Issue 105 - Chartwatch

December 2013!
Issue 105!
Rihanna – Running Away with the Decade!
2003-2012 !
Decade 2003-2012!
Minihits and Microhits!
Double No.1s!
Supergroups!
UK 3rd Quarter 2013…&MMM!
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CHARTWATCH 105
CHARTWATCH, Issue 105 (December 2013)
ISSN 0262-9577
CONTENTS
Decade 2003-2012
No.1s - Where From? Where To?
Book Review
Most Successful No.1 Album Acts
Supergroups
Letters
3
7
9
10
11
12
Collectacharts
Double No.1s
Minihits and Microhits
Top 100 Album Tracks In The Singles Chart
High New Entries 2012
UK 3rd Quarter 2013
13
17
19
21
24
26
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THE CHARTWATCH UK SALES-RELATED POINTS SYSTEM
Position:
1
Singles 11
62
Singles 01
94
Singles 91- 50
Albums 11 38
Albums 01 63
Albums 91- 50
Comps 01
48
Comps 91
15
Singles 52-90 75
Albums 67-90 23
EPs 66-67
8
Albums 66-67 16
EPs 59-66
19
Albums 58-66 12
2
40
65
39
30
50
46
39
9
59
18
6
12
9
9
Position:
38-40
Singles 11
5
Singles 01
5
Singles 915
Albums 11
5
Albums 01
4
Albums 915
Singles 52-90 7
Albums 67-90 3
3
30
42
29
25
32
38
25
6
44
15
5
11
8
8
4
26
34
25
21
26
34
20
5
38
13
5
9
7
7
41-42
5/4
4
4
5
4
4
7
3
5
23
31
23
18
22
31
17
4
34
11
4
8
6
6
6
21
27
21
17
19
28
15
4
31
10
3
7
5
5
7
19
24
19
15
17
26
13
3
28
9
3
7
5
5
8
18
20
17
13
16
24
12
3
26
8
3
6
4
4
9
17
19
16
12
14
22
11
2
24
7
3
6
4
4
43-46 47
48-52
4
42x4/3x3
4
4
3
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
3
6
6
5
3
2
2
10
16
17
15
11
14
21
11
2
23
6
2
5
3
3
11
15
16
14
10
13
20
10
1
22
6
12
14
15
13
10
13
19
10
1
21
6
13
13
13
12
9
12
18
9
1
20
6
14
13
13
12
9
11
17
9
1
19
5
15
12
12
11
9
11
16
8
1
18
5
16
12
12
11
8
10
15
8
1
17
5
17
11
11
10
8
10
14
8
1
16
5
18
11
11
10
8
9
13
7
1
15
5
19
10
9
9
8
8
11
6
1
14
5
5
3
3
5
3
3
5
3
3
4
3
3
4
3
3
4
3
3
4
3
3
4
3
3
4
3
3
53-57
3
3
3
4
3
3
4
2
58-59
3
2
2
3
2
2
4
1
60
61-68
3 3/7x2
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
4
3
1
1
69-75
2
1
1
3
1
1
2
1
20 21
10 9
9 9
9 9
7 7
8 8
11 10
6
1
14 13
4 4
3
2
2
3
76-100
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
22 23-24
9
9/8
8
8
8
8
7
7
8
7
10
9
25-27 28 29-30 31-33 34-37
8/8/7
7
7
6 6/6/5/5
8
7
6
6
5
7
7
6
6
5
6
6
6
5
5
6
6
6
5
4
8
7
7
6
5
13
4
12
4
11
4
10
4
10
4
9
3
8
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
CHARTWATCH 105
3
Decade 2003-2012
Little change at the top of the decade listing at the end of 2012, with Rihanna consolidating her position with another strong
year. Although entrenched in 2nd position in the list, Lady Gaga had a poor year in 2012 and her bubble appears to have
burst. The strongest challenger for upward movement in the top ten looks like Adele as many of the others have big scores
to lose in 2013. Kanye West? Who can tell. Of the movers further down, David Guetta looks strong but his peak may now
be passed. Big losers this time are Eminem, Justin Timberlake, Kings of Leon and Pink. All except Kings Of Leon are
having strong 2013s so may reverse their drops next year (Justin Timberlake even has the chance to win a second year in
2013 - he would be the first act to achieve this since Madonna).
Top Acts, 2003-2012
TY
LY
1
2
3
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
5
6
12
4
10
7
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
13
9
27
16
15
18
19
17
18
8
11
19
20
21
22
23
24
20
22
23
30
14
25
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
26
40
64
24
56
39
32
53
28
17
35
52
29
38
39
36
76
40
41
42
41
31
42
Act
Rihanna
Lady Gaga
Black Eyed
Peas
Beyoncé
Take That
Adele
Eminem
Coldplay
Justin
Timberlake
Kanye West
Kings Of Leon
David Guetta
Katy Perry
Girls Aloud
Akon
Amy
Winehouse
Pink
Robbie
Williams
Timbaland
Snow Patrol
Leona Lewis
Jay-Z
Sugababes
Michael
Jackson
Usher
Bruno Mars
Flo Rida
Madonna
Maroon 5
Ne-Yo
Killers
Calvin Harris
James Blunt
Westlife
Michael Bublé
Chris Brown
Christina
Aguilera
Scissor Sisters
Florence and
the Machine
50 Cent
Britney Spears
Nelly Furtado
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Pts
9
24
69
21
12
29
5
-
2
-
23
1
2
1
2
13
2
5
33
2
98
-
14340
7777
7355
4
19
16
1
102
33
169
-
103
11
5
81
21
10
38
86
15
16
3
137
6
41
13
18
8
24
5
14
27
105
49
28
24
86
4
118
17
22
1
43
20
-
73
5
11
-
7348
6916
6620
6069
5865
5855
84
14
-
35
180
20
173
33
46
6
-
60
112
34
51
100
19
46
152
29
8
1
11
4
12
19
64
14
11
4
10
47
59
9
-
30
10
3
144
-
38
70
6
11
31
32
3
29
151
107
5648
5513
5478
5361
4737
4677
4630
31
13
138
17
18
12
44
72
-
28
-
25
46
83
41
47
195
41
54
4624
4607
49
30
39
23
114
62
86
117
105
17
119
103
1
117
89
45
85
2
17
7
11
13
-
9
52
3
147
43
56
142
73
32
24
96
3
40
120
133
59
186
76
91
166
104
151
113
161
30
-
4414
4374
4296
4256
4132
4079
28
23
146
5
1
2
85
72
51
110
25
98
20
1
15
97
196
22
42
27
28
33
71
30
35
62
32
60
40
30
47
85
40
30
10
17
36
33
127
144
59
7
191
17
72
43
33
19
89
38
161
-
14
11
37
67
160
128
12
145
73
3
44
25
37
12
165
29
7
36
58
25
6
116
8
33
84
19
81
26
95
4061
4043
4010
3991
3978
3894
3852
3826
3776
3751
3749
3666
3605
-
7
-
26
-
6
-
79
-
-
34
98
9
50
171
10
3560
3499
12
118
-
145
6
125
7
122
-
168
8
39
88
10
25
153
87
56
44
131
89
94
-
146
-
3292
3228
3186
4
CHARTWATCH 105
TY
LY
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
46
68
48
49
21
58
38
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
84
54
59
112
67
60
61
57
73
63
82
365
176
71
86
62
124
51
65
116
77
45
34
81
75
43
165
89
97
79
80
44
92
37
66
91
87
55
88
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
47
93
110
95
70
98
74
94
100
141
104
102
114
103
33
Act
Lily Allen
Tinie Tempah
Pussycat Dolls
Duffy
Will Young
Keane
Alicia Keys
Cast Of High
School Musical
The Script
Paolo Nutini
Dizzee Rascal
Jessie J
JLS
McFly
James Morrison
Kaiser Chiefs
Sean Paul
Mika
Kelly Clarkson
Emeli Sande
Nicki Minaj
Arctic Monkeys
Cheryl Cole
Busted
Olly Murs
Avril Lavigne
U2
Will.I.Am
Green Day
Kylie Minogue
Shakira
Taio Cruz
Razorlight
Elvis Presley
Ed Sheeran
Pitbull
Plan B
Katie Melua
Glee Cast
Oasis
Kasabian
Nelly
Jennifer Lopez
Scouting For
Girls
Red Hot Chili
Peppers
Foo Fighters
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Pts
32
164
-
16
5
106
-
9
100
37
-
18
9
37
31
36
41
156
99
9
47
1
82
102
67
20
6
35
63
136
50
89
93
7
155
6
-
8
56
-
36
133
88
130
-
3184
3159
3118
3093
3040
3018
3007
2997
143
3
161
2
15
63
81
191
116
83
37
-
140
11
93
10
34
17
40
57
25
55
118
39
11
47
82
77
4
5
119
74
54
35
102
-
55
140
75
50
14
4
132
22
15
144
179
84
25
64
45
61
111
137
198
71
21
32
106
77
83
45
66
55
61
60
142
176
62
129
16
54
20
15
18
16
117
52
92
26
52
134
65
83
30
69
193
173
36
-
33
20
23
19
107
157
125
16
43
26
48
170
28
36
8
170
5
84
118
131
34
91
126
4
21
65
109
59
15
100
181
14
143
-
29
37
64
9
114
41
153
-
23
8
52
19
56
36
10
90
48
2
38
16
60
42
50
-
105
53
10
9
54
26
105
24
-
22
154
9
80
198
168
65
43
1
4
177
50
13
23
133
126
114
7
69
46
165
100
-
2972
2919
2887
2872
2855
2843
2807
2804
2728
2706
2692
2654
2595
2578
2567
2541
2535
2491
2439
2438
2431
2416
2407
2405
2389
2370
2366
2360
2358
2352
2326
2311
2120
2111
2083
2080
22
45
-
26
-
-
-
-
124
-
2066
100
-
49
-
51
144
151
154
40
145
2001
Nickelback
Mariah Carey
Muse
Gwen Stefani
Stereophonics
Snoop (Doggy) Dogg
Kelly Rowland
Gorillaz
Saturdays
Justin Bieber
Kooks
Mark Ronson
Pixie Lott
Cascada
Enrique Iglesias
-
1988
1984
1964
1960
1955
1940
1939
1938
1919
1882
1870
1866
1861
1860
1824
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
128
105
113
106
78
96
107
150
101
111
85
122
87
118
131
Example
Kelis
Alexandra Burke
Peter Kay
Dido
R Kelly
Evanescence
Mumford & Sons
Linkin Park
N-Dubz
Norah Jones
B.O.B.
Elton John
Kesha
Ellie Goulding
-
1821
1819
1812
1811
1808
1807
1803
1775
1763
1749
1741
1723
1700
1689
1682
CHARTWATCH 105
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
153
117
72
184
120
109
138
119
108
121
302
132
127
125
402
126
90
130
129
133
136
160
99
123
190
139
140
143
162
146
300
148
147
256
145
144
Jason Derulo
Ronan Keating
LMFAO
Tinchy Stryder
Streets
The Wanted
Shayne Ward
P. Diddy
Ludacris
Labrinth
Rod Stewart
The Darkness
Basshunter
One Direction
Tony Christie
Daniel Bedingfield
Lemar
Jack Johnson
Gnarls Barkley
Cee Lo (Green)
Lil Wayne
Anastacia
Busta Rhymes
Drake
Franz Ferdinand
Chipmunk
La Roux
Elbow
Natasha Bedingfield
Rizzle Kicks
The Ting Tings
Keri Hilson
Taylor Swift
White Stripes
Prodigy
1667
1651
1639
1632
1623
1601
1590
1563
1547
1509
1506
1484
1478
1475
1458
1454
1454
1453
1441
1439
1425
1410
1409
1393
1329
1321
1314
1305
1302
1299
1275
1269
1269
1269
1263
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
5
149
69
152
154
158
155
350
178
151
195
161
173
174
156
179
166
167
168
177
169
171
228
180
170
1599
182
183
185
187
159
175
189
188
4080
KT Tunstall
Blue
The Feeling
Joss Stone
Il Divo
Eric Prydz
Paloma Faith
Abba
Faithless
Amy MacDonald
Nicole Scherzinger
One Republic
Guns'n'Roses
Wyclef Jean
Bruce Springsteen
Jamelia
Kate Nash
My Chemical Romance
Sean Kingston
Fall Out Boy
Ciara
Professor Green
T.I.
Outkast
Sia
Delta Goodrem
Fratellis
Biffy Clyro
Colby O'Donis
Craig David
Bon Jovi
REM
Hoosiers
Gotye
1252
1250
1216
1213
1188
1187
1183
1168
1159
1138
1132
1111
1108
1104
1096
1089
1089
1088
1085
1079
1075
1060
1048
1045
1043
1037
1035
1032
1030
1027
1019
1018
1017
1014
Acts Dropping Below 1,000 pts in 2012
Most acts dropping out are unsurprisingly from the early noughties, the most lamented (in my household) being Missy
Elliott. Two mega successful old stagers dropped out: Queen and Celine Dion. Celine has started a comeback in 2013 and
might be able to revive her fortunes. Things look more difficult for Queen, though. A special mention for Scooter, who only
managed four years in the listing.
Act
2012
2011
1st 1000
Missy 'Misdemeanour' Elliott
Queen
David Gray
Eva Cassidy
Gareth Gates
Mary J Blige
Ashanti
889
887
836
812
720
673
647
1193
1372
1317
1106
2195
1041
1440
2004
1975
2001
2002
2002
2001
2003
Act
2012
2011
1st 1000
Atomic Kitten
Liberty (X)
Celine Dion
Scooter
Ja Rule
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
638
607
593
508
370
313
1676
1411
1110
1149
1073
1032
2001
2003
1995
2008
2004
2002
Acts Who Could Drop Below 1,000 pts in 2013
REM have been in decline for some time but will be missed. Sadly the White Stripes seem to be over, so they are also
unlikely to survive another year. Outkast were also good in their day. Bo! Selecta!
Busted
Norah Jones
Bon Jovi
Outkast
Jamelia
34
38
94
101
171
R Kelly
REM
Dido
White Stripes
Craig David
284
316
335
353
396
Evanescence
Blue
The Darkness
Daniel Bedingfield
Delta Goodrem
404
512
558
745
758
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Weighted Lists
Rihanna now dominates these lists and with Lady Gaga in decline Adele is her nearest challenger. Other acts on the up are
David Guetta, Bruno Mars, Emeli Sande, Jessie J, Nicki Minaj, Ed Sheeran, Flo Rida, Olly Murs, Maroon 5, Coldplay, One
Direction and LMFAO.
