FEBRUARY 3, 2013 COMMENTARY.New month, but no #1 yet. This makes eight weeks for "Little Talks"! "I Love It" bullets #6 to #2 after a few weeks of stalling. If it fails to make #1 it will be the third song blocked by "Little Talks", following "Tornado", which spent the first three weeks of the year at #2, and "DNA", which debuted at #2 last week. I thought I'd take a look at other songs blocked from #1 by long running chart toppers. The 16 week #1 "Take Care" directly blocked five songs, "Starships", "Dance Again", "Love Me", "How We Do (Party)" and "The Motto", and helped block "Love On Top" (it made #2 earlier). The 13 week #1 "Domino" directly blocked "Dedication To My Ex", "Good Feeling", "What Makes You Beautiful" and the previously mentioned "Love On Top", and helped block "Someone Like You". The 9 week #1 "Cooler Than Me" blocked three songs: "Neutron Star Collision", "Pyramid" and "Dynamite".
Continuing on with this week's chart, "Set Me On Fire" climbs two to #5, scoring a new peak, and "Feel The Love" climbs #11 to #7 after previously peaking at #9 three weeks ago. No new songs reach the top 10, but the teens are jam-packed with rising songs, including "Beneath Your Beautiful" spending a third week at #12, and our highest debut of the week. In at #19 is Emeli SandΓ© with "Next To Me". It's her first chart entry, following her success as a feature on "Beneath Your Beautiful". And there are plenty more debuts to come this week; eight, in fact! It's almost like it's September 2012 all over again. Next up are three more artists scoring their first chart entries: "Lanterns" from Australian group Birds of Tokyo at #22, "F**kin' Problems" from A$AP Rocky and a bunch of other rappers at #28, and "Stompa" from Serena Ryder at #35.
The last four debuts are conveniently placed at the bottom four positions. Bruno Mars loses his platinum hit "Locked Out Of Heaven" this week, but "When I Was Your Man" debuts straight in at #47. Flo Rida's new single "Let It Roll" is in at #48. It's his fifth
Wild Ones hit, following the triple platinum hit "Good Feeling" (#2, 2011-10-23), double platinum hits "Wild Ones" (#8, 2012-02-12) and "Whistle" (#6, 2012-08-05), and that flop "I Cry" (#42, 2012-11-18). Calvin Harris' new track "Drinking From The Bottle" comes in at #49. It's his sixth chart hit (and single) from
18 Months, following "Bounce" (#9, 2011-09-04), the double platinum hit "Feel So Close" (#4, 2011-03-11), "Let's Go" (#21, 2012-07-29), "We'll Be Coming Back" (sadly only #27, 2012-08-19) and the platinum hit "Sweet Nothing" (#9, 2012-12-16). And the final entry is from Conor Maynard with "Turn Around", his second following "Vegas Girl" (#36, 2012-10-07).
Three songs pick up new certs this week. The first is "Ho Hey" from The Lumineers, going double platinum while spending a tenth week in the top ten. The second is Loreen's "Euphoria", going platinum after reaching a peak of #4 a few weeks ago, and the third is Taylor Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble" also going platinum, while falling from its peak of #9 down to #11 this week. A few more milestones are hit this week: "Call My Name" reaches 30 weeks, and "Sitting On Top Of The World" reaches 40. Only 16 songs have ever reached the 40 mark.
Now, onto the droppers (because I can totally write five paragraphs!!). "Wings" has a sharp fall, dropping off the chart from #29. Blame "DNA" for killing it off. "Tongue Tied" falls off from #37 just one week shy of cracking 30 weeks, which would have been pretty amazing for a song that only peaked at #19. Three top 5 hits are lost: "Locked Out Of Heaven", "This Kiss" and "Diamonds", and "Girl On Fire", "Thrift Shop" and "Scream & Shout" round up the droppers. With Carly's "This Kiss" leaving the chart, her streak is broken, leaving fun. as the longest sitter remaining. fun.'s streak is at 49 weeks, currently continued by their #1 hit "Some Nights" which is at #33 this week. Also, "Die Young" is 148 points away from passing "Some Nights" to have the second highest point total on the chart. However, "Try" is catching up big time. It's only 1,138 points behind "Die Young" this week. And also [2], "Feel The Love" has 9,999 points this week. I wanted to mention that but didn't know where to fit it, so I put it here. Enjoy the chart!
