CHART MAKEOVER!
I have become increasingly dissatisfied with my chart. It's pretty behind on my tastes for the most part, and many songs are not getting the credit they should. Because of this, I felt compelled to pull a Billboard. Though hopefully my change is actually for the better. ;)
Some changes I've made:
-Chart make-over. Songs have been repositioned based on how I genuinely feel about them this week. Previous weeks, I would debut most songs lower and let them climb up to their peak, but that hasn't worked too well for the most part. Songs will debut fairly and chart as they should from now on.
-40 positions has now become 100. This will eliminate the recent Currents section, and the Recurrents feature has been updated. When a song has dropped below #50 and its run on most charts is over, it will either be purged or go recurrent. I will determine which songs deserve recurrency and which should only be purged on a song-to-song basis.
-There will be more incorporation of albums. Every week, I listen to some of the recently released albums, based on my taste, and any favorites will chart. Before, only a handful of album tracks have ever charted (including songs from One Direction, Demi Lovato and Justin Bieber, plus a few other standouts). The albums I've listened to will be noted each week.
-Since the chart is so large now, my usual write-up would have become extremely long. Instead, I will be providing a bullet-point summary of some of the more important facts this week (idea stolen from jback
)
Some of the stats will be a little messy for the next week or two due to the change, but that shouldn't be a problem for long. Hopefully this new chart works out! Any feedback on it will be greatly appreciated! Here it goes...
October 21, 2012
-Justin Bieber's "As Long As You Love Me" is now tied with One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful" for the second most weeks at #1 (5 weeks)
-Usher becomes the first artist to have two songs climb into the Top 10 on the same week with "Dive" and "Numb" at #9 and #10. These songs also make
Looking 4 Myself the first album with 5 Top 10 hits.
-Cher Lloyd scores her second Top 10 with "Oath" (#4). "Want U Back" peaked at #9.
-Rita Ora scores her first Top 10 with "R.I.P." (#6) after "How We Do (Party)" stalled at #11.
-Rihanna scores her fourth Top 10 with "Diamonds" at #8, following "We Found Love" (#7), "Talk That Talk" (#5), and "Where Have You Been" (#9).
01 01 JUSTIN BIEBER As Long As You Love Me 104 02 BOYS LIKE GIRLS Be Your Everything 2
08 03 LIFEHOUSE Between the Raindrops 3
15 04 CHER LLOYD Oath 4
02 05 ONE DIRECTION Live While We're Young 1
25 06 RITA ORA R.I.P. 6
*Greatest Gainer*03 07 MAROON 5 One More Night 1
14 08 RIHANNA Diamonds 8
13 09 USHER Dive 9
12 10 USHER Numb 10
07 11 IMAGINE DRAGONS It's Time 7
06 12 BRIDGIT MENDLER Ready or Not 5
05 13 NE-YO Let Me Love You 5
24 14 TAYLOR SWIFT I Knew You Were Trouble 14
18 15 THE CAB Endlessly 15
09 16 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS Finally Found You 08
23 17 ALEX CLARE Too Close 17
11 18 THE SCRIPT Hall of Fame 9
26 19 ED SHEERAN The A Team 19
21 20 CARRIE UNDERWOOD Blown Away 20
17 21 KE$HA Die Young 17
10 22 PSY Gangnam Style 10
33 23 HUNTER HAYES Wanted 23
** 24 NAMESAKE The Movement 2431 25 CHRISTINA AGUILERA Your Body 25
35 26 FLO RIDA I Cry 26
** 27 LUKE BRYAN Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye 2716 28 CHRIS BROWN Don't Wake Me Up 16
30 29 ONEREPUBLIC Feel Again 29
37 30 SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA Don't You Worry Child 30
20 31 TRAIN 50 Ways to Say Goodbye 20
33 32 CARLY RAE JEPSEN This Kiss 32
19 33 DEMI LOVATO Give Your Heart a Break 1
*Biggest Fall*** 34 DJ DRAMA My Moment 34
** 35 FRENCH MONTANA Pop That 35
** 36 KELLY CLARKSON Catch My Breath 36
** 37 T.I. Ball 37
** 38 JASON ALDEAN The Only Way I Know 3828 39 FUN. Some Nights 8
29 40 TAYLOR SWIFT We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together 2
36 41 TREY SONGZ 2 Reasons 36
** 42 MEGAN AND LIZ Bad for Me 4227 43 DAVID GUETTA I Can Only Imagine 27
39 44 PHILLIP PHILLIPS Home 36
RE 45 THE SECRET STATE The Biggest Mistake 34
** 46 CODY SIMPSON Wish U Were Here 46
** 47 RASCAL FLATTS Come Wake Me Up 47
** 48 JASON ALDEAN Night Train 48
** 49 ADELE Skyfall 49
RE 50 CHRIS WALLACE Remember When (Push Rewind) 35(Almost all songs below #50 are debuts, so previous week and peak stats will not be included unless necessary this week)
51 CHRIS BROWN Don't Judge Me (Previous week: 38, Peak: 34)
52 JUSTIN BIEBER Beauty and a Beat
53 BEYONCÉ Dance for You (Previous week: 40, Peak: 40)
54 BRUNO MARS Locked Out of Heaven
55 PITBULL Don't Stop the Party
56 K'NAAN Better
57 TAYLOR SWIFT State of Grace
58 MIRANDA LAMBERT Fastest Girl in Town
59 MIGUEL Adorn
60 THE WANTED I Found You
61 IMAGINE DRAGONS Radioactive
62 ELLIE GOULDING Anything Could Happen
63 JASON ALDEAN Feel That Again
64 LIL WAYNE No Worries
65 KANYE WEST Clique
66 JUNIOR DOCTOR Uh Oh
67 P!NK Try
68 JASON ALDEAN Staring at the Sun
69 NICKI MINAJ Va Va Voom
70 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE Cruise
71 KENDRICK LAMAR Swimming Pools (Drank)
72 MATCHBOX TWENTY Overjoyed
73 THE LUMINEERS Ho Hey
74 BRANDY Put It Down
75 FRANK OCEAN Thinkin' Bout You
76 TREY SONGZ Dive In
77 ERIC CHURCH Creepin'
78 RANDY HOUSER How Country Feels
79 RICK ROSS Diced Pineapples
80 BOBBY V Mirror
81 BRANDY Wildest Dreams
82 LEE BRICE Hard to Love
83 MARIAH CAREY Triumphant (Get 'Em) (Peak: 22)
84 JASON ALDEAN This Nothin' Town
85 LINKIN PARK Lost in the Echo (Peak: 35)
86 BOBBY V Nothing to Lose
87 K'NAAN The Sound of My Breaking Heart
88 JUSTIN MOORE 'Til My Last Day
89 JOE BUDDEN She Don't Put It Down
90 TAYLOR SWIFT Begin Again
91 BIG BOI Mama Told Me
92 OUTASIGHT Shine
93 BOBBY V Before You Break My Heart
94 BRANDY So Sick
95 JASON ALDEAN When She Says Baby
96 JAKE OWEN The One That Got Away
97 CA$H OUT Hold Up
98 K'NAAN Bulletproof Ride
99 KIP MOORE Beer Money
100 TAYLOR SWIFT Red
Dropouts-
22 KANYE WEST Mercy 1 **
32 KARMIN Hello 3 **
** Recurrent
This Week's Albums-
Flashback of the Week-
well I'm pretty sure that is too 
Fanfuckintastic chart too, btw! 
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Things will hopefully change now! 
Album week should help though ;)