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diamondgrrl's top albums (3 months) 1. Rosi Golan - The Drifter and The Gypsy (78) 2. Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Vol. 1-2 (56) 3. Sarah McLachlan - Afterglow (54) 4. Itzhak Perlman - Cinema Serenade (51) 5. The Rolling Stones - Some Girls (49) 6. Coldplay - Parachutes (46) 7. Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (44) 8. Coldplay - X&Y (41) 9. Howie Day - Sound The Alarm (41) 10. A Fine Frenzy - Bomb In A Birdcage (41) 11. Damien Rice - O (40) 12. Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head (40) 13. John Mayer - Battle Studies (39) 14. John Mayer - Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live In Los Angeles (38) 15. Howie Day - Stop All The World Now (34) 16. A Fine Frenzy - One Cell In The Sea (34) 17. Keith Urban - Defying Gravity (33) 18. Kenny Chesney - The Road and the Radio (33) 19. Huey Lewis & The News - Four Chords & Several Years Ago (32) 20. Peter Gabriel - So (31) 21. Barbra Streisand - A Star Is Born (30) 22. The Rescues - Crazy Ever After (29) 23. Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing (28) 24. Hootie & the Blowfish - Fairweather Johnson (28) 25. Joe Purdy - Julie Blue (28)

LW TW WI Artist - Title [Chart History]
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01 01 06 Florence and The Machine - You've Got The Love [2-2-2-2-1-1]
04 02 07 Dashboard Confessional - Belle Of The Boulevard [23-20-15-12-6-4-2]
05 03 03 Lady GaGa - Bad Romance [50-5-3]
02 04 03 Norah Jones - Chasing Pirates [4-2-4]
03 05 04 Pearl Jam - Just Breathe [11-1-3-5]
07 06 05 Skunk Anansie - Squander [1-1-3-7-6]
16 07 03 Adam Lambert - Time For Miracles [17-16-7]
06 08 05 Rihanna - Russian Roulette [39-37-32-6-8]
08 09 05 Chris Brown - I Can Transform Ya (Featuring Lil' Wayne & Swizz Beatz) [50-40-35-8-9]
33 10 03 The Swell Season - Low Rising [46-33-10]
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10 11 03 Michael Jackson - This Is It [9-10-11]
12 12 07 Beyoncé - Broken-Hearted Girl [9-6-5-5-10-12-12]
14 13 04 Robbie Williams - You Know Me [16-15-14-13]
09 14 07 Snow Patrol - Just Say Yes [24-18-12-8-8-9-14]
11 15 08 Miike Snow - Black & Blue [47-7-5-3-3-5-11-15]
18 16 09 Athlete - Black Swan Song [1-1-3-4-7-7-13-18-16]
13 17 03 Lily Allen - Fuck You [14-13-17]
15 18 10 The Twilight Sad - Seven Years Of Letters [46-20-14-14-10-8-4-7-15-18]
20 19 07 Death Cab for Cutie - Meet Me On the Equinox [48-40-30-29-24-20-19]
19 20 13 Leona Lewis - Happy [3-4-6-8-9-11-1-1-4-6-11-19-20]
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29 21 03 Stereophonics - Innocent [45-29-21]
17 22 07 Foo Fighters - Wheels [16-14-9-9-12-17-22]
28 23 06 Paolo Nutini - Pencil full of lead [32-29-27-28-28-23]
21 24 08 Nneka - Heartbeat [3-2-3-6-10-16-21-24]
22 25 07 Kasabian - Underdog [46-38-25-22-20-22-25]
23 26 10 Newton Faulkner - If This Is It [17-14-10-10-9-13-15-22-23-26]
27 27 12 David Gray - Fugitive [29-20-11-4-4-4-7-11-14-21-27-27]
ne 28 01 David Gray - Full Steam (Featuring Annie Lennox) [28]
26 29 08 Arctic Monkeys - Cornerstone [21-17-15-16-18-26-29]
32 30 07 Alicia Keys - Doesn't Mean Anything [49-49-45-36-34-32-30]
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37 31 14 Florence and The Machine - Drumming Song [10-10-8-7-6-3-5-6-13-19-24-31-37-31]
24 32 09 Placebo - Ashtray Heart [21-9-8-8-10-13-18-24-32]
30 33 11 Whitney Houston - Million Dollar Bill [49-40-37-34-37-36-26-23-26-30-33]
25 34 09 Pearl Jam - The Fixer [49-42-33-25-21-19-23-25-34]
ne 35 01 John Mayer - Who Says [35]
39 36 03 Lifehouse - Halfway Gone [42-39-36]
31 37 06 Calvin Harris - Flashback [41-38-32-30-31-37]
34 38 13 Skunk Anansie - Because Of You [50-3-3-2-2-2-5-11-14-17-25-34-38]
38 39 14 Miley Cyrus - The Climb [7-11-10-11-13-18-23-12-12-17-20-33-38-39]
35 40 19 Kelly Clarkson - Already Gone [1-1-1-1-1-4-2-2-1-1-6-8-15-16-20-25-29-35-40]
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36 41 13 Robbie Williams - Bodies [22-21-19-16-15-18-19-17-18-21-27-36-41]
ne 42 01 Biffy Clyro - The Captain [42]
42 43 17 Erik Hassle - Don't Bring Flowers [6-4-3-5-7-9-9-10-13-16-21-23-28-31-36-42-43]
46 44 02 Mika - Rain [46-44]
41 45 19 The Twilight Sad - I Became A Prostitute [33-29-24-20-18-18-18-20-26-31-34-36-38-42-44-41-41-41-45]
43 46 17 Kasabian - Where Did All the Love Go? [33-18-12-8-1-1-2-3-7-7-13-21-23-28-37-43-46]
ne 47 01 Alicia Keys - Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart [47]
44 48 12 Paloma Faith - New York [47-44-38-35-32-32-31-33-33-40-44-48]
47 49 08 P!nk - I Don't Believe You [39-44-44-46-45-47-47-49]
50 50 16 Lily Allen - 22 [46-8-6-6-5-5-5-12-17-25-29-35-44-49-50-50]
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out this week...
The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition [29-15-13-10-7-5-6-11-19-22-26-39-40]
The Gossip - Love Long Distance [4-2-5-7-8-9-11-15-18-22-24-30-38-45]
Editors - Papillon [50-43-38-40-39-36-35-44-48]
Iglu & Hartly - Dedication [49]

