UK Albums: Dido is triumphant again...

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1 (2) LIFE FOR RENT DIDO CHEEKY
2 (1) FRIDAY'S CHILD WILL YOUNG S
3 (3) NUMBER ONES MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC
4 (7) IN TIME - THE BEST OF - 1988-2003 REM WARNER BROS
5 (8) ELEPHUNK BLACK EYED PEAS A&M
6 (4) A PRESENT FOR EVERYONE BUSTED UNIVERSAL
7 (5) TURNAROUND WESTLIFE S
8 (6) GREATEST HITS RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS WARNER BROS
9 (10) CLIFF AT CHRISTMAS CLIFF RICHARD EMI
10 (11) PURE HAYLEY WESTENRA DECCA
11 (19) GOTTA GET THRU THIS DANIEL BEDINGFIELD POLYDOR
12 (12) GUILTY BLUE INNOCENT
13 (9) INTRODUCTION ALEX PARKS POLYDOR
14 (20) MICHAEL BUBLE MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE
15 (18) THE R IN R & B - GREATEST HITS - VOL 1 R KELLY JIVE
16 (17) THREE SUGABABES ISLAND
17 (14) LADIES NIGHT ATOMIC KITTEN INNOCENT
18 (15) BRYN BRYN TERFEL DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON
19 (25) PERMISSION TO LAND DARKNESS MUST DESTROY
20 (22) INNOCENT EYES DELTA GOODREM EPIC
21 (23) DEDICATED LEMAR SONY MUSIC
22 (16) TWENTYSOMETHING JAMIE CULLUM UCJ
23 (26) STRIPPED CHRISTINA AGUILERA RCA
24 (13) THE DIARY OF ALICIA KEYS J
25 (21) AS TIME GOES BY - GREAT AMERICAN - VOL 2 ROD STEWART J
26 (24) THE VERY BEST OF SHERYL CROW A&M
27 (34) VIAGGIO ITALIANO ANDREA BOCELLI PHILIPS
28 (30) JUSTIFIED JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE JIVE
29 (35) THE ESSENTIAL SIMON AND GARFUNKEL COLUMBIA
30 (33) LIVE AT KNEBWORTH ROBBIE WILLIAMS CHRYSALIS
31 (32) THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION LIONEL RICHIE & THE COMMODORES MOTOWN/UMTV
32 (43) HOME SIMPLY RED SIMPLYRED.COM
33 (41) FALLEN EVANESCENCE EPIC/WIND-UP
34 (36) THE GREATEST HITS 1970-2002 ELTON JOHN MERCURY
35 (28) TRY THIS PINK ARISTA
36 (27) BODY LANGUAGE KYLIE MINOGUE PARLOPHONE
37 ( ) CALL OFF THE SEARCH KATIE MELUA DRAMATICO
38 (29) SEVEN ENRIQUE IGLESIAS INTERSCOPE
39 (38) THE VERY BEST OF CHER UMTV/WSM
40 (39) THE VERY BEST OF CAT STEVENS UMTV

New UK Airplay Top 5

1)Life For Rent - Dido(3 weeks at #1)
2)Leave Right Now - Will Young(stays, peak #2[2])
3)Mad World - Michael Andrews(rises 3, new peak)
4)Shut Up - Black Eyed Peas(stays, peak #4[2])
5)Superstar - Jamelia(falls 2, peak #2[4])

