Official NZ Music Chart & Chartbitz April 11 2007

Chartbitz:

Kings Of The Chart
The Followill brothers Caleb, Jeffrey and Clifford along with cousin Matthew hit pay dirt this week with their third album Because Of The Times as it takes pole position on the Albums Chart.
Straight out of the box, Kings Of Leon dethrone Hayley Westenra who slips to #2. Quite a remarkable feat for an album named after an annual preachers conference the boys attended while growing up.
Their debut set Youth And Young Manhood gave them a brief taste of our charts reaching #43 in August 2003. Last time out Aha Shake Heartbreak made it to #29 for a solitary week in November 2004.

Now That’s What I Call Fast
Now it’s only to be expected that the latest Now hits compilation would hit the top of the Compilations Chart, but the franchise’s latest instalment has made it in double-quick time, easily hitting the top spot on just two days sales.
Even the Easter weekend trading hours couldn’t slow the set down.
Of the tracks on the record, five have been #1 singles: Akon and Eminem’s Smack That, Nelly Furtado’s Say It Right, Hinder’s Lips Of An Angel, Fall Out Boy’s This Ain’t A Scene... and Gwen Stefani and Akon’s The Sweet Escape.

The New Singles
#14 48May - Big Shock
Local lads 48May gain their fourth hit single as Big Shock takes highest new entry honours at #14 this week, matching the peak of their 2004 chart debut Leather And Tattoos. They just missed the Top 10 with their second, Home By 2, which stalled at #11. Last October Nervous Wreck reached #21. Their sophomore album Streetlights And Shadows which features Big Shock drops later in the year.

#35 Kaiser Chiefs – Ruby
Yours Truly, Angry Mob spent a week at #39 five weeks back now Leeds quintet Kaiser Chiefs follow their New Zealand Albums Chart debut with its lead single becoming their first hit single here. Ruby is new at #35. Both album and single are former UK #1s.

The New Albums
#1 Kings Of Leon - Because Of The Times
See story above.

#8 silverchair - Young Modern
Australia’s new #1 album is new here at #8 as Ockers silverchair make it an even half dozen hit albums in New Zealand. And for some reason three of them have peaked at #8 (1997’s Freakshow, 1999’s Neon Ballroom and their latest Young Modern, although the latter may yet go higher). It’s the first release in five years for Daniel Johns, Chris Joannau and Ben Gilles who got to #7 in 2002 with Diorama. Lead single Straight Lines moves up to #11 on the Singles list this week.

#11 Timbaland - Shock Value
Producer Timbaland’s Give In To Me moves to #33 on the Singles list and #10 on the RadioScope 100 as he scores his first hit album here under his own name, his second solo set Shock Value.

#18 George Benson & Al Jarreau - Givin’ It Up
Two sell-out shows at Auckland’s Civic Theatre last week have helped jazz vets George Benson and Al Jarreau gain their first hit album together. George Benson first charted 31 years back with Breezin’ (#9 in 1976). Givin’ It Up gives him his 11th chart entry and the first in just under four years. The 64-year-old Benson collaborates on the set with 67-year-old Al Jarreau, who charted two singles and two albums in the ‘80s.

#28 The Doors - The Very Best Of The Doors: Anniversary Edition
It’s 40th Anniversary time for the band who took their name from Aldous Huxley’s book The Doors Of Perception. Vocalist Jim Morrison died in Paris in 1971; these days guitarist Robby Krieger and keyboardist Ray Manzarek tour as ‘Riders On The Storm’ as drummer John Densmore won’t let them call themselves The Doors. Now the band’s first six albums have been remastered and reissued along with a fresh compilation, The Very Best Of The Doors, new at #28. It becomes the group’s sixth New Zealand Chart set and their fourth compilation. All up, they have racked up seven chart singles, the biggest being 1969’s #6 Touch Me.

#31 Hilary Duff - Dignity
Lizzie McGuire star Hilary Duff turns 20 in September and this week gains her fourth chart album with Dignity, new at #31. Metamorphosis opened Hilary’s chart account in 2003, peaking at #20. And last time out, in 2005, she gained her highest charter thus far with the #10 Most Wanted. She has racked up five hit singles as well.

#39 The Fratellis - Costello Music
Glaswegian trio The Fratellis’ debut album Costello Music dropped last September in the UK. This week, after hovering around on the Heatseekers Chart a month or so, Scotsmen Jon, Mince and Barry finally slide into the New Zealand lists at #39. Lead single Chelsea Dagger is currently #32 on the RadioScope100.

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Top 40 Albums - Week To Sunday, 8 April 2007

This Last Weeks
Week Week In Title Artist Label

1 new 1 Because Of The Times Kings Of Leon SBME
2 1 3 Treasure Hayley Westenra Universal
3 16 20 Konvicted Akon Universal
4 2 32 Loose Nelly Furtado Universal
5 4 18 Albertine Brooke Fraser SBME
6 5 9 Infinity On High Fall Out Boy Universal
7 3 6 Life In Cartoon Motion Mika Universal
8 new 1 Young Modern silverchair Eleven/EMI
9 7 3 Good Morning Revival Good Charlotte SBME
10 8 30 FutureSex / LoveSounds Justin Timberlake SBME
11 new 1 Shock Value Timbaland Universal
12 9 39 Eyes Open Snow Patrol Universal
13 6 47 Stadium Arcadium Red Hot Chili Peppers WEA/Warner
14 12 2 Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits Elton John Universal
15 reentry 12 B'Day: Deluxe Edition Beyonce SBME
16 14 19 Extreme Behaviour Hinder Universal
17 13 11 Back To Black Amy Winehouse Universal
18 new 1 Givin' It Up George Benson And Al Jarreau Universal
19 10 8 Van At The Movies Van Morrison EMI
20 11 11 How To Save A Life The Fray SBME
21 23 27 Sam's Town The Killers Universal
22 15 36 Real Life Evermore WEA/Warner
23 24 21 Black Holes And Revelations Muse WEA/Warner
24 20 24 The Black Parade My Chemical Romance WEA/Warner
25 22 4 MTV Unplugged KoRn Virgin/EMI
26 19 10 Not Too Late Norah Jones BlueNote/EMI
27 26 5 Dylanesque Bryan Ferry Virgin/EMI
28 new 1 The Very Best Of: Anniversary Edition The Doors Rhino/Warner
29 21 21 The Road To Escondido JJ Cale And Eric Clapton WEA/Warner
30 40 2 A Beautiful Lie 30 Seconds To Mars Virgin/EMI
31 new 1 Dignity Hilary Duff Hollywood/EMI
32 29 18 The Sweet Escape Gwen Stefani Universal
33 31 8 Daughtry Daughtry SBME
34 28 5 Hannah Montana OST Various Disney/EMI
35 17 3 Introducing... Joss Stone Virgin/EMI
36 25 20 18 Singles U2 Universal
37 27 101 Based On A True Story Fat Freddy's Drop TheDrop/Rhythmethod
38 30 3 We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank Modest Mouse SBME
39 new 1 Costello Music The Fratellis Universal
40 33 22 Alright, Still Lily Allen Capitol/EMI

Chart compiled by Media Sauce Ltd.

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