promise to try Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 the most surprising song on the list for me is Dear jessie, it was really a big hit in the UK!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hafo Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 we should make a separate thread for this.... There is already one Look at the pinned threads at the top of the page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braby Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 What I find interesting is True Blue's high placing. Although I'm still suprised Beautiful Stranger sold as much as it did, it's understandable as there was no parent album to take away from its sales. But True Blue, the third single from an album where the two previous singles were major hits, is remarkable. Don't forget that Holiday's sales are a culmination of THREE seperate chart placings (the original and the two subsequent re-releases). And no matter what anyone says, 4 Minutes really was a bona-fide SUCCESS. To rank that high in the diminishing sales climate of 2008 with little promotion is a real achievement. On the programme Paul Gambaccini remarked that Like A Prayer was her "imperial album", where no matter what she released would have been a massive success. Hard Candy though, he said, was her "holding album", neither good or a disaster and simply "held her position" as a relevant chart act and kept interest in her as a major touring act. He said it wasn't an encouraging sign for the sound of future albums. Whilst Madonna's Top Ten biggest-sellers are in now way a definitive overview of her career, at least the entries prove Madonna has been a big-seller over a 25-year-time-span and not just at the beginning of her career. The Top Ten includes her earliest throw-away hits (Holiday, ITG), her position as the biggest act in the world (PDP, True Blue), her critically-acclaimed masterpieces (LAP), her first foray into electronica (ROL, BS) and her most culturally resonant track of this decade (Hung Up). Poor Michael Jackson's Top Ten is no way as reflective of his legacy. His top two biggest-sellers, as revealed by Radio 2, are Ben and Earth Song. Heal The World and You Are Not Alone are also in the Top Ten over his more iconic tracks such as Beat It, Rock With You, The Way You Make Me Feel, Thriller etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtzlplk Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 and people say the USA has bad taste in music! well, 4M is higher than Low, the #1 digital song in the US, EVER... that's gotta count for something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtzlplk Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 What I find interesting is True Blue's high placing. Although I'm still suprised Beautiful Stranger sold as much as it did, it's understandable as there was no parent album to take away from its sales. But True Blue, the third single from an album where the two previous singles were major hits, is remarkable. Don't forget that Holiday's sales are a culmination of THREE seperate chart placings (the original and the two subsequent re-releases). i think most people here hate TB, the single, because of the video which they say is awful... TRUE BLUE's UK chart achievement is indeed remarkable, look how it is lumped in there with 1st album releases and soundtrack cuts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fak Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 dear jessie was released in december and it went 9-7-5-5-5 i believe before a big drop.... the most surprising song on the list for me is Dear jessie, it was really a big hit in the UK!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fak Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 TB bigger than Vogue LOL...... i think most people here hate TB, the single, because of the video which they say is awful... TRUE BLUE's UK chart achievement is indeed remarkable, look how it is lumped in there with 1st album releases and soundtrack cuts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fak Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Both Jackson and Madonna lists are full of surprises. CFY was aslo re-released. I find it funny in a way that 2 of her longest running no1's are lower down the list. Actually singles sales are healthy - they have increased overall - more have sold over 250,000 than the last few years. 