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[Album Charts] [New Albums Release Info]
[Last week’s chart]
(* – my current favourites)
(!!! – Single Of The Week!!!)
(:O === the current all-time hate that makes even my smilie want to hurl!)
( (R) – Repeat., ie. a re-release)
A brief analysis on the current chart situation…
- 12 new entries and 1 re-entry:
- 36 (48 RE) David Sneddon – Stop Living The Lie
- 35 Billy Crawford – You Didn’t Expect That
- 26 Macy Gray – When I See You
- 25 Bluetones – Fast Boy/Liquid Lips
- 24 Badly Drawn Boy – All Possibilities
- 23 DT8 – Destination
- 21 Vbirds – Virtuality
- 8 Triple Eight – Knock Out
- 7 White Stripes – 7 Nation Army
- 6 DMX – X Gon’ Give It To Ya
- 3 David Sneddon – Don’t Let Go
- 2 Lisa Maffia – All Over
- 1 Busted – You Said No
- 40 Def Leppard – Long Long Way To Go
- 39 Snoop Dogg – Beautiful
- 38 Mario – Just a Friend
- 37 DJ Sammy – The Boys of Summer
- 36 Planet Funk – Who Said
- 35 Linkin Park – Somewhere I Belong
- 34 tATu – All The Things She Said
- 33 Coldplay – Clocks
- 32 Run DMC – It’s Tricky 2003
- 31 Meatloaf – Couldn’t Have Said It Better
- 28 Christina Aguilera – Beautiful
- 23 Goldfrapp – Train
- 16 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Date with the Night
- 11 (4) Robbie Williams
- 12 (2) Madonna
- 15 (5) Blur
- 18 (9) D-Side
- 19 (12) Plummet
- 28 (17) Jay-Z
- 31 (19) Lionel Richie/Enrique Iglesias
- 37 (22) Aaliyah
- 69 Michelle Weeks – The Light
so the following dropped out :
0 climbers : 0 non-movers : and 27 going down. Big fallers include :
New entries from No.41-75. See who missed out this time round :
12 (2) Madonna
15 (5) Blur
31 (19) Lionel Richie/Enrique Iglesias
37 (22) AaliyahSo much for the power they once had – all these big names have really droppedthe ball over time. How long before they stop selling even in their first week? 2 Lisa Maffia – All OverAnother So Solid Crew offshoot, and just as dull and predictable. 1 (NEW) Busted – You Said No *1st Week at No.1*
Must be a sorry state of affairs if yet another crappy boyband is at thetop of the charts.
This is the 36th single in a row to go straight into the Top 40 at No.1 :
- 1. Aaliyah – More Than a Woman
- 2. George Harrison – My Sweet Lord (R)
- 3. Enrique Iglesias – Hero
- 4. Westlife – World of Our Own
- 5. Will Young – Anything is Possible/Evergreen
- 6. Gareth Gates – Unchained Melody
- 7. Oasis – The Hindu Times
- 8. Sugababes – Freak Like Me
- 9. Holly Valance – Kiss Kiss
- 10. Ronan Keating – If Tomorrow Never Comes
- 11. Liberty X – Just a Little
- 12. Eminem – Without Me
- 13. Will Young – Light My Fire
- 14. Elvis – A Little Less Conversation (remix)
- 15. Gareth Gates – Anyone of Us
- 16. Darius – Colourblind
- 17. Sugababes – Round Round
- 18. Blazin Squad – Crossroads
- 19. Atomic Kitten – The Tide is High
