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Absolute genius website!! I stumbled across the website by mistake, I've been looking for a site like this for years! I use 'Everyhit' but the information on this site is just superb, easy to use and accurate. Love it!
Posted by Richie on 21/11/2010.

In an attempt to answer Ben's question about whose video had an unboarn baby "singing". You could try Massive Attack and "Tear drop". The video is on YouTube
Posted by on 18/11/2010.

Ben (08/09/2010)
Massive Attack - 'Tear Drop'
(vocals by Elizabeth Fraser)
Posted by uncristi on 12/11/2010.

brilliant site!
Posted by Luc on 10/11/2010.

A great loss of the sexiest voice in reggae Mr Gregory Isaacs. Went well before his time as did some of the other greats. I just hope they have one hell of a jam session when they all meet up. He will live on in his music which will always be in my top ten. Love
Posted by Deanna Thompson on 08/11/2010.

Many thanks for such an excellent source of historical information. I'm digitising a load of my old reel to reel tapes from the 70s and it's been so useful to know when I originally recorded them!
Posted by tiffany & co on 02/11/2010.

What a phenomenal site. Must have taken you ages but it is now a constant source of reference for me.
Great stuff!
Posted by Howie B on 02/11/2010.

hey this page is great!!

first i thougt i cant find anything but i did.

i´m searching for a cd: its space cowboy digital rock.
if someone got this cd: pls give it 2 me!!!
Posted by Coco on 01/11/2010.

What a great site. Well done. I love it
Posted by STEVE on 09/10/2010.

Fantastic Site.When I need a Cover for my I-Tunes and I-Tunes say no, you´ve got it.Unbelievable your work.Stay tuned and many many THANX.
Posted by Andre Möller on 07/10/2010.

Ich weib nicht das ende...
Posted by anonym on 28/09/2010.

Excellent site
Posted by on 18/09/2010.

I want to thank you for all your hard work in making this such a great site. It must take a lot of your time, but the information, layout and ease of access is spot on. It has been a great help to me in compiling my own composite list of hits from the UK, the USA and my own country of Australia.

PS: To Dave Van MusicMaster - if you read this, could you please explain how I can get permission to access the distantstar site you mentioned in your message left on 8/2/2009 - I'd really appreciate the information.
Posted by Karen Solomon on 08/09/2010.

Hi,
searching for Artist/Band:

- They made a Video in the 90´s where a unborn baby is singing.

- He is thin, black, bald headed, beautiful voice

Can u remember the name of the Artist / band?

Hope someone knows what i mean!

cheers
Ben
Posted by Ben on 08/09/2010.

love your site, best chart site i have visited, keep up the good work
Posted by Dirk Kruger on 07/09/2010.

U N B E L I E V A B L E !!!!
FANTASTIC !!!!

BIG compliments for THIS performance !!!!
Posted by Cliff Silver on 10/08/2010.

Excellent site the best chart informaation site i have found on the net keep up the great work
Posted by Paul bolitho on 04/08/2010.

what a cracking web site im addicted to it.
Steve
Posted by steve mercer on 27/07/2010.

I've been using this site for about a year but didn't see the guestbook page! I love this site, its the best chart information out there, easily. I'm more interested in the singles and have got the top 40 worked back to 2005 over the past year with the help of your site. Thank you so much xxxx
Posted by Hannah Trott on 25/07/2010.

A good site is this, i was just suprised that the adam & the ants album 'kings of the wild frontier' was not in the charts a lot longer.
it seemed to me at the time as if it was allways bouncing back high into the charts for a few years & never really leaving the top 30-40.
I guess that in my teens a little over a year seemed like 3 years. I agree with others here.. thanks for the hard work you've done.
Posted by matt on 17/07/2010.

I know U've heard it B4 but thanx again 4 such an excellent website. Probably the best part is seeing all those 1/2 forgotten record sleeves again from the 60's & 70's. I'll go thru' my collection soon just in case I have a sleeve you're missing but there seem to be very few of those! Great work guys.
Posted by Steve on 07/07/2010.

Hi thanks for this ammazing work you are doing. I for one know how much work goes into checking and double checking data, I have been collecting UK Chart songs for 5 years now and have used your wonderful site all the way to cross ref. I am currently up to 1975 complete. I have most of the songs from 76 to 2009, just need to sort them out and write in the chart dates. So another 5 years and i should be up todate, Thanks for the help you have provided so far and please please do not go away. THANKS
Posted by Peter Manning on 28/06/2010.

This is an excellent site!!!. simple design tons of cover art :).
However, what would make this site perfect is if the search function was more advanced so users could filter any chart statistic to how they wanted it. a few Examples: all charted songs in any given year,all top ten entries in a given period, a list of songs that just missed out on the #1 spot,songs arranged by generic genres pop,club,hip hop etc.
Also the random search function i find almost unnecessary.
Posted by Hillary on 27/06/2010.

What a brilliant site. I didnt know what songs and artists I wanted to download until using this site. Now a have a huge list of oldies to get. THANX CHART STATS.
Posted by Pagnange on 11/06/2010.

For many years now I have been a great fan of
Janie Jones with her first hit number Witches Brew
on HMV POP 1495 made the top twenty since 1965.

That record sold a million copies in one day alone
and sadly her hits dried up.

Janie Jones signed to HMV Records from 1965-66
as the one hit wonder from the sixties.

Terry Christie
from Sunderland
Posted by Terry Christie on 10/06/2010.

What a fantastic site! Well done and keep up the great work
Posted by Chris Outram on 07/06/2010.

this is a fantastic site so glad i found it
Posted by bri on 04/06/2010.

I want Fever and Stylo to enter the UK Chart
Posted by havemeforty on 01/06/2010.

It's a shame McLean did not reach higher than number 10
Posted by havemeforty on 01/06/2010.

I like this chart
Posted by havemeforty on 01/06/2010.

Wow, what a site. Back catalogue browsing at its finest and takes me back to those endless hours in record shops flicking through dusty vinyl, cold coffee's and endless fags. This is gonna cost me a small fortune in downloads.
Posted by Iain Stammers on 26/05/2010.

This is what I have been looking for ages.I am glad that there are people like me who likes this hobbie.. makes me feel I am not the weird one. Thank you.
Posted by Gustavo on 22/05/2010.

NORTHEAST LEGEND NO1RAVER I LOVE QFX LIVE PA I DANCE NEXT IN SUNDERLAND AND NEWCASTLE I KEEP ON PRAYING TO GOD IN ALL RAVE CLUBS GOD BLESSED QFX
Posted by david common on 12/05/2010.

This site is a life-saver!!
Thank you so much for being such a great companion on a rainy Sunday, when the radio is broken! :D thanks again,

Lola-Clover x
Posted by Lola-Clover on 09/05/2010.

I love Diana Vickers' new song!!
Once is sooooo catchy and great for singing along to!!
Posted by Emilie on 09/05/2010.

Great site but you need to seperate singles from chartes songs. It helps a lot.
Posted by Hadley on 06/05/2010.

Anyone have any idea where I can find the BBC charts used on Top Of The Pops from 1964 to Feb 1969 ?
Posted by Brian Bethel on 20/04/2010.

In your 6th April post you mentioned official site only gives top 40. Try this this lists top 75 for both albums and singles.
http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/c/uk/single_charts.html
Posted by Jason on 19/04/2010.

Great site and unlike others,it's not like trying to get into fort knox to leave a comment!. The rare error i've come across has been rectified pretty quickly too. Couldn't be improved,Brilliant!
Posted by phil on 17/04/2010.

excellent site, well done and thankyou.
Posted by sean on 01/03/2010.

This is well and truly a fantastic site, being a music and record fan this site is a gem
Posted by Bri on 28/02/2010.

what a site, i have been looking for a site like this for a very long time, this must have taken you a lot of time and effort to input and to continue updating charts each week.
10 out of 10 and many thanks to all involved.
regards
Les
Posted by leslie on 16/02/2010.

