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TOP 40 20TH JULY 2014 – WEEK 29.

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For the 3^rd week in a row there are only 4 new entries, there is also one re-entry this week.

We now have had 22 different songs top the UK top 40 this year with Manchester boy band Rixton taking the honours this week with ‘Me and My Broken Heart’. The song has already sold in excess of 500,000 copies in America peaking on Billboard at Number 12.The lead singer of the group is Jake Roche whose parents are no strangers to chart success themselves, his mother is Colleen Nolan who of course was a member of the Nolan sisters and his father is Eastenders actor Shane Richie who had a Number 2 single back in 2003 with his cover of the Wham song ‘I’m Your Man’ which was recorded for Children in need.

The 2^nd highest new entry is at Number 6 for Nicole Scherzinger with the 1^st track to be taken from her as yet unreleased, untitled 2^nd solo Album. As a solo artist this is her 8^th top 40 single, she has also charted another 4 times as a featured artist.

20 year old Ella Eyre has a new entry at Number 16 with’ If I Go’, she is one of the co-writers of the song and it is her 2^nd single release and 1^st top 40 hit. She has tasted chart success as lead singer on last year’s Number 1 with Rudimental ‘Waiting All Night’.

The final new entry is at Number 30 for Kove with ‘Way We Are’, the song features Melissa Steel, Kove is the stage name of music producer James Rockhill, he has done remixes for Chase and Status, John Newman and Bastille amongst others, this is his 6^th single release and his 1^st chart hit.

Finally the song which has re-entered the chart is at Number 37 for Vance Joy with ‘Riptide’, back in February it peaked inside the top 10, It is 37 weeks since it originally entered the UK chart.

As always enjoy the music.

TOP 40 30TH JUNE – WEEK 26.

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It is the halfway point of the year and a total of 153 different songs have now entered the chart.

There is also a new Number 1 single, the 19^th this year.

Topping the pile this week is Dutch artist Oliver Heldens with ‘Gecko (Overdrive)’, Heldens is 19 years old and is signed to Tiesto’s record label .Vocals on the track are provided by Becky Hill who also co-wrote the song, she was a 1^st series semi finalist on the BBC show ‘The Voice’ and becomes the first contestant to have a UK Number 1 after appearing on the programme.

Example has the 2^nd highest new entry at Number 4 with ‘One More Day (Stay with Me)’, this is his 1^st top 5 single since ‘Say Nothing’ in 2012. The song was going to be called stay with me but as the Sam Smith song already has that title One more day was added.

The other top 10 entry is at Number 10 for Usher with ‘Good Kisser’, the track becomes his 21^st top 40 single and is taken from his forthcoming 8th Album as yet untitled.In total this week there are 7 new entry’s and new in at Number 19 is Ed Sheeran with ‘Don’t’, this is one of 4 tracks in the current chart from him all of which can be found on his current Number 1 Album ‘X’.

New in at Number 26 is ‘Thinking Out Loud’ the 2^nd new entry from Sheeran, he is also currently at Number 3 with ‘Sing’ and Number 35 with ‘One’.

Entry Number 6 is at Number 30 for Dimitri Vegas, Martin Garrix and Like Mike with ‘Tremor’. Dimitri Thivaios and Michael Thivaios are brothers who were born in Belgium and they have teamed up with Martin Garrix, this is the brothers 1^st chart success.

The final new entry is at Number 34 for Austin Mahone ft Pitbull with ‘Mmm Yeah’, Mahone is 18 years old and hails from San Antonio Texas ,this is his 1^st top 40 hit, as for Pitbull this is the 5^th time this year he has made a chart appearance.

As always enjoy the music.

TOP 40 15TH JUNE 2014 – WEEK 24.

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This week there are 7 new entries and 3 re-entries on the Chart.

It is now almost a given that there is a new song at Number 1 every week and that has happened again.

The biggest selling song this week is from Ella Henderson with her debut single ‘Ghost’. Henderson was knocked out early in the X-Factor finals of 2012 after being in a sing off with eventual winner James Arthur. She went on to sign with Sony records and her Album is due out in the Autumn ,the song ‘Ghost’ is co-written by her and Ryan Tedder of One Republic.

Ed Sheeran’s single ‘Sing’ drops down1 place to Number 2.

