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CONTENTS
Unless otherwise stated, all articles
refer to the UK chart, and to a singles chart.
Most issues include an editorial, letters page, reviews, and an analysis
of the current year's singles and LP charts up to the end of the previous
quarter.
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Issue
1 |
May
81 |
Top
Singles Acts 1955-1980; Top Acts of the Seventies; Biggest Jumps To No.1;
Biggest Falls from No.1; Most Successful Singles Re-entries; 1980 Analysis;
Chart Records omiited from Guinness;
Phil Spector chartography; Eurovision 1981. |
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Issue
2 |
Aug
81 |
Top
100 Singles 1974-1981; Sales-related Points System; Most Weeks at No.2;
British Invasion 1964; Top 50 Disco Acts 1974-1979; Berlin Chart; David Bowie
Chartography Pt 1;Top 30 Labels 1980. |
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Issue
3 |
Nov
81 |
Top
Singles Acts in USA 1958-1979; David Bowie Chartography Pt 2; Collectacharts
ABBA; ABBA record sales; US Independent Record Labels 1922-1962; Highest New
Entries 1962-1981; Singles that were No.1 in UK, US and Germany; Slowest
No.1's. |
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Issue
4 |
Mar
82 |
1981
Analysis; Germany 1981; Germany, France, Holland, Italy and Spain No.1
singles 1981; Berlin 1981; US singles 1981; NME Indie chart 1981; 10cc family
tree and chartography; Collectacharts ABBA - AC/DC; simultaneous No.1 single
and album; German No.1 singles 1979-1980; Most Top 10 singles in one week;
Highest rises to No.2. |
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Issue
5 |
Jun
82 |
NME
LP charts 1962-1978; Eurovision 1982; Miscellany 1981; Collectacharts Ace -
Gayle Adams; Record Business Indie
Chart 1981; Hits Hits Hits; Most hits before a No.1; South Africa 1981; Top
Singles Acts in US 1977-1981;US R&B Analysis 1965. |
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Issue
6 |
Sep
82 |
Rolling
Stones History and Chartography; Norway 1981; Zimbabwe No.1's 1976-1982; US
Top LP Acts 1976; Smallest No.1's; Town Group Guide; Neue Deutsche Welle;
Biggest Known Chart Climbers; Most Successful Chart Debuts by Act and Single;
Collectacharts Marie Adams - Allman Brothers; Most Hits for Record Labels. |
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Issue
7 |
Mar
83 |
1971
Analysis; Marc Bolan chartography; Notting Hill Carnival; Finland 1982; Most
Weeks on Chart for Individuals; US R&B/Soul No.1's 1965-1982; Singles
charting three times; Highest New Entries to the NME Chart 1961-1970;
Collectacharts AllNight Band - Angelwitch; LP's Entering at No.1. |
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Issue
8 |
Jun
83 |
1982
Analysis; Madness Chartography; Poll 1982; Showaddywaddy Chartography; US
Analysis 1982; Canada, Australia, Germany and Japan No.1 singles and LP's;
Zimbabwe singles 1982; Collectacharts Animals - Joan Armatrading; South
Africa No.1's 1978-1982; Eurovision 1983; Sheet Music No.1's 1946-1952;
Biggest Flops; US LP chart 1963; Most Important Rock Singles Pt 1; Birthdays
in July; Chart Return after Longest Absences. |
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Issue
9 |
Sep
83 |
1972
Analysis; Slade Chartography; Chart Residency Records; Jackson 5 in Germany;
All-British Top 10's; Italy No.1's 1982; Collectacharts Louis Armstrong -
Aztec Camera; Holland No.1's 1965-1978; Acts with Most Weeks on US Top 40; No.1
EP's 1960-1967; Most Important Rock Singles Pt 2; US Analysis 1961; Monthly
Singles and LP sales 1959-1966; Chart History; Birthdays in September; Most
Hits for Dead Pop Stars. |
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Issue
10 |
Dec
83 |
1973
Analysis; Gary Glitter Chartography; David Bowie Chartography; Highest Rises
to Each Position in the Top 50; Fastest and Slowest First Ten Hits; Song
Comebacks; Collectacharts Bob Azzam - Kenny Ball; US C&W No.1's
1962-1973; The First Chart; Most Important Rock Singles Pt 3; Non-British Top
10's; How Accurate Are The Charts; Holland No.1's 1979-1982; Birthdays in
November; Top 100 Singles 1964. |
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Issue
11 |
Feb
84 |
1983
Analysis; Jacksons Chartography; Germany 1983; Most Hits Between No.1's;
Collectacharts Bananarama - Mike Batt; US C&W No.1's 1974-1982; Most
Important Rock Singles Pt 4; Eurovision 1969; Longest Chart Climbs; Decline
of US Hits; Music Video 1983; US R&B No.1's 1983; Jamaica 1983; Birthdays
in February; Top 100 Singles 1965. |
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Issue
12 |
May
84 |
Beatles
History; Poll 1983; Collectacharts Bauhaus - Celi Bee; Miscellany 1983;
France No.1's 1966-1978; Birthdays in May; Top 100 Singles 1966. |
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Issue
13 |
Aug
84 |
1974
Analysis; Chapman & Chinn Chartography; Eurovision 1984; Sheet Music Hits
not in Guinness; Collectacharts Bee
Gees - Cilla Black; Top 200 Singles 1960-1984; France No.1's 1978-1984;
Platinum, Gold & Silver; US R&B 1983; Birthdays in August; Top 100
Singles 1967. |
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Issue
14 |
Oct
84 |
1975
Analysis; Bay City Rollers Chartography; Most Hits Singles & LP's
Combined; Best LP Chart Debuts by Act; Dutch Chart Trivia; Collectacharts
Bill Black - Booker T & The MG's; US R&B No.1's 1949-1963; Top 100
Acts in NME Charts 1952-1983; Zimbabwe & South Africa Top Singles since
1976; Top Indie Singles & LP's 1982 and 1983; US R&B 1984; Birthdays
in October; Top 100 Singles 1968. |
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Issue
15 |
Jan
85 |
1976
Analysis; ABBA Chartography; US LP's 1976; Collectacharts Boomtown Rats -
Brat; US R&B No.1's 1965-1979; Biggest Chart Risers; NME only Hits;
Birthdays in March; Top 100 Singles 1969. |
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Issue
16 |
Apr
85 |
1984
Analysis; Trevor HornChartography; Australia Singles 1984; Poll 1984;
Collectacharts Bread - Budgie; US R&B LP's 1980-1984; US R&B 1984;
Annual Singles and LP record sales 1955-1984; Top Selling Singles; Most
Influential Rock LP's Pt 1; Liverpool Hits 1979-1984; ABBA's Swedish Singles;
Best Chart Debuts for Singles; Zimbabwe & South Africa 1984; Indie Charts
1984; US 1984; Birthdays in April; Top 100 Singles 1970. |
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Issue
17 |
Aug
85 |
1977
Analysis; Radio 1 Playlist 1984; Punk Chartography; Miscellany 1984; Most
Influential Rock LP's Pt 2; Collectacharts Buggles - Eric Carmen; US C&W
No.1 LP's 1964-1971; Top Selling LP's; Highest Scoring Weeks; Eurovision
1985; Revolution No.6; Ireland, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Holland No.1's 1984;
Phil Collins Chartography. |
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Issue
18 |
Nov
85 |
1978
Analysis; Stiff Chartography; Best Chart Debuts for Acts; Highest Position
for First Chart Week; Highest Drop Outs from Top 50; Collectacharts Eric
Carmen - Change; US C&W No.1 LP's 1972-1977; Top 200 Singles 1952-1985;
Stage Musicals Chartography; Bruce Springsteen Chartography; Birthdays in
December; Top 100 Singles 1958. |
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Issue
19 |
Apr
86 |
1985
Analysis; Most Influential Rock LP's Pt 3; Collectacharts Bruce Channel -
Jimmy Clanton; US R&B 1985; Poll 1985; Madonna Chartography; Zimbabwe
1985; US 1985; Live Aid Chartography; European Hits per Year; Birthdays in
April; Top 100 Singles 1959. |
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Issue
20 |
Oct
86 |
Elvis
Presley Singles Chartography; Chartwatch
Policy; Collectacharts Eric Clapton - George Cole; Miscellany 1985 Pt 1;
Europarade 1985; Music Video 1985; Siouxsie & The Banshees Chartography;
Eurovision 1986; Top 100 Songs 1952-1986; Dire Straits Chartography; New
Digest Jan-Jun; Top 100 Singles 1960. |
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Issue
21 |
Dec
86 |
1979
Analysis; New York New Wave Chartography; Biggest Rises and Falls in LP Chart
1979-1986; Collectacharts Lloyd Cole - Ray Conniff; Top Acts in Finland
1963-1984; Fabricating Charts; US No.1 LP's 1954-1973; British Soul
Chartography; News Digest Jul-Sep; Top 100 Singles 1961. |
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Issue
22 |
Mar
87 |
1986
Analysis; Queen Chartography; Poll 1986; Music Videos 1986; Collectacharts
Billy Connolly - Randy Crawford; Top 100 Re-issues 1952-1986; US 1986; US
R&B 1986; France 1986; Ireland 1986; Folk & Roots 1986; Germany 1986;
Germany 1981-1986; News Digest 1986; Top 100 Singles 1962. |
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Issue
23 |
Aug
87 |
1980
Analysis; Police Chartography; Miscellany 1986; Collectacharts Robert Cray
Band - T C Curtis; US No.1 LP's 1974-1986; Eurovision 1987; Europarade 1986;
France No.1's 1984-1987; News Digest Jan-Jun; Instrumental No.1's. |
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Issue
24 |
Nov
87 |
EP's
in NME Singles Chart 1960-1969; 1971-1980 Analysis; Collectacharts Curved Air
- Spencer Davis Group; Germany No.1's 1981-1987; News Digest Jul-Sep; Police
