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21-00 ;; Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch - Sweet Nothing 22-02 ;; Emeli Sandé - Read All About It (Pt. III) 23-01 ;; fun. - Some Nights 24-00 ;; Nicki Minaj - Va Va Voom 25-03 ;; Kanye West, Jay-Z and Big Sean - Clique 26-03 ;; Florence + The Machine - Spectrum 27-00 ;; Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks 28-01 ;; Lawson - Standing In The Dark 29-01 ;; Amelia Lily - You Bring Me Joy 30-02 ;; Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj - Beauty And A Beat

21-00 ;; Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch - Sweet Nothing 22-02 ;; Emeli Sandé - Read All About It (Pt. III) 23-01 ;; fun. - Some Nights 24-00 ;; Nicki Minaj - Va Va Voom 25-03 ;; Kanye West, Jay-Z and Big Sean - Clique 26-02 ;; Florence + The Machine - Spectrum 27-00 ;; Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks 28-00 ;; Lawson - Standing In The Dark 29-01 ;; Amelia Lily - You Bring Me Joy 30-01 ;; Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj - Beauty And A Beat

21-00 ;; Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch - Sweet Nothing 22-02 ;; Emeli Sandé - Read All About It (Pt. III) 23-01 ;; fun. - Some Nights 24-00 ;; Nicki Minaj - Va Va Voom 25-02 ;; Kanye West, Jay-Z and Big Sean - Clique 26-01 ;; Florence + The Machine - Spectrum 27-00 ;; Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks 28-00 ;; Lawson - Standing In The Dark 29-00 ;; Amelia Lily - You Bring Me Joy 30-01 ;; Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj - Beauty And A Beat

31-00 ;; Sam And The Womp - Bom Bom 32-02 ;; Labrinth feat. Emeli Sandé - Beneath Your Beautiful 33-00 ;; P!nk - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) 34-01 ;; Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa - Payphone 35-00 ;; fun. feat. Janelle Monáe - We Are Young 36-00 ;; Rebecca Ferguson - Backtrack 37-00 ;; The Lumineers - Ho Hey 40-01 ;; Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe

I'm not a huge fan but I believe The Red Hot Chili Peppers deserve one because of their longevity in the music industry. Muse and Keane as well! Those two bands have produced tonnes of great stuff that everyone snaps up in album form and the singles miss out unfortunately.

I think Lana Del Rey will be just like Duffy. Very poor follow up.. Rita Ora will peter off like Alexandra Burke & Leona Lewis are beginning to... Paloma will still make good music but it will get progressively less popular like Alanis Morrissette Emeli Sandé, even though I'm not a huge fan, has the potential to have a huge hit in the next couple of years to re boost her. Adele might end up like Dido but I think everyone will buy the next album regardless of how good it is.

2000: 17 2001: 21 2002: 22 2003: 17 2004: 17 2005: 18 2006: 12 2007: 17 2008: 17 2009: 20 2010: 23 2011: 16 Average: 18 So yeah 22 is above average but not dramatically so. We still have 7 weeks left howevr. 29 would be a huge increase. Oh they're all on UKmix?? I was using that as my source I just compiled them into a database. Then by using chart points (100 for #1 and 1 for #100) I added up the best artists from each year and the best songs. It's quite easy I just used the formula... ((number of weeks in chart)x101)-(sum of each chart-position in it's chart run) So a track that went 1-27-X 2*101=202 1+27 = 28 =174 points So by using that it didn't take very long.

Loved Good Life! Such a shame. never heard of that Will Smith song though, says it all...

Contemplated sending Nina Nesbitt and Imagine Dragons. Surprised they were entered I thought they were too cheap. I was last to confirm so I wouldn't have gotten them anyway! Good to be back, I'm excited :D

1. ALt-J - An Awesone Wave 2. Aiden Grimshaw - Misty Eye 3. Frak Ocean - channel ORANGE 4. P!nk - The Truth About Love 5. Marina & The Diamonds - Elektra Heart 6. Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg 7. Muse - The 2nd Law 8. Jessie Ware - Devotion 9. The Vaccines - Come of Age 10. Ellie Goulding - Halycon

Oh sorry, didn't know they were from Hot Press. I've got quite a good database of Irish Charts now. Singles Chart database from 1980-2012 Then I have the best singles artists and songs yearly and decadely. I've also compiled my own little awards show with best artists, best song, best fe/male new artist, group, irish act english act scottlish act one hit wonder loads more... If you need anything, let me know. Are there any 90s albums or 70s singles knocking about??

