ARIA Top 50 Singles weekending 28th May 2007

 

1 (1) Girlfriend – Avril Lavigne

2 (3) Glamorous - Fergie

3 (2) Candyman – Christina Aguilera

4 (10) 20 Good Reasons – Thirsty Merc

5 (7) Leave Me Alone (I’m Lonely) - Pink

6 (4) Grace Kelly - Mika

7 (6) Makes Me Wonder – Maroon 5

8 (8) The Sweet Escape – Gwen Stefani

9 (5) Lost And Running - Powderfinger

10 (9) Straight Lines – Silverchair

11 (11) Beautiful Liar – Beyonce & Shakira

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

13 (14) Suddenly I See – KT Tunstall

14 (12) If You Didn’t Mean It – Dean Geyer

15 (13) What I’ve Done – Linkin Park

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

17 (16) UFO – Sneaky Sound System

18 (18) What Goes Around…Comes Around – Justin Timberlake

19 (25) The Creeps – Camille Jones vs Fedde Le Grand

20 (19) Steer – Missy Higgins

21 (20) This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race – Fall Out Boy

22 (27) Cupid’s Chokehold – Gym Class Heroes

23 (21) Keep Your Hands Off My Girl – Good Charlotte

24 (26) It’s Not Over - Daughtry

25 (23) Little Wonders – Rob Thomas

26 (22) Signal Fire – Snow Patrol

27 (24) Give It To Me – Timbaland ft Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake

28 (28) Because Of You – Ne-Yo

29 (30) I Wanna Love You – Akon ft Snoop Dogg

30 (New) This Is Why I’m Hot - Mims

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

32 (34) Rock This Party – Bob Sinclar

33 (31) How To Save A Life – The Fray

34 (29) Before You Go – Candice Alley

35 (33) Everything – Michael Buble

36 (37) Get Down – Groove Armada

37 (35) The Bird And The Worm – The Used

38 (36) Ice Box - Omarion

39 (41) Lips Of An Angel - Hinder

40 (38) Hump De Bump – Red Hot Chili Peppers

41 (39) Say It Right – Nelly Furtado

42 (42) Wait A Minute – Pussycat Dolls

43 (40) Pictures – Sneaky Sound System

44 (45) Fergalicious - Fergie

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

46 (47) Hit Me Up – Gia Farrell

47 (New) Heart It Races – Architecture In Helsinki

48 (43) From Yesterday – 30 Seconds To Mars

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

50 (New) Beware Of The Dog - Jamelia

 

ARIA Top 50 Albums weekending 28th May 2007

 

