Chart Watch - November 21, 2008

Our weekly recap of veteran artists on the current music charts. Chart highlights:

• Enya makes a big splash around the world with her new album And Winter Came... . It premiers at number eight in the U.S., six in Britain and four in Canada while the single, Trains and Winter Rains , has hit number six in Japan.
• Producer and writer David Foster debuts at 46 with Hit Man, a live show with a number of artists performing his hits.
• The Smiths make a minor splash in the U.S. as their latest best of collection, The Sound of the Smiths , premiers at 98. In Britain, it starts at 21.
• Christmas is starting to hit its stride on the Pop Catalog Album chart as David Seville & the Chipmunks make it to number four with the highest ranking album by a veteran artist. Christmas albums from Luther Vandross and the Temptations also reenter the R&B Catalog Album chart.
• Country's Kenny Chesney is bringing a few veteran artists along for the ride on his last couple of singles. Everybody Wants to Go To Heaven with the Wailers is a former country number one while his latest, Down the Road with Mac McAnally is new at 24.
• Last week, it was just Brooks & Dunn on the Country Singles chart with Cowgirls Don't Cry, but the duo performed the song with Reba McEntire at the CMA Awards and the record company rushed the new version out to radio where it is now shown with her name added. It's at 19 on the Country Singles and 63 on the Canadian Singles charts.
• Those CMA awards gave a real boost to George Strait 's latest album, Troubadour . He won Album of the Year and Record of the Year for I Saw God Today , propelling the album from 83 to 37 on the Album chart and 15 to 10 on the Country Album chart.
  

Previous week position noted in parenthesis.

Comprehensive

Top 100 Albums

• #6 (2) - Black Ice - AC/DC
• #8 (-) - And Winter Came... - Enya
  
• #19 (12) - Death Magnetic - Metallica
  
• #37 (83) - Troubadour - George Strait
  
• #44 (36) - Mamma Mia - Soundtrack
  
• #46 (-) - Hit Man - David Foster and Friends
  
• #48 (30) - Covers - James Taylor
  
• #50 (80) - The Essential NOW That's What I Call Christmas - Various Artists (including John Lennon, Elvis Presley, Brenda Lee, Paul McCartney, Elton John , more)
• #56 (61) - Christmas Duets - Elvis Presley
  
• #72 (72) - Christmasville - Mannheim Steamroller
• #76 (84) - The Christmas Collection - Amy Grant
  
• #89 (133) - A Swingin' Christmas - Tony Bennett Featuring the Count Basie Big Band
• #98 (-) - The Sound of - The Smiths

Top 50 Singles

• None

Top 25 Digital Songs

• None
  

Top 25 Pop Catalog Albums

• #4 (7) - Christmas with the Chipmunks - Chipmunks with David Seville
• #5 (4) - Back in Black - AC/DC
  
• #12 (25) - Now That's What I Call Christmas 3 - Various Artists (including Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash, Chipmunks , more)
• #14 (16) - Gold: Greatest Hits - ABBA
  
• #15 (8) - Greatest Hits - Journey
  
• #17 (34) - A Charlie Brown Christmas - Vince Guraldi Trio
• #19 (32) - Christmas Song - Mannheim Steamroller
• #24 (15) - Number Ones - Michael Jackson

R&B

Top 50 R&B Albums

• #26 (19) - Back to Now - Labelle

Top 50 R&B Songs

• None
  

Top 10 R&B Catalog Albums

• #1 (5) - Number Ones - Michael Jackson
• #2 (20) - This is Christmas - Luther Vandross
• #3 (16) - The Best of: 20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection - Temptations
  
• #4 (2) - Legend - Bob Marley & the Wailers
• #6 (1) - The Definitive Collection - Stevie Wonder
  
• #8 (3) - The Ultimate - Luther Vandross
• #9 (7) - Best of - Sade

Country

Top 25 Country Albums

• #10 (15) - Troubadour - George Strait
• #12 (11) - Christmas Duets - Elvis Presley
• #23 (32) - Long Road Out of Eden - Eagles

Top 25 Country Singles

• #16 (10) - Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven - Kenny Chesney with the Wailers
• #19 (21) - Cowgirls Don't Cry - Brooks & Dunn featuring Reba McEntire
• #24 (27) - Down the Road - Kenny Chesney with Mac McAnally
  

Top 10 Country Catalog Albums

• #3 (6) - Elvis Christmas - Elvis Presley
  
• #4 (9) - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Burl Ives
• #5 (3) - At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
• #7 (4) - 30 #1 Hits - Elvis Presley

Rock

Top 10 Rock Albums

• #2 (2) - Black Ice - AC/DC
• #5 (4) - Death Magnetic - Metallica

Top 10 Hard Rock Albums

• #1 (1) - Black Ice - AC/DC
• #4 (3) - Death Magnetic - Metallica
• #6 (5) - Back in Black - AC/DC

Top 20 Mainstream Rock Tracks

• #1 (2) - Rock N' Roll Train - AC/DC
• #3 (1) - The Day That Never Comes - Metallica
  

Top 20 AAA Tracks

• #8 (6) - Boots of Chinese Plastic - Pretenders
• #17 (22) - Strange Overtones - David Byrne & Brian Eno
  

