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Kenny Smith

Kenneth "the Jet" Smith (born March 8, 1965) is an American sports commentator and former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played in the NBA from 1987 to 1997 as a member of the Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets, Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, and Denver Nuggets. Smith won back-to-back NBA championships with Houston.

Smith played college basketball with the North Carolina Tar Heels, earning consensus first-team All-American honors as a senior in 1987. He was selected by Sacramento in the first round of the 1987 NBA draft with the sixth overall pick, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team with the Kings. After retiring from playing, Smith became a basketball commentator for the Emmy Award-winning Inside the NBA on TNT. He also works as an analyst for CBS/Turner during the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

Early life
Smith was born in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City and grew up in Queens, spending time in the LeFrak City neighborhood. He played some of his earliest basketball at New York's Riverside Church and at Stephen A. Halsey Junior High School in Rego Park, Queens. Smith attended Archbishop Molloy High School, where he was coached by Jack Curran, the high school coach with the most wins in New York City and New York State history. Smith was named a McDonald's All-American in 1983, then played basketball at the University of North Carolina for Dean Smith.

Kenny Smith credits former South Carolina State star Bobby Lewis with his development as a shooter and ballhandler. Lewis averaged 30.9 points per game and was a First Team Division II All-American as a senior at South Carolina State. He later developed the Bobby Lewis Basketball Skills Development Program, a training regimen that he presented at basketball camps around the country. Smith attended several of his lectures while in high school, and continued to use Lewis's drills throughout his basketball career, to this day teaching them at his own basketball camps. Of Lewis, Smith said, "He's the best lecturer ever. He had the best influence in terms of my workout regimen without question."

College career
Kenny Smith joined junior Michael Jordan and senior Sam Perkins on a North Carolina team that was a pre-season #1 and finished the season ranked #1 with a 28–3 record. Smith averaged 9.1 points and 5.0 assists per game, and the Tar Heels lost to Indiana in the regional semifinals of the 1984 NCAA tournament. He led North Carolina to the Elite Eight in 1985, losing to eventual national champion Villanova. Smith was named a Consensus All-American (1st Team) as senior in 1987, averaging 16.9 points, 6.1 assists per game while helping North Carolina to return to the Elite Eight. Playing in a game that featured eleven future NBA players, Smith led the Tar Heels with 25 points and seven assists in a loss to Syracuse, 79–75.

During his career at North Carolina, Smith averaged 12.9 points and 6.0 assists per game, while shooting .512 from the field, and .823 from the free throw line. In 1986–87, the first season the NCAA added three-point field goals, Smith shot .408. As of 2016, he ranks second in school history in total assists (768), fourth in total steals (195), and fifth in assists per game. Smith helped North Carolina to a record of 115–22 from the 1983–84 to 1986–87 seasons, including two Elite Eight appearances (1985 and 1987) and a Sweet Sixteen appearance in 1986. They won the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) regular season conference championships in 1984 and 1987, and tied for first in 1985. North Carolina never finished lower than eighth in the national polls during Smith's four years at the school.

International career
Smith represented the United States in the 1986 FIBA World Championship, on a team that included David Robinson, Muggsy Bogues and Steve Kerr: the last to exclusively feature amateur American players. He was second on the team in scoring behind Charles Smith with 14.7 points per game. Smith scored 23 points to lead the US to an 87–85 win and the Gold Medal over a Soviet Union team that featured Arvydas Sabonis.

Sacramento Kings (1987–1990)
The Sacramento Kings selected Smith with the sixth overall pick of the 1987 NBA draft. He made his NBA debut for the Kings in their season opener against the Golden State Warriors on November 6, 1987, scoring 11 points with five assists in Sacramento's win. Under head coach Bill Russell (who would step down as coach to become General Manager mid-way through the season), Smith was immediately a starter in Sacramento, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Team (1st Team) after averaging 13.8 points and 7.1 assists per game his rookie season. Smith began his NBA career playing for Hall of Famer Bill Russell, who was head coach for Kings until he was fired 58 games into the '87-88 season.

In 81 starts his second season, Smith averaged 17.3 points, 7.7 assists and 1.3 steals in 38.8 minutes per game. In his third season, he competed in the dunk contest, and made it to the finals of the competition scoring high points for originality with his signature dunk—he started by turning his back to the basket, bouncing the ball backward between his legs and off the backboard, then turning and grabbing it in the air and reverse dunking it. He narrowly lost to Dominique Wilkins—who would become his teammate just days later with the Atlanta Hawks.

Atlanta Hawks (1990)
Midway through the 1989–90 season, Smith was traded to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for Antoine Carr. He was a reserve player for the first time in his career, averaging 7.7 points per game while only starting five of thirty-games he played for the Hawks as a backup to team captain Doc Rivers.

Houston Rockets (1990–1996)
After the 1989–90 season, Smith and Roy Marble were traded to the Houston Rockets in exchange for John Lucas and Tim McCormick. In 1990–91 Smith averaged 17.7 points per game while leading the Rockets in assists per game (7.1) and free throw percentage (.844). Despite Hakeem Olajuwon missing 25 games due to injury,   Smith helped the Rockets to a 52–30 record, the best regular season in franchise history at the time. He received votes for the NBA Most Valuable Player Award (more than any Rockets teammate including Olajuwon), and finished in third place in Most Improved Player voting.

With Olajuwon, Smith's former Sacramento teammate Otis Thorpe and fellow backcourt mate Vernon Maxwell, the Rockets had the foundation for a championship contender. Despite this, Houston started the 1991–92 season only 26–26, and Don Chaney was fired as coach and replaced by former Rocket player Rudy Tomjanovich. The Rockets then went 55–27 in 1992–93, losing to the Seattle SuperSonics in the second round of the playoffs in seven games. Smith helped to force a game seven against Seattle by scoring 30 points, shooting 4–6 from three-point range, in a Game 6 victory for Houston.

The Rockets won back-to-back championships in 1993–94 and 1994–95 with Smith as the starting point guard. From the 1992–93 to 1994–95 seasons, Smith averaged 11.7 points and 4.5 assists per game, with a three-point percentage of .425. In 57 playoff games during the same period, Smith had nearly identical averages of 11.6 points and 4.3 assists, shooting .456 from three-point range.

The first of the two championships concluded a year that Houston started hot with a 22-1 record en route to a franchise-best 58-24 record. Their second championship came on the heels of a much different season; Maxwell left the team, Thorpe was traded for Clyde Drexler, and Houston finished the year going 18–18 in their final 36 games to finish third in the Midwest Division with a 47–35 record. They would go on to still win the championship that season, becoming the lowest seeded playoff team to win the championship (with the statistically most difficult path to the championship).

In the first game of the 1995 Finals against the Orlando Magic, Smith had 23 points, 9 assists and made seven three-pointers, including the game-tying shot which sent the game into overtime. Smith's 7 three pointers in the first game of the 1995 NBA Finals was an NBA record at the time. The Rockets won the game 120–118, and went on to sweep the Magic in four games.

Smith had been gradually losing playing time to Sam Cassell, but he continued to be the Rockets' starting point guard through the 1995–96 season. Although Smith's points, assists, steals and minutes per game declined for the fifth straight season, he was still productive in 1995–96. He averaged 8.5 points and 3.6 assists per game, and shot .382 from three-point range and .821 from the free throw line. The Rockets finished fifth in the NBA Western Conference with a 48–34 record, upsetting the fourth-seeded Los Angeles Lakers in the first round before being swept in the second round by eventual Finals runner-up Seattle SuperSonics. In game four of the series against the Lakers, Smith had 17 points, 6 assists and was 4–4 from three-point range to help the Rockets win the series clincher 102–94. The win against the Lakers also marked the final NBA game for Magic Johnson, who returned to the NBA that season after a five-year absence.

