Rolling 2006 US Charts Thread

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Schoolboy error, really.

It does really suit her quite well, though.

Also, Bon Jovi now have a top 20 country single, if nobody noticed.

I really didn't expect "Check On It" to have this much staying power, but yeah, ummm, James Blunt and stuff.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4764678.stm

Invasion of Britain iminent?

BYE-BYE BLUNTY, BLUNTY GOODBYE... Yep, the king of blandcore has been dislodged after one week as Ne-Yo storms to the top from last week's 9, doing the Hot 100-Billboard 200 double. Rock music is reportedly 'miffed'. Elsewhere in the ten, no major waves - Sean Paul's slow clamber continues, up to 2 this week, and The Mighty Trance Warrior Queen that is Cascada is nudged out to 11 by Dem Franchise Boyz climbing to 'lucky' #9.

CRAP HAT ON THE MARCH - up 15 to this week's #14, with Bubba close behind at #15. Keyshia Cole's up 5 to #20, and there's some yo-yo-ing about down below, most notably with 'Rompe's eight-place climb to #31. New in the 50 this week: Sheryl Crow & Sting's 'I No Longer Want To Ride My Bicycle' is straight in at #35, and Rihanna's 'SOS', Kanye's 'Touch The Sky' and Kenny Chesney's 'Living In Fast Forward' occupy numbers 46 thru 48.

Worth noting, I guess, is that "So Sick" is the 6th #1 of the year so far. At this point last year, I think "Let Me Love You" was just finishing up its nine-week reign. So I guess that's a step forward of sorts.

Also loving the rapid turnover at the #1 position.

This is a real song?!?

this is a sad state of affairs, Joseph.

He's pulling your leg. The real title is "We Met In The Bordello".

In the rest of the country, Laffy Taffy peaked at the time it hit number one. It wasn't played on the radio here (Seattle) til Octover/November. You have to remember that in Atlanta D4L are a local group and so radio there picked up on it before they were nationally known.

* - 'cuz now Ne-Yo passed them all on the right, right?

Well, the Times business section and Billboard both observed it before I did, so I can't take credit. Seemed interesting, though.

As a consumer, I really resent this line of reasoning; it's what led to the utter removal of the singles market in the late '90s (and thus can be held responsible for the dramatic Napster rise thereafter).

the print edition of Billboard magazine contains the charts that were announced a week earlier on the Billboard website, so you probably get your issue right on time, but it's info is always a week out of date. it's always kind of funny how the BB site phrases the announcements too, like "Ne-Yo will top next week's Billboard chart," as if it's predicting the future.

(*not that I can find anywhere on the Billboard online site that will tell me what the difference is between a downloaded song and a downloaded track)

Teen-rock (I guess) bands on the Billboad charts this week that I never heard or heard of before, and that I'm vaguely curious about:

THE FRAY - Who have a song with the intriguing title "Over My Head (Cable Car)" at #64 on the singles chart, so maybe they're from San Francisco? Also their album is at #110.

PLUMB -- "One woman rock act Tiffany Arbuckle," #177 on album chart.

FLYLEAF - #140 on album chart, and, judging from a photo elsehwere in the issue, they have a female singer.

Has anybody out there heard any of these bands? What sound they like?

>For Immediate Release
March 15, 2006

MATISYAHU DEBUTS AT #4 ON BILLBOARD 200
WITH NEW ALBUM ‘YOUTH'

With Sales Of 119,000, ‘Youth,' Finds Matisyahu The Only Artist With Two Albums Currently In The Billboard Top 40

‘Youth' Captures #1 Spots On Top Internet Albums Chart, Digital Albums Chart And Reggae Chart As ‘Live At Stubb's' Lands at #3 On Reggae Chart

Outside the top ten, there's reasonable climbs for 'Beep', 'Walk Away' and, er, 'Jesus, Take The Wheel'. Having peaked at #13 'Stupid Girls' slips for a second consecutive week, this week's #22.

New in the 50 - Matisyahu brings the great stuff kids go for at #28 from #61 last week, and Chamillionaire climbs from 57 to 36. Most intriguing one, though perhaps mainly from a British perspective, is Rascal Flatts at #49 with 'What Hurts The Most', the song that ex-S Club lead singer Jo O'Meara attempted to launch her solo career in the UK with last year. Over here, it peaked at #13 then vanished without trace. Its American progress may be slightly more successful, you'd reckon...

The big news for me this week is The All-American Rejects' "Move Along" shooting to #32, it's easily one of the best rock singles of the year so far (and much better than "Dirty Little Secret") and it's nice to see it pick up after a slow start. I hope it peaks as high as DLS did, making the AARs one of what, six rock bands this decade with more than one top ten hit? Nickelback, Creed, Fall Out Boy, Linkin Park and Green Day are the only other ones I can think of off the top of my head.

Sean Paul going to #1 is sorta unexpected but a pleasant enough surprise, it's a pretty scorching single. Daniel Powter really worries me at #2 though, I dunno if I can take him and Blunt going to #1 within the same month. Is this a genuine White Guys With Pianos and Guitars takeover or what?

E-40 sold 93,000 not 50,000. But it still should have sold better.