ARIA Top 50 Singles weekending 9th April 2007

 

1 (1) Straight Lines - Silverchair

2 (3) Grace Kelly - Mika

3 (New) Girlfriend – Avril Lavigne

4 (2) The Sweet Escape – Gwen Stefani

5 (4) This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race – Fallout Boy

6 (7) Suddenly I See – KT Tunstall

7 (5) What Goes Around (Comes Around) – Justin Timberlake

8 (10) 20 Good Reasons – Thirsty Merc

9 (8) How To Save A Life – The Fray

10 (6) I Wanna Love You – Akon ft Snoop Dogg

11 (11) Keep Your Hands Off My Girl – Good Charlotte

12 (9) Lips Of An Angel - Hinder

13 (13) Put Your Hands Up (For Detroit) – Fedde Le Grande

14 (12) Rock This Party – Bob Sinclar

15 (15) The Others – TV Rock vs Dukes Of Windsor

16 (21) Before You Go – Candice Alley

17 (14) Say It Right – Nelly Furtado

18 (20) Cupid’s Chokehold – Gym Class Heroes

19 (19) Wait A Minute – Pussycat Dolls

20 (16) Hit Me Up – Gia Farrell

21 (18) Smack That – Akon ft Eminem

22 (22) With Love – Hilary Duff

23 (17) Something About You - Jamelia

24 (23) Irreplaceable - Beyonce

25 (26) Fergalicious - Fergie

26 (24) Tell Me – P. Diddy ft Christina Aguilera

27 (30) Pictures – Sneaky Sound System

28 (27) Famous Last Words – My Chemical Romance

29 (28) Light Surrounding You - Evermore

30 (25) Don’t Give Up – Shannon Noll & Natalie Bassingthwaighte

31 (29) Proper Education – Eric Prydz vs Floyd

32 (38) Joker and the Thief - Wolfmother

33 (39) SexyBack – Justin Timberlake

34 (34) Welcome To The Black Parade – My Chemical Romance

35 (33) Patience – Take That

36 (32) I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ – Scissor Sisters

37 (31) My Love – Justin Timberlake

38 (36) Shortie Like Mine – Bow Wow

39 (41) The Kill (Bury Me) – 30 Seconds To Mars

40 (New) Jenny Don’t Be Hasty – Paolo Nutini

41 (43) Not Ready To Make Nice – Dixie Chicks

42 (New) Come Back To Me – Vanessa Hudgens

43 (40) New York – Eskimo Joe

44 (46) Wind It Up – Gwen Stefani

45 (45) Too Little Too Late - JoJo

46 (44) Over My Head (Cable Car) – The Fray

47 (Re) If Everyone Cared - Nickelback

48 (48) Lying Is The Most Fun – Panic! At The Disco

49 (50) So Do I Sorry First? – Stephanie McIntosh

50 (Re) When You Were Young – The Killers

 

 

ARIA Top 50 Albums weekending 9th April 2007

 

1 (New) Young Modern - Silverchair

2 (New) Standing On The Outside Looking In: The Songs Of Cold Chisel – Various Artists

