Official NZ Music Chart & Chartbitz Jan. 10 2007

Chartbitz:

From E To A
Who would have thought that in this day and age ABBA would topple Eminem to gain the biggest selling album honours in the country?
They have and the Swedes gain their fourth New Zealand Albums Chart-topper – their first in 29 years – with the hits compile Number Ones.
It’s their second hits collection to top the survey here, the first being The Best Of ABBA in 1976.
Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid ‘Frida’ Lyngstad haven’t recorded together since the early ‘80s but that hasn’t stopped them racking up two chart entries in the 21st Century (2002’s #9 The Definitive Collection and now the #1 Number Ones).
The new release is ABBA’s 16th chart album in total.
Singles wise they’ve had a half dozen #1s amongst their 23 local hits. The first was Waterloo (#3 in 1974), and the most recent a reissue of Dancing Queen (#14 in 1992.).

ABBA’s New Zealand #1s:
Albums:
1976 – The Best Of ABBA (18 weeks at #1)
1976 – Arrival (5 weeks)
1978 – ABBA: The Album (5 weeks)
2007 – Number Ones (1 week so far)

Singles:
1975 – I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (1 week)
1975 – SOS (1 week)
1976 – Fernando (9 weeks)
1976 – Dancing Queen (4 weeks)
1976 – Money, Money, Money (1 week)
1979 – Chiquitita (1 week)

Akon Top
Akon’s collaboration with Eminem jumps two spots this week to claim the top Singles slot despite having previously peaked at #2, then dropped out of the Top 10 before reversing its decline three weeks ago.
Smack That becomes Akon’s third chart-topping single, while Eminem racks up his fourth.
Originally from Senegal and growing up in New Jersey, Alioune Thiam (aka Akon) first charted here two years back in January 2005 with the P-Money #23 collaboration Keep On Calling. Akon’s had an even half dozen hits here, half of which have gone all the way to #1. Last time out he teamed with Jamaican Beenie Man for the #38 Girls.
Eminem has had 16 chart appearances since his 1999 #4 debut My Name Is and four of those, including Smack That, have topped the ton.
One thing Mr Mathers is yet to achieve is a debut at #1. His highest entry point to date has been #5, a feat he’s repeated twice with My Name Is and When I’m Gone.
Akon achieved the #1 debut out of the box with Savage on Moonshine in April 2005.

Eminem’s New Zealand #1 Singles
2002 – Without Me (7 weeks)
2002 – Lose Yourself (4 weeks)
2004 – Just Lose It (5 weeks)
2007 – Smack That (1 week so far)

Akon’s New Zealand #1 Singles
2005 – Moonshine (7 weeks)
2005 – Lonely (5 weeks)
2007 - Smack That (1 week so far)

Evermore Riding High In Aussie
It’s a very good start to 2007 in Australia for expat Fielding brothers Peter, John and Dann Hume who as Evermore see their fourth Aussie hit single Light Surrounding Me rebound to #3, its highest position in its 12th week on the ARIA Charts.
Their sophomore album Real Life, from which the single is lifted, also moves back up to #13 from #24 last week. The brothers’ chart career began here with the 2003 #23 Oil & Water EP.

The New Singles
#38 2Pac featuring TI and Ashanti - Pac’s Life
Tupac Shakur was 25 when he died of gunshot wounds 11 years ago. This week the late rapper racks up his fourth hit here in the 21st Century. This week’s only new entry is a collaboration with TI and Ashanti, following on from last year’s #3 collaboration Ghetto Gospel with Elton John. 2Pac’s first hit was Dear Mama #4 in May 1995 and had a five-week chart-topper, California Love, a year later with Dr Dre.

The New Albums
#1 ABBA – Number Ones
See story above.

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Top 40 Albums - Week To Sunday, 7 January 2007

This Last Weeks
Week Week In Title Artist Label

1 new 1 Number Ones ABBA Universal
2 2 7 18 Singles U2 Universal
3 3 5 Albertine Brooke Fraser SBME
4 1 5 Eminem Presents The Re-Up Eminem Universal
5 6 5 Boned! 12th Man EMI
6 4 7 The Love Album Westlife SBME
7 5 11 The Black Parade My Chemical Romance WEA/Warner
8 8 34 Stadium Arcadium Red Hot Chili Peppers WEA/Warner
9 9 26 Eyes Open Snow Patrol Universal
10 10 17 FutureSex / LoveSounds Justin Timberlake SBME
11 7 6 Siempre Il Divo SBME
12 14 8 The Road To Escondido JJ Cale And Eric Clapton WEA/Warner
13 12 8 One World the feelers WEA/Warner
14 33 2 Happy Feet OST Various WEA/Warner
15 25 88 Based On A True Story Fat Freddy's Drop TheDrop/Rhythmethod
16 21 14 Sam's Town The Killers Universal
17 22 15 Undiscovered James Morrison Universal
18 16 14 Still The Same: Great Rock Classics Rod Stewart SBME
19 15 7 Love The Beatles EMI
20 13 5 The Sweet Escape Gwen Stefani Universal
21 11 31 High School Musical OST: Special Edition Various Disney/EMI
22 reentry 6 Extreme Behaviour Hinder Universal
23 17 7 Konvicted Akon Universal
24 39 19 Loose Nelly Furtado Universal
25 20 10 The Magic Of Boney M Boney M SBME
26 19 57 PCD: Bonus Edition The Pussycat Dolls Universal
27 32 12 Clapton Chronicles: Tour Edition Eric Clapton WEA/Warner
28 23 10 Devil's Got A New Disguise: Very Best Of Aerosmith SBME
29 27 9 Skin And Bones Foo Fighters SBME
30 18 30 A Fever You Can't Sweat Out Panic! At The Disco WEA/Warner
31 28 12 Diva: The Singles Collection Sarah Brightman Angel/EMI
32 38 5 Go: The Very Best Of Moby Mute/EMI
33 26 14 The Open Door Evanescence SBME
34 30 7 Two's Company: The Duets Cliff Richard EMI
35 31 6 Light Grenades Incubus SBME
36 24 7 Rockstar Supernova Rockstar Supernova SBME
37 40 10 Ultimate Prince WEA/Warner
38 29 9 More Crazy Hits Crazy Frog WEA/Warner
39 new 1 Move Along All American Rejects Universal
40 34 26 Real Life Evermore WEA/Warner

Chart compiled by Media Sauce Ltd.

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