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Post by Panda on Jun 27, 2010 13:44:39 GMT 1
I've noticed the singles chart has been quite cosmopolitan in recent weeks with a number of different nationalities.
Does anyone have any idea what the record is for the most nationalities in the top 40 at any one time?
Also I wonder how many different countries have been represented in the UK chart...?
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Post by Earl Purple on Jun 27, 2010 14:22:59 GMT 1
I was thinking we could make a list of the biggest selling single in the UK by each nation. Not sure where you would put Boney M in nationality. Also whether "You're The One That I Want" would count as a biggest hit by a US artist (if I Just Called To Say I Love You hasn't outsold it) and similarly whether that track might count for Australia (if you consider Olivia Newton John as part-Australian).
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Post by Panda on Jun 27, 2010 20:48:09 GMT 1
I was thinking we could make a list of the biggest selling single in the UK by each nation. Not sure where you would put Boney M in nationality. Also whether "You're The One That I Want" would count as a biggest hit by a US artist (if I Just Called To Say I Love You hasn't outsold it) and similarly whether that track might count for Australia (if you consider Olivia Newton John as part-Australian). If the nationality is part of the act, then I would count it, unless you have a separate list for multi-national acts. |
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Post by Earl Purple on Jun 28, 2010 11:22:54 GMT 1
Would you count Band Aid though? Obviously one of the biggest selling singles and contains UK and Irish members (not sure if it contained any Americans) but I wouldn't classify it as the biggest selling single by an Irish act even though Bob Geldof who was Irish co-wrote it (and Bono also vocalised on it).
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Post by vastar iner on Jun 28, 2010 11:25:56 GMT 1
Jody Watley and Robert Bell from Kool & The Gang were definitely on it.
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Post by Panda on Jun 28, 2010 12:14:11 GMT 1
Would you count Band Aid though? Obviously one of the biggest selling singles and contains UK and Irish members (not sure if it contained any Americans) but I wouldn't classify it as the biggest selling single by an Irish act even though Bob Geldof who was Irish co-wrote it (and Bono also vocalised on it). But Band Aid isn't an act in its own right. It's a collective of other acts who came together to record a one-off (at the time) charity single. So I would ignore it but maybe add a footnote. |
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Post by Shireblogger on Jun 28, 2010 12:52:50 GMT 1
Why not use the rule "act must be 100% single nationality for its entire life", to overcome the confusion ? Then a series of footnotes could be added, recording BandAid as part Irish, part American, for example.
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Post by vastar iner on Jun 28, 2010 14:34:40 GMT 1
Or split combinations up separately.
So INXS would be Australia, but the New Seekers would be Sri Lanka/Australia, AC/DC UK/Australia and so on.
That way, UK/Australia would have as part of it AC/DC and Olivia Newton-John, UK/Australia/US Travolta & ON-J...
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Post by Panda on Jun 29, 2010 11:47:45 GMT 1
Or split combinations up separately. So INXS would be Australia, but the New Seekers would be Sri Lanka/Australia, AC/DC UK/Australia and so on. That way, UK/Australia would have as part of it AC/DC and Olivia Newton-John, UK/Australia/US Travolta & ON-J... That could work. |
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Post by Shireblogger on Jun 30, 2010 17:23:59 GMT 1
Enough talking, time for some action.
Some easy ones, to start the list off. I've ignored multiple nationality acts (e.g. Band Aid, JT & ON-J, Boney M, Aqua, Abba...) completely. Others can re-insert them later, if desired.
1. UK --- Elton John = Candle In The Wind
2. USA --- Stevie Wonder = I Just Called To Say I Love You
3. CANADA --- Bryan Adams = Everything I Do, I Do It For You
4. AUSTRALIA --- Seekers = Carnival Is Over
5. JAMAICA --- Shaggy = It Wasn't Me
6. DENMARK --- Whigfield = Saturday Night
7. IRELAND --- Boyzone = No Matter What
8. ITALY --- Eiffel 65 = Blue (Da Ba Di)
9. NETHERLANDS --- Pussycat = Mississippi
10. AUSTRIA --- Anton Karas = Harry Lime Theme
11. SPAIN --- Enrique Iglesias = Hero
12. GERMANY --- ATB = 9pm (Til I Come)
13. PUERTO RICO --- Ricky Martin = Livin' La Vida Loca ?? is this an independent country ??
14. GUYANA --- Eddy Grant = I Don't Wanna Dance
15. NORWAY --- A-Ha = Take On Me
16. BAHAMAS --- Baha Men = Who Let The Dogs Out
17. FRANCE --- Ottawan = DISCO
18. SWEDEN --- Rednex = Cotton Eye Joe
19. COLOMBIA --- Shakira = Whenever, Wherever
20. GREECE --- Demis Roussos = The Roussos Phenomenon
Some notable countries not yet on the list:-
New Zealand, Belgium, Russia, Switzerland, Mexico, Brazil...
I may have missed some acts from the Caribbean or Africa, having incorrectly assumed they are British or American or French.
Can we expand this to a Top 40 ?
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Post by vastar iner on Jun 30, 2010 22:10:48 GMT 1
What would be the most obscure? K'naan must be the first Somalian in the charts, there's Burundi Steiphenson Black from Burundi/France, I think some of the Goombay Dance Band were from Guadeloupe, Montserrat have number one representation via Boney M, have any popes made the chart?
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Post by paulgilb on Jun 30, 2010 22:41:19 GMT 1
Pope John Paul II made the album chart a couple of times.
Other nationalities:
New Zealand - OMC
Belgium - Plastic Bertrand
Russia - PPK
Switzerland - Shakedown
Brazil - Bonde Do Role
Suriname - Chuckie
Serbia - Gramophonedzie
Egypt - Bob Azzam
Kazakhstan - A-Studio
Senegal - Youssou N'Dour
Israel - Esther & Abi Ofarim
Cuba - Perez Prado
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Post by Earl Purple on Jul 1, 2010 8:16:47 GMT 1
surely:
Russia - TATU - All The Things She Said
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Post by Earl Purple on Jul 1, 2010 8:27:42 GMT 1
also:
SOUTH AFRICA ... Clout = Substitute
also depends as to whether you count Billy Ocean as UK or Trindad & Tobago. If the latter then:
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ... Billy Ocean - When The Going Gets Tough
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Post by wonderwall on Jul 1, 2010 8:42:52 GMT 1
macarena wasn they two spanish blokes that was a big hit ?
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Post by borneoman on Jul 1, 2010 8:47:47 GMT 1
Did Enrique's Hero sell more than Los Del Rio's Macarena (Spain)  ? or Asereje? and wasn't it mentioned in another thread that Deep Dish are from Iran!! |
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Post by wonderwall on Jul 1, 2010 8:52:53 GMT 1
Did Enrique's Hero sell more than Los Del Rio's Macarena (Spain) ? or Asereje? and wasn't it mentioned in another thread that Deep Dish are from Iran!! Macarena would have sold more than hero think it was number one everywhere apart from the uk it was massive |
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Post by Panda on Jul 1, 2010 10:11:42 GMT 1
13. PUERTO RICO --- Ricky Martin = Livin' La Vida Loca ?? is this an independent country ?? Strictly speaking, no but I'm happy to consider them as separate for the purposes of this list. |
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Post by Panda on Jul 1, 2010 10:12:57 GMT 1
There seems to be some confusion over where Iyaz is from. I've seen him billed as being from both the British and US Virgin Islands...
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Post by Panda on Jul 1, 2010 10:22:21 GMT 1
Barbados - Rihanna, surely?
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? or Asereje?