Adult Contemporary

Top 20 Adult Contemporary Tracks

• #16 (18) - What Do I Do With My Heart - Eagles
  
• #18 (20) - It's Growing - James Taylor
  

Top 20 Adult Top 40 Tracks

• None

Dance

Top 25 Dance Club Play

• #20 (24) - Juliet of the Spirits - B-52's
  

Top 10 Dance Singles Sales

• #7 (3) - Give It 2 Me - Madonna
• #10 (9) -4 Minutes - Madonna featuring Jusstin Timberlake
  

Jazz

Top 15 Jazz Albums

• #2 (3) - A Swingin' Christmas - Tony Bennett Featuring the Count Basie Big Band
  
• #4 (5) - Still Unforgettable - Natalie Cole
• #6 (4) - Speak Low - Boz Scaggs
  
• #7 (9) - NBC Sounds of the Season: The Nat King Cole Holiday Collection - Nat King Cole
• #8 (7) - Two Men With the Blues - Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis
• #14 (13) - Caroling, Caroling, Christmas with Natalie Cole - Natalie Cole

Top 15 Contemporary Jazz Albums

• #3 (9) - Christmas - Al Jarreau
• #9 (11) - River: The Joni Letters - Herbie Hancock
  

Americana

Music Association Top 40 Airplay

• #2 (3) - Little Honey - Lucinda Williams
• #4 (4) - Sex & Gasoline - Rodney Crowell
  
• #9 (10) - Break Up the Concrete - Pretenders
• #11 (9) - Join the Band - Little Feat and Friends
  
• #18 (24) - Waylon Forever - Waylon Jennings
  
• #22 (20) - Same Old Man - John Hiatt
• #24 (23) - Tell Tale Signs: the Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Bob Dylan
• #25 (25) - Family & Friends: Rambling Boy - Charlie Haden (with Rosanne Cash, Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, Elvis Costello , more)
• #27 (30) - The Imus Ranch Record - Various Artists (Levon Helm, Little Richard, John Hiatt , more)
• #30 (22) - Maestro - Taj Mahal
  
• #33 (40) - Sleepless Nights - Patty Loveless

United Kingdom

Top 100 British Albums

• #6 (-) - And Winter Came... - Enya
• #11 (9) - Black Ice - AC/DC
• #15 (8) - Pictures: 40 Years of Hits - Status Quo
  
• #21 (-) - The Sound of - The Smiths
• #26 (11) - 50th Anniversary Album - Cliff Richard
  
• #27 (20) - Jackpot: The Best of Bette - Bette Midler
• #55 (51) - Mamma Mia - Soundtrack
• #63 (45) - King of Pop - Michael Jackson
  
• #64 (32) - At the BBC - Paul Weller
  
• #65 (61) - The Definitive Collection - Stevie Wonder
  
• #67 (59) - Gold: Greatest Hits - ABBA
• #68 (63) - Legend - Bob Marley & the Wailers
• #69 (58) - Death Magnetic - Metallica
• #70 (65) - Greatest Hits - Queen
• #72 (67) - 18 Hits - ABBA
  
• #78 (52) - The Hits - Dave Clark Five
  
• #79 (42) - Hurricane - Grace Jones
• #86 (91) - Best of - Neil Diamond
• #91 (-) - Made in Sheffield - Tony Christie
  
• #93 (74) - Live in Gdansk - David Gilmour
• #97 (90) - More Gold - ABBA

Top 100 British Singles

• #28 (30) - Let Your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers
• #86 (127) - Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler

Canada

Top 100 Canadian Albums

• #2 (1) - Black Ice - AC/DC
• #4 (-) - And Winter Came... - Enya
• #14 (7) - Death Magnetic - Metallica
• #24 (22) - Mamma Mia - Soundtrack
• #27 (31) - Christmas Album - Anne Murray
• #39 (37) - Christmas Duets - Elvis Presley
• #41 (17) - Above the Ground - Burton Cummings
  
• #80 (67) - Back in Black - AC/DC
• #81 (53) - Hard Candy -Madonna
• #82 (75) - Gold: Greatest Hits - ABBA
• #87 (59) - Collector's Crate - AC/DC
  
• #100 (79) - Covers - James Taylor
  

Top 100 Canadian Singles

• #32 (27) - Rock N' Roll Train - AC/DC
• #43 (21) - Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven - Kenny Chesney with the Wailers
• #63 (83) - Cowgirls Don't Cry - Brooks & Dunn featuring Reba McEntire
• #80 (78) - Miles Away - Madonna
• #89 (-) - Down the Road - Kenny Chesney with Mac McAnally
• #94 (89) - The Day That Never Comes - Metallica
  

Australia

Top 50 Australian Albums

• #3 (2) - Black Ice - AC/DC
  
• #12 (18) - Mamma Mia - Soundtrack
• #22 (14) - Death Magnetic - Metallica
• #44 (41) - Gold: Greatest Hits - ABBA
• #47 (46) - Very Best of - Fleetwood Mac

Top 50 Australian Singles

• None

Japan

Top 100 Japanese Singles

• #6 (20) - Trains and Winter Rains - Enya
• #87 (71) - Rock N' Roll Train - AC/DC