1 (2) Minutes To Midnight – Linkin Park

2 (3) On A Clear Night – Missy Higgins

3 (1) Call Me Irresponsible – Michael Buble

4 (4) I’m Not Dead - Pink

5 (New) Lies For The Liars – The Used

6 (New) It Won’t Be Soon Before Too Long – Maroon 5

7 (5) The Best Damn Thing – Avril Lavigne

8 (7) Young Modern - Silverchair

9 (11) Grand National – John Butler Trio

10 (13) Back To Basics – Christina Aguilera

11 (6) Nine Lime Avenue – Kate Ceberano

12 (8) The Hard Road Restrung – Hilltop Hoods

13 (14) Slideshows – Thirsty Merc

14 (15) Loose – Nelly Furtado

15 (18) Future Sex/Love Sounds – Justin Timberlake

16 (16) The Sweet Escape – Gwen Stefani

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

18 (19) Extreme Behaviour - Hinder

19 (9) Dancing In The Streets: The Songs Of Motown II – Human Nature

20 (12) So I Am – Belinda Emmett

21 (28) Sneaky Sound System – Sneaky Sound System

22 (26) Because Of The Times – Kings Of Leon

23 (New) Sky Blue Sky - Wilco

24 (36) The Dutchess – Fergie

25 (24) Favourite Worst Nightmare – Arctic Monkeys

26 (21) Ziggurats – The Beautiful Girls

27 (42) Good Morning Revival – Good Charlotte

28 (34) Infinity On High – Fall Out Boy

29 (22) Eyes Open – Snow Patrol

30 (New) So Real: Songs From Jeff Buckley – Jeff Buckley

31 (10) Awake – Josh Groban

32 (31) Life In Cartoon Motion - Mika

33 (49) PCD – Pussycat Dolls

34 (20) Volta - Bjork

35 (38) Black Fingernails, Red Whine – Eskimo Joe

36 (30) Solo: The Last Recordings – Billy Thorpe

37 (New) Black Rain – Ozzy Osbourne

38 (25) Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits – Elton John

39 (40) Soundboy Rock – Groove Armada

40 (44) Back To Black – Amy Winehouse

41 (39) B’Day - Beyonce

42 (23) United Abominations - Megadeth

43 (New) Tales Don’t Tell Themselves – Funeral For A Friend

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

45 (33) Forever Begins Tonight – Patrizio Buanne

46 (29) It’s Time – Michael Buble

47 (37) Taking The Long Way – Dixie Chicks

48 (41) How To Save A Life – The Fray

49 (32) Undiscovered – James Morrison

50 (27) Not Too Late – Norah Jones

 

Chartifacts

 

(thanks to Gavin Ryan)

 

Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" camps at the top of the Australian Singles

Charts for a sixth non-consecutive week, now equaling her six week run from

August 2002 when "Complicated" ran for six straight weeks. That first No.1

single only fell off the top of the charts as it was deleted from sale the last

week of it's top-run, and thus rapidly fell out of the charts after that. At the

moment "Girlfriend" has no signs of either being deleted or slowing down,

although it is no longer the No.1 download single, that falls to this weeks song

that climbs to No.2, Fergie's "Glamorous", which now becomes her highest placed

single.

 

Two songs become the biggest climbing song, both up 6 places, and the first

of those is at No.4, "20 Good Reasons" by the local talent of Thirsty Merc, who

this week start a national tour in support of their latest album "Slideshows"

(No.13). The other six-climber is at No.19, in the form of Camille Jones

collaboration with Fedde le Grand, "The Creeps". And lastly mention should go to

TV Rock's "The Others" which after ten weeks on the charts between 14 and 19,

rebounds back up the charts to No.12 this week, maybe heading for the Top 10

next week.

 

Only one major debut this week, and it's a former U.S. No.1 single from

Washington Heights, New York native Mims, "This is Why I'm Hot". Shawn Mims lost

both his parents by the time he was 13, shortly before his mother bought him a

set of DJ equipment, which he excelled on, and after dropping out of high school

pursued a musical career, and for his 26th birthday (March) he managed to crack

the top of the U.S. charts with this track.

 

Linkin Park may have had two No.2 albums in the past, but this week they get

their first No.1 album in Australia in the form of "Minutes to Midnight". It's

the 549th No.1 Album in Australia (so we'll hit 550 for the next one), and the

first by an American Group since The Fray hit the top of the album charts back

in March. It's also the 196th album by an American Performer, the 116th No.1

Album by an American Group, and Linkin Park become the 54th American Group to

hit the top spot, whilst also being the 262nd Group to hit the top.

 

It's the second No.1 album to have the word 'Midnight' in it's title, the

other being the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "One Hot Minute" (Sept 1995), and it's

the first 'Midnight' titled album to reach the top, although Midnight Oil have

hit the top four times, but that wasn't the name of any of the chart-toppers. 16

albums have had 'to' in their title, the last of which was the aforementioned

album by The Fray, "How to Save a Life".

 

This week back in 2005 (May 23rd) The Used had two albums in the Top 50 at

the same time, both hitting their peak, "In Love and Death" (No.32) and "The

Used" (No.41), now this week two years later they score their highest placed and

first Top 5 album, as "Lies for the Liars" debuts at No.5 this week.

 

The first Maroon 5 album "Songs About Jane" debuted on the charts the second

week of March in 2004 at No.47, and eventually rose to the top of the charts for

a single week in mid-October of 2004. As they had a proven track record, this

week fans have gone out and bought their new album which debuts at No.6. "It

Won't Be Soon Before Long" has already spawned the single "Makes Me Wonder"

(No.7 this week), which returns to the top of the U.S. Charts this week.

