Thursday, March 26, 2009

A1 Chart Issue 1339




ac A1 top 20 singles chart
Week:1339
Week Ending : 22nd March 2009

tw lw ti hp title artist
1 1 4 1 Love Etc. Pet Shop Boys
2 4 5 2 To Lose My Life White Lies
3 9 2 3 Wrong Depeche Mode
4 3 6 3 Jizz In My Pants The Lonely Planet
5 2 11 1 The Fear Lily Allen
6 new * 6 DREAM BIG JAZMINE SULLIVAN
7 8 7 1 One Month Off Bloc Party
8 6 3 6 Love Letter To Japan The Bird And The Bee
9 new * 9 3 LITTLE WORDS FRANKMUSIK
10 13 2 10 If U Seek Amy Britney Spears
11 5 5 5 The Loving Kind Girls Aloud
12 15 2 12 Halo Beyonce
13 11 7 1 Boyfriend Alphabeat
14 new * 14 DAY 'N' NITE KID CUDI VS CROOKERS
15 7 5 7 Spaceman The Killers
16 10 3 10 Tomorrow Ladytron
17 new * 17 HAPPY UP HERE ROYKSOPP
18 12 17 1 If I Know You The Presets
19 14 14 1 We Are The People Empire Of The Sun
20 17 8 1 Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) Lady Gaga

#1 ALBUM: It's Not Me, It's You - Lily Allen

Monday, March 23, 2009

A1 Chart Issue 1338


ac A1 top 20 singles chart
Week:1338
Week Ending : 15th March 2009

tw lw ti hp title artist
1 1 3 1 Love Etc. Pet Shop Boys
2 2 10 1 The Fear Lily Allen
3 3 5 3 Jizz In My Pants The Lonely Planet
4 5 4 4 To Lose My Life White Lies
5 6 4 5 The Loving Kind Girls Aloud
6 8 3 6 Love Letter To Japan The Bird And The Bee
7 4 5 1 Spaceman The Killers
8 4 6 1 One Month Off Bloc Party
9 new * 9 WRONG DEPECHE MODE
10 11 2 10 Tomorrow Ladytron
11 7 6 1 Boyfriend Alphabeat
12 13 12 1 If I Know You The Presets
13 new * 13 IF U SEEK AMY BRITNEY SPEARS
14 12 13 1 We Are The People Empire Of The Sun
15 new * 15 HALO BEYONCE
16 16 3 16 My Life Would Suck Without You Kelly Clarkson
17 14 7 1 Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) Lady Gaga
18 15 8 6 My Delirium Ladyhawke
19 18 10 4 Scream Chris Cornell
20 20 4 14 Breathe Slow Alesha DIxon

#1 ALBUM: It's Not Me, It's You - Lily Allen

Monday, March 16, 2009

The A1 No.1 Singles : Issue 201 -300


Ok so we are going back to April 1987 and ending up in March 1989..yes Issue 300 is 20 YEARS AGO TODAY!
remember i was a kid at the time, musical selections were limited, and favourites would dominate!
So yeah..in this period '87 to early '89, it seemed Bananarama, George Michael and Madonna would dominate, the thing is they always have!
Happy reading!

