Official New Zealand Music Chart 8 November 2010

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Chartbitz: Wednesday, November 10 2010

by Andrew Miller

It's 1975 All Over Again

May 2nd 1975 saw the Official New Zealand Albums Chart appear for the first time. That week the inaugural Top 3 was comprised of Bob Dylan’s Blood On The Tracks, Elton John’s Greatest Hits and Neil Diamond’s Serenade. Three-and-a-half decades later, all three artists make new entries in this week's chart.

Leading the pack is 2011 tourist Neil Diamond with the week’s highest charter, Dreams, at #5. Last time out 2008’s Home Before Dark made #1, giving him his fifth turn at the summit during a 23-album run.

Robert Zimmerman (otherwise known as Bob Dylan) has three chart-toppers to his credit and his latest, The Witmark Demos: Bootleg Volume 9, makes it to #18 and takes his tally to 31.

Elton Hercules John teams with Leon Russell on The Union to add a 35th title to his sum. Elton counts six #1s amongst his total while collaborator Leon Russell now has a second New Zealand chart entry 30 years from the first, the #11 One For The Road with Willie Nelson.

On that very first chart Elton had two albums and Neil three. There are also two other 1975 originals currently charting – 17-set veteran Santana whose Guitar Heaven is currently #35 and Rod Stewart with his 28th, Fly Me To The Moon (#13 this week). Back in 1975 Santana’s Borboletta held down the #19 spot while Stewart’s Smiler album was #29.

The New Singles

#17 Enrique Iglesias featuring Nicole Scherzinger - Heartbeat

Enrique Iglesias is more of a Singles act here (just two of his albums have charted, the last being Escape which hit #6 nine years ago). Still to chart, his latest effort Euphoria now yields a second hit. Heartbeat is the highest new entry of the week at #17. It also gives lead Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger a solo credit. In all, Iglesias has 12 hit singles, seven more than his dad Julio.

#29 Stan Walker - Homesick

Four times Tui winner Stan Walker has taken just 11 months and one week to clock up half a dozen hit singles. The sixth, Homesick, debuts at #29 this week.

#34 Good Charlotte - Like It’s Her Birthday

With a new label and their first new material in three years, five-member Good Charlotte led by twins Joel and Benji Madden scores double new entries this week as their Cardiology set opens at #18 on the Albums Chart while lead track Like It’s Her Birthday is fresh at #34 on the Singles survey. That makes it nine hit singles in all here.

#36 Rihanna featuring Drake - What’s My Name?

Loud drops Monday and already it’s produced two hit singles. Previously Only Girl (In The World) made #1, now Rihanna debuts What’s My Name? at #36 with help from Drake, giving him a first Singles Chart entry appearance in New Zealand. Rihanna now has 22 hits in a career only a little over five years long.

The New Albums

#5 Neil Diamond - Dreams

See story above.

#6 Ladi6 - The Liberation Of Ladi6

A trip to Berlin that lasted six months, including gigs and the recording of a sophomore album, results in the second Top10 entry point for Ladi6 who arrives appropriately at #6 this week with The Liberation Of Ladi6. Originally from Christchurch, Scribe’s cousin reached #4 and earned a gold sales certification and a Tui award for her Time Is Not Much debut two years back. She steps out live this weekend in Christchurch and Nelson.

#11 Ardijah - The Best Of Polyfonk

The nucleus of Ardijah has always been husband and wife Ryan and Betty-Anne Monga. The band’s chart career now spans 24 years and five months, kicking off when single Give Me Your Number made #15, the first of eight hits, the biggest and sole #1 being a cover of Wings’ Silly Love Songs. Now their fourth chart album, their first this century, lands at #11. The Best Of Polyfonk is Ardijah’s first compile. Their previous three charters have all peaked Top10, their third, Time, climbing highest with a #6 peak.

#18 Good Charlotte - Cardiology

See story above.

#23 Bob Dylan - The Witmark Demos: Bootleg Volume 9

See story above.

#24 Elton John and Leon Russell - The Union

See story above.

ENDS

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