ARIA Top 50 Singles weekending 17th September 2007

 

1 (New) Beautiful Girls – Sean Kingston

2 (1) Big Girls Don’t Cry - Fergie

3 (6) Thnks Fr Th Mmrs – Fall Out Boy

4 (2) Stronger – Kanye West

5 (4) Shut Up And Drive – Rihanna

6 (5) Dance Floor Anthem – Good Charlotte

7 (8) Love Today - Mika

8 (7) Can’t Touch It – Ricki-Lee

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

10 (New) The Pretender – Foo Fighters

11 (3) Loud – Shannon Noll

12 (New) No Longer There – The Cat Empire

13 (10) Ayo Technology – 50 Cent

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

15 (New) Kiss Your Mama! – Vanessa Amorosi

16 (13) Umbrella - Rihanna

17 (16) Teenagers – My Chemical Romance

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

19 (12) Dear Mr. President - Pink

20 (17) 1973 – James Blunt

21 (New) Wall To Wall – Chris Brown

22 (19) Wake Up Call – Maroon 5

23 (15) Don’t Matter - Akon

24 (New) Bleed It Out – Linkin Park

25 (18) Clothes Off! – Gym Class Heroes

26 (20) Lovestoned – Justin Timberlake

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

28 (24) Song 4 Mutya – Groove Armada

29 (23) Candyman – Christina Aguilera

30 (New) F.R.E.S.H. - Scribe

31 (21) Girlfriend – Avril Lavigne

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

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

34 (26) Better Than – John Butler Trio

35 (29) Sound Of Freedom – Bob Sinclar

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

37 (35) UFO – Sneaky Sound System

38 (31) Where I Stood – Missy Higgins

39 (32) Glamorous - Fergie

40 (28) Like This – Kelly Rowland ft Eve

41 (36) Straight Lines - Silverchair

42 (34) 4 In The Morning – Gwen Stefani

43 (42) Grace Kelly - Mika

44 (33) Never Again – Kelly Clarkson

45 (37) Don’t Miss You – Amy Pearson

46 (40) What I’ve Done – Linkin Park

47 (New) Same Girl – R. Kelly & Usher

48 (45) I Don’t Remember - Powderfinger

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

50 (Re) The Story – Brandi Carlile

 

ARIA Top 50 Albums weekending 17th September 2007

 

1 (New) Curtis – 50 Cent

2 (1) One Chance – Paul Potts

3 (2) Sun Dirt Water – The Waifs

4 (6) The Dutchess - Fergie

5 (18) Infinity On High – Fall Out Boy

6 (New) A Book Like This – Angus & Julia Stone

7 (New) High School Musical 2 – Original Soundtrack

8 (7) I’m Not Dead - Pink

9 (5) Call Me Irresponsible – Michael Buble

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

11 (4) Where We Land – Damien Leith

12 (9) Grand National – John Butler Trio

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

14 (13) Life In Cartoon Motion – Mika

15 (12) On A Clear Night – Missy Higgins

16 (11) Lifeline – Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals

17 (15) Good Morning Revival – Good Charlotte

18 (21) Back To Black – Amy Winehouse

19 (3) The Collection – Travelling Wilburys

20 (8) The King – Elvis Presley

21 (New) Sean Kingston – Sean Kingston

22 (16) Minutes To Midnight – Linkin Park

23 (22) The Best Damn Thing – Avril Lavigne

24 (New) Hairspray – Original Soundtrack

25 (19) Spirit Of The Bush – Lee Kernaghan

26 (24) Good Girl Gone Bad - Rihanna

27 (23) Sneaky Sound System – Sneaky Sound System

28 (17) Skin – Katie Noonan

29 (27) The Very Best Of – Fleetwood Mac

30 (25) Young Modern - Silverchair

31 (28) Bat Out Of Hell – Meat Loaf

32 (29) The Sweet Escape – Gwen Stefani

33 (20) Time On Earth – Crowded House

34 (36) Eyes Open – Snow Patrol

35 (44) Shock Value - Timbaland

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

37 (32) Alibis & Other Lies - Grinspoon

38 (30) Back To Basics – Christina Aguilera

39 (39) Rearviewmirror – Pearl Jam

40 (New) The Very Best Of – Diana Krall

41 (37) Hymns For The Nonbeliever - Kisschasy

42 (26) Stolen Apples – Paul Kelly

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

44 (New) Pavarotti Forever – Luciano Pavarotti

45 (40) The Murmur Years – Something For Kate

46 (43) My December – Kelly Clarkson

47 (47) The Black Parade – My Chemical Romance

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

49 (42) Begin To Hope – Regina Spektor

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

 

