CONTENTS:
1. Australian artist chart performance overseas
2. Number one singles from this time of year since 1989
3. Top 50 singles chart: Big Movers
4. Top 50 singles chart: Veteran Single
5. Top 50 singles chart: New Entries
6. Top 50 singles chart: Singles leaving the chart
7. Top 50 singles chart: Number 1 to 50
8. Top 50 albums chart
1. How Australian acts are doing overseas this week.
`TW' = this week's chart position
`HP' = highest chart position ever reached on that chart
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Country Week TW HP TITLE/ARTIST
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Austria 9/04/2008 20 #16 IN MY ARMS - Kylie Minogue
Czech Rep. 7/04/2008 33 #27 IN MY ARMS - Kylie Minogue
France 5/04/2008 14 #10 IN MY ARMS - Kylie Minogue
France 5/04/2008 42 #10 ENTENDS-TU LE MONDE - Tina Arena
France 5/04/2008 59 #15 2 HEARTS - Kylie Minogue
Ireland 10/04/2008 43 #10 WOW - Kylie Minogue
Japan 6/04/2008 53 #53 TOKYO GIRLS ANTHEM
- JuJu & Delta Goodrem
Japan 6/04/2008 84 #72 SWEET ABOUT ME - Gabriella Cilmi
New Zealand 7/04/2008 9 #9 UNTOUCHED - The Veronicas
New Zealand 7/04/2008 29 #25 DON'T HOLD BACK - The Potbelleez
New Zealand 7/04/2008 33 #33 SWEET ABOUT ME - Gabriella Cilmi
Sweden 6/04/2008 29 #15 IN MY ARMS - Kylie Minogue
Switzerland 13/04/2008 12 #10 IN MY ARMS - Kylie Minogue
U.K. 7/04/2008 36 #5 WOW - Kylie Minogue
U.K. 7/04/2008 42 #38 SWEET ABOUT ME - Gabriella Cilmi
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Charts referenced above for the following countries are compiled
using a significant airplay component: Japan, U.S.
2. Number one singles at this time of year from past years:
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| 1989: LIKE A PRAYER - Madonna |
| 1990: NOTHING COMPARES 2 U - Sinead O'Connor |
| 1991: JOYRIDE - Roxette |
| 1992: MARVELLOUS - The Twelfth Man * |
| 1993: ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY? - Lenny Kravitz |
| 1994: IT'S ALRIGHT - East 17 |
| 1995: HERE'S JOHNNY - Hocus Pocus |
| 1996: HOW BIZARRE - O.M.C. * |
| 1997: TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY - Savage Garden * |
| 1998: NEVER EVER - All Saints |
| 1999: BABY ONE MORE TIME - Britney Spears |
| 2000: BYE BYE BYE - 'N Sync |
| 2001: IT WASN'T ME - Shaggy featuring Rikrok |
| 2002: NOT PRETTY ENOUGH - Kasey Chambers * |
| 2003: IN DA CLUB - 50 Cent |
| 2004: F**K IT (I DON'T WANT YOU BACK) - Eamon |
| 2005: BEAUTIFUL SOUL - Jesse McCartney |
| 2006: FLAUNT IT - TV Rock featuring Seany B * |
| 2007: STRAIGHT LINES - Silverchair * |
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3. This week's big movers:
Moving up the chart...
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| Number 11 to 1: BUBBLY - Colbie Caillat |
| Number 12 to 3: SWEET ABOUT ME - Gabriella Cilmi * |
| Number 17 to 11: DREAM CATCH ME - Newton Faulkner |
| Number 27 to 18: THIS HEART ATTACK - Faker * |
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Moving down the chart...
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| Number 4 to 8: BLEEDING LOVE - Leona Lewis |
| Number 3 to 9: CRANK THAT (SOULJA BOY) - Soulja Boy Tell 'Em |
| Number 9 to 15: PIECE OF ME - Britney Spears |
| Number 14 to 22: UNTOUCHED - The Veronicas * |
| Number 16 to 23: KISS KISS - Chris Brown featuring T-Pain |
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TW LW
Total positions moved up the chart by singles: 46 ( 65)
Total positions moved down the chart by singles: 136 ( 92)
Number of singles that did not move this week: 5 ( 7)
Overall chart movement (movements up + movements down): 182 (157)
4. This week's veteran single:
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| Number 47: THE WAY I ARE - Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson |
| Debut date: 30/9/2007 |
| Peak position: number 1 |
| Weeks at peak: 2 weeks |
| Weeks in chart: 29 weeks |
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5. New records into the top 50 Australian singles chart this week:
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| 13. BEAT IT - Fall Out Boy featuring John Mayer |
| 14. YOU WILL ONLY BREAK MY HEART - Delta Goodrem * |
| 37. PARALYZER - Finger Eleven |
| 40. TOO FINE - Cristian Alexanda featuring Ja Rule * |
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6. Records leaving the top 50 Australian singles chart this week:
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| (47) HEY THERE DELILAH - Plain White T's |
| (48) HAPPY ENDING - Mika |
| (49) ALL YOUR REASONS - Matchbox Twenty |
| (50) HOT - Avril Lavigne |
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7. This week's top 50:
There have been quite a few successful musical artists that
have emerged in Australia thanks to exposure due to their roles
in the long-running Australian soap, Neighbours. Those artists
include Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Craig McLachlan, Natalie
Imbruglia, Holly Valance, Delta Goodrem, Stephanie McIntosh and
Natalie Bassingthwaighte. The major competition to Neighbours
in terms of Aussie soaps is Home & Away, which has up until
recent years, attracted a smaller viewing audience. Like
Neighbours, Home & Away has also spawned a selection of
musical artists, but much fewer in quantity and none of which
had a chart-topping single or album. Dannii Minogue's debut
in Home & Away in 1988 eventually saw the launch of her musical
career in 1990, but while she's still churning out records,
she only managed one top 10 hit, that being her debut release,
"Love and Kisses". Bec Cartwright (now Bec Hewitt) enjoyed a
top 10 hit in 2002 with "All Seats Taken", but follow-up singles
failed to make the top 10 and she was soon dropped by her
record company. In 2004, Home & Away actress Tammin Sursok also
launched her musical career, but again, only one top 10 hit
eventuated in the form of "Pointless Relation****p".
So what does this comparison of the highly successful musical
artists that emerged from Neighbours as compared to the much
fewer and much less successful offerings from Home & Away have
to do with this week's chart? Well, while Home & Away may
not have a very good track record for launching successful
musical careers, the soap has given huge success to music
that is lucky enough to be chosen to promote its landmark
story lines. In late 2006, New Zealand group Evermore peaked
at number 8 with "Light Surrounding You", with the song
drifting almost out of the top 20 before Home & Away began
to use it as part of their feature for the 2006 end of
year cliff-hanger episode. Within weeks, the song bolted to
number one. And now, less than 18 months afterwards, Home &
Away has taken another song, this time in the form of Colbie
Caillat's "Bubbly", to use in the promotion of the departure
of the show's longest serving continuous actress, Gold Logie
winner Kate Ritchie. "Bubbly", performed by 22 year-old
American singer and songwriter Colbie Caillat, was a top 5
hit in America over 6 months ago and lurked in the lower
reaches of the Australian top 50 up until mid-March of this
year. Due to heavy promotion on Home & Away, the song began
leaping up the chart, climbing from number 18 to 11 last week,
and now this week, covering the sales period leading up to Kate's
actual screen departure from the show, bullets up an amazing 10
spots to land straight in at number one. Most of the sales have
been digital with "Bubbly" being the most bought downloaded
track but only ranking at number 17 on the CD singles chart.
While number one debuts have been fairly common up until recently,
the occurances of a song climbing to number one from outside of
the top 10 within one week are very much rarer. In fact, the last
time it happened was almost 11 years ago, back in 1997. Elton
John's single "Something About The Way You Look Tonight" was
re-packaged with "Candle In The Wind 1997" to mark the passing
of Princess Diana Spencer, resulting in a massive 40 spot climb
from number 41 to one.
So with Colbie making a surprise leap to number one, Flo Rida's
reign at number one is short lived, with "Low" slipping back to
number 2 after a short couple of weeks at the top. Like Colbie,
another artist making a huge leap into the top 10 is Gabriella
Cilmi. The 16 year-old originally from Melbourne debuted at
number 13 a couple of weeks ago with her first single, "Sweet
About Me" which then climbed to number 12 last week, all on digital
sales only. The release of the CD single (which leaked out before
the official release date at a few stores) has been so well
received that it is this week's highest selling CD single.
Combining that with healthy digital sales sees "Sweet About
Me" bullet from number 12 to 3 this week, set to take over from
Colbie at number one now that "Bubbly" is not being aired on
Home & Away any longer.
Chris Brown's "With You" continues climbing, now up to number 7
this week and thus his second-highest charting single here so
far. But suffering a big fall within the top 10 is Soulja Boy's
"Crank That" which looked like it was a number one contender
when it moved from number 4 to 3 last week, but its dive all the
way to number 9 this week puts an end to that. And the former
4 week chart-topper by Leona Lewis, "Bleeding Love", also
dives, from number 4 to 8 this week.
