Julie Doiron Is Still #1 In Record-Breaking Week

Since the recent resurgence of the serialized television series, the use of the flashback has been on the upswing. It's used with great effect on Lost by allowing the audience to see often frustrating glimpses of the main characters' lives before they arrived on the island that they're lost on. In a way, Charty Chart Chat is using flashbacks to allow readers to compare this week's chart to its many predecessors. This year has been marked with many firsts and this week there's another event that has never happened in the 10-plus years of the weekly top 50 chart.

For the fourth straight week, Julie Doiron's Woke Myself Up holds down the top spot. It's followed by Of Montreal's Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?, which has been at #2 for three straight weeks. Jumping seven spots to #3 is Do Make Say Think's You, You're A History In Rust. Apostle Of Hustle's National Anthem Of Nowhere remains at #4. The self-titled debut by The Good, The Bad & The Queen moves up a place to #5, while Deerhoof's Friend Opportunity drops three spots to #6 and The Shins' Wincing The Night Away slips two places to #7. Mother Mother's Touch Up falls a place to #8, as does Swan Lake's Beast Moans to #9. The only new album to break into the top 10 is Yoko Ono's Yes, I'm A Witch, which leaps 10 spots.

The Chart Sizzler Award goes to Great Lake Swimmers' Ongiara, which arrives at #14. The second highest debut is RJD2's The Third Hand at #18. Bloc Party's A Weekend In The City enters at #20 and Geoff Berner's The Wedding Dance Of The Widow Bride follows at #21.

Now for the highlight of the day, which was first hinted at in the opening paragraph. For the first time ever, there are two albums that have spent at least 21 weeks on the chart. Along with Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton's Knives Don't Have Your Back, which drops 22 places to #41 in its 22nd week, TV On The Radio's Return To Cookie Mountain returns for a 21st week by re-entering at #44. This also gives Return To Cookie Mountain the record for most weeks on the chart for a non-Canadian album.

There are three new #1s on the five specialty charts. The Let's Lazertag Sometime compilation moves up three spots to the top of the Electronic chart, while the Dig Your Roots: Creative Jazz compilation rockets up seven spots to #1 on the Jazz/Blues top 10. The other newbie is Alex Cuba's Agua Del Pozo at #1 on the World/Folk chart. DJ Co-Op's Co-Operation Vol. 3 remains at #1 on the Hip-Hop chart and The End's Elementary stays at #1 on Metal/Punk.