Kaiser Chiefs - "Ruby"

I guess writing about your ex-girlfriend does pay-off. Maroon 5 done it about Jane, and scored two monstrous hits, This Love and She Will Be Loved. And wasn't that what James Blunt's You're Beautiful was about? Clearly if you write about your ex, you'll get yourself a number 1 hit at least on the UK. I guess Ruby is now delighted to see her name on the top of the charts. But more important than that, Ruby (as in, the song) is the greatest BritPop/Rock song I've ever listened. Maybe only beaten by Oasis' Wonderwall and Blur's Coffee & TV or Song 2, but it's a damn good song! It's a must have. And widely credited to be the song that brings BritPop back to the scene. Well... While we wait for BritPop to return, let's hear a bit about Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby...

Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby

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Monday, March 05, 2007

The Platinum 300 - Best of Chart

As promised, it's time to do a recap and look at the best songs that took part of the 300 weeks of The Platinum Chart. It's sort of a celebration... The songs are ordered with the most weeks spent at number one, and most week charted... Oh, and speaking of celebrations, today it's our 100th post! :D

PS. YEAR ARTIST - Song
01 2001 Kylie Minogue – Can't Get You Out Of My Head

02 2004 Maroon 5 – This Love
03 2006 Shakira Ft. Wyclef Jean – Hips Don't Lie
04 2001 Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink -
Lady Marmalade
05 2004 Kelis – Trick Me
06 2002 Shakira – Whenever, Wherever
07 2005 The Pussycat Dolls Ft. Busta Rhymes – Don't Cha
08 2005 Madonna – Hung Up
09 2003 Beyoncé Ft. Jay Z – Crazy In Love
10 2002 Christina Aguilera Ft. Redman – Dirrty
11 2003 Kylie Minogue – Slow
12 2006 Justin Timberlake – SexyBack
13 2003 Jennifer Lopez Ft. Styles P and Jadakiss – Jenny From The Block
14 2002 Sugababes – Freak Like Me
15 2002 Aaliyah – More Than a Woman
16 2007 Nelly Furtado – All Good Things (Come To An End)
17 2004 O-Zone – Dragostea Din Teï
18 2006 Madonna – Sorry
19 2005 Jennifer Lopez – Get Right
20 2005 Green Day – Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
21 2006 Nelly Furtado – Maneater
22 2001 Alicia Keys – Fallin'
23 2001 Destiny's Child – Bootylicious
24 2006 Justin Timberlake Ft. T.I. – My Love
25 2002 Kylie Minogue – Love at First Sight
26 2006 Beyoncé Ft. Slim Thug & Bun B – Check On It
27 2003 50 Cent – In Da Club
28 2006 The Pussycat Dolls – Stickwitu
29 2005 Mario – Let Me Love You
30 2004 Eamon – Fuck It (I Don't Want U Back)
31 2004 Destiny's Child – Lose My Breath
32 2002 Beyoncé – Work It Out
33 2007 Eric Prydz vs. Floyd – Proper Education
34 2004 Britney Spears Ft. Madonna – Me Against The Music
35 2004 Yellowcard – Ocean Avenue
36 2004 Usher Ft. Lil' Jon & Ludacris – Yeah !
37 2006 The Pussycat Dolls Ft. Snoop Dogg – Buttons
38 2006 Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
39 2005 Shakira Ft. Alejandro Sanz – La Tortura
40 2001 Britney Spears – I'm a Slave 4 U
41 2006 Nelly Furtado Ft. Timbaland – Promiscuous
42 2005 Kelly Clarkson – Since U Been Gone
43 2004 Black Eyed Peas – Let's Get It Started
44 2006 Rihanna – S.O.S. (Rescue Me)
45 2004 Maroon 5 – She Will Be Loved
46 2005 Mariah Carey – We Belong Together
47 2005 James Blunt – You're Beautiful
48 2006 Beyoncé Ft. Jay Z – Déjà Vu
49 2003 Christina Aguilera – Beautiful
50 2004 Britney Spears – Toxic
51 2004 Black Eyed Peas – Shut Up
52 2006 Scissor Sisters – I Don't Feel Like Dancin'
53 2006 Rihanna – Unfaithful
54 2006 Beyoncé – Irreplaceable
55 2004 Mario Winans Ft. Enya & P. Diddy – I Don't Wanna Know
56 2005 Black Eyed Peas – Don't Phunk With My Heart
57 2004 Eric Prydz – Call On Me
58 2003 Justin Timberlake – Cry me a River
59 2003 Beyoncé Ft. Sean Paul – Baby Boy
60 2002 Sugababes – Round Round
61 2005 Eminem – Like Toy Soldiers
62 2003 Justin Timberlake – Rock Your Body
63 2003 Dannii Minogue – I Begin To Wonder
64 2001 Jennifer Lopez – Play
65 2003 Dido – White Flag
66 2001 Eve Ft. Gwen Stefani – Let Me Blow Ya Mind
67 2001 Janet Jackson – Someone To Call My Lover
68 2002 Britney Spears – Overprotected
69 2002 Jennifer Lopez Ft. Ja Rule – Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)
70 2003 Christina Aguilera Ft. Lil' Kim – Can't Hold Us Down
71 2006 Mattafix – Big City Life
72 2002 Britney Spears Ft. Pharrell – Boys
73 2001 Brandy Ft. Ray J – Another Day In Paradise
74 2003 Madonna – American Life
75 2002 Jennifer Lopez – I'm Real
76 2002 Britney Spears – I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman
77 2002 Janet Jackson Ft. Missy Elliott & Carly Simon – Son of a Gun
78 2003 Jennifer Lopez Ft. LL Cool J – All I Have
79 2004 Hilary Duff – So Yesterday
80 2005 Gwen Stefani – Hollaback Girl
81 2002 No Doubt Ft. Bounty Killer – Hey Baby
82 2005 Bob Sinclar Ft. Gary Pine – Love Generation
83 2006 Sean Paul – Temperature
84 2005 Black Eyed Peas – My Humps
85 2004 Jamelia – Superstar
86 2004 Natasha Bedingfield – These Words
87 2002 Pink – Get the Party Started
88 2006 The Pussycat Dolls Ft. Will.I.Am – Beep
89 2005 Sugababes – Push The Button
90 2002 Avril Lavigne – Complicated
91 2002 Anastacia – One Day In Your Life
92 2003 Black Eyed Peas – Where Is The Love?
93 2002 Nelly Ft. Kelly Rowland – Dilemma
94 2006 Pink – Stupid Girls
95 2006 Christina Aguilera – Ain't No Other Man
96 2005 Gwen Stefani – What You Waiting For?
97 2004 No Doubt – It's My Life
98 2006 Ne-Yo – So Sick
99 2003 Blu Cantrell Ft. Sean Paul - Breathe
100 2001 Destiny's Child – Survivor

