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Chart Beat - 2 January 2017

The first chart for 2017 still has a strong festive theme. Michael Bublé gains the only new single with a track from his number one album Christmas. It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas was written in 1951 by Meredith Willson with multiple artists covering it since. In 1951 alone it was sung by Perry Como, The Fontane Sisters and Bing Crosby. It's only the first time Michael Bublé has been in the singles chart though, despite 218 weeks charted with albums.
That's the only new single this week but there are two festive re-entries which have a sad twist. In 1985 Wham! took Last Christmas to #17. Shortly after that, Bob Geldof launched Band Aid to raise money for starving thousands. Both songs appear in this weeks Top 40 and both include vocals from George Michael who sadly passed away on Christmas day. Throughout his career the 53 year old had 10 hit singles with Wham! and 20 as a solo artist. Not surprisingly then, that there are three albums re-entering this weeks chart. Twenty Five and Ladies And Gentlemen appear at #29 and 30 with the big surprise a return of the final Wham! album at #34.
The only new album is the soundtrack to the new Disney movie Moana at #33. The movie is sitting at #6 at Box Office this week.
Chart Beat - 9 January 2017

The first new number one single for the year sees Clean Bandit claim their first chart topper. Rockabye has also gone to the top in Australia, Austria, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia... I think you get the point.
All four Christmas hits leave the chart making way for one new entry and three re-entries. Canadian Alessia Cara enters the chart at #37 with How Far I'll Go which comes from the movie Moana. It's her fourth Top 40 single.
Three new albums grace the bottom of the Top 40, two of them soundtracks.
Sydney's Sticky Fingers took their third album (and first here) to #4 in October; now their first finds a place at #37 entry. Caress Your Soul was released in 2013 and reached #39 in the Australian Albums Chart.
Animated movie Sing has a great selection of artists in it's soundtrack from Stevie Wonder to Jennifer Hudson. The movie sits at #3 at Box Office while the soundtrack debuts at #36.
The other movie to debut is La La Land. This flick is a musical romantic comedy starring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend and Rosemarie DeWitt. Most of the music is composed and orchestrated by Justin Hurwitz and manages a #40 entry. The movie is at #4 in Box Office.
Kiwi new single of the week comes from Auckland duo Chores. Its a great track called Gravitate, currently sitting at #3 on the NZ Singles Heatseeker chart.
Speaking of kiwi music, a surprise couple of entries in the NZ Heatseeker albums chart is the return of Mi Sex. Popular from 1979 to 1983, they disbanded after singer Steve Gilpin was killed in a major car accident. Fast forward to 2011, they reformed for a charity concert in aid of the Christchurch earthquake with former Noiseworks bass player Steve Balbi on lead vocals. They began writing again and have just released a new album. That album, Not From Here, and a 2007 compilation take out the Top 2 in the Heatseeker chart.
When was the last time Adele 25 get the Platinum x7 certification? It seems to take forever for 25 to get the Platinum x8 certification even after the holiday season. lol
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Your right, it has taken ages for Adele to take 25 to 8 times platinum. She went to 7 times on 28 December 2015. Sales of albums are well down and the bar was lifted during the year so its harder to receive certifications now. Can't be far away though.
Don't ask me what happened there 911130 but Adele is now 9 times platinum. That's up two. Surely she didn't sell over 15,000 units in the past week. Gees
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Surprise to see the sudden spike on the 25 certification from 7 to 9 times platinum which it suggest 25 was sold around 30,000 units in 2016. I expect she get 8 times platinum sales at any point before or during the Oceania tour announcement but RMNZ didn't update the certification at that time.
Chart Beat - 16 January, 2017

I got an email during the week. "Since it’s been a little while I thought I’d drop two singles rather than one." The promotion worked as Ed Sheeran takes them both into the Top 2 this week. Shape Of You (also #1 in Wales) and Castle On The Hill are from his third album ÷ due out on March 2. He now has four chart topping singles. Incidentally it's the first time the top 2 singles have been new in the chart, never mind by the same artist. We came close in 2013 when One Direction debuted with the #2 and #3 singles. For the record, those songs were Diana and Midnight Memories, and both of them only achieved two weeks in the chart.
American hip hop group Migos enter at #31 with Bad And Boujee. It's their first time in the chart here.
American rapper Sage The Gemini featured on Flo Rida's hit G.D.F.R. in 2014 but has never had a hit of his own. He changes that this week with Now And Later at #38.
American electro house musician Steve Aoki teams up with One Direction member Louis Tomlinson with Just Hold On at #40. That's now three One Direction members to chart solo hits.
The album chart hasn't woken up from the holiday period yet and sees only one new album.
American rockers Halestorm took Into The Wildlife to #28 in 2015, now they are back, just one knotch down with an EP. ReAniMate 3.0: The CoVeRs eP is just that, five tracks covering artists from Sophie B Hawkins to Metallica. It follows on from ReAniMate 2.0: The CoVeRs which came out in 2013 and ReAniMate: The CoVeRs from 2011.
For the kiwi single of the week I want to revisit Mitch James. His single Move On re-enters the NZ Singles chart at #7 taking him to a new high. If you like Ed Sheeran you will love Mitch James too. He is definatly an artist to watch this year.
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Chart Beat - 23 January, 2017

The Top 4 singles remains static this week with Ed Sheeran holding fast to the top two positions. There are two newbies though.
The Chainsmokers had an incredible year last year clocking up 94 weeks over four entries in the singles chart, more than any other artist. They continue that success with their sixth hit Paris at #17. This one features uncredited vocals from Emily Warren (who co-wrote the duo's hit single Don't Let Me Down) and Andrew Taggart.
Rag'n'Bone Man has the other newbie. Born Rory Graham, the British singer took Human to #2 a few weeks ago with the double shot from Ed Sheeran keeping him off the top. Over here he debuts at #38.
It's a similar situation in the albums chart with two new albums.
It's been four and a half years since The XX had an album in the chart, but this week they are back with the highest new entry of the week. I See You is the Brits third album; the original release date set for October last year. After a bit more recording, the album is finally out and in our charts at #3.
Los Angeles based DJ Bonobo scores his first NZ hit with his sixth album Migration is new at #27.
Chart Beat - 30 January 2017

British duo Snakehips join forced with Danish singer MØ for this weeks highest new single. Don't Leave , new at #32, has already peaked at #11 in Denmark.
German DJ Robin Schulz and French DJ David Guetta also collaborate with the other new single, Shed A Light at #37. To date the track has peaked at #7 in Austria, #6 in Germany and #8 in Poland.
No new albums in a very quiet chart this week, but Six60 reach anothere milestone with their second album Six60 (2) reaching 100 weeks in the chart. That's the 32nd album to make it to 100. Incidentally, their first long player charted 96 weeks. Over on the NZ Singles Chart, if the lads can stay one more week in the chart with Only To Be they will match the most weeks statistic, which surprise surprise, one of theirs. Don't Forget Your Roots (at 174 weeks) spent two weeks at the top whilst Only To Be (173 weeks) spent 8.
Icehouse joined Bonnie Tyler, and the Alan Parsons Project for three concerts in New Zealand resulting in their 2011 compilation White Heat re-entering the chart at #27. They played last weekend at the 2017 Gibbston Valley Winery Summer Concert.
Finally, kiwi track of the week is Invincible by 3-piece band Kinetic. You may recognise the name Laughton Kora. He is a former member of the band KORA. It's a very catchy track that will sit well on any AC radio station. Give it a spin. You can find it on You Tube.
Chart Beat - 6 February, 2017

British girl group Little Mix make it to 8 hit singles with their latest Touch at #23. It's the second single to chart from their fourth album Glory Days.
The fifth from Major Lazer slots in at #25. Run Up features Canadian musician PartyNextDoor, and Trinidadian-born American rapper Nicki Minaj.
Julia Michaels opens her account with Issues at #38. Her claim to fame so far is performing with Kygo at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro Brazil.
The Album Chart comes alive with five new entries.
American singer Kehlani has just released her debut album SweetSexySavage and makes an inpact at #18. Her blend of R&B and pop made her a finalist on America's Got Talent. She has confirmed she will play one show here in New Zealand, however there are no details yet.
Migos have taken Bad And Boujee to the top in America and have this weeks #17 single. Their debut album was out two years ago but their second, Culture becomes their first here with a #20 entry.
Brian and Jenn Johnson also score their first hit album. Senior Worship Pastors at Bethel Church in Redding, California, their blend of worship music is new at #29 in the form of the album After All These Years.
In the same genre come Link from Auckland. Kia Kaha is new at #36.
Finally, Dunedin/Christchurch band The Bats are back with their first album in six years. Keeping the same lineout since they formed in 1982, The Deep Set, new at #40, is their ninth album, five of which have charted.
As predicted last week, Six60 swap songs at the top of the pile on the longevity list on the NZ Singles chart. Only To Be and Don't Forget Your Roots have now charted 174 apiece but the newer track goes to the top due to having more weeks at #1. There are now six songs in the top 20 over 100 weeks and still no signs of a kiwi in the Singles Top 40.
Which brings me to the new kiwi song of the week. Mr Dominant by Wellingtonians Merrin showcases Charlie Phillips' as one of the countries greatest rock female vocalists. It's well worth a listen.
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Chart Beat - 13 February, 2017

It's an incredibly stable singles chart this week with the entire Top 7 staying put. There are only two new entries across the two major charts.
Dutch DJ Martin Garrix and English singer Dua Lipa join forces for Scared To Be Lonely new at #21. To date the song has topped the charts in Belgium and #5 in Netherlands.
American rapper Big Sean has done plenty of work callobrating with other artists but to date only had one hit of his own. Bounce Back debuts at #33, eight places behind his high tide mark when he peaked at #25 in 2015. It's taken from his fourth album which also enters this weeks chart. I Decided is new at #12.
Sampha Sisay is new to our charts. The British singer, songwriter and record producer has mainly worked with other artists but has found time to release two EP's. His first full length album, Process, is new at #40 and includes the lead single Timmy's Prayer.
Some interesting albums make a comeback this week. The Mockers are back together and on tour so it's only logical their sales will be up. They spent 38 weeks in the chart with six singles in the mid 80's such as One Black Friday and Forever Tuesday Morning. A compile of their hits re-enters the chart at #10. Also, Guns N Roses have been and gone but their NZ concerts pushed three albums back into the Top 40, two of them inside the Top 7.
Kiwi single of the week is the newbie from I Am Giant. The Aucklanders are now based in London but their new single, Dead Flower is well worth a listen. It's currently sitting at #2 on the NZ heatseeker singles chart.
Chart Beat - 20 February, 2017

The Top 7 Singles remain the same for a third week but there are four newbies.
It's been 31 months since we saw a new single from Katy Perry but this week she proves she can still produce a hit. Chained To The Rhythm includes vocals from Bob Marley's grandson Skip Marley. The track debuts at #9
Bruno Mars lists hit #15 at #26. That's What I Like is the third hit single from his current album 24K Magic.
New York singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer Jon Bellion scores his debut single at #29 with All Time Low. To date he has taken the song to #16 in the US.
Australian duo Pnau took Sambanova to #48 on the albums chart in 2000 but that was their lot. That is until now. Chameleon becomes their first hit single at #37. In 2012 they put out the album Good Morning To The Night which was a mash up of the Elton John catalogue.
The sequal to the Fifty Shades trilogy makes a #4 entry in this weeks album chart. Fifty Shades Darker already includes a hit single from Zayn/Taylor Swift (this week at #4). This soundtrack falls two knotches down from the first one a year ago.
Hot on the heals of his debut single Human, Rag'n'Bone Man (aka Rory Graham) debuts with the album of the same name. Somehow I think we will see alot more from this guy.
Finally, Jess And Gabriel make their first appearance at #39 . Jess and Gabriel Conte score with the EP Under The Covers.
Kiwi single of the week comes from reggae band House Of Shem. Anything You Ask is the number one NZ Kiwi Heatseeker this week.
Next week expect another new Ed Sheeran song. How Would You Feel (Paean) has just been released for his birthday. Currently he has held onto the Top 2 on the singles chart for six weeks. That has never happened before, ever.

