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South Auckland trios Smashproof broke into the record books with the longest running local number one single this year, and the run has seen them also become the highest selling single of the year. At the other end of the musical spectrum, reality TV and YouTube sensation Susan Boyle also smashed records – selling the most albums in one week of anyone this year, and also topping the album sales charts with ‘I Dreamed A Dream’. The top New Zealand album of the year is Fat Freddy’s Drop’s “Dr Boondigga And The Big BW” at #4. The RIANZ Top 40 Album Chart is based on physical and digital retail sales while the RIANZ Top 40 Singles Chart is compiled based on a 75:25 split between physical / digital singles sales figures and radio play information. It was a sales explosion for 48-year-old Britain's Got Talent runner-up Susan Boyle when her debut album I Dreamed A Dream shipped more than 45,000 units to stores on presales in New Zealand making it the fastest seller of 2009. Local hip-hop act Smashproof entered the chart at #23 in late January with ‘Brother’ from their debut album ‘The Weekend’. The trio of Tyree, Young Sid and Deach teamed up with vocalist Gin Wigmore for the hit song. ‘Brother’ took top honours in its fifth week after waiting patiently in the runners-up slot for the previous two. The song was the 83rd local #1 single overall and the 64th since the Official NZ Music Chart began in May 1975. Gin features strongly in this year’s charts with her album “Holy Smoke” the eighth most popular overall and second most popular by a New Zealand musician. Her single “Oh My” comes in at #29, the fourth most popular New Zealand song. It’s a long way down the chart to #25 for the third most popular local album, Midnight Youth’s “The Brave Don’t Run”. The next top New Zealand single was J. Williams’ “Ghetto Flower” at #21 while “My House” by Kids of 88 comes in third at #26. For further background information on The Chart see Andrew Miller’s Chartbitz columns at www.radioscope.net.nz Provisional to December 13: Annual Top 10 albums of 2009

1	I Dreamed A Dream	Susan Boyle	SonyMusic
2	Fearless	Taylor Swift	Universal
3	The E.N.D.	Black Eyed Peas	Universal
4	Dr Boondigga And The Big BW	Fat Freddy's Drop	TheDrop/Rhythmethod
5	The Fame	Lady Gaga	Universal
6	Only By The Night	Kings Of Leon	SonyMusic
7	Songs For My Mother	Ronan Keating	Universal
8	Holy Smoke	Gin	Universal
9	Hannah Montana: The Movie OST	Hannah Montana Cast	Disney/Universal
10	Funhouse	Pink	SonyMusic

Provisional to December 13: Top 10 singles of 2009

1	Brother	Smashproof feat. Gin	MTC/Universal
2	I Gotta Feeling	Black Eyed Peas	Universal
3	Sexy B****	David Guetta feat. Akon	Virgin/EMI
4	Boom Boom Pow	Black Eyed Peas	Universal
5	I'm Yours	Jason Mraz	WEA/Warner
6	Tik Tok	Ke$ha	SonyMusic
7	Right Round	Flo Rida feat. Ke$ha	WEA/Warner
8	Halo	Beyonce	SonyMusic
9	Sweet Dreams	Beyonce	SonyMusic
10	Knock You Down	Keri Hilson feat. Kanye West	Universal

About The Chart: The Chart is produced for the recording Industry Association of New Zealand from statistics gathered by radio data collection agency Radioscope.

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