What a labour of love!
Thankyou
Posted by David Myers on 15/02/2010.

Hi! I want to thank you soooooooo much from the bottom of my heart for publishing all the chart archives (both singles and albums). I'm a chart-addict and thank to your site I found all the information that I needed on the UK charts.

Once again, I want to thank you and wish you keep doing this.

Luis Santos - Portugal
Posted by Luis Santos on 07/02/2010.

Just found this site it's exellent. Will save hours thumbing through old charts to find info
Thanks
Posted by Maurice on 25/01/2010.

Been using this as a great way of knowing what the top 100 is for the past week. It's also helped me discover songs I haven't heard before! Not only that, it helps bring back songs that I haven't heard in a long, long time. Thank you so much for this website, I am forever grateful.
Posted by Shaun on 20/01/2010.

This site is clearly a labour of love. I've found it an indispensable means of information.
Have you thought of selling track downloads to give an even greater reason to work on it.
Whatever you do THANKS for a fantastic site. I noticed that if I click "About" I can make a contribution so I made a small contribution. Lenskaraoke.com
Posted by Leonard Hall on 19/01/2010.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for the support!

WOW! This is just the site I need! Awesome site and nicely laid out-has already taken up hours of my time. :D

Thank you for this website!
Posted by Dylan on 03/01/2010.

This is the best Chart Site by far congratulations! I've the best part of 17 years collecting all of the 1960's Top40 tracks. Wish i'd had this facility from the start.
Many thanks Pete from Yorkshire
Posted by Pete K on 23/12/2009.

I#m from Germany and my English is not so good. But I have to say: What a woderful site with so much informations. It's nearly unbelievable what I find here. Thank you so much for this work. Best wishes! W.Schramm Wedemark/Hannover
Posted by Schramm on 03/12/2009.

SUPER Seite !!! So viele Informationen über Musik vergangener Zeiten findet man sicher nirgends. Allein die Cover SPITZE. Thanks...
Best wishes from Germany
Posted by Strassi on 30/11/2009.

This is the BEST site for UK Music Charts! I visit it regularly because it's a very useful resource and I like the style of it! To help you I uploaded (and not finished yet) a few hundred cover pictures from late 90s Top 40 hits that were still missing.
Best wishes, MK.
Posted by MK on 24/11/2009.

Ive been visiting the site for quite a while now, yet only just noticed the guestbook page! So I decided to quickly thank you for all your hard work as Im sure this cant be easy to run, but its very useful and interesting. Sales would be nice to try and include though (if thats not asking too much, sorry haha)
Posted by Harry on 25/10/2009.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for the support, I don't think that sales data is readily accessible.

Wow! Well done! I can chase back to years years ago singles chart. you are a legend!
Posted by Lewis on 25/10/2009.

Once again, a marvellous site - many thanks for all your hard work and for making it available. If it isn't already, it should be linked to in Wikipedia to get more coverage - and maybe much-deserved income for yourself!

Thanks again.
Posted by Steve on 13/10/2009.

Admin Responded:
The site is already referenced quite heavily on wikipedia, though I'm not sure what difference that would make to my income! This site is strictly not-for-profit anyway.

ronnie lane and slim chance are entered twice but slightly differently. great site.
Posted by steve on 22/09/2009.

Admin Responded:
FIxed, thanks :)

Can you please merge "You've Got The Love" by Florence & the machine and "You Got The Love" by Florence & The machine because they are the same song and have the title "You've Got The Love"
Posted by on 14/09/2009.

Admin Responded:
Fixed

Great Website!! Added this to my favourites!!
Posted by Mark on 14/09/2009.

Fantastic! So useful to have more than just the top 40, and to include graphs! Love the cover art, great touch!

Shirley Bassey's album was titled "Let's Face The Music" not "Let's Face The Music And Dance" (that is the title of the first track.) Also, another source, British Hit Singles & Albums, says it went to #12, not #14, it also says #12 on everyhit.com (Could you check?)

Some Wikipedia articles on artists & their discographies use this website as a citation for quoting chart positions. (I don't know how many, Pink Floyd and Bruce Springsteen are two quick examples.) You are a trustworthy source, and I thank you for your efforts.

One final question, if it requires too lengthy an answer can you refer me somewhere. What constitutes a hit? Once on wiki someone described an album that entered that charts at #27, then quickly fell to the 40s, for a total of 9 weeks on the charts, as a hit. And that's not the only example.

Best Regards!!
Posted by Shirley Bassey Fan on 14/09/2009.

Admin Responded:
I have fixed the title of the Shirley Bassey album but cannot confirm the position - do you have a scan of the chart from the week in question? I assume a hit just counts as a song which charted - I guess there are plenty of songs which don't even make the top 40 for one week.

Re chart single "SUGAR - Your Favourite Thing".. typo 'Favorite'.
Posted by on 13/09/2009.

Admin Responded:
This song was indeed released with the american spelling of favourite, I have corrected it now.

Hi great site. A must for every chart buff. You use top 100 when official charts for a while now have only counted top 75. Do you plan to make your site reflect official chart weeks (as Guiness Book of Hit Singles/Albums did)?
Posted by Jason on 10/09/2009.

Admin Responded:
If you look on theofficialcharts.com you will see the top 100 chart.

The single by Shy, called "Girl" has a full title of "Girl (it's all i have)
Posted by Tone on 31/08/2009.

Excellent site, just what I've been looking for for years!!! Thank You!!!
Posted by John Jayne on 29/08/2009.

Re: Artist - Audrey Wheeler.. single 'Irresistible' typo 'Irresistable'?!
Posted by on 21/08/2009.

Admin Responded:
Fixed :)

25 YEARS OF BEING A FAN
Posted by CATHERINE SMITH on 18/08/2009.

"Please Please Me" by The Beatles was number 1 in the NME charts, not "only" number 2!
Posted by Henning on 18/08/2009.

Admin Responded:
This is often a subject of controversy, I think it depends which charts are used at that period.

Re: Artist: Tracie Spencer.. Title: 'Symptoms Of Our True Love' released as 'Symptoms Of True Love'.
Posted by on 17/08/2009.

Admin Responded:
I've altered this now.

This is really a great site. There are many chart sites out there, but only a few of them are that great ressource as this one.

The UK chart has always set the standard for charts in other European countries, at least here in Scandinavia. What's big in the UK now? That's big in Denmark in 3 months.

I listened to the UK Top-40 on BBC Radio-1 in the years around 2000, when BBC Radio-1 was available via cable-tv here in Copenhagen.
Posted by Philip on 14/08/2009.

Hi

What a brilliant site - years of amazing effort and I have been using it to supplement my own collection.

Just one small point - The Hollies released two separate albums called Hollies, one in 1965 and one in 1974 (1965 - Parlophone PMC 1261, 1974 - Polydor 2383 262), you seem to have them as the same album.

But that is a minor point compared to the amount of data that is here. A true labour of love.
Posted by Terry on 14/08/2009.

Admin Responded:
Thanks, I've fixed this now.

What a fantastic resource - this is absolutely stunning !!!
And so timely, as charts are interesting again.
I've followed the charts for 40 years, and I never thought I would find anything this good.
Many congratulations.
U.S. chart next ? - (I was only joking)- or was that Rod S ?
Posted by Robin on 11/08/2009.

Admin Responded:
Thanks, the US charts might eventually arrive as part of the long term plan!

Hi! This is just amazing. Have been a record collector since 1962 and have recently been looking for some charts from 1970. Now here they all are on one site. As Geoff says (below 4/8)this is the Ultimate!! Congrats all round.
Posted by Paul R. on 08/08/2009.