Thanks to Colbie and Gabriella making spectacular leaps straight
into the upper reaches of the top 10, casualties from that are
Mr G and Britney Spears who both drop out of this week's top 10.
Four new hits into this week's top 10, but with all the action
happening at the top end of the chart, none of these new hits
can get anywhere near that in their first charting week.
13. BEAT IT - Fall Out Boy featuring John Mayer
CD singles chart: (not released yet)
Digital track chart: #6
American rock group Fall Out Boy finally achieved significant
commercial success in Australia last year. Their fourth
studio album "Infinity on High" is a certified double-platinum
seller and spawned the two top 5 hits "This Ain't A Scene,
It's An Arms Race" and "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs", plus the top 20
smash "The Take Over, The Breaks Over" and the single
"I'm Like A Lawyer...(Me & U)". Fall Out Boy are releasing
an interesting package later this month which consists of a
live CD of their performances at Phoenix's Cricket Pavilion
in June 2007. Titled "Live in Phoenix", the CD includes a
studio recorded cover of Michael Jackson's 1983 hit "Beat It"
with John Mayeron on guitar. That song is now released as
a single, debuting at number 13 this week. Also packaged
with the CD is a bonus DVD of most of the band's music videos.
Web site: www.falloutboyrock.com
www.johnmayer.com
Lyrics: www.tinyurl.com/4qqx9v
14. YOU WILL ONLY BREAK MY HEART - Delta Goodrem
CD singles chart: #3
Digital track chart: #29
23 year-old Delta Goodrem is enjoying good success with her
third studio album, "Delta". It topped the Australian albums
chart when released late last year and has gone on to sell
triple platinum. The album's first single was "In This Life"
which debuted at number one back in September last year, but
managed to only hold that position for one week. The second
single was "Believe Again" which came with a music video
packed with over 100 special effects and was one of the most
expensive videos made in Australian music history. However,
the hype surrounding the video only managed to land the single
at number 2 first week in, then it dived to number 6 the week
after and straight out of the top 10 the following week.
Now it's almost like Delta blew the budget with the last
video she made, so perhaps she's had to do massive cost
cutting with the video for her latest single, "You Will Only
Break My Heart". She held a competition inviting fans to
submit videos of them singing her song and the best were
chosen to feature in the final version of her music video
which has the screen divided into several boxes showing
herself and clips from the winning entries submitted by fans.
"You Will Only Break My Heart" is quite an up-tempo and bright
pop track, but unfortunately becomes her lowest charting top 50
hit so far by debuting at number 14 this week.
Web site: www.deltagoodrem.com
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmB0sjkvoC8
Lyrics: www.tinyurl.com/3h45bo
37. PARALYZER - Finger Eleven
CD singles chart: (not released yet)
Digital track chart: #32
Finger Eleven is a 5-piece alternative metal band from Canada.
Formed in 1994 originally under the name of "Rainbow Butt
Monkeys", it's taken the group until now to finally score a
charting hit in Australia. Their fifth studio album,
"Them vs. You vs. Me" spawns the hit single "Paralyzer"
which debuts at number 37 and has already enjoyed top 10
success in the U.S. and New Zealand.
Web site: www.fingereleven.com
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgaCHmxmeUo
Lyrics: www.tinyurl.com/2orf62
40. TOO FINE - Cristian Alexanda featuring Ja Rule
CD singles chart: #12
Digital track chart: (not in top 40)
This week's final new entry comes from 26 year-old R&B
singer from Perth, Cristian Alexanda. His debut album,
"Cristyle", was released in 2004 and it spawned the hits
"Misunderstood" (number 24, June 2004) and "Party Anthem"
(number 19, October 2004). He sup****ted 50 Cent, Sean
Paul and Justin Timberlake on their tours in Australia
during 2003 and 2004. Cristian's second album, "Urban Nature",
has been written and recorded in the U.S. and will be released
later this year. First single from the new album is a
collaboration with rapper Ja Rule on "Too Fine" which debuts
at number 40 this week.