4mins is a success theres no doubt about that. 4 weeks at no1, top 10 of the year.....all good.. I would disagree that HC held her position - it definitely lowered it. Will madonna scrap albums for touring? What I find interesting is True Blue's high placing. Although I'm still suprised Beautiful Stranger sold as much as it did, it's understandable as there was no parent album to take away from its sales. But True Blue, the third single from an album where the two previous singles were major hits, is remarkable. Don't forget that Holiday's sales are a culmination of THREE seperate chart placings (the original and the two subsequent re-releases). And no matter what anyone says, 4 Minutes really was a bona-fide SUCCESS. To rank that high in the diminishing sales climate of 2008 with little promotion is a real achievement. On the programme Paul Gambaccini remarked that Like A Prayer was her "imperial album", where no matter what she released would have been a massive success. Hard Candy though, he said, was her "holding album", neither good or a disaster and simply "held her position" as a relevant chart act and kept interest in her as a major touring act. He said it wasn't an encouraging sign for the sound of future albums. Whilst Madonna's Top Ten biggest-sellers are in now way a definitive overview of her career, at least the entries prove Madonna has been a big-seller over a 25-year-time-span and not just at the beginning of her career. The Top Ten includes her earliest throw-away hits (Holiday, ITG), her position as the biggest act in the world (PDP, True Blue), her critically-acclaimed masterpieces (LAP), her first foray into electronica (ROL, BS) and her most culturally resonant track of this decade (Hung Up). Poor Michael Jackson's Top Ten is no way as reflective of his legacy. His top two biggest-sellers, as revealed by Radio 2, are Ben and Earth Song. Heal The World and You Are Not Alone are also in the Top Ten over his more iconic tracks such as Beat It, Rock With You, The Way You Make Me Feel, Thriller etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Danny86 Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Will madonna scrap albums for touring? Check the US chart thread to see why *everyone* will scrap albums soon for singles & touring... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fak Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 This must be the offocial list of 2008 singles - did madonna make it in? http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles2008.shtml 1 2 Alexandra Burke Hallelujah (Syco Music) 2 9 X Factor Finalists Hero (Syco Music) 3 46 Duffy Mercy (A&M) 4 21 Katy Perry I Kissed A Girl (Virgin) 5 55 Nickelback Rockstar (Roadrunner) 6 41 Estelle Ft Kanye West American Boy (Atlantic/Homeschool) 7 16 Kings Of Leon Sex On Fire (Hand Me Down) 8 52 Basshunter ft DJ Mental Theo Now You're Gone (Hard2beat) 9 41 Madonna ft Justin Timberlake 4 Minutes (Warner Bros) 10 40 Sam Sparro Black & Gold (Island) 11 46 Flo Rida ft T-Pain Low (Atlantic) 12 26 Dizzee Rascal/Harris/Chrome Dance Wiv Me (Dirtee Stank) 13 4 Leona Lewis Run (Syco Music) 14 13 Pink So What (Laface) 15 32 Ne-Yo Closer (Def Jam) 16 8 Beyonce If I Were A Boy (Columbia) 17 10 Girls Aloud The Promise (Fascination) 18 21 Rihanna Disturbia (Def Jam) 19 25 Kid Rock All Summer Long (Atlantic) 20 33 Rihanna Take A Bow (Def Jam) 21 29 Jordin Sparks ft Chris Brown No Air (Jive) 22 51 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos Superstar (Atlantic) 23 33 Ting Tings That's Not My Name (Columbia) 24 9 Katy Perry Hot N Cold (Virgin) 25 53 Rihanna Don't Stop The Music (Def Jam) 26 31 Coldplay Viva La Vida (Parlophone) 27 41 Gabriella Cilmi Sweet About Me (Universal) 28 50 Adele Chasing Pavements (Xl Recordings) 29 22 Script The Man Who Can't Be Moved (Phonogenic) 30 46 H Two O ft Platnum What's It Gonna Be (Hard2beat) 31 34 Duffy Warwick Avenue (A&M) 32 37 Will I Am ft Cheryl Cole Heartbreaker (Interscope) 33 39 Usher ft Young Jeezy Love In This Club (Laface) 34 8 Britney Spears Womanizer (Jive) 35 36 Wiley Wearing My Rolex (Asylum) 36 38 September Cry For You (Hard2beat) 37 7 Killers Human (Vertigo) 38 43 Leona Lewis Better In Time/Footprints In The Sand (Syco Music) 39 7 TI ft Rihanna Live Your Life (Atlantic) 40 49 Chris Brown With You (Jive) IM GOB SMACKED - NO TAKE THAT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fak Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/albums2008.shtml she did well in the first list now what about albums? 