New in at Number 3 is Dutch producer Tiesto with ‘Wasted’, this is his 2^nd hit this year following on from ‘Red Lights’. The song features vocals from Matthew Koma who has now charted 3 times in 2014 as a featured artist.

The Little Mix song ‘Salute’ is finally catching the public’s imagination now in its 7^th week in the top 100 it climbs 18 places to Number 6.

There are 3 football themed songs on the chart this week, one is the new entry at Number 7 for Rik Mayell with ‘Noble England’. Mayell died on June 9^th and his fan base have been buying the track to get him into the top 10, the song was originally released for the world cup of 2010.As part of the Young Ones Mayell spent 3 weeks at Number 1 back in 1986 with ‘Living Doll’.

Joseph Junior Adenuga better known by his stage name of Skepta is back in the top 40 for the 7^th time with ‘Thats Not Me’, he has had one more chart success back in 2012 as featured artist on the Wiley Number 3 single ‘Can You Hear Me’.

An old favourite is back with us at Number 27 ‘Three Lions’ from David Baddiel , Frank Skinner and the Lightning Seeds re-enters the top 40 for the 6^th time, it was originally Number 1 back in 1996, a re-recorded version with different words was Number 1 in 1998.

The official song for the FIFA 2014 World Cup from Pitbull featuring Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte called ‘We Are One’ is new in at Number 29.

One place lower at Number 30 is Raleigh Ritchie with ‘Stronger Than Ever’, he is better known for his acting, playing the role of ‘Grey Worm ‘in the ‘Game of Thrones’ TV series, his real name is Jacob Anderson.

Finally new in at Number 36 is Lil Wayne ft Drake with ‘Believe Me’, this is the lead single from his upcoming 11th Album ‘The Carter v’.

TOP 40 MAY 12TH 2014 – WEEK 19.

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This week sees a record equaling 12^th different Number 1 in 12 consecutive weeks, it last occurred in the year 2000. There is one slight difference this time in that it is not a new entry at Number 1 but a re-climber as last week’s Number 2 from Mr Probz goes back to the top relegating Calvin Harris to Number 2

There are a total of 5 new entry’s and 1 re-entry this week with the highest new song debuting at Number 6 for Pitbull featuring G.R.L with ‘Wild Wild Love’, this is Pitbulls official follow up to ‘Timber’, G.R.L are an all girl group put together by Robin Antin whose past successes include the formation of the Pussycat Dolls.

The 2^nd new entry is at Number 14 for Foxes with ‘Holding On To Heaven’, this is her 3^rd top 20 single and is taken from her debut Album ‘Glorious’.

The song which has re-entered the top 40 this week is at Number 22 and it’s the Gary Barlow song ‘Let Me Go’, the track originally peaked at Number 2 last November going on to become the 78^th biggest selling track of 2013 selling over 330,000 copies.

New in at Number 33 is this year’s UK Eurovision song contest entry called ‘Children of the Universe’ from Molly Smittem-Downes, she performed last of the 26 acts in Denmark finishing 17^th with a total of 40 points.

The 4^th new entry is at Number 34 for Jason Derulo ft Snoop Dogg with ‘Wiggle’ this is the 4^th single taken from his ‘Talk Dirty’ Album and finally new in at Number 38 is ‘Birthday’ from Katy Perry this is the 3^rd single to be taken from her ‘Prism’ Album.

As always enjoy the music.

TOP 40 APRIL 6TH 2014 – WEEK 14.

Posted by: Barry Philips Discos In: 80's, Dance, Disney, News, Other, Pop, T V, Top 40 07 Apr 2014 Comments: 0

Another week and a new Number 1.

For the 7^th week in a row a new entry tops the chart. It is congratulations to Aloe Blacc whose real name is Egbert Nathanial Dawkins and comes from California. The song’s called ‘The Man’,this is his 2^nd solo hit following on from his 2011 Number 2 single ‘I Need a Dollar’, he was also at Number 1 last year as guest vocalist on the Avicci song ‘Wake Me Up’.

There are a total of 7 new entries this week and new at Number 7 is John Martin with ‘Anywhere For You’, he is no stranger to chart success having had 4 previous top 10 hits as featured artist for the Swedish House Mafia and Tinie Tempah , this is his first solo single.

Its welcome back to the charts at Number 12 for Scottish singer songwriter Paolo Nutini with ‘Scream’, the song is the 1^st release from his fourth coming Album ‘Caustic Love’, this single gives him his 7^th top 40 hit.

The 2nd single from Shakira’s self titled Album gives her a 2^nd hit in 2014, the track is called ‘Empire’ and is new in at Number 25.

On March 31^st House music producer Frankie Knuckles died from Type 2 Diabetes. As a tribute to him fans have been buying copies of his 1987 remix of the song ‘Your Love’ and this has charted at Number 29.

New in at Number 33 is a track called ‘Stay High’ from Tove Lo featuring Hippie Sabotage, the official release is the Habits remix.

Finally in at Number 40 is Kristen Bell with ‘Do You Want to Build a Snowman’, it is the 2^nd single release from the Walt Disney soundtrack Album ‘Frozen’ which has been at Number 1 on the American Album chart for 8 weeks.

As always enjoy the music.

Top 40 March 3rd 2014 – Week 9.

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Pharrell Williams with ‘Happy’ becomes only the 3^rd ever song to re-climb to Number 1 three times.

Getting to the top for the 1^st time on December 29^th last year and spending 1 week there, being replaced by Pitbull and then re-climbing back to the top1 week later for a 2 week run, then losing the top spot to Clean Bandit for 4 weeks and Sam Smith for 1 week and then yesterday reclaiming the Number 1 position.

There are3 new entries this week, all have entered in the top 10 and there are 2 re-entries.

The highest new entry is at Number 6 for Dutch musician Tiesto whose birth name is Tijs Verwest, this is his 7^th hit under his own name and his 1^st top 10 single, the song is called ‘Red Lights’.

New in at Number 7 is Foxes her birth name is Louisa Allen and she comes from Southampton. Her song is called ‘Let Go for Tonight’, her previous successes were a Number 12 hit last year with ‘Youth’ and as Featured Artist on ‘Clarity’ by Zedd and ‘Right Here’ by Rudimental.

The final new entry is at Number 10 from Paloma Faith with ‘Can’t Rely on You’, this is the 1^st single from her 3^rd Album called ‘A Perfect Contradiction’ and is her 5^th hit single to date.

There are 2 re-entries this week.

Kid Inc ft Chris Brown with ‘Show Me’ is back in at Number 35 and finally back at Number 26 is Starship with ‘We Built This City’, originally peaking at Number 12 in 1985, this song has been rejuvenated by its use in an Advert for 3 Mobile.

As always enjoy the music.

Top 40: February 9th 2014 – Week 6.

Posted by: Barry Philips Discos In: News, Other, Pop, T V, Top 40 10 Feb 2014 Comments: 0

To stay at Number 1 for 3 weeks is quite a feat in this day and age but that’s what Clean Bandit with ‘Rather Be’ have achieved. In the whole of last year only 2 songs spent longer at the top, ‘Blurred Lines’ and ‘Get Lucky’.

On the chart this week there are 3 new entries and 3 re-entries.

The highest entry is at Number 3 for DJ Fresh ft Jay Fay and Ms Dynamite with ‘Dibby Dibby Sound’. Daniel Stein is the birth name of DJ Fresh he is 36 years old and was born in Sussex. This is his 7th top 40 Single and is taken from his upcoming as yet untitled 4th Album to be released later on this year.

A sure-fire future hit will be ‘Stay the Night’ from Russian musician/producer Zedd. A pre release cover version by DJ Stay the Night is the 2nd highest new entry this week at Number 24.

The other new song is at Number 38 for Lorde with the song ‘Team’. It is the 2nd hit from the’ Pure Heroine’ album. Her Number 1 single from last year, ‘Royals’ is currently at Number 34 and is spending its 16th week on the chart.

The highest re-entry is at Number 21 for Rihanna with ‘What Now’. It was originally released with several remixes last August and became a minor top 40 hit. The reason it has charted again this week is because of its use in ITV programme advertising, having been heard many times over the last week.

Back in at Number 29 is Disclosure with ‘F For You’. The song peaked at Number 20 late last year with vocals from Howard Laurence, it was re-issued on February 5th this time with new vocals from Mary J Bilge.

The other re-entry is at Number 30 for American Indie Rock Band Imagine Dragons with ‘Demons’. It is one of their 5 hit singles from their debut album ‘Night Visions’.

As always, enjoy the music!