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TOP 40 21ST DECEMBER 2014 – WEEK 51.

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The most prestigious Number 1 of the year is the Christmas Number 1 and for the 6^th time since its invention it is an X Factor winner’s song that tops the chart.

This year’s winner of the 11^th series of the X Factor is 29 year old Ben Haenow who comes from Croyden ,England and the song chosen for him to sing is the One Republic Album track from their 2013 Album ‘Native’ called ‘Something I Need’. The song was never released as a single in the UK or America but was Number 1 in Poland, Number 5 in Austria and Number 6 in Australia last year, some of the lyrics of the original have been changed presumably to make Haenows version more family friendly. This song becomes the 38^th different Number 1 single of 2014.

Dropping 1 place to Number 2 is Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars with ‘Uptown Funk’ and also down one to Number 3 is ‘Thinking Out Loud’ from Ed Sheeran. There are 4 new entries this week and the 2^nd highest is at Number 4 for Olly Murs ft Demi Lovato with the song ‘Up’, it is the 2^nd single release from his 4^th Album ‘Never Been Better’, the 1^st release ‘Wrapped Up’ is still on the chart at Number 12. As well as being a singer Demi Lovato is also an American actress, she came to prominence in 2008 after appearing in the Disney Channel television film ‘Camp Rock’. In the UK she has charted 7 times, 5 as lead artist and twice this year as featured artist when coincidently she also reached Number 4 with The Vamps on their song ‘Somebody To You’.

The 3^rd new entry on the Christmas chart is at Number 5 for The Wealdstone Raider with ‘Got No Fans’, The Wealdstone Raider whose real name is Gordon hill is an English internet celebrity who supports the football team Wealdstone FC. He first came to attention when a video of him heckling opposing supporters of Whitehawk FC went viral, The Daily Mirror have got behind him in an attempt to get the Christmas Number 1, all profits from the single will go to charities including Great Ormond Street Hospital.

The final new entry this week is at Number 14 for Gorgon City ft Jennifer Hudson with ‘Go All Night’, this is the 4^th single release from their debut Album ‘Sirens’ and also their 4^th top 20 hit this year, ‘Ready For Love’ being the most successful (Number 4). Jennifer Hudson rose to prominence in 2004 as a finalist on the 3^rd season of American Idol, in the UK she has had 3 hits as lead artist the most successful being ‘Spotlight’ (Number 11)in 2008.

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TOP 40 14TH DECEMBER 2014 – WEEK 50.

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‘Uptown Funk’ is the 37^th different song to top the UK top 40 this year. Mark Ronson is credited as lead artist on the track and Bruno Mars as featured artist, they both helped co write the track, Ronson also produced it and Mars played drums as well as singing lead vocals. Ronson is one of the world’s most respected record producers who always uses guest artists on all of his single releases, since his 1^st hit ‘Ooh Wee’ in 2003 (Number 15) he has now gone on to have a further 7 top 40 singles. Previous to ‘Uptown Funk’ his best known collaboration was with Amy Winehouse on the 2007 Number 2 song ‘Valerie’, Bruno Mars whose real name is Peter Gene Hernandez hits Number 1 for the 5^th time, 3 times as lead artist and now twice as featured artist.

In total this week there are 4 new entries and 2 re-entries, with the 2^nd highest new song entering at Number 5 for Oliver Heldens featuring Kstewart with ‘Last All Night (Koala)’.Heldens is a 19 year old producer from the Netherlands who had the Number 1 single ‘Gecko (Overdrive) earlier on this year, the song has also been a top 30 hit in Belgium and his home country Holland.

The other song to enter this week’s top 20 is at Number 17 for Bring Me the Horizon with ‘Drown’. They are a Rock/Metal band from Sheffield and formed back in 2004, over the course of their 4 Album releases their sound has mellowed to what would now be described as commercial Rock. ‘Drown ‘will not appear on the forth coming new Album ‘Sempiternal’ which could explain the reason why the song has given them a 1^st ever top 40 song.

