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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: 10 new entries, 2 re-entries, 0 climbers, 1 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...

10 new entries and 2 re-entries :

• 38 Preeya Kalidas - Shakalaka Baby
• 36 (42 RE) Westlife - Bop Bop Baby
• 34 (49 RE) H & Claire - DJ
• 29 Gary Numan - Rip
• 28 Beginerz - Reckless Girl
• 23 Bill and Ben - Flobbadance
• 16 Baha Men - Move it Like This
• 15 Idlewild - American English
• 14 Amy Studt - Just a Little Girl
• 5 Prodigy - Baby's Got a Temper
• 3 Jennifer Lopez - I'm Gonna Be Alright
• 2 Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way

so the following dropped out :

• 40 Papa Roach - She Loves Me Not
• 39 Paul Oakenfold - Southern Sun
• 38 Ludacris - Rollout
• 37 Sum 41 - It's What We're All About
• 36 Ms Dynamite - It Takes More
• 35 No Doubt - Hella Good
• 34 Basement Jaxx - Get Me Off
• 32 Andy Williams/Denise Van Outen - Can't Take My Eyes Off You
• 31 Moony - Dove
• 30 Muse - Dead Star
• 29 Aurora - The Day It Rained Forever
• 26 Ant and Dec - We're on the Ball

0 climbers :

1 non-movers :

• 1 Elvis

and 27 going down.

Big fallers include :

• 20 (14) Wyclef Jean
• 32 (25) Rik Waller
• 37 (18) M Factor
• 39 (24) Rob Dougan
• 40 (27) Beverley Knight

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

• 44 Sheryl Crow - Steve McQueen
• 66 Wilt - Distortion
• 75 Supergrass - Never Done Nothing Like That Before

Of this week's highlights and lowlights...

44 Sheryl Crow - Steve McQueen

I'm glad this did so badly, but it's a surprise it did. It's a dire track that partially throws in the movie star's name as a comparative reference and for no other reason. One for the fans of Richard Allinson on Radio 2.

29 Gary Numan - Rip

Only heard this once. Sounds an interesting piece of electronica which is long since missed from the charts.

15 Idlewild - American English

Better than their last poor single, and this starts slowly and builds well.

2 Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way

Not a bad track, but far from their best (eg. Under the Bridge, Scar Tissue), and reminds me a lot of another track of theirs, The Other Side.

1 Elvis - A Little Less Conversation (remix) *4th Week at No.1*

Decent track used in the Nike football adverts with Eric Cantona. Typically, though, it shoots straight to No.1 when it doesn't deserve to.

This is the 14th 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
• 13. Will Young - Light My Fire
• 14. Elvis - A Little Less Conversation (remix)

New releases :

July 1st:

Bryan Adams - Here I Am
Marc Antony - I've Got You
Baha Men - Move It Like This
Beginerz - Reckless Girl
Bush - Inflatable
Creed - Bullets/One Last Breath
D-Mac - The World She Knows
Tim Deluxe feat. Sam Obernik - It Just Won't Do
DJ Marky & XRS feat. Stamina MC - LK
Darren Hayes - Strange Relationship
Flip & Fill - Shooting Star
Idlewild - American English
Jennifer Lopez feat. Nas - I'm Gonna Be Alright
Emma Nelson - Paradise
Gary Numan - Rip
Omero Mumba - Lil' Big Man
Outkast - Land Of A Million Drums
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
Caroline Alexander - If You
Ashanti - Foolish
B2K - Uh Huh
Bowling For Soup - Girls All The Bad Guys Want
Michelle Branch - All You Wanted
Dee Dee - Forever
Ed Case - Good Times
Distant Soundz - Runaway
Fischerspooner - Emerge
Garbage - Shut Your Mouth
Gareth Gates - Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake)
Goo Goo Dolls - Here Is Gone
Jamiroquai - Corner Of The Earth
Alicia Keys - How Come You Don't Call Me?
Liquid People Vs Simple Minds - Monster
Pet Shop Boys - I Get Along
Claire Sweeney - When You Believe

July 15th:

Abs - Uptown Top Ranking
Ashley - Falling For You
ATC - Around The World (La La La La La)
Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles
Elton John & Alessandro Safina - Your Song
Mercury Rev - Little Rimes
Shakira - Underneath Your Clothes
Silverchair - The Greatest View
Beyonce Knowles - Work It Out

July 22nd:

3SL - Touch Me, Tease Me
Doves - Pounding
Klea - Tic Toc
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:

Darius Danesh - Colourblind
Natalie Imbruglia - Beauty On The Fire
Ja Rule feat. Case - Livin' It Up 2002
Kosheen - Harder
Liberty X - Got To Have Your Love
McAlmont & Butler - Falling
Will Smith - Black Suit's Comin' (Nod Your Head)
Britney Spears - Boys

August 5th:

Coldplay - In My Place
Hear'Say - Lovin' Is Easy
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 - Make Me Want You

September 2nd:

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

Yet to be confirmed...

Alex C feat. Yasmin K - Rhythm Of The Night
Ana Ann - I Apologise
Atomic Kitten - The Tide Is High
Gigi D'Agostino - La Passion
Samantha Mumba - Right Here
Mya - Cream Cheese
Romeo - TBA
S Club - Sunshine
SIX - Let Me Be The One
Wonderwall - Just More

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

This week there are new entries for

• 1 Oasis - Heathen Chemistry
• 2 Nelly - Nellyville
• 7 Morcheeba - Charango
• 10 Muse - Hullabaloo
• 32 Green Day - Shenanigans
• 54 Tenacious D - Tenacious D
• 61 Layo and Bushwacka - Night Works

The top 5 goes like this :

• 1 Oasis - Heathen Chemistry
• 2 Nelly - Nellyville
• 3 Eminem - The Eminem Show
• 4 Queen - Greatest Hits I, II & III
• 5 Sophie Ellis Bextor - Read My Lips

New releases :

July 1st:

Morcheeba - Charango
Oasis - Heathern Chemistry

July 8th:

OST - Scooby Doo
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

Yet to be confirmed...:

Ace Of Base - TBA
Bjork - Greatest Hits
Elvis Presley - Number Ones
U2 - The Best Of U2: Volume Two
Westlife - Greatest Hits

Dominator's Top 50 of 2001

28. Grandaddy - The Crystal Lake

Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2002.

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