland/Katy Perry - If We Ever Meet Again Lady Gaga - Bad Romance Back then there was only a very small section in HMV they were phased at the end of the 00s

Mark's Top 40 weekending 8th March 2024 1 (1) Beyonce - Texas Hold 'Em 2 (2) Bananarama - Supernova 3 (New) New Kids On The Block - Kids 4 (3) Ariana Grande - Yes, And? 5 (4) Dua Lipa - Training Season 6 (5) Dannii Minogue - Thinking 'Bout Us 7 (6) Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 8 (7) Classix Nouveaux - No Do Overs 9 (8) Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters 10 (9) Billy Joel - Turn The Lights Back On 11 (10) Sia And Kylie Minogue - Dance Alone 12 (29) UB40 - Gimme Some Kind Of Sign 13 (15) Rick Astley - Driving Me Crazy 14 (23) Delta Goodrem - Hearts On The Run 15 (13) Gabrielle - A Place In Your Heart 16 (11) Jennifer Lopez - Can't Get Enough 17 (14) Teddy Swims - Lose Control 18 (25) Pharrell Williams ft Miley Cyrus - Doctor (Work It Out) 19 (30) Madness - Round We Go 20 (26) Ariana Debose ft Boy George And Nile Rodgers - Electric Energy 21 (12) Pet Shop Boys - Loneliness 22 (21) The Farm - Let The Music Take Control 23 (22) James Blunt - All The Love That I Ever Needed 24 (19) Kygo And Ava Max - Whatever 25 (16) YG Marley - Praise Jah In The Moonlight 26 (17) Ella Henderson - Alibi 27 (20) DJO - End Of Beginning 28 (18) Noah Kahan - Stick Season 29 (38) Rozalla - Lotta Love 30 (New) Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 31 (New) S Club - Good Times 32 (28) The Zutons - Creeping On The Dancefloor 33 (24) Belinda Carlisle - If U Go 34 (32) Justin Timberlake - Selfish 35 (31) P!nk - All Out Of Fight 36 (33) OMD - Kaleptocracy 37 (34) Liam Gallagher And John Squire - Just Another Rainbow 38 (35) Take That - This Life 39 (36) Kelly Clarkson - Lighthouse 40 (New) Sheryl Crow ft Peter Gabriel - Digging In The Dirt https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5nHZRMDIA...2bd8bd6fb254fd5

Mark's Album Chart - 08/03/2024 1. (01) Rod Stewart and Jools Holland - Swing Fever 2. (02) Paloma Faith - The Glorification Of Sadness 3. (03) Take That - This Life 4. (04) Rick Astley - Are We There Yet? 5. (05) Jennifer Lopez - This Is Me...Now 6. (06) Cast - Love Is The Call 7. (07) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Hana 8. (08) P!nk - Trustfall 9. (09) Debbie Gibson - The Body Remembers 10. (10) Bananarama - Masquerade 11. (11) Tiffany - Shadows 12. (12) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Bauhaus Staircase 13. (13) Kylie Minogue - Tension 14. (14) Jessie Ware - That Feels Good 15. (15) Debbie Gibson - Winterlicious 16. (16) Claire Richards - Euphoria 17. (17) Simply Red - Time 18. (18) Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 19. (19) Shania Twain - Queen Of Me 20. (20) A-ha - True North

