Billboard Hot 100: 11/26/11

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Rih should take #1 in airplay in about a week I think, maybe less. She'll be #3 tomorrow though.

[Honeymoon]

Her third single is "Set Fire to the Rain", it goes for adds at pop radio on December 13th.

[areyoureadytojump]

When I said BTW is a classic, I meant it more as a classic GaGa song.

[wavey.]

Rihanna ** collects a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "We Found Love" (featuring Calvin Harris), while Taylor Swift ** bookends the top 10 with a record-extending debut.

"Found," the lead single from Rihanna's sixth studio album, "Talk That Talk," due Monday (Nov. 21), spends a third week at No. 1 on the Digital Songs chart with 227,000 downloads sold, down 4%, according to Nielsen SoundScan. On Radio Songs, the dance track lifts 4-3 with 115 million all-format audience impressions, up 12%, according to Nielsen BDS.

Further helping set up the album's launch, second single "You Da One" debuts on the Hot 100 at No. 73 and Radio Songs at No. 28 with 38 million in first-week audience after the song was serviced to radio Friday (11). The bow on the latter list is the highest since Lady Gaga **'s "Born This Way" roared in at No. 6 the week of Feb. 26, 2011.

At the opposite end of the Hot 100's top tier, Taylor Swift debuts with "If This Was a Movie" (No. 10). On Digital Songs, the song starts at No. 3 with 162,000 downloads sold. Swift also arrives at Nos. 13 and 26 on the Hot 100 with "Ours" (148,000; her next country radio single) and "Superman" (91,000), respectively.


The tracks made their digital retail debuts Nov. 8, after previously being available only on the deluxe CD version of Swift's "Speak Now" album at Target stores. Six bonus "Speak" tracks made their arrivals digitally last week, with the Hot 100-debuting trio of tracks joined by alternate versions of "Speak" songs "Mine," "Back to December" and "Haunted," the latter of which re-enters the Hot 100 at No. 98 (24,000).

"Movie" marks Swift's Hot 100-record-extending eighth title to debut in the top 10. Lil Wayne ** ranks second with six top 10 launches. "Movie" is Swift's 10th top 10 overall and her first since "December" (No. 6) last year.

With her Hot 100 entrances, Swift continues her run of accumulating accolades. Last Wednesday (9), she was named the CMA's Entertainer of the Year, while Monday (14), Billboard reported that "Speak" single "Sparks Fly" became her fifth No. 1 on the Country Songs chart. And, she's not done yet: the 21-year-old will receive Billboard's Woman of the Year award at the 2011 Billboard Women in Music event Dec. 2.

Below Rihanna's reigning Hot 100 leader, LMFAO **'s "Sexy and I Know It" logs a second week at No. 2. The cut remains at No. 2 on Digital Songs (195,000, down 4%), while slipping 5-6 on Radio Songs, although with a 6% audience gain to 98 million.

Adele **'s former five-week No. 1 "Someone Like You" slips 2-3 on the Hot 100. The song descends 1-2 on Radio Songs (128 million all-format audience impressions, down 11%) and 3-6 on Digital Songs (143,000, down 1%).

"Someone" has received two high-profile TV tributes since last week: NBC's "Saturday Night Live" good-naturedly ribbed the song's dramatic lyrics (with even Coldplay ** unable to hold back the tears upon hearing it), while Fox's "Glee" last night blended the ballad with fellow Adele song "Rumour Has It"; the mash-up is currently the top-selling title in the iTunes Store, likely setting up the "Glee" cast's best debut and rank for any of its releases this season on next week's Hot 100.

David Guetta **'s "Without You," featuring Usher **, climbs 6-4 with the Hot 100's Digital Gainer tag (162,000, up 32%). With the boost, Guetta achieves his highest career Hot 100 placement; he had previously risen as high as No. 5 with "Sexy Chick," featuring Akon **, last year.

Rounding out the Hot 100's top five, former four-week No. 1 "Moves Like Jagger" by Maroon 5 ** featuring Christina Aguilera ** drops 4-5. Gym Class Heroes **' "Stereo Hearts," featuring Maroon 5's Adam Levine, dips 5-6 on the Hot 100 and Foster the People **'s "Pumped Up Kicks" holds at No. 7.

Flo Rida **'s "Good Feeling" maintains its No. 8 Hot 100 ranking and Bruno Mars ** enters the top 10 with "It Will Rain" (12-9). The track from the "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" soundtrack climbs 10-8 on Digital Songs (130,000, up 34%) and 22-19 on Radio Songs (50 million, up 12%) to become Mars' eighth Hot 100 top 10 dating to his arrival less than two years ago as a guest on B.o.B's two-week No. 1 "Nothin' On You."

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Adele **'s former five-week No. 1 "Someone Like You" slips 2-3 on the Hot 100.

It was #3 last week...

[SPRΞΞ]

does this mean Moves Like Jagger is back at #1 on overall airplay?

[moore746]

My theory as to why Rihanna's team used payola with "You Da One": she is currently on tour overseas and only has ONE DAY in the states to promote the release of the album (her work ethic is absolutely crazy). In other words, Island Def Jam has to get creative.

