The Chart Show
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The Chart Show is a music video
programme which ran in the UK
on Channel 4
between 1986 and 1988, then on ITV
between 1989 and 1998. The production company was Video Visuals
, and (when shown on ITV) was credited as "A Yorkshire Television
Presentation" from 1993 and 1998 (prior to this, no ITV Franchisee's logo was shown at the end). The show has lived on through a Channel 4 revival in 2003 and a more recent revival on the digital music channel Chart Show TV
, which ran sporadically from 2008 and 2009.
computer. Although commonplace nowadays, such interfaces were relatively cutting-edge at the time. The look of the icons was updated on the move to ITV in January 1989, and again upon the show's relaunch on 7 December 1991. However, this update only lasted one show and the previous 1989 icons returned the following week and lasted until May 1996 when the show's look and production was completely overhauled and was replaced with an animated text banner at the bottom of the screen.
Graphics mimicking those of a video recorder in operation were also used, and are one of the show's most well remembered features.
The show was very important when it was first launched, being one of the few outlets for music videos on British television, in the days before the widespread takeup of satellite and cable television, and channels such as MTV Europe
. Many music videos got their UK Television premieres during The Chart Show.
Shortly after launching, The Chart Show found itself being taken off air during a dispute with the Musicians' Union
over the showing of music videos on ITV & Channel 4 which lasted throughout the summer of 1986. During this time, a show called Rewind, made by the same production team, was aired. This consisted of performances from other music shows. The dispute was resolved by the end of the summer, and The Chart Show returned at the end of August.
On Channel 4, the show ran on Friday nights, mainly filling gaps between series of The Tube
. After moving to ITV it ran on Saturday mornings and also had a late night repeat in some ITV regions, though the day and time of this varied over time and between regions. One such late night repeat on 31 August 1997 was interrupted to report the breaking news of Diana, Princess of Wales
' car accident. The show was so popular that it became a regular with five editions in July 1987 going out as 60 minute long "Summer Specials". The last regular edition to air on Channel 4 was on 30 September 1988. The final episode on Channel 4 was a Review of 1988 special on 2 January 1989; the first edition on ITV aired 5 days later. The show was renamed "The ITV Chart Show" that September after ITV launched its new corporate identity. The name reverted to The Chart Show on 22 October 1994.
Earlier Channel 4 editions were 45 minutes long, and later ones were 60 minutes, but were split into two 30 minute segments before moving to the 60 minute format in 1988. However, some later editions were shortened due to ITV buying rights to Formula One
motor racing in 1997.
The last edition was shown on 22 August 1998, after being axed in favour of a live, performance based show, CD:UK
, which began the following week. The show featured various messages from viewers saying goodbye to the show and how upset they were that the show was finishing. There were also messages from artists, including Mel B and Suggs
.
The first video on The Chart Show was "What You Need
" by INXS. The Chart Show mistakenly mentioned on the final show that Robert Palmer's Addicted to Love
was the first artist to appear on The Chart Show. The video clip of Robert Palmer with the original graphics on, shown on the last episode, was taken from the 4th episode, rather than the first, as revealed by the date shown in the H.U.D.
In the show's later days, the programme was broadcast "live", with all the elements of the show programmed into a computer and laid back to tape, the song title graphics and info banners being added live as the show was broadcast. This fact was played up over the first few months of the show being made this way, with a "Live" graphic appearing at the beginning of each part, in addition to the interactive Battle of the Bands segment. Both of these were dropped after a minor revamp in 1997, although live phone-in competitions continued to appear occasionally until the end of the show's run.
in 1988) and later on compiled their own chart, as opposed to using the "official
" Gallup
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chart used by BBC Radio 1
, which in addition to the show's initial Friday and later Saturday airdate (therefore not taking account of the full week's sales) meant that the chart shown was different, sometimes slightly, other times more significantly, from that broadcast by Radio 1. Indeed, there were many occasions when the single shown to be Number One by The Chart Show differed from the official number one- including on the show's very first top 10 countdown in May 1987.
In the early years, the problem was solved by showing a photo of the artist over a short excerpt from the song. As the show progressed, they had produced many various computer generated sequences to accompany the audio clips. These included onscreen games of pong, close ups of turntables playing, cars being crushed, silhouettes of people dancing, lava lamps amongst other stock footage. Due to the lack of an actual music video, the songs in question were never played in full.
There were exceptions to this; the first being Ride On Time
by Black Box
. The music video wasn't completed for several months after the song was released. In its first week at number one on the Top Ten, a photo of Catherine Quinol, the band's vocalist, was shown over a short excerpt from the single. However, as it was still number one the following week, a performance that was filmed for then Saturday morning show Ghost Train was shown, which had Catherine and an unknown organist performing on a stage.
Another notable example was Music Sounds Better With You
by Stardust. This was number one on 15 August 1998 edition of the show and, similarly to Ride On Time, the music video wasn't completed until several months later. This time, a montage of past graphics from the show was put together, partially in response to viewer requests to see old graphics before the final episode. Though it would have been fitting for this to have been shown on the final episode the following week, the song had been knocked off the top spot, and only a short excerpt was shown.
In 1997, The Verve
had refused to allow the Chart Show to show the video for their single Lucky Man. When the song was mentioned in the top ten and in the indie chart, a message was shown on the screen explaining that they refused to let the video appear on the show, unless the show was redesigned. It remains unclear whether or not The Verve took a dislike to the new look show, or if the band simply wanted the video to be shown clean and uninterrupted. Accompanying both messages was the music that had been used to introduce the 'Worst Video' on the end of year specials.
This was the message that appeared on 6 December 1997 Indie Chart:
"Okay everybody... No change from last week. The band and their manager Jazz are still refusing to let us show their video unless we redesign the show for them. In the words of Vanilla
... 'No way, no way, Ma Numma Nah."
(1991–1992), Twix
between (1993–1996) and Tizer
(1997). Tizer also sponsored The Chart Show's replacement, CD:UK
, for several years. Unlike most sponsorships on UK television, these were incorporated into the show's titles as opposed to being shown as separate clips wrapped around the show in questions.
When Tizer became the new sponsor, the stings caused criticism as they were played at random moments during the titles and end credits, interrupting the show deliberately. Due to the irritation this caused, they were eventually dropped so that the show would run clean.
As part of 'The Vault' repeats, the sponsorships are now either blurred or edited out of the title sequences/end credits to avoid controversy.
began repeating 1991-92 and 1996-97 episodes from December 2006 on Saturday mornings, similar to the shows original timeslot on ITV, though not in chronological order. The first episode to be broadcast was the 1992 special. The Vault also aired repeats of the repeats on the following Thursday. Due to the sponsors of the show being included in the shows titles, The Vault had to re-edit the episodes and blur out the sponsors' logos, as they are no longer affiliated with the show. The Video Visuals
logo was also cut from the episodes despite Video Visuals being part of CSC Media Group, which owns and operates The Vault. The repeats also aired without the channel's "V" graphic in the corner of the screen, but on-screen competition graphics were aired and proved unpopular with viewers - such competition graphics still air to this day across the CSC Media Group network. On several occasions, episodes were cut off abruptly to unplanned commercial breaks and blank screens, and some airings were accidentally ones that had already been shown on The Vault's run of the show. One scheduled episode failed to air completely and was replaced with another programme, which led to a double bill being shown the following weekend.
The Vault has yet to air pre-1990 editions of the show or editions from 1993-1995 as said episodes were (and still are to this day) stored on unplayable formats, and the network does not have compatible machines equipped to play the episodes. The shows were allowed to be converted, but the conversions were apparently very expensive, and the chances of The Vault converting the episodes depended on the popularity of the repeats. Unfortunately, the popularity of the run began to drop as viewing figures were becoming lower. This led to the showings being axed in July 2007, and the incompatible editions of the show were ultimately not converted.
In March 2008, Classic Chart Show returned to The Vault by popular demand. Unlike the previous run, the repeats were not advertised; the news only broke on The Vault's website. However, only four episodes were broadcast - two reportedly from the last run of repeats and two new repeats that suffered technical problems, one of which consisted of the first part being repeated three times. The repeats were axed the following month, and it remains unknown what the reason behind the axing was. Eventually, on 19 May 2008, a post by a forum administrator on The Vault's website stated that The Vault were "we're making a few changes to [their] schedule at the moment - rest assured the Chart Show repeats will be back, but we don't have a date set for them yet." The same admin also stated that The Vault were considering converting incompatible episodes. Eventually, the repeats returned for a third time on Friday 28 November 2008, though re-edited. Instead of blurring the sponsor's logo during the title sequence, scenes displaying the sponsor are entirely cut, and the show starts from when the logo disappears. Forum users on Digital Spy
claim that the run consists of, yet again, only a handful of episodes being played repeatedly. On 17 January 2009, a scheduled episode of the show failed to air for unknown reasons, and a regular run of music videos took its place. Since May 2010, the Vault have been showing repeats of Chart Show episodes from 1997 and 1998 on the channel each day, at 3 pm and 10 pm.
during its first few months on air.
