The Irish Chart Thread 2008

[Shakyfan]

A new year and a new thread! And before the first new chart which will appear at the weekend a few links and some background information

The Irish chart is revealed online every Friday afternoon and covers sales between Friday and Thursday. Since the beginning of 2007 the main sales chart has included all physical and download sales as in the UK. The main charts are the singles chart (a Top 50), the artist albums chart (a Top 100), the compilation album chart (a Top 30) and the download-only chart (a Top 20). The first 3 of these can be found at www.irma.ie while www.chart-track.com carries the Top 50 singles, Top 75 Artist albums, Top 20 compilations and Top 20 downloads along with weekly commentaries. The weekly airplay Top 20 can be found at http://cclamp.radioandrecords.com/forma ... reland.asp

At present the first and only broadcast of the chart on radio is on Sunday afternoons. Veteran presenter Larry Gogan has a 3 hour show between 2 and 5 and the middle hour is dedicated to the new chart. It usually kicks off with tracks from the top selling compilation and artist albums, then a couple of tracks from other album entries or something from the lower end of the singles chart with the Top 10 played in order - though not necessarily in full. The show can be heard online at http://www.rte.ie/radio/liveplayer_av.h ... m_new.smil

For full archive charts from January 2000 onwards I would recommend the chart-track website as it contains all the weekly charts since then. The irma website seems to have added an archive section which can be found at http://www.irma.ie/charts_archive/overview.asp though this only seems to cover the Top 50 singles and artist albums of 2007 at present. The irma site also contains year end Top 20s for the last 5 years. Also worth checking out is www.irishcharts.ie which contains a fully searchable singles database going right back to 1962 when the first recognised chart was compiled (though there was a Top 10 published regularly from 1959). It is restricted to Top 30 hits but seems to be updated on a regular basis. This site also contains various other facts and figures and does have a certifications section though this is rather limited in content. Sales info is extremely hard to come by for Ireland and the only details that seem to appear are those mentioned from time to time in the chart-track commentary.

Many pre-2000 singles charts were posted on the UKMix forums back in 2006. Links to these and other Irish chart related topics can be found below

A Guide To The Irish Singles Charts of 2005
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
A Guide To The Irish Singles Charts of 2006
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=41605
Ireland Number Ones 1960-69
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Chart Archives - 80s
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Full searchable Irish charts database now online
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Singles Charts 1976-1977
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Charts 1979 to 1981
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Charts 1982 to 1984
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Charts 1985 to 1987
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Charts 1988 to 1990
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Charts 1991 to 1993
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Charts 1994-96
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Charts 1997 to 1999
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
How much is Platinum sales in Ireland?
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Official Irish Downloads Chart Coming...
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Ireland's Favourites of The 21st Century
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish chartruns website>>
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Chart performance of Eurovision songs
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Number One Albums 1990 to date
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Complete Listing of Ireland's number one singles 1959 - date
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Top Ten 1959-1962
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=

And not forgetting the 2007 thread which can be accessed at

http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... sc&start=0

[CZB]

Well, even before Shakyfan posts the first new charts of 2008 here later on, I must admit I'm shocked to see which two hits are suddenly rocketing back up the singles chart - one of them especially!!

[Shakyfan]

Well, even before Shakyfan posts the first new charts of 2008 here later on, I must admit I'm shocked to see which two hits are suddenly rocketing back up the singles chart - one of them especially!!

And you won't hsve to wait to Mundy to find out! Another one surprised me - could it make a journey into the Top 10?

^I doubt it. I expect they were spikes related to all the end-of-year programming in the post-Christmas days, and they will likely fall again next week. But who knows?

[Shakyfan]

Time to kick off with the first charts of 2008! Just ahead of that a look at the missing airplay chart from last week. I haven't been able to track down the full Top 20 but have been able to work out 17 of them

Top 20 Airplay
16th December - 22nd December 2007

05 01 Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York
01 02 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
02 03 Timbaland - Apologize
10 04 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
04 05 Take That - Rule The World
03 06 Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse - Valerie
15 07 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas
14 08 Wham! - Last Christmas
06 09 Sugababes - About You Now
13 10 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots

?? 11 Band Aid 20 - Do They Know It's Christmas? *
09 12 KT Tunstall - Saving My Face
08 13 Westlife - Home
18 14 Shayne Ward - Breathless
?? 15 -
?? 16 -
17 17 Alicia Keys - No-one
19 18 Rooney - When Did Your Heart Go Missing
?? 19 -
07 20 Kylie Minogue - 2 Hearts

+Presumably this should be the original version but it was listed as Band Aid 20

w.e. 3rd January
Top 50 Singles

01 01 Leon Jackson - When You Believe
05 02 Timbaland - Apologize
06 03 Soulja Boy - Crank That
09 04 Britney Spears - Piece of Me
02 05 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
14 06 Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
04 07 Shayne Ward - Breathless
10 08 Take That - Rule The World
07 09 Cascada - What Hurts The Most
20 10 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music

11 11 Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse - Valerie
08 12 Westlife - Home
41 13 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl
15 14 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots
17 15 Alicia Keys - No-one
21 16 Nickelback - Rockstar
16 17 Britney Spears - Gimme More
13 18 Sean Kingston - Me Love
03 19 Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York
18 20 Sugababes - About You Now

23 21 T2 - Heartbroken
47 22 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy
19 23 Akon - Sorry, Blame It On Me
27 24 Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
33 25 Tom Baxter - Better
24 26 Sugababes - Change
30 27 James Blunt - 1973
34 28 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & DOE - The Way I Are
39 29 Rihanna ft Jay Z - Umbrella
31 30 Kanye West - Stronger

25 31 50 Cent ft Justin Timberlake - Ayo Technology (She Wants It)
40 32 Fergie - Clumsy
46 33 Amy Winehouse - Valerie
26 34 Rihanna - Hate That I Love You
32 35 Michael Buble - Lost
43 36 Coronas - San Diego
Re 37 Mika - Grace Kelly
42 38 Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls
Re 39 Hoosiers - Goodbye Mr A
36 40 Kylie Minogue - 2 Hearts

Re 41 Kings of Leon - Fans
45 42 Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
Re 43 Kate Nash - Foundations
35 44 Kanye West ft T-Pain - Good Life
Re 45 Take That - Shine
Re 46 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone
Re 47 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
Re 48 Take That - Patience
49 49 Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere
Re 50 Tiesto - Adagio For Strings

Dropping out

12 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
22 Brendan Grace - Safe Cross Code
28 Wham - Last Christmas
29 Shayne Ward - If That's OK With You
37 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?
38 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas
44 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
48 Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year
50 Arctic Monkeys - Teddy Picker


Top 20 Downloads

02 01 Leon Jackson - When You Believe
05 02 Britney Spears - Piece of Me
04 03 Timbaland - Apologize
03 04 Soulja Boy - Crank That
10 05 Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
13 06 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
06 07 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
08 08 Take That - Rule The World
Re 09 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl
12 10 Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse - Valerie

11 11 Cascada - What Hurts The Most
14 12 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots
09 13 Shayne Ward - Breathless
16 14 Nickleback - Rockstar
15 15 Alicia Keys - No-one
17 16 Westlife - Home
01 17 Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York
Re 18 Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
18 19 Sugababes - About You Now
Ne 20 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy

Dropping out

07 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
19 Britney Spears - Gimme More
20 Wham! - Last Christmas

Top 20 Airplay
23rd December - 29th December 2007

02 01 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
03 02 Timbaland - Apologize
01 03 Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York
05 04 Take That - Rule The World
06 05 Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse - Valerie
10 06 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots
29 07 Leon Jackson - When You Believe
04 08 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
09 09 Sugababes - About You Now
24 10 Tom Baxter - Better

07 11 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas
11 12 Band Aid 20 - Do They Know It's Christmas?
17 13 Alicia Keys - No-one
20 14 Kylie Minogue - 2 Hearts
08 15 Wham! - Last Christmas
22 16 Fergie - Clumsy
13 17 Westlife - Home
12 18 KT Tunstall - Saving My Face
18 19 Rooney - When Did Your Heart Go Missing
14 20 Shayne Ward - Breathless

Top 100 Artist Albums

Ne 01 Radiohead - In Rainbows
05 02 Garth Brooks - Ultimate Hits
04 03 Westlife - Home Again
01 04 Michael Buble - Call Me Irresponsible
06 05 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
02 06 Shayne Ward - Breathless
03 07 Leona Lewis - Spirit
22 08 Cascada - Perfect Day
21 09 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
08 10 Led Zeppelin - Mothership
18 11 Britney Spears - Blackout
07 12 Andrea Bocelli - Vivere (The Best of...)
27 13 Timbaland - Shock Value
12 14 Take That - Beautiful World
31 15 Kings of Leon - Because of The Times
11 16 Whitney Houston - Ultimate Collection
15 17 Tommy Fleming - A Journey Home
25 18 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
16 19 Mickey Modelle & Celtic Pride - Irish Club Anthems
26 20 Killers - Sawdust

Re 21 Christie Hennessy - The Definitive...
45 22 Foo Fighters - Echoes Silence Patience & Grace
14 23 Bruce Springsteen - Magic
09 24 Celine Dion - Taking Chances
28 25 Alicia Keys - As I Am
56 26 Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion
10 27 Mario Rosenstock - Gift Grub 8: The G Factor
17 28 David Gray - Greatest Hits
13 29 James Blunt - All The Lost Souls
34 30 Tom Baxter - Skybound
Ne 31 Joe Dolan - Let There Be Love
33 32 Spice Girls - Greatest Hits
82 33 Nelly Furtado - Loose
94 34 Killers - Sam's Town
23 35 Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden
49 36 Justin Timberlake - Futuresex / Lovesounds
96 37 Amy MacDonald - This Is The Life
40 38 Westlife - Unbreakable: Greatest Hits Vol 1
42 39 Amy Winehouse - Frank
24 40 Van Morrison - Still On Top (Greatest Hits)

46 41 Girls Aloud - Tangled Up
50 42 Cathy Davey - Tales of Silversleeve
20 43 Tommy Makem - Legendary Collection
35 44 Kylie Minogue - X
81 45 Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
Re 46 My Chemical Romance - Black Parade
60 47 Eagles - Very Best of.....
55 48 Ashley Tisdale - Headstrong
93 49 Fergie - Dutchess
61 50 Newton Faulkner - Hand Built By Robots
75 51 Kate Nash - Made of Bricks
65 52 Mark Ronson - Version
37 53 Sugababes - Change
36 54 U2 - Joshua Tree
38 55 Pogues - Very Best of.....
72 56 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
57 57 Avril Lavigne - Best Damn Thing
78 58 Journey - Greatest Hits
Re 59 Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob
Re 60 Joe Dolan - Make Me An Island - Best of....