1 (43) Duffy Rockferry (A&M) 2 (4) Take That The Circus (Polydor) 3 (14) Kings Of Leon Only By The Night (Hand Me Down) 4 (59) Leona Lewis Spirit (Syco Music) 5 (29) Coldplay Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends (Parlophone) 6 (82) Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad (Def Jam) 7 (5) Killers Day & Age (Vertigo) 8 (8) Girls Aloud Out Of Control (Fascination) 9 (9) Pink Funhouse (Laface) 10 (60) Scouting For Girls Scouting For Girls (Epic) 11 (52) Nickelback All The Right Reasons (Roadrunner) 12 (20) Script The Script (Phonogenic) 13 (7) Stereophonics Best Of - Decade In The Sun (V2) 14 (56) Amy Winehouse Back To Black - The Deluxe Edition (Island) 15 (12) Oasis Dig Out Your Soul (Big Brother) 16 (48) Adele 19 (XL Recordings) 17 (7) Il Divo The Promise (Syco Music) 18 (9) Snow Patrol A Hundred Million Suns (Fiction) 19 (282) Abba Gold - Greatest Hits (Polydor) 20 (8) Celine Dion My Love - The Essential Collection (Sony Bmg) 21 (73) Amy Macdonald This Is The Life (Vertigo) 22 (5) Priests The Priests (Epic) 23 (32) Ting Tings We Started Nothing (Columbia) 24 (14) Ne-Yo Year Of The Gentleman (Def Jam) 25 (10) AC/DC Black Ice (Columbia) 26 (99) Mika Life In Cartoon Motion (Casablanca/Island) 27 (59) Michael Buble Call Me Irresponsible - Special Edition (Reprise) 28 (33) Neil Diamond Home Before Dark (Columbia) 29 (5) Rhydian Rhydian (Syco Music) 30 (13) Will Young Let It Go (19/Rca) 31 (7) Enrique Iglesias Greatest Hits (Interscope) 32 (52) Chris Brown Exclusive (Jive) 33 (109) Take That Beautiful World (Polydor) 34 (60) Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raising Sand (Decca/Rounder) 35 (41) Elbow The Seldom Seen Kid (Fiction) 36 (35) Madonna Hard Candy (Warner Bros) 37 (13) Bette Midler The Best Bette (Rhino) 38 (5) Beyonce I Am Sasha Fierce (Columbia) 39 (8) Sash The Best Of (Hard2beat) 40 (5) Seal Soul (Warner Bros) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promise to try Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 well, she didn´t do it that well in the albums...but I´m surprised that Seal´s album is really selling a lot in the UK, and enrique Iglesias´album too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hafo Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Midweeks - Dec 30 SINGLES 1 Alexandra Burke (29k) 2 Leona Lewis (10.1k) 3 Beyonce (8.1k) 4 Kings Of Leon 5 James Morrison Top 10 Katy Perry Killers Britney Spears Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire Top 15 T.I. / Rihanna Beyonce - SL Akon Alesha Dixon Top 20 Lady Gaga (3.2k) Guru Josh Project Pussycat Dolls ALBUMS 1 Take That (16.4k) 2 Kings Of Leon (13.8k) 3 Girls Aloud - The Sound Of (11k) It's on sale for £3 in some places and apparently cheaper online! 4 Killers 5 Leona Lewis Top 10 Duffy Stereophonics Script Rihanna Top 15 Elbow N-Dubz Britney Spears Katy Perry Top 20 Ne-Yo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braby Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Midweeks - Dec 30 ALBUMS 3 Girls Aloud - The Sound Of (11k) It's on sale for £3 in some places and apparently cheaper online! :lmao: How RANDOM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolidayGuy Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Didn't Music Week publish all of her singles sales recently? Digital sales were lumped in, as well. Or maybe it was Vh-1, but coulda sworn it was MW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fak Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 this madonna top 30 does not include digital sales? Didn't Music Week publish all of her singles sales recently? Digital sales were lumped in, as well. Or maybe it was Vh-1, but coulda sworn it was MW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexz Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 