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[This week's digest] [New Singles Release Info]

[Album Charts] [New Albums Release Info]

[Last week's chart]

The initial bit :

For my last chart of 2000, I've posted my Top 50 singles of the year, starting with the Top 10. During 2001, I'll be going through the list one by one starting with the Top 10 in alphabetical order.

This week: 14 new entries, 1 re-entry, 0 climbers, 0 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...

    14 new entries and 1 re-entry:

    • 40 (42 RE) Will Young - Evergreen
    • 39 Electric Soft Parade - Empty at the End
    • 31 Saw Doctors - This is Me
    • 30 DJ Shadow - You Can't Go Home Again
    • 27 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
    • 24 Lauren Waterworth - Baby Now That I've Found You
    • 22 Billy Bragg - Take Down the Union Jack
    • 20 A - Starbucks
    • 18 Rhianna - Oh Baby
    • 12 Korn - Here to Stay
    • 8 Ian Van Dahl - Reason
    • 7 Ms Dynamite - It Takes More
    • 5 Westlife - Bop Bop Baby :O ===
    • 3 Atomic Kitten - It's OK
    • 1 Eminem - Without Me

    so the following dropped out :

    • 40 Enrique Iglesias - Hero
    • 39 Jennifer Lopez - Ain't It Funny
    • 38 Blue - Fly By II
    • 37 Oasis - Hindu Times
    • 36 Lasgo - Something
    • 35 R Kelly & Jay-Z - Honey
    • 34 Britney - Girl/Woman
    • 33 KMC - I Feel So Fine
    • 32 Bellefire - All I Want is You
    • 31 Luck & Neat - Irie
    • 30 Rammstein - Ich Will
    • 29 Green Velvet - La La Land
    • 27 4 Strings - Take Me Away Into the Night
    • 26 Aaliyah - Rock the Boat
    • 21 Heartless Crew - Heartless Crew Theme

    0 climbers :

    0 non-movers :

    and 25 going down.

    Big fallers include :

    • 9 (4) Fat Joe
    • 11 (6) Pink
    • 15 (9) Milk Inc
    • 29 (16) Reelists
    • 33 (11) A1

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

    • 44 Halo - Sanctimonious
    • 46 Shaun Ryder & Terry Venables - England Crazy
    • 48 Five For Fighting - Superman
    • 56 Sylver - Turn the Tide
    • 61 Ed Rush - Pacman
    • 67 Easyworld - Bleach
    • 68 High Contrast - Global Love
    • 71 Scoobie - Magnificent 7

Of this week's highlights and lowlights...

20 A - Starbucks

Not half the track that "Nothing" was, this one just waffles on about "don't want your Starbucks". So what?

5 Westlife - Bop Bop Baby :O ===

Their first single not to go in at the top and quite right too since it's too terrible for words. I thought it was originally called "Bye Bye Baby", but "Bop Bop"??

3 Atomic Kitten - It's OK

A rather tired single that sounds slightly R&B-ish.

1 Eminem - Without Me *1st Week at No.1*

Another substandard rap that sounds like most other tracks he's done, but this time he dresses up as other people in the video, including bin Laden.

This is the 12th single in a row to go straight in 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

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New releases :

    May 27th:

      American Head Charge - Just So You Know
      Ant & Dec - On The Ball
      Craig Armstrong - Wake Up In New York
      Asher D - Back In The Day
      The Babe Team - Over There
      Baz - Promises
      Bell & Spurling - Sven Sven Sven/Golden Balls (Mr Beckham To You)
      Ferry Corsten - Punk
      Dario G - Carnival 2002
      DJ Otzi - Hey Baby (World Cup Remix)
      England Boys - Go England
      Goo Goo Dolls - Here Is Gone
      Looper - The Snare
      Mr Smash & Friends - We're Coming Over
      Orbital - Rest & Play EP
      Ozzy Osbourne - Dreamer
      People United - World Cup In Our Hands
      Puddle Of Mudd - Blurry
      Reel - You Take Me Away
      Res - Golden Boys
      Busta Rhymes feat. P. Diddy - Pass The Courvoisier
      Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen
      Sita - Happy
      Telepopmusik - Love Can Damage Your Health
      Vangelis - FIFA 2002 World Cup
      Nikki Webster - Strawberry Kisses
      Will Young - Light My Fire

