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29th November 2009 Chart Summary

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

New Entries in this week’s Top 100 are (New Entry in Brackets):

Lady Gaga – Telephone (30)
Susan Boyle – I Dreamed A Dream (37)
Rihanna – Wait Your Turn (45)
Mariah Carey – Obsessed (62)
Lady Gaga – Monster (68)
La Roux – Bulletproof (RE) (69)
Mika – Rain (72)
Lady Gaga – Alejandro (75)
Ian Carey Project – Get Shaky (RE) (77)
Eric Clapton – Wonderful Tonight (81)
Lady Gaga – So Happy I Could Die (84)
Lady Gaga – Dance In The Dark (89)
Sean Kingston – Fire Burning (RE) (95)
The Saturdays – Ego (96)
Mumford & Sons – Winter Wind (99)

In the album chart Britain’s Got Talent runner up Susan Boyle knocks Leona Lewis off the top spot with her debut album “I Dreamed A Dream” entering straight at Number 1.

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UK Top 20 Singles: 29th November 2009

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

TW LW Artist Title
01 – (18) – Peter Kay’s Animated All Stars – The Official BBC Children In Need Medley
02 – (01) – X Factor Finalists 2009 – You Are Not Alone
03 – (03) – Jason Derulo – Whatcha Say
04 – (02) – Black Eyed Peas – Meet Me Halfway
05 – (08) – Lady Gaga – Bad Romance
06 – (NE) – Rihanna – Russian Roulette
07 – (07) – Ke$ha – Tik Tok
08 – (05) – Cheryl Cole – Fight For This Love
09 – (NE) – Susan Boyle – Wild Horses
10 – (04) – Leona Lewis – Happy
11 – (06) – JLS – Everybody In Love
12 – (12) – Jay Sean & Lil Wayne – Down
13 – (09) – N-Dubz – I Need You
14 – (10) – Britney Spears – 3
15 – (24) – Michael Buble – Haven’t Met You Yet
16 – (20) – Pixie Lott – Cry Me Out
17 – (14) – Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
18 – (11) – Alexandra Burke & Flo Rida – Bad Boys
19 – (NE) – Mariah Carey – I Want To Know What Love Is
20 – (16) – Florence & The Machine – You’ve Got The Love

Chart Information is supplied by BBC Radio 1 in conjunction with The Official Charts Company.

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Top 100 Best Albums of The 00′s – Part 4

Friday, November 27th, 2009

And finally here is the Top 25

1 – Radiohead Kid A
2 – Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
3 – Radiohead – In Rainbows
4 – Outkast – Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
5 – Britney Spears – Blackout
6 – The Strokes – Is This It
7 – Richard Hawley – Coles Corner
8 – The White Stripes – Elephant
9 – Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – Raising Sand
10 – Elbow – The Seldom Seen Kid
11 – Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare
12 – The Streets – Original Pirate Material
13 – Kanye West – The College Dropout
14 – Hot Chip – Made In The Dark
15 – Bonnie Prince Billy – The Letting Go
16 – Goldfrapp – Felt Mountain
17 – Coldplay – Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
18 – M.I.A. – Kala
19 – Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
20 – The Good, The Bad & The Queen – The Good, The Bad & The Queen
21 – LCD Soundsystem – LCD Soundsystem
22 – Bruce Springsteen – Magic
23 – Lily Allen – Alright Still
24 – Burial – Untrue
25 – Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

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Top 100 Best Albums Of The 00′s – Part 3

