Billboard AC Chart: April 7, 2012

[johnm1120]

April 7, 2012

TW LW WC Artist - Title (Peak)

01 01 13 Adele - Set Fire to the Rain (2nd week at #1)
02 03 27 Colbie Caillat - Brighter Than The Sun (1)
03 02 32 Lady Antebellum - Just A Kiss (6 weeks at #1)
04 04 39 OneRepublic - Good Life (4 weeks at #2)
05 05 30 Kelly Clarkson - Mr. Know It All (4)
06 06 31 Adele - Someone Like You (5 weeks at #1)*
07 07 16 Gavin DeGraw - Not Over You (7)
08 09 13 Katy Perry - The One That Got Away (8)
09 11 08 Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (9)
10 08 33 Maroon 5 f/Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger (7)

11 12 13 Bruno Mars - It Will Rain (11)
12 14 13 David Guetta f/Usher - Without You (12)
13 13 22 Seal - Let's Stay Together (13)
14 16 12 Christina Perri - A Thousand Years (14)
15 15 12 Daughtry - Crawling Back to You (14)
16 17 09 Rihanna f/Calvin Harris - We Found Love (16)
17 19 07 Train - Drive By (17)
18 20 05 Jessie J - Domino (18)
19 18 04 Lionel Richie & Shania Twain - Endless Love (18)
20 21 10 Rascal Flatts f/Natasha Bedingfield - Easy (20)

21 22 09 Paul McCartney - My Valentine (19)
22 29 02 Adele - Rumour Has It (22)
23 25 05 Elliott Yamin - 3 Words (23)
24 24 08 Whitney Wolanin - Honesty (24)
25 RE 02 Katy Perry - Part of Me (25)
26 26 04 Ed Hale - Scene In San Francisco (25)
27 DEBUT Coldplay - Paradise (27)
28 28 02 Justin Hines - Say What You Will (28)
29 30 04 Blake Shelton - God Gave Me You (29)
30 RE 02 Cobra Starship f/Sabi - You Make Me Feel (30)


Falling Off:

-- 10 40 The Band Perry - If I Die Young (3 weeks at #1)
-- 23 20 Lady Gaga - You And I (15)
-- 27 11 The Fray - Heartbeat (22)


Adele easily gets a 2nd week at #1, however Colbie Caillat is not letting her sunset just yet as she inches back up to #2.

Kelly Clarkson makes a strong move into the top 10 as "Stronger" moves 11-9. This is Kelly's 8th top 10 hit and her 6th in a row. She holds at #5 this week with "Mr. Know it All." "Easy" is the only top 20 entry and it's a re-entry.

Adele has the leap of the week jumping 29-22 with Rumour Has It. A couple more leaps like this and she can have 3 songs in the top 10 again.

Katy Perry looks to be back for good now with "Part of Me." After slipping out last week the song re-enters with a big #25 jump.

The only actual debut this week goes to Coldplay. "Paradise" is the 2nd single from "Mylo Xyloto" to chart, and debuts at #27 this week. It's the band's 5th AC hit. They last charted with "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall," which peaked at #22 last September.

Closing out the chart, Cobra Starship returns for a 2nd week at #30. Let's see if they can get more than 1 week on for this run.

The Band Perry and Lady Gaga go recurrent this week. As a result, there are new peaks for Bruno Mars, David Guetta, Christina Perri, Rihanna and Elliott Yamin. Rihanna officially has her biggest AC hit as "We Found Love" climbs to #16, beating the #17 peak of "Only Girl in the World."

Finally, to answer last week's question "What was the last album to spawn 4 #1 AC hits?" While Lionel Richie's "Can't Slow Down" did score 4 #1 hits, it was not the most recent album to do so. The last album to spawn 4 #1 hits belongs to Michael Bolton. The album "Time, Love & Tenderness" included the #1 hits "Love is a Wonderful Thing," "Time, Love & Tenderness," "When A Man Loves a Woman," and "Missing You Now" with Kenny G. MYN hit #1 in 1992. The album also scored a 5th top 10 hit "Steel Bars." It's been 20 years since this album had this rare feature, can Adele be the one to end that streak?

[kingofpain]

Steel Bars, lol! I haven't heard that one since the early 90's!

[esoteric76]

Mar 29, 2012 10:52:43 GMT -5 kingofpain said:

Steel Bars, lol! I haven't heard that one since the early 90's!

It's a great one for sure. He redid it recently on his Gems album with Orianthi adding her flavor. (although it still doesn't quite touch the original).

Really glad to see Christina Perri inching up, this one is such a no-brainer for AC. It's kind of sad how these kinds of amazing ballads have become so out of fashion with radio, even AC.

Blake Shelton, to my chagrin, is still hanging on. Just let this one go, AC, please!

[kingofpain]

Yeah I'm very surprised how AC has changed. Both of Christina's songs (Jar Of Hearts and A Thousand Years) haven't exactly set the AC chart on fire and they were made for that format.

[esoteric76]

Mar 29, 2012 20:59:19 GMT -5 kingofpain said:

Yeah I'm very surprised how AC has changed. Both of Christina's songs (Jar Of Hearts and A Thousand Years) haven't exactly set the AC chart on fire and they were made for that format.

Agreed, although I didn't care for Jar of Hearts. Melodically, it was fine. But lyrically, it was a turnoff for me and I think that prevented it from truly soaring on AC. But A Thousand Years is pretty epic. I mean, if this isn't what AC should be, in terms of ballads, then I don't know what this world has come to.

[HolidayGuy]

Thanks, johnm.

This week's No. 1 had 1,606 spins; No. 30 had 42 spins.

[areyoureadytojump]

New chart from Billboard.com:

Adult Contemporary

*** No. 1 *** "Set Fire To The Rain" Adele
Greatest Gainer No. 9 "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" Kelly Clarkson
Debut No. 22 "I Won't Give Up" Jason Mraz
Debut No. 29 "Eyes Open" Taylor Swift
Debut No. 30 "Called Out In The Dark" Snow Patrol

Wow. 3 debuts! lol