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=========== BH Charts

The BH Charts (an abbreviation for the Bexhill Charts) are a charting system comprised of mostly current popular music with sometimes a mix of any-aged music. It is limited at 50 songs charted from least popular to most popular - most popular being the number-one. As of March 5 2009, 33 songs have topped the charts. The current number-one single since March 5, 2009 is "Just Can't Get Enough" by The Saturdays.

History
The BH Charts started off as The BH Official Top 30 in November 2007 containing any popular song charted at random, number-one being the most popular. The rules changed as of 28 February, 2008 when all songs were charted comprised of both popularity and play-counts. The first number-one by this new rule was “Little Big Man” by Little Man Tate. The first recorded number-one was “Footprints In The Sand” by Leona Lewis.

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=========== 2007 in Southern music

This is a summary of the year 2007 in British music. It was the first year of digital downloads being fully integrated into the charts, leading to many songs not given physical releases to enter the chart on download sales alone. Leona Lewis had the most successful single of the year, with Bleeding Love, which achieved 787,652 sales. Her album, Spirit became the fastest-selling album in Britain of all time. Rihanna spent ten weeks at number 1 with the song Umbrella, the longest stay for any artist at number 1 for thirteen years, and Amy Winehouse had the biggest selling album of the year with Back to Black.

Top 75 albums of 2007
Not all of the albums peaked in 2007. Only the number one albums have been stated what year they peaked.

Record of the Year
The Record of the Year was awarded to Snow Patrol - "Run"

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=========== 2008 in Southern music

This is a summary of the year 2008 in Southern music. It was the year when iTunes fully took over the BH Charts with the method of play count. songs that haven't been released physically or digitally have charted. The average sale for a number-one is 140,000 and the average play count is 18. The biggest selling song of the year was "That's Not My Name" by The Ting Tings with sales of 1,664,713. The biggest selling album of the year was "Lessons to Be Learned" by Gabriella Cilmi with sales of 1,059,155.

January
The 3 January chart saw Snow Patrol at number one in the Singles Chart for a third week with "Set The Fire To The Third Bar". Sugababes, with their recent album Change, made three weeks at number-one on the albums chart before being kicked off by Girls Aloud, returning to the top-spot with their album Tangled Up. Snow Patrol fell to #2 when the Theme to St. Trinians went straight in at number-one on the singles chart. Big Brother had a slight affect on the charts when The Wombats' "Let's Dance To Joy Division" went straight to number-one, beating the competitor that everyone had predicted would make number-one, The Hoosiers' "Worst Case Scenario", only peaked at #2. Other new entries were from OneRepublic and Mark Ronson with "Stop and Stare and Just, respectively.

Maroon 5 rocketed straight to the top-spot with sales of 112,000+ with "Wake Up Call", making the song the second fastest selling single of the entire BH Charts sales. Trick To Life climbed from #9 to #1 on January 27, knocking off Tangled Up - Girls Aloud's re-entry at number-one.

February
On 3 February, Amy MacDonald's This Is The Life flew straight to number-one with total sales of over 500,000+ and staying at number-one for the entire month, making it the second biggest selling album of the year. Leona Lewis saw off competition from The Hoosiers ("Worst Case Scenario"), Maroon 5 ("Wake Up Call"), The Feeling ("I Want You Now"), Rihanna ("Shut Up And Drive") and The Wombats ("Let's Dance To Joy Division") and made her first number-one with "I Will Be" (which at the time wasn't a single, but has been expected to be released as one in the nearby future) with play count of 10+ and sales of 103,000+.

Amy MacDonald had stormed the charts overall. "Mr. Rock and Roll" entered the singles chart at #3 before climbing to number-one the following week, knocking Leona Lewis' "I Will Be" to #2. Rihanna's "Shut Up And Drive" flew straight from the top 30, into the top 10 - going straight to #6. "Mr. Rock and Roll" fell to #2 after Snow Patrol made their second number-one with "You're All I Have".

The 2008 BRIT Awards took place on 20 February at Earls Court in London. Winners included Foo Fighters, Kate Nash, Mika and Take That (see Brit Awards).

March
On 2 March, The Feeling knocked Amy MacDonald's debút album This Is The Life off the top spot with their album Join With Us. It made one week at number-one before falling 2 places to #3. On March 13, Little Man Tate went straight in at number-one with their non-released song, from their album About What You Know, "Little Big Man" after the song was featured on Anthony's Best Bits VT on Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack. On March 16, Leona Lewis' album Spirit entered the albums chart at number-one, keeping it's position for 2 weeks before being knocked off the top spot by Mark Ronson's album Version.

The arrival of iTunes meant a change to the BH Charts. It was renamed from BH Top 30 to the BH Charts or BH Top 25. The first number-one that was fully recorded in a database was "Footprints In The Sand"; the double A-side charity single for Sports Relief by Leona Lewis. Utah Saints scored their first top-ten hit in the BH Charts when "Something Good" entered at #7, climbed to 3 the next week and remained static at the same position and Rihanna climbed and peaked at #2 with her recent single "Shut Up And Drive", also remaining in the same position for two weeks.

April
On April 3, English soul singer Duffy made her first number one with "Warwick Avenue" with playcount of 15. The single wasn't supposed to be released until nearly two months later on May 26, but entered anyway after being played on Hit40UK, knocking off Leona Lewis' charity double A-side single "Footprints In The Sand". April 6 saw Mark Ronson's Version remain on the top spot.

May
Number one albums in May were Madonna's Hard Candy, Scooter's Jumping All Over the World, Neil Diamond's Home Before Dark, and We Started Nothing by The Ting Tings, who also went to number one in the Singles Chart with their second single "That's Not My Name". Other new entries to the top ten included "In My Arms" by Kylie Minogue, Duffy's third single "Warwick Avenue", Coldplay's "Violet Hill", which was released commercially on 6 May, and Rihanna's "Take a Bow", which later climbed to number one.

Andy Abraham's song "Even If" represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 final in Belgrade, Serbia on 24 May. The song received just fourteen points and came joint last, raising questions over the United Kingdom's future in the contest.

June
After it was featured in George Sampson's winning performance on Britain's Got Talent, Mint Royale's 2005 top 20 hit "Singin' in the Rain" re-entered the Singles Chart in June at number one following strong download sales. Other new additions to the top ten included American singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles and Australian teen sensation Gabriella Cilmi, along with R&B singers Chris Brown ("Forever"), Jordin Sparks ("No Air"), and Ne-Yo, who climbed to number one with latest single "Closer" - his second UK number one single to date. June was a big month for Coldplay, as they earned their first UK number one single with "Viva la Vida" and their album of the same name also went to number one, selling over 300,000 copies in its first week of release. Albums from Usher and Paul Weller also topped the charts.

July
In July, Dizzee Rascal's project with Calvin Harris and Chrome - "Dance Wiv Me" - claimed the top spot on download sales alone; the first UK number one single for all three artists. Basshunter returned to the top five with "All I Ever Wanted", while his debut UK album Now You're Gone – The Album topped the Album Chart for one week. Country rocker Kid Rock made his top ten debut with "All Summer Long", and McFly scored their fourteenth top ten single with "One for the Radio". Other new additions to the top ten included singles by The Ting Tings ("Shut Up and Let Me Go") and Madonna ("Give It 2 Me").