Admin Responded:
Thanks :)

Hi. Would just like to congratulate you on such an AMAZING site you've got here...That GOOD it's taken over my google homepage after many years! Many thanks go to you ALL for all the hard work in putting this site together. It really is the ULTIMATE SITE and can't be bettered FOR ALL THINGS UK MUSIC!!!!
Posted by Geoff on 04/08/2009.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for the feedback :)

Hi, i'd like to say that you have got an excellent site but there are a few things i'd like you to correct. Florence & The Machine's song "You Got The Love" is actually titled "You've Got The Love". I have uploaded the "Dog Days" cover for "You've Got The Love" as it is the b-side for "Dog Days". Also i'd like the single "Paris Is Burning" by Ladyhawke to be split in two because it was re-released in the middle off "My Delirium" And "Back Of The Van". The original release spent 2 weeks in the chart and the re-release spent 6 weeks in the chart.
Posted by Tom, UK on 28/07/2009.

Admin Responded:
Fixed.

Hi, excellent site - I just noticed a couple of minor correction while I was uploading artwork. 'In The Evening' is by Sheryl Lee Ralph, not "Sherly" and 'Lemonstone Desired' is by Rain, who were not the same act as Rain Tree Crow.
Posted by Hit Parade on 14/07/2009.

Admin Responded:
Thanks, I've fixed these errors.

Bruce Springsteen's 'Born To Run' entry from 1987 should be listed as 'Born To Run (Live)' as it was the live version from the 'Live 1975-85' album that was released as a single in UK. The cover art is correct, it's for the live version. The 11/07/2009 re-entry however should be listed as a new entry as it is for the original album version which charted as a download release.
Posted by Kai on 13/07/2009.

Admin Responded:
Thanks I've fixed this now.

The album charting at #7 on 07/07/2001 is by Marti Pellow, not Big Bang as you have it written.

Also, the artists "India Arie" and "India.arie" are the same. "India.Arie" is her correct stage name :)

Keep up the good work btw ;)
Posted by on 11/07/2009.

Admin Responded:
Thanks, this is now fixed.

Congratilation!This is a very good database!
I can find anything what I want to see!
MZROCK
Posted by on 16/06/2009.

I have just uploaded two images for the Judas Priest listsing however I note that you do not have data or any images for the Demolition Album released in 2001 how can I help you with this.
Regards
J Hesketh
Posted by Jack Hesketh on 11/06/2009.

Admin Responded:
I do not have a complete set of chart data for this period. If you could find a large amount of chart data for this period I would love to include it in the site.

Sheryl Crow 1998 single 'My Favourite Mistake' spelt 'Favorite'.
Posted by on 09/06/2009.

Admin Responded:
Correct, the single should have the American spelling.

cal i have an ongiong excel files for both singles and albums email me holborn3@yahoo.com if you want them.

top class site by the way.
Posted by john on 06/06/2009.

Admin Responded:
Thanks, I've got in touch with you about this.

hi cal if you would like to email me i have a list on excel of the charts ongoing but not completed yet.
by the way top class site.
Posted by john on 06/06/2009.

Lucie SILVAS - 'It's Too Late' not 'Too Late'
Posted by on 04/06/2009.

Admin Responded:
Fixed

Firstly great site. Secondly, nice to see a board I can post a message on without having to sign up first.

When you have two different artists with the same name you usually have not separated them so for example Blue has Gonna Capture Your Heart in 1977 followed by All Rise in 2001 although they were completely separate bands. Not sure if any of the boy band were even born yet in 1977...
Posted by Earl Purple on 31/05/2009.

typo.. FINITRIBE - Forevergreen [not Forevergren]
Posted by on 27/05/2009.

Admin Responded:
Fixed :D

Incorrect Artist name..
Den HEGARTY not Dan HEGARTY
Posted by on 24/05/2009.

Admin Responded:
Thanks, fixed.

Firstly i have to say this is an amzin site, i can only assume the occ dont know abt it yet.
Second i wanted to ask abt the picture sleeves. For a while i've been trying to establish which no1s had a picture sleeve available in the UK. I have a list of abt a couple of dozen in the seventies that had one and also abt a dozen or more from the eighties that didnt have one. What i wanted to ask is is there anyway a UK sleeve could be identified as such as opposed to a US/foreign/album sleeve? Or is there anybody else (or any other site anyone knows of) who has any info abt this?
Finally i noticed a query further down the guestbook abt chart dates in the 60s. I can help with that a bit. Before the official chart (BMRB for BBC/MW) was launched in Feb 1969 charts where dated by their publication date, this is what Guiness and other books tend to use. From 1952 to Feb 1960 the NME charts are dated as Fridays. Mar 60 to abt Jul 1967 are Record Retailer charts dated Thursday. And from abt Jul 1967 to Feb 1969 the date was a Wednesday. The first official chart began bein announced on r1 a day earlier on Tuesdays an this became Sundays in Nov 1987, but the official charts were always dated as the following Saturday. Hope that helps and isn't too confusin.
Regards
Dan
Posted by dan on 24/05/2009.

Admin Responded:
Have you looked at discogs.com ? They have a lot more detail about releases including country of release.

Re: 1996 single release .. O'chi BROWN 100% Pure Rain.. Title is 'Pure Pain'.
Posted by on 24/05/2009.

Admin Responded:
Thanks, fixed :D

A very Good Site Didnt Think I Would Find Art For All My Old Singles
Posted by Martin Boorman on 23/05/2009.

The Pet Shop Boys' album Release has spent 5 weeks in UK top 200 chart not 1 week as you have displayed. Chart run was 7-32-49-61-120. Omit the last position as you show upto position 100.
Posted by Nad5 on 22/05/2009.

Admin Responded:
During this time period I only have a top 20 chart. This is why the positions above 20 are not listed.

The Pet Shop Boys' album Nightlife did not spend just 1 week on the chart. Complete chart run in UK Top 200 is 7-32-49-61-120. Ignore the 120 for top 100 placing hence, a 4-week run in the 100.
Posted by Incorrect chart run on 21/05/2009.

Admin Responded:
During this time period I only have a top 40 chart. This is why the positions above 40 are not listed.

Incorrect Artist name..
Kate CEBERANO not Kate CEREBANO
Posted by on 18/05/2009.

Admin Responded:
Fixed - thanks :)

This site is great, thanks alot. One gripe though, and that's that the chart colours don't seem to match with the album and single keys.
Posted by T on 16/05/2009.

I had a excel database list on my laptop of every uktop song and their highest number reached, i would use this for my own reference and to organise my cd/record and legal mp3 collection, however 3 weeks ago when on the train i nipped the loo and when i got back my laptop was stolen, no one noticed anything which in it`s self was funny etc - Any how i know the insurance company will replace the laptop but i dont have a backup of the list of artist ,track and chart position etc, Can anyone please let me know where i could get a similar list from, i know i could start typing the list in again but having tennis elbow it may take me some time...

I love the site and will be going through my collection soon and uploading better covers if needed and covers if you haven`t got etc.
Posted by Cal on 16/05/2009.

nice one!

One thing...Swervedriver's 1991 chart entering release is called Sandblasted, not Sandblaster EP.

This was released as a 7 inch single (with one track on each side, Sandblasted as the A-side) and also a 12 inch 4 track...sorry to be picky
Posted by Dan on 08/05/2009.

Admin Responded:
Fixed :)

This site is cool.
Posted by Wayne Murrell on 24/04/2009.

I don't know how much work went into having all of each weeks charts for singles and albums but can imagine it was a lot. This is like a wikipedia for the charts and far better than the guinness "Top 40" book which showed the weekly chart from the 1950s-1996 and has not been updated since then. So i have to say great work and i hope i can contribute in some way. How do i upload album single art?
Posted by Filtermadg on 18/04/2009.

Admin Responded:
Just find the release you want to add art for and click on the link to submit cover art.

great page but: Why is on a feat. single only one artist? E.g let it rock. you cant find this by lil wayne...
Posted by Marco on 18/04/2009.