#1's weeks :201-300

26-Apr-87 201 a trick of the night bananarama
3-May-87 202 la isla bonita madonna
10-May-87 203 la isla bonita madonna
17-May-87 204 la isla bonita madonna
24-May-87 205 lets wait awhile janet jackson
31-May-87 206 la isla bonita madonna
7-Jun-87 207 lets wait awhile janet jackson
4 years old 208 respectable mel & kim
21-Jun-87 209 I wanna dance with somebody whitney houston
28-Jun-87 210 lets wait awhile janet jackson
5-Jul-87 211 I want your sex george michael
12-Jul-87 212 respectable mel & kim
19-Jul-87 213 I want your sex george michael
26-Jul-87 214 I want your sex george michael
2-Aug-87 215 la isla bonita madonna
9-Aug-87 216 I heard a rumour bananarama
16-Aug-87 217 who's that girl madonna
23-Aug-87 218 pleasure principle janet jackson
30-Aug-87 219 pleasure principle janet jackson
6-Sep-87 220 dance with a stranger/true confessions bananarama
13-Sep-87 221 dance with a stranger/true confessions bananarama
20-Sep-87 222 I heard a rumour bananarama
27-Sep-87 223 bad michael jackson
4-Oct-87 224 causing a commotion madonna
11-Oct-87 225 bad michael jackson
18-Oct-87 226 causing a commotion madonna
25-Oct-87 227 bad michael jackson
1-Nov-87 228 never gonna give you up rick astley
8-Nov-87 229 causing a commotion madonna
15-Nov-87 230 never gonna give you up rick astley
22-Nov-87 231 love in the first degree bananarama
29-Nov-87 232 love in the first degree bananarama
6-Dec-87 233 love in the first degree bananarama
13-Dec-87 234 so emotional whitney houston
20-Dec-87 235 nothings gonna stop me now samantha fox
27-Dec-87 236 reasons john farnham
3-Jan-88 237 the way you make me feel michael jackson
10-Jan-88 238 the way you make me feel michael jackson
17-Jan-88 239 whenever you need somebody rick astley
24-Jan-88 240 love in the first degree bananarama
31-Jan-88 241 whenever you need somebody rick astley
7-Feb-88 242 whenever you need somebody rick astley
14-Feb-88 243 father figure george michael
21-Feb-88 244 father figure george michael
28-Feb-88 245 sign you name terence trent d'arby
7-Mar-88 246 love in the first degree bananarama
14-Mar-88 247 always on my mind pet shop boys
20-Mar-88 248 swept spandau ballet
27-Mar-88 249 say you really want me kim wilde
3-Apr-88 250 love in the first degree bananarama

10-Apr-88 251 when I fall in love rick astley
17-Apr-88 252 when I fall in love rick astley
24 aor 88 253 that’s the way it is mel & kim
1-May-88 254 one more try george michael
8-May-88 255 I want you back bananarama
15-May-88 256 I want you back bananarama
22-May-88 257 pink cadillac natalie cole
29-May-88 258 I want you back bananarama
5-Jun-88 259 naughty girls samantha fox

5 years old..12 June 1988! 260 heart pet shop boys

19-Jun-88 261 together forever rick astley
26-Jun-88 262 together forever rick astley
2-Jul-88 263 I want you back bananarama
9-Jul-88 264 I want you back bananarama
16-Jul-88 265 love will save the day whitney houston
23-Jul-88 266 love will save the day whitney houston
30-Jul-88 267 I owe you nothing bros
6-Aug-88 268 theme from s-express s-express
13-Aug-88 269 monkey george michael
20-Aug-88 270 I cant help it bananarama
27-Aug-88 271 monkey george michael
3-Sep-88 272 monkey george michael
10-Sep-88 273 love will save the day whitney houston
17-Sep-88 274 cross my broken heart sinitta
24-Sep-88 275 together forever/it would take a strong strong man rick astley
2-Oct-88 276 anything for you gloria estefan & miami sound machine
9-Oct-88 277 together forever/it would take a strong strong man rick astley
16-Oct-88 278 I'll always love you taylor dayne
23-Oct-88 279 battlestations george michael
30-Oct-88 280 foolish beat debbie gibson
6-Nov-88 281 the only way is up yazz
13-Nov-88 282 one moment in time whitney houston
20-Nov-88 283 she wants to dance with me rick astley
27-Nov-88 284 one moment in time whitney houston
4-Dec-88 285 domino dancing pet shop boys
11-Dec-88 286 she wants to dance with me rick astley
18-Dec-88 287 domino dancing pet shop boys
25-Dec-88 288 love, truth & honesty bananarama
1-Jan-89 289 love, truth & honesty bananarama
8-Jan-89 290 love, truth & honesty bananarama
15-Jan-89 291 love, truth & honesty bananarama
22-Jan-89 292 misltoe & wine cliff richard
29-Jan-89 293 cat among the pigeons/silent night bros
5-Feb-89 294 smooth criminal michael jackson
12-Feb-89 295 stand up for your love rights yazz
19-Feb-89 296 left to my own devices pet shop boys
26-Feb-89 297 take me to your heart rick astley
5-Mar-89 298 nathan jones '88 bananarama
12-Mar-89 299 kissing a fool george michael
19-Mar-89 300 kissing a fool george michael