The 2008 T in the Park festival took place on 11, 12, and 13 July at Balado, in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Headlining acts included The Verve, Rage Against the Machine, R.E.M., and the Kaiser Chiefs.

August
On 3 August, Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" replaced Dizzee Rascal's "Dance Wiv Me" at number one. One week later, however, American singer-songwriter Katy Perry's controversial debut UK single "I Kissed a Girl" claimed the top spot, after reaching number one in over twenty other countries. Elsewhere in August, Rihanna returned to the top ten with "Disturbia", and folk rock band Noah and the Whale made their top ten debut with "5 Years Time". Other new additions to the top ten included singles by Scottish band Biffy Clyro ("Mountains") and Norwegian band Madcon ("Beggin'"). Following the success of Mamma Mia! The Movie, ABBA's greatest hits album returned to number one - 16 years after it was originally released. Pop rock band The Script's debut album Script, and The Verve's comeback LP Forth also topped the charts.

September
"I Kissed A Girl" remained at number 1 for the fifth week in a row and Forth from The Verve stayed at number 1 in the album chart. Pussycat Dolls came back (with 1 less member) and their new single "When I Grow Up" which charted at number 3 on downloads alone. Kings of Leon soar to the top of the UK singles chart on 14th September with "Sex On Fire". It remained at the top spot the following week. Ne-Yo's third album Year of the Gentleman enters at number 2 on 21st September. Dreamgirls actress and formed American Idol contestant Jennifer Hudson enters at 15. On 28th September, Kings of Leon stay at number one for a third week. Their new album soars to the top of the album chart, with over 200,000 sales. Pink also makes a new entry at #38, with comeback single So What, based on two days of sales.

October
October 2 saw Does It Offend You, Yeah? carry on their status at No. 1 with "Dawn Of The Dead". Both Girls Aloud and Sugababes made their comeback with their two newest songs "The Promise" and "Girls" both entering at 19 and 5, respectively. On October 9, both songs rushed to the top three with "The Promise" climbing seventeen places to No. 2 and "Girls" climbing two places to No. 3; however, "Dawn Of The Dead" remained at No. 1 making the second longest run on the top spot at 4 weeks, before being knocked to No. 4 on October 16 when all of the top 5 were British acts:


 * 1) "The Promise" - Girls Aloud
 * 2) "Girls" - Sugababes
 * 3) "You're My Star" - Stereophonics
 * 4) "Dawn Of The Dead" - Does It Offend You, Yeah?
 * 5) "The Shock Of Lightning" - Oasis

The month also saw the rise of the new BH Selective Chart in which favourited selected songs were chosen each week in the top-ten. The first recorded No. 1 was "Pjanoo" by Eric Prydz, however, as it was a selection chart, number-ones from earlier dates dating back to August 26 2007 were noted. On October 19, the new official James Bond theme, "Another Way To Die" by Jack White and Alicia Keys knocked off "Pjanoo from the top-spot after a three week claim, making it the first song to do so.

Alesha Dixon's new song "The Boy Does Nothing" entered the top 10 at No. 10 on October 23 and Katy Perry's new hit song "Hot N Cold" entered at No. 3, whilst "You're My Star" climbed to No. 2 and "The Promise" remained at No. 1. On October 30, the last iTunes manafactured No. 1 and her second number-one of the year was Katy Perry with "Hot N Cold", climbing two places and knocking off Girls Aloud from the top-spot.

November
On November 2, The Saturdays' new album "Chasing Lights" knocked Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack off the top-spot. Their song from the album "Keep Her", not intended as an actual single release, became the fourth non-single song to top the BH Charts making No. 1 on both the main singles chart and selective chart.

December
December 4 saw Leona Lewis score her third number-one of the year with a cover of the Snow Patrol song, "Run", knocking off Pink's "Trouble" after a three-week claim. New entries were also from James Morrison featuring Nelly Furtado with "Broken Strings" and Wiley featuring Daniel Merriweather with "Cash In My Pocket" both entering at 13 and 20 respectively. On December 7, Leona Lewis' Deluxe Edition of Spirit entered at #1, knocking Alesha Dixon's The Alesha Show to #2.

Kaiser Chiefs made their comeback with "Good Days Bad Days" peaking at #2 on the singles chart and #1 on the selections chart. Leona Lewis remained on the top spot, fighting off competition from Sugababes with "No Can Do", Solange Knowles with "Sandcastle Disco", Christian Falk featuring Robyn with "Dream On" and Wiley featuring Daniel Merriweather with "Cash In My Pocket" at 3, 4, 5 and 6 respectively. "Run" also re-entered the top 25 at #24, after the popularity of the Leona Lewis cover.

On December 13, the live final of The X Factor aired which saw Alexandra Burke being crowned the winner and group JLS coming 2nd place. Her winning single, "Hallelujah", only entered the BH Charts on December 18 at #13, based on three days of playcount.

The competitors for Christmas number-one were Alexandra Burke with "Hallelujah", Gabriella Cilmi with "Warm This Winter", Sugababes with "No Can Do", Solange Knowles with "Sandcastle Disco", Christian Falk featuring Robyn with "Dream On", Geraldine McQueen with "Once Upon A Christmas Song" and Leona Lewis with "Run". Leona Lewis ultimately kept her place at the No. 1 spot after 4 weeks, with Geraldine McQueen at No. 2, Gabriella Cilmi at No. 3, Solange Knowles at No. 4 and Alexandra Burke at No. 5.

The year's Year-End No. 1 was "That's Not My Name" by The Ting Tings, with overall sales of 1,664,713. "Dawn Of The Dead" by Does It Offend You, Yeah? made No. 2 with overall sales of 1,224,025 with Gabriella Cilmi at No. 3 and 4 with "Save The Lies" and "Don't Wanna Go To Bed Now", respectively and Girls Aloud's "The Promise" at No. 5. All of which had peaked at No. 1 on the singles chart.

On December 27, a race started for the January 1 2009 first No. 1 of the year known as the "New Year Number-One". The two competitors were Alexandra Burke with "Hallelujah" and Coldplay with "Lovers In Japan". On January 1, "Hallelujah" ultimately *won the race* and the top-spot, with "Lovers In Japan" at No. 2.

BNMA Awards
The 2008 BNMA Awards were hosted by Harb Von Strauss on December 18 2008.


 * National male solo artist: James Morrison
 * National female solo artist: Leona Lewis
 * National group: Coldplay
 * Nokia's National album: Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
 * National single: The Ting Tings - "That's Not My Name"
 * National breakthrough act: Leona Lewis
 * International male solo artist: Rob Dougan
 * International female solo artist: Gabriella Cilmi
 * International group: Within Temptation
 * International album: Within Temptation - The Heart Of Everything
 * Solo Artist of the Year: Leona Lewis
 * Group of the Year: Coldplay

Record of the Year
The Record of the Year was awarded to The Ting Tings - "That's Not My Name"

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This is a summary of the year 2009 in Southern music. On January 1, the race for the first number-one single of the year was won by The X Factor winner Alexandra Burke and her coronation single, "Hallelujah" with "Lovers In Japan" by Coldplay entering at No. 2. The BNMA awards took place at the Hubert Hall in Noixes on February 16. Sales have hugely increased, and songs are entering at No. 1 with an average of 13 playcount.

