This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Sophie Zelmani - Memory loves you
02. Caroline Af Ugglas - Joplin på Svenska
03. Lena Philipsson - Lena 20 år
04. Lasse Stefanz - 40 ljuva år!
05. Salem Al Fakir - This is who I am
06. Calaisa - Calaisa
07. Säkert! - Säkert
08. Ane Brun - Live in Scandinavia
09. Fläskkvartetten - Voices of Eden
10. Laleh - Prinsessor
11. Martin Stenmarck - Nio sanningar och en lögn
12. Moneybrother - Pengabrorsan
14. The Knife - Silent shout
15. Anna Ternheim - Separation road
16. Nisse Hellberg - Snackbar blues
17. Björn Skifs - Andra Decennier
18. Lisa Miskovsky - Changes
19. Bo Kaspers Orkester - Hund
20. Markus Fagervall - Echo heart

Laleh
Princessor
Warner Music Sweden

Second album from hippiechick-come-eccentric who can sing like bat out'a hell, and is named after the fifth Tellytubby (allegedly). Brace yourself, it's a full on affair. That I set the player to random seems to have made no difference because 'random' is the operative for "Prinsessor". Warped classical, circus bigtop, singer/songwriter mark a few of the turns - and don't she just love la-la-la-la's, ma-ma-ma-ma-ma's and bird song sound effects. Note the dual assault of English and Swedish language songs. There's lots of movement to "Closer"; bombastic to begin then insipid McDonald's equivalent of Dub is: "Call on me".
A horrendous mish-mash of styles and so ear bashingly provided; but she does have these flashes between keys throughout. Bear in mind Laleh is one massive pastiche, and that "Step on You" could be called 'The world's best song by the greatest session musicians ever' - Fleetwood Mac would have been proud! It's preposterous, but The Knife ought to get Laleh's vocal sampled - not least on the first few versus of "I know this". This album is genuinely good when ambling, but hideous when clever.
- Jason Christie

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Lena Philipsson - Lena 20 år
02. Caroline Af Ugglas - Joplin på Svenska
03. Salem Al Fakir - This is who I am
04. Lasse Stefanz - 40 ljuva år!
05. Fläskkvartetten - Voices of Eden
06. Moneybrother - Pengabrorsan
07. Martin Stenmarck - Nio sanningar och en lögn
08. Anna Ternheim - Separation road
09. The Knife - Silent shout
10. Laleh - Prinsessor
11. Calaisa - Calaisa
12. Nisse Hellberg - Snackbar blues
14. Lisa Miskovsky - Changes
15. Björn Skifs - Andra Decennier
16. Bo Kaspers Orkester - Hund
17. Markus Fagervall - Echo heart
18. Jill Johnson - The woman I've become
19. Orup - Faktiskt
20. Lars Winnerbäck - Efter nattens bränder - 1996-2006

This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (05) Regina Spektor - Samson
02. (06) The Shins - Phantom limb
03. (01) The Ark - Absolutely no decorum
04. (NY) Sahara Hotnights - Cheek to cheek
05. (03) Säkert! - Vi kommer att dö samtidigt
06. (02) The Pipettes - Judy
07. (12) Joss Stone - Tell me about it
08. (NY) Tingsek - Proud to be part of these days
09. (04) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Satan said dance
10. (ÅT) Klaxons - Golden skans
11. (07) Kleerup med Robyn - With every heartbeat
12. (NY) The Concretes - Oh no
13. (09) Melody Club - Fever fever
14. (17) Koop - I see a different you
15. (NY) The Jai Alai Savant - Arcane theories
16. (NY) Marit Bergman - Mama, I remember you know
17. (NY) Pelle Carlberg - I love you, you imbecile
18. (10) Bloc Party - The prayer
19. (14) Ison & Fille - Hela dan varje dag
20. (11) The Cinematics - Keep forgetting

Leaving the chart:
Cold War Kids - Hang me up to dry
Timbuktu - Karmakontot
[ingenting] – Suzanne (Vi kan inte gå hand i hand)
Weeping Willows - The burden
Juvelen - Hanna
Laleh - November
Superpumas - Clear