[Mike]

Hot Digital Tracks
Week Ending November 13, 2011

Wks On 2Wks LW TW Artist Name Title TW % CHG LW Total
8 1 1 1 RIHANNA FEAT. CALVIN HARRIS WE FOUND LOVE 218869 -7 235157 1511072
12 2 2 2 LMFAO SEXY AND I KNOW IT 194094 -4 202923 1680261
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1 - - 5 SWIFT*TAYLOR OURS 148448 0 148448
38 3 3 6 ADELE SOMEONE LIKE YOU 143251 -1 144491 2825294
9 10 4 7 FLO RIDA GOOD FEELING 139179 5 132072 560585
7 16 10 8 MARS*BRUNO IT WILL RAIN 130286 34 97493 480067
21 5 7 9 MAROON 5 FEAT. CHRISTINA AGUIL MOVES LIKE JAGGER 117229 1 116574 3190435
37 4 5 10 FOSTER THE PEOPLE PUMPED UP KICKS 114448 -5 120445 3162454
22 7 8 11 GYM CLASS HEROES FEAT. ADAM LE STEREO HEARTS 92017 -14 107333 1997978
1 - - 12 SWIFT*TAYLOR SUPERMAN 90913 0 90913
7 14 9 13 T-PAIN FEAT. WIZ KHALIFA & LIL 5 O'CLOCK 87602 -13 100362 459528
4 35 17 14 PERRY*KATY THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY 80538 41 57041 258848
35 11 11 15 LMFAO PARTY ROCK ANTHEM 70971 -11 79595 4224119
19 12 13 16 COBRA STARSHIP FEAT. SABI YOU MAKE ME FEEL... 69885 -1 70757 1578259
14 15 14 17 DERULO*JASON IT GIRL 67331 0 67089 815704
4 61 27 18 PERRI*CHRISTINA A THOUSAND YEARS 60886 48 41112 159005
3 24 15 19 BIG SEAN DANCE (A$$) REMIX 59639 -4 62346 168850
73 48 50 20 BAND PERRY*THE IF I DIE YOUNG 59278 126 26282 3385870
14 22 16 21 JAY-Z & KANYE WEST NI**AS IN PARIS 59154 2 57723 497432
10 9 12 22 CLARKSON*KELLY MR. KNOW IT ALL 57121 -24 74999 628544
3 18 21 23 COLDPLAY PARADISE 55752 11 50275 163765
3 17 18 24 KEITH*TOBY RED SOLO CUP 54192 1 53578 169118
8 32 23 25 BRYAN*LUKE I DON'T WANT THIS NIGHT TO END 52465 11 47190 285693
14 26 22 26 DRAKE HEADLINES 52043 6 49283 785350
18 25 25 27 SHELTON*BLAKE GOD GAVE ME YOU 51910 15 45275 846857
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11 87 83 29 BAND PERRY*THE ALL YOUR LIFE 48812 172 17926 254287
16 19 19 30 LADY GAGA YOU AND I 47965 -8 52232 1407710
5 13 20 31 DRAKE FEAT. NICKI MINAJ MAKE ME PROUD 46604 -9 51384 350223
17 20 24 32 DEV IN THE DARK 45927 0 45992 776339
13 43 28 33 J. COLE WORK OUT 45595 11 40950 345956
9 71 73 34 LADY ANTEBELLUM WE OWNED THE NIGHT 43618 122 19669 222183
9 84 93 35 CHURCH*ERIC DRINK IN MY HAND 43593 170 16164 201892
9 42 39 36 LADY ANTEBELLUM JUST A KISS 43533 31 33292 352635
2 - 177 37 SHELTON*BLAKE FOOTLOOSE 43337 369 9247 52590
11 30 26 38 MINAJ*NICKI FLY 42458 -6 45131 561630
1 - - 39 GLEE UPTOWN GIRL 40335 0 40335
48 33 33 40 ADELE ROLLING IN THE DEEP 39896 11 35909 5476458
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15 40 31 42 DEGRAW*GAVIN NOT OVER YOU 39131 6 36921 450211
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23 75 82 44 PAISLEY*BRAD DUET WITH CARRIE REMIND ME 37478 105 18271 1164442
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22 38 35 46 GOMEZ*SELENA & THE SCENE LOVE YOU LIKE A LOVE SONG 35148 1 34920 958052
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36 39 34 49 ELI YOUNG BAND CRAZY GIRL 33647 -5 35483 1150467
19 34 40 50 STAN*ALEXANDRA MR. SAXOBEAT (RADIO EDIT) 33610 2 32857 658825
15 28 36 51 RIHANNA CHEERS (DRINK TO THAT) 31648 -6 33750 1268900
13 41 38 52 LIL WAYNE FEAT. DRAKE SHE WILL 31068 -8 33593 771830
25 139 159 53 CHESNEY*KENNY FEAT. GRACE POTT YOU AND TEQUILA 30978 210 9979 856519
8 56 63 54 ALDEAN*JASON TATTOOS ON THIS TOWN 30779 40 22058 237413
12 103 110 55 BRYAN*LUKE COUNTRY GIRL (SHAKE IT FOR ME) 30299 124 13538 218006
12 66 120 56 MCBRIDE*MARTINA I'M GONNA LOVE YOU THROUGH IT 29651 135 12624 197071
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3 180 32 60 MILLER*MAC PARTY ON FIFTH AVE. 27465 -25 36856 72562