10-year Weighted
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
2
3
10
8
4
5
6
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
12
7
11
18
9
-
17
18
19
13
20
-
Rihanna
Lady Gaga
Adele
David Guetta
Katy Perry
Take That
Beyoncé
Black Eyed
Peas
Bruno Mars
Kings Of Leon
Kanye West
Coldplay
Flo Rida
Eminem
Calvin Harris
Florence and
the Machine
Chris Brown
Tinie Tempah
Amy
Winehouse
Ne-Yo
5-year Weighted
19164
11011
10513
8328
7713
7548
7469
6993
6542
6455
6097
6019
6011
5865
5464
5445
5051
5001
4923
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
3
2
9
5
4
17
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
12
7
16
6
18
19
20
8
Rihanna
Adele
Lady Gaga
David Guetta
Bruno Mars
Katy Perry
Flo Rida
Jessie J
Florence and
the Machine
Emeli Sande
Nicki Minaj
Tinie Tempah
Beyoncé
Calvin Harris
Ed Sheeran
Olly Murs
Black Eyed
Peas
Coldplay
Chris Brown
Kings Of Leon
3-year Weighted
23462
16479
14450
12464
10511
10411
8675
8384
8302
8289
7837
7807
7301
7280
7156
7115
6982
6802
6512
6159
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
1
3
6
4
12
2
5
17
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
7
20
-
Rihanna
Adele
David Guetta
Bruno Mars
Emeli Sande
Jessie J
Nicki Minaj
Lady Gaga
Katy Perry
Ed Sheeran
Flo Rida
Olly Murs
Florence and
the Machine
Tinie Tempah
Maroon 5
Coldplay
Calvin Harris
Chris Brown
One Direction
LMFAO
25380
20742
14012
12802
11877
11387
10943
10202
10123
10003
9435
9338
9103
8987
8075
7928
7775
7425
6678
6288
4900
State Of The Acts At The Beginning Of 2013
With Take That inactive 2013 presents an opportunity for Adele to move into third place in the decade list and
second is a realistic longer term objective. Kanye West should also be moving up this list but YEEZUS hasn't
been a massive success. Eminem is doing well in 2013 and may preserve his ranking, and Justin Timberlake
could also stay in the top ten, but Coldplay's position looks more precarious.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1
2
5
6
3
4
10
12
13
7
Act
Rihanna
Lady Gaga
Take That
Adele
Black Eyed Peas
Beyoncé
Kanye West
David Guetta
Katy Perry
Eminem
Prev 9
14340
7777
6916
6620
6229
6040
5648
5458
5361
5306
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
11
8
15
16
19
20
21
9
25
26
Act
Kings Of Leon
Coldplay
Akon
Amy Winehouse
Timbaland
Snow Patrol
Leona Lewis
Justin Timberlake
Usher
Bruno Mars
Prev 9
5283
5049
4677
4627
4414
4371
4296
4158
4061
4043
CHARTWATCH 105
7
No.1s - Where From?
Where To?
Chartwatchers are often obsessed by extremes - which recordings have stayed longest at No.1? Which have recorded the
sharpest rise or sharpest drop? There is another kind of thing we can learn from charts, though, and that is typical behaviour.
In this article we want to start looking at this by seeing where No1's (singles and albums) typically come from and go to.
This will clearly differ between the albums and singles charts, and will vary over time (it will also depend to a degree on the
length of the chart, if we consider new entries, some of which may have been in a longer chart the previous week - this is
actually less of an issue when considering typical behaviour than it is when considering extremes).
This analysis was stimulated by the highest entries analysis elsewhere in this issue, so we have started by looking at 2012,
the most recent year for which we currently have complete data. We've supplemented this by looking at 2007. Why 2007?
Well it was a year in which there were relatively few new entries in the singles charts, while there were a similar number of
No.1 entries in the albums chart. Hopefully, therefore, we will be able to learn something about the difference between years
with many and few No.1 entries.
Singles
The histograms below compare the relative proportions of recordings going from different positions in the chart to No.1
(including new entries: NE) and the fates of No.1 records, i.e. where No.1s went to in the week after being No.1. In both
cases, we've included No.1 as possible sources and fates of No.1's. The reason for this become clear when we compare 2012
and 2007.
.
Singles Going To No.1
40
35
30
From
25
2007
2012
20
15
10
5
0
NE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
35
85
Number
It's plain from the first plot that the main difference between 2007 and 2012 as far as recordings going to No.1 is concerned
was the much higher proportion of records staying at No.1 in 2007. In fact there were only 18 No.1s in 2007 compared to 38
in 2012. Six of the 2007 No.1s were new entries (33%) compared to 25 of 2012's (66%) so the years differed in that respect,
but long-lived No.1s will, of course, have prevented a good number of new entries at 1, leading to a higher proportion of
recordings reaching No.1 from other positions. Taking a step back, it's clear that hitting No.1 from outside the Top 4 is
pretty unusual whatever the conditions at No.1, and doing so from outside the Top 10 even less likely. Of the 24 recordings
hitting the No.1 from within the Top 100, 17 did so from the Top 4 (71%) and 21 did so from the Top 10 (88%).
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Singles Leaving No.1
40
35
30
To
25
2007
2012
20
15
10
5
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
20
Number
The difference in the patterns of recordings leaving No.1 between 2007 and 2012 superficially look even more interesting as
there are many more going to Nos 2 and 3 in particular in 2012. However this again a distortion brought about by the
number of weeks recordings stayed at No.1 in 2007. If we just look at drops from No.1, 53% in 2007 and 42% in 2012 were
to No.2. 88% of drops in 2007 and 89% in 2012 were to Top 4 positions.
Overall, then, there are two clear patterns in these data. Firstly, most No1's have been No.1 the previous week or are new
entries. Of he relatively few this doesn't apply to, the vast bulk of records rising to No.1 do so from the Top 4 or even the
Top 3. Similarly, most No.1s drop out into the Top 4 before subsiding. Much of this seems unsurprising, but it will be
interesting to see how this has changed over time, or if the Top 4 has always been the place to be - in the early days of the
chart most singles went to No.1 from within the chart and entering at No.1 was a rare achievement indeed.
Albums
Compared to the differences between the 2007 and 2012 singles charts, the album charts entries profiles look quite similar.
The numbers of new entries are almost identical but more albums stayed at No.1 in 2007 than in 2012. However this bias
was not as large as in the singles chart. No.1 albums not coming in as new entries were uniformly sourced from the Top 3 in
2007 (indeed there was a degree of churn, especially between 1 and 2, something these stats don't show up). By contrast in
2012 albums reached No.1 from further afield (as low as No.7).
Albums Going To No.1
35
30
Number
25
20
2007
2012
15
10
5
0
NE
1
2
3
4
From
5
6
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Albums Leaving No.1
18
16
14
Number
12
10
2007
2012
8
6
4
2
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
13
To
The wider spread of positions from which albums reached No.1 in 2012 is mirrored in a wider range of positions to which
No.1 albums dropped in 2012 - many more dropped out of the Top 4. It's possible this reflects declining album sales
between 2007 and 2012 - album sales in the early eleventies are reaching crisis levels according to the industry at least.
138.1M albums were sold in 2007 compared to 100.5M in 2012. This means that sales differences between the higher
positions in the chart are closer and small sales differences can make a bigger difference to chart positions.
It's worth noting that singles sales were more than twice as high in 2012 (188.6M) as in 2007 (86.6M). This could well be
reflected in the longer stays of singles at No.1 in 2007.
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What was the first number one single? Who had the most number one singles? Which single spend longest at number one?
Everything you thought you knew about the British singles charts is wrong. This book proves it. Back in 1948, Colin
Brown, once trumpeter Nat Gonella’s manager and A&R man at Nixa Records, thought it would be a good idea if Britain
had its own record sales chart. With his contacts in the music business, he was able to persuade record labels to give him
their weekly shipments data from which he was able to calculate charts back to 1940, and continued to do so until the New
Musical Express started its own chart in November 1952. Colin’s charts languished in his desk: although he had tried to get
them published, no-one was interested. Until now – and here they are. Right from the first number one, Vera Lynn’s We’ll
Meet Again on 8th Jan 1940, to Johnnie Ray’s Faith Can Move Mountains on 27th Oct 1952. The bulk of the book is the
weekly Top 30s (yes, the charts were longer than NME’s charts) over 242 pages, with three charts to a page. The artist, song
title, record label and record number are listed for each hit. This is followed by a list of number ones. Then comes a
Guinness-style index of artists with their hits, listed in date of entry order, with the highest position and weeks on chart for
each. Finally, there is an index of song titles, listing all the hit versions (because there were so many competing covers)
with the highest position and year.
So far, so good. But how accurate are these charts? Unfortunately, the only comparison for the same period is the sheet
music charts, and these probably sold in different quantities to the records, because effectively all the different cover
versions are merged in sheet music sales. So really the devil is in the detail: how many of these records are obscure and
forgotten, and are all the known big hits here. I once read that Donald Pears sold over two million records in 1950, so how
does this book compare? In fact, twelve hits are listed in 1950, with only Me And My Imagination making number 1. We
know that Bing Crosby was enormously successful during the Forties, but it is quite a shock to discover that he had 34 solo
number ones from 1940 to 1950, and another ten collaborations, far exceeding the number singles that either Elvis Presley
or the Beatles achieved. Given that Bing’s career started in the late twenties, he might easily have doubled that total during
the Thirties! We also know that one of the biggest sheet music hits of all time was Bless You; now we know that the Ink
Spots spent 63 weeks on the charts with that hit, being at number one from 11 Nov 1940 to 6 Jan 1941 (8 weeks), only to be
succeeded by their recording of Whispering Grass for a further four weeks. Judy Garland’s That Old Black Magic spent 14
weeks at number one in 1943; Teresa Brewer spent 12 weeks at number one with Music! Music! Music! in 1950.
Surprisingly, Here In My Heart by Al Martino first reached no.1 on 11 Aug 1952 and continued there for eight weeks, and
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had dropped to no.5 in the last chart in the book (27 Oct 1952). We all knew that Three Coins In The Fountain was a
comeback record for Frank Sinatra in 1954, but how many of us expected a further nine number ones dating back to 1944?
Colin Brown’s charts are compiled from weekly shipments to record shops, basically sales representatives order sheets as
supplied to the wholesale and distribution centres. In principle, because they are based on total sales from all the record
shops, and not a selection of record shops (which is how charts are compiled today and have been since the NME charts in
1952), these charts may be the most accurate ever published. However, there is a downside: if shipments were used today to
compile the charts, then, because records can hang around in shops for weeks before they are sold (or returned), such charts
wouldn’t represent over-the-counter sales. Whether or not record shops kept fewer stock in the 1940s and 1950s is anyone’s
guess. Certainly, these charts are going to be the most accurate for the period we are ever going to get. They are also
remarkably complete, unlike the sheet music charts which are particularly patchy during the Blitz. That in turn raises a
question: during the 1940s and 1950s records were 12” that played at 78 rpm and were made from shellac, a resin secreted
by a scale insect known as the lac bug, which is found only in India and Thailand: this had to be imported, and surely that
didn’t happen during the war years – so where do the record sales come from?
MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUM ACTS
IN THE UK BASED ON NO.1s
by Colin Hughes
In the 30 Nov 13 chart Robbie Williams scored his 11th UK No.1 album. These lists mark this achivement by providing
updated lists.
ACTS WITH THE MOST UK NUMBER 1 ALBUMS
(Weeks at No.1 in Brackets)
1) BEATLES - 15 (174W)
2) MADONNA - 12 (30W)
3)=ELVIS PRESLEY - 11 (63W)
3)=ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 11 (31W)
5)=ROLLING STONES - 10 (45W) @@@
5)=U2 - 10 (15W)
7)=ABBA - 9 (57W)
7)=MICHAEL JACKSON - 9 (Includes 1 No.1, as Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five - 3 No.1 Weeks) (30W)
7)=DAVID BOWIE - 9 (23W)
7)=QUEEN - 9 (21W)
7)=BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 9 (15W)
@@@ = The OCC gives the Rolling Stones 10 No.1 Albums. Although ‘Exile On Main Street’ was No.1 in both June
1972 & May 2010, they regard it as being the same No.1 Album each time. In other words, the 2010 No.1 is seen as the
1972 No.1 returning to No.1 - and not an 11th No.1 for them.
ACTS WITH THE MOST UK ALBUMS WEEKS AT NUMBER 1
(Total No.1 Albums in Brackets)
1) BEATLES - 174 (15)
2) ELVIS PRESLEY - 63 (11)
3) ABBA - 57 (9)
4) ROLLING STONES - 45 (10)
5) SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 40 (2)
6) ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 31 (11)
7)=CLIFF RICHARD - 30 (7)
7)=MICHAEL JACKSON - 30 (Including 3 Weeks as Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five) (9)
7)=MADONNA - 30 (12)
10)=ELTON JOHN - 29 (7)
10)=THE CARPENTERS - 29 (3) @@@
@@@ = The Carpenters 29 No.1 Weeks are tallied from:
‘The Singles 1969-1973’ - 17 Weeks at No.1 in 1974 (In 4 ‘Runs’ at No.1)
‘Horizon’ - 5 Weeks at No.1 in 1975 (In 2 ‘Runs’ at No.1)
‘Only Yesterday - Richard & Karen Carpenter’s Greatest Hits - 7 Wks at No.1 in 1990 (In 2 ‘Runs’ at No.1)
CHARTWATCH 105
11
Supergroups
At Chartwatch we like to classify things, and the place were bands from is one of these. However, if a band is formed from
well-known musicians who had played with other, successful bands, then assigning a place name to them is difficult.
Fortunately, there is a get-out: the term “supergroup”. The term was first applied to Cream when they formed in 1966. Eric
Clapton had been guitarist with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, and before that the Yardbirds; Jack Bruce has been, briefly,
bass player with Manfred Mann, and Ginger Baker had been drummer with the Graham Bond Organization. All three were
well known blues musicians, but in reality, only Eric Clapton had any major form of commercial success (with the
Yardbirds) which he then shunned to team up with the less pop orientated John Mayall. Which of course brings us to the
point of this article: can we identify and rank supergroups?
By definition a supergroup MUST contain more than one musician who had charted previously, either with another group or
as a soloist, when the group was formed. Only groups that have scored a thousand or more points are included.
In reality, the biggest supergroup in the British charts is ABBA, but none of members had charted in Britain before ABBA
was formed. All four members had charted separately as soloists in Sweden in the 1960s.
