By holding at No. 1 for a fourth consecutive week, Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg are making a serious run for the top hit of 2010 with "California Gurls." The current leader is "Put It in a Love Song" by Alicia Keys and Beyonce, the only other song to spend four weeks at the top so far this year. Perry and Snoop can pass them with a longer run at the top or a longer chart run overall. We'll see how things go in the weeks to come.
Meanwhile, five new songs this week, including some artists who haven't been around in a little while. Maroon 5 return at No. 35 with "Misery." It's the group's first chart appearance in about a year and a half, since their collaboration with Mary J. Blige on the remix of "Wake Up Call" hit No. 12. A much longer chart drought ends for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. "I Should Have Known It" enters at No. 38, making it the first chart appearance in eight years for the group; "The Last D.J." hit No. 15 back in 2002. Their latest is from their new release, "Mojo."
Uncle Kracker is trying for three in a row with "Good to Be Me," his collaboration with Kid Rock from his new EP, "Happy Hour: The South River Road Sessions." Kracker's last two songs -- "Smile" and "Another Love Song" -- both went to No. 1.
An interesting chart oddity this week: Three songs with very similar titles are within a few positions of one another. Sister Hazel holds at No. 31 with "All the Love" from the group's EP "Threeve." A couple of positions higher, Kylie Minogue moves up four with her latest single, "All the Lovers." And one notch above that is Bettye Lavette with her remake of Led Zeppelin's 1979 track "All My Love."
Last note for the week: MercyMe's "All of Creation" is showing unusual staying power by moving back into the Top 10, this week up 13-10, after having peaked at No. 6 and fallen out of the Top 10 a few weeks back. The group's most popular songs, "I Can Only Imagine" and "Here With Me," came during the period when my charts were inactive, but this one looks to rival them in popularity.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Friday, June 18, 2010
Week of June 20
It could be hard to tell from a look at the top of the chart, but this week is one of the busiest chart weeks of 2010 to date: Ten songs move up at least 5 positions from last week and two others debut at positions 30 and 33. As spring becomes summer, it's not unusual for the charts to heat up, too. It'll be interesting to see which of this week's big movers triumph in the chart battles of future weeks.
Of all the sprints, the biggest belongs to Hanson, moving 37-18 with "Waiting for This." The track from the "Shout It Out" CD becomes the trio of brothers' sixth Top 20 hit. On my charts, their biggest is not their Billboard chart-topping debut "Mmm-Bop"; that hit No. 2 on my surveys in 1997. Rather, "This Time Around," the title track of their 2000 album, is their biggest on my charts, going to No. 1 for two weeks. That same album spun off three more chart hits -- "If Only" (No. 10, 2000), "A Song to Sing" (No. 22, 2000) and "I Wish That I Was There" (No. 7, 2001).
Kylie Minogue returns to the charts this week with "All the Lovers" at No. 33. On my charts, her biggest hit remains 1989's "It's No Secret," which went to No. 8.
While Minogue's chart presence goes back 21 years, the highest debut belongs to an act with an even longer streak. The Steve Miller Band was a mainstay of Top 40 radio in the 1970s, predating my charts. Their last appearance on my surveys came with "Abracadabra" in 1982, which went to No. 12. "Sweet Soul Vibe," entering this week at No. 30, comes from their latest set, "Bingo!"
One last note: This week's repeat win-place-show is the first since Feb. 21. The three repeats from Feb. 14 were Reba McEntire's "Consider Me Gone" at No. 3, Robbie Williams' "Last Days of Disco" at No. 2 and Alicia Keys and Beyonce's "Put It in a Love Song" at No. 1.
Of all the sprints, the biggest belongs to Hanson, moving 37-18 with "Waiting for This." The track from the "Shout It Out" CD becomes the trio of brothers' sixth Top 20 hit. On my charts, their biggest is not their Billboard chart-topping debut "Mmm-Bop"; that hit No. 2 on my surveys in 1997. Rather, "This Time Around," the title track of their 2000 album, is their biggest on my charts, going to No. 1 for two weeks. That same album spun off three more chart hits -- "If Only" (No. 10, 2000), "A Song to Sing" (No. 22, 2000) and "I Wish That I Was There" (No. 7, 2001).
Kylie Minogue returns to the charts this week with "All the Lovers" at No. 33. On my charts, her biggest hit remains 1989's "It's No Secret," which went to No. 8.
While Minogue's chart presence goes back 21 years, the highest debut belongs to an act with an even longer streak. The Steve Miller Band was a mainstay of Top 40 radio in the 1970s, predating my charts. Their last appearance on my surveys came with "Abracadabra" in 1982, which went to No. 12. "Sweet Soul Vibe," entering this week at No. 30, comes from their latest set, "Bingo!"
One last note: This week's repeat win-place-show is the first since Feb. 21. The three repeats from Feb. 14 were Reba McEntire's "Consider Me Gone" at No. 3, Robbie Williams' "Last Days of Disco" at No. 2 and Alicia Keys and Beyonce's "Put It in a Love Song" at No. 1.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Week of June 13
For the second time in a month, the No. 1 song on my charts is a song that has also topped Billboard's Hot 100. But unlike "Break Your Heart," the Taio Cruz-Ludacris collaboration that went to No. 1 in Billboard several weeks before topping my charts, "California Gurls" by Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg ascends to Billboard's No. 1 this week, a week after topping my charts.