January
The first BH Charts week of the year coincidentally landed on January 1, New Year's Day. There was a race for the first No. 1 of the year known as the "New Year Number-One" which would only happen if the first BH Charts week of the year was New Years Day. The two main competitors were Alexandra Burke with "Hallelujah" and Coldplay with "Lovers In Japan". Ultimately, Alexandra Burke came out on top with Coldplay at No. 2 before eventually climbing to No. 1, knocking "Hallelujah" to No. 5.

On January 8, "Hallelujah" and "Lovers In Japan" remained static at both No. 1 and No. 2, avoiding competition from the re-entry of The Hives' "Tick Tick Boom" - a song which originally charted in March 2008 that was re-entered due to not enough popularity when it first entered. It succeded in this goal, peaking at No. 3, higher than it's peak back in April, No. 15. The Saturdays also had their fourth top-ten hit with Issues peaking at No. 3.

On January 11 there were many new entries in the top 10 albums chart, with Taylor Swift's new album Fearless entering at No. 1, knocking off Snow Patrol's A Hundred Million Suns after a four-week claim, Fleet Foxes' self-titled album entering at No. 4 and Fall Out Boy's Folie à Deux entering at No. 9.

January also saw Eurovision's "Your Country Needs You" launch: a programme to select Britain's Eurovision entry in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest with Jade Ewen being selected as the winner performing the song "My Time" in Moscow in May

January 18 saw The Saturdays climb back to the top-spot on the albums chart whilst Snow Patrol with "A Hundred Million Suns" and MGMT with "Oracular Spectacular" both remained at No. 2 and No. 3 respectively. Due to being in the Celebrity Big Brother house, Mutya Buena also re-entered into both the singles and albums chart top-ten with Real Girl (the album) at No. 6 and the song at No. 9 before falling one place to No. 10 and by the following week, No. 30.

February
February 1 saw Scottish band Franz Ferdinand top the album charts with their new release "Tonight", knocking The Boxer Rebellion's "Union" to No. 2. On the singles chart on February 5, "Let It Rock" remained at No. 1 for 6 consecutive weeks, breaking a record previously held by The Ting Tings. Artists seen competition for knocking it off the top spot were Weezer, Franz Ferdinand, The Fray, Taylor Swift, The Boxer Rebellion, Taylor Swift and Lady GaGa, together with The All-American Rejects who held onto the No. 2 spot for three weeks with "Gives You Hell"

On February 16 the 2nd annual BNMA Awards took place in the Hubert Hall in Noixes, Harbania. The notable winners of the evening were The Saturdays winning all 3 awards they were nominated for. It was reported that Leona Lewis was unable to turn up for the event as her car was hijacked by hate-fans; she was also nominated for 3 awards however, only winning 1. The View were to take home 2 awards, but after a miscalculation in the nominations, their first award of "National Group" was confiscated from them and given to The Saturdays.

The View also had the top selling album of the month with Which Bitch? entering at the top spot for one week, falling to No. 2, and then climbing back to the top spot for a further two weeks.

March
On March 1, The View remained at No. 1 on the albums chart whilst "Let It Rock" held the top spot for seven weeks on the selection chart. The Saturdays returned with their latest single for Comic Relief titled "Just Can't Get Enough"; this went straight to No. 1 on March 5, knocking "Let It Rock" off to No. 3. Red Light Company also released their first studio album Fine Fascination which went straight to the top spot on the albums chart on March 8. March 12 saw The Saturdays remain at No. 1 on the singles chart, with a new entry from September with Can't Get Over reaching No. 3, then making the top spot the following week. There were also new entries from Red Light Company, The Submarines and Oasis.

Kelly Clarkson's new album release All I Ever Wanted went straight to the top spot on the albums chart on March 15, knocking off Red Light Company whilst The Saturdays with Chasing Lights remained at No. 3 for three consecutive weeks.

Current Top 10 singles

 * As of January 22 2009

Current Top 10 selections

 * As of January 11 2008

Current Top 10 albums

 * As of January 4 2009

BNMA Awards
The 2009 BNMA Awards were hosted by Omar Lankan on February 16 2009.


 * National male solo artist: Daniel Merriweather
 * National female solo artist: Leona Lewis
 * National group: The Saturdays
 * Nokia's National album: The View - Which Bitch?
 * National single: The Boxer Rebellion - "Semi-Automatic"
 * National breakthrough act: The Saturdays
 * International male solo artist: Kevin Rudolf
 * International female solo artist: Katy Perry
 * International group: Madcon
 * International album: The Fray - The Fray
 * Solo Artist of the Year: Solange Knowles
 * Group of the Year: The Saturdays

Record of the Year
The Record of the Year will be awarded in December 2009.

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The Johnny Charts are a weekly person and songs chart that lists the 10 most popular artists and songs on a weekly basis, usually being updated on a Thursday. The first Johnny Charts week was on June 2 2002, with the first published chart being simply a top 2. The first number-one was "Am I Happy" by Karken Aurosilé and stayed at the top spot for 44 weeks. The current number-one as of March 5 2009 is "I'm Back In Town" by Mavis McBently".

History
The Johnny Charts were founded by Harb Von Strauss after he claimed a thourough recount was needed and a "A new chart is needed in the music industry". It started off as just a top 2, with the first number-one being "Am I Happy" by Karken Aurosilé with the number-two being occupied by John McDon with "A Song To Start With".

Number-one hits
2002 || 2003 || 2004 || 2005 || 2006 || 2007 || 2008 || 2009

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=========== Number-one singles of 2002

This is a list of all of the number-one singles during 2002 in the Johnny Charts. It was the first year they were published, and the only number-one and two hits were "Am I Happy" by Karken Aurosilé and "A Song To Start With" by John McDon respectively.

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This is a list of all of the number-one singles during 2003 in the Johnny Charts. Twelve songs occupied the top spot. It was the first full year of published music and the year the top 2 extended into a top 3, allowing many new artists and people to enter the charts. The first thirteen weeks of this year, the number-one was occupied by 44-week running "Am I Happy" by Karken Aurosilé which also went on to become the single of the year two years in a row.

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This is a list of all of the number-one singles during 2004 in the Johnny Charts. Ninteen songs occupied the top spot. The top 3 rule carried on, with the charts moving to a Thursday as of September 2004. The single of the year was "Just Bad Luck" by Lady Luck.

Chart history

 * Chart dates move to Thursdays starting September 9

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This is a list of all of the number-one singles during 2005 in the Johnny Charts. Two songs occupied the top spot. The biggest selling single of the year was "Keep Buying This Track" by Ricky The Nun, which held on to the top spot for 109 weeks and 51 of this year. It's success was thought to be due to massive promotion and the words "Keep buying this track" in the title, almost persuading the listener to buy the song.

