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Andrew Miller takes a look at what's climbing up the New Zealand Music charts.
Another week, another new number one album while singles-side it's "Poker Face" for all as Lady Gaga reigns supreme. The soundtrack to Disney's third installment of the "High School Musical" franchise follows the original to the top More »
It's tough at the top of the charts as the peak Christmas buying season approaches. Just seven days back Guns N' Roses were pipped to the top of the Official New Zealand Music Chart's albums list by local group the feelers, their "The Best:1998-20 More »
Good on local act the feelers for doing something they've never done before - holding on to the number one album slot for longer than a week. "The Best: 1998-2008" s the first time in four chart-topping appearances Cantab natives James Reid and More »
"It's time for the album to come out to celebrate 10 years," says Hamish Gee, who with James Reid are the core of the feelers. Gee compiled the track listing for "The Best: 1998-2008" and didn't know what to leave off, hence the set More »
The country's just been to the polls and now the Singles chart goes Gaga as Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" leaps 7 points to capture the top-slot. Lady Gaga (real name Stefania Gabriella Germanotta) is also at #9 in Albums list with her "the F More »
Straight out of the gates P!nk's "Funhouse" dethrones AC/DC's "Black Ice" to give her a second NZ chart-topping album. (Acca Dacca slide into the runners-up slot) "Funhouse" is P!nk's fifth charter here and the first to de More »
Acca Dacca do something they've never done before-had a #1 album in Godzone. It's true-for the first time in the band's 28-year chart history here they top the Albums list. "Black Ice" is ice hot scoring one of the highest opening weeks of 20 More »
Another week and a brand new #1 song as a five-point jump lands rapper T.I. the top slot in New Zealand. "Whatever You Like" is lifted from his "Paper Trail" set which itself makes a 6 spot move to #16 on the Albums list in its 2nd More »
Rain and rain have helped something that doesn't happen that often it's very stable at the top of both the New Zealand Albums and Singles charts. In fact the long-playing Top 7 is exactly the same as last week's. More »
Londoner Leona Lewis certainly has the X-Factor! The winner of the 2006 UK TV series is signed to Simon Cowell's Syco label and becomes the first act to gain a NZ chart double this year-topping the Albums list out of the box and "Bleeding Love" More »
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