A couple of statistics to watch at the moment. If Now That's What I Call Music 31 can stay at the top for one more week, they will tie for the most weeks at number one on the compilations chart. It will also set a new record for most consecutive weeks at the top. Meanwhile, Susan Boyle goes to 9 consecutive weeks at number one on the album list. If she can stay there one more week, it'll be the longest consecutive run at the top since 1987's Revenge by The Eurythmics. For the record, the most weeks for an album to stay at number one is Shania Twains' 1999 album Come On Over which stayed at numero uno for a total of 23 weeks. The longest consecutive run was set all the way back in 1976 with The Best Of Abba. They stayed there for 15 consecutive weeks.
Single Ladies has charted over three consecutive years (2008,09 and 2010). Besides Blue Monday, have any other songs charted over three consecutive years?
Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol first charted in the UK in 2006 and has charted every year since. (5 years in total) Single Ladies charted over 2 years, not 3 (It had not charted this year, but that can change), spending 5 weeks in 2008 and the rest were last year. Poker Face charted over 2 years, Right Round charted in one year only.
Dancing Queen charted in 1976, 1977 and 1992 (and was top 20 in each) Chasing Cars only charted here for 2 years, but charted in the top 200 airplay for 4 consecutive years.
Beat this one: Snoopy's Christmas first charted in 1967 and 1968, it then charted in 1987, 1988 and 1989. (Top 10 in 3 of those years)
Just remembered: Joy Division: Love Will Tear Us Apart: 1981, 1984, 1989 Atmosphere: 1981, 1984, 1989 Transmission: 1981, 1984. Every entry made the top 40. With all but the last entry for Love Will Tear Us Apart hitting the top 25.
But getting back to the question asked: Only Blue Monday and I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do have charted for 3 consecutive years, and in the latter's case, was in the top 60 singles for each of them.
Single Ladies charted on the first two charts this year so it has charted over three consecutive years.
Any other songs in New Zealand that have charted over three consecutive years - we've got Blue Monday and I Do, I do, I Do, I Do, I Do (just checked that one and it has only charted 1975-1976)? Last edited:
My mistake, singles Ladies has charted this year, don't know why my stats didn't pick it up. Must have forgotten to change the excel page from albums to singles! I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do first charted in July 1975, charted for most of 1976, and at the end of 1976 recharted as a double A-Side with Rock Me (same single though). Each time spending more than 15 weeks on the chart each year, a feat no other single has ever done. Last edited:
That's three songs, that's awesome!!! So does that mean in total I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do spent a total of 68 weeks in the chart?? That's Incredible! Last edited:
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do charted 48 weeks by itself, it charted another 20 weeks as the double A-Side with Rock Me. A total of 68 weeks, beaten only by New Order's Blue Monday.
Alley T, that's 4 songs to chart in 3 successive years: Blue Monday 1983-1985 I Do x5/Rock Me 1975-1977 Single Ladies 2008-2010 Snoopy's Christmas [re-issue] 1987-1989 (with an additional two in 1967/1968 on its original release) Last edited:
Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen charted in 1976 and 1992. They reached number one for 2 weeks in 1976 and then in 1992 number 16. Relax by Frankie Goes To Hollywood did the same, charting in 1984 (#10) and then again in 1993 and 1994 (#27). Phil Collins had the longest climb to the top (27 years and 4 months) by charting in two years (#6 in 1981 and finally reaching the top in 2008 for two weeks). Daddy Cool took 19 years and 8 months. They first charted in 1971 reaching #17, then in 1986 (#19) and finally in 1990 they reached number one. I'm sure there's allot more.
yeah there is Fred Dagg charted in 1975 with Don't know how lucky we are for 4wks on the charts peaked at no 17..23 years later hit the number 1 spot and stayed on the charts for another 6 wks
Blue Monday by New Order first charted in 1983. It stayed there for a total of 74 weeks charting in 1983, 1984 and 1985. In 1988 a remix of the song reached number one and charted a further 12 weeks
Darn both Now That's What I Call Music AND I Dreamed a Dream fall from number one this week. A bit unfortunate for Stan Walker , who regains his number two position. With SuBo's strong sales over Xmas, Stan only managed a number two peak, now with SuBo's sales weakening (as well as Stan's), Glee Cast pick up their first number one album.
Shame NOW 31 and Susan Boyle cannot stay at the top to extend their lead. It's not over yet though, they may go back there. Stan Walker however looks set to become the third single in a year to reach double figures at the top. The other two were Lady Gaga with Poker Face (10) and Brother by SmashProof (11). Maybe the record of 14 set all the way back in 1978 by Boney M (Rivers Of Babylon) could finally be under threat
My guess is that Jason Derulo will take over next week. Slack song for a number one, but i don't think there's very much threatening it... I'm hoping JT's Hallelujah does not reach number one though!
There's been some insanely long number ones over the past year though!!!
Heres a good one for ya no other song that i know of charted at new on the number one spot then a week later slides down to 45 and then completely disappears was 65 Roses by the wolverines
Haha shame!!! Yeah I remember that being number one, I think it was a charity single for Cystic Fibrosis, and on the chart show they were saying, here's the number one single, it's probably a song you've never ever hear before haha!!!
Other songs that have slid quickly from number one include, SEE ME GO by the Screaming Mee Mee's falling from number one to number fifteen, ALL OR NOTHING by Milli Vanilli, spending one weeks at number one but only six weeks on the charts, and of course BARBIE GIRL by Aqua, who's chart run went 1-1-2-10, due to the singles being pulled off the shelves. Last edited:
That's absolutely correct; 65 Roses by Wolverines is the shortest lived number one on the site. Any guesses for the shortest running time for a number one. How many minutes and seconds do you think???
Clocking in at only 58 seconds was Sider Pig by Hans Zimmer in 2007 but that didn't hit the top. Reaching the top though, clocking in at 1 minute, 29 seconds is SPCS: A Very Silent Night by The Underdogs. No, not they 60's blues band but a silent sound for only dogs to hear. It reached number one in 2007. How sad is that.
Wow I didn't realise that it was a short song. I remember when that hit number one, that was another short lived number one. Oh and Do They Know It's Christmas Time as well was only on the charts for a little while? Last edited:
yip it was only on the charts for 3 weeks.....The highest entry for 1 week on the charts is two NZ bands Betchadupa & Fat Freddy's Drop both entered new at 14 then disappeared
As I (kinda) predicted last week, Susan Boyle and NOW 31 are back at number one. Stan Walker also holds on as he becomes the third artist in just over a year to take the weeks at number one on the singles chart to double figures. He now has his sights set on Brother by Smash Proof feat. Gin who stayed at the top last year for 11 weeks. He is also only 4 weeks from matching the record of 14 weeks set by Boney M in 1978. Susan Boyle is back with the number one album after one weeks respite at the runner up position. She has now been at the top for 10 non consecutive weeks. You have to go back to 1987's Revenge by The Eurythmics to find that total. Of course she is still a long way off knocking Shania Twain off her perch. Now That's What I Call Music 31 also returns to the top, now 13 weeks. This matches the most weeks ever at number one with The Rhythm Volume 5 from 1992 and Now That's What I Call Music 17 from 2005. One more week and we have a new record. The Music DVD and the Airplay number one are also static, although it'll be a while before this record is threatened. The most weeks on top of the Music DVD chart was set by The Eagles in 2004 with Hell Freezes Over which stayed on top for 27 weeks. Whilst I don't have a list of number ones all the way back to 1999 (I'm missing 1999 to 2001) for the Airplay Chart, it's OpShop who hold this record for Maybe which was number one for 16 weeks. Last edited:
Can anyone help me out with Pop-O-Meter charts. I am missing a few and want to get a full set so they can go online. Check the Pop-O-Meter forum for dates. Ta
Unvelievable!!! Hopefully Black Box falls from the top (and then leaves the chart fast). That song is good, but nowhere near ten weeks of number one good!
Timbaland and Jason Derulo are hot on the heels of Stan Walker, hopefully they can take number one!