Re 61 Paolo Nutini - These Streets
74 62 Kanye West - Graduation
Re 63 Rihanna - A Girl Like Me
92 64 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
80 65 Oasis - Stop The Clocks
58 66 50 Cent - Curtis
Re 67 Akon - Konvicted
41 68 Eric Clapton - Complete Clapton
Re 69 Gwen Stefani - Sweet Escape
29 70 Luciano Pavarotti - Ultimate Collection
Re 71 Razorlight - Razorlight
52 72 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits
47 73 Bob Dylan - Dylan
32 74 Monaghan Mimic - Nob Nation
70 75 Enrique Iglesias - Insomniac
19 76 Paul Potts - One Chance
Re 77 Hoosiers - Trick To Life
Re 78 Lily Allen - Alright, Still......
Re 79 Muse - Black Holes & Revelations
Re 80 Joe Dolan - 32 Greatest Ever Hits

48 81 Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem - Very Best of.....
83 82 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Once (OST)
Re 83 Killers - Hot Fuss
Re 84 Green Day - American Idiot
Re 85 REM - In Time: The Best of.....
Re 86 Sigur Ros - Hvarfheim
Re 87 Jay Z - American Gangster
Re 88 Cure - Greatest Hits
30 89 Davitts - 50 Irish Rebel Anthems
Re 90 Manic Street Preachers - Forever Delayed
79 91 Snow Patrol - Final Straw
Re 92 Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High
43 93 Sonny Knowles - Very Best of.....
89 94 Dolly Parton - Very Best of.....
Re 95 U2 - Best of...(80-90)
Re 96 Editors - An End Has A Start
Re 97 Bon Jovi - Cross Road: The Best of.....
86 98 Rolling Stones - Rolled Gold
100 99 James Blunt - Back To Bedlam
66 100 Plain White T's - Every Second Counts

Dropping out

39 Josh Groban - Noel
44 Simon & Garfunkel - The Collection
51 Paddy Casey - Addicted To Company
53 Royal Showband - The Royal Showband Story
54 Ronnie Drew - Best of...
59 Traveling Wilburys - Collection
62 Liam Lawton - Song of The Celtic Soul
63 Daniel O'Donnell & Mary Duff - Together Again
64 Katie Melua - Pictures
67 Pavarotti, Carreras, Domingo - Christmas With.....
68 Toll Trolls - Toll Trolls 3
69 Sean Kingston - Sean Kingston
71 Shayne Ward - Shayne Ward
73 KT Tunstall - Drastic Fantastic
76 Katherine Jenkins - Rejoice
77 Michael Buble - Caught In The Act
84 Aslan - For Some Strange Reason
85 Billy Joel - Piano Man: Best of....
87 Beautiful South / Housemartins - Soup
88 Christie Hennessy - Platinum Collection
90 Finbar Furey - No Farewells, No Goodbyes
91 Bee Gees - Greatest
95 Tommy Fleming - Voice of Hope
97 Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire - The Legend of....
98 Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band - Live In Dublin
99 REM - Live

Top 30 Compilation Albums

01 01 Now 68
02 02 Best of MT USA
04 03 R&B Yearbook: 2007
06 04 High School Musical 2 (OST)
09 05 Clubland 12
10 06 Anthems 1991-2008
05 07 Ronan Collins Showband Hits
07 08 101 Country Hits
19 09 Put Your Hands Up! 3
08 10 Top Gear - Seriously Cool Driving Music

12 11 Larry Gogan: Pickin' The Pops
21 12 R&B: The Collection 2007
Ne 13 PS I Love You (OST)
13 14 Tom Dunne's Essential Selection Vol 1
25 15 Clubland Xtreme Hardcore 4
23 16 Jackie: The Album
Ne 17 Godskitchen Trance Anthems
15 18 Dirty Dancing (OST)
Ne 19 101 Party Hits
18 20 Legends of Irish Folk - Song For Ireland

29 21 The Annual 2008
Re 22 Tiesto: In Search of Sunrise 6
Ne 23 101 No 1s
14 24 Fanning's Fab 50 Vol 3
20 25 Best Irish Power Ballads....Ever!
Re 26 Very Best of Power Ballads
11 27 Essential Country Collection
Re 28 Paul Oakenfold: Greatest Hits & Remixes
24 29 Now That's What I Call The 80's
Re 30 High School Musical (OST)

Dropping out

03 Christmas Hits: 80 Festive Favourites
16 101 Christmas Hits
17 Now That's What I Call Christmas
22 Gerry Ryan's Christmas Collection
26 Bratz Girls
27 Very Best of Extreme Euphoria
28 Now Dance 2008
30 All Time Favourite Christmas Party Megamix


Chart Track Commentary

04/Jan/2008
Just over 10 years ago Radiohead debuted at No1 on the Irish Album Chart with ‘OK Computer’ and their next three studio albums ‘Kid A’, ‘Amnesiac’ and ‘Hail To The Thief’ all achieved the same feat. This week ‘In Rainbows’ matches the No1 chart debut of the previous four albums, despite the fact that it was available as a ‘pay as you please’ download ahead of this week’s physical release.
Garth Brooks is denied a sixth Irish No1 album by a margin of just 18 sales, climbing from No5 to No2 with ‘The Ultimate Hits’. His previous chart-topper was ‘The Life Of Chris Gaines’ back in October 1999, and prior to that his ‘Hits’ compilation spent nine weeks at the top between December 1994 and April 1995.

The first Singles Chart of the New Year sees Leon Jackson holding at the top for a third week with ‘When You Believe’, outselling nearest rival Timbaland by more than 2:1. Soulja Boy Tellem climbs for a fifth consecutive week with ‘Crank That’ up from No6 to No3, one place ahead of Britney Spears ‘Piece Of Me’ which jumps from No9 to No4. Several of last year’s top-selling downloads mount a resurgence this week, with Journey ‘Don’t Stop Believin’ up from No14 to No6, Rihanna ‘Don’t Stop The Music’ up from No20 to No10 and Mundy & Sharon Shannon ‘Galway Girl’ up from No41 to No13 – one of just three singles by Irish artists in this week’s Top 30.


Shakyfan's Commentary

Some interesting climbs on the singles chart partcularly Mundy & Sharon Shannon which climbs from 41 to equal its previous peak of 13.... on its 30th week in the Top 50. Three weeks after his death Christie Hennessy crashes back into the album chart at 21 though a similar compilation had been in the lower end of the Top 100 (at 83 and 88) over the last couple of weeks. There are 3 albums by Joe Dolan entering this week. Joe who was enjoying a number 1 single with Dustin the Turkey this time 10 years ago, died suddenly on Boxing Day.

Finally a sharp drop out of the singles chart for one of the most bizarre hits of 2007. Brendan Grace's Safe Cross Code entered at 22, climbed to 7, then 6 before dropping back to 22 last week.

[CZB]

Dropping out

12 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
22 Brendan Grace - Safe Cross Code
28 Wham - Last Christmas
29 Shayne Ward - If That's OK With You
37 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?
38 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas
44 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
48 Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year
50 Arctic Monkeys - Teddy Picker

We've lost a few old favourites - really old favourites! - this week. Their chart-runs through the mists of time:

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU - MARIAH CAREY
11 03 03 05 10 15 [1994/95] / 34 22 13 08 10 12 [2007]

THE SAFE CROSS CODE - BRENDAN GRACE 22 07 06 22

LAST CHRISTMAS - WHAM!
02 02 02 02 02 03 22 [1984/85] / 11 05 [1985] / 24 [1986] / 41 23 22 28 [2007]

IF THAT'S OK WITH YOU - SHAYNE WARD 01 01 01 01 04 05 06 07 08 11 15 22 25 29

DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? - BAND AID
S1 01 01 01 01 02 04 04 05 13 [1984/85] / 02 02 [1985] / 14 [1986] / 37 28 33 37 [2007]

DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - CHRIS REA
28 [1988] / 33 34 38 [2007]

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE - SHAKIN' STEVENS
13 06 03 [1985] / 45 29 27 44 [2007]

IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR - ANDY WILLIAMS 39 36 48

TEDDY PICKER - ARCTIC MONKEYS 32 45 50

[beatlened]

... And not one new entry in the singles chart..

Well, even before Shakyfan posts the first new charts of 2008 here later on, I must admit I'm shocked to see which two hits are suddenly rocketing back up the singles chart - one of them especially!!

And you won't hsve to wait to Mundy to find out! Another one surprised me - could it make a journey into the Top 10?

OK, let me be the first to admit how wrong I was about that....

[Shakyfan]

Well, even before Shakyfan posts the first new charts of 2008 here later on, I must admit I'm shocked to see which two hits are suddenly rocketing back up the singles chart - one of them especially!!

And you won't hsve to wait to Mundy to find out! Another one surprised me - could it make a journey into the Top 10?

OK, let me be the first to admit how wrong I was about that....

We did have the advantage of having seen the chart before posting!

^No, I was referring to them both being back in the Top 10 on yesterday's chart...