The revival retains some of the original features of the show, including the faux video recorder graphics and the Video Vault, including the original 1996 ident. New features include an Airplay Chart, Urban Chart, Download Chart and Interactive Chart. An NME TV
Video Chart features which consists of music video as voted by users of the NME TV website. The traditional specialist charts, Dance, Rock and Indie, are expected to appear under new identities, as the second episode featured a Flaunt
Dance Chart. If this is correct, the Rock Chart would become the Scuzz Rock Chart. It is unknown what identity would carry with the Indie Chart as NME TV, which is based around indie music, has its own video chart. Artist interviews is now a regular feature, under the name "Chart Show Meets...". Neither The Chart News or Hot Shot feature in this run.
The show sports new titles and new, but fairly basic stings, but the graphics for song titles are that of Chart Show TVs, and The Chart Show, therefore, does not have its own song title graphics. Unlike the original series, there are no chart-transition graphics (such as the giant numbers from 1996–1998) and simply cut to the next video; neither is there a special Number 1 sting unlike the original series. Each specialist chart, such as the Flaunt Dance Chart, will share its graphics with the appropriate channel, meaning the Dance Chart will feature Flaunt's channel graphics. The show was often criticized for its plain graphics, compared to its predecessors, and the repetitive selections of which songs to play in the charts - When I Grow Up
by The Pussycat Dolls is a clear example, as it was played in most editions in which it featured.
Forum administrators stated, when the show began, that the show would air daily. Despite this, the show resulted in following no specific slot, and was placed at random times on the schedule. Admins also mislead viewers into believing the show was daily, whereas in reality, these were repeats of the show previously broadcast, with a new edition replacing these runs after approximately seven days, though on occasions, the same edition ran for two weeks before being changed. The revival found solid time slot in the Chart Show TV schedule on Monday afternoons, but the show was said to have been silently axed in early 2009.
However, in March 2009 the show returned yet again with a brand new episode each week on Fridays at 12 p.m on Chart Show TV. However, upon its return, the show was now only around 40 minutes in length, with the remaining 20 minutes of hourly air-time filled up with various music videos. This 40-minute version of the show included the specialist chart, the Singles chart, the Video Vault & a few new releases. This brief return only lasted until May 2009 though, when the show was axed yet again. There are no plans for the show to return at present though.
won in 1996, Chelsea
won in 1997.
Helvetica
Font, indicating that it was still called "Hot Shot".
Back to Back was dropped upon the show's move to ITV. End to End survived the move, but very rarely appeared, it had been dropped entirely by the early-1990s.
After the end of 1986, the Reggae Chart was dropped due to the lack of videos accompanying the singles. The specialised music charts such as Network Album, Compact Disc, Music Video, 'UK Hits In The USA' and Euro Charts were also dropped, though the Network Album Chart made a prominent comeback in 1987. That same year also marked the debut of the Top Ten, replacing the Network Singles Chart. From January 1988 to September 1989 the Album Chart was only shown via the 'Chart File Update', after which it was dropped entirely.
Until September 1989 the specialist charts were shown during the first part of the programme; thereafter it was shown in the second part of the shown; from November 1997 they were featured in part one again.
In 1997 and 1998, during the Formula One broadcasts, episodes were reduced to thirty minutes long and no specialist charts were shown.
Nearing the end of the original series, the last broadcast of the Indie Chart occurred much earlier than that of the other charts. This was due to the reduced number of specialist chart slots available given the space requirements of the Formula One coverage at the time.
The Indie Chart does not appear in the 2008 revival, and seems to have been replaced by the NME TV Video Chart, which focuses on alternative music and less well known artists, although not all of these are on independent labels (a requirement for entry into the original Indie Chart).
This was the specialist chart to be shown on the last ITV episode of 'The Chart Show', having also featured on the first ITV edition in 1989. During the ITV era, this chart also featured R'n'B, Hip Hop/Rap songs as there were no specialist charts for those genres on the show.
The Dance chart was revived in 2008 as the Flaunt Dance Chart featuring solely dance music, as hip hop and R'n'B is now featured in the Urban Chart. The Flaunt
branding is taken from CSC's dance music channel and the chart position stings are based on Flaunt's graphics, though the in-song graphics used are the same as those on the rest of the show.
This chart was featured on the first ever episode of the show on Channel 4 when it was named the 'Heavy Metal' Chart. When the show moved to ITV it became the 'Rock' Chart.
The chart was included in the 2008+ series as the Scuzz Rock Chart, based on the branding of CSC's rock and metal channel Scuzz
; as with the Flaunt and NME TV charts, the between-song chart position stings are based on the sibling channel's graphics.
Video Chart is a top ten rundown of viewer-voted music videos voted on the NME TV website. It is the only chart that purposely bares no resemblance to any official chart. In addition to featuring in cutdown form as part of the Chart Show, the chart is broadcast in its full form as a 50-minute programme on NME TV, broadcast daily (with the chart updated weekly).
, despite the other specialist charts being allied to one of CSC's channels. There was not a dedicated urban music chart during the C4/ITV era of the programme's history.
The 2008 revival on Chart Show TV introduced an album chart, rotating with the Airplay and Urban charts in part one of the show. On one occasion the album chart was moved to the end of the show (to allow a Metallica
video from the chart-topping album to be played in full), but in all other weeks the Singles Chart has closed the show.
whose chart was several days old by the time it was broadcast. For a brief period in 1987, the ident was accompanied with a message displaying how long it was since the chart was updated.
The Top Ten chart returned as part of the 2008 revival, and as before was usually broadcast at the close of the show. The chart was branded as 'Singles Chart' to tie in with the branding already used on Chart Show TV for the longform programme counting down the channel's weekly singles chart in its entirety.
The programme would present the charts using a series of graphics and stings, and during the programme's history there were three usual ways in which they were presented:
In the 2008 revival, every video played 'in full' throughout the show would 'PLAY' and later 'F-FWD', including New Releases and the Video Vault, which did not get this treatment in the programme's original form.
The No. 1 single of the specialist charts would not always be played for a one of these reasons:
Winners:
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
programme which ran in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
on Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
between 1986 and 1988, then on ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
between 1989 and 1998. The production company was Video Visuals
Video Visuals
Video Visuals was a British production company, best known for producing The Chart Show between 1986-1998. It is believed that the company has now evolved into CSC Media Group, owning channels like Chart Show TV, The Vault and POP....
, and (when shown on ITV) was credited as "A Yorkshire Television
Yorkshire Television
Yorkshire Television, now officially known as ITV Yorkshire and sometimes unofficially abbreviated to YTV, is a British television broadcaster and the contractor for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV network...
Presentation" from 1993 and 1998 (prior to this, no ITV Franchisee's logo was shown at the end). The show has lived on through a Channel 4 revival in 2003 and a more recent revival on the digital music channel Chart Show TV
Chart Show TV
Chart Show TV is a British music television channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group . The same people behind The Chart Show, a television programme that had previously been on Channel 4 and ITV, before relaunching it themselves in 2008...
, which ran sporadically from 2008 and 2009.
History
When it started, the show was unique in that it had no presenters computer-generated displays took their place. The "pop-up" information snippets were represented as "windows" in a mock-up graphical user interface called HUD. In 1987 this was replaced with the more familiar display which featured a "mouse-pointer" and "icons" generated on an AmigaAmiga
The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
computer. Although commonplace nowadays, such interfaces were relatively cutting-edge at the time. The look of the icons was updated on the move to ITV in January 1989, and again upon the show's relaunch on 7 December 1991. However, this update only lasted one show and the previous 1989 icons returned the following week and lasted until May 1996 when the show's look and production was completely overhauled and was replaced with an animated text banner at the bottom of the screen.
Graphics mimicking those of a video recorder in operation were also used, and are one of the show's most well remembered features.
The show was very important when it was first launched, being one of the few outlets for music videos on British television, in the days before the widespread takeup of satellite and cable television, and channels such as MTV Europe
MTV Europe
MTV Europe is a pan-European 24-hour entertainment cable and digital television network launched on August 1, 1987. Initially, the channel served all regions within Europe being one of the very few channels that targeted the entire European continent...