Admin Responded:
This is just the way the system works at the moment. I'm addressing it in the new site I am working on.

fantastic! stumbled upon your site- what a labour of love and a fitting 21st C improvement/replacement on the guinness series of chart statisitc books.
Posted by wilpower on 12/04/2009.

Wow!
This site just gets better and better.

Many many thanks for putting this great site - I find it very useful as I make up compilation CD's for friends on their birthdays, I have a complete set of charts 1952-2005 but prefer this site to that as it has the covers too.

Shame all the good record shops that sold this stuff in the first place are shutting down though - a sad reflection of modern life.

Let's hope this site regenerates some interest in looking up the original singles.

Great stuff :)
Posted by Dave Van MusicMaster on 11/04/2009.

99. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero
99. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero

no # 100 in UK TOP 100 this week???
Posted by picpoul on 06/04/2009.

Admin Responded:
This error has now been fixed.

I look at your information regularly. It seems amazingly accurate particularly when one considers the vast amount of information you display here. Especially valuable are the week-on-week chart positions. I also like the cover pictures which bring the site to life and are often informative in their own right. Keep up the outstanding work!
Posted by Roy on 25/03/2009.

Brlliant Site! When i left home all my CD singles were in release order; now they are not! But thanks to the site discovered today i can get them back. Thanks so much! I've also uploaded a cover you didn't have re: puff johnson
Posted by Scott on 10/03/2009.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for the feedback :)

I would like to suggest that you should split Ladyhawke's song Paris Is Burning from 07/03/2009 because of the fact that it is a re-release so can you please, from that point on wards it should be noted as a re-release and if you want to find the cover art you can get it here http://www.tiscali.co.uk/music/blog/images/2009/02/paris_is_burning_artwork_wolf.jpg please split
Posted by Sam on 08/03/2009.

Please correct Earth Wind & fire-Boogie wonderland
should red UK(4)79. I checked in Chris davies "BRITISH AND AMERICAN HIT SINGLES" 1947 TO 1997
THANKS ONCE AGAIN FOR ALL THE TEAM WORKING ON THIS
FANTASTIC WEBSITE.

Regards
TONCIL From Malta
Posted by toncil disco on 04/03/2009.

Admin Responded:
I'm not really sure what you're asking here, as for 'all the team' it's just me here (and all my faithful visitors who upload cover art!)

A couple of ommisions that Guiness book of hit singles never noted too. Firstly Tony Bennett's last hit "The very thought of you" reads "featuring Bobby Hackett". And the Jim Reeves hit "But you love me daddy" reads "with Steve Moore" Great site keep up the good work
Posted by Tony Legs on 24/02/2009.

Admin Responded:
Additional credits are usually left out on this site, though the policy is very haphazard and far from ideal!

the notorious big
and
notorious big

are under 2 differents entrees in the browse artists section
Posted by CP on 18/02/2009.

Admin Responded:
Fixed, thanks :)

Thankyou for all your hard work. I have waited years for a site like this. The Best. Well done. The Carpenters Singles 1974- 78 entry on 13 01 1990 is in fact a re-entry of the same album from 1978. I hope you dont mind me pointing this out. Cheers Ken
Posted by Ken on 12/02/2009.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for pointing this out, it's now fixed.

Best chart website I've ever seen - should keep everyhit.com on it's toes :)
Have a look at http://www.distantstar.org.uk - there's some good stuff there too.

Nice!

Dave Van MusicMaster
Bedford UK
Posted by Dave Van MusicMaster on 08/02/2009.

Hi
In fact album Goosefair is by China Drum not China Crisis
Posted by frame13245 on 06/02/2009.

Admin Responded:
Fixed, thanks!

Hi I'm Toncil form Malta its time again to say many thanks for all the team working on this fantastic
free website.Thanks one more time for the useful information I get for all my radio programs in Malta.Keep it on mates.
Posted by toncil disco on 04/02/2009.

hi, "Dj Sammy & Yanou Ft Do" and "DJ Sammy And Yanou Featuring Do" are the same artist but there are 2 enteries.
Posted by LexLuthor on 03/02/2009.

Admin Responded:
Correct, I have merged them.

Nice site. One suggestion is that some acts have a "The" on the front, whereas few, if any, acts use this as part of their official name. I would expect to find Sex Pistols under S, not T ("The Sex Pistols"), ditto The Bee Gees, The Bangles, The Boomtown Rats etc etc.

Otherwise cool.
Posted by SteveP on 31/01/2009.

Admin Responded:
You will now find all 'The Something' band names under the first letter of the band name other than The as well as under the letter T.

Nice site.
Posted by wayne murrell on 15/01/2009.

Your site is really excellent!!
09/01/1982 Album chart shows Elvis Costello - Almost Blue
two times # 23 (as Elvis Costello)
# 34 (as Elvis Costello & Attractions)
Please fix it. And League Unlimited Orchestra album Love And Dancing picture error
Posted by frame13245 on 05/01/2009.

Admin Responded:
Fixed both, thanks for pointing them out!

This is such an amazing website! You must have spent a lot of days - and nights compiling this, but I'm sure it's worth it!! Keep up the great work!!
Posted by Paul McCluskey on 31/12/2008.

I really enjoyed the site and looking at the charts of my youth. I was able to track down some songs that were in my head but I couldn't remember the titles.
Thanks!
JHS
Posted by Hiram Stern on 28/12/2008.

Can I Ask Why Dont You Keep The Infomation On The End Of Year Charts (The Best Selling Singles) That Would Be A Good Feature For The Site.
Posted by sam on 28/12/2008.

Admin Responded:
It is something I would like to do and hopefully will be able to do in the future. I currently do not have the time to work on this feature.

2 hit singles are missing featured artists as they do in "Guiness " books too. Firstly the Tony Bennett hit "The very thought of you" cat. No. 202021 has credited "feat. Bobby Hackett, and the Jim Reeves hit "But you love me, daddy" cat. No. is with Steve Moore, although i notice the picture sleeve you have posted next to the single informs you of that. Keep up the good work
Posted by on 26/12/2008.

Admin Responded:
Additional credits are usually left out on this site, though the policy is very haphazard and far from ideal!

Why On Basshunters Page Thers 2 Song Which Are Exactly The Same (Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells (Bass)) Theres No Difference In The 2 Songs, Is There?, I Dont Think There Is
Posted by Sam on 18/12/2008.

Admin Responded:
Thanks, I've merged the two entries.

Hi. Celine Dion's A Decade Of Song is shown as two seperate albums but is just one.

Keep up the good work. This site is awesome.
Posted by on 17/12/2008.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for pointing this out, I've now merged the two.

Hi. On Macy Gray's page, there are two albums with the names "Oh How Life Is" and "On How Life Is". But the first one is wrong. She doesn't have an album with that name. :)
Posted by LexLuthor on 10/12/2008.

Admin Responded:
Thanks I've corrected this now.

Hi Again, ThankYou For Making The Changes I Suggested With The Reloaded And Deluxe Edition Albums, I Have Two More For You Duffy's Rockferry:Deluxe Edition started charting this week (06/12/2008) instead of the original Rockferry, Coldplay Have had two albums in the chart this week (06/12/2008) as you know Prospekts March and viva la vida or death and all his friends, well as well as Prospekts March bieng sold seperatly the Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends Which started charting this week is the Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends Prospekts March Edition, Thankyou for improving your site on the Deluxe Edition side of it, loving the site.
Posted by sam on 03/12/2008.

Admin Responded:
Finally got around to sorting this out, thanks :)

Right the weeks for Good Girl Gone Bad Reloaded start at-07/06/2008 and onwards to the present chart, Also Leona Lewis Spirit Deluxe Edition Starts at-29/11/2008 and onwards to the present chart, Also Gabriella Cilmi Lessons To Be Learned Deluxe Edition starts at-06/12/2008 and onwards to the present chart, Also Adele 19 Deluxe Edition starts at-22/11/2008 and onwards to the present chart, thanks
Posted by sam on 01/12/2008.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for clarifying all of that, it's now reflected in the chart data.

a doubt about leona lewis - spirit is for me a new entry
the deluxe edition is an album different of the first one

no?
Posted by CP on 25/11/2008.