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Here are numbers 26 – 50

26 – Joanna Newsom – Ys
27 – Dizzee Rascal – Maths & English
28 – Cat Power The Greatest
29 – Madonna – Confessions On A Dance Floor
30 – Mos Def – The Ecstatic
31 – The White Stripes – White Blood Cells
32 – Justin TImberlake – Justified
33 – Lambchop – Nixon
34 – P.J. Harvey – Songs From The City, Songs From The Sea
35 – Arcade Fire – Funeral
36 – The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
37 – Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not
38 – Bob Dylan – Love & Theft
39 – Field Music – Field Music
40 – Roots Manuva – Run Come Save Me
41 – The Go! Team – Thunder, Lightning, Strike
42 – Brian Wilson – Smile
43 – Broadcast – Tender Buttons
44 – Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
45 – Jamie T – Panic Prevention
46 – David Bowie – Reality
47 – Gorillaz – Demon Days
48 – Beck – The Information
49 – The Libertines – Up The Bracket
50 – Beth Gibbons & Rustin’ Man – Out Of Season

27.11.2009 Misc. Charts 1 Comment

Top 100 Best Albums Of The 00′s – Part 2

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Here are Numbers 51 – 75

51 – Amadou & Mariam – Dimanche a Bamako
52 – Bruce Springsteen – We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
53 – Paolo Conte – Elegia
54 – Ryan Adams – 29
55 – The Futureheads – The Futureheads
56 – Kaiser Chiefs – Employment
57 – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus
58 – Missy Elliott – Miss E … So Addictive
59 – Take That – Beautiful World
60 – Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
61 – Jill Scott – Who Is Jill Scott?
62 – Girls Aloud – Tangled Up
63 – Air – 10,000Hz Legend
64 – Muse – Black Holes & Revelations
65 – Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters
66 – Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
67 – Jay Z – The Blueprint
68 – Bjork – Vespertine
69 – The Prodigy – Invaders Must Die
70 – The Lilac Time – Looking For A Day In The Night
71 – Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head
72 – Fever Ray – Fever Ray
73 – Circulus – A Lick On The Tip Of An Envelope Yet To Be Sent
74 – The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldiers
75 – Al Green – Lay It Down

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Top 100 Best Albums of The 00′s – Part 1

Friday, November 27th, 2009

On Saturday 21st November The Times newspaper printed what is considered to be the Top 100 Albums of this decade (so far) so if you are sitting comfortably I shall start by putting numbers 76 – 100 ending with the Top 25 best albums.

76 – Speech Debelle – Speech Therapy
77 – The XX – The XX
78 – Paul McCartney – Chaos & Creation In The Backyard
79 – Tinariwen – The Radio Tisdas Sessions
80 – Justice – Cross
81 – The Horrors – Primary Colours
82 – Holy F*** – Holy F***
83 – Friendly Fires – Friendly Fires
84 – Flight Of The Conchords – Flight Of The Conchords
85 – James Yorkston & The Athletes – Just Beyond The River
86 – Boards Of Canada – Geogaddi
87 – Gruff Rhys – Candylion
88 – Saint Etienne – Finisterre
89 – Paul Weller – 22 Dreams
90 – Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream
91 – The Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever To Tell
92 – Kings Of Leon – Youth & Young Manhood
93 – Butcher Boy – React Or Die
94 – F*** Buttons – Tarot Sport
95 – Johnny Cash – American III: Solitary Man
96 – M Ward – The Transfiguration Of Vincent
97 – Lykke Li – Youth Novels
98 – Red Hot Chili Peppers – By The Way
99 – Paul Simon – Surprise
100 – Neil Diamond – 12 Songs

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22nd November 2009 Chart Summary

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

New Entries in this week’s Top 100 are (Entry Number in brackets):