Supergroups
Rank
1
Act
Fleetwood Mac
Points
8772
2
6000
3
4
5
6
Electric Light
Orchestra
Wings
Eurythmics
Beautiful South
Deep Purple
7
Cream
2894
New Order
Saturdays
Whitesnake
Style Council
Emerson, Lake &
Palmer
Fine Young
Cannibals
Foreigner
Wizzard
2760
2066
1667
1655
1569
1348
1333
1218
19
Sky
Heaven 17
Mike & The
Mechanics
Faces
20
Dollar
1114
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
5942
5875
4369
3040
1526
1379
1356
1177
Musician (former group, pts)
John McVie (John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, 419); Peter Green (John Mayall’s
Bluesbreakers, 127)
Bev Bevan (Move, 1241); Jeff Lynne (Move, 280)
Paul McCartney (Beatles, 29451); Denny Laine (Moody Blues, 386)
Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart (Tourists, 411);
Paul Heaton (Housemartins, 1091); Dave Hemmingham (Housemartins, 252)
Ritchie Blackmore (Heinz & The Wild boys, 308); Jon Lord (Flowerpot Men,
158)
Eric Clapton (Yardbirds, 170; John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, 177); Jack Bruce
(Manfred Mann, 316)
Barney Sumner, Peter Hook & Stephen Morris (Joy Division, 376)
Rochelle Wiseman & Frankie Sandford (S Club Juniors/S Club 8, 861)
David Coverdale (Deep Purple, 424); Jon Lord (Deep Purple, 3040)
Paul Weller (Jam, 3608); Mick Talbot & Steve White (Merton Parkas, 21)
Keith Emerson (Nice, 449); Greg Lake (King Crimson, 270); Carl Palmer
(Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, 543; Atomic Rooster, 4)
Andy Cox & David Steele (Beat, 1289)
Ian McDonald (King Crimson, 4); Dennis Elliott (Ian Hunter Band, 159)
Roy Wood (Move, 1569; Electric Light Orchestra, 97); Rick Price (Move, 430;
Electric Light Orchestra, 97)
John Williams (soloist, 327); Herbie Flowers (Blue Mink. 909; CCS, 441)
Ian Craig Marsh & Martyn Ware (Human League, 273)
Mike Rutherford (Genesis, 5982); Paul Carrack (Ace, 67; Roxy Music, 1587;
Squeeze, 120); Paul Young (Sad Café, 309)
Rod Stewart (Jeff Beck Group, 46); Ron Wood (Birds, 4; Jeff Beck Group, 46);
Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan & Kenny Jones (Small Faces, 2593)
Thereze Bazar & David Van Day (Guys & Dolls, 365)
However, there are other bands which featured only one well-known musician who had previously been successful with a
different group. These are equally difficult to classify and we don’t have a word for them! Any ideas?
Groups with one musician from a former successful group
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Act
Police
10cc
Foo Fighters
Gorillaz
Big Country
Crowded House
Rainbow
Points
6121
3782
2676
2540
1791
1784
1483
Musician (former group, pts)
Andy Summers (Zoot Money & The Big Roll Band, 76); Stewart Copeland
(Curved Air, 0)
Eric Stewart (Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders, 646)
Dave Grohl (Nirvana, 2328)
Damon Albarn (Blur, 4110)
Stuart Adamson (Skids, 476)
Neil Finn (Split Enz, 117)
Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, 2365)
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8
9
10
11
12
Shakespear's Sister
Communards
Yazoo
Motorhead
Cast
1419
1342
1334
1155
1146
Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama, 1297)
Jimmy Sommerville (Bronski Beat, 762)
Vince Clark (Depeche Mode, 380)
Lemmy (Hawkwind, 395)
John Power (La’s, 111)
Letters
Dear Neil,
I note that in Chartwatch 103 (page 18) the “Top 20 Top 20” list for no.7 singles is absent, so with the help of the “Chart
Residency Records” (Chartwatch 9, pages 18-20), I suggest the following certainties, probables and possibles using
Guinness charts:
No.7 Single
How Do I Live – LeAnn Rimes
For The Good Times – Perry Como
See You Later Alligator – Bill Haley & His Comets
Bring A Little Water Sylvie/Dead Or Alive – Lonnie Donegan
The Special Years – Val Doonican
There Must Be A Way - Frankie Vaughan
Home Lovin’ Man – Andy Williams
April Love – Pat Boone
Shout – Lulu
WoC
34
27
21
13
12
21
12
23
23
I assume that Honey – Bobby Goldsboro and Drive – Cars just failed to make the no.2 and no.4 lists, but you have definitely
missed out from the latter: Let’s Walk That-A-Way – Doris Day & Johnnie Ray, which scored 435 points and should be
ranked 2nd. Check also John I’m Only Dancing – David Bowie, peaking twice at no.12, and Amoureuse – Kiki Dee at no.13,
Numb/Encore – Jay-Z no.14. Since your no.8 list was compiled Ho Hey – Lumineers has notched up 19 weeks in the
bottom half of the UK Top 20 scoring 234 points, which added to 18 pts for HP no.8 plus points accrued for places outside
will rank it at no.1.
Rob Coulson
Editor’s reply: How did I miss out the no.7 singles? Here is the missing list. Remember that the singles were rescored
using the 2010 sales-related points system, so scores are not directly comparable with those given in issue 9. I’ve
highlighted in bold the singles Rob suggested.
Rnk No.7 singles
WOC Pts
1
How Do I Live - LeAnn Rimes
34
362
2
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) Beyoncé
Rehab - Amy Winehouse
44
323
11
12
Out Of Touch - Uniting Nations
She Moves In Her Own Way - Kooks
21
32
227
225
59
322
13
209
White Lines (Don't Do It) - Grandmaster
Flash & Melle Mel
46
319
DJ Got Us Falling In Love - Usher
featuring Pitbull
23
4
5
6
April Love - Pat Boone
She's So Lovely - Scouting For Girls
23
41
302
293
14
15
Because Of You - Kelly Clarkson
Black Betty - Ram Jam
25
20
209
206
7
8
36
21
291
286
16
17
Dream Catch Me - Newton Faulkner
You Got What It Takes - Marv Johnson
35
17
206
205
18
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do - Neil Sedaka 17
199
9
Dancing In The Moonlight - Toploader
See You Later, Alligator - Bill Haley &
His Comets
For The Good Times - Perry Como
27
282
10
There Must Be A Way - Frankie
21
244
19
20
Alejandro - Lady Gaga
Lamplight - David Essex
198
198
3
Rnk No.7 singles
WOC Pts
Vaughan
23
15
For the record, Bring A Little Water Sylvie/Dead Or Alive – Lonnie Donegan is no.42, scoring 171 points; Home Lovin’ Man
– Andy Williams is no.46 (166 pts); The Special Years – Val Doonican is no.59 (158 pts); and Shout – Lulu is no.135 (134
pts). Of the other singles that Rob mentioned, Honey – Bobby Goldsboro is 29th in the list of singles reaching no.2 (434
pts); Drive – Cars is 33rd in the list of no.4 singles (281 pts); Let’s Walk That-A-Way – Doris Day & Johnnie Ray is 27th in
the list of no.4 singles (300 pts); Amoureuse – Kiki Dee is 42nd in the list of no.13 singles (104 pts); Numb/Encore – Jay-Z &
Linkin Park actually reached no.3, and is ranked 92nd (272 pts). John I’m Only Dancing – David Bowie is two different
recordings of what is hardly even the same song, so the scores have been kept separate. But you are almost right about the
Lumineer’s HoHey which has scored 272 points and is currently the second best no.8 single three points behind Lonnie
Donegan’s Rock Island Line.
COLLECTACHARTS
Sources: NME singles charts Nov 1952 - Mar 1960; Music Week/Record Mirror singles charts Mar 1960 - 2013; Melody Maker EP charts 1959 - Mar 1960; Record Retailer EP charts Mar 1960 - 1967; Melody Maker LP charts 1958 - Mar 1960;
Record Retailer/Music Week/Record Mirror/Sounds LP charts Mar 1960 - 2013; Record Retailer budget/bargain LP charts 1969-1970; Music Week mid-price LP charts 1992 onwards. LP titles are in capitals. Positions from budget/bargain LP
charts are in italics. Mid-Price album charts from 1992 onwards are fortnightly. Scoring according to Chartwatch sales-related points system (see inside front cover) plus breakers. Dates in brackets are entry dates to breakers for singles that didn't
chart. 'xx' indicates a record was not in that week's chart but re-entered. ‘/’ indicates a chart run extends from one chart year to the next. Re-entries are considered to be part of one chart run if they have been out of the chart for five weeks or less. re
= re-entry, ri = re-issue, rr = re-recording; dig = digital chart, 2004; mlp = mid-price album, blp = budget price album. Up to date to 7 December 2013.
Searchers (Liverpool, Merseybeat quartet)
Sweets For My Sweet
29 Jun 63
MEET THE SEARCHERS
3 Aug 63
Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya EP
Sweet Nuthins
Sugar And Spice
SUGAR AND SPICE
Sweets For My Sweet EP
Needles And Pins
Hungry For Love EP
Don't Throw Your Love Away
IT'S THE SEARCHERS
Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya EP {re}
Someday We're Gonna Love Again
When You Walk In The Room
What Have They Done To The Rain?
Searchers Play The System EP
Goodbye My Love
SOUNDS LIKE THE SEARCHERS
When You Walk In The Room EP
Bumble Bee EP
He's Got No Love
Searchers '65 EP
When I Get Home
Take Me For What I'm Worth
Take It Or Leave It
Have You Ever Loved Somebody
Popcorn Double Feature
Western Union
THE VERY BEST OF
Seashells (UK pop group)
Maybe I Know
21 Sep 63
12 Oct 63
26 Oct 63
9 Nov 63
14 Dec 63
18 Jan 64
29 Feb 64
18 Apr 64
23 May 64
30 May 64
18 Jul 64
19 Sep 64
5 Dec 64
12 Dec 64
6 Mar 65
20 Mar 65
27 Mar 65
8 May 65
10 Jul 65
25 Sep 65
16 Oct 65
18 Dec 65
23 Apr 66
17 Sep 66
28 Jan 67
6 May 67
24 May 08
9 Sep 72
6445
49-39-17-7-3-3-1-1-2-3-6-12-17-24-33-47
492
15-6-4-5-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-4-7-8-xx-16/11-7-7-75-6-6-5-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-10-10-11-13-12-15-15
1082
3-2-1-1-1-1-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-5-7-9/10-11-12-12-15-14-20
664
49-48
10
29-8-4-2-3-6-13-25-28-30-38/35-46
280
13-6-7-5-6-5-11-13-18/16-18-14-18-xx-xx-16-11-10-13-15-813-16
317
16-9-14-5/5-5-8-7-9-9-9-9-11-13-13-18-9-20
258
26-6-1-1-1-3-3-4-7-10-18-21-27-38-44
496
16-7-6-5-4-4-6-4-5-6-7-7-6-7-9-11-14-14-xx-17
335
20-4-2-1-1-3-8-15-26-36-40
375
13-6-5-4-4-6-7-10-10-8-8-9-11-12-11-15-15
302
18
9
22-13-12-11-16-18-28-41
125
41-21-16-9-7-3-4-6-11-15-24-32
263
49-27-19-16-16-13/15-17-25-31-47
144
15-11-12-12-13/16-12-12-20-17-18
125
44-13-6-5-4-11-18-23-32-41-50
199
16-14-8-20-18
64
18-12
22
18-4-2-1-1-2-6-3-5-8-10-8-11-14-15-14-14
437
48-31-18-16-12-17-19-26-33-41
124
18-xx-19-15-16-18-xx-17-16-18
76
44-35-38
21
49-31-29-27/22-20-27-28
83
47-38-31-34-40-42
44
56-58-52-59-49-48
27
55-56
8
55
4
11-17-23-30-28-66
59
45-45-32-34-43
Seasick Steve (=Steven Gene Wold; Oakland, California, USA, blues singer and guitarist)
DOG HOUSE MUSIC
19 Jan 08 47-56-60-53-65-62
DOG HOUSE MUSIC {re}
4 Oct 08 74-50-58-74-70-74
I STARTED OUT WITH NOTHIN AND I'VE STILL GOT MOST OF IT LEFT
11 Oct 08 9-11-12-23-38-44-51-68
I STARTED OUT WITH NOTHIN AND I'VE STILL GOT MOST OF IT LEFT {re}
10 Jan 09 57-52-48-17-22-33-24-9-22-32-49-69-64-67-72
I STARTED OUT WITH NOTHIN AND I'VE STILL GOT MOST OF IT LEFT {re}
31 Oct 09 58
I STARTED OUT WITH NOTHIN AND I'VE STILL GOT MOST OF IT LEFT
35
35
512
16
9
83
94
2
73/36-57
9
DOG HOUSE MUSIC {re}
31 Jan 09 37-36-53-67-47-62-72
21
MAN FROM ANOTHER TIME
31 Oct 09 4-14-24-46-63-xx-xx-xx-xx/40-47-50-66
80
SONGS FOR ELISABETH
13 Feb 10 33-42-57-65
15
YOU CAN'T TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS
11 Jun 11 6-7-9-14-32-25-31-26-40-42-45-49-62-66-xx-xx-73-64-69-73 146
WALKIN' MAN: THE VERY BEST OF SEASICK STEVE
26 Nov 11 51-69
4
HUBCAP MUSIC
11 May 13 14-20-46
32
HUBCAP MUSIC {re}
13 Jul 13 71
1
Seb (UK keyboards player)
Sugar Shack
18 Feb 95
61
Sebadoh (Westfield, Massachusetts, USA indie rock trio)
