I'm not a Justin Bieber Fan, but he's done several impressive things in the
UK Singles Chart, in the past few Weeks.
1).... In the Week Ending 26th November Singles Chart, he had 18 Tracks in the
Top 100. The most that any still living Act has ever had. (Michael Jackson had
more in July 2009, but that was because he'd died).
2)... On W/E 26th November, Justin had 8 Tracks in the Top 40, & the next Week
he had 9 Tracks in the Top 40.
3)... It was the most ever by a still living Act. Elvis Presley had 7 Top 30 Hits in
2 Charts in 1957. The Chart was only a Top 30 at that time.
4)... Justin has had 3 Top 5 Hits for 2 Weeks running. It is the first time that an
Act has had 3 Hits in the same Top 4 since Frankie Laine achieved it in 1953.
He did it for 2 Weeks also.
5)... But Justin's 3 Top 4 Hits had him at 1, 2 & 4 - the first Artist to achieve it
with 2 of the 3 Top 4 Hits at 1 & 2. (Frankie Laine's best Week was 1, 3 & 4, on
Week Ending 24th October 1953).
6)... Justin's 3 simultaneous Top 5 Hits make him the first Act to manage that
since John Lennon, in January 1981. John Lennon had 1 Week where he was
at 1, 2 & 5 & another where he was at 1, 3 & 5.
7)... Last Friday, (4th December), Justin replaced himself at No.1 in the UK Singles
Chart, when 'Love Yourself' rose from 2 to 1 & 'Sorry' fell from 1 to 2. The UK Singles
Chart began in November 1952, & Justin is only the 4th Act to manage to replace
himself at No.1. The other 3 were - The Beatles, (December 1963), John Lennon,
(January 1981), & Elvis Presley, (January 2005). Which makes Justin only the 2nd
still living Act to achieve it. The Beatles being the 1st.
8)... When Justin achieved it, he became the only Act to manage it with a
straight swap between No.2 & No.1. The other 3 Artists did it this way -
The Beatles - 10 to 1 & 1 to 2, John Lennon - 2 to 1 & 1 to 4, & Elvis Presley
- New in at No.1 & 1 to 10.