. Many music videos got their UK Television premieres during The Chart Show.
Shortly after launching, The Chart Show found itself being taken off air during a dispute with the Musicians' Union
Musicians' Union (UK)
-About the MU:The Musicians' Union is an organisation which represents over 30,000 musicians working in all sectors of the UK music business.-Campaigns:The MU stages regular campaigns in relation to relevant musical and industrial issues...
over the showing of music videos on ITV & Channel 4 which lasted throughout the summer of 1986. During this time, a show called Rewind, made by the same production team, was aired. This consisted of performances from other music shows. The dispute was resolved by the end of the summer, and The Chart Show returned at the end of August.
On Channel 4, the show ran on Friday nights, mainly filling gaps between series of The Tube
The Tube (TV series)
The Tube was an innovative United Kingdom pop/rock music television programme, which ran for five seasons, from 5 November 1982 until 1987...
. After moving to ITV it ran on Saturday mornings and also had a late night repeat in some ITV regions, though the day and time of this varied over time and between regions. One such late night repeat on 31 August 1997 was interrupted to report the breaking news of Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana, Princess of Wales was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, whom she married on 29 July 1981, and an international charity and fundraising figure, as well as a preeminent celebrity of the late 20th century...
' car accident. The show was so popular that it became a regular with five editions in July 1987 going out as 60 minute long "Summer Specials". The last regular edition to air on Channel 4 was on 30 September 1988. The final episode on Channel 4 was a Review of 1988 special on 2 January 1989; the first edition on ITV aired 5 days later. The show was renamed "The ITV Chart Show" that September after ITV launched its new corporate identity. The name reverted to The Chart Show on 22 October 1994.
Earlier Channel 4 editions were 45 minutes long, and later ones were 60 minutes, but were split into two 30 minute segments before moving to the 60 minute format in 1988. However, some later editions were shortened due to ITV buying rights to Formula One
Formula One
Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...
motor racing in 1997.
The last edition was shown on 22 August 1998, after being axed in favour of a live, performance based show, CD:UK
CD:UK
CD:UK was a British music television programme. Originally run in conjunction with SMTV Live, the programme was first aired on ITV on 29 August 1998 to rival the BBC's Live & Kicking and was the replacement for The Chart Show, which had been airing on the network for nine and a half years.In...
, which began the following week. The show featured various messages from viewers saying goodbye to the show and how upset they were that the show was finishing. There were also messages from artists, including Mel B and Suggs
Suggs (singer)
Graham McPherson , better known as Suggs, is an English singer, actor, former radio DJ, TV personality, and most famous as the frontman of the band Madness.-Early life:...
.
The first video on The Chart Show was "What You Need
What You Need (song)
"What You Need" is a song recorded by the Australian band INXS. It is the leadoff track from their 1985 album, Listen Like Thieves. "What You Need" was the first single off the album in Australia and New Zealand, while it was in USA and Europe the second single after "This Time" and was the band's...
" by INXS. The Chart Show mistakenly mentioned on the final show that Robert Palmer's Addicted to Love
Addicted to Love (song)
Tina Turner has made "Addicted to Love" a regular feature of her live shows since 1986, although her version did not make it onto the market until two years later....
was the first artist to appear on The Chart Show. The video clip of Robert Palmer with the original graphics on, shown on the last episode, was taken from the 4th episode, rather than the first, as revealed by the date shown in the H.U.D.
In the show's later days, the programme was broadcast "live", with all the elements of the show programmed into a computer and laid back to tape, the song title graphics and info banners being added live as the show was broadcast. This fact was played up over the first few months of the show being made this way, with a "Live" graphic appearing at the beginning of each part, in addition to the interactive Battle of the Bands segment. Both of these were dropped after a minor revamp in 1997, although live phone-in competitions continued to appear occasionally until the end of the show's run.
A Different Chart
Confusion often arose from the chart used on the show, as they initially used the chart compiled by MRIB (which was used at the time by commercial radio, and was adopted by NMENME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
in 1988) and later on compiled their own chart, as opposed to using the "official
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
" Gallup
The Gallup Organization
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The Official UK Charts Company
The Official Charts Company , previously called the Chart Information Network and then The Official UK Charts Company, compiles various "official" UK record charts, including the UK Singles Chart, the UK Albums Chart, and the UK Official Download Chart, as well as genre-specific and music video...
chart used by BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
, which in addition to the show's initial Friday and later Saturday airdate (therefore not taking account of the full week's sales) meant that the chart shown was different, sometimes slightly, other times more significantly, from that broadcast by Radio 1. Indeed, there were many occasions when the single shown to be Number One by The Chart Show differed from the official number one- including on the show's very first top 10 countdown in May 1987.
No Videos
Many singles featured in the charts had no music videos produced for them. Most of these songs were in the specialist charts, though they occasionally appeared in the Top Ten.In the early years, the problem was solved by showing a photo of the artist over a short excerpt from the song. As the show progressed, they had produced many various computer generated sequences to accompany the audio clips. These included onscreen games of pong, close ups of turntables playing, cars being crushed, silhouettes of people dancing, lava lamps amongst other stock footage. Due to the lack of an actual music video, the songs in question were never played in full.
There were exceptions to this; the first being Ride On Time
Ride on Time
"Ride on Time" is a 1989 song recorded by band Black Box. It was later released on their debut LP Dreamland. The song was a chart success in many countries and a number-one hit in the UKand Ireland.-Music and lyrics:...
by Black Box
Black Box (band)
Black Box was an Italian house music group popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The members of the group included a trio made up of a club DJ , a classically trained clarinet teacher , and a keyboard and electronic music "wiz"...
. The music video wasn't completed for several months after the song was released. In its first week at number one on the Top Ten, a photo of Catherine Quinol, the band's vocalist, was shown over a short excerpt from the single. However, as it was still number one the following week, a performance that was filmed for then Saturday morning show Ghost Train was shown, which had Catherine and an unknown organist performing on a stage.
Another notable example was Music Sounds Better With You
Music Sounds Better with You
"Music Sounds Better with You" is a 1998 single by French house music band Stardust. The vocal performance of the song was provided by Benjamin Diamond of the band. The song uses a sample of the song "Fate" by Chaka Khan, which appeared on her 1981 album What Cha' Gonna Do for Me...
by Stardust. This was number one on 15 August 1998 edition of the show and, similarly to Ride On Time, the music video wasn't completed until several months later. This time, a montage of past graphics from the show was put together, partially in response to viewer requests to see old graphics before the final episode. Though it would have been fitting for this to have been shown on the final episode the following week, the song had been knocked off the top spot, and only a short excerpt was shown.
In 1997, The Verve
The Verve
The Verve were an English rock band formed in 1989 in Wigan by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones, and drummer Peter Salisbury. Guitarist and keyboardist Simon Tong later became a member. Beginning with a psychedelic sound indebted to shoegazing and space...
had refused to allow the Chart Show to show the video for their single Lucky Man. When the song was mentioned in the top ten and in the indie chart, a message was shown on the screen explaining that they refused to let the video appear on the show, unless the show was redesigned. It remains unclear whether or not The Verve took a dislike to the new look show, or if the band simply wanted the video to be shown clean and uninterrupted. Accompanying both messages was the music that had been used to introduce the 'Worst Video' on the end of year specials.
This was the message that appeared on 6 December 1997 Indie Chart:
"Okay everybody... No change from last week. The band and their manager Jazz are still refusing to let us show their video unless we redesign the show for them. In the words of Vanilla
Vanilla (band)
-Band history:The band members consisted of sisters Frances Potter and Alison Potter plus two friends Alida Swart and Sharon Selby.They released just two singles for EMI in the late 1990s....
... 'No way, no way, Ma Numma Nah."
Sponsorships
The show had three sponsors over the span of its life. These were Pepe JeansPepe Jeans
Pepe Jeans London is a denim and casual wear jeans brand that was established in the Portobello Road area of London in 1973. From its origins as a tiny market stall to more than half a US billion dollar brand, Pepe has transformed itself into a jeanswear label found throughout Europe...
(1991–1992), Twix
Twix
Twix is a chocolate bar made by Mars, Inc., consisting of a biscuit finger, topped with caramel and coated in milk chocolate. Being somewhat smaller in width than other confectionery bars, Twix bars are typically packaged in pairs...
between (1993–1996) and Tizer
Tizer
Tizer is a red-coloured soft drink sold in the United Kingdom. The name originally comes from the phrase 'Tizer the Appetizer'. It was launched in 1924 by Fred Pickup of Manchester when it was known as 'Pickup's Appetizer'. After the death of Pickup it was owned by the Armour Trust before being...
