Official NZ Music Chart & Chartbitz April 4 2007

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Fat Freddy’s Century
Well no surprises, but Fat Freddy’s Drop hit the ton and celebrate their 100th consecutive week on the Official New Zealand Music Albums Chart.
Based On A True Story is just the second local album to hit triple figures, behind Bic Runga’s 101-week Beautiful Collision, both former chart-toppers and both #1 out of the box.
FFD become 20th album overall to reach the 100-week milestone.
Exactly 10% of the Drop’s chart time has been at #1, with Based On A True Story holding top spot on three different occasions.
The top possies on both the Singles and Albums lists remain securely in local hands as Atlas make it a straight month in the Singles Chart’s pole position with Crawl and Hayley makes it two from two albums-wise with Treasure.

The Rocket Man Turns 60
It was hard to miss that Elton Hercules John turned 60 last week and played a record 60th night at Madison Square Garden. The one-time Reginald Kenneth Dwight was born in Pinner, Middlesex, in March 1947 and this week gains his 33rd NZ Chart album.
Elton’s single tally is a fraction shy of his age, being an impressive 59 charting singles, of which seven titles have topped the list. And four of those grace Sir Elton’s latest album, Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits, new at #12 this week.
1971 saw Elton first perform at Western Springs and gain his first hit here, the #18 Your Song. He was a foundation member of the very first NZ Albums chart in May 1975 too, with Greatest Hits and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (which is his longest charting album at 101 weeks).
Now he’s had five #1 albums in his tally of 33, nine of which are best of compilations, including his latest. Two have even had the same title, The Very Best Of Elton John, the latter of which is EJ’s longest running #1 album (nine weeks).

Elton John’s NZ #1 Singles:
1973 - Crocodile Rock (2 weeks)
1974 - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1 week)
1975 - Philadelphia Freedom (1 week)
1976 - Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (9 weeks)
1985 - Nikita (3 weeks)
1997 - Something About The Way You Look Tonight/Candle In The Wind 1997 (6
weeks)

Elton John’s NZ #1 Albums:
1975 - Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy (5 weeks)
1982 - Jump Up (2 weeks)
1989 - Sleeping With The Past (2 weeks)
1990 - The Very Best Of Elton John (9 weeks)
1995 - Love Songs (1 week)

The New Singles
#3 Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
Five years back Canadian Avril Lavigne was fresh out of school and at #1 for nine weeks with her debut Complicated (taken from her #1 debut album Let Go). That record also yielded the #2 hit Sk8er Boi and #5 I’m With You. Her sophomore effort, Under My Skin wasn’t quite as successful, stalling at #7 three years back but now Avril’s wed to Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley and has the ‘not so difficult’ third set out in two weeks, optimistically titled Best Damn Thing. It’s off to a flying start through first single Girlfriend, which takes highest new entry honours at #3 first week and is Avril’s 7th hit. Two other Girlfriends have charted, although different songs, thanks to Michael Jackson (#49 in 1980) and Pebbles (#22 in 1988).

#39 Timbaland feat. Nelly Furtado - Give It To Me
Timbaland is usually behind the desk, but this time he’s the feature artist. The week his second solo set Presents: Shock Value hits stores, its lead track Give It To Me lands at #39 on airplay alone ahead of a retail single in a couple of weeks. It’s actually Timbaland’s third hit here following his 2003 hook-up with Magoo and Missy Elliott on the #33 Cop That Sh*t! and last year’s Nelly Furtado #1 Promiscuous. Nelly returns the favour by guesting on the Timbaland tune and gets her 8th hit single. Fellow contributor to the track, Justin Timberlake, hits double figures as his help on Give It To Me makes it his 10th charter. Both Justin and Nelly are Top 10 this week of their own accord at #5 and #9 respectively.

The New Albums
#12 Elton John - Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits
See story above.

#40 30 Seconds To Mars - A Beautiful Lie
Hollywood actor Jared Leto-led LA five-piece 30 Seconds To Mars land their first New Zealand hit album in the anchor position at #40 this week. A Beautiful Lie is the band’s sophomore set (it originally dropped overseas 18 months back in September 2005, but finally gets a release here). Their self-titled debut dates from 2002. Mainman Leto stars in the forthcoming Mark Chapman biopic Chapter 27.

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Top 40 Albums - Week To Sunday, 1 April 2007

This Last Weeks
Week Week In Title Artist Label

1 1 2 Treasure Hayley Westenra Universal
2 6 31 Loose Nelly Furtado Universal
3 5 5 Life In Cartoon Motion Mika Universal
4 4 17 Albertine Brooke Fraser SBME
5 3 8 Infinity On High Fall Out Boy Universal
6 8 46 Stadium Arcadium Red Hot Chili Peppers WEA/Warner
7 2 2 Good Morning Revival Good Charlotte SBME
8 7 29 FutureSex / LoveSounds Justin Timberlake SBME
9 10 38 Eyes Open Snow Patrol Universal
10 14 7 Van At The Movies Van Morrison EMI
11 11 10 How To Save A Life The Fray SBME
12 new 1 Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits Elton John Universal
13 9 10 Back To Black Amy Winehouse Universal
14 16 18 Extreme Behaviour Hinder Universal
15 12 35 Real Life Evermore WEA/Warner
16 18 19 Konvicted Akon Universal
17 23 2 Introducing... Joss Stone Virgin/EMI
18 13 2 All Of The Above Hillsong United Hillsong/Parachute
19 15 9 Not Too Late Norah Jones BlueNote/EMI
20 19 23 The Black Parade My Chemical Romance WEA/Warner
21 22 20 The Road To Escondido JJ Cale And Eric Clapton WEA/Warner
22 17 3 MTV Unplugged KoRn Virgin/EMI
23 21 26 Sam's Town The Killers Universal
24 20 20 Black Holes And Revelations Muse WEA/Warner
25 27 19 18 Singles U2 Universal
26 25 4 Dylanesque Bryan Ferry Virgin/EMI
27 24 100 Based On A True Story Fat Freddy's Drop TheDrop/Rhythmethod
28 33 4 Hannah Montana OST Various Disney/EMI
29 29 17 The Sweet Escape Gwen Stefani Universal
30 26 2 We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank Modest Mouse SBME
31 28 7 Daughtry Daughtry SBME
32 reentry 7 A Weekend In The City Bloc Party Wichita/Shock
33 30 21 Alright, Still Lily Allen Capitol/EMI
34 34 13 Number Ones ABBA Universal
35 reentry 23 Undiscovered James Morrison Universal
36 reentry 35 Taking The Long Way Dixie Chicks SBME
37 32 10 Don't You Fake It Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Virgin/EMI
38 37 18 Inside In / Inside Out The Kooks Virgin/EMI
39 reentry 3 West Lucinda Williams Universal
40 new 1 A Beautiful Lie 30 Seconds To Mars Virgin/EMI

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