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Mark's Top 40 weekending 1st March 2024 1 (1) Beyonce - Texas Hold 'Em 2 (2) Bananarama - Supernova 3 (3) Ariana Grande - Yes, And? 4 (5) Dua Lipa - Training Season 5 (4) Dannii Minogue - Thinking 'Bout Us 6 (6) Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 7 (10) Classix Nouveaux - No Do Overs 8 (13) Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters 9 (8) Billy Joel - Turn The Lights Back On 10 (9) Sia And Kylie Minogue - Dance Alone 11 (7) Jennifer Lopez - Can't Get Enough 12 (12) Pet Shop Boys - Loneliness 13 (11) Gabrielle - A Place In Your Heart 14 (14) Teddy Swims - Lose Control 15 (16) Rick Astley - Driving Me Crazy 16 (17) YG Marley - Praise Jah In The Moonlight 17 (16) Ella Henderson - Alibi 18 (19) Noah Kahan - Stick Season 19 (20) Kygo ft Ava Max - Whatever 20 (21) DJO - End Of Beginning 21 (30) The Farm - Let The Music Take Control 22 (25) James Blunt - All The Love That I Ever Needed 23 (28) Delta Goodrem - Hearts On The Run 24 (18) Belinda Carlisle - If U Go 25 (New) Pharrell Williams ft Miley Cyrus - Doctor (Work It Out) 26 (New) Ariana Debose, Boy George And Nile Rodgers - Electric Energy 27 (22) Phil Hendriks - Battleship Chains 28 (24) The Zutons - Creeping On The Dancefloor 29 (New) UB40 ft Gilly G - Gimme Some Kind Of Sign 30 (New) Madness - Round We Go 31 (23) P!nk - Ahead Of The Fight 32 (26) Justin Timberlake - Selfish 33 (27) OMD - Kaleptocracy 34 (29) Liam Gallagher And John Squire - Just Another Rainbow 35 (33) Take That - This Life 36 (34) Kelly Clarkson - Lighthouse 37 (New) Crowded House - Oh Hi 38 (New) Rozalla - Lotta Love 39 (New) John Coinman - Find That Girl 40 (New) Mark Knopfler - Ahead Of The Game https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0USbKjVZI...f3ec8ed09634599

Mark's Album Chart - 01/03/2024 1. (New) Rod Stewart and Jools Holland - Swing Fever 2. (01) Paloma Faith - The Glorification Of Sadness 3. (02) Take That - This Life 4. (03) Rick Astley - Are We There Yet? 5. (04) Jennifer Lopez - This Is Me...Now 6. (05) Cast - Love Is The Call 7. (06) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Hana 8. (07) P!nk - Trustfall 9. (08) Debbie Gibson - The Body Remembers 10. (09) Bananarama - Masquerade 11. (10) Tiffany - Shadows 12. (11) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Bauhaus Staircase 13. (12) Kylie Minogue - Tension 14. (13) Jessie Ware - That Feels Good 15. (14) Debbie Gibson - Winterlicious 16. (15) Claire Richards - Euphoria 17. (17) Simply Red - Time 18. (18) Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 19. (19) Shania Twain - Queen Of Me 20. (20) A-ha - True North

Good piece with screenwriter Philip Ralph here https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midla...c-show-28736655

Yes i get the special editions too. Got mine ordered from HMV online but there is a delay as they were out of stock.

Last week of filming this week with Friday being the last day. Sad for the cast and crew losing their jobs and for the many fans of the show. They have enough episodes in the can leading up to Christmas.

Mark's Top 40 weekending 23rd February 2024 1 (11) Beyonce - Texas Hold 'Em 2 (1) Bananarama - Supernova 3 (5) Ariana Grande - Yes, And? 4 (3) Dannii Minogue - Thinking 'Bout Us 5 (12) Dua Lipa - Training Season 6 (20) Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 7 (2) Jennifer Lopez - Can't Get Enough 8 (4) Billy Joel - Turn The Lights Back On 9 (10) Sia And Kylie Minogue - Dance Alone 10 (14) Classix Nouveaux - No Do Overs 11 (8) Gabrielle - A Place In Your Heart 12 (13) Pet Shop Boys - Loneliness 13 (New) Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters 14 (New) Teddy Swims - Lose Control 15 (17) Ella Henderson - Alibi 16 (21) Rick Astley - Driving Me Crazy 17 (New) YG Marley - Praise Jah In The Moonlight 18 (7) Belinda Carlisle - If U Go 19 (Re) Noah Kahan - Stick Season 20 (New) Kygo And Ava Max - Whatever 21 (New) DJO - End Of Beginning 22 (6) Phil Hendriks - Battleship Chains 23 (9) P!nk - All Out Of Fight 24 (19) The Zutons - Creeping On The Dancefloor 25 (24) James Blunt - All The Love That I Ever Needed 26 (25) Justin Timberlake - Selfish 27 (15) OMD - Kaleptocracy 28 (31) Delta Goodrem - Hearts On The Run 29 (16) Liam Gallagher And John Squire - Just Another Rainbow 30 (33) The Farm - Let The Music Take Control 31 (26) Becky Hill - Never Be Alone 32 (22) Jason Derulo And Meghan Trainor - Hands On Me 33 (23) Take That - This Life 34 (27) Kelly Clarkson - Lighthouse 35 (29) Dee C. Lee - Walkaway 36 (34) Leee John And Bill Sharpe - Take Me Back 37 (32) Don Powell Band - I Am The Beat 38 (18) Deniece Pearson - Evolution 39 (28) Tony Christie - Home, Home, Home 40 (30) Guy Chambers And The Lemon Trees - Dream Girl https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6XmVeR3oJ...1748d07af894d21