Another interesting fact is that if Ke$ha's TiK ToK can remain in the top ten for one more week it would have made twenty consecutive weeks in the top ten! Not many charting hits can boast that... Last edited:
I Still can't believe how successful Stan Walker is in NZ even I'm starting to get sick of his Track now and thats saying something. I'm still happy with his success though. Last edited:
Some useless information for you guys.....The longest charting song that didn't get into the top was Matchbox 20 - If you're gone 34 weeks and only got to 12
if some other artist does better than matchbox 20 can you say...The longest charting song too not get in the top 20 was Alanis Morrisette- You Oughta Know 25 weeks highest position 25
Well, so much for setting a new record. Last week, NOW 31 reached number one for 13 weeks, a tie with two other compilation albums for the most weeks at the top. This week, a radio compilation of well worn out easy listening tracks takes the top spot. Must be survey time at radio. Now 31 actually drops to number 4 this week so the new record looks less likely to happen. Stan Walker also drops from the top in the singles chart but manages a 9th week on top of the Airplay chart. Susan Boyle also stays at number one. I Gotta Feeling by Black Eyed Peas racks up a 36th week in the singles chart and goes to number 15 on the longevity list (showing most weeks charted). They now have Fernando by Abba (37 weeks) and three other songs on 38 weeks (Big Girls Don't Cry by Fergie, Sailing Away by All Of Us and Before The Next Teardrop Falls by Freddy Fender) to enter the top 10. That's only three weeks away. Last edited:
what about Not Many - The Remix / Stand Up. After being at number 2 for 2 weeks it fell off the chart completely, biggest fall off the charts? Last edited:
NZ Artists that only made one week on the charts Atrist Song weeks yr hp Betchadupa Move Over 1 2003 14 Fat Freddy's Drop & Alice Russell The Camel 1 2008 14 Fat Freddy's Drop Pull The Catch 1 2008 17 Zero T Get Em Up 1 2006 19 The Datsuns Stuck Here For Days 1 2006 23 Breathe Smiley Hands 1 1996 24 Mark Williams If It Rains 1 1976 25 Betchadupa Supa Day 1 2002 29 Betchadupa 3d Ep 1 2001 30 HLAH(Head Like A Hole) Juicy Lucy 1 1999 30 Mes N Wylde Good With It 1 2006 30 Everlast What’s It Like 1 1999 31 Matty J Colour Blind 1 1994 31 4 Corners On The Downlow 1 2005 32 Shihad Derail 1 1994 33 Cydel Luv Iz 1 2005 33 Feelers Weapons Of War 1 2004 34 PNC Tonight 1 2009 35 Fused Saving Mary 1 2001 35 Th' Dudes Be Mine Tonight 1 1979 36 Flight Of The Conchords Hurt Feelings 1 2009 36 J Williams Set It Off 1 2008 36 Ma-V-Elle Show Me Heaven 1 1997 36 The Feelers World Away 1 2000 36 Pieter T Something Else 1 2010 37 Mother Goose Baked Beans 1 1977 37 Donald Reid You And Me, My Friend 1 2006 37 Blindspott Nil By Mouth 1 2001 38 Dei Hamo This Is My Life 1 2005 38 The Gumboat Orchestra & Chorus Fred Dagg & The Man From Tamaki 1 1975 38
This week, Susan Boyle drops from the number one spot all the way down to number 29. Is this a new record? The biggest drop from the top spot so far was set all the way back in 1979. Back then, David Bowie with the double live album Stage fell all the way to number 12, the biggest drop so far. The following year, 1980, Fleetwood Mac did the same, also a double album but this time studio album Tusk, dropping to number 12. And so the record was set, that is until this week. Now the new record is Susan Boyles, dropping all the way to number 29 with I dreamed A Dream.
Any idea why it has made such a huge drop from number one? For the album to have such strong and constant sales well into the new year, then fall, something must have happened (like the album being sold out at a large amount of places without the reability to reorder).
Does anyone know, on the uphand it is nice to see a new album at number one.
Longest time taken to hit #1 by an album is about 18yrs. Dark Side Of the Moon has always been a constant seller, although it is considered not to have been big enough to hit #1 prior to 1975. It didn't hit #1 until April 1993.
Tik Tok has lasted so long in the top ten because there are few songs to contest it. there were only 176 songs on the chart last year, one of the lowest figures in a long time. Since 2004 there have been less than 200 singles on the chart each year. This was also the same in the top 40 for 1975-1978, but 1975-1977 have an excuse.