By staying atop my charts this week, "California Gurls" stops the revolving door that has gone on since mid-March, when V.V. Brown's "Shark in the Water" spent two consecutive weeks at No. 1. In that streak, 10 songs spent a week at the top (including a nonconsecutive one-week return for "Shark"). On the subject of nonconsecutive No. 1 runs, it's possible that The Bird and the Bee's "Heard It on the Radio" could join that club. This week, it rebounds 5-3.
Some significant drops from the Top 10 and in the lower part of the chart as well, provide momentum for several hits, including Nikki Yanofsky's "Cool My Heels" (21-10), Erik Hassle's "Hurtful" (35-28) and "Stop for a Minute" from Keane featuring K'naan (28-21).
Just two debuts this week. "King of Anything" at No. 36 is Sara Bareilles' fifth Top 40 hit, following three solo releases and her No. 2 collaboration with OneRepublic, "Come Home." And Hanson returns to the Top 40 for the first time in three and a half years, with "Waiting for This" at No. 37. Last time out, they took "Great Divide" to No. 21 in 2006-07.
By staying atop my charts this week, "California Gurls" stops the revolving door that has gone on since mid-March, when V.V. Brown's "Shark in the Water" spent two consecutive weeks at No. 1. In that streak, 10 songs spent a week at the top (including a nonconsecutive one-week return for "Shark"). On the subject of nonconsecutive No. 1 runs, it's possible that The Bird and the Bee's "Heard It on the Radio" could join that club. This week, it rebounds 5-3.
Some significant drops from the Top 10 and in the lower part of the chart as well, provide momentum for several hits, including Nikki Yanofsky's "Cool My Heels" (21-10), Erik Hassle's "Hurtful" (35-28) and "Stop for a Minute" from Keane featuring K'naan (28-21).
Just two debuts this week. "King of Anything" at No. 36 is Sara Bareilles' fifth Top 40 hit, following three solo releases and her No. 2 collaboration with OneRepublic, "Come Home." And Hanson returns to the Top 40 for the first time in three and a half years, with "Waiting for This" at No. 37. Last time out, they took "Great Divide" to No. 21 in 2006-07.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Week of June 6
Four new songs on the chart this week, but let's start at the top, with the second-fastest-rising No. 1 hit of the year. "California Gurls," by Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg, moves 5-1 to hit the top in its fourth chart week. Only "My Confession," from Rie Sinclair and Friends, has moved faster, hitting No. 1 in January in its third chart week. It's the second No. 1 hit for Perry following "Hot 'n' Cold" in 2008; Snoop Dogg had a 2004 hit duet with Angie Stone, "I Wanna Thank Ya," that fell during the period my weekly charts were dormant.
Two newcomers enter the Top 40 this week. "Tightrope," at No. 37, is the first hit for Janelle Monáe, a singer-songwriter originally from Brooklyn, N.Y. This single is from her new release "The ArchAndroid," and it features Big Boi of OutKast, who also was a co-executive producer. I heard about Monáe through friends on Facebook and decided to check out some of her songs on iTunes. (Love the myriad ways we learn about new music these days!)
Meanwhile, at No. 40, is "Will You Be There" by Jaicko, an 18-year-old from Barbados born Jaicko Lawrence who goes professionally by his first name only. His sound reminds me a bit of Craig David from the United Kingdom -- a mix of contemporary R&B and pop with a dance groove, too.
Speaking of dance, Lady GaGa's latest, "Alejandro," enters at No. 38. Every time I hear this song, I think of Ace of Base's "Don't Turn Around." And Sister Hazel's "All the Love" at No. 39 is their seventh Top 40 hit on my charts. It follows up "Better Way" from last fall, their first hit not to go to No. 1. (It peaked at No. 20.) The other five? "All for You," "Change Your Mind," "Champagne High," "Meet Me in the Memory" and "This Kind of Love."
Two newcomers enter the Top 40 this week. "Tightrope," at No. 37, is the first hit for Janelle Monáe, a singer-songwriter originally from Brooklyn, N.Y. This single is from her new release "The ArchAndroid," and it features Big Boi of OutKast, who also was a co-executive producer. I heard about Monáe through friends on Facebook and decided to check out some of her songs on iTunes. (Love the myriad ways we learn about new music these days!)
Meanwhile, at No. 40, is "Will You Be There" by Jaicko, an 18-year-old from Barbados born Jaicko Lawrence who goes professionally by his first name only. His sound reminds me a bit of Craig David from the United Kingdom -- a mix of contemporary R&B and pop with a dance groove, too.
Speaking of dance, Lady GaGa's latest, "Alejandro," enters at No. 38. Every time I hear this song, I think of Ace of Base's "Don't Turn Around." And Sister Hazel's "All the Love" at No. 39 is their seventh Top 40 hit on my charts. It follows up "Better Way" from last fall, their first hit not to go to No. 1. (It peaked at No. 20.) The other five? "All for You," "Change Your Mind," "Champagne High," "Meet Me in the Memory" and "This Kind of Love."
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