It's not widely known but in France they drink more Scotch whisky in a month than they do cognac in a year. For Scottish born Charles MacLean it's quirky facts like that which have him smiling.

The top 20 singles and albums for the week ended March 7, supplied by the Recording Industry Association, with last week's position in brackets.

SINGLES:

1 (1) If We Ever Meet Again - Timbaland feat. Katy Perry

2 (7) You Got Me - J. Williams feat. Scribe

New Zealand First

Thursday 4 March, 9pm

The top 20 singles and albums for the week ended January 24, supplied by the Recording Industry Association, with last week's position in brackets.

SINGLES:

1 (1) Black Box - Stan Walker

2 (2) Replay - IYAZ

3 (5) Cruel - Dane Rumble

Taika Waititi's feature film BOY premiered to a sell out house on Friday night at the opening weekend of the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The Festival is widely regarded as the premiere US showcase for American and international independent film.

The top 20 singles and albums for the week ended January 17, supplied by the Recording Industry Association, with last week's position in brackets.

SINGLES:

1 (1) Black Box - Stan Walker

2 (2) Replay - IYAZ

3 (3) Bad Romance - Lady Gaga

Wellington, Jan 14 NZPA - Entertainment listings from NZPA.

(Previous standings shown in brackets)

FILMS

Top 10 films for the week ended January 6, supplied by the Motion Picture Distributors' Association.

1 (1) Avatar

The top 20 singles and albums for the week ended January 3, supplied by the Recording Industry Association, with last week's position in brackets.

SINGLES:

1 (1) Black Box - Stan Walker

2 (2) Replay - IYAZ

3 (5) Bad Romance - Lady Gaga

France won its first gold medal of the Unicycle World Championships when Pierre-Yves Billette was a popular winner of the individual freestyle competition. Billette's routine combined a high level of technical skill with a very fluid and crowd engaging performance.

The top 20 singles and albums for the week ended December 27, supplied by the Recording Industry Association, with last week's position in brackets.

SINGLES:

1 (1) Black Box - Stan Walker

2 (6) Replay - IYAZ

3 (3) Whatcha Say - Jason DeRulo