Chart round up…

Let’s have a look at the progress of some albums that we mentioned in the last month! Three of them entered the Swedish album charts this week. Lena & Orup enter at number two, despite enjoying a number one single a few weeks back. The ‘Dubbel’ album has been well received by critics and fans, with many reviews positive that the album contained lots of potential hit singles on there. So that should see its chart life extend into 2009. Magnus Carlsson’s Greatest Hits collection enters at number 7. ‘Re:Collection 93 – 08’ is an epic 40 tracker, containing his new single ‘Walking In My Shoes’. Despite its utter amazingness, the single has thus far failed to make the top 60 singles chart. But we played it at scandipop late week where it went down a treat! Interestingly, his ‘Live Forever’ album is a re-entry at 60! Next up, Charlotte Perrelli’s Christmas album, ‘Rimfrostjul’ has to settle for a number 12 position. This will be quite a disappointment to Charlotte and her label, Naxos, as many retailers were offering the heavily discounted album for little over half the price of most other top selling titles. And with Christmas albums yet to come from Amy Diamond, and Sanna, Shirley and Sonja, it’s unlikely that ‘Rimfrostjul’ will see a reverse in fortunes. Many fans have criticised the album as it’s a huge step away from the pop music that she usually releases, and is quite a dark, orchestral, classical album. Poor Agnes Carlsson is down to number 20 after only three weeks and a number 5 peak, which isn’t reflective of its quality. So far, her best album to date has proven to be her least successful. Agnetha Faltskog’s Greatest Hits, and Sonja Alden’s latest album ‘Under Mitt Tak’ are faring a lot better – after six weeks on the chart each, they’re still hanging around at numbers 21 and 22 respectively.