Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Hot AC 7/23/11

[musicfanpete]

It's a very active "old school" chart this week as Rick's chart accounts for the three week break. We have five new songs entering the chart, a brand new number one song by Bruno Mars, and a huge jump by Katy Perry.

Perry's "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) leaps up 20 spots from #36 to #16 for the week's biggest jumper. While this does account for the three weeks since the last weekly chart, this is still a very impressive move.

We also have big moves by Coldplay, Lady Gaga, Matt Nathenson and The Band Perry, all moving up 7 or more spots, while seven songs take 8 spot or larger drops, including three double digit droppers.

And the highest debut goes to Pitbull and Ne-Yo which I suppose was inevitable considering how high it's made it up the Mediabase chart. ???

This week O.A.R. occupies the Sure Shot spot with their latest hit, "Heaven". Hopefully Michelle Branch will at least be there next week as her latest hit "Loud Music" is about to crack the Mediabase top 30.

TC LC wc Artist/Title
01 03 13 Bruno Mars: The Lazy Song (1 Wk @ #1)
02 02 15 OneRepublic: Good Life
03 04 19 Andy Grammer: Keep Your Head Up
04 11 08 Lady Gaga: Edge Of Glory
05 06 11 Train: Save Me San Francisco
06 05 26 Adele: Rolling In The Deep
07 01 21 Maroon5: Never Gonna Leave This Bed
08 07 17 Katy Perry: E.T.
09 10 10 Jason Aldean f/Kelly Clarkson: Don't You Wanna Stay
10 09 34 The Script: For The First Time
11 12 18 Parachute: Something To Believe In
12 13 10 Black Eyed Peas: Just Can't Get Enough
13 08 24 My Chemical Romance: Sing
14 17 08 Steven Tyler: It Feels So Good
15 14 17 Grace Potter & The Nocturnals: Paris (Ooh La La)
16 36 04 Katy Perry: Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
17 26 07 Coldplay: Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall
18 18 12 Britney Spears: Till The World Ends
19 20 09 Jesse J f/B.O.B: Price Tag
20 27 07 Matt Nathanson: Faster
21 22 09 Christina Perri: Arms
22 28 06 Hot Chelle Rae: Tonight Tonight
23 31 05 The Band Perry: If I Die Young
24 15 23 Sara Bareilles: Uncharted
25 16 19 Thirty Seconds To Mars: Closer To The Edge
26 23 11 Neon Trees: Your Surrender
27 xx 01 Pitbull f/Ne-Yo: Give Me Everything
28 19 22 Colbie Caillat: I Do
29 SS 01 David Cook: The Last Goodbye
30 33 06 Taylor Swift: The Story Of Us
31 24 26 Pink: Perfect
32 32 04 Three Days Grace: Lost In You
33 21 09 Jennifer Lopez f/Pitbull: On The Floor
34 xx 01 Goo Goo Dolls: All That You Are
35 25 23 Cee Lo Green: Forget You!
36 xx 01 Mat Kearney: Hey Mama
37 xx 01 Maroon5 f/Christina Aguilera: Moves Like Jagger
38 30 29 Bruno Mars: Grenade
39 37 21 Lady Gaga: Born This Way
40 29 19 Lifehouse: Falling In
SS- O.A.R.: Heaven

Droppers-
Ke$ha: Blow (from #40, 13 weeks on)
Michael Franti & Spearhead: I'll Be Waiting (from #39, 15 weeks on)
Rihanna: S&M (from #38, 12 weeks on)
Andrew Allen: Loving You Tonight (from #35, 4 weeks on)
Avril Lavigne: What The Hell (from #34, 24 weeks on)

Bonus Tracks-
Kelly Clarkson: Since U Been Gone (between #27 & #26)
Linkin Park: In The End (between #23 & #22)
Maroon5: This Love (between #17 & #16)
Train: If It's Love (between #13 & #12)
Ke$ha: Tik Tok (between #7 & #6)
The Fray: You Found Me (between #2 & #1)

[musicfanpete]

The Bonus Tracks for this week have now been added.

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

I wonder if "The Last Goodbye" will advance... it really does befuddle me how that song is the most-commented topic in the Hot AC forum's HISTORY.