1 Rockferry - Duffy * 1,684,944 2 The Circus - Take That * 1,446,135 3 Only by the Night - Kings of Leon * 1,181,641 4 Spirit - Leona Lewis * 1,108,369 5 Viva la Vida or Death and all his Friends - Coldplay 1,089,000 6 Good Girl Gone Bad - Rihanna 819,000 7 Day & Age - The Killers 693,000 8 Out of Control - Girls Aloud * 591,786 9 Funhouse - Pink * 587,983 10 Scouting for Girls - Scouting for Girls 575,000 11 All the Right Reasons - Nickelback 568,000 12 The Script - The Script 542,000 13 Decade in the Sun - Best of - Stereophonics 528,000 14 Back to Black (Deluxe Edition) - Amy Winehouse 523,000 15 Dig Out Your Soul - Oasis 500,000 16 19 - Adele 479,000 17 The Promise - Il Divo 468,000 18 A Hundred Million Suns - Snow Patrol 424,000 19 Gold - Greatest Hits - Abba 409,000 20 My Love - The Essential Collection - Celine Dion 398,000 21 This is the Life - Amy MacDonald 393,000 22 The Priests - Priests 391,000 23 We Started Nothing - The Ting Tings 378,000 24 Year of the Gentleman - Ne-Yo 371,000 25 Black Ice - AC/DC 370,500 26 Life in Cartoon Motion - Mika 363,000 27 Call me Irresponsible (Special Edition) - Michael Bublé 354,000 28 Home Before Dark - Neil Diamond 349,000 29 Rhydian - Rhydian 347,000 30 Let it Go - Will Young 343,000 31 Greatest Hits - Enrique Iglesias 339,000 32 Exclusive - Chris Brown 335,000 33 Beautiful World - Take That 331,000 34 Raising Sand - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 328,000 35 The Seldom seen Kid - Elbow 325,000 36 Hard Candy - Madonna 323,000 37 The Best Bette - Bette Midler 312,000 38 I am Sasha Fierce - Beyoncé * 311,734 39 The Best of - Sash 297,000 40 Soul - Seal 292,500 41 Chinese Democracy - Guns n Roses 292,000 42 Uncle B - N-Dubz 290,500 43 Jumping all Over the World - Scooter 290,000 44 25 The Greatest Hits - Simply Red 277,000 45 Now You're Gone - The Album - Basshunter 271,000 46 Version - Mark Ronson 265,000 47 One of the Boys - Katy Perry 261,000 48 Dreaming Out Loud - One Republic 259,000 49 Perfect Symmetry - Keane 255,000 50 Hand Built by Robots - Newton Faulkner 250,500 51 Songs for You, Thuths for Me - James Morrison 248,000 52 Never Forget - Take That 246,000 53 Death Magnetic - Metallica 240,000 54 Sacred Arias - Katherine Jenkins 239,000 55 Thriller 25 - Michael Jackson 238,000 56 Konk - The Kooks 235,000 57 Back to Black - Amy Winehouse 234,000 58 Back again .. No Matter What - Boyzone 230,500 59 The Trick to Life - Hoosiers 229,500 60 Frank - Amy Winehouse 228,000 61 Circus - Britney Spears 225,500 62 22 Dreams - Paul Weller 225,300 63 Forth - The Verve 222,500 64 And Winter Came - Enya 222,000 65 Oracular Spectacular - MGMT 221,300 66 Because of the Times - Kings of Leon 221,000 67 The Best of - Neil Diamond 218,000 68 Lessons to be Learned - Gabriella Cilmi 216,500 69 Sleep through the Static - Jack Johnson 215,000 70 The Age of the Understatement - Last Shadow Puppets 208,000 71 (Budget) Tangled Up - Girls Aloud 206,000 72 Pictures - 40 Years of Hits - Status Quo 202,000 73 In Silico - Pendulum 200,000 74 A Guide to Love Loss & Desparation - The Wombats 194,000 75 Join with Us - The Feeling 193,900 76 In Rainbows - Radiohead 192,500 77 Vivere - The Best of - Andrea Bocelli 192,000 78 Safe Trip Home - Dido 191,800 79 (Budget) Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits - Westlife 191,300 80 Here I Stand - Usher 189,500 81 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend 189,300 82 All the Lost Souls - James Blunt 187,000 83 Shock Value - Timbaland 186,000 84 Made of Bricks - Kate Nash 183,000 85 Mamma Mia - Origional Cast Recording 182,500 86 Seventh Tree - Goldfrapp 177,000 87 Melody - Sharleen Spiteri 175,000 88 Dark Horse - Nickelback 174,500 89 Some Guys Have all the Luck - Rod Stewart 173,000 90 Voices of the Valley - Home - From Male Voice Choir 171,000 91 Breakout - Miley Cyrus 170,000 92 Only Men Aloud - Only Men Aloud 169,500 93 Perfect Day - Cascada 168,000 94 Echos, Silence, Patience & Grace - Foo Fighters 166,000 95 We'll Live & Die in these Towns - The Enemy 164,000 96 Yours Truly Angry Mob - Kaiser Chiefs 161,500 97 Robyn - Robyn 161,000 98 King of Pop - Michael Jackson 160,500 99 Eyes Open - Snow Patrol 160,000 100 X - Kylie Minogue 159,000 From