The 4^th and final new entry this week is at Number 21 for Fifth Harmony with ‘Boss’, the group consists of 5 females who all auditioned and failed to progress in the 2012 American X Factor. Simon Cowell brought them together as a quintet and they continued in that year’s competition in the groups category eventually finishing 3^rd overall. They are yet to have a top 40 single on Billboard and this is their debut UK hit.

There are two re-entries this week’ Ed Sheeran re-climbs 5 places to Number 39 with’ Sing’ and Wizzard climb 17 to Number 35 with their Festive classic ‘I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday’. This is the 8th time the song has now been a hit, it peaked at Number 4 on its 1^st release back in 1973.

As always enjoy the music.

TOP 40 7TH DECEMBER 2014 -WEEK 49

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Ed Sheeran returns to the top of the chart for a 2^nd time with his song ‘Thinking Out Loud’ this week. It is already a record breaker in that no other song has ever entered the top 40 before and taken 19 weeks to get to Number 1 a feat it achieved on November 6^th and now a full 5 weeks later it goes back to the top. It was the 3^rd single released from his 2^nd studio Album ‘X’ which is also the biggest selling Album of this year so far.

In total there are 4 new entries this week with the highest being at Number 2 for Union J with ‘You Got It All’. Union J were originally a trio consisting of Josh Cuthbert ,Jaymi Hensley and JJ Hamblett who auditioned for X Factor in 2012, George Shelley also auditioned as a solo artist but was persuaded to join the group, together they went on to finish 4^th in that years competition. This current hit is their highest chart placing to date they have had 3 previous top 10 singles.

The other song to enter the top 10 is at Number 7 for Blonde featuring Melissa Steel with ‘I Loved You’. Blonde is a British duo who are tasting chart success for the first time, Bradford born Melissa Steel has now appeared on the top 40 4 times this year as lead artist, on her Number 10 hit ‘Kisses For Breakfast’ and as featured artist on the Kove song ‘Way We Are’ (Number 30) and the Krishane song ‘Drunk And Incapable (Number 27).

New in at Number 16 is Ella Henderson with the 3^rd hit from her debut Album ‘Chapter One’, the song is called ‘Yours’, the previous 2 songs ‘Ghost’ and ‘Glow’ peaked at Number 1 and Number 7 respectively. Henderson was born Gabriella Michelle Ella Henderson on 12^th January 1996 and finished 6^th on the 9^th series of X factor in 2012.

Ed Sheerans chart dominance looks set to continue, not only has he this week’s Number 1 single he also is at Number 30 with ‘Don’t’ which is now in its 24^th charting week and he also has this week’s final new entry which is at Number 38 with the song ‘Make It Rain’. The track has been specially recorded to feature in the 7^th and final series of the American television drama ‘Sons of Anarchy’.

Also this week there are 3 re-entries which all keep popping up at this time of year. Back with us at Number 17 is Mariah Carey with ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’, it was originally the Xmas Number 2 single of 1994 beaten to the top spot by East 17 with ‘Stay Another Day’. The song has gone on to be Mariah Careys most successful single selling to date in excess of 14 million copies worldwide, this is the 10^th different year it has now charted. One place lower at Number 18 we welcome back another old friend in the form of The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl with ‘Fairytale of New York’, the song was the Xmas Number 2 single of 1987 beaten to the top that year by the Pet Shop Boys with their version of ‘Always on My Mind’. The Pogues return Fairytale to the chart for the 11^th time, it is the most played xmas song of the 21^st century. The xmas hatrick is completed by Wham new in at Number 39 with ‘Last Christmas’, this song was the xmas Number 2 of 1984 beaten to the top spot that year by the original Band Aid song ‘Do They Know Its Christmas’ which George Michael also appeared on. The song ‘Last Christmas’ was a double a side in its original format with ‘Everything She Wants’ on the flip side, it is the biggest selling UK single to have never got to Number 1.

As always enjoy the music.