Christina Aguilera has broken the music industry sales drought. Her number one debut with 'Back To Basics' has generated around three times the sales of a number one record has been worth in the last few months.
'Back To Basics' sold around 15,000 units last week in Australia and finished a long way in front of Pink's 'I'm Not Dead' which did around 5800 units.The good Aguilera result is probably little consolation for a bleeding industry which recorded its all time worst ever number one seller only a week ago when the High School Musical soundtrack topped the honours with just over 5800 sales.
The last month also saw the number one DVD outselling the number one album, a thumping that came from a 10 year old title in Pink Floyd's 'Pulse'.
While the weekly sales figures have been on the nose, certain artists have been having bona -fide hits regardless. The Veronica, Eskimo Joe, James Blunt, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Chris Isaak have maintained dominance in the Top 10 ever since their latest albums were released.
The Veronicas is the greatest stayer in the Top 10, clocking up its 44th week and still maintaining a spot at number 8.
James Blunt 'Back To Bedlam' is the longest performer in the Top 20 with 56 weeks on the chart and Coldplay can claim the longest charting album in the Top 40 with 'X&Y' hitting 61 weeks on the chart this week.
The Top 100 album this week from Kelly Clarkson sold just 471 units. To get a Top 40 single in Australia this week, just 341 units would get you there and the Number 100 single was worth just 77 sales.