Detroit Pistons (1996)
On September 17, 1996, Smith signed with the Detroit Pistons. However he saw minimal playing time behind Lindsey Hunter and Joe Dumars, and was waived after only nine games to open a roster spot for Jerome Williams.

Orlando Magic (1996–1997)
Smith signed with the Orlando Magic on December 18, 1996, though he was released after just six games.

Denver Nuggets (1997)
In 1997, Smith then signed with his third team just that season, the Denver Nuggets. Smith averaged 7.9 points and 3.1 assists while playing just under twenty minutes per game, also serving as a mentor for the young Denver team. Overall for the season, Smith averaged 6.3 points and 2.4 assists per game, the lowest averages of his career, while his three-point percentage of .437 (59/135) was the second highest of his career (and the fourth season in which he shot better than 40 percent on three-pointers). He attended training camp in 1997 with the New Jersey Nets, but did not make John Calipari's final roster and retired shortly after.

In his professional career, Smith scored 9,397 points (12.8 avg.), recorded 4,073 assists (5.5 avg) while shooting .480 from the field, .399 from three-point range, and .829 from the free throw line. He finished in the NBA top ten in three-point percentage three times (1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95), and top ten in free throw percentage twice (1992–93 and 1993–94). In the 1988–89 season Smith was fifth in the league in minutes played, seventh in minutes per game, and tenth in total assists. Smith's career three-point percentage of .399 42nd in NBA history through 2010. Through 2016 Smith held the Denver Nuggets franchise record for career three-point percentage (.425), and ranked among the all-time leaders in several categories for the Sacramento Kings and the Houston Rockets.

Broadcasting career
Smith joined Turner Sports in early 1998, working as a studio analyst for end of the NBA regular season and the playoffs. Smith works with Ernie Johnson Jr., Charles Barkley, and Shaquille O'Neal on Inside the NBA, a winner of the Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Studio Show. Smith covered basketball for the 2001 Goodwill Games, and he occasionally appears on NBA TV as an analyst. Smith provided commentary for the MSG Network's broadcasts of New York Knicks games from 2005 to 2008 and works as an analyst for CBS/Turner during the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The New York Times has written that Smith's work in broadcasting has made him a household name, significantly boosting his public celebrity beyond what he had during his playing career.

During the 2010 NBA All-Star Weekend, Smith was a member of the Texas team that won the Shooting Stars Competition.

While on the Scoop B Radio Podcast in 2017, Smith told Brandon Scoop B Robinson that the 1994 Houston Rockets would have beaten Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls had they faced each other in the NBA Finals.

On the August 26, 2020 edition of Inside the NBA, Smith left the set as a show of solidarity with the six teams that elected to boycott the day's games in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake. The live broadcast, originally scheduled to lead into a double-header, was turned into a panel discussion of racial injustice in America after the announcement of the games' postponements.

In October 2022, Smith signed a long-term contract extension with Warner Bros. Discovery Sports to continue as a host on Inside the NBA.

Acting career
Kenny Smith played Leon Rich in the movie Hustle (2022), starring Adam Sandler and Juancho Hernangómez.

Personal life
Smith has been married twice. He has two children from his first marriage: Kayla, an R&B singer, and K. J., a basketball player who played for the University of North Carolina, his father's alma mater, from 2018 to 2021 and is a national basketball analyst with the website On3.com.

After divorcing his first wife, Smith met English model Gwendolyn Osborne in 2004 at a charity event. They married on September 8, 2006. They have two children together. Smith is also stepfather to Osborne's daughter from a previous marriage. Osborne is a former model on The Price Is Right. Gwendolyn Osborne filed for divorce in 2018.

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I just was sending the cookie welcome to someone (as its my preferred one) and noticed there's no link to WP:Teahouse. Can that be added? I dont want to change anything without checking here first Soni (talk) 04:14, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

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Fort Peck Dam

The Fort Peck Dam is the highest of six major dams along the Missouri River, located in northeast Montana in the United States, near Glasgow, and adjacent to the community of Fort Peck. At 21026 ft in length and over 250 ft in height, it is the largest hydraulically filled dam in the United States, and creates Fort Peck Lake, the fifth largest artificial lake in the U.S., more than 130 mi long, 200 ft deep, and it has a 1520 mi shoreline which is longer than the state of California's coastline. It lies within the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge. The dam and the 134 mi lake are owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and exist for the purposes of hydroelectric power generation, flood control, and water quality management.

The dam presently has a nameplate capacity of 185.25 megawatts, divided among 5 generating units (which in turn are divided between the Western and Eastern grids). Three units in powerhouse number one, completed in 1951, have a capacity of 105 MW. Completed in 1961, the two remaining generating units in powerhouse number 2, have a nameplate capacity of 80 MW.

The lake has a maximum operating pool elevation of 2250 ft above mean sea level and a normal operating pool elevation of 2246 ft above mean sea level. The lake level fluctuates over time based on a number of factors. During the first week of February 2007, the reservoir set a record low elevation of 2197 ft above mean sea level, nearly 12 ft lower than the previous record low set in 1991. In June 2011, in response to the 2011 Missouri River Floods, the dam was releasing almost 66000 cuft/s, which greatly exceeded its previous record release of 35000 cuft/s set in 1975.

Background
Fort Peck was a major project of the Public Works Administration, part of the New Deal. Construction of Fort Peck Dam started in 1933, and at its peak in July 1936 employed 10,546 workers. The dam, named for a 19th-century trading post, was completed in 1940, and began generating electricity in July 1943. The town of Fort Peck, Montana, "the government town," was built for Army Corps of Engineers personnel and men in "positions of responsibility" and their families during the dam's construction. Many of the facilities that supported the dam's workers are still used today, such as the recreation center and the Fort Peck Theater. In addition to Fort Peck, other towns sprang up to house the workers. Among these were Wheeler and McCone City as well as more than a dozen others. Many of the homes were later moved to farms and towns around Montana.

Fort Peck Dam is one of six Missouri River Main stem dams operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District. The dams downstream of Fort Peck Dam are: Garrison Dam (near Riverdale, North Dakota), Oahe Dam (near Pierre, South Dakota), Big Bend Dam (near Fort Thompson, South Dakota), Fort Randall Dam (near Pickstown, South Dakota), and Gavins Point Dam (near Yankton, South Dakota). These six mainstem dams impound these Missouri River reservoirs with a total combined water storage capacity of approximately 73129000 acre feet and approximately 1111884 acre of water surface area.

Construction
The site chosen was on a stretch of the Missouri River flowing from south to north. The river bed at the site consisted of approximately 160 ft of alluvial deposits, varying from coarse, pervious sands and gravels to impermeable clays. Beneath these deposits lay a thick (approximately 1000 ft) deposit of Bear Paw shale. This shale is classified as a firm shale and contains thin (<1 to 6 in layers of bentonite. The topmost layer of soft clay was removed from the alluvium in order to found the dam on the stable sandy deposits beneath, at an elevation of approximately 2050 ft. The remaining deposits consisted of the alluvial materials mentioned above. These deposits had many interconnecting layers of coarse sands and gravels, necessitating the installation of a steel sheet pile wall down to the firm shale, from the left to the right abutment.

