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This week: 12 new entries, 1 climbers, 2 non-movers & 25 downers.

new entry re-entry climber faller non mover

CHART TIME !

(* - my current favourites)
(!!! - Single Of The Week!!!)
(:O === the current all-time hate that makes even my smilie want to hurl!)
( (R) - Repeat., ie. a re-release)

A brief analysis on the current chart situation...

12 new entries:

• 34 Underworld - Dinosaur Adventure 3D
• 32 Driftwood - Freeloader
• 28 Hell is for Heroes - You Drove Me To It
• 26 DJ Sneak - Fix My Sink
• 24 Audioslave - Cochise
• 23 Robin Gibb - Please
• 19 Darren Hayes - Crush
• 17 Wildhearts - Stormy in the North, Karma in the South
• 16 Lemon Jelly - Nice Weather For Ducks
• 10 Craig David - Hidden Agenda
• 3 Jurgen Vries & Charlotte Church - The Opera Song (Brave New World)
• 2 Jay-Z & Beyonce Knowles - 03 Bonnie & Clyde

so the following dropped out :

• 40 Ja Rule & Bobby Brown - Thug Lovin'
• 39 Dario G - Heaven Is Closer
• 37 Eric Sermon - React
• 35 John Silver - Come On Over
• 34 Liberty X - Holding on for You
• 33 Bob Sinclair - The Beat Goes On
• 32 Audiobullys - We Don't Care
• 29 Foo Fighters - Times Like These
• 28 Lucy Carr - Missing You
• 27 Nas - Made You Look
• 25 Erasure - Solsbury Hill
• 20 Libertines - Time for Heroes

1 climbers :

• 36 (38) DJ Sammy

2 non-movers :

• 1 David Sneddon
• 6 Eminem

and 25 going down.

Big fallers include :

• 9 (4) Jamieson & Angel Blu
• 13 (8) Layo & Bushwacka
• 18 (10) Feeder
• 22 (12) Zoe Birkett
• 33 (18) Flaming Lips
• 37 (19) Rosie Ribbons - A Little Bit

New entries from No.41-75. See who missed out this time round :

• 45 Decoy and Roy - Inner Life
• 57 Asian Dub Foundation - Fortress Europe

Of this week's highlights and lowlights...

1 (NEW) David Sneddon - Stop Living The Lie *2nd Week at No.1*

The winner of Fame Academy. Let's hope there's not a second series.

This is the 31st single in a row to go straight into the Top 40 at No.1 :

• 1. Aaliyah - More Than a Woman
• 2. George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (R)
• 3. Enrique Iglesias - Hero
• 4. Westlife - World of Our Own
• 5. Will Young - Anything is Possible/Evergreen
• 6. Gareth Gates - Unchained Melody
• 7. Oasis - The Hindu Times
• 8. Sugababes - Freak Like Me
• 9. Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss
• 10. Ronan Keating - If Tomorrow Never Comes
• 11. Liberty X - Just a Little
• 12. Eminem - Without Me
• 13. Will Young - Light My Fire
• 14. Elvis - A Little Less Conversation (remix)
• 15. Gareth Gates - Anyone of Us
• 16. Darius - Colourblind
• 17. Sugababes - Round Round
• 18. Blazin Squad - Crossroads
• 19. Atomic Kitten - The Tide is High
• 20. Pink - Just Like a Pill
• 21. Will & Gareth - The Long and Winding Road/Suspicious Minds
• 22. Las Ketchup - The Ketchup Song
• 23. Nelly - Dilemma
• 24. DJ Sammy - Heaven
• 25. Westlife - Unbreakable
• 26. Christina Aguilera - Dirrty
• 27. Daniel Bedingfield - If You're Not the One
• 28. Eminem - Lose Yourself
• 29. Blue & Elton John - Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word
• 30. Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground
• 31. David Sneddon - Stop Living The Lie

New releases :

January 20th:

Asian Dub Foundation - Fortress Europe
Audioslave - Cochise
Badfellas CK - Soc It To Me
Coolio - Ghetto Square Dance
Cosmic Gate - Wave
Craig David - Hidden Agenda
Decoy & Roy - Inner Life
DJ Sneak - Fix My Sink
Driftwood - Freeloader
E-Z Rollers - Back To Love/One Crazy Diva
Robin Gibb - Please
Gus Gus - David
Darren Hayes - Crush (1980 Me)
Hell Is For Heroes - You Drove Me To It
Jay-Z featuring Beyonce - '03 Bonnie & Clyde
Lemon Jelly - Nice Weather For Ducks
Lifehouse - Spin
Johnny Marr & The Healers - Bangin' On
No Doubt - Running
Soft Cell - The Night
Underworld - Dinosaur Adventure 3D
Jurgen Vries featuring CMC - The Opera Song (Brave New World)
The Wildhearts - Stormy In The North, Karma In The South
Wilt - Understand

