ARIA Top 50 Singles weekending 31st July 2006

 

1 (1) Hips Don’t Lie – Shakira ft Wyclef Jean

2 (New) Buttons – Pussycat Dolls

3 (2) Unfaithful – Rihanna

4 (5) Who Knew - Pink

5 (3) Promiscuous – Nelly Furtado

6 (4) This Time I Know It’s For Real – Young Divas

7 (6) Temperature – Sean Paul

8 (7) Crazy – Gnarls Barkley

9 (New) Nothing At All – Kasey Chambers

10 (9) What’s Left Of Me – Nick Lachey

11 (8) Black Fingernails, Red Wine – Eskimo Joe

12 (10) Stars Are Blind – Paris Hilton

13 (11) Flaunt It – TV Rock

14 (New) Sexy Love – Ne-Yo

15 (New) I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker – Sandi Thom

16 (13) Breaking Free – Troy & Gabriella

17 (15) You Raise Me Up - Westlife

18 (14) For You I Will (Confidence) – Teddy Geiger

19 (18) Not Ready To Make Nice – Dixie Chicks

20 (12) Running - Evermore

21 (16) We Are The Champions (Ding A Dang Dong) – Crazy Frog

22 (20) I Write Sins Not Tragedies – Panic! At The Disco

23 (19) We’re Coming Home – Rogue Traders

24 (21) When It All Falls Apart – The Veronicas

25 (22) Yo (Excuse Me Miss) – Chris Brown

26 (17) Forever Young – Youth Group

27 (23) Dani California – Red Hot Chili Peppers

28 (32) Over My Head (Cable Car) – The Fray

29 (26) S.O.S. - Rihanna

30 (27) Say Somethin’ – Mariah Carey

31 (30) Touch It – Busta Rhymes

32 (24) I’m N Luv (Wit A Stripper) – T-Pain

33 (36) Wisemen – James Blunt

34 (New) Amazing - Westlife

35 (35) So Sick – Ne-Yo

36 (28) Watch Over Me – Bernard Fanning

37 (37) Together We Are One – Delta Goodrem

38 (33) Savin’ Me - Nickelback

39 (34) I Love It – Sneaky Sound System

40 (40) Control Myself – LL Cool J ft Jennifer Lopez

41 (31) Download This Song – MC Lars

42 (29) Sin Sin Sin – Robbie Williams

43 (38) World, Hold On – Bob Sinclar

44 (39) Get Together – Madonna

45 (45) One Crowded Hour – Augie March

46 (41) Woman - Wolfmother

47 (42) Stupid Girls - Pink

48 (46) Be Together – T-Funk

49 (New) Warmth – Claire Trentain

50 (43) Love Generation – Bob Sinclar

 

 

ARIA Top 50 Albums weekending 31st July 2006

 

1 (2) High School Musical – Original Soundtrack

2 (3) The Best Of – Chris Isaak

3 (1) Black Fingernails, Red Wine – Eskimo Joe

4 (7) Taking The Long Way – Dixie Chicks

5 (5) I’m Not Dead - Pink

6 (4) Here Come The Drums – Rogue Traders

7 (11) Stadium Arcadium – Red Hot Chili Peppers

8 (14) PCD – Pussycat Dolls

9 (17) A Girl Like Me – Rihanna

10 (9) Oral Fixation Vol.2 - Shakira

11 (15) Back To Bedlam – James Blunt

12 (12) Bring You Home – Ronan Keating

13 (13) Loose – Nelly Furtado

14 (8) Real Life - Evermore

15 (6) Black Holes & Revelations - Muse

16 (16) The Secret Life Of… - The Veronicas

17 (25) All The Right Reasons - Nickelback

18 (Re) Piano Man: The Very Best Of – Billy Joel

19 (10) Casino Twilight Dogs – Youth Group

20 (19) Why Try Harder: The Greatest Hits – Fatboy Slim

21 (21) She Will Have Her Way: The Songs Of Tim & Neil Finn – Various Artists

22 (20) Wolfmother – Wolfmother

23 (29) A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out – Panic! At The Disco