    June 3rd:

      Agnelli & Nelson - Everyday 2002
      Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds - Three Lions 2002
      Michael Bolton - Dance With Me
      Bump & Flex - Promises
      Crackout - I Am The One
      Rob Dougan - Clubbed 2 Death
      Fat Les - Who Invented Fish & Chips?
      Gomez - Sound Of Sounds/Ping One Down
      Jimmy Eat World - Sweetness
      Julie McKnight - Home
      Moony - Dove (I'll Be Loving You)
      No Doubt - Hella Good
      Paffendorf - Be Cool
      Peaches - Set It Off
      Spunge - Jump On
      Wilt - Distortion

    June 10th:

      Kelli Ali - Inferno High Love
      Anastacia - Boom
      Badly Drawn Boy - Something To Talk About
      Sarah Connor - From Sarah With Love
      Creed - One Last Breath
      DJ Tiesto feat. Suzanne Palmer - 643
      Jason Downs - Trippin'
      Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Get Over You
      Layo & Bushwacka - Love Story
      Ludacris - Rollout
      Kylie Minogue - Love At First Sight
      Paul Oakenfold - Southern Son/Ready Steady Go
      Opera Babes - One Fine Day
      Papa Roach - She Loves Me Not
      Elvis Presley Vs JXL - A Little Less Conversation
      Josh Rouse - Nothing Gives Me Pleasure
      Angie Stone - Wish I Didn't Miss You

    June 17th:

      Basement Jaxx - Get Me Off
      Brandy - Full Moon
      The Calling - Wherever You Will Go
      Fragma - Embrace Me
      Jaheim - Just In Case
      Wyclef Jean & Claudette Ortiz - Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right
      Jewel - Break Me
      Jimmy Eat World - Sweetness
      Kelly Llorenna - Tell It To My Heart
      Christina Milian - When You Look At Me
      Mis-Teeq - Roll On/This Is How We Do It
      Muse - Dead Star/In Your World
      Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out
      Primal Scream - Miss Luccifer
      Space Cowboy - I Would Die 4U
      Sugarcoma - Zero Star
      The Vines - Get Free

    June 24th:

      Aurora - The Day It Rained Forever
      Box Car Racer - I Feel So
      Sheryl Crow - Steve McQueen
      Rob Dougan - Clubbed 2 Death
      Incubus - Are You In?
      Jennifer Lopez - I'm Gonna Be Alright
      Morcheeba - Otherwise
      Amy Studt - Just A Little Girl
      Rik Waller - Something Inside So Strong

    July 1st:

      Bryan Adams - Here I Am
      Marc Antony - I've Got You
      Baha Men - Move It Like This
      D-Mac - The World She Knows
      Darren Hayes - Strange Relationship
      Elton John & Alessandro Safina - Your Song
      Flip & Fill - Shooting Star
      Idlewild - American English
      Gary Numan - Rip
      Omero Mumba - Lil' Big Man
      Prodigy - Baby's Got A Temper
      Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
      Slipknot - My Plague
      Soil - Halo
      Weekend Players - I'll Be There

    July 8th:

      A-Ha - Forever Not Yours
      Ashanti - Foolish
      ATC - Around The World (La La La La La)
      B2K - Uh Huh
      Bowling For Soup - Girls All The Bad Guys Want
      Michelle Branch - All You Wanted
      Distant Soundz - Runaway
      Garbage - Shut Your Mouth
      Gareth Gates - Stupid Mistake
      Goo Goo Dolls - Here Is Gone
      Alicia Keys - How Come You Don't Call Me?
      Pet Shop Boys - I Get Along
      Claire Sweeney - When You Believe

    July 15th:

      Abs - Uptown Top Ranking
      Ashley - Falling For You
      Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles
      Mercury Rev - Little Rimes
      Romeo - TBA
      Shakira - Underneath Your Clothes
      Beyonce Knowles - Work It Out

    July 22nd:

      3SL - Touch Me, Tease Me
      Doves - Pounding
      Hear'Say - Lovin' Is Easy
      N-Trance - Forever
      New Found Glory - My Friend's Over You
      Beth Orton & Ryan Adams - Concrete Sky
      S Club Juniors - Automatic High
      Sarah Whatmore - TBA

    July 29th:

      Natalie Imbruglia - Beauty On The Fire
      Kosheen - Harder
      McAlmont & Butler - Falling
      Will Smith - Black Suit's Comin' (Nod Your Head)

    August 5th:

      Coldplay - TBA
      Mad'House - Like A Prayer
      Alanis Morrisette - Precious Illusions
      Riva - Time Is A Healer

    August 12th:

      H & Claire - Half A Heart

    August 19th:

      A - Shut Your Face

    August 26th:

      Holly Valance - TBA

    September 2nd:

      Artful Dodger - Ruffneck Sound
      Kelly Osbourne - Papa Don't Preach

    Yet to be confirmed...

      Ana Ann - I Apologise
      Darius Danesh - Time Of Your Life
      Kaci - Just An Old Boyfriend
      Beverley Knight - Gold
      Lighthouse Family - Happy
      Mya - Cream & Cheese
      S Club - Sunshine
      Scooter - Ramp! (The Logical Song)
      SIX - Let Me Be The One
      Britney Spears - I Love Rock 'N' Roll
      Sum 41 - What We're All About
      Wonderwall - Just More

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

This week there are new entries for

  • 1 Ronan Keating - Destination
  • 4 Lulu - Together
  • 6 Hundred Reasons - Ideas Above Our Station
  • 12 The Definitive Everly Brothers
  • 44 Gary Numan - Exposure: Best of 1977-2002
  • 49 Anita Baker - Sweet Love (Best of)
  • 51 Breeders - Title TK
  • 55 Charlatans - Songs from the Other Side
  • 60 The The - 45 RPM: The Singles

The top 5 goes like this :

  • 1 Ronan Keating - Destination
  • 2 Enrique Iglesias - Escape
  • 3 Queen - Greatest Hits I, II & III
  • 4 Lulu - Together
  • 5 Moby - 18

New releases :

May 27th:

    A1 - Make It Good
    Big Country & The Skids - Best Of
    Liberty X - Thinking It Over
    Orbital - The Best Of

June 3rd:

    Eminem - The Eminem Show
    Various Artists - Smash Hits: Summer 2002

June 10th:

    Korn - Untouchables
    Miss Dynamite - A Little Deeper
    Space - Greatest Hits

June 17th:

    Papa Roach - LoveHateTragedy

June 24th:

    TBA

July 1st:

    Morcheeba - Charango
    Oasis - Heathern Chemistry

July 8th:

    Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
    Rik Waller - Rik Waller

July 29th:

    Linkin Park - Reanimation

August 5th:

    Daniel Bedingfield - TBA

August 12th:

    Toploader - At The Magic

August 26th:

    Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Dominator's Top 50 of 2001

The following is my look back at my Top 50 of 2001.

22. DJ Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect World

I don't know where this got to and when, but it's a fantastic ethereal tune that seems to go on forever, but it all the better for it.

Thanks to Jose Tavares who comments on this track:

"This tune comes from his album "Entroducing..." from 1996, and got to #54 on the singles chart on week ending 14/09/1996. It was one of the best underrated tracks of that year. I remember that I heard it first on Evening Session and then on Pete Tong's Essential Selection. The following year it was included on the soundtrack to the movie Day Tripper. I think one day it will have the success it deserves, the same way Rob Dougan's "Clubbed to Death" is now being re-released with new mixes. I first heard that track in 1995 on The Essential Selection and got to #87 in September that year. But of course, it became huge due to The Matrix..."

Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2002.

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