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CHART COMMENTARY by ALAN JONES

 

The all-time record of seven new entries in the Top 10 has been matched for the second time this year. The influx of new records brings with it an increase in sales of 9%, singles sales last week reaching their fifth highest level of the year at 1,251,467. More singles were sold last week than in any of the previous 11, and the overall tally is just 102,000 below the year's highest weekly figure, as achieved in February when All Saints' Pure Shores was number one. Curiously this welcome upturn in sales occured in a week when The Corrs' number one tally is the fourth lowest of the year in absolute terms (80,869) and the lowest of all in percentage terms at under 6.5%.

 

Oasis become the first act this year to have three new hits, and all of them have reached the top five. Topping the chart in February with Go Let It Out, they reached number four in April with Who Feels Love and match that position with Sunday Morning Call, which sold 53,000 copies last week. The first three singles from their latest album, Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants, have sold a combined tally of more than 420,000, while the album itself has topped the 470,000 mark and celebrates the release of Sunday Morning Call by jumping 65-45 this week.

 

Meanwhile, Steps have taken five hits from their latest album Steptacular, although neither Summer Of Love off their current hit single or Better The Devil You Know, which was a double A-side with Say You'll Be Mine, appear on the album. When I Said Goodbye/Summer Of Love is Steps' 10th hit in all, with only the introductory 5-6-7-8 falling short of the Top 10, and seven of the records reaching the top five. Steptacular improves 27-22 this week.

 

Artful Dodger and Craig David renew their partnership with Woman Trouble, which debuts at number six, with vocal assistance by Robbie Craig. Combined year 2000 sales of Artful Dodger's previous two singles Re-Rewind and Movin' Too Fast and David's own number one smash Fill Me In topped the million mark yesterday (Sunday) - a triumph for all, but especially for Artful Dodger's Mark Hill, who had a hand in producing the records.

 

SINGLE FACTFILE

 

The number one single has sold fewer copies only five times in 26 previous charts this year - and Runaway sold 15% more in its first week despite having to settle for a number two position - but none of this will detract from the satisfaction the Corrs will take from Breathless as it becomes their first number one single. The Irish family act are the first siblings-only group to top the chart since Hanson reached the summit with Mmmbop in June 1997. There has not been a really strong number one sale in the last five weeks, with the number one unit tallies ranging in the low 80,000s. Breathless sold 80,869 copies last week according to CIN's computations to give the Corrs a number one single with their 10th hit. This can now be added to their number one album success, Talk On Corners, and three number one airplay hits.

 

UK Top 75 Singles Week Ending 15 July 2000

 

1 - NEW - 01 - Corrs - BREATHLESS

02 - 01 - 02 - Eminem - THE REAL SLIM SHADY

1 - NEW - 03 - Limp Bizkit - TAKE A LOOK AROUND (THEME FROM M:I 2)

1 - NEW - 04 - Oasis - SUNDAY MORNING CALL

1 - NEW - 05 - Steps - WHEN I SAID GOODBYE / SUMMER OF LOVE

1 - NEW - 06 - Artful Dodger and Robbie Craig featuring Craig David - WOMAN TROUBLE

1 - NEW - 07 - Alice Deejay - WILL I EVER

02 - 02 - 08 - Samantha Mumba - GOTTA TELL YOU

04 - 05 - 09 - Darude - SANDSTORM

1 - NEW - 10 - Atomic Kitten - I WANT YOUR LOVE

02 - 04 - 11 - Coldplay - YELLOW

03 - 03 - 12 - Kylie Minogue - SPINNING AROUND

02 - 06 - 13 - Vengaboys - UNCLE JOHN FROM JAMAICA

03 - 09 - 14 - David Gray - BABYLON

1 - NEW - 15 - Jessica Simpson - I THINK I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU

04 - 07 - 16 - Black Legend - YOU SEE THE TROUBLE WITH ME

07 - 10 - 17 - Sonique - IT FEELS SO GOOD

07 - 13 - 18 - S Club 7 - REACH

02 - 08 - 19 - Lonyo - SUMMER OF LOVE

06 - 12 - 20 - Mary Mary - SHACKLES (PRIASE YOU)

1 - NEW - 21 - Matt Darey's Mash Up Pts Marcella Woods - BEAUTIFUL

02 - 11 - 22 - Ol' Dirty bast*rd featuring Kelis - GOT YOUR MONEY

03 - 15 - 23 - Damage - GHETTO ROMANCE

02 - 14 - 24 - Sid Owen - GOOD THING GOING

1 - NEW - 25 - Zed Bias - NEIGHBOURHOOD

14 - 21 - 26 - Lonestar - AMAZED

1 - NEW - 27 - Precious - IT'S GONNA BE MY WAY

03 - 19 - 28 - Girl Thing - THE LAST ONE STANDING

03 - 16 - 29 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood - THE POWER OF LOVE

06 - 20 - 30 - York - ON THE BEACH

02 - 17 - 31 - Blink 182 - WHAT'S MY AGE AGAIN?