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Chart Beat - 27 February, 2017

Bruno Mars is the biggest mover inside the Top 40 singles this week with last weeks new entry That's What I Like moving up 15 knotches to #11. The Top 5 remains the same, again but it's two of the three new singles that steal the show with high entries in the Top 10.
As if holding onto the Top 2 for seven weeks is not enough (and that has never happened before), Ed Sheeran puts a third single into the Top 10. How Would You Feel (Paean), as predicted last week, enters the chart at #6. His third album ÷ is due out on Friday.
Norwegian DJ Kygo and American Selena Gomez join forces for the #7 new entry It Ain't Me. The lyrics are nostalgic and narrate a past relationship ruined by alcoholism and partying too often.
The 8th hit single from Las Vegas quartet Imagine Dragons enters the chart at #36. Believer is the lead single from their upcoming as yet unamed third album.
At the end of February last year there had been 32 new albums in the chart. This year, only 19. This week sees just two.
American Ryan Adams has been consistant with now ten albums in the charts in 15 years. His latest disc, Prisoner , is this weeks highest new entry with a #4 debut. Believe it or not its his 16th studio album.
American rapper Future (born Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn) has only been in the albums chart once. That was when he teamed up with Drake in 2015. Now his fifth self-titled disc becomes his first solo hit. But wait, there's more. One week after the release of FUTURE comes HNDRXX. Expect that one to chart next week.
After a couple of well attended Bruce Springsteen concerts this week, The Boss's back catalogue gets a surge in sales with four re-entries in the Top 40.
The New Kiwi single of the week is the new one from the second series of New Zealand's Got Talent singer MAALA. In My Head debuts at #8 on the NZ Singles chart.
Next week watch out for Something Like That, the new single from The Chainsmokers & Coldplay.
Chart Beat - 6 March. 2017

The Chainsmokers and Coldplay join forces for the hottest new single this week.
Something Just Like This, new at #5, serves as the second single off The Chainsmokers debut album Memories...Do Not Open due April 7.
Despite not having an album out since 2014, Calvin Harris continues the success with Slide at #21. It's his 17th hit.
Have you noticed the new trend? Instead of collaborating artists (using the word featuring) there are a lot more duets (using the word and). The second new one this week is from Zedd and Alessia Cara. Stay is new at #32
Last but not least is Cold, the second single from Maroon 5's upcoming sixth studio album. They debut at #35.
The 12th hit album from Irish crooner Daniel O'Donnell is this weeks highest new album. Back Home Again is his 6th Top 10 album and coincides with his current NZ tour.
Next comes English grime and hip hopper Stormzy. Born Michael Omari, he was named as an artist to look out for in the BBC's influential Sound of 2015 list. To date his biggest hit is the recent single Big For Your Boots which has, so far, peaked at #8 on the UK charts. His debut album, Gang Signs And Prayer, is new at #14. Incidentally he visiting our shores this week with Ed Sheeran.
The soundtrack to the #3 movie this week comes in at #33. T2 Trainspotting is the long awaited sequal to the original movie from 1996.
Future, as predicted last week, lists his second new album in two weeks. HNDRXX is new at #39 as FUTURE drops off the chart.
New kiwi single of the week is Messages from Stan Walker. It comes in this week at #5 on the NZ Singles Top 20.
Next week expect a big challenge for the top on both Top 40's. Ed Sheeran's third album ÷ and the long awaited new single from Lorde (Green Light) both got released on Friday. Sales of the Lorde track are going off the scale globally just hours after release. It will be the first kiwi number one single since Inside Out by Avalanche City in July 2015.
Chart Beat - 13 March, 2017

There is no doubt the battle of the sexes results in a very abnormal chart. Lorde and Ed Sheeran went head to head with new realeases, Lorde with her first new single in three and a half years, and Sheeran with his third album. And the winner is....well; both of them. Lorde, who is now based in the States, takes the top single after a sales frenzy where she was selling twice as many units as her #2 competitor Sheeran. When her second full length album Melodrama is out in June it could become another interesting week. The second single from the album, Liability, is also just out, so expect that song to chart next week. As I write, it is sitting at #2 on the iTunes chart.
Then there is Ed Sheeran. On the deluxe version of his third album ÷ there are 16 tracks. This week he has 13 new entries. Add that to the three already in the Singles Chart, and you see the whole album is not just this weeks number one, but the entire track listing is also in the Top 30 as well. That's a first for any artist, ever. Not even The Beatles or Elvis Presley have done that. Guess that's the result of a ditital music era. For the record, his new singles are: Dive (#4), Galway Girl (#5), Perfect (#6), Happier (#11), New Man (#13), What Do I Know? (#14), Supermarket Flowers (#16), Eraser (#19), Hearts Don't Break Around Here, (#23) Barcelona (#26), Nancy Mulligan (#27), Bibia Be Ye Ye (#29) and Save Myself (#30). That lifts him to 9th in the list of most hit singles statistic. One more thing. He also takes the record off Michael Jackson and Justin Bieber for the most songs charted in a calandar year. That record, until today, was 11. Now it's 16.
Let's try and slow this down a little. With all the hype, the other three new albums get lost in the excitement. All three are from new artists.
Curate Music debut at #8 with These Eyes. From Mt Maunganu, these guys come from the Curate Church
Nadia Reid is also off to a great start with her first disc. Preservation debuts at #13 and even gets a great write up in American Billboard magazine.
Finally comes 19-year old American Khalid Robinson with American Teen at #32. Watch out for lead single Location.
Chart Beat - 20 March 2017

The singles chart tries to correct itself after an influx of Ed Sheeran songs last week, but all 13 of them remain. Only one, Galway Girl, manages a rise. He also reclaims the top spot from Lorde, taking Shape Of You on to it's 9th week at number one. There has been critisism across the globe for the way the charts are compiled as the phenonemon was repeated on various charts around the world. The UK, Australia and America are just some of them with Ireland awarding him the Top 16. It makes me wonder if a certain song was played on repeat on Spotify for a week it would see an entry in the chart. Maybe we should try a little experiment (lol).
Speaking of Lorde, her second new hit in two weeks manages a #8 debut. Liability gives her a 10th hit single and is the only new entry this week. It's also the first time since 3 August 2015 that there have been two kiwi singles in the Top 10.
Original ukelele trio The Nukes have this weeks highest new album. The name may not be familiar but the one of the trio may be familiar. Dave Parker, Snapper Thiele and Ben Collier got together in 2008 and The Nukes were formed. David Parker had four hit singles in the 90's, taking Tears On My Pillow to the top in 1991. III is their third album but first to chart.
Beauty And The Beast was a 1991 American animated Disney film. Now the remake is here with an all new soundtrack. The original saw a #21 peak; the new version enters the chart at #33.
Finally, American bluegrass-country singer Alison Krauss is back with hit number four. Windy City is her fifth studio album.
New kiwi single of the week has to be the long awaited newbie from David Dallas. Fit It debuts this week at #5 on the NZ Singles Top 20
Chart Beat - 27 March 2017

Canadian rapper Drake has launched More Life which he describes as a playlist to bridge the gap between albums and is only available on download. Clocking just over 81 minutes, it looks like an album to me. Anyway from that...erm...playlist...comes seventh single Passionfruit, new at #22. More Life debuts at #3.
American hip hop artist Kyle Harvey makes his debut with iSpy at #32. To date he has two albums but he has been under the radar until now. iSpy is currently #10 in the US.
It's been two years since Pitbull has been in the charts but Mr Woldwide (as he calls himself) is back with a new album. Opinions is the first single from the album, at #35.
Despite four hit singles, Swede Zara Larsson has never been in the album chart; until this week. Her first album 1 went to the top in Sweden but its her second that gains first chart entry outside Scandanavia. So Good is new at #9.
Elevation Worship peaked at #32 last year with Here As In Heaven. Now they imporove on their high tide mark with There Is A Cloud at #24.
Remember Milky Chance? The German folk group had a Top 3 hit in 2014 with Stolen Dance. It's been a long time between drinks but they are back, this time with an album. Blossom is new at #29.
Depeche Mode have been charting consistantly since 1982. Their 14th studio album Spirit continues the success with a #32 entry.
The remaining eight new albums all performed at this years WOMAD festival last weekend and are all first timers on the chart: The East Pointers from Sydney with Secret Victory at #7; Welsh singer-songwriter 9bach with Anian at #20; Sinkane from Sudan with Life And Livin' It at #25; Aziza Brahim from Algeria with Abbar el Hamanda at #26; Jamainan Brushy One String with Destiny at #28; The Swan Sisters from Christchurch with Rivers at #33; Swamp Thing from Rotorua with Primordium and Aucklanders Li'l Chuck the One Man Skiffle Machine with Utility Blues at #38
New kiwi track of the week is the welcome return of Dead Flowers. The song is called Dig.
Finally we lost another legend this week. Chuck Berry was one of the original rockers with hits like Roll Over Beethoven, Johnny B. Goode and Sweet Little Sixteen. He sits at #9 on the Heatseeker Albums charts.
Chart Beat - 3 April, 2017

Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn (aka Future) lists two new singles in this weeks chart. It's actually also his first two outright hit singles.
Mask Off at #19 comes from his recent album Future whilst Selfish new at #32 comes from Hndrxx which was released a week later.
Jason DeRulo last charted two years ago with the #3 hit Want To Want Me. Now he is back with hit number 16. Swalla debuts at #33.
Drake takes on Ed Sheeran for the number one spot this week as Passionfruit jumps 20 knotches to #2. Meanwhile, Sheeran continues to weave his magic with an 11th week at the top with Shape Of You. Drake also manages another new single with Portland new at #38.
Adele has been big news this week with her Auckland concerts. As a result three singles re-enter the chart along with her three albums inside the Top 5.
After an influx of new albums last week, 11 of them leave after just one week and are replaced with 9 re-entries and three new entries.
James Blunt is top of the pile with a #13 debut on his fifth studio album, The Afterlove. It's been three and a half years since his last album which may be the reason for the lowest peak so far. That may change of course. The first single from the album, Love Me Better, debuted at #93 in the UK.
Twenty One Pilots played live in New Zealand last week and score with three albums in this weeks Top 20. To date Vessel has only charted as a twin pack with Blurryface. Now all three chart separatly with Vessel debuting at #16.
American Trey Songz is back with his second hit album after the #36 peak of Chapter V in 2012. It's actually his seventh album since 2005. Tremaine The Album is new at #39.
New NZ Single for the week comes from the Brit Pop influenced Mount Maunganui band Shakes. Check out Waiting On A Feeling.
The first quarter has already passed so here are the stats on new entries for each of the main charts with last years figure in brackets:
Singles Chart: 45 (34)
Albums Chart: 43 (59)
Compilations Chart: 11 (13)
NZ Singles Chart: 11 (8)
NZ Albums Chart: 27 (9)
Chart Beat - 10 April. 2017

Drake had a go last week, this week Kendrick Lamar tries to knock Ed Sheeran off the top of the singles chart. Despite the American's #2 entry of HUMBLE. , his third hit, Sheeran goes on to a 12th non-consecutive week at the top. HUMBLE. is the lead single to his forthcoming album on April 14.
Clean Bandit continue to chip away at the charts. The Brits fourth hit Symphony, new at #24, is also from a forthcoming album.
Former One Direction member ZAYN continues the theme with Still Got Time at #37. You got it. He too has a new album on the way.
Over on the album chart, it's Mastodon who gain the highest charting NZ album of their career. The Americans peaked at #10 in 2014 with Once More' Round The Sun but it's their 7th album Emperor Of Sand that goes one better. Debuting at #9 it's their 4th hit album.
Cast your mind back to 1992. Wellington rockers Head Like A Hole recorded their first album 13 and took it to #17 in the chart. Six more albums followed. This week the 25th anniversary edition of that album is back with a 13-date tour around New Zealand. After a 14 and a half year absence, 13 re-enters the chart at #24.
Bob Dylan goes back into lead position for most albums to chart in New Zealand and its all thanks to his 38th studio album. Triplicate features covers of classic American songs over three discs, each individually titled and presented in a thematically-arranged 10-song sequence. He debuts at #27.
British funk and acid jazz band Jamiroquai haven't charted here since 2006 but this week they are back with Automaton at #30. Their 8th studio disc, its also their first in 7 years.
New NZ single of the week is from newcomer Sammy Johnson. Do You is a great R&B song that I reacon should become a hit.
Chart Beat - 17 April, 2017

The third member of One Direction launches his solo career with this weeks highest new single. Sign Of The Times from Harry Styles is the lead single from his debut album due out next month. He comes in at #9.
American Khalid also launches his assault on the charts with Location, new at #25. The 19 year old comes from El Paso, Texas.
American rapper Post Malone (aka Austin Post) peaked at #11 in March with his first album Stoney. Now he can lay claim to a hit single. Congratulations is new at #40.
In 1975 Dave Dobbyn joined a band and began a career that made him one of New Zealand's legendary performers. This week the 60-year old narrowly misses out on his second number one album with A Slice Of Heaven: 40 Years Of Hits. The #2 entry is his 13th top 10 solo album.
No surprise that The Chainsmokers debut at #4 with their first full length album; since 2015 they have enjoyed 7 Top 12 singles. Memories...Do Not Open follows the EP Collage into the Top 10.
Rebecca Nelson is a classical singer and member of the Royal New Zealand Navy Band. Her album Poppies And Pohutakawa drops into the top 5 in time for this years ANZAC day and is her first appearance in the chart. She gets her inspiration from Welsh singer Charlotte Church.
American rapper Joey Bada$$ peaked at #11 in 2015 with his first chart entry. This week he matches that high tide mark with All-Amerikkkan Bada$$.
Five-member American a cappella group Pentatonix are back with PTX Vol. 4: Classics at #14. The 25-minute EP covers songs as diverse as Judy Garland's Over The Rainbow and Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.
Bethel Music are currently touring the country. Their Gore concert a week ago had an estimated 1000 people in attendance. Starlight: Live, new at #25, is the worship groups third entry in the chart.
Father John Misty rounds off seven new albums with Pure Comedy at #37. It's the American's second hit album.
New kiwi song of the week is from Nomad. Check out I Won't Stop. It's a great track and should get lots of airplay.
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Chart Beat - 24 April, 2017

It's happened again...one artist taking over the singles chart. A month ago Ed Sheeran debuted the entire track listing of his third album in the top 30. This week American rapper Kendrick Lamar tries to do the same with ten new entries from his new album DAMN which debuts at #2. Lead single HUMBLE. jumps to the top making it 11 of the 14 tracks in the Top 40. In my opinion if this is going to be a regular occurance a change in chart rules is necessary. For the record, then, here is a list of his new singles: DNA. (#9); LOYALTY. (#15); ELEMENT. (#23); LOVE. (#24); YAH. (#30); XXX. (#31); FEEL. (#32); PRIDE.(#34) and LUST. (#36).
American female singer Kehlani and American rapper G-Eazy team up for the single Good Life from the movie The Fate of the Furious new at #40. The soundtrack is new at #17.
Keeping with the American theme is the only other new entry. John Mayer can now boast nine charting albums. His latest, The Search For Everything, was preceded by the release of two EPs each featuring four new songs from the album. He debuts at #10.
Remember the kiwi band Push Push? Well they're back, reformed and with new material. The Aucklanders took their only album A Trillion Shades Of Happy to #3 in 1991 and enjoyed three Top 10 singles including the #1 Trippin'. Their new single is this weeks kiwi song to check out. Talk2Me is sitting at #5 on the NZ Heatseeker singles chart. Incidentally, these kiwi songs I am recommending are all found on You Tube.
Chart Beat - 1 May, 2017

After last weeks 9 new entries Kendrick Lamar vacates the chart with five of them proving he doesn't have the same staying power as rival Ed Sheeran. He does hold onto the top spot though with HUMBLE.
The chart sees three new arrivals.
Puerto Ricans Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, both new to the chart, took Despacito to the top of the chart in 30 countries last year but it failed to scratch the surface here. Now a remix featuting Justin Bieber becomes this weeks highest newbie at #25.
Canadian Shawn Mendes has charted 4 singles, 2 albums and 1 EP. This week he returns to the chart with There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back at #29. Not bad for an 18 year old.
English DJ Jax Jones has the third new single with You Don't Know Me at #35. The song samples the bassline of M.A.N.D.Y. vs. Booka Shade's 2005 song Body Language.
The fourth album from kiwi David Dallas is this weeks highest entry. Hood Country Club, new at #10, is getting great reviews and he is even being compared to Kendrick Lamar. Watch out for the lead single Fit It.
Guardians Of The Galaxy is back and already at the top of the box office list. The soundtrack from the first movie peaked at #7 and spent 44 weeks in the chart. With a similar track listing of 60's/70's tracks expect this one to do the same. Awesome Mix Vol. 2 debuts at #13.
Finally two newcomers enter at the bottom of the chart. Wellingtons Fazerdaze at #35 with Morningside and American hip hopper Blackbear with Digital Druglord at #40.
New kiwi single of the week is Bravery from Aucklanders These Four Walls. It's another great kiwi rocker.
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Chart Beat - 8 May, 2017

DJ Khaled opens his singles hit account in style with I'm The One skyrocketting into the #2 position. The American record producer, radio personality, DJ, record label executive, and author previously went by the name Arab Attack, but changed it after the 9/11 attacks. This looks set to be his biggest hit globally.
Charlie Puth scores his fourth hit with Attention at #31. Some bits of the song were recorded while he was travelling in a tour bus. It will be included on his forthcoming album.
To date American Halsey has only collaborated on other artists hits but this week she gains her first outright single with Now Or Never. New at #34, it is taken from her from her second studio album, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom.
Lil Uzi Vert (real name Symere Woods) was recently on the Migos hit Bad and Boujee and this week gains his first hit. XO TOUR Llif3, new at #35, is taken from the EP Luv Is Rage 1.5.
Gorillaz are back. The British virtual band were last in our chart in 2011 with a compilation but there has been no studio album since 2010. There were rumours that creators Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett had fallen out but whatever happened, they are back and sitting at #3 with fifth studio album Humanz.
Wellingtonian Thomas Oliver takes Floating In The Darkness to #11 this week, the highest of his four albums.
Dunediners Bevan Gardiner and Georgie Daniell slot in at #15 with Here We Go. Gardiner is well known for the Take Me Home tour where he sang songs from John Denver. The duo also supported Charlie Pride back in 2014.
Finally Vera Lynn comes in at #31. She is quite possibly the oldest artist ever to chart at the grand old age of 100. She was huge in the 40's and 50's and widely known as "the Forces' Sweetheart". The aptly name Vera Lynn 100 is her third hit album here.
The new kiwi single for the week is the latest from Aucklanders Sachi. Shelter is new this week at #6 on the NZ Singles Chart.
Chart Beat - 15 May, 2017

