UK Billboard Hot 40 - 25th December 2011

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope yous enjoyed it.

Olly Murs has performed beyond my expectations and secured a 3rd week on the chart, becoming only the 3rd artist to do so since starting 21 weeks ago. Rihanna drops a place to #3, whilst both The Pogues and Mariah Carey secure top 10 placings due to their Christmas status; 'Fairytale Of New York' is up 7 to #2 and 'AIWFCIY' is up to #5 from #10.

Further down the charts, more Christmas songs appear, such as Wham! (#13), Slade (#15) and Wizzard (#18). Following campaigns for the official chart, both Lou Monte and Alex Day creep into the bottom of the list, securing #39 and #40 respectively.

The biggest climber this week is Chris Rea with his festive hit 'Driving Home For Christmas', moving a whopping 19 places up the chart to this week's #17.

The biggest faller of the week is Lady Gaga, who drops 10 places to this week's #31 with 'Marry The Night'.

UK Billboard Hot 40 - 18th December 2011

Olly Murs has clung onto the top spot for a second week, after facing stiff competition from Rihanna and Lloyd. Coldplay have a new peak on the chart at #5 with 'Paradise', whilst both The Pogues and Mariah Carey's festive tracks enter the top 10 for the first time.

Further down the chart, another 6 Christmas songs are present, including the classics from Slade, Band Aid, Wizzard and Wham!.

The biggest climber this week is Mariah Carey, up 22 from #32 to #10 with 'All I Want For Christmas Is You', whilst Olly Murs and Drake share the honour of biggest faller, both dropping 13 places to #38 and #39 respectively.

UK Billboard Hot 40 - 11th December 2011

Sorry about how late it is, I had a bit of trouble getting all the videos and didn't get it uploaded till late last night. :-\

As you can see, Olly Murs has stolen the #1 spot from Rihanna (I was not expecting this - see earlier post). Big climbs for the X Factor Finalists and Example, and big falls as well; actually, a lot of falls. The Wanted were this week's biggest fallers, falling from #23 to #36.

Three Christmas songs debuted in the chart this week, and expect a few more next week!!

Amy Winehouse - Our Day Will Come

This is the first posthumous single from Amy Winehouse. It was recorded when she was only 19, and in my opinion is a bit of a gem.

Her album, "Lioness: Hidden Treasures" is out now as well, so go and get it!

UK Billboard Hot 40 - 4th December 2011

As promised! :-)

A Belated Welcome

I completely forgot to introduce myself and my new blog. The 'About Me' section won't let me change anything which is a pain in the arse but I can live with it.

My name is Oliver, I'm a 20 year old from Blyth in Northumberland and go to Northumbria University to study Business Information Technology (very stressful these past few weeks!). I have a passion for music, particularly anything with a good bassline, but hate stuff like new monkey.

I saw this idea about 4-5 months ago and thought it would be a good insight as to how songs would chart if we used the US's chart system. It makes for some interesting results (Cher Lloyd has lasted a pitiful 4 weeks in the chart with both her songs combined) and some very closely fought battles. One in particular is the on-going battle for the top spot between Rihanna and Maroon 5, having shared the top spot for the past 11 weeks.

I hope you like my blog, please subscribe to it and to my YouTube account, and I promise a new video every Sunday/Monday, depending on how fast I can get them done and how not shit Windows Movie Maker will be. :-)

See ya later!

Example - Midnight Run

As promised here is a full version of one of the new entries in this week's chart. It comes from rapper/singer Example and his album "Playing In The Shadows". Although not expected to set the chart on fire, I feel that out of the whole Hot 40, this is one of the best songs (although I am biased as I love this type of music and this particular album).

It is released tonight actually (4th December) so it should hopefully rise quite nicely up the chart for next week.