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34 45 48 62 PITBULL FEAT. NE-YO, AFROJACK GIVE ME EVERYTHING 26804 -1 27002 3518894
25 37 41 63 LIL WAYNE HOW TO LOVE 26605 -14 30974 2261488
32 44 56 64 ONEREPUBLIC GOOD LIFE 26333 9 24221 2233242
1 - - 65 HILL*FAITH COME HOME 25627 0 25627
1 - - 66 BENTLEY*DIERKS HOME 25587 0 25587
14 47 45 67 SCRIPT*THE NOTHING 24737 -11 27798 473643
1 68 THOMPSON SQUARE ARE YOU GONNA KISS ME OR NOT 24633 251 7023 1520009
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33 67 76 70 ALDEAN*JASON DIRT ROAD ANTHEM 23969 22 19573 1933597
6 73 61 71 HOT CHELLE RAE FEAT. NEW BOYZ I LIKE IT LIKE THAT 23837 6 22482 154546
38 70 74 72 ADELE SET FIRE TO THE RAIN 22563 15 19652 705622
34 51 57 73 HOT CHELLE RAE TONIGHT TONIGHT 22172 -8 24097 2294219
5 63 54 74 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE SHAKE IT OUT 22152 -10 24615 108105
1 - - 75 SWIFT*TAYLOR HAUNTED 21350 0 21350
1 - - 76 GLEE AMERICA 21025 0 21025
6 76 68 77 YOUNG*CHRIS YOU 20985 3 20458 145873
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28 49 49 79 ATKINS*RODNEY TAKE A BACK ROAD 20692 -21 26298 859103
6 78 79 80 BEYONCE COUNTDOWN 20198 5 19163 166387
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1 - - 83 GLEE TONIGHT 19882 0 19882
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1 - - 93 EVANS*SARA LITTLE BIT STRONGER 17554 194 5965 1220518
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6 86 60 96 SKRILLEX FIRST OF THE YEAR (EQUINOX) 16893 -25 22562 152790
5 140 95 97 BREATHE CAROLINA BLACKOUT 16768 9 15438 138336
32 141 150 98 SHELTON*BLAKE HONEY BEE 16728 61 10419 1614276
16 165 158 99 NIEMANN*JERROD ONE MORE DRINKIN' SONG 16571 66 10003 210971
54 95 160 100 ALDEAN*JASON & KELLY CLARKSON DON'T YOU WANNA STAY 16372 65 9952 1776432
2 - 67 101 DEADMAU5 AURAL PSYNAPSE 16001 -22 20533 36534
10 79 101 102 BIG SEAN FEAT. NICKI MINAJ DANCE (A$$) 15891 8 14666 216440
1 - - 103 NATHANSON*MATT FEAT. JENNIFER RUN (FEAT. JENNIFER NETTLES & 15841 999 455 52283
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59 161 66 112 PERRI*CHRISTINA JAR OF HEARTS 14268 -31 20697 2523869
17 96 103 113 DRAKE MARVINS ROOM 14263 -2 14499 501694
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22 65 90 143 NEW BOYZ BETTER WITH THE LIGHTS OFF (FE 12247 -25 16372 531102
11 108 114 144 LIL WAYNE BLUNT BLOWIN 12199 -8 13216 268188
37 118 126 145 MARS*BRUNO THE LAZY SONG 12079 0 12084 2776653
69 136 140 146 MARS*BRUNO JUST THE WAY YOU ARE 12074 10 10996 4754227
70 173 115 147 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE DOG DAYS ARE OVER 11965 -9 13137 1874921
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6 110 161 149 COLDPLAY FIX YOU 11874 19 9941 1285312
1 - - 150 TRAPT HEADSTRONG 11803 333 2725 1204613
57 115 141 151 PERRY*KATY FIREWORK 11748 7 10974 4487501
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5 120 127 153 ROSS*RICK FEAT. NICKI MINAJ YOU THE BOSS 11480 -3 11826 75981
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1 - - 155 MILLER*MAC BLUE SLIDE PARK 11391 0 11391
23 111 132 156 KEITH*TOBY MADE IN AMERICA 11196 -1 11322 416226
2 - 91 157 OUTASIGHT TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT 11097 -32 16364 35534
26 92 112 158 DJ KHALED FEAT. DRAKE, RICK RO I'M ON ONE 10956 -18 13442 1295358
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19 117 146 164 LMFAO FEAT. LIL JON SHOTS 10507 -1 10635 1492018
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59 152 173 170 MARS*BRUNO GRENADE 10141 8 9400 4661731
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34 134 157 200 KHALIFA*WIZ NO SLEEP 8333 -17 10039 943854

