Before we jump into the Kylie Minogue situation, I'd like to go through the top 10 as normally scheduled.
Katy Perry's "Unconditionally" holds tight at #1. The song outperformed her recent singles "Walking On Air" (#2), "Roar" (#3) and "Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J)" (#8 so far) which led off her third studio album PRISM. Her singles "Hot N Cold", "California Gurls" and "Firework" would have all reached the top spot, but they were released before the chart's inception. Thus, "Unconditionally" became the seasoned performer's first ever #1 single.
OneRepublic holds at #2 with "Counting Stars" this week. As it jumps to 95 overall spins this week (+5), "Stars" tallies a 4th straight frame at #2. Among non #1 peaking songs, it ranks 2nd for the most weeks at #2, behind Avril Lavigne's 5 week runner-up "Rock N Roll", but above Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' 3 week #2 "Same Love (feat. Mary Lambert)". Among overall #2 visits (including #1 peaking singles), it ranks 4th behind Avril Lavigne (3rd), Calvin Harris & Florence Welch's "Sweet Nothing" (2nd; 8 weeks) and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "Can't Hold Us (feat. Ray Dalton)" (1st; 9 weeks).
Ayah Marar bounds 6-3 with "Mind Controller". After returning as the highest re-entry in chart history last week, the song bounds into the top 5, becoming Ayah's 2nd single to do so. It jumps a huge 14 plays for a total of 94 overall spins this week. It owes some of its good fortunes to a Twitter frenzy that erupted during the first two days of this week's tracking period. It received a haul of 18 overall chart votes from Twitter users through my page (just 3 from a new record), which helped contribute to this large leap this week. Without the extra votes, the song would have remained almost even with last week's position (#6).
"The Monster (feat. Rihanna)" slides 3-4 this week with a small drop to 85 votes (-2). Before dropping off the top slot, Rihanna scored her 20th cumulative week at #1 while Eminem racked up his 4th.
Lady Gaga dips 4-5 with "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 14 weeks in the top 5 and and records its lowest point scoring week in history (it started with over 200 points in October; a record). The official remix with Christina Aguilera could end up helping the song parallel the success of its predecessor.
Lady Gaga's diamond in the rough "Applause" also records its lowest week in terms of votes and position, and spends it's first week outside of the top 5 with 5-6 drop. It spent a record 23 weeks in the top 5 (almost 5 weeks at every position) and tallies an 24th week in the top 10 which ties the record just recently set by Avril Lavigne's "Rock N Roll" (which slides 13-14 this week).
Mia Martina and Dev's "Danse" is stationary at #7 this week. It slides to 79 spins, down just 1 from last week. If it reaches the top 5, Mia Martina will land her 2nd consecutive top 5 single and Dev will get her 1st top 5 single.
Shakira's "Can't Remember to Forget You (feat. Rihanna)" bumps 9-8 on the survey with a weekly total of 78 (up 1 from last week).Unlike Shakira, Rihanna isn't new to the chart's upper crust and scores her 12th top 10 single in a short 2 year span.
Pitbull drops 8-9 with "Timber (feat. Ke$ha)" this week. After finishing in 6th place for the January wrap up, the song will vacate the top 10 (and possibly the top 20) by the time the February monthly wrap is published. The song previously peaked at #2.
To round out the chart's top 10, "Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J)" remains stationary at #10. The single 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 #1 for 2 weeks thus far.
In the lower region of the chart, Kylie Minogue lands her first top 50 hit with her latest single "Into the Blue". The song launches onto the survey at a very respectable #37 position. This is an amazing debut considering it was leaked in a "demo" form. Next week we should be able to see the full impact of the song (the official version premieres on Monday January 27th, 2014). It received critical acclaim from music critics, which is the reason it came under my radar.
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