The following were the most successful singles in the UK singles chart over the 2020 Summer period according to the Chartwatch scoring system. Singles are scored over 14 charts from the 11th June to the 10th September chart...
CW125 is now available online
Issue 125 of Chartwatch is now available via http://www.chartwatch.co.uk/backnum_new.html.
The contents of the new issue are:
Decade 2010-2019
How Big Is A Big Win?
The Best Albums of the 2010s
France Singles Chart Analysis 2019
Music Video 2019
Compilations Chart 2019
Collectacharts Morris Stoloff-Strawbs
Year by Year 1949
Oldest Song to Chart Again
Top of the Flops
UK 1st Quarter 2020
Most Weeks at Number 1 - UK Albums Acts
MOST WEEKS AT NUMBER 1 - UK ALBUMS ACTS
by Colin Hughes
(Number 1 Albums In Brackets)
(W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 2nd July 2020)
01) BEATLES - 176 (15) @@@
02) ELVIS PRESLEY – 66 (13)
03) ABBA - 57 (9)
04) ROLLING STONES - 46 (12)
05) ED SHEERAN - 41 (4)
06) SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 40 (2)
07) ADELE - 37 (3)
08) ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 36 (13)
09) ROD STEWART - 32 (10)
10) MICHAEL JACKSON – 31 (Including 3 Weeks as Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five) (10)
11)= MADONNA - 30 (12) (Includes 1 Week with the 'Evita' Soundtrack -1996) (12)
11)= EMINEM - 30 (10)
11)= TAKE THAT - 30 (8)
11)= CLIFF RICHARD - 30 (7)
15)= THE CARPENTERS - 29 (3)
15)= ELTON JOHN - 29 (Includes 1 No.1 with PNAU) (7)
17) DAVID BOWIE - 27 (11)
18)= BOB DYLAN – 26 (9)
18)= PHIL COLLINS - 26 (6)
18)= SIMPLY RED - 26 (5)
21) DIRE STRAITS - 22 (4)
22)= THE SHADOWS – 21 (Excludes 21 Weeks with Cliff Richard) (4)
22)= QUEEN - 21 (9)
22)= OASIS - 21 (8)
25) BARBRA STREISAND - 20 (Includes 2 No.1 Weeks with the 'A Star Is Born' Soundtrack = 1977) (7)
26) GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS - 19 (3)
27)= COLDPLAY - 18 (8)
27)= CELINE DION - 18 (5)
27)= SPICE GIRLS - 18 (2)
@@@ = The Official UK Charts Company, give The Beatles 16 UK No.1 Albums, as they count one of their Re-issued No.1 Albums, as a ‘New’ No.1 for them. I’m not sure if they are counting ‘Sgt Pepper’s’ Return to No.1, (June 2017), as their 16th No.1, or if it is ‘Abbey Road’s Return to No.1. (October 2019). I think that it is ‘Abbey Road’, that they counting, as 2 Beatles No.1 Albums.
Acts with the most UK Number 1 Albums
ACTS WITH THE MOST UK NUMBER 1 ALBUMS
by Colin Hughes
(Weeks at No.1 in Brackets)
(W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 2nd July 2020)
01) BEATLES - 15 (176W)
02)= ELVIS PRESLEY - 13 (66W)
02)= ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 13 (36W)
04)= THE ROLLING STONES - 12 (46W)
04)= MADONNA - 12 (30W)
06)= DAVID BOWIE - 11 (27W)
06)= BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 11 (17W)
08)= ROD STEWART - 10 (32W)
08)= MICHAEL JACKSON - 10 (Includes 1 No.1, as Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five - 3 No.1 Weeks) (31W)
08)= EMINEM - 10 (30W)
08)= U2 - 10 (15W)
12)= ABBA - 9 (57W)
12)= BOB DYLAN - 9 (26W)
12)= QUEEN - 9 (21W)
15)= TAKE THAT - 8 (30W)
15)= OASIS - 8 (21W)
15)= COLDPLAY - 8 (18W)
15)= LED ZEPPELIN - 8 (14W)
15)= REM - 8 (13W)
15)= WESTLIFE - 8 (8W)
21)= CLIFF RICHARD - 7 (30W)
21)= ELTON JOHN - 7 (Includes 1 No.1 with Pnau) (29W)
21)= BARBRA STREISAND - 7 (20W)
21)= PAUL McCARTNEY//WINGS - 7 (17W)
21)= GEORGE MICHAEL - 7 (17W)
21)= KYLIE MINOGUE - 7 (13W)
21)= THE PRODIGY - 7 (12W)
21)= STEREOPHONICS - 7 (11W)
29)= PHIL COLLINS - 6 (26W)
29)= POLICE - 6 (Includes 1 No.1, as Sting & The Police) (17W)
29)= ARCTIC MONKEYS - 6 (13W)
29)= GENESIS - 6 (12W)
29)= PINK FLOYD - 6 (11W)
29)= RADIOHEAD - 6 (9W)
29)= BLUR - 6 (8W)
29)= MUSE – 6 (8W)
28)= CHEMICAL BROTHERS - 6 (6W)
The top Eurovision songs of all time
One of Chartwatch's kinder duties is to keep track of the scoring in the Eurovision Song Contest so you don't have to. The thing to remember about Eurovision is that a lot more countries vote now than used to, and the scoring systems changed recently to double up the points, so just looking at which songs have scored the most points in a contest doesn't tell you which have been most successful.