3 (1) Grand National – Kings Of Leon

4 (New) Because Of The Times – John Butler Trio

5 (5) I’m Not Dead - Pink

6 (2) The Sweet Escape – Gwen Stefani

7 (3) Extreme Behaviour - Hinder

8 (4) Future Sex/Love Sounds – Justin Timberlake

9 (6) Eyes Open – Snow Patrol

10 (11) Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits – Elton John

11 (7) How To Save A Life – The Fray

12 (10) Infinity On High – Fallout Boy

13 (13) Life In Cartoon Motion - Mika

14 (New) The Blackening – Machine Head

15 (12) Loose – Nelly Furtado

16 (9) Good Morning Revival – Good Charlotte

17 (New) Dignity – Hilary Duff

18 (17) Introducing Joss Stone – Joss Stone

19 (24) Stadium Arcadium – Red Hot Chili Peppers

20 (16) Konvicted - Akon

21 (23) Pubs, Trucks & Plains – Slim Dusty

22 (8) All Of The Above – Hillsong United

23 (14) Memories and Dust – Josh Pyke

24 (18) The Black Parade – My Chemical Romance

25 (19) Not Too Late – Norah Jones

26 (15) Love, Pain and the Whole Crazy Thing – Keith Urban

27 (20) Sam’s Town – The Killers

28 (22) Black Fingernails, Red Wine –Eskimo Joe

29 (New) Albertine – Brooke Fraser

30 (25) Wolfmother - Wolfmother

31 (26) Taking The Long Way – Dixie Chicks

32 (41) PCD – Pussycat Dolls

33 (33) The Winner’s Journey – Damien Leith

34 (21) We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sunk – Modest Mouse

35 (27) A Beautiful Lie – 30 Seconds To Mars

36 (31) Sneaky Sound System – Sneaky Sound System

37 (New) Timbaland Presents Shock Value - Timbaland

38 (New) The Very Best Of – The Doors

39 (28) Real Life - Evermore

40 (35) U218: Singles – U2

41 (29) A Weekend In The City – Bloc Party

42 (34) The Journey – Jessica Mauboy

43 (New) These Streets – Paolo Nutini

44 (44) Back To Basics – Christina Aguilera

45 (38) Back To Bedlam – James Blunt

46 (30) Yours Truly, Angry Mob – Kaiser Chiefs

47 (36) Grace – Jeff Buckley

48 (37) Back To Black – Amy Winehouse

49 (New) Let It Go – Tim McGraw

50 (46) Greatest Hits – Red Hot Chili Peppers

 

Chartifacts

 

(thanks to Gavin Ryan)

 

Silverchair retain the No.1 spot in Australia for a fourth 'straight' week

with their third No.1 single "Straight Lines". But they are also joined at the

top of the charts by their fifth studio album, but more on that further down in

the albums section.

 

Mika climbs to No.2 this week with his debut Australian single "Grace

Kelly", thus knocking off Gwen Stefani from that position which she has occupied

for the past six weeks, and thus she tumbles down to No.4 this week.

 

In between at No.3 is the highest of three new entries this week,

"Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne. It's debuted at No.1 on the Physical Singles

Sales chart, but is only No.7 on the Download Charts, so can't quite claim the

top position. It is currently No.5 in the U.S. and has been at No.2 in the U.K.

for the past two weeks, and is the lead single from her third album "The Best

Damn Thing" which is out in Australia April 14th.

 

For a third week, "The Others" by TV Rock is at No.15, but other acts who

hit new peak positions this week include Candice Alley (No.16) with "Before You

Go", The Gym Class Heroes with "Cupid's Chokehold" (No.18) and in the Top 10

"Suddenly I See" by KT Tunstall (No.6) and "20 Good Reasons" by Thirsty Merc

(No.8).

 

The second new entry is a song that has climbed 95-63-40 over it's three

weeks in the Top 100, thus breaking into the Top 50 this week it's recent

visitor to our shores, Scotland's Paolo Nutini with "Jenny Don't Be Hasty". He

first made the charts last October when he hit No.67 with the song "Last

Request", and these two tracks are taken from his debut album "These Streets"

which is at No.43 this week. Paolo might not seem like a typical Scottish name,

but his father is Italian whilst his mother is Scottish.

 

Third debut this week comes in at No.42, "Come Back to Me" by Vanessa

Hudgens. She is better known as 'Gabrielle' from the High School Musical Movie,

of which the Soundtrack hit No.1 last July and August. She also has her debut

album "V" out now.

 

This very week in 2002 (April 8th), Silverchair debuted at No.1 with their

fourth straight No.1 debut and No.1 album in the form of "Diorama". At that time

Silverchair became equal leaders along with Cold Chisel and Midnight Oil as the

only Australian GROUPS to have had FOUR No.1 albums. Now the exact same week

four years later that record gets broken, along with a new record being created.