[brucelover]

Nov 16, 2011 20:14:38 GMT -5 moore746 said:

My theory as to why Rihanna's team used payola with "You Da One": she is currently on tour overseas and only has ONE DAY in the states to promote the release of the album (her work ethic is absolutely crazy). In other words, Island Def Jam has to get creative.

That makes sense, they wanted her to have the maximum amount of A.I. from multiple songs to maximize album sales.

On a different note, I've always wanted to ask something about A.I.: what is the highest A.I. ever for a song? And how much A.I. usually comes from Pop radio?

[NeRD]

Nov 16, 2011 21:11:37 GMT -5 brucelover said:

Nov 16, 2011 20:14:38 GMT -5 moore746 said:

My theory as to why Rihanna's team used payola with "You Da One": she is currently on tour overseas and only has ONE DAY in the states to promote the release of the album (her work ethic is absolutely crazy). In other words, Island Def Jam has to get creative.

That makes sense, they wanted her to have the maximum amount of A.I. from multiple songs to maximize album sales.

On a different note, I've always wanted to ask something about A.I.: what is the highest A.I. ever for a song? And how much A.I. usually comes from Pop radio?

Mariah Carey's We Belong Together has the highest AI ever with 228 million I believe.

The total AI for Pop is always changing though since stations are always getting added/taken off of the panel. I think for a large #1 CHR hit, the maximum airplay is around 90 million.

[brucelover]

Oh My Lord, 228 million?

So it was #1 in every format apart from Latin, Country and Christian songs?

[ListenToItTwice]

Thanks so much for the Digital Tracks Chart, Mike! It would be incredible to get Digital Songs one of these weeks, but I'm still really grateful for this one.

Things that stick out to me on this chart:
Selena Gomez' "Love You Like a Love Song" is platinum! :O
Adele's "Set Fire to the Rain" has sold over 700,000 copies
Florence and the Machine's "Dog Days are Over" has gotta be double-platinum by now with all versions combined
Taylor Swift's "Sparks Fly" is finally gold!
Bruno Mars' "Marry You" has sold almost 800,000. Could this be the record for a song that was never promoted as a single?

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Week Ending Nov. 13, 2011. Songs: Taylor & Kenny
By Paul Grein

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By Paul Grein | Chart Watch – 1 hour 7 minutes ago

Taylor Swift has the three highest debuting songs on this week's Hot 100. Does she have a new album coming soon? No. These are songs that were previously available only on a deluxe CD edition of her 2010 album Speak Now, available only through Target. Now the songs are available digitally. The songs are "If This Was A Movie," which debuts at #10; "Ours," which bows at #13; and "Superman," which opens at #26. "If This Was A Movie" is Swift's 10th top 10 hit. This puts her just behind Kenny Rogers as the "core country artist" with the most top 10 hits. Rogers had 11 top 10 hits, counting two 1960s hits with the First Edition. Rogers hit his peak in the late 1970s and early 1980s with such hits as "She Believes In Me" and "Lady." Swift wasn't even born until 1989.

Several other artists who were embraced by country radio, but were most at home in other formats, have had 10 or more top 10 hits on the Hot 100. These artists include Elvis Presley (38), Patti Page (24), the Everly Brothers (15), Olivia Newton-John (15), Brenda Lee (12), Ray Charles (11), Eagles (10) and Linda Ronstadt (10).

"If This Was A Movie" is Swift's eighth song to enter the Hot 100 inside the top 10. That's more than any other artist in history. I'm not going to make too much of this, because until 1995, it was very rare for a single to debut in the top 10.

"If This Was A Movie" and "Ours" both debut in the top five on Hot Digital Songs. "If This Was A Movie" opens at #3 (162K). "Ours" opens at #5 (148K).

"We Found Love" by Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris holds at #1 for the third straight week. The song also returns to #1 in the U.K. This is its fourth week on top there. Only one of Rihanna's previous singles was a bigger transatlantic #1 hit. Her 2007 smash "Umbrella" (featuring Jay-Z) topped the Hot 100 for seven weeks and headed the U.K. chart for 10 weeks. "Take A Bow," "Only Girl (In The World) and "What's My Name? (featuring Drake) also hit #1 in both countries, but they didn't settle in for long stays at #1, like these other two. Rihanna's follow-up single, "You Da One," enters this week's Hot 100 at #73.

Adele's "Someone Like You" holds at #3. The song spent five weeks at #1 in both the U.S. and the U.K. It was the first song to spend that many weeks at #1 in both countries since Katy Perry's 2008 smash "I Kissed A Girl" spent seven weeks at #1 in the U.S. and five weeks on top in the U.K. "Someone Like You" has sold 2,825,000 copies, which puts it at #14 for the year-to-date. Adele is #1 for the year-to-date with "Rolling In The Deep." She's the only strictly solo artist (no collabos) with two songs in the top 15.

"Without You" by David Guetta featuring Usher jumps from #6 to #4. This is Guetta's highest-charting hit to date, topping "Sexy Chick" (featuring Akon), which peaked at #5 in February 2010. How versatile is Usher? The R&B/pop superstar is featured on current Hot 100 hits by Guetta, one of the hottest dance music stars of recent years, and Romeo Santos, the former lead singer of the Latin music group Aventura. Usher joined Santos to perform "Promise" on last week's Latin Grammy Awards. The song jumps from #91 to #83 in its fourth week.

Bruno Mars lands his seventh top 10 hit as "It Will Rain" jumps from #12 to #9. It's been less than two years since Mars made his first appearance on the Hot 100 (on Feb. 3, 2010, as the featured vocalist on B.o.B's "Nothin' On You"). He has since brought a much-needed dose of sweetness and warmth to a turbo-charged pop radio environment. "Nothin' On You" and Mars' solo hits "Just The Way You Are" and "Grenade" have logged a combined total of 10 weeks at #1 on the Hot 100. His debut album Doo-Wops & Hooligans has sold a healthy 1,321,000 copies. And the album has done it the hard way: little by little, week by week. The album has never sold more than 84,000 copies in any one week. In fact, there have been only four weeks when it sold even 50K copies.

"It Will Rain" is from the soundtrack to The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn—Part 1, which enters The Billboard 200 at #4 this week. The movie is due Nov. 18. This is, by far, the biggest hit to emerge from a Twilight movie. It surpasses Paramore's "Decode" from the first movie, which hit #33 in 2008.

"Stereo Hearts" by Gym Class Heroes featuring Adam Levine, which dips from #5 to #7, tops the 2 million mark in digital sales this week. It's the group's best-seller to date. "Cupid's Chokehold," featuring Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy, has sold 1,953,000 copies since its release in 2007. (The billing on that record showed Fall Out Boy in parentheses after Stump's name, to help people who couldn't quite place his name. Such a move apparently wasn't deemed necessary with Levine, whose star power has increased greatly this year thanks to his judge's role on The Voice and to his simultaneous top 10 hits.

Here's the low-down on this week's top 10 songs.

1. Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris, "We Found Love." The song holds at #1 for the third week in its eighth week on the chart. This is its seventh week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #1 (227K).

2. LMFAO, "Sexy And I Know It." The song holds at #2 for the second week in its 11th week on the chart. This is its eighth week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #2 (195K).

3. Adele, "Someone Like You." The former #1 song holds at #3 for the second week in its 19th week on the chart. This is its 11th week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #6 (143K).

4. David Guetta featuring Usher, "Without You." The song jumps from #6 to #4 in its 11th week on the chart. This is Guetta's highest-charting hit to date, topping "Sexy Chick" (featuring Akon), which peaked at #5 in February 2010. This is its seventh week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #4 (162K).

5. Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera, "Moves Like Jagger." The former #1 song dips from #4 to #5 in its 21st week on the chart. This is its 16th week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #9 (120K). The song has sold 3,264,000 copies, which puts it at #7 for the year-to-date.

6. Gym Class Heroes featuring Adam Levine, "Stereo Hearts." The song dips from #5 to #6 in its 22nd week on the chart. This is its 11th week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #12 (93K).

7. Foster The People, "Pumped Up Kicks." The song holds at #7 in its 29th week on the chart. This is its 14th week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #10 (117K). The song has sold 3,226,000 copies, which puts it at #8 for the year-to-date.

8. Flo Rida, "Good Feeling." The song holds at #8 for the second week in its seventh week on the chart. This is its second week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #7 (139K).

9. Bruno Mars, "It Will Rain." The song jumps from #21 to #9 in its sixth week. Its' Mars' seventh top 10 hit. Digital sales rank: #8 (130K).

10. Taylor Swift, "If This Was A Movie." This new entry is Swift's 10th top 10 hit. Digital sales rank: #3 (162K).

Two songs drop out of the top 10 this week. "You Make Me Feel…." by Cobra Starship featuring Sabi drops from #9 to #11. "Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock drops from #10 to #14.

Katy Perry's "The One That Got Away" jumps from #18 to #15 in its fifth week, continuing its steady march to the top 10…J. Cole's "Work Out" jumps from #25 to #22 in its 11th week.

The Band Perry's "If I Die Young," which won as Best Single and Best Song at last week's Country Music Awards, rebounds from #40 to #30 in its 51st week on the chart. The song has climbed as high as #14. It has sold 3,386,000 digital copies, which is the fourth highest total for a country song in digital history. It trails only Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" (5,440,000) and a pair of hits by Taylor Swift, "Love Story" (5,134,000) and "You Belong With Me" (3,859,000). The family trio's current "All Your Life" jumps from #63 to #37 in its 10th week. The Band Perry won as Best New Artist at the CMAs and is likely to be in the running for that same award when the Grammy nominations are announced on Nov. 30.

"Run" by Sugarland featuring Matt Nathanson debuts at #53. The two acts performed the smoldering ballad on the CMAs. It will appear on Sugarland's next album. Sugarland has three of the five best-selling songs by ongoing country duos (as opposed to one-off collabos). The tandem of Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush is represented in the top five with "Stuck Like Glue" (2,243,000), "Stay (1,719,000) and "All I Want To Do" (1,266,000). The top five is rounded out by Big & Rich's "Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy), which is #2 with sales of 2,243,000, and Thompson Square's "Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not," which is #4 with sales of 1,523,000.

Several other songs move up as a result of CMA exposure. Lady Antebellum's "We Owned The Night" jumps from #46 to #32 in its 13th week. Eric Church's "Drink In My Hand" jumps from #61 to #40 in its eighth week. "Easy" by Rascal Flatts featuring Natasha Bedingfield jumps from #51 to #43 in its 16th week. Martina McBride's "I'm Gonna Love You Through It" jumps from #83 to #61 in its sixth week.