20+ weeks in the top ten, hasn't happened often, and it is noticeable when it does:
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights - 22 Before The Next Teardrop Falls - 27 Fernando - 24 Sailing Away - 30 End Of The Road - 21 Mysterious Girl - 23 Stand Up/Not Many - 20 Bathe In The River - 22 Low - 22 Poker Face - 20 Tik Tok - 20
Nothing else has had 20 or more weeks in the top 10. The last 5 had the added bonus of strong airplay to strengthen their presence.
Thanks for that Dean, interesting that Sailing Away spent the longest in the top ten.
You're right, the songs have been moving so slowly in the chart over the last year, I mean even a mediocre song like Black Box managed a ten week run at number one, and songs are spending ages in the top five (e.g. Bad Romance, Fireflies).
Good to see several debuts over the past couple of weeks, so hopefully this should shake up the top ten, hopefully...
total number one artist in each year since 1994 Year Amount of artists that went too no 1 1994 15 1995 17 1996 15 1997 20 1998 21 1999 35 2000 20 2001 23 2002 13 2003 14 2004 19 2005 17 2006 19 2007 19 2008 13 2009 10 Here's A pop quiz who can ma,e them all
Which single has spent the most consecutive weeks at No 1 in the NZ Charts? My young fella says it's Brother by Smashproof and he knows a thing or two about a thing or two.
The tally for most weeks at number one is as follows:
Rivers Of Babylon - Boney M 14 weeks 1978 Wasted Days And Wasted Night - Freddy Fender 12 weeks 1975 Stand Up/Not Many - Scribe 12 weeks 2003 (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You - UB40 11 weeks 1993 Axel F - Crazy Frog 11 weeks 2005 I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston 11 weeks 1992 Brother - Smash Proof feat. Gin 11 weeks 2009 Tie A Yellow Ribbon (Round The Old Oak Tree) - Tony Orlando & Dawn 10 weeks 1973 Mississippi - Pussycat` 10 weeks 1976 Poker Face - Lady Gaga 10 weeks 2009 Black Box - Stan Walker 10 weeks 2009 Last edited:
off the top of my head the only one i could do, without really thinking about it would be 2009...
i'll give it a try
2009: smashproof feat gin (brother) eminem (we made you) keri hilson/ne-yo/kanye (knock you down) beyonce (sweet dreams) jason mraz (i'm yours) jason derulo (whatcha say) stan walker (black box) ke$ha (tik tok) david guetta/akon (sexy bitch) black eyed peas (i gotta feeling)
I'll give 2008 a go lady gaga (poker face) katy perry (i kissed a girl) pink (so what) nesian mystik (nesian 101) p money/vince harder (everything) phil collins (in the air tonight) rihanna (disturbia) jordin sparks/chris brown (no air) chris brown (forever) chris brown (with you) flo rida feat t-pain (low) tiki taane (always on my mind) t.i (whatever you like) there's one more but i can't think of it.
