UK Top 40Sun 26 Dec 10
For the first time the best selling single of the year has not been number one on the UK's weekly singles chart... Radio One who today played the chart five days before the end of the year have announced that 'Love The Way You Lie' the number two hit from Eminem & Rihanna (also the years longest top forty runner with 27 weeks in) has beaten X-Factor winner Matt Cardle to win the UK's record of the year title... except Matt could yet overtake Em & Rihanna... unlike Radio One to get it so wrong, a bit like FIFA's plan to move the World Cup from Summer to Winter to help Qatar, there must be something really good on New Years Eve to warrant bringing the year end forward... oh yeah it's Huw Stephens and he "beats fighting the crowds in the sales anyday..." followed by Scott Mills Top 40 Floorfillers of 2010, Annie Mac, Pete Tong Got Power, and Tiesto... aye not great, not bad, average

The hype can't hide the facts... the UK's music industry is taking a real battering right now... after thirteen years of Labour the 2010 year end Top 40 has been nearly 'ethnically clensed' of UK acts... with only ten of the forty best-sellers of the year originating from these shores... four UK number ones by Dizzee Rascal and Roll Deep didn't sell enough to be included in the top forty... when Labour was in charge of our 'Culture' the party virtually abandoned the UK's Brit-pop for grime and R&B - presumably in their efforts to redress a perceived imbalance in social justice through Labour artificially enlarged the importance of minority music as featured on BBC Radio One Extra etc and dimished the importance of the UK's traditional pop and art... even X-Factor has only managed three of the top forty with Matt Cardle at 2, Helping Haiti at 10 and Cheryl Cole at 40... it's hard to see much changing with few UK acts having the amunition to upgrade and reverse the trend be they grime/UK rnb or indie rock... Meanwhile the USA has 23 of Britain's Top 40 of 2010 (25 if we include Rihanna) leaving a further seven trax from the new Global thing...

Matt stays top of the UK Singles for a second week while Take That head towards two million sales of their 'Progress' album while clinching a sixth week on top of the UK Albums.

Katy Brand... err Perry stays top in the USA for a second week with 'Firework'.

3 new entries & 3 re-entries – 18 up, 11 down, 5 non-movers Top Ten… 4 USA… 4 UK… 2 Barbados… 1 Canada

This Week ... Last Wk ... Wks In ... Artist ... Title ... Origin

1 1 2 MATT CORDLE When We Collide UK

2 2 6 RIHANNA & DRAKE What's My Name Barbados & Canada

3 4 7 BLACK EYED PEAS The Time (Dirty Bit) USA

4 new 1 KATY B & Ms DYNAMITE Lights On UK

5 5 7 ELLIE GOULDING Your Song UK

6 7 9 RIHANNA Only Girl In The World Barbados

7 6 7 TAKE THAT The Flood UK

8 12 10 KATY PERRY Firework USA

9 9 3 WILLOW Whip My Hair USA

10 11 6 FAR EAST MOVEMENT Like A G6 USA

11 15 4 DAVID GUETTA & RIHANNA Who's That Chick France & Barbados

12 13 5 OLLY MURS Thinking Of Me UK

13 16 12 CEE LO GREEN Forget You USA

14 10 3 MICHAEL JACKSON Hold My Hand USA

15 32 2 TINIE TEMPAH & KELLY ROWLAND Invincible UK & USA

16 20 14 BRUNO MARS Just The Way You Are (Amazing) USA

17 19 4 THE POGUES & KIRSTY MacCOLL Fairytale Of NY UK

18 14 5 X-FACTOR FINALISTS Heroes UK

19 35 4 N-DUBZ Girls UK

20 23 6 JLS Love You More UK

21 24 7 McFLY & TAIO CRUZ Shine A Light UK

22 34 5 JESSIE J Do It Like A Dude UK

23 28 12 MIKE POSNER Cooler Than Me USA

24 17 4 COLDPLAY Christmas Lights UK

25 8 8 BIFFY CLYRO Many Of Horror UK

26 new 1 CHERYL COLE The Flood UK

27 22 8 ALEXIS JORDAN Happiness USA

28 33 10 NELLY Just A Dream USA

29 40 4 THE WANTED Lose My Mind UK

30 30 7 P!NK Raise Your Glass USA

31 25 4 MARIAH CAREY All I Want For Christmas Is You USA

32 18 4 NICOLE SCHERZINGER Poison USA

33 26 14 ADELE Make You Feel My Love UK

34 29 5 USHER More USA

35 re-entry 12 TINIE TEMPAH Written In The Stars UK

36 new 1 BEN & JAMIE HAZELBY & CHRIS DE BURGH Lonely Sky UK & Eire

37 39 27 EMINEM & RIHANNA Love The Way You Lie USA & Barbados

38 re-entry 8 CHERYL COLE Promise This UK

39 re-entry 14 TAIO CRUZ Dynomite UK

America's Hot 100
This Week ... Last Week ... Weeks In ... Artist ... Title
1 1 9 KATY PERRY Firework
2 3 12 BRUNO MARS Grenade
3 2 9 RIHANNA & DRAKE What's My Name
4 4 11 PINK Raise Your Glass
5 5 8 KE$HA We R Who We R
6 7 22 BRUNO MARS Just The Way You Are
7 6 15 RIHANNA Only Girl (In The World)
8 8 6 BLACK EYED PEAS The Time (Dirty Bit)
9 new 1 LIL WAYNE & CORY GUNZ Six Foot Seven Foot
10 9 18 NELLY Just A Dream

Capital has cum
Posted Sunday 2nd January 2011 - Source BBC.co.uk
Fresh from their Xfm South Wales embarrassment of 2008, Capital radio Group or Global Radio to give it it's current name seems to have given up on the idea of local radio more or less completely... of course they will still want to raid local advertisers purses or perhaps they've been sacrificed for national advertisers too... As if no one from Cardiff / South Wales has ever been to London and switched on 95.8FM... here's what Dead Dragon's website says on it's last day... "We have been working on a brand new name and look for 2011 and we are proud to announce that from January we will be available across South Wales with our new name Capital FM!".... It is funny isn't it?... and Real Radio Wales goes 'National' that is Real Radio Wales goes national to Wales... I thought it was, it's website has said it is for a couple of years... and lastly hi to former 'Young Person Of The Year' Craig Williams and little Afan FM... Afan FM in Port Talbot is changing it's name to XS... sounds familiar somehow. Good luck one and all... try to remember the listeners somewhere in your plans!

Top Doshers 2010
Posted Thursday 30th December 2010 - Source BBC.co.uk
Rock band Bon Jovi's The Circle show was the highest-earning tour of 2010, taking $201.1m (£130.7m) worldwide, according to music trade publication Pollstar.
Australian rock band AC/DC landed at number two for the second year in a row, with tickets sales from their recent tour totalling $177m (£115m).
U2, which was the top worldwide act in 2009, came in at third place, with ticket sales totalling $160.9m (£104.6m).
Lady Gaga followed in fourth place, with Metallica at number five.
Gaga, who has become well known for her flamboyant outfits, earned $133.6 million (£86.8 million) from her tour.
But the Poker Face singer worked harder than any other musician in the top 10, after she played 138 shows.
By contrast, Bon Jovi played 80 shows, AC/DC performed 40 shows and U2 played 32.
In sixth place was Michael Buble's tour taking $104.2 million (£67.7 million)
The educational family show Walking with Dinosaurs took $104.1 million (£67.7 million) to earn seventh place ahead of Paul McCartney with tour takings of $93 million (£60 million).
At number nine were the Eagles with ticket sales totalling $92.3 million (£59.9 million) while ex-Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters was in 10th place with $89.5 million (£58.1 million) earned.

UK Top 40 of 2010
Top Ten… 6 USA… 2 UK… 2 Barbados… 1 Canada
This Week ... High ... Wks In ... Artist ... Title ... Originc
1 2 27 EMINEM & RIHANNA Love The Way You Lie USA & Barbados
2 1 2 MATT CORDLE When We Collide UK
3 1 14 BRUNO MARS Just The Way You Are (Amazing) USA
4 1 22 USHER & WILL I AM OMG USA
5 1 17 OWL CITY Fireflies USA
6 1 9 RIHANNA Only Girl In The World Barbados
7 1 21 B.o.B. & HAYLEY WILLIAMS Airplanes USA
8 1 20 KATY PERRY & SNOOP DOGG California Gurls USA
9 1 16 YOLANDA B COOL We Speak No Americano Australia
10 1 4 HELPING HAITI Everybody Hurts UK

11 1 19 TINIE TEMPAH Pass Out UK
12 4 23 ALICIA KEYS Empire State Of Mind Part 2 USA
13 2 17 RIHANNA Rude Boy Barbados
14 1 12 CEE LO GREEN Forget You USA
15 1 21 LADY GAGA & BEYONCE Telephone USA
16 3 20 PLAN B She Said UK
17 1 14 IYAZ Replay USA
18 1 14 TAIO CRUZ Dynomite UK
19 1 13 FLO RIDA & DAVID GUETTA Club Can’t Handle Me USA & France
20 2 17 JASON DeRULO Ridin Solo USA

21 4 10 KATY PERRY Firework USA
22 2 16 GLEE CAST Don’t Stop Believing USA
23 3 16 TRAVIE McCOY & B.o.B. Billionaire USA
24 6 21 JOURNEY Don’t Stop Believing USA
25 3 18 3OH!3 & KATY PERRY Starstrukk USA
26 1 28 LADY GAGA Bad Romance USA
27 5 16 ELIZA DOOLITTLE Pack Up UK
28 1 11 TINIE TEMPAH Written In The Stars UK
29 2 11 KATY PERRY Teenage Dream USA
30 2 7 ELLIE GOULDING Your Song UK

31 5 14 EMINEM Not Afraid USA
32 3 13 TIMBALAND & KATY PERRY If We Ever Meet Again USA
33 2 9 SIDNEY SAMSON Riverside Holland
34 1 12 JASON DeRULO In My Head USA
35 1 11 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS This Ain’t A Love Song UK
36 2 10 K’NAAN Wave The Flag Somali/Canadian
37 1 17 THE WANTED All Time Low UK
38 5 12 MIKE POSNER Cooler Than Me USA
39 4 13 ELLIE GOULDING Starry Eyed UK
40 1 1 8 CHERYL COLE Promise ThisUK