- 20. Pink – Just Like a Pill
- 21. Will & Gareth – The Long and Winding Road/Suspicious Minds
- 22. Las Ketchup – The Ketchup Song
- 23. Nelly – Dilemma
- 24. DJ Sammy – Heaven
- 25. Westlife – Unbreakable
- 26. Christina Aguilera – Dirrty
- 27. Daniel Bedingfield – If You’re Not the One
- 28. Eminem – Lose Yourself
- 29. Blue & Elton John – Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word
- 30. Girls Aloud – Sound of the Underground
- 31. David Sneddon – Stop Living The Lie
- 32. t.A.T.u – All The Things She Said
- 33. Christina Aguilera – Beautiful
- 34. Gareth Gates and the Kumars – Spirit in the Sky
- 35. Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham – Make Luv
- 36. Busted – You Said No
April 21st:
- Aqualung – If I Fall (NCQ)
Asian Dub Foundation featuring Sinead O’Connor – 1000 Mirrors
Audioslave – Like A Stone
Badly Drawn Boy – All Possibilities
Beachbuggy – Killer Bee
The Bluetones – Fast Boy/Liquid Lips
Busted – You Said No
Paul Carrack – She Lived Down The Street
Johnny Cash – Hurt/Personal Jesus
Billy Crawford – You Didn’t Expect That
Delays – Nearer Than Heaven
DMX – X Gon’ Give It To Ya
Donots – Big Mouth
DT8 featuring Roxanne Wilde – Destination
Glassjaw – Ape Dos Mil
Macy Gray – When I See You
J Walk – Another Lover
Lisa Maffia – All Over
Magnet – The Day We Left Town EP
Pippa – I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing
Relaxed Muscle – The Heavy EP
Reno – Rock ‘N’ Roll
Rocket Science – Run Like A Gun
David Sneddon – Don’t Let Go
Therapy? – If It Kills Me / Rust
Triple Eight – Knock Out
VBirds – Virtuality
Venus Hum – Montana
The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
April 28th:
- Amerie – I’m Coming Out
Ballboy – Europewide Search For Love
Calexico – Quattro (World Drifts In)
Capdown – Act Your Rage
Johnny Cash – Hurt/Personal Jesus
Craig David featuring Sting – Rise And Fall
Eyes Adrift – Alaska
Gasolineros – The Day I Ran Away
Bebel Gilberto – Close Your Eyes
Dana Glover – Thinking Over
Grandadbob – City Approach
Richard Hawley – Run For Me
Holden & Thompson – Nothing
Ronan Keating – The Long Goodbye/Love Won’t Work (If We Don’t Try)
Kid Creme – Hypnotising
Killer Mike featuring Big Boi – A.D.I.D.A.S.
King Of Woolworths – Evel Song
Dino Lenny vs The Housemartins – Change The World
Lil’ Kim – The Jump Off
Stephen Malkmus – Dark Wave
Ian McCulloch – Slideling
Nivea – Laundromat/Don’t Mess With My Man
Palace Of Pleasure – The Art Of Falling Apart
Laura Pausini – Surrender
Jamie Pearce – Tabloid Queen
Playgroup – Make It Happen
The Pretenders – Complex Person
Puretone – Stuck In A Groove
Revelation – Just Be Dub To Me
Kelly Rowland – Can’t Nobody
Bruce Springsteen – Waiting For A Sunny Day
Tomcraft – Loneliness
May 5th:
- The Androids – Do It With Madonna
Bell X1 – Whitewater Song/In Every Sunflower
Bhangra Knights vs Husan – Husan
