ARIA Top 50 Singles weekending 28th August 2006

 

1 (1) SexyBack – Justin Timberlake

2 (8) I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker – Sandi Thom

3 (5) Buttons – Pussycat Dolls

4 (4) Unfaithful - Rihanna

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

6 (2) Promiscuous – Nelly Furtado

7 (6) Mistake – Stephanie McIntosh

8 (7) Ain’t No Other Man – Christina Aguilera

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

10 (9) Who Knew - Pink

11 (11) This Time I Know It’s Not Real – Young Divas

12 (21) I Write Sins, Not Tragedies – Panic! At The Disco

13 (17) Stars Are Blind – Paris Hilton

14 (13) Déjà vu - Beyonce

15 (14) Miss Murder - AFI

16 (12) Crazy – Gnarls Barkley

17 (22) Smile – Lily Allen

18 (19) Sexy Love – Ne-Yo

19 (18) Revolution – The Veronicas

20 (16) Black Fingernails, Red Wine – Eskimo Joe

21 (20) A Public Affair – Jessica Simpson

22 (15) Temperature – Sean Paul

23 (27) Tell Me Baby – Red Hot Chili Peppers

24 (24) For You I Will (Confidence) – Teddy Geiger

25 (25) Running - Evermore

26 (28) I Love My Chick – Busta Rhymes

27 (29) Over My Head (Cable Car) – The Fray

28 (23) Nothing At All – Kasey Chambers

29 (New) Animals - Nickelback

30 (26) Breaking Free – Troy & Gabriella

31 (37) Ridin’ - Chamillionaire

32 (35) We Are The Champions (Ding A Dang Dong) – Crazy Frog

33 (30) Be Without You – Mary J Blige

34 (31) I’m Not Missing You – Stacie Orrico

35 (33) We’re Coming Home – Rogue Traders

36 (Re) I Love It – Sneaky Sound System

37 (New) All This Love – The Similou

38 (38) Not Ready To Make Nice – Dixie Chicks

39 (New) Nothing Lasts Forever – The Living End

40 (36) Flaunt It – TV Rock

41 (32) You Raise Me Up - Westlife

42 (39) When It All Falls Apart – The Veronicas

43 (40) So What – Field Mob ft Ciara

44 (34) So Under Pressure – Dannii Minogue

45 (42) High – James Blunt

46 (41) Underneath The Radar - Danielle

47 (45) Dani California – Red Hot Chili Peppers

48 (43) I’m N Luv (Wit A Stripper) – T-Pain

49 (New) Ti Amo – Laura Gissara

50 (46) Say Somethin’ – Mariah Carey

 

 

 

ARIA Top 50 Albums weekending 28th August 2006

 

1 (New) Carnival – Kasey Chambers

2 (1) Back To Basics – Christina Aguilera

3 (2) I’m Not Dead - Pink

4 (7) Loose – Nelly Furtado

5 (5) The Best Of – Chris Isaak

6 (6) Black Fingernails, Red Wine – Eskimo Joe

7 (4) Here Come The Drums – Rogue Traders

8 (3) High School Musical – Original Soundtrack

9 (12) Stadium Arcadium – Red Hot Chili Peppers

10 (9) Taking The Long Way – Dixie Chicks

11 (13) Back To Bedlam – James Blunt

12 (10) PCD – Pussycat Dolls

13 (8) The Secret Life Of… - The Veronicas

14 (14) Boy From Oz – Hugh Jackman

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

16 (11) Alright Still – Lily Allen

17 (15) All The Right Reasons - Nickelback

18 (16) St. Elsewhere – Gnarls Barkley

19 (17) A Girl Like Me - Rihanna

20 (23) Piano Man: The Very Best Of – Billy Joel

21 (37) See The Sun – Pete Murray

22 (19) Oral Fixation Vol.2 - Shakira

23 (20) Real Life - Evermore

24 (New) Paris – Paris Hilton

25 (New) Sacrament – Lamb Of God

26 (29) Wasted Sleepless Nights – The Angels

27 (New) Idlewild - Outkast

28 (22) Wolfmother - Wolfmother

29 (21) What’s Left Of Me – Nick Lachey

30 (24) Black Holes & Revelations - Muse

31 (46) The New Bush – Lee Kernaghan

32 (41) Tea and Sympathy – Bernard Fanning

33 (34) Lift – Shannon Noll

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

35 (27) The Greatest Hits: Why Try Harder – Fatboy Slim

36 (35) Switch - INXS

37 (31) Bring You Home – Ronan Keating

38 (25) Christ Illusion - Slayer

39 (Re) Monkey Business – Black Eyed Peas

40 (49) Be Here – Keith Urban

41 (26) Sunrise: Concert Series – Various Artists

42 (Re) Bat Out Of Hell - Meatloaf

43 (30) Presenting – David Hobson

44 (45) 12 Gardens Live – Billy Joel

45 (32) Whatever People Say I Am – Arctic Monkeys

46 (44) Smile It Confuses People – Sandi Thom

47 (Re) In Your Honor – Foo Fighters

48 (New) The Essential – Roy Orbison

49 (Re) Greatest Hits – Red Hot Chili Peppers

50 (New) The Ultimate – Peter Allen

 

 

ARIA Chart Commentary

from Gavin Ryan

 

Justin Timberlake holds on to the top spot on the Australian singles chart

for a second week, thus making it his longest running No.1 single. As "Rock Your

Body" only stayed at the top of the charts for a single week, staying at the top

with "Sexyback" was an easy feat to be his longest running solo No.1.

