Ronny83 Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 Top 100 Most Successful Bands List Unveiled The Book Of British Hit Singles & Albums has unveiled their annual list of the Top 100 Most Successful Acts Of All Time. No dodgy voting, no committee of ‘music industry experts, no dubious sudden last minute changes, this one is based on actually hits. The annual Top 100 rates itself as “the most definitive and genuine list of its kind” as it’s based solely on the total number of weeks each contender has spent on the official UK Singles and Albums charts and not on arbitrary voting. The artists are ordered according to who has spent the most weeks on the combined official UK singles and albums charts, and the list represents more than 50 years of chart music from 1952 to the present day. Big news this year? Well, Oasis have finally overtaken Status Quo (at 25 and 26 respectively) and surprisingly Queen have moved ahead of The Beatles (with Madonnavery close behind). The biggest jumps are by Kylie who’s gone up 13 places to 42, and Stereophonics who are the highest rising group in the Top 100, up 13 places to 71. And as rumours of his retirement from music continued to circulate, Eminem has the honour of being the highest new act to enter the chart at 86. The full list (with last year’s placings in brackets) is: 1 (1) Elvis Presley 2 (2) Cliff Richard 3 (4) Queen4 (3) The Beatles 5 (5) Madonna 6 (6) Elton John 7 (7) The Shadows8 (8) Michael Jackson 9 (10) U2 10 (9) David Bowie 11 (11) Rod Stewart 12 (12) Frank Sinatra 13 (13) Diana Ross 14 (14) Dire Straits 15 (15) Simon And Garfunkel 16 (16) The Rolling Stones 17 (17) Abba 18 (18) Fleetwood Mac 19 (19) Phil Collins 20 (20) Paul McCartney 21 (21) Pink Floyd22 (22) UB40 23 (23) Meat Loaf 24 (24) Tom Jones 25 (28) Oasis 26 (25) Status Quo 27 (26) Simply Red 28 (27) The Beach Boys 29 (29) Stevie Wonder 30 (30) The Carpenters 31 (32) R.E.M. 32 (31) The Bee Gees 33 (33) Bob Dylan 34 (34) Tina Turner 35 (35) Prince 36 (36) Jim Reeves37 (37) Neil Diamond 38 (43) Robbie Williams 39 (38) Bob Marley & The Wailers 40 (39) Eric Clapton 41 (40) Whitney Houston 42 (55) Kylie Minogue 43 (42) Eurythmics 44 (44) Madness 45 (45) Genesis 46 (46) Barbra Streisand 47 (41) Andy Williams 48 (47) Bruce Springsteen 49 (50) Bon Jovi 50 (48) Mike Oldfield 51 (51) Lionel Richie 52 (49) Celine Dion 53 (54) Electric Light Orchestra 54 (60) Mariah Carey 55 (53) Duran Duran 56 (52) Bryan Adams 57 (56) George Michael 58 (57) Shirley Bassey 59 (58) Pet Shop Boys 60 (59) Roy Orbison 61 (61) Roxy Music 62 (62) The Four Tops 63 (63) Janet Jackson 64 (64) The Police 65 (65) Sting 66 (66) John Lennon 67 (69) Erasure 68 (67) Simple Minds 69 (68) Cher 70 (70) The Supremes 71 (84) Stereophonics 72 (71) Buddy Holly 73 (72) Eagles 74 (73) Perry Como 75 (74) Guns N' Roses 76 (75) Blondie 77 (76) Engelbert Humperdinck 78 (77) Donna Summer 79 (79) Led Zeppelin 80 (78) Billy Joel 81 (80) Wet Wet Wet 82 (82) Barry Manilow 83 (81) Slade 84 (85) Chris Rea 85 (83) The Who 86 (New) Eminem 87 (89) The Corrs 88 (86) The Everly Brothers 89 (87) The Hollies 90 (88) T. Rex 91 (90) Bryan Ferry 92 (96) Kate Bush 93 (91) Red Hot Chili Peppers 94 (92) Blur 95 (93) The Beautiful South 96 (New) Britney Spears 97 (94) Luther Vandross 98 (95) James Last 99 (97) The Moody Blues 100 (100) Shakin' StevensSource: http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?b=news&id=153173 Quote The Celine Dion Italian fanbase - CelineDionItalia.com
Bellamy Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 too bad, Celine's position dropped. and maybe will become even lower next year. cause UK doesn't like Celine now. she has no hit there for a very long time. Quote Please support the forum by ordering everything through our special Amazon.com link Click here. Thank you!
Ronny83 Posted December 9, 2005 Author Posted December 9, 2005 too bad, Celine's position dropped. and maybe will become even lower next year. cause UK doesn't like Celine now. she has no hit there for a very long time. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>She didn't release an album this year (except "On Ne Change Pas", which is not obviously for UK market), so it is normal that she has lost positions. And yes, she will become lower, not because UK don't like Céline ("Miracle" was #5 there), but because she won't come back there to promote anything anymore. Quote The Celine Dion Italian fanbase - CelineDionItalia.com
VinnyT. Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 yeah when she will release another english CD i'm sure she wll climb this chart! Quote For Exclusive News "Like Us" on Facebook http://i44.tinypic.com/vfjwad.jpg click on the banner
Boy Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 Well, on the one hand it's quite low for Dion but on the other hand notice that Celine's even higher than Sting, George Michael and Cher! It's actually quite good to be higher than Sting! Though I'm crzy about Sting's songs, his voice... I love him very very much. Quote Love comes to those who believe it...
shasti Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 not many ppl from his century... hehehe... fine decade Quote
one heart Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 why does celine # 52 ? Quote I LOVE CELINE DION FOREVERhttp://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t260/oneheart07/CELINE%20BANNER/39.jpg
Krys Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 okay...Celine releases a new album and boom! the album shoots up the charts. everybody talks about it and voila! no.1 Quote
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