Buzzjack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iasonas Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 http://www.apple.com/euro/itunes/charts/top10songs.html How Lady GaGa is suddenly no1 on the UK i-tunes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Bitch Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I chanced upon that Radio 2 show from the top 20 onwards and it really was excellent. I had no idea Frozen was inspired by The English Patient - I'd never heard that clip and wondered if it was an outtake from the Mark Goodier interview she did in February 1998. The biggest unfathomable about Madonna's UK sales is that Vogue is so low down - LAP etc can be explained by its parent album being a big hit but it wasn't the case with I'm Breathless. I often wonder if it was due to the fact that the US maxi was readily available for £5.00 (£1.00 more than the UK CD single) and had a much better track list, so people were buying that and it didn't count towards the chart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Lecter Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 You know QB,i thought the same thing, the UK CD single for Vogue was rubbish, the MAXI was FAB I have yet to hear this show, its still in iplayer for a couple of days, ill listen to it later, its a shame its not as a podcast. Any other interetsing notes ? OT: I remember when ROL was released they did that Madonna Sunday, that was excellent, where they played clips of her interviews along with classics and the new album tracks, i was out driving that day, i was in my car for ages listening to it, back in the days of not having the net and leaks etc, hearing the ROL single for the first time was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Bitch Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Any other interetsing notes ? Some very pro-Madonna quotes without being arse lickers. Someone said that Confessions was Madonna realising she needed a number 1 after the AL catasthrope and she pulled it off adroitly. Paul Gambaccinni had a realistic take on Hard Candy - he said it wasn't a disaster but it suggested that she no longer had her pulse on what's current - which is what has always been the key reason she's stayed on top. I think it's too early to say that - I'm hoping that HC was Madonna wanting to fulfil her contract and took an unispired route to expedite it. The thing that pisses me off about these shows though is that they get so many of their facts wrong - Music was her 12th UK number 1 and a few other anomalies which I can't remember right now. I too remember that Madonna Sunday and went BALLISTIC when I heard ROL for the first time - I was playing ROL and DW/SFL all day after taping them - it was the day that I knew she was officially BACK ON TOP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Lecter Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I have an INKLING that HC may have been her just doing what she can to get one last album out, and saving her creative juices for her first album with LN It is refreshing when you hear or see a documentary about her which concentrates on the music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hafo Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 UK Charts Jan 4 Albums 1. (1) THE CIRCUS (Take That) 5 wks 2. (3) ONLY BY THE NIGHT (Kings Of Leon) 15 wks 3. (6) ROCKFERRY (Duffy) 44 wks 4. (2) SPIRIT (Leona Lewis) 51 wks 5. (4) DAY & AGE (Killers) 6 wks 6. (45) THE SOUND OF - THE GREATEST HITS (Girls Aloud) 25 wks 7. (7) DECADE IN THE SUN: BEST OF (Stereophonics) 8 wks 8. (12) THE SCRIPT (Script) 21 wks 9. (8) I AM…SASHA FIERCE (Beyoncé) 7 wks 10. (5) OUT OF CONTROL (Girls Aloud) 9 wks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroco Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I chanced upon that Radio 2 show from the top 20 onwards and it really was excellent. I had no idea Frozen was inspired by The English Patient - I'd never heard that clip and wondered if it was an outtake from the Mark Goodier interview she did in February 1998. The biggest unfathomable about Madonna's UK sales is that Vogue is so low down - LAP etc can be explained by its parent album being a big hit but it wasn't the case