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  Cover versions that charted higher than the originals

  Retakes of big hits that out-charted the originals.

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  Features

  The Official Top 50 best-selling songs of 1980

  Featuring classics by The Police, Blondie, Diana Ross and more.

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  News

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  Blondie hook-up with Blood Orange for new single Long Time - listen

  The latest Blondie cut will be released on vinyl from March 24.

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  News

  Blondie are heading back out on the road this November for UK tour

  Earlier this year, the new-wave legends scored their first Top 5 album in over a decade.

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  News

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  Blondie announce new album Pollinator set for May 5 release

  The legendary band's new studio record is their first for three years.

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  Features

  5 random chart facts of the week that will make you go "hmmmm"

  Blondie's heart, Niall's hands and more quirks from this week's Top 40.

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  News

  The best Mother's Day 2020 gift ideas for musical mums

  Our selection of gifts for the musically inclined mums out there.

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  Features

  Long gaps between Number 1s on the UK's Official Singles Chart

  Your fave artist not had a UK Number 1 in a while? They should take a page out of these guys' books...

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  Quiz

  Official Charts' Pop Genius Quiz: The Seventies

  How well do you really know your Seventies music? Take our quiz to find out if you can officially call yourself a Pop Genius.

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  Pop Gem

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  Official Charts Pop Gem #44: Blondie – Maria

  After 16 years away, the rock legends, fronted by ‘70s icon Debbie Harry, returned with a bang in 1999.

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  Features

  Long gaps between studio albums: Take That, Shania Twain, Cher and more

  The popstars who kept us hanging on far too long for a follow-up.

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  Features

  Artists who scored multiple Number 1s in a year

  When one Number 1 just isn't enough…

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  Features

  Lead singers who went solo

  We look at lead vocalists who tasted chart success without their bandmates.

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  Features

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  Shout Out To My Ex and seven more sassy breakup bangers

  Classic kiss-off tracks that hit Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart.

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  News

  Re-rewind: Are cassettes the new vinyl? Sales of the once defunct format more than double in 2017

  With the humble cassette whirring back into life, Official Charts reveals the 40 biggest selling of 2017 on the once defunct format.

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  Pictures

  Are these the greatest album covers of all time?

  The artworks are on display this month as part of National Album Day.

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  It's a cover-up! 12 cover versions that charted higher than the originals

  We look at retakes of big hits that out-charted the originals.