Norwegian Kygo ropes in English lass Ellie Goulding for the second single from his upcoming second album. First Time, new at #32, has already been to #3 in Norway and looks set to go bigger globally.
The sophomore single from Irishman and former One Direction member Niall Horan is influenced by Don Henley. He added he wanted "a bit more grit, funk and heavier bass" and he got that from late 1970s and early 1980s music. Slow Hands debuts at #35.
Los Angeles trio Cheat Codes follow the #24 hit Sex with second single No Promises at #36. To date it's global peak is #26 in the UK.
Over on the Albums Chart there are 8 new entries.
Kiwi legend Graham Brazier tops the bill with this weeks highest new entry. Sadly he passed away in 2015 but the former Hello Sailor front man still had a surprise in store. For the two years before his passing, he had been laying down tracks with producer Alan Jansson finishing just before he died. The result is his second solo hit and first since 1988. Left Turn At Midnite is new at #3.
Dennis Marsh scors his ninth hit album at #5. I Believe is a collection of spirituals just in time for Mothers Day.
Sir Robert Bryson Hall II (aka Logic) is back with his third. Everybody is the American's biggest album to date with a #14 entry.
Australians Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds continue to sell well. Formed in 1983 they have 11 charting albums with the debut of this weeks compilation. Lovely Creatures is new at #15.
Diana Krall is next, also with her 11th. Turn Up The Quiet is actually the Canadian's 14th studio album.
Dunedin country music singer Kelvin Cummings opens his account at #28 with One Year. He was the winner of the New Zealand Gold Guitar Awards in 2015.
American rapper Russ takes his first full length album There's Really A Wolf to #29. All but four of the songs on the album were brand new releases that he worked on over the last two years.
Finally, American Chris Stapleton lists his second, From A Room: Volume 1, at #32.
New kiwi track of the week is from Stan Walker and Parson James. Tennessee Whiskey was originally recorded by American country music artist David Allan Coe in 1980.
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Chart Beat - 22 May, 2017

Miley Cyrus has put her clothes back on and even sounds like a serious artist with her new single Malibu. The single flies into the chart with a bullet at #5 and is the first single from a new album on the way soon.
American rapper Logic entered the chart last week with his third album. Now he crosses over to the singles chart with his first hit single. 1-800-273-8255 is new at #38.
The highly anticipated first album from Harry Styles doesn't quite sell enough to push Ed Sheeran off the top but nearly. The self titled album produces a new single, Sweet Creature at #40, whilst debuting at #2. He has already gone to the top in Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands and the UK.
Paramore last charted here in 2013. Now the American's are back with their fourth hit album. After Laughter is their fifth studio album and sees the return of drummer Zac Farro. The album is new at #7.
American rapper Machine Gun Kelly (Colson Baker) peaked at #33 in 2015 with General Admission. This week his second, Bloom, does better on entry at #26. In total it's his third album.
Larry Morris hasn't been in the chart since 1983. That's when he took The Animals hit We've Gotta Get Out Of His Place to #29 on the singles chart. Prior to that he had 8 hit singles between 1967 and 1970 both with his band and solo. This week, the kiwi rocker celebrated 5 years in the music business with two albums. Anthology is new at #27 and and 13 at #30.
Chart Beat - 29 May, 2017

America's Linkin Park are back with their seventh studio album and 12th charting album. One More Light began during their 2015 tour with recording soon after. It's this weeks highest new entry at #4.
Our very own Aldous Harding from Lyttelton launches her second and much improved chart peak with Party at #6. Her self-titled debut only managed a #35 peak in 2014. The 27-year old has a famous partner, you may recognise his name: Marlon Williams.
Wednesday was a very difficult day. Not only was the Ariana Grande's Manchester concert marred by some mindless terrorist when he killed 22 people, we also lost another well-known singer. Chris Cornell was in the thick of things in Seattle when grunge was born. He was found dead by his bodyguard after performing at a show with Soundgarden. This week a collection of his albums scatters the chart. There are two by Soundgarden (Superunknown from 1994 and Badmotorfinger from 1992), Audioslave from 2002 and, for the first time, Temple Of The Dog, who had the single Hunger Strike peak at #47 in 1992. His solo album Songbook from 2011 also makes a welcome return. Ariana Grande makes a return to the chart with Dangerous Woman. Feeling for the victims in Manchester, she has offered to pay for their funerals.
Las Vegas band Imagine Dragons have the only new single this week. Thunder, new at #23, is the second single from their third album, due out on 23 June.
Wellington's The Black Seeds have this weeks new kiwi song of the week. Better Days is the first new track from them in three years.
The New Zealand Music Month chart will follow...
Chart Beat - 5 June, 2017

It was 40 years ago today... erm... make that 50. On 1 June 1967 The Beatles released their legendary album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the first of its kind and paving the way for the concept album. This week special deluxe version of the album is released to celebrate and in doing so, becomes the highest (re)entry in the chart at #3. It's also the highest the album has been on our chart. It peaked at #14 in 1978, #21 in 1987 and #12 in 2009.
American Bryson Tiller makes a first appearance in the chart with True To Self at #12. The R&B rapper began his career in 2011 when he released his first mixtape. Now his second full length album opens his account in NZ.
Lil' Yachty is another American rapper to debut on his weeks album chart. To date he has only managed two collaborations on the singles chart but now his first album Teenage Emotion debuts at #37.
Liam Payne has the highest new single with Strip That Down #25. That now makes four One Direction members to become a successful solo artist. There is only Louis Tomlinson to go. Payne has his first solo album on the way.
Scottish DJ Calvin Harris has been chipping away at the singles charts since 2009 and can now lay claim to 19 hit singles with the entry of Rollin' in this weeks chart at #36. It's the second charting single from his new album Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 due out on 30 June.
The third hit single from American actress Hailee Steinfeld sees Most Girls debut at #38.
Written in Wanaka.

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Chart Beat - 12 June, 2017

We very nearly had a new number one album this week. Roger Waters has the highest new album with Is This The Life We Really Want? at #2. The last time the former Pink Floyd bassist charted a studio album was with Amused To Death in 1992. This new disc also marks the highest he has been in the chart as a solo artist.
Ed Sheeran remains on top with ÷ for a 14th straight week. If he can manage one more week he will tie with The Best Of Abba for most consecutive weeks at number one. For the record, Adele holds the record with 21 for most total weeks at number one. That currently sits at 38 weeks.
American Ashley Frangipane, known professionally as Halsey, lists her sophomore album at #6. Hopeless Fountain Kingdom is described as a concept album based on the story of two lovers in limbo.
American rockers All Time Low also charted their first hit album two years ago. Last Young Renegade matches their peak position with a #7 entry and is their 7th studio album.
Leeds indie rockers Alt J are back after a three year gap in the chart. Their second album This Is All Yours peaked at #5 in 2014. Their third, Relaxer, follows the formula of the previous two and enters the chart at #12.
Brit Dua Lipa took Be The One to #20 on the singles chart last year. This week her self titled first album is new at #21.
Legendary kiwi Howard Morrison needs no introduction but this week his 54-year old son launches his first album. Howie Morrison Jr does his dad proud with an album influenced by old crooners. Howie is new at #34.
The Top 5 singles remains the same with three newbies lower down the chart.
Lorde is about to release her second album. The third single from it, Perfect Places, debuts at #24.
English DJ Jonas Blue debuts with his third single in three years. Mama is new at #29.
Martin Garrix and Troye Sivan join forces for There For You new at #31.
Chart Beat - 19 June, 2017

For a second week Ed Sheeran fends off opposition from a new release album, this week managing to tie for first place alongside The Best Of Abba from 1976 for most consecutive weeks at number one. Next week could prove harder as the new album from Lorde is just out and already showing signs of pushing him off the top.
The fifth studio album from Katy Perry and first in four years (which is a bit of a theme this week with new entries) opens its account with great fanfare. She had over 40 tracks "in process" after the hiatus deciding on 15 for the standard edition. Witness is new at #2.
London Grammar follow suit with their second album. It's been four years since If You Wait peaked at #13, but their Truth Is A Beautiful Thing improves on peak position debuting at #10.
Newcomer SZA makes an impressive entry with her first album. Born Solána Rowe, the American describes her music as neo soul. Ctrl is new at #15.
Hillsong United come in at #19 with Wonder. It's the churches 23rd hit album, with this version of Hillsong being the youth section of the worship team. It's their fifth studio album.
Chicago's Rise Against last charted in 2014. Wolves is their eighth studio album and enters the chart at #20.
Fleetwood Mac vocalists Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie went into the studio in 2014 to try and rebuild some chemistry. The eventual decsion they made was to release a duet album. The result is their self titled disc new at #22.
South Korean rapper G-Dragon opens his account at #39 with the EP Kwon Ji Yong.
It's a busy singles chart with six new entries, despite the Top 4 remaining static.
David Guetta has the highest of them with 2U entering the chart at #5. His 23rd hit single is taken from his upcoming album.
The other new singles are from Major Lazer with Know You Better at #32, the trios sixth hit; newcomer Maggie Lindemann from America with Pretty Girl at #34; American actor Childish Gambino with Redbone, his first venture into the charts; Moroccan American hip hopper French Montana with his first real hit Unforgettable at #38 (he featured on the will.i.am hit Feelin' Myself in 2013; and the first hit since 2014 from Brit Rita Ora with Your Song at #39.
Chart Beat - 26 June, 2017

As predicted last week, Lorde takes the crown from Ed Sheeran after 15 straight weeks at the top. Melodrama becomes her second chart topper after an amazing week of sales. The week Pure Heroine topped the chart back in 2013 she had three Top 40 singles. This week she has five but non of them manage to penetrate the Top 10. Homemade Dynamite (#13) and Sober (#18) take her to 13 hit singles. Over on the NZ Singles chart, six Six60 singles leave after dominating the chart since 9 March 2015. They help make room for seven Lorde tracks from the new album. Wonder if they will stay there over 100 weeks each like the Six60 tracks did?
Nickelback also had a great week managing a #4 entry for Feed The Machine. Their first album since 2014 has been bogged down due to legal battles. Lead singer Chad Kroeger had throat surgery causing a tour to be cancelled. This is their fifth Top 4 album.
English rock duo Royal Blood repeat the peak of their last self-titled disc from 2014, dropping in at #6. Watch out for lead single Lights Out.
Fleet Foxes have been away from the charts since 2011 when they first listed an album in the Top 40. The Americans took Helplessness Blues to #12 spending 8 weeks in the chart. Now they return with a #15 debut of their third album, Crack-Up.
West Aucklanders The Miltones' debut album entes at #26. The quintet are currently on tour throughout the country to promote the album. They credit their influences from the likes of Fleetwood Mac, Neil Young and Ryan Adams.
American hip hopper Young Thug trails this weeks new albums with his first long player. Beautiful Thugger Girls is new at #37.
One more new single enters the chart with the follow up to DJ Khaled's recent #1 I'm The One. That track also entered the chart at #2. Wild Thoughts is taken from his current album Grateful.
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The half yearly annual singles chart based on points will follow shortly.
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Chart Beat - 3 July, 2017

