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This week: 11 new entries, 1 re-entry, 2 climbers, 2 non-movers & 24 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...

11 new entries and 1 re-entry:

• 40 (45 RE) Blue - Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word
• 38 Bangles - Something That You Said
• 35 Cradle of Filth - Babalon A.D.
• 32 Ruby Amanfy - Sugah
• 28 Stone Sour - Bother
• 24 Bad Company UK - Mo' Fire
• 19 Mock Turtles - Can You Dig It 2003
• 10 The Coral - Don't Think You're the First
• 9 Darius - Incredible
• 7 Nelly - Work It
• 6 Eminem - Sing for the Moment
• 2 Dannii Minogue - I Begin To Wonder

so the following dropped out :

• 40 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop
• 39 Love Inc - You're a Superstar
• 38 Blazin Squad - Reminisce
• 37 Interactive - Forever Young
• 36 Panjabi MC - Mundian to Back Ke
• 34 LL Cool J - Paradise
• 33 Chicane - Love on the Run
• 31 Moloko - Familiar Feeling
• 29 Toni Braxton - Hit the Freeway
• 28 Zwan - Honestly
• 20 Turin Brakes - Painkiller
• 15 Massive Attack - Special Cases

2 climbers :

• 3 (4) Junior Senior
• 26 (35) Gareth Gates

2 non-movers :

• 1 Christina
• 21 Cam'ron

and 24 going down.

Big fallers include :

• 11 (5) Ainslie Henderson
• 16 (7) Melanie C
• 20 (13) Soda Club
• 34 (16) Royksopp

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

• 44 Alison Limerick - Where Love Lives
• 47 Saliva - Always
• 51 Futureshock - On My Mind
• 54 Push - Universal Nation
• 70 Beth Gibbons - Tom the Model

Of this week's highlights and lowlights...

44 Alison Limerick - Where Love Lives

Again??

38 Bangles - Something That You Said

After promotion for their new album on shows like RI:SE and Graham Norton, it doesn't seem to have done much good for them. What prospects for their album, "Doll Revolution", then?

34 (16) Royksopp - Eple

Presumably the drop is down to the dreadful "performance" on Top of the Pops last week, which was just too bad for words.

19 Mock Turtles - Can You Dig It 2003

The Manchester band's only hit from 1991, when it made No.18 in March of that year. One of the band used to be in "Families", don't you know...

1 (1) Christina Aguilera - Beautiful *2nd Week at No.1*

This couldn't be a more drippy ballad if it tried. Very dull.

This is the 33rd 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

New releases :

March 3rd:

Alarm - Close
Ashanti - Baby
Ruby Amanfu - Sugah
India Arie - Little Things
Asian Dub Foundation - Enemy Of The Enemy
The Bangles - Something That You Said
The Coral - Don't Think You're The First
Sarah Connor - He's Unbelievable
Cradle Of Filth - Babalon AD (DVD Only)
Darius - Incredible
Delta - Born To Try
Eminem - Sing For The Moment
Beth Gibbons & Rustin' Man - Tom The Model
Kraze - The Party 2003
Lockdown Project - Everybody In The Morning
Jennifer Love-Hewitt - Can I Go Now?
Lisa Maffia - All Over
Dannii Minogue - I Begin To Wonder
Moby - Sunday
Alison Moyet - More
Nelly featuring Justin Timberlake - Work It!
Porn Kings vs. Flip & Fill featuring 740 Boyz - Shake Ya Shimmy
Saliva - Always
Santana featuring Seal - You Are My Kind
Simple Plan - I'm Just A Kid
Stone Sour - Bother
The Thrills - One Horse Town
Un-Cut - Midnight
Rachel White - Cinderella's Playing Out!

