"the offence at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court the following month, and was fined £86,000 and banned from driving for 20 months. In August 2018 McPartlin announced he would be taking a break from television presenting duties until 2019, saying: ""My recovery is going very well and for that to continue having spoken to Dec and ITV, I have made the decision to take the rest of the year off."" McPartlin and Donnelly are patrons of the charity Sunshine Fund. When their single ""Let's Get Ready to Rhumble"" reached No.1, Ant & Dec donated the single's success to the charity ChildLine. They"
"5 November, the Spice Girls released their return single, ""Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)"", also announced as the official Children in Need charity single and performed at Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. The song peaked at number 11, becoming the first song to not reach the top 10. The music video was directed by Anthony Mandler and the girls used exclusive clothes designed by Roberto Cavalli. They released a compilation album, the ""Greatest Hits"" in November, including the singles, the 1997 Pepsi's theme ""Move Over"" and two new songs, ""Voodoo"" and ""Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)"". The compilation sold 6 million copies. They"
"had a third concert. ChildLine Concert The ChildLine Concert is an annual pop music charity event which has taken place in Ireland since 1997. As the name suggests the money raised by the concert is donated to the young person's charity, ChildLine and many of the attendants are also children. Past performers include Westlife (who have performed at the concert twelve times), Robbie Williams, Anastacia, Girls Aloud, McFly, All Saints, S Club 7, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, 5ive, Sugababes, Busted, Boyzone, JLS, The Script, Little Mix, Union J and Olly Murs. In 2003 the concerts had raised over €1 million, in 2007"
"ChildLine Concert The ChildLine Concert is an annual pop music charity event which has taken place in Ireland since 1997. As the name suggests the money raised by the concert is donated to the young person's charity, ChildLine and many of the attendants are also children. Past performers include Westlife (who have performed at the concert twelve times), Robbie Williams, Anastacia, Girls Aloud, McFly, All Saints, S Club 7, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, 5ive, Sugababes, Busted, Boyzone, JLS, The Script, Little Mix, Union J and Olly Murs. In 2003 the concerts had raised over €1 million, in 2007 that had risen to"
"remixes by Motiv 8, Not Loveland, Matt Darey, Beatmasters and Wand. The Gift of Christmas (song) ""The Gift of Christmas"" is a 1995 charity single by supergroup Childliners, with the proceeds of the single going to Childline. The song was written by Tony Mortimer of East 17. In a similar ilk to ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"" by Band Aid, the song features popular chart acts such as MN8, Boyzone, East 17, Backstreet Boys, Dannii Minogue, Peter Andre and more. It peaked at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart, number 10 in Ireland and number 7 in Scotland. A"
"€2.5 million, in 2010 that had risen to €3.8 million and by 2013 €4.6 million had been raised. In 2012 €440,000 was raised and in 2013 organisered hoped to match that figure by raising another €400,000. On 16 December 2008 the event was held at The O2 in Dublin, becoming the first ever concert to take place at the venue. The ChildLine Concert is an annual event to raise money for ChildLine, a 24-hour phone line that is dedicated to helping children. The performers, organisers and venue all provide their services for free in order for all the money from"
"ticket sales to go to the financial support and aid of ChildLine. The ChildLine Concert is also known as the Cheerios ChildLine Concert as it is sponsored by Cheerios. Throughout its history many acts have performed including Robbie Williams, The Script, JLS, Girls Aloud, Enrique Iglesias, S Club 7, McFly, Little Mix, and Olly Murs. The first ChildLine Concert was held at the Point Theatre, Dublin in 1997. By 2003 over €1 million had been raised. In 2013 it was announced that €4.6 million had been raised from the concerts between 1997 and 2012. Acts who performed at the Point"
"sixth UK number one, although only the third as an entirely solo performer. After Michael's death in 2016, Dame Esther Rantzen, founder of the charity ChildLine, revealed that Michael had secretly donated all of the single's royalties to the charity. She said ""George helped us to reach out to hundreds of thousands of children through his generosity. I met him a couple of times, he approached us, rather than us going cap in hand to him, but it was an intensely personal gift. He didn’t want it to be known or to be part of his image."" She told BBC"
"end of the night, Comic Relief raised £75,107,852. One Direction recorded the official single ""One Way or Another"", a medley of Blondie's ""One Way or Another"" and ""Teenage Kicks"" by The Undertones. The single was released on 17 February 2013. The 2015 event took place on Friday 13 March 2015. It was broadcast live for the first time at the London Palladium, with £99,418,831 being raised, the highest so far. The 2017 event took place on Friday 24 March 2017, broadcast live from Building Six at The O2 in London. It was widely criticised, for both the quality of sound,"
