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Music News - Supergroups Dominate 2007 Music Sales

23 January 2008 - 0 Comments

It’s taken two of the music industry’s international giants to knock New Zealand’s favourite classical artist from the top of the 2007 album charts. Led Zeppelin’s ‘Mothership’ and The Eagles’ ‘Long Road Out of Eden’ are last year’s top and third-best selling albums for 2007, sandwiching Paul Potts’ ‘One Chance’ at number two according to final figures released today. Despite being in The Chart for only seven and nine weeks respectively, ‘Mothership’ and ‘Long Road’ displace Hayley Westenra’s ‘Treasure’ - 27 weeks in The Chart - from #1 to #4. Three new local albums make the top 20 following the Christmas rush. The soundtrack for popular local TV show Outrageous Fortune finishes the year at #9, OpShop’s ‘Second Hand Planet’ is in at #15 and “The Man, The Legend” by Prince Tui Teka is #20 after only four weeks on the chart. Brooke Fraser and Hollie Smith move down the charts following December sales. Brooke’s ‘Albertine’ drops four places to #8 and Hollie’s ‘Long Player’ is down three to #13. ‘Albertine’ spent 42 weeks in The Chart in 2007 and ‘Long Player’ 25 weeks. Brooke remains at second place on the radio airplay chart for 2007, with her single “Shadowfeet”. Opshop is the only local to top any of the charts for 2007 as ‘Maybe’ remains the most played song on radio for 2007. On the singles front, Christmas sales have had less effect on the year’s final figures with the top eight artists retaining their early December positions. Top selling single for 2007 is ‘Umbrella’ from Rihanna featuring JayZ. Kiwi rockers Atlas cling to their hard-earned #6 spot with ‘Crawl’ while OpShop remains just outside the top 10 with ‘Maybe’ at #11. “It’s been a big Christmas for heritage artists,” says RIANZ CEO Campbell Smith. “There was no denying the Christmas pulling power of groups such as Led Zep and The Eagles.” ‘The Best of the Johnny Cash Show’ is the year’s top-selling DVD displacing Andre Rieu’s ‘New York Memories: Live at Radio City’ to #2. ‘Now That’s What I call Music 25’ replaces “Now That’s What I call Music 23” on top of the compilation list. The figures are compiled by Media Sauce Ltd for the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand and are for over-the-counter and legal digital sales for the calendar year to December 31, 2007 The full list of the nation’s favourite music for 2007 is:

Top 20 Albums

Based on over-the counter retail sales and legal digital sales during January 1- December 31, 2007.

Rank

Title

Artist

1

Mothership

Led Zeppelin

2

One Chance

Paul Potts

3

Long Road Out Of Eden

The Eagles

4

Treasure

Hayley Westenra

5

Minutes To Midnight

Linkin Park

6

FutureSex / LoveSounds

Justin Timberlake

7

Shock Value

Timbaland

8

Albertine

Brooke Fraser

9

Outrageous Fortune: Westside Rules

Various

10

I'm Not Dead

Pink

11

The Traveling Wilburys Collection

The Traveling Wilburys

12

Infinity On High

Fall Out Boy

13

Long Player

Hollie Smith

14

High School Musical 2 OST

High School Musical Cast

15

Second Hand Planet

OpShop

16

Echoes, Silence, Patience And Grace

Foo Fighters

17

Konvicted

Akon

18

Loose

Nelly Furtado

19

Forever

Luciano Pavarotti

20

The Man, The Legend

Prince Tui Teka

 

Top 20 Singles

Based on over-the counter retail sales and legal digital sales during January 1- December 31, 2007.

Rank

Title

Artist

1

Umbrella

Rihanna feat. Jay Z

2

Big Girls Don't Cry

Fergie

3

The Way I Are

Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson

4

Buy You A Drank (Shawty Snappin')

T-Pain feat. Yung Joc

5

Bartender

T-Pain feat. Akon

6

Crawl

Atlas

7

Because Of You

Ne-Yo

8

The Sweet Escape

Gwen Stefani feat. Akon

9

Apologize

Timbaland feat. OneRepublic

10

Beautiful Girls

Sean Kingston

11

Maybe

OpShop

12

Don't Matter

Akon

13

Give It To Me

Timbaland feat. Nelly And Justin

14

Girlfriend

Avril Lavigne

15

Candyman

Christina Aguilera

16

Grace Kelly

Mika

17

Kiss Kiss

Chris Brown feat. T-Pain

18

Lips Of An Angel

Hinder

19

No One

Alicia Keys

20

Same Girl

R Kelly feat. Usher

 

Top 10 Radio Airplay

Based on radio airplay from January 1 – December 31, 2007.

Rank

Title

Artist

1

Maybe

OpShop

2

Shadowfeet

Brooke Fraser

3

The Sweet Escape

Gwen Stefani feat. Akon

4

Straight Lines

silverchair

5

How To Save A Life

The Fray

6

Say It Right

Nelly Furtado

7

Big Girls Don't Cry

Fergie

8

Makes Me Wonder

Maroon 5

9

Crawl

Atlas

10

What Goes Around

Justin Timberlake

 

Top 10 Compilations

Based on over-the counter retail sales and legal digital sales during January 1- December 31, 2007.

Rank

Title

Artist

1

Now That's What I Call Music 25

Various

2

Now That's What I Call Music 23

Various

3

Now That's What I Call Music 24

Various

4

Rocked 07

Various

5

The Absolute Best Christmas Album In The World... Ever

Various

6

Housework Songs I

Various

7

Sad Songs

Various

8

Housework Songs II

Various

9

Chick Flicks

Various

10

Jim Beam Pub Jukebox Classics

Various

 

Top 10 DVDs

Based on over-the counter retail sales and legal digital sales during January 1- December 31, 2007.

Rank

Title

Artist

1

The Best Of The Johnny Cash Show

Johnny Cash

2

New York Memories: Live At Radio City

Andre Rieu

3

The Farewell Tour Part I

The Eagles

4

Plug Me In

AC/DC

5

FutureSex / LoveShow

Justin Timberlake

6

Remember That Night: Live

David Gilmour

7

Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

8

In Wonderland

Andre Rieu

9

A New Day: Live In Vegas

Celine Dion

10

On Holiday

Andre Rieu

Thanks to www.rianz.org.nz for this story.


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