[Shakyfan]

Back again! Apologies for last weeks absence but a severe chest infection meant that I could barely get out of bed for the first half of the week, never mind turn the computer on. Anyway back to normality and 2 weeks worth of hits to catch up with starting with what should have appeared this time last week. The brand new charts will be here later today

w.e. 10th January
Top 50 Singles

04 01 Britney Spears - Piece of Me
01 02 Leon Jackson - When You Believe
46 03 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone
03 04 Soulja Boy - Crank That
06 05 Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
02 06 Timbaland - Apologize
16 07 Nickelback - Rockstar
13 08 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl
05 09 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
10 10 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music

07 11 Shayne Ward - Breathless
08 12 Take That - Rule The World
09 13 Cascada - What Hurts The Most
22 14 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy
14 15 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots
11 16 Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse - Valerie
12 17 Westlife - Home
15 18 Alicia Keys - No-one
Ne 19 Kanye West - Homecoming
17 20 Britney Spears - Gimme More

25 21 Tom Baxter - Better
18 22 Sean Kingston - Me Love
20 23 Sugababes - About You Now
21 24 T2 - Heartbroken
32 25 Fergie - Clumsy
34 26 Rihanna - Hate That I Love You
26 27 Sugababes - Change
42 28 Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
28 29 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & DOE - The Way I Are
23 30 Akon - Sorry, Blame It On Me

36 31 Coronas - San Diego
Ne 32 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar
24 33 Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
33 34 Amy Winehouse - Valerie
31 35 50 Cent ft Justin Timberlake - Ayo Technology (She Wants It)
30 36 Kanye West - Stronger
39 37 Hoosiers - Goodbye Mr A
Ne 38 Maroon 5 - Won't Go Home Without You
29 39 Rihanna ft Jay Z - Umbrella
41 40 Kings of Leon - Fans

44 41 Kanye West ft T-Pain - Good Life
27 42 James Blunt - 1973
Ne 43 Kate Nash - Pumpkin Soup
49 44 Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere
Re 45 Fray - How To Save A Life
43 46 Kate Nash - Foundations
35 47 Michael Buble - Lost
Re 48 Ida Corr vs Fedde Le Grand - Let Me Think About It
Re 49 Arctic Monkeys - Teddy Picker
Re 50 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly

Dropping out
19 Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York
37 Mika - Grace Kelly
38 Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls
40 Kylie Minogue - 2 Hearts
45 Take That - Shine
47 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
48 Take That - Patience
50 Tiesto - Adagio For Strings

Top 20 Downloads

02 01 Britney Spears - Piece of Me
04 02 Soulja Boy - Crank That
05 03 Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
Ne 04 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone
03 05 Timbaland - Apologize
01 06 Leon Jackson - When You Believe
09 07 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl
06 08 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
14 09 Nickleback - Rockstar
08 10 Take That - Rule The World

20 11 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy
Ne 12 Kanye West - Homecoming
12 13 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots
07 14 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
15 15 Alicia Keys - No-one
11 16 Cascada - What Hurts The Most
10 17 Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse - Valerie
13 18 Shayne Ward - Breathless
Re 19 Tom Baxter - Better
Re 20 Britney Spears - Gimme More

Dropping out
16 Westlife - Home
17 Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York
18 Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
19 Sugababes - About You Now

Top 20 Airplay
30th December 2007 - 5th January 2008

01 01 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
02 02 Timbaland - Apologize
05 03 Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse - Valerie
04 04 Take That - Rule The World
06 05 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots
Re 06 Rihanna - Hate That I Love You
13 07 Alicia Keys - No-one
09 08 Sugababes - About You Now
10 09 Tom Baxter - Better
?? 10 ?? - ??

07 11 Leon Jackson - When You Believe
Re 12 Maroon 5 - Won't Go Home Without You
?? 13 ?? - ??
?? 14 ?? - ??
Ne 15 Kate Nash - Pumpkin Soup
20 16 Shayne Ward - Breathless
19 17 Rooney - When Did Your Heart Go Missing
?? 18 ?? - ??
Ne 19 Britney Spears - Piece of Me
Re 20 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music

Top 100 Artist Albums

04 01 Michael Buble - Call Me Irresponsible
05 02 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
01 03 Radiohead - In Rainbows
02 04 Garth Brooks - Ultimate Hits
09 05 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
11 06 Britney Spears - Blackout
08 07 Cascada - Perfect Day
06 08 Shayne Ward - Breathless
03 09 Westlife - Home Again
07 10 Leona Lewis - Spirit
72 11 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits
10 12 Led Zeppelin - Mothership
18 13 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
12 14 Andrea Bocelli - Vivere (The Best of...)
23 15 Bruce Springsteen - Magic
14 16 Take That - Beautiful World
13 17 Timbaland - Shock Value
Re 18 Billy Joel - Piano Man: Best of....
15 19 Kings of Leon - Because of The Times
80 20 Joe Dolan - 32 Greatest Ever Hits

38 21 Westlife - Unbreakable: Greatest Hits Vol 1
16 22 Whitney Houston - Ultimate Collection
30 23 Tom Baxter - Skybound
21 24 Christie Hennessy - The Definitive...
24 25 Celine Dion - Taking Chances
20 26 Killers - Sawdust
25 27 Alicia Keys - As I Am
17 28 Tommy Fleming - A Journey Home
26 29 Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion
58 30 Journey - Greatest Hits
28 31 David Gray - Greatest Hits
19 32 Mickey Modelle & Celtic Pride - Irish Club Anthems
29 33 James Blunt - All The Lost Souls
50 34 Newton Faulkner - Hand Built By Robots
42 35 Cathy Davey - Tales of Silversleeve
31 36 Joe Dolan - Let There Be Love
22 37 Foo Fighters - Echoes Silence Patience & Grace
39 38 Amy Winehouse - Frank
40 39 Van Morrison - Still On Top (Greatest Hits)
34 40 Killers - Sam's Town

47 41 Eagles - Very Best of.....
35 42 Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden
37 43 Amy MacDonald - This Is The Life
44 44 Kylie Minogue - X
82 45 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Once (OST)
27 46 Mario Rosenstock - Gift Grub 8: The G Factor
32 47 Spice Girls - Greatest Hits
36 48 Justin Timberlake - Futuresex / Lovesounds
53 49 Sugababes - Change
45 50 Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
62 51 Kanye West - Graduation
33 52 Nelly Furtado - Loose
41 53 Girls Aloud - Tangled Up
Re 54 Shayne Ward - Shayne Ward
43 55 Tommy Makem - Legendary Collection
56 56 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Re 57 Joe Dolan - No Better Man
52 58 Mark Ronson - Version
49 59 Fergie - Dutchess
51 60 Kate Nash - Made of Bricks

Re 61 Abba - Gold
90 62 Manic Street Preachers - Forever Delayed
68 63 Eric Clapton - Complete Clapton
65 64 Oasis - Stop The Clocks
54 65 U2 - Joshua Tree
61 66 Paolo Nutini - These Streets
Re 67 Johnny Cash - 32 Original Classics
85 68 REM - In Time: The Best of.....
48 69 Ashley Tisdale - Headstrong
Re 70 Nina Simone - Very Best of.....
67 71 Akon - Konvicted
86 72 Sigur Ros - Hvarfheim
46 73 My Chemical Romance - Black Parade
73 74 Bob Dylan - Dylan
70 75 Luciano Pavarotti - Ultimate Collection
59 76 Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob
94 77 Dolly Parton - Very Best of.....
55 78 Pogues - Very Best of.....
Re 79 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend
64 80 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare

66 81 50 Cent - Curtis
95 82 U2 - Best of...(80-90)
57 83 Avril Lavigne - Best Damn Thing
75 84 Enrique Iglesias - Insomniac
98 85 Rolling Stones - Rolled Gold
76 86 Paul Potts - One Chance
91 87 Snow Patrol - Final Straw
97 88 Bon Jovi - Cross Road: The Best of.....
Re 89 Duke Special - Songs From The Deep Forest
Ne 90 Elvis Presley - Luxury Edition
Re 91 Mundy - Live & Confusion
Ne 92 Bob Marley - A Reggae Legend
Re 93 Paddy Casey - Addicted To Company
63 94 Rihanna - A Girl Like Me
Re 95 Joe Dolan - The Collection
69 96 Gwen Stefani - Sweet Escape
99 97 James Blunt - Back To Bedlam
Ne 98 Rat Pack - 40 Tracks From The Kings of Cool
Re 99 Johnny Cash - Man In Black: Definitive Collection
Re 100 U2 - Best of...(90-00)

Dropping out
60 Joe Dolan - Make Me An Island - Best of....
71 Razorlight - Razorlight
74 Monaghan Mimic - Nob Nation
77 Hoosiers - Trick To Life
78 Lily Allen - Alright, Still......
79 Muse - Black Holes & Revelations
81 Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem - Very Best of.....
83 Killers - Hot Fuss
84 Green Day - American Idiot
87 Jay Z - American Gangster
88 Cure - Greatest Hits
89 Davitts - 50 Irish Rebel Anthems
92 Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High
93 Sonny Knowles - Very Best of.....
96 Editors - An End Has A Start
100 Plain White T's - Every Second Counts

Top 30 Compilation Albums

01 01 Now 68
02 02 Best of MT USA
06 03 Anthems 1991-2008
03 04 R&B Yearbook: 2007
04 05 High School Musical 2 (OST)
05 06 Clubland 12
13 07 PS I Love You (OST)
09 08 Put Your Hands Up! 3
17 09 Godskitchen Trance Anthems
08 10 101 Country Hits

10 11 Top Gear - Seriously Cool Driving Music
11 12 Larry Gogan: Pickin' The Pops
07 13 Ronan Collins Showband Hits
18 14 Dirty Dancing (OST)
21 15 The Annual 2008
16 16 Jackie: The Album
12 17 R&B: The Collection 2007
Ne 18 Country Superstars
Ne 19 Country No 1 Hits
14 20 Tom Dunne's Essential Selection Vol 1

Ne 21 Clubbers Guide 2008
22 22 Tiesto: In Search of Sunrise 6
28 23 Paul Oakenfold: Greatest Hits & Remixes
25 24 Best Irish Power Ballads....Ever!
23 25 101 No 1s
Ne 26 Hits of The 50's
Re 27 100 Hits - 80s
20 28 Legends of Irish Folk - Song For Ireland
Ne 29 Great Rock 'n' Roll
15 30 Clubland Xtreme Hardcore 4

Dropping out
19 101 Party Hits
24 Fanning's Fab 50 Vol 3
26 Very Best of Power Ballads
27 Essential Country Collection
29 Now That's What I Call The 80's
30 High School Musical (OST)


Chart Track Commentary
Britney Hits Seven

11/Jan/2008

Nine years after her debut single ‘Baby One More Time’ stormed to the top of the Irish Singles Chart, Britney Spears lands her seventh No1 this week with ‘Piece Of Me’. Britney now ties with Madonna as the solo female artist with the most No1 singles in Ireland, but her hit-rate is more impressive: every one of her twenty singles has made the Top 10 except for 2001’s ‘Don’t Let Me Be The Last To Know’ which peaked at No12.

