It's extremely unusual to see a logjam on the charts like the one this week in positions 22 through 32. Blame it on a number of sleeper songs above it that continue to push up one or two positions without losing popularity, as well as three older songs -- "Paparazzi" by Lady GaGa, "Chasing Pirates" by Norah Jones and "Wild Horses" by Susan Boyle -- that only now are starting to descend more rapidly. This should mean a lot of chart movement next week as songs that were constrained this week break free.
Meanwhile, one of the few songs to make a significant move is "Each Tear," Mary J. Blige's quasi-title track from her latest CD "Stronger with Each Tear." By moving 18-8, it leapfrogs her single "I Am," which moves 14-12. Blige and Alicia Keys are vying for the hottest act on the charts; Keys holds at No. 1 with Beyonce on "Put It in a Love Song" and moves 9-6 with "Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart."
Fifteen years ago this week, Melissa Etheridge moved to No. 1 with "I Take You With Me" from the "Boys on the Side" soundtrack. This week, she's back in the countdown with "Fearless Love" entering at No. 37. With four weeks at No. 1, "I Take You With Me" is Etheridge's biggest hit on my chart, but she's also gone to the top with "Come to My Window" (one week), "I Want to Come Over" (one week), "Nowhere to Go" (one week) and "I Need to Wake Up" from the movie "An Inconvenient Truth" (two weeks).
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