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Official New Zealand Music Chart June 1, 2005

Wednesday, 1 June 2005, 2:32 pm
Press Release: Official New Zealand Music Chart

Official New Zealand Music Chart - Wednesday, June 1, 2005

Chartbitz: Wednesday, June 1, 2005
by Andrew Miller

Top Of The Tunes

What do monkeys, 48May, frogs, crocodiles, cellphones, Bart, Archie, the feelers and cartoons have in common?

Let's begin with monkeys, or more specifically, that higher form of primate, Gorillas. Make that Gorillaz... the virtual cartoon band comprising Noodle, Murdoc, 2-D and Russell who inhabit the virtual world of www.gorillaz.com .

This week its sophomore set Demon Days debuts at #8 here (it's #1 in the UK and #2 in Aussie), while the set's first single, Feel Good Inc ( featuring De La Soul), lies at #76 on the RadioScope 100. The group's first album yielded a #1 single in 19/2000 in 2002...

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Which brings us to other virtual (read that as cartoon) hit-makers - Schnappi. The German cartoon croc peaked at #2 just two weeks ago and is back up to #2 this week.

Now those Germans are at it again! Crazy Frog, a ten-second ringtone, has topped the UK Singles chart. German telecom company Jamster picked up the rights to Crazy Frog, a viral flash animation and ringtone, and found it was so popular that German producers the Bass Bumpers were brought in to create a proper "song" out of it.

They put the ringtone over Axel F (a #5 hit in 1985 for German keyboardist Harold Faltermeyer from the Eddie Murphy movie Beverley Hills Cop 2). Featuring in ads for Jamster, the track is the UK's #1 this week albeit one that you either love or hate!

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None of the above was the first cartoon act to hit the charts in New Zealand, however. Archie, Betty, Veronica, Reggie and Jughead got to #10 in 1970 as The Archies with Jingle Jangle (surprisingly Sugar Sugar, a US #1, didn't chart here!)

And this is where Bart comes in... The Simpsons provided us with our first animated #1, Do The Bartman, which was top of the stack for three weeks in 1991. And to prove it was no fluke, the follow-up, Deep Deep Trouble, peaked at #10. The Simpsons Sing The Blues album got as high as #2.

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Which is where the link between 48May and the feelers comes in. That link is Greg Haver, the Welsh producer and regular visitor to these shores, who co-wrote and produced The Ten Commandments Of Bart from The Simpsons' The Yellow Album. He also produced 48May's Top 20 hit Leather & Tattoos, as well as the feelers' current top 10 album Playground Battle.

Phew!

Audioslave's Return From Exile

#1 straight out of the box, Audioslave's Out Of Exile betters the #13 start of the group's self-titled debut set from December 2002. Three years between releases seems to have worked in Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Brad Wilk and Tim Commerford's favour. They also debut at #3 in Australia and at #5 in the old country.

The set's lead single Be Yourself is #14 on the RadioScope 100 this week, #39 on the Singles Chart and has already been to #1 on the RadioScope Rock Chart.

Elvis Sightings

Twenty-eight years after his death and there's another Elvis album... and, in keeping with the times, a DVD as well.

Elvis By The Presleys is the 'authorised' collection (ie. compiled with help from the family) and is the King's story as told from the inside by former wife Priscilla and his only child, Lisa-Marie.

The broadcast version played on TV One last Saturday night, while the DVD version is a four-hour set about the private Elvis. It debuts at #9 on the DVD chart, becoming his third appearance on that list after the Aloha From Hawaii and Comeback Special sets. Then there's the accompanying two-CD soundtrack that includes four 'new' tracks and marks the first time Elvis has ever hit the Heatseekers list.

The New Singles

Black Eyed Peas reign supreme for a second week atop a reasonably quiet Singles chart. Coldplay makes the biggest leap of the week from #35 to #16 (the only double-digit climb of the week).

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#33 Cydel - Luv Is

Otara Auckland duo David Letoa and Saipele Nili, aka Cydel, prove independent distribution and promotion is no deterrent to having a hit. Cydel's first hit is the self-composed Luv Is (which also features Emmanuel Ensink on keyboards and Eric Niu on guitar). It's on the new Groovehouse label distributed by indie King Music - whose last hit was Fast Crew's I Got (which got to #4 here and is currently #23 in Oz).

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#38 Jennifer Lopez feat. Fat Joe - Hold You Down

J-Lo follows her recent Top 10 hit Get Right with the second cut lifted from Rebirth. This time she teams up with Fat Joe and Hold You Down is new in at #38. Joe's no stranger to Jenny, having helped out on her debut album.

