YEAR REVIEW by Mikey

“Well 2005, was a year for charity, reality and novelty and all three are in the top 3 of the review chart, firstly Tony Christie spent 7 weeks on a trot at No.1 in March, with "(Is This The Way To) Amarillo", all proceeds of the single was donated to Comic Relief Appeal Fund. The song was revived by popular comic from Bolton, Peter Kay, who appeared in the cheerful video. At mid-point whilst Tony was No.1, download sales came into effect, and made the singles chart go a little bit doolally, but it seems the singles chart has slowed down in the past year, with the download effect. At No.2, we have the winner of the 2nd X-Factor series Shayne Ward, with "That’s My Goal" his debut single, which spent 4 weeks at No.1, including 3 weeks at the beginning of 2006, and it was also the Christmas No.1 of 2005, hopefully his follow-up single will be a total disaster! And at No.3, its novelty time (again!), the awful ringtone by the Crazy Frog which spent 4 weeks at No.1 with "Axel F" the most irritating No.1 track of 2005 for me. The biggest surprise of the year 2005 is the No.4 record which actually climbed to No.1 after spending 6 weeks on chart (12-6-2-3-3-3-1-...) by James Blunt, with "You’re Beautiful" which spent a total of 5 weeks at No.1 way back in July of 2005, and still on chart as we speak now. The song was his breakthrough single, followup up the No.44 "Wisemen" to be re-released in 2006, whilst the album "Back To Bedlam" dominated the album charts by spending 8 consecutive weeks at No.1, and spending a further 2 since then. Finally a new U.S. girl band by the name of Pussycat Dolls stormed the British charts and made a big impact with their debut single "Don’t Cha", with the help of well-known rapper Busta Rhymes. They also followed up with another No.1 "Stickwitu". All in all 2005 has been a very erratic year with the download effect affecting the sales of our singles, and on a sour note the year 2005 started with a reality winner of the X-Factor series 1 with Steve Brookstein and ended again with Shayne Ward, the winner of X Factor series 2, which sounds like a very depressing end to 2005, not forgetting the Elvis Presley’s re-issues at the beginning of the year, and now the Michael Jackson ones to come. But on a high note the band of the year has to be Arctic Monkeys, they completely surprised everyone by their debut single "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor", which landed straight in at No.1, no one saw it coming. If I had to pick a favourite single of the year it will have to be Madonna with her 3-week-stint at No.1, with her comeback single "Hung Up" which sampled Abba's "Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)", and I shall end my review there with my favourite artist and single of the year… Madonna, well done Madge!”

