ARIA Top 50 Singles weekending 9th July 2007

 

1 (1) Umbrella - Rihanna

2 (New) Dance Floor Anthem – Good Charlotte

3 (4) Destination Calabria – Alex Gaudino ft Crystal Waters

4 (3) Girlfriend – Avril Lavigne

5 (2) Candyman – Christina Aguilera

6 (5) Thnks Fr Th Mmrs – Fall Out Boy

7 (6) Never Again – Kelly Clarkson

8 (7) Glamorous - Fergie

9 (8) Leave Me Alone (I’m Lonely) - Pink

10 (10) Makes Me Wonder – Maroon 5

11 (New) Spirit Of The Bush – Lee Kernaghan, Adam Brand & Steve Forde

12 (9) 4 In The Morning – Gwen Stefani

13 (New) Don’t Matter - Akon

14 (13) Better Than Me - Hinder

15 (18) What I’ve Done – Linkin Park

16 (11) UFO – Sneaky Sound System

17 (15) The Creeps – Camille Jones vs Fedde Le Grande

18 (14) All Good Things (Come To An End) – Nelly Furtado

19 (17) Like This – Kelly Rowland ft Eve

20 (12) Grace Kelly - Mika

21 (16) 20 Good Reasons – Thirsty Merc

22 (22) Don’t Miss You – Amy Pearson

23 (23) Lost And Running – Evermore

24 (19) Everything – Michael Buble

25 (24) Straight Lines - Silverchair

26 (32) Opinions Won’t Keep You Warm At Night - Kisschasy

27 (21) The Others – TV Rock vs Dukes Of Windsor

28 (28) It’s Not Over - Daughtry

29 (26) Little Wonders – Rob Thomas

30 (25) Beautiful Liar – Beyonce & Shakira

31 (20) If You Don’t Mean It – Dean Geyer

32 (27) The Sweet Escape – Gwen Stefani

33 (35) How Do I Breathe - Mario

34 (36) Buy U A Drank – T-Pain

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

36 (31) What Goes Around…Comes Around – Justin Timberlake

37 (29) Never Let You Go - Evermore

38 (37) Keep Your Hands Off My Girl – Good Charlotte

39 (33) Cupid’s Chokehold – Gym Class Heroes

40 (39) Give It To Me – Timbaland ft Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake

41 (30) Time To Begin – Kate Noonan

42 (40) This Is Why I’m Hot - Mims

43 (42) Signal Fire – Snow Patrol

44 (38) Because Of You – Ne-Yo

45 (New) Black Tattoo - Grinspoon

46 (44) Suddenly I See – KT Tunstall

47 (46) How To Save A Life – The Fray

48 (48) Don’t Stop Now – Crowded House

49 (41) Innocent – Small Mercies

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

 

 

ARIA Top 50 Albums weekending 9th July 2007

 

