Chart Watch - January 25, 2008

Our weekly recap of classic artists on the current music charts. Chart highlights:

• Two major classic artists premier in the top 100 albums this week. Anne Murray gets her 29th charting album with Duets: Friends & Legends debuting at number 42. Ringo Starr has his 13th charting album post-Beatles with Liverpool 8, which debuts at number 94.
• The Anne Murray album also debuts at number eight on the country albums chart. That's her highest debut ever.
• Huey Lewis makes his debut on the country singles chart with Garth Brooks on his 80's hit Workin' for a Livin'.
• Michael McDonald is back on the adult contemporary chart with his remake of Jackie Wilson's (and Rita Coolidge's) (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher.
  

Previous week position noted in parenthesis.

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Comprehensive

Top 100 Albums

• #15 (8) - Long Road Out of Eden - Eagles
• #22 (25) - Raising Sand - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
• #27 (20) - Mothership - Led Zeppelin
  
• #41 (37) - Grammy Awards: 50th Anniversary Collection - Various Artists (including Bobby Darin, Ray Charles, John Lennon, Fleetwood Mac, more)
• #42 (New) - Duets: Friends & Legends - Anne Murray
  
• #52 (45) - Duets - Reba McEntire
• #72 (69) - 22 More Hits - George Strait
• #74 (74) - Ultimate Santana - Santana
• #84 (87) - Magic - Bruce Springsteen
• #86 (96) - Lost Highway - Bon Jovi
• #94 (New) - Liverpool 8 - Ringo Starr

Top 50 Singles

• #26 (27) - Into the Night - Santana Featuring Chad Kroeger

Top 25 Pop Catalog Albums

• #2 (1) - Legend - Bob Marley & the Wailers
• #5 (6) - The Very Best Of - Eagles
• #6 (19) - Greatest Hits - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
• #7 (7) - Greatest Hits - Journey
• #9 (8) - Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
• #11 (18) - Cross Road - Bon Jovi
• #12 (21) - Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix - Jimi Hendrix
• #14 (28) - Vault: Greatest Hits - Def Leppard
• #15 (15) - Greatest Hits - Queen
• #17 (10) - The Heart of the Matter: Frank Sinatra Sings About Love - Frank Sinatra
• #18 (46) - The Definitive Collection - Lionel Richie
• #19 (20) - Greatest Hits - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
• #20 (23) - Greatest - Bee Gees
• #21 (16) - Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• #22 (29) - Number Ones - Michael Jackson
• #25 (25) - 1 - Beatles

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R&B

Top 50 R&B Albums

• #42 (44) - Funk This - Chaka Khan
• #47 (49) - Jewels In The Crown: Duets With The Queen Of Soul - Aretha Franklin

Top 50 R&B Singles

• #32 (35) - Baby - Angie Stone featuring Betty Wright
• #42 (51) - Put You Up on Game - Aretha Franklin with Fantasia
• #43 (39) - Angel - Chaka Khan
• #44 (52) - Feedback - Janet
  

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Country

Top 25 Country Albums

• #3 (2) - Long Road Out of Eden - Eagles
• #5 (6) - Raising Sand - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
• #8 (New) - Duets: Friends & Legends - Anne Murray
  
• #10 (8) - Duets - Reba McEntire
• #13 (12) - 22 More Hits - George Strait

Top 25 Country Singles

• #25 (26) - Workin' for a Livin' - Garth Brooks & Huey Lewis
  

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Rock

Top 10 Rock Albums

• #3 (2) - Long Road Out of Eden - Eagles
• #6 (8) - Raising Sand - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
• #7 (6) - Mothership - Led Zeppelin
  

Top 10 Hard Rock Albums

• #2 (2) - Mothership - Led Zeppelin

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Adult Contemporary

Top 20 Adult Contemporary Tracks

• #8 (8) - How Long - Eagles
• #16 (21) - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher - Michael McDonald
  

Top 20 Adult Top 40 Tracks

• #3 (5) - Into the Night - Santana Featuring Chad Kroeger
• #18 (19) - Lost Highway - Bon Jovi
  

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Dance

Top 25 Dance Club Play

• #3 (3) - Baby - Angie Stone featuring Betty Wright
• #20 (14) - No, No, No - Yoko Ono
• #25 (23) - Sing - Annie Lennox

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Electronic

Top 10 Electronic Albums

• None

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Jazz

Top 15 Jazz Albums

• #5 (5) - Sings The Ultimate American Songbook, Vol. 1 - Tony Bennett

Top 15 Contemporary Jazz Albums

• #1 (1) - River: The Joni Letters - Herbie Hancock
• #10 (15) - Givin' It Up - George Benson & Al Jarreau
• #15 (16) - Good to Go-Go - Spyro Gyra

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Classical

Top 10 Classical Albums

• #12 (15) - Songs from the Labyrinth - Sting

Top 10 Classical Crossover Albums

• #9 (8) - Wolfgang's Big Night Out - Brian Setzer Orchestra

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Americana

Americana Music Association Top 40 Airplay

• #1 (2) - Raising Sand - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
  
• #2 (3) - Dirt Farmer - Levon Helm
  
• #4 (4) - Revival - John Fogerty
  
• #10 (8) - Live from the Ruhr Triennale - Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodruguez
  
• #15 (10) - Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino - Various Artists
  
• #19 (14) - Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems - Emmylou Harris
  
• #25 (31) - Troubadour- Robert Hazard
• #26 (24) - Long Road Out of Eden - Eagles
• #27 (New) - Moment of Forever - Willie Nelson
  
• #38 (26) - Chrome Dreams II - Neil Young
• #40 (27) - Magic - Bruce Springsteen

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British

Top 100 British Albums

• #5 (6) - Raising Sand - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
• #21 (21) - Long Road Out of Eden - Eagles
• #27 (19) - Mothership - Led Zeppelin
• #34 (New) - Essential - Neil Diamond
  
• #42 (29) - Ultimate Collections - Whitney Houston
• #53 (50) - Greatest Hits Volume I & II - Queen
  
• #57 (52) - Spirit of the Glen - Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
  
• #70 (58) - Magic - Bruce Springsteen
• #71 (59) - Complete - Eric Clapton
• #72 (88) - Legend - Bob Marley & the Wailers
• #74 (85) - Best of 1980 - 1990 - U2
• #86 (66) - Hits - Phil Collins
• #89 (62) - The Very Best Of - Eagles
• #91 (New) - Liverpool 8 - Ringo Starr

Top 100 British Singles

• #24 (New) - NW5 - Madness
• #78 (New) - The Girl is Mine - Michael Jackson featuring will.I.am
  
• #94 (88) - In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins