UK Top 10 TV Ratings (w/c 15/01/24)

UK Top 10 TV viewing figures for week 3, from #BARB 15th - 21st January 2024.

BBC dominated the charts, captivating viewers with The Traitors and Gladiators.

Coronation Street returned to the top 10 as the highest rated UK soap opera for the week. 

UK Top 10 TV Ratings (w/c 01/01/24)

Top 10 most watched TV shows in the UK for week commencing 1st January 2024.

ITV's Mr Bates vs The Post Office became the most watched programme on UK TV during the first seven days of the New Year, causing quite a stir in the media as the nation talked about the scandal. The Masked Singer and Vera helped ITV lead over the BBC - which had to contend with 4 programmes inside the Top 10.

VIDEO: Melanie C - Dear Life and Anymore

Melanie C may have been be part of the world's most successful girl band the Spice Girls, but did you know she has been producing her own albums since 1999 and has just released her sixth studio album, 'Version of Me'

For 20 year's Melanie C has been one of the UK's most successful female artists, constantly evolving her own brand of music and changing her appearance. While many of her contemporaries would have just retired from making music, having made their millions, Melanie C has continued to do the very thing she loves - make music and perform those tracks live.

VIDEO: Melanie C - Dear Life

Back in 1996 we knew her as Sporty Spice, with track suits and high kicks ....... 20 year's later and Melanie C is still as fit as ever, if her social media feeds and photo shoots are anything to go by. The mother of one has shown how to balance celebrity life with a healthy lifestyle that is the envy of most women in their 40's.

VIDEO: Melanie C - Anymore

Rumours of a Spice Girls reunion have certainly done the rounds and Mel C has made it clear that she is happy to leave the girls at the peak of their career with the lasting memory of the closing ceremony of the London Olympics in 2012. Her latest album Version of Me entered the UK album chart at number 25, and while not commercially successful - has continued to satisfy fans around the world.

Melanie C will be going on tour in April 2017 and tickets are available: HERE

PIC: Melanie C in Love Magazine

Mel B - For Once In My Life (Video and Lyrics)

VIDEO: Mel B - For Once In My Life


 Lyrics:


I've been gone in the dark and the shadows
Been afraid to throw my heart in the battle
Yesterday felt the weight of the shackles

Not anymore… not anymore

Turn the lights, turn the lights, turn the lights on
Wanna rise feel the rush, wanna free fall
Through the night cause tonight
I'm unstoppable
Unstoppable

I wanna feel.....
I wanna feel.....

For once in my life, I'm gonna let go
For once in my life, I'm gonna do it for me
This is the time I've been waiting for
Stripping it all away I'm runnin’ free
For once in my life
For once in my life

Here I am, think you know what I came for
Make it loud, cause the world is my dance floor
Standing strong and it feels so incredible
Gimme some more, gimme some more

Turn the lights, turn the lights, turn the lights on
Wanna rise feel the rush, wanna free fall
Through the night cause tonight
I want it all
I want it all

I wanna feel.....
I wanna feel.....

For once in my life, I'm gonna let go
For once in my life, I'm gonna do it for me
This is the time I've been waiting for
Stripping it all away, I'm runnin’ free

For once in my life
For once in my life
(it’s now or never)

For once in my life
For once in my life
(it’s now or never)

Oh ohh ohhh ohhh ohhhh
Oh ohh ohhh ohhh ohhhh

I wanna feel….

For once in my life, I'm gonna let go
For once in my life, I'm gonna do it for me
This is the time I've been waiting for
Stripping it all away, I'm runnin’ free

For once in my life, I'm gonna let go
For once in my life, I'm gonna do it for me
This is the time I've been waiting for
Stripping it all away I'm runnin’ free

For once in my life
For once in my life
(it’s now or never)

For once in my life
For once in my life
(it’s now or never) 

VIDEO: Love Is A Bourgeois Construct (lyrics) - Pet Shop Boys 'v' robmacca

VIDEO: Love Is A Bourgeois Construct (album version) Pet Shop Boys 'v' robmacca


I've been taking my time for a long time
Putting my feet up a lot
Speaking English as a foreign language
any words that I haven't forgot
I've been thinking how I can't be bothered
to wash the dishes or remake the bed
What's the point when I could doss instead?

I've been hanging out with various riff-raff
somewhere on the Goldhawk Road
I don't think it's gonna be much longer
'til I'm mugging up on the penal code
Love is a bourgeois construct
so I've given up on the bourgeoisie
Like all their aspirations, it's a fantasy

When you walked out you did me a favour
you made me see reality
that love is a bourgeois construct
It's a blatant fallacy
You won't see me with a bunch of roses
promising fidelity
Love doesn't mean a thing to me

Talking tough and feeling bitter
but better now it's clear to me
that love is a bourgeois construct
so I've given up the bourgeoisie

While the bankers all get their bonuses
I'll just get along with what I've got
Watching the weeds in the garden
Putting my feet up a lot
I'll explore the outer limits of boredom
moaning periodically
Just a full-time, lonely layabout
that's me

When you walked out you did me a favour
It's absolutely clear to me
that love is a bourgeois construct
just like they said at university
I'll be taking my time for a long time
with all the schadenfreude it's cost
calculating what you've lost

Now I'm digging through my student paperbacks
Flicking through Karl Marx again
Searching for the soul of England
Drinking tea like Tony Benn
Love is just a bourgeois construct
so I'm giving up the bourgeoisie
until you come back to me

Talking tough and feeling bitter
but better now it's clear to me
that love is a bourgeois construct
so I've given up the bourgeoisie

Love Is A Bourgeois Construct (Radio Edit)

2012: Top 40 Biggest Selling Albums

Here is the official Top 40 biggest selling albums in the UK for 2012....