1 (1) Call Me Irresponsible – Michael Buble

2 (New) Time On Earth – Crowded House

3 (2) The Collection – Travelling Wilburys

4 (5) I’m Not Dead - Pink

5 (3) Dream Days At The Hotel Existence – Powderfinger

6 (New) Saviour King – Hillsong

7 (4) My December – Kelly Clarkson

8 (9) The Dutchess - Fergie

9 (7) Good Girl Gone Bad - Rihanna

10 (New) Libertad – Velvet Revolver

11 (8) Minutes To Midnight – Linkin Park

12 (6) Icky Thump – The White Stripes

13 (14) The Best Damn Thing – Avril Lavigne

14 (12) On A Clear Night – Missy Higgins

15 (16) It Won’t Be Soon Before Long – Maroon 5

16 (15) Grand National – John Butler Trio

17 (13) Life In Cartoon Motion - Mika

18 (New) We Are The Night – Chemical Brothers

19 (17) Back To Basics – Christina Aguilera

20 (10) Lost Highway – Bon Jovi

21 (11) Future Sex/Love Sounds – Justin Timberlake

22 (19) Young Modern - Silverchair

23 (26) Infinity On High – Fall Out Boy

24 (27) The Sweet Escape – Gwen Stefani

25 (25) Loose – Nelly Furtado

26 (22) Good Morning Revival – Good Charlotte

27 (20) White Moth – Xavier Rudd

28 (18) Era Vulgaris – Queens Of The Stone Age

29 (23) Sneaky Sound System – Sneaky Sound System

30 (New) Wow! – Hi-5

31 (31) Extreme Behaviour - Hinder

32 (21) Runnin’ Wild - Airbourne

33 (24) Little Eve – Kate Miller-Heidke

34 (30) Eyes Open – Snow Patrol

35 (New) Hannah Montana – Original Soundtrack

36 (28) Nine Lime Avenue – Kate Ceberano

37 (34) Choir Of Hard Knocks – Choir Of Hard Knocks

38 (New) Transformers – Original Soundtrack

39 (29) It’s Time – Michael Buble

40 (36) Slideshows – Thirsty Merc

41 (40) Shrek The Third – Original Soundtrack

42 (New) The Mix-Up – Beastie Boys

43 (45) Dancing In The Streets: The Songs Of Motown II – Human Nature

44 (39) Bat Out Of Hell – Meat Loaf

45 (Re) All Of The Above – Hillsong United

46 (38) The Hard Road Restrung – Hilltop Hoods

47 (33) Piano Man: The Very Best Of – Billy Joel

48 (Re) Back To Black – Amy Winehouse

49 (44) Standing On The Outside: The Songs Of Cold Chisel – Good Charlotte

50 (43) Lies For The Liars – The Used

 

Chartifacts

 

(Thanks to Gavin Ryan)

 

For her sixth week, Rihanna has remained at the No.1 spot on the Australian ARIA Charts with the single "Umbrella", although if history repeats, this is most likely her last week at the top of the charts, as the single is no longer the No.1 Download song (No.3 down from No.2), whereas "Big Girls Don't Cry" by Fergie is sitting at No.1 on the Download Charts for a second week, was released (July 7th) for the next chart week (16th July), and as the song is splattered all over the airwaves, and is being issued in different versions, it all adds up to being next week's possible new No.1.

 

A proven and tested theory to my above analysis comes in the form of the first of three new entries inside the Top 15, at No.2 is "Dance Floor Anthem" by Good Charlotte. This song has been climbing the Download Charts for the past eight weeks, having landed in the Top 10 several weeks ago, and this week it is up to No.2. So with strong sales, a building Download, plus widespread airplay (plus the song's good), the post-punk group now have their highest placed single ever on the Australian charts. Their previous effort only came just this year, when the first single from their "Good Morning Revival" (No.26 this week) album "Keep Your Hands off My Girl" reached No.5 in March of this year.

 

Debuting just outside the Top 10 at No.11 is "Spirit of the Bush", a collaboration between Lee Kernaghan, Adam Brand and Steve Forde, plus all proceeds go to AUSSIE HELPERS, a team of volunteers whom assist Aussie farming communities that have been hit hard by the drought. Last weekend a concert was held in outback NSW in the town of Grenfell (July 1st), which also featured such performers as Wesley Carr, Shae Fisher, The McClymonts, Diesel, and Leo Sayer. Of the three artists, Lee Kernaghan is the only one to have hit the Top 50 before, when back in September 2004 he made No.49 with his tribute to Slim Dusty, "Missin' Slim".

 

Akon has already had two solo Top 10 singles this year, plus he also appeared as a guest vocalist on "The Sweet Escape" with Gwen Stefani (No.32 this week), and this week he debuts at No.13 with his third single from the "Konvicted" album, "Don't Matter". The previous two singles were "Smack That" (No.2, Jan 2007) and "I Wanna Love You" (No.6, Feb. 2007), plus this now becomes his sixth solo single, and eighth chart appearance, having also been a guest on Savage's "Moonshine" single (No.9, Nov 2005).

 

A fourth Top 50 entry comes in at No.45, "Black Tattoo" by Aussie rockers Grinspoon. Their last chart entry actually came in one place higher at No.44 back in February 2005, "Hold On Me".

 

Michael Buble has now doubled his previous best effort at the top of the Australian Album charts this week by staying at No.1 with "Call Me Irresponsible" for a fourth non-consecutive week. His self-titled debut only last two weeks at the top, and now this week his third album doubles that initial effort.

 

Debuting at No.2 is "Time on Earth" the first new studio album for Crowded House in 14 years (Together Alone), and first new release in 8 years (After Glow). I was hoping that it would debut at the top of the charts and create some new history, but we'll see if it does that next week. But in the meantime there is some other chartifacts that I can tell you about the groups lead singer, Neil Finn, for he alone holds a unique record on the Australian Charts.

 

Neil Finn has hit the top of the Album charts under three different guises, once as a solo artist (Try Whistling This, June 1998), three times as a trio with Crowded House (1987, 1988 and 1996), and three time previously as a member of Split Enz (1980, 1981 and 1982). So he has hit the No.1 spot on seven different occasions, and those seven times are the only times that any New Zealand performer's have been at No.1 on the Australian charts. So if he and Crowded House make it to No.1 next week, there'll be some more achievements of note, but we'll wait and see next week.

 

Debuting at No.6 is the new album by Sydney Church organization Hillsong, "Savior King". Since 2004 when they hit No.1 with "For All You've Done", every year has brought another album into the charts around the time of their gatherings, with last years "Mighty to Save" only hitting No.25, but July 2005 album hit No.2, "God He Reigns", and also this week their former No.6 album "All of the Above" re-enters the Top 50 at No.45.

 

The first Velvet Revolver album "Contraband" debuted and peaked at No.2 back in June 2004, and this week see's their second album "Libertad" enter the charts at No.10.

 

The Chemical Brothers' new album "We Are the Night" debuts at No.18, their first album since January 2005's "Push the Button" reached No.5. All of their previous studio albums have reached the Top 10, with 2002's "Come With Us" reaching No.1. Their lowest charting album was their Best Of collection "Singles 93-03" (Oct. 2003) which just scraped into the Top 50.

 

 

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

 

10-Jul-65 - The Sound of Music - Soundtrack (12th of 21 weeks)

9-Jul-66 - The Sound of Music - Soundtrack (42nd of 42 weeks)

 

8-Jul-67 - Going Places - Herb Alpert & The Tijauana Brass (14th of 17 weeks)

 

6-Jul-68 - A Man and a Woman - Soundtrack (11th of 13 weeks)

 

5-Jul-69 - Hair - Original Broadway Cast (13th of 28 weeks)

 

6-Jul-70 - Let it Be - The Beatles (4th of 4 weeks)

 

5-Jul-71 - Cocker Happy - Joe Cocker (1st of 3 weeks)

 

10-Jul-72 - Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull (1st of 11 weeks)

 

9-Jul-73 - Red Rose Speedway - Paul McCartney & Wings (1st of 3 weeks)

 

8-Jul-74 - The Sting - Soundtrack (4th of 6 weeks)

 

7-Jul-75 - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John (4th of 5 weeks)

 

5-Jul-76 - The Best of Abba - Abba (15th of 16 weeks)

 

11-Jul-77 - Silk Degrees - Boz Scaggs (5th of 18 weeks)

 

10-Jul-78 - Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf (4th of 8 weeks)

 

9-Jul-79 - Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (5th of 6 weeks)

 

7-Jul-80 - Can't Stop the Music - Soundtrack / Village People (3rd of 9 weeks)

 

6-Jul-81 - Bad Habits - Billy Field (1st of 2 weeks)

 

5-Jul-82 - Rio - Duran Duran (1 week only)

 

11-Jul-83 - Synchronicity - The Police (1st of 3 weeks)

 

9-Jul-84 - Breaking Hearts - Elton John (1st of 3 weeks)

 

8-Jul-85 - Be Yourself Tonight - Eurythmics (2nd of 4 weeks)

 

7-Jul-86 - Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (6th of 9 weeks)

 

6-Jul-87 - Whitney - Whitney Houston (3rd of 3 weeks)

 

11-Jul-88 - 88' Kix On - Various Artists (2nd of 2 weeks)

 

10-Jul-89 - Beaches - Soundtrack / Bette Midler (3rd of 3 weeks)

 

8-Jul-90 - Pretty Woman - Soundtrack (1st of 4 weeks)

 

7-Jul-91 - Grease - Soundtrack (11th of 12 weeks)

 

5-Jul-92 - Back to Front - Lionel Richie (3rd of 6 weeks)

 

11-Jul-93 - Remasters - Led Zeppelin (1 week only)

 

10-Jul-94 - Music Box - Mariah Carey (11th of 13 weeks)

 

9-Jul-95 - HIStory - Michael Jackson (2nd of 2 weeks)

 

7-Jul-96 - Hourly Daily - You Am I (1 week only)

 

6-Jul-97 - Savage Garden - Savage Garden (13th of 13 weeks) Return to the Top

 

5-Jul-98 - Try Whistling This - Neil Finn (2nd of 2 weeks)

 

5-Jul-99 - Songs from Dawson's Creek - Soundtrack (4th of 6 weeks)

 

10-Jul-00 - Affirmation - Savage Garden (6th of 6 weeks) Return to the Top

 

9-Jul-01 - Moulin Rouge - Soundtrack (7th of 11 weeks)

 

8-Jul-02 - The Eminem Show - Eminem (6th of 6 weeks)

 

7-Jul-03 - Innocent Eyes - Delta Goodrem (11th of 11 weeks)

 

5-Jun-04 - Wayward Angel - Kasey Chambers (5th of 5 weeks)

 

11-Jul-05 - In Your Honour - Foo Fighters (4th of 5 weeks)

 

10-Jul-06 - Desert Lights - Something for Kate (1 week only)

 

9-Jul-07 - Call Me Irresponsible - Michael Buble (4th week)

 

 

Thanks to Gavin Ryan

 

wow at good charlotte . . . the song deserves it though its great