At Chartwatch we track this by awarding a score based on the maximum number of points an entry could have scored, which comes out as a percentage score. Up to the 2019 competition this is our list of the most successful Eurovision entries of all time. This list, and a lot of other Eurovision-related analysis, appears in Chartwatch 122 - available via http://www.chartwatch.co.uk/backnum_new.html.
Pos | Title | Artist | Country | Year | Score |
1 | Tu Te Reconnaîtras | Ann-Marie David | Luxembourg | 1973 | 80.63 |
2 | Save Your Kisses For Me | Brotherhood Of Man | UK | 1976 | 80.39 |
3 | Ein Bisschen Frieden | Nicole | Germany | 1982 | 78.92 |
4 | Love Shine A Light | Katrina and The Waves | UK | 1997 | 78.82 |
5 | Fairytale | Alexander Rybak | Norway | 2009 | 78.66 |
6 | Rock'n'Roll Kids | Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan | Ireland | 1994 | 78.47 |
7 | Eres Tu | Mocedades | Spain | 1973 | 78.13 |
8 | Heroes | Måns Zelmerlöw | Sweden | 2015 | 77.99 |
9 | J'Aime La Vie | Sandra Kim | Belgium | 1986 | 77.19 |
10 | Amar Pelos Dois | Salvador Sobral | Portugal | 2017 | 77.03 |
11 | Power To All Our Friends | Cliff Richard | UK | 1973 | 76.88 |
12 | Euphoria | Loreen | Sweden | 2012 | 75.61 |
13 | Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue | Sévérine | Monaco | 1971 | 75.29 |
| Apres Toi | Vicky Leandros | Luxembourg | 1972 | 75.29 |
15 | Everybody | Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL | Estonia | 2001 | 75.00 |
16 | Un, Deux, Trois | Catherine Ferry | France | 1976 | 72.06 |
17 | Fly On The Wings Of Love | Olsen Brothers | Denmark | 2000 | 70.65 |
18 | Ding Ding-a-dong | Teach-In | Netherlands | 1975 | 70.37 |
19 | A-ba-ni-bi | Izhar Cohen & Alphabeta | Israel | 1978 | 68.86 |
20 | Hold Me Now | Johnny Logan | Ireland | 1987 | 68.25 |
21 | En Un Mundo Nuevo | Karina | Spain | 1971 | 68.24 |
22 | Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley | Herrey's | Sweden | 1984 | 67.13 |
| Rise Like A Phoenix | Conchita Wurst | Austria | 2014 | 67.13 |
24 | Beg, Steal or Borrow | New Seekers | UK | 1972 | 67.06 |
25 | Never Ever Let You Go | Rollo & King | Denmark | 2001 | 67.05 |
26 | L'Oiseau et L'Enfant | Marie Myriam | France | 1977 | 66.67 |
| Dikiye Tantsy | Ruslana Lyzhichko | Ukraine | 2004 | 66.67 |
28 | What's Another Year | Johnny Logan | Ireland | 1980 | 66.20 |
29 | Hard Rock Hallelujah | Lordi | Finland | 2006 | 65.77 |
30 | Non Ho L’Eta | Gigliola Cinquetti | Italy | 1964 | 65.33 |
A Playlist for the Coronavirus Lockdown
Here are some songs which might be fitting for the COVID-19 coronavirus lockdown.
The Rocking Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu – Huey "Piano" Smith & The Clowns
Fever – Peggy Lee
Lost April - Nat 'King' Cole & the George Shearing Quintet
Chills And Fever – Tom Jones
Ventilator Blues – Rolling Stones
Only Living Boy In New York – Simon & Garfunkel
Isolation – John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band
School's Out – Alice Cooper
Zoom - Commodores
A Little Bit Of Soap - Showaddywaddy
Stayin' Alive – Bee Gees
Behind The Mask – Fleetwood Mac
Every Day Hurts - Sad Café
Don’t Stand So Close To Me – Police
Ghost Town – Specials
No-One Driving - John Foxx
Now Wash Your Hands – Marillion
Take Me To The Hospital – Prodigy
Breathe – Radiohead
Lock Down – Cypress Hill
Let's Not Go Shopping – Robbie Williams
Safe At Home - Starsailor
Don't Leave Home - Dido
So Hard To Breathe - B.o.B
Empty Chairs At Empty Tables - Michael Ball & Alfie Boe
Work From Home - Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla $ign
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