Mac Miller's "Smile Back" bows at #55. This is the third song from Miller's debut album, Blue Slide Park, to crack the Hot 100. It follows "Frick Park Market," which reached #60, and "Party On Fifth Ave.," which hit #64 last week and this week drops to #79. Miller's earlier "Donald Trump" reached #79, but it isn't included on the album. Blue Slide Park enters The Billboard 200 at #1 this week. You already know that if you read Chart Watch: Albums. If you missed it, here's a link…Christina Perri's "A Thousand Years" jumps from #59 to #46 in its fourth week.

Blake Shelton's remake of Kenny Loggins' "Footloose" bows at #63. The two stars teamed to open the CMAs with the song. Shelton's version sold 43K copies last week. Loggins' sold 14K. Loggins' version topped the Hot 100 for three weeks in the spring of 1984…The Glee version of Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl" bows at #68. Joel's original, which was an homage to the sound of the Four Seasons, logged five weeks at #3 in the fall of 1983…Dierks Bentley's "Home" bows at #70. This is the title song from Bentley's seventh studio album, which is due in February. Bentley's highest-charting hit to date on the Hot 100 is 2003's "What Was I Thinkin'," which reached #22.

Faith Hill's "Come Home" bows at #82. It's from an upcoming Hill album. Hill has amassed five top 10 hits, including a 1997 debut with her husband Tim McGraw. Hill is the only artist in Hot 100 history to remain on the Hot 100 for a full year with back-to-back singles. She stayed on for 53 weeks with 1999's "Breathe" and for 56 weeks with its follow-up, 2000's "The Way You Love Me." (One other act stayed on the chart for a full year with two different singles, but they weren't back-to-back hits. Lifehouse charted for 54 weeks with 2001's "Hanging By A Moment" and for 62 weeks with 2005's "You And Me.")

Fan Tribute: Heavy D & the Boyz' 1991 hit "Now That We Found Love" sold 18K digital copies last week, in the wake of Heavy D's death. The song has sold 395K digital copies to date. Aaron Hall, who sang a backing vocal on this hit, went on to land a few hits of his own, notably 1994's "I Miss You."

[HolidayGuy]

bruce, "We Belong Together" did not hit No. 1 at AC or Adult Top 40. After that track's couple of weeks of highs, "Irreplaceable" is the track with the next-highest weekly audience. Of course, both of these tracks peaked post-December 1998, when the Hot 100 Airplay panel expanded to include all formats (and the number of stations is larger than it was even at that time). since). So, it's kinda tough to compare to hits peaking before that, as not all formats counted for Hot 100 Airplay, and even individual formats have seen its station pool grow (i.e. in the 90s, Mainstream Top 40 was 70-80 stations; now it's 130 or more).

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Nov 16, 2011 22:06:35 GMT -5 brucelover said:

Oh My Lord, 228 million?

So it was #1 in every format apart from Latin, Country and Christian songs?

#1 CHR/Pop
#1 Urban
#1 Rhythmic
#1 Urban AC
#3 AC
#16 Hot AC
Top 20 Smooth Jazz

[SPRΞΞ]

you would think it would've been #1 on HOT AC for 10 weeks. Quite interesting...

[Deleted]

R&B songs were rarely making the Top 10 at Hot AC at the time, even the ones that were huge.

[Verisimilitude]

Nov 17, 2011 11:03:11 GMT -5 SPRΞΞ said:

you would think it would've been #1 on HOT AC for 10 weeks. Quite interesting...

This was during the time when #1 on Rhythmic, Pop, and Urban would have guaranteed you #1 on Hot 100 Airplay. Now pop and rhythmic singles are getting supported by Rhythmic and Hot AC more than ever, which wasn't happening in the early to mid 2000's (i.e. a song like Matchbox 20's "Unwell" could spend like 20 something weeks at #1 on Hot AC but never get much farther than top 10 on airplay because of no rhythmic support).