Admin Responded:
True, it's now fixed.

Hi Love Your Work, Ive Notice That Good Girl Gone Bad album by Rihanna half of the time its charted is the Revamped Edition which has charted, Can i ask u why is this not notified.
Posted by sam on 23/11/2008.

Admin Responded:
I don't have a specific protocol for re-issues, some are listed together and some are seperated. If you can tell me which weeks are for which then I will happily split them in two in this case

My comment is about Christmas charts. Before 1984, a chart wasn't published for Christmas week, and the chart from the week prior to Christmas applied. I've noted that your database uses different weeks for Christmas than those used in other chart publications. Happy to send you some examples if you like.
Posted by on 18/11/2008.

Admin Responded:
That would be great thanks, I'll have a look at what you've got.

CURE has a bad picture ERROR
WITH The Caterpillar
Posted by PICPOUL on 10/11/2008.

Admin Responded:
Thanks, I've now fixed this :)

Superb job, a brilliantly executed website! Keep it up, please.

Only one error, Nena 99 red balloons is shown as Mel and Kim. I don't like to be picky, but you seem to want comments.
Posted by adam on 09/11/2008.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for your kind words, I've now fixed this mistake

Found here Jon Bon Jovi song "Midnight at Chelsea". I think it's called "Midnight in Chelsea". Right?
Posted by John on 08/11/2008.

Admin Responded:
You are quite correct sir, I have now fixed this error.

please correct

j blackfoot taxi
has the pic of whitesnake lol
Posted by picpoul on 04/11/2008.

Admin Responded:
Fixed, thanks for pointing it out.

Fantastic site - great information and I regularly use it when I think of a song, but can't remember who sang it!! You've helped me out many times! Keep up the good work. Craig, Kent
Posted by Craig on 30/10/2008.

Wow! Never, ever in a million years did I think I would find a website that included an archive of the singles charts dating back to 1952 with so much information. This must have taken you ages to compile. This site is amazing - thank you so much! I have uploaded some cover art that you have missing and I will go through my collection and upload as much as I can - it's the least I can do! Matt. Gillingham, Kent.
Posted by on 26/10/2008.

I Have 2 questions for you, whats your favourite song of 2008 so far?, (mine is Hot N Cold), and also who do you think will be number 1 next week?
Posted by Sam on 25/10/2008.

Hello!

I have a question for you, regarding the history of the UK charts. I picked up a book I found on Amazon, "British Hit Singles" a few months ago ('96 edition), and I use the chart data in compiling my own research. This might sound like nit-picking, but I am trying to be as accurate as a I can. I noticed a descrepancy in the date Roy Orbison's "Only the Lonely" hit #1 in the UK. My book has it as 20 Oct 1960, but your site has 22 Oct. Is it possible the book (published by Guinness) has it wrong, or do you think the error might be on this site? Was there any common occurances of errors in dates during any periods of time that you are aware of? Any help or opinion you (or anyone reading this) can provide would be greatly appreciated! Thanks again for all your effort! I wish there were as comprehensive a site for the US charts! Joel Whitburn's Billboard books are pretty good, but obviously can't be continuously updated! Philip James, USA
Posted by Philip James on 22/10/2008.

Admin Responded:
Looking back on timeanddate.com it would appear that the 20th of October was a Thursday and the 22nd was a Saturday. My chart dates use the "Chart for the week ending on date x" format, so this makes sense. I think it must be an error on the part of the book because I don't know of anyone that uses a Thursday as a chart date. Normally people use the date of chart release (Sunday) or the "week ending" format as I do. This just shows that not all books are perfect!

Great site.Had you thought of including chart data on tracks charting between 101 and 200?This used to be available on the Charts Plus newsletter though they recently stopped publishing i think...Anyway keep up the good work.
Posted by Mark Denten on 22/10/2008.

Admin Responded:
I would love to include this information as long as I could find a reliable source for it. I would also like to have the data for a decent period of chart data, having the odd week of data would give a bit of a skewed view of things.

Great keep it up, P!nk So Whats my fav song at moment, closly followed by Katy Perry Hot N Cold, Love the site, thankyou 4 keepin it up2date regulary.
Posted by Alexander on 12/10/2008.

Great to see Jaki making a return to the UK.

Find out more about Jaki at www.jakigraham.net
Posted by webmaster@jakigraham.net on 10/10/2008.

Great Site, many thanks fo all your work and most of all keeping it free. I have seen others offer help with covers etc, I have no idea of your background and don't intend any offence, but as a database admin, if you should need any help in that area, please feel free to ask.

Thanks again.
Posted by Mick Morgan on 04/10/2008.

Rici je bio odlican pevac. Za kratko vreme je postigao puno i poznat je jos i danas. La bamba i Dona su odlicne pesme. Ritchi is very beautiful man and good singer.La bamba and Dona is greate song.
Posted by Vesna Mit on 20/09/2008.

Admin Responded:
OK, I don't understand but thanks :)

Do you include download entries??
Posted by David taylor on 14/09/2008.

Admin Responded:
Yes, the chart includes legal downloads.

Fantastic site,keep up the great work
Posted by David taylor on 14/09/2008.

Many thanks for a wonderful statistical site. I have been looking for the week-by-week entries from the history of the UK charts for a while and it's great to finally have them!

Thanks again for all your hard work - it is very much appreciated.
Posted by Steve on 06/09/2008.

I have always been an avid chart watcher - and I am extremely impressed with this site. Thank you ever so much, and please don't ever remove it! :p
Posted by Julie Lindberg on 05/09/2008.

wow. Amazing site, which must be an absolute labour of love for you. I hope you keep up the excellent work. Any way of finding out which albums/singles have been on the charts the longest? I see Queen's Greatest Hits up there, but is it the longest stayer album in the UK? NZ fan
Posted by Wayne Jolly on 31/08/2008.

Admin Responded:
According to my stats it appears that Queen and Meat Loaf are tied for the top spot but Queen tips Meat Loaf by having a higher peak position, more weeks in a shorter time period and the most recent chart success.

This is a truly brilliant site and I hope you continue to maintain it to such a high standard. Do not be tempted in any re-vamp to over complicate it of loose is ease of readability and clarity as although it might be colourful and jazzy if you do, it makes it hard for those whose eyesight is not so good.
Posted by Brian Winter on 18/08/2008.

Hello again. I've just been reading about the album charts from 1971 where they stopped for 8 weeks due to a postal strike. They now have been reinstated with George Harrison's album All Things Must Pass at No.1 for all 8 weeks instead of Simon and Garfunkel. I see you have the new charts, but I can't help wondering where these charts suddenly came from after all these years? If they didn't have the figures then, how have they got them now? On looking at the appropriate album on your site I see that when the charts restarted Harrison's album was No.18, so we have a ridiculous situation where the album spends 8 weeks at No.1 and drops to No.18 - a chart impossibility if ever I saw one. I wonder who authorised these new charts? I bet he was a Beatles fan. What do you think?
Posted by Mike on 13/08/2008.

Admin Responded:
This chart information was obtained from Kingofskiffle at the UKmix.org forums. I'm not exactly sure on his data sources - perhaps a Beatles fan?!

