Nz’s Flight Of The Conchords Go From Strength To Strength; Countdown To Local Media Claiming Them As ‘Ours’ Starts… Now

New Zealand’s ex-struggling musical comics Flight Of The Conchords keep kicking goals since breaking the US market; first they were picked up by HBO, signed to SubPop, then they won a Grammy for Best Comedy Release, and now they’re even charting in the states.

Naturally this means our local press, tired of Australians’ not succeeding overseas (see: Oscars “disappointment” etc), will soon do a number on Flight Of The Conchords and claim them in much the same way we did Russell Crowe, Crowded House and Whale Rider.

The self-titled album from Flight of the Conchords, who have their own show on cable channel HBO, sold 52,000 copies in the week ended April 27, according to tracking firm Nielsen SoundScan.

In the process, they outsold pop idol Ashlee Simpson, whose new album opened at No.4 with 47,000 copies. Bittersweet World marks her first release that did not go to No.1.

Top work, eh bros! Stick that in yer chilly bin and, er, smoke it.

Although beating Ashlee Simpson to chart supremacy doesn’t really wash with the whole ’struggling musos’ aesthetic of their show, who cares? Coldplay have been singing songs about failing and being unlucky in love for years now!