BUBBLE AND SCRAPE
8 May 93 63
BAKESALE
3 Sep 94 40-53
Beauty Of The Ride
27 Jul 96 74
HARMACY
31 Aug 96 38
Flame
30 Jan 99 30-53-75
THE SEBADOH
6 Mar 99 45
Sebastian
Under The Sea
Sebastien Drums
My Feelings For You1
1
with Avicii
3 Nov 90
18 Dec 10
2
2
23
1
5
1
3
10
3
98-90
2
46
4
Jon Secada (Miami, Florida, USA, singer-songwriter)
Just Another Day
18 Jul 92 71-48-27-12-8-5-5-5-7-7-10-15-20-33-44
JON SECADA
5 Sep 92 20-28-34-42-49-68-xx-xx-62-70-59-62
Do You Believe In Us
31 Oct 92 39-30-38-58
Angel
6 Feb 93 23-23-24-41-65
JON SECADA {re}
20 Feb 93 74
Do You Really Want Me
17 Jul 93 33-30-51-65
I'm Free
16 Oct 93 50-68
If You Go
14 May 94 40-39-45-69-xx-xx-xx-71
HEART, SOUL AND A VOICE
4 Jun 94 22-17-45-61-68
Mental Picture
4 Feb 95 44-62
If I Never Knew You1
16 Dec 95 51-57-51-69
Too Late, Too Soon
14 Jun 97 43
1
with Shanice
Secchi featuring Orlando Johnson (Italy, USA dance instrumental duo)
I Say Yeah
4 May 91 48-46-65
335
193
21
18
30
1
17
5
16
14
6
10
4
9
9
Funk D'void versus Chicco Secci
Emotional Content
Secession
The Magician
31 Jan 04
28 Mar 87
74
1
1
96-xx-91
2
2
Harry Secombe (Swansea, UK, ballad and opera singer, former member of the Goons)
1445
On With The Motley
10 Dec 55 17-16-17
49
Sacred Songs EP
26 Dec 59 10
14
Sacred Songs EP {re}
2 Apr 60 9-11-xx-10-18-16-15-9-10-17-13-13-18-6-11-11-11-14-17-12-149-16-9-12-18-xx-18-xx-20-18-xx-15-15-11-11-18
388
Land Of My Fathers EP
14 May 60 8-xx-19-xx-19-xx-20-18-20-14-12-13-20-18-20-xx-17-16-17-1916-20-11-xx-20
195
At Your Request Volume 2 EP
30 Jul 60 17
10
Sacred Songs Volume 2 EP
24 Dec 60 20-15-19/16
37
Land Of My Fathers EP
21 Jan 61 17
10
Land Of My Fathers EP {re}
4 Mar 61 20
8
SACRED SONGS
24 Mar 62 16
12
Tauber Favourites EP
5 May 62 18
9
Show Souvenirs No.1 EP
28 Jul 62 20-18
17
Sacred Songs EP
4 Aug 62 19-19-20-18-15
44
If I Ruled The World
5 Oct 63 49-44
11
If I Ruled The World {re}
23 Nov 63 39-35-31-22-18-21-22/21-25-30-28-26-28-34-41
158
1
HOW TO WIN AN ELECTION
11 Apr 64 20
10
This Is My Song
25 Feb 67 44-31-17-11-9-2-3-5-7-14-20-23-28-35-46
311
SECOMBE'S PERSONAL CHOICE 15 Apr 67 33-24-13-6-10-9-12-15-16-22-19-19-39
30
FAVOURITE SONGS OF RICHARD TAUBER{mlp}
8 Mar 69 20
3
Operatic Arias
29 Mar 69 28
3
FAVOURITE SONGS OF RICHARD TAUBER{blp} {re}
17 Jan 70 19-21-xx-xx-xx-21
10
AT YOUR REQUEST {blp}
28 Feb 70 27
3
IF I RULED THE WORLD
31 Jul 71 21-23-26-24-20-25-41-29-17-36-29-23-17-34-29-41-xx-25-4542-47
47
20 SONGS OF JOY
9 Dec 78 18-8-8-8-13/24-36-33-55
36
20 SONGS OF JOY {re}
22 Dec 79 64-66
2
2
GOLDEN MEMORIES
5 Dec 81 66-63-57-46-58
8
HIGHWAY OF LIFE
13 Dec 86 70-49-46-45/97
10
YOURS SINCERELY
30 Nov 91 58-53-47-46-56
10
1
with Peter Sellers & Spike Milligan; 2 with Moira Anderson
Second City Sound (UK pop group featuring exOverlanders Dave Walsh)
Tchaikovsky One
22 Jan 66 45-40-27-22-24-29-50
Dream Of Olwen
15 Mar 69 53-xx-xx-43
74
64
10
Second Image (UK Soul septet)
Can't Keep Holding On
Fall In Love
Star
What's Happening
Better Take Time
Special Lady
Don't You
Sing And Shout
52
3
3
11
3
5
2
6
11
14 Nov 81
6 Mar 82
26 Jun 82
25 Sep 82
26 Mar 83
18 Jun 83
19 Nov 83
11 Aug 84
b-b-b
b-b-b
b-b-b-b-66-60
b-b-b
88-67-75
80-90
87-68-70-78
68-53-58
Starting Again
STRANGE REFLECTION
2 Feb 85
30 Mar 85
66-65-77
100
7
1
Second Phase (USA dance production duo Joey Beltram and Mundo Muzique)
Mentasm
21 Sep 91 48-64
5
5
Second Protocol (UK dance production duo Justin Fry and Brian Johnson)
Basslick
23 Sep 00 58-74
3
3
Second Sun
Crush1
1
with Paul Van Dyke
7
7
17 Apr 04
Secret Affair (London , UK Mod quartet)
Time For Action
1 Sep 79
Let Your Heart Dance
10 Nov 79
GLORY BOYS
1 Dec 79
My World
8 Mar 80
Sound Of Confusion
23 Aug 80
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
20 Sep 80
Do You Know
3 Oct 81
Lost In The Night
6 Feb 82
BUSINESS AS USUAL
13 Mar 82
Secretary of Entertainment
All 4 Love (Break 4 Love 1990) 1
1
with Raze featuring Lady J
27 Jan 90
42-64-72
67-40-27-21-13-15-21-24-56-60
60-38-32-39-49-73
41-45-48-66-xx-73/70-61-54
72-40-28-27-17-16-18-19-62
69-52-45-63-63
73-48-66-67
b-b-72-64-57-71
b-b-b-b
89-84-86
40-30-31-48-67
Secret Knowledge (UK and US dance duo)
Love Me Now
27 Apr 96
Sugar Daddy
24 Aug 96
66
75
Secret Life (UK R&B/House duo/quartet)
As Always
12 Dec 92
Love So Strong
7 Aug 93
She Holds The Key
7 May 94
I Want You
29 Oct 94
Love So Strong '95 {rx}
28 Jan 95
45-59-67-70
38-50
63
70
37-49
287
105
33
14
94
18
5
11
4
3
34
34
3
2
1
28
9
8
2
1
8
Secret Machines (Dallas, Texas, USA Space Rock trio)
Nowhere Again
7 Aug 04 49
Sad And Lonely
8 Jan 05 38/43-70
The Road Leads Where It's Led
23 Apr 05 56
Lightning Blues Eyes
8 Apr 06 57
TEN SILVER DROPS
15 Apr 06 43
23
3
10
3
3
4
Secret Sisters (Muscle Shoals, Alabama, USA, Country duo)
THE SECRET SISTERS
5 Mar 11 29-65
9
9
Section-X (France, dance duo)
Atlantis
4
4
8 Mar 97
42
Neil Sedaka (New York, USA, Brill Building singer-songwriter)
I Go Ape
25 Apr 59 24-13-12-11-11-10-12-9-12-20-17-21-23
Oh Carol
14 Nov 59 13-10-5-4-4-3-3-4-3/3-6-7-9-20-24-27-29
3238
241
497
Stairway To Heaven
16 Apr 60 35-29-26-20-24-17-12-13-9-8-11-17-16-23-37
237
You Mean Everything To Me
3 Sep 60 45-47-46
18
Calendar Girl
4 Feb 61 46-29-24-10-8-9-12-15-17-24-21-32-41-44
203
Little Devil
20 May 61 37-30-18-11-13-9-17-16-27-27-40-50
166
Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen
23 Dec 61 24-10-6/6-4-3-3-6-8-13-14-14-15-22-28-43-48-47
396
King Of Clowns
21 Apr 62 40-30-27-27-23-30-36-35-33-45-48
97
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
21 Jul 62 37-27-25-17-13-9-8-7-8-7-9-14-16-23-32-43
285
Next Door To An Angel
24 Nov 62 47-35-29-32
33
Let's Go Steady Again
1 Jun 63 42-xx-43-48
18
Oh! Carol {ri}
26 Sep 70 7-5-13
82
Oh Carol/Little Devil {ri}
7 Oct 72 49-38-33-31-26-26-24-22-19-26-25-32-43-49
133
Beautiful You
4 Nov 72 44-44-43
18
That's When The Music Takes Me
24 Feb 73 36-28-24-24-18-24-25-39-42-48
99
Standing On The Inside
2 Jun 73 45-30-26-26-26-28-29-41-49
81
Our Last Song Together
25 Aug 73 50-41-31-37-36-32-48-42
58
THE TRA-LA DAYS ARE OVER
25 Aug 73 31-24-18-38-34-13-35-37-36-42
30
A Little Lovin'
9 Feb 74 50-35-34-35-44-44
41
LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN
15 Jun 74 37-28-xx-17-33-21-21-32-30-32
28
Laughter In The Rain
22 Jun 74 47-40-25-22-15-16-18-38-45
100
ON STAGE
27 Jul 74 46-50-35-36
6
OVERNIGHT SUCCESS
22 Feb 75 42-33-xx-31-45-42-46
6
Queen Of 1964
22 Mar 75 43-37-35-36-44
36
Breaking Up Is Breaking My Heart
14 Feb 76 57
4
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do {ri}
6 Mar 76 59
4
LAUGHTER AND TEARS: THE BEST OF NEIL SEDAKA TODAY
3 Jul 76 14-8-6-2-3-4-3-2-2-3-3-4-7-8-13-15-26-24-32-40-45-xx-xx-50 149
TIMELESS - THE VERY BEST OF NEIL SEDAKA
2 Nov 91 16-10-10-10-13-12-17-21-23-30/40-48-56-71
60
TIMELESS - THE VERY BEST OF NEIL SEDAKA {re}
9 May 92 53-52
4
CLASSICALLY SEDAKA
4 Nov 95 39-23-35-37-42-45-52-55-60
24
THE VERY BEST OF
19 Jun 99 33-42-70
7
THE VERY BEST OF NEIL SEDAKA: THE SHOW GOES ON
1 Apr 06 20-26-19-26-45
42
MUSIC OF MY LIFE
4 Jul 09 15-27-30-49-70
35
Max Sedgley (London, UK, dance producer)
Happy
17 Jul 04
30-45-67
12
12
Seduction (New York, USA, Soul trio)
Seduction
18 Feb 89
(You Are My One And Only) True Love14 Oct 89
Two To Make It Right
3 Feb 90
Heartbeat
7 Apr 90
87-91
92
100-99-79-81
83-77-75-80
11
2
1
4
4
Pete Seeger (New York, USA, folk singer)
Pete Seeger In Concert EP
3 Oct 64
18
Seekers (Melbourne, Australia, folk quartet featuring singer Judith Durham)
I'll Never Find Another You
9 Jan 65 48/33-32-19-14-5-2-1-1-2-4-6-10-15-19-24-19-22-26-33-2841-45
A World Of Our Own
24 Apr 65 19-15-4-3-5-4-3-3-8-12-14-18-26-31-34-42-46
SEEKERS
26 Jun 65 16
A WORLD OF OUR OWN
26 Jun 65 14-10-11-7-5-12-14-11-13-15-17-16-18-16
9
9
8300
564
396
12
199
A WORLD OF OUR OWN {re}
Seekers EP
18 Dec 65
24 Jul 65
The Carnival Is Over
Seekers EP {re}
Someday One Day
Hits From The Seekers EP
Walk With Me
COME THE DAY
30 Oct 65
20 Aug 66
26 Mar 66
16 Jul 66
10 Sep 66
12 Nov 66
Morningtown Ride
Hits From The Seekers EP
26 Nov 66
14 Jan 67
Morningtown Ride EP
11 Feb 67
Georgy Girl
When Will The Good Apple Fall
SEEKERS - SEEN IN GREEN
Emerald City
COME THE DAY
25 Feb 67
23 Sep 67
18 Nov 67
9 Dec 67
13 Jul 68
18-12-8-5/7-8-8-12-14-15-17-15-14-16-16-16-19-22-23-20
244
11-9-7-9-10-8-8-9-8-8-15-13-10-12-14-14-11-10-9-15-13-7-4-32/4-4-3-3-3-1-1-1-5-6-4-4-3-3-4-2-2-4-5-5-5-8-9-10
1090
42-13-10-2-1-1-1-2-4-4-3/4-7-14-15-29-43
632
10
11
38-21-19-11-14-15-14-20-28-35-41
151
10-7-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-4-4-4-3-3-4-3-3
616
31-23-17-10-11-11-12-16-24-30-33-43
179
30-19-10-5-4-3-3-3-3/3-4-5-5-5-8-9-9-7-3-3-5-6-8-8-9-13-1211-11-13-15-16-16-35-32-38-29-30-33-31-31-28-36-30
164
35-18-6-3-2-4-2/2-4-8-10-23-33-35-50
434
3-3-3-2-2-4-2-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-5-5-4-6-6-7-7-7-8-8-10-10-10-8-89-5-6-5-9-9-6-9-7-7-6-7-5-5-2-6-6-5
868
10-7-5-2-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-4-5-6-4-4-4-6-6-6-9-10-10-10-9-109-8-8-9-8-9-8-8-5-7-6-6-8-9-6
795
30-18-12-6-3-7-10-14-22-27-37
223
50-29-16-13-11-12-12-19-21-21-39-47
169
33-30-15-20-21-29-29-18/40-25
25
52-50
10
35-25-23-13-18-17-20-25-21-19-24-19-18-17-18-27-15-31-2127-37-31-36
79
51-xx-xx-xx-59-58-57
17
Love Is Kind Love Is Wine
31 Aug 68
THE SEEKERS AT THE TALK OF THE TOWN
7 Sep 68 31-10-5-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-6-8-10-12-12-17-15/7-19-20-23-2215-12-xx-28-31-4-7-7-11-15-7-9-12-25-27-xx-xx-33
241
BEST OF THE SEEKERS
9 Nov 68 33-8-3-2-2-2-2-2-2/2-1-2-1-3-2-5-15-5-4-1-1-2-1-2-1-3-4-3-44-6-5-7-7-10-15-11-10-13-13-11-13-10-12-13-10-12-7-9-12-1011-16-13-8-9-8-11-10-10-11/13-11-15-10-13-12-17-15-24-1312-30-20-24-35-12-14-26-41-42-23-59-60-36-33-34-50-38-40xx-52-38-25-xx-34-42-46-57-63-36-39-56-31-xx-29-41-28-3925-33-30-29/36-35-34-35-37-36-33-34-37-40-44
666
Island Of Dreams
7 Dec 68 58-54-58
12
FOUR AND ONLY SEEKERS {blp} 8 Feb 69 1-1-1-xx-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1
220
FOUR AND ONLY SEEKERS*
1 Mar 69 1
16
Golden Collection
22 Mar 69 6-8-8-8-11-7-11-14-14
50
COME THE DAY {re}
22 Mar 69 18
4
FOUR AND ONLY SEEKERS {blp} {re}
17 Jan 70 4-6-6-3-3-5-6-2
72
SOUND OF THE SEEKERS {mlp} 14 Mar 70 6-7-10-8-16-xx-9-18-15-20-xx-xx-21-xx-xx-xx-xx-28
52
SOUND OF THE SEEKERS {mlp} {re}
22 Aug 70 16
4
BEST OF THE SEEKERS {re}
15 May 71 40
3
BEST OF THE SEEKERS {re}
22 Jan 72 49-42-50
5
1
CARNIVAL OF HITS
23 Apr 94 16-16-7-8-9-7-14-20-32-21-52-73
62
1
CARNIVAL OF HITS {ri}
17 Jun 00 45-53
5
GREATEST HITS
20 Jun 09 41-34-69
10
1
with Judith Durham; * charted on a combined album chart for one week only
Seelenluft featuring Michael Smith (Switzerland, dance duo)
Manila
4 Oct 03 70
1
1
See See Rider
She Sings Alone
2
2
7 Apr 90
99-100
Jason Segel & Walter (USA, actor Jason Segel and a muppet)
Man Or Muppet
10 Mar 12 51
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (Detroit, Michigan, USA, rock sextet)
STRANGER IN TOWN
27 May 78 31-36-58
Hollywood Nights
30 Sep 78 66-42-50-47-54-72
STRANGER IN TOWN {re}
7 Oct 78 55
We've Got Tonight
3 Feb 79 64-42-41-50-51-75
STRANGER IN TOWN {re}
10 Feb 79 73-xx-70
AGAINST THE WIND
15 Mar 80 33-29-26-38-53-58
NINE TONIGHT
26 Sep 81 78-24-26-34-39-53-63-77
Hollywood Nights
17 Oct 81 76-71-49-52
We've Got Tonight {ri}
6 Feb 82 71-64-60-64
