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It’s taken two of the music industry’s international giants to knock New Zealand’s favourite classical artist from the top of the 2007 album charts. Led Zeppelin’s ‘Mothership’ and The Eagles’ ‘Long Road Out of Eden’ are last year’s top and third-best selling albums for 2007, sandwiching Paul Potts’ ‘One Chance’ at number two according to final figures released today. Despite being in The Chart for only seven and nine weeks respectively, ‘Mothership’ and ‘Long Road’ displace Hayley Westenra’s ‘Treasure’ - 27 weeks in The Chart - from #1 to #4. Three new local albums make the top 20 following the Christmas rush. The soundtrack for popular local TV show Outrageous Fortune finishes the year at #9, OpShop’s ‘Second Hand Planet’ is in at #15 and “The Man, The Legend” by Prince Tui Teka is #20 after only four weeks on the chart. Brooke Fraser and Hollie Smith move down the charts following December sales. Brooke’s ‘Albertine’ drops four places to #8 and Hollie’s ‘Long Player’ is down three to #13. ‘Albertine’ spent 42 weeks in The Chart in 2007 and ‘Long Player’ 25 weeks. Brooke remains at second place on the radio airplay chart for 2007, with her single “Shadowfeet”. Opshop is the only local to top any of the charts for 2007 as ‘Maybe’ remains the most played song on radio for 2007. On the singles front, Christmas sales have had less effect on the year’s final figures with the top eight artists retaining their early December positions. Top selling single for 2007 is ‘Umbrella’ from Rihanna featuring JayZ. Kiwi rockers Atlas cling to their hard-earned #6 spot with ‘Crawl’ while OpShop remains just outside the top 10 with ‘Maybe’ at #11. “It’s been a big Christmas for heritage artists,” says RIANZ CEO Campbell Smith. “There was no denying the Christmas pulling power of groups such as Led Zep and The Eagles.” ‘The Best of the Johnny Cash Show’ is the year’s top-selling DVD displacing Andre Rieu’s ‘New York Memories: Live at Radio City’ to #2. ‘Now That’s What I call Music 25’ replaces “Now That’s What I call Music 23” on top of the compilation list. The figures are compiled by Media Sauce Ltd for the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand and are for over-the-counter and legal digital sales for the calendar year to December 31, 2007 The full list of the nation’s favourite music for 2007 is:

Top 20 Albums

Based on over-the counter retail sales and legal digital sales during January 1- December 31, 2007.

Rank	Title	Artist
1	Mothership	Led Zeppelin
2	One Chance	Paul Potts
3	Long Road Out Of Eden	The Eagles
4	Treasure	Hayley Westenra
5	Minutes To Midnight	Linkin Park
6	FutureSex / LoveSounds	Justin Timberlake
7	Shock Value	Timbaland
8	Albertine	Brooke Fraser
9	Outrageous Fortune: Westside Rules	Various
10	I'm Not Dead	Pink
11	The Traveling Wilburys Collection	The Traveling Wilburys
12	Infinity On High	Fall Out Boy
13	Long Player	Hollie Smith
14	High School Musical 2 OST	High School Musical Cast
15	Second Hand Planet	OpShop
16	Echoes, Silence, Patience And Grace	Foo Fighters
17	Konvicted	Akon
18	Loose	Nelly Furtado
19	Forever	Luciano Pavarotti
20	The Man, The Legend	Prince Tui Teka

 

Top 20 Singles

Based on over-the counter retail sales and legal digital sales during January 1- December 31, 2007.

Rank	Title	Artist
1	Umbrella	Rihanna feat. Jay Z
2	Big Girls Don't Cry	Fergie
3	The Way I Are	Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson
4	Buy You A Drank (Shawty Snappin')	T-Pain feat. Yung Joc
5	Bartender	T-Pain feat. Akon
6	Crawl	Atlas
7	Because Of You	Ne-Yo
8	The Sweet Escape	Gwen Stefani feat. Akon
9	Apologize	Timbaland feat. OneRepublic
10	Beautiful Girls	Sean Kingston
11	Maybe	OpShop
12	Don't Matter	Akon
13	Give It To Me	Timbaland feat. Nelly And Justin
14	Girlfriend	Avril Lavigne
15	Candyman	Christina Aguilera
16	Grace Kelly	Mika
17	Kiss Kiss	Chris Brown feat. T-Pain
18	Lips Of An Angel	Hinder
19	No One	Alicia Keys
20	Same Girl	R Kelly feat. Usher

 

Top 10 Radio Airplay

Based on radio airplay from January 1 – December 31, 2007.

Rank	Title	Artist
1	Maybe	OpShop
2	Shadowfeet	Brooke Fraser
3	The Sweet Escape	Gwen Stefani feat. Akon
4	Straight Lines	silverchair
5	How To Save A Life	The Fray
6	Say It Right	Nelly Furtado
7	Big Girls Don't Cry	Fergie
8	Makes Me Wonder	Maroon 5
9	Crawl	Atlas
10	What Goes Around	Justin Timberlake

 

Top 10 Compilations

Based on over-the counter retail sales and legal digital sales during January 1- December 31, 2007.

Rank	Title	Artist
1	Now That's What I Call Music 25	Various
2	Now That's What I Call Music 23	Various
3	Now That's What I Call Music 24	Various
4	Rocked 07	Various
5	The Absolute Best Christmas Album In The World... Ever	Various
6	Housework Songs I	Various
7	Sad Songs	Various
8	Housework Songs II	Various
9	Chick Flicks	Various
10	Jim Beam Pub Jukebox Classics	Various

 

Top 10 DVDs

Based on over-the counter retail sales and legal digital sales during January 1- December 31, 2007.

Rank	Title	Artist
1	The Best Of The Johnny Cash Show	Johnny Cash
2	New York Memories: Live At Radio City	Andre Rieu
3	The Farewell Tour Part I	The Eagles
4	Plug Me In	AC/DC
5	FutureSex / LoveShow	Justin Timberlake
6	Remember That Night: Live	David Gilmour
7	Unplugged In New York	Nirvana
8	In Wonderland	Andre Rieu
9	A New Day: Live In Vegas	Celine Dion
10	On Holiday	Andre Rieu

Thanks to www.rianz.org.nz for this story.

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