---------------TRIVIA--------------

• Emma Bunton's "What Took You So Long ?" is the most successful single by a former Spice Girl suprassing Geri Halliwell's number 3 hit "It's Raining Men".
• The artist with the most number 1 songs is Jennifer Lopez with 9 out of 13 singles charted...
• Destiny's Child's "Survivor" was The Platinum Chart's first number 1 song ever...
• To date, there has been 160 number one songs...
• The only siblings to both have a number 1 song on their own are the Minogue sisters. While Kylie scored 4 number ones so far, sister Dannii reached the top spot in 2003 with "I Begin To Wonder". The only siblings to have the same number 1 are Brandy and her brother Ray J with their collaboration "Another Day In Paradise".
• Madonna's "Hung Up" scored the highest jump to number 1 ever, climbing from number 8.
• The only artists to have two consecutives number 1 singles so far are Will.I.Am with the Black Eyed Peas' "Pump It" and his collaboration with The Pussycat Dolls, "Beep"; and R'n'B singer Mya with her own single "Free" and the burlesque "Lady Marmalade" collaboration.
• O-Zone are the most successful one hit wonders to date.
• Eric Prydz proved to be the most successful DJ with two number one singles.
• Sertab Erener is the best Eurovision artist so far peaking at number 1. Finnish monster rockers Lordi come second with a number 13 hit.
• The most successful collaboration is Shakira and Wyclef Jean's "Hips Don't Lie", knocking down 2001's burlesque hit "Lady Marmalade".
• Kylie's champion song "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" spent the most weeks on the chart with a total of 28, closely followed by Maroon 5's "This Love" with 27 weeks on the chart.
• The Sugababes' "Freak Like Me" is the most succesful British single so far.
• Sean Paul has a total of 3 number one singles. Only "Temperature" comes from his own repertoire.
• Beyoncé and Jay-Z are the only couple to reach the top spot ever. So far, they've done it three times together.
• Ne-Yo only scored a number 1 hit of his own, although he has writing credits on Mario's "Let me Love You" and Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable".
• Alicia Keys has the most successful debut single with her 2001 number one "Fallin'".
• Kelly Clarkson is the most successful manufatured pop star with her hit single "Since U Been Gone" spending two weeks at number 1.

Sunday, March 04, 2007

The Platinum Chart [Week 300]

Big news this week! Apart from the renewed look of the blog (thanks to odiabo for a huge amount of great ideas, and art - he also contributed for the brand new logo of The Platinum Chart), this week, The Platinum Chart reaches its 300th issue! That means 300 weeks of music, almost 6 years! And to celebrate this huge mark (300 wow...) I'll let you know a bit more about the chart tomorrow, as we'll celebrate those 300 weeks! But you'll see...
Now, this week on the chart... Sophie Ellis-Bextor, The Fray, Kaiser Chiefs and Nelly Furtado join the party, while Amy Winehouse gets half the chart on rehab, Gwen Stefani almost escaped for the top 10, Beyoncé listens 5 positions higher, Fall Out Boy almost get an arms race on the top 5 and U2 gets their window shut loved by Akon. On the Bubbling Under Chart there are 4 new entries but Cascada manages to still hold the top spot for the 7th consecutive week! That's all for today.. Tomorrow we'll get a Platinum party, so don't miss that...

