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SONG
ARTIST
Album
Debut
1)
1426.77
Tarantula
Smashing Pumpkins
Zeitgeist
5/20/07
2)
1310.85
I'm a Soldier
Afghan Whigs
Unbreakable: A Retrospective 1990-2006
7/8/07
3)
1266.02
You Know I'm No Good
Amy Winehouse
Back to Black
4/1/07
4)
1232.33
Young Folks
Peter Bjorn & John
Writer's Block
4/1/07
5)
1176.06
Someone To Love
Fountains Of Wayne
Traffic and Weather
3/11/07
6)
1121.93
If Looks Could Kill
Camera Obscura
Let's Get Out Of This Country
2/25/07
7)
1098.11
Diablo Rojo
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Rodrigo y Gabriela
7/1/07
8)
1082
Let Me In
Hot Hot Heat
Happiness Ltd.
8/19/07
9)
1078.9
The Money Maker
Rilo Kiley
Under The Blacklight
9/9/07
10)
1076.22
Sad Eyes
Bat for Lashes
Fur and Gold
8/26/07
11)
1054.87
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Patti Smith
Twelve
4/15/07
12)
1019.87
Walk in the Woods
Shipwreck
Walk in the Woods EP
12/3/06
13)
919.51
Strapped for Cash
Fountains Of Wayne
Traffic and Weather
9/16/07
14)
913.12
Two Shoes
The Cat Empire
Two Shoes
4/15/07
15)
905.02
Typical
Mute Math
Mute Math
9/23/07
16)
893.97
Scratch Your Name
The Noisettes
What's the Time, Mr. Wolf?
5/6/07
17)
892.73
Civil Twilight
The Weakerthans
Reunion Tour
10/14/07
18)
889.18
Meds
Placebo
Meds
1/14/07
19)
860.51
Tears Dry On Their Own
Amy Winehouse
Back To Black
10/14/07
20)
814.88
Metro
The Vincent Black Shadow
Fear's In The Water
11/5/06
21)
796.35
EMT
Shock Stars
Feel For A Heartbeat EP
8/12/07
22)
791.68
Snails
The Format
Dog Problems
4/1/07
23)
771.99
Sugarite
Abra Moore
On The Way
10/7/07
24)
755.97
Misery Business
Paramore
Riot!
9/9/07
25)
750.16
Jique
Brazilian Girls
Talk To La Bomb
8/12/07
26)
742.7
See These Bones
Nada Surf
Lucky
10/28/07
27)
736.9
We've Got A Big Mess On Our Hands
The Academy Is...
Santi
3/25/07
28)
735.46
Living is a Problem Because Everything Dies
Biffy Clyro
Puzzle
10/7/07
29)
718.45
Flathead
Fratellis
Costello Music
3/4/07
30)
712.25
The Book I Write
Spoon
Stranger Than Fiction
1/7/07
31)
707.1
Fidelity
Regina Spektor
Begin To Hope
11/26/06
32)
706.43
The New Transmission
Lostprophets
Liberation Transmission
10/29/06
33)
704.15
Straight Lines
Silverchair
Young Modern
7/8/07
34)
701.07
Well Thought Out Twinkles
Silversun Pickups
Carnavas
12/17/06
35)
684.42
Melody
Erin McKeown
Sing You Sinners
1/14/07
36)
674.91
The Perfect Crime #2
The Decemberists
The Crane Wife
7/29/07
37)
662.67
Sing Theresa
Greg Laswell
Through Toledo
1/7/07
38)
660.42
Running Away
The Polyphonic Spree
A Fragile Army
7/15/07
39)
641.64
Hey There Delilah
Plain White T's
All That We Needed
2/18/07
40)
615.39
The Way I Am
Ingrid Michaelson
Girls and Boys
10/28/07
41)
599.01
Kings & Queens
Luna Halo
Luna Halo
4/29/07
42)
590.55
To Be Surprised
Sondre Lerche
OST: Dan In Real Life
11/4/07
43)
572.86
Grace Kelly
Mika
Life in Cartoon Motion
2/4/07
44)
567.94
See The World
Gomez
How We Operate
11/5/06
45)
561.13
Become the Enemy
The Lemonheads
The Lemonheads
10/15/06
46)
551.61
Phantom Limb
The Shins
Wincing The Night Away
11/19/06
47)
546.3
O Valencia
The Decemberists
The Crane Wife
12/24/06
48)
527.92
Australia
The Shins
Wincing The Night Away
6/3/07
49)
513.07
Imitosis
Andrew Bird
Armchair Apocrypha
3/18/07
50)
498.75
Skin And Bones
