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Ah, the joys of posting a day early. Enjoy! Issue Date: June 21st



01 (02) The Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car)
CR: 37-3-2-{1} [4 wks]

02 (12) Shakira - Hips Don't Lie
CR: 40-15-5-3-3-3-3-{2}-9-6-12-2 [12 wks]

03 (NE) Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
CR: {3} [1 wk]

04 (01) Nelly Furtado - Maneater/Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland - Promiscuous (DOUBLE A-SIDE)
CR: 14-9-8-6/8-4/7-{1}-4 [7 wks][3 wks]

05 (03) Fort Minor feat. Holly Brook - Where'd You Go?
CR: 18-{1}-1-2-5-3-5 [7 wks]



06 (11) T-Pain feat. Mike Jones - I'm In Luv (Wit A Stripper)
CR: 34-28-34-21-16-14-11-{6} [8 wks]

07 (14) Rihanna - Unfaithful
CR: 15-6-5-4-{3}-3-8-14-7 [9 wks]

08 (RE) The Pussycat Dolls feat. Snoop Dogg - Buttons
CR: 11-14-19-36-X(12)-30-19-27-X(5)-{8} [8 wks]

09 (17) Sergio Mendes feat. The Black Eyed Peas - Mas Que Nada
CR: 40-17-{9} [3 wks]

10 (04) Elena Paparizou - Mambo!
CR: 28-7-4-{1}-4-10 [6 wks]

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11 (07) The Automatic - Monster {7}
12 (05) Carola - Invincible {1}
13 (24) India Arie feat. Akon - I Am Not My Hair {13}
14 (08) Kate Ryan - Je T'Adore {8}
15 (NE) Tina Karol - Show Me Your Love {15}
16 (06) Field Mob feat. Ciara - So What? {6}
17 (09) Scissor Sisters - Everybody Wants The Same Thing {9}
18 (23) Kelis feat. Too $hort - Bossy {13}
19 (10) P!nk - Who Knew? {10}
20 (13) Cassie - Me & U {13}

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21 (22) Outkast - The Mighty "O" {21}
22 (26) T.I. - Why You Wanna? {22}
23 (28) Britney Spears - And Then We Kiss {11}
24 (15) Anna Vissi - Everything {5}
25 (19) Chamillionaire feat. Krayzie Bone - Ridin' {10}
26 (20) Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair) {5}
27 (37) Cascada - Everytime We Touch {7}
28 (39) Chris Brown feat. Li'l Wayne - Gimme That {28}
29 (16) Prince - Fury {2}
30 (25) Prince - Love {1}

31 (40) Prince - Black Sweat {1}
32 (27) Nerina Pallot - Everybody's Gone To War {15}
33 (21) Ordinary Boys feat. Lady Sovereign - Nine2Five {7}
34 (NE) Taylor Hicks - Do I Make You Proud? {34}
35 (34) Bon Jovi - Who Says You Can't Go Home? {34}
36 (36) Paolo Nutini - Last Request {36}
37 (32) Rihanna & Sean Paul - Break It Off {30}
38 (31) Gnarls Barkley - Go Go Gadget Gospel {10}
39 (RE) Rihanna - S.O.S. (Rescue Me) {1}
40 (35) Lupe Fiasco - KickPush {35}

Charts Commentary

The Fray have continued their steady climb to reach number one, booting Nelly Furtado off the top spot! Not only that, but Shakira's hips have leaped back to their previous peak after 4 weeks.

However, neither of these have the most attention this week. Yes, the most important track of the week is the one that sets the new entry record for this year - I am of course referring to the excellent Supermassive Black Hole by Muse, which enters at 3, breaking the previous entry record for this year, which was Crazy by Gnarls Barkley, which entered at number 4. The highest entry of all time goes to, yes, that man again, Prince, who entered at number 2 last year with Te Amo Corazon, who stayed there for 5 weeks but advanced no further. And, no track as of yet has immediately captured my imagination immediately enough to make number one in its first week. Watch this space.

A few weeks after his last top ten in my chart comes Talahasee-Pain - that's T-Pain to you. He climbs 11-6 with that oh-so-odd track I'm In Luv With A Stripper. I really am slutting my musical tastes out these days, aren't I?

Well, how often is it that two records are broken in the same week but AREN'T broken by the same song? Well, highest re-entry goes straight to those foxxy (or should that be catty?) Pussycat Dolls, who rebound at 8 with their Buttonz, with the strangely renamed Big Snoop Dogg helping them do them back up again. How often do you see cats and dogs on the same record?...sorry, that was awful.

Everything that could have been said about number 9 was said last week. But, let's have a copy and paste job for the newbie benefits.
Sergio Mendes, with a little help from the Black Eyed Peas climbs 23 8 places into the top 20 10 (err...whoops?). The Black Eyed Peas are no stranger to number ones - they've had 5! Where Is The Love? made number one for 5 weeks in 2003, only to be replaced at number one by Shut Up which stayed on top for 3 weeks, and then, in 2004, the PC-enforced renamed Let's Get Retarded It Started made number one for a week in February. After that, Don't Phunk With My Heart made number one for 4 weeks in March last year, and then My Humps made number one for three weeks in June 2005. Could Sergio benefit from their help?

And finally, Elena rounds out the top ten.

