ARIA Top 50 Singles weekending 23nd April 2007

 

1 (New) Steer – Missy Higgins

2 (1) Girlfriend – Avril Lavigne

3 (2) Grace Kelly - Mika

4 (3) Straight Lines – Silverchair

5 (New) Beautiful Liar – Beyonce & Shakira

6 (4) The Sweet Escape – Gwen Stefani

7 (6) Candyman – Christina Aguilera

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

9 (7) 20 Good Reasons – Thirsty Merc

10 (8) Suddenly I See – KT Tunstall

11 (10) Glamorous - Fergie

12 (9) What Goes Around (Comes Around) – Justin Timberlake

13 (11) I Wanna Love You – Akon ft Snoop Dogg

14 (12) Keep Your Hands Off My Girl – Good Charlotte

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

16 (20) All Good Things (Come To An End) – Nelly Furtado

17 (23) Hump De Bump – Red Hot Chili Peppers

18 (13) How To Save A Life – The Fray

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

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

21 (16) Give It To Me – Timbaland ft Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake

22 (New) Little Wonders – Rob Thomas

23 (17) Rock This Party – Bob Sinclar

24 (22) Before You Go – Candice Alley

25 (21) Say It Right – Nelly Furtado

26 (19) Lips Of An Angel - Hinder

27 (25) Wait A Minute – Pussycat Dolls

28 (24) Hit Me Up – Gia Farrell

29 (27) Something About You - Jamelia

30 (28) Irreplaceable - Beyonce

31 (26) With Love – Hilary Duff

32 (34) Pictures – Sneaky Sound System

33 (29) Smack That – Akon ft Eminem

34 (31) Fergalicious - Fergie

35 (30) Tell Me – P. Diddy ft Christina Aguilera

36 (32) Famous Last Words – My Chemical Romance

37 (New) He’s The Greatest Dancer – Dannii Minogue

38 (36) Come Back To Me – Vanessa Hudgens

39 (33) Light Surrounding You - Evermore

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

41 (41) Joker & The Thief – Wolfmother

42 (37) Don’t Give Up – Shannon Noll & Natalie Bassingthwaighte

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

44 (43) Jenny Don’t Be Hasty – Paolo Nutini

45 (39) Shortie Like Mine – Bow Wow

46 (38) SexyBack – Justin Timberlake

47 (46) The Kill (Bury Me) – 30 Seconds To Mars

48 (35) Proper Education – Eric Prydz vs Floyd

49 (44) My Love – Justin Timberlake

50 (42) Welcome To The Black Parade – My Chemical Romance

 

 

 

ARIA Top 50 Albums weekending 23rd April 2007

 

1 (1) Young Modern – Silverchair

2 (New) The Best Damn Thing – Avril Lavigne

3 (3) Grand National – John Butler Trio

4 (2) Standing On The Outside: The Songs Of Cold Chisel – Various Artists

5 (New) Year Zero – Nine Inch Nails

6 (5) I’m Not Dead - Pink

7 (4) Because Of The Times – Kings Of Leon

8 (9) Loose – Nelly Furtado

9 (7) Extreme Behaviour - Hinder

10 (6) The Sweet Escape – Gwen Stefani

11 (12) Stadium Arcadium – Red Hot Chili Peppers

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

13 (Re) B’Day - Beyonce

14 (14) How To Save A Life – The Fray

15 (10) Eyes Open – Snow Patrol

16 (13) Infinity On High – Fallout Boy

17 (15) Life In Cartoon Motion - Mika

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

19 (18) Memories & Dust – Josh Pyke

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

21 (19) Konvicted - Akon

22 (16) These Streets – Paolo Nutini

23 (17) Good Morning Revival – Good Charlotte

24 (35) Sneaky Sound System – Sneaky Sound System

25 (20) Dignity – Hilary Duff

26 (25) Sam’s Town – The Killers

27 (24) Not Too Late – Norah Jones

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

29 (22) The Black Parade – My Chemical Romance

30 (30) Taking The Long Way – Dixie Chicks

31 (29) PCD – Pussycat Dolls

32 (23) Introducing Joss Stone – Joss Stone

33 (28) Shock Value - Timbaland

34 (33) All Of The Above – Hillsong United

35 (38) Albertine – Brooke Fraser

36 (31) A Beautiful Lie – 30 Seconds To Mars

37 (34) Wolfmother - Wolfmother

38 (40) Greatest Hits – Red Hot Chili Peppers

39 (41) Back To Basics – Christina Aguilera

40 (New) Cassadaga – Bright Eyes

41 (32) The Blackening – Machine Head

42 (26) Cannibal – Static-X

43 (37) Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing – Keith Urban

44 (39) We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sunk – Modest Mouse