50 Cent & Ne-Yo – Baby By Me (23)
Shakira – Did It Again (26)
Taken By Trees – Sweet Child O’ Mine (38)
Agnes – I Need You Now (40)
Chipmunk & Talay Riley – Look For Me (44)
Ellie Goulding – Under The Sheets (53)
Stereophonics – Innocent (54)
Leona Lewis – Stop Crying Your Heart Out (55)
Paolo Nutini – Last Request (RE) (59)
N-Dubz & Mr Hudson – Playing With Fire (62)
Queen – Who Wants To Live Forever (RE) (63)
Lily Allen – Who’d Have Known (64)
Snow Patrol & Martha Wainwright – Set The Fire To The Third Bar (65)
Take That – Rule The World (RE) (67)
Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You (RE) (77)
Taio Cruz – No Other One (78)
Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now (RE) (82)
Little Boots – Earthquake (84)
The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale Of New York (RE) (85)
Norah Jones – Chasing Pirates (87)
Taylor Swift – Love Story (RE) (88)
Jay Z & Mr Hudson – Young Forever (89)
Guns N Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine (RE) (90)
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (RE) (93)
Arctic Monkeys – Cornerstone (94)
Take That – Greatest Day (RE) (95)

In the album chart this week’s Highest New Entry goes straight to the top of the chart and it is for UK Diva Leona Lewis with her 2nd album “Echo”.

22.11.2009 Chart Summary No Comments

UK Top 20: 22nd November 2009

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

TW LW Artist Title
01 – (NE) – X-Factor Finalist 2009 – You Are Not Alone
02 – (01) – Black Eyed Peas – Meet Me Halfway
03 – (NE) – Jason Derulo – Whatcha Say
04 – (02) – Leona Lewis – Happy
05 – (04) – Cheryl Cole – Fight For This Love
06 – (03) – JLS – Everybody In Love
07 – (06) – Ke$ha – Tik Tol
08 – (11) – Lady Gaga – Bad Romance
09 – (05) – N-Dubz – I Need You
10 – (07) – Britney Spears – 3
11 – (10) – Alexandra Burke & Flo Rida – Bad Boys
12 – (09) – Jay Sean & Lil Wayne – Down
13 – (08) – Sugababes – About A Girl
14 – (14) – Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
15 – (NE) – Alesha Dixon – To Love Again
16 – (27) – Florence & The Machine – You’ve Got The Love
17 – (12) – Jay Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State Of Mind
18 – (NE) – Peter Kay’s Animated All Stars – The Official BBC Children In Need Medley
19 – (16) – Westlife – What About Now
20 – (25) – Pixie Lott – Cry Me Out

Chart Information is supplied by BBC Radio 1 in conjunction with The Official Charts Company.

22.11.2009 UK Top 20 No Comments

15th November 2009 Chart Summary

Sunday, November 15th, 2009

New Entries in this weeks Top 100 are (entry numbers in brackets):

Chartjackers – I Got Nothing (36)
Prince & The Revolution – Purple Rain (62)
Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars (RE) (63)
Will Young – Hopes & Fears (65)
Eminem – Till I Collapse (73)
David Guetta & Estelle – One Love (75)
Muse – Undisclosed Desires (79)
JLS – One Shot (81)
Demi Lovato & Joe Jonas – This Is Me (RE) (88)
Chuckie – Let The Bass Kick (90)
Snow Patrol – Run (RE) (92)
Ultrabeat – Use Somebody (100)

In the album chart, this year’s biggest new act, JLS scored a number 1 with this week’s highest new entry entitled “JLS”.

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UK Top 20: 15th November 2009

Sunday, November 15th, 2009

TW LW Artist Title
01 – (03) – Black Eyed Peas – Meet Me Halfway
02 – (NE) – Leona Lewis – Happy
03 – (01) – JLS – Everybody In Love
04 – (02) – Cheryl Cole – Fight For This Love
05 – (NE) – N-Dubz – I Need You
06 – (06) – Ke$ha – Tik Tok
07 – (NE) – Britney Spears – 3
08 – (NE) – Sugababes – About A Girl
09 – (04) – Jay Sean & Lil Wayne – Down
10 – (05) – Alexandra Burke & Flo Rida – Bad Boys
11 – (10) – Lady Gaga – Bad Romance
12 – (11) – Jay Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State Of Mind
13 – (09) – Chase & Status featurning Plan B – End Credits
14 – (16) – Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
15 – (07) – Michael Buble – Haven’t Met You Yet
16 – (08) – Westlife – What About Now
17 – (NE) – Robbie Williams – You Know Me
18 – (13) – Miley Cyrus – Party In The USA
19 – (14) – Whitney Houston – Million Dollar Bill
20 – (15) – Snow Patrol – Just Say Yes

Chart Information is supplied by BBC Radio 1 in conjunction with The Official Charts Company.