Now I say solo, as he has been at the top of the charts longer, but as guest

vocalist or lead vocalist in a group. I also noticed something else this week.

Justin has now been at the top as a solo singer (Rock Your Body) in a duo

(Sexyback features Timbaland as guest vocalist), as part of a trio (Signs) which

was credited as Snoop Dogg feat Charlie Wilson and Justin Timberlake and also

twice as part of a quintet (five people). N*Sync were a five piece, and he was

guest vocalist with The Black Eyed Peas (they are four, he was one extra, making

it five). So now all he needs to make it a straight flush is to be at No.1 as

part of a quartet.

Paul McCartney has claimed a similar feat, but not as many as Justin. He has

had a solo No.1 (Another Day-1971), as part of a trio (Mull of Kintrye by

Wings-1978) and as part of a quartet with The Beatles who had 26 No.1 singles.

 

There are two big climbers on this weeks chart. Up from 8 to 2 is the former

UK No.1 single that has made steady rises over the past five weeks of charting,

and this week makes a jump up six places. Sandi Thom's "I Wish I Was a Punk

Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair) comes close to matching it's homeland chart

placing.

Also a song that has been hovering in the 20's for the past 9 weeks moving

36-29-28-24-24-25-20-18-20-22-22-23-21 this week jumps up 9 places to No.12. I'm

talking about "I Write Sins, Not Tragedies" by Panic! at the Disco. With their

follow-up single now being played at radio, and the album climbing to it's new

highest peak of No.15 this week, people have started to wake up to this quirky

Las Vegas band who recently took "Sins" to No.7 in the US.

 

The highest new entry comes in at No.29 this week, and is something a

departure-from-formula for this Canadian soft-rock band. Nickelback's "Animals"

is a hard-rock song about wild sex, and is the fourth single from their current

No.17 album "All the Right Reasons" which is spending it's 47th week on the

charts. The previous three singles from the album were "Photograph" (No.3, Sept

2005), "Far Away" (No.2, Feb 2006) and "Savin' Me" (No.18, May 2006).

 

Sitting at No.5 on this weeks ARIA Club Charts (and recently peaking at No.2

there) is "I Love You" by Sneaky Sound System, which this week climbs back into

the Top 50 at No.36. When it originally charted several weeks ago, it reached

No.25.

Right behind SSS, is the second debut for the week at No.37, "All This Love"

by Swedish duo The Similou. Joel Eriksson and Erik Niklasson formed the duo in

2003, and were influenced by 1980's pop rock like Hall & Oates, Van Halen and

Earth, Wind and Fire. This song was originally released as a limited edition

club track in 2003, but when they got signed to a local label, it became a club

smash across Scandinavia. Since being signed to Sony (internationally) it has

become a major international track.

 

And lastly at No.39 is the fourth single from February's No.1 album for The

Living End "State of Emergency". "Nothing Lasts Forever" follow up the previous

three singles from that album which were "What's on Your Radio" (No.9, Nov

2005), "Wake Up" (No.5, Feb 2006) and "Long Live the Weekend" (No.23, May 2006).

 

Debuting at No.1 this week is the third No.1 album for Australian

Country/Pop artist Kasey Chambers. "Carnival" is the follow-up to the 2004 No.1

album "Wayward Angel" (5 weeks -June 2004), and that was preceded by the No.1

album "Barricades and Brickwalls" (2 weeks - February 2002).

It's the first time that the word 'Carnival' has appeared in a No.1 album

although we have had "Cargo" (Men at Work, May 1983) and "Caribou" (Elton John,

August 1974) that have the words 'Car' at the start, but they ain't no Carnival.

This is the second solo female artist to hit the top of the albums chart

this year, following on from last weeks "Back to Basics" album (No.2 this week).

The last time that a female No.1 debut knocked off a female No.1 debut was back

in 2004 when Avril Lavigne's "Let Go" was knocked off by Kasey's last No.1 album

"Wayward Angel".

"Carnival" is the 530th No.1 album in Australia, the 119th Australian

Performed No.1 album, 66th by a Solo Female Artist, and the 16th by a Australian

Solo Female Artist. The last Oz Female to hit the top of the album charts was

back in November 2004 when Delta Goodrem's second album "Mistaken Identity" was

at the top for a single week.

Also this week's Top 4 albums are all by female artists. I'll have to do a

bit of research to find out the last time that happened.