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Salem Al Fakir - This is who I am
02. Lasse Stefanz - 40 ljuva år!
03. Lena Philipsson - Lena 20 år
04. Moneybrother - Pengabrorsan
05. Musikal - Cabaret - Svenska uppsättningen
06. Martin Stenmarck - Nio sanningar och en lögn
07. Bo Kaspers Orkester - Hund
08. Nisse Hellberg - Snackbar blues
09. Laleh - Prinsessor
10. Markus Fagervall - Echo heart
11. Anna Ternheim - Separation road
12. Björn Skifs - Andra Decennier
14. Calaisa - Calaisa
15. Lisa Miskovsky - Changes
16. Studio - Yearbook 1
17. Frida Hyvönen - Music from the dance performance Pudel
18. The Knife - Silent shout
19. Peter Jöback - Flera sidor av samma man
20. Abba - Number ones

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Lasse Stefanz - 40 ljuva år!
02. Laleh - Prinsessor
03. Moneybrother - Pengabrorsan
04. Markus Fagervall - Echo heart
05. Pain of Salvation - Scarsick
06. Nisse Hellberg - Snackbar blues
07. Martin Stenmarck - Nio sanningar och en lögn
08. Pernilla Andersson - Baby blue
09. Calaisa - Calaisa
10. Björn Skifs - Andra Decennier
11. Lisa Miskovsky - Changes
12. Abba - Number ones
14. Bo Kaspers Orkester - Hund
15. Orup - Faktiskt
16. Lars Winnerbäck - Efter nattens bränder - 1996-2006
17. Vikingarna - Bästa
18. Jay-Jay Johanson - The long term physical effects are not yet known
19. Koop - Koop islands
20. Therion - Gothic Kabbalah

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Lasse Stefanz - 40 ljuva år!
02. Moneybrother - Pengabrorsan
03. Markus Fagervall - Echo heart
04. Laleh - Prinsessor
05. Nisse Hellberg - Snackbar blues
06. Martin Stenmarck - Nio sanningar och en lögn
07. Bo Kaspers Orkester - Hund
08. Björn Skifs - Andra Decennier
09. Abba - Number ones
10. Lisa Miskovsky - Changes
11. Lars Winnerbäck - Efter nattens bränder - 1996-2006
12. Therion - Gothic Kabbalah
14. Orup - Faktiskt
15. Koop - Koop islands
16. The Refreshments - It's gotta be both rock & roll
17. Vikingarna - Bästa
18. Peter Jöback - Flera sidor av samma man
19. Anna Ternheim - Separation road
20. Eric Gadd - Gaddamn - The ultimate collection

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Lasse Stefanz - 40 ljuva år!
02. Markus Fagervall - Echo heart
03. Laleh - Prinsessor
04. Moneybrother - Pengabrorsan
05. Nisse Hellberg - Snackbar blues
06. Björn Skifs - Andra Decennier
07. Bo Kaspers Orkester - Hund
08. Martin Stenmarck - Nio sanningar och en lögn
09. Orup - Faktiskt
10. Abba - Number ones
11. Anders Ekborg - Äkta vara
12. Anna Ternheim - Separation road
14. Vikingarna - Bästa
15. Eric Gadd - Gaddamn - The ultimate collection
16. Koop - Koop islands
17. The Refreshments - It's gotta be both rock & roll
18. Peter Jöback - Flera sidor av samma man
19. Lars Winnerbäck - Efter nattens bränder - 1996-2006
20. Lisa Miskovsky - Changes

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Markus Fagervall - Echo heart
02. Moneybrother - Pengabrorsan
03. Laleh - Prinsessor
04. Nisse Hellberg - Snackbar blues
05. Lasse Stefanz - 40 ljuva år!
06. Björn Skifs - Andra Decennier
07. Orup - Faktiskt
08. Martin Stenmarck - Nio sanningar och en lögn
09. Peter Jöback - Flera sidor av samma man
10. Bo Kaspers Orkester - Hund
11. Anna Ternheim - Separation road
12. The Refreshments - It's gotta be both rock & roll
14. Abba - Number ones
15. Eric Gadd - Gaddamn - The ultimate collection
16. Lisa Miskovsky - Changes
17. Lars Winnerbäck - Efter nattens bränder - 1996-2006
18. Vikingarna - Bästa
19. Koop - Koop islands
20. Anders Ekborg - Äkta vara