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This is a list of all of the number-one singles during 2006 in the Johnny Charts. Only one song occupied the top spot, this being the number-one from 2005 ("Keep Buying This Track" by Ricky The Nun) that overlapped into this year, meaning there was no new number-ones. The biggest selling single of the year was "Keep Buying This Track" by Ricky The Nun, the same as 2005 being the second song in chart history to be single of the year two years in a row. The first being "Am I Happy" by Karken Aurosilé.

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This is a list of all of the number-one singles during 2007 in the Johnny Charts. Twenty songs occupied the top spot, making it a record for most number-one hits in a calendar year.

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This is a list of all of the number-one singles during 2008 in the Johnny Charts. Sixteen songs occupied the top spot. July saw the charts' first extension since 2003. It went from just a top 3, to a top 5, later becoming a top 10 in August.

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This is a list of all of the number-one singles during 2009 in the Johnny Charts. So far five songs have occupied the top spot with the current number-one being "I'm Back In Town" by Mavis McBently, currently the highest selling single of the year.

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This is a list of the number-one hits in the BH Charts, from its inception in 2007 to the present. The sources, in accordance with The Official BH Charts Company, are the BH Official Top 30 from 2007 to early 2008 when it became The BH Top 25, or otherwise just known as the BH Charts.


 * List of number-one singles from the 2000s
 * List of number-one singles from the 2010s

UK Charts

 * List of number-one singles from the 2000s (UK)

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This is a list of the number one singles on the BH Charts, during the 2000s.

2007



 * 1) Sugababes - "3 Spoons Of Suga"
 * December 6 for 1 week
 * 1) Girls Aloud - "Long Hot Summer"
 * December 13 for 1 week
 * 1) Snow Patrol - "Set The Fire To The Third Bar"
 * December 20 for 3 weeks

2008



 * 1) Girls Aloud - "Theme to St. Trinian's"
 * January 10 for 1 week
 * 1) The Wombats - "Let's Dance To Joy Division"
 * January 17 for 1 week
 * 1) Maroon 5 - "Wake Up Call"
 * January 24 for 2 weeks
 * 1) Leona Lewis - "I Will Be"
 * February 7 for 2 weeks
 * 1) Amy MacDonald - "Mr. Rock and Roll"
 * February 21 for 1 week
 * 1) Snow Patrol - "You're All I Have"
 * February 28 for 2 weeks
 * 1) Little Man Tate - "Little Big Man"
 * March 13 for 1 week
 * 1) Leona Lewis - "Footprints In The Sand"
 * March 20 for 2 weeks
 * 1) Duffy - "Warwick Avenue"
 * April 3 for 3 weeks
 * 1) The Ting Tings - "That's Not My Name"
 * April 24 for 5 weeks
 * 1) The Fratellis - "Mistress Mabel"
 * May 29 for 1 week
 * 1) Elbow - "One Day Like This"
 * June 5 for 2 weeks
 * 1) Orson - "Already Over"
 * June 19 for 3 weeks
 * 1) OK Go - "Here It Goes Again"
 * July 10 for 1 week
 * 1) Maroon 5 featuring Rihanna - "If I Never See Your Face Again"
 * July 17 for 2 weeks
 * 1) Gabriella Cilmi - "Save The Lies"
 * July 31 for 3 weeks
 * 1) Katy Perry - "Thinking Of You"
 * August 21 for 1 week
 * 1) Dave Spoon with Paul Harris and Sam Obernik - "Baditude"
 * August 28 for 1 week
 * 1) Gabriella Cilmi - "Don't Wanna Go To Bed Now"
 * September 4 for 1 week
 * 1) Black Kids - "Look At Me (When I Rock Wichoo)"
 * September 11 for 1 week
 * 1) Does It Offend You, Yeah? - "Dawn Of The Dead"
 * September 18 for 4 weeks
 * 1) Girls Aloud - "The Promise"
 * October 16 for 2 weeks
 * 1) Katy Perry - "Hot N Cold"
 * October 30 for 1 week
 * 1) The Saturdays - "Keep Her"
 * November 6 for 1 week
 * 1) Pink - "Trouble"
 * November 13 for 3 weeks
 * 1) Leona Lewis - "Run"
 * December 4 for 4 weeks

2009

 * 1) Alexandra Burke - "Hallelujah"
 * January 1 for 2 weeks
 * 1) Coldplay - "Lovers In Japan"
 * January 15 for 1 week
 * 1) Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil Wayne - "Let It Rock"
 * January 22 for 6 weeks
 * 1) The Saturdays - "Just Can't Get Enough"
 * March 5 for 2 weeks
 * 1) September - "Can't Get Over"
 * March 19 for 1 week so far

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This is a list of the number one hits in the UK Official Download Chart, from its inception on 23 June 2004 to the present. The source is, unless otherwise stated, Official Chart Company's download chart.

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The BH Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by popularity alone in Southern England. It is formulated by The BH Music Corporation (also known as Bad Dog Corporation).

Though album sales tend to produce more revenue and, over time, act as a greater measure of an artist's success, this chart receives less media attention than the BH Charts, due to overall sales of an album being more important than its peak position. Indeed, in recent years, the album chart has been in good health despite fears that music innovations such as MP3 players would threaten the traditional album. 2005 even saw a record number of artist album sales [2], with 126.2 million sold in the UK.

The albums included in the BH Albums Chart are ranked from 1 to 10 and by popularity, hype and likability. The Album charts take place on a Sunday, but are revealed the next Thursday together with the main BH Singles Chart. The current No. 1 album as of October 12, 2008 is Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack.

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The following albums were all number one in the BH Charts in the 2000s. The charts are announced every Thursday catching up on the previous Sunday.

2007

 * 1) The Darth Vaders - The Smells Of The Deep
 * August 5 for 4 weeks
 * 1) Travis - The Boy with No Name
 * September 2 for 2 weeks
 * 1) Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
 * September 16 for 5 weeks
 * 1) Sugababes - Overload: The Singles Collection
 * October 21 for 1 week
 * 1) Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
 * October 28 for 3 weeks
 * 1) Travis - The Boy with No Name
 * November 18 for 2 weeks
 * 1) Girls Aloud - Tangled Up
 * December 2 for 4 weeks
 * 1) Sugababes - Change
 * December 30 for 3 weeks

