30 YEARS AGO ... 'A Groovy Kind Of Love' by Phil Collins topped the Global Charts for nine non-consecutive weeks and was the biggest success of the year 1988. It was released for the soundtrack to the British romantic crime comedy 'Buster', starring Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Larry Lamb and Sheila Hancock. The song heavily based on the Rondo movement of Sonatina in G major, op.36 no.5, by Muzio Clementi. Firstly recorded as an upbeat guitar-based pop song by Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders, it was a no.8 success in May 1966. Collin's version was a slow ballad with a prominent keyboard and strings.

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Billboard Report (excerpt)
Andrea Bocelli earns first number one
Thuesday, November 6, 2018
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles

Andrea Bocelli achieve his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as his new studio effort, Si, debuts atop the tally. The set, which was released via Sugar/Decca Records on Oct.

26, earned 126,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Nov. 1, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 123,000 were in album sales. The 26th time’s the charm, as Bocelli bows atop the Billboard 200 with his 26th charting album, Si. The singer has charted on the tally since Dec. 20, 1997, when Romanza debuted at No. 114, on its way to a No. 35 peak on Dec. 19, 1998. All told, Si marks Bocelli’s ninth top 10 effort. Bocelli has come quite close to No. 1 previously: he’s peaked at No. 2 twice, with My Christmas (five weeks at No. 2 in 2009) and Passione (one week at No. 2 in 2013). The former spent five consecutive weeks stuck in the runner-up slot. In its first two weeks at No. 2, Bon Jovi’s The Circle and John Mayer’s Battle Studies debuted at No. 1, respectively. Then, in My Christmas’ third week at No. 2, Susan Boyle’s debut album I Dreamed a Dream bowed at No. 1 and spent six straight weeks at No. 1. 20-Year Wait for First No. 1 Album:

Bocelli waited a little more than 20 years and 10 months for his first. No. 1, dating back to when Romanza bowed on the list dated Dec. 20, 1997. That’s the longest wait for a chart-topper since January of 2016, when the late David Bowie tallied his first leader 43 years and nine months after his chart debut. He hit No. 1 with Blackstar on the Jan. 30, 2016-dated chart, and he made his chart debut on the tally way back on April 15, 1972 with Hunky Dory. (Bowie died of cancer on Jan. 10, 2016, two days after Blackstar was released.) Before Bocelli, the last living artist to wait longer for their first No. 1 was James Taylor, who notched his first leader with Before This World on July 4, 2015 -- 45 years after his chart debut on March 14, 1970 with Sweet Baby James. Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s soundtrack to A Star Is Born falls to No. 2 on the Billboard 200 after three weeks at No. 1. The set earned 93,000 units in the week ending Nov. 1 (down 15 percent). Coming in at No. 3 is Joji's BALLADS 1, with 57,000 units earned (with 34,000 of that sum in album sales). Joji (real name: George Miller) is a former YouTuber who previously logged an entry on the Billboard 200 with the In Tongues EP (peaking at No. 58 on the Nov. 25, 2017-dated list). BALLADS 1’s sales were bolstered by a range of merchandise/album bundles. Tory Lanez clocks his third consecutive top five-charting album, as his third release, Love Me Now?, starts at No. 4 with 54,000 units (5,000 in album sales). The bulk of Love’s first-week units were driven by streams, as it tallied 48,000 SEA units (translating to 62.5 million on-demand audio streams for the album’s tracks). Lanez previously hit the top five with his two earlier albums: Memories Don’t Die (No. 3; March 17) and I Told You (No. 4; Sept. 10, 2016). At No. 5 on the new Billboard 200, Wayne's former No. 1, Tha Carter V, is a non-mover with 52,000 units (down 20 percent). Lil Baby and Gunna's Drip Harder is stationary at No. 6 with just over 49,000 units (down 13 percent) and Future and Juice WRLD collaborative effort WRLD ON DRUGS falls 2-8 in its second week (just over 45,000 units; down 54 percent), while a pair of former No. 1s round out the top 10, Travis Scott's Astroworld sits still at No. 9 (45,000 units; down 4 percent) and Post Malone's beerbongs & bentleys is steady at No. 10 (41,000 units; down 2 percent). With a seventh week at No. 1 on the Hot 100, 'Girls Like You' has logged the longest reign by a group (of at least three members) since Maroon 5's previous No. 1: "One More Night" led for nine weeks beginning Sept. 29, 2012. ("Girls" passes MAGIC!'s "Rude," which ruled for six weeks in 2014.) 'Girls' leads the Radio Songs airplay chart for a 15th week, with 114.2 million in audience, down 2 percent, in the week ending Nov. 4, according to Nielsen Music. Here is an updated look at the longest-leading Radio Songs No. 1 since the chart launched in December 1990. 'Girls' dips 9-13 on Digital Song Sales, with 14,000 downloads sold, down 18 percent, in the week ending Nov. 1, after leading the list for six weeks, and retreats 12-13 on Streaming Songs (23.2 million U.S. streams, down 5 percent, in the week ending Nov. 1), where it reached No. 5. Scott's "Sicko Mode" keeps at its No. 2 Hot 100 peak. It slips 2-3 on Streaming Songs (35.4 million, down 8 percent); repeats at No. 11 on Radio Songs (60.1 million, up 4 percent); and backtracks 14-15 on Digital Song Sales (12,000, down 12 percent). For a second week, "Girls" narrowly defends its Hot 100 crown over "Sicko" (which features Drake's vocals, although he's not credited as an artist on the song; he also appears in the song's official video, released Oct. 19), with the songs declining by 5 and 4 percent, respectively, in overall activity. Marshmello and Bastille's "Happier" hits a new Hot 100 peak, rising 4-3. It holds at No. 4 on Digital Song Sales (23,000, down 13 percent) and No. 5 on Radio Songs (83.3 million, up 11 percent) and climbs 13-11 on Streaming Songs (22.3 million, up 3 percent). As it increases by 3 percent in overall activity, it could seriously challenge for No. 1 on the Hot 100 as soon as next week.  COMPLETE CHARTS