In no particular order:

1- Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
2- Isis - Wavering Radiant
3- Freak Kitchen - Land of the Freaks
4- Transatlantic - The Whirlwind
5- Porcupine Tree - The Incident
6- Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings
7- Loch Vostok - Reveal No Secrets
8- Megadeth - Endgame
9- dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion
10- Stream of Passion - The Flame Within
11- Flyleaf - Memento Mori
12- John Mayer - Battle Studies
13- Breaking Benjamin - Dear Agony
14- Kings of Convenience - Declaration Of Dependence
15- Pearl Jam - Backspacer
16- Phoenix Effect - Cyanide Skies
17- Pain of Salvation - Linoleum
18- Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect
19- Chickenfoot - Chickenfoot
20- Alexisonfire - Old Crows / Young Cardianls


There are also 2 DVDs that I think everyone who's into heavy metal has to watch:
1- Iron Maiden - Flight 666
2- Pain of Salvation - Ending Themes


The albums that disappointed me a bit this year:
1- Creed - Full Circle
2- Lacuna Coil - Shallow Life
3- Queensryche - American Soldier
4- Stratovarius - Polaris


Overall I think it was a great year for heavy metal. I had a hard time putting in order the albums i liked so i decided to make the list randomly. It means that there were some really good albums this year :)

Looking forward to an even heavier 2010!

Cheers..

TOP40-FACTS
Nummer 1
Fireflies - Owl City

Na 9 weken is Robbie Williams van de nummer 1-positie gestoten en is Owl City's Fireflies de nieuwe nummer 1. Twee weken terug kwam de plaat op #20 binnen en schoot toen met tussenstop op #6 door naar de hoogste plek.

Record of the Week (RW)
Undisclosed Desires - Muse

Eerder dit jaar had Muse al een bescheiden TOP40-hit met Uprising, nu is het tijd voor de tweede single van hun album The Resistance, Undisclosed Desires en die plaat is komende week Record of the Week.