2008

 * 1) Girls Aloud - Tangled Up
 * January 20 for 1 week
 * 1) The Hoosiers - Trick To Life
 * January 27 for 1 week
 * 1) Amy MacDonald - This Is The Life
 * February 3 for 4 weeks
 * 1) The Feeling - Join With Us
 * March 2 for 1 week
 * 1) Leona Lewis - Spirit
 * March 9 for 3 weeks
 * 1) Mark Ronson - Version
 * March 30 for 4 weeks
 * 1) Duffy - Rockferry
 * April 27 for 2 weeks
 * 1) Booty Luv - Boogie 2nite
 * May 4 for 1 week
 * 1) Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
 * May 11 for 1 week
 * 1) The Fray - How To Save A Life
 * May 18 for 1 week
 * 1) Alphabeat - This Is Alphabeat
 * May 25 for 1 week
 * 1) The Futureheads - This Is Not the World
 * June 1 for 1 week
 * 1) The Fratellis - Here We Stand
 * June 8 for 1 week
 * 1) Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
 * June 15 for 1 week
 * 1) Jack McManus - Either Side Of Midnight
 * June 22 for 1 week
 * 1) Mutya Buena - Real Girl
 * June 29 for 2 weeks
 * 1) Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death And All His Friends
 * July 13 for 1 week
 * 1) Mutya Buena - Real Girl
 * July 20 for 1 week
 * 1) Gabriella Cilmi - Lessons to Be Learned
 * July 27 for 1 week
 * 1) Within Temptation - The Heart Of Everything
 * August 3 for 1 week
 * 1) Gabriella Cilmi - Lessons to Be Learned
 * August 10 for 2 weeks
 * 1) The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing
 * August 24 for 2 weeks
 * 1) Big Brother - Official Soundtrack
 * September 7 for 4 weeks
 * 1) James Morrison - Songs For You, Truths For Me
 * October 5 for 1 week
 * 1) Mamma Mia! film cast - Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack
 * October 12 for 3 weeks
 * 1) The Saturdays - Chasing Lights
 * November 2 for 1 week
 * 1) Girls Aloud - Out of Control
 * November 9 for 1 week
 * 1) Stereophonics - Decade in the Sun: The Best of Stereophonics
 * November 16 for 1 week
 * 1) Various Artists - Now That's What I Call Music! 71
 * November 23 for 1 week
 * 1) Alesha Dixon - The Alesha Show
 * November 30 for 1 week
 * 1) Leona Lewis - Spirit
 * December 7 for 1 week
 * 1) Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns
 * December 14 for 5 weeks

2009

 * 1) The Saturdays - Chasing Lights
 * January 18 for 1 week
 * 1) The Boxer Rebellion - Union
 * January 25 for 1 week
 * 1) Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
 * February 1 for 1 week
 * 1) The View - Which Bitch?
 * February 8 for 1 week
 * 1) The Fray - The Fray
 * February 15 for 1 week
 * 1) Girls Aloud - Out of Control
 * February 22 for 2 weeks
 * 1) Red Light Company - Fine Fascination
 * March 8 for 1 week
 * 1) Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted
 * March 15 for 1 week
 * 1) The Submarines - Honeysuckle Weeks
 * March 22 for 1 week so far

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The BNMA Awards are the BH Charts' annual pop music awards. The name BNMA stands for the initials of the Bexhill National Music Association. The awards were founded in December 2008, basing on fairly the same layout as any other music awards.

Overview
The awards began in 1977 under the auspices of the BPI, the British record industry's trade association. The last BPI Awards show took place at the Albert Hall and was the first of the ceremonies to be broadcast on television, by the BBC - the awards later transferred to ITV in 1993. In 1989 they were renamed the Britannia Awards, or BRIT Awards. MasterCard is the long-time sponsor of this annual event.

BRIT is also an acronym for the British Record Industry Trust Show - the Trust supports youngsters in the arts and education mainly at The BRIT School in London.

The BRIT Awards used to be broadcast live until 1989, when Samantha Fox and Mick Fleetwood hosted a shambolic show in which just about everything went wrong. After this the show was recorded, and broadcast the following night, part of a revamp by Jonathan King for 1990 whose actions also included naming them the BRITs, hosting the show in 1987 - the most successful previous show - and releasing a megamix of British dance acts including S'Express and A Guy Called Gerald called BRITs 1990. He also managed to get Margaret Thatcher to croon "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?"

As of the 2007 BRIT Awards, the show was once again broadcast live on British television, airing on 14 February 2007 live on ITV. Comedian Russell Brand presented the event. Three awards were dropped from the 2007 ceremony - Best British Rock Act, Best British Urban Act and Best Pop Act.

In addition, an equivalent awards ceremony for classical music, called the Classical BRIT Awards, is held each May.

The annual music industry bash will once again be held at Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London on February 18, and will be televised live on ITV. The Outstanding Contribution to Music Award will be presented to the Pet Shop Boys. The 2009 hosts will be Matthew Horne and James Corden along with Kylie Minogue.

Primary winners of each year

 * 2008: Leona Lewis wins 3 awards and Coldplay win 2 awards

Vic Reeves and Sharon Osbourne (2008)
After Vic Reeves appeared to forget which award he was presenting, Sharon Osbourne attempted to wrestle the microphone from him, insisted he was drunk and called him a "pissed bastard". She proceeded to make the full announcement herself. The next day it was reported that Reeves was not intoxicated and was hurt by Osbourne's behaviour The incident has since been ascribed to an autocue malfunction.

Russell Brand hosting (2007)
Some controversy was caused by the host of the 2007 Awards ceremony, comedian Russell Brand, who made several quips relating to news stories of the time including singer Robbie Williams' entering rehab for addiction to prescription drugs, the Queen's 'naughty bits' and a fatal friendly fire incident involving a British soldier killed by American armed forces in Iraq. TV channel ITV1 received over 300 calls from viewers complaining.

Ronnie Wood and Brandon Block (2000)
Dance DJ Brandon Block was told by his friends that he had won an award and had been summoned to the stage to collect it. Because of his advanced state of intoxication he believed them and walked onto the stage, eventually ending up next to a bemused Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood and actress Thora Birch who were about to present the award for best soundtrack album. Having been successfully bundled off the stage by security, Ronnie Wood aimed an insult in his direction at which Block broke free from his captors to square up to the guitarist. A series of insults were then traded between the two – both comically leaning into the microphone so that everyone could hear. Wood threw his drink into Block's face and the DJ was eventually removed from the stage. Some time after the incident, Block claimed that he had subsequently apologised for his behaviour to Wood, who had merely brushed it off.

Robbie Williams and Liam Gallagher (2000)
Around the time of his departure from Take That, Robbie Williams had begun an unlikely friendship with the Gallagher brothers from Britpop band Oasis at the Glastonbury Festival. The friendship was short lived, however, and the two parties regularly traded insults in the press with Noel Gallagher once famously referring to Robbie as “the fat dancer from Take That”. Having won “Best British Single” and “Best Video” for “She's The One”, Williams challenged Liam to a televised fight saying, ''”So, anybody like to see me fight Liam? Would you pay to come and see it? Liam, a hundred grand of your money and a hundred grand of my money. We'll get in a ring and we'll have a fight and you can all watch it on TV, what d'you think about that?”'' Gallagher was in Japan at the time touring with Oasis.

Belle & Sebastian beat Steps to Best Newcomer Award (1999)
In 1999, indie band Belle & Sebastian were nominated for Best British Newcomers, despite having released three albums before the 1999 Awards. The award was sponsored by Radio One and voted for online by their listeners. At the time, Steps were Britain's biggest boy/girl pop band and were also nominated. Despite this, the award was won by Belle & Sebastian. On the Saturday after the awards, a story appeared in the press alleging that Belle & Sebastian had rigged the vote in their favour, encouraging students from two universities to vote online. However, fans argued that the band had a predominantly large student following, that band member Isobel Campbell had attended one of the universities in question, and in particular, the award ought to be given on artistic merit as opposed to popularity or CD sales. The following year Steps were presented with the award for Best Selling Living Act, a newly-created award for that year.