Big Brovaz – Favourite Things
Blind Guardian – Bard’s Song
Bone Thugs & Harmony featuring Phil Collins – Home
Bonobo – Pick Up
Broadcast – Pendulum
The Cheeky Girls – Take Your Shoes Off
The Dandy Warhols – We Used To Be Friends
Dead Or Alive – You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
The Droyds – Take Me, I’m Yours
Feeder – Forget About Tomorrow
Good Charlotte – Girls And Boys
Groove Armada – Easy
Richard Hawley – Run For Me
Hell Is For Heroes – Retreat
Saffron Hill featuring Ben Onono – My Love Is Always
HIM – Buried Alive By Love
Jody Lei – Oh No
R Kelly – Ignition
Matchbox 20 – Unwell
Mint Royale – Dancehall Places/I Don’t Know
Pretenders – You Know Who Your Friends Are
Serafin – Things Fall Apart
Snap! – Rhythm Is A Dancer 2003
Andy Stochansky – Wonderful (It’s Superman)
Stylophonic – Soul Reply
3 Inches Of Blood – Ride Darkhorse Ride
Tindersticks – Don’t Even Go There EP
Armin Van Buuren – Yet Another Day
The Vessels – Don’t Waste Your Time
Terri Walker – Ching Ching
May 12th:
- Audio Bullys – Turned Away
Bon Jovi – All About Loving You
Boomkat – The Wreckoning
Clipse featuring Faith Evans – Ma, I Dont Love Her
The Crimea – White Russian Galaxy
Evan Dando – Stop My Head
Deftones – The Late, Great Planet Earth
Fallacy – Big ‘N’ Bashy
Flaming Lips – Flight Test
Flip & Fill – Field Of Dreams
Ginuwine – Hell Yeah
Girls Aloud – No Good Advice
Kealer – Superman
Keane – Everybody’s Changing
Less Than Jake – She’s Gonna Break
Courtney Love – Mono
Tom McRae – Karaoke Soul
Mint Royale – I Don’t Know/Dancehall Places
Mitchell & Dewbury – Globetrotter
Moloko – Forever More
Yoko Ono – Walking On Thin Ice
Sean Paul – Get Busy
Mr Reds vs DJ Skribble – Everybody Come On (Can You Feel It)
Nada Surf – Inside Of Love
Robin S – Luv 4 Luv 2003
Lisa Scott-Lee – Lately
Shed Seven – Why Can’t I Be With You?
Stain’d – Price To Pay
TLC – Hands Up
Wayne Williams – Anything Is Possible
Michael Woods featuring Imogen Bailey – If U Want Me
Zutons – Creepin’ An’ A Crawlin’
May 19th:
- Anotherside – This Is Your Night
Apollo 440 – Dude Descending A Staircase
Ataris – In My Diary
The Basement – The Only Mr. Lonely
Cave-In – Anchor
Biffy Clyro – Questions & Answers
Common – New Wave
Ed Harcourt – Watching The Sun Come Up
Hot Action Cop On Lava – Fever For The Flava
Whitney Houston – On My Own
Jemani – Cry Baby
Love Inc. – Broken Bones
Sam Obernik – Mr. Butterfly
Outlandish – Guantanamo
P.O.D. – Sleeping Away
Resource – I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight
Stereophonics – Madame Helga
t.A.T.u. – Not Gonna Get Us
Justin Timberlake – Rock Your Body
Paul Van Dyk featuring Jan Johnston – Nothing But You
XTM featuring Annia – Fly On The Wings Of Love
May 26th:
- Abs – Stop Sign
Blak Beatniks – One Day At A Time
John Cale – Five Tracks
DJ Chrome – Who’s Crying Now?
Emma – Free Me
Evanescence – Bring Me To Life
Ashley Hamilton – Wimmin
Massive Attack – Butterfly Caught
John Mayer – Your Body Is A Wonderland
Erlend Oye – Sheltered Life
Radiohead – There There
S Club – Say Goodbye/Love Ain’t Gonna Wait
Shy FX & Kele Le Roc – Feelin’ You
Skin – Trashed
Sonique – Can’t Make Up My Mind*
Alexis Strum – Addicted
Martina Toplay – Need One
3 Drives – Carrera
Train – Calling All The Angels
Turin Brakes – Average Man
June 2nd:
- Melanie C – On The Horizon
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – He Wants You/Babe I’m On Fire
The Darkness – Growing On Me
Electric Six – Gay Bar
Jennifer Ellison – Baby I Don’t Care
Eminem – Superman
The Foundation featuring Natalie Rossi – All Out Of Love
Delta Goodrem – Lost Without You
Jamelia featuring Rah Digga – Bout
Junkie XL – Catch Up To My Step
Linkin Park – From The Inside
Marilyn Manson – M-Obscene
Nu – Any Other Girl
One True Voice – Shakespeare’s (Way With) Words
Placebo – This Picture
Busta Rhymes & Mariah Carey featuring Flipmode Squad – I Know What You Want
Space Cowboy – Just Put Your Hand In Mine
Shania Twain – Forever And For Always
Stone Sour – Inhale
Amy Studt – Misfit
Wayne Wonder – No Letting Go
June 9th:
- Christina Aguilera – Fighter
Appleton – Everything Eventually
Aurora – Sleeping Satellite
Darius – Girl In The Moon*
DJ Sammy – Sunlight
Foo Fighters – Low
Liquid People vs Talk Talk – It’s My Life
Dannii Minogue – Don’t Wanna Lose This Feeling
N-Trance – Destiny*
NRC – Here Comes The Rain Again
Wheatus – I’m An American In Amsterdam
The Wildhearts – So Into You
June 16th:
- The Bangles – Tear Off Your Own Head
David Guetta vs David Bowie – Just For One Day
Lemonescent – Cinderella
Timo Maas – Unite
Mis-Teeq – Can’t Get It Back
Shakedown – Drowsy With Hope
Siobhan – Overrated
Sugar Ray – Hey Bartender
Tommi – Like What
Barratt Waugh – Skip A Beat
June 23rd:
- 50 Cent – 21 Questions
Sinéad Quinn – What You Need Is
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Universally Speaking
Vitamin C – Last Nite
June 30th:
- Cerys Matthews – Only A Fool
S Club 8 – Fool No More
Seal – Get It Together
Super Furry Animals – Golden Retriever
July 7th:
- Daniel Bedingfield – Never Gonna Leave Your Side
Kelly Osbourne – Come Dig Me Out
Kate Ryan – Scream For More
- This week there are new entries for :
- 1 Madonna – American Life
- 4 Meat Loaf – Couldn’t Have Said It Better
- 1 Madonna – American Life
- 2 Justin Timberland – Justified
- 3 White Stripes – Elephant
- 4 Meat Loaf – Couldn’t Have Said It Better
- 5 Busted – Busted
The top 5 goes like this :
April 21st:
- Duran Duran – The Singles ’81-’85
Madonna – American Life
Maria McKee – High Dive
April 28th:
- Evanescence – Fallen
Goldfrapp – Black Cherry
Macy Gray – The Trouble With Being Myself
Tony Hadley – True Ballads
Norah Jones – Come Away With Me
David Sneddon – Seven Years, Ten Weeks
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever To Tell
May 5th:
- Blur – Think Tank
Dana Glover – Testimony
May 12th:
- Alkaline Trio – Good Mourning
Bluetones – Luxembourg
Marilyn Manson – The Golden Age Of Grotesque
Pretenders – Loose Screw
May 19th:
- Deftones – Deftones
Cerys Matthews – Cock-A-Hoop
Stain’d – 14 Shades Of Grey
Various Artists – Eurovision Song Contest: Latvia 2003*
May 26th:
- Girls Aloud – Girls Aloud
June 2nd:
- S Club – BeSt
Skin – Fleshwounds
Stereophonics – You Gotta Go There To Come Back
Train – Private Nation
June 9th:
- Annie Lennox – Bare
Metallica – St. Anger
Radiohead – Hail To The Thief
June 16th:
- Limp Bizkit – The Search For Teddy Swoes
Mariah Carey – The Remix Album
Delta Goodrem – Innocent Eyes
June 23rd:
- The Coral – Magic And Medicine
June 30th:
- Electric Six – Fire
July 7th:
- Electric Six – Fire
Dominator’s Top 50 of 2002
Check the music chart fromw/e January 4th 2003for this list.
Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2003.
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.