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Billboard Hot 100

1 1 8 We Found Love, Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris
2 2 11 Sexy And I Know It, LMFAO
3 3 19 Someone Like You, Adele
4 6 11 Without You, David Guetta Featuring Usher
5 4 21 Moves Like Jagger, Maroon 5 Featuring Christina Aguilera
6 5 22 Stereo Hearts, Gym Class Heroes Featuring Adam Levine
7 7 29 Pumped Up Kicks, Foster The People
8 8 7 Good Feeling, Flo Rida
9 12 7 It Will Rain, Bruno Mars
10 NEW 1 If This Was A Movie, Taylor Swift
11 9 18 You Make Me Feel..., Cobra Starship Featuring Sabi
12 11 7 5 O'Clock, T-Pain Featuring Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen
13 NEW 1 Ours, Taylor Swift
14 10 34 Party Rock Anthem, LMFAO Featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
15 18 5 The One That Got Away, Katy Perry
16 14 14 Headlines, Drake
17 16 14 Ni**as in Paris, Jay Z Kanye West
18 13 15 In The Dark, Dev
19 15 10 Mr. Know It All, Kelly Clarkson
20 20 6 Dance (A$$), Big Sean Featuring Nicki Minaj
21 17 14 It Girl, Jason Derulo
22 25 11 Work Out, J. Cole
23 19 29 Super Bass, Nicki Minaj
24 21 12 Fly, Nicki Minaj Featuring Rihanna
25 22 33 Give Me Everything, Pitbull Featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer
26 NEW 1 Superman, Taylor Swift
27 26 18 God Gave Me You, Blake Shelton
28 27 28 Just A Kiss, Lady Antebellum
29 24 13 She Will, Lil Wayne Featuring Drake
30 40 51 If I Die Young, The Band Perry
31 23 15 You And I, Lady Gaga
32 46 13 We Owned The Night, Lady Antebellum
33 33 9 Paradise, Coldplay
34 28 45 Rolling In The Deep, Adele
35 34 7 I Don't Want This Night To End, Luke Bryan
36 29 18 Mr. Saxobeat, Alexandra Stan
37 63 10 All Your Life, The Band Perry
38 30 35 Crazy Girl, Eli Young Band
39 35 5 Make Me Proud, Drake Featuring Nicki Minaj
40 61 8 Drink In My Hand, Eric Church
41 31 33 Good Life, OneRepublic
42 47 8 Tattoos On This Town, Jason Aldean
43 51 16 Easy, Rascal Flatts Featuring Natasha Bedingfield
44 48 14 Baggage Claim, Miranda Lambert
45 37 14 Not Over You, Gavin DeGraw
46 59 4 A Thousand Years, Christina Perri
47 32 22 Lighters, Bad Meets Evil Featuring Bruno Mars
48 41 3 Red Solo Cup, Toby Keith
49 42 16 Sparks Fly, Taylor Swift
50 45 21 Love You Like A Love Song, Selena Gomez & The Scene
51 44 7 Keep Me In Mind, Zac Brown Band
52 53 20 Country Must Be Country Wide, Brantley Gilbert
53 NEW 1 Run, Matt Nathanson Featuring Sugarland
54 54 6 Party, Beyonce Featuring Andre 3000
55 NEW 1 Smile Back, Mac Miller
56 38 14 Nothing, The Script
57 49 11 That Way, Wale Featuring Jeremih & Rick Ross
58 67 5 Domino, Jessie J
59 57 5 Young, Wild & Free, Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Featuring Bruno Mars
60 56 7 When We Stand Together, Nickelback
61 83 6 I'm Gonna Love You Through It, Martina McBride
62 52 17 Marvin & Chardonnay, Big Sean Featuring Kanye West & Roscoe Dash
63 NEW 1 Footloose, Blake Shelton
64 55 5 Criminal, Britney Spears
65 60 3 Lotus Flower Bomb, Wale Featuring Miguel
66 58 16 Cheers (Drink To That), Rihanna
67 62 13 Brighter Than The Sun, Colbie Caillat
68 NEW 1 Uptown Girl, Glee Cast
69 66 4 You, Chris Young
70 NEW 1 Home, Dierks Bentley
71 65 9 Body 2 Body, Ace Hood Featuring Chris Brown
72 74 16 One More Drinkin' Song, Jerrod Niemann
73 NEW 1 You Da One, Rihanna
74 68 9 Let It Rain, David Nail
75 71 5 Countdown, Beyonce
76 73 13 I Got You, Thompson Square
77 69 17 Otis, Jay Z Kanye West Featuring Otis Redding
78 80 6 I Like It Like That, Hot Chelle Rae Featuring New Boyz
79 64 2 Party On Fifth Ave., Mac Miller
80 75 7 Strange Clouds, B.o.B Featuring Lil Wayne
81 70 17 Marvins Room, Drake
82 NEW 1 Come Home, Faith Hill
83 91 4 Promise, Romeo Santos Featuring Usher
84 85 4 You The Boss, Rick Ross Featuring Nicki Minaj
85 RE-ENTRY 3 Mistletoe, Justin Bieber
86 88 8 Cost Of Livin', Ronnie Dunn
87 92 2 Blackout, Breathe Carolina
88 82 3 Shake It Out, Florence + The Machine
89 RE-ENTRY 11 Set Fire To The Rain, Adele
90 79 10 Wet The Bed, Chris Brown Feat. Ludacris
91 77 20 Here For A Good Time, George Strait
92 RE-ENTRY 2 International Love, Pitbull Featuring Chris Brown
93 95 4 Heartbeat, The Fray
94 94 8 I Got Nothin', Darius Rucker
95 97 2 Reality, Kenny Chesney
96 96 13 Sail, AWOLNATION
97 89 17 The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie, Red Hot Chili Peppers
98 RE-ENTRY 2 Haunted, Taylor Swift
99 90 18 Long Hot Summer, Keith Urban
100 87 6 Crawling Back To You, Daughtry