TOP40-geschiedenis
Op #1 in week 49 in:
2008: Lost! - Coldplay (2e week)
2007: Randers Station - TV-2 (3e week)
Record of the Week van week 49 in:
2008: Allein Allein - Polarkreis 18
2007: Home - Daughtry

TOP40 - Week 49/2009
150e editie, 3e jaargang
# VW AW HP - Titel - Artiest
1. 06 03 01 - Fireflies - Owl City (1x#1)
2. 02 06 02 - TiK ToK - Kesha
3. 01 11 01 - Bodies - Robbie Williams (9x#1)
4. 04 03 04 - You Know Me - Robbie Williams
5. 03 09 02 - Just Say Yes - Snow Patrol
6. 05 05 05 - Russian Roulette - Rihanna
7. 08 05 07 - Who Says - John Mayer
8. 10 04 08 - Meet Me Halfway - Black Eyed Peas
9. 07 08 05 - Más - Nelly Furtado
10. 17 04 10 - Wheels - Foo Fighters
11. 11 06 11 - Fever - Cascada
12. 22 04 12 - Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
13. 09 12 03 - Strawberry Swing - Coldplay
14. 13 15 02 - Good Girls Go Bad - Cobra Starship
15. 14 16 01 - Remedy - Little Boots (2x#1)
16. 16 06 16 - Weightless - All Time Low
17. 18 04 17 - Stone Cold Sober - Paloma Faith
18. 24 04 18 - Flashback - Calvin Harris
19. 12 13 04 - Boys and Girls - Pixie Lott
20. 29 02 20 - Cry Me Out - Pixie Lott
21. 15 13 03 - Silly Boy - Eva Simons
22. 20 07 14 - Bad Boys - Alexandra Burke
23. 19 12 06 - Fire Burning - Sean Kingston
24. 28 04 24 - One Love - David Guetta ft. Estelle
25. NE 01 25 - Morning After Dark - Timbaland ft. Nelly Furtado & SoShy
26. 34 02 26 - Broken Tonight - Armin van Buuren ft. VanVelzen
27. 21 07 21 - Never Gonna Be Alone - Nickelback
28. 27 17 03 - Evacuate the Dancefloor - Cascada
29. 30 03 29 - 22 - Lily Allen
30. 23 10 12 - Haven't Met You Yet - Michael Bublé
31. NE 01 31 - Hey - Waylon
32. 25 08 18 - 4Ever - The Veronicas
33. NE 01 33 - Stereo Love - Edward Maya
34. 39 02 34 - I Don't Believe You - Pink
35. 38 03 35 - Deja Vu - Inna
36. 31 22 01 - Bulletproof - La Roux (2x#1)
37. 26 09 12 - S.O.S. (Let The Music Play) - Jordin Sparks
38. NE 01 38 - Sweet Disposition - The Temper Trap
39. 32 20 01 - Manos Al Aire - Nelly Furtado (2x#1)
40. 35 17 01 - Ready For The Weekend - Calvin Harris (2x#1)

UIT 33 11 07 - Chaka Demus - Jamie T
UIT 36 06 19 - Rain - Mika
UIT 37 05 10 - Sorry - Kyteman
UIT 40 13 11 - Nothing Ever Hurt Like You - James Morrison

TIPLIJST
1. Undisclosed Desires - Muse (RW)
2. Did It Again - Shakira
3. Butterfly - Jason Mraz
4. Kings and Queens - 30 Seconds To Mars
5. Revolver - Madonna vs. David Guetta
6. Down - Jay Sean

I work in the dead of night
When the roads are quiet
No one is around
To track my moves

Race in the end of lights
To find the gate is open
She's waiting in the room
I just slip on through

You get in
You get done
And then you get gone
You never leave a trace or show your face
You get gone

Should have turned around
And left before the sun came up again
But the sun came up again

Enter the morning light
To find the day is burning the curtains and the wine
In a little white room
No, I'm not alone
Her head is heavy on me
She's sleeping like a child
What could I do?

You get in
You get done
And then you get gone
You never leave a trace or show your face
You get gone

Should have turned around
And left before the sun came up again
But the sun came up again

I was a killer, was the best they'd ever seen
I'd steal your heart before you ever heard a thing
I'm an assassin and I had a job to do
Little did I know that girl was an assassin too

Suddenly I'm in over my head and I could hardly breathe
Suddenly I'm floating over her bed and I feel everything
Suddenly I know exactly what I did, but I cannot move a thing
Suddenly I know exactly what I'd done and what it's gonna mean to me, mean to me
I'm gone

I was a killer, was the best they'd ever seen
I'd steal your heart before you ever heard a thing
I'm an assassin and I had a job to do
Little did I know that girl was an assassin too

She's an assassin
She's an assassin
She's an assassin
She's an assassin and she had a job to do

John Mayer
Battle Studies
Assassin

as of december 4, 2009...

1. Nelly Furtado - 2,050 (--)
2. Lifehouse - 1,865 (+1)
3. M.I.A. - 1,788 (-1)
4. The Fray - 1,718 (--)
5. Rihanna - 1,609 (--)
6. Alicia Keys - 1,422 (+1)
7. Kelly Clarkson - 1,421 (-1)
8. Beyoncé - 1,269 (+1)
9. Leona Lewis - 1,208 (+6)
10. James Blunt - 1,140 (-2)
11. Maroon 5 - 1,087 (-1)
12. Shakira - 1,011 (-1)
13. Britney Spears - 953 (-1)
14. Black Eyed Peas - 938 (+2)
15. Ne-Yo - 904 (-2)
16. Mariah Carey - 882 (+4)
17. Daughtry - 792 (+2)
18. Coldplay - 750 (-4)
19. Paramore - 720 (-2)
20. Kat DeLuna - 693 (-2)

21. John Mayer - 647 (--)
22. Timbaland - 552 (+2)
23. My Chemical Romance - 549 (--)
24. Kanye West - 548 (-2)
25. Michael Jackson - 542 (+5)
26. Keri Hilson - 488 (+3)
27. Santogold - 487 (-2)
28. OneRepublic - 483 (*Top 40 Debut*)
29. Sara Bareilles - 482 (-2)
30. Keyshia Cole - 476 (-2)
31. Plain White T's - 454 (-5)
32. Lady GaGa - 441 (*Top 40 Debut*)
33. Colbie Caillat - 402 (*Top 40 Debut*)
34. P!nk - 396 (+3)
35. Katy Perry - 394 (-1)
36. John Legend - 391 (-4)
37. Ciara - 390 (-6)
38. Kings of Leon - 385 (*Top 40 Debut*)
39. Natasha Bedingfield - 378 (-6)
40. Jennifer Hudson - 369 (-5)

falling out of the top 20...
None

falling out of the top 40...
Jazmine Sullivan
Res
Fergie
Avril Lavigne

1. Owl City
2. Lydia
3. Manchester Orchestra
4. Copeland
5. Bright Eyes
6. Bon Iver
7. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
8. Paramore
9. Anthony Green
10. Lady GaGa
11. Tegan and Sara
12. Meiko
13. City and Colour
14. Andrew Bird
15. Sufjan Stevens
16. William Fitzsimmons
17. Daphne Loves Derby
18. Band of Horses
18. Eisley
20. Miike Snow
21. Margot & the Nuclear So and So's
22. Death Cab for Cutie
23. Britney Spears
24. Dear and the Headlights
25. Phoenix
26. Regina Spektor
27. Cobra Starship
28. MGMT
29. Natalie Portman's Shaved Head
30. Fleet Foxes
30. Friendly Fires
32. Metro Station
33. John Mayer
34. Glasvegas
35. The Beatles
36. Motion City Soundtrack
37. Kings of Leon
38. The Spill Canvas
38. Julian Casablancas
38. The Strokes

-----------Top 20-----------
Animal Collective ~ Merriweather Post Pavillion
The Antlers ~ Hospice
Fever Ray ~ Fever Ray
Patrick Wolf ~ The Bachelor
Memory Tapes ~ Seek Magic
Phoenix ~ Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Grizzly Bear ~ Veckatimest
Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit ~ S/T
Fanfarlo ~ Reservoir
Animal Collective ~ Fall Be Kind [EP]

The xx ~ The xx
Atlas Sound ~ Logos
St. Vincent ~ Actor
Passion Pit ~ Manners
Neko Case ~ Middle Cyclone
Nomo ~ Invisible Cities
Umphreys McGee ~ Mantis
Flaming Lips ~ Embryonic
Yeah Yeah Yeahs ~ It's Blitz!
Magnolia Electric Co. ~ Josephine