Sweden’s Basshunter have this week’s highest Top 40 new entry with their massive European hit ‘Now You’re Gone’ (Boten Anna) at No3 – the first release on Ministry Of Sound’s new Hard2Beat imprint. There are three other new entries in this week’s Top 40: Kanye West ‘Homecoming’ at No19, Lupe Fiasco ‘Superstar’ at No32 – Lupe’s second appearance on the Irish Chart after guesting on Kanye’s ‘Touch The Sky’ in 2006 – and finally Maroon 5 ‘Won’t Go Home Without You’ at No38.

The top of the Album Chart remains tight this week, with just a handful of sales separating the Top 3: Michael Bublé ‘Call Me Irresponsible’ back at No1, Amy Winehouse ‘Back To Black’ at No2 and Radiohead ‘In Rainbows’ at No3. Britney Spears ‘Blackout’ debuted at No1 on release back in October last year, slipped down the chart for 6 weeks, and has since then climbed for 4 consecutive weeks – up to No6 from No11 this week to mount another challenge on the summit fuelled by her No1 single.


Shakyfan's Commentary

Abba's Gold is listed as a new entry by Irma - it appears to have been reissued on a new label

Meanwhile Chart-track appear to have an added all the commentaries as far as December 04 to their website.

[CZB]

Lupe Fiasco ‘Superstar’ at No32 – Lupe’s second appearance on the Irish Chart after guesting on Kanye’s ‘Touch The Sky’ in 2006

Or even his third, if they had remembered "Daydreamin'" ( 38 - 49 in September 2006 ) !!



Despite its first appearance in the top ten, I briefly thought that "Galway Girl" wasn't going to be played in the chart hour last week, as stand-in presenter Dave Redmond played random chart hits in not quite ascending order. However, eventually it came - but not, I think, the version currently charting!

Interestingly, he also mentioned the number ones from years gone by, and played the chart-topper of [nearly] 25 years ago this week - "You Can't Hurry Love" by Phil Collins, which actually hadn't quite yet replaced Renee and Renato.......



Several l-o-o-ong chart histories among this week's eight drop-outs:

FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK - POGUES FEAT. KIRSTY MACCOLL [ 06 01 01 01 01 05 10 [1987/1988] / 21 10 17 12 12 [1991/1992] / 04 04 11 16 26 33 36 44 [2005/2006] / 30 [2007] / 50 23 08 04 03 03 19 [2007/2008]

GRACE KELLY - MIKA 09 05 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 03 03 08 09 15 16 17 21 27 32 34 32 38 XX XX XX 49 42 48 XX 49 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 37

BEAUTIFUL GIRLS - SEAN KINGSTON 08 01 01 01 01 02 04 05 06 10 13 14 18 21 27 35 35 XX 42 38

2 HEARTS - KYLIE MINOGUE 29 12 16 17 23 30 37 36 40

SHINE - TAKE THAT 34 19 20 20 02 03 06 06 07 12 16 18 22 30 27 32 39 42 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 45

BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE 49 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 33 47 XX XX XX XX XX 47

PATIENCE - TAKE THAT 12 02 02 02 02 03 03 03 03 05 07 07 14 15 18 13 16 22 26 29 29 32 43 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 48

ADAGIO FOR STRINGS - TIESTO 49 XX 48 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 31 40 XX XX XX XX 40 41 50 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 36 35 38 42 23 29 24 24 23 23 43 39 33 25 22 24 20 31 20 28 31 46 XX 45 44 38 39 44 47 45 41 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 50

[Shakyfan]

w.e. 17th January
Top 50 Singles

01 01 Britney Spears - Piece of Me
03 02 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone
04 03 Soulja Boy - Crank That
02 04 Leon Jackson - When You Believe
07 05 Nickelback - Rockstar
19 06 Kanye West - Homecoming
06 07 Timbaland - Apologize
14 08 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy
10 09 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
32 10 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar

05 11 Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
13 12 Cascada - What Hurts The Most
08 13 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl
11 14 Shayne Ward - Breathless
09 15 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
16 16 Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse - Valerie
12 17 Take That - Rule The World
15 18 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots
18 19 Alicia Keys - No-one
21 20 Tom Baxter - Better

22 21 Sean Kingston - Me Love
24 22 T2 - Heartbroken
20 23 Britney Spears - Gimme More
17 24 Westlife - Home
27 25 Sugababes - Change
Ne 26 Adele - Chasing Pavements
23 27 Sugababes - About You Now
38 28 Maroon 5 - Won't Go Home Without You
Ne 29 Alvin & The Chipmunks - Bad Day
25 30 Fergie - Clumsy

26 31 Rihanna - Hate That I Love You
39 32 Rihanna ft Jay Z - Umbrella
37 33 Hoosiers - Goodbye Mr A
Ne 34 Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead
31 35 Coronas - San Diego
Ne 36 Kylie Minogue - Wow
36 37 Kanye West - Stronger
35 38 50 Cent ft Justin Timberlake - Ayo Technology (She Wants It)
29 39 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & DOE - The Way I Are
43 40 Kate Nash - Pumpkin Soup

34 41 Amy Winehouse - Valerie
33 42 Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
28 43 Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
Ne 44 ELO - Mr Blue Sky
50 45 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly
48 46 Ida Corr vs Fedde Le Grand - Let Me Think About It
41 47 Kanye West ft T-Pain - Good Life
Ne 48 Scouting For Girls - She's So Lovely
46 49 Kate Nash - Foundations
Ne 50 Alvin & The Chipmunks - Funkytown

Dropping out
30 Akon - Sorry, Blame It On Me
40 Kings of Leon - Fans
42 James Blunt - 1973
44 Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere
45 Fray - How To Save A Life
47 Michael Buble - Lost
49 Arctic Monkeys - Teddy Picker

Top 20 Downloads

01 01 Britney Spears - Piece of Me
04 02 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone
09 03 Nickleback - Rockstar
12 04 Kanye West - Homecoming
02 05 Soulja Boy - Crank That
08 06 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
03 07 Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
11 08 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy
05 09 Timbaland - Apologize
Ne 10 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar

07 11 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl
06 12 Leon Jackson - When You Believe
16 13 Cascada - What Hurts The Most
13 14 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots
10 15 Take That - Rule The World
15 16 Alicia Keys - No-one
17 17 Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse - Valerie
14 18 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
19 19 Tom Baxter - Better
Ne 20 Adele - Chasing Pavements

Dropping out
18 Shayne Ward - Breathless
20 Britney Spears - Gimme More

Top 20 Airplay
6th - 12th January 2008

02 01 Timbaland - Apologize
01 02 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
03 03 Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse - Valerie
04 04 Take That - Rule The World
05 05 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots
19 06 Britney Spears - Piece of Me
47 07 Kanye West - Homecoming
07 08 Alicia Keys - No-one
21 09 Sugababes - Change
24 10 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy

20 11 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
15 12 Kate Nash - Pumpkin Soup
12 13 Maroon 5 - Won't Go Home Without You
06 14 Rihanna - Hate That I Love You
09 15 Tom Baxter - Better
16 16 Shayne Ward - Breathless
11 17 Leon Jackson - When You Believe
Ne 18 Kylie Minogue - Wow
17 19 Rooney - When Did Your Heart Go Missing
08 20 Sugababes - About You Now

Top 100 Artist Albums

02 01 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
05 02 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
06 03 Britney Spears - Blackout
01 04 Michael Buble - Call Me Irresponsible
03 05 Radiohead - In Rainbows
07 06 Cascada - Perfect Day
04 07 Garth Brooks - Ultimate Hits
20 08 Joe Dolan - 32 Greatest Ever Hits
13 09 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
16 10 Take That - Beautiful World
23 11 Tom Baxter - Skybound
11 12 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits
18 13 Billy Joel - Piano Man: Best of....
15 14 Bruce Springsteen - Magic
08 15 Shayne Ward - Breathless
09 16 Westlife - Home Again
17 17 Timbaland - Shock Value
12 18 Led Zeppelin - Mothership
21 19 Westlife - Unbreakable: Greatest Hits Vol 1
10 20 Leona Lewis - Spirit

19 21 Kings of Leon - Because of The Times
14 22 Andrea Bocelli - Vivere (The Best of...)
22 23 Whitney Houston - Ultimate Collection
35 24 Cathy Davey - Tales of Silversleeve
24 25 Christie Hennessy - The Definitive...
38 26 Amy Winehouse - Frank
29 27 Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion
45 28 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Once (OST)
51 29 Kanye West - Graduation
27 30 Alicia Keys - As I Am
30 31 Journey - Greatest Hits
26 32 Killers - Sawdust
33 33 James Blunt - All The Lost Souls
28 34 Tommy Fleming - A Journey Home
31 35 David Gray - Greatest Hits
25 36 Celine Dion - Taking Chances
41 37 Eagles - Very Best of.....
32 38 Mickey Modelle & Celtic Pride - Irish Club Anthems
50 39 Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
43 40 Amy MacDonald - This Is The Life

34 41 Newton Faulkner - Hand Built By Robots
37 42 Foo Fighters - Echoes Silence Patience & Grace
77 43 Dolly Parton - Very Best of.....
44 44 Kylie Minogue - X
39 45 Van Morrison - Still On Top (Greatest Hits)
40 46 Killers - Sam's Town
42 47 Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden
58 48 Mark Ronson - Version
49 49 Sugababes - Change
53 50 Girls Aloud - Tangled Up
52 51 Nelly Furtado - Loose
55 52 Tommy Makem - Legendary Collection
95 53 Joe Dolan - The Collection
59 54 Fergie - Dutchess
71 55 Akon - Konvicted
57 56 Joe Dolan - No Better Man
64 57 Oasis - Stop The Clocks
60 58 Kate Nash - Made of Bricks
47 59 Spice Girls - Greatest Hits
70 60 Nina Simone - Very Best of.....

