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4.5.03
Chig's Chart Chatter

Whoever said that the UK singles chart wasn't exciting any more? It's 18.10, Wes Butters is at #10 in the Top 40 countdown, and for the first time in ooh, I don't know how long, we don't know what's going to be number one. Craig David & Sting were marginally ahead of Tomcraft (about 20 copies) in the midweek chart, and they were hanging on after Friday's sales, but Cat Deeley said on yesterday's (cd):uk that it was still too close to say who would be on top today. This is the third week in a row that there have been unexpected happenings at the very top of the chart. Who would have expected Busted to make it last week, with their third single, when their first two (better) singles didn't quite make it (#3 and #2), and with their album selling consistently well? A fortnight ago, we thought we knew what was number one. It was Madonna, ahead all week but crucially slipping enough on Saturday's sales to enter only at #2 and let Room 5 hang on for a fourth week.
[UPDATE] Tomcraft did it! Fantastic! Chig's Choon of the week too!

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On a trivial note, it was appropriate that The White Stripes entered at #7 last week with '7 Nation Army'. Today, the numerical coincidence continues. Guess how many places they fall today? Correct - they're at #14. What are the chances of them being #21 next week? (Remote, actually.)

Also, can anyone explain this? 'Damaged' by Plummet entered two weeks ago at #12, then slipped (rather than plummetting, ha, ha) to #19 last week. Today, it has gone back up, almost matching its entry position, to #13. Why? This kind of thing hardly ever happens, although Good Charlotte did a similar thing recently, which still remains unexplained to the chart analysts here at Chig Mansions.

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