24 (New) 12 Gardens Live – Billy Joel

25 (34) Reach Out: The Motown Record – Human Nature

26 (New) Sunrise: Concert Series – Various Artists

27 (27) X & Y - Coldplay

28 (23) Desert Lights – Something For Kate

29 (28) What A Life – Adam Brand

30 (30) Greatest Hits – Red Hot Chili Peppers

31 (24) The Eraser – Thom Yorke

32 (32) See The Sun – Pete Murray

33 (31) Tea and Sympathy – Bernard Fanning

34 (37) St. Elsewhere – Gnarls Barkley

35 (42) Intensive Care – Robbie Williams

36 (New) Feedback – Jurassic 5

37 (36) Mighty To Save - Hillsong

38 (39) Face To Face - Westlife

39 (35) Imago – The Butterfly Effect

40 (33) American V: A Hundred Highways – Johnny Cash

41 (41) Wish Upon A Star – Hi-5

42 (44) Monkey Business – Black Eyed Peas

43 (43) Decemberunderground – AFI

44 (46) Walk The Line – Original Soundtrack

45 (40) What’s Left Of Me – Nick Lachey

46 (45) Wasted Sleepless Nights: The Definitive Greatest Hits – The Angels

47 (38) More Crazy Hits – Crazy Frog

48 (49) Lift – Shannon Noll

49 (50) Moo, You Bloody Choir – Augie March

50 (47) Spellbound – Split Enz

 

 

 

ARIA Charts Commentary

from Gavin Ryan

 

Shakira stays at the top of the chart for the seventh week, now surpassing

the six weeks stint she achieved with her debut Australian single "Whenever,

Wherever" back in February 2002. It is now tied in third place for the longest

run at No.1 for this decade. The other seven week chart-topper is The Pussycat

Dolls "Don't Cha" from Aug/Sep/Oct 2005.

 

Speaking of the Pussycat Dolls, their new single "Buttons" debuts at No.2

this week becoming their fourth Australian Top 3 single. The above mentioned

"Don't Cha" was their highest placed single at No.1, and that was followed in

January 2006 with the No.2 single "Stickwitu", and in April they reached No.3

with "Beep". Their last single featured guest vocalist Will.i.am from The Black

Eyed Peas, whilst "Buttons" features guest vocalist Snoop Dogg, who is also on

the charts with Mariah Carey at No.30 on the track "Say Somethin'". The high

debut also pulls their album "PCD" into the Top 10 for the first time, this week

it's at No.8.

 

The Top 6 this week is estrogenly fueled by the female sex, the only males

are guest vocalists in their world. The last time that their was such a

domination of women so high up the charts was back on December 2nd, 2002, where

the Top 8 were all by female artists.

Another girl debuts in the Top 10 this week at No.9. Kasey Chambers' new

single "Nothing at All" is the first single off her forthcoming "Carnival" album

(due out August 19th). This is her fourth Top 10 single, and she was last up

this high back in January 2005 when "Pony" reached No.10. Her biggest single of

course was the March 2002 No.1 single "Not Pretty Enough", and she will be

touring the country this October and November in support of the album.

 

Two new entries back-to-back at 14 and 15 this week. The second single for

Ne'Yo comes in at No.14, this one is "Sexy Love", and is currently No.19 on the

US charts, and it's the follow-up to his No.4 single "So Sick" which is at No.35

this week.

At No.15 is the former UK No.1 single (June 4th, 2006), "I Wish I Was a Punk

Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)". Sandi Thom is the performer, who decided to

forgoe the tedious business of traveling the country to play gigs, instead she

performed live on a webcam from her London home, thus creating a bigger audience

for herself.

 

At No.34 is the follow-up to the longest running single this year (and still

counting at 34 weeks), "Amazing" by Westlife is the second single from their

former No.1 album "Face to Face". The single "You Raise Me Up" is still in the

charts at No.17 this week, and "Amazing" became their 20th consecutive Top 5

single in the UK back in March.

 

For the first time in Australian chart history, a Disney Soundtrack has

reached the No.1 spot on the album charts. The "High School Musical" Soundtrack

moves from 2 to 1 this week, and in doing so becomes the 37th Soundtrack to hit

the No.1 spot in this country. The last such album was exactly 2 years ago this

week (July 26th, 2004), when the "Shrek 2" Soundtrack was at the top of the

charts for a single week.

It's also the first time that the words "High", "School" and "Musical" have

appeared in a No.1 album title, although you could possibly count "The Main

Event (Highlights)" from December 1998, but I'm not counting it!!