Web site: www.cristianalexanda.com
www.jarule.com
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Deq-dSDQ3aU
Lyrics: www.tinyurl.com/3mwfea
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The top 50 Australian singles chart
Week beginning 7th April 2008
Week ending 13th April 2008
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TW LW HP WI ACCR TITLE - ARTIST
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1. (11) #1 7w BUBBLY - Colbie Caillat
2. ( 1) #1 10w LOW - Flo Rida featuring T-Pain
3. (12) #3 3w SWEET ABOUT ME - Gabriella Cilmi *
4. ( 2) #1 11w <P> DON'T STOP THE MUSIC - Rihanna
5. ( 5) #5 7w TATTOO - Jordin Sparks
6. ( 6) #6 5w WORK - Kelly Rowland
7. (10) #7 5w WITH YOU - Chris Brown
8. ( 4) #1 16w <P> BLEEDING LOVE - Leona Lewis
9. ( 3) #3 15w <G> CRANK THAT (SOULJA BOY) - Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
10. ( 7) #3 12w <G> PICTURES OF YOU - The Last Goodnight
11. (17) #11 4w DREAM CATCH ME - Newton Faulkner
12. ( 8) #7 5w NAUGHTY GIRL - Mr G *
13. (--) #13 1w BEAT IT - Fall Out Boy featuring John Mayer
14. (--) #14 1w YOU WILL ONLY BREAK MY HEART
- Delta Goodrem *
15. ( 9) #2 10w <G> PIECE OF ME - Britney Spears
16. (13) #8 4w I DON'T DO SURPRISES - Axle Whitehead *
17. (20) #17 2w TOUCH MY BODY - Mariah Carey
18. (27) #18 12w THIS HEART ATTACK - Faker *
19. (19) #8 10w WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN' 2008
- Michael Jackson with Akon
20. (18) #11 9w STOP AND STARE - OneRepublic
21. (15) #15 3w LIKE ONLY A WOMAN CAN - Brian McFadden
22. (14) #2 17w UNTOUCHED - The Veronicas *
23. (16) #8 21w <G> KISS KISS - Chris Brown featuring T-Pain
24. (21) #1 23w <P2> APOLOGIZE - Timbaland featuring OneRepublic
25. (22) #19 11w MY PEOPLE - The Presets *
26. (26) #24 4w NINE IN THE AFTERNOON - Panic At The Disco
27. (25) #20 10w SCREAM - Timbaland featuring
Keri Hilson and Nicole Scherzinger
28. (23) #5 26w <G> DON'T HOLD BACK - The Potbelleez *
29. (28) #28 6w BIG GIRL (YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL) - Mika
30. (24) #16 8w OUTTA MY HEAD (AY YA YA) - Ashlee Simpson
31. (29) #29 4w NEW SOUL - Yael Naim
32. (30) #3 23w <P> NO ONE - Alicia Keys
33. (35) #7 20w <G> WON'T GO HOME WITHOUT YOU - Maroon 5
34. (36) #34 3w TAKE YOU THERE - Sean Kingston
35. (31) #14 12w WHEN I'M GONE - Simple Plan
36. (32) #9 12w I NEVER LIKED YOU - Rogue Traders *
37. (--) #37 1w PARALYZER - Finger Eleven
38. (34) #8 3w CAN'T SING A DIFFERENT SONG - Ricki-Lee *
39. (33) #18 9w WHINE UP - Kat DeLuna featuring Elephant Man
40. (--) #40 1w TOO FINE
- Cristian Alexanda featuring Ja Rule *
41. (43) #41 4w LOVE IN THIS CLUB
- Usher featuring Young Jeezy
42. (37) #26 5w TEARDROPS - Kate Alexa featuring Baby Bash *
43. (40) #22 10w HERE I COME - Fergie
44. (38) #11 7w WOW - Kylie Minogue *
45. (45) #34 5w BABY - Pnau *
46. (39) #15 19w SHADOW OF THE DAY - Linkin Park
47. (42) #1 29w <P> THE WAY I ARE
- Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson
48. (41) #4 26w <G> INTO THE NIGHT
- Santana featuring Chad Kroeger
49. (46) #14 21w <G> HATE THAT I LOVE YOU
- Rihanna featuring Ne-Yo
50. (44) #7 29w HOW FAR WE'VE COME - Matchbox Twenty
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* - Denotes Australian/New Zealand Artist
Australian/New Zealand content: 14/50 singles (28%)
TW - Denotes chart position this week
LW - Denotes chart position last week
HP - Denotes highest position ever reached on the chart
WI - Denotes the total weeks spent in the chart
RE - Denotes a single that has re-entered the chart this week