Belle & Sebastian were not the first act to have been accused of motivating all their fans to vote for them in a BRITs public vote; similar allegations were directed at Depeche Mode for winning Best British single with "Enjoy the Silence".

Chumbawamba throw water over John Prescott (1998)
In 1998, Danbert Nobacon of politically active band Chumbawamba threw a bucket of iced water over Labour cabinet minister John Prescott. Despite apologies on behalf of the band from EMI Europe, Chumbawamba were unrepentant claiming, ”If John Prescott has the nerve to turn up at events like the BRIT Awards in a vain attempt to make Labour seem cool and trendy, then he deserves all we can throw at him".

Geri Halliwell's Union Jack dress (1997)
Widely thought to be the most iconic Brits moment in the awards history, Geri Halliwell, aka Ginger Spice of the British girl group, the Spice Girls, wore a Union Jack dress in 1997, which created phenomenal attention and subsequently made all the front pages the next day. Geri was originally going to wear an all black dress, but she thought it was too boring so her sister sewed on a Union Jack tea-towel, with a 'peace' sign on the back, so not to offend anyone. It was worn during the Spice Girls' performance of their Number 1 hit "Who Do You Think You Are". Later on she sold her dress in a charity auction to Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas for a record £41,320 (US$66,112), giving Halliwell the Guinness World Record for the most expensive piece of pop star clothing ever sold.

Jarvis Cocker's stage invasion (1996)
In 1996, Michael Jackson was given a special "Artist of a Generation" award. At the ceremony he accompanied his single "Earth Song" with a stage show, with Jackson as a Christ-like figure surrounded by children. Jarvis Cocker, of the band Pulp, mounted the stage in protest of the performance. Cocker ran across the stage, lifting his shirt and pointing his (clothed) bottom in Jackson's direction. Cocker was subsequently questioned by the police on suspicion of causing injury towards three of the children in Jackson's performance, although no criminal proceedings followed. "Earth Song" became Jackson's biggest hit in the UK, spending six weeks at the top of the chart.

The KLF, a machine gun and a dead sheep (1992)
In 1992, dance/art band The KLF were awarded Best British Group (shared with Simply Red) and were booked to open the show. In an attempt to hijack the event the duo hooked up with Extreme Noise Terror to perform a death metal version of the dance song 3am Eternal that prompted conductor Sir Georg Solti to walk out. The performance ended with Bill Drummond firing blanks from a vintage machine gun into the audience and announcer Scott Piering stating ”Ladies and gentleman, The KLF have now left the music business”. Producers of the show then refused to let a motorcycle courier collect the award on behalf of the band. Later, guests arriving for an after show party witnessed the band dump a dead sheep outside the venue with the message ”I died for ewe – bon appetit” tied around its waist. KLF disbanded three months later.

Sam Fox and Mick Fleetwood (1989)
In 1989, in an attempt to add some excitement and appeal to the proceedings organisers decided to rename the awards to 'The BRIT Awards' presented by Fleetwood Mac's Mick Fleetwood and former page three girl Samantha Fox as co-hosts of the live show. The inexperience of the hosts, an ineffective autocue and poor preparation combined to create a shambolic performance. The hosts continually got their lines mixed up, a pre-recorded message from Michael Jackson was never broadcast and several star guests arrived late.

The Samantha Fox/Mick Fleetwood show proved to be the single most important event in BPI/BRIT Awards history. It was just so disastrous that the British public's interest was revived and the BRITs became associated with risky live TV.

Most successful acts
There have been numerous acts, both groups and individuals, that have won multiple awards. The table below shows those that have won four or more awards.

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=========== 2008 BNMA Awards

The 2008 BNMA Awards was the first edition of the biggest annual music awards in the United Kingdom. They are run by the British Phonographic Industry and took place on 16 December 2008 at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London. The ceremony attracted 6.1 million viewers, 800,000 more than the previous live broadcast

The ceremony
The ceremony was hosted by Sharon, Ozzy, Kelly and Jack Osbourne with backstage footage by Fearne Cotton. This year's stage theme was "Glam VS Punk" and the performances were based around "The BRIT Collaboration".

Performances
The pre-show was called The Brits Red Carpet, and was hosted by Lauren Laverne, Matt Willis and Emma Griffiths. The show that followed was called The Brits Encore, and was hosted by the same presenters.

Nominated artists
The nominations were announced on 14 November 2008. Artists in Bold denote winner of the category.

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=========== 2009 BNMA Awards

The 2009 BNMA Awards was the second edition of the biggest annual music awards in South East UK. They are run by the SERIA Company and took place on 16 February 2009 at the Bexhill Museum in Bexhill. The ceremony attracted 6.1 million viewers, 800,000 more than the previous live broadcast

The ceremony
The ceremony was hosted by Omar Lankan with backstage footage by John Millow. This year's stage theme was "Glam VS Punk" and the performances were based around "The BRIT Collaboration".

Performances
Notes
 * 1 Leona Lewis' didn't turn up for this year's awards due to her car being hijacked.

Nominated artists
The nominations were announced on 8 February 2009. Artists in Bold denote winner of the category.

National Male Solo Artist
Presented by Kevin Merriweather.

National Female Solo Artist
Presented by Omar Lankan.

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=========== The X Factor (UK series 6)

The sixth UK series of The X Factor was broadcast on ITV in 2009. The series premiered on 15 August and was won by Fergal O'Brien on 12 December, with Cheryl Cole becoming the winning mentor for the second year in a row. Auditions in front of producers were held in April/May, with callbacks in front of the judges in June. The number of applicants for series 5 reached an all-time high with a reported 182,000 people auditioning. A number of well-established music acts from around the world, such as Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Beyoncé, and Il Divo performed during the live stages of the show.

O'Brien's prize, as winner, was a £1 million recording contract with Syco Music (a subsidiary of Sony BMG). His debut single, "I Can Make It", written exclusively for the final 4 contestants by Andrew Lloyd-Webber, was released for digital download at 00:01 on 13 December 2009, with the CD format following on 16 December. The song gave him a huge hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No.1 and selling millions of copies. After winning the £1m recording contrant, Fergal claimed "all of the money would go to charity" obviously proven to be a false statement in January of 2010 when Simon Cowell noted that O'Brien had used all of the money on cheap prostitutes, bottles of shandy, an iTouch, three ferraris and ten copies of the Mona Lisa.

Judges and presenters


The judges for series 5 were Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Cole. On 6 June 2008 (six days before filming was due to begin at the London auditions) ITV announced that long-standing judge Sharon Osbourne had left the show. Media speculation over the reasons for Osbourne's departure alluded to rising tensions between her and fellow judge Dannii Minogue, as well as disputes over pay. When interviewed by Chris Moyles on BBC Radio 1, Osbourne said that it was "the best four years of [her] life" but felt that it was "time to move on." She later revealed that fellow judge Dannii was "99.9%" of her reason for leaving, citing that the atmosphere was causing too much stress. Osbourne admitted that when she informed the producers of her decision to resign, she hoped to be kept on instead of Dannii. .