with I'm Breathless. I often wonder if it was due to the fact that the US maxi was readily available for £5.00 (£1.00 more than the UK CD single) and had a much better track list, so people were buying that and it didn't count towards the chart. The early 90s were a very low sales period for singles. It was before when CD singles took off and 7" were becoming less popular. The top singles of 1990 all sold around 500000 and total weekly sales for singles fell below 1 million on average. I also recall NKOTB having a very low selling number 1 with Hang Tough. This is why Vogue did not sell more as otherwise it was a massive song in 1990. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promise to try Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Singles: 1 1 3 Alexandra Burke Hallelujah 2 2 5 Leona Lewis Run* NPR 3 N 1 Lady Gaga Just Dance* 4 3 9 Beyonce If I Were A Boy 5 4 6 James Morrison feat. Nelly Furtado Broken Strings 6 5 15 Kings of Leon Use Somebody 7 9 15 Katy Perry Hot N Cold 8 10 8 The Killers Human 9 11 9 Britney Spears Womanizer 10 6 6 Take That Greatest Day 11 12 17 Kings of Leon Sex On Fire 12 16 8 T.I feat. Rihanna Live Your Life 13 17 9 Alesha Dixon The Boy Does Nothing 14 18 7 Beyonce Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)* A/T 15 14 11 Girls Aloud The Promise 16 13 12 Akon Right Now 17 15 15 Pink So What 18 21 11 The Guru Josh Project Infinity 2008 19 22 23 Katy Perry I Kissed A Girl 20 23 10 Pussycat Dolls I Hate This Part 21 26 12 The Script Break Even 22 7 11 Jeff Buckley Hallelujah 23 N 1 Sugababes No Can Do 24 27 2 50 Cent Get Up* NPR 25 24 3 Rihanna feat. Justin Timberlake Rehab* A/T 26 20 10 X Factor Finalists Hero 27 36 4 The Saturdays Issues* 28 28 15 Kanye West Love Lockdown 29 35 12 The Saturdays Up 30 31 26 Rihanna Disturbia* A/T 31 50 24 Dizzee Rascal Feat. Calvin Harris & Chrome Dance Wiv Me 32 32 8 Duffy Rain On Your Parade 33 44 29 Coldplay Viva La Vida* A/T 34 30 13 Beyonce Listen 35 34 24 The Script The Man Who Can't Be Moved 36 37 4 Ne-Yo Mad* 37 65 15 MGMT Kids 38 38 6 Kanye West Heartless* A/T 39 46 3 Girls Aloud The Loving Kind* 40 56 2 Kevin Rudolf feat. Lil Wayne Let It Rock 41 63 25 The Ting Tings That's Not My Name 42 33 7 N-Dubz Papa Can You Hear Me 43 48 5 Britney Spears Circus* A/T 44 42 40 Duffy Mercy 45 49 56 Take That Rule The World 46 R 35 Sam Sparro Black & Gold 47 51 16 Jennifer Hudson Spotlight* NPR 48 39 14 Kardinal Offishall feat. Akon Dangerous 49 40 18 Ne-Yo Miss Independent* NPR 50 55 11 Sash! feat. Stunt Raindrops (Encore Une Fois) 51 62 10 Kaiser Chiefs Never Miss A Beat 52 47 16 Pussycat Dolls When I Grow Up 53 52 13 Miley Cyrus 7 Things 54 41 5 Wiley Feat. Daniel Merriweather Cash In My Pocket 55 8 3 Geraldine Once Upon A Christmas Song 56 43 3 Basshunter I Miss You 57 58 15 Sugababes Girls 58 53 4 Snow Patrol Crack The Shutters 59 67 19 Madcon Beggin 60 57 3 Paramore Decode* NPR 61 R 4 Jason Mraz I'm Yours 62 66 31 Ne-Yo Closer 63 R 22 The Ting Tings Shut Up And Let Me Go 64 54 2 N-Dubz Strong Again* A/T 65 R 1 Pink Sober* 66 29 5 Gabriella Cilmi Warm This Winter* NPR 67 R 32 Estelle feat. Kanye West American Boy 68 60 9 Leona Lewis Forgive Me 69 R 39 Flo-Rida feat. T-Pain Low 70 R 14 Gym Class Heroes feat. The Dream Cookie Jar 71 64 5 Boyzone Better 72 R 23 Kid Rock All Summer Long 73 R 6 Snow Patrol Run 74 75 28 Duffy Warwick Avenue 75 R 12 Basshunter Angel In The Night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promise to try Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Albums: 1 1 5 Take That The Circus 2 3 15 Kings of Leon Only By The Night 3 6 44 Duffy Rockferry 4 2 51 Leona Lewis Spirit 5 4 6 The Killers Day & Age 6 45 25 Girls Aloud The Sound Of - Greatest Hits 7 7 8 Stereophonics A Decade In The Sun - Best Of 8 12 21 The Script The Script 9 8 7 Beyonce I Am Sasha Fierce 10 5 9 Girls Aloud Out Of Control 11 47 36 Elbow The Seldom Seen Kid 12 20 83 Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad 13 48 35 MGMT Oracular Spectacular 14 25 15 Katy Perry One Of The Boys 15 14 7 N-Dubz Uncle B 16 10 10 Pink FunHouse 17 16 10 Snow Patrol A Hundred Million Suns 18 21 5 Britney Spears Circus 19 26 16 Ne-Yo Year Of The Gentleman 20 54 15 Michael Jackson King Of Pop 21 13 10 Celine