Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Hot AC 4/16/11

[musicfanpete]

Gnarls Barkley lead singer Cee Lo Green holds onto the number one spot for the second week in a row with "Forget you!". The Script and Adele will try to change that next week as both artists are coming on fast.

"E.T." by Katy Perry is the week's biggest jumper for the second week in a row. While not nearly as appealing as her previous hits, this still looks like it might make a run towards the top.

We have debuts this week by Ke$ha and 3 Doors Down, both of who are very familiar with this countdown in recent years.

And finally, Pink's "Raise Your Glass" has dropped to #40 in just its 24th week on the chart. Compared to other former number one songs on Rick's Hot AC chart, this is quite a fast drop, at least relatively speaking.

TC LC wc Artist/Title
01 01 09 Cee Lo Green: Forget You! (2 Wks @ #1)
02 03 20 The Script: For The First Time
03 05 12 Adele: Rolling In The Deep
04 02 15 Bruno Mars: Grenade
05 04 12 Pink: Perfect
06 06 30 Christina Perri: Jar Of Hearts
07 14 07 Maroon5: Never Gonna Leave This Bed
08 07 07 Lady Gaga: Born This Way
09 09 11 Avril Lavigne: What The Hell
10 08 25 Train: Marry Me
11 12 14 Florence & The Machine: Dog Days Are Over
12 15 08 Colbie Caillat: I Do
13 17 06 Enrique Iglesias f/Ludacris: Tonight
14 10 13 Taylor Swift: Back To December
15 11 14 Mumford & Sons: Little Lion Man
16 16 10 My Chemical Romance: Sing
17 26 03 Katy Perry: E.T.
18 19 05 Andy Grammer: Keep Your Head Up
19 22 05 Lifehouse: Falling In
20 21 09 Sara Bareilles: Uncharted
21 13 15 Linkin Park: Waiting For The End
22 23 05 Thirty Seconds To Mars: Closer To The Edge
23 18 20 Katy Perry: Firework
24 20 09 Sugarland: Stuck Like Glue
25 30 02 OneRepublic: Good Life
26 31 04 Parachute: Something To Believe In
27 28 03 Stone Sour: Hesitate
28 24 22 Rihanna: Only Girl (In The World)
29 27 34 Plain White T's: Rhythm Of Love
30 25 22 Sick Puppies: Maybe
31 33 05 He Is We: Happily Ever After
32 35 03 Grace Potter & The Nocturnals: Paris (Ooh La La)
33 29 39 Neon Trees: Animal
34 37 02 Michael Franti & Spearhead: I'll Be Waiting
35 39 02 Usher: More
36 32 30 Bruno Mars: Just The Way You Are
37 SS 01 Ke$ha: Blow
38 34 33 Taio Cruz: Dynamite
39 xx 01 3 Doors Down: When You're Young
40 38 24 Pink: Raise Your Glass
SS- One EskimO: Amazing

Droppers-
Daughtry: September (from #40, 38 weeks on)
Far East Movement f/Ryan Tedder: Rocketeer (from #36, 7 weeks on)

Bonus Tracks-
Sara Barellies: Love Song (between #27 & #26)
OneRepublic: Stop And Stare (between #23 & #22)
The Fray: You Found Me (between #17 & #16)
Iyaz: Replay (between #13 & #12)
Paramore: The Only Exception (between #7 & #6)
Lady Antebellum: Need You Now (between #2 & #1)

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

"Firework" is also dropping relatively fast for this format.

And others have said this, but "When You're Young" really sounds very similar to "When I'm Gone".

I also loved the fact that they played about 50 seconds of "F*** You" at the start of the show. Way back in '88 they'd do that with Cheryl Pepsi Riley's "Thanks For My Child"... Rick would refer to it as the "AM Mix".

[musicfanpete]

The chart has been updated to include this week's Bonus Tracks. Nice to see that Rick shook things up a bit this week with some more recent songs.