Much media coverage and speculation surrounded the question of who would replace Osbourne. Former Spice Girl Melanie Brown revealed on 16 September 2008 in an interview for New! Magazine that she, among others, was approached by Cowell as a possible replacement. However, on 10 June 2008, four days after Osbourne's departure, ITV confirmed that Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole was the new judge for series 5 and the replacement for Sharon Osbourne. Minogue has praised the new judge, saying: "She’s very knowledgeable about music and I think she’s going to bring a new side to the show." Cowell is reported by Minogue to feel that Cole's voiced opinions are something "which he loves".

Presenter Dermot O'Leary returns to host the main ITV1 show, choosing to leave other projects, including his ongoing role as the host of Big Brother's Little Brother, in order to concentrate on The X Factor. Xtra Factor presenter Fearne Cotton left after series 4, having presented for only one series, to be replaced by Holly Willoughby. Brian Friedman returns as choreographer and performance coach (billed as "Creative Director"), along with Yvie Burnett as vocal coach.

Auditions
A reported "record-breaking" 182,000 applied for series 5, with filming for auditions in front of judges taking place in June/July 2008. Auditions were held in the cities of London, Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff, and Glasgow.

Dannii Minogue was missing from some of the auditions due to visits to her native Australia in order to film auditions for Australia's Got Talent.

Bootcamp
As in series 4, all four judges worked together at the bootcamp stage of the competition. This took place at indigO2 at The O2 in Greenwich, London on 4 August 2008, and was televised in two episodes on 27 and 28 September 2008. Contestants are said to have stayed in a nearby hotel in Blackheath.

During the bootcamp stage, around 150 acts were whittled down to just 24 which advanced to the next round, 6 in each category.

After completion of bootcamp, the judges were told the category that they are to mentor. The category mentors are as follows:


 * Cowell: Boys
 * Minogue: Over 25s
 * Walsh: Groups
 * Cole: Girls

Visits to judges' houses
This round was filmed in late August/early September and was broadcast over two shows on 4 October and 5 October. As in previous years, the judges welcomed the six acts from their selected category to their "homes". Each act had only one chance to impress their mentor who, along with a guest judge (largely from the music industry), had the task of selecting which three acts were to go though to the live shows and which three would be eliminated.

Categories and finalists
The final 12 were confirmed as follows.

The key:


 * – Winner
 * – Eliminated

Live shows
The live shows began on 11 October 2008, and continued through to the finale. Leon Jackson performed on the first live show, promoting his second single "Don't Call This Love". Girls Aloud performed their new single, "The Promise", on the second show on 18 October. This became the first single from their fifth album Out Of Control, as announced by Cole at the X Factor launch in August. Will Young performed his new song "Grace" on 1 November. Mariah Carey appeared on 8 November and performed her new single "I Stay in Love", plus a special version of "Hero" with 11 of the finalists (Diana Vickers was ill with laryngitis so could not perform). Leona Lewis appeared the week after and performed her new single "Run" from the deluxe edition of her album Spirit. Take That performed on the 22 November show, as did series 4 third-place act Same Difference, who performed their debut single, and series 4 runner-up Rhydian Roberts, who sang a track from his debut album. On the 29th Novemeber show, Miley Cyrus performed her new song "7 Things" (which was pre-recorded) and Britney Spears performed her new single "Womanizer" also.

Boyzone, Westlife and Beyoncé Knowles were guests on the final show where they did duets with the finalists with Knowles performing "Listen" with Alexandra Burke. Knowles performed "If I Were a Boy" from her album I Am... Sasha Fierce.

An added twist for this series, confirmed on the first live show, is that acts in the bottom-two showdown will sing a new song of their own choosing, rather than repeating the song they performed in the first part of the show (as was the case in previous series). As the series continues, some bloggers have noticed a pattern emerging, that the acts performing early on are much more likely to feature in the 'sing-off' to decide who will be eliminated.

Heroes: Help for Heroes performance
The twelve finalists together recorded a cover version of Mariah Carey's 1993 hit "Hero" in support of the Help for Heroes charity. The single was available for download from 25 October 2008, after the finalists performed the song live on that night's show. It was released in stores on 27 October, and Simon Cowell predicted it "will go straight to the top of the charts". In the first week of its release it went straight to number 1 and sold 313,244 copies, more than the rest of the top ten combined.

Results summary
Contestants' colour key:


 * – Mentored by Cowell (Boys – 14 to 24)
 * – Mentored by Minogue (Over 25s)
 * – Mentored by Cole (Girls – 14 to 24)
 * – Mentored by Walsh (Groups)
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 * – Mentored by Cole (Girls – 14 to 24)
 * – Mentored by Walsh (Groups)
 * }
 * }
 * }

Notes
 * 1 Angus Cleaveland, after performing his song for the second time in the bottom two, collapsed and died, thus the judges were unable to cast a vote and Umberto was safe for another week.

Percentages:

Week 1 (11 October 2008)
Theme: Number 1 songs in either the UK or US charts

Celebrity guest: Leon Jackson

Song performed by celebrity guest: "Don't Call This Love"


 * Judges' votes to eliminate:
 * Cowell: Bad Lashes – Described both acts as "shocking".
 * Cole: Girlband – Had no standout comment on either act.
 * Minogue: Girlband – Had no standout comment on either act.
 * Walsh: Bad Lashes – Based on the fact that he couldn't pick between two of his own acts, he chose Bad Lashes to take it to a deadlock.


 * Notes:


 * As both acts received two votes from the judges, the result went to deadlock and was referred to the public vote. The act that received the fewest public votes was Bad Lashes who were duly eliminated from the show.

Week 2 (18 October 2008)
Theme: Songs by Michael Jackson or The Jackson 5

Celebrity guest: Girls Aloud

Song performed by celebrity guest: "The Promise"


 * Judges' votes to eliminate:
 * Walsh: Ruth Lorenzo – Backing his own act, Girlband.
 * Minogue: Girlband – Backing her own act, Ruth Lorenzo.
 * Cole: Girlband – Stating that Ruth had nailed her performance of Purple Rain.
 * Cowell: Ruth Lorenzo – Wanting it taken to deadlock.


 * Notes:


 * The result again went to deadlock and Girlband were eliminated having received the fewest public votes. During the show, a mistake was made in one of the overlays and Ruth's number was briefly displayed incorrectly, meaning any calls to that number would not have registered a vote. After the show, viewers complained that they had dialled this incorrect number and could not get through to vote for Ruth, but ITV insisted the issue should not have made any difference to the overall result.

Week 3 (25 October 2008)
Theme: Big Band

Celebrity guest: None

Song performed by celebrity guest: No celebrity guest; in the results show the finalists instead performed a cover version of the Mariah Carey song "Hero" on behalf of the Help for Heroes charity. This song was released on Sunday 26 as a download and Monday 27 physically.