07 - 25 - 32 - Bon Jovi - IT'S MY LIFE

1 - NEW - 33 - Mauro Picotto - IGUANA

10 - 27 - 34 - Britney Spears - OOPS! . . . I DID IT AGAIN

05 - 22 - 35 - Gabrielle - WHEN A WOMAN

04 - 23 - 36 - Moby - PORCELAINE

06 - 26 - 37 - Dr. Dre featuring Eminem - FORGOT ABOUT DRE

02 - 18 - 38 - Dum Dums - CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY THOUGHTS

05 - 24 - 39 - Richard Blackwood - MAMA - WHO DA MAN?

06 - 30 - 40 - Pink - THERE YOU GO

09 - 32 - 41 - Madison Avenue - DON'T CALL ME BABY

04 - 28 - 42 - Backstreet Boys - THE ONE

1 - NEW - 43 - Ascension - SOMEONE

08 - 38 - 44 - Billie Piper - DAY AND NIGHT

05 - 35 - 45 - Daphne and Celeste - UGLY

1 - NEW - 46 - Skip Raiders featuring Jada - ANOTHER DAY

05 - 33 - 47 - B15 featuring Chrissy D and Lady G - GIRLS LIKE US

05 - 34 - 48 - Whitney Houston / George Michael - IF I TOLD YOU THAT

06 - 47 - 49 - Stephen Gately - NEW BEGINNING / BRIGHT EYES

02 - 29 - 50 - Detroit Grand Pu Bahs - SANDWICHES

13 - 39 - 51 - Fragma - TOCA'S MIRACLE

14 - 36 - 52 - Bloodhound Gang - THE BAD TOUCH

1 - NEW - 53 - Black Box Recorder - THE ART OF DRIVING

02 - 31 - 54 - Ocean Colour Scene - JULY / I AM THE NEWS

07 - 40 - 55 - Andrea Bocelli - CANTO DELLA TERRA

04 - 37 - 56 - Jamelia - CALL ME

09 - 43 - 57 - Tom Jones and Mousse T - SEX BOMB

 

13 - 45 - 58 - Sisqo - THONG SONG

05 - 41 - 59 - Travis - COMING AROUND

1 - NEW - 60 - Joe - TREAT HER LIKE A LADY

1 - NEW - 61 - Animahouse - READY TO RECEIVE

05 - 46 - 62 - Angelic - IT'S MY TURN

10 - 68 - 63 - Lolly - PER SEMPRE AMORE (FOREVER IN LOVE)

05 - 42 - 64 - Kelis - GOOD STUFF

04 - 52 - 65 - Richard Ashcroft - MONEY TO BURN

11 - 65 - 66 - Oxide and Neutrino - BOUND 4 DA RELOAD (CASUALTY)

03 - RE - 67 - Embrace - SAVE ME

11 - 69 - 68 - Jessica Simpson - I WANNA LOVE YOU FOREVER

02 - 44 - 69 - Bedrock - VOICES

1 - NEW - 70 - Silvio Ecomo - STANDING

08 - 61 - 71 - DJ Luck and MC Neat - MASTERBLASTER 2000

14 - 56 - 72 - Craig David - FILL ME IN

10 - 54 - 73 - Watergate - HEART OF ASIA

06 - 73 - 74 - Aqua - AROUND THE WORLD

11 - 67 - 75 - Mandy Moore - CANDY

 

Now for the albums:

 

He is breaking new ground for white rap but Eminem misses out on becoming the first rap artist of any colour simultaneously to top the singles and albums charts, though he could hardly have come closer, occupying the number one album and number two singles berths this week, a reversal of his achievements last week. In a market that declined by more than 8% overall, The Marshall Mathers LP increased its sales by 18%. This follows a 22% increase the previous week, bringing its weekly tally to more than 70,000 and its overall sales since release seven weeks ago past 389,000 units, putting it in ninth place in the year-to- date rankings. Eminem's debut album The Slim Shady LP continues to improve too, and climbs 17-16 to achieve its highest position this year while moving to within four notches of its all-time high of number 12. The Slim Shady LP has sold nearly 110,000 copies this year, taking Eminem's total sales for 2000 to almost exactly half a million.