Bubbling Under Hot 100

1 NEW 1 America, Glee Cast
2 NEW 1 Tonight, Glee Cast
3 10 3 Camouflage, Brad Paisley
4 RE-ENTRY 3 El Verdadero Amor Perdona, Mana
5 15 10 Ima Boss, Meek Mill Featuring Rick Ross
6 NEW 1 Pretty Lil' Heart, Robin Thicke Featuring Lil Wayne
7 9 10 The Sound Of Winter, Bush
8 5 4 Stay, Tyrese
9 12 10 Fool For You, Cee Lo Green Featuring Melanie Fiona or Phillip Bailey
10 1 2 Tonight Is The Night, Outasight
11 20 5 Wobble Baby Wobble, V.I.C.
12 4 4 Tony Montana, Future
13 22 4 Can't Get Enough, J. Cole Featuring Trey Songz
14 8 15 Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites, Skrillex
15 NEW 1 One Hand, One Heart, Glee Cast
16 24 2 Trouble, Bei Maejor Featuring J. Cole
17 3 2 Aural Psynapse, deadmau5
18 17 4 My Heart Can't Tell You No, Sara Evans
19 23 6 Amen, Edens Edge
20 NEW 1 Boy Like That, Glee Cast
21 16 7 Tonight, Seether
22 19 14 Cinema, Benny Benassi Featuring Gary Go
23 NEW 1 Up All Night, Mac Miller
24 21 7 Courageous, Casting Crowns
25 RE-ENTRY 3 Round Of Applause, Waka Flocka Flame Featuring Drake

[badrobot]

I'm really surprised Gaga's not even in the top 200 of digital sales with "Marry the Night" yet.

BTW, can't believe Adele's SFTTR has spent 11 weeks on the Hot 100 before it's even promoted as a single.

[HolidayGuy]

br, "Marry the Night" currently is at No. 291 on iTunes. It surely will see big movement once the video hits.

[camm]

Nov 16, 2011 22:43:06 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

bruce, "We Belong Together" did not hit No. 1 at AC or Adult Top 40. After that track's couple of weeks of highs, "Irreplaceable" is the track with the next-highest weekly audience. Of course, both of these tracks peaked post-December 1998, when the Hot 100 Airplay panel expanded to include all formats (and the number of stations is larger than it was even at that time). since). So, it's kinda tough to compare to hits peaking before that, as not all formats counted for Hot 100 Airplay, and even individual formats have seen its station pool grow (i.e. in the 90s, Mainstream Top 40 was 70-80 stations; now it's 130 or more).

I'd say 14 weeks at #1 on the Hot 100 is way more than a couple of weeks of high. Mariah shattered the radio airplay record many times over during that period and her weekly airplay totals will probably NEVER be rivaled again.

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Nov 16, 2011 19:06:28 GMT -5 SPRΞΞ said:

does this mean Moves Like Jagger is back at #1 on overall airplay?

Yup. Funny how they didnt mention anything about it.

[Enigma.]

"9. Bruno Mars, "It Will Rain." The song jumps from #21 to #9 in its sixth week. Its' Mars' seventh top 10 hit. Digital sales rank: #8 (130K)."

He probably meant #12

[pnobelysk]

Adele by the end of the Holidays:

Rolling in The Deep - 5 million
Someone Like you - 3 million
Chasing Pavements - 1 million
Set Fire to the Rain - 1 million
Make you Feel my Love - 500k
Rumour Has it - 500k
Turning Tabels - 500k
shes racking up a nice list

[HolidayGuy]

Ask Billboard posted the top 10 audience tracks (with their highest weeks) in June of last year; it listed WBT as 212.1 million, and then "Irreplaceable" with 196.3m. Naturally, all 10 were 2002-2006 tracks.

EDIT: I just checked it, too- WBT reached 212m in its 7th week at No. 1 on Hot 100 Airplay (the week prior, it hit 202m); then, the following week, it lost its airplay bullet. So, she probably had at least three weeks of 200m+.

[MountainMan]

Even though I think Adele is overrated at this point(even though I bought 21 back in August), I'm glad she's having this success.

It's amazing to me how she's racking up those track sales without being singles.

[moore746]

Nov 17, 2011 16:50:01 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Ask Billboard posted the top 10 audience tracks (with their highest weeks) in June of last year; it listed WBT as 212.1 million, and then "Irreplaceable" with 196.3m. Naturally, all 10 were 2002-2006 tracks.

EDIT: I just checked it, too- WBT reached 212m in its 7th week at No. 1 on Hot 100 Airplay (the week prior, it hit 202m); then, the following week, it lost its airplay bullet. So, she probably had at least three weeks of 200m+.

Out of curiosity, what makes 2002-2006 different than this era?

[HolidayGuy]

^Once all formats became part of Hot 100 Airplay in December 1998, the total number of stations continued to increase for several years (from less than 800 when the expanded panel started, to more than 1,200 now). Also, it's possible that stations' Arbitron ratings have decreased since that era, but I'm not sure.

Look at "Rolling in the Deep" and all of the formats it charted on- more than "We Belong Together," but it topped out at around 160 million in BDS numbers. RITDdidn't perform as well at urban and rhythmic as that track did (airplay was minimal at urban- that alone could have been the major difference), but it did better at AC and Hot AC. From 2007-present, there just hasn't been a track that has reached around 170m in BDS audience, and, like said, that could be in part because of Arbitron ratings.

[Heartless Angel]

Could it be that the reason the audience is not big as it use to be is that people don't listen to the radio as much anymore? I hardly ever listen to the radio. I just use my iPod.