Thursday, March 12, 2009

A Dukey Request : Issue 1049 with commentary


ac a1 top 20 singles
WEEK: 1049
Week Ending : 1st September 2003

tw lw ti hp title artist
1 2 2 1 wasted cam farrar
2 NEW 2 CROUPIER HAMPDENS
3 1 2 1 white flag dido
4 5 3 4 good boys blondie
5 4 10 1 obsession (I love you) amiel
6 7 4 6 evil ladytron
7 8 5 7 frontin' pharrell
8 3 4 2 overrated siobhan donaghy
9 NEW 9 WHAT U DO 2 ME BOOMKAT
10 NEW 10 ALL IN MY HEAD KOSHEEN
11 11 3 11 angel lo-tel
12 9 3 9 he war cat power
13 10 6 1 where is the love? black eyed
peas
14 15 2 14 how did you know (77 strings)
kurtis mantronik -chamonix
15 6 4 6 4 your love hamish
16 13 7 3 god put a smile upon your face
coldplay
17 16 5 6 my love is a kite sean sennet
18 17 12 1 don't believe anymore whitlams
19 12 9 1 hollywood madonna
20 14 4 5 miss independent kelly clarkson

HIT PREDICTION:
l.a today - alex gold ftg. Philip
oakey
are you gonna be my girl - jet

#1 album : Audio Out - Amiel

Chart Commentary :

1.WASTED – CAM FARRAR
Finally a fresh new dance #1 on these charts, this one is hypnotic,
with a bassline familiar to the pet shop boys track "EUROBOY" and the
vocals reminiscent of a haunting ladytron, and you simply have a
winner.

2.CROUPIER – HAMPDENS
Simply gorgeous this one, when Shaun (my best friend) and I heard
this we immediately were both blown away, these guys come from Perth
W.A, and this is their first single.
Intelligent lyrics with blissful sounds. A deserved huge debut!

4.GOOD BOYS – BLONDIE
Blondie continue to climb with this fab 80's sounding track,
hopefully it will be a huge u.k. hit when released there.

5.OBSESSION (I LOVE YOU)- AMIEL
Most of you will only know her as the girl vocals on the Puretone
smash single "addicted to bass" . Here this is Amiel's second single
and is pure pop bliss. Fantastic simple effective lyrics with a sound
to match , this is the surprise #1 of the year. Now the album is
out "audio Out" and woah!! Blow me away! This is a faultless album
all 11 tracks are perfectly made, even the basic 1st single "Love
song" could re-enter to new highs on this chart, although just on
repeat on my player for the last 10 days its in contention for the
top 5 albums of the year!!!

9.WHAT U DO 2 ME-BOOMKAT
Boomkat's second single, and this is more funky and flowy than the
first, a great clip too boot !

17.MY LOVE IS A KITE-SEAN SENNET
This is a lovely little ditty featuring the beautiful vocals from the
girl in the band George, still I don't understand how love can be
like a kite???

18.DON'T BELIEVE ANYMORE- WHITLAMS
The oldest song on the chart, is this week at the position it made
the Polish man's debut last week, both Shaun and myself were elated
to see it on the Ray chart. This former #1 is actually a cover of
another aussie band from the 80's namely Icehouse

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

5 years ago today...A1 Chart Issue 1076


ac A1 top 20 singles
week: 1076
week ending: 8th March 2004

tw lw ti hp title artist
1 1 2 1 amazing GEORGE MICHAEL
2 4 10 1 good luck basement jaxx
3 5 4 3 shower sandrine
4 2 3 2 cherry blossom girl air
5 3 6 2 too lost in you sugababes
6 6 3 6 not in love enrique iglesias / kelis
7 NEW 7 TOXIC BRITNEY SPEARS
8 9 8 3 so beautiful pete murray
9 8 4 7 rocking music martin solveig
10 NEW 10 YOUR RUDE (GET FUCKED) BAD CABBAGE
11 7 12 1 nothing fails madonna
12 13 2 12 red blooded woman kylie minogue
13 NEW 13 MAD WORLD GARY JULES / MICHAEL ANDREWS
14 NEW 14 STUPID FRIDAY MANDY KANE
15 NEW 15 MANILA SEELENLUFT
16 10 7 6 rhythm bandits junior senior
17 11 7 4 god is a d.j. pink
18 12 10 4 milkshake kelis
19 16 4 13 out there somewhere stella one eleven
20 17 2 17 the trouble with love kelly clarkson

