Happy New Year all you Lifers!

Join Juliet and Ed as they count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was announced on 7th January 1996.

For the first chart of 1996, we have ten new entries from the likes of Gene, Baby D, Tori Amos, TLC and Shaggy, all looking to prevent Michael Jackson's 'Earth Song' from making it six weeks at the top!

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Check out the chart in full via our Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0QwpraOgye5Pgr6tCAc24e?si=Qd7Um7fkS7SpwE0APoK0rQ

The music industry awakens once more following the Christmas lull, with nine new entries in the UK Top 40 Singles Chart that was announced on New Year's Eve 1995.

Juliet and Ed run the rule over new singles from Green Day, Pizzaman, Dubstar, The Presidents of the United States of America and Madonna.

Check out the entire chart via our Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/62te7vLgJEZjv32J0zMKHc?si=LfA2YT65SbGy3SyNJY3h4A

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A very happy 1996 (and 2026) to all you Lifers!

All is calm, all is bright... except for the UK Top 40 Singles Chart on Christmas Eve in 1995, where an easy listening lounge music cover of an Oasis smash is looking to knock the seemingly immovable 'Earth Song' off the top in the race for Christmas Number 1!

Not a whole lot else in the charts this week... but Juliet and Ed are still here to count down the Top 40, which you can listen to here via our Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0vGic7316I8C9jvFD62XiO

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Merry Christmas to all you Lifers - and thank you for your support!