'Vida' leads continent's gross revenue charts
There's no change at the tip of Billboard's pan-European sales charts, with Coldplay's "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" (Parlophone/EMI) entering a seventh week atop European Top 100 Albums, and Kid Rock into a fourth week at No. 1 on Eurochart Hot hundred Singles with "All Summer Long" (Topdog/Atlantic/Warner Music).
Coldplay lead five individual album charts around Europe, holding at the top in France, the Netherlands, Ireland and the Belgian region of Wallony and climbing stake 2-1 in Switzerland. The single "Viva La Vida" races 25-7 on the Eurochart later on a No. 5 debut in Germany and a 7-5 climb in Switzerland, holding at No. 8 in Italy. The cart track is also No. 1 on the European Radio Airplay chart, tabulated by Nielsen Music Control
In an unchanged top side three on the Europe-wide album chart, Duffy is at No. 2 once again with "Rockferry" (A&M/Universal) and Amy Winehouse at No. 3 with "Back To Black" (Universal Island). Duffy is at No. 1 for a fourth hebdomad in Sweden, and climbs 3-2 in Holland, 43 in the United Kingdom, 7-4 in France, lxiv in Switzerland and 75 in Flanders and rests at No.3 in Finland. Winehouse, meantime, moves up a seat in each of four-spot European markets, 4-3 in Spain, liv in Holland, 9-8 in Germany and 11-10 in Italy.
Polydor/Universal's "Mamma Mia!" picture show soundtrack is up liv on Top 100 Albums, retaining No. 1 muscae volitantes in Norway, Finland, Denmark, Austria, Hungary and Greece. It holds at No. 3 in Switzerland, climbs 5-4 in Germany and is No. 2 once again on the U.K.'s single out compilations chart.
The big gainer in the pan-European album top ten-spot is Kid Rock's "Rock 'n' Roll Jesus," which races 19-5, fuelled by a No. 4 debut in the United Kingdom on gross sales of 19,000. It's also
