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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: 12 new entries, 1 climbers, 0 non-movers & 27 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:

• 38 Celine Dion - Goodbye's The Saddest Word
• 37 Bjork - It's In Our Hands
• 31 Anastacia - You'll Never Be Alone
• 30 Nickelback - Never Again
• 24 Alicia Keys - Girlfriend
• 15 Scooter - Posse
• 12 Enrique Iglesias - Maybe
• 10 Liam Lynch - United States of Whatever
• 5 Darius - Rushes
• 4 Ronan Keating and Lulu - We're Got Tonight
• 2 Atomic Kitten - Last Goodbye/Be With You
• 1 Daniel Bedingfield - If You're Not the One

so the following dropped out :

• 40 Shaggy - Hey Sexy Lady
• 39 Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows
• 38 Royksopp - Poor Leno
• 37 H & Claire - All Out of Love
• 36 Craig David - What's Your Flava
• 35 Romeo - It's All Gravy
• 34 Shy FX - Don't Wanna Know
• 33 Dannii Minogue - Put the Needle on It
• 32 Sound Bluntz - Billie Jean
• 29 Suede - Obsessions
• 26 Music - Getaway
• 23 Paul Weller - Leafy Mysteries

1 climbers :

• 16 (18) Madonna

0 non-movers :

and 27 going down.

Big fallers include :

• 8 (3) Jennifer Lopez
• 14 (5) S Club
• 21 (8) Mariah Carey
• 25 (12) Rikky & Glen Campbell
• 26 (16) Sum 41 - Still Waiting
• 28 (17) Lasgo
• 33 (19) Kelly Llorenna
• 39 (27) Snoop Dogg

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

• 42 BK - Revolution
• 48 Milky - In My Mind
• 50 D4 - Come On
• 57 Roni Size - Scrambled Eggs
• 61 Robin S - Show Me Love (R)
• 68 Ladytron - Seventeen
• 73 Mighty Dub Katz - Let the Drums Speak

Of this week's highlights and lowlights...

38 Celine Dion - Goodbye's The Saddest Word

Let's hope from the charts, after her lowest Top 40 entry ever

4 Ronan Keating and Lulu - We're Got Tonight

A dire cover version. Avoid.

2 Atomic Kitten - Last Goodbye/Be With You

A slowie and a dancie, both for the Xmas market.

1 (NEW) Daniel Bedingfield - If You're Not the One *1st Week at No.1*

The man goes for ballad, trying to show us there's many different strings to his bow.

This is the 27th 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

New releases :

November 25th:

Anastacia - You'll Never Be Alone
Atomic Kitten - The Last Goodbye/Be With You
Bjork - It's In Our Hands
BK - Revolution
Matt Darey featuring Marcella Woods - U Shine On
Darius - Rushes
Celine Dion - Goodbye's The Saddest Word
Wyclef Jean & Tom Jones - Pussycat
Ronan Keating & Lulu - We've Got Tonight
Alicia Keys - Girlfriend
Liberty X - Holding On For You
Milky - In My Mind
Nickelback - Never Again
Oxide & Neutrino - They Think It's Easy
Pascale featuring Karen Parry - I Think We're Alone Now
Scooter - Posse (I Need You On The Floor)

December 2nd:

Aqualung - Good Times Gonna Come
Bon Jovi - Misunderstood
The Cheeky Girls - The Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)
DJ Quicksilver presents Base Unique - Always On My Mind
Eminem - Lose Yourself
Enrique Iglesias - Maybe
Ms Dynamite - Put Him Out
Milk Inc - Land Of The Living
Pedro vs Kathryn Williams - EP
Will Smith - A Thousand Kisses
Supergrass - Seen The Light
TLC - Girl Talk

December 9th:

Flip & Fill - I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Gareth Gates - What My Heart Wants To Say
David Gray - The Other Side
Hermes House Band & DJ Otzi - Live Is Life
Pink - Family Portrait
S Club Juniors - Puppy Love
Holly Valance - Naughty Girl
Robbie Williams - Feel

December 16th:

Russell Watson - Nothing Is Sacred Anymore
Popstars: The Rivals (Boyband) - TBA
Popstars: The Rivals (Girlband) - TBA/Stay Another Day
Westlife - Miss You Nights

December 16th:

Russell Watson - Nothing Is Sacred Anymore
Popstars: The Rivals (Boyband) - TBA
Popstars: The Rivals (Girlband) - TBA/Stay Another Day
Westlife - Miss You Nights

January 6th:...:

Zoe Birkett - Treat Me Like A Lady
Busted - Year 3000
Clipse - Grindin'
InMe - Crushed Like Fruit
Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi
More Fire Crew - Back Then
O-Town - These Are The Days
Smoke 2 Seven - Envy
Spunge - Oliver's Army
Who Da Funk - Sting Me Red

January 13th:...:

Audioslave - Cochise
Foo Fighters - Times Like These
Mario - Just A Friend
Reef - Give Me Your Love
t.A.T.u - All The Things She Said

January 20th:...:

ATC - My Heart Beats Like A Drum (Dam Dam Dam)
Hell Is For Heroes - You Drove Me To It
Alanis Morrisette - Surrending
Kelly Osbourne - Shut Up
Sarah Whatmore - Automatic

January 27th:...:

Darren Hayes - Crush
Kelly Rowland - Stole

February 3rd:...:

Appleton - Don't Worry
Sash! - Ganbareh
Sugababes featuring Sting - Shape

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

This week there are new entries for

• 8 Lionel Richie - Encore
• 12 Donny Osmond - Somewhere in Time
• 14 Jennifer Lopez - This is Me Then
• 17 S Club - Seeing Double
• 33 Blazin Squad - In the Beginning
• 39 Sum 41 - Does this Look Infected
• 56 System of a Down - Steal This Album
• 57 Steps - The Last Dance
• 62 Kelly Llorenna - All Clubbed Up: Best of
• 69 Bob Dylan - Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue

The top 5 goes like this :

• 1 Robbie Williams - Escapology
• 2 Blue - One Love
• 3 Westlife - Unbreakable (best of)
• 4 Elton John: Greatest Hits 1970-2002
• 5 Shania Twain - Up

New releases :

November 25th:

Blazin' Squad - In The Beginning
Toni Braxton - More Than A Woman
Celine Dion - A New Day Has Come
Kelly Llorenna - All Clubbed Up
Jennifer Lopez - This Is Me
S Club - Alive
Steps - The Last Dance
Sum 41 - Does This Look Infected?
Various Artists - Best Of KISS Smooth Grooves
Various Artists - Smash Hits 2003

December 2nd...:

Darius - Dive In

December 9th...:

Whitney Houston - Just Whitney...
Alanis Morrisette - Feast On Scraps

Dominator's Top 50 of 2001

49. Wheatus: Teenage Dirtbag

This band shot to prominance in February last year making No.2, with this track from the film "Loser", but following their second single, a cover of "A Little Respect" (No.3, July 2001) and a third track, Wannabe Gangster (No.22, Jan 2002), precious little has been heard from them since.

Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2002.

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