Chartography Pt 2. |
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Issue
25 |
Mar
88 |
1961
Analysis; Joe Meek Chartography; 1971-1980 Miscellany; Top Singles Acts
1961-1980; Collectacharts Dawn - Def Leppard; Biggest Re-issued Hits that
were Originally Flops; Most Years On The Chart; Most Consecutive Weeks On The
Chart; Folk & Roots 1987; Ireland 1987; France 1987; Germany 1987; South
Africa & Zimbabwe 1987; News Digest Oct-Dec 1987. |
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Issue
26 |
Jun
88 |
1987
Analysis; Stock, Aitken & Waterman Chartography; Collectacharts De Ia -
Neil Diamond; Poll 1987; US 1987; Madonna in France & Germany; Germany
1987; Germany 1981-1987;ð Top 100
Remakes of Old Hits; News Digest Jan-Mar; Eurovision 1988. |
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Issue
27 |
Sep
88 |
U2
Chartography; Ireland Most No.1's 1962-1983; Canada, Australia, Pan-European
No.1 Singles & LP's 1988; Music Video 1987; Collectacharts Greg Diamond -
Doctor & The Medics; 1962 Analysis; The Twist Chartography; Pet Shop Boys
in Germany; Oldest Songs To Chart; News Digest Apr-Jun. |
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Issue
28 |
Jan
89 |
Pet
Shop Boys Cahrtography; Rock Roots 1952-1987; Collectacharts Ken Dodd - Gail
Ann Dorsey; 1963 Analysis; Lennon & McCartney Chartography; News Digest
Jul-Sep. |
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Issue
29 |
Apr
89 |
1988
Analysis; Music Video 1988; Collectacharts Lee Dorsey - Ronnie Dyson; Poll
1988; Erasure, Depeche Mode & Yazoo Chartography; Oldest Recordings To
Chart; US 1988; Germany 1988; Zimbabwe & South Africa 1988; News Digest
Oct-Dec 1988; Worldwide Record Sales. |
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Issue
30 |
Jul
89 |
Bob
Dylan Chartography; Cliff' Richard's 100 Singles; Eurovision 1989; France
1988; Sandra in France & Germany; CC Catch & Modern Talking in
Germany; Collectacharts Bob Dylan - Edelweiss; 1964 Ananlysis; Top Acts
1979-1988; Compilation Charts Scoring System; News Digest Jan-Mar; LP Prices. |
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Issue
31 |
Oct
89 |
1965
Analysis; Switzerland No.1's Singles & LP's 1983-1988; Collectacharts
Duane Eddy - John Entwhistle; Longest Wait for a Hit; Longest Gap for Hit
Single to be taken from LP; Pan-European, Canada & Australia 1989; Most
Million Sellers 1903-1952; Ireland 1988; Folk & Roots 1988; News Digest
Apr-Jun. |
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Issue
32 |
Jan
90 |
1989
Analysis; Music Video 1989; Collectacharts Enya - Exciters; Simple Minds
Chartography; Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan & Madonna in Australia;
Australia No.1's 1989; Echo & The Bunnymen Chartography; Europarade
1984-1989; Germany 1989; Germany, Austria & Switzerland No.1 Singles
& LP's 1989; News Digest Jun-Sep 1989. |
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Issue
33 |
May
90 |
1966
Analysis; Beach Boys Chartography; Collectacharts Everly Brothers - Georgie
Fame; 1980-1989 Analysis; Poll 1989; US R&B 1966; News Digest Oct
1989-Mar 1990. |
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Issue
34 |
Aug
90 |
Football
Song Chartography; Chart Comebacks after Longest Absence; Longest Chart
Absence; Yearly Top US Acts 1890-1989; US Singles 1960; Top Greatest Hits
LP's 1971-1989; Eurovision 1990; Collectacharts Georgie Fame - Fiddler's
Dram; US 1989; France 1989; France 1985-1989; Zimbabwe 1989; Australia 1989;
Germany 1981-1989; Michael Jackson in Germany 1981-1988; News Digest Mar-Jun;
Holland Annual Top 10 Singles 1965-1968. |
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Issue
35 |
Dec
90 |
Elton
John Chartography; All-Time Longest Chart Climbs; Cycles in Popular Music;
Holland Annual Top 10 Singles 1969-1973; Breakers 1976; Collectacharts
Fidelfatti - A Flock Of Seagulls; Most Covered Artists 1955-1988; 1969 LP
Breakers; Most Successful Debut LP's; 1990's Scoring System Pt 1; News Digest
Jul-Sep; US Singles 1961. |
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Issue
36 |
Mar
91 |
1990
Analysis; Music Video 1990; Collectacharts Fleetwood Mac - Formations; Rap
Chartography; Poll 1990; Most Successful Chart Debuts for LP; Holland Annual
Top 10 Singles 1974-1982; Zimbabwe 1990; 1990's Scoring System Pt 2; News
Digest Oct-Dec 1990; US Singles 1962. |
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Issue
37 |
Jun
91 |
1981-1990
Analysis; Collectacharts George Formby - Fra Lippo Lippi; Song For Europe
