Canada's Top 20

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

#20 Milkshake - Kelis
#19 With You - Jessica Simpson
#18 Fallen - Sarah McLachlan
#17 Everything - Fefe Dobson
#16 The First Cut Is The Deepest - Sheryl Crow
#15 Star Of All Planets - Ryan Malcolm
#14 One Thing - Finger 11
#13 Shut Up - Black Eyed Peas
#12 Numb - Linkin Park
#11 The Way You Move - Outkast
#10 Slow Jamz - Twista
#9 Back For More - Glenn Lewis
#8 Yeah - Usher
#7 Me, Myself And I - Beyounce
#6 It's My Life - No Doubt
#5 F-Uk It - Eamon
#4 Powerless - Nelly Furtado
#3 My Immortal - Evanescece
#2 Toxic - Britney Spears
#1 Hey Ya - Outkast

-based on the February 28th show of the Cross Canada Countdown
www.crosscanadacountdown.com <--Listen!

Top 10 Albums this week in Canada
1. NORAH JONES -- "FEELS LIKE HOME" (19,300)
2. EVANESCENCE -- "FALLEN" (9,400)
3. JOSH GROBAN -- "CLOSER" (8,800)
4. BLACK EYED PEAS -- "ELEPHUNK" (8,100)
5. SHERYL CROW -- "THE VERY BEST OF SHERYL CROW" (6,600)
6. VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "2004 GRAMMY NOMINEES" (6,300)
7. OUTKAST -- "SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW" (5,200)
8. GREAT BIG SEA -- "SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL" (5,170)
9. VARIOUS ARTISTS -- "JUNO AWARDS 2004" (5,140)
10. NICKELBACK -- "THE LONG ROAD" (4,700)

Norah is almost up to 160,000 in sales in Canada now!

[EvanJ]

How does the Cross Canada Countdown compare to the Canadian Hot 20?

[j]

Sarah McLachlan's album has dropped off the Top 10? I'm disappointed.

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

EvanJ said:

How does the Cross Canada Countdown compare to the Canadian Hot 20?

I'm not sure. I think the CCC actually uses BDS or something whereas the Canadian Hot 20 uses stations that air the show? Either way, both use different tracking systems. Whatever canoe.ca used to have to Canadian airplay, I believe is what CCC uses.

[capital_guy]

CCC uses the CHR BDS chart as is. CH20 starts with the same BDS chart, but then goes on to give more weight to the staions that play the show. Therefore, not only is the CH20 biased to suit the stations that play it (makes sense in order to keep these stations subscribing to the show), but one must also remember that CH20 stations include Hot AC stations, further biasing the chart. BDS split Hot AC and CHR into 2 separate charts just over a year ago.