As designed, the dam extends to an elevation of 2275 ft, for a total height of 225 ft from the cleared river bed and has a length from the left to the right abutment of approximately 10500 ft. The upstream face was designed with an average slope of one vertical on four horizontal and included three horizontal shelves built into the slope. A flatter (1 on 7.5) berm was to be placed between stations 30+00 and 75+00 (approximately the center half of the length of the dam).

Since the construction method of hydraulic fill was chosen, four electric dredges were built. Because of the distance of the site from the nearest shoreline, a shipyard was started on the site, affectionately dubbed "The Fort Peck Navy" and "The Biggest Shipyard in Montana" by the workers. These dredges would pump material from nearby borrow pits to the dam site where it was discharged by pipes along the outside edges of the fill. The coarser material settled out quickly, while the fines were carried downhill toward what would eventually become the core of the dam. Samples were taken from all zones regularly to ensure that the material had the gradation and consolidation characteristics specified by the design.

Dam failure during construction
This process proceeded until elevation of the fill reached approximately 2250 ft, while the reservoir was at an elevation of 2117.5 ft. At this point, the danger of the core pool overtopping or bursting the shell became greater because the beaches became narrower. For this reason, an extensive alarm system was implemented along the narrower upstream shell. This alarm system could immediately shut off the dredge pumps if a shell breach was detected. Part of this alarm system involved monitoring the elevations of the core pool and the pipelines carrying the dredged fill.

On the morning of September 22, 1938, an inspection by the engineer in charge of construction revealed that the elevation of the pipeline relative to the core pool near station 15+10 (see attached overhead photo) was only 2.5 ft when it should have been 4.5 ft. A survey crew was dispatched immediately to determine if the fill on which the pipeline was founded was settling or if the pipeline footing itself was settling. Preliminary measurement showed that the pipeline was closer to the pool than expected from station 15+00 to station 17+00. A meeting with the district engineer and supervisory personnel was scheduled for 1:15 p.m. near the location in question.

At approximately 1:15 p.m. the core pool near station 15+00 began to settle slowly. As its rate of settlement increased, cracks appeared 30 ft below the crest in the upstream embankment. As the settlement of the pool got larger, portions of the shell began to slide backwards into the core pool area and the majority of the upstream shell began to move into the reservoir, translating south and rotating slightly about the east abutment. The west end of the slide mass broke away from the dam near station 27+00 and the core pool water rapidly poured out of the breach that was created in the shell. Portions of the core in the still-stable portion of the dam continued to slump into the hole created by the loss of the slide mass. One construction supervisor was backing his car away from the advancing scarp to the west along the beach to avoid the slumping and noted that the small scarp in the core was advancing to the west at a speed equal to his own (approximately 10 mph (16 km/h)).

A pump barge moored near the dam at the east abutment was swamped by the slide and was lost along with several tractors, loadmasters, and draglines on the slope. Of the 134 men working in the area at the time, 34 were carried into the sliding material. Of these 34, eight were unable to be rescued and lost their lives. Of the eight men, only two bodies were ever recovered, leaving six men permanently entombed in the structure.

In the testing and analysis done by the Corps of Engineers and others to determine the cause of the slide, several modes of failure were considered. These were: movement along a weak zone in the shale in the abutment, movement along the shale surface, bursting of the shell due to excessive core pressure, and temporary liquefaction of the shell or foundation sand. Extensive laboratory testing of the shale, both weathered and unweathered indicated strengths leading to a factor of safety greater than one. Also, portions of the weathered shale were found in the slide mass, indicating that the slip surface was located somewhere in the shale, but probably at a shallow depth. The core material turned out to be much stronger than expected (having a friction angle of approximately 29 degrees) and was carried out into the slide nearly in a solid mass, making it unlikely that the core was the weak point in the slide. Laboratory testing was done on the shell material and the foundation sand and it was determined that both materials were denser than the critical state for liquefaction. There was no evidence of ground vibration, seismic or otherwise. Some liquefaction may have occurred after the sliding was initiated, but it was unlikely that it caused the slide.

The major weak point in the dam seemed to be the bentonite seams in the Bear Paw shale. Very high water pressures were reported at some points in the shale during the construction. This was likely caused by consolidation due to the overburden of the fill being placed for the dam. The excess pore pressures could not be relieved due to the low permeability of the surrounding shale. This resulted in a low effective stress in the bentonite and a very low shear strength.

2011 flooding and repairs
According to the Billings Gazette, the dam was damaged by "record-high runoff and flooding in 2011." As of March 2013, "more than $42.9 million in repairs to Fort Peck Dam have been approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers."

Representations in art and literature
Fort Peck Dam is probably best known for being the subject of a photograph of the spillway taken by Margaret Bourke-White while still under construction that was the cover photo of the first issue of Life magazine on November 23, 1936. Later, the photograph by Bourke-White was used on a United States postage stamp in the "Celebrate the Century" series.

The dam is also center-stage in Bucking the Sun, by the Montana-born writer Ivan Doig, published in 1996. The novel tells the story of the fictional Duff family and their various roles in the mammoth dam project, and in the process describes the working conditions and way of life of the thousands of workers hired to construct the Fort Peck Dam, many of them homesteaders from upriver farms destined to disappear under the waters of the newly formed Fort Peck Lake.

The Fort Peck Dam is also featured in Ivan Doig’s novel, The Bartender’s Tale.

Fifty Cents an Hour: The Builders and Boomtowns of the Fort Peck Dam, by Montana author Lois Lonnquist, published in 2006, is an overall history of the Fort Peck dam and spillway construction. Built by the Army Corps of Engineers, PWA Project #30 provided thousands of jobs during the Great Depression. The book includes the history of the boomtowns that sprang up in the area, and the "project people" who lived and worked at Fort Peck during the "dam days."

M.R. Montgomery, Personal History, "Impalpable Dust," The New Yorker, March 27, 1989, p. 94 was written by the son of an engineer who worked at the dam during its construction. After his father's death, the author researched the dam's construction and his father's role in it.

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User:HowardB

Welcome to my user page. My name is Howard Banwell. I am originally from the UK, but have lived mainly in Asia (Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore) for over thirty years. Singapore has been my home since 1992.

Although I have been aware of Wikipedia for some time, I only started to participate actively at the end of January 2005. I find already that it has the potential to be addictive (and very time-consuming!).

My interests include wine, travel and sailing (both cruising and racing).

My early contributions have been in the field of wine and geography/culture.

Articles that I have started or pretty well completely re-written, so far, are:

 * Château Lynch-Bages
 * Central Otago Wine Region
 * Ekaterina Geladze
 * Miho Museum
 * Parrina
 * La Parrina
 * Portobello Road
 * Master of Wine
 * Yang Xuefei
 * Central Conservatory of Music

Major contributions:

 * Nakasendo

Stubs begun:

 * Traditional Chinese musical instruments

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 * Shinji Shumeikai (Shumei)

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 * Oenology
 * Wine making
 * Sommelier
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Fort Peck Lake

Fort Peck Lake, or Lake Fort Peck, is a major reservoir in Montana, formed by the Fort Peck Dam on the Missouri River. The lake lies in the eastern prairie region of Montana approximately 140 mi east of Great Falls and 120 mi north of Billings, reaching into portions of six counties.

The dam and reservoir were built in the 1930s to enhance navigation on the Missouri River, supplying enough water downstream of the dam to provide for a 9 foot, 300 foot navigation channel from Sioux City, Iowa, to the mouth of the Missouri just above St. Louis.