45 (36) The Very Best Of – The Doors

46 (43) Eye To The Telescope – KT Tunstall

47 (Re) Yours Truly, Angry Mob – Kaiser Chiefs

48 (47) Back To Black – Amy Winehouse

49 (Re) Live At Massey Hall 1971 – Neil Young

50 (45) Hot Fuss – The Killers

 

 

 

Chartifacts

 

(Thanks to Gavin Ryan)

 

Not since December 2005 has an Australian Solo Female Singer either been at, or debuted at the No.1 spot on the Australian charts, but this week sees the return of Missy Higgins to the top of our charts. The song "Steer" debuts at the top of the charts, something which she has done before with her August 2004 EP "Scar". That was the first of four tracks taken from her debut album "The Sound of White" which spent six weeks at the top of the album charts, and it is expected that her second album "On a Clear Day" will also be a chart topper for the May 7th chart, as it's released on April 28th. Her other singles from that album included "Ten Days" (No.12, Nov 2004), "The Special Two EP" (No.2, April 2005) and "The Sound of White" (No.22, August 2005).

 

Missy's "Steer" is the first time that such a word has appeared in a No.1 song in Australia, and it becomes the 922nd No.1 in this country. "Steer" becomes the 136th Australian Performed No.1 song, and it's also the first time since June 2006 that a female artist has taken over from another female artist when Shakira took over from Rihanna, as Missy takes over from Avril Lavigne who only stayed at the top of the charts for a single week with "Girlfriend" (No.2 this week).

 

Two former chart-topping female's also debut within the Top 10 this week at No.5, Beyonce and Shakira with the duet "Beautiful Liar". Beyonce hit the top in January this year with "Irreplaceable" (No.30 this week) for three weeks, and Shakira has hit the top three times with "Whenever, Wherever" and "Underneath Your Clothes" (both 2002) and "Hips Don't Lie" (June 2006). The track is taken from Beyonce's re-packaged "B'Day" album which I talk more about in the album section below.

 

For the fifth week in a row, TV Rock's "The Others" holds at No.15, something of a chart rarity to stay put for five weeks, but the biggest climbing single of the week goes to the media saturated Red Hot Chili Peppers with the fourth single from their "Stadium Arcadium" (No.11 this week) album "Hump de Bump", jumping from last week's debut of No.23 to No.17 this week.

 

The third debut for the week comes from Matchbox 20 lead singer Rob Thomas, coming in at No.22 is "Little Wonders". It's taken from the new Disney movie "Meet the Robinsons", and is his first charting single since "Something to Be" (No.40, March 2006), and his biggest was his first SOLO single (not the one with Santana), "Lonely No More" which hit No.3 in April 2005.

 

Dannii Minogue debuts at No.37 with "He's the Greatest Dancer" a cover of the Sister Sledge track from 1979 which originally made No.22. This is not Dannii's first cover song, she's previously charted with "This is it" (1993), "Coconut" (1998) and "I Begin to Wonder" (2003). Her biggest hit is still her first from 1990 "Love and Kisses" which hit No.6.

 

Silverchair equal their previous best effort at the top of the album charts by staying for a third week with "Young Modern", the same amount of time as "Frogstomp" did in 1995. If they do manage to stay for another week, "Young Modern" will be their longest performing No.1 album, but we'll have to wait and see.

 

Occupying the No.2 spot on both the singles and albums chart this week is Avril Lavigne, who's third album debuts at No.2 "The Best Damn Thing". Her two previous albums both went to No.1, "Let Go" (7 weeks, December 2002) and "Under My Skin" (1 week, May 2004), so maybe her third will eventually join the others at the top?

 

Nine Inch Nails have never had a No.1 album in Australia, their best effort being the No.2 album from 1999 "The Fragile", and now their second best performing album debuts at No.5 this week in the form of "Year Zero". Trent Reznor/Nine Inch Nails last chart entry was May 2005's "[With Teeth]" which debuted and peaked at No.10.