 * Judges' votes to eliminate:
 * Cowell: Daniel Evans – Backing his own act, Scott Bruton.
 * Cole: Scott Bruton – Commented that Scott lacked passion.
 * Minogue: Scott Bruton – Backing her own act, Daniel Evans.
 * Walsh: Scott Bruton – Commented that Daniel "sang every word like he meant it".

Week 4 (1 November 2008)
Theme: Disco

Celebrity guest: Will Young

Song performed by celebrity guest: "Grace"


 * Judges' votes to eliminate:
 * Cowell: Rachel Hylton – Backing his own act, Austin Drage.
 * Cole: Austin Drage – Stated she was prepared to give Rachel a "moment to shine".
 * Minogue: Austin Drage – Backing her own act, Rachel Hylton.
 * Walsh: Austin Drage – Said Rachel had "raw talent".

Week 5 (8 November 2008)
Theme: Songs by Mariah Carey

Celebrity guest: Mariah Carey

Song performed by celebrity guest: "I Stay in Love"; Carey also performed a special version of "Hero" with 11 of the 12 finalists, Diana Vickers was suffering from laryngitis so couldn't attend.


 * Judges' votes to eliminate:
 * Cowell: Laura White – Commenting that the girls "were not the worst singers of the night".
 * Cole: Ruth Lorenzo – Backing her own act, Laura White.
 * Minogue: Laura White – Backing her own act, Ruth Lorenzo.
 * Walsh: Laura White – Commenting that Ruth Lorenzo was more of a "battler".


 * Notes:
 * Diana Vickers did not perform as she was suffering from laryngitis. The show's producers allowed her to go through to week six. It is the first time this has happened in the show's history. The producers of the show gave the following statement; "Diana Vickers did not perform on tonight's The X Factor on doctor's orders. Because of these exceptional circumstances producers have let her miss this week's show and she will return to the competition next week.  All other artists supported this decision." Vickers had been due to perform "Always Be My Baby".

Week 6 (15 November 2008)
Theme: Best of British

Celebrity guest: Leona Lewis Song performed by celebrity guest: "Run"


 * Judges' votes to eliminate:
 * Walsh: Daniel Evans – Had no standout comment on either performance, though had consistently criticised Daniel throughout the competition.
 * Cole: Daniel Evans – Had no standout comment on either act.
 * Cowell: Daniel Evans – Commented that Rachel "threw it away" with her performance and that he would have liked to see her perform with a bit more passion, but said, "This may come as a surprise, but the act I'm going to send home is Daniel."
 * Minogue: Did not vote as there was already a majority. When asked by Dermot O'Leary which way she would have voted had her vote been required, she said she would have been unable to decide and would have sent it to deadlock.

Notes
 * During the week, ITV were uncertain if Diana would be able to perform due to her continued illness, and raised the question of whether she should be given another week off if she was still too sick to sing. It was, however, later confirmed that she would appear.
 * JLS performed their three songs as a medley.

Week 7 (22 November 2008)
Theme: Songs by Take That

Celebrity guests: Take That, Same Difference and Rhydian Roberts Songs performed by celebrity guests: "Greatest Day" (Take That), "We R One" (Same Difference) and "The Impossible Dream" (Rhydian Roberts)

Judges' votes to eliminate:


 * Walsh: Rachel Hylton – Backing his own act, JLS.
 * Minogue: JLS – Backing her own act, Rachel Hylton.
 * Cole: Rachel Hylton – Stated that it had been the best Rachel had sung since the auditions, but said JLS would go further in the competition than Rachel.
 * Cowell: Rachel Hylton – Stated that this was the third time Rachel was in the bottom two, and that JLS shouldn't have been in the bottom two.

Notes


 * JLS had previously been rehearsing to sing "Rule the World", with the approval of their mentor, Louis Walsh. Contrary to this, as Dannii Minogue had higher priority in the judges' song-selection rota, she selected the song for her artist Rachel Hylton to sing. This led to an on-screen argument between Minogue and Walsh.


 * Take That's performance was pre-recorded due to show timing restraints. Same Difference and Rhydian Roberts though both performed live in the results show, however Same Difference lip-synched their performance to a backing track because of their highly choreographed dance routine involved in the song.

Week 8 (29 November 2008)
Themes: Celebrity guests: Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus Songs performed by celebrity guests: "Womanizer" (Britney Spears), "7 Things" (Miley Cyrus)
 * 1) Songs by Britney Spears
 * 2) American classics

Notes:


 * This week, there was no bottom two; the act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. Each act also performed twice, with voting open after all acts performed once.


 * Despite a live performance by Britney Spears, the Miley Cyrus performance was recorded before the main live broadcast due to her tight schedule. Spears, meanwhile, due to the highly choreographed dance routine, lip-synched her performance to a backing track.

Week 9 (Semi-final, 6 December 2008)
Themes: Celebrity guest: Il Divo Song performed by celebrity guest: "Amazing Grace"
 * 1) Mentor's choice
 * 2) Contestant's choice

Week 10 (Final, 13 December 2008)
Themes: Celebrity guests: Beyoncé, Boyzone, Westlife Song performed by celebrity guest: "If I Were a Boy" by Beyoncé Duets performed by celebrity guests with the finalists: See below
 * 1) Christmas songs
 * 2) Duet with a celebrity guest
 * 3) Favourite song already performed previously in competition
 * 4) Winner's song, "Hallelujah", to be performed by the two finalists that remain after the one with fewest votes is eliminated

This year also included a performance of "I Have a Dream" by auditionees from the last 5 years. Also there was a performance of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by the 12 finalists.

Voting details
On the final Xtra Factor broadcast of the series, shortly after the winner was announced on the main show, presenter, Holly Willoughby, announced the contestants who received the most votes from the public for each of the 10 live shows. These were:

Week 1: Eoghan Quigg Week 2: Eoghan Quigg Week 3: Eoghan Quigg Week 4: Eoghan Quigg Week 5: Eoghan Quigg Week 6: Diana Vickers Week 7: Eoghan Quigg Week 8: Alexandra Burke Week 9 (semi-final): JLS Week 10 (final): Alexandra Burke (winner)

On the official website, details were given for the votes cast, revealing that the total amount of votes cast for the entire series was: 16,469,064.

Ratings
Viewing figures for series 5 were the highest ever for any X Factor series, about 20% up on the previous series.

The first show of the series had the highest launch audience for any series, peaking with over 12 million viewers. The entire Auditions phase officially averaged 9.9m, a rise of 1.2m over the previous series.

The Bootcamp episodes performed well in the ratings; although the Saturday episode was beaten for the first time by Strictly Come Dancing, the Sunday episode restored the balance. The Saturday Judges' houses episode had the highest audience since the opening show, and the Sunday episode had a lower rating but still exceeded that of Strictly Come Dancing. The entire Bootcamp and Judges' houses phase officially averaged 9.8m, a rise of 2.5m over the previous series.

The X Factor's live shows have pulled in very strong audiences, often rating as the most watched programme of the week. The final was the second most watched television programme of 2008 with 14.06m.

The X Factor (series 5) officially averaged 10.5m, becoming the most watched talent series of the 21st century. It surpassed the previous most watched talent series, Britain's Got Talent (series 2), which officially averaged 10.2m for its entire run.