History
Following severe flooding along the Missouri River in 1943, which hampered the economic development of the Missouri River Valley and damaged production of military supplies for then-ongoing World War II, five additional dams were added when the federal government adopted the Pick-Sloan Plan, calling for a series of dams and reservoirs to be built along the Missouri and its tributaries. Fort Peck Dam was built from 1933 to 1940 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; water impoundment began in 1937 and the reservoir was first filled to capacity in 1947. The federal government forced out ranchers and farmers who lived in the valley bottom to prepare room for the lake.

Description
With a volume of 18700000 acre.ft when full, Fort Peck is the fifth largest artificial lake in the United States. It extends 134 mi through central Montana, and its twisting, inlet-studded shoreline has a total length of some 1520 mi. Along with the Missouri River, smaller tributaries such as the Musselshell River, Fourchette Creek, Timber Creek, Hell Creek and Dry Creek feed the reservoir; the latter forms the longest side arm of the reservoir, which reaches some 30 mi southwards. The lake covers an area of 245000 acre, making it the largest in Montana by surface area, although Flathead Lake has a larger volume due to its greater depth.

The reservoir is also a tourist attraction, with 27 designated recreational sites bordering its shores. Bordering nearly the entire reservoir is the 1719 sqmi Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, which has preserved much of the high prairie and hill country around the lake.

The lake is featured in the film Jurassic Park III, as part of an excavation.

Fishing
Fishing is popular at the reservoir and a large variety of fish have been introduced into the lake.

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Zara

Zara may refer to:

Businesses

 * Zara (retailer), a fashion retail company based in Spain
 * Zara Investment Holding, a Jordanian holding company
 * Continental Hotel Zara, Budapest, Hungary

People and fictional characters

 * Zara (name), primarily a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname
 * Zara (Turkish singer), stage name of Turkish folk singer and actress Neşe Yılmaz (born 1976)
 * Zara (Russian singer), Russian pop singer and actress Zarifa Pashaevna Mgoyan (born 1983)

Places

 * Zara (Dalmatia), a historical and Italian name of the city of Zadar, Croatia
 * Province of Zara, a province of the Kingdom of Italy from 1918 to 1947
 * Zara, Turkey, a town and district of Sivas Province

Ships

 * Zara-class of Italian heavy cruisers
 * Italian cruiser Zara, a heavy cruiser that served in the Italian Navy from 1931 to 1941
 * SMS Zara, an Austro-Hungarian torpedo cruiser of the 19th century
 * USS Zara (SP-133), a patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919

Music

 * ZaRa, an EP by Merzbow
 * "Zara", a 2011 single by Arty
 * "Zara", a song from Gemini by Macklemore, 2017

Other uses

 * Zara (game), a dice game
 * Zara (Milan Metro), a railway station in Milan, Italy
 * 158 Infantry Division Zara, Italian infantry division of World War II
 * Zorya, also spelled Zara, in Slavic folklore, a personification of dawn, possibly a goddess
 * ZARA, an acronym referring to the ports of Zeebrugge, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Amsterdam
 * Zaara, historical term for the Sahara desert
 * Zaara (TV series), an Indian TV series

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Darius Songaila

Darius Songaila (born February 14, 1978) is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach and former player. He serves as an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has represented the Lithuania national team. He played at the power forward and center positions.

Early years
Songaila started his basketball career with Lietuvos rytas Marijampolė in second-tier Lithuanian league, the LKAL in 1995. In 1997, he moved to the United States where he attended the New Hampton School in New Hampton, New Hampshire. Songaila played the Nike Hoop Summit in 1998. He was also named to the All-European Under-22 Championship Second Team.

College career
Darius Songaila played college basketball at Wake Forest University. He was named Third Team All-ACC in 2000 and Second Team All-ACC in 2002. He was also named Honorable Mention All-American by the Associated Press as a senior.

Professional career
Songaila was selected with the 50th pick of the 2002 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics, who eventually dealt his rights to the Sacramento Kings.

He joined CSKA Moscow for the 2002–03 season and won the Russian Basketball Super League. He signed with the Kings in June 2003, and averaged 6.1 points and 3.7 rebounds in 154 games (28 starts) over two seasons.

Songaila signed a one-year deal with the Chicago Bulls in September 2005. He had his most successful season yet with the Bulls, averaging 9.2 points and 4.0 rebounds in 62 games (7 starts). However, he suffered an ankle injury in March 2006 and missed the final 20 games.

On July 17, 2006, Songaila signed with the Washington Wizards. The deal reportedly was worth $23 million over five years. He missed the first 45 games after a surgery for a herniated disc and averaged 7.6 points and 3.6 rebounds in 37 games (1 start).

Songaila eventually became a big part of the Wizards' bench and an occasional starter. He averaged 6.2 points and 3.4 rebounds in 2007–08. At the end of the 2008–09 season, Songaila became a starter because of the injuries suffered by teammates Brendan Haywood and Andray Blatche. He started a career-high 29 games and averaged 7.4 points and 2.9 rebounds.

On June 23, 2009, he was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves along with Oleksiy Pecherov, Etan Thomas, and a first-round draft pick for Randy Foye and Mike Miller.

On September 9, 2009, he was traded to the New Orleans Hornets along with Bobby Brown in exchange for Antonio Daniels and a 2014 second round pick.

On September 23, 2010, he was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers along with rookie forward Craig Brackins in exchange for Willie Green and Jason Smith. Songaila had career lows with the 76ers, notably in points (1.6 ppg). With the 2010–11 season coming to an end, he became an unrestricted free agent.

In July 2011, he signed a one-year contract with Galatasaray in Turkey worth $1.5 million.

In March 2012, several weeks after leaving Galatasaray, Songaila signed with Blancos de Rueda Valladolid. Later that year, he signed with BC Donetsk.

On October 8, 2013, he signed with Lietuvos rytas Vilnius for one season. On July 22, 2014, he signed a one-year deal with Žalgiris Kaunas.

At the end of the 2014–15 season, he retired from the professional basketball.

Coaching career
On August 5, 2015 Songaila was appointed as an assistant coach for Žalgiris Kaunas.

In August 2018, he became a quality assurance assistant in the video department for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). In September 2019, Songaila was promoted to a player development assistant. In November 2020, Songaila was promoted to assistant coach.

EuroLeague

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 * style="text-align:left;"|CSKA Moscow
 * 18 || 16 || 21.6 || .475 || .286 || .847 || 3.9 || 1.1 || .6 || .2 || 12.8 || 10.8
 * style="text-align:left;"|2011–12
 * style="text-align:left;"|Galatasaray
 * 10 || 10 || 15.3 || .455 || .000 || .714 || 2.8 || .4 || .4 || .0 || 6.5 || 3.3
 * style="text-align:left;"|2013–14
 * style="text-align:left;"|Lietuvos rytas
 * 10 || 8 || 21.9 || .473 || .000 || .667 || 4.8 || 1.3 || .7 || .1 || 8.2 || 8.0
 * style="text-align:left;"|2014–15
 * style="text-align:left;"|Žalgiris
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 * 24 || 2 || 14.5 || .492 || .000 || .778 || 2.5 || .9 || .6 || .1 || 5.8 || 4.5
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 * style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career || 62 || 36 || 17.8 || .477 || .286 || .794 || 3.3 || 1.0 || .6 || .1 || 8.3 || 6.7

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Profyle

Profyle was an American R&B group best known for their hit, "Liar", released in 2000. They were signed to Motown Records with which they released two albums and then went on to release another album independently.