1	OUR VERSION OF EVENTS	EMELI SANDE	1393000
2	21	ADELE	786000
3	+	ED SHEERAN	784000
4	BORN TO DIE	LANA DEL REY	719000
5	TAKE ME HOME	ONE DIRECTION	616000
6	BABEL	MUMFORD & SONS	573000
7	RIGHT PLACE RIGHT TIME	OLLY MURS	570000
8	CHRISTMAS	MICHAEL BUBLE	503000
9	MYLO XYLOTO	COLDPLAY	476000
10	UNAPOLOGETIC	RIHANNA	475000
11	FALL TO GRACE	PALOMA FAITH	449000
12	THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE	P!NK	446000
13	TAKE THE CROWN	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	445500
14	MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY	ROD STEWART	421000
15	UP ALL NIGHT	ONE DIRECTION	372000
16	WHO YOU ARE	JESSIE J	370000
17	18 MONTHS	CALVIN HARRIS	354000
18	THE VERY BEST OF	NEIL DIAMOND	334000
19	TALK THAT TALK	RIHANNA	333000
20	IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW	OLLY MURS	332000
21	NOTHING BUT THE BEAT	DAVID GUETTA	315000
22	NUMBER 3	THE SCRIPT	312000
23	SOME NIGHTS	FUN.	310000
24	UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX	BRUNO MARS	307000
25	MAGIC OF THE MOVIES	ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA	302000
26	DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS	BRUNO MARS	291000
27	BATTLE BORN	THE KILLERS	271000
28	EVERY KINGDOM	BEN HOWARD	269000
29	OVEREXPOSED	MAROON 5	263000
30	CEREMONIALS	FLORENCE & THE MACHINE	262000
31	GRRR	ROLLING STONES	258000
32	THE 2ND LAW	MUSE	255000
33	NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS	NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS	247000
34	STORYTELLER	ALFIE BOE	245000
35	ORA	RITA ORA	242500
36	HEAVEN	REBECCA FERGUSON	242300
37	PINK FRIDAY - ROMAN RELOADED	NICKI MINAJ	242000
38	EL CAMINO	THE BLACK KEYS	239000
39	DNA	LITTLE MIX	234000
40	STEREO TYPICAL	RIZZLE KICKS	233900

*Official Chart Company

2012: Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles

Here are the UK official Top 40 biggest selling singles of 2012:

1	SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW	GOTYE FT KIMBRA	1318000
2	CALL ME MAYBE	CARLY RAE JEPSEN	1143000
3	WE ARE YOUNG	FUN. FT JANELLE MONAE	986000
4	TITANIUM	DAVID GUETTA FT SIA	922000
5	IMPOSSIBLE	JAMES ARTHUR	897000
6	GANGNAM STYLE	PSY	878000
7	STARSHIPS	NICKI MINAJ	864000
8	DOMINO	JESSIE J	749000
9	PAYPHONE	MAROON 5 FT WIZ KHALIFA	725000
10	WILD ONES	FLO RIDA FT SIA	695000
11	DIAMONDS	RIHANNA	672000
12	BENEATH YOUR BEAUTIFUL	LABRINTH FT EMELI SANDE	663000
13	DON'T YOU WORRY CHILD	SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA/MARTIN	632000
14	NEXT TO ME	EMELI SANDE	621000
15	WHISTLE	FLO RIDA	620000
16	FEEL THE LOVE	RUDIMENTAL FT JOHN NEWMAN	619000
17	MAMA DO THE HUMP	RIZZLE KICKS	559000
18	TOO CLOSE	ALEX CLARE	557000
19	SPECTRUM	FLORENCE & THE MACHINE	554000
20	SKYFALL	ADELE	547000
21	HALL OF FAME	THE SCRIPT FT WILL.I.AM	529000
22	CANDY	ROBBIE WILLIAMS	503000
23	DRIVE BY	TRAIN	502700
24	HOT RIGHT NOW	DJ FRESH FT RITA ORA	482000
25	PRINCESS OF CHINA	COLDPLAY & RIHANNA	475000
26	WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER	TAYLOR SWIFT	465000
27	BLACK HEART	STOOSHE	456000
28	R.I.P.	RITA ORA FT TINIE TEMPAH	453000
29	TROUBLEMAKER	OLLY MURS FT FLO RIDA	441000
30	SEXY AND I KNOW IT	LMFAO	434000
31	N****S IN PARIS	JAY-Z & KANYE WEST	432000
32	WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN	RIHANNA	422200
33	LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN	BRUNO MARS	421000
34	CALL MY NAME	CHERYL	420700
35	TURN ME ON	DAVID GUETTA FT NICKI MINAJ	417000
36	STRONGER (WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU)	KELLY CLARKSON	416685
37	DON'T WAKE ME UP	CHRIS BROWN	416684
38	HEATWAVE	WILEY FT MS D	416000
39	THIS IS LOVE	WILL.I.AM FT EVA SIMONS	403000
40	WINGS	LITTLE MIX	397000

*Official Charts Company