IMNZ Charts to 18 October

IMNZ Indepentdent Charts

Week to 18 October 2009 www.indies.co.nz

New this week on the album charts is Maisey Rika with her album 'Tohu', Delgirl make an impact with their album 'Porchlight'and some of New Zealand's iconic musicians have contributed a song each to the 'Merry Christmas Baby'fundraising for Plunket CD. All proceeds from the CD go back to Plunket in your community.

We also have new entries on the airplay charts with Dawnraids - Frisko featuring Aaradhna at number 6 with 'Music (Makes the World go Round)'and at number 10, Breaking Wreckwordz'- Tyson Tyler featuring Pieter T with 'Braggin'Rights'.

Top 20 Albums

This Week | Last Week | Weeks In | Title | Artist | Label / Distributor
1 | 1 | 21 | Dr Boondigga And The Big BW | Fat Freddy's Drop | /Rhythm/DRM
2 | - | 2 | The Crowd | Nathan King | Hum
3 | 4 | 7 | Black, Brown And White | Tahuna Breaks | /Rhythm/DRM
4 | 2 | 25 | The Weekend: Deluxe Edition | Smashproof | MTC
5 | - | 1 | Tohu | Maisey Rika | /Border/DRM
6 | 3 | 7 | A Story | Fly My Pretties | /Border
7 | - | 11 | Right Here | Boh Runga | CRS
8 | 6 | 9 | Standing In The Rain | Opensouls | /Rhythm/DRM
9 | - | 1 | Porchlight | Delgirl | /Dunedinmusic.com
10 | 5 | 25 | Get It Together | Sola Rosa | /Rhythm/DRM
11 | 10 | 2 | Magnetic | Miriam Clancy | DesertRoad/Rhythm/DRM
12 | 13 | 12 | Localize It | Sweet And Irie | DawnRaid
13 | 8 | 25 | KORA | KORA | KORA/Border/DRM
14 | - | 24 | Keep Rising | House Of Shem | LocalMusic
15 | - | 1 | Merry Christmas Baby | Various | /Rhythm/DRM
16 | 12 | 13 | Find Me Before I Die A Lonely Death Dot Com | Minuit | Tardus
17 | 19 | 25 | Based On A True Story | Fat Freddy's Drop | /Rhythm/DRM
18 | 9 | 15 | Flux | Tiki Taane | DirtyDub/Rhythm/DRM
19 | - | 18 | Alice By The Moon | The Checks | /Rhythm/DRM
20 | - | 22 | Past, Present, Future | Tiki Taane | DirtyDub/Rhythm/DRM

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Top 10 Singles

This Week | Last Week | Weeks In | Title | Artist | Label / Distributor
1 | 2 | 13 | Ordinary Life | Smashproof | MTC
2 | 3 | 10 | Downtime | Kidz In Space | MTC
3 | 5 | 3 | The Dreaming EP | Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra | /Rhythm/DRM
4 | 1 | 25 | Brother | Smashproof feat Gin | MTC
5 | 7 | 4 | I Love The Islands | Savage feat. Rock City | DawnRaid
6 | 6 | 3 | Hurt Feelings | Flight Of The Conchords | /Rhythm
7 | 4 | 25 | Always On My Mind | Tiki Taane | DirtyDub/Rhythm/DRM
8 | 9 | 22 | My House | Kids Of 88 | /DRM
9 | - | 1 | Love Will Find A Way EP | Lydia Cole | CRS/Rhythm/DRM
10 | 8 | 2 | Turn Around | Sola Rosa feat. Iva Lamkum | /Rhythm/DRM

IMNZ WORKSHOP - Music, Marketing and Promotion - 17th NOVEMBER 9am to 4pm

Raise your profile within the music sector by attending this workshop that will review and explore promotional skills, publicity plans, and more; all supported by real world examples. Course contents include targeting specific markets, branding, sponsorship, media strategy and more. This workshop is completely free and is brought to you by WHK, NZTE and IMNZ. Please contact WHK Business Growth if you are interested in attending enterprisetraining@WHKBusinessgrowth.com or Damian at IMNZ damian@nzmusic.org.nz / 09 376 0115

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Top 10 Airplay

This Week | Last Week | Weeks In | Title | Artist | Label / Distributor
1 | 9 | 2 | Bury Me | Nathan King | Hum
2 | 1 | 7 | Downtime | Kidz In Space | MTC
3 | 2 | 25 | Always On My Mind | Tiki Taane | DirtyDub/Rhythm/DRM
4 | 3 | 10 | Ordinary Life | Smashproof | MTC
5 | 6 | 23 | Evelyn | Boh Runga | CRS
6 | - | 1 | Music (Makes The World Go Round) | Frisko feat. Aaradhna | DawnRaid
7 | 8 | 3 | Hurt Feelings | Flight Of The Conchords | /Rhythm
8 | 4 | 20 | My House | Kids Of 88 | /DRM
9 | 7 | 5 | Jenny | Sweet And Irie | DawnRaid
10 | - | 1 | Braggin'Rights | Tyson Tyler feat. Pieter T | Breakin Wreckwordz

International and Industry Action

NZ On Air and the NZ Music Commission mounted a huge New Zealand music showcase at the annual US radio music fest CMJ in New York last night. Featured IMNZ member artists included David Dallas, Smashproof, Surf City, Kidz in Space... Read more...

Also, the latest NZ on Air funding decisions have been announced.. Read more...

New Release Fanfare

Flight of the Conchords have created 13 best-selling ringtones entitled 'I told you I was freaky'. Their rhymes are fearless, their thesauruses dog-earred. Only cool, confident specimens of manhood such as these could drop three-dollar vocabulary busters like 'dungarees'and 'pantaloons'while still mesmerizing the ladies with their undulating 'Sugalumps'.. Read more...

Dawn of Azazel's new album 'Relentless'is a crushing slab of pure extreme metal viciosness and vice; balsting rhythms fusing seamlessly with barraging break passages and dark dissonant grooves, under pinning violent, angular riffs and vocals that scream of lewdness and lasciviousness... Read more...

On the live front

Critically-acclaimed singer songwriter Jan Hellriegel is back with an achingly honest and sublimely beautiful album 'All grown up'. Jan and her band will perform tonight in Auckland at the Civic, The Edge from 7pm... Read more...

Left or Right continue their album release tour throughout NZ and will be at the Royal Hotel in Timaru Friday 23rd, at the Dux de Lux in Christchurch Saturday 24th and at the Wunderbar in Lyttelton on Sunday the 25th... Read more...

Round the World

Facebook later this week will launch a new content gifting service that will allow members to, among other things, buy and give digital music tracks to their friends. The music element will be powered exclusively by Lala, according to the company... Read more..

Google Inc is partnering with the major multinational music labels to launch a new feaure to make it easier for music fans to discover, sample and buy songs on the search engine. Although all four major labels are involved in the discussions there is no word if there are intentions to include the independent sector... Read more...

All data is compiled by www.radioscope.co.nz To be eligible for the charts the release has to be by a NZ artist or Artist residing in NZ; and the master recording needs to be owned by a NZ Record Label or company that is an IMNZ member.

IMNZ is the trade association for Independent New Zealand record labels and distributors. Our core objectives are to advocate the values and interests of our members, aid their development and knowledge and provide collective group benefits to the NZ independent music sector. Our 70 plus members release the majority of all kiwi music and we want to tell you about them. GO BUY NZ MUSIC!

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