Australian Charts: Total shock horror for Kylie

[Sean]

To my total shock and disbelief, and I'm sure the entire Australian music industry... Kylie Minogue has NOT debuted at #1 with her new album "Body Language". She did not get out-debuted by anybody else.... rather Delta Goodrem's "Innocent Eyes" has proved too strong even for Kylie, even as it spends its 35th week on the charts!! Delta's album is unstoppable and still going SO SO SO strong all this time later. I am really surprised by this as Kylie is the biggest most popular artist of the past 5 years over here and has a very large fan base who would've been eager to snap up her album... yet Delta's album has won yet more people over.

Congratulations to Delta for her 25th week at #1 making her album equal 1st for the longest running #1 Australian album of all time and equal 2nd of all albums for time at #1. Her album has now gone 10 times platinum as well.

Kylie debuts at #2 being certified double platinum straight out of the box. I don't think this can be seen as Kylie's album not doing well, it's more a reflection on Delta than on Kylie. I'm sure Kylie's album will do just fine.

Other debuts:
#7 Blink 182 - Blink 182
#8 Micheal Jackson - #1's
#10 Britney Spears - In The Zone
#11 The Beatles - Let It Be... Naked
#19 Pearl Jam - Lost Dogs
#27 Cold Chisel - Ringside
#30 LeAnn Rimes - Greatest Hits
#32 Ronan Keating - Turn It On
#48 Sunk Loto - Between Birth And Death

Over on the singles chart, Britney and Madonna spend a 2nd week at #1 with Kylie at #2 here also.

Debuts:
#12 No Doubt - It's My Life
#25 The J Wess Project - What Chu Want
#37 George - Still Real
#38 Saddle Club - Boogie Oogie Oogie/Undercover Movers and Shakers
#41 Sarah McLachlan - Fallen

[jond7699]

Wow I would've bet a paycheck that Kylie would've debuted at the top spot. I have to buy Delta's cd now. I have heard so many good things about her. Yeah for Brit at being #1 again.

[Sean]

jond7699 said:

Wow I would've bet a paycheck that Kylie would've debuted at the top spot. I have to buy Delta's cd now. I have heard so many good things about her. Yeah for Brit at being #1 again.

Me too, I would've bet a lot of money on Kylie being #1 if I was given the chance! I like Kylie and bought her CD, but I am really happy to see Delta there. I almost didn't bother coming on tonight to check the charts as I was pretty sure who would be #1... and I was wrong. It's well deserved and I highly recommend her CD.

[af18c]

What did all of Kylies other Cds debut at in Austrailia & UK?

[George Tropicana]

Delta will have a hard time following up "Innocent Eyes"!

[FriendsFan]

Ouch. :'(

Now is it possible for Kylie's "Body Language" to reach the #1 position?

[Sean]

I wouldn't totally rule Kylie out of #1 in the coming weeks although it doesn't look good.

Not even Kylie can top Delta
Luke Dennehy
25nov03

DELTA power proved too much for Kylie Minogue as the pair went head to head on the pop charts yesterday.

Minogue's new album, Body Language, entered the charts at No. 2 -- more than 3000 copies behind Goodrem's Innocent Eyes.
Body Language was expected to go straight to the top, but sources said it sold 25,433 copies compared with 28,593 for Innocent Eyes.

It was a disappointing response after more than 160,000 Minogue albums were shipped to record stores around the country.

Kylie's last album, Fever, went straight to No. 1.

Goodrem has now been on top of the charts for 25 weeks, equalling John Farnham's record for Whispering Jack.

Innocent Eyes has been in the charts for 35 weeks.

Minogue's single, Slow, debuted at both No. 1 in Australia and UK

[Zander]

I'm really not surprised. Well maybe I expected #1 in Australia of all places, but 'Slow' is such a weak lead single.

Listening to 'Secret (Take You Home)', 'Red-Blooded Woman' and 'Loving Days' I have to wonder what they were thinking when they made their choice for first single.

Hopefully stronger followup singles will help the album.

Although I saw a quote from Kylie saying she was genuinely surprised that 'Slow' had done as well as it did...