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This week: 12 new entries, 1 re-entry, 0 climbers, 0 non-movers & 27 downers.

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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 and 1 re-entry:

• 36 (48 RE) David Sneddon - Stop Living The Lie
• 35 Billy Crawford - You Didn't Expect That
• 26 Macy Gray - When I See You
• 25 Bluetones - Fast Boy/Liquid Lips
• 24 Badly Drawn Boy - All Possibilities
• 23 DT8 - Destination
• 21 Vbirds - Virtuality
• 8 Triple Eight - Knock Out
• 7 White Stripes - 7 Nation Army
• 6 DMX - X Gon' Give It To Ya
• 3 David Sneddon - Don't Let Go
• 2 Lisa Maffia - All Over
• 1 Busted - You Said No

so the following dropped out :

• 40 Def Leppard - Long Long Way To Go
• 39 Snoop Dogg - Beautiful
• 38 Mario - Just a Friend
• 37 DJ Sammy - The Boys of Summer
• 36 Planet Funk - Who Said
• 35 Linkin Park - Somewhere I Belong
• 34 tATu - All The Things She Said
• 33 Coldplay - Clocks
• 32 Run DMC - It's Tricky 2003
• 31 Meatloaf - Couldn't Have Said It Better
• 28 Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
• 23 Goldfrapp - Train
• 16 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Date with the Night

0 climbers :

0 non-movers :

and 27 going down.

Big fallers include :

• 11 (4) Robbie Williams
• 12 (2) Madonna
• 15 (5) Blur
• 18 (9) D-Side
• 19 (12) Plummet
• 28 (17) Jay-Z
• 31 (19) Lionel Richie/Enrique Iglesias
• 37 (22) Aaliyah

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

• 69 Michelle Weeks - The Light

Of this week's highlights and lowlights...

11 (4) Robbie Williams
12 (2) Madonna
15 (5) Blur
31 (19) Lionel Richie/Enrique Iglesias
37 (22) Aaliyah

So much for the power they once had - all these big names have really dropped the ball over time. How long before they stop selling even in their first week?

2 Lisa Maffia - All Over

Another So Solid Crew offshoot, and just as dull and predictable.

1 (NEW) Busted - You Said No *1st Week at No.1*

Must be a sorry state of affairs if yet another crappy boyband is at the top of the charts.

This is the 36th 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
• 32. t.A.T.u - All The Things She Said
• 33. Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
• 34. Gareth Gates and the Kumars - Spirit in the Sky
• 35. Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham - Make Luv
• 36. Busted - You Said No

New releases :

April 21st:

Aqualung - If I Fall (NCQ)
Asian Dub Foundation featuring Sinead O'Connor - 1000 Mirrors
Audioslave - Like A Stone
Badly Drawn Boy - All Possibilities
Beachbuggy - Killer Bee
The Bluetones - Fast Boy/Liquid Lips
Busted - You Said No
Paul Carrack - She Lived Down The Street
Johnny Cash - Hurt/Personal Jesus
Billy Crawford - You Didn't Expect That
Delays - Nearer Than Heaven
DMX - X Gon' Give It To Ya
Donots - Big Mouth
DT8 featuring Roxanne Wilde - Destination
Glassjaw - Ape Dos Mil
Macy Gray - When I See You
J Walk - Another Lover
Lisa Maffia - All Over
Magnet - The Day We Left Town EP
Pippa - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
Relaxed Muscle - The Heavy EP
Reno - Rock 'N' Roll
Rocket Science - Run Like A Gun
David Sneddon - Don't Let Go
Therapy? - If It Kills Me / Rust
Triple Eight - Knock Out
VBirds - Virtuality
Venus Hum - Montana
The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army

April 28th:

Amerie - I'm Coming Out
Ballboy - Europewide Search For Love
Calexico - Quattro (World Drifts In)
Capdown - Act Your Rage
Johnny Cash - Hurt/Personal Jesus
Craig David featuring Sting - Rise And Fall
Eyes Adrift - Alaska
Gasolineros - The Day I Ran Away
Bebel Gilberto - Close Your Eyes
Dana Glover - Thinking Over
Grandadbob - City Approach
Richard Hawley - Run For Me
Holden & Thompson - Nothing
Ronan Keating - The Long Goodbye/Love Won't Work (If We Don't Try)
Kid Creme - Hypnotising
Killer Mike featuring Big Boi - A.D.I.D.A.S.
King Of Woolworths - Evel Song
Dino Lenny vs The Housemartins - Change The World
Lil' Kim - The Jump Off
Stephen Malkmus - Dark Wave
Ian McCulloch - Slideling
Nivea - Laundromat/Don't Mess With My Man
Palace Of Pleasure - The Art Of Falling Apart
Laura Pausini - Surrender
Jamie Pearce - Tabloid Queen
Playgroup - Make It Happen
The Pretenders - Complex Person
Puretone - Stuck In A Groove
Revelation - Just Be Dub To Me
Kelly Rowland - Can't Nobody
Bruce Springsteen - Waiting For A Sunny Day
Tomcraft - Loneliness