(1997). Tizer also sponsored The Chart Show's replacement, CD:UK
CD:UK
CD:UK was a British music television programme. Originally run in conjunction with SMTV Live, the programme was first aired on ITV on 29 August 1998 to rival the BBC's Live & Kicking and was the replacement for The Chart Show, which had been airing on the network for nine and a half years.In...
, for several years. Unlike most sponsorships on UK television, these were incorporated into the show's titles as opposed to being shown as separate clips wrapped around the show in questions.
When Tizer became the new sponsor, the stings caused criticism as they were played at random moments during the titles and end credits, interrupting the show deliberately. Due to the irritation this caused, they were eventually dropped so that the show would run clean.
As part of 'The Vault' repeats, the sponsorships are now either blurred or edited out of the title sequences/end credits to avoid controversy.
Vault Repeats
Satellite channel The VaultThe Vault
The Vault is a British music television channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group. It launched in Summer 2003 and shows classic music videos from yesteryear and songs which are between one and five years old. It also plays some music from the eighties and nineties...
began repeating 1991-92 and 1996-97 episodes from December 2006 on Saturday mornings, similar to the shows original timeslot on ITV, though not in chronological order. The first episode to be broadcast was the 1992 special. The Vault also aired repeats of the repeats on the following Thursday. Due to the sponsors of the show being included in the shows titles, The Vault had to re-edit the episodes and blur out the sponsors' logos, as they are no longer affiliated with the show. The Video Visuals
Video Visuals
Video Visuals was a British production company, best known for producing The Chart Show between 1986-1998. It is believed that the company has now evolved into CSC Media Group, owning channels like Chart Show TV, The Vault and POP....
logo was also cut from the episodes despite Video Visuals being part of CSC Media Group, which owns and operates The Vault. The repeats also aired without the channel's "V" graphic in the corner of the screen, but on-screen competition graphics were aired and proved unpopular with viewers - such competition graphics still air to this day across the CSC Media Group network. On several occasions, episodes were cut off abruptly to unplanned commercial breaks and blank screens, and some airings were accidentally ones that had already been shown on The Vault's run of the show. One scheduled episode failed to air completely and was replaced with another programme, which led to a double bill being shown the following weekend.
The Vault has yet to air pre-1990 editions of the show or editions from 1993-1995 as said episodes were (and still are to this day) stored on unplayable formats, and the network does not have compatible machines equipped to play the episodes. The shows were allowed to be converted, but the conversions were apparently very expensive, and the chances of The Vault converting the episodes depended on the popularity of the repeats. Unfortunately, the popularity of the run began to drop as viewing figures were becoming lower. This led to the showings being axed in July 2007, and the incompatible editions of the show were ultimately not converted.
In March 2008, Classic Chart Show returned to The Vault by popular demand. Unlike the previous run, the repeats were not advertised; the news only broke on The Vault's website. However, only four episodes were broadcast - two reportedly from the last run of repeats and two new repeats that suffered technical problems, one of which consisted of the first part being repeated three times. The repeats were axed the following month, and it remains unknown what the reason behind the axing was. Eventually, on 19 May 2008, a post by a forum administrator on The Vault's website stated that The Vault were "we're making a few changes to [their] schedule at the moment - rest assured the Chart Show repeats will be back, but we don't have a date set for them yet." The same admin also stated that The Vault were considering converting incompatible episodes. Eventually, the repeats returned for a third time on Friday 28 November 2008, though re-edited. Instead of blurring the sponsor's logo during the title sequence, scenes displaying the sponsor are entirely cut, and the show starts from when the logo disappears. Forum users on Digital Spy
Digital Spy
Digital Spy is a British entertainment and media news website. According to Alexa Internet traffic statistics, as of February 2011, Digital Spy is the 93rd most popular website in the United Kingdom, with an overall Alexa ranking of 2,088....
claim that the run consists of, yet again, only a handful of episodes being played repeatedly. On 17 January 2009, a scheduled episode of the show failed to air for unknown reasons, and a regular run of music videos took its place. Since May 2010, the Vault have been showing repeats of Chart Show episodes from 1997 and 1998 on the channel each day, at 3 pm and 10 pm.
Channel 4
For two weeks in January 2003, The Chart Show returned to Channel 4 in 60 minute segments in the morning, although these followed a different format, with a voiceover and absent of the faux video recorder graphics that the show was well known for. A similarly formatted version also ran on Chart Show TVChart Show TV
Chart Show TV is a British music television channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group . The same people behind The Chart Show, a television programme that had previously been on Channel 4 and ITV, before relaunching it themselves in 2008...
during its first few months on air.
Chart Show TV
On 6 August 2008, a revival of The Chart Show aired on Chart Show TV. This version is somewhat closer to the original format than that of the short-lived 2003 version.The revival retains some of the original features of the show, including the faux video recorder graphics and the Video Vault, including the original 1996 ident. New features include an Airplay Chart, Urban Chart, Download Chart and Interactive Chart. An NME TV
NME TV
NME TV is a British music television channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group . This is a similar arrnagement to its radio station, NME Radio, which is operated by DX Media. The channel replaced Minx on 22 November 2007...
Video Chart features which consists of music video as voted by users of the NME TV website. The traditional specialist charts, Dance, Rock and Indie, are expected to appear under new identities, as the second episode featured a Flaunt
Flaunt
Flaunt is a monthly American fashion culture magazine founded by the current editor-in-chief, Luis Barajas, and creative director, Jim Turner, also the founders of Detour magazine. Long Nguyen, a third founder and style director, also was working on Detour for four years...
Dance Chart. If this is correct, the Rock Chart would become the Scuzz Rock Chart. It is unknown what identity would carry with the Indie Chart as NME TV, which is based around indie music, has its own video chart. Artist interviews is now a regular feature, under the name "Chart Show Meets...". Neither The Chart News or Hot Shot feature in this run.
The show sports new titles and new, but fairly basic stings, but the graphics for song titles are that of Chart Show TVs, and The Chart Show, therefore, does not have its own song title graphics. Unlike the original series, there are no chart-transition graphics (such as the giant numbers from 1996–1998) and simply cut to the next video; neither is there a special Number 1 sting unlike the original series. Each specialist chart, such as the Flaunt Dance Chart, will share its graphics with the appropriate channel, meaning the Dance Chart will feature Flaunt's channel graphics. The show was often criticized for its plain graphics, compared to its predecessors, and the repetitive selections of which songs to play in the charts - When I Grow Up
When I Grow Up (Pussycat Dolls song)
"When I Grow Up" is a song by American girl group the Pussycat Dolls, from their second studio album, Doll Domination . It was released on May 27, 2008 as the lead single from the album, and the first following the departure of the group's longest-standing member Carmit Bachar...
by The Pussycat Dolls is a clear example, as it was played in most editions in which it featured.
Forum administrators stated, when the show began, that the show would air daily. Despite this, the show resulted in following no specific slot, and was placed at random times on the schedule. Admins also mislead viewers into believing the show was daily, whereas in reality, these were repeats of the show previously broadcast, with a new edition replacing these runs after approximately seven days, though on occasions, the same edition ran for two weeks before being changed. The revival found solid time slot in the Chart Show TV schedule on Monday afternoons, but the show was said to have been silently axed in early 2009.
However, in March 2009 the show returned yet again with a brand new episode each week on Fridays at 12 p.m on Chart Show TV. However, upon its return, the show was now only around 40 minutes in length, with the remaining 20 minutes of hourly air-time filled up with various music videos. This 40-minute version of the show included the specialist chart, the Singles chart, the Video Vault & a few new releases. This brief return only lasted until May 2009 though, when the show was axed yet again. There are no plans for the show to return at present though.
