KCRW's Top 50 Airplay Chart
and Specialty Charts
for the week of 05/19/2008 .  

1 VERVE REMIXED COMPILATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Verve Remixed 4
   label: [Verve]

2 SANTOGOLD (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Santogold
   label: [Downtown]

3 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Narrow Stairs
   label: [Atlantic]

4 HEROES (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Ost - Sampler
   label: [Nbc]

5 M83 (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Saturdays Equal Youth
   label: [Mute]

6 BITTER SWEET (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Drama
   label: [Quango]

7 REPUBLIC TIGERS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Keep Color
   label: [Chop Shop]

8 LIDELL, JAMIE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Jim
   label: [Warp Music]

9 TING TINGS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: We Started Nothing
   label: [Red/columbia]

10 HERBALISER (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Same As It Never Was
   label: [K7]

11 GNARLS BARKLEY (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Odd Couple
   label: [Downtown/atlantic]

12 MR SCRUFF (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Donkey Ride
   label: [Ninja Tune]

13 QUIET VILLAGE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Silent Movie
   label: [K7]

14 HUNTER, JAMES (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Hard Way
   label: [Hear Music]

15 LAAN, ANA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Chocolate & Roses
   label: [Self Release]

16 ADELE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: 19
   label: [Xl]

17 SUBMARINES (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Honeysuckle Weeks
   label: [Nettwerk]

18 TODD, MIA DOI (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Gea
   label: [City Zen]

19 GONZALEZ, JOSE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: In Our Nature
   label: [Mute]

20 BAJOFONDO (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Pa Bailar
   label: [Promo]

21 DIMITRI FROM PARIS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Return To The Playboy Mansion
   label: [Defected]

22 COHEN, AVISHAI TRIO (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Gently Disturbed
   label: [Raz Daz]

23 PINKER TONES (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Wild Animals
   label: [Nacional]

24 HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Hercules & Love Affair
   label: [Emi]

25 COLDPLAY (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Violet Hill
   label: [Capitol]

26 PANTS, JAMES (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Welcome
   label: [Stones Throw]

27 PORTISHEAD (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Third
   label: [Island]

28 BLACK GHOSTS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Black Ghosts
   label: [Ias]

29 COSTA, MATT (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Unfamiliar Faces
   label: [Brushfire]

30 ACCIDENTAL RHYTHM COMPILATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Accidental Rhythm - Mix 1
   label: [Itunes]

31 LEE, SHAWN - PING PONG ORCHESTRA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Miles Of Styles
   label: [Ubiquity]

32 BLANKBLUE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Western Water Music Vol.2
   label: [Ubiquity]

33 ROBYN (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Robyn
   label: [Konichiwa/interscope]

34 BOOKA SHADE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Sun & The Neon Light
   label: [Get Physical]

35 J-LIVE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Then What Happened
   label: [Bbe]

36 PRESETS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Apocalypso
   label: [Modular]

37 BLACK KEYS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Attack & Release
   label: [Nonesuch]

38 ELBOW (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Seldom Seen Kid
   label: [Polydor Uk]

39 KRAAK & SMAAK (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Plastic People
   label: [Jalapeno]

40 DOES IT OFFEND YOU YEAH (BUY THIS CD)
   title: You Have No Idea What You're Getting You
   label: [Virgin]

41 DELTA SPIRIT (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Ode To Sunshine
   label: [Self Release]

42 KUTI, SEUN (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Fela's Egypt 80
   label: [Promo]

43 WALTER MEEGO (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Voyager
   label: [Almost Gold]

44 SEX & THE CITY (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Ost - Music From Jem, Nina Simone, Etc
   label: [New Line]

45 DANDY WARHOLS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: World The People Together
   label: [Self Release]

46 MATES OF STATE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Re-arrange Us
   label: [Barsuk]

47 PANDERERS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Hotshot's Boy
   label: [Snack Bar]

48 FRISELL, BILL (BUY THIS CD)
   title: History Mystery
   label: [Nonesuch]

49 ROSEY (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Luckiest Girl
   label: [Quango]

50 ADELE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Last Night
   label: [Xl]

SPECIALTY CHARTS - 05/19/2008

WORLD

1 LAAN, ANA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Chocolate & Roses
   label: [Self Release]

2 KUTI, SEUN (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Fela's Egypt 80
   label: [Promo]

3 ADAMS & CAMARA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Soul Science
   label: [World Village]

4 CLAVIER, NATALIA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Nectar
   label: [Esl]

5 THREE NA MASSA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: 3 Na Massa
   label: [Nublu Records]

6 NUMERO GROUP COMPILATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Soul Messages From Dimona
   label: [Numero Group]

7 LIONS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Jungle Struttin
   label: [Ubiquity]

8 PASSOS, ROSA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Romance
   label: [Telarc]

9 FORRO IN THE DARK (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Dia De Roda
   label: [Nublu]

10 VENEGAS, JULIETA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: El Presente
   label: [Sony Latin]

RPM

1 VERVE REMIXED COMPILATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Verve Remixed 4
   label: [Verve]

2 SANTOGOLD (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Santogold
   label: [Downtown]

3 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Narrow Stairs
   label: [Atlantic]

4 BITTER SWEET (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Drama
   label: [Quango]

5 LIDELL, JAMIE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Jim
   label: [Warp Music]

6 HERBALISER (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Same As It Never Was
   label: [K7]

7 MR SCRUFF (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Donkey Ride
   label: [Ninja Tune]

8 QUIET VILLAGE (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Silent Movie
   label: [K7]

9 BAJOFONDO (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Pa Bailar
   label: [Promo]

10 DIMITRI FROM PARIS (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Return To The Playboy Mansion
   label: [Defected]

Jazz

1 COHEN, AVISHAI TRIO (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Gently Disturbed
   label: [Raz Daz]

2 WASILEWSKI, MARCIN TRIO (BUY THIS CD)
   title: January
   label: [Ecm]

3 LLOYD, CHARLES QUARTET (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Rabo De Nube
   label: [Ecm]

4 MAUPIN, BENNIE - QUARTET (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Early Reflections
   label: [Cryptogramophone]

5 HAMILTON, SCOTT (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Across The Tracks
   label: [Concord Jazz]

6 LASSY, TIMO (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Soul & Jazz Of
   label: [Ricky Tick]

7 ALLYSON, KARRIN (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Imagina
   label: [Concord Jazz]

8 BLUE NOTE COMPILATION (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Droppin Science - Greatest Samples
   label: [Blue Note]

9 YARBROUGH, RAYA (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Raya Yarbrough
   label: [Telarc]

10 BEY, ANDY (BUY THIS CD)
   title: Ain't Necessarily So
   label: [12th Street Records]

* Charts are determined by weekly airplay from KCRW's music programmers.