"Idol Leith retains No.1 spot on charts", 15/1/07

[dededom]

Idol Leith retains No.1 spot on charts
15th January 2007, 9:35 WST
www.thewest.com.au/aapstory.aspx?StoryName=347840

(also appears at www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/idol-holds-top-spot/2007/01/15/1168709654316.html with the title "Former Idol holds top spot")

Irishman Damien Leith has entered the record books as his album The Winner's Journey enters its fifth week at the top of the Motorola ARIA albums chart.

Leith now holds the record for the longest stint at number one ever enjoyed by an Australian Idol, surpassing Guy Sebastian's previous four-week record with his 2003 debut album Just As I Am.

While much of the album chart remains unchanged, Justin Timberlake's Future Sex/Love Sounds has been shunted out of the top ten to be replaced with the soundtrack to the latest hit animated movie Happy Feet.

Happy Feet's soundtrack features well known songs re-recorded by stars of the film Brittany Murphy, Robin Williams, Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman as well as established singers Prince, Pink and k.d lang.

Beyonce remains irreplaceable at number one of the Motorola ARIA singles chart, while some limited shuffling in the top ten has seen Nelly Furtado creep up from ten to six with Say It Right and Shannon Noll and Natalie Bassingthwaighte's Don't Give Up back at five from nine.

Australian singles chart

1(1) Irreplaceable - Beyonce (COL/SBME)

2(3) Light Surrounding You - Evermore (WEA/WAR)

3(2) Smack That - Akon Feat. Eminem (UMA)

4(6) Fergalicious - Fergie (A&M/UMA)

5(9) Don't Give Up - Shannon Noll & Natalie Bassingthwaighte (SBME)

6(10) Say It Right - Nelly Furtado (GEF/UMA)

7(4) My Love - Justin Timberlake Feat. T.I. (JVE/SBME)

8(5) Wind It Up - Gwen Stefani (INR/UMA)

9(7) Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now) - Bob Sinclar (HUS/EMI)

10(8) I Don't Feel Like Dancin' - Scissor Sisters (PDR/UMA)

Australian albums chart

1(1) The Winner's Journey - Damien Leith (SBME)

2(2) Eyes Open - Snow Patrol (PDR/UMA)

3(4) I'm Not Dead - P!nk (LAF/SBME)

4(3) Boned! - The 12th Man (VIR/EMI)

5(5) U218 Singles - U2 (ISL/UMA)

6(7) Black Fingernails, Red Wine - Eskimo Joe (MSH/WAR)

7(8) Wolfmother - Wolfmother (MOD/UMA)

8(9) Love - The Beatles (EMI)

9(6) Dancing In The Street: The Songs Of Motown II - Human Nature (SBME)

10(18)Happy Feet - Soundtrack (ATL/WAR)

[sunshine]

Damien Leith: breaking new records! Excellent achievement!

Aren't Mark and Kyle looking very stupid right now?

[Mi chiamano Kami]

Aren't all those people who said 'yeah, but he'll never sell any CDs' looking very stupid right now!

[dededom]

Unless there is a new entry in the chart, it is hard to see any of the ones below him on the album chart going up because they have all been around longer.

[gj]

Thats true -------- lets go for 6 weeks..........

[KrisLovesDamien]

kamitsuki said:

Aren't all those people who said 'yeah, but he'll never sell any CDs' looking very stupid right now!

YES!, very much so Kami

[sunshine]

It's so nice watching all those media critics and Dean Geyer fans eat humble pie!

[hyperrune]

I think this article is the same, but I saw it in the paper and it had a cool picture (we have a 'vincero', ladies and laddies!) so I thought I'd add it here. Sorry it's so grainy!

[KrisLovesDamien]

thanks for that hyp!, the photo is gorgeous!

[lissa]

very nice well done D but isnt it 6 weeks not 5

[dleitful]

lissa said:

very nice well done D but isnt it 6 weeks not 5

I think he debuted at #3 and then hit #1 the following week.