1999 artists that were no 1 Britney spears -Baby One more Time 4wk MAcy Gray- I Try 1wk TLC- No Scrubs 2wk The Backstreet Boys- I Want It That Way 1wk Ronan Keating- When You Say Nothing At All 1wk Beth Hart- LA Song 1wk Ardijah- Silly Love Song 1wk Shania Twain- Man I feel Like A Woman 1wk Lou Bega- Mambo No 5 6wks Blackstreet- Take me there 3wks britney spears- sometimes 1wk eiffel 65- blue 1wk s club 7- bring it all back 1wk Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love 1wk Westlife- Swear It Again 1wk Deep Obsession- One And Only 2wks S Club 7- S Club Party 3wks Five- If Ya Gettin; Down 1wk Ricky Martin- Livin La Vida Loca 1wk Boyzone- I Love the way you love me 2wk Boyzone -You Needed Me 2wk Laureen Hill & Bob Marley- Turn The Lights Down Low 2wks Lutricia McNeal- My Side Of Town 1wk New Radicals- You get what you give 1wk Shaft- Mucho Mambo 1wk Jennifer Lopez- If You Had My Love 1wk MAriah Carey- Heartbreaker 1wk Steps - Tragedy 1wk Truebliss- Tonight 2wks Deep Obsession - cold 1wk Shania Twain - That don't impress me much 1wk Sisqo - Thong Song 1wk Cher -Believe 1wk Neil Finn- Can you hear us 1wk Geri Helliwell- Look At Me 1wk
19 artists: Rihanna (Umbrella) Timbaland/Onerepublic (Apologize) Leona Lewis (Bleeding Love) The Underdogs (A Very Silent Night) Sean Kingston (BEautiful Girls) Fall out Boy (This Ain't A Scene) Nelly Furtado (Say It Right) Akon (Don't Matter) T-Pain and Akon (Bartender) Fergie (Big Girls Don't Cry) Beyonce and Shakira (Beautiful Liar) Atlas (Crawl) Gwen Stefani (Sweet Escape) Ne-Yo (Because Of You) Avril LAvigne (Girlfriend) Chris Brown (Kiss Kiss) Hinder (Lips of an Angel) 50 cent (Ayo Technology) Kanye West (Stronger)
I Just noticed something with Rod Stewart song Sailing... It first charted in 1975 for 11 weeks 1976 for 13 weeks then skipped one whole year came back in 1978 and charted for 14weeks
Gaaaah, J Williams and Scribe are number one this week
On a happier note, Lady GaGa takes number one on the albums chart - According to RIANZ it is her 65th week on the chart, although this includes the run of the original release - The Fame!
Is this the longest time it's taken for an album to reach number one. I thought the previous record holder was Goldenhorse's 'Riverhead', correct me if i'm wrong.
Lady Gaga has just gone to number one on the album chart. It's taken The Fame 65 weeks to peak there. So what is the record for longest climb to reach number one. I'll have the answer tomorrow Last edited:
Lady Gaga took 65 weeks to reach the top spot but that's not a record. Michael Jacksons HIStory reached number one in 1995 but it took him 66 weeks to get back there. The same thing happened for Thriller where it took 1251 weeks to get back to number one, that's May 1984 to July 2009. That's not what I'm talking about here though. One other album has beaten Gaga. Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd may have been number one when it first came out in 1973 but there was no album chart until 1975. It took them 271 weeks to finally reach number one for one week in April 1993. Last edited:
Black Eyed Peas now have the 10th longest running single (in weeks charted) in the history of the chart. Top 10 list is below
1 Blue Monday - New Order (74 weeks) 2 Always On My Mind - Tiki Taane (55 weeks) 3 Wasted Days And Wasted Night - Freddie Fender (54 weeks) 4 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do - Abba (48 weeks) 5 Strokin' - Clarence Carter (46 weeks) 6 Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (45 weeks) 7 Maybe - OpShop (42 weeks) 8 Lips Of An Angel - Hinder (41 weeks) 9 November Rain - Guns N Roses (40 weeks) 10 I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas (39 weeks) Last edited:
Kevin Rudolf debuts at number 4 in this weeks singles chart with I Made It (Cash Money Heroes). It caused me to wonder when the last single debuted at the top. The change in chart tabulation has stabilized the chart quite a bit as we haven't had a debut at number one since 2007 when Sean Kingston entered the chart with Beautiful Girls.
This weeks new number one makes an impressive 18 notch jump to the top. That's not the record though. Aaliyah holds that record with Are You That Somebody back in the days when we had a Top 50. She jumped from number 43 to the top in 1998. Inside the Top 40 Hinder jumped from 39 in 2007 to reach the top with Lips Of An Angel. I can't see anything better or matching that at a glance without going over 35 years of charts. Last edited:
Absolutely right - that's the biggest jump within the chart - Cocaine by JJ Cale made a reentry into the top forty and shot to number one but Aaliyah takes the cake.
That week saw the biggest jump in the top fifty as well with Mousse T's 'Horny' jumping from number 50 to 2.
IT's good to have a new number one, but IMO it's not that great a song. Shouldn't be at the top too long. COME ON TRAIN!!!!