Background
The group released their single titled "Liar", produced by Teddy Riley. The video for "Liar" was a staple of MTV2, VH1 and BET in the fall of 2000.

The group released a self-titled album in 2004 on Major Money. Profyle disbanded in 2004 after this album failed to chart. The lead singer went on to work with artists such as Gerald Levert, Shawn Kane, Gerald "CleanUp Man" Isaac, Scott Storch and Ne-Yo.

Discography

 * Studio
 * Whispers in the Dark (1999)
 * Nothin' But Drama (2000)
 * Liars! Cheaters! (2004)

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User talk:Phaedrus420

link StumbleUpon link Flickr Is this cool, or not in the spirit of WikiPedia?

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UK singles chart records and statistics

The UK singles chart was first compiled in 1969. However, the records and statistics listed here date back to 1952 because the Official Charts Company counts a selected period of the New Musical Express chart (only from 1952 to 1960) and the Record Retailer chart from 1960 to 1969 as predecessors for the period prior to 11 February 1969, where multiples of competing charts coexisted side by side. For example, the BBC compiled its own chart based on an average of the music papers of the time; many songs announced as having reached number one on BBC Radio and Top of the Pops prior to 1969 may not be listed here as chart-toppers since they do not meet the legacy criteria of the Charts Company.

Most number ones
The following is a list of all the acts who are on eight or more UK number one songs with an individual credit (meaning, the main artist or named separately as a featured artist – being part of a group does not count towards an individual's total).

Simply playing or singing on a single without credit will not count, or the top positions would almost certainly belong to session musicians such as Clem Cattini who is reported to have played drums on over 40 number ones.

Most weeks at number one by single
The record for most non-consecutive weeks at number one is 18 by Frankie Laine's "I Believe" in 1953. It spent nine weeks at number one, dropped down for a week, returned to number one for six weeks, dropped down for a further week and returned to number one for a third time for three weeks.

The longest unbroken run at number one is "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams, which spent 16 consecutive weeks in 1991.

Ed Sheeran is the only artist to ever have multiple songs spend 10 or more weeks at the top of the charts, achieving the feat with both "Shape of You" in 2017 and "Bad Habits" in 2021.

Below is a table of all singles that have spent 10 or more weeks at the top of the charts:

Note: Songs denoted with an asterisk (*) spent non-consecutive weeks at number one.

Biggest climb to number one
The single with the biggest climb to number one is "Marvin Gaye" by Charlie Puth featuring Meghan Trainor, which climbed from number 90 on the week ending 20 August 2015.

The biggest climb to number one within the top 40 goes to "So What" by Pink, which climbed from number 38 on the week ending 11 October 2008.

Biggest drop from number one
The biggest drop from number one within the top 100 is to number 97. "Three Lions" by Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds returned to number one for a third non-consecutive week on the week ending 19 July 2018, but in the following week it experienced a large drop after England's loss at the semifinals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. However, two singles have since fallen completely out of the chart after a week at number one: "Last Christmas" by Wham! on the weeks ending 14 January 2021 and 12 January 2023, and "Merry Christmas" by Ed Sheeran and Elton John on the week ending 13 January 2022.

Longest climb to number one
"All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey reached number one on its 104th non-consecutive week on the chart, debuting on the week ending 10 December 1994 and peaking on week ending 17 December 2020.

The longest climb to number one in a consecutive chart run is 19 weeks, achieved by Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud", which debuted on the week ending 5 July 2014 and peaked on the week ending 8 November 2014.

In terms of overall surpassed time, the record is held by "Running Up That Hill" by Kate Bush, which first charted on the week ending 17 August 1985 and reached number one on the week ending 23 June 2022, almost 37 years since its first appearance on the chart.

Self-replacement at number one
Since the inception of the UK Singles Chart in 1952 only six acts have replaced themselves at the top of the UK charts with exactly the same billing (as opposed to featured credits or backing credits, for example 'Cliff Richard and the Shadows' and 'The Shadows' have had back to back number ones on four occasions):

 * The Beatles — "I Want to Hold Your Hand" replaced "She Loves You" (14 December 1963)
 * John Lennon — "Woman" replaced "Imagine" (7 February 1981)
 * Elvis Presley — "One Night" / "I Got Stung" replaced "Jailhouse Rock" (22 January 2005)
 * Justin Bieber — "Love Yourself" replaced "Sorry" (10 December 2015)
 * Ariana Grande — "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" replaced "7 Rings" (21 February 2019); "7 Rings" replaced "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" (28 February 2019)
 * Ed Sheeran — "Shivers" replaced "Bad Habits" (23 September 2021)
 * Sabrina Carpenter — "Espresso" replaced "Please Please Please" (18 July 2024)

In addition, Ariana Grande is the first female artist to replace herself, and the first artist to replace herself at Number 1 for two consecutive weeks.

Songwriters with the most number one singles
The following have writing credits on at least 12 UK number one singles. Double A-sides and EPs count as one single rather than separate songs, and songs that have been number one for multiple artists are included as separate singles.

Most consecutive number ones
The Beatles had 11 consecutive number ones with official releases on Parlophone between 1963 ("From Me to You") and 1966 ("Yellow Submarine" / "Eleanor Rigby"), though releases of archive material from their previous record company also charted during this time.

Even including the archive releases, they still have the most consecutive number ones with 7, from "A Hard Day's Night" in 1964 up to "Yellow Submarine" / " Eleanor Rigby" in 1966. They share this record with Westlife, who achieved this from their 1999 debut "Swear It Again" up to 2000's "My Love".

Most consecutive number ones from chart debut
Spice Girls became the first British music act and girl group to have their first six singles reach number one on the UK singles chart between 1996 and 1997 with "Wannabe" in July 1996 to "Too Much" in December 1997.

Westlife became the first music act to have their first seven singles ("Swear It Again", "If I Let You Go", "Flying Without Wings", "I Have a Dream / "Seasons in the Sun", "Fool Again", "Against All Odds" and "My Love") to reach number one from 1999 to 2000. It took Westlife just over 18 months to achieve their first seven number ones, faster than any other music act.

Most songs to debut at number 1 on the chart
Acts with the most songs to debut at number 1 on the Official Singles Chart. Westlife claim the most number 1 debuts on the Official Singles Chart, with all 14 of their chart-toppers landing there in their first week.

Most number-one singles from one album
The following artists have had at least 3 number-one singles in the UK with a single album. No soundtracks have had 4 number-one singles as of today. Lady Gaga's The Fame and The Fame Monster are considered to be one album by the Official Charts Company. George Michael is credited as a sole singer for some number-one songs that are tracks on Wham! albums. Although "Merry Christmas" by Ed Sheeran and Elton John was a number-one single on a Christmas edition of Sheeran's album =, the special edition was later removed from stores, and the song is now listed as a single from John's album The Lockdown Sessions, therefore removing the third number-one single credit from Sheeran's album.

Longest span of number one singles
The Beatles have the longest time span of number one singles with 60 years between their first "From Me to You" in May 1963 and their last "Now and Then" in November 2023.

Elvis Presley has the longest time span of number one singles for a solo artist, with over 47 years between his first number one "All Shook Up" in June 1957 and his most recent, the reissue of "It's Now or Never" in January 2005.

Kate Bush has the longest time span of number one singles for a female artist, with 44 years between her first number one "Wuthering Heights" in April 1978 and her second and most recent "Running Up That Hill" in June 2022.