"""Avenues & Alleyways"" in March 2004. In 2002, ""Is This the Way to Amarillo"" was used in the TV comedy series ""Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights"", leading to a resurgence in his popularity. The song was re-released on 14 March 2005 to raise money for the Comic Relief charity, and reached Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart (outselling all the first release's chart run put together). This led to the biggest sales for a Number 1 single for the whole year, with seven weeks at the chart pinnacle. It also became the longest running chart-topper since Cher's ""Believe"", almost seven"
"In 2005, another three reissued singles, ""Jailhouse Rock"", ""One Night""/""I Got Stung"", and ""It's Now or Never"", went to number one in the United Kingdom. They were part of a campaign that saw the re-release of all 18 of Presley's previous chart-topping U.K. singles. The first, ""All Shook Up"", came with a collectors' box that made it ineligible to chart again; each of the other 17 reissues hit the British top five. In 2005, ""Forbes"" named Presley the top-earning deceased celebrity for the fifth straight year, with a gross income of $45 million. He placed second in 2006, returned to"
"the BPI for reaching 400,000 sales+streaming figures. In the wake of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing, a resurgence of popularity and meaning for the single came as a homage to the victims of the event. Fans had started a petition to get the song to the top of the charts. The song re-entered strongly on the record charts across several nations including the UK, where it subsequently rose to a new peak of number two on the UK Singles Chart following the One Love Manchester benefit concert, as well as a new chart peak of number sixteen in Ireland, which"
"we wanted to be young again and we wanted to dance again and go out with our friends, so I wanted to make music that reflected that culture also."" The song has been a worldwide hit, has peaked at number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and has also reached number one in 13 more countries including the United Kingdom, where Blurred Lines became only the 137th record in history to surpass the one million sales mark, and the United States. The new album "" Blurred Lines"" was released on July 30, 2013. The song and related music videos also"
"die before their 5th birthday, largely due to preventable and treatable causes like pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria. As part of the campaign, OneRepublic created the new song ""Feel Again"". Lead singer Ryan Tedder was inspired to write the song by listening to heartbeats of children in need in remote villages in Malawi and Guatemala. Proceeds from the sale of ""Feel Again"" on iTunes will benefit Save the Children, which trains frontline health workers to save children's lives around the world. In developing countries, frontline health workers are often the only link to health care for children who live beyond the"
"The Gift of Christmas (song) ""The Gift of Christmas"" is a 1995 charity single by supergroup Childliners, with the proceeds of the single going to Childline. The song was written by Tony Mortimer of East 17. In a similar ilk to ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"" by Band Aid, the song features popular chart acts such as MN8, Boyzone, East 17, Backstreet Boys, Dannii Minogue, Peter Andre and more. It peaked at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart, number 10 in Ireland and number 7 in Scotland. A second CD of ""The Gift of Christmas"" was also released featuring"
"the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, making the Chainsmokers the third group to have three simultaneous top 10 hits. The third single, ""Honest"", was sent to top 40 radio on July 11, 2017. The single peaked at number 77 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. A promotional single, titled ""The One"", was released on March 27, 2017, and reached number 78 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Another promotional single, a remixed version of ""Young"", by Midnight Kids was released on September 29, 2017. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score"
"who narrowly missed out on number ones were Kelis whose ""Milkshake"" peaked at number two for 4 weeks in January and February and ""Trick Me"" in June. Other acts were Anastacia with ""Left Outside Alone"" who peaked at number three but was the seventh best selling of the year staying on the chart for 18 weeks. Also the long awaited return of Destiny's Child came in November when they peaked at number two for 4 weeks with ""Lose My Breath"" the first single released of their album ""Destiny Fulfilled"". On the issue date of 7 November, the top five consisted"
"million copies in eight weeks. Popular artists from the 1980s made successful returns, including Duran Duran, The Cure, Depeche Mode and Morrissey, all of whom released top ten singles. After appearing in the reality television show ""I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!"", Peter Andre re-released his 1996 hit single ""Mysterious Girl"", this time getting to the top spot. Twenty years after the original, the Band Aid single ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"" was re-recorded and was the best-selling single of the year, holding the Christmas number 1 spot. The song sold over a million copies in a month."