I'm guessing it's too late to vote, if not.... 1 The Inbetweeners // Neil 2 Dexter // Dexter 3 The IT Crowd // Moss 4 The Good Wife // Kalinda 5 Modern Family // Luke 6 How I Met Your Mother // Marshall 7 Fawlty Towers // Manuel 8 The Graham Norton Show // Graham 9 The Big Bang Theory // Mary 10 Homeland // Brody 11 The Apprentice // Lord Sugar 12 Gavin & Stacey // Nessa 13 Outnumbered // Karen 14 The Voice // will.i.am 15 24 // Jack 16 Would I Lie To You // David Mitchell 17 Geordie Shore // Gaz 18 Peep Show // Mark 19 Will & Grace // Karen 20 Misfits // Nathan 21 The Catherine Tate Show // Nan 22 Skins // Maxxie 23 Sherlock // Sherlock 24 Brothers & Sisters // Kitty 25 The X Factor // Cheryl 26 Big Brother // Davina 27 Pointless // Alexander 28 Black Books // Bernard 29 Father Ted // Dougal 30 Come Dine With Me // Narrator -1 The Queens Nose

Can we do a character rate???

Great thread, Can't wait to see how well No Other One by Taio Cruz does, that was an AWFUL flop

Cian'S Monthly Review: October 2012 October is always a busy month, with college back in full swing, my birthday and Halloween, the social calendar is always busy, but it's good to see that this didn't affect plays this month as there is a good increase of almost 28% on total plays. This month 18 year old Englishman Jake Bugg grabs the top spot off P!nk who falls 15 places. With a total of 90 plays, it's the lowest score for a #1 track since May when Marina & the Diamonds reached #1 with the same score. Jake Bugg's self titled album was released this month along with a notable amount of other albums which helped aid some climbers up the chart. The Killers climb to #6 off the back of their 4th studio album Battle Born. Ellie Goulding also climbs to #7 thanks to the disappointing Halcyon and also Mumford & Sons only reach #9 off the back of their new album Babel. Frank Ocean climbs back up 9 places to #2, thanks to the fact I downloaded 'Nostalgia, Ultra', his original mixtape, which did not disappoint. An old favourite of mine, the crooning legend Andy Williams sees a posthumous entry in the chart after I bought "A Happy Heart: The Best Of Andy Williams", which is jam packed with all his hits. He manages to keep Jessie Ware from the top 3 who's beautiful pop-soul album 'Devotion' helps her into the Top 5. Marina & The Diamonds finish the Top 5 thanks to her concert I went to on my birthday where she was stunningly good. Silencing the crowd in the ballads and then havig everyone dancing within seconds of each other. G.O.O.D. Music, Kanye West's record label, released their album Cruel Summer which I only caught onto this month. This helps see Kanye West and John Legend into the top 30. Finally, it's worth pointing out that Bastille climb 9 positions to #11, just missing out on the top ten. Unlike the 10 artists ahead of it Bastille have managed to stay within the Top 20 for 2 weeks on fewer than 5 songs. I'm so excited for the debut album so watch this