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Exactly, he was statistically correct; and indeed in the last decade (2000s) the same was true; as The Beatles back catalogue sold more "units" than God's back catalogue (The Bible) sold! (128m v 111m in that decade)

My excuse is that I've been out on a work's meal. But here is my guess as to what happened which I could have posted yesterday. 1. Nick Clegg comes across the best, because he can promise pie in the sky ideals that wont get knocked down by the two main party Leaders because they know the election is likely to end in a minority Government requiring the Lib-Dems to join them in a coalition; and were instead too busy being prepared to knock their own rivals points down. 2. David Cameron consistantly gave great Blairite (= over polished/smarmy) soundbytes, that under specific probing he would not properly answer. On Crime & Immigration he came out the best. 3. Gordon Brown came across as tired, frequently stuttering over the same old (we've got the experience, we've got you into this mess, we'll get you out of this mess) rheotoric.

They are. In this month's The Word magazine they did a piece on the BBC chart show stating how it only gets 1.6 to 1.7 million listeners every Sunday; around 3.5 times less than Chris Moyles' week day breakfast show gets. In stark contrast, back in the 1980s when the chart moved to Sunday's for the first time a regular 7-8 million people tuned in, making it the most listened to show on the station. Here's a better idea ... instead of getting rid of the current chart, which is near perfect, how about having a format to the show where a DJ hosting it gives accurate information regarding the acts and the songs on the charts; keeps tittle tattle gossip to a minimum; playing as many records as possible; and have a DJ host it who clearly does not show a blatant bias for or against records in the charts ...... just like the classic Mark Goodier/Bruno Brookes era. Hardly rocket science is it. :lol:

08 Are Your Satisfied? 09 Shampain 11 I Am Not A Robot 04 Girls 09 Mowgli's Road 06 Obsessions 10 Hollywood 07 The Outsider 08 Hermit The Frog 08 Oh No! 06 Rootless 07 Numb 08 Guilty You may also rate the iTunes bonus track: 07 The Family Jewels

With the world's most powerful investment bank Goldman Sachs making a bid via an international consortium to buy one of the world's greatest football clubs owned by two Yank clowns who've done their best to destroy a great club. The following data has come into the public domain via the USA news agency Associated Press: So, over the course of 3 seasons Rafa has spent in total £17.5m. That equates to just £5.8m per season. Hardly enough to expect to continue to challenge for European Champions League Football is it? Yet over the same period the headline figure that Murdoch Inc have used has been £87.5m. Because that is what has been included in the Annual Financial Reports provided by Liverpool FC. What this means is that those two Cowboys have robbed Liverpool FC of £70m in 3 years for their own benefit. ..... And you wonder why Rafa Benitez has looked pissed off all these years; when he spent an undisclosed amount (which is Liverpool FC's way under these two Yankie Cowboys) on buying and selling players; when the same Associated Press Report revealed accounts "leaked" showed Liverpool FC only spent £15.5m on buying Torres (not the £19.5m the press reported at the time); and just £5.2m on buying Aquilini (not the £17.5m reported by the media). No wonder the owners wanted to give the impression that Liverpool were spending more in the transfer market than what they actually were. Outrageous stuff. :angry:

A great assessment as I always thought Boney M were bloody awful bar Rasputin (and their lead singer never sung on the records, he was a model/dancer - it was producer/songwriter Frank Farian all along - and he repeated the same trick with the equally awful Milli Vanilli a decade later!); and Abba were largely brilliant with their album tracks frequently far superior than their biggest hits which have been overplayed to death.

I agree on this. For the record I'm now trying to decide which three from a (not so) shortlist of 11 songs to nominate for the ban list!

I personally dislike seeing entries for the next competition advertised before the ban list is completed. As there is (at least) one track I've seen advertised that I fully intend(ed) to nominate for the banlist; but it now leaves me wondering whether to ignore it or go ahead and nominate it as I originally was going to. :(

Xtina now up to #7; But this week's Glee invasion is hot on her trail: 31 Hello Goodbye :wub: 32 Gives You Hell 43 Hello 50 Hello, I Love You 51 Highway To Hell

"... You say goodbye, and I say hello..... hello hello. I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello .... hello hello". :wub:

That is what this late 30 something luddite is going to do. I have tonight put aside to assemble a shortlist of interesting tracks for some poor unfortunate. :D

Probably not helped with the same Tory Leader when he first got elected as leader of the Conservatives (2005) citing the debut album by Keane (Hopes & Fears) as a band he loved; which probably helped kill their credibility somewhat. :lol:

49 Adam Lambert – For Your Entertainment 35 Alexandra Burke – All Night Long 57 Beyonce ft Kanye West – Ego 40 Christina Aguilera – Not Myself Tonight 24 Eliza Doolittle – Skinny Genes 39 Jason Derulo – Ridin’ Solo 53 Jay-Z ft Swizz Beatz – On To The Next One 13 Kate Nash – Do Wah Doo 04 Kelis – Acapella 25 N-Dubz – Say It’s Over 30 Paramore – The Only Exception 01 Professor Green ft Ed Drewett – I Need You Tonight :puke: 06 Selena Gomez & The Scene – Naturally 13 Taio Cruz ft Ke$ha – Dirty Picture Bonus #1: Will Inna – Hot be higher than Joshua Radin – I’d Rather Be With You in the chart? NO Bonus #2: Will Cheryl Cole – Parachute be higher than Justin Bieber ft Ludacris – Baby in the chart? NO Bonus #3: Will David Guetta ft Kid Cudi – Memories be higher than Young Money & Lloyd – BedRock in the chart? YES

Bonus Week = Mediocrity Beckons :lol: 01. Professor Green ft. Ed Drewett - I Need You Tonight 02. Scouting For Girls - This Ain't A Love Song 03. Usher ft. will.i.am - OMG 04. Kelis - Acapella 05. Plan B - She Said 06. Selena Gomez & The Scene - Naturally 07. Timbaland ft. Justin Timberlake - Carry Out 08. Lady GaGa ft. Beyoncé - Telephone 09. Tinie Tempah - Pass Out 10. Joshua Radin - I'd Rather Be With You 11. Inna - Hot 12. Rihanna - Rude Boy 13. Kate Nash - Do Wah Doo 14. Taio Cruz feat. Ke$ha - Dirty Picture 15. Justin Bieber ft. Ludacris - Baby Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the biggest faller within the top 75 next week? Boyzone - Gave It All Away 2. (for 5 pts) Which song will be the highest climber within the top 75 next week? Taio Cruz ft. Ke$ha - Dirty Picture 3. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? 10 4. (for 3 pts) How many climbers will be in the top 40 next week? 4 5. (for 3 pts) How many places will fall the biggest faller within the top 40 next week? 10 6. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: Glee Cast - Glee - The Music - Season One - Vol 2 or Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More? Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More

I hate it when acts suddenly release their new material onto iTunes, etc unannounced as it messes up my Prediction Games. But then again this track is just too good for people to wait for as the temptation to illegally download is too great .... zI9C9j0QgU4 It has just jumped from 115 to 91 in an hour .... watch it fly much higher .... surely a future Top 10 hit IMHO. Xtina's now #77.

Arcadia - So Red The Rose (2CD/DVD set - 25th Anniversary Remastered edition) :wub: I wonder how the internet/Facebook campaign to get this track high in the UK charts come the first week of May will do. :lol: tBPA21OJltI

Hi, From your Top 40 I like: 03-03 Timoteij ~ Kom ~ 6 [1-2-2-2-3-3] 02-04 Anna Bergendahl ~ This Is My Life ~ 6 [20-23-6-1-2-4] 05-08 Amy MacDonald ~ Don't Tell Me That It's Over ~ 6 [6-3-1-4-5-8] **-09 Lo-Fi-Fnk ~ Marchin' In ~ 1 [9] **-12 Caro Emerald ~ A Night Like This ~ 1 [12] 14-13 Lena Meyer-Landrut ~ Satellite ~ 3 [37-14-13] 13-17 Ellie Goulding ~ Starry Eyed ~ 6 [13-7-18-11-13-17] 18-24 Sugababes ~ Wear My Kiss ~ 7 [13-14-9-15-14-18-24] 11-33 Lady GaGa feat. Beyoncé ~ Telephone ~ 4 [10-3-11-33] 48-40 Tiesto feat. Nelly Furtado ~ Who Wants To Be Alone ~ 2 [48-40]

Words are not enough to express what a national tragedy this clearly is. RIP :(

Aaron, I know & like: 03» Timoteij ٠ Kom (Melodifestivalen 2010) [31-08-05-03-06-03 ٠ 6 Weeks] 05» Ola ٠ Unstopable (Melodifestivalen 2010) [38-01-02-01-06-07-01-05 ٠ 8 Weeks] 08» Lady Gaga ٠ Bad Romance [01-06-03-01-04-02-05-04-03-03-06-06-02-05-04-08-18-16-08-09-08 ٠ 21 Weeks 11» Sugababes ٠ Wear My Kiss [31-08-04-05-01-06-13-12-11-11 ٠ 10 Weeks] 14» Sibel ٠ Stop (Melodifestivalen 2010) [20-14-13-16-14 ٠ 5 Weeks] 15» The Saturdays ٠ Ego [38-23-24-09-10-11-17-19-25-24-25-07-15-12-14-12-14-07-21-25-17-32-15 ٠ 23 Weeks] 16» Alex Gardner ٠ I'm Not Mad [16 ٠ 1 Week] 17» Anna Bergendahl ٠ This Is My Life (Eurovision: Sweden) [18-17-17 ٠ 3 Weeks] 20» Timbaland ft. Katy Perry ٠ If We Ever Meet Again [30-01-04-18-06-17-18-16-17-16-14-20 ٠ 12 Weeks] 24» Alexandra Burke ٠ All Night Long [24 ٠ 1 Week] 29» Shakira ٠ Did It Again [39-37-30-19-11-05-07-06-15-21-28-26-30-37-35-37-34-25-33-36-35-26-29 ٠ 23 Weeks] 30» Avril Lavigne ٠ Alice [33-32-27-38-39-31-27-30 ٠ 8 Weeks] 34» Elin Lanto ٠ Doctor Doctor (Melodifestivalen 2010) [21-23-28-19-25-34 ٠ 6 Weeks] 35» Alexandra Burke ft. Flo Rida ٠ Bad Boys [24-15-23-02-02-03-02-01-03-01-01-03-01-15-17-17-10-21-24-23-28-25-30-32-28-33-30-28-35 ٠ 29 Weeks] 36» Elin Lanto ٠ Love Made Me Stupid [15-04-01-09-02-06-12-13-22-29-29-36 ٠ 12 Weeks] 37» Jessica Andersson ٠ I Did It For Love (Melodifestivalen 2010) [35-09-13-22-20-36-30-37 ٠ 8 Weeks]

Rob, I like: 3-Boyzone - Gave It All Away (14.03.04.08.03.05.05.06.01.01.03) 11 Weeks 4-Lady GaGa Ft Beyonce - Telephone (10.09.14.21.21.20.17.12.01.02.01.02.03.04) 14 Weeks 5-Train - Hey, Soul Sister (05.04.05) 3 Weeks 6-Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Bittersweet (34.24.21.14.06) 5 Weeks 7-Gabriella Cilmi - Woman On A Mission (30.28.36.18.26.04.02.01.03.03.07.07) 12 Weeks 8-Alicia Keys - Trying To Sleep With A Broken Heart (15.16.16.14.10.10.13.13.12.12.14.10.08) 13 Weeks 10-Lights - Saviour (10) 1 Week 11-Lady Antebellum - Need You Now (12.11.11) 3 Weeks 12-Agnes - On & On (39.34.17.19.X1.R27.12) 6 Weeks 13-Black Eyed Peas - Rock That Body (32.17.19.20.30.31.32.X1.R16.03.03.04.06.09.13) 14 Weeks 15-Boyzone - Love Is A Hurricane (08.15.15) 3 Weeks 16-Lemar - The Way Love Goes (38.34.12.01.01.04.06.07.09.12.16) 11 Weeks 17-Maria Mena – All This Time (18.17) 2 Weeks 19-Lady GaGa - Bad Romance (24.03.05.05.02.02.01.01.02.01.01.01.01.01.02.02.07.07.11.11.16.14.19.20.19) 25 Weeks 23-Delirious? – History Makers (06.23) 2 Weeks 24-Robbie Williams - Morning Sun (06.06.06.07.05.11.13.24) 8 Weeks 25-Kelis - Acapella (25) 1 Week 26-Train- Drops Of Juipiter (18.16.26) 3 Weeks 27-Rihanna - Rude Boy (38.26.26.22.20.21.27) 7 Weeks 29-Shakira - Gypsy (31.X1.R28.15.15.11.32.31.29) 8 Weeks 30-Lights - Ice (09.07.08.09.17.29.30) 7 Weeks 31-Lissie – Bad Romance (26.31) 2 Weeks 32-Corinne Bailey Rae - Paris Nights/ New York Mornings (15.23.32) 3 Weeks 33-Groove Armada Ft Will Young - History (33) 1 Week 34-Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway (23.07.02.01.01.03.04.04.04.03.03.02.03.06.06.10.13.23.23.25.29.38.37.X1.R35.34) 25 Weeks 35-Lady GaGa - Alejandro (16.26.28.40.X9.R35) 5 Weeks 36-Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling (36.13.13.23.05.03.02.02.02.01.02.02.06.07.09.14.15.16.13.14.17.17.18.19.20.15.1 2.14.10.05.08.10.13.11.12.16.20.22.27.30.25.37.X1.R36) 43 Weeks 37-Lissie - In Sleep (37) 1 Week 40-Natalie Imbruglia - Scars (40) 1 Week

Hi, I know & like: 01. STRACHY NA LACHY & NATALIA FIEDORCZUK - DZIEWCZYNA O CHŁOPIĘCYCH SUTKACH (I like it) 02. 01. LADY GAGA FEAT. BEYONCÉ - TELEPHONE 03. 04. RIHANNA - RUDE BOY 10. 07. BLACK EYED PEAS - ROCK THAT BODY 12. 13. TIMBALAND FEAT. KATY PERRY - IF WE EVER MEET AGAIN 16. 11. AVRIL LAVIGNE - ALICE 21. 15. BLACK EYED PEAS - IMMA BE 23. 25. LEONA LEWIS - I GOT YOU 24. 26. LENA MEYER-LANDRUT - SATELLITE 28. 24. GORILLAZ FEAT. BOBBY WOMACK & MOS DEF - STYLO 30. GABRIELLA CILMI - ON A MISSION 31. 36. KELIS - ACAPELLA 33. 30. DIANA VICKERS - ONCE 35. 27. ALEX GARDNER - I’M NOT MAD

Hi, I like: 01(01) Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce - Telephone 6-4-3-3-3-7-2-1-1-1-1 (11 weeks) 02(03) Diana Vickers - Once 26-17-11-3-2 (5 weeks) 05(08) Kelis - Acapella 8-5 (2 weeks) 06(23) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Bittersweet 31-30-28-23-6 (5 weeks) 09(02) Paloma Faith - Upside Down 9-10-9-6-3-2-9 (7 weeks) 10(09) Leona Lewis - I Got You 1-1-1-1-1-3-4-5-6-9-10 (11 weeks) 11(11) Rihanna - Rude Boy 28-7-5-2-2-2-2-3-3-5-11-11 (12 weeks) 12(04) Glee Cast - My Life Would Suck Without You 4-12 (2 weeks) 13(13) Alexandra Burke featuring Pitbull - All Night Long 8-8-13-13 (4 weeks) 15(14) Marina & The Diamonds - Hollywood 5-7-9-14-14-15 (6 weeks) 17(12) Black Eyed Peas - Rock That Body 13-14-15-16-14-12-13-16-17-20-30-11-5-2-2-12-17 (17 weeks) 20(**) Natalie Imbruglia - Scars 20 (1 week)

Hi, From your Top 50 I like: 01 01 05 Donkeyboy – Ambitions (1) 02 02 02 The Pipettes – Stop The Music (2) 04 03 11 Diana Vickers – Once (1) 05 04 03 Marina & The Diamonds – I Am Not A Robot (3) 07 ** Kelis - Acapella 09 14 02 Wolf Gang – Back To Back (9) 10 17 05 Yeasayer – O.N.E (10) 13 16 07 Alex Gardner – I’m Not Mad (8) 14 25 04 She & Him – In The Sun (14) 16 06 05 Sophie Ellis Bextor – Bittersweet (5) 20 10 12 Groove Armada – Paper Romance (2) 21 07 18 Lady GaGa ft Beyonce – Telephone (7) 22 18 12 Gramophonedzie – Why Don’t You (1) 23 ** We Are Scientists – Rules Don’t Stop 25 15 03 Alexandra Burke ft Pitbull – All Night Long (7) 28 26 10 Steve Aoki ft Zuper Blahq – I’m In The House (9) 29 19 09 Black Eyed Peas – Rock That Body (11) 32 35 02 Christina Aguilera – Not Myself Tonight (32) 35 21 05 Kate Nash – Do Wah Doo (7) 37 27 11 Goldfrapp – Rocket (4) 38 24 03 Vampire Weekend – Giving Up The Gun (24) 39 28 06 Human League vs Lady GaGa – Don’t You Want My Bad Romance (2) 40 ** Malcolm McLaren – Madame Butterfly 42 33 12 Rihanna – Rude Boy (10) 44 30 14 Marina & The Diamonds – Hollywood (3)

Aidan, I like: 1 (4) Alicia Keys - Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart (15-9-7-3-4-1) 2 (5) Alicia Keys feat Beyoncé - Put It In A Love Song (14-7-5-2) 4 (-) Kelis - Acapella (4) 5 (3) Lady GaGa feat Beyoncé - Telephone (1-1-1-1-3-5) 7 (2) Glee Cast - My Life Would Suck Without You (2-7) 8 (9) Florence & The Machine - Dog Days Are Over (10-2-2-5-8-12-15-13-13-15-11-11-9-8) 9 (11) Marina & The Diamonds - Mowgli’s Road (11-9) 11 (7) Kate Nash - Do Wah Doo (12-7-11) 13 (24) Marina & The Diamonds - I Am Not A Robot (24-13) 15 (8) Sugababes - Wear My Kiss (1-1-1-1-2-4-3-2-6-8-15) 16 (12) Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind Part II (15-8-7-4-3-4-2-4-8-10-10-9-12-16) 17 (15) Glee Cast - Don’t Stop Believin’ (1-1-2-2-5-5-8-10-13-15-15-15-17) 19 (13) Glee Cast - You Can’t Always Get What You Want (13-18) 20 (17) Groove Armada feat Will Young - History (17-20) 22 (18) Rihanna - Rude Boy (21-18-10-9-9-3-5-7-8-16-18-22) 23 (16) Glee Cast - Rain On My Parade (16-23) 25 (26) Lady GaGa - Bad Romance (2-1-1-1-1-1-2-5-5-5-9-9-10-13-17-21-22-23-22-27-24-26-25) 26 (25) Glee Cast - And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going (25-26) 27 (19) Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed (14-11-11-12-1-2-2-6-13-19-27) 28 (21) The Black Eyed Peas - Rock That Body (12-6-5-4-21-28) 29 (22) Gabriella Cilmi - On A Mission (23-12-11-11-15-4-4-5-22-29) 30 (27) Delphic - Halcyon (19-19-27-30) 31 (23) Glee Cast - Imagine (9-14-23-31) 32 (33) Alicia Keys - Doesn’t Mean Anything (8-5-4-2-2-3-6-8-9-13-18-21-21-23-25-30-30-33-32) 33 (29) Glee Cast - Defying Gravity (3-8-16-20-29-33) 35 (28) Boyzone - Gave It All Away (7-12-10-28-35) 36 (31) Glee Cast - True Colours (21-26-31-36) 37 (32) Glee Cast - Lean On Me (9-18-21-32-37) 39 (39) Glee Cast - Halo/Walking On Sunshine (2-6-14-17-28-33-33-39-39) 40 (35) Florence & The Machine - You’ve Got The Love (13-9-7-6-4-9-11-12-12-12-1-3-6-7-9-10-13-10-10-13-17-24-28-35-40)

Thanks for all the comments so far. On my Personal Chart #1s Hall of Fame (1984 - present) - Robyn continues to rise: Position / Act / #1s / Weeks at #1 / * - movement in 2010 1st Oasis 11 29 2nd Robbie Williams 9 23 3rd Duran Duran 8 29 4th U2 8 19 5th Madonna 7 19 6th Kylie Minogue 7 17 7th Pet Shop Boys 6 24 8th REM 6 19 9th Smiths 6 15 9th Radiohead 6 15 11th Kate Bush 5 20 12th Prince 5 14 13th Alanis Morissette 5 12 13th Coldplay 5 12 15th Manic Street Preachers 5 11 16th Travis 5 10 17th Blur 5 9 18th Spice Girls 4 14 19th A-ha 4 13 19th Pulp 4 13 19th Goldfrapp 4 13 * 22nd Christina Aguilera 4 12 22nd Melanie C 4 12 22nd Prodigy 4 12 25th Paul McCartney 4 11 25th Alison Moyet 4 11 27th Morrissey 4 10 27th TLC 4 10 29th Suede 4 9 30th Supergrass 4 7 31st Take That 3 15 32nd David Bowie 3 12 32nd Robyn 3 12 * 34th Bangles 3 11 35th Elton John 3 9 35th Marina & The Diamonds 3 9 * 37th Frankie Goes To Hollywood 3 8 37th George Michael 3 8 37th Kaiser Chiefs 3 8 37th KLF 3 8 37th Sheryl Crow 3 8 37th Cyndi Lauper 3 8 43rd Belinda Carlisle 3 7 43rd Britney Spears 3 7 43rd Crowded House 3 7 43rd Dubstar 3 7 43rd Depeche Mode 3 7 48th Jellyfish 3 6 48th Stone Roses 3 6 48th Tori Amos 3 6 As Robyn is now tied with ("Lady GaGa's dad" © John Lydon) David Bowie; here are his three Personal Chart #1s from my countdown: #14 David Bowie - Blue Jean Sep84 - 3 Wks #39 David Bowie - Absolute Beginners Mar86 - 7 Wks #313 David Bowie - Thursday's Child Sep99 - 2 Wks