Ruby and Shine provide the sparkle in 2007's airplay chart.

Universal-signed acts ruled the roost on the airwaves last year, with Kaiser Chiefs giving rock its highest yearly placing to date and Take That tracks peppering the top 20. Meanwhile Rihanna feat. Jay-Z dominate the TV chart with sales smash Umbrella

The Kaiser Chiefs strike a blow for rock by topping the 2007 airplay chart with their anthemic track Ruby. The song hit the ground running when it debuted at number 12 on the airplay chart last January, nearly two months before its commercial release. Five weeks later it was number one, where it spent three weeks in pole position, 24 weeks in the Top 20 and the entire year in the Top 100.

By far the rockiest record to top the annual chart tabulation since Music Control started to compile data in 1992, Ruby provides Universal with its first share in the annual number one - its Polydor division shared the title 50-50 with the indie B-Unique imprint - since 1997, when No Doubt's Don't Speak topped the list.

Radio Two remained a supporter of the song throughout the year. Its final tally of 201 plays on the station was by far the best of any record, as was its audience of more than 250m. Radio One aired it even more frequently - 332 times for an audience of just over 300m - though it ranked only sixth on the station's rankings for the year.

Although Ruby had the biggest audience of 2007, Take That's Shine had the most plays - a massive 55,339, the highest for any record in a year since 2000 when All Saints' Pure Shores logged an amazing 64,777 plays and an audience of 2.14bn. Shine ended up just 3% behind Ruby and was one of three Take That songs in the Top 20 for the year - a remarkable achievement for the quartet, who had the number one airplay hit of 1995 with Back For Good. Denied the top song honours in 2006, they were, however, the top act, based on audience figures for the Top 1000 tracks, with 3.04bn listeners hearing their songs over the course of the year.

Shine may have missed out on overall chart honours, but it was the most- played song on both adult contemporary and CHR stations. Meanwhile, although number 81 overall, Ne-Yo's smooth R&B groove Because Of You was the most-played song on dance and R&B stations that make up the rhythmic radio sector.

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