Week Nr. 300 (as of March 3rd, 2007)

1(4) I WANNA LOVE YOU
Akon Ft.Snoop Dogg [7]
**1 Week @ Nr.1**

2(3) PROPER EDUCATION Eric Prydz vs. Pink Floyd [9]
3(1) WINDOW IN THE SKIES U2 [9]
4(6) GRACE KELLY Mika [5]
5(2) ILLEGAL Shakira & Santana [11]
6(11) THIS AIN'T A SCENE, IS AN ARMS RACE Fall Out Boy [5]
7(5) ALL GOOD THINGS (COME TO AN END) Nelly Furtado [15]
8(7) TELL ME P.Diddy Ft. Christina Aguilera [11]
9(14) LISTEN Beyoncé [4]
10(8) HURT Christina Aguilera [16]
11(9) FERGALICIOUS Fergie [10]
12(18) THE SWEET ESCAPE Gwen Stefani Ft. Akon [2]
13(10) WIND IT UP Gwen Stefani [10]
14(20) LIL' STAR Kelis Ft. Cee-Lo [2]
15(23) REHAB Amy Winehouse [4]
16(N) SAY IT RIGHT Nelly Furtado [1]
17(12) YOU KNOW MY NAME Chris Cornell [10]
18(N) RUBY Kaiser Chiefs [1]
19(13) IRREPLACEABLE Beyoncé [18]
20(15) MY LOVE Justin Timberlake Ft. T.I. [17]
21(16) PATIENCE Take That [16]
22(24) WAIT A MINUTE The Pussycat Dolls Ft. Timbaland [3]
23(N) HOW TO SAVE A LIFE The Fray [1]
24(17) BEWARE OF THE DOG Jamelia [14]
25(N) CATCH YOU Sophie Ellis-Bextor [1]
26(19) LITHIUM Evanescence [8]
27(21) SMACK THAT Akon Ft. Eminem [16]
28(22) A PUBLIC AFFAIR Jessica Simpson [3]
29(25) LOVE ME OR HATE ME Lady Sovereign [3]
30(26) DESECRATION SMILE Red Hot Chili Peppers [2]

N - New Entry
Re - Re-Entry
# - Current Position
(#) - Previous Week Position
[#] - Weeks Charted

|||BUBBLING UNDER CHART|||
1(1) EVERYTIME WE TOUCH Cascada
2(-) SNOW ((HEY OH)) Red Hot Chili Peppers
3(2) TOO LITTLE TOO LATE JoJo
4(5) I DON'T FEEL LIKE DANCIN' Scissor Sisters
5(3) U + UR HAND Pink
6(4) JUMP Madonna
7(6) I DON'T NEED A MAN The Pussycat Dolls
8(-) FAMOUS LAST WORDS My Chemical Romance
9(-) NOBODY KNOWS Pink
10(-) LOVELIGHT Robbie Williams

Saturday, March 03, 2007

Beyoncé Ft. Jay-Z - "Upgrade U" [Video Premiere]

Beyoncé's second premiere of the day has been release for everyone to see. Upgrade U is set to be a new single from her B'Day album. The track is already successful on the Billboard Hot 100, so it should have no problem in being a hit. The track is the first of 6 to have its video released. Album songs Get Me Bodied, Freakum Dress, Kitty Kat, Suga Mama and Green Light also have videos set to premiere, but on the exclusive DVD Deluxe Version of B'Day. Still Upgrade U makes up for it cuz it's a very good video. Apart for the good choreography, good sets, good wardrobe, good Beyoncé and good overall performance... Beyoncé manages to play a new character... Jay-Z! Yup, that's it! Beyoncé turns Jay-Z in this one and does some of his verses. The rapper finally appears by the end of the video, but still, Beyoncé does a hell of a show. So, if you think you're ready to watch Jay-Bee or Bey-Z, whatever you wanna call her, have a watch!

Beyoncé Ft. Jay-Z - Upgrade U

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Thursday, March 01, 2007

Beyoncé & Shakira - "Beautiful Liar" [Video Premiere]

Some months ago, the original studio version of this song featuring only Beyoncé on the vocals, leaked onto the Internet. It was a catchy R'n'B tune, with some Latin flavour. Then, hours ago the studio version of the song re-recorded with Shakira leaked. This new version was clearly marked by Shakira, as new middle-eastern sounds were added to the song. The song kinda resembles me of Shakira's Ojos Así, which is pretty cool. Hours ago, the video premiered on MTV's TRL (for the likes of many screaming fans), and it was the first time we could see both singers sharing the same screen. It didn't turned out a great video with some beach scenes and all (probably because Beyoncé's label is quite busy doing more 5 videos or so for her re-release, and that must turn out rather expensive), but still, is a good video, with some scenes on studio... But what really makes it look that cool, is the fact the singers look exactly the same. Which is great. And the choreography is also pretty good. I call it Baby Boy meets La Tortura. Feel free to enjoy...

Beyoncé & Shakira - Beautiful Liar

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