48 61 Justin Timberlake - Futuresex / Lovesounds
63 62 Eric Clapton - Complete Clapton
68 63 REM - In Time: The Best of.....
56 64 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
66 65 Paolo Nutini - These Streets
46 66 Mario Rosenstock - Gift Grub 8: The G Factor
89 67 Duke Special - Songs From The Deep Forest
36 68 Joe Dolan - Let There Be Love
Re 69 ELO - Very Best of.....All Over The World
75 70 Luciano Pavarotti - Ultimate Collection
99 71 Johnny Cash - Man In Black: Definitive Collection
76 72 Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob
Re 73 Coronas - Heroes Or Ghosts
65 74 U2 - Joshua Tree
Re 75 Celine Dion - All The Way... A Decade of Song
97 76 James Blunt - Back To Bedlam
62 77 Manic Street Preachers - Forever Delayed
79 78 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend
78 79 Pogues - Very Best of.....
96 80 Gwen Stefani - Sweet Escape

83 81 Avril Lavigne - Best Damn Thing
81 82 50 Cent - Curtis
54 83 Shayne Ward - Shayne Ward
80 84 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
94 85 Rihanna - A Girl Like Me
Re 86 Fratellis - Costello Music
Re 87 Britney Spears - My Prerogative (Greatest Hits)
73 88 My Chemical Romance - Black Parade
Re 89 Christy Moore - Live At The Point
69 90 Ashley Tisdale - Headstrong
Re 91 Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem - Very Best of.....
Re 92 Nickelback - All The Right Reasons
Re 93 Muse - Black Holes & Revelations
Re 94 Cure - Greatest Hits
Re 95 Queen - Greatest Hits
74 96 Bob Dylan - Dylan
Re 97 Hoosiers - Trick To Life
91 98 Mundy - Live & Confusion
Re 99 Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire - The Legend of....
87 100 Snow Patrol - Final Straw

Dropping out
61 Abba - Gold
67 Johnny Cash - 32 Original Classics
72 Sigur Ros - Hvarfheim
82 U2 - Best of...(80-90)
84 Enrique Iglesias - Insomniac
85 Rolling Stones - Rolled Gold
86 Paul Potts - One Chance
88 Bon Jovi - Cross Road: The Best of.....
90 Elvis Presley - Luxury Edition
92 Bob Marley - A Reggae Legend
93 Paddy Casey - Addicted To Company
98 Rat Pack - 40 Tracks From The Kings of Cool
100 U2 - Best of...(90-00)

Top 30 Compilation Albums

01 01 Now 68
Ne 02 Big Tunes 2008
13 03 Ronan Collins Showband Hits
03 04 Anthems 1991-2008
02 05 Best of MT USA
07 06 PS I Love You (OST)
05 07 High School Musical 2 (OST)
21 08 Clubbers Guide 2008
06 09 Clubland 12
14 10 Dirty Dancing (OST)

09 11 Godskitchen Trance Anthems
04 12 R&B Yearbook: 2007
10 13 101 Country Hits
08 14 Put Your Hands Up! 3
11 15 Top Gear - Seriously Cool Driving Music
12 16 Larry Gogan: Pickin' The Pops
17 17 R&B: The Collection 2007
27 18 100 Hits - 80s
Ne 19 Irish Favourites
23 20 Paul Oakenfold: Greatest Hits & Remixes

18 21 Country Superstars
28 22 Legends of Irish Folk - Song For Ireland
20 23 Tom Dunne's Essential Selection Vol 1
Ne 24 Jukebox Hits
22 25 Tiesto: In Search of Sunrise 6
Re 26 Radio 1's Live Lounge Vol 2
16 27 Jackie: The Album
24 28 Best Irish Power Ballads....Ever!
15 29 The Annual 2008
19 30 Country No 1 Hits

Dropping out
25 101 No 1s
26 Hits of The 50's
29 Great Rock 'n' Roll
30 Clubland Xtreme Hardcore 4


Chart Track Commentary

Amy Takes The Slow Road To No1

18/Jan/2008

It’s taken her 15 months, but Amy Winehouse finally claims the No1 spot on the Irish Album Chart this week with ‘Back To Black’, which was released back in November 2006. After a relatively slow start, the album entered the Top 20 in the first week of 2007 and remained in the Top 30 for the entire year – and was the second best selling album of 2007 in Ireland (behind Leona Lewis ‘Spirit’).
In an all-female Top 3, Rihanna climbs from No5 to No2 with ‘Good Girl Gone Bad’, another of last year’s top-sellers which debuted at No3 on release in June 2006, rose to No1 for one week and has resided in the Top 30 ever since. In third place, Britney Spears’ ‘Blackout’ climbs from No6 to return to the Top 3 after a nine week break, having debuted at No1 on release in November. A month after his death on Boxing Day, Joe Dolan’s ’32 Greatest Ever Hits’ climbs 12 places from No20 to No8 - one of four Joe Dolan albums in this week’s Top 75 – and three places ahead of another fast mover: Tom Baxter’s ‘Skybound’, up from No23 to No11.

Britney Spears takes a second week at No1 on the Singles Chart with ‘Piece Of Me’, ahead of Basshunter’s ‘Now You’re Gone’ and Soulja Boy Tellem’s ‘Crank That’, both climbing one place from last week. Kanye West (feat. Chris Martin) leaps from No19 to No6 with ‘Homecoming’, still only selling on downloads with the physical release scheduled in two weeks. Mika’s ‘Relax, Take It Easy’ is the second newcomer to this week’s Top 10, up from No14 last week – his fifth single in 12 months and the third to make the Irish Top 10. After debuting at No32 last week on downloads, Lupe Fiasco is this week’s highest climber, up 22 places to No10 with ‘Superstar’


Shakyfan's Commentary

Well the chart continues to throw up unexpected entries - this week its the turn of ELO with Mr Blue Sky which makes its chart debut. Previous hits for the band in Ireland are:

Title: EVIL WOMAN Date of entry: 19.02.1976 Highest Placement: 10 Weeks in the Charts: 4
Title: LIVING THING Date of entry: 10.12.1976 Highest Placement: 6 Weeks in the Charts: 11
Title: WILD WEST HERO (RE 1) Date of entry: 22.06.1978 Highest Placement: 9 Weeks in the Charts: 4
Title: SWEET TALKING WOMAN Date of entry: 12.10.1978 Highest Placement: 6 Weeks in the Charts: 6
Title: ELO (EP) Date of entry: 11.01.1979 Highest Placement: 15 Weeks in the Charts: 1
Title: SHINE A LITTLE LOVE Date of entry: 31.05.1979 Highest Placement: 4 Weeks in the Charts: 6
Title: THE DIARY OF HORACE WHIMP Date of entry: 29.07.1979 Highest Placement: 10 Weeks in the Charts: 6
Title: DON'T BRING ME DOWN Date of entry: 09.09.1979 Highest Placement: 6 Weeks in the Charts: 6
Title: CONFUSION / LAST TRAIN TO LONDON Date of entry: 18.11.1979 Highest Placement: 9 Weeks in the Charts: 9
Title: I'M ALIVE Date of entry: 22.06.1980 Highest Placement: 10 Weeks in the Charts: 6
Title: ALL OVER THE WORLD Date of entry: 30.08.1980 Highest Placement: 12 Weeks in the Charts: 4
Title: DON'T WALK AWAY Date of entry: 30.11.1980 Highest Placement: 7 Weeks in the Charts: 5
Title: HOLD ON TIGHT Date of entry: 09.08.1981 Highest Placement: 3 Weeks in the Charts: 8
Title: TWILIGHT Date of entry: 25.10.1981 Highest Placement: 18 Weeks in the Charts: 4
Title: ROCK 'N' ROLL IS KING Date of entry: 19.06.1983 Highest Placement: 4 Weeks in the Charts: 6
Title: SECRET MESSAGES Date of entry: 04.09.1983 Highest Placement: 14 Weeks in the Charts: 2
Title: HERE IS THE NEWS / TICKET TO THE MOON Date of entry: 17.01.1986 Highest Placement: 17 Weeks in the Charts: 5
Title: CALLING AMERICA Date of entry: 27.02.1986 Highest Placement: 16 Weeks in the Charts: 5


Over on the album chart Amy Winehouse takes her time as Back To Black finally hits the top on its 64th week in the Top 100.. Full chart run is 26 26 42 57 49 55 57 38 33 16 4 3 4 6 9 10 8 10 13 16 18 21 19 21 23 22 18 16 12 13 11 15 16 14 5 9 16 22 14 10 9 8 6 6 5 7 7 5 6 6 5 4 7 6 10 9 9 8 9 8 6 5 2 1

Number 1 this week

Single: Britney Spears - Piece of Me (2nd week)
Download: Britney Spears - Piece of Me (2nd week)
Airplay: Timbaland - Apolgize (1st week)
Artist Album: Amy Winehouse - Back To Black (1st week)
Compilation Album: Now 68 (9th week)

[beatlened]

I've often wondered if ELO's omission from the Irish Charts for the period after Living Thing up to Wild West Hero was just an error on the part of the book compilers. As I don't have the charts I can't say for sure but I would've thought that Telephone Line and Mr Blue Sky should've charted as they were played to death on the Radio. Turn To Stone possibly also

And Wild West Hero actually re-entered twice. on 22/6/78 it entered for 2 weeks and made #16. It re-entered the first time on 27/7/78 at #9 for 1 week and it's final week was on 24/8/78 at number 14.

[Shakyfan]

I'm quite surprised by how many of those ELO hits I know. I did listen to them quite a bit in the early 90s when they made the news after our local council decided to ban them from playing at the local football ground after accusing them of being satanists!

[CZB]

I've often wondered if ELO's omission from the Irish Charts for the period after Living Thing up to Wild West Hero was just an error on the part of the book compilers. As I don't have the charts I can't say for sure but I would've thought that Telephone Line and Mr Blue Sky should've charted as they were played to death on the Radio.