India.Arie, who is apparantly not her hair, secures her first top 20 hit with the rather eccentric I Am Not My...oh wait, I just said that, didn't I? Anyway, she does this with a little help from a previously uncredited Akon, who has three top ten hits under his belt - Locked Up made number 4 last year, Lonely made number one for one week (less said about that the better) and Bonanza made number two.

Even a month after Eurovision, the hits keep on coming! The Ukrainian Tina Karol charts at number 15 with the catchy Show Me Your Love. And that is all 'till next week!

Album Charts



01 (01) Prince - 3121 - 18 weeks {1}

02 (06) Nelly Furtado - Loose - 2 weeks {2}

03 (02) Orson - Bright Idea - 4 weeks {1}

04 (05) Fort Minor - The Rising Tied - 5 weeks {4}

05 (08) Keane - Under The Iron Sea - 2 weeks {5}

06 (03) Rihanna - A Girl Like Me - 8 weeks {1}

07 (09) Eurovision Song Contest 2006 - 5 weeks {7}

08 (NE) The Automatic - Not Accepted Anywhere - 1 week {8}

09 (04) T-Pain - Rappa Ternt Sanga - 31 weeks {1}

10 (10) Sandi Thom - Smile...It Confuses People - 3 weeks {6}

YTD Top Ten

01 (01) - Prince - Black Sweat (Chart Peak - 1) *YTD number 1 - 12 weeks* 988,600
02 (02) - Fort Minor feat. Holly Brook - Where'd You Go? (CP - 1) 924,500
03 (04) - Nelly Furtado - Maneater/Promiscuous (CP - 1) 837,000
04 (03) - Prince - Fury (CP - 2) 811,000
05 (05) - Prince - Love (CP - 1) 770,000
06 (06) - The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes (CP - 1) *YTD number 1 - 6 weeks* 734,000
07 (14) - Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie (CP - 2) 704,210
08 (08) - Rihanna - S.O.S. (Rescue Me) (CP - 1) 696,000
09 (07) - Orson - No Tomorrow (CP - 1) *YTD number 1 - 3 weeks* 695,000
10 (19) - The Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car) (CP - 1) 674,000

Future Hits

Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man
Paris Hilton - Stars Are Blind (This totally should not work, but it DOES!)
Scissor Sisters feat. Elton John - I Don't Feel Like Dancing

Simple Charts

01 (02) The Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car)
02 (12) Shakira - Hips Don't Lie
03 (NE) Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
04 (01) Nelly Furtado - Maneater/Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland - Promiscuous (DOUBLE A-SIDE)
05 (03) Fort Minor feat. Holly Brook - Where'd You Go?
06 (11) T-Pain feat. Mike Jones - I'm In Luv (Wit A Stripper)
07 (14) Rihanna - Unfaithful
08 (RE) The Pussycat Dolls feat. Snoop Dogg - Buttons
09 (17) Sergio Mendes feat. The Black Eyed Peas - Mas Que Nada
10 (04) Elena Paparizou - Mambo!

11 (07) The Automatic - Monster
12 (05) Carola - Invincible
13 (24) India Arie feat. Akon - I Am Not My Hair
14 (08) Kate Ryan - Je T'Adore
15 (NE) Tina Karol - Show Me Your Love
16 (06) Field Mob feat. Ciara - So What?
17 (09) Scissor Sisters - Everybody Wants The Same Thing
18 (23) Kelis feat. Too $hort - Bossy
19 (10) P!nk - Who Knew?
20 (13) Cassie - Me & U

21 (22) Outkast - The Mighty "O"
22 (26) T.I. - Why You Wanna?
23 (28) Britney Spears - And Then We Kiss
24 (15) Anna Vissi - Everything
25 (19) Chamillionaire feat. Krayzie Bone - Ridin'
26 (20) Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair)
27 (37) Cascada - Everytime We Touch
28 (39) Chris Brown feat. Li'l Wayne - Gimme That
29 (16) Prince - Fury
30 (25) Prince - Love

31 (40) Prince - Black Sweat
32 (27) Nerina Pallot - Everybody's Gone To War
33 (21) Ordinary Boys feat. Lady Sovereign - Nine2Five
34 (NE) Taylor Hicks - Do I Make You Proud?
35 (34) Bon Jovi - Who Says You Can't Go Home?
36 (36) Paolo Nutini - Last Request
37 (32) Rihanna & Sean Paul - Break It Off
38 (31) Gnarls Barkley - Go Go Gadget Gospel
39 (RE) Rihanna - S.O.S. (Rescue Me)
40 (35) Lupe Fiasco - KickPush

Chart Facts

Climbers: 13
Fallers: 21
Non-Movers: 1
New Entries: 3
Re-entries: 2
Peakers: 11
Biggest Climb: 11 - India.Arie - I Am Not My Hair (24-13) & Chris Brown feat. Li'l Wayne - Gimme That (39-28)
Biggest Fall: 13 - Prince - Fury (16-29)
Longest Runner: 16 weeks - Prince - Black Sweat - 10-2-{1}-2-1-2-4-10-22-23-25-34-23-32-40-31
Oldest Song: 18 weeks old - Rihanna - S.O.S. (Rescue Me) - 39

Thanks to all who commented last week!

This post has been edited by Tyron1: Jun 23 2006, 11:48 PM