#1 album: kish kash -BASEMENT JAXX

Monday, March 9, 2009

A1 Chart Issue 1337




ac A1 top 20 singles chart
Week:1337
Week Ending : 8th March 2009

tw lw ti hp title artist
1 1 2 1 Love Etc. Pet Shop Boys
2 2 9 1 The Fear Lily Allen
3 3 4 3 Jizz In My Pants The Lonely Planet
4 5 5 1 One Month Off Bloc Party
5 6 3 5 To Lose My Life White Lies
6 8 3 6 The Loving Kind Girls Aloud
7 4 5 1 Boyfriend Alphabeat
8 7 15 1 If I Know You The Presets
9 9 3 9 Spaceman The Killers
10 new * 10 LOVE LETTER TO JAPAN THE BIRD AND THE BEE
11 new * 11 TOMORROW LADYTRON
12 13 12 1 We Are The People Empire Of The Sun
13 10 6 4 Pocket Sam Sparro
14 11 6 1 Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) Lady Gaga
15 12 7 6 My Delirium Ladyhawke
16 20 2 16 My Life Would Suck Without You Kelly Clarkson
17 16 14 4 Poker Face Lady Gaga
18 17 9 4 Scream Chris Cornell
19 19 2 19 Someday Soon Natalie Bassingthwaighte
20 18 3 4 Breathe Slow Alesha Dixon

#1 ALBUM: It's Not Me, It's You - Lily Allen

Monday, March 2, 2009

Commentary Issue 1336

Chart Commentary Issue 1336


1. LOVE ETC. – PET SHOP BOYS

Accustomed to reaching the peak position, the boys are back with another classic single, could this one finally be a strong comeback, time will tell…

2. THE FEAR – LILY ALLEN

Debuted at 1 since the start of the new year, and hasn’t left the top 3 for its so far 8 weeks on the chart. Surely destined to be one of the biggest songs of 2009, at this stage it is!

7. IF I KNOW YOU – THE PRESETS

Jumping up 10 places, on the back of that blissful video, this after all is a hit from 2008, and after 14 weeks on the chart, still continues to shine!
Here’s the video:


The Presets - If I Know You from Modular People on Vimeo.

A1 Chart Issue 1336





ac A1 top 20 singles chart
Week:1336
Week Ending : 1st March 2009

tw lw ti hp title artist
1 new * 1 LOVE ETC. PET SHOP BOYS
2 3 8 1 The Fear Lily Allen
3 4 3 3 Jizz In My Pants The Lonely Planet
4 1 4 1 Boyfriend Alphabeat
5 2 4 1 One Month Off Bloc Party
6 8 2 6 To Lose My Life White Lies
7 17 14 1 If I Know You The Presets
8 9 2 8 The Loving Kind Girls Aloud
9 10 2 9 Superman The Killers
10 5 5 4 Pocket Sam Sparro
11 6 5 1 Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) Lady Gaga
12 7 6 6 My Delirium Ladyhawke
13 19 11 1 We Are The People Empire Of The Sun
14 12 3 8 Ulysses Franz Ferdinand
15 11 4 5 Between The Lines Evermore
16 13 13 4 Poker Face Lady Gaga
17 15 8 4 Scream Chris Cornell
18 14 2 14 Breathe Slow Alesha DIxon
19 new * 19 SOMEDAY SOON NATALIE BASSINGTHWAIGHTE
20 new * 20 MY LIFE WOULD SUCK WITHOUT YOU KELLY CLARKSON

#1 ALBUM: It's Not Me, It's You - Lily Allen