I've wondered too just how many hits went missing from the book - not only from the strike period of 1980 - and thought about researching this in terms of whether the oorrect total number of hits per week are accounted for. Now that "Mr Blue Sky" has hit the chart for possibly the first time, I've just attempted such an exercise very briefly, and only on paper, without noting specific titles/artists, to see whether there appears to have been room for it in the Irish charts for any of the weeks in which it was doing well in the UK - February and March 1978.

Although there might be one or two gaps in the charts dated 23 February and 2 March, it looks as if the charts of the last four weeks of March are full. The last one, 30 March 1978, for example, seems to have had three new entries, five hits in their second week, four in their third, two in their fourth, one in its fifth, two in their sixth, one in its seventh, and two in their tenth week - making 20 altogether.

So, while I can't be certain about the earlier weeks, I think I'm fairly sure now that "Mr Blue Sky" could not have been in the Irish charts in the last four weeks of March 1978.

If anyone has the data for this period in a format enabling a similar exercise for the earlier part of 1978 to be carried out more easily/accurately, perhaps we could reach a similar conclusion (or otherwise) for those weeks too!

[Shakyfan]

Do we know why Mr Blue Sky has entered this week?

[beatlened]

As far as I know it's used in a TV ad for Guinness

^Correct!

Watch

[CZB]

w.e. 17th January
Top 50 Singles

Dropping out
30 Akon - Sorry, Blame It On Me
40 Kings of Leon - Fans
42 James Blunt - 1973
44 Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere
45 Fray - How To Save A Life
47 Michael Buble - Lost
49 Arctic Monkeys - Teddy Picker

The full chart runs for this week's dropouts:



SORRY, BLAME IT ON ME - AKON 24 10 11 21 19 14 17 12 9 9 11 12 14 17 17 19 23 30

FANS - KINGS OF LEON 50 19 13 18 14 16 17 20 19 21 21 22 31 32 29 39 50 XX XX XX XX 47 XX XX XX XX 41 40

1973 - JAMES BLUNT 28 5 6 6 7 8 10 15 15 19 23 39 XX XX 24 31 41 30 27 42

RADIO NOWHERE - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 27 24 30 42 42 48 XX XX 39 44 XX XX 49 49 44

HOW TO SAVE A LIFE - FRAY 45 20 11 9 3 2 3 2 1 2 2 5 6 9 12 14 16 16 15 23 25 33 25 30 34 36 39 42 XX XX XX 40 50 49 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 45

LOST - MICHAEL BUBLÉ 24 30 32 35 47

TEDDY PICKER - ARCTIC MONKEYS 32 45 50 XX 49

w.e. 17th January
Top 50 Singles

Ne 29 Alvin & The Chipmunks - Bad Day
Ne 34 Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead
Ne 48 Scouting For Girls - She's So Lovely
Ne 50 Alvin & The Chipmunks - Funkytown

And among the acts replacing them in the new chart, two acts achieve their first two hits at the same time!! I don't think that's ever happened before.......

[Shakyfan]

Slightly late as I was ill again at the weekend

w.e. 24th January

Top 50 Singles

02 01 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone
01 02 Britney Spears - Piece of Me
05 03 Nickelback - Rockstar
03 04 Soulja Boy - Crank That
06 05 Kanye West - Homecoming
10 06 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar
26 07 Adele - Chasing Pavements
04 08 Leon Jackson - When You Believe
08 09 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy
07 10 Timbaland - Apologize

09 11 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
20 12 Tom Baxter - Better
12 13 Cascada - What Hurts The Most
13 14 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl
11 15 Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
16 16 Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse - Valerie
15 17 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
17 18 Take That - Rule The World
18 19 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots
19 20 Alicia Keys - No-one

14 21 Shayne Ward - Breathless
45 22 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly
36 23 Kylie Minogue - Wow
22 24 T2 - Heartbroken
34 25 Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead
25 26 Sugababes - Change
23 27 Britney Spears - Gimme More
35 28 Coronas - San Diego
21 29 Sean Kingston - Me Love
29 30 Alvin & The Chipmunks - Bad Day

33 31 Hoosiers - Goodbye Mr A
Ne 32 Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place
31 33 Rihanna - Hate That I Love You
27 34 Sugababes - About You Now
24 35 Westlife - Home
32 36 Rihanna ft Jay Z - Umbrella
44 37 ELO - Mr Blue Sky
37 38 Kanye West - Stronger
38 39 50 Cent ft Justin Timberlake - Ayo Technology (She Wants It)
40 40 Kate Nash - Pumpkin Soup

42 41 Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
48 42 Scouting For Girls - She's So Lovely
30 43 Fergie - Clumsy
Re 44 Mika - Happy Ending
28 45 Maroon 5 - Won't Go Home Without You
49 46 Kate Nash - Foundations
43 47 Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
41 48 Amy Winehouse - Valerie
Re 49 Green Day - Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)
Re 50 James Blunt - 1973

Dropping out
39 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & DOE - The Way I Are
46 Ida Corr vs Fedde Le Grand - Let Me Think About It
47 Kanye West ft T-Pain - Good Life
50 Alvin & The Chipmunks - Funkytown

Top 20 Downloads

03 01 Nickleback - Rockstar
04 02 Kanye West - Homecoming
02 03 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone
01 04 Britney Spears - Piece of Me
10 05 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar
05 06 Soulja Boy - Crank That
20 07 Adele - Chasing Pavements
08 08 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy
06 09 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
19 10 Tom Baxter - Better

09 11 Timbaland - Apologize
11 12 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl
07 13 Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
15 14 Take That - Rule The World
17 15 Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse - Valerie
16 16 Alicia Keys - No-one
12 17 Leon Jackson - When You Believe
Ne 18 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly
Ne 19 Kylie Minogue - Wow
14 20 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots

Dropping out
13 Cascada - What Hurts The Most
18 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love

Top 20 Airplay
13th - 19th January 2008

01 01 Timbaland - Apologize
05 02 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots
04 03 Take That - Rule The World
02 04 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
06 05 Britney Spears - Piece of Me
18 06 Kylie Minogue - Wow
09 07 Sugababes - Change
03 08 Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse - Valerie
07 09 Kanye West - Homecoming
10 10 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy

11 11 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
08 12 Alicia Keys - No-one
27 13 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar
62 14 Adele - Chasing Pavements
13 15 Maroon 5 - Won't Go Home Without You
22 16 KT Tunstall - Saving My Face
15 17 Tom Baxter - Better
23 18 Nickelback - Rockstar
14 19 Rihanna - Hate That I Love You
12 20 Kate Nash - Pumpkin Soup

Dropping out
16 Shayne Ward - Breathless
17 Leon Jackson - When You Believe
19 Rooney - When Did Your Heart Go Missing
20 Sugababes - About You Now

Top 100 Artist Albums

02 01 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
01 02 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
03 03 Britney Spears - Blackout
11 04 Tom Baxter - Skybound
04 05 Michael Buble - Call Me Irresponsible
06 06 Cascada - Perfect Day
07 07 Garth Brooks - Ultimate Hits
19 08 Westlife - Unbreakable: Greatest Hits Vol 1
05 09 Radiohead - In Rainbows
09 10 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand

08 11 Joe Dolan - 32 Greatest Ever Hits
10 12 Take That - Beautiful World
27 13 Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion
13 14 Billy Joel - Piano Man: Best of....
28 15 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Once (OST)
17 16 Timbaland - Shock Value
40 17 Amy MacDonald - This Is The Life
24 18 Cathy Davey - Tales of Silversleeve
Ne 19 Joe Dolan - Greatest Hits
18 20 Led Zeppelin - Mothership

14 21 Bruce Springsteen - Magic
20 22 Leona Lewis - Spirit
22 23 Andrea Bocelli - Vivere (The Best of...)
Ne 24 Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
16 25 Westlife - Home Again
15 26 Shayne Ward - Breathless
21 27 Kings of Leon - Because of The Times
26 28 Amy Winehouse - Frank
30 29 Alicia Keys - As I Am
75 30 Celine Dion - All The Way... A Decade of Song

12 31 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits
92 32 Nickelback - All The Right Reasons
29 33 Kanye West - Graduation
41 34 Newton Faulkner - Hand Built By Robots
23 35 Whitney Houston - Ultimate Collection
25 36 Christie Hennessy - The Definitive...
Ne 37 British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
Re 38 Take That - Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection
53 39 Joe Dolan - The Collection
33 40 James Blunt - All The Lost Souls

37 41 Eagles - Very Best of.....
32 42 Killers - Sawdust
43 43 Dolly Parton - Very Best of.....
34 44 Tommy Fleming - A Journey Home
31 45 Journey - Greatest Hits
44 46 Kylie Minogue - X
39 47 Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
36 48 Celine Dion - Taking Chances
57 49 Oasis - Stop The Clocks
35 50 David Gray - Greatest Hits

51 51 Nelly Furtado - Loose
46 52 Killers - Sam's Town
38 53 Mickey Modelle & Celtic Pride - Irish Club Anthems
45 54 Van Morrison - Still On Top (Greatest Hits)
48 55 Mark Ronson - Version
55 56 Akon - Konvicted
Ne 57 Eels - Meet The Eels (Essential Eels 96-06)
47 58 Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden
60 59 Nina Simone - Very Best of.....
54 60 Fergie - Dutchess

42 61 Foo Fighters - Echoes Silence Patience & Grace
58 62 Kate Nash - Made of Bricks
50 63 Girls Aloud - Tangled Up
49 64 Sugababes - Change
61 65 Justin Timberlake - Futuresex / Lovesounds
72 66 Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob
73 67 Coronas - Heroes Or Ghosts
97 68 Hoosiers - Trick To Life
76 69 James Blunt - Back To Bedlam
85 70 Rihanna - A Girl Like Me

52 71 Tommy Makem - Legendary Collection
56 72 Joe Dolan - No Better Man
62 73 Eric Clapton - Complete Clapton
69 74 ELO - Very Best of.....All Over The World
82 75 50 Cent - Curtis
98 76 Mundy - Live & Confusion
63 77 REM - In Time: The Best of.....
74 78 U2 - Joshua Tree
Re 79 Radiohead - OK Computer
Ne 80 Roy Orbison - Very Best of.....