 

The next highest debut comes in at No.24, and is the much publicised debut

album from Paris Hilton, entitled "Paris". The fact that it came with a bonus

DVD, but only managed at No.24 entry proves that you can't over push and album

if people don't want to buy it.

Right behind Paris at No.25 is the first Top 50 chart entry for Lamb of God,

"Sacrament", whilst at No.27 is the new album from Outkast, "Idlewild". This is

the follow-up to their Top 10 album "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" from November

2003, which stayed in the Top 50 for just under 40 weeks.

 

 

 

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

66 years...

 

2006 - Sexyback - Justin Timberlake (2nd week)

2005 - Don't Cha - The Pussycat Dolls (1st of 5 weeks)

2004 - My Place / Flap Your Wings - Nelly (1 week only)

2003 - Where is the Love - Black Eyed Peas feat Justin Timberlake (2nd of 4

weeks)

2002 - Complicated - Avril Lavigne (2nd of 6 weeks)

2001 - Hanging By a Moment - Lifehouse (4th of 5 weeks)

2000 - Music - Madonna (1st of 3 weeks)

1999 - Last Kiss - Pearl Jam (6th of 7 weeks)

1998 - Iris - Goo Goo Dolls (5th of 5 weeks)

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

1996 - Because You Loved Me / The Power of the Dream - Celine Dion (3rd of 3

weeks) 10 YEARS AGO

1995 - Kiss from a Rose - Seal (1st of 6 weeks)

1994 - I Swear - All-4-One (3rd of 5 weeks)

1993 - The River of Dreams - Billy Joel (1 week only)

1992 - Amigos Para Siempre (Friends for Life) - Jose Carreras & Sarah Brightman

(3rd of 6 weeks)

1991 - (Everything I Do) I Do it for You - Bryan Adams (5th of 11 weeks)

1990 - Epic - Faith No More (1st of 3 weeks)

1989 - If You Don't Know Me By Now - Simply Red (2nd of 3 weeks)

1988 - Perfect - Fairground Attraction (2nd of 4 weeks)

1987 - Locomotion - Kylie Minogue (4th of 7 weeks)

1986 - Papa Don't Preach - Madonna (4th of 6 weeks) 20 YEARS AGO

1985 - We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) - Tina Turner (2nd of 3 weeks)

1984 - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go - Wham! (6th of 7 weeks) Return to the Top

1983 - Flashdance...What a Feeling (7th of 7 weeks)

1982 - The Other Woman - Ray Parker Jr (1 week only)

1981 - Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield (1 week only)

1980 - Moscow - Genghis Khan (2nd of 6 weeks)

1979 - Up There Cazaly - Two Man Band (1 week only)

1978 - You're the One That I Want - Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta (4th of 9

weeks)

1977 - I Go To Rio - Peter Allen (4th of 5 weeks)

1976 - Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John (1 week only) 30 YEARS AGO

1975 - Fox on the Run - The Sweet (4th of 6 weeks)

1974 - Evie - Stevie Wright (3rd of 6 weeks)

1973 - Delta Dawn - Helen Reddy (3rd of 5 weeks)

1972 - Puppy Love - Donny Osmond (6th of 6 weeks)

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

1970 - In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry (1 week only)

1969 - In the Ghetto - Elvis Presley (4th of 4 weeks)

1968 - MacArthur Park - Richard Harris (2nd of 2 weeks)

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

weeks)

1966 - Easyfever (EP) - The Easybeat (2nd of 2 weeks) 40 YEARS AGO

1965 - Help! / I'm Down - The Beatles (3rd of 8 weeks)

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

1963 - 55 Days at Peking - Rob E.G. (3rd of 4 weeks)

1962 - Roses are Red (My Love) - Bobby Vinton (3rd of 4 weeks)

1961 - I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door - Eddie Hodges (4th of 7 weeks)

1960 - Clap Your Hands - The Beau-Marks (2nd of 4 weeks)

1959 - The Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton (5th of 6 weeks)

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

1957 - A White Sports Coat (and a Pink Carnation) - Marty Robbins (3rd of 4

weeks)

1956 - Portuguese Washerwoman - Joe "Fingers" Carr (1st of 3 weeks) 50 YEARS

AGO

1955 - (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets (2nd of 6

weeks)

1954 - The Happy Wanderer - Frank Weir / The Obenkirchen Children's Choir (5th

of 8 weeks)

1953 - Song from Moulin Rouge (Where is Your Heart) - Percy Faith (2nd of 6

weeks)

1952 - Ay-Round the Corner - The Weavers / Les Welch (2nd of 4 weeks)

1951 - My Heart Cries for You - Guy Mitchell (4th of 4 weeks)

1950 - My Foolish Heart - Gordon Jenkins / Joe Loss (3rd of 4 weeks)

1949 - Far Away Places - Bing Crosby (2nd of 5 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

 

 

 

Wow!!! Sandi's doing incredibly well over there :-)