Longest gap between two number one singles
The Beatles have the longest gap between two number ones, with 54 years between "The Ballad of John and Yoko" in June 1969 and "Now and Then" in November 2023.

Kate Bush has the longest gap between two number ones for a solo artist, with 44 years between her first "Wuthering Heights" in April 1978 and her second "Running Up That Hill" in June 2022.

Tom Jones has the longest gap between two number ones for a male artist, with over 42 years between "Green, Green Grass of Home" in December 1966 and his featured appearance on "(Barry) Islands in the Stream" in March 2009.

Lowest selling number one
The lowest weekly sale for a number one single is 17,694 copies held by Orson's "No Tomorrow" in 2006.

The addition of downloads to the UK charts meant that singles could reach number one with no physical copy being released. The first single to achieve this was Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" in early 2006. Since 2014, audio streaming has been included in the calculation of chart position, so it is now possible for a single to reach number one without selling any copies (if it were only available on streaming services). In the week ending 24 September 2015, "What Do You Mean?" by Justin Bieber became the first number one with over half of its chart sales made up of streaming points, with sales of 30,000 and 36,000 points from 3.6 million streams.

Since the incorporation of streaming into the singles chart, the Official Charts Company have continued to compile a sales only chart. In week ending 27 April 2017 "Sign of the Times" by Harry Styles became the first number one in the sales-only chart to sell less than "No Tomorrow" by Orson, with 16,686 copies.

Longest and shortest songs to reach number one
In terms of a song's running length, "All Around the World" by Oasis (1998) at 9 minutes and 38 seconds is the longest song to reach No.1. "What Do You Want?" by Adam Faith at 1 minute 35 seconds (1959) is the shortest.

Non-English language number ones
Source:
 * "Je t'aime... moi non plus" – Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin (French – 11 October 1969 for one week)
 * "Chanson D'Amour" – The Manhattan Transfer (French/English – 12 March 1977 for three weeks)
 * "Begin the Beguine (Volver a Empezar)" – Julio Iglesias (Spanish/English – 5 December 1981 for one week)
 * "Rock Me Amadeus" – Falco (German/English – 10 May 1986 for one week)
 * "La Bamba" – Los Lobos (Spanish – 1 August 1987 for two weeks)
 * "Sadeness (Part I)" – Enigma (French/Latin/English – 19 January 1991 for one week)
 * "The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)" – Las Ketchup (Spanish/English – 19 October 2002 for one week)
 * "We No Speak Americano" – Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP (Neapolitan/English – 31 July 2010 for one week)
 * "Loca People" - Sak Noel (Spanish/English - 2 October 2011 for one week)
 * "Gangnam Style" – Psy (Korean/English – 6 October 2012 for one week)
 * "Despacito" – Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber (Spanish/English – 18 May 2017 for eleven non-consecutive weeks)

Songs that were number one for multiple artists

 * "I Believe" – Frankie Laine (1953) and Robson & Jerome (1995)
 * "Answer Me" – David Whitfield and Frankie Laine (both 1953)
 * "This Ole House" – Rosemary Clooney (1954) and Shakin' Stevens (1981)
 * "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)" – Pérez Prado and Eddie Calvert (both 1955)
 * "Unchained Melody" – Jimmy Young (1955), The Righteous Brothers (1990), Robson & Jerome (1995) and Gareth Gates (2002)
 * "Singing the Blues" – Guy Mitchell and Tommy Steele (both 1957)
 * "Young Love" – Tab Hunter (1957) and Donny Osmond (1973)
 * "Mary's Boy Child" – Harry Belafonte (1957) and Boney M. (1978)
 * "Living Doll" – Cliff Richard (1959 with The Shadows, 1986 with The Young Ones)
 * "Can't Help Falling in Love" – Elvis Presley (1962) and UB40 (1993)
 * "You'll Never Walk Alone" – Gerry and the Pacemakers (1963), The Crowd (1985), Robson & Jerome (1996) and Michael Ball with Captain Tom Moore (2020)
 * "I Got You Babe" – Sonny & Cher (1965) and UB40 with Chrissie Hynde (1985)
 * "Somethin' Stupid" – Frank Sinatra with Nancy Sinatra (1967) and Robbie Williams with Nicole Kidman (2001)
 * "What a Wonderful World" – Louis Armstrong (1968) and Katie Melua with Eva Cassidy (2007)
 * "Baby Come Back" – The Equals (1968) and Pato Banton (1994)
 * "With a Little Help from My Friends" – Joe Cocker (1968), Wet Wet Wet (1988) and Sam & Mark (2004)
 * "Dizzy" – Tommy Roe (1969) and Vic Reeves with The Wonder Stuff (1991)
 * "Bridge over Troubled Water" – Simon & Garfunkel (1970) and Artists for Grenfell (2017)
 * "Spirit in the Sky" – Norman Greenbaum (1970), Doctor and the Medics (1986) and Gareth Gates (2003)
 * "Without You" – Nilsson (1972) and Mariah Carey (1994)
 * "Seasons in the Sun" – Terry Jacks (1974) and Westlife (1999)
 * "Everything I Own" – Ken Boothe (1974) and Boy George (1987)
 * "Barbados" – Typically Tropical (1975) and Vengaboys (1999, as "We're Going to Ibiza")
 * "Tragedy" – Bee Gees (1979) and Steps (1999)
 * "The Tide Is High" – Blondie (1980) and Atomic Kitten (2002)
 * "Uptown Girl" – Billy Joel (1983) and Westlife (2001)
 * "The Power of Love" – Frankie Goes to Hollywood (1984) and Gabrielle Aplin (2012)
 * "Do They Know It's Christmas?" – Band Aid (1984), Band Aid II (1989), Band Aid 20 (2004), Band Aid 30 (2014) and LadBaby (2022, as "Food Aid")
 * "When the Going Gets Tough" – Billy Ocean (1986) and Boyzone (1999)
 * "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" – The Hollies (1988) and The Justice Collective (2012)
 * "Eternal Flame" – The Bangles (1989) and Atomic Kitten (2001)
 * "You Are Not Alone" – Michael Jackson (1995) and The X Factor Finalists 2009 (2009)
 * "Lady Marmalade" – All Saints (1998) and Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya and Pink (2001)
 * "Mambo No. 5" – Lou Bega (1999) and Bob the Builder (2001)
 * "Against All Odds" – Mariah Carey with Westlife (2000) and Steve Brookstein (2005)
 * "Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)" – Eamon and Frankee (both 2004, Frankee's version titled "F.U.R.B. (Fuck You Right Back)")
 * "Wake Me Up" – Avicii (2013) and Gareth Malone's All Star Choir (2014)
 * "Merry Christmas" – Ed Sheeran with Elton John and LadBaby featuring Ed Sheeran and Elton John (both 2021, LadBaby's version titled "Sausage Rolls for Everyone")