Whilst it is the 37th No.1 Soundtrack, it is also the 30th Various Artists

Soundtrack, in that not one single performer is doing the soundtrack (like

Purple Rain, or Beaches; of which there are four of these).

It's the 16th No.1 album for 2006, and the 527th No.1 album in the past 46

years.

 

Three albums re-enter the Top 10 this week. "Stadium Arcadium" for the Red

Hot Chili Peppers is back in at No.7, the Pussycat Dolls reach a new peak of

No.8 with their "PCD" album, and Rihanna reclaims her highest peak of No.9 with

her album "A Girl Like Me".

 

The highest new entries this week are by the same man. Billy Joel first hit

the album charts in August 1974 with his Piano Man album. With the release of

his new live album "12 Gardens Live" and it's subsequent debut at No.24, it

helps pull his "Piano Man-The Very Best of" back into the charts at No.18,

giving it a new highest peak.

 

The Morning TV show "Sunrise" has always put on live performances for it's

visiting musical guests, and like The Panel album before it, "Sunrise Live"

features those very performances on one CD, and it this week debuts at No.26.

 

Lastly, Jurassic 5 are back on the albums chart this week at No.36 with

their new album "Feedback". Their last chart entry was the Top 30 album from

October 2002, "Power in Numbers".

 

 

 

 

Here is a list of the No.1 songs this week on the Australian charts for the past

66 years...

 

2006 - Hips Don't Lie - Shakira feat Wyclef Jean (7th week)

2005 - Axel F - Crazy Frog (2nd of 3 weeks)

2004 - Angel Eyes - Paulini (3rd of 3 weeks)

2003 - Ignition (Remix) - R.Kelly (4th of 6 weeks)

2002 - A Little Less Conversation - Elvis Presley (4th of 4 weeks) Return to the

Top

2001 - Follow Me - Uncle Kracker (1 week only)

2000 - I'm Outta Love - Anastacia (2nd of 5 weeks)

1999 - Last Kiss - Pearl Jam (2nd of 7 weeks)

1998 - Iris - Goo Goo Dolls (1st of 5 weeks)

1997 - I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy & Faith Evans feat 112 (1st of 5 weeks)

1996 - Killing Me Softly - The Fugees (6th of 7 weeks) 10 YEARS AGO

1995 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me - U2 (4th of 6 weeks)

1994 - Love is All Around - Wet Wet Wet (5th of 6 weeks)

1993 - Can't Help Falling in Love - UB40 (4th of 7 weeks)

1992 - Hazard - Richard Marx (2nd of 3 weeks)

1991 - (Everything I Do) I Do it for You - Bryan Adams (1st of 11 weeks)

1990 - U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer (2nd of 5 weeks)

1989 - The Look - Roxette (4th of 5 weeks)

1988 - Age of Reason - John Farnham (1st of 3 weeks)

1987 - He's Gonna Step on You Again - The Party Boys (2nd of 2 weeks)

1986 - Touch Me (I Want Your Body) - Samantha Fox (3rd of 3 weeks) 20 YEARS AGO

1985 - Crazy for You - Madonna (2nd of 4 weeks)

1984 - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go - Wham! (3rd of 5 weeks)

1983 - Flashdance...What a Feeling - Irene Cara (4th of 5 weeks)

1982 - I Ran - A Flock of Seagulls (1st of 2 weeks)

1981 - Stars on 45 - Stars on 45 (3rd of 4 weeks)

1980 - Can't Stop the Music - The Village People (4th of 4 weeks)

1979 - Some Girls - Racey (1st of 4 weeks)

1978 - Rivers of Babylon - Boney M (4th of 6 weeks)

1977 - Walk Right in - Dr. Hook (5th of 5 weeks)

1976 - Howzat - Sherbet (4th of 4 weeks) 30 YEARS AGO

1975 - Bye Bye Baby - Bay City Rollers (1 week only)

1974 - Billy - Don't Be a Hero - Paper Lace (7th of 8 weeks)

1973 - Heaven is My Woman's Love - Col Joye (1st of 2 weeks)

1972 - Puppy Love - Donny Osmond (2nd of 6 weeks)

1971 - Eagle Rock / Bom Bom - Daddy Cool (6th of 10 weeks)