The third album from Americans Imagine Dragons becomes their highest with a #3 debut. stylized as ƎVOLVE, it follows a self-imposed hiatus for 2016. They have been teasing the album since September with the caption "ƎE" in multiple social media posts.
Aucklander Teeks makes his debut with the EP The Grapefruit Skies at #10. The inspiration for the title comes from a difficult year in his life when he lost three people close to his family. File under R&B/Soul.
It's been a great year, so far, for DJ Khaled with two Top 2 singles. Now the American record producer, radio personality and DJ can claim a Top 20 album. Grateful is actually his 10th long player, and matches the ninth for peak position at #15. It's his second hit album in our charts in two years.
American rapper Vince Staples makes his debut at #28 with Big Fish Theory. His second album, he notes that it leans toward electronic club music genres such as house and Detroit techno.
Two more albums worth mentioning this week are re-entries of classics from the past.
In 1997 British rockers Radiohead took OK Computer to the top and spent 65 weeks in the chart. Last year they transfered their back catalogue to XL Recordings and this year release a 20th-anniversary of the album, calling it OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017. The reissue includes a remastered version of the album, plus eight B-sides and three previously unreleased tracks
Prince may have passed away but a Deluxe and Deluxe Expanded edition of his 1984 album Purple Rain bounces back into the chart at #29 with a truck load of extra material. Sadly the 18 minute version of the title track is only available on the DVD.
Over in the singles chart, the top 3 remains the same with Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee holding on to the top spot for a 6th straight week with Despacito. All five Lorde tracks drop after last weeks grand performance; two of which leave the chart. She does hold onto the top album though, and she has the entire Top 11 in the NZ Singles chart for a second week.
Calvin Harris manages the only new entry with Feels. It's his 20th NZ hit single and has reached the top 30 in the Czech Republic, France, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
Hi Tempest, I'm usually not a fan of chart beat, only because I don't really like the music that is currently charting, what with the "Pop star wanna be s" from "X Factor", "The Voice" & "Idol" not to mention the cast of "Glee" or "Justin Beaver", I'm only interested in the compilation Charts.

Any way, that's not why I'm sending this I just you might like to know (You may already do) being a "Beatle" fan like I am, that Paul McCartney will be doing a tour of both Australia & New Zealand at the end of this year.

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Thanx for that John. I have been following that online. Tickets go on sale this week. Fingers crossed eh, early birthday present lol.
Not music related but I'm off to the UK again in August and guess where Liverpool are playing just after I arrive. I will be in Liverpool when they play Crystal Palace so I'm hoping to get to see that match too.
Trust you are well
John
Chart Beat - 10 July, 2017

Very quiet chart this weeks with only four new entries across the two main charts.
Calvin Harris makes his highest entry to date with his fifth studio album Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 at #3. He has his usual collaborating vocalists across the ten tracks, three of which have successfully become hit singles.
America's Stone Sour are back with their first album in four years. Hydrograd is the follow-up to the band's 2012–2013 double concept album, House of Gold & Bones Part 1 and 2 and matches the bands highest position in the chart at #6. Check out Song #3 which is one of the singles from the disc.
Newcomer Theia makes her debut with her self-tiled EP at #15. The Christchurch lass released her first single Roam in late August which peaked at #3 on the NZ Singles chart. She's come a long way from being a lifeguard beside a Christchurch pool. Incidentally, her real name is Em-Haley Walker.
Drake has the only new single. Signs is his third hit single this year but this one doesn't, as yet, appear on any album. He enters the chart at #36.
Over on the compilations chart the 54th volume of the Now That's What I Call Music francise debuts at #3. Expect that to go to the top next week.
Chart Beat - July 17, 2017

Ed Sheeran follows international trends with a return to the top spot for his third album ÷. That now takes the disc to 16 weeks at the top, and an overal 31 weeks across his three albums. He now matches Abba and our own Hayley Westenra in sixth place for an artist with most weeks at number one. The record is held by Adele on 48 weeks.
There are four new albums in this weeks 40 with the highest from Jay-Z. 4:44 is his 14th long player and 7th NZ hit album. The title came when he woke up one morning at 4:44 AM.
American rockers HAIM come next with the follow up to 2013's Days Are Gone which peaked at #12. Something To Tell You goes one better with a #11 entry. Recording followed the three Haim sisters after an extensive tour.
21 Savage is an American rapper, born Shayaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, born in the Caribbean island of Dominica. Best known for his mixtapes, the 24-year old now has a full length album. Issa Album is new at #27.
There seems to be a trand over the last few weeks of artists returning to the chart after a four year gap. The BADS are no exception with the release of third album Losing Heroes. The Waitakere duo of Brett Adams and Dianne Swann improve on their high tide mark with a #34 entry.
American singer and actress Selena Gomez has this weeks highest new single. Her 9th hit, Bad Liar, new at #17, samples the Talking Heads track Psycho Killer from 1977. David Byrne who wrote the original, has complimented the track.
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis have enjoyed seven Top 40 singles but this week Macklemore goes it alone with Glorious at #40. Born Benjamin Haggerty he announced that the duo were parting ways for the time being, which brings him to his first solo NZ hit single. He has however been releasing music on his own since 2000.
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Chart Beat - 24 July, 2017

Coldplay have the highest new entry this week at #12. Kaleidoscope is actually their 13th EP and serves as a companion piece to their seventh studio album, A Head Full of Dreams.
Christchurch band Decades have been performing together for the last 7 years. Five track EP Music is Boring came first but now they have a full length album. The Truth And Other People is new at #17.
Equippers Revolution are the latest woship team to place an album in the Top 40. Lead by pastors Sam and Kathy Monk in Auckland, their team have produced the disk Hands High which debutes at #29.
Guernsey DJ Mura Masa placed the single Love$ick at #13 last year, now he has an album. The self titled disk is new at #35.
Two more albums make a surprise re-entry to the chart.
The Exponents were on TV this week with a movie about their career. As a result the Why Does Love Do This To Me compile returns with a new peak position at #26. The album last appeared in the chart back in 2013.
Even further back, locals Garageland peaked at #3 with their first album Last Exit To Garageland in 1996. The re-entry is the result of the album being released on vinyl for the first time. They are back at #38.
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee make it 9 weeks at the top of the singles pile with Despacito whilst the other big number one of the year, Shape Of You from Ed Sheeran, finally leaves the top 10 after 27 weeks. Meanwhile DJ Khaled has been waiting patiently at #2 for five weeks with Wild Thoughts.
Two new singles take this years total to 100 new entries:
Fetish is the new single from Selena Gomez. New at #16, its the American's 10th hit single and is expected to be on her next album.
Demi Lovato also produces her 11th hit single. Sorry Not Sorry, new at #22, is the first single from her upcoming sixth studio album.
Finally, Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington has past away. The 41-year-old was found dead in his home in Los Angeles on Thursday after an apparent suicide. The band charted 14 singles and 11 albums between 2001 and 2014 and will be best known for the track Somewhere I Belong which topped the charts in 2003. Such a sad loss.
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Chart Beat - 31 July, 2017

American Lana Del Rey has this weeks highest new entry with album Lust For Life at #2. Matching the high tide mark of her first New Zealand hit album Born To Die from 2012, it includes several collaborations with The Weeknd, Sean Lennon and Courtney Love.
The third hit album from American rapper, record producer, and music video director Tyler, The Crestor becomes his biggest with the debut of Flower Boy at #6. To date he hasn't touched the singles chart but that may change as the album is supported with four potential singles.
The soundtrack to action film Baby Driver enters the chart at #16. With the track listing sprinkled with seventies classics from The Commodores to Golden Earring and Queen this movie and soundtrack should do well. The flick is sitting at #7 this week at box office.
New track Heavy from Linkin Park and re-entries of In The End (#10 in 2000) and Numb (#13 in 2003) enter the Top 40 singles chart as a tribute to Chester Bennington who passed away last week. Albums Hybrid Theory (#1 from 2001), Meteora from 2003 (#13), Minutes To Midnight from 2007 (#18) and this years One More Light also make a re-entry to the chart.
Englishman Louis Thomlinson has the other newbie in the chart. Back To You, New at #36 is his second single after Just Hold On peaked at #34 in January. The One Direction member has his debut album on the way.
Finally, there has been a change to chart rules that I think needs a mention. This year has seen both Ed Sheeran and Kendrick Lamar chart most if not all of their new albums individually in the singles chart. The new rule states that "in the first week of an albums release the named artist(s) may achieve up to 4 new entries into the Top 40." That's probably why we didn't see Lorde do this with her new album Melodrama.
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Chart Beat - 7 August, 2017

It's been a long time between drinks since we saw Maria Dallas in the charts. The Morrinsville lass, now 71 years old, is the oldest person in the album chart, just. Back in the day she had two successful singles: her most known Tumblin' Down from 1966 which peaked at #11, and in 1970, Pinochio, which topped the chart for six weeks. This week, 47 years later, she has the highest new entry of the week with The Best Of Maria Dallas at #3. This is also her first hit album.
Kiwi's SWIDT have been bubbling under the singles chart for ages now without a hit. They do score their second hit album though with Stoneyhunga in at #4 on entry.
Across the Pascific to the fourth hit for Canadians Arcade Fire. Everything Now is new at #15 and their third highest entry.
Passenger (aka Michael Rosenberg) has been successful in the albums chart for four years. The Boy Who Cried Wolf, follows an annoucement he has played his last gig for a while. He debuts at #18.
Aucklanders Strangely Arousing make their debut with their self titled disc at #26. The reggae/dub quintet took out first place in the Hamilton region of Battle Of The Bands, and gained second place in the Wellington national final.
Another new kiwi Micronism opens his account with inside a quiet mind at #30. He was the winner of Best Independent Album Release at the BNet NZ Music Awards in 2000.
And then there is Alice Cooper. Second oldest artist in the chart at 69 years, his Paranormal album at #33 is his 27th studio album. It features two tracks by the "classic" Alice Cooper band line- up, with members of a tribute band playing guitar.
The Top 6 singles is static this week as Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee hang on to the top with Despacito for an 11th straight week.
English lass Dua Lipa lists her second single this year with New Rules at #26. Taken from her self-titled album, it has so far peaked globally at #13 in Ireland.
Swedish DJ duo Axwell Λ Ingrosso may not be well known but their former act is. As two thirds of Swedish House Mafia until their demise in 2013, More Than You Know is their first NZ single, new at #35. It's actually their 11th , Sun Is Shining from 2015 topping the charts in their native Sweden.
Another newcomer, Lauv from America, has this weeks third and final new single. Born Ari Staprans, I Like Me Better, new at #40, was inspired by his relationship which started two months after he had first moved to New York City to further his studies.
Chart Beat 14 August, 2017

Only three new entries across the two Top 40's this week making for a very stable chart.
Both new albums come from first time kiwis's.
Ciaran McMeeken spent some time playing Cricket in England and wound up working on a farm in the beautiful South Otago's Owaka Valley. It was there a Southland farmer discovered him, bringing about a move back to Dunedin where he was raised from the age of 11. Now based in Auckland, has he has his first hit album debut this week at #14. Self-titled Ciaran McMeeken it is his second album; Screaming Man peaking at #19 on the NZ Albums Chart two years ago.
Punk/Grunge trio Mermaidens score their first hit with Perfect Body at #28. The Wellingtonians have signed with the famous Flying Nun label and set out on a nationwide tour to promote the album.
Until this week, only three albums have made it to 20 or more weeks at number one. Ed Sheeran joins the exclusive club with his latest album ÷ as he makes the 20-week benchmark. In doing so he joins Dire Straits (21 weeks with Brothers In Arms), Shania Twain (23 weeks with Come On Over) and Adele (38 weeks with 21).
Before we leave the Albums chart there should be one more comment: we lost another great this week. 81-year old Glen Campbel enjoyed 13 hit singles between 1968 and 1977, and 6 hit albums between 1975 and 2008 with some very recognisable songs like Galveston (#3), It's Only Make Believe (#2) and Rhinestone Cowboy (#2) being his biggest here. The 1991 compile Twenty Golden Greats made a surprise re-entry last year and this week returns a second time at #32. Rest In Peace my friend.
The remix of Despacito by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee is proving hard to beat as the track clocks up a 12th consecutive week at number one. If they can stay another tw weeks they will match Boney M for the record of most consecutive weeks at the top.
Mi Gente is the weeks only new single and launches the career of Colombian singer J Balvin and French singer/producer Willy William. The song's genre was described as "bending" with beats that fuse African, electronic and Caribbean sensibilities and debut's at #37. Incidentally, Mi Gente is Spanish for My People.
Until the middle of September Chart Beat will be a bit late as I'm off on holiday...
Chart Beat - 21 August, 2017

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yanki make it to 13 weeks at the top with single Despacito. It's the most weeks a duet has been at the top in the history of the chart, but if they can stay there next week they will tie with Boney M for most consecutive weeks at number one. Over on the Album Chart, Ed Sheeran takes his total to 21 weeks with ÷.
Pink has this weeks highest new single, in at #24. Taken from her forthcoming seventh studio album Beautiful Trauma, What About Us is her 30th hit single. It has been described as a protest song.
American Khalifa lists his second single at #30. Young, Dumb And Broke is taken from this weeks #10 album American Teen and has New Zealand listing it as the highest it's been in any mainstream chart globally.
Kesha has the other new single this week. Praying, new at #38, is the lead single from her album Rainbow which is this weeks highest new album Slotting in nicely at #4, and began its life with writing during her time in rehab. The musical influences are interesting. She lists Iggy Pop, T. Rex and James Brown as just some of them.
The final recording from the legend that is Glen Campbell makes a #21 entry. Adios was written as his swan song once he knew he had Alzheimer's disease. Featuring twelve songs he had always loved but never recorded, it is actually his 64th studio album.
Essex England lass dodie has been posting her songs on You Tube gaining over a million subscribers. The result is her debut EP You at #31.
Swedish DJ Avicii may have announced his retirement from touring at age 26, but that doesn't stop a new album. The first EP of three which will herald in the new album is AVĪCI (01) and comes in at #34.

Written in Liverpool, England.
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Chart Beat - 28 August, 2017

After an amazing 13 weeks Luis Fonzo and Daddy Yankee become the latest artist to miss out in matching the 1978 record set by Boney M. Back then they managed 14 straight weeks at the top with Rivers Of Babylon in a record that seems impossible to break despite recent efforts from Ed Sheeran and Pharrell Williams. This week Macklemore gains his first solo number one with Glorious.
Justin Bieber slots in nicely with Friends at #3. Joining him on his 26th hit is Michael Tucker, known professionally as BloodPop® the American musician, record producer and songwriter is best known for writing and producing hits for Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga. It's the only new single this week.
Ed Sheeran continues to dominate the top album, now at a staggering 22 weeks at the number one.
A$AP Ferg has the highest new album. The New York rapper and member of the hip hop collective A$AP Mob peaked at #35 last year with Always Strive And Prosper. He improves on that with Still Thriving in at #32.
American rockers Grizzly Bear formed in 2002 and have five albums in their catalogue. Also from New York, they took two years to write and record this one. Painted Ruins is their second New Zealand hit and follows Shields which peaked at #23 in 2012.
And here endeth a very quiet week

Written in Mevagissey, England.
Chart Beat - 4 September, 2017.

For the first time in her career Taylor Swift debuts at the top of the singles pile. She came close too when We Are Never Getting Back Together (2012) and Shake It Off (2014) both entered the chart at #2. Look What You Made Me Do is taken from the 27-year olds forthcoming album Reputation due in November and is her 4th number one out of 27 hit singles.
American rapper Xxxtentacion comes next at #20. Born Jahseh Onfroy, he emerged with his first tracks after spending a year in jail on charges of aggravated battery of a pregnant victim, along with several other charges. Jocelyn Flores, his debut single here, is dedicated to the girl with the same name who tragically committed suicide in May. His debut album 17 also makes an appearance in at #3.
Another newcomer, 21-year old Netherlands DJ Marshmello, makes his first appearance at #25. Silence was written by both him and Khalid and has so far had a world peak of #14 in Canada.
To date Cuban born Camila Cabello has had two collaborations and five hit singles as part of girl group Fifth Harmony. This week she can lay claim to her debut solo single. Her first solo album is due this month with single Havana debuting this week at #29.
Chris Brown has the fifth and final new single at #37. Questions, his 25th NZ hit, is taken from his forthcoming album Heartbreak On A Full Moon due out next month.
It's a busy album chart too with 8 new entries, five of which debut in the top 10.
Queens Of The Stone Age successfully push Ed Sheeran off the top and in doing so score their first number one. Villains is the Americans 7th album and has been described as a little looser than their last album but more care free. Watch out for lead single Villains of Circumstance.
American indie rockers The War On Drugs formed in 2005 releasing their debut album Wagonwheel Blues in 2008. To date there have been no albums in the NZ charts, that is until album number four A Deeper Understanding made its #6 entry. If you like mid 80's rock then you will like this album.
One knotch down comes Fifth Harmony. Minus Cabello, this is the girls third long player. Now as a quartet and signed with Epic records, they have been working together on this album since January. The self titled disc is new at #7.
American rapper Lil Uzi Vert went to #16 in July with his debut single Xo Tour Llif3. Now he has a hit album. Luv Is Rage 2, new at #10, is the sequel to his 2015 mixtape.
Last week A$AP Ferg had the highest new album. This week the hip hop collective he is a member of score their second hit album. Cozy Tapes 2: Too Cozy gives the lads a new high tide mark after their debut stalled at #30 last year.
Two more newcomers round off a busy week.
Brockhampton are an American boy band from Texas who formed two years ago. Saturation II is their second album since June and is supported with four as yet uncharted singles.
The final new album is from Canadian Daniel Caesar. Freudian is new at #39.

Written in Glastonbury, England.
Chart Beat - 11 September, 2017.

Khalid is the biggest mover this week as he attempts to take the crown off Taylor Swift. Young, Dumb and Broke jumps 10 knotches up the chart but only manages to make the runner up position. That gives Taylor Swift a second week at the top with her global hit single Look What You Made Me Do.
Further down the chart there are three new singles. Swift makes it two singles from her forthcoming album as ...Ready For It enters the chart at #14. The first track from the album Reputation, due out in November, takes her to 28 NZ hit singles.
What Lovers Do from Maroon 5 enters at #30. Also with a new album on the way, their first since 2014, this is their 21st hit single. This one contains a sample from Neiked's hit Sexual from last year.
The third new single is first from American rapper 21 Savage. Bank Account is new at #39.
Over on the album chart, Ed Sheeran returns to the top to take his third album ÷ on to a staggering 23 weeks at number one. There are also three newbies this week.
LCD Soundsystem last charted seven years ago with their biggest album to date This Is Happening which peaked at #14. This week the Americans return higher up the chart with their fourth album. Disbanded for five years, the reunited rockers now have three NZ hit albums but as yet,no hit single. Maybe lead single Call The Police will change that.
Neil Finn is next with Out Of Silence. His sixth solo hit album is unique in that the whole thing was recorded live via webcast. As he lay down the tracks people could log on and listen to a master at work in the studio. The whole album was recorded in four successive days last month. The result is a #15 entry in this weeks chart.
Irishmen The Script slot in two places down with Freedom Child. Their fifth hit album it follows a hiatus since their last album No Sound Without Silence from three years ago. Check out lead single Rain.

Written in San Francisco, USA
Chart Beat - 18 September, 2017

It's been two years since Englishman Sam Smith was in the singles chart. His debut album spent an astonishing 153 weeks in the chart and gave him five Top 40 singles. Following up that success will not be easy but the lead single, Too Good At Goodbyes, from his second album, due out soon, slams into the number one spot giving him a second number one single.
ZAYN has the other new single. Dusk Till Dawn, new at #20, is also the lead single from his forthcoming album and described as a power ballad.
American indie rockers The National match the high tide of their 2013 release Trouble Will Find Me with their seventh studio album Sleep Well Beast at #2. The quintet have seven albums in their catalogue, three of which have reached our Top 40.
Wellingtonians The Black Seeds return to the album chart after a five year break. Fabric joins four other albums all peaking inside the Top 4. In 2011 they were described by Rolling Stone Magazine as "The Best Reggae band in the world right now".
Hawaiian resident Jack Johnson last charted in 2013 with From Here To Now To You. This week his seventh long player All The Light Above It Too debuts at #8. He was contracted to Brushfire Records to release an album every two years. The reason for the delay is he didn't want to write a song when he didn't feel like it, he wanted to write it when it felt natural.
71-year old Neil Young has recorded a staggering 38 studio albums since 1969. His latest, Hitchhiker (new at #18) was originally recorded in one night on August 11, 1976. Many of the songs would appear on future Young albums but now, for the first time, they can all be heard on one disc.
Finally comes American electronic music duo Odesza. A Moment Apart is their third album but first to chart here. The duo, consisting of Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight, enter the chart at #32.
Chart Beat - 25 September, 2017