NINE TONIGHT {re}
6 Feb 82 93-xx-90
THE DISTANCE
1 Jan 83 91-91/46-52-60-45-54-62-84-82
Even Now
9 Apr 83 73-74-76-99
THE DISTANCE {re}
23 Apr 83 96
American Storm
5 Apr 86 78-77
LIKE A ROCK
26 Apr 86 35-37-47-70-xx-xx-xx-xx-99-90
Shakedown
18 Jul 87 92-88-91-92
Shakedown {re}
31 Oct 87 99
THE FIRE INSIDE
21 Sep 91 54-60
We've Got Tonight {ri}
28 Jan 95 32-22-22-31-43
GREATEST HITS
18 Feb 95 6-7-16-26-31-40-45-58-62-70-xx-51-52
Night Moves
29 Apr 95 50-45
Hollywood Nights '95 {rx}
29 Jul 95 52
Lock And Load
10 Feb 96 57
ULTIMATE HITS - ROCK AND ROLL NEVER
16 Jun 12 30-28-55
Seiko & Donnie Wahlberg (Japan/USA pop duo, Donnie Wahlberg was a member of New Kids On The Block)
The Right Combination
18 Aug 90 58-46-44-50-68
Selecter (Birmingham, UK, Ska septet)
On My Radio
13 Oct 79
Three Minute Hero
2 Feb 80
TOO MUCH PRESSURE
23 Feb 80
Missing Words
29 Mar 80
The Whisper
23 Aug 80
CELEBRATE THE BULLET
7 Mar 81
The 2 Tone (EP) 1
9 Oct 93
1
with the Special AKA, Madness & the Beat
Select Hits (UK pop covers band)
Sonnentanz (Sun Don’t Shine)
Talk Dirty
24 Aug 13
14 Sep 13
Selena versus X Men (UK, dance trio)
Give It Up
14 Jul 01
Selfish Cunt (London, UK, rock quartet)
Authority Confrontation
17 Jul 04
64-47-26-21-9-8-16-28-43
29-21-16-21-27-33
5-6-13-19-26-24-28-30-38-46-49-66-64
51-34-30-26-23-24-37-43
63-44-36-44-61
49-41-58-64
30-30-52
3
3
256
6
26
2
28
2
12
12
12
11
2
16
4
1
2
6
4
1
3
32
44
7
3
3
17
24
24
348
116
73
39
72
26
7
15
79
88-71
3
1
2
61
2
2
66
2
2
Peter Sellers (Southsea, UK, actor and comedian; former member of the Goons)
2563
Any Old Iron
THE BEST OF SELLERS
THE BEST OF SELLERS {re}
Best Of Sellers EP
SONGS FOR SWINGING SELLERS
3 Aug 57
14 Feb 59
15 Aug 59
21 Nov 59
12 Dec 59
Best Of Sellers EP
28 May 60
THE BEST OF SELLERS
30 Jul 60
SONGS FOR SWINGING SELLERS {re}
20 Aug 60
Best Of Sellers No.2 EP
27 Aug 60
Goodness Gracious Me1
12 Nov 60
PETER AND SOPHIA1
26 Nov 60
SONGS FOR SWINGING SELLERS {re}
3 Dec 60
Bangers And Mash1
14 Jan 61
Best Of Sellers EP
8 Apr 61
THE BEST OF SELLERS
27 May 61
A Hard Day's Night
25 Dec 65
A Hard Day's Night {ri}
27 Nov 93
1
with Sophia Loren
30-21-24-xx-xx-24-21-23-19-21-17-25-26
9-8-6-8-9-9-6-5-9
7-5-4-4-3-6-4-4-5-6-5-3-5-5-5-6-4-3-6-8/10-9-10-6-6-xx-10
10-9-9-5-8
9-7-5-4-4/3-7-5-8-5-4-5-3-xx-8-11-12-7-13-6-7-7-15-5-13-38-xx-18-10-11
15
11-14-xx-xx-10-7-18-13-10-9-18-16-17
137
169
586
80
14-20-12-xx-18
8-xx-xx-18
31-18-8-4-7-6-8-13-7/6-10-20-25-30
9-16-13-17-16-8-5/5-8-11-9-9-8-10-12-12-13-xx-xx-16
48
25
310
283
17
37-22-30-36-37
19
18
37-28-16/15-14-20-22
60-52
Michael Sembello (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, session guitarist)
Maniac
6 Aug 83 82-77-64-67-50-43-43-58
579
11
154
11
47
8
11
99
5
29
29
Semisonic (Minneaplois, Minnesota, USA, rock trio)
252
Secret Smile
10 Jul 99 13-13-15-21-24-31-34-38-49-62-75
74
FEELING STRANGELY FINE
24 Jul 99 19-17-20-25-29-33-34-44-64-xx-xx-xx-xx-60-46-25-16-24-2534-36-41-37-38-28/27-23-20-17-27-36-42-36-41-34-41-44-6172-xx-xx-xx-74-69
118
Closing Time
6 Nov 99 25-35-46-63-75
19
Singing In My Sleep
1 Apr 00 39-72
6
Chemistry
3 Mar 01 35-55
8
ALL ABOUT CHEMISTRY
17 Mar 01 13-34-60-74
26
Closing Time {ri}
21 Jul 12 71
1
Semprini (UK, pianist)
Theme From Exodus
Senate
Original Sin
18 Mar 61
1 Sep 84
33-27-25-28-37-40-35-41
88-91-84-94
Sensational Alex Harvey Band (Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Glam Rock quintet)
THE IMPOSSIBLE
3
DREAM
19 Oct 74 17-23-23-43
TOMORROW BELONGS TO ME
3 May 75 18-9-24-28-35-26-26
Delilah
26 Jul 75 31-16-8-7-17-15-32
TOMORROW BELONGS TO ME {re} 9 Aug 75 37-xx-46-xx-40
NEXT
16 Aug 75 49-34-33-42-38
THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND LIVE
20 Sep 75 16-15-14-16-22-39
Gambling Bar Room Blues
22 Nov 75 50-43-38-41-44-44-45/44
THE PENTHOUSE TAPES
3 Apr 76 20-16-14-28-48-44
The Boston Tea Party
12 Jun 76 56-45-21-23-16-19-13-28-17-30-37
SAHB STORIES
24 Jul 76 21-12-11-14-15-24-49-47-43
71
71
4
4
412
10
25
123
6
9
22
49
14
130
24
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N U M B E R O N E U K S I N G L E & A L B U M B Y
T H E S A M E A C T I N T H E S A M E W E E K
b y C o l i n H u g h e s
THE ACTS WHO’VE ACHIEVED IT MORE THAN ONCE
(Date - Weeks - Artist - Album // Single)
26/01/1961
23/03/1961
06/04/1961
01/06/1961
22/02/1962
24/05/1962
10/09/1977
(4)
(1)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(1)
Elvis Presley - G.I. Blues (OST) // Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Elvis Presley - G.I. Blues (OST) // Wooden Heart
Elvis Presley - G.I. Blues (OST) // Wooden Heart
Elvis Presley - G.I. Blues (OST) // Surrender
Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (OST) // Rock-A-Hula Baby / Can't Help Falling In Love
Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (OST) // Good Luck Charm
Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley's 40 Greatest Hits // Way Down
05/10/1961 (1) The Shadows - The Shadows // Kon-Tiki
24/01/1963 (1) The Shadows - Out Of The Shadows // Dance On!
11/01/1962
14/03/1963
04/04/1963
24/12/1988
(6)
(2)
(1)
(2)
Cliff Richard (& The Shadows) - The Young Ones (OST) // The Young Ones
Cliff Richard (& The Shadows) - Summer Holiday (OST) // Summer Holiday
Cliff Richard (& The Shadows) - Summer Holiday (OST) // Summer Holiday
Cliff Richard - Private Collection // Mistletoe And Wine
09/05/1963
12/09/1963
28/11/1963
05/12/1963
12/12/1963
02/04/1964
23/07/1964
10/12/1964
17/12/1964
29/04/1965
12/08/1965
23/12/1965
18/08/1966
19/07/1967
20/12/1967
(6)
(4)
(1)
(1)
(5)
(3)
(3)
(1)
(4)
(2)
(2)
(4)
(4)
(3)
(2)
The Beatles - Please Please Me // From Me To You
The Beatles - Please Please Me // She Loves You
The Beatles - Please Please Me // She Loves You
The Beatles - With The Beatles // She Loves You
The Beatles - With The Beatles // I Want To Hold Your Hand
The Beatles - With The Beatles // Can't Buy Me Love
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (OST) // A Hard Day's Night
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (OST) // I Feel Fine
The Beatles - Beatles For Sale // I Feel Fine
The Beatles - Beatles For Sale // Ticket To Ride
The Beatles - Help! (OST) // Help!
The Beatles - Rubber Soul // Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out
The Beatles - Revolver // Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band // All You Need Is Love
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band // Hello Goodbye
16/07/1964 (1) The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones // It's All Over Now
18/03/1965 (3) The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones No.2 // The Last Time
26/05/1966 (1) The Rolling Stones - Aftermath // Paint It Black
09/10/1971 (3) Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story // Maggie May / Reason To Believe
06/09/1975 (4) Rod Stewart - Atlantic Crossing // Sailing
05/02/1972 (2) T. Rex - Electric Warrior // Telegram Sam
20/05/1972 (3) T. Rex - Bolan Boogie // Metal Guru
27/12/1975
17/01/1976
21/11/1981
21/12/1991
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
Queen - A Night At The Opera // Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen - A Night At The Opera // Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen - Greatest Hits // Under Pressure (With David Bowie)
Queen - Greatest Hits II // Bohemian Rhapsody /These Are The Days Of Our Lives
08/05/1976 (4) ABBA - Greatest Hits // Fernando
16/04/1977 (3) ABBA - Arrival // Knowing Me Knowing You
18/02/1978 (3) ABBA - The Album // Take A Chance On Me
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29/11/1980 (3) ABBA - Super Trouper // Super Trouper
13/10/1979 (1) The Police - Reggatta De Blanc // Message In A Bottle
11/10/1980 (2) The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta // Don't Stand So Close To Me
25/06/1983 (1) The Police - Synchronicity // Every Breath You Take
05/03/1983 (1) Michael Jackson - Thriller // Billie Jean
30/11/1991 (1) Michael Jackson - Dangerous // Black Or White
12/07/1986
01/04/1989
26/11/2005
10/05/2008
(3)
(2)
(2)
(1)
Madonna - True Blue // Papa Don't Preach
Madonna - Like A Prayer // Like A Prayer
Madonna - Confessions On A Dancefloor // Hung Up
Madonna - Hard Candy // 4 Minutes (Feat. Justin Timberlake)
08/02/1992 (2) Wet Wet Wet - High On The Happy Side // Goodnight Girl
30/07/1994 (4) Wet Wet Wet - End Of Part One (Their Greatest Hits) // Love Is All Around
03/09/1994 (1) Wet Wet Wet - End Of Part One (Their Greatest Hits) // Love Is All Around
30/10/1993 (3) Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell // I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do
That)
27/11/1993 (2) Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell // I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do
That)
28/12/1996 (3) Spice Girls - Spice // 2 Become 1
22/03/1997 (2) Spice Girls - Spice // Who Do You Think You Are? / Mama
22/10/2005 (1) Sugababes - Taller In More Ways // Push The Button
20/10/2007 (1) Sugababes - Change // About You Now
11/04/2009 (1) Lady GaGa - The Fame // Poker Face
27/03/2010 (1) Lady GaGa - The Fame/The Fame Monster // Telephone (Featuring Beyonce)
15/01/2011 (1) Rihanna - Loud // What’s My Name? (Featuring Drake)
03/12/2011 (1) Rihanna - Talk That Talk // We Found Love (Featuring Calvin Harris)
26/02/2011 (4) Adele - 21 // Someone Like You
02/04/2011 (1) Adele - 21 // Someone Like You
22/12/2001 (3) Robbie Williams - Swing When You're Winning // Somethin' Stupid (With Nichole Kidman)
17/11/2012 (1) Robbie Williams - Take The Crown // Candy
SUMMARY - THE 20 ACTS WHO HAVE ACHIEVED IT MORE THAN ONCE
1) THE BEATLES - 15 TIMES - 45 WEEKS
2) ELVIS PRESLEY - 7 TIMES - 22 WEEKS
3)=ABBA - 4 TIMES - 13 WEEKS
3)=CLIFF RICHARD - 4 TIMES - 11 WEEKS
3)=QUEEN - 4 TIMES - 8 WEEKS
3)=MADONNA - 4 TIMES - 8 WEEKS
7)=WET WET WET - 3 TIMES - 7 WEEKS
7)=ROLLING STONES - 3 TIMES - 5 WEEKS
7)=THE POLICE - 3 TIMES - 4 WEEKS
7)=RIHANNA - 3 TIMES - 3 WEEKS
11)=ROD STEWART - 2 TIMES - 7 WEEKS
11)=T. REX - 2 TIMES - 5 WEEKS
11)=MEAT LOAF - 2 TIMES - 5 WEEKS
11)=SPICE GIRLS - 2 TIMES - 5 WEEKS
11)=ADELE - 2 TIMES - 5 WEEKS
11)=ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 2 TIMES - 4 WEEKS
11)=THE SHADOWS - 2 TIMES - 2 WEEKS
11)=MICHAEL JACKSON - 2 TIMES - 2 WEEKS
11)=SUGABABES - 2 TIMES - 2 WEEKS
11)=LADY GAGA - 2 TIMES - 2 WEEKS
NOTE - Gary Barlow did it as part of Take That in December 2006, & as Gary Barlow with The
Commonwealth Band, in June 2012. But, I‘m reluctant to count both as being credited to Gary Barlow:
09/12/2006 (3) Take That - Beautiful World // Patience
16/06/2012 (1) Gary Barlow & The Commonwealth Band – Sing // Sing
CHARTWATCH 105
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Minihits and Microhits
Back in issue 103, I presented list of the twenty most successful singles to have reached each position between no.20 and
no.1. This is a follow-up, listing the most successful singles that failed to reach the Top 20 (what I am calling minihits) and
those that failed to make the Top 40 (microhits). Not all records sell within a short period, and many linger in the charts but
never reach the higher regions of the charts. This is a familiar phenomenon in the albums chart, but occurs more rarely in
the singles chart.
