Source: Music Week

New Warner Bros signing Daniel Powter looks set to open his chart account
with a Top Five entry this weekend, with retail reports suggesting his
debut single Bad Day is outselling Eminems hotly-tipped Ass Like That,
also released yesterday.

However, both new singles look unlikely to disrupt the continuing success
of James Blunt and 2Pac feat. Elton John, who are likely to resume their
positions at one and two respectively.

Outside the Top 10, Bananaramas Move In My Direction (A&G) will give the
duo their first hit single since 1993s More More More, while Nine Inch
Nails Only (Interscope) and Uniting Nations You & Me (Gusto) will settle
for a Top 20 debut. Lower down the chart, Natalie Imbruglia and Tony
Christie look unlikely to consolidate their recent success, with their new
singles currently struggling to break into the top 25.

James Blunt, Coldplay, Michael Jackson, Kaiser Chiefs and Faithless
continue to dominate the albums market, while new entries from Crazy Frog
(Gut) and Editors (Kitchenware) are both contending for a Top Ten debut. In
a largely static chart, other possible new entries come from Alanis
Morrisettes Jagged Little Pill Acoustic (Maverick), The Stands Horse
Fabulous (Echo) and Clors self-titled debut (Regal).

Singles

1 (1) JAMES BLUNT
2 (4) 2PAC FT ELTON JOHN
3 (2) MARIAH CAREY
4 (NE) DANIEL POWTER
5 (NE) EMINEM
6 (3) LEE RYAN
7 (5) DADDY YANKEE
8 (7) KELLY CLARKSON
9 (10) CRAZY FROG
10 (9) MVP

11 BANANARAMA
14 NINE INCH NAILS
16 UNITING NATIONS
20 DANCING DJS V ROXETTE
23 NATALIE IMBRUGLIA

Albums

1 James
2 Coldplay
3 Michael Jackson
4 Kaisers
5 Faithless

Top 40
Crazy Frog
Editors
Alanis
The Stands
Clor 

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In uk.music.charts on Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Sarch wrote :


>Source: Music Week
>
>New Warner Bros signing Daniel Powter looks set to open his chart account
>with a Top Five entry this weekend, with retail reports suggesting his
>debut single Bad Day is outselling Eminem‚s hotly-tipped Ass Like That,
>also released yesterday.


I bet Em finishes ahead of him, though.

>
>However, both new singles look unlikely to disrupt the continuing success
>of James Blunt 

>and 2Pac feat. Elton John, who are likely to resume their
>positions at one and two respectively.


Bloody yo-yo chart positions... :)

>
>Outside the Top 10, Bananarama‚s Move In My Direction (A&G) will give the
>duo their first hit single since 1993‚s More More More


Really thought they'd go top 10.


>, while Nine Inch
>Nails‚ Only (Interscope) and Uniting Nation‚s You & Me (Gusto) will settle
>for a Top 20 debut.


About where I predicted.


> Lower down the chart, Natalie Imbruglia and Tony
>Christie look unlikely to consolidate their recent success, with their new
>singles currently struggling to break into the top 25.


Ditto.

Where is Lucie though?

>
>Singles
>
>1 (1) JAMES BLUNT
>2 (4) 2PAC FT ELTON JOHN


A sales increase?


>3 (2) MARIAH CAREY
>4 (NE) DANIEL POWTER
>5 (NE) EMINEM
>6 (3) LEE RYAN
>7 (5) DADDY YANKEE
>8 (7) KELLY CLARKSON
>9 (10) CRAZY FROG


You gotta be kidding - why won't this die? No radio station will touch
it.