 

Moby's Play experienced its first decline in sales for seven weeks last week but David Gray's White Ladder upped its weekly tally for the tenth time in a row - albeit less spectacularly than in any previous week. White Ladder jumped 7-4 with sales up 140% last week, and now advances to number two, even though it managed to improve just 2% week-on-week. The 46,500 copies it did sell bring its overall tally to more than 165,000 copies since it was picked up by East West. Meanwhile, Gray's last album, Sell Sell Sell, fell just short of the chart despite its title, having been re-released by EMI last week.

 

Another artist whose past is catching up with them is Shania Twain. With Come On Over (21-20) and The Woman In Me (64-64) already in the chart, the Canadian singer now has three albums listed with the arrival of Wild & Wicked, a collection of pre-fame recordings which have been released on the RWP label, and which make their debut chart appearance this week at number 66. Recorded long before she hooked up with husband Mutt Lange, most of the tracks are Twain originals, although there is a cover of Cher's hit Half Breed.

 

ALBUMS FACTFILE

 

Three years to the week after releasing the gimmicky Drag k.d.lang returns with Invincible Summer, the only new release to sell in sufficient quantities to debut in the Top 50, it sold nearly 9,000 copies to claim 17th place in the chart - two notches higher than Drag managed. In percentage terms, Invincible Summer's first week sales are 17% higher than Drag's - and the album's first single Summerfling is already attracting plenty of radio attention (it moves 59-42 on the airplay chart this week) and is shaping up to be lang's first bona fide hit since Constant Craving seven years ago.

 

Incidentally, the week Drag made its debut, the Prodigy's The Fat Of The Land was also released, selling a massive 317,000 copies, rather more than Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP manages in returning to number one this week.

 

COMPILATIONS

 

Sales of compilations slipped back below the 500,000 mark last week, despite the fact that the two best-sellers were both new releases. Fresh Hits - Volume 1, the latest in the successful Warner.esp/Global TV/Sony TV series of collaborations, enters the chart at number one with a little in excess of 41,000 sales, while Pure Garage II debuts in runners-up spot with nearly 30,000 buyers. The latter album is the follow-up to Pure Garage, which has sold more than 252,000 copies since it was released 22 weeks ago, and which was for a long time the biggest- selling compilation of the year. Pure Garage remains at number two on that list, far ahead of number three (Now That's What I Call Music! 44, with 195,000 sales this year but many more in 1999) and far behind Now! 45, which sold more than 11,000 copies last week to take seventh place on the compilations chart in its 12th week. Now! 45's cumulative sales of 641,000 place it fourth in the overall albums ranking for the year, behind Moby's Play (768,000), The Man Who by Travis (720,000) and Reload by Tom Jones (671,000).

 

Mission: Impossible 2 made its long awaited debut at he British cinema last weekend, but the soundtrack album makes a very modest 16-15 climb on the chart, despite registering a handsome 26% improvement in sales week-on-week. The album has sold more than 22,000 copies in the last six weeks, and would doubtless have registered an even bigger increase last week had Limp Bizkit's theme Take A Look Around not been made available as a single.

 

UK Top 75 Albums Week Ending 15 July 2000

 