Exclusives/New Releases
These were nearly released songs that were played at various points in the show, mainly at the beginning and before the 'Top Ten'. Various graphics were used to denote that the video was an "exclusive" showing throughout the series. Very occasionally a video was promoted as "World Exclusive". Usually, there was only one animation, with several colour schemes though between 1989-1991 there were 3 such animations (again, each with different colour schemes) and between 1996-1997 the word "Exclusive" appeared at the top of the screen, animating on in several different ways (although always in the same size & font- although, again, with different colours). The emphasis on videos being "exclusive" was kept throughout the entire run of the series.Star Chart
A short lived feature introduced to the show upon its move to ITV in 1989. Each week, there was a different star sign and songs were shown by different artists who were born under that particular sign. This feature was dropped as part of a revamp in September 1989. Notably, the Star Chart still appeared on the "Next Week" caption shown at the end of every episode until the graphics were revamped in December 1991, despite the fact the feature hadn't appeared on the show for over 2 years by this point.The Chart News
Introduced to the show in September 1989, one of the regular subdivisions of The Chart Show was 'The Chart News' where new single releases that had not yet reached the Top Ten in the singles chart would be played, including some that had not yet even been released. Originally the only categories were Chart Breaker (new entries to the top 40) and Highclimber, until September 1989 these were shown before the Top Ten. With the May 1996 relaunch, new categories were introduced- New Entry, Newsflash and Scoop. Video & Back Chat were also seen in the animations, but were never used to introduce videos.Interviews
In 1996, a new feature, star interviews, were introduced during The Chart News section of the show. These consisted of interviews with various artists, talking against a backdrop of their past or current music videos. In keeping with the presenter-less format of the show, there was no interviewer seen during this section. The feature was revived for the 2008 series under the name Chart Show Meets...Battle Of The Bands
For a while a section called 'Battle Of The Bands' was shown. It was supposed to be a competition to see which band the viewers thought was the best. At the end of the show, it revealed which band won (and played a recent song performed by that band). Usually there was some sort of theme between the two artists up for voting such as being rival bands or relating to a recent or upcoming chart battle. In 1996 and 1997 there was an F.A. Cup Final battle of the bands, with the official songs of the teams being up for vote- LiverpoolLiverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
won in 1996, Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
won in 1997.
The Chart Show Competition
After a while, the Battle of The Bands was replaced by 'The Chart Show Competition' where the viewers had to answer a question associating with a pop star (in which a video by that pop star would be playing at the time) and they could win prizes such as albums or clothing signed by various artists. What form these competitions took changed between shows- some weeks they would be a live phone-in with the winner announced at the end of the show, other weeks it would be a write-in competition.Video Vault
A video of a song that was at least a few years old would be shown in the middle section of each episode of the show. This was nearly always a Top 10 hit, and the original title for this section of the programme was 'Vintage Video', signalling that virtually all of the featured videos were from the early days of music video production in the mid-to-late 1970s and early-to-mid 1980s, predating the origins of The Chart Show. However, it was renamed 'Video Vault' with the December 1991 revamp. This segment was introduced in September 1989, prior to this other slots such as Star Chart and Back To Back were used to show older videos. Towards the end of the shows run, it was possible to email in to request songs to be played, and requests were sometimes shown on screen. The Video Vault was revived for the 2008 series, along with the 1996 ident.Hot Shot
This was a forthcoming release which was being tipped for success. Between 1996 and 1998, though it had appeared to have been renamed "Shot", the 'S' in shot was flashing used in RedRed
Red is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye, in the wavelength range of roughly 630–740 nm. Longer wavelengths than this are called infrared , and cannot be seen by the naked eye...
Helvetica
Helvetica
Helvetica is a widely used sans-serif typeface developed in 1957 by Swiss typeface designer Max Miedinger with Eduard Hoffmann.-Visual distinctive characteristics:Characteristics of this typeface are:lower case:square dot over the letter i....
Font, indicating that it was still called "Hot Shot".
Back to Back
In early years, another regular feature on the middle section of each programme involved the playing of three different hit singles by one musical artist in a row. This feature was known as 'Back to Back'. In some weeks, "showreel" would be shown instead- this followed virtually the same format, but was 3 videos by the same director(s).End to End
In every episode of the original show, just one video was played in its entirety from beginning to end with no cut-off point towards the end. This feature was known as 'End to End'. Which song was rewarded with this preferential treatment was entirely at the programme makers' discretion and did not follow any clear pattern.Back to Back was dropped upon the show's move to ITV. End to End survived the move, but very rarely appeared, it had been dropped entirely by the early-1990s.
Rough Cut
On some shows, an early pre-release working version of a future video was shown at some point, usually in the 'Next Week' section. This feature was known as 'Rough Cut'. Rough Cuts were also occasionally seen on some of the end of year specials, during the previews for the following year.The Charts
From April–August 1986, the show had a total of nine charts, though only three of them were shown per episode:- Four of them were charts of singles in specialised music genres: Heavy Metal, Indie, Reggae and Dance.
- Accompanying each of these were sometimes the Network Album Chart, Compact Disc Chart, Music Video Chart, 'UK Hits In The USA' and the Euro Chart.
- Though there was no overall 'Top Ten' at the time, the Network Singles Chart focused on new entries and high-climbers within the top one hundred.
After the end of 1986, the Reggae Chart was dropped due to the lack of videos accompanying the singles. The specialised music charts such as Network Album, Compact Disc, Music Video, 'UK Hits In The USA' and Euro Charts were also dropped, though the Network Album Chart made a prominent comeback in 1987. That same year also marked the debut of the Top Ten, replacing the Network Singles Chart. From January 1988 to September 1989 the Album Chart was only shown via the 'Chart File Update', after which it was dropped entirely.
Until September 1989 the specialist charts were shown during the first part of the programme; thereafter it was shown in the second part of the shown; from November 1997 they were featured in part one again.
In 1997 and 1998, during the Formula One broadcasts, episodes were reduced to thirty minutes long and no specialist charts were shown.
Indie Chart
This chart showed the top ten Indie singles of the week.Nearing the end of the original series, the last broadcast of the Indie Chart occurred much earlier than that of the other charts. This was due to the reduced number of specialist chart slots available given the space requirements of the Formula One coverage at the time.
The Indie Chart does not appear in the 2008 revival, and seems to have been replaced by the NME TV Video Chart, which focuses on alternative music and less well known artists, although not all of these are on independent labels (a requirement for entry into the original Indie Chart).
Dance Chart / Flaunt Dance Chart
This chart showed the top ten Dance singles of the week.This was the specialist chart to be shown on the last ITV episode of 'The Chart Show', having also featured on the first ITV edition in 1989. During the ITV era, this chart also featured R'n'B, Hip Hop/Rap songs as there were no specialist charts for those genres on the show.
The Dance chart was revived in 2008 as the Flaunt Dance Chart featuring solely dance music, as hip hop and R'n'B is now featured in the Urban Chart. The Flaunt
Flaunt
Flaunt is a monthly American fashion culture magazine founded by the current editor-in-chief, Luis Barajas, and creative director, Jim Turner, also the founders of Detour magazine. Long Nguyen, a third founder and style director, also was working on Detour for four years...
branding is taken from CSC's dance music channel and the chart position stings are based on Flaunt's graphics, though the in-song graphics used are the same as those on the rest of the show.
Rock Chart / Scuzz Rock Chart
This chart showed the top ten Rock singles of the week.This chart was featured on the first ever episode of the show on Channel 4 when it was named the 'Heavy Metal' Chart. When the show moved to ITV it became the 'Rock' Chart.
The chart was included in the 2008+ series as the Scuzz Rock Chart, based on the branding of CSC's rock and metal channel Scuzz
Scuzz
Scuzz is a British music television channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group . It launched on 17 April 2003 and has gone on to be the highest-rated rock TV station on UK satellite. The channel plays a broad range of rock and all its subgenres...
; as with the Flaunt and NME TV charts, the between-song chart position stings are based on the sibling channel's graphics.
NME TV Video Chart
Introduced in the 2008 revival, the NME TVNME TV
NME TV is a British music television channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group . This is a similar arrnagement to its radio station, NME Radio, which is operated by DX Media. The channel replaced Minx on 22 November 2007...
Video Chart is a top ten rundown of viewer-voted music videos voted on the NME TV website. It is the only chart that purposely bares no resemblance to any official chart. In addition to featuring in cutdown form as part of the Chart Show, the chart is broadcast in its full form as a 50-minute programme on NME TV, broadcast daily (with the chart updated weekly).
Urban Chart
The 2008 revival introduced an Urban Chart, which rather than being included as a specialist chart, runs in its own section earlier on in the show, rotating with the Airplay and Album charts. Unusually, it does not carry the branding of CSC's urban music station FlavaFlava (TV channel)
Flava is a British music television channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group it launched on Wednesday 26 March 2008 and replaced B4 TV, a previous pre-launch music channel from CSC Media Group...
, despite the other specialist charts being allied to one of CSC's channels. There was not a dedicated urban music chart during the C4/ITV era of the programme's history.
Album Chart
The Chart Show has featured an album chart during two periods of its history - 1986-1989 and 2008+. During the programme's run on Channel 4, the "Network Albums" chart ran as part of the regular rotation of specialist charts, wherein it aired a countdown of the week's top 10 albums, playing a selection of tracks from those albums (generally recent or forthcoming singles, as these were most likely to have videos available). The final Album Chart in this format aired in December 1987; from January 1988 the Album Chart moved to become part of the Chart File Update section. This initially survived the move to ITV, but was dropped along with the rest of CFU in the September 1989 relaunch.The 2008 revival on Chart Show TV introduced an album chart, rotating with the Airplay and Urban charts in part one of the show. On one occasion the album chart was moved to the end of the show (to allow a Metallica
Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...
video from the chart-topping album to be played in full), but in all other weeks the Singles Chart has closed the show.