1991; Eurovision 1991; France 1990; France 1985-1990; NME Indie Charts 1990;
Australia 1990; US Singles 1963; News Digest Jan-Mar. |
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Issue
38 |
Oct
91 |
1967
Analysis; Brill Building Songwriters Chartography; Collectacharts Fraggles -
Fun Boy Three; Top Acts 1971-1990; Breakers 1977; Pan-European, Canada &
Australia Singles 1990; INXS in Australia; Ireland 1990; News Digest Apr-Jul;
US Singles 1964. |
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Issue
39 |
Dec
91 |
Ireland
No.1's 1985; Top 100 Remakes of Former Flops; Most Flops Before A Hit; US 1990;
US Top 100 Singles Chart Acts 1958-1989; Collectacharts Farley
"Jackmaster" Funk - Gaye Bykers On Acid; Melody Maker EP Chart 1959-1960; Breakers 1974; Eurovision 1963
& 1964; Hit Songs That Were Originally B-Sides; US C&W No.1 LP's
1978-1985; Most Consecutive Hits For Record Label; Indie Charts 1985; New
Zealand 1990; News Digest Jul-Oct. |
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Issue
40 |
Mar
92 |
1991
Analysis; Poll 1991; Collectacharts Marvin Gaye - Girlschool; Pan-European,
Germany & Canada No.1 Singles & LP's 1991; Ireland 1991; France 1991;
Zimbabwe 1991; NME Indie Chart 1991; Music Video 1991; Breakers 1967;
Eurovision 1965 & 1966; Song For Europe 1961; News Digest Oct-Dec;
Birthdays in June; US Singles 1965 & 1966. |
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Issue
41 |
Jul
92 |
1968
Analysis; Stax Chartography; 1982-1991 Analysis; Collectacharts Girl Talk -
Norman Greenbaum; Breakers 1968;Pet Shop Boys in Australia;Australia 1991;
Finland 1991; France Annual Top 10 Singles 1966-1971; Italy Top 100 Acts
1957-1981; South Africa LP's 1991; Song For Europe 1992; Eurovision 1992;
News Digest Jan-Mar; US Singles 1967 & 1968. |
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Issue
42 |
Oct
92 |
Tamla
Motown Chartography; New Zealand 1991; Collectacharts Lorne Greene -
Happenings; US Highest New Entries 1970-1991; Prince in Australia; Breakers
1966; News Digest Apr-Jul; US Singles 1969 and 1960-1969. |
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Issue
43 |
Feb
93 |
1969
Analysis; Fleetwood Mac Chartography; Collectacharts Happy Mondays - Ted
Heath; Breakers 1969-1970; Budget & Bargain LP's 1969; US Highest New
Entries 1991-1992; France Annual Top 10 Singles 1972-1977; Music Video No.1's
1981-1991; Million Selling LP's since 1987; U2 in Australia; News Digest
Jul-Sep; US Singles 1970 & 1971. |
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Issue
44 |
Apr
93 |
1992
Analysis; Music Video 1992; Airplay 1992; Poll 1992; Collectacharts Heart - Hithouse;
NME Indie Charts 1992; US 1992; Ireland 1992; France 1992; Australia 1992;
New Zealand 1992; South Africa 1992; Zimbabwe 1992; Blondie in US; News
Digest Nov-Dec; Song For Europe 1993; Eurovision 1967 & 1968. |
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Issue
45 |
Jul
93 |
1970
Analysis; US Slowest & Fastest No.1's; Simon & Garfunkel
Chartography; US R&B 1967; Collectacharts Hitman Howie Tee - Housemaster
Boyz; Mid-Price LP's 1970; Italy, Holland, Spain & Sweden No.1 Singles
& LP's 1992; Chart Cycles; Eurovision 1993; Top 100 Acts 1983-1992; Top
50 Music Videos 1992; News Digest Jan-Mar. |
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Issue
46 |
Nov
93 |
1961-1970
Analysis; Collectacharts House Of Love - Billy Idol; Breakers 1974-1975;
Radio 1 Top 100 LP's; Finland 1992; News Digest Apr-Jun. |
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Issue
47 |
Feb
94 |
1993
Analysis; Most Successful LP Tracks in the Singles Chart; Collectacharts
Frank Ifield - Iron Maiden; Rod Stewart Chartography; International Record
Sales 1989; South Africa 1993; Zimbabwe 1993; Breakers 1978; US 1993; Holland
1993; News Digest Jul-Dec 1993. |
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Issue
48 |
May
94 |
1961-1970
Miscellany; Collectacharts Jeremy Irons - JALN Band; Poll 1993; Song For
Europe 1994; Music Videos 1993; NME Indie Charts 1993; Germany Singles 1993;
New Zealand 1993; Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France,
Finland, Greece, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Japan, Portugal, Spain,
Sweden & Switzerland No.1's 1993; 1984-1993 Analysis; News Digest
Jan-Mar. |
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Issue
49 |
Aug
94 |
Eurovision
1994; Eurovision Chartography; Beatles Top Tracks; Mid-Price LP Chart 1971;
Collectacharts Stonewall Jackson - Jesus Jones; Most Top 10 Hits for
Songwriters; No.1 LP after Longest Chart Career; Belgium, Italy & Spain
