Official New Zealand Music Chart 28 March 2011

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Chartbitz:
Wednesday, March 30 2011
by Andrew Miller

Songs For Japan
In a first for the Compilations Chart, and any of the longer format surveys in fact, Songs For Japan, a 38-track collection jointly issued by Universal and Sony, goes to #1 purely on digital sales.
Currently exclusive to iTunes, the set takes the compilations penthouse suite this week. There’s a 2CD physical issue due early April with proceeds from the sales of both versions going toward the earthquake recovery in Japan.

Hawaiian Reggae Returns
Hailing from Honolulu, capital of the 50th state, Roman, Noah, Jasmine, Jordan, Warren, Ko and Luke are Kolohe Kai. The reggae act has just wrapped a six-date week-long North Island tour and in its wake their sophomore Love Town album rebounds into the chart garnering an impressive #3 placing.
Its initial one-week run was two weeks ago with a solitary week at #31 thanks to digital sales. Now the physical CD is on sale and the jump to #3 this week gives the group two simultaneously charting albums as their 2009 debut This Is The Life inches back up to #19 in its 10th week.
The band’s initial local exposure was primarily via airplay on local iwi radio stations.

The New Singles
#17 Snoop Dogg vs David Guetta - Sweat
Cali rapper + French producer = hit. Sweat, teaming Snoop Dogg and David Guetta new at #17, notches 24 hits for Snoop and eight for Guetta. Inner Circle leads the perspiration survey as their Sweat (A La La La La Long) is the sole transudation tune to top the survey, which it did for four consecutive frames in 1992.

#25 Selena Gomez & the Scene - Who Says?
Disney Diva Selena Gomez and her group The Scene drop a second hit, Who Says? new at #25. It’s from their forthcoming third album.

#39 Lupe Fiasco - The Show Goes On
In the wake of charting his #11 Lazers set (it drops out this week) American Lupe Fiasco lands his second New Zealand hit and first as lead act. The Show Goes On is in at #39. Teaming with Kanye West he reached #16 with Touch The Sky five years back.

The New Albums
#5 Green Day - Awesome As F**k
The rather modest Californian trio Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dimt and Tre Cool) total 16 hit singles and now nine hit albums here since 1994. Two sets topped the list, Dookie their first and 21st Century Breakdown their most recent two years back. The highest new album of the week at #5 this week is Awesome As F**k, their second live set among their tally. Bullet In A Bible six years ago is the other, also peaking at #5.

#6 The Strokes - Angles
After a five-year hiatus, New York band The Strokes return equaling the entry and high point of previous chart set Room On Fire, new at #6. Angles opens on top in Oz and at #3 in the UK. It gives the band four from four chart albums here since their 2001 debut. It’s rumoured that The Strokes are already set to commence recording the Angles follow-up in April.

#8 Chris Brown - F.A.M.E.
Chris Brown turns 22 in May and makes his fourth Albums Chart appearance and very first Top10 entry point at #8 with F.A.M.E (which stands for Fans Are My Everything or Forgiving All My Enemies, depending which reference you read). It peaks 32 places higher than his last album Graffiti 15 months ago. And it matches the high mark of 2007’s Exclusive with his eponymous debut the biggest thus far making #3. Singles-wise he rates six chart-toppers among his tally of 18.

#10 Shapeshifter - System Remix
Shapeshifter are one of the acts confirmed for the Free Chch Show on April 15. The acts are confirmed but the council have yet to be convinced so all that’s required is venue. In the meantime the Chch drum n bass outfit revisit their #1 The System Is A Vampire with a fifth chart entry and fourth straight Top10er at #10. Nick, Sam, P Digsss, Devin and Johny are currently taking a break prior to UK dates in May.

#14 Adam Lambert - Glam Nation Live
Being American Idol runner-up is no hurdle to Adam Lambert who scores a second hit album, Glam Nation, at #14. Previous charter #5 For Your Entertainment was around nearly a year and provided five hit singles.

#21 Panic! At The Disco - Vices And Virtues
Emo faves Panic! At The Disco end a three-year absence to log a third hit album in Vices And Virtues at #21. What was formerly a group is now a duo – only Spencer Smith and Brendon Urie remain.

#40 Shane - Full Circle
It’s a shade less than 29 years since Shane Hale last charted, Starting Out All Over Again making #39 in December 1982. Best remembered for the 1969 Loxene Gold Disc smash St Paul, the veteran local act who has never stopped gigging finally inks an Albums Chart entry at #40 with the aptly titled Full Circle.

ENDS

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