15.11.2009 UK Top 20 4 Comments

8th November 2009 Chart Summary

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

New Entries in this week’s Top 100 ar (entry numbers are in brackets):

Bon Jovi – We Weren’t Born To Follow (25)
Chris Brown & Lil Wayne – I Can Transform Ya (29)
Laura White – You Should Have Known (32)
Pixie Lott – Cry Me Out (45)
Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer (RE) (52)
Pink – I Don’t Believe You (62)
Oasis – Stop Crying Your Heart Out (RE) (71)
Beyonce – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) (RE) (72)
Beyonce – Halo (RE) (74)
Guns n Roses – Sweet Child ‘O Mine (RE) (75)
Foo Fighters – Everlong (RE) (81)
Aerosmith – I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing (RE) (82)
Beyonce – Listen (RE) (84)
Bon Jovi – Always (RE) (87)
Beyonce – If I Were A Boy (RE) (88)
Peter Andre – Unconditional (90)
Jennifer Hudson – And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going (RE) (93)
Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way (RE) (96)
Foo Fighters – The Best Of You (RE) (97)
Leona Lewis – Run (RE) (98)

In the album chart Cheryl Cole remains at the top of the pile with “3 Words” while this week’s Highest New Entry goes to USA Rock Gods Bon Jovi with their new studio album “The Circle” entering at Number 2.

08.11.2009 Chart Summary 3 Comments

UK Top 20: 8th November 2009

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

TW LW Artist Title
01 – (NE) – JLS – Everybody In Love
02 – (01) – Cheryl Cole – Fight For This Love
03 – (06) – Black Eyed Peas – Meet Me Halfway
04 – (03) – Jay Sean & Lil Wayne – Down
05 – (04) – Alexandra Burke & Flo Rida – Bad Boys
06 – (NE) – Ke$ha – Tik Tok
07 – (05) – Michael Buble – Haven’t Met You Yet
08 – (02) – Westlife – What About Now
09 – (NE) – Chase & Status featuring Plan B – End Credits
10 – (14) – Lady Gaga – Bad Romance
11 – (13) – Jay Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State Of Mind
12 – (07) – Chipmunk – Oopsy Daisy
13 – (11) – Miley Cyrus – Party In The USA
14 – (08) – Whitney Houston – Million Dollar Bill
15 – (NE) – Snow Patrol – Just Say Yes
16 – (10) – Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
17 – (28) – Paolo Nutini – Pencil Full Of Lead
18 – (25) – Calvin Harris – Flashback
19 – (NE) – Journey – Don’t Stop Believing
20 – (15) – Tinchy Stryder – You’re Not Alone

Chart Information is supplied by BBC Radio 1 in conjunction with The Official Charts Company.

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November 1986 Yesteryear Chart

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

The UK’s Top 5 Songs From November 1986

1 – Berlin – Take My Breath Away
2 – Kim Wilde – You Keep Me Hanging On
3 – The Bangles – Walk Like An Egyptian
4 – Mel & Kim – Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend)
5 – Status Quo – In The Army Now

The USA Top 2 Songs From November 1986

1 – The Human League – Human
2 – Boston – Amanda
3 – Madonna – True Blue
4 – Bon Jovi – You Give Love A Bad Name
5 – Eddie Money – Take Me Home Tonight

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2009 MTV European Music Awards

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Well last night the 15th annual MTV European Music Awards went back home to the capital city where the 1st awards were held, Berlin. The show was hosted again this year by Katy Perry who had so many different costume changes than I’ve had hot dinners, and some of the clothes she wore were absolutely outrageous. Nuff Said about that.