THE CHART.01 β
01 β 10 β 01 − "Little Talks" β Of Monsters And Men β *
Platinum*
06 β
02 β 10 β 02 + "I Love It" β Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX β *
Platinum*
03 β
03 β 13 β 02 − "Tornado" β Little Big Town β *
Platinum*
02 β
04 β 02 β 02 − "DNA" β Little Mix
07 β
05 β 04 β 05 + "Set Me On Fire" β Bella Ferraro
05 β
06 β 15 β 03 − "Ho Hey" β The Lumineers β *
2x Platinum*
11 β
07 β 07 β 07 + "Feel The Love" β Rudimental feat. John Newman
08 β
08 β 09 β 04 + "Euphoria" β Loreen β *
Platinum*
10 β
09 β 18 β 02 − "Try" β P!nk β *
2x Platinum*
04 β
10 β 11 β 04 − "What You've Done To Me" β Samantha Jade β *
Platinum*
09 β
11 β 10 β 09 − "I Knew You Were Trouble" β Taylor Swift β *
Platinum*
12 β
12 β 07 β 12 + "Beneath Your Beautiful" β Labrinth feat. Emeli SandΓ©
14 β
13 β 07 β 13 + "Troublemaker" β Olly Murs feat. Flo Rida
16 β
14 β 06 β 14 + "Wanted" β Hunter Hayes
13 β
15 β 16 β 09 − "Sweet Nothing" β Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch β *
Platinum*
17 β
16 β 05 β 16 + "Shout It Out" β Reece Mastin
15 β
17 β 04 β 15 − "Same Love" β Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Mary Lambert
22 β
18 β 02 β 18 + "Remember When (Push Rewind)" β Chris Wallace
00 β
19 β 01 β 19 + "Next To Me" β Emeli SandΓ©
23 β
20 β 12 β 20 + "Don't You Worry Child" β Swedish House Mafia feat. John Martin
20 β
21 β 10 β 20 − "Give Me Love" β Ed Sheeran
00 β
22 β 01 β 22 + "Lanterns" β Birds Of Tokyo
19 β
23 β 13 β 02 − "Va Va Voom" β Nicki Minaj β *
Platinum*
45 β
24 β 02 β 24 + "Gold" β Britt Nicole
30 β
25 β 02 β 25 + "Kiss You" β One Direction
21 β
26 β 10 β 18 − "It's Time" β Imagine Dragons
26 β
27 β 12 β 22 − "Catch My Breath" β Kelly Clarkson
00 β
28 β 01 β 28 + "F**kin' Problems" β A$AP Rocky feat. Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar
24 β
29 β 19 β 03 − "Die Young" β Ke$ha β *
2x Platinum*
25 β
30 β 10 β 22 − "Surrender" β The Collective
27 β
31 β 12 β 01 − "Anything Could Happen" β Ellie Goulding β *
Platinum*
18 β
32 β 15 β 14 − "Hall Of Fame" β The Script feat. will.i.am β *
Platinum*
32 β
33 β 26 β 01 − "Some Nights" β fun. β *
2x Platinum*
40 β
34 β 16 β 29 + "Home" β Phillip Phillips
00 β
35 β 01 β 35 + "Stompa" β Serena Ryder
35 β
36 β 22 β 01 − "Don't Wake Me Up" β Chris Brown β *
2x Platinum*
34 β
37 β 19 β 01 − "Skinny Love" β Birdy β *
Platinum*
31 β
38 β 09 β 16 − "Beauty And A Beat" β Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj
36 β
39 β 04 β 36 − "C'mon" β Ke$ha
28 β
40 β 12 β 28 − "She Wolf (Falling To Pieces)" β David Guetta feat. Sia
33 β
41 β 09 β 15 − "Oath" β Cher Lloyd feat. Becky G
44 β
42 β 13 β 24 − "Two Black Cadillacs" β Carrie Underwood
50 β
43 β 02 β 43 + "Love Is Easy" β McFly
38 β
44 β 17 β 10 − "Battle Scars" β Guy Sebastian feat. Lupe Fiasco β *
Platinum*
43 β
45 β 30 β 01 − "Call My Name" β Cheryl β *
2x Platinum*
42 β
46 β 40 β 01 − "Sitting On Top Of The World" β Delta Goodrem β *
4x Platinum*
00 β
47 β 01 β 47 + "When I Was Your Man" β Bruno Mars
00 β
48 β 01 β 48 + "Let It Roll" β Flo Rida
00 β
49 β 01 β 49 + "Drinking From The Bottle" β Calvin Harris feat. Tinie Tempah
00 β
50 β 01 β 50 + "Turn Around" β Conor Maynard feat. Ne-Yo
29 β
OUT β 13 β 25 β "Wings" β Little Mix
37 β
OUT β 29 β 19 β "Tongue Tied" β Grouplove β *
Platinum*
39 β
OUT β 17 β 03 β "Locked Out Of Heaven" β Bruno Mars β *
Platinum*
41 β
OUT β 12 β 13 β "Girl On Fire" β Alicia Keys feat. Nicki Minaj β *
Platinum*
46 β
OUT β 06 β 40 β "Scream & Shout" β will.i.am feat. Britney Spears
47 β
OUT β 19 β 01 β "This Kiss" β Carly Rae Jepsen β *
2x Platinum*
48 β
OUT β 11 β 19 β "Thrift Shop" β Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz
49 β
OUT β 17 β 05 β "Diamonds" β Rihanna β *
Platinum*
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