>10 (9) MVP
>
>11 BANANARAMA
>14 NINE INCH NAILS
>16 UNITING NATIONS
>20 DANCING DJS V ROXETTE
>23 NATALIE IMBRUGLIA
>
>Albums
>
>1 James
>2 Coldplay
>3 Michael Jackson
>4 Kaisers
>5 Faithless
>
>Top 40
>Crazy Frog
#6
>Editors

#7

#8 Jeff Wayne
#9 Green Day
#10 Keane


>Alanis
#17

>The Stands
>Clor 

-- 
Paul 'US Sitcom Fan' Hyett

Hi, 

Does anyone have any news as to where Madness' new single 'Shame and 
Scandal' has got to in the midweeks?


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UK Midweeks - Wednesday Update

1.James Blunt - You're Beautiful (just under 20k)
2 Daniel Powter - Bad Day
4 Mariah Carey - We Belong Together
5 Eminem - Ass Like That (Over 500 behind) (4 in physical only)
7 Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone
11 Charlotte Church - Crazy Chick
12 Bananarama - Move In My Direction(96 copies behind) (9 in physical only)
14 9 Inch Nails - Only (12 in physical only)
16 Uniting Nations - You and Me (14 in physical only)
19 Dancing DJ's vs Roxette - Fading Like A Flower (16 in physical only)

(18 Natalie Imbruglia on physical only)
(20 Tony C on physical only)

Albums

1 James Blunt - Back To Bedlam (just under 50k)
6 Crazy Frog - Crazy Hits
8 Editors - The Back Room
12 Mariah Carey - The Emancipation Of Mimi
15 Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway
16 Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill Unplugged
18 Oasis - Don't Believe The Truth
20 Charlotte Church - Tissues and Issues

Now 61 has sold 116k so far...

Thanks to Andy @ Haven

UK Midweeks - Thursday Update

Physical only update!

1 James Blunt - You're Beautiful 21.8k
2 Daniel Powter - Bad Day 8.9
3 Eminem - Ass Like That
4 Mariah Carey - We Belong Together
5 2Pac ft Elton John - Ghetto Gospel
6 Daddy Yankee - Gasolina
7 Lee Ryan - Army Of Lovers
8 Crazy Frog - Axel F
9 MVP - Roc Ya Body (Mic Check 1 2)
10 Banarama - Move In The Right Direction
11 Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone
12 Nine Inch Nails - Only
13 Roll Deep - The Avenue
14 Uniting Nations - You and Me
15 Missy Elliott - Lose Control
16 Dancing DJs vs Roxette - Fading Like A Flower
17 Charlotte Church - Crazy Chick
18 Natalie Imbruglia - Counting Down The Days
19 Audio Bullys ft Nancy Sinatra - Shot Me Down
20 Tony Christie - Avenues and Alleyways

22 Martin Solveig - Everybody
25 El Presidente - Without You
27 Lucie Silvas - Don't Look Back
30 Madness - Shame and Scandal
32 Bright Eyes
36 Trophy Boyz - Do The Dudek
37 Lethal Bizzle - Uh Oh, I'm Back
50 VHS or Beta - Night On Fire
62 Black Wire - Smoke and Mirrors
64 Engerica
68 Modey Lemon - Bucket Of Butterflies
69 Common - Go
73 Used - All That I've Got
74 Disco Bros

Thanks to the Haven Crew

In uk.music.charts on Thu, 28 Jul 2005, Mark wrote :


>UK Midweeks - Thursday Update
>
>Physical only update!


Interesting, but given that physical sales make up only 40-45% of the
chart now, less useful than they used to be.

>
>1 James Blunt - You're Beautiful 21.8k


No doubt he'll still be #1, though.


>8 Crazy Frog - Axel F


WTF is still buying this shit?

>
>22 Martin Solveig - Everybody
>25 El Presidente - Without You
>27 Lucie Silvas - Don't Look Back


So she should be in the top 30 overall, hopefully.


>30 Madness - Shame and Scandal


Maybe they should have tried publicizing their new single - no video, no
airplay that I've heard.


