Look at the girl go! Right from the get-go this week, there was really no doubting that Barbadian singer Rihanna was going to hit the top of the ARIA singles chart with her very pop new single ‘Only Girl (In The World)’. But how many downloads did she sell? Let’s find out in this week’s Chart Watch!
SINGLES : Well yes, Ri-Ri did indeed debut with a very big bang – in at No.1 first week with her new single ‘Only Girl (In The World)’. She sold a respectable 22,621 copies of the song in its very first week on sale – a rather strong effort. Taio’s ‘Dynamite’ moves down the one position, still with 18,751 copies in the bag and Usher is steady at No.3 with 15,990 sales of ‘DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love’.
Mike Poster moves up another three spots with ‘Cooler Than Me’ (13,166 sales) – it seems like an eternity that Sony has been working this single and all that hard work is finally paying off.
Outside the top ten, Bird Of Tokyo surge again – up to No.14 with ‘Plans’, Kings Of Leon debut in the No.19 position with ‘Radioactive’ (4770 sales), while will.i.am and Nicki Minaj debut just two spots lower down with 4434 sales.
Had Jess Mauboy been allowed to debut with her new tune ‘Get ‘Em Girls’, she’d have come in around the No.23 mark with approximately 4300 sales, though because we’re not privy to that information, we can’t give you an accurate figure.
Through its use on the Glee comeback episode, Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ ‘Empire State Of Mind’ makes a re-entry into the top 30 at No.25, while the Potbelleez are finally getting some chart love for their single ‘Hello’ – up to No.26.
Speaking of ‘Empire State Of Mind’, we’re ready for another ‘Glee’ chart invasion with the return of the series to Network Ten and ‘Empire State Of Mind’ is just the start. In at No.40 first week with 2589 sales, though behind the original.
Brian & Delta are finally in the top 50 with new single ‘Mistakes’ – 2475 sales there – and two more top 50 Glee debuts (No.45 with ‘Telephone’ – 2177 sales – and No.50 with ‘Billionaire’ – 1861 sales).
Outside the top 50, seems like Adam Lambert’s single ‘Whataya Want From Me’ has had a little second win this week, moving up 13 spots to No.51, Maroon 5’s ‘Misery’ is up ten to No.57 and on the back of its use in a performance on X Factor, Daniel Merriweather’s stunning, criminally ignored single ‘Red’ gets higher than Universal could ever get it – No.65 with 1579 sales.
Travie McCoy’s new single ‘We’ll Be Alright’ is in at No.83 (1083 sales), Thirsty Merc’s single ‘All My Life’ debuting at No.84 (1073 sales) gives Warner a back to back, Kings Of Leon’s ‘Sex On Fire’ refuses to go away, back in the top 100 mix at No.85, and there are debuts for Glee (‘Listen’ at No.91 with 1019 sales), Adrian Lux (‘Teenage Crime’ at No.92 with 990 sales), Enrique Iglesias and Nicole Scherzinger (‘Heartbeat’ at No.95 with 953 sales) and Lil Wayne with Drake (‘Right Above It’ at No.98 with 930 sales).
ALBUMS : On the albums side of the draw this week, Linkin Park holds on for a second week on top, still selling almost double the No.2 album – Katy Perry’s ‘Teenage Dream’. Linkin – 10,181, Katy – 5574.
Spookily again this week, it’s the odd numbers in the top ten that have the debuts. Kasey Chambers debuts in the No.3 spot with ‘Little Bird’ (5094 sales), Santana debuts at No.5 with ‘Guitar Heaven’ (4419 copies), Maroon 5 is in at No.7 with ‘Hands All Over’ (3640 sales) and Phil Collins’ new album ‘Going Back’ debuts in the No.9 spot with 2666 sales.
Tim McGraw’s ‘Southern Voice’ benefits even more from the repackage – up to No.12 with ‘Southern Voice’ with almost half of all those sales coming from Queensland.
Metallica’s highly collectable ‘Six Feet Down Under’ EP plops in at No.17 (1963 copies), while more Tim McGraw action at No.19 with ‘Greatest Hits Volumes 1, 2 and 3’ hammering its way into the top 50 at No.19 – again, almost half of all sales in Queensland.
Not such good news though for Interpol, Grinderman and Brandon Flowers, whose albums all plummet – by 15, 15 and 17 spots respectively.
With the buzz surrounding their new album growing by the day, people have all of a sudden discovered Kings Of Leon’s last album ‘Only By The Night’ again – back into the top 50 mix at No.43 (849 sales), and it’s followed by the Doors’ best-of, Glee 3, Blue King Brown, U2 and Pink.
Outside the top 50, a big move for Thirsty Merc’s album ‘Mousetrap Heart – up 41 spots to No.54, the Fleetwood Mac best-of is back – at No.74, so too Gaga’s original ‘The Fame’ (No.81) and SuBo’s ‘I Dreamed A Dream’ (No.85).
The ‘Camp Rock 2’ soundtrack struggles into the top 100 – just – at No.98 with 434 sales.
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auspOp says
Hey Chris A,
Apologies for the delay;
Rock It 3385
Smile 3024
Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves) 2654
Baby,I’m Gettin’ Better 1762
We No Speak Americano 1693
Rockstar 101 1670
Tik Tok 1314
Sweet Dispositon 1126
Burn Your Name 917
The auspOp team
Chris A says
hey auspop:
can i please have sales for these songs:
Rock It
Smile
Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)
Baby,I’m Gettin’ Better
We No Speak Americano
Rockstar 101
Tik Tok
Sweet Dispositon
Burn Your Name
thanx guys :)
auspOp says
Hey Anonymous,
Thanks for the support.
