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A brief analysis on the current chart situation…
- 14 new entries :
- 37 Cooper Temple Clause – Blind Pilots
- 31 Linus Loves – Stand Back
- 29 Elephant Man – Pon De River Pon De Bank
- 27 Melanie C – Melt/Yeh Yeh Yeh
- 23 Basement Jaxx – Lucky Star
- 16 Stereophonics – Since I Told You It’s Over
- 15 Javine – Surrender
- 14 Ludacris – Stand Up
- 11 Red Hot Chili Peppers – Fortune Faded
- 10 Missy Elliott – Pass That Dutch
- 9 Ronan Keating – Lost For Words
- 6 Outkast – Hey Ya
- 2 Britney Spears & Madonna – Me Against The Music
- 1 Busted – Crashed The Wedding
- 40 Big Brovaz – Baby Boy
- 39 Johnny Cash – Hurt/Personal Jesus
- 38 Blu Cantrell – Breathe
- 37 Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Mixed Up World
- 36 Ashanti – Rain on Me
- 35 Rachel Stevens – Sweet Derams My LA Ex
- 34 Jet – Rollover DJ
- 33 Fabolos – Into You
- 32 UB40 – Swing Low
- 31 Goldfrapp – Twist
- 30 Mark Ronson – Ooh Wee
- 29 Hundred Reasons – The Great Test
- 26 Wildhearts – Top of the World
- 22 Matt Goss – I’m Comin With Ya
- 3 (4) Kevin Lyttle
- 7 (2) Blazin Squad
- 26 (10) Robbie Williams
- 34 (14) R Kelly
- 40 (17) Lostprophets
- 42 Razorlight – Rip It Up
- 53 Boysterous – Up & Down
- 55 Plastic Boy – Live Another Life
- 59 Marti Pellow – A Lot of Love
- 60 Dashboard Confessional – Hands Down
- 67 Hazzards – Gay Boyfriend
- 68 Seal – Love’s Divine
- 69 All-American Rejects – The Last Song
so the following dropped out :
1 climbers :
0 non-movers : and 25 going down. Big fallers include :
New entries from No.41-75. See who missed out this time round :
In The Zone
A Present for Everyone
Either this was released a long time ago by this band, or just feels likeit because their music is getting more bland with each release.
This is the 48th single in a row to go straight into the Top 40 at No.1 :
- 1. Aaliyah – More Than a Woman
- 2. George Harrison – My Sweet Lord (R)
- 3. Enrique Iglesias – Hero
- 4. Westlife – World of Our Own
- 5. Will Young – Anything is Possible/Evergreen
- 6. Gareth Gates – Unchained Melody
- 7. Oasis – The Hindu Times
- 8. Sugababes – Freak Like Me
- 9. Holly Valance – Kiss Kiss
- 10. Ronan Keating – If Tomorrow Never Comes
- 11. Liberty X – Just a Little
- 12. Eminem – Without Me
- 13. Will Young – Light My Fire
- 14. Elvis – A Little Less Conversation (remix)
- 15. Gareth Gates – Anyone of Us
- 16. Darius – Colourblind
- 17. Sugababes – Round Round
- 18. Blazin Squad – Crossroads
- 19. Atomic Kitten – The Tide is High
- 20. Pink – Just Like a Pill
- 21. Will & Gareth – The Long and Winding Road/Suspicious Minds
- 22. Las Ketchup – The Ketchup Song
- 23. Nelly – Dilemma
- 24. DJ Sammy – Heaven
- 25. Westlife – Unbreakable
- 26. Christina Aguilera – Dirrty
- 27. Daniel Bedingfield – If You’re Not the One
- 28. Eminem – Lose Yourself
- 29. Blue & Elton John – Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word
- 30. Girls Aloud – Sound of the Underground
- 31. David Sneddon – Stop Living The Lie
- 32. t.A.T.u – All The Things She Said
- 33. Christina Aguilera – Beautiful
- 34. Gareth Gates and the Kumars – Spirit in the Sky
- 35. Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham – Make Luv
- 36. Busted – You Said No
- 37. Tomcraft – Loneliness
- 38. R Kelly – Ignition Remix
- 39. Evanescence – Bring Me To Life
- 40. Beyonce – Crazy in Love
- 41. Daniel Bedingfield – Never Gonna Leave Your Side
- 42. Blu Cantrell – Breathe
- 43. Elton John – Are You Ready For Love
- 44. Black Eyed Peas – Where is the Love
- 45. Sugababes – Hole in the Head
- 46. Fatman Scoop – Be Faithful
- 47. Kylie Minogue – Slow
- 48. Busted – Crashed The Wedding
The Hits
November 17th:
- Blink 182 – Feeling This
Bon Jovi – Wanted Dead Or Alive 2003
Breed – La Ultima Hora
Broken Social Scene – Cause=Time
Chemical Brothers – Get Yourself High
Evan Dando – It Looks Like You
Flip & Fill – Irish Blue
Enrique Iglesias – Addicted
Wyclef Jean & Missy Elliot – Party To Damascus
John The White Boy Rapper – Put Your Hands Up
Klonhertz – Three Girl Rhumba
Lemar – 50/50
Limp Bizkit – Behind Blue Eyes
Linkin Park – From The Inside
Linus Loves featuring Sam Obernik – Stand Back
Ludacris – Stand Up
Lumidee – Crashing The Party
John Mayer – Bigger Than My Body
Meat Loaf – Man Of Steel
