Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Chart Highlights: Avril Lavigne, Rihanna Lady Gaga Tie Records


After another intense week, "The Monster (feat. Rihanna)" holds at #1 on the tally. With this frame, Rihanna ties Lady Gaga for "Most Weeks At #1 For an Artist (Cumulative)" as each singer has claimed 18 weeks at #1 (Rihanna's reign is spread over 5 songs while Gaga's reign spreads over 3). This single just won the "Best Collaboration" award at the CDS Music Chart Awards, while "Berzerk" scooped "Best Rap Recording".

Lady Gaga holds onto #2 with "Applause". To date the song has spent 20 weeks in the top 5. With this frame, Lady Gaga ties Rihanna for "Most Weeks In the Top 5" (both "Diamonds" and "Where Have You Been"). It is likely that Rihanna will lose the record next week as it is highly unlikely that "Applause" dips more than 3 positions.

OneRepublic bounds 5-3 with "Counting Stars" this week. It benefitted highly from a monstrous amount of plays it received on US radio (which is factored into my chart if I listen to more than half of the song when it is played on a station). I didn't ever skip the song on radio but listened to it less from my playlist which is why it doesn't rank #1. Prior to this jump, the song ranked #5 for 3 straight weeks.

Lady Gaga slides 3-4 "Do What U Want (feat. R. Kelly)". The song (which hit #1 for 6 weeks) is starting to suffer from not having an official video and is dropping faster than "Applause". To date it has spent 10 weeks in the top 5 and records its lowest point scoring week in history. Hopefully an upcoming remix with Christina Aguilera can help the song parallel the success of its predecessor.

Pitbull slides 4-5 with "Timber (feat. Ke$ha)" this week. It remains pretty much even in overall chart points compared to last week, but was pushed down by OneRepublic this week. It has a chance at rebounding if the song continues to rise in overall plays on radio.

Rihanna holds at #6 with her 11th top 10 hit "What Now". It helped Rihanna set the record for "Most Top 10s (Non-Consecutive)" since the chart's 2012 launch. She previously tied Nicki Minaj's 10 top 10 singles when "The Monster" opened in the top 10. Nicki Minaj held the record for 18 months before returning the honor to Rihanna (Rihanna had 4 top 10s within the first month of the chart's inception). Despite this, it is Rihanna's lowest peaking top 10 hit so far.

Avril Lavigne bounds 8-7 with five time runner up song "Rock N Roll". It manages to score 80 spins (+5). The song's overall outcome is looking amazing. To date it has banked over 1000 points and has held very well. It will likely reach 2x platinum (1250+) by the end of its run. To date it has spent 22 straight weeks in the top 10 after a #13 opening, Avril Lavigne ties Rihanna for "Most Weeks in The Top 10". The record is held by "Rock N Roll", "Where Have You Been" and "Diamonds.

Avicii slides 7-8 with "Wake Me Up (feat. Aloe Blacc)". It reached the top 10 in a very long 15 week span. Its most recent position pattern was 13-12-11-10-8-7-6-7. The song (which started off poorly) has built incredibly and moved up over 30 positions since debuting 19 weeks ago.

Katy Perry's "Unconditionally" moves 10-9. It is her 2nd lowest peaking top 10 single so far but could tie or better the rank of "Part of Me" next week (#8).

To round out this week's top 10, Katy Perry scores her 7th consecutive top 10 hit with "Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J)". The song blasts 50-10, the 2nd biggest jump in history. It follows "The One That Got Away" and "Walking On Air" which peaked at #2, "Roar" which peaked at #3, "Wide Awake" which peaked at #5, "Part of Me" which peaked at #8 and most recently "Unconditionally" which has peaked at #9 thus far.

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