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Issue 99 (December 2011)

2011-12-13T08:08:00.000-08:00

Contents of Issue 99 of Chartwatch

Chartwatch Football Ladder

Top Heavy Charts

Eurovision 2010

A Succession Of Women

Top Talent Show Acts

Collectacharts (Rootjoose-Lisa Roxanne)

Top Singles 2001-2010

Top Albums 2001-2010

Most Singles Points In A Decade

Playlist: The Piano Man

Transatlantic Chart Longevity

UK 3rd Quarter 2011

Well Spotted

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Top Ten Acts in the UK to the end of Week 39, 2011

2011-10-08T11:19:00.000-07:00

1. Adele
2. Rihanna
3. Bruno Mars
4. Jessie J
5. Lady Gaga
6. Chris Brown
7. Pitbull
8. David Guetta
9. Tinie Tempah
10 Glee Cast

Issue 98 (July 2011)

2011-09-04T04:47:00.000-07:00

Contents of Issue 98 of Chartwatch

Decade 2001-2010 "The Decade"
The Top Ten Acts, 2001-2010
Collectacharts (Rodriguez to Rooster)
Highest Annual Singles Chart Totals 2001-2010
Scoring the 2010s
Music Video 2010
Most Simultaneous Number One Singles and Albums, Part 2
Playlist: Independent Record Labels
Most Weeks Between First and Last Top 20 LP Chart Appearance
UK 1st Quarter 2011

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Top Ten Database

2011-09-03T14:06:00.000-07:00

We're pleased to announce that we have (hopefully) now repaired the problems with the Chartwatch Top Ten Database. It should now work properly, but if you have any problems please email john@chartwatch.co.uk.

Issue 97 (March 2011)

2011-03-22T09:25:00.000-07:00

Contents of Issue 97 of Chartwatch

UK Chart Analysis 2010
France singles chart analysis 2010
Collectacharts (Ritchie Family to Rodrigo Y Gabriela)
Biggest climbs back up the charts
Playlist: First of their kind
Top 10 Singles charts without groups
Tracks on most compilation albums - so far
Most simultaneous no.1 singles and albums

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Chartwatch Availability

2010-09-21T09:47:00.000-07:00

All back numbers of Chartwatch, as well as the current issue, can be ordered via our website. See this page for a full listing, with prices.

Issue 96 (September 2010)

2010-09-21T09:02:00.001-07:00

Contents of Issue 96 of Chartwatch

Decade 2000-2009: The Noughties
Fastest Multiple Number One Singles
Collectacharts Charlie Rich - Risse
Tracks On Most Number One Compilation Albums
Pre-1989 Compilation Album Number Ones
Acts With Four High-Scoring Singles in a Calendar Year (by Jon Harrison)
Distribution Of Points In The Annual Singles Rankings (by Jon Harrison)
Fastest Greatest Hits
UK 1st Quarter 2010

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Website: Top Ten Database

2010-04-06T23:29:00.000-07:00

Another apology! We're aware that there are problems with accessing some parts of the Top Ten Database on the website (http://www.chartwatch.co.uk). We're working on fixing this at present and hope to have it working properly soon.

Issue 95

2010-04-06T23:27:00.000-07:00

We'd like to apologise for the long delay in producing CW95. This has been due to a variety of factors including John's laptop crashing. We will producing a new issue as soon as we can.

Issue 94 (September 2009)

2009-10-03T09:50:00.000-07:00

Contents of issue 94 of Chartwatch

Decade 1999-2008
Dead Pop Stars
Most Simultaneous Hits
Oldest Soloists In The Charts
Collectacharts Jim Reeves-Replay
Eurovision 2009
Michael Jackson's Biggest Hits
Album Chart Domination
Oldest Albums To Rechart
Longest Climbs In The Album Chart
Letters
UK 1st Quarter 2009
2008 Chart Booklet

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Change of Host

2009-07-14T10:30:00.000-07:00

Please note that we are in the process of changing our web hosting. This shouldn't affect the availability of our web site (we hope!) but it might mean that emails to john@chatwatch.co.uk go unanswered or bounce for a short while. You can also use as an alternative jmhancock@gmail.com.

Issue 93 (May 2009)

2009-06-20T02:42:00.000-07:00

Contents of issue 93 of Chartwatch

UK Analysis 2008
Oldest Soloists on the Album Chart
France Singles Chart 2008
Colectacharts (Sharon Redd - Re-Flex)
Career-destroying Singles
Biggest Falls in the Album Chart
That Difficult Third Album
Well Spotted

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Issue 93 On Its Way

2009-04-29T13:20:00.000-07:00

In case you're a regular (or irregular) reader and you're wondering where the next issue is, the news is that we've started to compile it. It will contain our analysis of the UK charts in 2008 and most likely the UK first quarter analysis for 2009. Watch this space...