Airplay Chart
Introduced as part of the 2008 relaunch, an Airplay Chart rotated with the Urban and Album charts in the first part of the hour-long editions of the show. As this chart was based on the most-played songs of the week, and therefore featured many popular songs, the content of the chart was very similar to that of the Singles Chart, though usually the videos played in full would differ between the two (a track played in full in one chart would not be played fully in the other).Top Ten / Singles Chart
This was the overall singles chart that was shown near the end of every episode following the second commercial break. Initially known as "The Network Chart", being the name used for the MRIB Chart the show used, that name was dropped when the show began compiling their own chart. It began with a note saying (ironically) 'The fastest chart on television', referring to the fact that the chart was up to date at the time of broadcast, being compiled either the previous day, or the same day as opposed to Top of The PopsTop of the Pops
Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...
whose chart was several days old by the time it was broadcast. For a brief period in 1987, the ident was accompanied with a message displaying how long it was since the chart was updated.
The Top Ten chart returned as part of the 2008 revival, and as before was usually broadcast at the close of the show. The chart was branded as 'Singles Chart' to tie in with the branding already used on Chart Show TV for the longform programme counting down the channel's weekly singles chart in its entirety.
Chart Presentations
In each featured chart, some songs - usually the Number One and all/most new entries - would be played 'in full' (the bulk of the video, less the very start and end, would be aired); if time allowed, some or all of the 'climbers' (songs going up the chart) would also get this treatment. Non-movers would also get this treatment if there was further time to fill (e.g. due to a scarcity of new entries/climbers). Songs not played in full were referenced by the inclusion of a brief clip of the video at the appropriate point in the chart countdown. This format was used by all the programme's regular charts.The programme would present the charts using a series of graphics and stings, and during the programme's history there were three usual ways in which they were presented:
- Until August 1989, all the top ten songs in the charts would be shown briefly. After reaching the No.1 (No. 2 in The Top Ten), the chart would be stopped (the graphic 'STOP' would appear) and rewound ('REWIND') to the first song that was to be played in full ('PLAY'). When that song was finished, the chart was fast-forwarded (and sometimes rewound) to the next song to be played in full.
- From September 1989 - October 1997, the songs in the chart would be shown in sequence; when a song was to be played in full, the 'PLAY' graphic would appear. The 'F FWD' graphic was still used to fast forward the song, providing a device for moving onto the next song. Songs not played in full would be represented by brief clips at the appropriate point. In the first edition of September 1989, when the 'F-FWD' graphic appeared, the song would be fast forwarded then slowed down, before moving onto the next song. This was dropped in the next episode infavour of the aforementioned device.
- From November 1997 - August 1998, the 'PLAY' graphic was dropped and every song in the chart was fast forwarded whether played in short or full. Songs played only briefly got one bar of gossip/information, whilst songs played to fuller length got two. This allowed the programme to be more flexible about the length of time given to each song.
In the 2008 revival, every video played 'in full' throughout the show would 'PLAY' and later 'F-FWD', including New Releases and the Video Vault, which did not get this treatment in the programme's original form.
The No. 1 single of the specialist charts would not always be played for a one of these reasons:
- The single had no video.
- The content in it was inappropriate for a morning-afternoon broadcast.
- The single was to be played in full at some point in the overall 'Top Ten'.
Chart File Update
Whilst one of the specialist charts would be featured prominently, the top ten singles of the other charts would be mentioned briefly in this section of the show. This section also referred to the 'chartbreakers' and 'highclimbers' - songs entering or climbing the chart outside the top ten. The CFU was shown throughout the run on Channel 4 and for the first few months on ITV. It was last shown on the 26 August 1989 edition, and was replaced by The Chart News from September of that year.Next Week
At the very end of the show, after the Number One single of the week was played, was a section called 'Next Week', featuring brief previews of songs which were coming up in the next week's show, often with one of them being played almost in its entirety with the closing credits. From 1996, the ident would be presented in the same manner as one of the subsections of 'The Chart News'. The 2008 version of the Chart Show did not feature a Next Week section, instead stopping the show after the No. 1 of the Singles Chart (the revival also omitted to include a full credits list, featuring only a CSC Media copyright line).End-Of-Year Specials
Excluding 1994, the show would have an 'end-of-year' episode that featured 'best' and 'worst' awards as well as countdowns of the best-selling songs of the year.Winners:
Best New Act
- 1986 - The HousemartinsThe HousemartinsThe Housemartins were an English indie pop band that was active in the 1980s. Many of the Housemartins' lyrics were a mixture of Marxist politics and Christianity, reflecting singer Paul Heaton's beliefs at the time .-Formation:The band was formed in late 1983 by Paul Heaton and...
- Happy Hour - 1987 - Wet Wet WetWet Wet WetWet Wet Wet are a Scottish pop rock band that formed in the 1980s. They scored a number of hits in the British charts and around the world. The band is composed of Marti Pellow , Tommy Cunningham , Graeme Clark and Neil Mitchell...
- Sweet Little Mystery - 1988 - The PasadenasThe PasadenasThe Pasadenas were a R&B / pop group from the United Kingdom, best known for their hit songs, "Tribute " and "I'm Doing Fine Now".-Career:...
- Tribute (Right On) - 1989 - The Beautiful SouthThe Beautiful SouthThe Beautiful South were an English alternative rock group formed at the end of the 1980s by two former members of Hull group The Housemartins, Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway. The duo were initially joined by Sean Welch , Dave Stead and Dave Rotheray , all of whom stayed with the group throughout...
- You Keep It All In - 1990 - Beats InternationalBeats InternationalBeats International was a British electronic music band, formed in the late 1980s by Norman Cook , after his departure from The Housemartins.-Career:...
- Dub Be Good To Me - 1991 - Kenny ThomasKenny Thomas (singer)Kenny Thomas is an English soul singer.-Career:Thomas grew up on Hillside Estate in Stamford Hill and went to Cardinal Pole RC School in Hackney . He was a boxer and a BT technician before turning his hand to a singing career...
- Outstanding - 1992 - Tasmin ArcherTasmin ArcherTasmin Archer is an English pop singer. Her first album, Great Expectations, spawned the hit "Sleeping Satellite" which reached number one in the United Kingdom and Ireland.-Biography:...
- Sleeping Satellite - 1993 - JamiroquaiJamiroquaiJamiroquai is a British jazz funk and acid jazz band formed in 1992. Jamiroquai were initially the most prominent component in the early-1990s London-based acid jazz movement, alongside groups such as Incognito, the James Taylor Quartet, and the Brand New Heavies. Other Acid Jazz artists such as...
- Too Young To Die - 1995 - SupergrassSupergrassSupergrass was an English alternative rock band from Oxford. The band consisted of brothers Gaz and Rob Coombes , Mick Quinn and Danny Goffey ....
- Alright - 1996 - Spice GirlsSpice GirlsThe Spice Girls were a British pop girl group formed in 1994. The group consisted of Victoria Beckham , Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell. They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe" in 1996, which hit number-one in more than 30...
- Say You'll Be There - 1997 - The SeahorsesThe SeahorsesThe Seahorses were an English rock band, formed in 1996 by guitarist John Squire, following his departure from The Stone Roses.The band released one album in 1997 and began work on a follow up, before splitting up due to musical differences during recording sessions in January 1999.-History:Formed...
- Blinded By The Sun
Best Solo Artist
- 1988 - Tracy ChapmanTracy ChapmanTracy Chapman is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her singles "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Give Me One Reason" and "Telling Stories". She is a multi-platinum and four-time Grammy Award-winning artist.-Biography:Tracy Chapman was born in Cleveland,...
- Fast Car - 1989 - Lisa StansfieldLisa StansfieldLisa Stansfield is an English singer and songwriter.-Early years:Stansfield was born to Marion and Keith Stansfield in Heywood, Lancashire, in England, where she attended Redbrook School, Rochdale. Her first television appearance was on a talent programme in the Granada TV area in 1982...
- All Around The World - 1990 - Harry Connick, Jr.Harry Connick, Jr.Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr. is an American singer, big-band leader/conductor, pianist, actor, and composer. He has sold over 25 million albums worldwide. Connick is ranked among the top 60 best-selling male artists in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America, with...
