After assuming our regular chart info had all but dried up for the year due to the break over Christmas) and a week of no Chart Watch, we’re thrilled to report that the figures are in for Christmas week. And there’s some deliciously big numbers in there. So let’s jingle all the way – ’cause here’s your Christmas Chart Watch!
SINGLES : Bruno Mars spends his second week in the No.1 position on the ARIA singles chart with his second single proper ‘Grenade’. Warner will be most pleased with its 25,111 sales, but the Nos.2 and 3 positioned singles are most certainly no slouches in the sales department either – both bagging in excess of 20,000 copies.
Guy Sebastian’s single ‘Who’s That Girl’ edges to No.2 with 22,532 sales, while the Black Eyed Peas slip slightly, but still with 21,794 sales.
Jessica Mauboy scores a top ten hit from her second studio LP ‘Get Em Girls’. ‘Saturday Night’ seems to be finally finding its feet among the Aussie record buying public, rising four places to No.10 this week on the back of 11,039 sales.
David Guetta’s also doing the business again. Teaming with Rihanna for his latest single ‘Who’s That Chick’, he’s managed a five place rise this week to No.12 with another 10,151 sales.
The week’s highest new entry on the singles chart is by Alexis Jordan, who after a belated single release debuts at No.25 with her radio-ignored hit-in-waiting ‘Happiness’. 4660 punters patiently waited for its release.
Dance diva Wynter Gordon was in town for some publicity last week – and she bullets 17 places up the chart (to No.32) with her latest club banger ‘Dirty Talk’. 4059 sales there. While Flo Rida edges up with ‘Turn Around (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)’ to No.35.
New at No.37 is the first posthumous single from Michael Jackson. The Akon-featuring single ‘Hold My Hand’ sold 3682 copies in its first week on sale, while My Chemical Romance’s latest single ‘Sing’ is in at No.47 with 2662 first week sales.
Katy Perry and The Script pop back into the top 50 with ‘California Gurls’ and ‘For The First Time’ respectively.
Speaking of The Script, their latest single ‘Nothing’ debuts just outside the top 50 – at No.53 to be precise – with 2522 sales, while Neon Trees’ track ‘Animal’ (a track we told you about back in March) continues to shine – moving up 21 spots to No.57.
Bon Jovi’s Aussie visit pays off, with their classic ‘Livin’ On A Prayer’ up to No.63. ‘It’s My Life’ also heads in at No.81 after the tour and the band’s appearance on Oprah’s Australian Adventures shows (1378 sales).
Coldplay’s festive season single ‘Christmas Lights’, which debuted at No.32 last week, plunges down the charts to No.80 this week.
Crystal Castles are in at No.98 with ‘Not In Love’ (1049 sales) and back into the top 100 this week are Owl City’s ‘Fireflies’ (No.89), Akon’s ‘Angel’ (No.90), Jason Derulo’s ‘In My Head’ (No.92), Justin Bieber’s ‘Baby’ (No.95), Uncle Kracker’s ‘Smile’ (No.97), Lady Gaga’s ‘Telephone’ (No.99) and B.o.B’s ‘Airplanes’ (No.100).
ALBUMS : You know it’s got to be Christmas when the No.1 album sells more than 40,000 copies. And Pink’s done just that this week with sales of her ‘Greatest Hits… So Far’ set reaching precisely 43,000 copies for the week.
Bon Jovi’s selling well on the back of their Australian tour – even moving up one spot to No.2 this week with their greatest hits set. It bagged another 32,816 sales.
Though Susan Boyle can’t come close to matching the sales of her debut album ‘I Dreamed A Dream’, ‘The Gift’s 32,047 sales will do very nicely, no doubt.
X Factor winner Altiyan Childs is most certainly no slouch in the sales department either. His debut album ‘Altiyan Childs’ comes in at No.4 on the ARIA albums chart – and at pretty much any other time throughout 2010 he’d have (pardon the language) “shit it in” to the No.1 spot. ‘Altiyan Childs’ sold a rather respectable 29,999 copies in its first week.
Michael Jackson’s posthumous album ‘Michael’ debuts in the No.10 spot with 11,395 first week sales, while the rest of the top 50 is pretty much a case of musical chairs.
Outside the top 50, there’s a 17 place jump for The Eagles’ best-of (No.80 to No.63), a ten place leap for Robbie Williams’ best-of – from No.74 to No.64 and a rise for Muse’s ‘The Resistance’ on the back of their Aussie visit.
* We cannot guarantee service of this chart across the Christmas/New Year period. Our apologies if it doesn’t appear for a few weeks – the service should resume early in 2011.
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auspOp says
Hey Chris A,
No word at the moment. We’re hanging out for them as much as you are. And we’re also surprised they didn’t arrive in our inbox this week too!
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Chris A says
when will you guys get sales again? i thought it would be today like it was last year
auspOp says
Hey Anonymous,
No Ciara to speak of in either singles or albums top 100.
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Anonymous says
How much did Ciara sell?
Chris A says
Thank you very much :)
auspOp says
Hey fishpOp,
Take heart that there’s just the one Lady Gaga release in the Australian top 100 singles OR albums chart – and that’s ‘Telephone’ at No.99 (1048 sales).