 

Silverchair become the first Australian GROUP to have had five No.1 albums,

and also are the ONLY ACT EVER (local or overseas) IN AUSTRALIAN CHART HISTORY

TO HAVE THEIR FIRST FIVE STUDIO ALBUMS DEBUT AT No.1. Whilst Jimmy Barnes has

had eight No.1 albums, his first album didn't debut at the top, it climbed to

No.1, so thus Silverchair are the first to achieve this feat.

 

It's been exactly 12 years since Silverchair debuted at the top of the

charts with their first album "Frogstomp", and listed below is the figures for

their No.1 albums...

 

9-April-1995 - 3wks - Frogstomp

 

16-Feb-1997 - 1wk - Freakshow

 

15-Mar-1999 - 1wk - Neon Ballroom

 

8-Apr-2002 - 1wk - Diorama

 

9-Apr-2007 - 1wk so far - Young Modern

 

Some other stats for this album: This is the 546th No.1 album in Australia,

it's the first time the word 'Young' has appeared in a No.1 album, but only the

second time the word 'Modern' has been at the top. The last time was only in

September 2006 when Bob Dylan's "Modern Times" topped the charts. It's the first

time since August 2006 that an Australian Group has knocked off another

Australian Group from the top of the charts, last time it was Something for Kate

who knocked off Eskimo Joe from the top spot, and this album is the 124th

Australian Performed No.1 album. Every new No.1 album this year has been by a

GROUP, and with "Young Modern" debuting at the top it makes it five Group

Performed No.1 albums in a row. This has only happened once before this decade,

back between May and June 2005, but there was an instance in 2000 when six

groups had back-to-back No.1 albums, so if we get another group at the No.1

position, it will tie that record.

 

In a rather strange irony, debuting at No.2 is a tribute album to Cold

Chisel, "Standing on the Outside Looking in: The Songs of Cold Chisel". It's a

compilation album of Australian groups performing Cold Chisel songs, as well as

featuring the original Chisel versions. As I've listed the chart toppers for The

'Chair, here are the four No.1 albums for The 'Chisels: "Swingshift" (April

1981, 2wks), "Circus Animals" (May 1982, 1 week), "20th Century" (April 1984, 1

week) and "Last Wave of Summer" (October 1998, 1 week).

 

With John Butler Trio falling from No.1 to No.3, it gives us an Australian

Top 3 albums this week. This hasn't happened since April 25th, 2005 when the Top

3 consisted of the No.1 debut by The Cat Empire with Two Shoes, 2-The Sound of

White by Missy Higgins and 3-Anthony Callea with his self-titled debut album.

 

Kings of Leon debut at No.4 with their second album "Because of the Times".

They first hit our charts in November 2004 with the No.31 album "Aha Shake

Heartbreak".

 

Coming in at No.14 is the highest ever charting album for Machine Head. "The

Blackening" is their fourth Top 50 album in Australia, having previously charted

with "The More Things Change..." (1997), "The Burning Red" (1999) and

"Supercharger" in 2001.

 

Also the fourth album for Hilary Duff debuts at No.17 this week called

"Dignity". It features the current No.22 single "With Love", and is the

follow-up to the previous albums "Metamorphosis" (2003), "Hilary Duff" (2004)

and "Most Wanted" (2005).

 

 

This is a list of the No.1 albums in Australia for the past 42 years.

 

Silverchair had three No.1 albums all debut at the top of the charts this very

week...

 

10-Apr-65 - Beatles for Sale - The Beatles (10th of 11 weeks)

 

9-Apr-66 - Rubber Soul - The Beatles (7th of 10 weeks)

 

8-Apr-67 - Going Places - Herb Alpert & The Tijauana Brass (1st of 17 weeks)

 

6-Apr-68 - Disraeli Gears - Cream (2nd of 2 weeks)

 

5-Apr-69 - The Beatles (White Album) - The Beatles (16th of 16 weeks)

 

6-Apr-70 - Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel (1st of 6 weeks)

 

5-Apr-71 - All Things Must Pass - George Harrison (3rd of 8 weeks)

 

10-Apr-72 - American Pie - Don McLean (2nd of 11 weeks)

 

9-Apr-73 - No Secrets - Carly Simon (4th of 6 weeks)

 