Minihits
This is a list of the most successful chart singles that failed to make the Top 20.
Rnk
Title - Act
1 Dog Days Are Over - Florence & The Machine
DOE HP
05/12/2008 23
Wks
31
Pts
150
2 Wheels Cha Cha - Joe Loss Orchestra
01/07/1961
21
21
148
3 Jimmy Mack - Martha & The Vandellas
4 Amazed - Lonestar
01/04/1967
15/04/2000
21
21
21
22
145
142
5 Gold Dust - DJ Fresh
07/08/2010
22
23
139
6 Break Even - Script
24/10/2008
21
25
137
7 A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
19/11/2011
24
30
134
8 Adios Amigo - Jim Reeves
9 My Way - Dorothy Squires
30/06/1962
01/08/1970
23
25
21
24
126
121
10 Big Spender - Shirley Bassey
11/10/1967
21
16
115
11 Snowbird - Anne Murray
24/10/1970
23
17
111
12 Tour De France - Kraftwerk
06/08/1983
22
20
110
13 Need Your Love So Bad - Fleetwood Mac
14 America - Nice
13/07/1968
29/06/1968
31
21
23
17
109
105
13/06/2008
35
23
105
16 Pianissimo - Ken Dodd
= One Day Like This - Elbow
03/02/1962
21
15
104
17 Beat It - Fall Out Boy featuring John Mayer
25/04/2008
21
18
103
18 Come On - Rolling Stones
19 Waka Waka (This Time For Africa) - Shakira featuring Freshlyground
27/07/1963
12/06/2010
21
21
14
19
102
100
20 Dirty Talk - Wynter Gordon
07/05/2011
25
18
98
21 After The Goldrush - Prelude
26/01/1974
21
16
97
22 Milord - Edith Piaf
05/11/1960
24
15
96
23 Soul Man - Sam & Dave
= In My Chair - Status Quo
21/10/1967
07/11/1970
24
21
16
15
94
94
= Once In Every Lifetime - Ken Dodd
17/06/1961
28
18
94
= Beautiful - Mariah Carey featuring Miguel
18/05/2013
22
14
94
27 The Cave - Mumford & Sons
13/02/2010
31
26
92
= Riders On The Storm - Doors
16/10/1971
22
18
92
25/10/1986
23/02/1963
24
22
18
12
91
88
29 I've Been In Love Before - Cutting Crew
30 Cupboard Love - John Leyton
22/08/2008
23
15
88
32 Strong Again - N-Dubz
= Spiralling - Keane
19/12/2008
24
21
87
33 Lonely Together - Barry Manilow
08/11/1980
21
13
86
= This Is The Life - Amy MacDonald
35 You're My Everything - Temptations
08/12/2007
09/09/1967
28
26
21
15
86
85
36 Yesterday's Dreams - Four Tops
24/08/1968
23
15
84
09/06/2012
30
20
84
09/05/1970
21
12
83
09/12/1978
22
14
83
= Feel The Love - Rudimental featuring John Newman
38 Kentucky Rain - Elvis Presley
= You Needed Me - Anne Murray
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Rnk
Title - Act
= AWindmill In Old Amsterdam - Ronnie Hilton
41 Eight By Ten - Ken Dodd
42 Casino Royale - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
DOE HP
13/02/1965 23
Wks
13
Pts
83
08/02/1964
27/04/1967
22
27
11
16
82
81
= Sucu Sucu - Nina & Frederick
07/10/1961
23
13
81
= She's Strange - Cameo
31/03/1984
22
16
81
45 New Shoes - Paolo Nutini
10/03/2007
21
13
80
46 Green Jeans - Flee-Rekkers
47 Time To Pretend - MGMT
21/05/1960
14/03/2008
23
35
13
20
79
78
27/09/1969
23
15
78
13/11/2010
23
15
77
= David Watts/'A' Bomb In Wardour Street - Jam
26/08/1978
25
15
77
= Beautiful - Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell Williams
= Good Life - Kanye West featuring T-Pain
05/04/2003
29/09/2007
23
23
20
16
77
77
= I Left My Heart In San Francisco - Tony Bennett
29/05/1965
23
14
77
= Sorry Blame It On Me - Akon
15/09/2007
22
13
77
= Everybody's Talkin' - Nilsson
49 More - Usher
The minihit with the longest chart run is Dog Days Are Over - Florence & The Machine, which charted for 35 weeks. The
only other minihit to have been on the charts for thirty weeks is A Thousand Years - Christina Perri. The distribution per
year is interesting, revealing that, as you might expect, changes to the charts have led to changes in the occurrence of
minihits. There are no minihits until 1960, when the charts increased from a Top 30 to a Top 50. The oldest minihit in the
list is Green Jeans - Flee-Rekkers. The period 1961-1970 accounts for nearly half the minihits in the list, with the top year
being 1967 with five (there were none in 1966). When chart compilation was taken over by the British Market Research
Bureau, minihits (along with the chart breakers) disappeared during 1971-1980 (five minihits). From 1981 to 2006, there
are only five minihits in the list, despite the charts increasing to a Top 75 in 1978 and a Top 100 in 1982. The period 20072013 has nineteen minihits in the list, so clearly the inclusion of downloads in the charts in making a difference. The only
minihit from 2013 is Beautiful - Mariah Carey featuring Miguel.
Microhits
This is a list of the most successful chart singles that failed to make the Top 40.
Rnk
1 Postman Pat - Ken Barrie
Title - Act
DOE HP
10/07/1982 44
Wks
15
Pts
55
2 Jump Around - House Of Pain
20/11/2004
44
13
45
3 Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
20/01/2007
44
14
42
4 Forever - Drake featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem
= King Is Here/The 900 Number - 45 King
19/12/2009
11/03/1989
42
60
12
6
39
39
6 Whatever You Like - T.I.
19/09/2008
47
12
37
7 Home/Song For You - Michael Bublé
03/12/2005
45
10
35
= Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins
18/10/1986
45
11
35
9 Love Theme From 'The Godfather' - Andy Williams
= This Brutal House - Nitro Deluxe
05/08/1972
14/02/1987
42
47
9
11
34
34
= TheMiracle Of You - Danny Williams
08/07/1961
41
8
34
26/06/1968
41
8
32
16/11/1963
45
8
32
13/01/1968
29/07/1978
41
42
8
10
32
31
= Afro Dizzi Act - Cry Sisco!
02/09/1989
42
9
31
= Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
21/04/2007
44
7
31
= Cuba - Gibson Brothers
10/03/1979
41
9
31
= On The Wings Of A Nightingale - Everly Brothers
= Hip To Be Square - Huey Lewis & The News
08/09/1984
22/11/1986
41
41
9
8
31
31
= Rockferry - Duffy
11/01/2008
45
10
31
22/04/1978
42
9
30
12 Sunshine Of Love - Louis Armstrong
= Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs
= If I Could Build My Whole World - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
15 Somewhere In The Night/Copacabana - Barry Manilow
22 Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb
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= Everlasting Love - Sandra
Title - Act
= Out Come The Freaks - Was (Not Was)
= Backstrokin' - Fatback
21
DOE HP
24/10/1987 45
Wks
8
Pts
30
25/02/1984
09/08/1980
41
41
8
9
30
30
21/01/1961
41
7
29
= Let Me Love You For Tonight - Kariya
08/07/1989
44
9
29
= Laura Palmer - Bastille
18/05/2013
42
8
29
= World Destruction - Time Zone
= Perhaps Love - John Denver & Placido Domingo
12/01/1985
12/12/1981
44
46
9
9
29
29
= That's Life - Frank Sinatra
03/12/1966
44
8
29
15/08/1981
42
9
28
= Good Time Baby - Bobby Rydell
25/03/1961
42
7
28
= If I Don't Fit Don't Force It - Kellee Paterson
= Urgent - Foreigner
04/02/1978
15/08/1981
44
45
8
9
28
28
= Teardrop - Newton Faulkner
11/08/2007
57
11
28
= Somewhere My Love - Manuel & His Music Of The Mountains
17/09/1966
42
9
28
= Sweet Dreams - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
12/12/1981
42
8
28
30/09/1978
29/10/1977
42
41
9
7
28
27
= Tubular Bells - Champ Boys Orchestra
12/06/1976
41
7
27
= Softly Softly - Equals
26/10/1968
48
8
27
= Israel - Siouxsie & The Banshees
06/12/1980
41
8
27
= New York, New York - Gerard Kenny
= Blame It On The Rain - Milli Vanilli
09/12/1978
22/07/1989
43
52
8
10
27
27
= I'll Always Love You - Taylor Dayne
11/06/1988
41
7
27
= Energy - Keri Hilson
22/08/2009
43
9
27
= Myfanwy - David Essex
11/04/1987
41
7
27
= Magic Touch - Rose Royce
= Beat Street Breakdown - Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five
01/09/1984
23/06/1984
43
42
8
7
27
27
= Johnny And Mary - Robert Palmer
06/09/1980
44
8
27
26 Corrine, Corrina - Ray Peterson
32 Walking Into Sunshine - Central Line
= Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
40 Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Santa Esmeralda
Surprisingly, given that a Top 75 did not exist, this list includes twelve singles from before 1978, with the oldest being three
from 1961. There are five microhits from 1978, making it the year with the most. The period 1978-1989 accounts for 29
microhits, and the period 1990-2003 none at all. Clearly, reducing the chart back to a Top 75 had its effect. Since 2003
there are ten microhits in the list with the most recent from 2013: Laura Palmer – Bastille.
Top 100 Album Tracks in
the Singles Chart
Most albums contain a mix of tracks: some that were hits singles that have been added so that buyers who like to know what
they are buying are kept happy, fillers when the band ran out of tracks but needed to fill the space, and tracks that are hit
singles waiting to happen. A good album has little filler, lots of tracks that were hits or potential hits, but also something
else. That might be a track that is great but would never be a hit single, or something that comes from how the songs sit
together that provides the album with a veneer that is more than the sum of the parts. If great songs made great albums, then
every greatest hits compilation would be as highly regarded as Sgt Pepper or Dark Side Of The Moon. However, let’s
ignore all that and concentrate on the hits to be, or rather the album tracks that became hits. For this list I’ve assumed an
album track is a track that charted first on an album and subsequently charted as a single. There will be albums that didn’t
chart until after the track was a hit, but they are much harder to pin down, because release dates are harder to find. There
may also be singles that were subsequently added to a hit album to boost sales: if I’ve included any of these, please let me
know.
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Rank Track Title - Act
DOE
(singles)
Album
DOE (album)
Pts
1 Think Twice - Céline Dion
22/10/1994 The Colour Of My Love
05/03/1994 806
2 Hips Don't Lie - Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean
3 You're Beautiful - James Blunt
17/06/2006 Oral Fixation, Vol. 2
11/06/2005 Back To Bedlam
18/03/2006 788
26/03/2005 697
4 I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) Meat Loaf
5 Imagine - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band
09/10/1993 Bat Out Of Hell II - Back Into Hell 18/09/1993 648
01/11/1975 Imagine
23/10/1971 646
6 My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
23/01/1971 All Things Must Pass
19/12/1970 633
7 Without You - Nilsson
05/02/1972 Nilsson Schmilsson
29/01/1972 619
8 Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
29/07/2006 Eyes Open
13/05/2006 597
9 Killing Me Softly - Fugees
10 Maggie May - Rod Stewart
08/06/1996 The Score
04/09/1971 Every Picture Tells A Story
24/02/1996 566
17/07/1971 548
11 The Way I Are - Timbaland featuring D.O.E,
Sebastian & Keri Hilson
12 Whole Again - Atomic Kitten
07/07/2007 Shock Value - Timbaland
14/04/2007 535
10/02/2001 Right Now
04/11/2000 522
13 Heartbeat - Steps
21/11/1998 Step One
26/09/1998 510
14 Valerie - Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse
29/09/2007 Version
28/04/2007 503
15 Beautiful Liar - Beyoncé & Shakira
14/04/2007 B'Day - Beyoncé
16/09/2006 495
16 Ignition - R. Kelly
17 My Heart Will Go On - Céline Dion
17/05/2003 Chocolate Factory
21/02/1998 Let's Talk About Love
29/03/2003 490
29/11/1997 490
18 Ignition - R. Kelly
17/05/2003 Chocolate Factory
29/03/2003 490
19 My Heart Will Go On - Céline Dion
21/02/1998 Titanic OST - James Horner
24/01/1998 490
20 Apologize - Timbaland featuring One Republic
13/10/2007 Shock Value - Timbaland
14/04/2007 478
21 Hello - Lionel Richie
22 F**k It (I Don't Want You Back) - Eamon
10/03/1984 Can't Slow Down
24/04/2004 I Don't Want You Back
29/10/1983 476
17/04/2004 475
23 Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
21/02/1970 Bridge Over Troubled Water
14/02/1970 474
24 Knowing Me, Knowing You - ABBA
26/02/1977 Arrival
20/11/1976 464
25 Under The Moon Of Love - Showaddywaddy
30/10/1976 Trocadero
22/05/1976 463
= Bring Me To Life - Evanescence
27 Healing Hands - Elton John
14/06/2003 Fallen
09/06/1990 Sleeping With The Past
10/05/2003 463
23/09/1989 459
10/12/1994 Merry Christmas
19/11/1994 459
29 Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
08/10/1983 An Innocent Man
10/09/1983 450
30 Don't You Want Me - Human League
05/12/1981 Dare
24/10/1981 447
31 I Feel Love - Donna Summer
32 These Are The Days Of Our Lives - Queen
09/07/1977 I Remember Yesterday
21/12/1991 Innuendo
18/06/1977 445
16/02/1991 437
= All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey
05/08/1978 Natural High
03/06/1978 437
34 It Wasn't Me - Shaggy featuring Ricardo 'RikRok'
Ducent
= Three Times A Lady - Commodores
10/03/2001 Hot Shot - Shaggy
10/02/2001 435
35 China In Your Hand - T'Pau
24/10/1987 Bridge Of Spies
26/09/1987 431
36 Don't Speak - No Doubt
22/02/1997 Tragic Kingdom
11/01/1997 421
37 I Don't Want To Talk About It - Rod Stewart
23/04/1977 Atlantic Crossing
23/08/1975 419
38 Meet Me Halfway - Black Eyed Peas
39 Stay Another Day - East 17
17/10/2009 The E.N.D.
