American Top 40 - May 12, 2012

[Cerebro]

AMERICAN TOP 40 - MAY 12, 2012
LW TW WKS Artist - Title
--  40 (01) Usher - Scream
--  39 (01) Neon Hitch - Love U Betta
40 38 (02) Havana Brown featuring Pitbull - We Run The Night
38 37 (02) Demi Lovato - Give Your Heart A Break
32 36 (40) Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger
37 35 (03) K'naan featuring Nelly Furtado - Is Anybody Out There?
34 34 (34) David Guetta featuring Usher - Without You
33 33 (29) Gavin DeGraw - Not Over You
35 32 (04) Ellie Goulding - Lights
31 31 (51) LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock - Party Rock Anthem
Breakout: Rihanna - Where Have You Been
Optional Extra: Paramore - The Only Exception
26 30 (19) Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa featuring Bruno Mars - Young, Wild, And Free
28 29 (28) Bruno Mars - It Will Rain
25 28 (18) Pitbull featuring Chris Brown - International Love
27 27 (32) LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It
29 26 (05) Pitbull - Back In Time
21 25 (30) Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris - We Found Love
--  24 (01) Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa - Payphone
22 23 (29) Flo Rida - Good Feeling
24 22 (05) Taylor Swift - Eyes Open
16 21 (22) Adele - Set Fire To The Rain
Breakout: David Guetta featuring Sia - Titanium
Optional Extra: Justin Timberlake featuring T.I. - My Love
18 20 (27) Jessie J - Domino
23 19 (03) Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull - Dance Again
20 18 (07) B.o.B. - So Good
19 17 (11) Train - Drive By
11 16 (19) Gym Class Heroes featuring Neon Hitch - Get Yourself Back Home
15 15 (08) Karmin - Brokenhearted
On The Verge: Chris Rene - Young Homie
17 14 (05) Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
07 13 (17) David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj - Turn Me On
12 12 (12) Drake featuring Rihanna - Take Care
08 11 (10) Calvin Harris - Feel So Close
Optional Extra: Shakira - Whenever, Wherever
10 10 (05) Justin Bieber - Boyfriend
13 09 (06) Adele - Rumour Has It
14 08 (06) Gotye featuring Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know
09 07 (07) One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful
06 06 (09) Nicki Minaj - Starships
Two For One: David Guetta featuring Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj - Where Them Girls At
04 05 (15) Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)
05 04 (09) Flo Rida featuring Sia - Wild Ones
03 03 (10) Katy Perry - Part Of Me
Optional Extra: Rihanna - Shut Up And Drive
02 02 (14) The Wanted - Glad You Came
01 01 (09) Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe - We Are Young ** 2 weeks @ no. 1 **

DROPPERS:
Gym Class Heroes featuring Adam Levine - Stereo Hearts (from 39, 38 weeks on)
Cobra Starship featuring Sabi - You Make Me Feel... (from 36, 39 weeks on)
Chris Brown - Turn Up The Music (from 30, 9 weeks on)

[Devin]

I would think that "Where Have You Been" would have debuted before "Scream" could.

[moonlightshadow]

Thanks for posting! Just one small correction, isn't We Found Love 30 weeks rather than 31? It debuted at #32 the weekend of 22-23 Oct:

32-23-14-10-8-7-6-3-1-(1)-(1)-1-1-1-1-3-4-3-5-5-6-6-8-10-13-14-14-18-21-25

[johnnywest]

You are correct. "We Found Love" is in its 30th week as of this weekend.

Other highlights:

Ryan says that if "Where Have You Been" hits the Top 40, it'll be her 31st Top 40 hit, tying her with Dionne Warwick for 6th place overall among solo female singers with the most Top 40 hits in the Rock Era.

"Payphone" is the highest debut of 2012.

#1 back-to-back newcomers (first The Wanted and then fun.)

[Deleted]

Optional Extra: Shakira - Whenever, Wherever

Great optional extra!! It's nice that he played a song older than 5 years old.

[Cerebro]

May 13, 2012 10:15:52 GMT -5 moonlightshadow said:

Thanks for posting! Just one small correction, isn't We Found Love 30 weeks rather than 31? It debuted at #32 the weekend of 22-23 Oct:

32-23-14-10-8-7-6-3-1-(1)-(1)-1-1-1-1-3-4-3-5-5-6-6-8-10-13-14-14-18-21-25

Thanks for the correction. Alas...I am only human. :)

[richie]

Who are the top 5 ladies with the most top 40 hits, and how many? I think it's Aretha Franklin,
Madonna, Connie Francis, Whitney and Mariah, but I'm not sure, and don't know their totals.
LMFAO is at #31 for four weeks in a row. Even though two of the droppers were close to 40 weeks on, there are till 9 songs in the bottom 20 with more than 20 weeks.
Star magazine(5/21 edition) has a cover story on Rihanna saying she's out of control with her drinking, drugs, and partying. That she didn't do well on SNL and skipped the after party.
I hope she'll be OK. Anyway she got 4 plays this week on AT40, and she's in a new movie.
Double jackpot this week at 12 and 34. The top 6 rather stagnant.
Ryan's only 37 years old, so he may be doing AT40 for many years to come.

[mkarns]

May 13, 2012 15:06:05 GMT -5 richie said:

Ryan's only 37 years old, so he may be doing AT40 for many years to come.

After over eight years, Seacrest is still the youngest regular AT40 host. Casey Kasem was one year older (38) when the show debuted in 1970 (he was 71 when he bequeathed it to Ryan), and Shadoe Stevens was 40 when he took over in 1988.

Spacing of extras was unusual this week; the first two hours each had two songs at the end of the hour (one in each case was optional) and in the second half of the show they were more spread out, with one near the middle and one at or near the end (the last one in the usual spot between #3 and 2). Maybe they're experimenting to see which approach is better.