Hi again.
Forget to mention that your contact me replies with the message - Fatal error: Can't use function return value in write context in /home/.malcsi/mazadillon/chartstats.com/contact.php on line 7

Laurie
Posted by Laurie Ridler on 13/08/2008.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for pointing this out, I've now fixed the problem :)

Hi. Stumbled across your site quite by accident and was amazed that such full info was actually available in one place. I have been compiling a similar sort of list for my personal use for about 12 years now and wonder if you would like a copy of it. It contains (in text format) Title, Artist, Highest chart position and year(s) of release. It was originally scanned from the Guinness British Hit Singles book of about 1996 and after months of work correcting spelling etc it ended in its present form. Since then I have endeavoured to update it every week with the fullest charts that I can find (normally the Yahoo one that you mention). It is approximately 1.5 mb and is complete up to this week. I believe it to be 99.9% accurate and with a friend we have written a database program that allows us to interrogate the data within this text file have created . If you can make use of the text file please let me know how I can send it to you. I'd prefer not to have this published if you wouldn't mind as I don't particularly wish to be contacted by others (if that is possible through your guest book). Just in case you are wondering I am NOT looking for anything in return. Just thought it might help out. How you use it (or if) is up to you.

Regards

Laurie
Posted by Laurie Ridler on 13/08/2008.

Admin Responded:
Thanks I would appreciate access to this, I'll email you :)

Hi again. No sorry, they are 2 different albums. The 1994 Kylie Minogue album was never re-released in the UK. The reason possibly for the confusion is that the 1998 album was released in the rest of the world as "Impossible Princess", but as "Kylie Minogue" in the UK (following the death of Princess Diana). Cheers anyway.
Posted by Mike on 12/08/2008.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for clarifying, I've hopefully sorted it out now :)

Hi, i'm fan of your site :) i found a minor error for you. On the "All the Number Ones" page, "Albums All Years" link does not work.

Best wishes from Turkey.
Posted by Esen Köprülü on 11/08/2008.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for pointing this out, I've now fixed the link.

hello gary here i could spends hours on this site good work well done
Posted by gary on 10/08/2008.

Hi - Could you correct the summary at the end of the singles chart which shows Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol to have been on the chart for a week less than it actually has
Posted by jon b on 10/08/2008.

Admin Responded:
The summary is created automatically from the data which I have, I'm happy to add another week to their listing if you could tell me the week and position? I'm working through my data trying to identify missing information and I may well find this myself anyway. Thanks for letting me know.

Hi, love this sie - as I go through it, would you welcome a list of corrections? One I spotted tonight is Peter Gabriels first 4 albums all running into one as they all shared the same title (although they are now known as Peter Gabriel 1,2,3,4)
Cheers
DC
Posted by david culmer on 06/08/2008.

Admin Responded:
Thanks, I have now fixed this error.

Hi there. Quick look at the Kylie Minogue page. Couple of errors on the albums - which I know you've just uploaded, so fair enough. "Let's Get To It" is listed twice with slightly different titles. Then, you have the opposite problem - two different albums with the ame name "Kylie Minogue" are listed together. The 1994 and 1998 appearances are two different albums. Thanks and great work on the site.
Posted by Mike on 06/08/2008.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for pointing this out, I've merged the two albums which were obviously wrong. Looking at the self titled album on wikipedia it appears that the later chart re-entry is as a result of a re-release as opposed to it being a completely different album. At the moment I don't have a specific policy regarding re-releases so I will leave it for now until I come up with something. Thanks for pointing these mistakes out :D

Hi. Great site. Would like to offer scans of loads of missing 7" sleeves. Also, some of the sleeves you have displayed are not the UK issues....

Contact me if you'd like some sleeve jpgs mailing to you!

Keep up the good work!!

DJ Dan Gerous
Posted by DJ Dan Gerous on 04/08/2008.

Admin Responded:
I'm always open to offers of covers, if the existing ones aren't correct feel free to upload an alternative - I'll email you about this :)

Just wanted to offer another vote of thanks & support for all your hard work on this wonderful site! I use this site every day, to compare chart positions between the US & the UK, and find it fascinating! I saw someone mention that Guinness stopped printing the chart stats with the 1996 version? That is a shame, as I just found a copy of that edition, and was hoping to find a newer one! Too bad...
Posted by Philip James on 01/08/2008.

I tried to use the "contact me" button, but kept getting errors. There is a pic of NWA's "Straight Outta Compton" on the "Pat Benatar" page. Thought you ought to know. (pretty sure Pat didn't cover THAT one, lol!)
Posted by Philip James on 01/08/2008.

Admin Responded:
Oops! No idea how that happened, it's all fixed now, thanks for pointing it out!

Awesome work but I'd suggest taking off the CD covers from the charts (altho they can be interesting for the older charts) and including last week's position. :)
Posted by steve on 01/08/2008.

Admin Responded:
I'm still undecided about including the covers in the charts and at the moment I will leave them for a bit longer as I think they make the site more interesting. I may add in information on the previous week's position as the data is all there ready to go - another thing to do when I have the time!

Hi Hello again from TONCIL MALTA. Is it possible to tabulate another colon to indicate US chart position? You know that most UK hits entered in US charts and vice versa.Simply the chart position.I know this will takes time but, when ever you have time please do.Sure this will make this fantastic website more interesting.I have no words how to say thanks for the excellent job you're doing.

Regards TONCIL MALTA
Posted by on 31/07/2008.

Admin Responded:
It has taken me over 4 years to compile an archive for the UK chart - and there are still errors and inaccuracies in my data! Once I have got the site in a place where I am happy with it I may consider branching out into other charts.

Excellent! Thanks! Obviously hours of work have gone into it - but tons of joy (& memories) come out of it...
Regards,
Posted by Patrick on 30/07/2008.

If the information been shared on this site was top secret, I could understand the pompous arrogant postings of saddo's like Tom O'Dowd but it took me hours of searching through endless garbage before I came across this jewel and top quality site. Why this information is not more readily available is a complete mystery to me and I thank all the dedicated people who have put this site together. I am also hoping that I can in some small way contribute with some covers I have. It is a statistical paradise and as a keen music lover, is helping fill in the gaps where other literature and websites have let me down. I also like the way that you are so receptive to errors and feedback while other sites take it as a slander on their good name. Kindest Regards Big Stoz
Posted by Big Stoz on 29/07/2008.

Admin Responded:
Thanks very much for your kind words of support - they are greatly appreciated!

It's time again to say hello,this is my second massage.In my opinion this is the best website ever created for statical research.In fact it is very useful for us to prepare various radio programs here in Malta. KNOW MATTER WHAT OTHERS MAY SAY OR THINK ABOUT AGAINST THIS WEBSITE.MIGHT BE A COWARD OR A CHICKEN.

Thanks for the whole team working on this fantastic website .

TONCIL MALTA
CATHERINE GALEA.
Posted by on 24/07/2008.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for your support :)

I think Mr Tom O'Dull (comments 09/07/2008) should mind his own business. The way I see it you are offering a free service of which you should be very proud. Don't let Mr Grumpy put you off from carrying on your excellent work which I, and seemingly everyone else who has responded, appreciate very much. If you don't like it Mr O'Dear then don't look at it, or will you sue the owner for all the money he's not making from the site !. The implied threat is a cheap shot. Get a life.
Posted by David Wright on 18/07/2008.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for your support :D

I think your charts have zero credibility as you do not name your sources or the chart from which the positions are derived. There are several glaring impossibilities in terms of certified sales, and I am looking at the legal implications for the bands concerned
Posted by Tom O'Dowd on 09/07/2008.

Admin Responded:
I'm sorry you feel that way, please bear in mind that the archive is not yet complete so some album listings may not be accurate. This is mentioned on the front page of the site. The sources of my data are listed on the About page.

I have waited years to find such a source of chart information. Even more so since Guinness stopped publishing the Top 40 UK Charts book in 1996, which would have meant using a scanner and character recognision software - PAINFUL! But discovering your site (recommended by cddb/GraceNote)I have all the information I need to produce a radio programme for Community Radio Stations in London and the south east, using a specially written database to manage it all.

THANK YOU!
Posted by Terence John on 06/07/2008.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for your support!

Still love this site.
I check it out at least twice a week!
It's a fantastic site!

Best wishes from the Netherlands!
Posted by Ronald van Veen on 28/06/2008.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for being a loyal visitor!