Hey Tempest you are totally wrong Black Eyed Peas did not get into the top 10 History of the chart you missed one It was Four Seasons December (oh what a night) that was for 43 weeks,, that puts Black eyed peas out of the top 10 yeah yeah yeah
Great work Jason. That one I totally missed, ta for that. That now puts December 1963 from the Four Seasons at number 7 with the Peas at number 11. Incidentally, the Four Seasons charted in 1976 and 1994 with that one totaling 43 weeks.
Now this is an interesting one. A re-entry to this weeks singles chart becomes the first time a kiwi act has charted in three separate years with a considerable gap between each listing. In 1984, Patea Maori Club reached number one for four weeks with Poi E. In 2008 they were back on digital sales peaking at number 33. This week they are back again, this time at number 39.
Aussies Daddy Cool had a similar run with Eagle Rock in 1971 (number 17), 1986 (#19) and finally reaching number one in 1990. I'm sure there are a few other examples but I can't think off hand if there has ever been a kiwi act to achieve this. I'm very sure this is a first. Can anyone correct me???
Any idea what has caused this track to resurface in the top fourty. It's one of those songs that seem to always be in the itunes Top 200, often in the Top 50 as well!!! I really hope it can hit Platinum x2. It's a shame to know that songs like Sexy Bitch and TiK ToK have sold more than this classic!
Thriller did not return to the top in 2009, the re-issue with the remix album did: Thriller 25. Dark Side Of the Moon, according to EMI, never sold enough to be #1 prior to 1975. I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do, as I have said many times, charted for 68 weeks, first 48 by itself, on two separate labels: Family & RCA. The RCA release was re-promoted as a double a-side with Rock Me and charted for another 20 weeks, if there had been charts for those 7 weeks between 1976 and 1977 you would have found it at #1 for 2 weeks. Poi-E has recharted this year because of its inclusion in the NZ movie 'Boy' the Wolverines charted with a limited edition charity record. the same can be said for the Underogs. Guru Josh has been a constant, but low, seller over the many years since its original release, hence its seemingly early accreditation.
As for singles these days selling more than some classics, remember this: 1. Singles these days refer to ONE song, those days it referred to an actual physical single, which was about $3.50. In 20/30/40 years time, 95% of songs today will have been forgotten, classics like Poi-E will still be there, and selling slowly.
And this week sees the utterly bizarre occurance of an unpromoted song from several years ago finally hitting the top 40: Leave Right Now - Will Young. A classic, whether you like him or not.
i'm so happy to see will young chart it's an excellent track! i believe it was featured on american idol but i might be wrong (i don't actually watch the show). unfortunately i can't access the rianz website so can't see this weeks chart yet.
Watch the number one spot next week in the Compilation Chart. The record for most consecutive weeks at number one on this chart is 12 weeks. Now That's What I Call Music volume 32 has just reached week number 12 at the top tying with 20 Solid Gold Hits 30, Solid Gold 87,The Rhythm 5, Now 23 and Now 18 for the most consecutive weeks at number one. If the album can stay one more week, it will stand alone as the most consecutive weeks at the top. The record for total number of weeks (ie non-consecutive) is 13 set by two albums, Now That's What I Call Music volume 17 in 2005 and The Rhythm volume 5 from 1992.
For the first time in the franchise's history, Now That's What I Call Music 33 fails to debut at number one on the compilation chart. Let's Stay Together, a collection of soul and R'n'B classics, debuts at number one pushing Now 32 off the top spot and avoiding a new record for the most consecutive weeks at the top. Shame. It now ties in first place with 20 Solid Gold Hits 30, Solid Gold 87,The Rhythm 5, Now 23 and Now 18. Messy, man! Last edited:
according to radioscope the song somewhere over the rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole has been certified GOLD. Is this the first non-charting single to be certified? Pretty awesome!!
Also Poi E - Patea Maori Club has been certified Platinum x3, the last single that earned more than a Platinum x2 that I can remember is Without Me by Eminem - correct me if I'm wrong.
For the first time since 2004 seems to be the subject of this weeks chart. Enrique Iglesias lists his 11th hit single. He has been missing in the chart since 2004 when he reached number 40 with kelis and the single I'm Not In Love. In the album chart, John Denver is back with A Song’s Best Friend: The Very Best Of John Denver. This album reached number 28 back in 2004 when it last charted so this week it reaches a new peak at number 13.