The Chartwatch 2007 Chart Booklet is Now Available

2008-12-19T05:54:00.000-08:00

The booklet is compiled by Tobias Zywietz and contains all top 200 singles and albums chart positions (plus the top 50 compilations and top 50 budget albums) for the UK in 2007 plus top singles and albums listings and other information.

The printed booklet is available from Chartwatch for £2.50 - email ndr@sanger.ac.uk.

PDF copies are also available for download from http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/cwann.HTM

2008-12-18T12:07:00.000-08:00

Issue 92 (December 2008)

Contents of issue 92 of Chartwatch

Christmas Hits on the UK Singles Chart
Going Solo: Comparing Soloist and Group Scores
British and Irish Acts at Number One in the States
Collectacharts: Ratpack to Sharon Redd
Most Artists with Two or More Top 40 Hits on the Same Chart
Most and Fewest Weeks Between Consecutive No.1s
US 3rd Quarter 2008
UK 3rd Quarter 2008

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Issue 91 (September 2008)

2008-09-30T10:38:00.000-07:00

Contents of issue 91 of Chartwatch

Decade 1998-2007
Most Simultaneous Instrumentals on the NME Top 30
Ruby Murray in 1955: Comparisons between the NME and Record Mirror Charts
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
An Unreliable History of Pop
Collectacharts Jimmy Radcliffe-Rasmus
Acts at Number One with the Longest Careers
UK 1st Quarter 2008
USA 1st Quarter 2008
UK 2nd Quarter 2008
US 2nd Quarter 2008
Girls On Top - Albums

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Issue 90 (March 2008)

2008-04-10T04:25:00.000-07:00

Contents of issue 90 of Chartwatch

UK Analysis 2007
France Singles 2007
Collectacharts Finley Quaye-Radiohead
Chartwatch Football Ladder 1952-2006
Oldest Tracks To Chart 2007
TV Themes Chartography Part 3 - 1989-2007

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Issue 89 (January 2008)

2008-02-05T13:13:00.000-08:00

Contents of Issue 89 of Chartwatch

BPI Awards 1973-2006
Sound Of The Underground
Collectacharts (Brian Protheroe-Suzi Quatro)
TV Themes Chartography Part 2: 1981-1988
US Third Quarter 2007
UK Third Quarter 2007
Singles With Most Weeks In The Bottom Half Of The UK Top 40

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Issue 88 (November 2007)

2007-11-17T04:17:00.000-08:00

Contents of issue 88 of Chartwatch

Decade 1997-2006
Oldest Records to Chart by Position
Simultaneous Hits in the UK
Longest Album Chart Career Before Reaching No.1
Collectacharts (Primal Scream-Prospect Park)
Eurovision 2007
Eurovision: The Decline And Fall
France Singles 2006
Melody Maker and Disc Charts 1956-1969
TV Themes Chartography Part 1 1952-1980
UK Second Quarter 2007

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2007 in the UK so far

2007-10-16T13:49:00.000-07:00

Thanks to both of you (!) who voted in our poll (yes, I voted!). I suspect you may have got it wrong though. Having just scored the UK charts up to the end of the third quarter of the year I can now exclusively reveal that the top ten acts so far are:

1) Mika
2) Rihanna
3) Amy Winehouse
4) Take That
5) Timbaland
6) Justin Timberlake
7) Akon
8) Nelly Furtado
9) Jay-Z
10) Kaiser Chiefs

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Problems with CW Email

2007-10-16T13:42:00.000-07:00

We had some problems with our email while our beloved web hosts were moving accounts between servers (and deleting all our old emails!) so if you've tried to email john@chartwatch.co.uk lately and haven't had a reply, try again and hopefully we'll pick you out from amongst all the spam.

Latest Issue

2007-07-30T12:26:00.000-07:00

Contents of Chartwatch 87 (June 2007)

UK Analysis 2006
Compilations Chart 2006
Collectacharts (Elvis Presley-Primal Scream)
Music Video 2006
Elvis Presley's Biggest Tracks
Song For Europe 2007
Singles Breakers 1973
US 1st Quarter 2007
UK 1st Quarter 2007

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CW Recent Issues (December 2006)

2007-07-29T12:46:00.000-07:00

Contents of recent issues:

CW85 (December 2006):

Decade 1996-2005
Highest New Entries 2005
Top Compilation Albums 2005
France Singles 2005
NME Best Selling Discs by British Artists Chart 1954
Collectacharts (Police-Praying Mantis)
Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Record Mirror and Melody Maker Only Hits 1955-1958
Oldest Albums To Chart 1998-2004
UK Second Quarter 2006

CW86 (December 2006):

Comparison of Number One Albums in the UK from Music Week, Melody Maker and New Musical Express 1962-1988
Collectacharts (Precious-Elvis Presley)
Chart Disparities: The Case of EPs
UK Third Quarter 2006