January 27th:

3rd Edge - Know You Wanna
Aaliyah - Miss You
Alabama 3 - Reachin'
Baz - Never Ending Story
Beenie Man - Street Life
Blackstreet - Wizzy-Wow
Cam'Ron - Hey Ma
Chicane featuring Maire Brennan - Saltwater 2003
Conjure One - Sleep
The Devlins - Static In The Flow
Easyworld - Junkies
Fab Four featuring Robert Owens - Last Night A DJ Blew My Mind
Ginger - The Saga Of Me And You
Martin Grech - Push
Kling Klang - Superposition EP
The Licks - Heavy Load
Minuteman - Big Boy/Mother Fixation
Jason Nevins vs Eric B & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul 2003
Nu Circles featuring Emma B - What U Need (Tonight)
O-Town - These Are The Days
One Minute Silence - Revolution EP
Kelly Osbourne - Shut Up
Pablo - Y Bryon
Busta Rhymes featuring Spliff Star - Make It Clap
Kelly Rowland - Stole
Stylophonic - If Everybody In The World Loved Everybody In The World
Supergrass - Seen The Light
Syntax - Pray
t.A.T.u. - All The Things She Said
Transplants - Diamonds & Guns
Who Da Funk & Terra Deva - Sting Me Red (Clever)

February 3rd:

Alexia - Ring
Aquagen - Hard To Say I'm Sorry
Big Brovaz - OK
Clipse - Grindin'/When The Last Time
Counting Crows featuring Vanessa Carlton - Big Yellow Taxi
Dee Dee - The One
Julia Fordham - Wake Up With You (The I Wanna Song)
Good Charlotte - Lifestyles Of The Rich & Famous
Grand Popo Football Club - Each Finger Has An Attitude
Ed Harcourt - All Of Your Days Will Be Blessed
Masai - Do That Thang
Mint Royale - Blue Song
Oakenfold featuring Nelly Furtado & Tricky - The Harder They Come
Oasis - Songbird
The Polyphonic Spree - Soldier Girl
Sash! - Ganbareh
Thunderpuss & Chris Barnes - Head
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River

February 10th:

2-Pac - Thugz Mansion
Appleton - Don't Worry
Blazin' Squad - Reminisce/Where The Story Ends
Cradle Of Filth - Dark
The Datsuns - Harmonic Generator
Frou Frou - Good To Be In Love
Delta Goodrem - Born To Try
Idlewild - A Modern Way Of Letting Go
JJ72 - Always & Forever
Jody Lei - Showdown
LL Cool J featuring Amerie - Paradise
Matchbox 20 - Disease
Moloko - Familiar Feeling
The Music - The Truth Has No Words
Mya - People Change
Nada Surf - Hi-Speed Soul
Novaspace - Time After Time
Sinead Quinn - I Can't Break Down
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop
The Revs - Loaded
Rezonance Q - Someday
Rhianna - I Love Every Little Thing About You
Roxette - A Thing About You
Rui Da Silva - Feel The Love
Stabb - This Joke's On Me
Sum 41 - The Hell Song
Sarah Whatmore - Automatic

February 17th:

Athlete - Westside
B2K featuring P Diddy - Bump Bump Bump
Michelle Branch - Goodbye To You
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Bring It On
Fallacy & Fusion - Big N Bashy
Jakatta featuring Beth Hersh - One Fine Day
Kira - I'll Be Your Angel
Mark'Oh - Let This Party Never End
Moony - Acrobats (Looking For Balance)
Mull Historical Society - Final Arrears
Sean Paul - Gimme The Light
Shaggy - Strength Of A Woman
Shy FX & T Power featuring Kele Le Roc - Feelin' You
Simply Red - Sunrise
The Ones - Superstar
Turin Brakes - Pain Killer
Jan Wayne - Total Eclipse Of The Heart

February 24th:

Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
Ainslie - Keep Me A Secret
Amber - Anyway (Men Are From Mars)
Toni Braxton - Hit The Freeway
Melanie C - Here It Comes Again
Vanessa Carlton - Pretty Baby
Chicane featuring Peter Cunnah - Love On The Run
Sarah Connor - He's Unbelievable
Cradle Of Filth - Dark (DVD Only)
Def Leppard - Long Long Way To Go
DJ Sammy - Boys Of Summer
Interactive - Forever Young
Tom Jones - Black Betty
Junior Senior - Move Ya Feet
Beverley Knight - Shape Of You (Reshaped)
Jennifer Love Hewitt - Can I Go Now?
Massive Attack featuring Sinead O'Connor - Special Cases
Mock Turtles - Can U Dig It 2003
Nelly featuring Justin Timberlake vs Jason Nevins - Work It!
N-E-R-D - Lapdance/Provider
LeAnn Rimes - Suddenly
Smoke 2-7 - Envy
Zwan - Honestly

March 3rd:

The Bangles - Something That You Said
Darius - Incredible
Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
Des'Ree - It's OK
Dirty Vegas - Simple Things
Eminem - Sing For The Moment
Christina Milian - Until I Get Over You
Dannii Minogue - I Begin To Wonder
Moby - Sunday
Queens Of The Stone Age - Go With The Flow
Santana featuring Seal - You Are My Kind
Shania Twain - I'm Not In The Mood (To Say No!)
Something Corporate - Punk Rock Princess
Sugababes - Shape
Westlife - Tonight/Miss You Nights

March 10th:

Daniel Bedingfield - He Don't Love You
The Cardigans - For What It's Worth
Celine Dion - Drove All Night*
DJ Aligator Project - Lollipop*
Jamelia - TBA
Linkin Park - Somewhere I Belong
Mario - Just A Friend
N-E-R-D - Provider
Rosie Ribbons - Good Thing
Snap! vs CJ Stone - Rhythm Is A Dancer*
Something Corporate - Punk Rock Princess
Three Doors Down - When I'm Gone
Holly Valance - Tuck Your Shirt In

March 17th:

Blue - You Make Me Wanna
Gareth Gates - TBA
Girls Aloud - If You Wanna Roll
Jessy - Look At Me Now
Mis-Teeq - Scandalous
N-Trance - Destiny*
Three Doors Down - When I'm Gone

March 24th:

Atomic Kitten - Love Doesn't Have To Hurt*
Coldplay - Clocks
Missy Elliot - Gossip Folks
Finch - Letters To You
The Gap - People All Over The World (Join Hands)
Jennifer Lopez - All I Have
Erick Sermon - TBA
TLC - Hands Up
Richard X vs. Liberty X - Being Nobody

March 31st:

Mariah Carey featuring Cam'Ron - Boy (I Need You)
Eve - Satisfaction
Whitney Houston - One Of Those Days
Beyonce Knowles - Wish Upon A Star
Avril Lavigne - I'm With You
Madonna - American Life*
Puretone - Stuck In A Groove
S Club - Love Ain't Gonna Wait

April 7th:

Billy Crawford - You Didn't Expect That
Kym Marsh - Cry
Pink - Eventually
Robbie Williams - Come Undone

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

This week there are new entries for

• None

The top 5 goes like this :

• 1 Justin Timberlake - Justified
• 2 Avril Lavigne - Let Go
• 3 Busted - Busted
• 4 P!nk - Missundaztood
• 5 Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This

New releases :

January 20th:

Reef - Together

January 27th:

Erasure - Other People's Songs
Massive Attack - 100th Window
More Fire Crew - More Fire Crew CV
Stereo MCs - Retroactive

February 3rd:

Hell Is For Heroes - The Neon Handshake
Pet Shop Boys - Disco 3
Lisa Stansfield - Biography
Various Artists - Q: The Album

February 10th:

Barry Manilow - 2 Nights Live
Massive Attack - 100th Window
Kelly Osbourne - Shut Up
Kelly Rowland - Simply Deep
Roxette - The Ballad Hits
Various Artists - I Love Smash Hits

February 17th:

TBA

February 24th:

Appleton - Everything's Eventual
Des'Ree - Dream Soldier
Simply Red - Home
Sarah Whatmore - Living Proof

March 3rd:

Moloko - Statues
Turin Brakes - Ether Song

March 10th:

Melanie C - Reason
Cradle Of Filth - Damnation And A Day

March 17th:

Mariah Carey - The Remix Album
Dannii Minogue - Neon Light

March 24th:

The Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight
Celine Dion - One Heart
Linkin Park - Letters To You
Rosie Ribbons - Misbehaving

Dominator's Top 50 of 2002

Check the music chart from w/e January 4th 2003 for this list.

Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2003.

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