Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Week of November 28
The new charts are up a bit early because of the holidays (Happy Thanksgiving!), so here are the highlights for this week:
A year ago, he topped the charts with his posthumous hit "This Is It"; now, Michael Jackson is back with a collaboration with Akon, "Hold My Hand," at No. 35, this week's top debut. "Hold My Hand" is the introductory single from the legendary singer's collection of unreleased material, "Michael."
Cher hasn't been in the survey since 2002, when "(This Is) A Song for the Lonely" went to No. 1. She's back this week at No. 36 with the aptly named "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me," a ballad from the soundtrack of her new movie "Burlesque," starring Christina Aguilera.
Michael Buble earns his first Top 10 hit as "Hollywood" moves 11-9. Buble's biggest hit previously was "Everything," which hit No. 11 in 2007.
Bruce Springsteen's vintage track "Spanish Eyes" is off to a good start, up nine to No. 31. It's the week's biggest mover.
Country singer Trace Adkins ties his highest chart position to date, as "Between the Rainbows and the Rain" moves 6-3. He went to No. 3 in 2007 with "I Wanna Feel Something."
By moving 2-1 with "Just the Way You Are," Bruno Mars becomes the ninth artist this year to reach the top spot with his first chart hit. The other eight? Rie Sinclair & Friends, V.V. Brown, Lady Antebellum, Taio Cruz, The Bird and the Bee, Zac Brown Band, Nikki Yanofsky, and last week's charttopping artist, Brendan James.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Week of November 21
It was only two weeks back that Katy Perry dropped out of the Top 40 with her original version of "Teenage Dream," but the cast of the TV series "Glee" puts the song back on the charts this week at No. 36. It's the second "Glee" remake to hit my charts, following "What It Feels Like for a Girl" (No. 28 in May).
Another debut song, at No. 40, was originally recorded in 1978 but unreleased until last week when Bruce Springsteen released the CD "The Promise." It's a collection of tracks recorded between his albums "Born to Run" and "Darkness on the Edge of Town." "Spanish Eyes" becomes Springsteen's first Top 40 hit since his live remake of "Expressway to Your Heart" hit No. 13 last year.
At the top of the charts, Brendan James moves 4-1 with his first hit, "The Lucky Ones," while Bruno Mars breathes down his neck, as his debut hit, "Just the Way You Are," moves 5-2.
The Scissor Sisters took the title of their hit track "Skin Tight" seriously. It and Daughtry's "One Last Chance" have been adjacent for 17 of their 19 weeks on the survey. This week, the two songs slide to positions 33 and 34, respectively.
Another debut song, at No. 40, was originally recorded in 1978 but unreleased until last week when Bruce Springsteen released the CD "The Promise." It's a collection of tracks recorded between his albums "Born to Run" and "Darkness on the Edge of Town." "Spanish Eyes" becomes Springsteen's first Top 40 hit since his live remake of "Expressway to Your Heart" hit No. 13 last year.
At the top of the charts, Brendan James moves 4-1 with his first hit, "The Lucky Ones," while Bruno Mars breathes down his neck, as his debut hit, "Just the Way You Are," moves 5-2.
The Scissor Sisters took the title of their hit track "Skin Tight" seriously. It and Daughtry's "One Last Chance" have been adjacent for 17 of their 19 weeks on the survey. This week, the two songs slide to positions 33 and 34, respectively.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Week of November 14
The action on this week's survey is pretty much limited to the Top 15 and the bottom two, as most songs between positions 16 and 38 move no more than two places from last week.
Of the week's two debuts, "A Warning for the Heart" at No. 40 is the fifth Top 40 hit for Sunshine Anderson. The R&B singer's debut hit in 2001, "Heard It All Before," is still her biggest, having hit No. 1.
Keith Urban's latest, "Without You," is the week's other debut at No. 39. It's the fourth different Top 40 song to share that title since 1980, with Tina Turner and Mariah Carey (covering the classic Nilsson hit) sharing the distinction. The last was the No. 1 Franke and the Knockouts hit from 1982, which was subtitled "(Not Another Lonely Night)." In addition, Billy Ocean spent one week chartbound in 1986 with his own "Without You," a track from the album "Love Zone." (Ocean was the king of songs with those two words, having originally hit in the United States with "Love Really Hurts Without You" and having finished his hit streak on my charts in 1993 with "Everything's So Different Without You.")
