August 28, 2008

By By Paul Sexton, London

Coldplay's reign on European Top 100 Albums moves into double figures as "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" (Parlophone), starts a tenth week at No. 1. Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl" (Virgin) begins a third week atop Eurochart Hot 100 Singles.

The Coldplay album is down to the last of its remaining No. 1 berths - in France. It falls from the top in Holland and the Belgian region of Wallony. But it holds at No. 4 in Spain and moves up 7-6 in Italy.

The entire top ten of the pan-European album chart is unchanged, with the exception of two titles that trade places. Abba's "Gold - Greatest Hits" (Polydor/Universal) moves up 6-5 as Amy Macdonald's "This Is The Life" (Mercury/Universal) moves in the other direction.

The Abba compilation is at No. 2 again in the United Kingdom and Ireland and climbs 6-4 in Norway. Macdonald's album holds at No.3 in Flanders and No.4 in Germany and Holland.

Perry's single adds three new No. 1 rankings, moving 2-1 in Germany, Austria and Ireland, and holds at the top in the United Kingdom, Denmark and Switzerland. It's also No. 2 in Sweden and Norway.

The biggest new single of the week on the Eurochart, with a No. 6 debut, is Montreal-born French superstar Myl?ne Farmer's "Degeneration." That's after a No. 1 debut in France and a 33-1 climb in Wallony.

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