Hayley's Top Tracks at iTunes

[Dave]

Hello everyone,

iTunes is a mine of information about albums currently out of the main charts as it lists the best sellers in several genres as well as an overall top 100 album chart - updated at least daily.

iTunes also lists the best selling tracks, in order, for individual albums and artists. So I thought it would be interesting to list Hayley's top 20 (22) at iTunes UK - there are 70 songs listed altogether.

1 Pokarekare Ana - Pure
2 Benedictus - Pure
3 Wuthering Heights - Pure
4 Prayer - Odyssey (UK iTunes Bonus Version)
5 The Water Is Wide - The Water Is Wide - Single
6 Mary, Did You Know? - Pure
7 Amazing Grace - Pure
8 Ave Maria - Odyssey (UK iTunes Bonus Version)
9 Never Say Goodbye - Pure
10 Who Painted the Moon Black - Pure

11 Mary, Did You Know? (Bonus Track) - Odyssey (UK iTunes Bonus Version)
12 May It Be - Odyssey (UK iTunes Bonus Version)
13 Scarborough Fair - Odyssey (UK Version)
14 O mio babbino caro - Odyssey (UK Version)
15 Pokarekare Ana (Vocalise) - Pure
16 Prayer - Odyssey (UK Version)
17 The Water Is Wide - Odyssey (UK Version)
18 Silent Night, Holy Night - Pure
19 Both Sides Now - Odyssey (UK iTunes Bonus Version)
20 Away in a Manger - Pure

21 Laudate Dominum - Odyssey (UK iTunes Bonus Version)
22 Gianni Schicchi: "O mio babbino caro" - Odyssey (UK iTunes Bonus Version)

Notice two versions of Pokarekare Ana in there - and two versions of Prayer and Water is Wide, which would probably have been higher if sales for the two versions were combined. But there is no stopping Pokarekare Ana!!! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

Overall, Odyssey (original UK) and Pure (Special) are neck and neck in the iTunes classical chart at 24 and 25 respectively, with Odyssey (Special) at 68.

Cheers, Dave

[jons]

This is an interesting comparison to the 'Best of Elimination.

Benedictus is at number two. Yipee! Mary Did You Know at six and eleven!

I will mention for the five hundredth time the UK chart revamp and the possibility of seeing Pokarekare Ana (The Pokemon song. i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif) and Benedictus in the Top 40. THE TOP 40 I TELL YOU!!!

Seriously it could help boost Hayley's career.

[Richard]

Hello Dave and Jon!

I believe 'Ave Maria' at No.8 is the Bach version with an English lyric, which Hayley sings on her DVD.

Best Wishes,

Richard

[jons]

Yes Its the digital exclusive, Richard. Its wonderful!

[Dave]

Hi everyone,

Some comments today in the "Sure Fire Ways for Hayley to succeed in the US" thread reminded me that we have this old iTunes thread and that some of us might be interested in seeing the current top 30 iTunes UK tracks so here it is:

iTunes UK Top 30 tracks - Hayley Westenra

1 Pokarekare Ana ( Pure )
2 Ave Maria ( Odyssey (UK iTunes Bonus Version) )
3 Benedictus ( Pure )
4 Wuthering Heights ( Pure )
5 Prayer ( Odyssey (UK iTunes Bonus Version) )
6 Danny Boy ( Treasure )
7 Who Painted the Moon Black ( Pure )
8 Abide With Me ( Treasure )
9 Scarborough Fair ( Odyssey (UK Version) )
10 Amazing Grace ( Pure )

11 Never Say Goodbye (Adapted from "Pavane") ( Pure )
12 Mary, Did You Know? ( Pure )
13 May It Be ( Odyssey (UK iTunes Bonus Version) )
14 Pokarekare Ana (Vocalise) ( Pure )
15 Both Sides Now ( Odyssey (UK iTunes Bonus Version) )
16 The Water Is Wide ( The Water Is Wide - Single )
17 O mio babbino caro" ( Odyssey (UK iTunes Bonus Version) )
18 O mio babbino caro ( Odyssey (UK Version) )
19 The Water Is Wide ( Odyssey (UK Version) )
20 Never Saw Blue ( Odyssey (UK iTunes Bonus Version) )

21 Shenandoah ( Treasure )
22 Away in a Manger ( Pure )
23 River of Dreams (Adapted from "Winter") ( Pure )
24 Dido and Aeneas: Dido's Lament ("When I am Laid in Earth") ( Odyssey (UK iTunes Bonus Version) )
25 Dark Waltz ( Pure )
26 May It Be ( Odyssey (UK Version) )
27 Ave Maria ( Odyssey (UK Version) )
28 Silent Night, Holy Night ( Pure )
29 Laudate Dominum ( Odyssey (UK iTunes Bonus Version) )
30 Hine e hine (Maiden, O Maiden) ( Pure )

Oh look what's no. 1 - same as 18 months ago, when I last posted this list - and it's also at no. 14 (Vocalise)! And to think that one or two of us (not me!) argued in some other thread that Pokarekare Ana wasn't Hayley's signature tune! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

Apart from that, I notice that Pure and Odyssey tracks are clearly more popular on download than Treasure.