At the top of the charts this week, Cee-Lo Green has a strong week with his solo hit, "Forget You," moving 4-1, and his duet with Fantasia, "The Thrill Is Gone," moving 13-8. Songwriters Brendan James and Bruno Mars are vying for a future No. 1 spot, as their respective hits, "The Lucky Ones" and "Just the Way You Are," move 10-4 and 13-5. And the Scissor Sisters plummet 2-14 with "Skin Tight," a bigger drop from the top five than the two leading candidates from earlier this year, Barenaked Ladies' "Summertime" (which fell 1-11) and Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull's "I Like It" (which fell 3-13).
Of the week's two debuts, "A Warning for the Heart" at No. 40 is the fifth Top 40 hit for Sunshine Anderson. The R&B singer's debut hit in 2001, "Heard It All Before," is still her biggest, having hit No. 1.
Keith Urban's latest, "Without You," is the week's other debut at No. 39. It's the fourth different Top 40 song to share that title since 1980, with Tina Turner and Mariah Carey (covering the classic Nilsson hit) sharing the distinction. The last was the No. 1 Franke and the Knockouts hit from 1982, which was subtitled "(Not Another Lonely Night)." In addition, Billy Ocean spent one week chartbound in 1986 with his own "Without You," a track from the album "Love Zone." (Ocean was the king of songs with those two words, having originally hit in the United States with "Love Really Hurts Without You" and having finished his hit streak on my charts in 1993 with "Everything's So Different Without You.")
At the top of the charts this week, Cee-Lo Green has a strong week with his solo hit, "Forget You," moving 4-1, and his duet with Fantasia, "The Thrill Is Gone," moving 13-8. Songwriters Brendan James and Bruno Mars are vying for a future No. 1 spot, as their respective hits, "The Lucky Ones" and "Just the Way You Are," move 10-4 and 13-5. And the Scissor Sisters plummet 2-14 with "Skin Tight," a bigger drop from the top five than the two leading candidates from earlier this year, Barenaked Ladies' "Summertime" (which fell 1-11) and Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull's "I Like It" (which fell 3-13).
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Week of November 7
After last week's debut-light survey, this week makes up for lost time, with seven new songs between positions 40 and 34. A couple of names long away from the Top 40 return this week. Ricky Martin, last seen in 1999 with the No. 11 "She's All I Ever Had," enters at No. 39 with "The Best Thing About Me Is You," a duet with Joss Stone. And one position below Ricky and Joss are Huey Lewis and the News. The veteran pop/rockers debut at No. 40 with "Just the One (I've Been Looking For)," a track from their new release "Soulsville." "Soulsville" is a collection of bluesy covers of Memphis-spawned hits; "Just the One (I've Been Looking For)" was originally recorded by Johnnie Taylor for the Stax label. Huey and the boys were last in the survey in 1991 with "Hit Me Like a Hammer." That was the last of their string of 13 Top 10 hits, which began in 1982 with "Do You Believe in Love?"
Two other debut songs are records that have earned considerable airplay on adult Top 40 and adult alternative radio this year. "Animal" is the very 1980s-sounding hit by Neon Trees, a group out of Utah. It debuts at No. 35. One notch below it is "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" by the Script, the Irish trio of Danny O'Donoghue, Mark Sheehan and Glen Power; this single sounds like the best late '80s and early '90s singles from Sting.
At No. 34, this week's highest debut is Tim McGraw's latest, "Felt Good on My Lips." This is definitely the poppiest song he's charted with, but it's part of a strong chart week for country songs and artists crossing over to the Top 40. Elsewhere, there are hits from Darius Rucker, Danny Gokey and three hits in the Top 10 including the new No. 1, Lady Antebellum's "Our Kind of Love."
Two other debut songs are records that have earned considerable airplay on adult Top 40 and adult alternative radio this year. "Animal" is the very 1980s-sounding hit by Neon Trees, a group out of Utah. It debuts at No. 35. One notch below it is "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" by the Script, the Irish trio of Danny O'Donoghue, Mark Sheehan and Glen Power; this single sounds like the best late '80s and early '90s singles from Sting.
At No. 34, this week's highest debut is Tim McGraw's latest, "Felt Good on My Lips." This is definitely the poppiest song he's charted with, but it's part of a strong chart week for country songs and artists crossing over to the Top 40. Elsewhere, there are hits from Darius Rucker, Danny Gokey and three hits in the Top 10 including the new No. 1, Lady Antebellum's "Our Kind of Love."
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