Chart Watch - September 5, 2008
Our weekly recap of veteran artists on the current music charts. Chart highlights:
- ABBA continues to dominate the album charts in reference to veteran artists in the U.S., Canada and Australia.
- They have finally been unseated in the U.K. by Michael Jackson's King of Pop collection which premiers at number five. The tracks on the album were selected by fan vote, as they were in a number of other countries around the world.
- B.B. King's album One Kind Favor premiers at number 37. That's the highest debut of any of his 33 charting solo albums and the highest he's been on the charts as a solo act since Live in Cook County Jail in 1971.
- Little Feat premiers at number 81 with their album of collaborations, Come Join the Band. That's the highest they've been on the album charts since Representing the Mambo reached 45 in 1990.
- Motorhead start at number 82 with Motorizer. That's the highest they have ever been on the American charts with their previous biggest being 1991's 1916 which reached 142.
- AC/DC's new single, Rock 'N Roll Train, starts off at number 15 on the mainstream rock tracks and number 49 in Canada.
- Glen Campbell's new album, Meet Glen Campbell, premiers at number 54 on the British Album chart. His last big album in the U.K. was 20 Golden Greats which hit number one in 1976.
- Moving from 28 to 23 on the Dance Club Play chart is Espana Cani by Charo. Yes, that's the same Charo ("Coochie Coochie") that graced the stage on the talk shows back in the 70's and was married to Xavier Cougat. What most people don't know is that she is a world famous flaminco guitarist who has been recognized by a number of guitar magazines.
Comprehensive
Top 100 Albums- #5 (4) - Mamma Mia - Soundtrack
- #31 (29) - Revelation - Journey
- #37 (-) - One Kind Favor - B.B. King
- #45 (43) - Troubadour - George Strait
- #74 (60) - Life Death Love and Freedom - John Mellencamp
- #81 (-) - Join the Band - Little Feet
- #82 (-) - Motorizer - Motorhead
- #88 (142) - Mothership - Led Zeppelin
- #91 (90) - Nothing But the Best - Frank Sinatra
Top 50 Singles
- #42 (31) - The Day That Never Comes - Metallica
Top 25 Digital Songs
- None
Top 25 Pop Catalog Albums- #1 (1) - Gold: Greatest Hits - ABBA
- #4 (3) - Greatest Hits - Journey
- #5 (4) - Legend - Bob Marley & the Wailers
- #6 (6) - Mamma Mia! - Original Cast Recording
- #8 (11) - Greatest Hits - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
- #9 (5) - 30 #1 Hits - Elvis Presley
- #11 (10) - Chronicle: 20 Greatest Hits - Creedence Clearwater Revival
- #12 (18) - Number Ones - Michael Jackson
- #15 (19) - Metallica - Metallica
- #16 (34) - Back in Black - AC/DC
- #18 (13) - Greatest Hits - Queen
- #19 (20) - Number Ones - ABBA
- #20 (17) - The Best of: 2oth Century Masters: The Millennium Collection - ABBA
- #21 (21) - Greatest Hits - Boston
- #24 (30) - Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
R&B
Top 50 R&B Albums- #26 (21) - Lay it Down - Al Green
Top 50 R&B Songs
- #22 (23) - Baby - LL Cool J featuring The Dream
Top 10 R&B Catalog Albums
- #1 (1) - Legend - Bob Marley & the Wailers
- #2 (2) - The Ultimate - Luther Vandross
- #3 (8) - Best of - Sade
- #4 (5) - Number Ones - Michael Jackson
- #7 (-) - 360 Degrees of Billy Paul - Billy Paul
Country
Top 25 Country Albums- #8 (7) - Troubadour - George Strait
- #22 (15) - Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets - George Jones
- #25 (22) - Long Road Out of Eden - Eagles
Top 25 Country Singles
- #8 (8) - Troubadour - George Strait
Top 10 Country Catalog Albums
- #1 (1) - 30 #1 Hits - Elvis Presley
- #6 (6) - 16 Greatest Hits - Johnny Cash
- #7 (-) - Greatest Hits: Limited Edition - Hank Williams, Jr.
Rock
Top 10 Rock Albums- #10 (10) - Revelation - Journey
Top 10 Hard Rock Albums
- None
Top 20 Mainstream Rock Tracks
- #2 (7) - The Day That Never Comes - Metallica
- #15 (-) - Rock N' Roll Train - AC/DC
Top 20 AAA Tracks
- #10 (9) - Hollow Man - R.E.M.