ACCR - Sales accreditation: <G> = Gold = 35,000
<P> = Platinum = 70,000
<PN> = N x Platinum = N x 70,000
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8. Australian top 50 albums chart (07/04/2008 - 13/04/2008)
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TW LW HP WI ACCR TITLE - ARTIST
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1. (--) #1 1w PRETTY. ODD. - Panic At The Disco
2. ( 2) #1 9w <P> SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC - Jack Johnson
3. ( 5) #3 5w STEP UP 2: THE STREETS - Soundtrack
4. (--) #4 1w THE 100 MOST BEAUTIFUL MELODIES
- Andre Rieu
5. ( 8) #5 4w HAND BUILT BY ROBOTS - Newton Faulkner
6. ( 3) #3 33w <P> GOOD GIRL GONE BAD - Rihanna
7. ( 6) #6 20w <G> EXCLUSIVE - Chris Brown
8. ( 4) #1 100w <P12> THRILLER - Michael Jackson
9. ( 1) #1 2w IN GHOST COLOURS - Cut Copy *
10. (13) #10 8w DREAMING OUT LOUD - OneRepublic
11. ( 9) #4 54w <P> BACK TO BLACK - Amy Winehouse
12. (--) #12 1w ATTACK AND RELEASE - The Black Keys
13. (--) #13 1w ACCELERATE - REM
14. (10) #2 22w <P2> HOOK ME UP - The Veronicas *
15. (16) #5 38w <P> IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG - Maroon 5
16. (12) #1 27w <P2> EXILE ON MAINSTREAM - Matchbox Twenty
17. ( 7) #1 4w BREED OBSESSION - Gyroscope *
18. (--) #18 1w ROCKFERRY - Duffy
19. (39) #12 11w <P> TAKING CHANCES - Celine Dion
20. (--) #20 1w LAST NIGHT - Moby
21. (17) #15 5w REUNION - The Slim Dusty Family *
22. (--) #22 1w SATURDAY NIGHTS & SUNDAY MORNINGS
- Counting Crows
23. (18) #2 5w DIG, LAZARUS, DIG!!!
- Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds *
24. (20) #8 4w WITH HEARTS AS ONE - Hillsong United *
25. (14) #5 26w <P2> THE STORY SO FAR: THE VERY BEST OF...
- Rod Stewart
26. (19) #1 36w <P3> TIMBALAND PRESENTS: SHOCK VALUE - Timbaland
27. (15) #1 10w <G> SPIRIT - Leona Lewis
28. (11) #11 2w MACHINE 15 - Millencolin
29. (25) #6 20w <G> A BOOK LIKE THIS - Angus & Julia Stone *
30. (27) #1 54w <P3> GRAND NATIONAL - The John Butler Trio *
31. (34) #26 8w BE THE TWILIGHT - Faker *
32. (29) #29 2w MAIL ON SUNDAY - Flo Rida
33. (24) #20 23w <G> HANNAH MONTANA 2 / MEET MILEY CYRUS
- Miley Cyrus
34. (26) #5 55w <P2> LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION - Mika
35. (28) #21 4w GOOD TIME - Alan Jackson
36. (23) #14 18w <G> ALIVE 2007 - Daft Punk
37. (21) #5 11w JUNO - Soundtrack
38. (32) #3 8w WATERSHED - k.d. lang
39. (--) #39 1w COCO - Colbie Caillat
40. (38) #1 28w <P2> ECHOES, SILENCE, PATIENCE & GRACE
- Foo Fighters
41. (35) #35 6w THE WOMBATS PROUDLY PRESENT... A GUIDE TO
LOVE, LOSS & DESPERATION - The Wombats
42. (22) #6 7w SIMPLE PLAN - Simple Plan
43. (30) #3 23w <P> BLACKOUT - Britney Spears
44. (33) #33 5w REVIVAL - John Fogerty
45. (RE) #1 ?w <P3> DELTA - Delta Goodrem *
46. (--) #46 1w REASON TO BELIEVE - Pennywise
47. (--) #47 1w MUSIQUE VOL 1 (1993-2005) - Daft Punk
48. (46) #7 18w <P> GREATEST HITS: 18 KIDS - Keith Urban *
49. (31) #2 18w <G> SO MANY NIGHTS - The Cat Empire *
50. (--) #50 1w CONSOLERS OF THE LONELY - The Saboteurs
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* - Denotes Australian/New Zealand Artist
TW - Denotes chart position this week
LW - Denotes chart position last week
HP - Denotes highest position ever reached on the chart
WI - Denotes the total weeks spent in the chart
RE - Denotes an album that has re-entered the chart this week
ACCR - Sales accreditation: <G> = Gold = 35,000
<P> = Platinum = 70,000
<PN> = N x Platinum = N x 70,000
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