1 2 The Marshall Mathers EP

EMINEM 28.5.2000 2 1 66

2 4 White Ladder

DAVID GRAY 21.5.2000 32 1 12

3 3 Play

MOBY 22.1.2000 36 1 70

4 1 Alone With Everybody

RICHARD ASHCROFT 2.7.2000 1 1 19

5 7 The Greatest Hits

WHITNEY HOUSTON 21.5.2000 1 1 48

6 5 7

S CLUB 7 18.6.2000 1 1 21

7 6 Reload

TOM JONES 20.2.2000 39 1 38

8 8 Rise

GABRIELLE 22.1.2000 39 1 56

9 9 The Man Who

TRAVIS 29.5.1999 5 1 76

10 14 Oops! I Did It Again

BRITNEY SPEARS 21.5.2000 2 2 46

11 12 Crush

BON JOVI 4.6.2000 1 1 18

12 15 2001

DR DRE 19.3.2000 31 4 34

13 11 Play

MOBY

14 10 Supernatural

SANTANA 29.1.2000 37 1 39

15 16 Brand New Day

STING 29.1.2000 26 11 32

16 17 The Slim Shady LP

EMINEM 14.5.2000 29 10 26

17 - Invincible Summer

KD LANG 9.7.2000 17 17 4

18 24 Enema Of The State

BLINK 182 4.6.2000 39 18 14

19 22 Riding With The King

BB KING & ERIC CLAPTON 18.6.2000 15 15 13

20 21 Come On Over

SHANIA TWAIN 1.5.1999 34 1 80

21 26 Out Of Time

REM 25.6.2000 70 21 6

22 27 Steptacular

STEPS 20.2.2000 36 17 38

23 32 Californication

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS 11.6.2000 47 13 22

24 19 Classic Sinatra

FRANK SINATRA 18.6.2000 10 10 7

25 25 You've Come A Long Way, Baby

FATBOY SLIM 2.7.2000 25 25 4

26 13 The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

BADLY DRAWN BOY 2.7.2000 13 13 19

27 20 Inspiration

JANE McDONALD 11.6.2000 6 6 8

28 37 Rumours

FLEETWOOD MAC 2.7.2000 37 28 5

29 31 The Platinum Album

VENGABOYS 11.6.2000 56 26 14

30 28 Eliminator

ZZ TOP 2.7.2000 28 28 2

31 36 The Best Of Rod Stewart

ROD STEWART 2.7.2000 36 31 4

32 35 Gold - Greatest Hits

ABBA 11.6.2000 40 29 22

33 30 Oh How Life Is

MACY GRAY 11.9.1999 40 3 52

34 23 Things To Make And Do

MOLOKO 16.4.2000 3 3 24

35 18 Westlife

WESTLIFE 19.3.2000 16 3 27

36 51 Sogno

ANDREA BOCELLI 25.6.2000 26 26 10

37 29 Gladiator OST

HANS ZIMMER & LISA GERRARD 18.6.2000 20 20 8

38 42 Jagged Little Pill

ALANIS MORISSETTE 2.7.2000 42 38 5

39 45 Automatic For The People

REM 25.6.2000 54 39 6

40 34 Greatest Hits / Shining Like A National ...