March 10th:

50 Cent - In Da Club
Adema - Insomniac's Dream
Audio Bullys - The Things
B2K featuring P Diddy - Bump Bump Bump
Bad Company - Mo' Fire
The Cardigans - For What It's Worth
Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
Des'Ree - It's OK
Dirty Vegas - Simple Things
Gareth Gates featuring The Kumars - Spirit In The Sky
Jennifer Lopez featuring LL Cool J - All I Have
Kid Creme featuring Shurakano - Down & Under
Missy Elliott - Gossip Folks
N-E-R-D - Lapdance/Provider
OK Go - Get Over It
Placebo - The Bitter End
Busta Rhymes featuring Mariah Carey & Flipmode Squad - I Know What You Want
Simple Plan - I'd Do Anything
Something Corporate - Punk Rock Princess
Stuart - Free (Let It Be)
Sugababes - Shape

March 17th:

Alarm - Close
Alpine Stars - Burning Up
Aqualung - If I Fall
B2K featuring P Diddy - Bump Bump Bump
Blue - U Make Me Wanna
Carpet Bombers For Peace featuring Jello Biafra - Salt In The Wound EP
MJ Cole - Wondering Why
Phil Collins - The Least You Can Do
D4 - Ladies Man
Debasser - Dark Smile EP
Alex Gold featuring Phil Oakley - L.A. Today
Ja Rule featuring Ashanti - Mesmerize
Katoi - Touch Me
Linkin Park - Somewhere I Belong
Mis-Teeq - Scandalous
N-E-R-D - Lapdance/Provider
Saint Etienne - Soft Like Me
Simply Red - Sunrise
Snoop Dogg - Beautiful
Stereopol - Dancing Tonight
Three Doors Down - When I'm Gone
Uncut - Midnight
Jan Wayne - Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Rachel White - Cinderella's Playing Out!
Richard X vs Liberty X - Being Nobody

March 24th:

Athlete - El Salvador
Mariah Carey featuring Cam'Ron - Boy (I Need You)
Coldplay - Clocks
Crazy Town - Hurt You So Bad
Des'Ree - It's OK
Dixie Chicks - Landslide
DJ Aligator Project - Lollipop
The Donnas - Take It Off
Elviss - Radio (Kill It)
Finch - Letters To You
Alex Gold featuring Phil Oakley - L.A. Today
Harry - Imagination
Hot Hot Heat - Bandages
Jessy - Look At Me Now
Lemonescent - Help Me Mama
Mew - Comforting Sound
Nas - I Can
Roc Project & Tina Arena - Never (Past Tense)
Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham - Make Luv
Slipmatt - Space
Stuart - Free (Let It Be)
Westlife - Tonight

March 31st:

56K featuring Bejay - Save A Prayer
Amerie - I'm Coming Out
India Arie - Little Things
Atomic Kitten - Love Doesn't Have To Hurt
Celine Dion - I Drove All Night
Do-Nots - Big Mouth
Dysfunctional - Payback Time
Eve - Satisfaction
Grooverider - What Do You Do?
Whitney Houston - On My Own
Avril Lavigne - I'm With You
Jamelia - Bout
Lazard - 4 O'Clock In The Morning
Jennifer Love-Hewitt - Can I Go Now?
Mario - Just A Friend
Beth Orton - Thinking About Tomorrow
Lione Richie featuring Enrique Iglesias - To Love A Woman
The Roots featuring Cody Chesnutt - The Seed (2.0)
Scooter - Weekend!

April 7th:

Richard Ashcroft - Buy It In Bottles
Audio Bullys - The Things
Daniel Bedingfield - I Can't Read You
Nick Carter - I've Got You
Sarah Connor - He's Unbelievable
Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
Death In Vegas featuring Paul Weller - So You Say You Lost Your Baby
Erasure - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
Foo Fighters - Have It All
David Gray - Be Mine
Kym Marsh - Cry
Alice Martineau - The Right Time
Paffendorf - Crazy, Sexy, Marvellous
Queens Of The Stone Age - Go With The Flow
Paulina Rubio - I'll Be Right Here (Sexual Lover)
Erick Sermon - Love Iz
Shy FX & T-Power featuring Kele Le Roc - Feelin' U
The Star Spangles - Stay Away From Me
The Transplants - Diamonds & Guns
Venus Hum - Montana EP

