ARIA Top 50 Singles weekending 10th September 2007

 

1 (1) Big Girls Don’t Cry - Fergie

2 (2) Stronger – Kanye West

3 (New) Loud – Shannon Noll

4 (New) Shut Up And Drive - Rihanna

5 (3) Dance Floor Anthem – Good Charlotte

6 (9) Thnks Fr Th Mmrs – Fall Out Boy

7 (5) Can’t Touch It – Ricki-Lee

8 (4) Love Today - Mika

9 (6) When You’re Gone – Avril Lavigne

10 (New) Ayo Technology – 50 Cent

11 (7) Destination Calabria – Alex Gaudino ft Crystal Waters

12 (10) Dear Mr. President - Pink

13 (11) Umbrella – Rihanna

14 (13) Just A Song About Ping Pong – Operator Please

15 (12) Don’t Matter – Akon

16 (New) Teenagers – My Chemical Romance

17 (New) 1973 – James Blunt

18 (14) Clothes Off! – Gym Class Heroes

19 (New) Wake Up Call – Maroon 5

20 (15) Lovestoned – Justin Timberlake

21 (17) Girlfriend – Avril Lavigne

22 (21) Opinions Won’t Keep You Warm At Night - Kisschasy

23 (26) Candyman – Christina Aguilera

24 (New) Song 4 Mutya – Groove Armada

25 (20) What Time Is It – High School Musical

26 (16) Better Than – John Butler Trio

27 (18) Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin’) – T-Pain

28 (19) Like This – Kelly Rowland

29 (25) Sound Of Freedom – Bob Sinclar

30 (New) City Of Dreams – Joel Turner

31 (24) Where I Stood – Missy Higgins

32 (34) Glamorous - Fergie

33 (27) Never Again – Kelly Clarkson

34 (23) 4 In The Morning – Gwen Stefani

35 (22) UFO – Sneaky Sound System

36 (33) Straight Lines – Silverchair

37 (28) Don’t Miss You – Amy Pearson

38 (29) Love Me Like The World Is Ending – Ben Lee

39 (31) The Creeps – Camille Jones vs Fedde Le Grand

40 (30) What I’ve Done – Linkin Park

41 (32) 22 Steps – Damien Leith

42 (36) Grace Kelly – Mika

43 (35) Slow Down Baby – Christina Aguilera

44 (37) Everything – Michael Buble

45 (42) I Don’t Remember – Powderfinger

46 (40) The Beast – Angus & Julia Stone

47 (8) That’s Gold – Paul ‘The Chief’ Harragon

48 (38) NYC Beat – Armand Van Helden

49 (41) Better Than Me - Hinder

50 (44) 20 Good Reasons – Thirsty Merc

 

ARIA Top 50 Albums weekending 10th September 2007

 

1 (1) One Chance – Paul Potts

2 (New) Sun Dirt Water – The Waifs

3 (3) The Collection – Travelling Wilburys

4 (2) Where We Land – Damien Leith

5 (4) Call Me Irresponsible – Michael Buble

6 (5) The Dutchess - Fergie

7 (8) I’m Not Dead - Pink

8 (6) The King – Elvis Presley

9 (9) Grand National – John Butler Trio

10 (10) Dream Days At The Hotel Existence - Powderfinger

11 (7) Lifeline – Ben Harper

12 (14) On A Clear Night – Missy Higgins

13 (13) Life In Cartoon Motion - Mika

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

15 (16) Good Morning Revival – Good Charlotte

16 (19) Minutes To Midnight – Linkin Park

17 (15) Skin – Katie Noonan

18 (24) Infinity On High – Fall Out Boy

19 (11) Spirit Of The Bush – Lee Kernaghan

20 (17) Time On Earth – Crowded House

21 (22) Back To Black – Amy Winehouse

22 (23) The Best Damn Thing – Avril Lavigne

23 (18) Sneaky Sound System – Sneaky Sound System

24 (20) Good Girl Gone Bad - Rihanna

25 (25) Young Modern - Silverchair

26 (21) Stolen Apples – Paul Kelly

27 (31) The Very Best Of – Fleetwood Mac

28 (28) Bat Out Of Hell – Meat Loaf

29 (29) The Sweet Escape – Gwen Stefani

30 (30) Back To Basics – Christina Aguilera

31 (26) Born To Survive – Troy Cassar-Daley

32 (32) Alibis & Other Lies - Grinspoon

33 (27) Forever Cool – Dean Martin

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

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

36 (40) Eyes Open – Snow Patrol

37 (36) Hymns For The Nonbeliever - Kisschasy

38 (New) Lead Sails Paper Anchor – Atreyu

39 (Re) Rearviewmirror – Pearl Jam

40 (34) The Murmur Years – Something For Kate

41 (41) Slideshows – Thirsty Merc

42 (39) Begin To Hope – Regina Spektor

43 (37) My December – Kelly Clarkson

44 (47) Shock Value - Timbaland

45 (44) Dystopia – Midnight Juggernauts

46 (49) Icky Thump – The White Stripes

47 (Re) The Black Parade – My Chemical Romance

48 (Re) The Essential – Johnny Cash

49 (43) Absolute Garbage - Garbage

50 (Re) Because Of The Times – Kings Of Leon

 

Chartifacts

from ariacharts.com.au

 

Singles

Keeping her title under wraps for the ninth consecutive week is Fergie, with Big Girls Don’t Cry at No.1 and Kanye West’s Stronger holds tight to No.2 for the second week. New at No.3 and No.4 are Shannon Noll’s Loud and Rihanna’s Shut Up And Drive respectively. Jumping three places is Fall Out Boy, rocking up to No.6 with Thnks Fr Th Mmrs. Close behind is Ricki-Lee, who falls two places to No.7 with Can’t Touch It. As for the next two places, Mika drops in at #8 with Love Today, followed by Avril Lavigne’s When You’re Gone at No.9 and last but certainly by no means least, 50 Cent rips it up at No.10 with Ayo Technology.

 

LOUD - Shannon Noll

No.3

Singer-songwriter Shannon Noll is truly a star in his own right. The 2003 runner-up of Australian Idol has released his tenth consecutive Top 10 hit. Amongst those singles, three have reached the No.1 spot on the ARIA Singles Chart – What About Me (Feb. ’04), Learn To Fly (July ’04) and Shine (Oct. ’05). Noll has also released two No.1 albums – That’s What I’m Talking About (Feb. ’04) and Lift (Oct. ’05). Will Noll’s forthcoming album, Turn It Up make it a hat trick? Stay tuned to find out…

 

SHUT UP AND DRIVE - Rihanna

No.4

Pop princess, Rihanna, comes storming in with the second single release off her current album, Good Girl Gone Bad (No.5 June ’07). Shut Up And Drive follows her massive world wide hit Umbrella, which held the No.1 spot on the ARIA Single Chart for six consecutive weeks over June-July this year. Umbrella also picked up two gongs for Rihanna at the MTV Music Video Awards recently, taking out Single Of The Year and the coveted Video Of The Year categories.

 

AYO TECHNOLOGY - 50 Cent Feat. Justin Timberlake No.10

American rapper 50 Cent, rose to prominence straight off the bat of his first single, In Da Club. The track spent five consecutive weeks at No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart during April-May 2003. Today, 50 Cent is one of the highest paid rappers and has stakes in quite a few ventures including his own record label, a sneaker line with Reebok, a clothing label, a vitamin drink, a self-written memoir on his life titled From Pieces to Weight: Once upon a Time in Southside Queens and last but not least he starred in his own semi-autobiography film Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, which was also the title of 50 Cent’s debut album. The album peaked at No.4 in March 2003 and the soundtrack peaked at No.22 in February 2006.

 

TEENAGERS - My Chemical Romance

No.16

This five piece hail from New Jersey and have scored their highest debut chart position to date with Teenagers. Forming in 2001, MCR have come from strength to strength with each single release. I’m Not Okay (I Promise) was MCR’s debut release. The single peaked at No.65 in April 2005 and was followed by Helena, which did not do quite as well and peaked at #78 in September later that year. After a year’s absence from the charts, MCR brought down the house with their second album, The Black Parade (No.3 Nov. ’06). The album included the singles – Welcome To The Black Parade (No.14 Jan. ’07), Famous Last Words (No.20 Feb. ’07) and I Don’t Love You (No.64 July ’07).

 

1973 - James Blunt

No.17

Taking a year’s hiatus to write new material for his forthcoming album, All The Lost Souls, James Blunt spent most of this time in his Ibiza home fine-tuning unreleased tracks he had performed while on tour and where being used for the new album. 1973 was inspired by a nightclub in Ibiza called ‘Pacha’ that Blunt visited. Resident DJ there, Pete Tong also did a remix of 1973. Blunt is best known for his tracks You’re Beautiful (No.2 Nov. ’05), which is said to be the most asked for songs for weddings in the UK, Goodbye My Lover (No.3 Jan. ’06) and Wisemen (No.11 May ’06).

 

WAKE UP CALL - Maroon 5 No.19

Maroon 5 comprises of Adam Levine (lead vocals, guitar), James Valentine (guitar, backing vocals), Jesse Carmichael (keyboards, backing vocals), Mickey Madden (bass guitar) and Matt Flynn (drums). The band made their ARIA Singles Chart debut with Harder To Breathe. The single received a warm welcome and peaked at No.37 in November 2003. This was followed up with their first Top 10 single This Love (No.8 May ’04). Later that year, they released the ground breaking single She Will Be Loved. The single took out the No.1 spot for four consecutive weeks in September that year. Maroon 5’s new material was inspired by iconic 80s artists including Prince, Michael Jackson and Talking Heads. Wake Up Call is the second track lifted from Maroon 5’s current album, It Won’t Be Soon Before Long (No.5 June ’07).

 

SONG FOR MUTYA - Groove Armada

No.24

They formed in the mid 90’s after Andy Cato’s girlfriend introduced him to Tim Findlay. Soon after the pair started their own club night, aptly called – Groove Armada, inspired by a 70’s discotheque. The dynamic duo have since had their music heard from all corners of the globe, as many of their titles have been used for marketing campaigns, such as Mercedes-Benz (If Everybody Looked The Same – No.89 July ‘00) and Renault (I See You Baby – No.11 Feb. ’02) to film and television. The boys even scored themselves a chance to work with Kylie Minogue on her new album which is slated for release later this year. Song For Mutya features ex-Sugababe, Mutya Buena on vocals and is the follow up single to former No.1 ARIA Club Chart hit, Get Down (No.33 May ’07).

 

OH MY GOD - Mark Ronson Feat. Lily Allen No.72

Producer, artist and head of his own record label, Mark Ronson hit our airwaves for the first time back in 2004 with Ooh Wee. The track was greeted with a warm reception and peaked at No.83 in January that year. After a three year hiatus, Ronson is back, bigger and better! The first single Ronson released was Stop Me (No.64 July ’07), featuring Australian, Daniel Merriweather. The track was a smash hit for Ronson in the UK peaking at No.2 on their chart earlier this year. Oh My God is a cover of a Kaiser Chiefs track of the same name.

 

GOOD FROM AFAR - Horsell Common No.95

This three piece rock outfit from Melbourne comprises of Mark Stewart (vocals/guitar), Luke Cripps (bass) and Leigh Pengelly (drums). They were finalists in the Triple J Unearthed competition and made their ARIA Singles Chart debut last year with, Satellite Wonderland (No.57 Oct. ’06). The trio is set to release their debut album, The Rescue later this month.

 

Albums

This week a milestone occurs – P!nk’s I’m Not Dead album at No.7 has been consecutively in the ARIA Top 10 album charts for 61 weeks, a feat only accomplished by Shania Twain’s Come on Over (1998) and Dire Straits Brother’s In Arms (1985). Will P!nk reach 62 uninterrupted weeks next week, therefore taking out the title? Paul Pott’s has proved for the second week in a row that Britain does indeed have talent with his album, One Chance staying strong at No.1. A new addition this week at No.2 is The Waifs with Sun Dirt Water, meanwhile staying put for the second continuous week is The Traveling Wilburys’ Collection at No.3. Damien Leith’s, Where We Land has landed down to No.4 and Michael Buble’s Call Me Irresponsible has also been bumped down to No.5. Rounding it all off is the John Butler Trio’s Grand National remaining stationed at No.9 and Powderfinger’s Dream Days At The Hotel Existence at No.10.

 

SUN DIRT WATER - The Waifs No.2

The Waifs have come a long way since they first started out in Western Australia in 1993. The single London Still (No.49 July ‘02) and album, Up All Night (No.3 Jan. ‘03) were both nominated for several ARIA Awards in 2002 and 2003. The album won four awards for the trio, taking out Best Blues and Roots Album, Best Independent Release, Producer of the Year and Engineer of the Year. Their last album, A Brief History (No.23 Nov. ‘04) was the first release under their new label, Jarrah, which they have formed in partnership with John Butler. The single, The Bridal Train (No.50 Apr. ‘04) taken from A Brief History, won first prize in the ‘Folk’ category and was the overall winner in a USA Songwriting Competition last year.

 

LEAD SAILS PAPER ANCHOR - Atreyu No.38

Starting out in Orange County, California in 1988, the band was originally called Retribution, but changed their name to Atreyu after they found another band was already going by that title. The name Atreyu is taken from a character in the movie, The Neverending Story. Lead Sails Paper Anchor is the follow up to last year’s, Deathgrip on Yesterday (No.49 Apr. ‘06). Atreyu released a single, Becoming The Bull from the new album through their website in the form of a game. The track was cut into separate clips and to hear the song in its entirety you had to place the clips in the right order, with any successful participants being put into a competition to win autographed gear and the CD before it was officially released.

 

HEAL ME - Salmonella Dub No.93

Formed in 1992 with core members Andrew Penman (guitar, samples, vocals), David Deakins (drums, vocals, acoustic guitar) and Mark Tyler (bass, keyboard), and has now grown to include Tiki Taane (acoustic guitar, vocals, percussion) Conan Wilcox (saxophone, percussion, vocals, keys) and Peter Wood (Trumpet, keyboards). Originally from New Zealand, their shows are typically accompanied by a live video which is provided by Tim Budgen of Warp TV. This is Salmonella Dub’s first album in four years, the last being One Drop East (No.84 Sep. ‘03). Since that release they have spent a lot of time touring through Australia, the UK and Ireland, among other countries. Their music has been described as being a blend of reggae, drum n bass and dub (a form of Jamaican music evolved out of reggae).