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| Clean Bandit enters the top 10 with "Rather Be"! |
Last week's leader, OneRepublic's "Counting Stars", slides 1-2 after notching a 2nd frame atop the tally. This week is collects an 11th week at #2, a record extending achievement that has helped propel the song into the top 20 all time performers list. It tallies a 19th week within the top 10 and a 17th consecutive week lodged in the top 5. It drops 1-2 on Radio Songs and 2-3 on Pop Songs, while sliding 2-4 on Rock Songs. It led Radio songs for 5 consecutive weeks while it led Pop songs for 5 non-consecutive weeks. Prior to the #1 debut of "Empire", it logged 12 weeks atop Rock Songs.
Lorde's "Team" bounds 4-3 on the chart. It severely out peaks Lorde's prior chart entry, "Royals", which quickly collapsed from its #8 peak position back in 2013. What's so different? "Royals" was being promoted to death on radio stations around America, while "Team" is easing up the chart at a normal pace. Since I track which songs I listen to on actual radio stations, hearing "Royals" everywhere I went prompted me to stop spinning it in my iTunes library. Lower in the top 10, "Happy" is starting to go through the same process that "Royals" did. Coincidentally, "Happy" rises 9-8 this week EXACTLY like "Royals" did before it tumbled to #16 the next week.
Beyoncé "Drunk In Love (feat. Jay Z)" slides 2-4 on the chart after logging a single week in the runner-up position. Despite its drop, the track leads R&B Songs for a 7th consecutive week. It was both Beyoncé's and Jay Z's highest peaking single of all time as well as their only top 10 visits to date (since 2011).
Katy Pery's "Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J)" retains its #5 position for a second week (3rd overall week at #5). The track previously peaked at #4 on the Top 50. Spending a 14th week in the top 5 (out of a 28 week run), "Horse" has had one of the strangest chart patterns I've seen. It opened moderately high (#19) after being released as a digital single from the album in September. It climbed a single rung for the next two weeks (18, 17) before falling down the list for the next 11 weeks. In week #11 it had a small 1 position increase (46-45) but then fell 48-49-50 (the lowest positions on the chart). Amazingly, the song was released as a single right after it fell to the lowest position. In week 15 the track blasted 50-10, the second largest week to week increase in history. It then moved to #8 and peaked their for 2 weeks. In week #18, the track slid back to the #10 position which it held for 5 straight frames (and 6 overall; a record). After the release of the music video in February, the track lifted to #6 (a new peak), then to 5 and then 4. It spent a second week at #4 before sliding to #5. This week it holds again at #5 as previously mentioned.
John Newman's "Love Me Again" bounces 8-6, a new peak for the months old track. Initially, the track exploded in Newman's native UK and successfully peaked at #1 there. It entered the CDS Music Chart Top 50 right after his debut album, Tribute, saw a release here in the United States.
Shakira's "Can't Remember To Forget You (feat. Rihanna)" adjusts down 6-7 on this week's tally. The track previously peaked in the #3 position for 3 weeks, the most in history. As I previously noted in my album review for Shakira's new disc, this track is actually one of her most underwhelming new tracks. Given that, it is likely to close below 750 at this point. So far, it has banked a decent 505 points. I know I keep changing my prediction every week, but as a track gets closer to exiting the top 10 it gets closer to what I call the "teen vortex". If you are a new reader and don't know what I'm referring to: the "teen vortex" is an area on the chart where slow rising songs often peak and where dropping songs can quickly tumble. As an example, "Applause" peaked at #1 for a record smashing 11 weeks but quickly fell 9-14-20 and now ranks below the top 30 as a result.
Pharrell inches 9-8 with Despicable Me 2 track "Happy". Fueled by monstrous track sales, enormous airplay gains and all around exposure, the track continues to inch toward the top 5. While it's moving over 1/4 million copies per week, the track is becoming over saturated. Unfortunately for Pharrell, I tend to stop listening to songs that get over played. It's highly likely that this song peaks fairly soon.
NOTE: "Royals" peaked at #8 (by moving 9-8) while in a similar situation at radio stations. It would be a funny coincidence if this track slides next week.
Ayah Marar slides 7-9 with "Mind Controller". It previously held the #1 spot for 3 straight weeks earlier this year. The song was Ayah's 2nd overall #1 single as her guest spot on Calvin Harris' "Thinking About You" propelled her to #1 back in August 2013.
Clean Bandit's worldwide dance anthem "Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne)" hikes 12-10 this week due to a rapidly growing airplay presence on several US radio stations across the country. Expect this track to keep growing strong! If you haven't heard it (US listeners/readers might not have), this worldwide sensation is bringing people back to the dance floor.
Right below the top 10, Lady Gaga's "G.U.Y." shoots 24-12, reaching a new peak in week #11. This week, video points (5 automatic) were added to the song's sum as well as votes cast by voters on Twitter naming the track "Song of the Week". Buzz surrounding the video has yet to calm, and with the performances at Roseland Ballroom and the performance on The Late Show with David Letterman, "G.U.Y" could reach the top 10 as early as next week.
The most unfortunate move of the week was the HUGE crash of last week's Hot Shot Debut. After arriving in the #11 slot, Sia's "Chandelier" slid 31 positions this week to #42, the largest fall for any song in history. The crash comes due to the fact that US radio has failed to embrace the track thus far and the fact that all the buzz and hype that surrounded the track came and went within the span of a single weekend. More information and what this means for Sia will be coming soon.
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