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Official Charts Flashback 1988: Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth
Let's look back at the singer's first and only Number 1 from this week in 1988 -
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The biggest Christmas Number 1s of all time
As we head towards 2022's Christmas Number 1 race, here's the up-to-date Top 20 biggest festive chart-toppers. -
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Christmas Number 1 Flashback 2009: Rage Against The Machine take on The X Factor...and win
The X Factor's monopoly on the coveted Christmas Number 1 was ended in very controversial fashion. -
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Christmas Number 1 Flashback 1998: Five become four as Spice Girls claim third festive chart-topper with Goodbye
A Spice Girls vs South Park chart battle? What a time to be alive. -
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Official Christmas Number 1 Flashback 1994: East 17 beat Mariah Carey to Number 1 with Stay Another Day
The Queen of Christmas was denied a second UK Number 1 but don't worry...she was biding her time. -
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Official Chart Flashback 2013: Lily Allen's two-pronged comeback attack with Somewhere Only We Know and Hard Out Here
Showcasing two very different sides of her pop persona, Lily gained her third UK Number 1 single and started the most controversial (and, tbh, misunderstood) era of her career. -
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Official Charts Flashback 2002: Christina Aguilera got down and Dirrty for one of pop's great re-inventions
The lead single from her landmark Stripped album, Dirrty became the go-to source of inspiration for every single good girl gone bad comeback. -
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Official Chart 70th Anniversary Flashback: Al Martino's Here In My Heart becomes the UK's first Official Number 1 single in 1952
Celebrate 70 years of the UK's first ever Official Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with us. -
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Official Chart Flashback 2010: Cheryl's Promise This beats Rihanna to debut at Number 1
The strange, propulsive lead single from the former Girls Aloud star's second album came out fighting. -
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Official Chart Flashback 2005: Sugababes Push The Button for a Number 1 hit with British pop classic
The trio's hi-gloss electropop topped the charts 17 years ago this week - and marked a big shift in the Sugababes brand. -
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Official Chart Flashback 1999: Eiffel 65's iconic dance monster Blue (Da Ba Dee) is good at Number 1
And 23 years later, the song is once again Number 1 in the UK thanks to a re-work by David Guetta and Bebe Rexha. Time! -
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Official Charts Flashback 2002: Pink - Just Like A Pill
See what the Top 40 looked like 20 years ago this week, when Pink scored her first solo UK Number 1. -
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Official Chart Flashback 2005: Pussycat Dolls' Don't Cha purrs into Number 1
Don't cha wish your song was hot like this. -
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Official Chart Flashback 2013: Katy Perry's Roar lets the light in for a massive debut at Number 1
Katy Perry's biggest UK hit debuted at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart this week nine years ago.