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auspOp says
Hey Anonymous #2,
No, no other Michael Jackson albums or singles charting apart from those listed in the main article.
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auspOp says
Hey Innocent Eyes,
We’re also glad that we’ve got sales figures this week, but they’ll be hit and miss over the next few…
James Blunt at #13 (10061)
Human Nature at #21 (5991)
Kanye West at #25 (5128)
John Farnham at #29 (3750)
Daft Punk at #33 (3019)
Linkin Park at #38 (2486)
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auspOp says
Hey Anonymous,
For Mariah Christmas album sales, see above.
Michael Buble’s album ‘Crazy Love’ sold another 3799 copies this week.
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auspOp says
Hey Tim,
Mariah clocked up another 3095 sales of ‘Merry Christmas II You’ this week.
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auspOp says
Hey Chris A,
As requested;
F**k You (8252)
Cooler Than Me (6168)
Plans (4214)
Take Over Control (3777)
Love The Way You Lie (3658)
Freefallin (3217)
Rock It (2717)
Empire State Of Mind (2175)
Radioactive (1367)
Fireflies (1239)
Baby (1053)
Airplanes (1047)
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fishpOp says
NOOOOO!!!! Could I please have Gaga’s sales for this week at least?
Anonymous says
Hi.,AusPop..,Are there any other Michael Jackson albums or singles charting? If do can you please post their numbers. Thank you.
Innocent Eyes says
Glad that we’ve got sales figures this week!
Please, may I have this week’s albums sales for the following acts:
+ James Blunt at #13
+ Human Nature at #21
+ Kanye West at #25
+ John Farnham at #29
+ Daft Punk at #33
+ Linkin Park at #38
Thanks in advance.
Anonymous says
GREAT album sales this week. How much did Mariah’s Xmas album and Michael Buble’s album sell this week? Thanks!
#4 says
Glad you got the sales back at least for this week auspOp. Some excellent numbers there. And the album sales will be even higher next week. Christmas week is insane. Followed by an insane week for singles the next week as everyone uses their itunes gift vouchers to download their favourite songs. Then we will start a period of “Oh dear what has happened to the album sales”. The same old cycle every year. I guess it all evens out in the end and the music industry is reasonably healthy.
Altiyan did all right for sure. I believe that is the highest first week sales for a talent show winner’s debut album since Damien’s in 2006. So he can stick his tongue at all the press people who jumped on him because of the single.
Tim says
Thanks auspOp! What a lovely surprise this week :) Just wondering about Mariah’s sales figures this week?
Thanks again :)
Chris A says
may i also please have sales for these songs:
F**k You
Cooler Than Me
Plans
Take Over Control
Love The Way You Lie
Freefallin
Rock It
Empire State Of Mind
Radioactive
Fireflies
Baby
Airplanes
thanx guys :)
Chris A says
UGH, I want Eminem back in the regulars please :(
auspOp says
After some tweaking, Eminem, Gaga and Stan Walker gone.
Nelly and Rihanna in.
GLEE CAST
ALBUM No.05 : Volume 4 (16040)
ALBUM No.17 : The Christmas Album (7179)
ALBUM No.47 : Volume 3 – Showstoppers (1955)
ALBUM No.57 : Volume 1 (1630)
ALBUM No.71 : Volume 2 (1352)
ALBUM No.90 : The Rocky Horror Glee Show (1009)
SINGLE No.62 : Marry You (1904)
SINGLE No.78 : Forget You (1449)
SINGLE No.87 : Singing In The Rain/Umbrella (1309)
KE$HA
ALBUM No.15 : Animal (7710)
SINGLE No.06 : We R Who We R (15904)
SINGLE No.54 : Take It Off (2516)
SINGLE No.74 : Tik Tok (1652)
ADAM LAMBERT
ALBUM No.44 : For Your Entertainment (2133)
SINGLE No.61 : For Your Entertainment (1994)
SINGLE No.72 : If I Had You (1679)
JESSICA MAUBOY
ALBUM No.42 : Get Em Girls (2237)
SINGLE No.10 : Saturday Night (11039)
NELLY
ALBUM No.51 : 5.0 (1872)
SINGLE No.13 : Just A Dream (9465)
SINGLE No.66 : Move That Body (1847)
KATY PERRY
ALBUM No.11 : Teenage Dream (11345)
ALBUM No.96 : One Of The Boys (968)
SINGLE No.04 : Firework (17809)
SINGLE No.27 : Teenage Dream (4582)
SINGLE No.48 : California Gurls (2646)
PINK
ALBUM No.01 : Greatest Hits… So Far (43000)
SINGLE No.08 : Raise Your Glass (12730)
SINGLE No.19 : F**kin Perfect (7051)
RIHANNA
ALBUM No.12 : Loud (11011)
SINGLE No.09 : Only Girl (In The World) (12337)
SINGLE No.18 : What’s My Name (7128)
GUY SEBASTIAN
ALBUM No.07 : Twenty Ten (13291)
SINGLE No.02 : Who’s That Girl (22532)