Arctic Monkeys To Have 18 'Singles' In Charts

They're set to make chart history...

April 27, 2007 by Chris Taylor

Arctic Monkeys To Have 18 'Singles' In Charts

The all-conquering Arctic Monkeys are expected to make chart history by having an astonishing 18 tracks in the singles charts this Sunday.

All 12 tracks from their new album ‘Favourite Worst Nightmare’ along with six from their debut ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not’ are headed for the top 200 from internet download sales.

The fantastically named HMV spokesperson Gennaro Castaldo tells the BBC, “The Arctic Monkeys are currently on course to have a total of 18 songs in the top 200 when the next official UK charts are announced on Sunday.

"You'd probably have to go back to the hey-day of the Beatles in the early-mid sixties to find anything that could come close to matching this record."

However, the first single off the album Brianstorm failed to top the charts – although it is expected to stay in the top five this week.

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”You’d probably have to go back to the hey-day of the Beatles in the early-mid sixties to find anything that could come close to matching this record.” How can that be comparable at all though when the system has been completely changed? What a moronic thing to say.
~ by stick gandhi 4/27/2007 Report
Agreed - how can you compare The Arctic Monkey to The Beatles??????
~ by voodooeconomics 4/27/2007 Report
How are they comparable? Also, it should be ’neither’, not ’none’.
~ by Monkey Harris 4/27/2007 Report
Calm down, stick. The current system is probably more comparable with the sixties than it was three years ago, as downloads are now included thus ensuring all the music bought that week is taken into account. Obviously, there is a problem with the fact that individual album tracks are included as well singles, but to call Chris Taylor moronic is harsh.
~ by Dr.AC 4/27/2007 Report
Da Artic Monkeys are da best! Da Beatles blow!
~ by Newby! 4/27/2007 Report