>32 Bright Eyes
>36 Trophy Boyz - Do The Dudek
>37 Lethal Bizzle - Uh Oh, I'm Back


But not for long, on those sales... :)

BTW, I think everyone must be on their summer hols - the volume here has
been pitiful for the last 2 weeks.
-- 
Paul 'US Sitcom Fan' Hyett

Paul Hyett  wrote in message
news:kTKTS3Atob6CFwXE@activist.demon.co.uk...

>
> >30 Madness - Shame and Scandal
>
> Maybe they should have tried publicizing their new single - no video, no
> airplay that I've heard.


They had a live session on Radio 2's Ken Bruce show last week.

This week, their album was 'album of the week' on the same show
so it was a different track every day.

So although Ken wasn't playing their new single to death, there has
been a fair bit of Madness.

How come you can't stand them any more?

N

"Paul Hyett"  wrote in message 
news:kTKTS3Atob6CFwXE@activist.demon.co.uk...

> In uk.music.charts on Thu, 28 Jul 2005, Mark wrote :
>>30 Madness - Shame and Scandal
>
> Maybe they should have tried publicizing their new single - no video, no
> airplay that I've heard.


They're on TOTP this week, would have been better if they were on last 
week's show.

Mark

Friday Update

Top 20 update!

1 James Blunt - You're Beautiful 34k almost!!!!
2. Daniel Powter - Bad Day 14k almsot
3 2pac ft Elton John - Ghetto Gospel
4 Mariah Carey - We Belong Together (1000 behind)
5 Eminem - Ass Like That
7 Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone
11 Charlotte Church - Crazy Chick
13 Bananarama - Move In My Direction
16 Uniting Nations - You and Me
17 Nine Inch Nails - Only
20 Dancing DJ's vs Roxette -Fading Like A Flower
(Natalie Imbruglia #19 on physical alone)

Albums

1 James Blunt - Back To Bedlam 79k!
2 Coldplay - X and Y 25k
5 Crazy Frog - Crazy Hits
9 Editors - The Back Room
12 Mariah Carey - The Emancipation Of Mimi
13 Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill Unplugged
16 Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway
17 Oasis - Don't Believe The Truth
20 Gwen Stefani - Love Angel Music Baby

Thanks to the Haven Crew

In uk.music.charts on Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Nigel wrote :

>
>Paul Hyett  wrote in message
>news:kTKTS3Atob6CFwXE@activist.demon.co.uk...
>>
>> >30 Madness - Shame and Scandal
>>
>> Maybe they should have tried publicizing their new single - no video, no
>> airplay that I've heard.
>
>They had a live session on Radio 2's Ken Bruce show last week.
>
>This week, their album was 'album of the week' on the same show
>so it was a different track every day.
>
>So although Ken wasn't playing their new single to death, there has
>been a fair bit of Madness.
>
>How come you can't stand them any more?


They seem trite & trivial now, and their music only designed to appeal
to an adolescent audience.
-- 
Paul 'US Sitcom Fan' Hyett

Paul Hyett  wrote in message
news:dsf5pKABTm6CFwjW@activist.demon.co.uk...

> In uk.music.charts on Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Nigel wrote :
> >
> >Paul Hyett  wrote in message
> >news:kTKTS3Atob6CFwXE@activist.demon.co.uk...
> >>
> >> >30 Madness - Shame and Scandal
> >>
> >> Maybe they should have tried publicizing their new single - no video,
no
> >> airplay that I've heard.
> >
> >They had a live session on Radio 2's Ken Bruce show last week.
> >
> >This week, their album was 'album of the week' on the same show
> >so it was a different track every day.
> >
> >So although Ken wasn't playing their new single to death, there has
> >been a fair bit of Madness.
> >
> >How come you can't stand them any more?
>
> They seem trite & trivial now, and their music only designed to appeal
> to an adolescent audience.


I'd have thought that by getting so much R2 coverage, they would
be trying to appeal to a rather more mature audience.
It's just you under 40's who don't like them.

