26 Billy Mack - Christmas is All Around

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This week: 12 new entries, 1 climbers, 0 non-movers & 27 downers. new entry re-entry climber faller non moverCHART TIME !

(* – my current favourites)
(!!! – Single Of The Week!!!)
(:O === the current all-time hate that makes even my smilie want to hurl!)
( (R) – Repeat., ie. a re-release)

A brief analysis on the current chart situation…

36 Erin Rocha – Can’t Do Right For Doing Wrong
29 G Unit – Stunt 101
26 Billy Mack – Christmas is All Around
25 Fast Food Rockers – I Love Christmas
12 Ultrabeat – Feelin’ Fine
11 Blue – Signed Sealed Delivered
10 Sugababes – Too Lost In You *
8 Atomic Kitten – Ladies Night
5 The Idols – Happy Xmas (War is Over)
4 Bo Selecta – Proper Crimbo
2 The Darkness – Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End)
1 Michael Andrews & Gary Jules – Mad World

so the following dropped out :

40 Texas – I’ll See It Through
39 Delta Goodrem – Not Me Not I
38 Blazin Squad – Flip Reverse
37 Michael Jackson – One More Chance
36 Jamelia – Superstar
35 Daniel O’Donnell
34 Good Charlotte
33 John Lennon – Happy Christmas (War is Over) (R)
32 Jay-Z – Change Clothes
30 Britney – Me Against the Music
31 Alex Parks – Maybe That’s What It Takes
26 Rachel Stevens – Funky Dory

1 climbers :

16 (22) Outkast

0 non-movers : and 27 going down. Big fallers include :

13 (5) Cliff Richard
15 (10) Cheeky Girls
18 (7) Evanescence
21 (9) Christina Aguilera
27 (13) Nelly Furtado
28 (21) Lost Brothers
33 (11) Madonna
34 (19) Alicia Keys
35 (15) Big Brovaz
38 (29) Noddy
39 (28) Lemar

New entries from No.41-75. See who missed out this time round :

44 Basil Brush & India Beau – Boom Boom
46 Joe Strummer – Redemption Song
48 Travis – The Beautiful Occupation
55 Mew – She Came Home For Christmas
66 Diff’rent Darkness – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Darkness

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

Love Actually:
Original Soundtrack

26 Billy Mack – Christmas is All Around…aka actor Bill Nighy from the movie “Love Actually”, in a cover of”Love is All Around”, and not a very good one but it’s for Comic Relief orChildren in Need, or something.

Blue: Guilty

11 Blue – Signed Sealed DeliveredIt says “featuring Stevie Wonder”, but it sounds more like he and a womanare singing all the vocals (which is true) and Blue are doing very littleindeed (which is also true)

Sugababes: Three

10 Sugababes – Too Lost In You *Surprisingly, this is a brilliant single and by far their best thing todate. Perhaps they’re finally making the grade from cheesy pop artists tomore serious artists?

Pop Idol:
Living The Dream

5 The Idols – Happy Xmas (War is Over)Dreadfully trite, and it was such a fix that Michelle won Pop Idol 2, butthen Mark was incredibly dull and she was just… a bad karaoke singer.

There was a request for people to write in to be on Pop Idol 3 in 18 monthstime, at the end of the show, except will there be another one? I can’t seeit coming back. Maybe they thought they could turn things around with ‘sequelseries’ such as this and “The Rivals” but while the series get massive ratingsand a fair bit in phone revenue, I doubt that pays for the production andpromotion of intending to get a new star to have a long-term music career,especially since the decreasing credibility of the show will put the nail intheir career coffin early on, however good their intentions are, and I doubtSimon Cowell and Simon Fuller are a charity.

Bo Selecta:
Series 2

4 Bo Selecta – Proper CrimboLeigh Francis’ Avid Merrion creation has been going for far more years thanis good for it. However, this (hopefully) last throw of the dice is worth awatch of the video if mainly for the pairing onscreen of Matthew Wright andJohn Leslie.

The Darkness:
Permission To Land

2 The Darkness – Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End)OTT, but reasonably enjoyable as seasonal nonsense.

Gary Jules:
Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets

1 Michael Andrews & Gary Jules – Mad World *1st Week at No.1*

The surprise Xmas hit, and taken from the soundtrack of 2001’s sleepermovie success, Donnie Darko

This is a cover of the Tears For Fears single, and excellently haunting it istoo. Glad to see it came to the fore after being picked up on by radio stationsplaying it rather than the likes of Pop Idol force-feeding their tripe downour throats.

This is the 52nd 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
49. Westlife – Mandy
50. Will Young – Leave Right Now
51. Ozzy & Kelly Osbourne – Changes
52. Michael Andrews & Gary Jules – Mad World

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New releases :

Alastair Griffin:
Bring It On

December 29th:

January 5th:

January 12th:

January 19th:

January 26th:

February 2nd:

February 9th:

February 16th:

February 23rd:

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

Will Young:
Friday’s Child This week there are new entries for :

None

The top 5 goes like this :

Dido: Life For Rent

1 Dido – Life For Rent
2 Will Young – Friday’s Child
3 Michael Jackson – Number Ones
4 Black Eyed Peas – Elephunk
5 REM – In Time: Best Of 1988-2003

New releases :

D-Side: Stronger Together

January 5th:

D-Side – Stronger Together

January 19th:

Amy Studt – False Smiles

January 26th:

February 2nd:

Lostprophets – Start Something

February 9th:

Emma – Free Me

Dominator’s Top 50 of 2002

Check the music chart fromw/e January 4th 2003for this list.

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Dom Robinson

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