1993; France Anual Top 10 Singles 1978-1984; British & Irish Acts in the
US Top 40; ABBA in US; News Digest Apr-Jun; US Singles 1972 & 1973. |
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Issue
50 |
Nov
94 |
1961-1990
Analysis; Collectacharts Jesus Lizard - Kevin Johnson; All-Time Worldwide Top
Acts; U2 in Holland; Echoes Reggae
Charts 1993; News Digest Jul-Sep; US Singles 1974 & 1975. |
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Issue
51 |
Mar
95 |
1994
Analysis; Germany Singles 1994; Collectacharts Laurie Johnson - Judge Dread;
Holland 1994; Eurochart 1994; France 1994; Zimbabwe 1994; 1961-1970 Biggest
Year-On-Year Rises & Falls; 1970-1993 Top 10 Acts of Previous 10 Years;
US Singles 1976 & 1977; News Digest Oct-Dec. |
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Issue
52 |
Jul
95 |
Madonna
Chartography; Top 100 Acts 1985-1994; Top 200 Acts 1961-1994; Poll 1994;
Collectacharts Judas Priest - Kenny; Eurovision 1956 & 1995; Song For
Europe 1976, 1978, 1981 & 1995; US 1994; Echoes Reggae Chart 1994; New Zealand 1994; NME Indie Chart 1994. |
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Issue
53 |
Oct
95 |
1938
Singles Chart; 1960 Analysis; History of the Top 40 Show; Collectacharts
Gerard Kenny - Kinkina; LP Longevity; Zimbabwe LP's 1994; Mexico 1994; No.1
After Most Weeks On Chart; Pop Polls 1955-1992; Breakers 1971; Latin American
Record Sales; History of the Europarade; US Singles 1978 & 1979;
Eurovision 1957. |
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Issue
54 |
Feb
96 |
Eurovision
1958; Kinks Chartography; Zimbabwe 1995; France Singles 1995; Zobbel Website;
Collectacharts Kinks - Kreamcicle; 1959 Analysis; In Tune Magazine; Song For Europe 1961, 1976, 1978 & 1981;
Top EP's 1959-1967; Top 200 Acts 1959-1994. |
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Issue
55 |
Apr
96 |
1995
Analysis; Mojo Top 100 Greatest
LP's; Collectacharts Kreuz - Stacy Lattislaw; Poll 1995; NME Indie Charts
1995; Eurochart 1995; Germany Singles 1995; Eurovision 1959; Holland 1995;
New Zealand 1995; Song For Europe 1996; Most Consecutive Years in the Top 10. |
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Issue
56 |
Jul
96 |
1958
Analysis; Top 200 Acts 1958-1995; US 1995; Collectacharts Cyndi Lauper -
Ketty Lester; Top 100 Acts 1986-1995; Sheet Music Chart 1960; Eurovision
1996; Returns to No.1; Most Consecutive Weeks on the Chart for LP's; Meandians
Update; Most Consecutive Years on the Chart by Current Acts. |
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Issue
57 |
Oct
96 |
1957
Analysis; Canada Top Singles Acts 1975-1996; Top 200 Acts 1957-1995; Record
Breaking Record Sales 1955-1967; Collectacharts Let Loose - Liquid; Annual
Most Successful TV Music Shows 1960-1991; Weekly Top Singles Acts 1971-1979;
US Singles 1980. |
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Issue
58 |
Mar
97 |
1996
Analysis; Collectacharts Liquid Gold - Longpigs; Music Video 1996; France
1996; Zimbabwe 1996; Germany Singles 1996; New Zealand 1996; Charts on the
Internet; Singles Longevity; Fastest Selling Albums 1985-1996; Old Hits that
Charted in 1995. |
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Issue
59 |
Jun
97 |
1956
Analysis; Echoes Reggae Chart 1995; NME Indie Charts 1996; Collectacharts Joe
Longthorne - Bob Luman; Poll 1996; Top 150 Acts 1987-1996; Beatles German and
Dutch Chartographies; Eurovision 1997; Song For Europe 1997; Eurovision 1959
& 1960; US Singles 1981. |
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Issue
60 |
Sep
97 |
Paul
McCartney chartography; Beatles Foreign Chartography Pt.1; Eurovision 1961,
1962; Collectacharts Lulu Ò McFadden & Whitehead; 1955 Analysis; US
Singles 1982; UK Airplay 1996. |
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Issue
61 |
Mar
98 |
1997
Analysis; Collectacharts Rachel McFarlane Ò Madonna (Pt.1); France Singles 1997;
Zimbabwe 1997; Oldest Albums to Chart in 1996; Beatles Foreign Chartography
Pt.2; Biggest Falls in the Top 40; Top Albums 1958-1997 Pt.1. |
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Issue
62 |
May
98 |
1954
Analysis; Top Albums 1958-1997 Pt.2; Collectacharts Madonna (Pt.2) Ò Manic
Street Preachers; Poll 1997; NME Indie Charts 1997; New Zealand 1997; Germany
Singles 1997; Music Videos 1997; Top 250 Acts 1955-1997; Top 100 Acts
1988-1997; US Singles 1983. |
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Issue
63 |
Oct
98 |
1953
Analysis; Top 250 Acts 1953-1997; Eurovision 1956-1998 (Pt.1); Collectacharts
