Official NZ Music Chart & Chartbitz Feb. 28 2007

Chartbitz:

Fall Out Boy On high
The first chart double of 2007 goes to Chicago’s Fall Out Boy whose Infinity On High racks up a third straight week in the Albums penthouse and gives them a #1 with their first New Zealand hit single, This Aint A Scene (It’s An Arms Race).
The album takes its title from a line in one of Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh’s personal letters. The group’s sole sold out New Zealand gig is now at the larger Telstra-Clear Pacific venue at Manukau City.

Madonna Confesses All
It’s usual for what goes on tour to stay on tour, but Madge is keen to confess, and in doing so gains dual chart entries this week.
Last time around Mrs Ritchie (aka Madonna) took Confessions On A Dancefloor to #5 on the Albums Chart (that was November 2005). Now the tour based around that set gives Madonna two new entries this week, into the Albums list at #23 and the DVD survey at #4.
The 48-year-old is the most successful female act ever in the 32-year history of the Official New Zealand Album Chart, The Confessions Tour becoming her 19th hit set and her first live album. Her 23-year albums chart career began in March 1984 with her #6 self-titled debut. Then there are the remarkable 52 hit singles (including 5 #1s), beginning with 1984’s #7 Holiday.

Madonna’s New Zealand #1s

Albums:
1984 - Like A Virgin
1986 - True Blue
1998 - Ray Of Light

Singles:
1985 - Into The Groove
1989 - Like A Prayer
1990 - Vogue
2000 - Music
2001 - Don’t Tell Me

The New Singles
#14 Fat Joe featuring Lil Wayne - Make It Rain
Fat Joe last graced the NZ Top 40 when he teamed with Nelly to Get It Poppin’, which peaked at #24 20 months back. Now teamed with Lil Wayne, South Bronx-raised Joe Cartagena (aka Fat Joe) is back to Make It Rain. Issued on his own Terror Squad label, the cut is lifted from his Me, Myself And I set. It gives him his seventh hit here, all of which are collaborations. The first was Feelin’ So Good with J-Lo (#11 in 2000), but the biggest and only Top 10er was What’s Luv? with Ashanti (#5 in 2002). Lil Wayne racks up his second collaborative effort having been part of Destiny’s Child’s #4 Soldier along with TI two years back.

#38 Mika - Grace Kelly
Lebanese-bred, London-based 23-year-old Mika (not to be confused with New Zealand’s own Mika from Timaru) has spent the last five weeks at #1 in the UK with his debut single Grace Kelly. Sounding a lot like the Scissor Sisters featuring Freddie Mercury, the track debuts on airplay at #38. The cross-format hit is lifted from Mika’s debut album, former UK #1 Life In Cartoon Motion which hit stores this week.

#40 Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around...
Twenty-six-year-old Justin Timberlake has just claimed a #1 hat-trick in his US homeland as the third single from his solo sophomore set Future Sex/Love Sounds it’s third chart-topper. What Goes Around… meanwhile begins its New Zealand chart run in the anchor position, making #40 purely on radio play. It’s #6 on the RadioScope100 ahead of a retail companion in a couple of weeks. It could repeat the American feat here as both the album’s former singles SexyBack and My Love have graced the penthouse. It brings Justin’s hit tally to eight, all but two going Top 10.

The New Album
#23 Madonna - The Confessions Tour
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Top 40 Singles - Week To Sunday, 25 February 2007

This Last Weeks
Week Week In Title Artist Label

1 2 2 This Ain't A Scene (It's An Arms Race) Fall Out Boy Universal
2 3 2 I Wanna Love You Akon feat. Snoop Dogg Universal
3 4 11 Say It Right Nelly Furtado Universal
4 5 15 Smack That Akon feat. Eminem Universal
5 6 4 Face Down Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Virgin/EMI
6 7 4 Famous Last Words My Chemical Romance WEA/Warner
7 12 25 Chasing Cars Snow Patrol Universal
8 1 20 Lips Of An Angel Hinder Universal
9 10 6 Shortie Like Mine Bow Wow feat. Chris Brown SBME
10 9 11 How To Save A Life The Fray SBME
11 11 6 She Moves In Her Own Way The Kooks Virgin/EMI
12 38 2 It's Not Over Daughtry SBME
13 15 2 The Party's Just Begun The Cheetah Girls Disney/EMI
14 new 1 Make It Rain Fat Joe feat. Lil Wayne Virgin/EMI
15 13 9 Fergalicious Fergie Universal
16 14 11 Too Little Too Late JoJo Universal
17 8 6 Dangerous Ying Yang Twins feat. Wyclef Jean Method/Shock
18 17 12 Wind It Up Gwen Stefani Universal
19 22 16 Snow (Hey Oh) Red Hot Chili Peppers WEA/Warner
20 27 13 Come Back To Me Vanessa Hudgens Hollywood/EMI
21 23 19 Welcome To The Black Parade My Chemical Romance WEA/Warner
22 16 4 Wonderful World James Morrison Universal
23 21 6 Bones The Killers Universal
24 18 17 Irreplaceable Beyonce SBME
25 19 19 Deciphering Me Brooke Fraser SBME
26 37 6 Lithium Evanescence SBME
27 30 10 You're All I Have Snow Patrol Universal
28 24 17 My Love Justin Timberlake feat. TI SBME
29 20 5 PNWhoa! PNC Dirty/Warner
30 31 6 Here It Goes Again OK Go Capitol/EMI
31 26 11 That's That Snoop Dogg feat. R Kelly Universal
32 25 11 America Razorlight Universal
33 36 14 LDN Lily Allen Capitol/EMI
34 40 3 Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Panic! At The Disco WEA/Warner
35 32 12 Let's Ride The Game Universal
36 39 17 Light Surrounding You Evermore WEA/Warner
37 reentry 12 We Ride Rihanna Universal
38 new 1 Grace Kelly Mika Universal
39 29 13 Hold Out Matt Saunoa Race/Shock
40 new 1 What Goes Around Justin Timberlake SBME

Chart compiled by Media Sauce Ltd.

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