"famous for championing new bands and musical styles. 20 years after the original, the Band Aid single ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"" was re-recorded and became a massive success, easily selling the most singles of the year, and holding the Christmas number 1 spot. The second week of release saw the song sell almost as many as the first, pushing it to half a million in less than 14 days. This was all additional to the number of legal downloads as the song topped that chart as well. The song had sold over a million copies in a month. Artists"
"main early 21st century pop girl groups. After the member change, the band's single ""Whole Again"", hit No. 1 for 4 weeks, becoming the longest stay since Westlife at New Year in 1999/2000 and also the 4th biggest selling single of the year. They scored a 2nd chart topper later in the year with a remake of The Bangles' ""Eternal Flame"" chart topper from 1989, which spent 2 weeks at the top and continued on to be one of the most successful groups of the decade. Destiny's Child started the new trend for girl groups to veer away from pop,"
"Mary Byrne also appeared to with Level 5 to sing on their charity single. The concert was broadcast on TV3 on 1 December 2012. Over €440,000 was raised. The 16th annual ChildLine Concert took place on 20 November 2013 at The O2 in Dublin, the concert also celebrated ChildLine's 25th birthday. Hosted by Westlife's Nicky Byrne the line-up included The Wanted, Shane Filan, Little Mix, Union J, Conor Maynard and B*Witched. Boyzone opened the concert 16 years after helping to launch the concert in 1997 and also celebrated their 20th anniversary. Tickets went on sale 4 October 2013 and ChildLine"
"children"". In February 2013, One Direction released ""One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)"" (a medley of ""One Way or Another"" and ""Teenage Kicks"") as the 2013 single for the UK's other major charity telethon Comic Relief. For ITV's Santa charity Christmas campaign, they filmed a set of pleas to their fans and the general public, asking them to donate £2. The band have made numerous other appearances for charitable causes, including the 2011 Pride of Britain Awards where they presented 13-year-old quadruple amputee Danielle Bailey the Child of Courage award at her school assembly, and the 2014 Royal Variety Performance"
"reached the summit. This year is also remembered for the debuts of B*Witched, the rise of the All Saints and the end of the career for girl group phenomenon, the Spice Girls. The Corrs, The Verve and George Michael all experienced great success on the albums chart. The first chart of the year saw the BBC Children In Need single ""Perfect Day"", performed by a collaboration of various stars, return to the top of the charts for a week, displacing ""Too Much"" by the Spice Girls. January saw R'N'B vocalist, Usher Raymond score a No. 1 with his debut single"
"on 1 October 2010. JLS recorded the track for inclusion on their second studio album, ""Outta This World"". The band stated that the track was not originally intended to be released as a single, however, after being asked to release 2010's official Children in Need single, they believed that no other tracks from the album would be suitable. The band officially announced the single following rumours that they would themselves be doing some special fundraising for the event. The band have agreed to waive all royalties on the track, with 100% of profits and sales being donated to Children In"
"at radio, especially pop radio, where it reached number three on the Mainstream Top 40. According to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (NSPL), in the three weeks following the single's release, calls directed to the NSPL rose by 27%, while visits to their website increased from 300,000 to 400,000 over the following months. Lifeline's Director of Communications Frances Gonzalez reported that, following the night of the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards, the NSPL experienced a 50% surge in the number of calls to their hotline. This was reportedly as a result of the performance of the song by Logic, Cara,"
"Bowie's comeback single ""Where Are We Now"", singles became eligible to chart, before the release of its parent album. In the singles chart, James Arthur returned to the top of the charts, having reached number one in 2012 with ""Impossible"". Bingo Players, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Avicii, Nicky Romero, The Saturdays, PJ & Duncan, Duke Dumont, Daft Punk, Naughty Boy, Robin Thicke, Icona Pop, John Newman, Miley Cyrus, Ellie Goulding, OneRepublic, Lorde, Storm Queen, Martin Garrix, Alesso and Sam Bailey have all claimed their first number 1 single as a lead artist. In the albums chart, Emeli Sandé, Calvin Harris"