Barry Manilow Ò Marmion; Beatles Foreign Chartography Pt.3; Madonna New
Zealand Chartography; Album Sales in the Sixties; Most Consecutive Years on
the Charts; Budget Albums 1997; Quarterly Record Sales 1980-1996; Eurovision
1998. |
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Issue
64 |
Mar
99 |
1998
Analysis; Music Video 1998; High Entries 1998; Collectacharts Neville
Marriner Ò Mireille Mathieu; Germany 1998; New Zealand 1998; Zimbabwe 1998;
Eurovision 1970; Echoes Reggae Charts 1998; Oldest Albums to Chart in 1997;
Eurovision 1956-1998 (Pt.2). |
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Issue
65 |
Aug
99 |
Fifties
Analysis Pt.1; Collectacharts Johnny Mathis Ò Vaughn Meader; Poll 1999; Song
Longevity; Eurovision 1999; Top 100 Acts 1989-1998. |
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Issue
66 |
Dec
99 |
Fifties
Analysis Pt. 2; Web page update; Collectacharts Meat Beat Manifesto Ò Merz;
Music Video 1994-1998; Top Acts of the 80Ìs. |
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Issue
67 |
May
00 |
1999
Analysis; Music Video 1999; High Entries 1999; Collectacharts Messiah Ò John
Miles; Poll 1999; France singles 1999; Germany 1999; New Zealand 1999;
Zimbabwe 1999; Eurovision Re-scored. |
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Issue
68 |
Nov
00 |
Top
100 Acts 1990-1999; Record Sales 1997-1999; Important Dates in Scoring History;
Collectacharts Robert Miles Ò Mr Big; Eurovision 2000; Silver Discs
1983-1999; Echoes Reggae Charts 1999; Longest Runs on US Top 20 Singles. |
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Issue
69 |
Mar
01 |
2000
Analysis; Music Video 2000; High Entries 2000; World Singles 2000;
Collectacharts Mr Big Ò Monochrome Set; News Digest 2000; Germany 2000;
France Singles 2000; Relationships; US Singles 1990 and 1991. |
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Issue
70 |
Sep
01 |
Nineties
Analysis; Collectacharts Tony Monopoly Ò Jonathon Morris; Zimbabwe 2000; New
Zealand 2000; Poll 2000; Eurovision Song Contest 2000. |
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Issue
71 |
Dec
01 |
Top300
Acts 1952-2000; Collectacharts Mark Morrison-Mukkaa; World Record Sales 2000;
George Harrison obituary; Weekly Top Acts of the Nineties; US Singles 1993
and 1994. |
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Issue
72 |
Apr
02 |
2001
Analysis; Music Video 2001; Poll 2001; Collectacharts Maria Muldaur-Natural
Ites; New Zealand 2001; Germany 2001; France singles 2001; Oldest Songs To
Reach No.1; US Singles 1995. |
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Issue
73 |
Sep
02 |
1952
Analysis; UK Quarterly Record Sales 1991-2001; Collectacharts Natural
Life-New Model Army; Top 150 Acts 1992-2001; Chartwatch Classics; Eurovision 2002. |
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Issue
74 |
Jan
03 |
50th
Anniversary of the Record Charts in the UK Part 1; Collectacharts New Musik-9.9;
Records that were Hits in the NME Chart but not Music Week
1960-1983; US Singles 1992. |
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Issue
75 |
Apr
03 |
2002
Analysis; Collectacharts 911-Nu Soul; Music Video 2002; France Singles 2002;
50th Anniversary of the Record Charts in the UK Part 2 (Record
Labels); Singles That Returned to the Top 20. |
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Issue
76 |
Sep
03 |
Top
100 Acts 1993-2002; Eurovision 2003; Most Years on Chart for an Album;
Collectacharts Gary Numan- Hazel OÌConnor; Television Talent Shows; First
Hits for Record Labels; US 2001 Anaylsis. |
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Issue
77 |
Feb
04 |
Most
Acts with No.1Ìs in UK and US; Top 600 Acts 1952-2002; Collectacharts Sinead
OÌConnor Ò 187 Lockdown; Eighties Acts that Declined in the Nineties; Most
Years on Top 10 for Songwriter; New Zealand 2002; First Hits for Record Label
(addendum); Germany 2002. |
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Issue
78 |
Jul
04 |
2003
Analysis; Collectacharts 1 Giant Leap Ò Ozzy Osbourne; France Singles 2003; Eurovision
2004; First Hits for Foreigners; US 2002 Analysis; Highest Climbs Back Up the
Singles Chart. |
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Issue
79 |
Dec
04 |
Top
1000 UK Singles 1952-2003; Collectacharts Tony Osbourne Sound Ò Jimmy Page;
Cult Acts - Fewest Points per Week on Chart. |
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Issue
80 |
Dec
04 |
Top
100 Acts 1994-2003; Biggest Falls From No.2; Germany 2003; Guinness
Versus Chartwatch Rankings; Collectacharts Patti Page Ò Partridge