There were performances from Leona Lewis, Tokio Hotel, Shakira, U2, Jay Z and there was even a rather peculiar tribute to the late Michael Jackson which was introduced by The Jonas Brothers.

The main winner of the show was Beyonce who took home 3 awards (more on that in a mo) but the evening didn’t go without its controvesy. And there was good news for the British acts with wins from Pixie Lott & Placebo

U2 had performed at the place where the Berlin Wall had come down to do a free concert for the event. The controvesy was that they only allowed 10,000 fans to take part in the event and they even erected up a metal fence so no unauthorised fans to “gate crash” the party. Now what’s so controversial about that you might ask, well this year is the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall coming down and some bright spark decided to re-erect a fence up at the same place. Not the best PR decision that’s been made this year, and there were a few Germans who were not happy at the site.

So here is the list of who took home an award this year:

Best Video: Beyonce “Single Ladies”
Best Female: Beyonce
Best Group: Tokio Hotel
Best European Act: maNga
Best Push Artist: Pixie Lott
Best Male: Eminem
Best New Act: Lady Gaga
Best Alternative: Placebo
Best World Stage Performance: Linkin Park
Best Song: Beyonce “Halo”
Best Rock: Green Day
Best Urban: Jay Z
Best Live Act: U2
Best UK & Ireland Act: Pixie Lott

If you want to catch up with what went on then go to the official MTV EMA Site.

06.11.2009 General 1 Comment

1st November 2009 Chart Summary

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

New Entries in this week’s Top 100 are (Entry Numbers in brackets):

Duck Sauce – Anyway (22)
Cheryl Cole & Will I Am (26)
Michael Buble – Cry Me A River (34)
Michael Jackson – Thriller (RE) (43)
Kano – Rock N Roller (44)
Sway – Mercedes-Benz (53)
Ray Parker Jnr – Ghostbusters (RE) (57)
Michael Jackson – Man In The Mirror (RE) (59)
Bobby Boris Picket – Monster Mash (61)
Katherine Jenkins – Bring Me To Life (74)
Michael Buble – Everything (76)
Michael Buble – Lost (77)
Michael Buble – Home/Song For You (80)
Jamie Cullum – I’m All Over It (92)
Evenescence – Bring Me To Life (RE) (97)

In the album chart the teacher certainly showed the pupil who is boss as Chery Cole knocked Alexandra Burke off the top spot, with this week’s highest new entry titled “3 Words” debuting straight at number one.

01.11.2009 Chart Summary No Comments

UK Top 20: 1st November 2009

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

TW LW Artist Title
01 – (01) – Cheryl Cole – Fight For This Love
02 – (NE) – Westlife – What About Now
03 – (NE) – Jay Sean & Lil Wayne – Down
04 – (02) – Alexandra Burke & Flo Rida – Bad Boys
05 – (09) – Michael Buble – Haven’t Met You Yet
06 – (11) – Black Eyed Peas – Meet Me Halfway
07 – (03) – Chipmunk – Oopsy Daisy
08 – (05) – Whitney Houston – Million Dollar Bill
09 – (04) – Robbie Williams – Bodies
10 – (07) – Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
11 – (NE) – Miley Cyrus – Party In The USA
12 – (06) – Taio Cruz – Break Your Heart
13 – (08) – Jay Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State Of Mind
14 – (NE) – Lady Gaga – Bad Romance
15 – (18) – Tinchy Stryder – You’re Not Alone
16 – (15) – Pitbull – Hotel Room Service
17 – (NE) – Biffy Clyro – The Captain
18 – (13) – David Guetta & Akon – Sexy Chick
19 – (10) – Young Soul Rebels – I Got Soul
20 – (12) – Shakira – She Wolf