December 17, 2007
Three Kiwi artists make the top 10 selling albums in New Zealand for 2007 - and it’s the women who have been belting out the biggest tunes.
The figures for the year aren’t yet final but heading the list is Hayley Westenra’s ‘Treasure’, the country’s top selling album based on over-the-counter and legal digital sales to December 9.
Coming in at #4 is Brooke Fraser’s second album ‘Albertine’ while Hollie Smith is at #10 with her debut recording ‘Long Player’.
Hollie’s and Brooke both made a big noise at this year’s Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards.
Hollie won three Tuis including Breakthrough Artist of the Year and Brooke won two awards including the Highest Selling Album Tui.
Brooke also had success in the radio airplay chart for 2007, with her single “Shadowfeet” coming in at #2, but it was Opshop’s ‘Maybe’ from their album ‘Second Hand Planet’ that took the radio airplay chart song of the year accolade. Opshop - winner of the People’s Choice award - and Brooke are the only Kiwis to crack the top 10 as far as radio airplay is concerned.
Top selling single to December 9 is ‘Umbrella’ from Rihanna featuring JayZ while the Kiwi group Atlas comes in at #6 with the debut single ‘Crawl’. Just missing out on the top 10 is Opshop’s ‘Maybe’ at #11.
‘Now That’s What I call Music 23’ heads the compilation list while Andre Rieu’s ‘New York Memories: Live at Radio City’ is the year’s top-selling DVD so far.
2007 saw the inclusion of digital downloads on the Official New Zealand Music Charts from New Zealand’s legal, digital music retailers. The charts now represent the full spectrum of New Zealand music sales.
The final results for 2007 will be available early in the new year and will include all Christmas sales.
The figures are compiled by Media Sauce Ltd. for the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) which has just released The Official Chart sales data to December 9.
The full list of the nation’s favourite music for 2007 is:
Top Selling Albums of 2007
Based on over-the counter retail sales and legal digital sales in year-to-date (January 1 – December 9, 2007)
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Rank |
Title |
Artist |
NZ |
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1 |
Treasure |
Hayley Westenra |
* |
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2 |
One Chance |
Paul Potts |
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3 |
Minutes To Midnight |
Linkin Park |
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4 |
Albertine |
Brooke Fraser |
* |
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5 |
I'm Not Dead |
Pink |
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6 |
Infinity On High |
Fall Out Boy |
|
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7 |
The Traveling Wilburys Collection |
The Traveling Wilburys |
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8 |
FutureSex / LoveSounds |
Justin Timberlake |
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9 |
Shock Value |
Timbaland |
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10 |
Long Player |
Hollie Smith |
* |
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11 |
Konvicted |
Akon |
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12 |
Loose |
Nelly Furtado |
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13 |
Echoes, Silence, Patience And Grace |
Foo Fighters |
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14 |
High School Musical 2 OST |
High School Musical Cast |
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15 |
Mothership |
Led Zeppelin |
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16 |
Long Road Out Of Eden |
The Eagles |
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17 |
The Sweet Escape |
Gwen Stefani |
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18 |
Eyes Open |
Snow Patrol |
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19 |
The Black Parade |
My Chemical Romance |
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20 |
Because Of The Times |
Kings Of Leon |
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Top Selling Singles of 2007
Based on over-the counter retail sales and legal digital sales in year-to-date (January 1 – December 9, 2007)
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Rank |
Title |
Artist |
NZ |
|
1 |
Umbrella |
Rihanna feat. Jay Z |
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2 |
Big Girls Don't Cry |
Fergie |
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3 |
The Way I Are |
Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson |
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4 |
Buy You A Drank (Shawty Snappin') |
T-Pain feat. Yung Joc |
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5 |
Bartender |
T-Pain feat. Akon |
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6 |
Crawl |
Atlas |
* |
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7 |
Because Of You |
Ne-Yo |
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8 |
The Sweet Escape |
Gwen Stefani feat. Akon |
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9 |
Beautiful Girls |
Sean Kingston |
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10 |
Don't Matter |
Akon |
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11 |
Maybe |
Opshop |
* |
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12 |
Give It To Me |
Timbaland feat. Nelly And Justin |
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13 |
Girlfriend |
Avril Lavigne |
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14 |
Apologize |
Timbaland feat. OneRepublic |
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15 |
Candyman |
Christina Aguilera |
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16 |
Grace Kelly |
Mika |
|
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17 |
Lips Of An Angel |
Hinder |
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18 |
Same Girl |
R Kelly feat. Usher |
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19 |
I Tried |
Bone Thugs N Harmony feat. Akon |
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20 |
What I've Done |
Linkin Park |
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Airplay Record of the Year
Based on radio airplay in year-to-date (January 01 2007 to December 9 2007).
|
Rank |
Title |
Artist |
NZ |
|
1 |
Maybe |
Opshop |
* |
|
2 |
Shadowfeet |
Brooke Fraser |
* |
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3 |
The Sweet Escape |
Gwen Stefani feat. Akon |
|
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4 |
Straight Lines |
silverchair |
|
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5 |
How To Save A Life |
The Fray |
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6 |
Say It Right |
Nelly Furtado |
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7 |
Big Girls Don't Cry |
Fergie |
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8 |
Makes Me Wonder |
Maroon 5 |
|
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9 |
Crawl |
Atlas |
* |
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10 |
What Goes Around |
Justin Timberlake |
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Top Selling Compilations of 2007
Based on over-the counter retail sales and legal digital sales in year-to-date (January 1 – December 9, 2007)
|
Rank |
Title |
Artist |
NZ |
|
1 |
Now That's What I Call Music 23 |
Various |
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2 |
Now That's What I Call Music 24 |
Various |
|
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3 |
Now That's What I Call Music 25 |
Various |
|
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4 |
Housework Songs I |
Various |
|
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5 |
Sad Songs |
Various |
|
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6 |
Chick Flicks |
Various |
|
|
7 |
Now That's What I Call Music 22 |
Various |
|
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8 |
Old Skool Of Rock |
Various |
|
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9 |
Housework Songs II |
Various |
|
|
10 |
Waiting For The Weekend Vol 2 |
Various |
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Top Selling DVDs of 2007
Based on over-the counter retail sales in year-to-date (January 1 – December 9, 2007)
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Rank |
Title |
Artist |
NZ |
|
1 |
New York Memories: Live At Radio City |
Andre Rieu |
|
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2 |
The Best Of The Johnny Cash Show |
Johnny Cash |
|
|
3 |
The Farewell Tour Part I |
The Eagles |
|
|
4 |
Plug Me In |
AC/DC |
|
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5 |
Remember That Night: Live |
David Gilmour |
|
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6 |
At Schonbrunn Vienna |
Andre Rieu |
|
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7 |
The Videos 1989-2004 |
Metallica |
|
|
8 |
Live From Wembley Arena |
Pink |
|
|
9 |
Live In Dublin |
Andre Rieu |
|
|
10 |
FutureSex / LoveShow |
Justin Timberlake |
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Issued for the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand by Pead PR
Contacts:
Bonnie Smail, Pead PR, Tel: 0-9-918 5581; Mob: 021 722 276, bonnie@peadpr.co.nz
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