Chartifacts

Source: ARIACHARTS.COM.AU

 

Singles

Sliding straight into the top spot is Sean Kingston’s Beautiful Girls, knocking Fergie off her perch and setting Big Girls Don’t Cry back a place to No.2. Thnks Fr Th Mmrs rakes up its thirteenth week in the top 10, which also marks Fall Out Boy’s peak position at No.3, this is followed by Kanye West’s Stronger at No.4 and at No.5 is Shut Up And Drive by Rihanna. Moving up a place is Mika’s Love Today in at No.7 and standing strong for another week at No.9 is Avril Lavigne with When You’re Gone. Last but not least, rounding it all up at No.10 is the Foo Fighters with their new single, The Pretender.

 

BEAUTIFUL GIRLS - Sean Kingston

No.1

17 year old R&B sensation, Sean Kingston, ignites the ARIA Singles Chart with his debut single – Beautiful Girls. The track has already caught on like wild-fire with the rest of the world, as Beautiful Girls topped the US Billboard 100 chart for five consecutive weeks recently and is also sitting on top of the UK Chart this week. The track contains the bass line of Ben E. King’s 1961, top 50 hit – Stand By Me. Kingston’s self titled album debuted at No.21 this week on the ARIA Albums Chart.

 

THE PRETENDER - Foo Fighters

No.10

Founded by Dave Grohl (ex-Nirvana drummer) in 1995, the name Foo Fighters, derives from a World War II term which referred to a mysterious aerial phenomena. The band’s current line up consists of Grohl, Chris Shiflett (guitar), Nate Mendel (bass) and Taylor Hawkins (drums), who used to be Alanis Morrisette’s touring drummer. Grohl asked him if he knew any potential drummers for the band, and Hawkins suggested himself. The Pretender is the Foo Fighters’ third ARIA Top 10 single, it follows Best Of You (No.5 June ‘05) and This Is A Call (No.9 July ‘95). The new single is the first track to be lifted from the band’s new album – Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, which is out this weekend.

 

NO LONGER THERE - The Cat Empire No.12

After a two year hiatus from our singles chart – The Cat Empire make a triumphant return to the ARIA Charts. The Cat Empire hail from Melbourne and consists of quite a few key players - Ollie McGill (keyboard and backing vocals), Ryan Monro (bass and backing vocals), Felix Riebl (percussion and vocals), Harry James Angus (trumpet and vocals), Will Hull-Brown (drums) and Jamshid Khadiwhala (decks, percussion). The band rose to prominence with string of hit singles including Sly (No.23 Apr. ’05), The Chariot (No.34 Apr. ’04) and Days Like These (No.37 Feb, ’04). The band recently embarked on a tour of the US and has been featured on popular late night shows with David Letterman and Jay Leno.

 

KISS YOUR MAMA! - Vanessa Amorosi

No.15

From singing in a restaurant to singing in a sold out stadium, Vanessa Amorosi has come a long way since her humble beginnings. Amorosi graced our chart for the first time in 1999 as fresh faced 18 year old singing Have A Look (No.13 Aug. ’99). This was followed up with her first Top 10 single, Absolutely Everybody (No.6 Dec. ’99), which has become some what an anthem to an array of different communities around the world. Absolutely Everybody was followed by two more Top 10 singles, Shine (No.4 May ’00) and The Power/Everytime I Close My Eyes (No.8 Jan. ’01). Kiss Your Mama! is the first single for Amorosi in five years and is the first to be lifted off her new album Somewhere In The Real World.

 

WALL TO WALL - Chris Brown

No.21

Achieving a No.1 single is no easy feat, but for Chris Brown, it was no sweat. Making his ARIA Singles Chart debut in January 2006, Brown made his own chart history, debuting at No.1 with his single – Run It! The track held the top spot for three non-consecutive weeks and has achieved a gold accreditation. Brown graced our shores earlier this year, when he toured with bootylicious babe, Beyonce on her Australian leg of her tour. Brown sang tracks off his first self titled album including Yo (Excuse Me Miss) (No.10 May ’06) and non-released track Gimme That. Did you know that Chris Brown is a massive fan of Michael Jackson, and can do the moonwalk just as good as him too?

