Proven smash
Posted Wed 29 Apr 2009 9:06AM NZST by Andrew Miller in Chartalec
It's official - South Auckland hip-hop trio Smashproof (Deach, Tyree and Young Sid) have the longest consecutive run of any local act ever in the history of the Official NZ Music Chart.
'Brother' is now into a tenth straight week topping the charts and is also the number two most-played song on the radio.
"We're totally overwhelmed! We never expected 'Brother' to get this big - we were stoked to get to number one, but breaking a record? That's massive! We really just want to thank everyone who has supported the track and especially all the fans who have bought it," say the group of their achievement.
Last week they drew even with the previous champ, the all-comers KZ7 America's Cup tune 'Sailing Away' by All Of Us. That track featured Tim Finn, Annie Crummer, Billy T James, Dave Dobbyn and Barry Crump among others.
Smashproof's 'Brother' now matches the 10-week uninterrupted reign of Dutch male/female group Pussycat's country-flavoured 'Mississippi' from 1976.
There are re just two other songs with longer consecutive number one runs: Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' went eleve weeks straight from late '92 into early '93 while Boney M's 'Rivers Of Babylon/Brown Girl In The Ring' remains the all-time champion.
This 1978 track's 14 weeks in the penthouse was both the longest consecutive run and the longest ever at number one here.
And the good news continues for Smashproof as 'It's Friday' takes highest singles new entry honours and their "The Weekend" long-player rebounds into the Top 10 at number eight.
In fact it's a great week for Kiwi hip-hop overall as J.Williams makes the top five with his tune 'Ghetto Flower'.
And then there's David Dallas, formerly known as Con Psy who appeared on the remix of Scribe's 'Not Many' and as half of hip-hop duo Frontline. Frontline nabbed two hit singles in 2006 as well as a Tui for the charting 'Borrowed Time' set.
Now reverting to his birth name, 'Indulge Me' precedes David's debut solo joint "Something Awesome". It also marks the third named appearance by collaborator Devolo.
Elsewhere, there's a welcome return for Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Pritchard and Frank Wright who, as Green Day, make an immediate impact at number 30 with 'Know Your Enemy'.
It's the lead single from "21st Century Breakdown" due May 15, their first new album in over four years. It's Green Day's 15th hit here since their February 1995 number four 'When I Come Around' debut.
Last time out they teamed with U2 on 'The Saints Are Coming' in 2006. That tune also peaked at number four, the highest any Green Day song has been here.
Rounding out this week's four new singles entries is American singer-songwriter Eric Hutchinson's 'Rock N Roll' at number 36. It's included on his "Sounds Like This" album issued in his homeland in May last year, due here soonish.
Not only is Rock N Roll a music genre it's been part of many hit titles over the years, yet just two simply titled 'Rock N Roll' have charted here before - one by Gary Glitter in 1972 (number eight) and Kiwi Craig Scott in 1973 (number 13).
It's all change as on the albums side of things as Mother's Day draws closer. Paul Potts's "Passione" falls to number two after a single week and is leapfrogged by Ronan Keating.
Repeating the UK chart topping of "Songs For My Mother", last week's blitzkrieg trip down under has rewarded Ronan Keating with simultaneous trans-Tasman number one albums as well.
The set, inspired by songs his own mum likes, bounds 15 places to give the Irishman his second solo penthouse-dwelling release. His first number one album here was 2002 solo sophomore set "Destination" which spent a single frame on top in July that year.
NZ Music Month 2009 starts Friday and four local divas join together as The Lady Killers and land at number 21 with their debut issue "Black Is Black".
In the vein of When the Cat's Away come Suzanne, Tina Cross, Jackie Clarke and Taisha who've turned their live show into a hit album.
It's named after the Los Bravos '60s and La Belle Epoque '70s hit. It marks the first time that any of the four local divas have made the albums list in their many and varied careers.
Returning after a 12-year absence are Basildon's favourite sons Depeche Mode, with "Sounds Of The Universe" new at number 31 - their ninth hit album here. The electronic pioneers first charted in 1981 with "Speak And Spell" which made number 45.
Rounding out the new albums this week is Scots country singer Isla Grant. She makes it two albums in this week's Top 40 as "Isla Sings Hank", her tribute to Country legend Hank Williams opens at number 32, giving her a third NZ chartset.