I'm a bit concerned on looking at the Boney M Discography that you list their second album as having reached No.13, whereas all the other chart books list it as reaching No.60 (in 1977). Where did this information come from?
Posted by Mike on 09/06/2008.

Admin Responded:
The information for this specific listing can be found here http://ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=963811#963811. If you find this is in fact wrong then please let me know, otherwise maybe the book is wrong!

Mate,
You're a star!!!
Keep it up.
Posted by The Libran on 09/06/2008.

Duffy, you brought the 60es back, the right way!
Posted by Andy Dreamy Day on 26/05/2008.

Absolutely fantastic. The 76-100 chart positions has brought back some superb memories.
Posted by Andy Kelly on 24/05/2008.

Hi Thanks for this site because it's a bomb and it's very helpfull.

Catherine Galea MALTA
Posted by CATHERINE on 12/05/2008.

Hello
This is what I call real statistics in digital form in respect with the books I bought and I'm still buying to keep hard copy.Good job and thanks to all the team working on this fantastic website.
Regards
TONCIL MALTA
Posted by on 11/05/2008.

Hours of Fun thank you!!!
just looking at the alphabetical songs (singles)
any starting in "(" or numbers don't come up on a list anywhere - unless I have missed them?
can you add an extra list?
Regards
Posted by Simon Lowndes on 01/05/2008.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for pointing this out, I have added an extra section to the browse pages.

do you ever have those few words in your head from a long gone song "your mah said you cried in your sleep last night" your site provided the answer "Doug Sheldon" thanks this is truly an amazing site
Posted by terry burton on 28/04/2008.

WHAT A WONDERFUL SITE!!!
All that i need for my research.
GREAT WORK!!!
Posted by Milton Silva on 27/04/2008.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for your support

Hi there! Great site, I look it through everyday. But I found one inaccuracy: James Blunt's 'High' has a dublicate, fix it:)
Posted by Harper on 23/04/2008.

Admin Responded:
Thanks, fixed :)

Hey there - I visited your site a few years back and downloaded an excellent CSV of every single Top 100 hit of the 80s. I have since managed to purchase all 8639 of them, which has been a massive project. I could not have done it without your wonderful site.

However, I\'m devestated to find that you no longer have this data available as I was planning to start on the 90s. The main field missing in the download section is Date - is there any way round this or have you withdrawn this support? Any help would be immensely appreciated.
Posted by paul on 07/04/2008.

Admin Responded:
I'm glad you have found the site useful, sorry but it was becoming increasingly difficult to keep that data up to date. I have run off an up to date list for you now and emailed it to you - I hope it's useful.

Hello!

My name is Philip James, and I recently stumbled upon your site! I am an American, and I have always been fascinated by music, pop charts, and what others around the U.S., and in other countries are listening to! In looking over the details presented on your site, I can tell you\'ve spent a great deal of time cataloging chart information from over the years, based on what is, and what has been popular in the UK!

I also have a question for you. In 1993, Depeche Mode released \"Songs of Faith and Devotion\", and it hit #1 in the U.S. in April. But I can\'t find it in your chart data. Is it possible it was not released in the UK? (I find that hard to believe, considering all of the UK hits they have had!) Or is it more likely an oversight?

Take care,
Philip James
Posted by Philip James on 06/04/2008.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for your feedback, the album does appear to have been released in the UK (according to Wikipedia at least! The reason it is not listed on my site is because I have a gap in my data around this period. I am working on filling this but it takes a lot of time and I don't have much free time to spare at the moment. Thanks again for your support!

hi cool stuff...i wonder if you can provide a copy of Cyril Stapleton Orchestra With Julie Dawn - Blue Star (The Medic Theme) tnk u and more power to u...

swit
Posted by switest on 02/04/2008.

Admin Responded:
I'm sorry I can't help you with finding copies of records, you can buy music from your local music shop or from the internet.

Amazing site; I love it, I like it, I need it!!!
Posted by HOOK on 31/03/2008.

Admin Responded:
Thanks!

Great Site. The 2 Carpenters LPs are in fact 1 album The Carpenters 30/10/71 & Carpenters 31/03/73 was the re-entry date for the above LP. It was just in a different Jacket ( The U S A release....I do believe. Ken Ps Keep up the xcellent work. Brill
Posted by Ken on 19/03/2008.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for the tip, I've merged the two releases.

Fantastic site, easy to use and very informative.

You are asking users to upload album/single art, but it is very difficult to find out which art is missing. Would it be possible to have a page with a list (downloadable text file or spreadsheet) of missing art. I know it would be massive, but I think it would be useful for us!

Tip for other users.... If you use iTunes and have artwork embedded in the mp3s or in the itunes album artwork database, simply right click on the image in iTunes, Copy and then paste into any art program. The file can be saved as xxxxxx.jpg and uploaded to chartstats :)
Posted by Steve on 15/03/2008.

Admin Responded:
Hi Steve, thanks for wanting to help! I created an extra item on the downloads page which lets you view a table of all songs and albums that do not have cover art. You can also download the list as a CSV file to open as a spreadsheet. You can find the table here and download the CSV from here.

Why is not position 2 in Album Chart 24/07/1982
Posted by alex on 11/03/2008.

Admin Responded:
There was in fact a tie for first place on this week with the Fame soundtrack also being in first place. This is now reflected in the chart, thanks for pointing it out!

Why is not position 10 in Album Chart 16/08/1975
Posted by alex on 06/03/2008.

Admin Responded:
There is no position 10 because the albums 'One of these Nights' by the Eagles and 'Tubular Bells' by Mike Oldfield are tied at position 9. This was not properly reflected in the charts on my site until now and for this I apologise. Thank you for pointing this out.

Please could we do something regarding the ratings for the singles and albums on here. There are Queen and TRex fans submitting a high volume of 5 stars ratings foir their pet songs and submitting lower ratinggs for other acts who have genuinely gained a high rating. Therefire the top rated is not unique. I would suggest that you have to submit an e-mail address with your rating to ensure that the ratings are genuine and maybe we could penalise the Trex and Queen chart cheats
Posted by damon on 22/02/2008.

Admin Responded:
I have made some changes to hopefully resolve this issue. I will continue to monitor the situation. Thanks for your support.

I want some help please. I am trying to copy the album list for the top 50 albums from 2005 onwards.

I have been to the album chart site menu and have the list there available but I can\'t seem to get the results I require.

What is the best way of getting these.

Cheers
Richard
Posted by richard foy on 28/01/2008.

Admin Responded:
This list is not available on the site, I have manually created a list that I think will meet your requirements and have emailed it to you.

Anyone who need a list of my albums are more than welcome, these are in EXCEL format.
I am collecting the UK top 50 albums know (from 1956 to date).
richardfoy1950@yahoo.co.uk

Hope to find albums that I have not got

Cheers
Richie
Posted by richard foy on 27/01/2008.

I have a album list (top 100 albums) with lots of information about artist and album titles.
I collect the top 100 albums from 1956 to date and have over 5000+ albums (all in MP3 format)
Posted by Richard Foy on 21/01/2008.

Admin Responded:
Any cover uploads will be greatfully accepted, hopefully the album chart archive will eventually be completed, once sufficient data sources and time have been found. Thanks for your support

Hunting for some info for a new years quiz I\'m writing and came upon this site. What a brilliant resource; thank you very much for your effort.

Do you only list albums that have been in the charts? The reason I ask is because I looked at a particular artist (band) that has released over 30 albums (I have 31 but am still missing some), but only about a dozen were listed.

If you want the info for the remainder I\'m sure I could sort them out.

Dave
Posted by Dave on 04/01/2008.

Admin Responded:
There is a gap in my album chart records from 1983 to 1999, I'm working on filling it but am having some trouble finding the data.

