Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Hot AC 1/15/11

[musicfanpete]

Sorry for the delay in posting this week's Rick Dees chart. I've been busy today and just got around to posting this. Enjoy!

We can "raise a glass" to Pink for her second week at number one with "Raise Your Glass". Similar to the second chart of last year, we have a couple of songs that have reversed directions, though only with a one spot move each. One of those songs is "Animal" by Neon Trees who are looking to return to the top of the chart. But for now, look for Pink to stay on top for at least a couple of more weeks, if not more.

Katy Perry returns to her familiar position of having the biggest jumper of the week, this time leaping from #22 to #10 with her latest hit, "Firework". Several other big gainers and droppers give this week's chart a bit of an "old school" feel as the chart "catches up" from the holiday break. Also interesting is that both of last week's biggest jumpers by Train and Hedley stalled out this week. We'll see if Perry continues to move up the chart next week.

Finally, we have two great new entries this week by British acts Florence & The Machine and Mumford & Sons, each with their first chart hits respectively. Also we have a great Sure Shot by Orianthi featuring Flyleaf lead singer Lacey Mosley with "Courage". Flyleaf last hit the Mediabase Hot AC top 25 a couple of years ago with "All Around Me", a song that failed to chart on Rick's Hot AC chart. Hopefully "Courage" will be around for awhile and make up for that oversight.

TC LC wc Artist/Title
01 01 11 Pink: Raise Your Glass (2 Wks @ #1)
02 03 25 Neon Trees: Animal
03 02 17 Bruno Mars: Just The Way You Are
04 04 12 Train: Marry Me
05 07 21 Plain White T's: Rhythm Of Love
06 05 27 Lifehouse: All In
07 08 20 Taio Cruz: Dynamite
08 09 11 Maroon 5: Give A Little More
09 06 21 OneRepublic: Secrets
10 22 07 Katy Perry: Firework
11 13 17 Christina Perri: Jar Of Hearts
12 12 26 Daughtry: September
13 14 15 Usher f/Pitbull: DJ Got Us Falling In Love
14 16 09 Nelly: Just A Dream
15 21 09 Sick Puppies: Maybe
16 19 07 The Script: For The First Time
17 10 21 Katy Perry: Teenage Dream
18 20 09 Rihanna: Only Girl (In The World)
19 11 19 Taylor Swift: Mine
20 18 12 Ryan Star: Start A Fire
21 15 15 Bon Jovi: What Do U Got
22 17 23 Enrique Iglesias f/Pitbull: I Like It
23 30 02 Ke$ha: We R Who We R
24 23 31 Sara Bareilles: King Of Anything
25 24 25 Maroon 5: Misery
26 25 28 Goo Goo Dolls: Home
27 27 10 Natasha Bedingfield: Strip Me
28 35 06 Lee DeWyze: Sweet Serendipity
29 29 06 Hedley: Perfect
30 xx 01 Florence & The Machine: Dog Days Are Over
31 28 37 Train: If It's Love
32 32 02 Linkin Park: Waiting For The End
33 31 08 Ingrid Michaelson: Parachute
34 33 23 Paramore: The Only Exception
35 38 02 Bruno Mars: Grenade
36 36 06 Mike Posner: Please Don't Go
37 SS 01 Mumford & Sons: Little Lion Man
38 34 20 Adam Lambert: If I Had You
39 37 18 Michael Franti & Spearhead: The Sound Of Sunshine
40 39 36 John Mayer f/Taylor Swift: Half Of My Heart
SS- Orianthi f/Lacey Mosley: Courage

Droppers-
Lady Antebellum: I Run To You (from #40, 23 weeks on)
Michael Buble: Hollywood (from #26, 12 weeks on)

Bonus Tracks-
Lady Gaga f/Beyonce: Telephone (between #23 & #22)
Justin Timberlake: Cry Me A River (between #13 & #12)
Jason Mraz: I'm Yours (between #7 & #6)

[musicfanpete]

The chart has been updated to include this week's "exciting" Bonus Tracks.

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

As much as I'd like to see it perform well, the Orianthi/Lacey Mosley might be a good candidate to be one week-and-out, given it's Mediabase performance.

[musicfanpete]

Jan 16, 2011 21:27:55 GMT -5 MostInterestingManInTheWorld said:

As much as I'd like to see it perform well, the Orianthi/Lacey Mosley might be a good candidate to be one week-and-out, given it's Mediabase performance.

Ditto here. Maybe three weeks at #37 like Miranda Cosgrove's "Kissin' U" accomplished would be good. Who knows where it will even debut next week. Hopefully it will debut as not all of his Sure Shot's have over the past year.