Dion My Love: Essential Collection 22 11 6 The Priests The Priests 23 18 6 Rhydian Roberts Rhydian 24 30 14 James Morrison Songs For You, Truths For Me 25 15 8 Seal Soul 26 59 29 The Ting Tings We Started Nothing 27 24 11 Sash! The Best Of 28 19 9 Enrique Iglesias Greatest Hits 29 27 15 Bette Midler The Best Of Bette 30 72 85 Take That Beautiful World 31 36 5 Akon Freedom 32 23 13 Oasis Dig Out Your Soul 33 9 8 Il Divo The Promise 34 53 34 Abba Gold - Greatest Hits 35 R 1 Jason Mraz We Sing We Dance We Steal Things 36 41 30 Coldplay Viva La Vida 37 35 12 Boyzone Back Again...No Matter What 38 28 6 Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy 39 R 28 Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend 40 22 5 Josh Groban A Collection 41 R 8 Glasvegas Glasvegas 42 17 7 Simply Red Greatest Hits 25 43 58 42 Chris Brown Exclusive 44 R 9 McFly Greatest Hits 45 31 6 Only Men Aloud Only Men Aloud 46 44 6 Kanye West 808s & Heartbreaks 47 69 80 Amy Winehouse Back To Black 48 64 43 Kate Nash Made Of Bricks 49 R 15 Paul Weller 22 Dreams 50 63 66 Scouting For Girls Scouting For Girls 51 R 87 Pink I'm Not Dead 52 R 42 Adele 19 53 34 11 AC/ DC Black Ice 54 R 11 Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes 55 39 7 Nickelback Dark Horse 56 51 18 Miley Cyrus Breakout 57 R 9 Seasick Steve I Started Out With Nothin' And Still Got Most Of It Left 58 R 4 Bloc Party Intimacy 59 33 14 Will Young Let It Go 60 49 12 Keane Perfect Symmetry 61 R 6 Rolling Stones Shine A Light 62 43 5 Same Difference Pop 63 R 5 The Saturdays Chasing Lights 64 R 24 Original Cast Recording Mamma Mia 65 R 23 Pendulum In Silico 66 73 3 Fall Out Boy Folie A Deux 67 R 11 Sugababes Overloaded - The Singles Collection 68 32 8 Enya And Winter Came 69 R 45 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raising Sand 70 R 26 Gabriella Cilmi Lessons To Be Learned 71 R 46 Nickelback All The Right Reasons 72 R 56 Kings of Leon Because Of The Times 73 70 11 Kaiser Chiefs Off With Their Heads 74 42 7 Dido Safe Trip Home 75 R 14 Russell Watson The Voice - The Ultimate Collection source:Buzz jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Danny86 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 20 54 15 Michael Jackson King Of Pop Oh dear Lord, why??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fak Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 NKOTB were no1 with Hangin Tough in Jan 1990 for 2 weeks - a traditionally low period for single sale and then knocked off by Kylie Tears On My Pillow. In the early 90's we had Unchained melody, Everything I do, Im too sexy and so many more. Vogue was a top 10 seller in 1990 The early 90s were a very low sales period for singles. It was before when CD singles took off and 7" were becoming less popular. The top singles of 1990 all sold around 500000 and total weekly sales for singles fell below 1 million on average. I also recall NKOTB having a very low selling number 1 with Hang Tough. This is why Vogue did not sell more as otherwise it was a massive song in 1990. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fak Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 will this overtake 4 mins? their sales are both very close. 46 R 35 Sam Sparro Black & Gold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fak Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Maybe there was a slight backlash against Madonna because of the LAP video. Controversey must have put some people off. I chanced upon that Radio 2 show from the top 20 onwards and it really was excellent. I had no idea Frozen was inspired by The English Patient - I'd never heard that clip and wondered if it was an outtake from the Mark Goodier interview she did in February 1998. The biggest unfathomable about Madonna's UK sales is that Vogue is so low down - LAP etc can be explained by its parent album being a big hit but it wasn't the case with I'm Breathless. I often wonder if it was due to the fact that the US maxi was readily available for £5.00 (£1.00 more than the UK CD single) and had a much better track list, so people were buying that and it didn't count towards the chart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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