Wait two weeks  :-)

N

"Paul Hyett"  wrote in message
news:dsf5pKABTm6CFwjW@activist.demon.co.uk...

> In uk.music.charts on Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Nigel wrote :
>>
>>Paul Hyett  wrote in message
>>news:kTKTS3Atob6CFwXE@activist.demon.co.uk...
>>>
>>> >30 Madness - Shame and Scandal
>>>
>>
>>How come you can't stand them any more?
>
> They seem trite & trivial now, and their music only designed to appeal
> to an adolescent audience.


Except that 'Shame & Scandal' was originally a hit for Lance Percival. How
many adolescents do you think have any idea who he was? ;-)
It's interesting that you complain about them being trivial too, as many say 
that what did for them in their original career was when they started 
writing serious songs like 'Uncle Sam' and 'Yesterday's Men'; that's not an 
assesment I entirely agree with, but it's a common one.

As it happens, I think this new single is pretty weak too, but I think 
that's a common problem when bands do covers albums - it's hard to avoid the 
suspicion that they're more fun to make than to listen to. With a band as 
venerable as Madness, there's also the problem that they tend to have 
covered all the songs they really want to already. I'm also quite 
disappointed by the performance in this instance; it's a cliche that they 
developed their nutty sound by failing to emulate their influences, but if 
anything they now sound too proficient.

Still, their last comeback material was a lot better than could reasonably 
have been expected, so their may be hope for them yet. They're still a great 
live attraction by all accounts.

    Chris

"Paul Hyett"  wrote in message 
news:ANCuxhA7En5CFwKb@activist.demon.co.uk...

> In uk.music.charts on Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Sarch wrote :
>
>>Source: Music Week
>>
>>New Warner Bros signing Daniel Powter looks set to open his chart account
>>with a Top Five entry this weekend, with retail reports suggesting his
>>debut single Bad Day is outselling Eminem,s hotly-tipped Ass Like That,
>>also released yesterday.
>
> I bet Em finishes ahead of him, though.


Probably, as Em tends to be pretty steady all week long - not that we have 
any form on Powter yet, of course.
Mind you, my extended forecast for that one was only Top 40, so what do I 
know?


>>Outside the Top 10, Bananarama,s Move In My Direction (A&G) will give the
>>duo their first hit single since 1993,s More More More
>
> Really thought they'd go top 10.


They could be by now.
But I thought they probably would anyway.


>>, while Nine Inch
>>Nails, Only (Interscope) and Uniting Nation,s You & Me (Gusto) will settle
>>for a Top 20 debut.
>
> About where I predicted.


I was thinking along similar lines, although I haven't heard either of them.


>> Lower down the chart, Natalie Imbruglia and Tony
>>Christie look unlikely to consolidate their recent success, with their new
>>singles currently struggling to break into the top 25.
>
> Ditto.


Me too, pretty much, although I thought Natalie might go Top 20 - depending 
on airplay etc in the past couple of weeks, which I wasn't able to judge.


>>Singles
>>
> You gotta be kidding - why won't this die? No radio station will touch
> it.


Well, maybe that's it - if people want to hear it, they have to buy the CD.



>>20 DANCING DJS V ROXETTE


Dare I ask what this is all about?


>>Albums
>>
>>
>>Top 40
>>Crazy Frog
> #6


Now this one has to be the surprise.

    Chris

In uk.music.charts on Sat, 30 Jul 2005, Chris Brown wrote :

>
>>>Singles


[Re : Crazy Frog]

>>>
>> You gotta be kidding - why won't this die? No radio station will touch
>> it.
>
>Well, maybe that's it - if people want to hear it, they have to buy the CD.


But WTF would they *want* to hear it in the first place? :)

>
>>>20 DANCING DJS V ROXETTE
>
>Dare I ask what this is all about?


Usual sampled dance track.