Mis-Teeq – Style
Alanis Morrisette – Eight Easy Steps
Alex Parks – Maybe That’s What It Takes/Beautiful
Pet Shop Boys – Miracles
Liz Phair – Why Can’t I
Radiohead – 2+2=5
The Rapture – Sister Saviour
Busta Rhymes & Pharrell – Light Your Ass On Fire
Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham – Music And You
Starsailor – Born Again
Shania Twain – When You Kiss Me/Up
Solex – Close To The Edge
CJ Stone – Don’t Look Back
The Original – I Luv U Baby
Westlife – Mandy
The White Stripes – The Hardest Button To Button
November 24th:
- Kelly Clarkson – Low/The Trouble With Love Is
The Coral – Bill McCai
D-Side – Real World
Dizzee Rascal – Just A Rascal
Jennifer Ellison – Bye Bye Boy
Delta Goodrem – Not Me, Not I
Iron Maiden – Rain Maker
Michael Jackson – One More Chance
Alicia Keys – U Don’t Know My Name
Kira – Two Hearts
Lisa Maffia – Women Of The World
Cass McCombs – Not The Way
Moloko – Cannot Contain This
Muse – Hysteria
No Doubt – It’s My Life
Offspring – Hit That
P.O.D. – Will You
Radical Noiz featuring Adeva – In And Out
S Club 8 – Tears On My Pillow/DonÂ’t Tell Me YouÂ’re Sorry
Shane Ritchie – I’m Your Man
Studio B featuring Romeo – I See Girls
The Thrills – Don’t Steal Our Sun
Despina Vandi – Gia
Will Young – Leave Right Now
Zutons – Pressure Point
December 1st:
- Blu Cantrell featuring Ian Lewis – Make Me Wanna Scream
The Cheeky Girls – Cheeky Christmas
Harry Diamond & Lost Boys – I Need You Now
Dido – Life For Rent
Evanescence – My Immortal
Gareth Gates – Say It Isn’t So
Gary Jules – Mad World
Alistair Griffin – Bring It On
Summer Matthews – Little Miss Perfect
Rachel Stevens – Funky Dory
December 8th:
- Christina Aguilera – The Voice Within
Big Brovaz – It Ain’t What You Do
Blue featuring Stevie Wonder & Angie Stone – Signed, Sealed, Delivered
David Bowie – Never Get Old
Nelly Furtado – Powerless (Say What You Want)
Good Charlotte – Hold On/The Young And The Hopeless
Love Inc – Into The Night
Cliff Richard – Santa’s List
Simply Red – You Make Me Feel Brand New
Texas – I’ll See It Through
Justin Timberlake – I’m Lovin’ It
Luther Vandross – Dance With My Father
December 15th:
- Atomic Kitten – Ladies Night
The Darkness – Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End)/Friday Night
Craig David – You Don’t Miss Your Water
Different Darkness – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Darkness
Four Poofs And A Piano – Camp Up Your Christmas
Robin Gibb featuring Alistair Griffin – Lover’s Prayer
Billy Mack – Christmas Is All Around
Avid Merrion – Little Drummer Boy/Proper Crim-bo!
Pop Idol Finalists – Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
Sugababes – Too Lost In You
Travis – Beautiful Occupation
January 5th:
- Emma Bunton – I’ll Be There
Mya – Fallen
Maria Willson – TBA
Jay-Z & Pharell Williams – Change Clothes And Go
January 12th:
- Beyoncé – Naughty Girl
Fatman Scoop – It Takes Two
Sean Paul featuring Sasha – I’m Still In Love With You
January 19th:
- Clea – Stuck In The Middle
Jamelia – Thank You
- 3 Pink – Try This
- 5 Atomic Kitten – Ladies Night
- 10 Lionel Richie & The Commodores – The Definitive Collection
- 28 Bruce Springsteen – The Essential
- 32 Bruce Springsteen – The Essential (3 disc limited edition)
- 35 Lulu – The Greatest Hits
- 60 Holly Valance – State Of Mind
- 62 Tupac – Resurrection OST
The top 5 goes like this :
- 1 Dido – Life For Rent
- 2 REM – In Time: Best Of 1988-2003
- 3 Pink – Try This
- 4 Blue – Guilty
- 5 Atomic Kitten – Ladies Night
Body Language
November 17th:
- Blazin’ Squad – Now Or Never
Busted – A Present For Everyone
Michael Jackson – Ones
Ronan Keating – Turn It Up
Kylie Minogue – Body Language
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Greatest Hits
Cliff Richard – Cliff At Christmas
Britney Spears – In The Zone
Various Artists – Now That’s What I Call Music! 56
November 24th:
- Nelly Furtado – Folklore
Enrique Iglesias – Seven
Javine – Surrender
Lemar – Dedicated
Alex Parks – Introduction To Me
Pet Shop Boys – PopArt (1985-2003)
Westlife – Turn Around
December 1st:
- Alicia Keys – The Diary Of Alicia Keys
Will Young – Friday’s Child
Dominator’s Top 50 of 2002
Check the music chart fromw/e January 4th 2003for this list.
Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2003.
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.