Finally, a question: one track in that top 30 is only available by download - the album version it is on cannot be bought new as a CD any more. OK, so which track is it?

Cheers, Dave

[Richard]

Hello Dave!

Is it 'Dido's Lament', from the original UK version of 'Odyssey'?

Edit: I've just seen four copies of this deleted CD in HMV, Oxford Street (near Bond Street tube station), price £7.

Richard

[sonata58]

May 13, 2008 20:28:05 GMT Dave said:

Hi everyone,

Some comments today in the "Sure Fire Ways for Hayley to succeed in the US" thread reminded me that we have this old iTunes thread and that some of us might be interested in seeing the current top 30 iTunes UK tracks so here it is:

Apart from that, I notice that Pure and Odyssey tracks are clearly more popular on download than Treasure.

That is interesting. I think I may post Hayley's top tracks from the Zune Marketplace. It seems to me that the list there represents a more American taste. Odyssey, then Pure, happens to be the most popular album on that list.

[Cherany]

I thought it might be interesting to compare the U.S. itunes chart:

1. Dark Waltz (Pure)
2. Prayer (Odyssey)
3. Shenandoah (Celtic Treasure)
4. May It Be (Odyssey)
5. Ave Maria (Odyssey)
6. Amazing Grace (Pure)
7. Never Saw Blue [Full Length Drums Mix] (Odyssey)
8. Pokarekare Ana (Pure)
9. Never Say Goodbye (Pure)
10. Both Sides Now (Odyssey)
11. The Water is Wide (Celtic Treasure)
12. Mary, Did You Know? (Odyssey EP)
13. Wuthering Heights (Pure)
14. Across the Universe of Time (Pure)
15. My Heart Belongs to You [US Mix] (Odyssey)
16. Beat of Your Heart (Pure)
17. Scarborough Fair (Celtic Treasure)
18. Who Painted the Moon Black (Pure)
19. Danny Boy (Celtic Treasure)
20. Benedictus (Pure)
21. River of Dreams (Pure)
22. Heaven (Pure)
23. Abide with Me (Celtic Treasure)
24. O Mio Babbino Caro (Odyssey EP)
25. Hine E Hine (Pure)
26. Dido's Lament (Odyssey EP)
27. In Trutina (Pure)
28. Summer Rain (Celtic Treasure)
29. Bridal Ballad (The Merchant of Venice)
30. She Moves Through The Fair (Odyssey)
31. Quanta Qualia (Odyssey)
32. I Feel Pretty (West Side Story)
33. What You Never Know (Odyssey)
34. You Are Water (Odyssey)
35. Pokarekare Ana (Single)
36. Who Painted the Moon Black (Single)
37. Whispering Hope (Celtic Treasure)
38. Let Me Lie (Celtic Treasure)
39. One Hand, One Heart (West Side Story)
40. Laudate Dominum (Odyssey EP)
41. The Last Rose of Summer (Celtic Treasure)
42. E Pari Ra [Bonus Track] (Celtic Treasure)
43. Tonight - Balcony Scene (West Side Story)
44. Summery Fly (Celtic Treasure)
45. I Say Grace (Odyssey)
46. Melancholy Interlude (Celtic Treasure)
47. I Have a Love (West Side Story)
48. Never Say Goodbye (The Classical Album 2005*)
49. Tonight [Ensemble] (West Side Story)
50. Sonny (Celtic Treasure)
51. Away in a Manger (I'll Be Home for Christmas*)
52. Mary, Did You Know? (I'll Be Home for Christmas*)
53. Pokarekare Ana (The Classical Album 2005*)
54. One Fine Day (Celtic Treasure)
55. Pokarekare Ana (Total Classics - The Greatest Artists of Today*)
56. A Boy Like That (West Side Story)
57. Finale (West Side Story)
58. Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire (I'll Be Home for Christmas*)
59. Dell'amore non si sa (Odyssey)
60-77. Tracks from the Different Voices CD
78. Wiegenlied (I Love Classics*)

* Compilation albums featuring Hayley, as well as other artists.

[Cherany]

Wow, I just noticed you stuck to the top 20-30, while I went nuts & typed out all 70. Though, I suppose it's of interest, since many of you are in the U.K.

These are the songs which appear more than once in the 70 listed from U.S. itunes:

Pokarekare Ana (appears 4 times)
Never Say Goodbye (appears 2 times)
Mary, Did You Know? (appears 2 times)
Who Painted the Moon Black? (appears 2 times)