Billboard AC Chart: February 11, 2012

[johnm1120]

TW LW WC Artist - Title (Peak)

01 02 24 Lady Antebellum - Just A Kiss (1st week at #1)
02 01 23 Adele - Someone Like You (5 weeks at #1)*
03 03 31 OneRepublic - Good Life (3)
04 06 19 Colbie Caillat - Brighter Than The Sun (4)
05 05 22 Kelly Clarkson - Mr. Know It All (5)
06 04 33 The Band Perry - If I Die Young (3 weeks at #1)
07 08 49 Pink - Perfect (2)
08 09 31 Lady Gaga - The Edge of Glory (7)
09 07 45 Adele - Rolling in the Deep (19 weeks at #1)
10 10 25 Maroon 5 f/Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger (10)

11 12 05 Adele - Set Fire to the Rain (11)
12 11 08 Gavin DeGraw - Not Over You (11)
13 13 05 Katy Perry - The One That Got Away (13)
14 15 05 Bruno Mars - It Will Rain (14)
15 14 17 The Script - Nothing (13)
16 18 14 Seal - Let's Stay Together (16)
17 16 13 Lady Gaga - You And I (15)
18 17 05 Daughtry - Crawling Back to You (17)
19 20 05 David Guetta f/Usher - Without You (19)
20 21 16 The Doobie Brothers - A Brighter Day (18)

21 23 18 Margo Rey - Let the Rain (17)
22 24 04 The Fray - Heartbeat (22)
23 22 19 Daryl Hall - Talking To You (Is Like Talking To Myself) (16)
24 27 04 Christina Perri - A Thousand Years (24)
25 25 16 Matt Nathanson - Faster (20)
26 26 06 Gloria Estefan - Right Away (26)
27 29 02 Rascal Flatts f/Natasha Bedingfield - Easy (27)
28 DEBUT Paul McCartney - My Valentine (28)
29 DEBUT Rihanna f/Calvin Harris - We Found Love (29)
30 28 04 Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks (28)


Falling off:

-- 19 20 Hot Chelle Rae - Tonight Tonight (19)
-- 30 01 Allison Park - Holding Me (30)


Maybe 3's a Crowd on the chart for Adele as "Just A Kiss" takes over the top spot this week giving Lady Antebellum their 2nd #1 hit. Of course their breakthrough smash "Need You Now" topped the chart back in 2010. Adele still has 3 songs on the chart, so I don't think she's sweating the guard change.

Other than a few flips, really not much else to report on the top half this week. The Doobie Brothers return to the top 20 with "A Brighter Day" at #20.

On the debut circuit it's the return of the legendary Paul McCartney. While The Beatles were never AC staples, Paul sure has made his mark on the chart with Wings (not the one with Crystal Bernard) and as a solo artist. While the Beatles themselves only managed 7 AC hit, this is Paul McCartney's 36th credited AC hit. Paul's solo career now spans 5 decades on AC, his first charting hit being "Another Day" which peaked at #4 in May 1971. His most recent AC hit was "Ever Present Past" which peaked at #16 in September 2007. Paul's new single"Valentine's day" debuts at #28 this week.

The other debut is from Rihanna, the act that most AC stations aren't ready to fully commit to. "W Found Love" debuts at #29 this week. This is Rihanna's 4th AC hit. Her last hit was "Only Girl In the World" which peaked at #17 last May.

Hot Chelle Rae goes recurrent this week. The only song to benefit a new peak position this week as a result is "Without You." Meanwhile AC favorite Gloria Estefan is stuck at #26 for the 3rd week in a row.

[kingofpain]

If Adele has three singles in the top 10, who was the last to achieve that outside of the holiday period when Michael Buble scored with all those Christmas songs?

[HolidayGuy]

Thanks for the chart and writeup, johnm. :)

Hopefully RITD holds in the top 10 as SFTTR gets there.

[esoteric76]

Feb 3, 2012 14:47:29 GMT -5 johnm1120 said:

The other debut is from Rihanna, the act that most AC stations aren't ready to fully commit to. "W Found Love" debuts at #29 this week. This is Rihanna's 4th AC hit. Her last hit was "Only Girl In the World" which peaked at #17 last May.

Hot Chelle Rae goes recurrent this week. The only song to benefit a new peak position this week as a result is "Without You." Meanwhile AC favorite Gloria Estefan is stuck at #26 for the 3rd week in a row.

I was surprised that Rihanna's label didn't push California King Bed to AC during that era. I always assumed it was because they weren't interested in courting that audience for her, but it seemed like such a no brainer at the time.

Hot Chelle Rae have a few songs on their album that would be nice AC hits assuming that the label passes on sending I Like it Like That to AC. I would love to see the AC get a chance to work a different song.

I've said it before but Gloria's stagnancy with this track is proof enough that AC is not feeling her new material. I think they're playing it out of loyalty because of her phenomenal back-catalog, but she's capable of SO much better.