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I think it's normal service resumed for the UK. The BBC don't want to win Eurovision, hence us being lumbered with a no-hoper of an act and song. I'd rather Channel 4 take the bow, as I think we'd get an alternative approach in the pre-selection and it would be a bit more varied, as it's obvious the BBC does not care. The entertainment/Eurovision sector of the Beeb is a run by a few old queens who still think Eurovision is how it was 20-30 yrs ago. We've got a national broadcaster that doesn't care, and only wants to squander our hard-earned money.

Is it me or can we see Justin Beiber saying in the next five to ten years that he was pushed into the music industry and exploited by rich parents? Belive me, this has the potential to end in tears. I think #1 in the albums is more prestige now than singles.

WHAT! You can buy an album for that much! I know the 17,5% tax rule is back, but this is taking the p***. Also, I can see Sports Relief being a non year this year.

Glee - Only popular because the standard of television is so poor nowadays. It's just a bunch of plastic people singing corny covers. People need to appreciate the real versions not a fifth rate version of the song. Leona - Her career is drying up. She will be asking to appear on I'm a Celeb in the next few years. Rihanna - Whiney voice, and responsible for the floods of 2007. She should have be banned after that.

My picks of this chart: 01. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U - Great song, even if it's a bit overplayed and not Sinead's best. 02. Beats International Featuring Lindy Layton - Dub Be Good To Me - Classic! :heart: 03. Technotronic Featuring Ya Kid K - Get Up (Before The Night Is Over) - The infamous mimer Felly and friends. Seriously, the first single would have worked with Ya Kid K. Great song :heart: 04. Black Box - I Don't Know Anybody Else 05. Michael Bolton - How Am I Supposed To Live Without You - It's cheesy, It's Bolton, but it's a great ballad. 06. Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence - Classic. 07. Lonnie Gordon - Happenin' All Over Again - Strong disco number. 08. Sybil - Walk On By - Good cover of a Dion Warwick classic. 09. Phil Collins - I Wish It Would Rain Down - Another big Phil ballad :) 10. Lisa Stansfield - Live Together - Average soul song. 11. Cher - Just Like Jesse James - Cher at her finest. 12. Mantronix Featuring Wondress - Got To Have Your Love - Great tune - still fresh twenty years on. 13. Tina Turner - Steamy Windows - Decent song 14. Yell! - Instant Replay - EWWWWW the horror of the chart :puke2: 15. Kylie Minogue - Tears On My Pillow - I don't mind this :) 16. Rod Stewart - Downtown Train - This is very good :) 21. Janet Jackson - Come Back To Me - Very nice ballad from a great album :) 23. Skid Row - 18 And Life - Great rock ballad. One of their best. 25. The Beloved - Hello - Bizzare dance tune listing the names of celebs that were famous at that point 28. Eric Clapton - Bad Love - Decent rock ballad. 38. Renegade Soundwave - Probably A Robbery - Just discovered this. It's kind of an early 90s Kaiser Chiefs but electro sounding, Hilarious lyrics. Other noticable ones: 42. David A Stewart Featuring Candy Dulfer - Lily Was Here - Classic :) 47. Belinda Carlisle - Runaway Horses - Underrated Belinda song, should have been a bigger hit. 48. Eurythmics - The King and Queen Of America - I adore this! Great video where Dave and Annie dress up as these figures of American culture. Great song as well. 69. Rob 'N' Raz Featuring Leila K - Got To Get - R and B dance tune. Apparantly, Leila K is homeless and lives on the streets of Oslo.

01. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U 02. Beats International Featuring Lindy Layton - Dub Be Good To Me 03. Technotronic Featuring Ya Kid K - Get Up (Before The Night Is Over) 04. Black Box - I Don't Know Anybody Else 05. Michael Bolton - How Am I Supposed To Live Without You 06. Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence 07. Lonnie Gordon - Happenin' All Over Again 08. Sybil - Walk On By 09. Phil Collins - I Wish It Would Rain Down 10. Lisa Stansfield - Live Together 11. Cher - Just Like Jesse James 12. Mantronix Featuring Wondress - Got To Have Your Love 13. Tina Turner - Steamy Windows 14. Yell! - Instant Replay 15. Kylie Minogue - Tears On My Pillow 16. Rod Stewart - Downtown Train 17. The Stranglers - 96 Tears 18. 49ers - Touch Me 19. Cliff Richard - Stronger Than That 20. Del Amitri - Nothing Ever Happens 21. Janet Jackson - Come Back To Me 22. Adam Ant - Room At The Top 23. Skid Row - 18 And Life 24. Chris Rea - Tell Me There's A Heaven 25. The Beloved - Hello 26. And Why Not? - The Face 27. Guru Josh - Infinity (1990's Time For The Guru) 28. Eric Clapton - Bad Love 29. Aerosmith - Dude (Looks Like A Lady) {1990} 30. Halo James - Could Have Told You So 31. Ram Jam - Black Betty (Ben Liebrand Remix) 32. Thunder - Dirty Love 33. Electribe 101 - Talking With Myself 34. The Wedding Present - Brassneck 35. Gino Latino - Welcome 36. Jamie J Morgan - Walk On The Wild Side 37. Shakin' Stevens - I Might 38. Renegade Soundwave - Probably A Robbery 39. New Kids On The Block - Hangin' Tough {1990} 40. Jimmy Somerville - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) Other noticable ones: 42. David A Stewart Featuring Candy Dulfer - Lily Was Here 43. Paul McCartney - Put It There 45. Faith No More - Epic 46. Fine Young Cannibals - I'm Not Satisfied 47. Belinda Carlisle - Runaway Horses 48. Eurythmics - The King and Queen Of America 49. Martika - More Than You Know 69. Rob 'N' Raz Featuring Leila K - Got To Get 74. Happy Mondays - Madchester Rave On (EP) 75. Kym Mazelle - Was That All It Was

Like: 13. Fragma ft Maria Rubia - Everytime You Need Me 15. Rui Da Silva ft Cassandra - Touch Me 20. Anastacia - Not That Kind 21. Martine McCutcheon - On The Radio 23. Jennifer Lopez - Love Don't Cost A Thing 25. Ash - Shining Light 29. Alice Deejay - Celebrate Our Love 35. Misteeq - Why 36. Bon - Boys - The video to this was hot ;) 38. S Club 7 - Never Had A Dream Come True 39. Pink - You Make Me Sick Worst: 1. Atomic Kitten - Whole Again 4. Limp Bizkit - Rollin' 8. Toploader - Dancing In The Moonlight 30. Bob The Builder - Can We Fix It 31. Shaggy ft Rikrok - It Wasn't Me

My picks: 1. No Doubt - Don't Speak 5. En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love) - CLASSIC!!!!!!!! 10. Blueboy - Remember Me - For some reason with this song I have this Armstrong and Miller sketch in my head, where they think the woman singing was in a crash and she had her friends baby's eyes in her hands! Dark, but funny humour. 14. Space - Dark Clouds 15. White Town - Your Woman 19. Spice Girls - 2 Become 1 22. Wonders - That Thing You Do - This was the soundtrack of a film with the same name about a one-hit wonders 60 group. Great film and a great 60s influenced pop song. 24. Michelle Gayle - Do You Know 25. Whitney Houston - Step By Step 27. Gabrielle - Walk On By 28. Skunk Anansie - Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good) - CLASSIC! My sister used to sing this song whenever she had too much fizzy orange! I used to think Skunk was her first name! 32. Tori Amos - Professional Widow (Armand Van Helden Remix) 34. Bennet - Mum's Gone To Iceland - I've just Y'tubed this and I may say, this is a funny and quirky song :) Worst song: 3. No Mercy - Where Do You Go 4. 911 - The Day We Find Love --- EWWW to both.

My picks: 1. Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky 2. Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now 3. Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart 7. Elton John - Candle In The Wind (Live) 9. T'Pau - Valentine 10. Debbie Gibson - Shake Your Love 15. Terence Trent D'arby - Sign Your Name 16. Billy Idol - Hot In The City 17. Sinead O'Connor - Mandinka 27. Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror 29. Vanessa Paradis - Joe Le Taxi 30. Bangles - Hazy Shade Of Winter 31. Deacon Blue - Dignity 32. Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody Worst is: 6. Bros - When Will I Be Famous - No thanks 19. Dollar - Oh L'Amour - How dare you rape an Erasure hit.

My picks: 1 Pure Shoes ALL SAINTS 2 - Movin' Too Fast ARTFUL DODGER & ROMINA JOHNSON 4 52 Caught Out There KELIS 5 - Money JAMELIA 7 2 Rise GABRIELLE 10 7 Cartoon Heroes AQUA 15 9 Born To Make You Happy BRITNEY SPEARS 16 8 Adalente SASH! 25 13 Glorious ANDREAS JOHNSON 29 19 Sweet Love 2K FIERCE The vote for the worst is: 19 - Dancing In The Moonlight TOPLOADER - ewwwww, this was everywhere in 2000/1. Cheap and cheesy AOR song.

Honestly, I would say Leona is finished. She really needs to change her style over, instead of these by the numbers ballads she is producing. She would have had a big hit if she released "Outta my head".

Surely people have the song now? I could understand if it was his version, but honestly do people ALWAYS have to buy a song they hear on the TV?

Gosh, why are people still buying "Monkey Knife Fight"? I think people seem to think they have an emotional connection with celebs. If Cheryl was woman enough, she should walk-away and file for divorce. The thing is, it's a relationship where one is feeding off the other.

That Jason Derulo song seems to be a hybrid of Jordin Sparks "SOS", Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" and another song. Honestly, what is wrong with people inventing their own melodies? Surely it can't be that hard? Ellie sadly will be in the unfortunate position of missing the top 40 totally.

Honestly, at music events and galas - it should be compuslory for all acts to sing live. I would go as far as an orchestra on stage. Imagine Cheryl Cole performing with a big orchestra - I'd pay money to see her fall on her arse :D

JLS winning Best Single shows why the public SHOULD NOT be allowed to vote. They are a disgrace to the UK music industry and make me ashamed to be British.

Honestly, aren't we all fed up of this song and her? It seems like she is the "nation's pride" when really all she is a member of a girlband married to a footballer who can't keep it in his trousers. If she had any sense, she'd have left him ages ago.

Shows that he is stone broke then. I know this is a different subject matter from the topic, but I can't imagine many artists living a rock and roll lifestyle. A lot of these rappers probably gain money in "other ways"

I actually forgot about Akon. He is defitenaly Mr Rent-A-Rapper isnt he? Seriously, I wonder how much a featuring artist makes off a record? Surely with the amount paid to the main artist, composers and record company it can't be much? Mr Hudson probably lives in a bedsit somewhere.

I have notice that artists like Mr Hudson, Lil Jon and Drake seem to get better chart performances when performing with popular artists than they do with their own solo songs. A few theories behind this I think are: a) People buy the single due to the more established artist which has the fanbase B) Record companies don't see a long-term success in these artists and prefer to let them work with a more established artists c) Luck d) Hanging on the coat-tails of someone elses fame. I honestly think Mr Hudson is just someone they hire as featuring artist as they know he doesnt have the potential to do it on his own. This is someone who has a very poor live singing voice and a limited fan base. They know he is a loss profits wise, and prefer to hook him up with a popular artist. I could not imagine a Lil Jon album as he seems to shout all the time. How did he get hired? What do you think?

Well it shows the mass public like to be manipulated into buying anything by Cowell and the odious Glee covers. It shows the industry is in a sorry state when up and coming bands don't get recognition.

I don't think anyone cares about Leona now. If she wants to keep her career in the spotlight she should release the up-tempo tracks off "Echo". It seems she's becoming a one-trick pony with these dull ballads being released off the album and in that Avatar film. Give her a year, she'll be on the scrapheap if she persists like this.

I don't see the appeal in that "I Wish" song. It's just a cheap copy of "The Loving Kind" but with pathetic lyrics and raped vocals. The single would have failed to make the top 40 no matter when it was released, and dropping 110 places shows the lack of staying power. Mini Viva live leave a lot to be desired I may say ;) Sugababes - whats the hate with Jade joining? People stuck by them through the awful "Catfights and Spotlights" era, why not now?

Expect the Mini Viva single to make something like #95 and be out of the top 200 after ;)

Last summer, Mini Viva, Girls Can't Catch and The Dolly Rockers were seen as the next big girl groups to fill the void in left by Girls Aloud. Mini Viva had a late summer smash with "I left my heart in Tokyo", while the other two struggled with their debut singles. Now, it seems the future is grim for these groups. Mini Viva limped in at #73 during Christmas week with a very poor follow-up which later dropped nearly 110 positions the week later. Girls Can't Catch had a top 20 hit which has taken a huge tumble down the chart and The Dolly Rockers are non-existent after being dropped by their label. Do Mini Viva and GCC have a future in 2010? My answer is no. MV who did show promise with the first single are destined to be one hit wonder material. They don't have a fanbase, their last single and the new single are very weak and interest in them is completely zero. I can see the follow-up making the top 100 and them disbanding or dropped by Fascination. GCC will have a lower top 40 single, a flop album and will completely be forgotten about as well. None of the girls are likeable, and there is always critism aimed towards them. The poor chart runs of their two singles also sum up their lack of popularity and this is just another side-project of Fascination records. What is your opinion?