It's been three years since Foo Fighters put an album out but that doesn't stop them gaining their 6th No. 1. Dave Grohl went with a different producer for Concrete And Gold. Greg Kurstin usually produces pop artists (Sia, Kelly Clarkson, Pink) but then Grohl has never done what you would expect. Justin Timberlake and Paul McCartney even make an appearance.
American rap/rockers Prophets Of Rage
list their debut self titled disc at #4. They consist of members from Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave, Public Enemy and Cyrpress Hill who are all been hit makers in their own right.
Modern Maori Quartet consist of James Tito, Matariki Whatarau, Maaka Pohatu & Francis Kora. They recently reached #4 on the NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart but now have a hit album. That's Us is new at #7.
South Korean boy band BTS peaked at #24 last year with the Wings This week they return with Love Yourself 承 Her at #9. Incidentally, 承 means "accept" or " receive".
Angus & Julia Stone are back with their fourth album Snow. The siblings peaked at #6 with their self-titled disc in 2014.
Reb Fountain was born in Southern California before ending up living in Auckland. She has had been in the NZ Singles chart with EP Hopeful And Hopeless this year but now manages to enter the album chart with her first full length album Little Arrows; new this week at #36.
After several large moves up the chart, Khalid gains his first number one with single Young, Dumb And Broke.
Post Malone gains his follow up single to the #21 hit Congratulations with a conciderable improvement. Rockstar, new at #4, is taken from his album Beerbongs & Bentleys.
Lorde follows global trends and remixes her #3 NZ Singles Chart hit Homemade Dynamite gaining a #23 entry. She is joined by Khalid, Post Malone and SZA and makes it six hits this year. That's remarkable when you consider there has only been 7 kiwi singles in 2017. That compares to just three at the same time last year.
American rock band Portugal The Man score their first NZ hit at #29 with Feel It Still. The song has interpolations from The Marvelettes' track, Please Mr. Postman from 1961.
Finally there is Cardi B. Born Belcalis Almanzar, she has been releasing Mixtapes since last year and gains her first single at #40 with Bodak Yellow.
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It's the end of another quarter. Here is the list of new entries across the five charts to the end of September with last years number in brackets:
Singles 124 (92)
Albums 159 (171)
Compilations 22 (32)
NZ Singles Chart 50 (32)
NZ Albums Chart 99 (69)
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Chart Beat - 2 October, 2017

Post Malone jumps 4 knotches to gain his first number one single with Rockstar in a relatively quiet chart for this time if the year.
Macklemore lists his second solo single as he makes the headlines across the ditch over same sex marriages. Good Old Days, new at #31, is the only new single and comes from his first solo NZ hit album Gemini which debuts at #4.
Wonderful Wonderful is the first album in five years from Las Vegas rockers The Killers. Touring here next year with concerts in Auckland, WQellington and Christchurch, their fifth studio album debuts at #3 all of which peaked in the top 5.
Van Morrison keeps churning them out. His 36th hit album Roll With The Punches is at #9. The 71 year old first came on the scene with Them in 1964 going solo in 1967. Since then the Irishman has recorded 37 studio albums.
Norwegian Kygo enters the chart at #30 with his EP Stargazing. It follows his full length album Cloud Nine from last year that peaked at #14
Finally comes newcomer Billie Eilish. The American slots her debut 26-minute EP Don't Smile At Me at #35.
Chart Beat - 9 October, 2017

No new singles this week despite the news of a new Ed Sheeran single. Yes it is his new single but Perfect actually peaked at #6 back in March, the same week the entire album entered the singles chart. It's been quite a year for him.
Three ladies monopolise the new entries across the two main charts this week with their new albums.
Canadian Shania Twain took the record from Dire Straits for most weeks at number one with an album in 1999 with the album Come On Over. She held that record of 23 weeks until Adele took it from here in 2011. Now is her first album in 15 years and debuts at #3. She has had many struggles since her last album including a weakened singing voice but she proves she can still produce a top album with this weeks highest new entry. This is her fifth hit album.
Miley Cyrus is back with her sixth studio album Younger Now at #4. It features guest vocals from her godmother, country music singer Dolly Parton. She has 11 hit albums if you include the Hannah Montana discs.
Demi Lovato also produces her sixth studio album. New at #6, Tell Me You Love Me features lead single Sorry Not Sorry and claims the album is heavily influenced by Christina Aguilera's album Stripped from 2002.
Sad news this week that we lost Tom Petty to a cardiack attack. The 66-year old enjoyed 10 Top 50 singles and 17 Top 50 albums as well as 3 further singles and 3 albums as a member of Travelling Wilbury's and one album with his first band Mudcrutch last year. Two compiles are in this weeks chart as a fitting tribute.
Finally and on a better note, Morrinsville band Golden Harvest are back. They produced three Top 40 singles and one album in the late 70's with their biggest hit I Need Your Love peaking at #7 in 1977. Their self-titled album Golden Harvest, which peaked at #38 in 1978 sits this week at #16 on the NZ Albums Chart.
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Chart Beat - 16 October, 2017

Post Malone remains at the top of the singles pile with Rockstar for a third week as his third hit single drops in at #30. I Fall Apart is taken from his album Stoney.
Justin Bieber takes his album Purpose onto becoming the 33rd album to make 100 weeks in the history of the chart. He totals 207 weeks in the album charts across six albums, three of those reaching the top.
This time of the year the chart is usually busy with a flurry of new albums for the Christmas market. Last year, this week, there were five new entries. 2015 there were also five. This week, only three. It's unusually quiet. Expect a high entry next week though for Pink.
This week, then see's Marilyn Manson with the highest new entry. Heaven Upside Down is the 10th studio album for the American rockers and their 11th album in our charts since they came on the scene in 1997 with Antichrist Superstar.
It's been 9 years since Oasis broke up. In that time Noel Gallagher has had two successul solo albums with Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, now his brother Liam Gallagher releases his first solo disc. As You Were, new at #13, is supported by lead single Wall Of Glass (which peaked at #21 in the UK) and For What It's Worth his current single, which is sitting at #33 this week in the UK. The album title comes from the sign-off he uses for his Twitter posts.
Finally, American rapper Lil Pump debuts at #33 with his first album. The self-titled disc has Billboard describing him as an Emerging Artist. Not bad when you are just 17 years old.
Chart Beat - 23 October, 2017

The top 7 singles remain the same this week but we do have four new entries.
The 10th hit single from Dunedinites Six60 is this weeks highest new single. Don't Give Up (new at #13 is from the new third album and we can expect five new singles over the next five weeks. The lads are on tour this summer.
The 31st hit single from Pink is an interesting one. Alecia Moore, as she is also known as, has won a fist full of grammies but not a rap one. She reportedly rang Eminem after a few too many drinks and asked if he would feature on a track for her new album. Of course he said yes. The result is Revenge, new at #31. Her seventh studio album also enters the chart. Beautiful Trauma is her 5th number one album.
The second single from Charlie Puth's upcoming second studio album, Voicenotes is new at #38. How Long is his 5th NZ hit. We can expect the new album out mid January.
The latest trend of remixing a song that's already been a hit comes in at #39. Mi Gente from J Balvin and Willy William peaked at #32 in August; now the Beyoncé Remix brings the track back into the chart.
69-year old Robert Plant scores his 12th solo album post Led Zeppelin at #7. Carry Fire is the second studio album with the Sensational Space Shifters serving as his backing band.
American Beck Hansen (known just as Beck) matches his career peak with Colours at #8. Check out lead single Dreams. This is his tenth hit album in New Zealand.
Courtney Barnett (Somtimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit #19 in 2015) and Kurt Vile (B'lieve I'm Goin' Down #26 in 2015) have both had hit albums on their own but this week they combine for their second. Lotta Sea Lice is new at #12.
American rapper Gucci Mane gains his first hit album with Mr. Davis at #35 and legendary guitarist David Gilmour places his second live album and sixth overall post Pink Floyd with Live At Pompeii at #40.
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Chart Beat - 30 October, 2017

Its the time of the year when all the top albums come out for the Christmas market.
Two of those artists plant new singles from them in this weeks singles chart
Tayor Swift is the first as she lists the third hit single from her new album, Glorious, in at #19. Reputation is due out on 11 November.
Six60 are the other with the second new single in two weeks in at #32. Rivers is the lads 10th hit single. Still no word on their third album.
Hailee Steinfeld and Alesso team up for
Let Me Go at #35. The track has been described as a radio friendly ballad.
Christian Rapper NF drops in at #40 with Let You Down, his debut single.
Former One Direction member Nial Horan has this weeks highest new entry. His debut album Flicker comes in at #3 after working on the album since March last year. He credits Fleetwood Mac and The Eagles as his main inspiration.
George Michael took Listen Without Prejudice to #2 in the charts in 1990. The album, which included singles Praying For Time (#8) and Freedom '90 (#13) left the chart on 24 April 1991, and that was it; until this week. Now re-issed, it is available in a 3CD+DVD super deluxe edition box set and re-enters the chart at #5.
Rappers Future and Young Thug combine with mixtape Super Slimey at #32.
Florida metallers Trivium debut with album number eight at #33, The Sin And The Sentence. The California lads have a high tide mark set at #12 with their 2011 album In Waves.
Hi Tempest,

As you know I'm not usually a fan of chart beat except for the compilations chart, but this week we lost 2 more legends of rock 1) Fats Domino & 2) George Young of The Easy beats. (I'm not sure if they were big in N.Z. But they huge over here and the U.K.)

Regards

John.
Hi John

I was aware of Fats Domino and George Young passing. I was hoping to see movement on the charts but there was nothing sadly, not even on the Heatseekers charts. Still, I can have my own tribute on my iPod. Guess I should have mentioned something in Chart Beat.