 

BLEED IT OUT - Linkin Park No.24

Set to hit our shores later next month, hard rockers Linkin Park blow us away with their second single, taken from their current album - Minutes To Midnight (No.1 May ’07). Bleed It Out follows What I’ve Done, which peaked at No.13 in May this year. The Grammy award winning band has had many stand out singles during their decade long career, most notable singles are Numb/Encore (No.3 Jan. ’05), In The End (No.4 Feb. ’02), One Step Closer (No.4 Feb. ’01) and Numb (No.10 Jan. ’04).

 

F.R.E.S.H. - Scribe

No.30

He is one of New Zealand’s biggest exports and Scribe is ready to rock the show once more with his new single F.R.E.S.H. which stands for Forever Rhyming Eternally Saving Hip-Hop. Scribe made an amazing debut back in 2004, with his hit, Not Many – The Remix (No. 21 May ’04). The track was lifted from Scribe’s debut album The Crusader, which spent a whopping 72 weeks in the ARIA Top 100 Albums Chart and peaked at #12. The album was also certified with platinum sales. Scribe’s anticipated second album, Rhyme Book, is due to hit stores later next month.

 

SAME GIRL - R. Kelly & Usher No.47

Two of today’s biggest R&B superstars have teamed up for the new single Same Girl. R. Kelly and Usher have been major players in the urban scene and collectively they have over two decades of talent between the two of them. R. Kelly’s biggest hit comes with compliments of Ignition-Remix. The single spent a whopping six consecutive weeks at No.1 in July-August 2003 and was accredited platinum. Usher also has a past No.1 hit up his sleeve with Yeah, which debuted at the top spot in March 2004 and has since been accredited platinum.

 

TURN AROUND - Samantha Jade No.83

Originally hailing from Perth, 20 year old beauty Samantha Jade is currently based in California. This is Samantha Jade’s debut to the ARIA Singles Chart, but fans of the Step Up movie would know that Samantha Jade wrote and preformed the title track to the soundtrack. The singer-songwriter has also had her work featured on the Shark’s Tale Soundtrack and wrote Secret Love for fellow pop artist JoJo. Samantha Jade is currently working on her debut album, which is slated for release later this year.

 

Albums

P!nk has done it, her album, I’m Not Dead (No.8) has been in the ARIA top 62 consecutive weeks. She is the first artist to achieve this, ever. Check in next week to see how long this lasts….Going straight to No.1 is 50 Cent with Curtis, next up we leave one genre and going to a completely different one, we have Paul Pott’s One Chance at No.2. The Waif’s have fallen from No.2 to No.3 with Sun Dirt Water. The Dutchess has Fergie hanging about at No.4, which is up two places. Fall Out Boy‘s Infinity on High jumps five places to rest at No.5, new at No. 6 is Angus & Julia Stone with A Book Like This at and the soundtrack from High School Musical 2 at No.7. Michael “Call Me Irresponsible” Buble has fallen from No.5 to No.9 and finally for the fourth week running Powderfinger is at No.10 with Dream Days At The Hotel Existence.

 

CURTIS - 50 Cent No.1

This man is no stranger to the ARIA Albums Chart. His debut album, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, peaked at No.4 in March, 2003 and was followed up with The Massacre, which peaked at No.2 in March the following year. 50 Cent has also pursued an acting career, starring in his semi-autobiographical film, Get Rich or Die Tryin’ as well as the forthcoming film, Home of The Brave, a film about the Iraq war. More recently, 50 Cent has entered into a battle with Kanye West, as his album, Graduation, was released on the same day as Curtis in the US. 50 Cent has promised that if West’s album sells more than his, then he will no longer perform music.

 

A BOOK LIKE THIS - Angus & Julia Stone No.6

This is the debut album from brother and sister duo – Angus and Julia Stone. They grew up on the northern beaches of Sydney and both performed as solo artists. Performing mostly at open mic nights, one would occasionally provide back-up vocals for the other’s set, until they naturally began collaborating with each other. Their first EP - Chocolates and Cigarettes (2006) was also re-released in the UK where they now both reside, along with drummer and third band member, Mitchell Connelly. Since being in the UK, they have been taken under the wing of Fran Healy of Travis, who invited them to play and record at his house, as has Chris Potter, producer of Richard Ashcroft and The Verve. The results of these friendships resulted in the release of their second EP - Heart Full of Wine (2007).

 

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 - Soundtrack No.7

This is the sequel to the original Disney movie – High School Musical which peaked at No.1 in July, 2006. This movie picks up all of the characters from the first movie and tells the story of their summer break. The movie broke records on its first showing on the American cable network The Disney Channel, with 17.2 million viewers on 17th August 2007, the previous record held by an edition of ESPN’s Monday Night Football in October 2006. Just in case watching it gives you the urge to get up and join the cast in the spotlight, there is also the release of the dance-along and sing-along versions of the movie to look forward to!

 

SEAN KINGSTON - Sean Kingston No.21

Kisean Anderson was born in Miami, grew up in Jamaica and is more commonly known by his stage name, Sean Kingston. His music combines the fields of rap, reggae and doo-wop into a new genre, which he performs switching between an Urban-American dialect and a Jamaican accent. All of the music on this album he has written himself. Kingston’s debut album is unique in a way as he purposely created tracks that do not contain profanity. As Kingston is a strong believer that music can be great without using those words. Kingston draws on his own personal experiences to write his music, such as the track Colours which is about watching his mother and sister being taken to gaol.

 

THE VERY BEST OF DIANA KRALL - Diana Krall No.40

Krall was born into a musical family in Canda- her father was a stride pianist and serious record collector. Krall began playing the piano at the age of four and won a scholarship to study at the Berkley College of Music in Boston at age seventeen. Krall's talents attracted the interests of professional bassit, Ray Brown and drummer, Jeff Hamilton, who were then able to introduce her to influential producers. Krall's albums are no stranger to the ARIA Albums Charts, a snapshot of just a few includes: Love Scences (No.9 Sep. '97), The Look Of Love (No.7 July '02), Girl In The Other Room (No.21 Apr. '04) and From This Moment On (No.28 July '06). The best of album contains several jazz standards such as - Fly Me To The Moon, I've Got You Under My Skin, The Look Of Love and S'Wonderful. Krall married British musician, Elvis Costello in 2003 and together they welcomed twin boys, born in New York last year.

 

PAVAROTTI FOREVER - Luciano Pavarotti No.44

The Italian son of a baker and a cigar factory worker, Pavarotti achieved what only a handful of classical musicians have been able to achieve in recent times. He crossed over to the mainstream and has been highly regarded both in the classical and popular worlds of music. Pavarotti was one third of The Three Tenors, who released the albums The Three Tenors In Concert 1994 (No.1 Sep. ‘04) and A Celebration of Christmas (No.36 July ‘97). Pavarotti was also the first (and so far only) opera singer to perform on Saturday Night Live in America. Pavarotti also recorded duets with some of the biggest names in the industry including Elton John, Celine Dion, Bono and Frank Sinatra.

 

ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST - Hard-Fi No.61

This is the second album from this UK band from Surrey. Their debut was Stars of CCTV, which failed to make an impact within the Top100 was recorded in a dilapidated taxi rank. The boys were nominated for a Mercury Prize in 2005 and won Best British Group at the BRITS in 2006. They also supported Green Day when they performed two gigs at the Milton Keynes Bowl, performing for an enormous crowd of 65 000 people. Hard-Fi consists of Richard Archer (vocals), Ross Phillips (guitar), Kai Stephens (bass) and Steven Kemp (drums).

 

PROOF OF YOUTH - The Go! Team No.75

Another band hailing from the UK, this 6 piece group is from the city where the beaches are full of rocks – Brighton. Ian Parton conceived the idea of the music and eventually recorded the first album Thunder, Lightening, Strike in his parent’s kitchen. In 2005, they were nominated for a Mercury Prize. You may have heard their music without knowing it, as they have had tracks used in advertisements, video games and as part of sports broadcasts. The Go! Team make their debut to the ARIA Singles Chart this week.