space. Who to watch in November, Alt-J, Aiden Grimshaw, Muse, Tyler James and Calvin Harris. Total Plays this month: 1189 up 27.98% Top 30 Artists http://i49.tinypic.com/1ows2o.png TW (LW) Artist - Plays (%TW %change) 1. (25) Jake Bugg - 90 plays (7.7% up 6.9%) peak: 1, months in Top 30: 3 2. (11) Frank Ocean - 61 plays (5.2% up 3.4%) peak: 2, months in Top 30: 3 3. () Andy Williams - 55 plays (4.6%) peak: 3, months in Top 30: 1 4. (54) Jessie Ware - 53 plays (4.5% up 3.2%) peak: 4, months in Top 30: 3 5. (131) Marina & the Diamonds - 46 plays (3.9% up 3.8%) peak: 1, months in Top 30: 11 6. (58) The Killers - 41 plays (3.7% up 3.4%) peak: 6, months in Top 30: 6 7. (68) Ellie Goulding - 40 plays (3.4% up 3.2%) peak: 6, months in Top 30: 8 8. (35) Bob Marley & The Wailers - 37 plays (3.1% up 2.6%) peak: 8, months in Top 30: 1 9. (1) Mumford & Sons - 36 plays (3.0 up 2.8%) peak: 9, months in Top 30: 3 10. (13) Kanye West - 31 plays (2.6% up 0.9%) peak: 1, months in Top 30: 21 =================================== 11. (20) Bastille (2.2% up 1.2%) peak: 11, months in Top 30: 2 12. (114) Friendly Fires (2.0% up 1.9%) peak: 1, months in Top 30: 6 13. (42) Ke$ha (1.9% up 1.5%) peak: 2, months in Top 30: 6 14. (9) The Vaccines (1.8% down 0.2%) peak: 1, months in Top 30: 11 15. (16) Calvin Harris (1.7% up 0.2%) peak: 8, months in Top 30: 9 16. (1) P!nk (1.5% down 9.3%) peak: 1, months in Top 30: 9 17. (64) Black Eyed Peas (1.4% up 1.2%) peak: 7, months in Top 30: 8 18. (5) Usher (1.4% down 4.2%) peak: 4, months in Top 30: 4 19. () Adele (1.3%) peak: 1, months in Top 30: 6 20. (7) Of Monsters And Men (1.3% down 1.9%) peak: 7, months in Top 30: 2 21. (53) Florence + the Machine (1.2% up 0.8%) peak: 10, months in Top 30: 5 22. () Alt-J (1.1%) peak: 22, months in Top 30: 1 23. () Lady Gaga (1.1%) peak: 10, months in Top 30: 6 24. (:re) Maverick Sabre (1.0%) peak: 1, months in Top 30: 9 25. (46) Nicki Minaj (1.0% up 0.6%) peak: 1, months in Top 30: 12 26. () Keane (1.0%) peak: 2, months in Top 30: 4 27. (78) Paloma Faith (1.0% up 0.8%) peak: 1, months in Top 30: 2 28. (127) Lemar (0.9% up 0.8%) peak: 8, months in Top 30: 3 29. (:re) Anastacia (0.8%) peak: 19, months in Top 30: 2 30. (121) John Legend (0.8% up 0.7%) peak: 30, months in Top 30: 1 ties decided by preference as of 31/10/2012 % of total plays of the month. Top 10 Tracks http://i45.tinypic.com/fd5x5u.png TW (LW) Artist - Track - Plays (%TW) 1. Adele – Skyfall - 12 Plays (1.0%) 2. Alt-J – Something Good - 11 plays (0.9%) 3. Bastille – Flaws - 10 plays (0.8%) 4. Frank Ocean – Songs for Women - 9 plays (0.7%) 5. Bruno Mars – Locked Out of Heaven - 8 plays (0.7%) 6. Jake Bugg – Country Song - 8 plays (0.7%) 7. Bastille – Bad Blood - 7 plays (0.6%) 8. Christina Aguilera – Your Body - 7 plays(0.6%) 9. Frank Ocean – Novacane - 7 plays (0.6%) 10. Kanye West – Clique (Feat. Jay-Z & Big Sean) - 7 plays (0.6%) ties decided by preference as of 31/10/2012 % of total plays of the month.