- We Are In Love - 1991 - Seal - Crazy
- 1992 - Curtis StigersCurtis StigersCurtis Stigers is an American jazz vocalist, saxophonist, guitarist, and songwriter.-Early life and career:Stigers was born in Boise, Idaho, and started his music career as a teenager, playing in jazz, rock and blues groups, as well as receiving formal training in clarinet and saxophone at high...
- I Wonder Why - 1993 - BjörkBjörkBjörk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...
- Big Time Sensuality - 1995 - Alanis MorissetteAlanis MorissetteAlanis Nadine Morissette is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress. She has won 16 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and also shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination...
- Hand In My Pocket - 1996 - LouiseLouise RedknappLouise Elizabeth Redknapp is an English singer and media personality. She was a member of the girl group Eternal from 1992 to 1995, before becoming a solo singer . She has presented several television shows and served as a judge on the UK version of So You Think You Can Dance...
- Undivided Love - 1997 - Sheryl CrowSheryl CrowSheryl Suzanne Crow is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and actress. Her music incorporates elements of rock, folk, hip hop, country and pop...
- Everyday Is A Winding Road
Best Video Of The Year
- 1986 - Peter GabrielPeter GabrielPeter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
- Sledgehammer - 1987 - New OrderNew OrderNew Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris...
- True Faith - 1988 - Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peek-A-Boo
- 1989 - Fine Young CannibalsFine Young CannibalsFine Young Cannibals were a British band formed in Birmingham, England, in 1984, by bassist David Steele and guitarist Andy Cox , and singer Roland Gift...
- She Drives Me Crazy - 1990 - Paula AbdulPaula AbdulPaula Julie Abdul is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality.In the 1980s, Abdul rose from cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers to highly sought-after choreographer at the height of the music video era before scoring a string of pop music-R&B hits...
- Opposites Attract - 1991 - Shakespears SisterShakespears SisterShakespears Sister/Shakespear's Sister is a British-based synth-pop-rock band formed by Irish-born singer–songwriter Siobhan Fahey in 1988, with plaudits including a BRIT Award and Ivor Novello Award. It was Fahey's first musical outing since leaving Bananarama, and initially a solo project...
- Goodbye Cruel World - 1992 - R.E.M.R.E.M.R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry. One of the first popular alternative rock bands, R.E.M. gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's...
- Man On The Moon - 1993 - Peter GabrielPeter GabrielPeter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
- Kiss That Frog - 1995 - Gavin FridayGavin FridayGavin Friday is an Irish singer and songwriter, composer, actor and painter.-Career:Gavin was born in Dublin and grew up in Finglas, a neighbourhood located on Dublin's Northside...
- Angel - 1996 - JamiroquaiJamiroquaiJamiroquai is a British jazz funk and acid jazz band formed in 1992. Jamiroquai were initially the most prominent component in the early-1990s London-based acid jazz movement, alongside groups such as Incognito, the James Taylor Quartet, and the Brand New Heavies. Other Acid Jazz artists such as...
- Virtual Insanity - 1997 - Various Artists - Perfect Day
Best Foreign Video
- 1986 - PrincePrince (musician)Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...
- Kiss - 1987 - Crowded HouseCrowded HouseCrowded House are a rock band, formed in Melbourne, Australia and led by New Zealand singer-songwriter Neil Finn. Finn is the primary songwriter and creative director of the band, having led it through several incarnations, drawing members from New Zealand , Australia and the United States...
- Don't Dream Its Over - 1988 - Toni ChildsToni ChildsToni Childs is an American singer-songwriter from Orange, California. She has released four studio albums and is best known for her songs "Don't Walk Away" , "I've Got To Go Now", a Top 5 hit in Australia in 1991, and the Emmy-winning "Because You're Beautiful" Toni Childs (born October 29, 1957)...
- Don't Walk Away - 1989 - Malcolm McLarenMalcolm McLarenMalcolm Robert Andrew McLaren was an English performer, impresario, self-publicist and manager of the Sex Pistols and the New York Dolls...
- Waltz Darling
Worst Video of The Year
- 1986 - Frankie Goes to HollywoodFrankie Goes to HollywoodFrankie Goes to Hollywood were a British dance-pop band popular in the mid-1980s. The group was fronted by Holly Johnson , with Paul Rutherford , Peter Gill , Mark O'Toole , and Brian Nash .The group's debut single "Relax" was banned by the BBC in 1984 while at number six in the charts and...
- Rage Hard - 1987 - Anita DobsonAnita DobsonAnita Dobson is an English television actress and singer. She gained her highest profile while playing Angie Watts in the BBC soap opera, EastEnders...
- Talking of Love - 1988 - Shakin' StevensShakin' StevensShakin' Stevens, also known as "Shaky" is a platinum selling Welsh rock and roll singer and songwriter who holds the distinction of being the UK's biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s . His recording and performing career began in the late 1960s, although it was not until 1980 that he saw...
- True Love - 1989 - EdelweissEdelweiss (band)Edelweiss was an Austrian electronica/dance band consisting of remixers Martin Gletschermayer, Matthias Schweger and Walter Werzowa. The group is best known for their 1988 worldwide hit "Bring Me Edelweiss", and their European hit "Starship Edelweiss"....
- Can't Get No - 1990 - David HasselhoffDavid HasselhoffDavid Michael Hasselhoff is an American actor, singer, producer and businessman. He is best known for his lead roles as Michael Knight in the popular 1980s US series Knight Rider and as L.A. County Lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in the series Baywatch...
- Crazy for You - 1991 - Barry ManilowBarry ManilowBarry Manilow is an American singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, producer, conductor, and performer, best known for such recordings as "Could It Be Magic", "Mandy", "Can't Smile Without You", and "Copacabana ."...
- Jingle Bells - 1992 - The TroggsThe TroggsThe Troggs are an English rock band from the 1960s that had a number of hits in UK and the US. Their most famous songs include, "Wild Thing", "With a Girl Like You", and "Love Is All Around"...
- Wild Thing - 1993 - Dusty SpringfieldDusty SpringfieldMary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'BrienSources use both Isabel and Isobel as the spelling of her second name. OBE , known professionally as Dusty Springfield and dubbed The White Queen of Soul, was a British pop singer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s...
& Cilla BlackCilla BlackCilla Black OBE is an English singer, actress, entertainer and media personality, who has been consistently popular as a light entertainment figure since 1963. She is most famous for her singles Anyone Who Had A Heart, You're My World, and Alfie...
- Heart And Soul - 1995 - Denise WelchDenise WelchJacqueline Denise Healy is an English actress, dancer and television presenter.-Early life:Denise Welch was born in Ebchester, County Durham, to father Vin and mother Ann and has a younger sister Debbie...
- You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - 1996 - Peter EbdonPeter EbdonPeter "Ebbo" Ebdon is an English professional snooker player and former world champion renowned for his remarkably focused, determined style of play.-Early years:...
- I Am A Clown - 1997 - VanillaVanilla (band)-Band history:The band members consisted of sisters Frances Potter and Alison Potter plus two friends Alida Swart and Sharon Selby.They released just two singles for EMI in the late 1990s....
- No Way No Way
Funniest Video of the Year
- 1988 - "Weird Al" Yankovic"Weird Al" YankovicAlfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, accordionist, actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and parodist. Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts...
- Fat - 1989 - BananaramaBananaramaBananarama are an English female pop duo who have had success on the pop and dance charts since 1982. Rather than relying on a two part harmony, the duo generally sings in unison, as do their background vocalists. Although there have been line-up changes, the group enjoyed their most popular...
with French and SaundersFrench and SaundersFrench and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television show written by and starring comic duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. It is also the name by which the performers are known on the occasions when they appear elsewhere as a double act....
- Help - 1990 - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh PrinceDJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh PrinceDJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince is a hip hop duo from West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Vocalist Will Smith met Jeff Townes while trying to make a name for himself in West Philadelphia's local hip hop scene. After joining forces with Clarence Holmes the team members became local celebrities...
- I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson
Dance Chart
- 1986 - CameoCameo (band)Cameo is an American soul-influenced funk group that formed in the early 1970s. Cameo was initially a 13-member group known as the New York City Players; this name was later changed to Cameo to avoid a lawsuit from Ohio Players, another group from that era. Since then, Cameo has recorded several...
- Word Up - 1987 - Rick AstleyRick AstleyRichard Paul "Rick" Astley is an English singer-songwriter, musician, and radio personality. He is known for his 1987 song, "Never Gonna Give You Up", which was a #1 hit single in 25 countries...
