Week of March 27

Six debuts this week, with a mix of relative newcomers, popular artists of the past decade and one of the classic pop/rock groups of the 1970s and '80s.

Bruno Mars follows "Grenade" and his No. 1 "Just the Way You Are" with "Talking to the Moon," the week's highest debut at No. 35. All three songs are from his debut CD, "Doo-Wops and Hooligans." Meanwhile, Owl City (a k a Adam Young) earns his fourth Top 40 hit (and third in the past six months) with "Alligator Sky" at No. 39. This single is a bit of a departure for Owl City -- more rhythmic, with a guest rap from Shawn Chrystopher.

Panic at the Disco scores its second chart hit (after 2008's "Nine in the Afternoon") with No. 40, "Ready to Go (Get Me Out of My Mind)." That's from the group's new set, "Vices and Virtues." And Jennifer Hudson enters at No. 38 with "Why Is It So Hard?" It's her sixth chart hit overall, her third post-"Dreamgirls." Last time out, in 2009, she went to No. 1 with "We Gon' Fight."

That leaves the two debut songs with the most veteran performers. "Feel Good" at No. 37 reteams Eric Benet and Faith Evans. This new song, with a background that will remind older listeners of Cheryl Lynn's "Got to Be Real" or the Emotions' "Best of My Love," is the second hit from Benet's "Love and Life" CD; he went to No. 10 a couple of months back with "Never Want to Life Without You." Benet and Evans hit No. 22 in 1999 with a remake of Toto's "Georgy Porgy."

Benet and Evans started their chart runs in the 1990s. The artist at No. 36 goes back two decades before them. The Cars -- Ric Ocasek, Benjamin Orr, Elliot Easton, Greg Hawkes and David Robinson -- splashed onto the national charts in 1978 with the singles "Just What I Needed" and "My Best Friend's Girl" from their debut album. The group scored nationally and on my charts throughout the late '70s and 1980s with songs such as "Let's Go!" "You Might Think," "Magic" and "Drive." Their last appearance on my surveys came in 1986 when "I'm Not the One" hit No. 24. Ocasek and Orr spun off solo careers, and Orr passed away in 2000. The remaining four members reunited this year for a new project, and the first single from it is "Sad Song" at No. 36.

From this week's Top 10, the week's biggest mover shows the power of a good edit. I did not care for Pink's latest single in its original album version. I think the use of the explicit adjective that she has in the song's title is juvenile and undercuts the message of a powerful song. The radio version completely strips that word and makes all the difference. The single edit, simply called "Perfect," leaps 18-8 and is a solid contender for No. 1. If it does go to the top, it will be the sixth for Pink; her other five are "Get the Party Started," "Don't Let Me Get Me," "Who Knew?" "Dear Mr. President" (featuring the Indigo Girls) and "Sober."