95 81 Queen - Greatest Hits
70 82 Luciano Pavarotti - Ultimate Collection
87 83 Britney Spears - My Prerogative (Greatest Hits)
81 84 Avril Lavigne - Best Damn Thing
64 85 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Re 86 Faithless - Forever Faithless (Greatest Hits)
65 87 Paolo Nutini - These Streets
100 88 Snow Patrol - Final Straw
Re 89 Razorlight - Razorlight
Re 90 Katherine Jenkins - Rejoice

67 91 Duke Special - Songs From The Deep Forest
Re 92 Rolling Stones - Rolled Gold +
71 93 Johnny Cash - Man In Black: Definitive Collection
59 94 Spice Girls - Greatest Hits
Re 95 Clash - Singles
78 96 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend
Re 97 U2 - Best of...(80-90)
Re 98 Enrique Iglesias - Insomniac
96 99 Bob Dylan - Dylan
84 100 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare

Dropping out
66 Mario Rosenstock - Gift Grub 8: The G Factor
68 Joe Dolan - Let There Be Love
77 Manic Street Preachers - Forever Delayed
79 Pogues - Very Best of.....
80 Gwen Stefani - Sweet Escape
83 Shayne Ward - Shayne Ward
86 Fratellis - Costello Music
88 My Chemical Romance - Black Parade
89 Christy Moore - Live At The Point
90 Ashley Tisdale - Headstrong
91 Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem - Very Best of.....
93 Muse - Black Holes & Revelations
94 Cure - Greatest Hits
99 Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire - The Legend of....

Top 30 Compilation Albums

01 01 Now 68
02 02 Big Tunes 2008
04 03 Anthems 1991-2008
06 04 PS I Love You (OST)
Ne 05 Power of Love
05 06 Best of MT USA
10 07 Dirty Dancing (OST)
07 08 High School Musical 2 (OST)
08 09 Clubbers Guide 2008
03 10 Ronan Collins Showband Hits

09 11 Clubland 12
11 12 Godskitchen Trance Anthems
12 13 R&B Yearbook: 2007
14 14 Put Your Hands Up! 3
15 15 Top Gear - Seriously Cool Driving Music
13 16 101 Country Hits
Re 17 Bodyguard (OST)
Ne 18 Step Up (OST)
Ne 19 The Rush
Re 20 Ronan Collins Collection - Showband Hits

Ne 21 WWE - Raw 15th Anniversary
16 22 Larry Gogan: Pickin' The Pops
27 23 Jackie: The Album
Re 24 Footloose (OST)
25 25 Tiesto: In Search of Sunrise 6
20 26 Paul Oakenfold: Greatest Hits & Remixes
22 27 Legends of Irish Folk - Song For Ireland
29 28 The Annual 2008
Re 29 1916 Easter Rising: 90th Anniversary
Ne 30 Songbird 2008

Dropping out
17 R&B: The Collection 2007
18 100 Hits - 80s
19 Irish Favourites
21 Country Superstars
23 Tom Dunne's Essential Selection Vol 1
24 Jukebox Hits
26 Radio 1's Live Lounge Vol 2
28 Best Irish Power Ballads....Ever!
30 Country No 1 Hits

Chart Track Commentary

Now Basshunter’s Gone To No1

25/Jan/2008

Swedish musician & DJ Basshunter climbs from No2 to take this week’s top spot on the Singles Chart with ‘Now You’re Gone’ (feat. DJ Mental Theo’s Bazzheadz) - the first dance record to make No1 since Cascada’s ‘Everytime We Touch’ in October 2006.

Britney’s ‘Piece Of Me’ falls to No2 after two weeks on top, ahead of Nickelback’s ‘Rockstar’ which climbs to No3 after ten weeks in the Top 40 – and is this week’s top-selling download. Hotly-tipped newcomer Adele has this week’s highest climber with ‘Chasing Pavements’ up 19 places from No26 to No7 as physical sales kick in.

Last week’s Top 2 albums swap positions this week, with Rihanna returning to the top with ‘Good Girl Gone Bad’ after a 28 week break. Amy Winehouse’s ‘Back To Black’ slips from No1 to No2, ahead of Britney’s ‘Blackout’ - a non-mover at No3. Tom Baxter continues to leap up the chart with ‘Skybound’, up from No11 to No4 this week after climbing 12 places the previous week. There are two new entries in this week’s Top 30: Joe Dolan’s ‘Greatest Hits’ at No19 (joining his ‘32 Greatest Ever Hits’ in the Top 20) and Lupe Fiasco’s second album ‘The Cool’ at No24 – a huge improvement on the No81 peak for his debut album ‘Food & Liquor’ in October 2006.

Shakyfan's Commentary

On it's 34th week in the Top 100 Rihanna's Good Girl Gone Bad returns for a 2nd week at number 1 in the album chart, 29 weeks after its previous short spell at the top. Its full run is as follows: 3 2 3 2 1 2 3 4 4 4 5 4 3 6 9 9 9 9 10 7 5 9 10 17 19 18 18 22 24 21 9 5 2 1

Meanwhile ELO get a 2nd week in the singles chart thanks to the use of Mr Blue Sky in a Guinness commercial

Number 1 this week

Single: Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone (1st week)
Download: Nickleback - Rockstar (1st week)
Airplay: Timbaland - Apolgize (2nd week)
Artist Album: Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad (1st week)
Compilation Album: Now 68 (10th week)

[CZB]

w.e. 24th January

Top 50 Singles

Dropping out
39 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & DOE - The Way I Are
46 Ida Corr vs Fedde Le Grand - Let Me Think About It
47 Kanye West ft T-Pain - Good Life
50 Alvin & The Chipmunks - Funkytown

Their full chart runs:

THE WAY I ARE - TIMBALAND FEAT. KERI HILSON & D.O.E. 27 10 6 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 5 6 7 7 7 12 15 17 21 20 24 32 40 40 34 28 29 39

LET ME THINK ABOUT IT - IDA CORR VS FEDDE LE GRAND 15 10 8 10 14 18 21 23 25 33 XX XX 48 46

GOOD LIFE - KANYE WEST FEAT. TPAIN 43 50 35 38 29 43 40 24 24 31 32 33 XX XX 35 44 41 47

FUNKYTOWN - ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS 50

w.e. 24th January

Top 50 Singles

02 01 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone

Swedish musician & DJ Basshunter climbs from No2 to take this week’s top spot on the Singles Chart with ‘Now You’re Gone’ (feat. DJ Mental Theo’s Bazzheadz) - the first dance record to make No1 since Cascada’s ‘Everytime We Touch’ in October 2006.

And could that be the first Swedish act to reach number one in Ireland since Abba with "One Of Us" at the end of the 1981 amd beginning of 1982?

[CZB]

.......or even since Europe - "The Final Countdown" (1986) !

Still over 20 years ago - although some other Swedish acts have more recently hit number one in the UK.

[Shakyfan]

w.e. 31st January

Top 50 Singles

01 01 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone
03 02 Nickelback - Rockstar
02 03 Britney Spears - Piece of Me
06 04 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar
04 05 Soulja Boy - Crank That
05 06 Kanye West - Homecoming
07 07 Adele - Chasing Pavements
09 08 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy
22 09 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly
12 10 Tom Baxter - Better

11 11 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
10 12 Timbaland - Apologize
08 13 Leon Jackson - When You Believe
13 14 Cascada - What Hurts The Most
30 15 Alvin & The Chipmunks - Bad Day
15 16 Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
16 17 Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse - Valerie
14 18 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl
19 19 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots
23 20 Kylie Minogue - Wow

25 21 Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead
17 22 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
Ne 23 Kelly Rowland - Work
20 24 Alicia Keys - No-one
18 25 Take That - Rule The World
28 26 Coronas - San Diego
21 27 Shayne Ward - Breathless
24 28 T2 - Heartbroken
Ne 29 Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor
34 30 Sugababes - About You Now

37 31 ELO - Mr Blue Sky
41 32 Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
36 33 Rihanna ft Jay Z - Umbrella
27 34 Britney Spears - Gimme More
26 35 Sugababes - Change
29 36 Sean Kingston - Me Love
38 37 Kanye West - Stronger
42 38 Scouting For Girls - She's So Lovely
35 39 Westlife - Home
31 40 Hoosiers - Goodbye Mr A

44 41 Mika - Happy Ending
43 42 Fergie - Clumsy
Ne 43 Robyn - Be Mine
46 44 Kate Nash - Foundations
49 45 Green Day - Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)
Re 46 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
40 47 Kate Nash - Pumpkin Soup
39 48 50 Cent ft Justin Timberlake - Ayo Technology (She Wants It)
50 49 James Blunt - 1973
Re 50 Kanye West ft T-Pain - Good Life

Dropping out
32 Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place
33 Rihanna - Hate That I Love You
45 Maroon 5 - Won't Go Home Without You
47 Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
48 Amy Winehouse - Valerie

Top 20 Downloads

01 01 Nickleback - Rockstar
03 02 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone
02 03 Kanye West - Homecoming
05 04 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar
04 05 Britney Spears - Piece of Me
07 06 Adele - Chasing Pavements
06 07 Soulja Boy - Crank That
08 08 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy
18 09 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly
10 10 Tom Baxter - Better

09 11 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
Ne 12 Alvin & The Chipmunks - Bad Day
13 13 Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
11 14 Timbaland - Apologize
12 15 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl
19 16 Kylie Minogue - Wow
Ne 17 Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead
15 18 Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse - Valerie
16 19 Alicia Keys - No-one
20 20 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots

Dropping out
14 Take That - Rule The World
17 Leon Jackson - When You Believe

Top 20 Airplay
20th - 26th January 2008

06 01 Kylie Minogue - Wow
02 02 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots
01 03 Timbaland - Apologize
09 04 Kanye West - Homecoming
03 05 Take That - Rule The World
05 06 Britney Spears - Piece of Me
13 07 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar
76 08 Duffy - Mercy
10 09 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy
11 10 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music

