Chartwatch 148 and 149 now available

Chartwatch magazines 148 and 149 (May and July 2026) are now available for £1.75 each through our website at http://www.chartwatch.co.uk/backnum_new.html

CW148 features our analyses of the US charts in 2025. It also features: Most Successful 20th Studio Album; Collectacharts Union Gap to Usura; Decade 2016-2025; Meandians 2025; UK Singles Charts with the Lowest Highest Entries; Top Compilations 2025; Albums that spent One Week in the Charts At No.1; Most Weeks Between Successive Hit Studio Albums; Chart Weeks with Most Debutant Acts; UK 1st Quarter 2026.

CW149 focuses on Eurovision (2026 and 2025) and Neil’s analysis of the Billboard charts in 1965, plus an update on the UK after the 2nd quarter. It also features a Collectacharts of U2.

You can subscribe to four issues (1 year's worth) for £6 through our Ko-Fi page

Chartwatch Issue 147 now available

 Chartwatch 147 features Chartwatch's analysis of the 2025 UK record charts and much much more

The contents are:

• UK 2025

• Music Video 2025

• France Singles Chart 2025

• Longest Climb To No.1

• Collectacharts Kali Uchis to Union

• Albums That Took Longest To Chart in the UK

• Oldest Person at No.1 in the UK

• Oldest Singles To Chart In 2025

• Most Hits For Act/Songwriter Combinations

• Artists Who Charted the Most Weeks in the USA Before The UK

You can order directly via this link or at http://www.chartwatch.co.uk/backnum_new.html

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

Chartwatch 138 now available

The 32-page issue 138 of Chartwatch is now available to buy from chartwatch.co.uk/backnum_new.html featuring: 

Motown chartography for 1959-1965

US Annual Analysis 1952

BPI Sales Awards for The Beatles

Top Tracks Each Year 1952-2022

Top Ten Albums for 1971-2020

UK 2nd Quarter 2023 analysis

Chartwatch 137 now available

 The 32-page issue 137 of Chartwatch is now available to buy from chartwatch.co.uk/backnum_new.html featuring: 

Decade 2013-2022

Most 100 Point Years

Best Selling Flop Singles

ISRC: Catalogue numbers for tracks

The Beatles Classic Albums

Comparing Official and Audio Streaming Scoring

Collectacharts: Thunder – Time Frequency

Eurovision 2023

Re-issued singles that out-performed their initial release

US Cash Box Rhythm & Blues Charts 1957

One Year Wonders

UK 1^st Quarter 2023

Chartwatch 136 now available

Issue 136 of Chartwatch is now available to buy from chartwatch.co.uk/backnum_new.html featuring: 

UK, France and US Billboard analyses for 2022; 

Collectacharts: Evelyn Thomas – Harry Thumann

Most Years on Chart for Tracks (1940-2022); 

Most Scoring Years for Tracks (1940-2022); 

Producers with most 100-point singles 1967-2022; 

BPI Sales Awards

CW reader has UK music magazines to give away

Reader Dave McAleer has a few hundred copies of UK publications, including NME, Record Mirror, MM, Music Week, Country Music People, Blues & Soul, and US trade papers Billboard, Cash Box & Record World, that he thinks might be of interest to someone.

He is more than happy to pass them on to any fellow records/charts enthusiasts who would appreciate having them, and who could either pick them up from him in South London (please email john@chartwatch.co.uk to make contact) or can arrange to get them collected. The pics show the mags' condition).

 

He is not expecting someone to take everything, and is happy to answer any questions (via email)  anyone may have about any part of the collection.

Chartwatch Booklets 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 and Indexes 1 & 2 now available

 In our final tranche of back issues we can now make available Chartwatch Booklets 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 and Indexes 1 & 2 as PDFs for £1.00 each - please see http://www.chartwatch.co.uk/backnum_new.html

Chartwatch 2008 and 2009 Chart Booklets are now available

 PDF scans of the Chartwatch Chart Booklets for 2008 and 2009 are now available to buy via our website http://www.chartwatch.co.uk/backnum_new.html

Chartwatch Chart Booklets for 2001, 2002 and 2003 now available

PDF scans of the Chartwatch Chart Booklets for 2001, 2002 and 2003 are now available to buy via our website http://www.chartwatch.co.uk/backnum_new.html

Chartwatch chart Booklets for 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987 now available

 PDF scans of the Chartwatch Chart Booklets for 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987 now available to buy via our website http://www.chartwatch.co.uk/backnum_new.html

Chartwatch 135 is now available

 CW135 is available to buy as a PDF for £1.50 via 

http://www.chartwatch.co.uk/backnum_new.html

or directly at 

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=Q23F2364KQPKC

The contents are:

Year By Year 1952

Oldest Tracks To Reach No.1 on the UK Singles Chart

Collectacharts: Emma-Jean Thackray – Ed Thomas

Billboard Charts 2021

Billboard National Singles Chart 1941-1950

USA Rhythm and Blues Forties Analysis 1942-1950

UK 3rd Quarter 2022

CW134 is now available

CW134 is available to buy as a PDF for £1.50 via 

http://www.chartwatch.co.uk/backnum_new.html

or directly at 

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=Z8YDEVZH83YKJ

The contents are:

Decade 2012-2021

Eurovision 2022

Top Ten Albums Each Year 1956-2020, Pt.1

Collectacharts: Danny Tenaglia - Colin Thackery

US Cash Box Rhythm & Blues Charts 1956

Songwriters with Longest Spans at No.1 with Different Songs

Most Hit Versions for a Song 1940-2021

UK 2nd Quarter 2022

CW 133 is now available

 CW133 is available to buy as a PDF for £1.50 via 

http://www.chartwatch.co.uk/backnum_new.html

or directly at 

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=6SEK7WWLG8JBN

The contents are:

Year By Year 2021

Collectacharts: Tears For Fears - Tenacious D

Compilations 2021

Music Video 2021

The Big Top 40

UK 1st Quarter Analysis 2022