 

Wilco return to the album charts this week at No.23 with the album "Sky Blue

Sky", their first studio album since 2004's "A Ghost is Born", and their first

Top 50 charting album since 2002's "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot".

 

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

 

29-May-65 - The Sound of Music - Soundtrack (6th of 21 weeks)

28-May-66 - The Sound of Music - Soundtrack (36th of 42 weeks)

 

27-May-67 - Going Places - Herb Alpert & The Tijauana Brass (8th of 17 weeks)

 

25-May-68 - A Man and a Woman (un Homme et une Femme) - Soundtrack (7th of 9

weeks)

 

24-May-69 - Hair - Original Broadway Cast (7th of 28 weeks)

 

25-May-70 - Hey Jude - The Beatles (2nd of 2 weeks)

 

24-May-71 - Pearl - Janis Joplin (2nd of 5 weeks)

 

29-May-72 - American Pie - Don McLean (9th of 11 weeks)

 

28-May-73 - Hot August Night - Neil Diamond (2nd of 2 weeks)

 

27-May-74 - Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield (2nd of 4 weeks)

 

26-May-75 - Living in the 70's - Skyhooks (14th of 16 weeks)

 

25-May-76 - The Best of Abba - Abba (9th of 16 weeks)

 

30-May-77 - A New World Record - Electric Light Orchestra (7th of 8 weeks)

 

29-May-78 - Saturday Night Fever - Soundtrack (11th of 13 weeks)

 

28-May-79 - The Bob Seger Collection - Bob Seger (1st of 2 weeks)

 

26-May-80 - True Colours - Split Enz (7th of 10 weeks)

 

25-May-81 - The Beatles Ballads - The Beatles (2nd of 7 weeks)

 

24-May-82 - 1982 With a Bullet - Various Artists (2nd of 5 weeks)

 

30-May-83 - 1983 The Hot Ones - Various Artists (3rd of 4 weeks)

 

28-May-84 - Throbbin' 84 - Various Artists (3rd of 5 weeks)

 

27-May-85 - Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits (1st of 5 weeks)

 

26-May-86 - 1986 The Way to Go - Various Artists (3rd of 3 weeks)

 

25-May-87 - Whispering Jack - John Farnham (23rd of 24 weeks)

 

30-May-88 - Introducing the Hardline According to... - Terence Trent D'Arby (5th

of 5 weeks)

 

29-May-89 - Edge - Daryl Braithwaite (1st of 3 weeks)

 

27-May-90 - Soul Provider - Michael Bolton (3rd of 3 weeks)

 

26-May-91 - Greatest Hits - Eurythmics (7th of 7 weeks)

 

24-May-92 - The Greatest Hits 1966-1992 - Neil Diamond (2nd of 2 weeks)

 

30-May-93 - Unplugged - Eric Clapton (8th of 8 weeks)

 

29-May-94 - Music Box - Mariah Carey (6th of 9 weeks)

 

28-May-95 - Colour of Love - Celine Dion (3rd of 4 weeks)

 

26-May-96 - Older - George Michael (1 week only)

 

25-May-97 - Savage Garden - Savage Garden (8th of 12 weeks)

 

24-May-98 - Yourself or Someone Like You - Matchbox 20 (1st of 2 weeks)

 

24-May-99 - Counting Down - Human Nature (1 week only)

 

29-May-00 - Mad Season - Matchbox 20 (1 week only)

 

28-May-01 - Moulin Rouge - Soundtrack (1st of 11 weeks)

 

27-May-02 - Laundry Service - Shakira (2nd of 2 weeks) Return to the Top

 

26-May-03 - Innocent Eyes - Delta Goodrem (7th of 9 weeks) Return to the Top

 

24-May-04 - Get Born - Jet (2nd of 2 weeks)

 

30-May-05 - Mezmerize - System of a Down (1 week only)

 

29-May-06 - Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers (2nd of 3 weeks)

 

28-May-07 - Minutes to Midnight - Linkin Park (1st week)

 

 

Thanks to Gavin Ryan

Great to see Fergie so high

 

Does she have a chance of making it to No.1 over there??