Cian'S Monthly Review: October 2012 October is always a busy month, with college back in full swing, my birthday and Halloween, the social calendar is always busy, but it's good to see that this didn't affect plays this month as there is a good increase of almost 28% on total plays. This month 18 year old Englishman Jake Bugg grabs the top spot off P!nk who falls 15 places. With a total of 90 plays, it's the lowest score for a #1 track since May when Marina & the Diamonds reached #1 with the same score. Jake Bugg's self titled album was released this month along with a notable amount of other albums which helped aid some climbers up the chart. The Killers climb to #6 off the back of their 4th studio album Battle Born. Ellie Goulding also climbs to #7 thanks to the disappointing Halcyon and also Mumford & Sons only reach #9 off the back of their new album Babel. Frank Ocean climbs back up 9 places to #2, thanks to the fact I downloaded 'Nostalgia, Ultra', his original mixtape, which did not disappoint. An old favourite of mine, the crooning legend Andy Williams sees a posthumous entry in the chart after I bought "A Happy Heart: The Best Of Andy Williams", which is jam packed with all his hits. He manages to keep Jessie Ware from the top 3 who's beautiful pop-soul album 'Devotion' helps her into the Top 5. Marina & The Diamonds finish the Top 5 thanks to her concert I went to on my birthday where she was stunningly good. Silencing the crowd in the ballads and then havig everyone dancing within seconds of each other. G.O.O.D. Music, Kanye West's record label, released their album Cruel Summer which I only caught onto this month. This helps see Kanye West and John Legend into the top 30. Finally, it's worth pointing out that Bastille climb 9 positions to #11, just missing out on the top ten. Unlike the 10 artists ahead of it Bastille have managed to stay within the Top 20 for 2 weeks on fewer than 5 songs. I'm so excited for the debut album so watch this space. Who to watch in November, Alt-J, Aiden Grimshaw, Muse, Tyler James and Calvin Harris. Total Plays this month: 1189 up 27.98% Top 30 Artists http://i49.tinypic.com/1ows2o.png TW (LW) Artist - Plays (%TW %change) 1. (25) Jake Bugg - 90 plays (7.7% up 6.9%) peak: 1, months in Top 30: 3 2. (11) Frank Ocean - 61 plays (5.2% up 3.4%) peak: 2, months in Top 30: 3 3. () Andy Williams - 55 plays (4.6%) peak: 3, months in Top 30: 1 4. (54) Jessie Ware - 53 plays (4.5% up 3.2%) peak: 4, months in Top 30: 3 5. (131) Marina & the Diamonds - 46 plays (3.9% up 3.8%) peak: 1, months in Top 30: 11 6. (58) The Killers - 41 plays (3.7% up 3.4%) peak: 6, months in Top 30: 6 7. (68) Ellie Goulding - 40 plays (3.4% up 3.2%) peak: 6, months in Top 30: 8 8. (35) Bob Marley & The Wailers - 37 plays (3.1% up 2.6%) peak: 8, months in Top 30: 1 9. (1) Mumford & Sons - 36 plays (3.0 up 2.8%) peak: 9, months in Top 30: 3 10. (13) Kanye West - 31 plays (2.6% up 0.9%) peak: 1, months in Top 30: 21 =================================== 11. (20) Bastille (2.2% up 1.2%) peak: 11, months in Top 30: 2 12. (114) Friendly Fires (2.0% up 1.9%) peak: 1, months in Top 30: 6 13. (42) Ke$ha (1.9% up 1.5%) peak: 2, months in Top 30: 6 14. (9) The Vaccines (1.8% down 0.2%) peak: 1, months in Top 30: 11 15. (16) Calvin Harris (1.7% up 0.2%) peak: 8, months in Top 30: 9 16. (1) P!nk (1.5% down 9.3%) peak: 1, months in Top 30: 9 17. (64) Black Eyed Peas (1.4% up 1.2%) peak: 7, months in Top 30: 8 18. (5) Usher (1.4% down 4.2%) peak: 4, months in Top 30: 4 19. () Adele (1.3%) peak: 1, months in Top 30: 6 20. (7) Of Monsters And Men (1.3% down 1.9%) peak: 7, months in Top 30: 2 21. (53) Florence + the Machine (1.2% up 0.8%) peak: 10, months in Top 30: 5 22. () Alt-J (1.1%) peak: 22, months in Top 30: 1 23. () Lady Gaga (1.1%) peak: 10, months in Top 30: 6 24. (:re) Maverick Sabre (1.0%) peak: 1, months in Top 30: 9 25. (46) Nicki Minaj (1.0% up 0.6%) peak: 1, months in Top 30: 12 26. () Keane (1.0%) peak: 2, months in Top 30: 4 27. (78) Paloma Faith (1.0% up 0.8%) peak: 1, months in Top 30: 2 28. (127) Lemar (0.9% up 0.8%) peak: 8, months in Top 30: 3 29. (:re) Anastacia (0.8%) peak: 19, months in Top 30: 2 30. (121) John Legend (0.8% up 0.7%) peak: 30, months in Top 30: 1 ties decided by preference as of 31/10/2012 % of total plays of the month. Top 10 Tracks http://i45.tinypic.com/fd5x5u.png TW (LW) Artist - Track - Plays (%TW) 1. Adele – Skyfall - 12 Plays (1.0%) 2. Alt-J – Something Good - 11 plays (0.9%) 3. Bastille – Flaws - 10 plays (0.8%) 4. Frank Ocean – Songs for Women - 9 plays (0.7%) 5. Bruno Mars – Locked Out of Heaven - 8 plays (0.7%) 6. Jake Bugg – Country Song - 8 plays (0.7%) 7. Bastille – Bad Blood - 7 plays (0.6%) 8. Christina Aguilera – Your Body - 7 plays(0.6%) 9. Frank Ocean – Novacane - 7 plays (0.6%) 10. Kanye West – Clique (Feat. Jay-Z & Big Sean) - 7 plays (0.6%) ties decided by preference as of 31/10/2012 % of total plays of the month.

I thought you might like to add Top 50 Singles Artists of 2011 (combination of Lead and featured artist points) 1 Rihanna 2 Adele 3 David Guetta 4 Bruno Mars 5 Lady GaGa 6 Pitbull 7 Chris Brown 8 Nicki Minaj 9 Jessie J 10 Katy Perry 11 LMFAO 12 Ed Sheeran 13 Calvin Harris 14 Nicole Scherzinger 15 Tinie Tempah 16 Jedward 17 The Wanted 18 Christina Perri 19 Jennifer Lopez 20 Coldplay 21 Black Eyed Peas 22 Beyoncé 23 B.o.B 24 Taio Cruz 25 Flo Rida 26 Kanye West 27 One Direction 28 Alexis Jordan 29 Ellie Goulding 30 Eminem 31 Benny Benassi 32 Afrojack 33 Nayer 34 Ne-Yo 35 Skylar Grey 36 JLS 37 Justin Bieber 38 Usher 39 Example 40 Jason DeRulo 41 Olly Murs 42 Snoop Dogg 43 Martin Solveig 44 Aloe Blacc 45 Dragonette 46 Christina Aguilera 47 Maroon 5 48 Ludacris 49 Dev 50 Foster The People if you'd prefer the top 50 of purely lead artists weeks/points let me know :)

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It's close between Duran Duran a-ha and Gladys but I voted for Gladys Can't see anyone voting for Rita!!

Poor Christina never made it. :( Did not see Olivia-Newton John being in there!

So many good ones here but Carly Simon takes the vote Lulu was a close second I reckon my 3rd choice (Paul) will win....

Great idea!!!

GA with Kimberley in Strictly and all the hype off their revival.

Brilliant countdown. Very interesting. Surprised Eminem isn't higher.

+5 · Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch. · 'Sweet Nothing' +4 · Maroon 5 · 'One More Night' +3 · Adele · 'Skyfall' +2 · PSY · 'Gangnam Style' +1 · Rihanna · 'Diamonds' -1 · Taylor Swift · 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' -2 · Flo Rida · 'I Cry' -3 · Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin · 'Don't You Worry Child' -4 · Lawson · 'Standing In The Dark' -5 · Conor Maynard ft. Ne-Yo · 'Turn Around'