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A group for those whose misspent youth involved an excited fortnightly trip to the newsagents to get the latest 'Smash Hits' magazine...


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A group for those whose misspent youth involved an excited fortnightly trip to the newsagents to get the latest issue of 'Smash Hits' magazine... for those who sang along to their tapes using the 'Smash Hits' songwords (is Tracy Barlow still upstairs listening to hers?), those who plastered their favourite star's 'Smash Hits' posters all over their walls and who wore those 'Smash Hits' badges to school with pride! And if you're wondering, all the connected artists to this group were 'Smash Hits' cover stars!

Please note that this group is completely unofficial and is in no way connected to EMAP, Smash Hits or related publishers. It exists merely as a group where those who have affectionate memories of their 'Smash Hits' readership can congregate and reminisce.. (Enough already - Ed.)



Since cracking open this time capsule of a group, the following have managed to top the group charts - all by themselves, without having to share the number one spot. And who wants to share their 'Number One'? That 'rival mag' (pah! - Ed) was only on a par with 'Look In'... only 'Smash Hits' will do!!

Weekly Artist Chart 'Smash Hits' stars...
20.05.12 Madonna
04.03.12 Madonna (10 Weeks)
19.02.12 Whitney Houston
05.02.12 Madonna (2 Weeks)
08.01.12 Madonna (3 Weeks)
25.12.11 Madonna
18.12.11 Lady Gaga
11.12.11 Madonna
04.12.11 Lady Gaga
20.11.11 Madonna (2 Weeks)
06.11.11 Lady Gaga
23.10.11 Beyoncé
02.10.11 Madonna (3 Weeks)
25.09.11 Lady Gaga
04.09.11 Madonna (3 Weeks)
28.08.11 Lady Gaga
21.08.11 Madonna
14.08.11 Lady Gaga
07.08.11 Madonna
31.07.11 Lady Gaga
17.07.11 Lady Gaga
26.06.11 Lady Gaga (2 Weeks)
12.06.11 Madonna (2 Weeks)
29.05.11 Lady Gaga (2 Weeks)
22.05.11 Madonna
01.05.11 Madonna (2 Weeks)
17.04.11 Britney Spears (2 Weeks)
20.02.11 Madonna (2 Weeks)
30.01.11 Madonna (2 Weeks)
09.01.11 Madonna (2 Weeks)
02.01.11 Rihanna

Older archive: Click here!

Weekly Album Chart 'Smash Hits'...
27.05.12 Kylie Minogue - Timebomb - Single
13.05.12 Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
22.04.12 ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits
08.04.12 Gotye - Making Mirrors
26.02.12 Adele - 21 (2 Weeks)
19.02.12 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
12.02.12 Adele - 21
25.12.11 Adele - 21 (5 Weeks)
27.11.11 Lady Gaga - Born This Way
13.11.11 Beyoncé - 4
06.11.11 Rihanna - We Found Love
16.10.11 Adele - 21 (2 Weeks)
25.09.11 Rihanna - Loud
18.09.11 Adele - 21
04.09.11 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
21.08.11 Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane
14.08.11 Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
31.07.11 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
24.07.11 Adele - 21
26.06.11 Lady Gaga - Born This Way
19.06.11 Britney Spears - Femme Fatale
29.05.11 Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2 Weeks)
15.05.11 Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
24.04.11 Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2 Weeks)
10.04.11 Lady Gaga - Born This Way
03.04.11 Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
13.03.11 Lady Gaga - Born This Way
13.02.11 Rihanna - Loud
23.01.11 Rihanna - Loud (2 Weeks)
02.01.11 Take That - Progress

Older archive: Click here!

Weekly Tracks Charts 'Smash Hits'...
27.05.12 Kylie Minogue - Timebomb
13.05.12 Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe (2 Weeks)
06.05.12 Madonna - Girl Gone Wild
22.04.12 Rihanna - We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris) (2 Weeks)
15.04.12 Madonna - Girl Gone Wild
01.04.12 Madonna - Girl Gone Wild
18.03.12 Madonna - Frozen
26.02.12 Adele - Someone Like You (2 Weeks)
19.02.12 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
22.01.12 Lana Del Rey - Video Games (3 Weeks)
18.12.11 Lady Gaga - Marry The Night
04.12.11 Lady Gaga - Marry The Night
20.11.11 Lady Gaga - Marry The Night
23.10.11 Adele - Someone Like You (2 Weeks)
02.10.11 Adele - Rolling In The Deep
25.09.11 Britney Spears - Til The World Ends
18.09.11 Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory
28.08.11 Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory
07.08.11 Lady Gaga - Judas
19.06.11 Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory (6 Weeks)
05.06.11 Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory
29.05.11 Lady Gaga - Americano
22.05.11 Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory
01.05.11 Lady Gaga - Born This Way
17.04.11 Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me
06.03.11 Lady Gaga - Born This Way (5 Weeks)
13.02.11 Lady Gaga - Born This Way (3 Weeks)
06.02.11 Ke$ha - We R Who We R
30.01.11 Katy Perry - Firework
23.01.11 Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me
02.01.11 Katy Perry - Firework

Older archive: Click here!



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  • TylerSymes

    My sister had heaps of the Australian version before they stopped it

    last month
  • sayheyheyhey

    Sounds quite a collection @Shorty5 - happy times! Wish I still had all those I bought from 1988 to 1995... maybe they'll follow-up that 80's annual with one dedicated to the 90's someday!

    last month
  • Shorty5

    I have all the Smash Hits magazines from the end of 2002 till it shut down! They're so much fun to read over and over :)

    last month
  • raggyrock

    What a mag!!!!!

    November 2011
  • Kershlaus91

    Oh yes I have got the same book , it's quite good ! I like the interviews with famous new wave groups. The Adam & the Ants pages are great , I learned lots of details about their history and debut

    October 2011
  • ShelliLovesGM

    I have the same book that eeejaytee95 is talking about, and like Emily, I too have my poster up (the Wham! side off course!) but my husband persuaded me to put it up in my wardrobe, he said it looks great in there!! NO, andrewjt, don't do it!!!! I wish I had kept all of mine, instead of ripping the posters out of them and plastering them all over my walls and ceiling!

    April 2011
  • sayheyheyhey

    @ andrewjt... no! How could you part with any? They're a history book of pop music! (says the person who always cut them up and Blu-Tac'd all the Kylie pictures to his walls!)

    March 2011
  • andrewjt

    I have all my Smash Hits stored away...but I am thinking it is time to sell them. So if anyone is interested in a certain issue, let me know. I may have it!

    February 2011
  • eeejaytee95

    I have a book of Smash Hits magazine articles from the 80s, it came with a giant Wham and John Taylor poster (which I put on my borthers wall hehehe), the whole book is great, when I am stuck for hair and clothes ideas it comes in very handy :)

    June 2010
  • harryscoffin

    SMASH HITS was brilliant in the 80's. It would be great if they could reboot the magazine and make it come out fortnightly, like they did when it was around...

    July 2009
  • Belle_B

    i LOVED SMash Hits!

    March 2009
  • sayheyheyhey

    My bedroom was a ghetto of Kylie posters - most of them from 'Smash Hits'. This was 1988/1989. And my mother said: "You won't even like her in six months!". Twenty years later, and she's very much proven wrong! Wosh I hadn't got rid of all those posters, though... but I'm not sure that a now grown man should have access to Kylie posters anyway!!

    February 2009
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