Foo Fighters
Skin and Bones
12/24/06
51)
498.43
Icky Thump
White Stripes
Icky Thump
5/13/07
52)
497.56
Children of December
The Slip
Eisenhower
11/12/06
53)
483.93
Penny on the Train Track
Ben Kweller
Ben Kweller
12/31/06
54)
482.94
Some Fine Day
Ember Swift
The Dirty Pulse
11/26/06
55)
481.88
Long Before Rock 'n' Roll
Mando Diao
Ode to Ochrasy
2/18/07
56)
467.19
Chelsea Dagger
Fratellis
Costello Music
6/10/07
57)
462.96
Nothing At All
Wired All Wrong
Break Out The Battle Tapes
10/29/06
58)
459.97
Better
Regina Spektor
Begin To Hope
4/29/07
59)
449.55
The Car Song
The Cat Empire
Two Shoes
7/29/07
60)
438.28
House of Cards
Shipwreck
Rabbit in the Kitchen With a New Dress On
11/18/07
61)
427.33
Time Bomb
The Format
Dog Problems
11/5/06
62)
424.16
America
Razorlight
Razorlight
4/8/07
63)
422.44
One Two Three Four
Feist
The Reminder
7/29/07
64)
405.53
Sly
The Cat Empire
Two Shoes
12/17/06
65)
392.82
The Underdog
Spoon
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
6/17/07
66)
392.35
Falling Slowly
The Swell Season
The Swell Season
8/19/07
67)
385.21
All Over You
The Spill Canvas
No Really, I'm Fine
11/4/07
68)
381.83
No Bad News
Patty Griffin
Children Running Through
9/16/07
69)
379.25
Cupid's Chokehold
Gym Class Heroes
The Papercut Chronicles
2/11/07
70)
364.84
Big Wheel
Tori Amos
American Doll Posse
4/1/07
71)
364.74
Elevatin
Wired All Wrong
Break Out The Battle Tapes
2/25/07
72)
352.38
My Rights Versus Yours
The New Pornographers
Challengers
11/4/07
73)
348.44
The Beauty in Ugly
Jason Mraz
The Beauty in Ugly
2/4/07
74)
340.68
Movies of Antarctica
Stars of Track and Field
Centuries Before Love and War
6/3/07
75)
333.87
Chasing Cars
Snow Patrol
Eyes Open
10/8/06
76)
313.02
9 Crimes
Damien Rice
9
1/28/07
77)
291.87
Starlight
Muse
Black Holes and Revelations
10/8/06
78)
289.79
Oh! Gravity.
Switchfoot
Oh! Gravity.
1/28/07
79)
289.15
City Hall
Vienna Teng
Dreaming Through The Noise
10/22/06
80)
254.12
Going To A Town
Rufus Wainwright
Release The Stars
5/20/07
81)
252.45
Mr. Pitiful
Matt Costa
Unreleased
10/21/07
82)
231.75
Look After You
The Fray
How to Save a Life
1/21/07
83)
217.12
Two Sisters
Fiction Plane
Left Side of the Brain
5/13/07
84)
214.84
Goodnight
Zox
Line in the Sand
11/11/07
85)
195.03
Electric Bird
Sia
Some People Have REAL Problems
11/11/07
86)
190.52
All That Remains
3
The End is Begun
11/18/07
87)
184.34
Mansard Roof
Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend
12/2/07
88)
181.57
Wonderlust King
Gogol Bordello
Super Taranta!
9/2/07
89)
181.52
Wake Up
Living End
State of Emergency
10/8/06
90)
173.88
Into Action
Tim Armstrong
A Poet's Life
5/20/07
91)
166.95
San Francisco
Jill Sobule
Unreleased
10/21/07
92)
162.23
Oversure
Nellie McKay
Obligatory Villagers
11/11/07
93)
150.53
Underneath the Waves
The Twilight Singers
Powder Burns
8/27/06
94)
149.76
Holding Me Back
Buddahead
Crossing The Invisible Line
2/4/07
95)
146.05
Golden Skans
Klaxons
Myths of the Near Future
6/24/07
96)
142.64
Inches and Falling
The Format
Dog Problems
9/16/07
97)
120.91
Cops and Robbers
The Hoosiers
The Trick to Life
11/18/07
98)
120.14
Smile
Lily Allen
Alright, Still
12/3/06
99)
119.53
No Matter What
Sonya Kitchell
Words Come Back To Me
11/19/06
100)
118.35
Four Winds
Bright Eyes
Four Winds EP
3/4/07