1970 - Up Around the Bend / Run Through the Jungle - Creedence Clearwater

Revival (3rd of 6 weeks)

1969 - The Ballad of John and Yoko - The Beatles (4th of 4 weeks)

1968 - Angel of the Morning - Merrille Rush (2nd of 2 weeks)

1967 - All You Need is Love / Baby, You're a Rich Man - The Beatles (1st of 5

weeks)

1966 - Wild Thing - The Troggs (1st of 2 weeks) 40 YEARS AGO

1965 - I Told the Brook / Funny Face - Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs (1 week only)

1964 - A Hard Days Night / Things We Said Today - The Beatles (2nd of 6 weeks)

1963 - Move Baby, Move / You'll Never Cherish a Love So True (Until You Lose it)

- Johnny O'Keefe (2nd of 2 weeks)

1962 - West of the Wall - Toni Fisher (2nd of 2 weeks)

1961 - Travellin' Man / Hello Mary Lou - Ricky Nelson (5th of 5 weeks)

1960 - Everybody's Somebody's Fool - Connie Francis (3rd of 3 weeks)

1959 - The Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton (1st of 6 weeks)

1958 - Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley (1st of 5 weeks)

1957 - Round and Round - Perry Como / Four Lads (7th of 8 weeks)

1956 - The Great Pretender - The Platters (2nd of 3 weeks) 50 YEARS AGO

1955 - Cherry Pink and apple Blossom White - Perez Prado (1st of 3 weeks)

1954 - The Happy Wanderer - Frank Weir / The Obenkirchen Children's Choir (1st

of 8 weeks)

1953 - Tell Me a Story - Frankie Laine and Jimmy Boyd (2nd of 2 weeks)

1952 - Anytime - Eddie Fisher (1st of 3 weeks)

1951 - If - Perry Como / Jo Stafford (3rd of 3 weeks)

1950 - Music! Music! Music! - Teresa Brewer / Donald Peers / Freddy Martin (6th

of 7 weeks)

1949 - The Pussy Cat Song (Nyow! Nyot! Nyow!) - Patty Andrews and Bob Crosby

(4th of 4 weeks)

1948 - Near You - Andrews Sisters (4th of 4 Months)

1947 - They Say Wonderful Things - Bing Crosby / Perry Como (2nd of 2 Months)

1946 - On the Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe - Bing Crosby / Judy Garland (1st of

2 Months) 60 YEARS AGO

1945 - I'll Be Seeing You - Bing Crosby (1 Month only)

1944 - Happy in Love - Dinah Shore / Glenn Miller (1 Month only)

1943 - White Christmas - Bing Crosby (3rd of 5 Months)

1942 - (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover - Vera Lynn (2nd

of 3 Months)

1941 - A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square - Vera Lynn (4th of 4 Months)

1940 - Till the Lights of London Shine Again - Joe Loss (1st of 3 Months)

 

Thanks to Gavin Ryan

 

 

:o 7 weeks for Shakira!!! Hips Don't Lie seems to have been succesful in almost all markets - except Asian ones.

Here is a list of the No.1 songs this week on the Australian charts for the past

66 years...

 

1951 - If - Perry Como / Jo Stafford (3rd of 3 weeks)

1950 - Music! Music! Music! - Teresa Brewer / Donald Peers / Freddy Martin (6th

of 7 weeks)

1949 - The ***** Cat Song (Nyow! Nyot! Nyow!) - Patty Andrews and Bob Crosby

(4th of 4 weeks)

1948 - Near You - Andrews Sisters (4th of 4 Months)

1947 - They Say Wonderful Things - Bing Crosby / Perry Como (2nd of 2 Months)

1946 - On the Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe - Bing Crosby / Judy Garland (1st of

2 Months) 60 YEARS AGO

1945 - I'll Be Seeing You - Bing Crosby (1 Month only)

1944 - Happy in Love - Dinah Shore / Glenn Miller (1 Month only)

1943 - White Christmas - Bing Crosby (3rd of 5 Months)

1942 - (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover - Vera Lynn (2nd

of 3 Months)

1941 - A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square - Vera Lynn (4th of 4 Months)

1940 - Till the Lights of London Shine Again - Joe Loss (1st of 3 Months)

 

Thanks to Gavin Ryan

 

so the aussies had a chart before us then :o