Ta

John
Chart Beat - 6 November, 2017

Selena Gomez and Marshmello team up for this weeks highest new single. Wolves, new at #14, has been described as a sticky electronic snack. It's Selena's 12th hit single.
The third new single from Six60 in three weeks makes it to the Top 40. The lads are still very tight lipped on the new album but expect three more new singles over the next three weeks. Closer debuts at #19.
The debut single from American rapper Lil Pump (aka Gazzy Garcia) is Gucci Gang new at #33. His debut self- titled album peaked at #33.
Sam Hunt (not to be confused by our famous poet) is an American singer songwriter from Cedartown, Georgia. The country star opens his account with Body Like A Back Road at #40. It's clearly his biggest single to date and first US Top 10.
Chris Brown has the honour of this weeks highest new entry with ninth album Heartbreak On A Full Moon. New at #3, this one is a double, clocking in at over 158 minutes. with 45 tracks.
Kiwi Ria Hall took her self titled EP to #20 in 2011 but despite a coupls of collaborations with Stan Walker, that was it. That is until this week as her first full length album enters the chart. Rules Of Engagement is new at #6.
Another kiwi,Ty, manages a #14 entry with his debut album. One Hundred. He said on Facebook: Thank you God! For blessing me with the opportunity!"
Not to be confused, American Ty Dolla $ign has only ever appeared in our charts collaborating with Fifth Harmony, Jason Derulo and Lil Wayne. Now his second studio album becomes our first. Beach House 3 is new at #17
It's a case of new label, new sound for Kelly Clarkson who is back with album #8. Meaning Of Life, new at #21, sees the American switch labels to Atlantic with new singles Love So Soft and Move TouI.
21 Savage, Offset and Metro Boomin join up for Without Warning at #37 and rapper YelaWolf gains his second hit album with Trial By Fire at #40.
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Two more legends of rock were lost recently. Fats Domino (Blueberry Hill, I'm Walkin') passed away aged 89 on 24 October and George Young who was a powerhouse in Australian band The Easy Beats (Friday On My Mind, Sorry) died age 70 on 22 October. He was also an early producer for AC/DC to help out brothers, Malcolm and Angus. Both Domino and Young put out a huge catalogue of hits and helped change music the way we know it.
Chart Beat - 13 November, 2017

In June 2014 Englishman Sam Smith launched an assault on the NZ albums chart that lasted 153 weeks. His debut album In The Lonely Hour has been waiting on a sophomore and that finally happens this week as The Thrill Of It All follows his first album to the top of the chart. A second single, Pray, a gospel-tinged ballad in collaboration with Timbaland, also enters the chart, at #32.
Maroon 5 are back too with their 7th Top 40 album. Work on the album began after touring and the release of single Don't Wanna Know in October last year. Red Blue Pills is new at #6.
The Koi Boys had a huge hit last year with the number one Meant To Be. Now the follow up disc, Shake It begins its chart life at #26. Based on Australia's Gold Coast, the lads play Auckland on the 18th.
Newcomer Joji drops his EP In Tongues at #38. The Japanese-Australian YouTube personality is a satirist musician known well for his character Filthy Frank.
Norwegian DJ Kygo follows his Stargazing EP from last month into the chart with his second long player Kids In Love.
It's four hits in four weeks for Six60. This week the single Rolling Stone makes an appearance at #20.
Taylor Swift is also preparing for a new album - in fact, its just out. As fourth single Call It What You Want enters the chart at #34, expect her album Reputation to debut at the top next week.
Chart Beat - 20 November, 2017

It doesn't happen very often but American rapper Post Malone takes out the top two singles this week. Global number one Rockstar goes on to an 8th week at the top as I Fall Apart slides up three knotches to #2. Ed Sheeran was the last artist to score the Top 2, earlier this year.
It's been four years since we had an Eminem single in the charts but this week, Walk On Water joins the chart at #21. His 26th hit single is from his ninth solo album Revival which was supposed to be released on 17 November. The no show has just angered fans.
The fifth new single in six weeks from Six60 enters the chart at #34. Vibes is the lads 14th charting single.
English rapper Michael Dapaah (Big Shaq) has seen a rapid growth in public attention in the UK for his comic rap Man's Not Hot (new this week at #35). The UK #8 hit has seen over 50 million views on You Tube.
As predicted, the new album from Taylor Swift debuts at the top. Despite reviews of the disc being over produced, she knows how to get the sales. reputation is her sixth album, and poles apart from the country genre of her first self titled album in 2006, which incidentally, was the only album to not top the charts.
Brothers Pene Pati and Amitai Pati and their cousin Moses Mackay (Sol3 Mio) are back, this time with the first festive album of the season. A Very M3rry Christmas just misses out on becoming their third number one with a #2 entry.
The past two years have seen the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra backing well known Elvis Presley songs. This year they stick with Sun Records artists and back Roy Orbison. The result is A Love So Beautitul new at #10.
It's been six years since Evanescence released an album. This week, the American's are back with their fifth. Synthesis is new at #20.
Dutch violinist and conductor André Rieu places his 17th hit album in the chart with Amore at #30.
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Chart Beat - 27 November, 2017

Austin Post (aka Post Malone) replaces his 8 week number one Rockstar with his next hit I Fall Apart at the top of the chart. Its quite a rarity having back-to-back number ones by the same artist; its only happened six times since 1957. The Beatles were the first with I Feel Fine and She's A Woman in 1965. They repeated the act with Yellow Submarine and Eleanor Rigby in 1966. On the current RIANZ chart it was Abba who achieved it first in 1976 with Money, Money, Money and Dancing Queen. Other artists to achive this were kiwi Jon Stevens in 1979/80, doing it in style with Jezebel and Montego Bay in two different decades, and Justin Bieber with Sorry and Love Yourself in 2015. But wait, there's more. Post Malone's next hit Candy Paint debuts at #29.
Six60 score the 13th Kiwi Top 40 single for the year. Up There is the final and sixth song in six weeks to enter the top 40. All six songs are now available on a new self-titled EP, which debuts on the albums chart at #3.
It's a busy album chart with seven new entries.
Dublin's Irish Tenors and Celtic Ladies are five of the finest tenors and four fabulous females in a celtic show travelling around the country at the mo. A compile of their music debuts at #13.
Green Day have been charting here since 1995 with 16 singles and 13 albums. Now a 14th showcasing their best and called Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band is new at #21.
No surprises to see Michael Bublé back in the chart for a seventh consecutive Christmas with his festive album Christmas, but Sia joins in the festive them with Everyday Is Christmas at #22. This one is different though featuring original songs co-written and produced with Greg Kurstin.
Kiwis Tunes Of I are a 7-piece from Wellington with a dub-soul-psychedelia sound.. Their debut EP Wicked Ways is new at #23.
Finally Anerican actor rapper singer songwriter and son to Will Smith, Jaden Smith is new at #33 with SYRE. It's the 19 year old first venture into our charts.
The past week has seen the death of two more top artists, both from dementia. Malcolm Young from AC/DC and David Cassidy, may have been poles apart musically but they were both top of their game on the music scene. Cassidy had more hits with The Partridge Family in the early 70's but had a #5 solo hit in 1972 with Cherish. The Young family have lost two of their boys inside a month. George Young (member of The Easybeats) died a month ago.
Chart Beat - 4 December 2017

American Bebe Rexha has never had a hit of her own despite five collaborations, but this week she joins hands with and Florida Georgia Line for this weeks highest new single. Meant To Be, new at #32, is taken from her EP All Your Fault: Pt. 2.
Swedish DJ Avicii took the EP Avicii 01 to #34 in August, now from that EP is his first single since 2015. Lonely Together is new at #37.
American rapper G-Eazy places his third Top 40 single, No Limits, at #39.
Three albums and now three number ones sees kiwi Sol3 Mio slide up one knotch to the top with A Very M3rry Christmas. Only two new albums though, which seems unusual for this time of year. By comparison there were six new albums in the chart this time last year.
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra entered the chart four weeks ago with remixed Roy Orbison songs. This week they return for another remix album of Elvis Presley songs, this one with a festive theme. That album sees a #8 debut. Incidentall, they have also released a remix album doing Aretha Franklin songs which peaked a few weeks ago at #9 on the Albums Heatseeker chart.
Kiwis L.A.B. have the other new album. Founded by the legendary Kora Brothers Brad and Stu, they claim influences from Bill Withers, Daft Punk, Steely Dan, Parliament, Faith No More and Toto to name a few, which shows in their music. Their debut self titled album is new at #15
Chart Beat - 11 December 2017

Only two new singles and albums making it a very quiet chart.
Ed Sheeran's hit Perfect becomes Perfect Duet by him and Beyoncé and jumps 8 knotches to the top. The song is a stripped down, acoustic version of the original, with Beyoncé singing the second verse. Sheeran stated the song was her favorite from the album, and reached out to her to re-record the song. she agreed, and the two recorded it in May. It's an oddity as the song is actually a new recording and should be listed separately, in the same way Lorde listed Homemade Dynamite separately when she remixed it. Taylor Swift did the same thing with Bad Blood in 2015 with both versions listed separately.
Clean Bandit have the other new single.
I Miss You is the British groups fifth hit single and debuts at #32.
There is something unique about the new U2 album. Intended to be a companion piece to previous record, Songs of Innocence, they have dedicated their latest to the late great David Bowie. Songs of Experience, new at #9, is the lads 14th studio album and 18th to hit our charts., all of which have been in the Top 13.
American Miguel first came on the scene in 2010 but it was his third album that broke the ice here. That was when Wildheart took him to #16 back in 2015. This week he is back with War And Leisure debuting at #24.
Chart Beat - 18 December, 2017

Americans G-Eazy and Halsey have the highest new single with Him And I at #26. Taken from his album The Beautiful And Damned, it’s his 4th hit single and her second.
Rita Ora took Your Song to #16 in August; now her follow up Anywhere is new at #29. Amazingly she has only put one album out but we are promised a new one soon, with both of this years hits included. Watch this space.
We have another kiwi in the chart and it’s a first for DRAX Project. Starting out busking, they quickly came across their name by putting drums and saxophone together. The Wellington four piece place Woke Up Late at #36. Tomorrow
No surprises that EltonJohn places his latest compile Diamonds at #17. His 37th hit album since 1975, it covers his career from 1970 to 2016 across 3 CD’s with the tracks predictable yet amongst his best known.
Cat Stevens has two albums in this weeks chart proving a concert or two still has pulling power. His Very Best Of compilation from 2000 returns to #30 and his latest, The Laughing Apple billed as Yusaf, debuts at #32.
Finally Van Morrison scores his second hit album this year. Versatile new at #37. It’s also his 37th charting album in New Zealand.

Written in Christchurch and Auckland
Chart Beat - 25 December, 2017

Perfect by Ed Sheeran has made another switch on the Christmas Chart. A few weeks ago it became Perfect Duet with Beyoncé, this week, staying at the top, it becomes Perfect Symphony with Andea Bocelli. I’m so confused.
The Englishman returns as guest performer on Eminem’s new single River with this weeks highest new single at #5. Its the only new single too. The track is taken from his new album Revival which also debuts in this weeks chart. Coming in at #3, it’s his ninth studio album.
G-Easy scores his third hit album with The Beautiful And The Damned at #26. It’s his highest charting long player with his previous two struggling to break the Top 30.
Linkin Park score their fourth charting live disc at #32. One More Night: Live was recorded during the band's European leg of their One More Night Tour earlier this year and is the first release since the death of lead singer Chester Bennington.
And so endeth another year. Have a very merry and safe Christmas everyone.

Written in Moeraki


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