Mark's Album Chart - 23/02/2024 1. (New) Paloma Faith - The Glorification Of Sadness 2. (01) Take That - This Life 3. (02) Rick Astley - Are We There Yet? 4. (New) Jennifer Lopez - This Is Me...Now 5. (New) Cast - Love Is The Call 6. (03) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Hana 7. (04) P!nk - Trustfall 8. (05) Debbie Gibson - The Body Remembers 9. (06) Bananarama - Masquerade 10. (07) Tiffany - Shadows 11. (08) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Bauhaus Staircase 12. (09) Kylie Minogue - Tension 13. (10) Jessie Ware - That Feels Good 14. (12) Debbie Gibson - Winterlicious 15. (13) Claire Richards - Euphoria 16. (16) Duran Duran - Danse Macabre 17. (17) Simply Red - Time 18. (18) Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 19. (19) Shania Twain - Queen Of Me 20. (20) A-ha - True North

Mark's Top 40 weekending 16th February 2024 1 (2) Bananarama - Supernova 2 (1) Jennifer Lopez - Can't Get Enough 3 (4) Dannii Minogue - Thinking 'Bout Us 4 (10) Billy Joel - Turn The Lights Back On 5 (15) Ariana Grande - Yes, And? 6 (5) Phil Hendriks - Battleship Chains 7 (8) Belinda Carlisle - If U Go 8 (9) Gabrielle - A Place In Your Heart 9 (3) P!nk - All Out Of Fight 10 (17) Sia and Kylie Minogue - Dance Alone 11 (New) Beyonce - Texas Hold' Em 12 (New) Dua Lipa - Training Session 13 (20) Pet Shop Boys - Loneliness 14 (24) Classic Nouveaux - No Do Overs 15 (18) OMD - Kaleptocracy 16 (6) Liam Gallagher and John Squire - Just Another Rainbow 17 (12) Ella Henderson - Alibi 18 (7) Deniece Pearson - Evolution 19 (21) The Zutons - Creeping On The Dancefloor 20 (New) Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 21 (New) Rick Astley - Driving Me Crazy 22 (16) Jason Derulo ft Meghan Trainor - Hands On Me 23 (13) Take That - This Life 24 (29) James Blunt - All The Love That I Ever Needed 25 (30) Justin Timberlake - Selfish 26 (11) Becky Hill - Never Be Alone 27 (14) Kelly Clarkson - Lighthouse 28 (19) Tony Christie - Home Home Home 29 (22) Dee C. Lee - Walkaway 30 (23) Guy Chambers And The Lemon Trees - Dream Girl 31 (New) Delta Goodrem - Hearts On The Run 32 (34) Don Powell Band - I Am The Beat 33 (New) The Farm - Let The Music Take Control 34 (39) Leee John and Bill Sharpe - Take Me Back 35 (28) Cast - Faraway 36 (25) Shed Seven - Talk Of The Town 37 (26) The Vaccines - Lunar Eclipse 38 (27) Ride - Peace Sign 39 (31) The Charlatans - (Just As Long As You) Stick By Me 40 (32) James - Is This Love? https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0dAzR64y4...f690d48a89f4f38

Mark's Album Chart - 16/02/2024 1. (01) Take That - This Life 2. (02) Rick Astley - Are We There Yet? 3. (05) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Hana 4. (03) P!nk - Trustfall 5. (04) Debbie Gibson - The Body Remembers 6. (06) Bananarama - Masquerade 7. (07) Tiffany - Shadows 8. (08) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Bauhaus Staircase 9. (09) Kylie Minogue - Tension 10. (10) Jessie Ware - That Feels Good 11. (11) Paul McCartney and Wings - Band On The Run 12. (12) Debbie Gibson - Winterlicious 13. (13) Claire Richards - Euphoria 14. (14) Tiffany - Pieces Of Me 15. (15) The Vaccines - Pick Up Full Of Pink Carnations 16 (16) Duran Duran - Danse Macabre 17. (17) Simply Red - Time 18. (18) Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 19. (19) Shania Twain - Queen Of Me 20. (20) A-ha - True North