8-Apr-74 - Band on the Run - Paul McCartney & Wings (1st of 6 weeks)

 

7-Apr-75 - Living in the 70's - Skyhooks (7th of 16 weeks)

 

5-Apr-76 - The Best of Abba - Abba (2nd of 16 weeks)

 

11-Apr-77 - Rumours - Fleetwood Mac (1 week only) this does come back later on

 

10-Apr-78 - Saturday Night Fever - Soundtrack (4th of 13 weeks)

 

9-Apr-79 - Spirits Having Flown - The Bee Gees (5th of 5 weeks)

 

7-Apr-80 - Off the Wall - Michael Jackson (2nd of 2 weeks)

 

6-Apr-81 - Greatest Hits - Dr. Hook (4th of 4 weeks)

 

5-Apr-82 - Days of Innocence - Moving Pictures (3rd of 7 weeks)

 

4-Apr-83 - Love Over Gold - Dire Straits (15th of 15 weeks) Return to the Top

 

9-Apr-84 - The Swing - INXS (2nd of 3 weeks)

 

8-Apr-85 - Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen (5th of 8 weeks)

 

7-Apr-86 - Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits (33rd of 34 weeks)

 

6-Apr-87 - Graceland - Paul Simon (4th of 5 weeks) Return to the Top

 

11-Apr-88 - Whenever You Need Somebody - Rick Astley (1 week only)

 

10-Apr-89 - Hits of 89 Volume 1 - Various Artists (2nd of 5 weeks)

 

8-Apr-90 - All of Nothing - Milli Vanilli (2nd of 5 weeks)

 

7-Apr-91 - Twin Peaks - Soundtrack (1 week only)

 

5-Apr-92 - Hepfidelity - Diesel (4th of 4 weeks)

 

11-Apr-93 - Unplugged - Eric Clapton (6th of 6 weeks)

 

10-Apr-94 - Music Box - Mariah Carey (2nd of 2 weeks) Return to the Top

 

9-Apr-95 - Frogstomp - Silverchair (1st of 3 weeks)

 

7-Apr-96 - Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette (4th of 8 weeks)

 

6-Apr-97 - Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1st of 12 weeks)

 

5-Apr-98 - Titanic - Soundtrack (8th of 11 weeks)

 

5-Apr-99 - One Night Only - The Bee Gees (2nd of 5 weeks)

 

10-Apr-00 - The Power - Vanessa Amorosi (1 week only)

 

9-Apr-01 - No Angel - Dido (5th of 8 weeks)

 

8-Apr-02 - Diorama - Silverchair (1 week only)

 

7-Apr-03 - Innocent Eyes - Delta Goodrem (2nd of 6 weeks)

 

5-Apr-04 - Feeler - Pete Murray (2nd of 4 weeks)

 

11-Apr-05 - Anthony Callea - Anthony Callea (2nd of 2 weeks)

 

10-Apr-06 - The Hard Road - The Hilltop Hoods (1 week only)

 

9-Apr-07 - Young Modern - Silverchair (1st week)

 

Thanks to Gavin Ryan

 

 

Thanks for all this! Glad to see Something About You doing well, still :)

:D for 30 Seconds to Mars surprised the song is still charting.

Edited April 8, 200718 yr by FallPanicBoyApparatus

Love how KT Tunstall is top 10 over there - two years after the album was released here. Makes me chuckle every week. Another top 3 entry for Avril. :D

Love how KT Tunstall is top 10 over there - two years after the album was released here. Makes me chuckle every week. Another top 3 entry for Avril. :D

 

if you didn't know this yet, let me tell you, since suddenly I see is the theme song for "ugly betty" in Australia, that's why it climbs up.

if you didn't know this yet, let me tell you, since suddenly I see is the theme song for "ugly betty" in Australia, that's why it climbs up.

Oooh, wow. That's interesting... didn't know that!

 

Great debut for Avril! :cheer: Hope she rises next week too!

Oooh, wow. That's interesting... didn't know that!

 

Great debut for Avril! :cheer: Hope she rises next week too!

 

The video pulled me off quite a bit. :puke2: