TeleKon - NC5 Chart Facts & Stats

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Number of languages that have appeared on New Chart Five >>> 35

Arabic. Australian Aborigines. Bambara. Cantonese. Danish. Dutch. English. Fon. French. Gaelic. German. Greek. Greenlandic. Hindi. Ibibio. Icelandic. Indonesian. Italian. Japanese. Korean. Lithuanian. Mandarin. Norwegian. Portuguese. Punjabi. Russian. Spanish. Swedish. Tahitian. Tamil. Thai. Turkish. Ukrainian. Welsh. Wolof.  

 

Number of countries represented on New Chart Five >>> 56

Australia. Argentina. Austria. Belarus. Belgium. Benin. Brazil. Bulgaria. Canada. China. Columbia. Czech Republic. Denmark. Egypt. England. Finland. France. Germany. Greece. Greenland. Hong Kong. Iceland. India. Indonesia. Ireland. Israel. Italy. Japan. Kenya. Korea. Lithuania. Mali. Mexico. Netherlands. New Zealand. Nigeria. N. Macedonia. Norway. Portugal. Puerto Rico. Romania. Russia. Scotland. Senegal. Serbia. Singapore.
S. Africa. Spain.Sweden. Taiwan.
Turkey. Tahiti.Thailand. Ukraine. USA. Wales. 

 

Number of official physical chart shows (Cassette/CD) produced >>> 108

28 New Chart Five Show; 26 Radio Telekon; 57 Studio NC5

 

 

 

Number of Boy George songs that have been a #1 Hit on New Chart Five >>> 47

27 Solo; 10 with Culture Club; 8 Collaborations; 1 From Taboo Cast Recording ;
1 as Dharma Protocol  

 

Total number of entries Boy George has had on New Chart Five >>> 99

60 Solo; 17 with Culture Club; 16 Collaborations; 2 as Jesus Loves You;

1 From Taboo Cast Recording; 2 as The Twin; 1 as Dharma Protocol


Longest time @ NC5 #1 (Monthy Chart Period "Top 5" Translated into Weeks) >>>
Stars Crash Down by Hue and Cry (12 weeks in 1993);
Catch Me by Betty Boo (8 weeks in 1992)
Oh Yeah! by Nokko/Liberation by Pet Shop Boys/There's More to Life Than This by Björk/
Wonderman by Right Said Fred/Answer Me by Anything Box (8 weeks in 1993 & 1994)
The Official End of It All by Sexus (8 weeks in 1996)

Longest time @ NC5 #1 (Bi-monthy Chart Period "Top 5" Translated into Weeks) >>>
Fantasy Island by M People/Must Have Been High by Boyzone (6 weeks in 1998)
Once in a Lifetime by Craig David (6 weeks in 2001)

Longest time @ NC5 #1 (Weekly Chart Period "Top 5") >>>
Closing Time by Deacon Blue (3 weeks in 1991)
The Pop Kids by Pet Shop Boys (3 weeks in 2008)

Longest time @ NC5 #1 (Weekly Chart Period "Top 10" Implemented in 2017) >>>
Uno, Cydio, Tanio (Unite, Embrace, Ignite) by Swnami (3 weeks in 2021)
Inside Out by Rozalla (3 weeks in 2024)

Groups/Artists (other than Boy George) who have had the most NC5 entries >>>
Pet Shop Boys 55;
Bright Light Bright Light 37; Boyzone 32;
Deacon Blue/
Sophie Ellis Bextor 30; Example 26; Just Jack 24;
Craig David/Mika 23; Tahiti 80/Will Young 22; Sam Sparro 21; Scouting for Girls 20;
Lisa Stansfield/The 1975/Frankmusik/Monkey Majik 19; The Hoosiers 18;
Madonna/
Culture Club 17; Alphabeat/Two Door Cinema Club 16;
Beautiful South
/Pizzicato 5/Calvin Harris/Kylie Minogue 15;
A-HA/
Cyndi Lauper/D:Ream/The Feeling/Lyrical School/Shift K3Y/Take That 14; 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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