>
>>>Albums
>>>
>>>
>>>Top 40
>>>Crazy Frog
>> #6
>
>Now this one has to be the surprise.
>

That it's not higher, or that it charted at all?
-- 
Paul 'US Sitcom Fan' Hyett

In uk.music.charts on Sat, 30 Jul 2005, Chris Brown wrote :

>>>>
>>>> >30 Madness - Shame and Scandal
>>>>
>>>How come you can't stand them any more?
>>
>> They seem trite & trivial now, and their music only designed to appeal
>> to an adolescent audience.
>
>Except that 'Shame & Scandal' was originally a hit for Lance Percival. How
>many adolescents do you think have any idea who he was? ;-)


I have no idea, either...
-- 
Paul 'US Sitcom Fan' Hyett

Chris Brown wrote:

> "Paul Hyett"  wrote in message
> news:dsf5pKABTm6CFwjW@activist.demon.co.uk...
> 
>>In uk.music.charts on Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Nigel wrote :
>>
>>>Paul Hyett  wrote in message
>>>news:kTKTS3Atob6CFwXE@activist.demon.co.uk...
>>>
>>>>>30 Madness - Shame and Scandal
>>>>
>>>How come you can't stand them any more?
>>
>>They seem trite & trivial now, and their music only designed to appeal
>>to an adolescent audience.
> 
> 
> Except that 'Shame & Scandal' was originally a hit for Lance Percival. How
> many adolescents do you think have any idea who he was? ;-)
> It's interesting that you complain about them being trivial too, as many say 
> that what did for them in their original career was when they started 
> writing serious songs like 'Uncle Sam' and 'Yesterday's Men'; that's not an 
> assesment I entirely agree with, but it's a common one.
> 


Though to be fair, after summer 1983 their career was on the wane. Their 
commercial success declined in 1984 then nosedived in 1985/6. It was at 
this stage that they changed direction with a more mature sound, but the 
writing was on the wall by then.

Robbie

"Paul Hyett"  wrote in message 
news:wMKyxTBRoG7CFwMl@activist.demon.co.uk...

> In uk.music.charts on Sat, 30 Jul 2005, Chris Brown wrote :
>>>>>
>>>>> >30 Madness - Shame and Scandal
>>>>>
>>>>How come you can't stand them any more?
>>>
>>> They seem trite & trivial now, and their music only designed to appeal
>>> to an adolescent audience.
>>
>>Except that 'Shame & Scandal' was originally a hit for Lance Percival. How
>>many adolescents do you think have any idea who he was? ;-)
>
> I have no idea, either...


British satirist of the early 60s, who used to sing topical calypsos on That 
Was The Week That Was. As of five years ago, he's still alive and working 
the after-dinner-speaking circuit.

Anyway, not a name immediately recogniseable to most teenagers, I'll bet.

    Chris

"Paul Hyett"  wrote in message
news:ksP3p+AHnG7CFwsy@activist.demon.co.uk...

> In uk.music.charts on Sat, 30 Jul 2005, Chris Brown wrote :
>>
>>>>Singles
>
> [Re : Crazy Frog]
>>>>
>>> You gotta be kidding - why won't this die? No radio station will touch
>>> it.
>>
>>Well, maybe that's it - if people want to hear it, they have to buy the
>>CD.
>
> But WTF would they *want* to hear it in the first place? :)


OK, now that I can't account for. But I dispute that you can pinpoint 
airplay as a factor.


>>>>20 DANCING DJS V ROXETTE
>>
>>Dare I ask what this is all about?
>
> Usual sampled dance track.


So I'd guessed, but I hadn't heard of if before
Of course I have now heard the thing. :-(


>>>>Albums
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Top 40
>>>>Crazy Frog
>>> #6
>>
>>Now this one has to be the surprise.
>>
> That it's not higher, or that it charted at all?


That it got that high. It's notoriously tricky to convert a novelty hit into 
a successful album.

    Chris