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Markus Fagervall - Echo heart
02. Björn Skifs - Andra Decennier
03. Laleh - Prinsessor
04. Moneybrother - Pengabrorsan
05. Martin Stenmarck - Nio sanningar och en lögn
06. Nils Landgren - Christmas with my friends
07. Peter Jöback - Flera sidor av samma man
08. Darin - Break the news
09. Magnus Carlsson - Spår i snön
10. Bo Kaspers Orkester - Hund
11. Vikingarna - Bästa
12. Frans - Da man
14. The Refreshments - It's gotta be both rock & roll
15. Jill Johnson - The woman I've become
16. Abba - Number ones
17. Orup - Faktiskt
18. Agnes - Stronger
19. Lisa Miskovsky - Changes
20. The Boppers - Jingle bell rock

This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (02) Ison & Fille - Hela dan varje dag
02. (NY) Bloc Party - The prayer
03. (04) Laleh - November
04. (03) Albert Hammond Jr - 101
05. (05) Johnossi - Glory days to come
06. (08) Muse - Knights of Cydonia
07. (07) Babyshambles - The blinding
08. (11) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (hey oh)
09. (NY) The Sounds - Painted by numbers
10. (01) Mando Diao - TV & me
11. (06) Regina Spektor - Better
12. (NY) John Legend - Heaven
13. (10) M Ward - Chinese translation
14. (13) 1990's - You're supposed to be my boyfriend
15. (14) Bodyrox med Luciana - Yeah yeah
16. (20) Emmon - Wake up time
17. (17) Herman Düne - I wish that I could see you soon
18. (15) Koop - Come to me
19. (18) Marit Bergman - Eyes were blue
20. (19) The Streets - Prangin' out

Leaving the chart:
Salem Al Fakir - Good song
Panic! At The Disco - But it's better if you do
Gnarls Barkley - Who cares?

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Björn Skifs - Andra Decennier
02. Moneybrother - Pengabrorsan
03. Laleh - Prinsessor
04. Martin Stenmarck - Nio sanningar och en lögn
05. Magnus Carlsson - Spår i snön
06. Nils Landgren - Christmas with my friends
07. Peter Jöback - Flera sidor av samma man
08. Darin - Break the news
09. Uno Svenningsson & Irma Schultz Keller - Sånger för December
10. The Refreshments - It's gotta be both rock & roll
11. Vikingarna - Bästa
12. Bo Kaspers Orkester - Hund
14. Jill Johnson - The woman I've become
15. Orup - Faktiskt
16. Agnes - Stronger
17. Abba - Number ones
18. Frans - Da man
19. Eric Gadd - Gaddamn - The ultimate collection
20. Nisse Hellberg - Snackbar blues

This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (01) Mando Diao - TV & me
02. (Ny) Ison & Fille - Hela dan varje dag
03. (Ny) Albert Hammond Jr - 101
04. (07) Laleh - November
05. (02) Johnossi - Glory days to come
06. (03) Regina Spektor - Better
07. (Ny) Babyshambles - The blinding
08. (09) Muse - Knights of Cydonia
09. (06) Salem Al Fakir - Good song
10. (Ny) M Ward - Chinese translation
11. (10) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (hey oh)
12. (Ny) Panic! At The Disco - But it's better if you do
13. (17) 1990's - You're supposed to be my boyfriend
14. (13) Bodyrox med Luciana - Yeah yeah
15. (05) Koop - Come to me
16. (04) Gnarls Barkley - Who cares?
17. (Ny) Herman Düne - I wish that I could see you soon
18. (Ny) Marit Bergman - Eyes were blue
19. (16) The Streets - Prangin' out
20. (Ny) Emmon - Wake up time

Leaving the chart:
Tingsek - World of it's own
Melody Club - Destiny calling
Asha Ali - Fire fire
Juliette & The Licks - Sticky honey
The Knife - Like a pen
Chingy med Jermaine Dupri - Dem jeans
Moneybrother - De vet ingenting om oss
Jeremy Warmsley - I promise

Top 10s for 2006: Closer

Listen to samples from Laleh's new album "Prinsessor": http://www.laleh.se/music.asp