New Albums

A very strong week sales-wise, with all Top 4 albums #1 contenders (and more than likely would have been in a slower sales period), with stronger yet to come as a big battle looms in the next two weeks between the new Coldplay and Black Eyed Peas albums, followed a week later by Dave Dobbyn.

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#1 Audioslave - Out Of Exile

See story above.

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#8 Gorillaz - Demon Days

See story above.

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#35 Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up

South African-born, New York-raised Dave Matthews and his band (Leroi Moore, Boyd Tinsley, Stefan Lessard and Carter Beauford) place their former US #1 album into our chart at #35 in its first week. The band's first New Zealand-charting set, Crash, reached #37 in 1996.

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#39 Mariah Carey - The Emancipation Of Mimi

Mariah's 10th studio album finally cracks the Top 40 after seven weeks in the Heatseekers Chart. It's a former US #1 seller and spawns this week's US #1 single We Belong Together, her 16th chart-topper in her homeland.

Mariah has scored two #1 albums here, 1992's MTV Unplugged and 1995's Daydream. On the singles side there are half a dozen that have made the top, including her debut hit Vision Of Love (1990).

CHARTS FOLLOW

Top 40 Albums - Week To Sunday, 29 May 2005

This Last Weeks
Week Week In Title Artist Label NZ Catalogue Cert

1 new 1 Out Of Exile Audioslave Universal 9881563 plat x1
2 1 2 Mezmerize System Of A Down SBME 5190002000 plat x1
3 3 12 Trouble Akon Universal 9860500 plat x2
4 2 4 Based On A True Story Fat Freddy's Drop TheDrop/Rhythmethod * DRP006 plat x1
5 5 11 Il Divo Il Divo SBME 82876676542 plat x1
6 4 13 In Between Dreams Jack Johnson Universal 9880033/9880397 plat x2
7 7 25 Love, Angel, Music, Baby Gwen Stefani Universal 2103175 plat x1
8 new 1 Demon Days Gorillaz Capitol/EMI 3116882
9 9 36 Playground Battle: Bonus Edition the feelers WEA/Warner * 5046776882 plat x2
10 6 10 The Sound Inside Breaks Co-Op Capitol/EMI * 8733512 plat x1
11 12 12 The Massacre 50 Cent Universal 2103885/9880390 plat x1
12 13 53 Songs About Jane Maroon 5 SBME 82876632302 plat x5
13 11 8 Out Of The Moon Goldenhorse Siren/EMI * 8734592 gold x1
14 8 4 Love Is The New Hate Shihad WEA/Warner * 5046781282 plat x1
15 14 17 The Documentary The Game Universal 9864143 plat x1
16 18 9 Breakaway Kelly Clarkson SBME 82876645092 gold x1
17 10 2 Pegasus The Phoenix Foundation FMR * 338462
18 16 35 American Idiot Green Day WEA/Warner 9362487772 plat x4
19 17 7 Moonshine Savage DawnRaid/Universal * 99713 gold x1
20 19 21 Hot Fuss The Killers Universal 9863027 plat x1
21 23 2 Magic Time Van Morrison Universal 9871265
22 24 16 Schmack! Tour Edition Steriogram Capitol/EMI * 3120912 plat x1
23 25 20 On The Sun The Black Seeds Capitol/EMI * 5983062 plat x1
24 22 5 Beautiful Soul Jesse McCartney Hollywood/FMR 2061624702
25 20 5 Devils And Dust Bruce Springsteen SBME 5200002000
26 21 12 It's Time Michael Buble WEA/Warner 9362489962 plat x1
27 15 16 Amore Musica Russell Watson Universal 4756294 plat x1
28 26 5 Something To Be Rob Thomas WEA/Warner 7567934352 gold x1
29 28 3 Make Believe Weezer Universal 9882061
30 33 8 Goodies Ciara SBME 82876628192
31 32 52 Revival: Bonus Disc Katchafire Mai/Shock * KCDLP001 plat x2
32 29 4 With Teeth Nine Inch Nails Universal 9881439
33 36 18 Destiny Fulfilled Destiny's Child SBME 5179162000 gold x1
34 40 2 Forever Faithless Faithless SBME 82876684322
35 new 1 Stand Up Dave Matthews Band SBME 82876703042
36 35 10 The Sound Of White Missy Higgins Virgin/EMI 8662822 gold x1
37 34 30 Donavon Frankenreiter Donavon Frankenreiter Universal 9862249 plat x1
38 reentry 73 Riverhead Goldenhorse Siren/EMI * 4735262 plat x3
39 new 1 The Emancipation Of Mimi Mariah Carey Universal 9881118
40 30 4 The Mighty Rearranger Robert Plant Shock SANDP356