Paul Hyett
2005-01-23 20:23:25 UTC
Where to start?!
Singles
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Coming from well behind on mid-weeks (#4 in fact), Ciara claims the #1
spot.
No hat-trick for Elvis, as 'A Fool Such As I' enters at #2. He snares an
unwanted record though, as the song it replaced, 'One Night' suffers the
biggest ever fall from the top - #1 to #20, beating the previous record
of 1-12 by Harry Belafonte in early 1958. 'Jailhouse Rock' also dropped
out of the top 40 from #10, one of the biggest dropouts ever.
A colossal fall from #2 at well, as MSP beat their own 2 month old
record by dropping to #26.
Elsewhere on the new entry front, for only the 2nd time ever the entire
top 6 are new - the others being :
#3 Chemical Brothers, #4 Athlete, #5 Feeder, and #6, the drop-dead-
gorgeous Lucie Silvas! :)
One further NE in the top 10 : #9 Stonebridge.
Lower down, there are NE's for: Ian Brown #15, The Others #21, Soulwax
#27, Mercury Rev #28, Roots Manuva #33, Rachel McFarlane #36 & Mooney
Suzuki #38.
Despite there being 14 NE's, three records managed to climb : Uniting
Nations up 1 to #8 - its 5th climb in 9 weeks, Green Day up 2 to #11,
and Jay-Z/Linkin Park up 3 to #14, equalling its highest position.
Finally, Eric Prydz spends his 19th (and surely last) week in the top
40, at #40.
Albums
------
Little change here - Killers still #1, and the rest of the top 5 remain
exactly the same. too.
There was some action lower down though - significant climbs for :
Damien Rice - up 16 to #8 (no idea why), Gwen Stefani - up 8 to #10, and
massive climbs for Lucie Silvas up 43 to #16, and especially Thirteen
Senses 'Invitation' - up 186 places to #14 (though technically it was a
re-issue).
Next Week
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Singles
-------
I expect next weeks #1 to be the Tsunami charity record 'Grief Never
Grows Old' by the One World Project.
The best of the new releases IMO are : Ashanti, Ashlee Simpson,
Commander Tom, Hanson & Lovefreekz - all of which should get a top 10
placing, along with the next Elvis re-release.
Lower down, I can see : Freefaller, Houston, Lemon Jelly, Mylo, Phixx &
X-Zibit.
At least the flood of opportunistic rock singles seems to be abating.
Albums
------
Given the weak overall sales, and on their past performance, the
Chemical Brothers might well enter at #1, and Mercury Rev, Rooster &
Erasure should be competing for high placings too. Hopefully Lucie can
climb into the top 10 as well.
Singles
-------
Coming from well behind on mid-weeks (#4 in fact), Ciara claims the #1
spot.
No hat-trick for Elvis, as 'A Fool Such As I' enters at #2. He snares an
unwanted record though, as the song it replaced, 'One Night' suffers the
biggest ever fall from the top - #1 to #20, beating the previous record
of 1-12 by Harry Belafonte in early 1958. 'Jailhouse Rock' also dropped
out of the top 40 from #10, one of the biggest dropouts ever.
A colossal fall from #2 at well, as MSP beat their own 2 month old
record by dropping to #26.
Elsewhere on the new entry front, for only the 2nd time ever the entire
top 6 are new - the others being :
#3 Chemical Brothers, #4 Athlete, #5 Feeder, and #6, the drop-dead-
gorgeous Lucie Silvas! :)
One further NE in the top 10 : #9 Stonebridge.
Lower down, there are NE's for: Ian Brown #15, The Others #21, Soulwax
#27, Mercury Rev #28, Roots Manuva #33, Rachel McFarlane #36 & Mooney
Suzuki #38.
Despite there being 14 NE's, three records managed to climb : Uniting
Nations up 1 to #8 - its 5th climb in 9 weeks, Green Day up 2 to #11,
and Jay-Z/Linkin Park up 3 to #14, equalling its highest position.
Finally, Eric Prydz spends his 19th (and surely last) week in the top
40, at #40.
Albums
------
Little change here - Killers still #1, and the rest of the top 5 remain
exactly the same. too.
There was some action lower down though - significant climbs for :
Damien Rice - up 16 to #8 (no idea why), Gwen Stefani - up 8 to #10, and
massive climbs for Lucie Silvas up 43 to #16, and especially Thirteen
Senses 'Invitation' - up 186 places to #14 (though technically it was a
re-issue).
Next Week
---------
Singles
-------
I expect next weeks #1 to be the Tsunami charity record 'Grief Never
Grows Old' by the One World Project.
The best of the new releases IMO are : Ashanti, Ashlee Simpson,
Commander Tom, Hanson & Lovefreekz - all of which should get a top 10
placing, along with the next Elvis re-release.
Lower down, I can see : Freefaller, Houston, Lemon Jelly, Mylo, Phixx &
X-Zibit.
At least the flood of opportunistic rock singles seems to be abating.
Albums
------
Given the weak overall sales, and on their past performance, the
Chemical Brothers might well enter at #1, and Mercury Rev, Rooster &
Erasure should be competing for high placings too. Hopefully Lucie can
climb into the top 10 as well.
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Paul 'US Sitcom Fan' Hyett
Paul 'US Sitcom Fan' Hyett