Acts to occupy the top two
In addition, in the final week that Justin Bieber was at No. 1 and No. 2 with "Love Yourself" and "Sorry", "What Do You Mean" was at No. 3. For the first three weeks that Ed Sheeran was at No. 1 and No. 2 with "Shape of You" and "Galway Girl", "Castle on the Hill" was at No. 3, and for the first of these three weeks Sheeran's "Perfect", "New Man" and "Happier" were at No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 respectively, prompting a change in chart rules so that only 3 of an artist's songs can appear in the chart at one time. When Harry Styles occupied the top two he was also at No. 3 with "Music for a Sushi Restaurant".
 * The Beatles
 * "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" (three weeks in December 1963)
 * "Hello, Goodbye" and "Magical Mystery Tour" (three weeks in December 1967)
 * John Travolta — "Summer Nights" (with Olivia Newton-John) and "Sandy" (one week in November 1978)
 * John Lennon — "Imagine" and "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"; "Woman" (both January 1981)
 * Frankie Goes to Hollywood — "Two Tribes" and "Relax" (two weeks in July 1984)
 * Madonna — "Into the Groove" and "Holiday" (one week in August 1985)
 * Justin Bieber
 * "Sorry" and "Love Yourself" (one week in November 2015); "Love Yourself" and "Sorry" (five non-consecutive weeks in December 2015 and January 2016)
 * "Cold Water" (with MØ & Major Lazer) and "Let Me Love You" (with DJ Snake) (three weeks in August 2016)
 * "Despacito" (with Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee) and "I'm the One" (with DJ Khaled, Lil Wayne, Quavo & Chance the Rapper) (four weeks in May and June 2017)
 * Ed Sheeran
 * "Shape of You" and "Castle on the Hill" (five weeks in January and February 2017); "How Would You Feel (Paean)" (one week in February 2017); "Galway Girl" (five weeks in March and April 2017)
 * "Perfect" and "River" (with Eminem) (three non-consecutive weeks in December 2017 and January 2018)
 * "Sausage Rolls for Everyone" (with LadBaby and Elton John) and "Merry Christmas" (with Elton John) (one week in December 2021)
 * Ariana Grande — "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" and "7 Rings" (one week in February 2019); "7 Rings" and "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" (one week in February 2019)
 * Adele — "Easy on Me" and "Oh My God" (one week in December 2021)
 * Elton John — "Sausage Rolls for Everyone" (with LadBaby and Ed Sheeran) and "Merry Christmas" (with Ed Sheeran) (one week in December 2021)
 * Harry Styles — "As It Was" and "Late Night Talking" (one week in May 2022)
 * Taylor Swift — "Is It Over Now?" and "Now That We Don't Talk" (one week in November 2023)
 * Sabrina Carpenter — "Please Please Please" and "Espresso" (three weeks in June and July 2024); "Espresso" and "Please Please Please" (two weeks in July 2024)

Age records

 * Captain Tom Moore is the oldest artist to reach number one. He was exactly 100 years old when his rendition of "You'll Never Walk Alone" with Michael Ball reached number one on the week ending 30 April 2020.
 * Kate Bush is the oldest female artist to reach number one. She was age 63 years, 343 days when her 1985 single "Running Up That Hill" spent its third and final week at number one on the week ending 7 July 2022.
 * Jimmy Osmond is the youngest artist to reach number one. He was age 9 years, 252 days when "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool" first reached number one on the week ending 23 December 1972.
 * Helen Shapiro is the youngest female artist to reach number one. She was age 14 years, 323 days when "You Don't Know" first reached number one on the week ending 16 August 1961.

Weeks on chart by single
Top 100: "Mr. Brightside" by The Killers (419 weeks)
 * Most weeks in the chart by a single:

Top 75: "Mr. Brightside" by The Killers (164 weeks)

Top 40: "All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey (94 weeks)

Top 20: "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl (75 weeks)

Top 10: "All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey (44 weeks)

Top 100: "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd (105 weeks)
 * Longest consecutive run in the chart by a single:

Top 75: "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd (103 weeks)

Top 40: "Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran (54 weeks)

Top 20: "Stranger on the Shore" by Acker Bilk (37 weeks) Top 10: "I Believe" by Frankie Laine (35 weeks)

Fastest selling singles
The fastest selling single in chart history is "Candle in the Wind 1997" by Elton John, which sold 1.55 million copies in its first week (it sold 658,000 on the first day of release, 13 September 1997).

The fastest selling debut single is "Anything Is Possible/Evergreen" by Will Young, which sold 1.11 million copies in its first week on sale. Publicity had built up due to the televised talent contest Pop Idol with 8.7 million people phoning in to vote for the finalists.

The fastest selling single by a girl group is the Spice Girls' "2 Become 1", which sold over 462,000 copies during its first week on sale and over 763,000 copies in a fortnight. In total, the single has sold over 1.2 million copies.

Biggest-selling singles artists
Artists with references have been updated as the original list was published by the Official Charts Company during 2012. This means that positions on this list may not be 100% accurately reflected as most of the artists are still active and releasing new singles. This includes all singles (solo, duets and as featuring artists) and in all formats (vinyl, cassette, CD, digital). All singles with collaborations are counted several times on the list.

 * 1) Justin Bieber (32,000,000)
 * 2) Madonna (28,345,000)
 * 3) Coldplay (28,200,000)
 * 4) Rihanna (27,100,000)
 * 5) Michael Jackson (26,995,000)
 * 6) Beyoncé (22,870,000)
 * 7) Mariah Carey (22,400,000)
 * 8) The Beatles (22,100,000)
 * 9) Elton John (21,635,000)
 * 10) Cliff Richard (21,500,000)
 * 11) Westlife (12,854,000)
 * 12) Queen (12,800,000)
 * 13) Elvis Presley (12,205,000)
 * 14) David Bowie (12,000,000)
 * 15) ABBA (11,300,000)
 * 16) Ariana Grande (10,700,000)
 * 17) Paul McCartney (10,200,000)
 * 18) Kylie Minogue (10,100,000)
 * 19) The Rolling Stones (10,100,000)
 * 20) Rod Stewart
 * 21) Take That
 * 22) Stevie Wonder
 * 23) Oasis (9,079,000)
 * 24) Eminem
 * 25) Whitney Houston
 * 26) Spice Girls (8,500,000)
 * 27) George Michael
 * 28) Robbie Williams
 * 29) Bee Gees (7,600,000)
 * 30) U2 (7,500,000)
 * 31) Shakin' Stevens
 * 32) Britney Spears
 * 33) Lady Gaga (7,357,000)
 * 34) Status Quo (7,200,000)
 * 35) Boyzone (7,100,000)
 * 36) Blondie (7,037,000)
 * 37) The Black Eyed Peas (7,034,000)
 * 38) Boney M (6,859,000)
 * 39) Slade (6,856,000)
 * 40) Celine Dion
 * 41) UB40 (6,600,000)
 * 42) Olivia Newton-John
 * 43) Tom Jones

Artists with the most number 2 singles
The following artists have had at least five singles that stalled at number 2:

Songs with the most weeks at number 2
The following songs have all spent at least six weeks at number 2 without going higher on the chart:

Biggest selling non-number one
Based on purchases alone, the record is held by Oasis with their 1995 single "Wonderwall", with 1.55 million copies sold. The song spent a week at number two behind "I Believe" by Robson & Jerome. Including streaming data, the record is held by "Mr. Brightside" by The Killers, which peaked at number 10 in 2004 and has been certified 9x Platinum for 5.4 million units.

Based on purchases, 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 biggest selling single never to make the top 5 is "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol, which peaked at number 6 and has sold more copies than "The A Team". The biggest selling single not to reach the top 10 is "A Thousand Years" by Christina Perri with physical sales of 844,000 and a peak of number 11.

Simultaneously charting songs and singles

 * "Unchained Melody" is the only song to have four versions by different artists charting in the Top 20 at the same time (Al Hibbler, Les Baxter, Jimmy Young and Liberace in June 1955).
 * "Hallelujah" charted in the same week in December 2008 with three artists (Alexandra Burke at No. 1, Jeff Buckley at No. 2, Leonard Cohen at No. 36). It is also the second time in UK single chart where different versions hold the top two spots (the first being Singing the Blues).
 * "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" charted for 3 different artists (The Jackson 5 at No. 30, Bruce Springsteen at No. 48 and Michael Buble at No. 82) on 28 December 2018.
 * "White Christmas" also charted by three different artists (Bing Crosby at No. 31, Gwen Stefani at No. 62 and Glee Cast featuring Chris Colfer & Darren Criss at No. 98) on 28 December 2018.

Most hits without reaching...

 * Most Number 2 hits without reaching Number 1: Sash! (5)
 * Most Top 5 hits without reaching Number 1: Janet Jackson (9)
 * Most Top 75 hits without reaching Number 1: Glee Cast (100)
 * Most Top 75 hits without reaching the Top 10: The 1975 (27)
 * Most Top 40 hits without reaching the Top 10: Super Furry Animals (19)
 * Most Number 11 hits without reaching the Top 10: Lethal Bizzle (3)
 * Most Top 75 hits without reaching the Top 40: Gorky's Zygotic Mynci (8)

First to...

 * On 8 January 2016 Justin Bieber became the first artist in history to hold the top three positions in the UK Official Singles Chart. He achieved this feat as "Love Yourself", "Sorry" and "What Do You Mean?" charted at positions one, two and three simultaneously.
 * The first song to have four separate spells at number one with the same artist line-up was "Three Lions" by Baddiel & Skinner and The Lightning Seeds. The original 1996 version had two one-week stints in 1996, while the 1998 re-work had one three-week spell at the top. The 2018 FIFA World Cup propelled it to a record-breaking fourth outing at the top in July 2018.
 * The first week when all the Top 10 singles (actually Top 12) stayed at the previous week's positions (other than Xmas or other "frozen" charts) occurred on 7 June 2019. This is only true of the combined sales and streaming chart; in the sales only chart, only the top two positions were static and there was a new entry.
 * On 29 July 2021 Little Mix became the first girl group in history to spend 100 weeks inside the UK singles chart Top 10.

Downloads
Downloads grew steadily in popularity after first being integrated into the chart in 2005. In early September 2004, the UK Official Download Chart was launched, and a new live recording of Westlife's "Flying Without Wings" was the first number-one. The first number one to chart without ever receiving a UK physical release was Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" in June 2008. As of 2012, very few songs are given a physical release, and almost the entire chart is released solely on digital download and, since 2014, streaming.

On 22 June 2008, both songs in the top two were there on downloads alone:

 * 1) "Viva la Vida" by Coldplay
 * 2) "Closer" by Ne-Yo

On 31 August 2008, the top three were download-only at the time:

 * 1) "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry
 * 2) "Pjanoo" by Eric Prydz
 * 3) "Disturbia" by Rihanna

On 1 March 2009, the top four were all download-only:

 * 1) "My Life Would Suck Without You" by Kelly Clarkson
 * 2) "Love Story" by Taylor Swift
 * 3) "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga
 * 4) "Dead and Gone" by T.I. (feat. Justin Timberlake)

By 13 February 2010, the whole top 9 consisted of download-only songs:

 * 1) "Fireflies" by Owl City
 * 2) "Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)" by Jedward (feat. Vanilla Ice)
 * 3) "If We Ever Meet Again" by Timbaland (feat. Katy Perry)
 * 4) "Don't Stop Believin'" by Glee Cast
 * 5) "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" by Alicia Keys
 * 6) "Replay" by Iyaz
 * 7) "Starstrukk" by 3OH!3 (feat. Katy Perry)
 * 8) "One Shot" by JLS
 * 9) "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey

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Winneba

Winneba is a town and the capital of Effutu Municipal District in Central Region of South Ghana. Winneba has a population of 60 ,331. Winneba, traditionally known as Simpa, is a historic fishing port in south Ghana, lying on the south coast, 90 mi east of Cape Coast. The current member of parliament is Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin.

History
From pre-colonial times through the establishment of the British colony the Gold Coast, (Effutu) Winneba served as a port town. Fort Winneba was built here.

The people of Winneba (Efutu) were led by their fearless spiritual leader and warrior, Kwamena Gyarteh Ayirebi-Gyan with the support of a large youthful militia called the Asafo Groups made up of both men and women. He ensured that his people were well protected from external attacks by other migrating families, clans, diseases or want of food.

Industry and culture
The main industries of Winneba are fishing and services. It is known for the Aboakyer deer-hunting festival in Winneba and its New Year fancy dress carnival/masquerading festival. The town has a rich musical tradition and currently boasts of several renowned musical groups in the country, including the Winneba Youth Choir, the Osimpam Ompeh group, and the Akoo show Choir. Winneba Senior High School is the only major public secondary cycle educational institute available in this town.

The University of Education, Winneba has its three main campus in Winneba (South Campus, Central Campus, and North Campus).

Festivals
Masquerade festival, popularly known as fancy dress, is held every new year among the people of Winneba. Its attracts a large number of tourists from around the world. It is the second most popular festival in Winneba. The festival is held in a football park at the North campus of the University of Education, Winneba by the five main masquerade groups. They come together and compete amongst themselves to select the winner for the trophy. These groups consist of Nobles as number one, Egya as number two, Atumu as number three and Red Cross as number four and Royals as number 5.

Aboakyer festival is a bushbuck hunting festival celebrated by the people of Winneba in the Central Region of Ghana. The name Aboakyer translates as 'hunting for game or animal in Fante dialect as spoken by the people of the Central region. The institution of the festival was to commemorate the migration of the Simpafo (the aboriginal name of the people of Winneba).

The Aboakyer Festival is being celebrated by the people of Effutu, who were among the earliest settlers of Ghana, for an uncountable number of years. It sprang up when the Effutu people departed from Western Sudan and journeyed to the present town of Winneba in the Central Region of Ghana. They came with their god, known as Penkye Otu.

Neighborhoods
Winneba has a number of neighborhoods stretching from coastal areas to non-coastal areas. It also includes rural areas which provide farm power aside from the fishing activity employed by the inhabitants of the coasts. Below are some of the well-known neighborhoods of Winneba.

Urban areas

 * Winneba Junction
 * Lowcost
 * Yepemso
 * Nkwantanan
 * Kundum
 * Abasraba
 * Girls-Ase
 * Kojo-Beedu
 * Gyatakrom
 * Central Campus
 * North Campus
 * South Campus
 * Zongo
 * Sankor
 * Water-works

Rural areas

 * Essuekyir
 * Woarabeba
 * Gyaahadze
 * Osubonpanyin
 * Ateitu
 * Atakyedo
 * Gyangyanadze
 * Kookrom

Sister cities
List of sister cities of Winneba, designated by Sister Cities International:

Personalities

 * Alex Quaison-Sackey, Ghanaian diplomat
 * Mike Hammah, Former member of parliament for Effutu Municipal
 * Honourable Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, a current member of parliament for Effutu Municipal
 * Kojo Botsio, Ghanaian politician
 * Jacob Plange-Rhule, physician and academic
 * Sandra "Alexandrina" Don-Arthur, professional makeup artist and Vlogger

Notable Institutions

 * University of Education, Winneba
 * Winneba Community Nursing Training College
 * Perez University College
 * Winneba Senior High School
 * Winneba School of Business
 * Winneba Vocational Training Institute
 * Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital
 * Winneba Fire Station

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