"Choir, Band Aid 30, Mark Ronson and Ben Haenow have all claimed their first number 1 single as a ""lead"" artist. Williams (with ""Get Lucky"" and ""Blurred Lines""), Smith (with ""La La La""), and Blacc (not credited; with ""Wake Me Up"") had all reached number one as featured artists prior to 2014. In the albums chart, Robbie Williams and Bastille returned to the top of the charts, having reached number 1 in 2013 with ""Swings Both Ways"" and ""Bad Blood"". You Me at Six, Bombay Bicycle Club, Katy B, Pharrell Williams, Elbow, Sam Bailey, Sam Smith, Collabro, Royal Blood, alt-J,"
"of half a million. In December 2017, a year after George Michael's death, fans tried to get ""Last Christmas"" to number one, but again it peaked at number two. The biggest selling single to peak at number three is New Order's ""Blue Monday"", which has sold over a million copies. However, it garnered its total sales via two further remixes of the track, meaning its one million sales are attributed over all three releases. The biggest selling ""release"" to peak at number three is Ed Sheeran's ""The A Team"", which has sold over 1,067,000 copies since its 2011 release. The"
"in the amount of £162,713.03, representing the proceeds from donations to JustGiving and royalties from sales of the single. As a result of the campaign, the song is featured in the 2011 UK edition of the Guinness World Records under the category of 'Fastest-selling digital track (UK)', after recording 502,672 downloads in its first week. ""Darkness of Greed"" and ""Clear the Lane"" were re-mastered versions of the respective demo tracks. Another version of ""Darkness of Greed"", titled merely ""Darkness"", was included on the for ""The Crow"". The previously unreleased demo appeared on the XX 20th Anniversary Edition of their debut"
"ones all sold over a million, for only the third time in UK chart history (it had previously happened in 1984 and 1995/6). These were Aqua's ""Barbie Girl"", the Children in Need charity single ""Perfect Day"", and ""Teletubbies say ""Eh-oh!"""", the theme tune to the popular children's television series Teletubbies. In addition, All Saints' ""Never Ever"" was released in November and also sold over a million, though it wouldn't reach number 1 until January 1998. In November, The Prodigy released ""Smack My Bitch Up"", which received huge international media attention, due to the fact that many people believed it to"
"Childline charity. After a break to recuperate, the band teamed up with engineer Joe Gibb to create a high-tech studio setup. Brown had been soaking up the Leeds dance scene, while Hussey's explorations were towards folk music. The band, asked to perform a lucrative headlining gig at Finsbury Park in 1991, brought out quite a different side, joined by Maartin Allcock of Fairport Convention and Anthony Thistlethwaite of The Waterboys. Many long-standing fans left the gig worried about the direction of the forthcoming release, ""Masque"" (produced by Mark Saunders). ""Masque"" was originally intended to be a solo release by Hussey,"
"in Toyland and Lodovica Comello. Babes in Toyland's version of the song was more rock oriented and it was a left field Dance club hit in the U.S. It peaked at #22 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1995. In addition, Rodgers organized a re-recording of the song in 2001 as a benefit record for the September 11 attacks. This in turn led to his co-creation of the We Are Family Foundation, a global charity named for the song and designed to inspire and educate young people to find solutions to problems such as hunger and illiteracy"
"song was later included in the group's ""Christmas Album"", 1981. In the United States, the track reached number 85 in the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, Boney M's last of four singles to chart; despite its chart position, the medley is an airplay favorite in the United States during the Thanksgiving/Christmas holiday season on radio stations which change to temporary all-Christmas music formats. It reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and has sold 1.89 million as of November 2015. A promotional gatefold single (15 816 AT) backed with ""Never Change Lovers in the Middle of the Night"" (from ""Nightflight to"