May 5th:

The Androids - Do It With Madonna
Bell X1 - Whitewater Song/In Every Sunflower
Bhangra Knights vs Husan - Husan
Big Brovaz - Favourite Things
Blind Guardian - Bard's Song
Bone Thugs & Harmony featuring Phil Collins - Home
Bonobo - Pick Up
Broadcast - Pendulum
The Cheeky Girls - Take Your Shoes Off
The Dandy Warhols - We Used To Be Friends
Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
The Droyds - Take Me, I'm Yours
Feeder - Forget About Tomorrow
Good Charlotte - Girls And Boys
Groove Armada - Easy
Richard Hawley - Run For Me
Hell Is For Heroes - Retreat
Saffron Hill featuring Ben Onono - My Love Is Always
HIM - Buried Alive By Love
Jody Lei - Oh No
R Kelly - Ignition
Matchbox 20 - Unwell
Mint Royale - Dancehall Places/I Don't Know
Pretenders - You Know Who Your Friends Are
Serafin - Things Fall Apart
Snap! - Rhythm Is A Dancer 2003
Andy Stochansky - Wonderful (It's Superman)
Stylophonic - Soul Reply
3 Inches Of Blood - Ride Darkhorse Ride
Tindersticks - Don't Even Go There EP
Armin Van Buuren - Yet Another Day
The Vessels - Don't Waste Your Time
Terri Walker - Ching Ching

May 12th:

Audio Bullys - Turned Away
Bon Jovi - All About Loving You
Boomkat - The Wreckoning
Clipse featuring Faith Evans - Ma, I Dont Love Her
The Crimea - White Russian Galaxy
Evan Dando - Stop My Head
Deftones - The Late, Great Planet Earth
Fallacy - Big 'N' Bashy
Flaming Lips - Flight Test
Flip & Fill - Field Of Dreams
Ginuwine - Hell Yeah
Girls Aloud - No Good Advice
Kealer - Superman
Keane - Everybody's Changing
Less Than Jake - She's Gonna Break
Courtney Love - Mono
Tom McRae - Karaoke Soul
Mint Royale - I Don't Know/Dancehall Places
Mitchell & Dewbury - Globetrotter
Moloko - Forever More
Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice
Sean Paul - Get Busy
Mr Reds vs DJ Skribble - Everybody Come On (Can You Feel It)
Nada Surf - Inside Of Love
Robin S - Luv 4 Luv 2003
Lisa Scott-Lee - Lately
Shed Seven - Why Can't I Be With You?
Stain'd - Price To Pay
TLC - Hands Up
Wayne Williams - Anything Is Possible
Michael Woods featuring Imogen Bailey - If U Want Me
Zutons - Creepin' An' A Crawlin'

May 19th:

Anotherside - This Is Your Night
Apollo 440 - Dude Descending A Staircase
Ataris - In My Diary
The Basement - The Only Mr. Lonely
Cave-In - Anchor
Biffy Clyro - Questions & Answers
Common - New Wave
Ed Harcourt - Watching The Sun Come Up
Hot Action Cop On Lava - Fever For The Flava
Whitney Houston - On My Own
Jemani - Cry Baby
Love Inc. - Broken Bones
Sam Obernik - Mr. Butterfly
Outlandish - Guantanamo
P.O.D. - Sleeping Away
Resource - I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight
Stereophonics - Madame Helga
t.A.T.u. - Not Gonna Get Us
Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body
Paul Van Dyk featuring Jan Johnston - Nothing But You
XTM featuring Annia - Fly On The Wings Of Love

May 26th:

Abs - Stop Sign
Blak Beatniks - One Day At A Time
John Cale - Five Tracks
DJ Chrome - Who's Crying Now?
Emma - Free Me
Evanescence - Bring Me To Life
Ashley Hamilton - Wimmin
Massive Attack - Butterfly Caught
John Mayer - Your Body Is A Wonderland
Erlend Oye - Sheltered Life
Radiohead - There There
S Club - Say Goodbye/Love Ain't Gonna Wait
Shy FX & Kele Le Roc - Feelin' You
Skin - Trashed
Sonique - Can't Make Up My Mind*
Alexis Strum - Addicted
Martina Toplay - Need One
3 Drives - Carrera
Train - Calling All The Angels
Turin Brakes - Average Man

June 2nd:

Melanie C - On The Horizon
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - He Wants You/Babe I'm On Fire
The Darkness - Growing On Me
Electric Six - Gay Bar
Jennifer Ellison - Baby I Don't Care
Eminem - Superman
The Foundation featuring Natalie Rossi - All Out Of Love
Delta Goodrem - Lost Without You
Jamelia featuring Rah Digga - Bout
Junkie XL - Catch Up To My Step
Linkin Park - From The Inside
Marilyn Manson - M-Obscene
Nu - Any Other Girl
One True Voice - Shakespeare's (Way With) Words
Placebo - This Picture
Busta Rhymes & Mariah Carey featuring Flipmode Squad - I Know What You Want
Space Cowboy - Just Put Your Hand In Mine
Shania Twain - Forever And For Always
Stone Sour - Inhale
Amy Studt - Misfit
Wayne Wonder - No Letting Go

June 9th:

Christina Aguilera - Fighter
Appleton - Everything Eventually
Aurora - Sleeping Satellite
Darius - Girl In The Moon*
DJ Sammy - Sunlight
Foo Fighters - Low
Liquid People vs Talk Talk - It's My Life
Dannii Minogue - Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling
N-Trance - Destiny*
NRC - Here Comes The Rain Again
Wheatus - I'm An American In Amsterdam
The Wildhearts - So Into You

June 16th:

The Bangles - Tear Off Your Own Head
David Guetta vs David Bowie - Just For One Day
Lemonescent - Cinderella
Timo Maas - Unite
Mis-Teeq - Can't Get It Back
Shakedown - Drowsy With Hope
Siobhan - Overrated
Sugar Ray - Hey Bartender
Tommi - Like What
Barratt Waugh - Skip A Beat

June 23rd:

50 Cent - 21 Questions
Sinéad Quinn - What You Need Is
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Universally Speaking
Vitamin C - Last Nite

June 30th:

Cerys Matthews - Only A Fool
S Club 8 - Fool No More
Seal - Get It Together
Super Furry Animals - Golden Retriever

July 7th:

Daniel Bedingfield - Never Gonna Leave Your Side
Kelly Osbourne - Come Dig Me Out
Kate Ryan - Scream For More

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

This week there are new entries for :

• 1 Madonna - American Life
• 4 Meat Loaf - Couldn't Have Said It Better

The top 5 goes like this :

• 1 Madonna - American Life
• 2 Justin Timberland - Justified
• 3 White Stripes - Elephant
• 4 Meat Loaf - Couldn't Have Said It Better
• 5 Busted - Busted

New releases :

April 21st:

Duran Duran - The Singles '81-'85
Madonna - American Life
Maria McKee - High Dive

April 28th:

Evanescence - Fallen
Goldfrapp - Black Cherry
Macy Gray - The Trouble With Being Myself
Tony Hadley - True Ballads
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
David Sneddon - Seven Years, Ten Weeks
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell

May 5th:

Blur - Think Tank
Dana Glover - Testimony

May 12th:

Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning
Bluetones - Luxembourg
Marilyn Manson - The Golden Age Of Grotesque
Pretenders - Loose Screw

May 19th:

Deftones - Deftones
Cerys Matthews - Cock-A-Hoop
Stain'd - 14 Shades Of Grey
Various Artists - Eurovision Song Contest: Latvia 2003*

May 26th:

Girls Aloud - Girls Aloud

June 2nd:

S Club - BeSt
Skin - Fleshwounds
Stereophonics - You Gotta Go There To Come Back
Train - Private Nation

June 9th:

Annie Lennox - Bare
Metallica - St. Anger
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief

June 16th:

Limp Bizkit - The Search For Teddy Swoes
Mariah Carey - The Remix Album
Delta Goodrem - Innocent Eyes

June 23rd:

The Coral - Magic And Medicine

June 30th:

Electric Six - Fire

July 7th:

Electric Six - Fire

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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