For the record, the biggest gap between artist compilation album re-entries is 28 years, 8 months set by the Bee Gees with the album Greatest. Last edited:
RIANZ really needs to have a look into the rules for charting albums. At the moment the rules state: "an album must have a minimum retail price of $20.00 (inc. GST) for a single physical album and a minimum retail price of $14.95 (inc. GST) for a single digital bundle album." With the amount of cheap albums that are being sold at top retailers like the Warehouse, it is ridiculous to see albums that are still incredibly popular falling down the chart so quick. Eminem, Opshop and Bruce Springsteen still should be in the top ten but because of the chart rules, have all experienced large falls. It makes the chart look incredibly unstable and doesn't give a proper idea of what is the most popular albums right now.
KATY PERRY scores her fourth number one in New Zealand this week with TEENAGE DREAM moving from 2-1!!! LOVING IT!! This causes Taio Cruz to fall from number one, making his two week run the shortest number one of the year, a record shared with THE NAKED AND FAMOUS's YOUNG BLOOD.
Down the chart there are several big debuts. THE NAKED AND FAMOUS take out biggest debut with their second charting single, entitled PUNCHING IN A DREAM. KID CUDI, OU EST LE SWIMMING POOL and JAY SEAN/NICKI MINAJ all debut this week.
Across on the album chart, STAN WALKER debuts at number one with FROM THE INSIDE OUT, his first number one album after INTRODUCING stalled at number two behind SUSAN BOYLE! The album is certified gold straight out of the box.
ADAM LAMBERT makes a huge re-entry to the top 40 albums, re-entering at number 13, and there is a large number of albums moving down.
The album chart also sees debuts from DIXIE CHICKS (straight in at #3), THE EARLYBIRDS, GRETA BRADMAN and JIMMY BARNES, and more!
The DVD chart sees it's first new entry since 28 June with Andre Rieu's 32nd charter crashing into the top spot. The Compilation chart looks set to lose the latest NOW CD after only 10 weeks. For the record, Now 7 holds the record for the least number of weeks charted when it was in the chart for only 7 weeks back in 2000. Meanwhile, the second installment of the Great New Zealand Songbook debuts at number one. Another DAD compilation is new at number 8. There are two radio promotional CD's in the top three with a third set to debut next week. Must be promotion time. Shame as it upsets the charts. Last edited:
Katy Perry manages to hold number one for a second week on the NZ charts! It's the radio that really loves Katy, as her 'Teenage Dream' ascends to the top of the airplay chart only one week after she fell from it with California Gurls. This week she goes up five places to take the top spot, and knock off Eminem feat Rihanna.
The singles chart sees a debut at #5 for Six60 with Rise Up, a single that held number one on the iTunes chart for almost the whole week. There is also a debut from Cee-Lo Green and a re-entry by Shakira.
Disturbed's newie 'Asylum' heads straight in at number one. They have had three number one albums in the past, with all three debuting at number one. Only 'Indestructible' could spend more than one week at number one. Katy Perry's 'Teenage Dream' enters at number two, immediately beating it's predecessor 'One of the Boys'. Can it take out the number one spot??
There is quite a lot of movement in the albums charts, thanks to the re-entries as retailers bring the price of their albums back to the $20.00 value that is required to qualify it for the chart!!!
It's all happened before but this week we nearly had a first. Let me explain. The top 2 albums debuting in the same week has been happening since 29 April 1979 when Don't Walk Boogie (various artists) and Breakfast In America (Supertramp) debuted in the top 2. This week, it nearly happened twice in a row with only one chart in between them, happening on 23 August and this week. The phenomenon has been on the increase since the late 90's. For the record, the top 2 to debut happened three times in the 1970's, once in the 80's, seven times in the 90's and 18 times in the 00's. So far this decade it's happened three times. The most famous time was on 29 September when Guns N Roses took out both spots. The feelers have also been in the top 2 debut (30 August 1998 and 28 October 2001) along with Pearl Jam (8 May 2006 and 21 September 2009) and Shihad (9 May 2005 and 28 April 2008). We nearly had the top two debuting in 2001 with 14 October and 28 October registering the top two debuts. Last edited:
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