April 14th:

Badly Drawn Boy - All Possibilities
Billy Crawford - You Didn't Expect That
Def Leppard - Long Long Way To Go
D-Side - Speechless
Floetry - Flowetic
Martin L. Gore - Stardust
InMe - Neptune
Ian McCulloch - Slideling
Planet Funk - Who Said
Plummet - Damaged
David Sneddon - Don't Let Go
Amy Studt - Misfit
Robbie Williams - Come Undone

April 21st:

Blur - Out Of Time
Busted - But You Said No (Crash & Burn)
Pippa Fulton - Don't Wanna Miss A Thing
Macy Gray - When I See You
Madonna - American Life
Alanis Morrisette - 21 Things I Want In A Lover
Kelly Osbourne - Dig Me Out
Puretone - Stuck In A Groove
Snap! - Rhythm Is A Dancer 2003
Triple 8 - Knockout

April 28th:

Craig David - Rise And Fall
Eyes Adrift - Alaska
Ronan Keating - The Long Goodbye
Busta Rhymes featuring Mariah Carey & Flipmode Squad - I Know What You Want
Rosie Ribbons - Heaven
Bruce Springsteen - Waiting For A Sunny Day
TLC - Damaged

May 5th:

Big Brovaz - Favourite Things
Electric Six - Gay Bar
Monica - So Gone
S Club - Love Ain't Gonna Wait For You
Lisa Scott-Lee - Lately
Shed Seven - Why Can't I Be With You?
Stereophonics - Madame Helga

May 12th:

Anastacia - Love Is A Crime
The Cheeky Girls - Take Your Shoes Off
Girls Aloud - No Good Advice
Moloko - Forever More
Mya - People Change
Kelly Rowland - Can't Nobody
SIX - After The Gold Rush

May 19th:

Apollo 440 - Dude Descending A Staircase
Emma Bunton - Free Me
Radiohead - TBA
t.A.T.u. - Not Gonna Get Us
Train - Calling All The Angels

May 26th:

TBA

June 2nd:

Aaliyah - Don't Know That To Tell Ya
R Kelly - Imagine That
S Club Juniors - Fool No More

June 9th:

Ainslie - Pretty Girls And Pretty Boys
Toni Braxton - A Better Man
Melanie C - On The Horizon

Top 75 ALBUM chart analysis :

This week there are new entries for :

• 4 Turin Brakes - Ether Song
• 18 Moloko - Statues
• 19 Mull Historical Society - Us
• 21 Ozzy Osbourne - The Essential

The top 5 goes like this :

• 1 Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
• 2 Christina Aguilera - Stripped
• 3 Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
• 4 Turin Brakes - Ether Song
• 5 Tom Jones - Greatest Hits

New releases :

March 3rd:

Moloko - Statues
Turin Brakes - Ether Song
Various Artists - Q: The Album
Terri Walker - Untitled

March 10th:

Melanie C - Reason
The Clash - The Essential Clash
Cradle Of Filth - Damnation And A Day

March 17th:

Ruby Amanfu - Smoke And Honey
Paul McCartney - Back In The US
Dannii Minogue - Neon Nights

March 24th:

A-Ha - How Can I Sleep With Your Voice In My Head
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars
The Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight
Malachi Cush - Malachi
Celine Dion - One Heart
Linkin Park - Meteora
Placebo - Sleeping With Ghosts
Savage Garden - The Best Of Savage Garden

March 31st:

Des'Ree - Dream Soldier
Mis-Teeq - Eye Candy
The White Stripes - Elephant

April 7th:

TBA

April 14th:

Fleetwood Mac - Say You Will

April 21st:

TBA

April 28th:

Macy Gray - The Trouble With Being Myself

May 5th:

Blur - Think Tank

May 12th:

Rosie Ribbons - Misbehaving

May 19th:

Stereophonics - You Gotta Go There To Come Back

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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