After a few weeks of hot chart action, this week's chart cools down a bit, with only one debut, giving a chance to take a look at some potentially overlooked stories on the chart.
Slow climber: The only new song in the Top 10 this week is Sunshine Anderson's "A Warning for the Heart," moving 11-10 in its 16th week on the survey. That's the slowest climb into the Top 10 since the weekly charts resumed in 2006. Tim McGraw's "Southern Voice" and Moby's "Disco Lies" each hit the Top 10 in 14 weeks. Anderson earns her third Top 10 hit with this song; her debut hit, "Heard It All Before," went to No. 1 in 2001, and later that year, she followed up with a guest appearance on Macy Gray's "Don't Come Around" (No. 5, two weeks).
Biggest "Fool": Cee-Lo Green has his biggest chart hit yet with "Fool for You," which hangs in at the top for a fourth straight week. His previous best came in 2000, when his collaboration with Lauryn Hill and Santana, "Do You Like the Way?" went to No. 1 for three weeks. Here's a look at the 10 biggest "Fools" in this chart's history:
1) "Fool for You," Cee-Lo Green (No. 1, four weeks to date, 2011).
2) "Fool If You Think It's Over," Chris Rea (No. 1, three weeks, 1978).
3) "Maybe I'm a Fool," Eddie Money (No. 1, one week, 1979).
4) "Who'll Be the Fool Tonight?" Larsen-Feiten Band (No. 2, 1980).
5) "What a Fool Believes," Doobie Brothers (No. 3, 1979).
6) "Everybody Plays the Fool," Aaron Neville (No. 5, three weeks, 1991).
7) "Only the Fools Survive," Donna Summer/Mickey Thomas (No. 5, one week, 1988).
8) "What Kind of Fool?" Barbra Streisand/Barry Gibb (No. 8, three weeks, 1981).
9) "What Kind of Fool Am I?" Rick Springfield (No. 10, two weeks, 1982).
10) "Fool for You Anyway," Foreigner (No. 11, two weeks, 2010).
Quite a collaborative week: Superstar collaborations make up more than a quarter of this week's Top 40, from Dave Koz and Herb Alpert at No. 3 to Elton John and Leon Russell at No. 40. Particularly adept are Ricky Martin and the late Michael Jackson. Each has two collaborations in the survey -- Martin teams with Wisín & Yandel for "Frio" (No. 36) and Joss Stone on "The Best Thing About Me Is You" (No. 37), while Jackson partners with Akon on "Hold My Hand" (No. 34) and Lenny Kravitz on "(I Can't Make It) Another Day" (No. 14).
Caliente, in any language: With separate Spanish-language and English-language hits on the chart, Ricky Martin becomes the first artist to have concurrent Top 40 hits in different languages. The last artist to earn a Top 40 hit in Spanish was Nelly Furtado; she went to No. 11 in 2009 with "Más." Though she had an English hit earlier in the year with James Morrison on "Broken Strings," and later in the year with Timbaland and SoShy on "Morning After Dark," neither of those songs crossed over the chart run of "Más."
Perry's streak: This week, Katy Perry tops her previous best of consecutive Top 20 hits. In 2008-09, she scored three Top 20 songs from "One of the Boys." This week, "Teenage Dream" spins off its fourth consecutive Top 20 hit as "Not Like the Movies" moves 30-18. That joins "California Gurls," "Teenage Dream" and "Firework" as Top 20 hits for Perry.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
Week of February 20
Lots of dramatic action this week, with three songs falling out of the Top 10 and plunging 20 positions or more, and two of their successors leaping from outside the Top 20. Meanwhile, Ricky Martin and Tim McGraw double up on this week's chart with debut follow-ups to recent smashes.
Martin's first all-Spanish hit to chart, the radio remix of "Frio" featuring Wisin & Yandel, enters at No. 39. Checking in a couple of notches higher is his recent No. 1 duet with Joss Stone, "The Best Thing About Me Is You."
McGraw also has a hit duet, as his soundtrack contribution to the movie "Country Strong," "Me and Tennessee," enters at No. 40. McGraw's co-star, Gwyneth Paltrow, is his duet partner. His former No. 2 hit, "Felt Good on My Lips," drops 11-29 in its 16th chart week.
Though the top three songs hold this week (and Cee-Lo Green's "Fool for You" earns its third week at No. 1), look for a big chart fight in the weeks to come, as five songs in this week's Top 10 move at least five positions up the survey: Melanie Fiona's "Gone and Never Coming Back" (9-4), James Blunt's "There She Goes Again" (10-5), Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" (15-7), Darius Rucker's "Southern State of Mind" (24-8) and Nikki Yanofsky's live version of "Never Make It on Time" (23-9). Not far from the Top 10 is another big mover, Michael Jackson and Lenny Kravitz's "(I Can't Make It) Another Day," up 30-15.
Martin's first all-Spanish hit to chart, the radio remix of "Frio" featuring Wisin & Yandel, enters at No. 39. Checking in a couple of notches higher is his recent No. 1 duet with Joss Stone, "The Best Thing About Me Is You."
McGraw also has a hit duet, as his soundtrack contribution to the movie "Country Strong," "Me and Tennessee," enters at No. 40. McGraw's co-star, Gwyneth Paltrow, is his duet partner. His former No. 2 hit, "Felt Good on My Lips," drops 11-29 in its 16th chart week.
Though the top three songs hold this week (and Cee-Lo Green's "Fool for You" earns its third week at No. 1), look for a big chart fight in the weeks to come, as five songs in this week's Top 10 move at least five positions up the survey: Melanie Fiona's "Gone and Never Coming Back" (9-4), James Blunt's "There She Goes Again" (10-5), Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" (15-7), Darius Rucker's "Southern State of Mind" (24-8) and Nikki Yanofsky's live version of "Never Make It on Time" (23-9). Not far from the Top 10 is another big mover, Michael Jackson and Lenny Kravitz's "(I Can't Make It) Another Day," up 30-15.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Week of February 13
Although the No. 1 song stays the same this week, lots of chart action in lower positions suggests a strong battle for the top in the near future. Moving more than five positions up this week's chart are the Zac Brown Band's "Colder Weather" (8-2), Melanie Fiona's "Gone and Never Coming Back" (21-9), James Blunt's "There She Goes Again" (26-10), Darius Rucker's "Southern State of Mind" (35-24) and Michael Jackson/Lenny Kravitz's "(I Can't Make It) Another Day" (36-30).
Among the debuts this week is "When You're Young," the first Top 40 hit for 3 Doors Down since "It's Not My Time" went to No. 23 in 2008. The group, originally from Mississippi, bubbled under with "Kryptonite" in 2000 but broke through the next year with "Be Like That" (No. 13 for three weeks in 2001).
Colbie Caillat enters one notch above 3 Doors Down, with "I Do" at No. 39. It's the first single from her third album; we'll see whether it follows the No. 1 trails of "Bubbly" and "Fallin' for You," the debut singles from Caillat's first two albums.
And Katy Perry has the final of this week's new entries. "Not Like the Movies" at No. 38 marks her first ballad hit after a string of midtempo and uptempo hits.
Among the debuts this week is "When You're Young," the first Top 40 hit for 3 Doors Down since "It's Not My Time" went to No. 23 in 2008. The group, originally from Mississippi, bubbled under with "Kryptonite" in 2000 but broke through the next year with "Be Like That" (No. 13 for three weeks in 2001).
Colbie Caillat enters one notch above 3 Doors Down, with "I Do" at No. 39. It's the first single from her third album; we'll see whether it follows the No. 1 trails of "Bubbly" and "Fallin' for You," the debut singles from Caillat's first two albums.
And Katy Perry has the final of this week's new entries. "Not Like the Movies" at No. 38 marks her first ballad hit after a string of midtempo and uptempo hits.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Week of February 6
Songs make their way up the chart in a variety of ways. Take the two songs entering this week's Top 10. Jazmine Sullivan's "10 Seconds" has been a chart "sleeper," taking 10 weeks of mostly one- or two-notch moves before breaking through this week and sprinting 16-9. That becomes her first Top 10 since her No. 1 debut hit, "Bust Your Windows." Meanwhile, the Zac Brown Band's "Colder Weather" leaps 27-8 in its third chart week, making it all the likelier to become the group's third consecutive No. 1 hit. "Free" and "As She's Walking Away" (the latter with Alan Jackson) topped the chart last year.
Another of the big chart movers this week is the new No. 1 song. Cee-Lo Green's "Fool for You" jumps 7-1, the biggest leap to the top since Rie Sinclair and Friends' "My Confession" moved 9-1 a little more than a year ago. This makes Green's third consecutive chart-topper, following "Forget You" and "The Thrill Is Gone," his guest spot with Fantasia.
Sullivan and Green are part of a wave of adult R&B songs storming the chart. Joining that wave is Melanie Fiona's "Gone and Never Coming Back," moving 26-21. Fiona's former collaborators on last year's remake of "Wake Up Everybody," John Legend and the Roots, enter at No. 39 with "Our Generation (The Hope of the World)" from their iTunes Live release.
Also debuting are Darius Rucker's "Southern State of Mind" at No. 35, the third hit from his "Charleston SC 1966" album, and Michael Jackson with his second consecutive duet hit. "(I Can't Make It) Another Day," featuring Lenny Kravitz, is from "Michael," the same album that yielded his recent No. 1 duet with Akon, "Hold My Hand." This marks the first chart appearance for Kravitz since "I'll Be Waiting" went to No. 2 in 2007.
Another of the big chart movers this week is the new No. 1 song. Cee-Lo Green's "Fool for You" jumps 7-1, the biggest leap to the top since Rie Sinclair and Friends' "My Confession" moved 9-1 a little more than a year ago. This makes Green's third consecutive chart-topper, following "Forget You" and "The Thrill Is Gone," his guest spot with Fantasia.
Sullivan and Green are part of a wave of adult R&B songs storming the chart. Joining that wave is Melanie Fiona's "Gone and Never Coming Back," moving 26-21. Fiona's former collaborators on last year's remake of "Wake Up Everybody," John Legend and the Roots, enter at No. 39 with "Our Generation (The Hope of the World)" from their iTunes Live release.
Also debuting are Darius Rucker's "Southern State of Mind" at No. 35, the third hit from his "Charleston SC 1966" album, and Michael Jackson with his second consecutive duet hit. "(I Can't Make It) Another Day," featuring Lenny Kravitz, is from "Michael," the same album that yielded his recent No. 1 duet with Akon, "Hold My Hand." This marks the first chart appearance for Kravitz since "I'll Be Waiting" went to No. 2 in 2007.
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