03/12/1994 Steam
20/06/2009 418
29/10/1994 415
40 Dilemma - Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland
26/10/2002 Nellyville - Nelly
13/07/2002 414
41 Broken Strings - James Morrison featuring Nelly
Furtado
28/11/2008 Songs For You, Truths For Me James Morrison
11/10/2008 412
42 Don't Leave Me This Way - Communards featuring
Sarah Jane Morris
23/08/1986 Communards
02/08/1986 409
27/06/2008 Viva La Vida or Death And All
His Friends
20/06/2008 409
18/07/1964 A Hard Day's Night
11/07/1964 400
04/02/1989 Everything
10/12/1988 400
= Viva La Vida - Coldplay
44 A Hard Day's Night - Beatles
= Eternal Flame - Bangles
CHARTWATCH 105
Rank Track Title - Act
DOE
(singles)
23
Album
DOE (album)
Pts
46 Missing - Everything But The Girl
20/08/1994 Amplified Heart
47 The Sweet Escape - Gwen Stefani featuring Akon
48 Shine - Take That
03/02/2007 The Sweet Escape - Gwen Stefani 16/12/2006 394
10/02/2007 Beautiful World
09/12/2006 392
49 The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars
23/04/2011 Doo-Wops & Hooligans
29/01/2011 390
50 Heart Of Glass - Blondie
27/01/1979 Parallel Lines
16/09/1978 388
19/02/1994 Music Box
11/09/1993 388
10/06/1989 Club Classics Volume One
22/04/1989 381
= Without You - Mariah Carey
52 Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) - Soul II
Soul featuring Caron Wheeler
= Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby - Beatles
25/06/1994 395
13/08/1966 Revolver
06/08/1966 381
54 Make You Feel My Love - Adele
= Un-Break My Heart - Toni Braxton
24/10/2008 19
02/11/1996 Secrets
08/02/2008 379
29/06/1996 379
56 Just Give Me A Reason - Pink featuring Nate Ruess
16/02/2013 The Truth About Love - Pink
29/09/2012 378
57 No Matter What - Boyzone
15/08/1998 Where We Belong
06/06/1998 376
58 Wonderwall - Oasis
11/11/1995 (What's The Story) Morning Glory 14/10/1995 375
59 Livin' La Vida Loca - Ricky Martin
60 Lonely - Akon
17/07/1999 Ricky Martin
14/05/2005 Trouble
22/05/1999 371
12/02/2005 370
61 America - Razorlight
07/10/2006 Razorlight
29/07/2006 366
63 Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
29/01/1983 Thriller
11/12/1982 365
64 Hey Ya! - Outkast
22/11/2003 Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
15/11/2003 364
= You Can't Hurry Love - Phil Collins
66 The Lady In Red - Chris De Burgh
04/12/1982 Hello, I Must Be Going
05/07/1986 Into The Light
13/11/1982 364
07/06/1986 363
28/04/1984 Seven And The Ragged Tiger
03/12/1983 363
68 It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones
13/02/1965 Along Came Jones
19/06/1964 360
69 ALittle Bit More - Dr Hook
26/06/1976 ALittle Bit More
19/06/1976 359
70 Rude Boy - Rihanna
= When I Need You - Leo Sayer
23/01/2010 Rated R
29/01/1977 Endless Flight
05/12/2009 355
20/11/1976 355
72 True - Spandau Ballet
23/04/1983 True
12/03/1983 354
73 Take A Chance On Me - ABBA
04/02/1978 The Album
28/01/1978 352
74 Angel - Shaggy featuring Rayvon
09/06/2001 Hot Shot - Shaggy
10/02/2001 351
75 Don't Stop The Music - Rihanna
76 Father And Son - Boyzone
15/12/2007 Good Girl Gone Bad
25/11/1995 Said And Done
16/06/2007 342
02/09/1995 340
77 Dry Your Eyes - Streets
31/07/2004 A Grand Don't Come For Free
22/05/2004 339
78 Rat Trap - Boomtown Rats
14/10/1978 Tonic For The Troops
01/07/1978 338
79 When A Child Is Born (Soleado) - Johnny Mathis
06/11/1976 I Only Have Eyes For You
26/06/1976 337
80 Crazy In Love - Beyoncé Knowles featuring Jay-Z
12/07/2003 Dangerously In Love - Beyoncé
05/07/2003 335
= 2 Become 1 - Spice Girls
82 In Da Club - 50 Cent
16/11/1996 335
01/03/2003 333
83 Vienna - Ultravox
28/12/1996 Spice
22/03/2003 Get Rich Or Die Tryin' - 50 Cent
& G-Unit
17/01/1981 Vienna
84 S&M - Rihanna
15/01/2011 Loud
20/11/2010 330
13/12/1997 Life Thru A Lens
11/10/1997 330
86 Vincent - Don McLean
13/05/1972 American Pie
04/03/1972 329
87 Living On My Own - Freddie Mercury
88 How You Remind Me - Nickelback
14/09/1985 Mr Bad Guy
09/03/2002 Silver Side Up
11/05/1985 328
06/10/2001 326
89 Gold Digger - Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
01/10/2005 Late Registration - Kanye West
10/09/2005 325
90 Twist And Shout - Chaka Demus & Pliers featuring
Jack Radics & Taxi Gang
18/12/1993 Tease Me - Chaka Demus & Pliers 10/07/1993 322
91 You're The First, The Last, My Everything - Barry
White
02/11/1974 Can't Get Enough Of Your Love
Babe
26/10/1974 321
13/11/1971 Electric Warrior
02/10/1971 321
19/05/1979 Parallel Lines
16/09/1978 319
= The Reflex - Duran Duran
= Angels - Robbie Williams
= Jeepster - T. Rex
93 Sunday Girl - Blondie
19/07/1980 331
24
CHARTWATCH 105
Rank Track Title - Act
DOE
(singles)
= Beautiful People - Chris Brown featuring Benny
Benassi
Album
DOE (album)
Pts
09/04/2011 F.A.M.E. - Chris Brown
02/04/2011 319
95 That Don't Impress Me Much - Shania Twain
22/05/1999 Come On Over
28/02/1998 315
96 Young Love - Donny Osmond
18/08/1973 Alone Together
19/05/1973 311
97 Paparazzi - Lady GaGa
= Heal The World - Michael Jackson
31/01/2009 The Fame
05/12/1992 Dangerous
24/01/2009 307
30/11/1991 307
99 Mama - Spice Girls
15/03/1997 Spice
16/11/1996 305
100 If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time - R. Kelly
02/10/1999 R.
21/11/1998 303
101 Somethin' Stupid - Robbie Williams & Nicole
Kidman
22/12/2001 Swing When You're Winning Robbie Williams
01/12/2001 300
There are four albums that each have two tracks in the list above: Parallel Lines – Blondie, Spice – Spice Girls, Hot Shot –
Shaggy and Shock Value – Timbaland. The oldest albums are from 1964 (Along Came Jones – Tom Jones and Hard Day’s
Night – Beatles), but only three albums are from the Sixties (Revolver – Beatles is the third). There are examples from every
year since 1970, except 1979, 1984, 1990, and 1992. The year with most albums is 2006 with six (Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 –
Shakira, Eyes Open - Snow Patrol, Razorlight – Razorlight, B'Day – Beyoncé, Beautiful World - Take That and The Sweet
Escape - Gwen Stefani). Most of these album tracks were issued within a few weeks of the album being released. The
exceptions are: Heal The World – Michael Jackson (1 year and 1 month after the album was released), That Don’t Impress
Me Much – Shania Twain (1 year 3 months), I Don’t Want To Talk About It – Rod Stewart (1 year 6 months) and Imagine –
John Lennon (4 years 1 month).
High New Entries 2012
2012 saw 25 singles and 31 albums enter at No.1, meaning that in any given week we will often see a No.1 entry in one if
not both charts. The singles number is typical of the last four years (since 2009) but the albums number is up from 20 last
year and is the first time the number has reached 30 since 2007. Something must have changed to bring about such a jump
and an obvious possible cause is the reducing sales of albums as physical distribution becomes less important. If this is the
case we may see No.1 albums entries approaching the numbers seen in the singles chart in 2000, when there were 39 No.1
entries. Although the singles number is typical of recent years it represents a rebound from the low numbers (9 and 6) in
2006 and 2007, presumably as much as anything again reflecting the new dominance of downloads and the changes in chart
rules that have accompanied this.
Top 50 Singles Entries, 2012
If I'd asked you to name the most impressive chart entry of 2012, unless you'd been paying a lot of attention you'd have been
unlikely to have named Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen. Indeed I suspect you'd have gone for one of the big acts of the
year, such as Emeli Sande (the eventual winner). The high entries list, though, provides a different view of the year's charts
because it tells us about acts and recordings that are received enthusiastically rather than those who maintain their success
throughout the year, which is what determines our annual listing. If we look at who has most entries in this list, Emeli Sande
does indeed have two, but Will.I.Am (23rd in the annual ranking) has four entries and Rita Ora (16th) has three. So if you
wanted a hot single in 2012, you went to Mr I.Am.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Title - Artist
Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen [1]
Spectrum - Florence & The Machine [1]
Heatwave - Wiley feat Ms D [1]
Troublemaker - Olly Murs feat Flo Rida [1]
R.I.P. - Rita Ora feat Tinie Tempah [1]
Candy - Robbie Williams [1]
Impossible - James Arthur [1]
Payphone - Maroon 5 feat Wiz Khalifa [1]
Don't You Worry Child - Swedish House Mafia/Martin [1]
How We Do (Party) - Rita Ora [2]
Bom Bom - Sam & The Womp [1]
Call My Name - Cheryl [1]
Young - Tulisa [1]
This Is Love - Will.I.Am feat Eva Simons [1]
Let Me love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself) - Ne-Yo [1]
DOE
14-Apr
21-Jul
11-Aug
1-Dec
19-May
10-Nov
22-Dec
30-Jun
20-Oct
25-Aug
1-Sep
23-Jun
12-May
7-Jul
15-Sep
P1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
P2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
P3
1
1
2
3
4
6
1
1
2
3
5
5
5
3
4
P4
1
3
3
5
8
8
1
2
4
9
9
10
10
4
5
P5
2
4
6
7
12
7
3
2
5
15
13
13
14
9
12
CHARTWATCH 105
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
Hot Right Now - DJ Fresh feat Rita Ora [1/3]
Sweet Nothing - Calvin Harris/Florence Welch [1/2]
Little Things - One Direction [1]
Diamonds - Rihanna [1]
Wings - Little Mix [1]
Feel The Love - Rudimental feat John Newman [1]
Part Of Me - Katy Perry [1]
Turn Up The Music - Chris Brown [1]
He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother - Justice Collective [1]
Twilight - Cover Drive [1]
Hall Of Fame - The Script feat Will.!.Am [1/2]
She Doesn't Mind - Sean Paul [1]
Next To Me - Emeli Sande [1]
Whistle - Flo Rida [2]
We'll Be Coming Back - Calvin Harris feat Example [2/1]
Scream & Shout - Will.I.Am feat Britney Spears [3/1]
Can't Say No - Conor Maynard [1]
Alone Again - Alyssa Reid feat Jump Smokers [1]
Let's Go - Calvin Harris feat Ne-Yo [2]
Say Nothing - Example [2]
You Bring Me Joy - Amelia Lily [1]
Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars [1]
Boyfriend - Justin Bieber [1]
Chasing The Sun - The Wanted [1]
Rockstar - Dappy feat Brian May [1]
Something New - Girls Aloud [1]
Don't Wake Me Up - Chris Brown [2]
Read All About It Pt 3 (re) - Emeli Sande [2]
Blow Me (One Last Kiss) - Pink [1]
Troublemaker - Taio Cruz [1]
Live While We're Young - One Direction [1]
Can You Hear Me (Ayayaya) - Wiley/Skepta/JME Ms D [1]
T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever) - Will.I.Am/Jagger/Lopez [4/1/1]
DNA - Little Mix [2]
Elephant - Alexandra Burke/Erick Morillo [1]
25
25-Feb
27-Oct
24-Nov
13-Oct
8-Sep
9-Jun
31-Mar
7-Apr
29-Dec
4-Feb
15-Sep
31-Mar
25-Feb
16-Jun
11-Aug
22-Dec
28-Apr
11-Feb
5-May
29-Sep
22-Sep
24-Nov
21-Apr
2-Jun
10-Mar
1-Dec
7-Jul
25-Aug
15-Sep
14-Jan
13-Oct
10-Nov
18-Feb
24-Nov
24-Mar
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
5
5
6
1
2
2
2
2
3
4
5
6
6
8
9
10
10
13
14
2
4
5
6
6
7
8
12
12
6
6
9
4
4
5
6
9
21
7
1
2
3
3
5
2
12
7
13
21
10
2
15
18
25
30
4
9
5
9
16
13
10
16
18
6
11
6
4
7
6
13
20
47
10
2
6
2
4
8
2
16
12
15
31
18
2
20
25
36
45
3
17
14
16
19
17
18
24
24
7
14
10
8
11
6
21
23
91
19
6
9
4
4
13
1
25
17
14
60
21
3
17
32
56
45
8
19
23
31
27
18
23
30
29
Top 50 Album Entries, 2012
No point counting numbers in the albums chart of course. Gary Barlow tops this list on the back of his appalling, creepy role
at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations - he failed to make the singles list as, due to a mammoth scheduling error, the
equivalent single entered at No.11 before going to No.1. Still, maybe he thinks No.1 entries are below him nowadays. It's
interesting to see Olly Murs so high in the albums list - he has made a significant success of his career since finishing second
in the 2009 X Factor. Again, it's interesting how this list casts a slightly different light on the scene to the annual scores; it's
a good mix of the hot contemporary artists and more mainstream or well established like Keane (who have split up in 2013).