 

Beyonce's second solo album originally reached No.8 late last year when it was released, but unfortunately quickly fell off the charts. It has been bobbing up and down at the edge of the Top 50 ever since, but two weeks ago it was re-issued with a bonus CD, one of which has this week's No.5 debut "Beautiful Liar", the duet with Shakira. Beyonce started her first National Solo tour in Australia on the 21st of April, so the combination of the new single and tour has helped the repackaged album jump back into the charts at No.13 this week.

 

 

 

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

 

24-Apr-65 - The Sound of Music - Soundtrack (1st of 21 weeks) This album would go back to No.1 7 different times.

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

 

22-Apr-67 - Going Places - Herb Alpert & The Tijauana Brass (3rd of 17 weeks)

 

20-Apr-68 - A Man and a Woman (un Homme et une Femme) - Soundtrack (2nd of 9 weeks)

 

19-Apr-69 - Hair - Original Broadway Cast (2nd of 28 weeks)

 

20-Apr-70 - Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel (3rd of 6 weeks)

 

19-Apr-71 - All Things Must Pass - George Harrison (5th of 8 weeks)

 

24-Apr-72 - American Pie - Don McLean (4th of 11 weeks)

 

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

 

22-Apr-74 - Band on the Run - Paul McCartney & Wings (3rd of 6 weeks)

 

21-Apr-75 - Living in the 70's - Skyhooks (9th of 16 weeks)

 

20-Apr-76 - The Best of Abba - Abba (4th of 16 weeks)

 

25-Apr-77 - A New World Record - Electric Light Orchestra (2nd of 8 weeks)

 

24-Apr-78 - Saturday Night Fever - Soundtrack (6th of 13 weeks)

 

23-Apr-79 - Breakfast in America - Supertramp (2nd of 6 weeks)

 

21-Apr-80 - True Colours - Split Enz (2nd of 10 weeks)

 

20-Apr-81 - Swingshift - Cold Chisel (2nd of 2 weeks)

 

19-Apr-82 - Days of Innocence - Moving Pictures (5th of 7 weeks)

 

25-Apr-83 - Let's Dance - David Bowie (1 week only)

 

23-Apr-84 - Twentieth Century - Cold Chisel (1 week only)

 

22-Apr-85 - Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen (7th of 8 weeks)

 

21-Apr-86 - The Dream of the Blue Turtles - Sting (1st of 3 weeks)

 

20-Apr-87 - Whispering Jack - John Farnham (19th of 20 weeks) Return to the Top

 

25-Apr-88 - Hit Pix 88 - Various Artists (2nd of 2 weeks)

 

24-Apr-89 - Hits of 89 Volume 1 - Various Artists (4th of 5 weeks)

 

22-Apr-90 - All of Nothing - Milli Vanilli (4th of 5 weeks)

 

21-Apr-91 - Greatest Hits - Eurythmics (2nd of 7 weeks)

 

19-Apr-92 - Adrenalize - Def Leppard (2nd of 2 weeks)

 

25-Apr-93 - Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz (2nd of 4 weeks)

 

24-Apr-94 - Division Bell - Pink Floyd (2nd of 3 weeks)

 

23-Apr-95 - Frogstomp - Silverchair (3rd of 3 weeks)

 

21-Apr-96 - Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette (6th of 8 weeks)

 

20-Apr-97 - Savage Garden - Savage Garden (3rd of 12 weeks)

 

19-Apr-98 - Titanic - Soundtrack (10th of 11 weeks)

 

19-Apr-99 - One Night Only - The Bee Gees (4th of 5 weeks)

 

24-Apr-00 - Reflector - Killing Heidi (6th of 7 weeks)

 

23-Apr-01 - No Angel - Dido (7th of 8 weeks)

 

22-Apr-02 - A New Day Has Come - Celine Dion (3rd of 4 weeks)

 

21-Apr-03 - Innocent Eyes - Delta Goodrem (4th of 6 weeks)

 

19-Apr-04 - Feeler - Pete Murray (4th of 4 weeks)

 

25-Apr-05 - Two Shoes - The Cat Empire (1 week only)

 

24-Apr-06 - Back to Bedlam - James Blunt (11th of 12 weeks)

 

23-Apr-07 - Young Modern - Silverchair (3rd week)

 

 

Thanks to Gavin Ryan