14 11 Adele - Chasing Pavements
08 12 Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse - Valerie
07 13 Sugababes - Change
04 14 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
12 15 Alicia Keys - No-one
18 16 Nickelback - Rockstar
17 17 Tom Baxter - Better
16 18 KT Tunstall - Saving My Face
20 19 Kate Nash - Pumpkin Soup
25 20 Feeling - I Thought It Was Over

Dropping out
15 Maroon 5 - Won't Go Home Without You
19 Rihanna - Hate That I Love You

Top 100 Artist Albums

04 01 Tom Baxter - Skybound
02 02 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
Ne 03 Adele - 19
01 04 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
15 05 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Once (OST)
03 06 Britney Spears - Blackout
05 07 Michael Buble - Call Me Irresponsible
06 08 Cascada - Perfect Day
08 09 Westlife - Unbreakable: Greatest Hits Vol 1
Ne 10 Bullet For My Valentine - Scream Aim Fire

13 11 Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion
07 12 Garth Brooks - Ultimate Hits
11 13 Joe Dolan - 32 Greatest Ever Hits
10 14 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
32 15 Nickelback - All The Right Reasons
09 16 Radiohead - In Rainbows
17 17 Amy MacDonald - This Is The Life
90 18 Katherine Jenkins - Rejoice
12 19 Take That - Beautiful World
30 20 Celine Dion - All The Way... A Decade of Song

16 21 Timbaland - Shock Value
28 22 Amy Winehouse - Frank
21 23 Bruce Springsteen - Magic
22 24 Leona Lewis - Spirit
18 25 Cathy Davey - Tales of Silversleeve
20 26 Led Zeppelin - Mothership
27 27 Kings of Leon - Because of The Times
23 28 Andrea Bocelli - Vivere (The Best of...)
33 29 Kanye West - Graduation
29 30 Alicia Keys - As I Am

26 31 Shayne Ward - Breathless
35 32 Whitney Houston - Ultimate Collection
24 33 Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
25 34 Westlife - Home Again
Ne 35 Cat Power - Jukebox
40 36 James Blunt - All The Lost Souls
45 37 Journey - Greatest Hits
38 38 Take That - Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection
Ne 39 Scouting For Girls - Scouting For Girls
34 40 Newton Faulkner - Hand Built By Robots

31 41 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits
36 42 Christie Hennessy - The Definitive...
46 43 Kylie Minogue - X
42 44 Killers - Sawdust
47 45 Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
48 46 Celine Dion - Taking Chances
41 47 Eagles - Very Best of.....
43 48 Dolly Parton - Very Best of.....
14 49 Billy Joel - Piano Man: Best of....
59 50 Nina Simone - Very Best of.....

69 51 James Blunt - Back To Bedlam
44 52 Tommy Fleming - A Journey Home
50 53 David Gray - Greatest Hits
49 54 Oasis - Stop The Clocks
61 55 Foo Fighters - Echoes Silence Patience & Grace
51 56 Nelly Furtado - Loose
Ne 57 Mars Volta - Bedlam In Goliath
Re 58 Shayne Ward - Shayne Ward
39 59 Joe Dolan - The Collection
62 60 Kate Nash - Made of Bricks

54 61 Van Morrison - Still On Top (Greatest Hits)
58 62 Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden
Ne 63 Fureys & Davey Arthur - 30 Years On
57 64 Eels - Meet The Eels (Essential Eels 96-06)
60 65 Fergie - Dutchess
52 66 Killers - Sam's Town
64 67 Sugababes - Change
82 68 Luciano Pavarotti - Ultimate Collection
37 69 British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?
65 70 Justin Timberlake - Futuresex / Lovesounds

55 71 Mark Ronson - Version
19 72 Joe Dolan - Greatest Hits
73 73 Eric Clapton - Complete Clapton
56 74 Akon - Konvicted
Ne 75 KD Lang - Watershed
Ne 76 30 Seconds To Mars - A Beautiful Lie
Re 77 Christy Moore - Live At The Point
63 78 Girls Aloud - Tangled Up
53 79 Mickey Modelle & Celtic Pride - Irish Club Anthems
67 80 Coronas - Heroes Or Ghosts

75 81 50 Cent - Curtis
70 82 Rihanna - A Girl Like Me
84 83 Avril Lavigne - Best Damn Thing
68 84 Hoosiers - Trick To Life
89 85 Razorlight - Razorlight
Re 86 Abba - Gold
74 87 ELO - Very Best of.....All Over The World
79 88 Radiohead - OK Computer
78 89 U2 - Joshua Tree

100 90 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
71 91 Tommy Makem - Legendary Collection
Re 92 Michael Buble - Michael Buble
97 93 U2 - Best of...(80-90)
77 94 REM - In Time: The Best of.....
99 95 Bob Dylan - Dylan
Re 96 Michael Buble - It's Time
Re 97 Pogues - Very Best of.....
98 98 Enrique Iglesias - Insomniac
Ne 99 Black Mountain - In The Future
80 100 Roy Orbison - Very Best of.....

Dropping out
66 Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob
72 Joe Dolan - No Better Man
76 Mundy - Live & Confusion
81 Queen - Greatest Hits
83 Britney Spears - My Prerogative (Greatest Hits)
85 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
86 Faithless - Forever Faithless (Greatest Hits)
87 Paolo Nutini - These Streets
88 Snow Patrol - Final Straw
91 Duke Special - Songs From The Deep Forest
92 Rolling Stones - Rolled Gold +
93 Johnny Cash - Man In Black: Definitive Collection
94 Spice Girls - Greatest Hits
95 Clash - Singles
96 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend

Top 30 Compilation Albums

01 01 Now 68
02 02 Big Tunes 2008
Ne 03 R&B Lovesongs 2008
03 04 Anthems 1991-2008
04 05 PS I Love You (OST)
06 06 Best of MT USA
07 07 Dirty Dancing (OST)
05 08 Power of Love
Ne 09 Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet St. (OST)
08 10 High School Musical 2 (OST)

09 11 Clubbers Guide 2008
12 12 Godskitchen Trance Anthems
Ne 13 Later With Jools Holland Live
19 14 The Rush
11 15 Clubland 12
21 16 WWE - Raw 15th Anniversary
10 17 Ronan Collins Showband Hits
17 18 Bodyguard (OST)
16 19 101 Country Hits
15 20 Top Gear - Seriously Cool Driving Music

14 21 Put Your Hands Up! 3
13 22 R&B Yearbook: 2007
Re 23 Irish Favourites [Galaxy Music]
27 24 Legends of Irish Folk - Song For Ireland
Ne 25 Juno (OST)
23 26 Jackie: The Album
Re 27 Chick Flicks: The Collection
26 28 Paul Oakenfold: Greatest Hits & Remixes
Ne 29 No 1 Dance Hits Album 3
18 30 Step Up (OST)

Dropping out
20 Ronan Collins Collection - Showband Hits
22 Larry Gogan: Pickin' The Pops
24 Footloose (OST)
25 Tiesto: In Search of Sunrise 6
28 The Annual 2008
29 1916 Easter Rising: 90th Anniversary
30 Songbird 2008

Chart Track Commentary

The Sky’s The Limit

English singer-songwriter Tom Baxter climbs from No4 to the top of this week’s Album Chart with his second album ‘Skybound’, the follow-up to ‘Feather & Stone’ which debuted and peaked at No45 on release back in August 2004. After splitting with Sony in 2007, Tom recorded ‘Skybound’ independently for his own Sylvan label, before it was picked up by Charisma/EMI and released 3 months ago.

Amy Winehouse narrowly misses out on a return to No1 with ‘Back To Black’, holding at No2 ahead of this week’s highest new entry, sometimes described as ‘The New Amy Winehouse’ - Adele at No3 with her debut album ‘19’. There’s one other new entry in this week’s Top10 from Welsh rockers Bullet For My Valentine with their second album ‘Scream Aim Fire’ at No10, their first appearance in this chart, with their debut album 2005’s ‘The Poison’ failing to yet breach the Top 75.

DJ Basshunter has a second week at No1 on the Singles Chart with ‘Now You’re Gone’ (feat. DJ Mental Theo’s Bazzheadz), ahead of Nickelback’s ‘Rockstar’ which climbs to No2, their best showing on the chart since ‘How You Remind Me’ spent five weeks at No1 in Spring 2002. Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová leap from No22 to No9 with the Oscar-nominated ‘Falling Slowly’, from their soundtrack to the film ‘Once’. In the same week that his album makes it to No1, Tom Baxter gets his first Top 10 single in Ireland with ‘Better’, climbing from No12 to No10.


Shakyfan's Commentary

Recent UK no 1 albums are falling way short in Ireland - Amy McDonald hangs on at 17 this week while Scouting For Girls finally make their debut at 39. Amy may well climb next week with her first Irish dates coming up - she's in Belfast on Monday (4th) and then Dublin the following night. Kathyrn Jenkins gets a huge climb, no doubt helped by an appearance on last week's Late Late Show

Number 1 this week

Single: Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone (2nd week)
Download: Nickleback - Rockstar (2nd week)
Airplay: Kylie Minogue - Wow (1st week)
Artist Album: Tom Baxter - Skybound (1st week)
Compilation Album: Now 68 (11th week)

[CZB]

The sluggish start to the new year continues, with few new entries, and many, many long runners continuing to pile on the weeks....... Perhaps January's charts have been this way at times in the past, but maybe not to this extent!

w.e. 31st January
Dropping out
32 Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place
33 Rihanna - Hate That I Love You
45 Maroon 5 - Won't Go Home Without You
47 Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
48 Amy Winehouse - Valerie

Their full chart-runs:


JIGSAW FALLING INTO PLACE - RADIOHEAD 32

HATE THAT I LOVE YOU - RIHANNA 44 22 21 26 25 13 14 15 19 25 32 26 34 26 31 33

WON'T GO HOME WITHOUT YOU - MAROON 5 38 28 45

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN - LED ZEPPELIN 27 24 30 39 41 39 45 42 28 43 47

VALERIE - AMY WINEHOUSE 46 XX XX XX XX XX XX 46 33 34 41 48



A good show today - a track from the album and compilation chart-toppers, a new entry (Hot Chip), and the whole of the top ten.