It also tells us that guitar music, rock or whatever is not dead yet with strong showings from the like of Muse and Jack
White. There's even some alternative stuff in here, like The XX, Jake Bugg and The Vaccines.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Title - Artist
Sing - Gary Barlow/Commonwealth Band
Right Place Right Time - Olly Murs
Born To Die - Lana Del Rey
Strangeland - Keane
Babel - Mumford & Sons
Our Version Of Events - Emeli Sande
Ill Manors OST - Plan B
Take Me Home - One Direction
Pink Friday - Roman Reloaded - Nicki Minaj
The 2nd Law - Muse
Unapolagetic - Rihanna
Blunderbuss - Jack White
Ora - Rita Ora
Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg
DOE
9-Jun
8-Dec
11-Feb
19-May
6-Oct
25-Feb
4-Aug
24-Nov
14-Apr
13-Oct
1-Dec
5-May
8-Sep
27-Oct
P1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
P2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
P3
1
2
2
6
1
1
2
2
3
4
6
10
11
11
P4
6
2
4
12
2
3
3
11
4
8
7
20
14
22
P5
18
2
4
20
5
2
6
17
10
12
6
36
22
31
26
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
CHARTWATCH 105
Living Things - Linkin Park
Battle Born - The Killers
Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars
Coexist - The XX
18 Months - Calvin Harris
Believe - Justin Bieber
Wrecking Ball - Bruce Springsteen
Take The Crown - Robbie Williams
Red - Taylor Swift
Fortune - Chris Brown
Come Of Age - The Vaccines
Contrast - Conor Maynard
MDNA - Madonna
Sonik Kicks - Paul Weller
Good Morning To The Night - Elton John vs Pnau
Write It On Your Skin - Newton Faulkner
Electra Heart - Marina & The Diamonds
In My Dreams - Military Wives
Overexposed - Maroon 5
The Truth About Love - Pink
Fall To Grace - Paloma Faith
Number 3 - The Script
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean
Magic Of The Movies - Andre Rieu & The Johann Strauss Orchestra
Life In A Beautiful Light - Amy MacDonald
Merry Christmas Baby - Rod Stewart
Lonely Are The Brave - Maverick Sabre
A Million Lights - Cheryl
Beacon - Two Door Cinema Club
The Abbey Road Sessions - Kylie Minogue
Halcyon - Ellie Goulding
Old Ideas - Leonard Cohen
Electronic Earth - Labrinth
Uno - Green Day
Love Is A Four Letter Word - Jason Mraz
Handwritten - Gaslight Anthem
7-Jul
29-Sep
22-Dec
22-Sep
10-Nov
30-Jun
17-Mar
17-Nov
3-Nov
14-Jul
15-Sep
11-Aug
7-Apr
31-Mar
28-Jul
21-Jul
12-May
17-Mar
7-Jul
29-Sep
9-Jun
22-Sep
21-Jul
17-Nov
23-Jun
24-Nov
18-Feb
30-Jun
15-Sep
10-Nov
20-Oct
11-Feb
14-Apr
6-Oct
28-Apr
4-Aug
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
6
6
7
10
10
11
13
1
2
3
3
3
3
4
5
6
6
6
7
7
7
8
9
9
12
13
14
4
5
8
9
14
9
10
12
17
11
37
13
25
30
32
30
3
3
3
5
6
12
9
11
5
8
16
16
18
19
21
18
20
21
18
24
6
35
12
11
12
22
15
6
17
26
20
51
13
38
38
43
42
11
2
4
3
8
19
10
15
4
14
34
25
25
37
30
35
29
40
38
19
16
32
30
8
20
37
28
82
28
39
71
39
53
14
3
8
10
13
20
10
27
5
25
37
43
36
33
44
43
35
41
42
UK 3rd Quarter 2013
Bruno Mars remained in charge at the end of the third quarter but his lead was narrow (73 pts) and diminishing (he led by 91
pts over Emeli Sande at the half way mark). It looks, therefore, as though the run-in to Christmas will be the deciding phase
of the year, which looks like being a low-scoring one. Pharrell Williams, who features on the two biggest singles of the year,
and Justin Timberlake, who released an updated version of THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE at the end of September (too early to
affect this list) look like the ones to watch, but there is also a big push to come by One Direction, who are only just over 200
pts adrift so anything could happen. It will, in any case, be a pleasure to take apart the 1D/Beatles comparisons in the next
issue.
Top 100 Acts to end, 3rd Quarter 2013
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
1
9
4
3
2
6
5
7
15
10
12
8
13
16
18
Bruno Mars
Pharrell Williams
Justin Timberlake
Pink
Emeli Sande
One Direction
Calvin Harris
Will.I.Am
Ellie Goulding
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Daft Punk
Taylor Swift
Olly Murs
Rudimental
Passenger
1265
1192
1177
1058
1053
1046
1023
998
983
955
914
900
873
847
820
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
14
47
11
35
17
19
32
27
39
26
29
51
23
20
30
Bastille
Avicii
Rihanna
Robin Thicke
Disclosure
Mumford & Sons
TI
Imagine Dragons
Jay-Z
David Guetta
Michael Buble
Naughty Boy
Jake Bugg
Lumineers
Sam Smith
804
798
738
736
684
679
622
610
588
559
537
531
530
524
509
CHARTWATCH 105
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
64
65
42
22
21
73
25
24
47
28
50
31
44
36
34
43
52
56
46
33
90
40
38
53
37
57
66
41
45
54
Rod Stewart
Les Miserables Motion Picture Cast
Wanz
John Newman
Lana Del Rey
Nate Ruess
Arctic Monkeys
Britney Spears
Ed Sheeran
The Script
Stereophonics
AlunaGeorge
Dizzee Rascal
Ella Eyre
2 Chainz
Jason Derulo
David Bowie
Ben Howard
Ray Dalton
Tinie Tempah
Fleetwood Mac
Pitbull
Jessie J
Drake
Psy
Tom Odell
Justin Bieber
Biffy Clyro
Mikky Ekko
Sean Paul
Gabrielle Aplin
Duke Dumont feat AME
Nicky Romero
Charli XCX
Adele
469
443
430
408
407
405
404
386
384
381
357
356
352
340
328
323
318
318
310
304
296
293
289
288
286
279
278
276
275
274
261
260
260
255
253
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
27
55
77
81
67
92
62
61
79
69
63
68
59
96
57
63
75
79
60
94
65
81
81
84
84
84
71
89
72
Icona Pop
Paramore
Kanye West
John Martin
Caro Emerald
Little Mix
Katy Perry
The 1975
Bon Jovi
Richard & Adam
Saturdays
Big Sean
Ne-Yo
Robbie Williams
Fall Out Boy
Nelly
Kodaline
Miley Cyrus
James Arthur
Cedric Gervais
Wiley
Akon
Demi Lovato
Bingo Players & Far East Movement
Of Monsters & Men
Flo Rida
Eminem
Foals
Alt-J
Armin Van Buuren
Chris Malinchak
OneRepublic
Rita Ora
Trevor Guthrie
Paloma Faith
253
253
253
249
246
238
237
235
225
224
224
222
219
218
215
213
211
207
204
204
204
203
201
200
199
193
172
171
170
169
165
163
162
159
156
Top 50 Singles to end, 3rd Quarter 2013
1
2
9
1
3
4
5
6
2
12
3
7
8
16
5
9
4
10
11
7
10
12
13
14
6
8
16
15
17
18
19
15
11
14
20
13
Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke/TI/Pharrell
Get Lucky - Daft Punk feat Pharrell
Williams
Mirrors - Justin Timberlake
Let Her Go - Passenger
Wake Me Up - Avicii
Thrift Shop - Macklemore & Ryan
Lewis/Wanz
La La La - Naughty Boy feat Sam Smith
Just Give Me A Reason - Pink feat Nate
Ruess
Scream & Shout - Will.I.Am feat Britney
Spears
Pompeii - Bastille
Waiting All Night - Rudimental feat Ella
Eyre
I Knew You Were Trouble - Taylor Swift
When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars
Can't Hold Us - Macklemore/Ryan
Lewis/Dalton
Burn - Ellie Goulding
Love Me Again - John Newman
Ho Hey - Lumineers
Stay - Rihanna feat Mikky Ekko
Need U (100 Percent) - Duke Dumont feat
AME
White Noise - Disclosure/AlunaGeorge
608
578
21
22
18
449
442
441
430
24
25
26
38
23
19
415
405
27
20
384
28
21
-
31
34
32
22
355
340
319
315
310
290
290
278
275
260
256
34
35
37
38
39
40
23
27
25
27
-
I Love It - Icona Pop feat Charli XCX
I Could Be The One - Avicii vs Nicky
Romero
Radioactive - Imagine Dragons
Dear Darlin' - Olly Murs
I Need Your Love - Calvin Harris/Ellie
Goulding
One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks) One Direction
Drinking From The Bottle - Calvin Harris
feat Tinie Tempah
Impossible - James Arthur
Roar - Katy Perry
Summertime Sadness - Lana Del Rey vs
Cedric Gervais
Play Hard - David Guetta feat NeYo/Akon
Get Up (Rattle) - Bingo Players & Far
East Movement
What About Us - Saturdays feat Sean Paul
We Can't Stop - Miley Cyrus
Hey Porsche - Nelly
Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars
Bang Bang - Will.I.Am
Clown - Emeli Sande
Wild - Jessie J/Big Sean/Dizzee Rascal
The Other Side - Jason Derulo
253
247
247
233
231
231
210
204
204
204
203
200
200
198
196
196
193
192
177
175
28
41
42
43
CHARTWATCH 105
45
30
29
31
38
42
46
37
Gangnam Style - Psy
Suit & Tie - Justin Timberlake feat Jay-Z
Diamonds - Rihanna
So Good To Me - Chris Malinchak
This Is What It Feels Like - Armin Van
Buuren feat T Guthrie
Don't You Worry Child - Swedish House
174
173
165
165
159
32
48
50
33
-
Mafia/Martin
Feel This Moment - Pitbull feat Christina
Aguilera
Best Song Ever - One Direction
Thatpower - Will.I.Am feat Justin Bieber
Holy Grail - Jay-Z feat Justin Timberlake
153
152
152
150
153
Top 50 Albums to end, 3rd Quarter 2013
1
2
3
1
3
2
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
4
5
7
12
16
6
23
8
24
11
15
9
13
30
21
14
29
17
25
10
19
18
-
Our Version Of Events - Emeli Sande
Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars
Les Miserables - Motion Picture Cast
Recording
Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg
18 Months - Calvin Harris
Babel - Mumford & Sons
To Be Loved - Michael Buble
Time - Rod Stewart
The Truth About Love - Pink
All The Little Lights - Passenger
Bad Blood - Bastille
Home - Rudimental
Right Place Right Time - Olly Murs
Halcyon - Ellie Goulding
The 20/20 Experience - Justin Timberlake
Take Me Home - One Direction
Night Visions - Imagine Dragons
Graffiti On The Train - Stereophonics
Red - Taylor Swift
Nothing But The Beat - David Guetta
The Lumineers - Lumineers
Random Access Memories - Daft Punk
Unapolagetic - Rihanna
Every Kingdom - Ben Howard
+ - Ed Sheeran
The Impossible Dream - Richard & Adam
637
470
440
437
420
418
390
384
378
377
360
347
316
313
311
284
273
265
264
256
246
243
242
238
236
224
27
28
29
30
22
26
33
34
31
32
33
34
35
36
48
49
20
27
31
36
39
35
28
38
36
46
41
40
32
-
50
43
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
Opposites - Biffy Clyro
Number 3 - The Script
Up All Night - One Direction
The Shocking Miss Emerald - Caro
Emerald
The Next Day - David Bowie
Settle - Disclosure
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
An Awesome Wave - Alt-J
Long Way Down - Tom Odell
Born To Die - Lana Del Rey
Magna Carta Holy Grail - Jay-Z
Sigh No More - Mumford & Sons
21 - Adele
Fall To Grace - Paloma Faith
Holy Fire - Foals
Paramore - Paramore
The Heist - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
English Rain - Gabrielle Aplin
In A Perfect World - Kodaline
Doo-Wops & Hooligans - Bruno Mars
Greatest Hits - Bon Jovi
Some Nights - Fun
My Head Is An Animal - Of Monsters &
Men
Grrr - The Rolling Stones
217
183
182
179
178
177
170
169
168
167
167
162
150
147
146
145
142
140
137
134
134
133
127
120
Highest Scorers in the 3rd Quarter
Acts
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Avicii
Pharrell Williams
Robin Thicke
Ellie Goulding
Passenger
Arctic Monkeys
Justin Timberlake
Jay-Z
TI
John Newman
Singles
559
460
448
441
378
365
328
326
320
318
1
2
3
5
7
8
9
10
Wake Me Up - Avicii
Blurred Lines - Robin
Thicke/TI/Pharrell
Burn - Ellie Goulding
Love Me Again - John
Newman
Roar - Katy Perry
Summertime Sadness Lana Del Rey vs Cedric
Gervais
We Can't Stop - Miley
Cyrus
I Love It - Icona Pop feat
Charli XCX
La La La - Naughty Boy
feat Sam Smith
Let Her Go - Passenger
Albums
441
320
1
2
290
290
204
204
198
3
4
5
6
7
8
191
9
180
10
168
The Impossible Dream Richard & Adam
All The Little Lights Passenger
Time - Rod Stewart
To Be Loved - Michael
Buble
Home - Rudimental
Magna Carta Holy Grail Jay-Z
Babel - Mumford & Sons
Night Visions - Imagine
Dragons
Long Way Down - Tom
Odell
Bad Blood - Bastille
224
209
189
185
180
167
150
141
130
118