Family; Top 1000 UK Singles 1952-2003 part 2; Quarterly Record Sales
2000-2003; Weekly Record sales 1994-2003. |
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Issue
81 |
Jun
05 |
Biggest
Falls from No.2 (addendum); 2004 Analysis; Collectacharts Party Animals Ò
Penthouse 4; Eurovision 2005; Song For Europe 2005; France Singles 2004;
Artist Album No.1Ìs 1970-1989; Weekly Record Sales 2004; Singles with Most
Weeks Positions 11-20; 1000th Number One Single and Singles Sales. |
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Issue
82 |
Oct
05 |
Sheet
Music No.1's 1936-1964; Collectacharts Pentangle - Edith Piaf; Longest Album Chart Careers; John Peel's All-Time
Festive 50; Best Selling Albums in the 60's and 70's; UK Second Quarter 2005. |
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Issue
83 |
Dec
05 |
Decade 1995-2004;
No.1 Milestones NME Singles; H-factor 2004; Top Album Tracks in the UK Singles Chart; Collectacharts Piano Fantasia - PKA;
Pink Floyd's Top 20 Albums; Simultaneous UK and USA No.1's; Rolling Stones US Singles; Album Charts 1956-1958;
UK third quarter 2005. |
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Issue
84 |
Jun 06 |
2005 Annual Analysis; Song For Europe 2006;
50 Years of the UK Album Chart; Collectacharts Placebo - Poni Tails; Album Chart Analyses 1956-1958; Bob Dylan's US Chartography; UK First Quarter 2006. |
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Issue
85 |
Dec 06 |
Decade 1996-2005; Highest new entries 2005; Top compilation albums 2005;
France singles 2005; NME Best-selling Discs by British Artists Chart 1954; Collectacharts Police - Praying Mantis; Eurovision Song Contest 2006;
Record Mirror and Melody Maker only hits 1955-1958; Oldest albums to chart 1998-2004; UK second quarter 2006. |
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Issue
86 |
Dec 06 |
Comparison of number one albums in the UK from Music Week, Melody Maker and New Musical Express;
Collectacharts Precious - Elvis Presley part 1; Chart disparities: the case of EPs; UK third quarter 2006. |
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Issue
87 |
Jun 07 |
UK Analysis 2006; Compilation Charts 2006;
Collectacharts Elvis Presley part 2 - Prima Donna; Music Video 2006; Elvis Presley's Biggest Tracks in the UK; Song For Europe 2007; UK Singles Breakers 1973; US First Quarter 2007; UK First Quarter 2007. |
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Issue
88 |
Nov 07 |
Decade 1997-2006; Oldest Records to Chart by Highest Position; Three or More Simultaneous UK Hit Singles;
Collectacharts Primal Scream - SProspect Park; Eurovision 2007; France Singles 2006; Melody Maker and Disc Charts 1956-1969; TV Themes Chartography Part 2: 1952-1980; UK Second Quarter 2007. |
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Issue
89 |
Jan 08 |
BPI Awards - Silver, Gold and Platinum; Sound Of The Underground;
Collectacharts Brain Protheroe - Suzi Quatro; Year By Year Revisited - 1955; TV Themes Chartography Part 2: 1981-1988; US Third Quarter 2007; UK Third Quarter 2007; Singles with Most Weeks in the Bottom Half of the UK Top 40. |
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Issue
90 |
Mar 08 |
UK Analysis 2007; France singles 2007; Collectacharts Finley Quaye - Radiohead; Chartwatch Football Ladder 1952-2006; Oldest tracks to chart 2007; TV Themes chartography part 3: 1989-2007. |
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Issue
91 |
Sep 08 |
Decade 1998-2007; Most simultaneous instrumentals on the NME Top 30; Ruby Murray in 1955; Eurovision Song Contest 2008; Collectacharts Jimmy Radcliffe - Rasmus; Acts at no.1 with the longest careers; Girls on tops - Albums. |
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Issue
92 |
Dec 08 |
Christmas hits; Going solo; British and Irish no.1's on the US singles chart; Collectacharts Jimmy Radcliffe - Rasmus; Top 40 charts with most acts with more than one hit; Most and fewest weeks between consecutive no.1's. |
Other
Chartwatch Publications
Chartwatch also publishes an annual summary
of the year's singles and artist album charts, featuring complete chart runs
for every record, and compiled by David Longbottom.ð These cost £2.00 each, and have been published every year since
1985.ð Similar summaries have been
produced for the years 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966 and 1967, but
including only singles charts; these are £1.20 each.ð Summary booklets for the 1983
and 1984 singles charts, but without chart runs, are available for £1.40
each.