OFFICIAL UK TOP 75 OF 2005

'05 SALES RECORD ARTIST PK W('05) 1 1,100,200 (IS THIS THE WAY TO) AMARILLO? Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay 1 28 2 874,400 THAT'S MY GOAL Shayne Ward 1 2+ 3 525,100 AXEL F Crazy Frog 1 16 4 474,500 YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL James Blunt 1 31+ 5 380,900 DON'T CHA Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes 1 18+ 6 338,600 ALL ABOUT YOU / YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND McFly 1 13 7 334,400 LONELY Akon 1 16 8 327,500 HUNG UP Madonna 1 8+ 9 323,500 YOU RAISE ME UP Westlife 1 10+ 10 306,700 PUSH THE BUTTON Sugababes 1 14+ 11 300,600 BAD DAY Daniel Powter 2 23+ 12 295,100 JCB SONG Nizlopi 1 3 13 278,400 GHETTO GOSPEL 2Pac featuring Elton John 1 18 14 260,600 FEEL GOOD INC Gorillaz featuring De La Soul 2 35+ 15 194,900 SWITCH Will Smith 4 22 16 188,200 I LIKE THE WAY Bodyrockers 3 36+ 17 174,000 I BET YOU LOOK GOOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR Arctic Monkeys 1 11+ 18 171,200 LET ME LOVE YOU Mario 2 15 19 166,900 TRIPPING Robbie Williams 2 13+ 20 161,900 WE BELONG TOGETHER Mariah Carey 2 16 21 161,600 SIGNS Snoop Dogg featuring Justin Timberlake & "Uncle" Charlie Wilson 2 16 22 160,700 SHOT YOU DOWN Audio Bullys featuring Nancy Sinatra 3 17 23 159,300 GET RIGHT Jennifer Lopez 1 14 24 151,800 DON'T PHUNK WITH MY HEART Black Eyed Peas 3 16 25 148,900 OVER AND OVER Nelly featuring Tim McGraw 1 12 26 148,700 DARE Gorillaz 1 18+ 27 146,200 WE BE BURNIN' Sean Paul 2 16+ 28 144,300 STICKWITU Pussycat Dolls 1 5 29 140,200 CANDY SHOP 50 Cent featuring Olivia 3 16 30 139,600 SINCE U BEEN GONE Kelly Clarkson 5 26+ 31 136,400 LYLA Oasis 1 13 32 127,900 MY HUMPS Black Eyed Peas 3 7+ 33 125,000 PON DE REPLAY Rihanna 2 15+ 34 124,700 CRAZY CHICK Charlotte Church 2 18+ 35 124,500 GOLD DIGGER Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx 2 15+ 36 124,300 ROC YA BODY (MIC CHECK 1, 2) M.V.P. featuring Stagga Lee 5 14 37 120,500 THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING IDLE Oasis 1 17+ 38 117,400 1 THING Amerie 4 14 39 115,800 DR PRESSURE Mylo vs Miami Sound Machine 3 17+ 40 115,700 DAKOTA Stereophonics 1 19 41 114,600 SPEED OF SOUND Coldplay 2 17+ 42 112,200 SOMEWHERE ELSE Razorlight 2 21 43 110,900 NO WORRIES Simon Webbe 4 8+ 44 105,600 1, 2 STEP Ciara featuring Missy Elliott 3 11 45 105,000 LIKE TOY SOLDIERS Eminem 1 12 46 102,700 FALLING STARS Sunset Strippers 3 13 47 98,600 HOLLABACK GIRL Gwen Stefani 8 14 48 96,000 RICH GIRL Gwen Stefani featuring Eve 4 12 49 90,700 HATE IT OR LOVE IT The Game featuring 50 Cent 4 12 50 90,700 LAY YOUR HANDS Simon Webbe 4 16 51 88,300 WHEN YOU TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME Westlife featuring Diana Ross 2 3+ 52 88,000 I'LL BE OK McFly 1 9 53 86,900 WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS Green Day 8 18+ 54 86,200 I SEE GIRLS Studio B 12 19 55 85,500 GALVANIZE Chemical Brothers 3 16 56 84,500 LOCKED UP Akon featuring Styles P 5 13 57 83,500 FIX YOU Coldplay 4 17+ 58 83,500 DON'T LOVE YOU NO MORE (I'M SORRY) Craig David 4 9+ 59 83,000 GOODIES Ciara 1 9 60 81,100 DON'T LIE Black Eyed Peas 6 10 61 81,000 LOSE CONTROL Missy Elliott featuring Ciara & Fatman Scoop 7 11 62 80,900 BEST OF YOU Foo Fighters 4 14 63 80,700 NINE MILLION BICYCLES Katie Melua 5 16 64 79,900 THEY Jem 6 15 65 79,300 BIOLOGY Girls Aloud 4 7+ 66 77,400 MOCKINGBIRD Eminem 4 12 67 77,300 ALMOST HERE Delta Goodrem & Brian McFadden 3 10 68 75,700 I PREDICT A RIOT / SINK THAT SHIP Kaiser Chiefs 9 21+ 69 75,400 SUDDENLY I SEE KT Tunstall 12 18+ 70 74,700 BEHIND THESE HAZEL EYES Kelly Clarkson 9 15+ 71 74,000 IT'S LIKE THAT Mariah Carey featuring Fatman Scoop 4 11 72 72,600 UGLY Sugababes 3 4+ 73 72,000 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl 4 2+ 74 71,700 OUT OF TOUCH Uniting Nations 7 21 75 71,500 SONG 4 LOVERS Liberty X featuring Rev Run 5 9

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