- Sun Dec 21, 2003 6:58 pm
#132443
nothing, as its not much point as the shops are shut xmas day, boxing day. usually the chart goes weird for like 4 weeks now because songs go up sometimes cos all the xmas songs go down and there are few releases. Fatboy Slim saw a market though in 1999 to achieve his only number 1 with Praise You. He put it in a week where he had I think 3 other new entries and easily scooped the top spot.
But now that Sophie Ellis Bextor, Posh Spice and Alistair from Fame Academy all releasing on the 29th and the pop idol on the 5th. I remember 1997 well, there was about 10 consecutive new number 1's at the start of the year because of the poor second week sales.
If your a poor pop group releasing a single in January can get you a good chart position. Look at 2000 when Scooch actually got to number 5 and Point (BYKER BYKER) Break in the top 10.
dave benson phillips
chrismoyles.net