Chart summary booklets for 1996, 1997,
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003, compiled by Tobias Zywietz, are also
available.ð These are priced £2.50 each,
but feature full chart runs for all records making the Top 200 singles (since
2001, the Top 75 plus 125 ranked ÏbreakersÓ) and Top 200 artist albums charts.
A booklet covering analyses of the German
singles chart by the late Hans-Peter Schultes is also available, costing £1.50.
Indices for Chartwatch are also
available.ð Index 1 covers issues 1 Ò 35
and costs £1.00; Index 2 covers issues 36-55 and costs £1.50.
|
Year |
Pages |
Coverage (length of chart used) |
Price |
|
|
1961 |
16 |
singles (Top 50) |
£1.20 |
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1962 |
16 |
singles (Top 50) |
£1.20 |
|
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1963 |
16 |
singles (Top 50) |
£1.20 |
|
|
1964 |
16 |
singles (Top 50) |
£1.20 |
|
|
1965 |
16 |
singles (Top 50) |
£1.20 |
|
|
1966 |
16 |
singles (Top 50) |
£1.20 |
|
|
1967 |
16 |
singles (Top 50) |
£1.20 |
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|
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|
|
1983 |
28 |
singles (Top 100; no chart runs) |
£1.40 |
|
|
1984 |
28 |
singles (Top 100; no chart runs) |
£1.40 |
|
|
1985 |
52 |
singles (Top 100); albums (Top 100) |
£2.00 |
|
|
1986 |
56 |
singles (Top 100); albums (Top 100) |
£2.00 |
|
|
1987 |
56 |
singles (Top 100); albums (Top 100) |
£2.00 |
|
|
1988 |
56 |
singles (Top 100); albums (Top 100) |
£2.00 |
|
|
1989 |
36 |
singles (Top 100); albums (Top 100) |
£2.00 |
|
|
1990 |
36 |
singles (Top 100); albums (Top 100) |
£2.00 |
|
|
1991 |
36 |
singles (Top 75); albums (Top 75) |
£2.00 |
|
|
1992 |
32 |
singles (Top 75); albums (Top 75) |
£2.00 |
|
|
1993 |
32 |
singles (Top 75); albums (Top 75) |
£2.00 |
|
|
1994 |
32 |
singles (Top 75); albums (Top 75) |
£2.00 |
|
|
1995 |
40 |
singles (Top 150); albums (Top 200) |
£2.50 |
|
|
1996 |
40 |
singles (Top 200); albums (Top 200) |
£2.50 |
|
|
1997 |
44 |
singles (Top 200); albums (Top 200) |
£2.50 |
|
|
1998 |
44 |
singles (Top 200); albums (Top 200) |
£2.50 |
|
|
1999 |
44 |
singles (Top 200); albums (Top 200) |
£2.50 |
|
|
2000 |
44 |
singles (Top 200); albums (Top 200) |
£2.50 |
|
|
2001 |
40 |
singles (Top 75 + 125); albums (Top 200) |
£2.50 |
|
|
2002 |
48 |
singles (Top 75 + 125); albums (Top 200) |
£2.50 |
|
|
2003 |
48 |
singles (Top 75 + 125); albums (Top 200) |
£2.50 |
|
|
2004 |
48 |
singles (Top 75 + 125); albums (Top 200) |
£2.50 |
|
|
2005 |
48 |
singles (Top 75 + 125); albums (Top 200) |
£2.50 |
|
|
2006 |
48 |
singles (Top 200); albums (Top 200) |
£2.50 |
|
|
2007 |
48 |
singles (Top 200); albums (Top 200) |
£2.50 |
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|
|
German chart supplement |
28 |
|
£1.50 |
|
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Index 1 (issues 1-35) |
20 |
|
£1.00 |
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|
Index 2 (issues 36-55) |
24 |
|
£1.50 |