PAUL SIMON 21.5.2000 6 6 11

41 48 Northern Star

MELANIE C 11.6.2000 54 4 22

42 53 The Writing's On The Wall

DESTINY'S CHILD 11.6.2000 53 10 47

43 44 The Barry White Collection

BARRY WHITE 11.6.2000 62 40 13

44 43 The Heat

TONI BRAXTON 30.4.2000 3 3 16

45 65 Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants

OASIS 11.6.2000 63 20 11

46 49 Talk On Corners

THE CORRS 25.6.2000 68 46 8

47 46 Baby One More Time

BRITNEY SPEARS 13.3.1999 8 2 79

48 38 Leftism

LEFTFIELD 11.6.2000 43 33 9

49 40 Hear Me Cry

SONIQUE 18.6.2000 21 21 5

50 - Screamadelica

PRIMAL SCREAM 9.7.2000 50 50 2

51 63 All The Way ... A Decade Of Song

CELINE DION 18.6.2000 57 49 6

52 62 Legend

BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS 2.7.2000 62 25 13

53 56 S Club

S CLUB 7 16.4.2000 35 19 16

54 55 Tracy Chapman

TRACY CHAPMAN 25.6.2000 67 54 6

55 - No Regrets - The Best Of 1965-1976

SCOTT WALKER & WALKER BROTHERS 9.7.2000 55 55 1

56 33 New Beginning

STEPHEN GATELY 25.6.2000 9 9 4

57 60 Forgiven, Not Forgotten

THE CORRS 2.7.2000 60 42 6

58 50 Kaleidoscope

KELIS 11.6.2000 46 43 8

59 52 My Way - The Best Of Frank Sinatra

FRANK SINATRA 2.7.2000 52 52 2

60 - Invincible

FIVE 9.7.2000 60 13 9

61 73 Unleash The Dragon

SISQO 14.5.2000 16 16 23

62 68 Ray Of Light

MADONNA 28.5.2000 39 23 10

63 41 Quality Control

JURASSIC 5 25.6.2000 23 23 3

64 64 The Woman In Me

SHANIA TWAIN 12.3.2000 9 7 21

65 39 Drama

JAMELIA 2.7.2000 39 39 2

66 - Wild & Wicked

SHANIA TWAIN 9.7.2000 66 62 2

67 - Affirmation

SAVAGE GARDEN 9.7.2000 67 7 40

68 58 The Ultimate Collection

SANTANA 11.6.2000 55 23 6

69 - Garbage

GARBAGE 9.7.2000 69 69 1

70 61 Protection / No Protection

MASSIVE ATTACK 25.6.2000 55 55 4

71 - I Will Wait For You

LESLEY GARRETT 9.7.2000 71 71 1

72 74 The Best Of Me

BRYAN ADAMS 11.6.2000 52 52 8

73 57 Remedy

BASEMENT JAXX 2.7.2000 57 57 2

74 - Time Pieces

ERIC CLAPTON 9.7.2000 74 73 2

75 - Big Calm

MORCHEEBA 9.7.2000 75 59 4

 

UK Top 50 Airplay Chart Week Ending 15 July 2000

 

1 (1) It Feels So Good (By Sonique) 12w

2 (2) When A Woman (By Gabrielle) 8w

3 (6) Life Is A Rollercoaster (By Ronan Keating) 6w

4 (4) Spinning Around (By Kylie Minogue) 5w

5 (3) Shackles (Praise You) (By Mary Mary) 9w

6 (7) Breathless (By Corrs) 5w

7 (8) Babylon (By David Gray) 8w

8 (5) Don't Call Me Baby (By Madison Avenue) 13w

9 (10) Woman Trouble (By Artful Dodger Featuring Robbie Craig And Craig David) 6w

10 (42) Rock DJ (By Robbie Williams) 2w

11 (9) The Real Slim Shady (By Eminem) 6w

12 (26) Gotta Tell You (By Samantha Mumba) 5w

13 (22) Sandstorm (By Darude) 4w

14 (21) Summer Of Love (By Lonyo) 3w

15 (14) Porcelain (By Moby) 6w

16 (37) Yellow (By Coldplay) 2w

17 (24) 7 Days (By Craig David) 3w

18 (36) Got Your Money (By Ol' Dirty bast*rd) 4w

19 (15) On The Beach (By York) 8w

20 (11) If I Told You That (By Whitney Houston And George Michael) 11w

21 (19) There You Go (By Pink) 8w

22 (20) What'S My Age Again (By Blink 182) 6w

23 (13) You See The Trouble With Me (By Black Legend) 8w

24 (16) Sex Bomb (By Tom Jones And Mousse T) 13w

25 (32) I Think I'm In Love With You (By Jessica Simpson) 3w

26 (17) Toca's Miracle (By Fragma) 17w

27 (12) Coming Around (By Travis) 11w

28 (43) Why Didn't You Call Me (By Macy Gray) 2w

29 (41) Try Again (By Aaliyah) 2w

30 (27) Fill Me In (By Craig David) 19w

31 (33) Sitting Down Here (By Lene Marlin) 22w

32 (47) I Turn To You (By Christina Aguilera) 2w

33 (23) Girls Like Us (By B-15 Project Featuring Chrissy D And Lady G) 9w

34 (29) Never Be The Same Again (By Melanie C Featuring Lisa 'Left-Eye' Lopes) 21w

35 (40) Take A Look Around (Theme From M:I-2) (By Limp Bizkit) 3w

36 (31) The Time Is Now (By Moloko) 20w

37 (38) Sunday Morning Call (By Oasis) 3w

38 (18) The One (By Backstreet Boys) 6w

39 (NEW) Maria Maria (By Santana Featuring Product G&B) 1w

40 (28) Oops I Did It Again (By Britney Spears) 13w

41 (46) We Will Rock You (By Five And Queen) 2w

42 (NEW) Summerfling (By kd Lang) 1w

43 (NEW) Desire (By Ultra Nate) 1w

44 (39) Flowers (By Sweet Female Attitude) 17w

45 (NEW) Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (By Spiller Featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor) 1w

46 (34) It's My Life (By Bon Jovi) 7w

47 (NEW) 2 Faced (By Louise) 1w

48 (RE) Say My Name (By Destiny's Child ) 16w

49 (49) Amazed (By Lonestar) 13w

50 (NEW) Jumpin' Jumpin' (By Destiny's Child ) 1w

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