-----------Excellent-----------
Cymbals Eat Guitars ~ Why are There Mountains
Dinosaur Jr. ~ Farm
A.A. Bondy ~ When the Devil is Loose
Manchester Orchestra ~ Mean Everything to Nothing
Local Natives ~ Gorilla Manor
Tegan & Sara ~ Sainthood
Neon Indian ~ Psychic Chasms
jim o' rourke ~ The Visitor
Mars Volta ~ Octahedron
Dirty Projectors ~ Bitte Orca
Bat for Lashes ~ Two Suns

Washed out ~ Life of Leisure [EP]
Sufjan Stevens ~ BQE
Hercules & Love Affair ~ Sidetracked
Pains of Being Pure at Heart ~ Higher than the Stars [EP]
Marissa Nadler ~ Little Hells
Bibio ~ Ambivalence Avenue
Toro y Moi ~ My Touch
Julian Casablancas ~ Phrazes for the Young
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart ~ S/T
Avett Brothers ~ I and Love and You
Mos Def ~ The Ecstatic

Built to Spill ~ There is No Enemy
Sunset Rubdown ~ Dragonslayer
maudlin of the Well ~ Part the Second
Discovery ~ LP
Beirut ~ March of the Zapotec [EP]
Tortoise ~ Beacons of Ancerstorship
Akron/Family ~ Set Em' Wild, Set Em' Free
Woods ~ Songs of Shame
The Decemberists ~ The Hazards of Love
Andrew Bird ~ Noble Beast
Tim Hecker ~ Imaginary Country

-----------Good-----------
Dan Deacon ~ Bromst
Islands ~ Vaupors
The Wooden Sky ~ If I Don't Come Home, You'll Know I'm Gone
Kid Cudi ~ Man on the Moon: End of Days
Girls ~ Girls
JJ ~ no. 1
Muse ~ The Resistance
Osso ~ Run Rabbit Run
Monsters of Folk ~ Monsters of Folk

Miike Snow ~ Miike Snow
Junior Boys ~ Begone Dull Care
Antony & The Johnsons ~ The Crying Light
Bon Iver ~ Blood Bank [EP]
fun. ~ Aim & Ignite
The Real People ~ Holland [EP]
Modest Mouse ~ No One's First and You're Next [EP]
Handsome Furs ~ Face Control
Polvo ~ In Prism
Volcano Choir ~ Unmap
Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson ~ Break Up

Sonic Youth ~ The Eternal
A.C. Newman ~ Get Guilty
Dead Weather ~ Horehound

-----------Meh-----------
John Mayer ~ Battle Studies
State Radio ~ Let it Go
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears ~ Tell Em' What Your Name Is!
Karen O and the Kids ~ Where the Wild Things Are
Röyksopp ~ Junior
Real Estate ~ Real Estate
Mastodon ~ Cracke the Skye
Hudson Mohawke ~ Polyfolk Dance [EP]
Ben Kweller ~ Changing Horses
Dave Matthews Band ~ Big Whiskey & The Groogrux King
Andrew Bird ~ Fitz and Dizzyspells [EP]

Platinum Pied Pipers ~ Abundance
God Help The Girl ~ Stills [EP]
Imogen Heap ~ Elipse
Brand New ~ Daisy
M. Ward ~ Hold Time
The Whitest Boy Alive ~ Rules
Zu ~ Carboniferous
Yuksek ~ Away from the Sea
Hudson Mohawke ~ Butter
Dragonette ~ Fixin to Thrill

-----------Pretty Bad/Horrible-----------

MSTRKRFT ~ Fist of God
Telepathe ~ Dance Mother
Amy Milan ~ Masters of the Burial
Wilco ~ Wilco (The Album)
IAMX ~ Kingdom of Welcome Addiction
Pete Yorn ~ Back and Forth
The Dodos ~ Time to Die
Audrye Sessions ~ Audrye Sessions
Great Lake Swimmers ~ Lost Channels
Vetiver ~ Tight Knit

Silversun Pickups ~ Swoon
Deerhunter ~ Rainwater Cassette Exchange [EP]
Lotus Plaza ~ Floodlight Collective
Japandroids ~ Post-Nothing
Swan Lake ~Enemy Mine
Conor Oberst ~ Outer South
Paper Route ~ Absence
The Bird and the Bee ~ Ray Guns are not the Future
Dent May ~ The Good Feeling Music of Dent May
N.A.S.A. ~ Spirit of Apollo

Bruce Springsteen ~ Working on a Dream
Iran ~Dissolver
Wavves ~ Wavves (soooo baddddd. epically bad)