- Never Gonna Give You Up - 1988 - YazzYazzYazz is a British pop singer, who remains best known for her successful 1988 dance track, "The Only Way Is Up". Some of her records were credited to Yazz & The Plastic Population...
and the Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up - 1989 - A Guy Called GeraldA Guy Called GeraldA Guy Called Gerald is the stage name for the musician, record producer and DJ Gerald Simpson ....
- Voodoo Ray - 1990 - AdamskiAdamskiAdamski is an English dance music producer, prominent at the time of acid house for his tracks "N-R-G" and "Killer" .-Career:...
- Killer - 1991 - Bizarre Inc - Playing With Knives
- 1992 - Snap - Rhythm Is A Dancer
Best Dance Video
- 1997
- 1. Puff Daddy & Faith EvansFaith EvansFaith Renée Evans is an American singer-songwriter, recording artist, record producer, actress and author. Born in Florida and raised in New Jersey, Evans relocated to Los Angeles during 1993 for a career with the music business. After working as a backing vocalist for Al B...
- I'll Be Missing You - 2. Dario GDario GDario G is the name of a dance music trio from Crewe, Cheshire, England. Despite popular belief the group are not named after the manager of Crewe Alexandra, Dario Gradi but changed their name from Dario to Dario G after being threatened with legal action from an artist of the same name...
- Sunchyme - 3. JamiroquaiJamiroquaiJamiroquai is a British jazz funk and acid jazz band formed in 1992. Jamiroquai were initially the most prominent component in the early-1990s London-based acid jazz movement, alongside groups such as Incognito, the James Taylor Quartet, and the Brand New Heavies. Other Acid Jazz artists such as...
- Alright
- 1. Puff Daddy & Faith Evans
Indie Chart
- 1986 - The SmithsThe SmithsThe Smiths were an English alternative rock band, formed in Manchester in 1982. Based on the song writing partnership of Morrissey and Johnny Marr , the band also included Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce...
- Panic - 1987 - M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up The Volume
- 1988 - YazzYazzYazz is a British pop singer, who remains best known for her successful 1988 dance track, "The Only Way Is Up". Some of her records were credited to Yazz & The Plastic Population...
and the Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up - 1989 - Inspiral CarpetsInspiral CarpetsInspiral Carpets are an alternative rock band from Oldham in Greater Manchester, England formed by Graham Lambert and Stephen Holt in 1983. The band is named after a clothing shop on their Oldham estate...
- Joe - 1990 - Happy MondaysHappy MondaysHappy Mondays are an English alternative rock band from Salford, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1980, the band's original line-up was Shaun Ryder on lead vocals, his brother Paul Ryder on bass, lead guitarist Mark Day, keyboardist Paul Davis, and drummer Gary Whelan...
- Step On - 1991 - CurveCurve (band)Curve was an English music group formed in 1990 chiefly around the collaboration of singer/songwriter Toni Halliday and bassist/guitarist/programmer Dean Garcia.-History:...
- Frozen E.P. - 1992 - SuedeSuede (band)Suede are an English alternative rock band from London, formed in 1989. The group's most prominent early line-up featured singer Brett Anderson, guitarist Bernard Butler, bass player Mat Osman and drummer Simon Gilbert. By 1992, Suede were hailed as "The Best New Band in Britain", and attracted...
- The Drowners
Best Indie Video
- 1993 - The Smashing PumpkinsThe Smashing PumpkinsThe Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988. Formed by Billy Corgan frontman and James Iha , the band has included Jimmy Chamberlin , D'arcy Wretzky , and currently includes Jeff Schroeder Mike Byrne , and Nicole Fiorentino The Smashing...
- Today - 1995 - BjörkBjörkBjörk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...
- It's Oh So Quiet - 1996 - Rocket From The CryptRocket from the CryptRocket from the Crypt was an American rock band led by John Reis, formed in 1989 in San Diego, California and disbanded in 2005.The band gained critical praise and the attention of major record labels after the release of their 1992 album Circa: Now!, leading to a recording contract with Interscope...
- On A Rope - 1997
- 1. Super Furry AnimalsSuper Furry AnimalsSuper Furry Animals are a Welsh rock band that lean towards psychedelic rock and electronic experimentation. Since their formation in Cardiff, Wales in 1993, the band has consisted of Gruff Rhys , Huw Bunford , Guto Pryce , Cian Ciaran and Dafydd Ieuan Super Furry Animals are a Welsh rock band...
- Play It Cool - 2. OasisOasis (band)Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. Originally known as The Rain, the group was formed by Liam Gallagher , Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs , Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan and Tony McCarroll , who were soon joined by Liam's older brother Noel Gallagher...
- Stand By Me - 3. SuedeSuedeSuede is a type of leather with a napped finish, commonly used for jackets, shoes, shirts, purses, furniture and other items. The term comes from the French "gants de Suède", which literally means "gloves of Sweden"....
- Saturday Night
- 1. Super Furry Animals
Heavy Metal/Rock Chart
- 1986 - Bon JoviBon JoviBon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi , guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, as well as current bassist Hugh McDonald...
- You Give Love A Bad Name - 1987 - HeartHeart (band)Heart is an American rock band who first found success in Canada. Throughout several lineup changes, the only two members remaining constant are sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson. The group rose to fame in the 1970s with their music being influenced by hard rock as well as folk music...
- Alone - 1988 - Iron MaidenIron MaidenIron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...
- Can I Play With Madness - 1989 - MetallicaMetallicaMetallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...
- One - 1990 - Faith No MoreFaith No MoreFaith No More is an American rock band from San Francisco, California, formed originally as Faith No Man in 1981 by bassist Billy Gould, keyboardist Wade Worthington, vocalist Michael Morris and drummer Mike Bordin. A year later when Worthington was replaced by keyboardist Roddy Bottum, and Mike...
- Epic - 1991 - Bryan AdamsBryan AdamsBryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written...
- Everything I Do - 1992 - Ugly Kid JoeUgly Kid JoeUgly Kid Joe is an American hard rock band from Isla Vista, California. The band's name spoofs that of another band, Pretty Boy Floyd. Ugly Kid Joe's sound includes a range of styles, including rock, glam metal, hard rock and heavy metal....
- Everything About You
Best Rock Video
- 1997
- 1. Skunk AnansieSkunk AnansieSkunk Anansie is an English rock band whose members include Skin , Cass , Ace and Mark Richardson .Skunk Anansie formed in March 1994, disbanded in 2001 and reformed in 2009...
- Hedonism - 2. ReefReefIn nautical terminology, a reef is a rock, sandbar, or other feature lying beneath the surface of the water ....
- Place Your Hands - 3. Green DayGreen DayGreen Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool...
- Hitchin a Ride
- 1. Skunk Anansie
Network Singles/The Top Ten
- 1986 - Nick BerryNick BerryNicholas "Nick" Berry is a British television actor and musician. He is best known for his roles as Simon Wicks in the British soap opera EastEnders from 1985 to 1990 and as PC Nick Rowan in the British drama television series Heartbeat from 1992 to 1998.-Career:Berry started acting at the age of...
- Every Loser Wins - 1987 - Rick AstleyRick AstleyRichard Paul "Rick" Astley is an English singer-songwriter, musician, and radio personality. He is known for his 1987 song, "Never Gonna Give You Up", which was a #1 hit single in 25 countries...
- Never Gonna Give You Up - 1988 - Womack & Womack - Teardrops
- 1989 - Black BoxBlack Box (band)Black Box was an Italian house music group popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The members of the group included a trio made up of a club DJ , a classically trained clarinet teacher , and a keyboard and electronic music "wiz"...
- Ride On Time - 1990 - AdamskiAdamskiAdamski is an English dance music producer, prominent at the time of acid house for his tracks "N-R-G" and "Killer" .-Career:...
- Killer - 1991 - Bryan AdamsBryan AdamsBryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written...
- Everything I Do - 1992 - Snap - Rhythm Is A Dancer
- 1993 - 2 Unlimited2 Unlimited2 Unlimited is a Dutch Eurodance/Hi-NRG act formed in 1991. The project was the brainchild of Belgian producers Jean-Paul DeCoster and Phil Wilde, and was fronted by a Dutch duo, rapper Ray Slijngaard and singer Anita Doth. During five years of enormous worldwide popularity, the act scored 16 chart...
- No Limit - 1995 - Celine DionCeline DionCéline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...
- Think Twice - 1996 - Mark MorrisonMark MorrisonMark Morrison is a British R&B singer. He was the most successful UK R&B singer of the mid-90s and the first black male solo artist to reach number one in the 90s. His single "Return of the Mack" became a #1 or Top 10 hit in several European countries in 1996...
- Return Of The Mack