Chartwatch Issue 146 (October 2025)

The new issue of Chartwatch, CW146, is now available to buy online (please note that we recently had some problems with our PayPal account which was making it impossible to buy issues but this is fixed now).

This issue features the first of a series of analyses of the Billboard singles and albums chart, starting from 1964.

The issue also features: MCs and DJs, Part 2: DJs; Collectacharts Tygers of Pan Tang to UB40; Ed versus Cliff; Compilations Performance in the Downloads Chart; The Best Year and Month for Popular Music; Christmas Songs in the Streaming Chart 2021-2024; Weekly Winners and UK 3rd Quarter 2025

You can buy CW146 for £1.75 via this link. You can buy all back issues and annual booklets via  http://www.chartwatch.co.uk/backnum_new.html.

If you have any problems, please get in touch.

We hope you enjoy Chartwatch 146. If you would like to subscribe please visit our Ko-Fi page at https://ko-fi.com/Y8Y2IF3YA. If you have any problems with Ko-Fi please let John know. A subscription costs £6 for four issues.

Chartwatch 145 is now available

 The new issue of Chartwatch, CW145, is now available to buy online.

This issue contains our UK decade analysis for 2025, annual analyses for the Billboard and Dutch charts, and lots more.

You can either buy CW145 for £1.75 via this link or, if that doesn’t work, go to http://www.chartwatch.co.uk/backnum_new.html. You can also buy all back issues and annual booklets via this page.

After paying you will be taken directly to a page that will give you the link to the issue, which you can then download. If you have any problems, please get in touch. If you like you can save the link for future access.

We hope you enjoy Chartwatch 145. If you would like to subscribe please visit our Ko-Fi page at https://ko-fi.com/Y8Y2IF3YA. If you have any problems with Ko-Fi please let John know. A subscription costs £6 for four issues.

Please note: this issue does not contain a Collectacharts section. This will return in the next issue

Chartwatch 144 is now available

The new issue of Chartwatch, CW144, is now available to buy online for £1.75.

This issue contains our 2024 analyses of the UK charts, Michel Nicolas' France Singles Chart analysis, plus:
Collectacharts: Twiggy - Tyga
Biggest Track Released Each Year 1940-2024
Oldest Tracks to be No.1 on the UK Singles Chart
Top Families in the UK Charts
Top Husband and Wife Combinations in the UK Charts
Most Weeks Between Charting as a Songwriter and a Performer in the UK Singles Chart
Earliest Christmas Hits
Most Stable and Most Volatile UK Charts
The Billboard Charts
Top 50 Highest Scoring Tenth Studio Albums in the UK Charts
Back Issues Contents

You can either buy CW144 via this link or, if that doesn’t work, go to http://www.chartwatch.co.uk/backnum_new.html. You can also buy all back issues and annual booklets via this page.

After paying you should be taken directly to a page that will give you the link to the issue, which you can then download. If you have any problems, please get in touch.

To subscribe go to our Ko-Fi page. A subscription costs £6 for four issues.

Chartwatch 143 is now available

The new issue of Chartwatch, CW143, is now available to buy online.

This issue contains the following articles:

• Artists Whose Album Career is Dominated by One Album
• One Hit Album Wonders
• Most 50 pt Tracks on Studio Albums
• Top Studio Albums Without a 50 pt Track
• Highest Scoring Tracks on the Compilation Chart
• Longevity in the Singles Chart
• Acts with the Highest Scores in a Week (Singles+Albums)
• Singles that Returned to No.1
• High Chart Entries 2023
• UK 3rd Quarter 2024

You can either buy CW143 via this link or, if that doesn’t work, go to http://www.chartwatch.co.uk/backnum_new.html. You can also buy all back issues and annual booklets via this page.

After paying you should be taken directly to a page that will give you the link to the issue, which you can then download. If you have any problems, please get in touch.

Chartwatch 142 is now available

 CW142 is now available to purchase from http://www.chartwatch.co.uk/backnum_new.html or via this direct link.

This issue contains the following articles:

• Top Record Labels in the UK 1940-2023
• Most Hit Albums in a Year
• Most Simultaneous Hits on the Audio Streaming Chart
• Top Singles on the HMV Label (1940-2023)
• Yearly Variation in the UK Charts – 2023
• Collectacharts: Troubadours du Roi Baudouin – Sammy Turner
• Most Known Standards for Songwriters in the UK Charts Acts whose first chart year was their best scoring year 
• Most Years on Chart for Albums
• UK 2nd Quarter 2024

Remember, if we publish one of your articles you receive a free four-issue subscription.

Chartwatch 140 is now available

CW140 is now available to purchase from http://www.chartwatch.co.uk/backnum_new.html or via this direct link.

This issue mostly concentrates on 2023 analyses, not only from the UK but also The Netherlands, France and the US.

As well as this we include:

• Going Out With A Bang
• Song Revivals
• UK Best-Selling Albums 1973
• The Singles Chart Slow Down

Remember, if we publish one of your articles you receive a free four-issue subscription.

Chartwatch 139 Now Available

 The December 2023 edition of Chartwatch is now available, featuring:

Split Scores in the New Millenium

Most Successful Cover of Every Beatles Song

Biggest Remakes of Album Tracks in the UK

Collectacharts: Tonight Alive – Toy-Box

Top Ten Albums Each Year 1956-2020, Pt.3

Acts Whose Biggest Hit Was A Compilation Album

Now That’s What I Call A Collection; Tracks on Most Top 10 Compilation Albums

UK 3rd Quarter 2023

You can order it via this link or from our website http://www.chartwatch.co.uk/backnum_new.html