Official New Zealand Music Chart 12 October 2009

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Chartbitz:
Wednesday, October 14 2009
by Andrew Miller

The Awards Factor
As a direct result of her six Tui haul at last Thursday’s Vodafone NZ Music Awards, including Best Album, Masterton’s Pip Brown rockets 32 places to gain a Top10 ranking at #7 this week.
It’s taken 29 weeks for the self-titled Ladyhawke album to crack the Top 10. And as icing on the cake, the set provides her with a third hit as Magic opens at #31. Still to crack the Singles Top10, My Delirium made #13 earlier in the year.
Elsewhere the awards have given fresh life to other Tui winners and nominees including Fat Freddy’s Drop, Midnight Youth, Smashproof and Sola Rosa who all register sales increases following the awards.

The Awards Factor
For the first time in 2009 an artist places their debut single at #1 in New Zealand.
Twenty-two-year-old American Ke$ha (aka Kesha Serbet) bumps David Guetta featuring Akon’s Sexy Bitch from the top, ending their three-week run.
Tik Tok takes the summit in just her second week on the chart, moving six spots to do so. It becomes the ninth number one this year here and is all sales-driven. Airplay is only just starting to kick in with the track at #33 on the RadioScope100 this week.
Meanwhile Paramore rack a second week at #1 on the Albums Chart as Brand New Eyes holds the top ahead of Swedish tourist Basshunter.

The New Singles
#16 Britney Spears - 3
Twenty-eight-year-old former Mouseketeer Britney Spears comes of age with 3, this week’s highest new entry at #16. It’s her 21st New Zealand hit and second of the year. In all, she’s inked three #1s here while her albums tally stands at seven in a 10-year career. She’s yet to top the albums list though.

#31 Ladyhawke - Magic
See story above.

#34 Little Boots - Remedy
Victoria Christina Hesketh’s debut New In Town made #29 a couple of months back. Now Brit Little Boots returns with Remedy at #34. Both cuts are lifted from her yet-to-chart Hands debut.

The New Albums
#10 Harry Connick Jr - Your Songs
A quick promo tour and Harry Connick Jr returns to the New Zealand charts after five-and-a-half years away. Your Songs is the highest debut this week and just his second this century. Only You squeaked in at #40 for two frames in 2004. The new issue takes Connick Top10 for a third time and ends a 15-year drought. He now has five chart titles to his name, 1992’s #4 debut It Had To Be You and ‘94’s #2 She the other two Top 10ers.

#23 Vera Lynn - We’ll Meet Again: The Very Best Of
Ninety-two-year old Vera Lynn (real name Vera Welch) becomes the oldest person ever to chart in New Zealand. The World War II armed forces sweetheart brings her recent UK chart-topper into the Albums Chart at #23 and gives the native Londoner her very first chart hit on any NZ survey. We’ll Meet Again: The Very Best Of Vera Lynn was originally issued to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the Declaration of War in September 1939.

#24 Breaking Benjamin - Dear Agony
Ben Burnley’s band Breaking Benjamin break a three-year silence as Dear Agony returns them to the New Zealand charts for a third time. The new set hits #24, while their previous appearance, 2005’s We Are Not Alone, made #14 and 2006’s Phobia reached #16.

#29 Greg Johnson - Greatest Hits
Two-time Tui winner and previous Silver Scroll winner Greg Johnson takes his New Zealand chart career to 19 years with his ninth chart album, Greatest Hits. It’s the second compile for the expat Aucklander who now calls Santa Monica home. The first was 2001’s #11 The Best Yet. Only 1995’s Vine St Stories and 2000’s Sea Breeze Motel have gone Top10. Isabelle (#7 in 1992) remains the biggest of Johnson’s eight hit singles.

#31 Original Soundtrack - (500) Days Of Summer
Music Video Director Marc Webb’s big screen debut feature (500) Days Of Summer sits at #6 at the NZ Box Office. Meanwhile, the movie’s soundtrack recording opens at #31 this week.

ENDS

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