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1 ( ) OZZY & KELLY OSBOURNE - CHANGES
2 (1) WILL YOUNG - LEAVE RIGHT NOW
3 (2) THE BLACK EYED PEAS - SHUT UP
4 (3) SHANE RICHIE - I'M YOUR MAN (BBC CHILDREN IN NEED SINGLE 2003)
5 ( ) CLIFF RICHARD - SANTA'S LIST
6 (5) WESTLIFE - MANDY
7 ( ) EVANESCENCE - MY IMMORTAL
8 (4) GARETH GATES - SAY IT ISN'T SO
9 ( ) CHRISTINA AGUILERA - THE VOICE WITHIN
10 ( ) THE CHEEKY GIRLS - HAVE A CHEEKY CHRISTMAS
11 ( ) MADONNA - LOVE PROFUSION/NOTHING FAILS
12 (6) GIRLS ALOUD - JUMP
13 ( ) NELLY FURTADO - POWERLESS (SAY WHAT YOU WANT)
14 (10) KATIE MELUA - THE CLOSEST THING TO CRAZY
15 ( ) BIG BROVAZ - AIN'T WHAT YOU DO
16 (7) SIMPLY RED - YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW
17 (28) UB40 FEATURING THE UNITED COLOURS OF SOUND - SWING LOW
18 (11) KEVIN LYTTLE - TURN ME ON
19 ( ) ALICIA KEYS - YOU DON'T KNOW MY NAME
20 (8) DIDO - LIFE FOR RENT
21 ( ) THE LOST BROTHERS FEATURING G TOM MAC - CRY LITTLE SISTER (I NEED U NOW)
22 (13) OUTKAST - HEY YA!
23 (12) BUSTED - CRASHED THE WEDDING
24 (16) FATMAN SCOOP FEATURING THE CROOKLYN CLAN AND FAITH EVANS BE FAITHFUL
25 (9) D-SIDE - REAL WORLD
26 ( ) RACHEL STEVENS - FUNKY DORY
27 (14) JA RULE - CLAP BACK/REIGNS
28 (19) LEMAR - 50:50/LULLABY
29 ( ) NODDY - MAKE WAY FOR NODDY
30 20) BRITNEY SPEARS FEATURING MADONNA - ME AGAINST THE MUSIC
31 (15) ALEX PARKS - MAYBE THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES
32 ( ) JAY-Z FEATURING PHARRELL WILLIAMS CHANGE CLOTHES
33 ( ) JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO FEATURING THE PLASTIC ONO BAND - HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER)
34 ( ) GOOD CHARLOTTE - HOLD ON/THE YOUNG AND THE HOPELESS
35 (22) DANIEL O'DONNELL - YOU RAISE ME UP
36 (25) JAMELIA - SUPERSTAR
37 (21) MICHAEL JACKSON - ONE MORE CHANCE
38 (23) BLAZIN' SQUAD - FLIP REVERSE
39 (18) DELTA GOODREM - NOT ME, NOT I
40 ( ) TEXAS - I'LL SEE IT THROUGH

[George Tropicana]

:o :o :o @ Rachel's "Funky" flop! :o :o :o

From a nearly #1 "Sweet Dreams" to a follow-up that can't even crack the Top 25 in a couple months. Needless to say, the song was very generic and had a tame music video compared to "Sweet Dreams" but still.. her name alone should be able to crack the Top 15 AT LEAST.

I wonder if they will still go through with "Sweet Dreams" in the US because even if that is a hit, what else can they relase from her album of filler and scraps?

[Sean]

Good to see Delta's album back in the top 20! Plus Sugababes rise.

Kylie needs to get a new single out immediately her album is dropping so badly in the UK and Australia.

[fredsteve]

yeah i really don't understand what's happening with Kylie.... she's really not doing well this time around. I guess things can pick up though.

The other BIG dissapointment is the absence of Britney's album from the top 40... hate to bring it up but I notice Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake still around after a year... but Britney can't even hang on a few weeks. Seems like a major flop to me.

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Fredsteve said:

The other BIG dissapointment is the absence of Britney's album from the top 40... hate to bring it up but I notice Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake still around after a year... but Britney can't even hang on a few weeks. Seems like a major flop to me.

So? Even if it's falling, sales in the UK are strong this year, last week when she was at #51, she sold around 15-20K(which is very strong) & the album is just about nearing 100K... "Britney" had to wait just around a few weeks to reach that mark...

[fredsteve]

I dunno... seems like a dissapointment to me, particularly with all the press and the hype.

[Sean]

Where are Sugababes on the airplay chart? "Too Lost In You" is such an incredible song, I can't get enough of it.

I think Kylie could easily pick up again with a decent 2nd single (she has quite a few good ones to pick from). The album so far is totally flopping, I think people are worried it will all be as boring and slow as "Slow", she needs something typically Kylie out pronto (c'mon already... "Slow" has been at radio for months).

Britney out of the top 40 is definitely a big disappointment for her status, plus given she's had a hit single (she's actually at #59!). Delta Goodrem can't even manage to get any airplay and obviously can't go over there to promote the album yet it's stuck around the charts for 6 months.