Hi from Russia!
Great site! It\'s really pleasant to get the necessary information about music, especially, about years of my youth - 80\'s. Sorry for my bad English, but site is terrific!
Posted by Russian Bear on 03/01/2008.

Your website is excellent, one of a kind, it is uptodate, contains very useful data and is an absolute pleasure to browse. Thank you very much!
We use your data to produce several shows on our internet music channel www.digital6.co.uk,
Your commitment to this website is much appreciated.
Max Johnson,
Posted by Max Johnson on 29/12/2007.

This site contains so much useful data. It\'s well bookmarked now. A great job, and much appreciated. It\'s always good to meet another muso. Check out my stats at http://www.last.fm/user/Tr1xx
Posted by Tr1xx on 27/11/2007.

Dear Admin,
last few weeks I was busy recording parts of my collection of singles to my pc. I took the occasion to scan some of the picture-covers and began to upload them, as I promised some weeks ago. Therefore you had to do some additional work (I hope you don\'t mind). Some of my picture-sleeves are in very nice condition (nearly mint). Some others are a little bit dirty, although (or maybe because) they were kept in albums. The most of them are from the late sixties and early seventies and many are in a poor shape, espacially because i bought them second-hand or from a rummage counter. So I gave a little bit of a paint to some of the pictures. But doing careful retouch is very hard work. And now I\'m a little tired doing so.
Now my questions are :
1. Shall I upload some of the remaining covers, even if they are only in a fair condition.
2. How can one upload a (better) cover artwork to your sitemap, even if there is already a link to an uploaded cover.
3. It is very difficult (or expensive), finding an A3-scanner for scanning lp-covers. But a lot of lp\'s have been re-released as cd\'s. Many of them show the original artwork. So I could scan some of these and upload them to the lp-charts, if you\'d like.

Many greetings from Germany !

PS: It\'s been now more than thirty years, since I left school. And it\'s been nearly twenty years, since I last talked in english. So I hope, my english is not too bad.
Posted by Auka on 23/11/2007.

Admin Responded:
Thanks very much for your support, I think the answer to your second question also provides an answer to the first. I will make a facility to replace existing covers, thus enabling people to upload higher quality covers in place of low quality ones. So in that case go ahead and upload any covers you have, and if people don't like them they can replace them with better ones. I reckon having any cover is better than none, and the higher quality the better. Your English is really very good, much better than my German! Thanks again for your support.

Fantastic Website, Have been browsing for a long time. Really appreciate all your hours of input.
Excellent Excellent Site keep up the great work
Thanks
John
Posted by John Williams on 19/11/2007.

Been browsing the charts on this website for a long time now but only just stumbled across the news/guestbook/contacts bit. Just wanted to say what an excellent site this is and how much I appreciate all the hard work and effort that must have gone into creating it...and is still ongoing.

Many thanks,

Steve.
Posted by Steve on 14/11/2007.

Many Thanks for this great site !!
I saved it as a favorit and I shall come back many, many times, I\'m sure.
As I\'ve got a collection of about 1.000 singles (most with German picture covers) I will try to upload some of the rarer covers, as soon as I find the time to scan them.
By the way, as I was browsing through the pages, I found two little mistakes in your database :
1. \"Rosie\" 1968-hit by Don Partridge was missing there and was attached to DAN Partridge.
2. \"King Of The Rumbling Spires\" (1969) is attached to T.Rex, but was originally billed to Tyrannosaurus Rex, before they changed their name.

Many greetings from Germany.
Posted by auka on 28/10/2007.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for your support and for pointing out the mistakes, they have now been corrected :)

Just the BEST!
Congratulations my friend.
I\'m trying to help by uploading covers.
Greetings from Athens, Greece
Posted by Kami on 21/10/2007.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for the support, covers are very much appreciated!

What a great site!
As a big fan of all things connected to music charts I really like browsing your site.
Most of all I like to search for chart hits of the 80\'s as I am a big 80\'s fan.
Also check out my own site and have a look at my own chart!

Best wishes, Ronald
http://www.pmachinery.com
Posted by Ronald van Veen on 18/10/2007.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for the support :)

what a site, i have been looking for a site like this for a long time, this must take a lot of work.
10 out of 10 to all involved.
regards
Robert
Posted by robert on 04/10/2007.

great site well to everybody involved in here.
just one question.is it possible to have the singles chart in excel, since i want to filter some options, like top 5 of one particular week and so?
thanks regards noel.
Posted by Noel on 23/09/2007.

Admin Responded:
I don't currently have the charts in Excel format and it would make a VERY large data file and require a lot of work to put together. Such a file did exist previously but took a lot of work to keep updated and was removed because it contained many errors.

Hello :)
i\'m in school!!!
its so great

this website is so COOL!
Posted by tash on 18/09/2007.

Just found your site, im from leeds and just like to say its great info on here will ad to favs and will need the site a lot to look things up
Keep up the good work
Posted by Duncan on 09/09/2007.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for the support Duncan!

Great site. I don\'t know how you do it!
One little point i spotted by chance - you have Dana\'s 1982 hit I feel love coming on listed as Danba in a seperate discography
Posted by mike on 01/09/2007.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for pointing that out Mike, I've merged the two artists together under the correct name.

Great Website! A site with chart archives has been needed for a long time on the net. Keep up the good work!
Posted by Grahame on 16/08/2007.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for your support :)

Great site, well done. Anyone know where i can find End of Year or Chart of the Year archives? Or any chance of getting them on here? drop me an email ta, Ali.
Posted by Ali on 06/07/2007.

Admin Responded:
Hey Ali, thanks for the feedback! I don't currently have end of year charts but I may add them soon. In the mean time the site EveryHit.com has year and decade summarys for most of the charts.

Wow what a site! This is honestly the best site I\'ve seen for charts. Just wanted to say keep up the great work.
Posted by Dan on 06/07/2007.

Admin Responded:
Cheers for the support Dan :)

Just found this site a couple of weeks ago. Exactly what I\'ve been looking for since the NME dumped the charts a couple of years ago. Thanks and keep up the good work.
Kind regards,
Phil.
Posted by Phil on 02/07/2007.

What a brilliant site! Simple layout, very functional and all the info about the charts you could ever want! Thanks and keep up the good work!
Posted by Paul McC on 15/06/2007.

Hi great site i\'m trying to collect every top 40 hit in mp3 format and this site is a great reference, a lot better than looking up Guinness hit singles book (and it\'s new format is terrible).

I would like to help by uploading some picture covers in the future, could you tell me the format and size you would prefer them to be in.

And now a complaint, could you list the tracks that are on EPs as i still have to look these up to see which songs are on them (see you made me that lazy).

Thanks for a great site
Posted by Harry on 04/06/2007.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for your comments Harry, I'm glad you like the site! The pictures should be at least 300x300 pixels in the jpeg format. I'd be very grateful to receive as many as you can get your hands on! Unfortunatley I do not have the time to list the tracks on each release at the present time, however I can recommend the site Discogs.com as a great resource for finding loads of information about loads of releases.

I just wanted to say that I love this site, I haven\'t found anything like it for satisfying my occasional nostalgic look back at the charts. I\'ve even used it to compile playlists on YouTube of top 10s gone by (a personal TOTP, sad isn\'t it :D)

Keep up the great work!
Posted by Frank on 15/05/2007.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for the support Frank :D

I have been using this site for about a year now and I think it is amazing. Thank you for all the information.
By the way for singles covers look on HMV they have quite a lot
Posted by Shine on 08/05/2007.

Admin Responded:
Thanks for the tip - I'll keep an eye on HMV!

Peace people

We love you
Posted by HelloWorld on 04/05/2007.

Admin Responded:
I agree, peace people! Thanks very much for your love - it's very much appreciated! x

Hallo, but colleague, you are sure?
prof.Preobrajensky.
Good luck!
Posted by PreobrajenskySuka on 29/04/2007.

Admin Responded:
Yes colleague - I am sure. Thanks!