- #12 (11) - My Sweet Love - John Mellencamp
- #15 (19) - Boots of Chinese Plastic - Pretenders
Adult Contemporary
Top 20 Adult Contemporary Tracks
- #10 (10) - After All These Years - Journey
- #18 (19) - Enemy Within - Michael McDonald
Top 20 Adult Top 40 Tracks
- None
Dance
Top 25 Dance Club Play
- #10 (5) - Into the Nightlife - Cyndi Lauper
- #23 (28) - Espana Cani - Charo
Top 10 Dance Singles Sales
- #1 (2) - Give It 2 Me - Madonna
- #7 (6) - 4 Minutes - Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake
Jazz
Top 15 Jazz Albums- #2 (2) - Two Men With the Blues - Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis
- #15 (19) - Sings the Ultimate American Songbook, Volume 1 - Tony Bennett
Top 15 Contemporary Jazz Albums
- #7 (7) - Encanto - Sergio Mendes
- #8 (8) - River: The Joni Letters - Herbie Hancock
Americana
Music Association Top 40 Airplay - #5 (6) - All I Intend to Be - Emmylou Harris
- #6 (9) - Join the Band - Little Feat and Friends
- #9 (4) - Same Old Man - John Hiatt
- #14 (11) - Life, Death, Love and Freedom - John Mellencamp
- #15 (-) - Sex & Gasoline - Rodney Crowell
- #17 (18) - Two Men With the Blues - Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis
- #18 (13) - New Songs of Freedom - Chip Taylor
- #26 (19) - From the Reach - Sonny Landreth
- #28 (21) - Tinderbox - Fred Eaglesmith
- #33 (38) - Day After Tomorrow - Joan Baez
- #40 (-) - Skin Deep - Buddy Guy
United Kingdom
Top 100 British Albums- #5 (-) - King of Pop - Michael Jackson
- #6 (2) - Gold: Greatest Hits - ABBA
- #16 (13) - Mamma Mia - Soundtrack
- #21 (14) - Piano Man: The Very Best of - Billy Joel
- #23 (16) - Greatest Hits - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- #24 (27) - 18 Hits - ABBA
- #31 (28) - Hard Candy -Madonna
- #46 (52) - The Best of Me - Bryan Adams
- #47 (20) - I Believe: The Very Best of - Bachelors
- #48 (47) - The Ultimate Collection - Whitney Houston
- #50 (37) - Best of - Neil Diamond
- #54 (-) - Meet Glen Campbell - Glen Campbell
- #60 (54) - 22 Dreams - Paul Weller
- #63 (-) - More Gold - ABBA
- #68 (45) - Legend - Bob Marley & the Wailers
- #70 (76) - Metallica - Metallica
- #73 (84) - Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
- #81 (50) - Raising Sand - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
- #87 (75) - History - Elvis Presley
Top 100 British Singles
- #18 (23) - Give it 2 Me - Madonna
- #19 (36) - The Day That Never Comes - Metallica
- #28 (-) - All I Wanna Do / Push It Along - Paul Weller
- #47 (53) - Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
- #48 (51) - 4 Minutes - Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake
- #51 (-) - My Apocalypse - Metallica
- #52 (60) - Enter Sandman - Metallica
- #56 (63) - Baby - LL Cool J
- #64 (48) - Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- #93 (162) - Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
- #95 (-) - Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton
- #96 (94) - One - Metallica
- #98 (128) - Thriller - Michael Jackson
Canada
Top 100 Canadian Albums- #3 (2) - Mamma Mia - Soundtrack
- #14 (12) - Gold: Greatest Hits - ABBA
- #24 (22) - Hard Candy -Madonna
- #34 (-) - Motorizer - Motorhead
- #37 (28) - The Best of: 2oth Century Masters: The Millennium Collection - ABBA
- #45 (30) - Saints of Los Angeles - Motley Crue
- #47 (44) - Legend - Bob Marley & the Wailers
- #48 (49) - Greatest Hits - Queen
- #55 (90) - Mothership - Led Zeppelin
- #56 (45) - Piano Man: The Very Best of - Billy Joel
- #68 (75) - Metallica - Metallica
- #72 (-) - One Kind Favor - B.B. King
- #82 (71) - Gold - Bob Marley & the Wailers
- #90 (73) - Life Death Love and Freedom - John Mellencamp
- #91 (95) - Number Ones - Michael Jackson
- #95 (-) - 60s Summer of Love - Various Artists (including Foundations, Marvin Gaye, Troggs, more)
Top 100 Canadian Singles
- #26 (24) - Troubadour - George Strait
- #30 (27) - Give it to Me - Madonna
- #49 (-) - Rock N' Roll Train - AC/DC
- #78 (81) - I Thought I'd Seen Everything - Bryan Adams
- #92 (77) - 4 Minutes - Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake
- #100 (-) - The Day That Never Comes - Metallica
Australia
Top 50 Australian Albums- #2 (2) - Mamma Mia - Soundtrack
- #13 (9) - Gold: Greatest Hits - ABBA
- #32 (36) - Nothing But the Best - Frank Sinatra
- #33 (31) - Greatest Hits - Queen
- #41 (-) - Metallica - Metallica
- #42 (47) - T.N.T. - AC/DC
- #44 (R) -The Definitive Collection - ABBA
- #18 (-) - The Day That Never Comes - Metallica
- #38 (-) - My Apocalypse - Metallica
- #43 (31) - Give It To Me - Madonna
- #45 (40) - 4 Minutes - Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake
Japan
Top 100 Japanese Singles
- #52 (91) - 20th Century Boy - T.Rex
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