We don’t have full Madonna sales figures for album and single – merely for the time they spent in the top 100 (which would give an inaccurate sales figure).
Same too for Katie and her ‘Emperor’s Box’.
As for Vanilla Ice and Kajagoogoo… they made us laugh.
The auspOp team
Anonymous says
Hi guys!
Would you please be able to provide total sales to date for Madonna’s “Celebration” (album and single) and Katie Noonan and the Captains’ “Emperor’s Box” (I don’t think their “Page One” EP charted in the hot 100, and you don’t get sales just for the physical charts, do you? It’s been on there for six months)? Thank you! Also, kudos to you guys for answering “requests” that are basically demands or orders (Post Vanilla Ice’s total; add Kajagoogoo to the regulars etc. etc.). It bugs me just reading them, so I can only imagine how it makes you guys feel when you’re doing us a favour! Whatever happened to “please” and asking politely?!
auspOp says
Hey Anonymous,
We try to keep our regulars column down to just ten artists.
When one of those disappears from the top 100 (Beyonce looks like disappearing next), we’ll pop Scarlett Belle in…
The auspOp team
auspOp says
Hey Daddy Cool,
Yeppers – Birds’ latest album has so far sold 40,567 copies.
The auspOp team
Anonymous says
add scarlett belle in the regulars
Daddy Cool says
Do you know how many units has Birds Of Tokyo’s album sold so far?
auspOp says
Hey Anonymous,
Yes, we’ve done it with Jess in the past, so there’s no reason why we can’t now.
The auspOp team
Anonymous says
In the future could you post Jessica Mauboy’s sales in the comments every week?
auspOp says
And hello final Anonymous;
ALBUMS
No.10 : Angus & Julia Stone – Down The Way (2254 – it’s actually at No.13)
No.24 : Grinderman 2 (1635)
SINGLES
No.10 : Flo Rida – Club Can’t Handle Me (9721)
No.12 : Nelly – Just A Dream (6313)
No.15 : Katy Perry – California Gurls (5721)
No.27 : Travie McCoy – Billionaire (3689)
No.31 : B.o.B – Airplanes
The auspOp team
auspOp says
Hey Anonymous #2,
No, no sign of Am8er in the top 100 at this stage. If it ever happens, you’ll read it in our Chart Watch.
The auspOp team
auspOp says
Hey Anonymous,
No, Kelly Clarkson’s single didn’t re-appear in the chart and given it’s now more than 12 months old, we’d say there’s very little chance of it doing so.
In the meantime, Scarlett Belle sold 2070 copies of ‘Freak Tonight’ this week.
The auspOp team
Anonymous says
Hi AuspOp!
May I have this week’s sales for the following albums:
No 10 Angus & Julia Stone – Down The Way
No 24 Grinderman 2
& Singles:
No. 10: Flo Rida – Club Can’t Handle Me
No. 12: Nelly – Just A Dream
No. 15: Katy Perry – California Gurls
No. 27: Travie McCoy – Billionaire
No. 31: B.o.B – Airplanes
Thanks in advance.
Anonymous says
Far out, radio has been flogging that brelta song to death for ages and it hadn’t even sold enough copies to reach the top 50 until this week? Radio programmers out of touch much?
Anonymous says
no chances of seeing Am8er in the top 100?
Anonymous says
Why did Jessica Mauboy not chart, what have SONY done now? That’s bizarre! This happened with Dannii Minogue’s Club Disco album except I heard it actually sold well and would’ve charted high if permitted. I would always prefer a chart spot than nothing. Weird.
Anonymous says
did kelly clarkson already gone entered the charts and wat are the sales for this week with scarlett belle freak tonight
auspOp says
And for our regulars;
Beyonce
SINGLE No.88 : Single Ladies (1046)
Black Eyed Peas
ALBUM No.76 : The E.N.D. (541)
SINGLE No.66 : I Gotta Feeling (1550)
Michael Buble
ALBUM No.72 : Crazy Love (566)
Eminem
ALBUM No.04 : Recovery (5024)
SINGLE No.06 : Love The Way You Lie (13282)
SINGLE No.22 : Not Afraid (4372)
Glee Cast
ALBUM No.45 : Volume 3 – Showstoppers (825)
ALBUM No.57 : Volume 1 (680)
ALBUM No.80 : Volume 2 (530)
SINGLE No.40 : Empire State Of Mind (2589)
SINGLE No.45 : Telephone (2177)
SINGLE No.50 : Billionaire (1861)
SINGLE No.91 : Listen (1019)
SINGLE No.94 : Don’t Stop Believin’ (955)
Michael Jackson
ALBUM No.59 : Essential (642)
Lady Gaga
ALBUM No.28 : The Fame Monster (1365)
ALBUM No.81 : The Fame (523)
SINGLE No.35 : Dance In The Dark (2756)
SINGLE No.68 : Telephone (1510)
SINGLE No.72 : Bad Romance (1464)
SINGLE No.90 : Poker Face (1028)
SINGLE No.99 : Alejandro (929)
Adam Lambert
ALBUM No.30 : For Your Entertainment (1308)
SINGLE No.17 : If I Had You (5264)
SINGLE No.51 : Whataya Want From Me (1841)
Kylie Minogue
ALBUM No.60 : Aphrodite (630)
Pink
ALBUM No.49 : Funhouse (783)
Stan Walker
ALBUM No.32 : From The Inside Out (1228)
SINGLE No.23 : Choose You (4263)