Her other entry "Special To Me" leaps 10 points to number 29 this week ahead of her 18-day NZ tour in May.
'Brother' is now into a tenth straight week topping the charts and is also the number two most-played song on the radio.
"We're totally overwhelmed! We never expected 'Brother' to get this big - we were stoked to get to number one, but breaking a record? That's massive! We really just want to thank everyone who has supported the track and especially all the fans who have bought it," say the group of their achievement.
Last week they drew even with the previous champ, the all-comers KZ7 America's Cup tune 'Sailing Away' by All Of Us. That track featured Tim Finn, Annie Crummer, Billy T James, Dave Dobbyn and Barry Crump among others.
Smashproof's 'Brother' now matches the 10-week uninterrupted reign of Dutch male/female group Pussycat's country-flavoured 'Mississippi' from 1976.
There are re just two other songs with longer consecutive number one runs: Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' went eleve weeks straight from late '92 into early '93 while Boney M's 'Rivers Of Babylon/Brown Girl In The Ring' remains the all-time champion.
This 1978 track's 14 weeks in the penthouse was both the longest consecutive run and the longest ever at number one here.
And the good news continues for Smashproof as 'It's Friday' takes highest singles new entry honours and their "The Weekend" long-player rebounds into the Top 10 at number eight.
In fact it's a great week for Kiwi hip-hop overall as J.Williams makes the top five with his tune 'Ghetto Flower'.
And then there's David Dallas, formerly known as Con Psy who appeared on the remix of Scribe's 'Not Many' and as half of hip-hop duo Frontline. Frontline nabbed two hit singles in 2006 as well as a Tui for the charting 'Borrowed Time' set.
Now reverting to his birth name, 'Indulge Me' precedes David's debut solo joint "Something Awesome". It also marks the third named appearance by collaborator Devolo.
Elsewhere, there's a welcome return for Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Pritchard and Frank Wright who, as Green Day, make an immediate impact at number 30 with 'Know Your Enemy'.
It's the lead single from "21st Century Breakdown" due May 15, their first new album in over four years. It's Green Day's 15th hit here since their February 1995 number four 'When I Come Around' debut.
Last time out they teamed with U2 on 'The Saints Are Coming' in 2006. That tune also peaked at number four, the highest any Green Day song has been here.
Rounding out this week's four new singles entries is American singer-songwriter Eric Hutchinson's 'Rock N Roll' at number 36. It's included on his "Sounds Like This" album issued in his homeland in May last year, due here soonish.
Not only is Rock N Roll a music genre it's been part of many hit titles over the years, yet just two simply titled 'Rock N Roll' have charted here before - one by Gary Glitter in 1972 (number eight) and Kiwi Craig Scott in 1973 (number 13).
It's all change as on the albums side of things as Mother's Day draws closer. Paul Potts's "Passione" falls to number two after a single week and is leapfrogged by Ronan Keating.
Repeating the UK chart topping of "Songs For My Mother", last week's blitzkrieg trip down under has rewarded Ronan Keating with simultaneous trans-Tasman number one albums as well.
The set, inspired by songs his own mum likes, bounds 15 places to give the Irishman his second solo penthouse-dwelling release. His first number one album here was 2002 solo sophomore set "Destination" which spent a single frame on top in July that year.
NZ Music Month 2009 starts Friday and four local divas join together as The Lady Killers and land at number 21 with their debut issue "Black Is Black".
In the vein of When the Cat's Away come Suzanne, Tina Cross, Jackie Clarke and Taisha who've turned their live show into a hit album.
It's named after the Los Bravos '60s and La Belle Epoque '70s hit. It marks the first time that any of the four local divas have made the albums list in their many and varied careers.
Returning after a 12-year absence are Basildon's favourite sons Depeche Mode, with "Sounds Of The Universe" new at number 31 - their ninth hit album here. The electronic pioneers first charted in 1981 with "Speak And Spell" which made number 45.
Rounding out the new albums this week is Scots country singer Isla Grant. She makes it two albums in this week's Top 40 as "Isla Sings Hank", her tribute to Country legend Hank Williams opens at number 32, giving her a third NZ chartset.
Her other entry "Special To Me" leaps 10 points to number 29 this week ahead of her 18-day NZ tour in May.
