Billboard Hot 100: 9/22/2012

[singingsparrow]

Funny they brag about "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" being the longest-running country song to top the Billboard Hot 100 in 32 years.........and yet it is currently struggling to climb the Country chart after its unsurprisingly strong debut. ;)

Look, I'm not one of those purists that whines about Taylor Swift "not being country". Still, it is plain to see Country radio is reluctant, at best, to genuinely support this, in that many stations feel she has taken a step too far pushing a Max Martin-influenced pop sound on another format.

Namaste,
lisping HIBISCUS

[icefire9]

Sept 12, 2012 16:52:52 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

Sept 12, 2012 15:17:59 GMT -5 chartfreak said:

Isn't the Alex Clare track also benefiting from a TV commercial?

Not anymore. That commercial, which was for Internet Explorer, stopped airing ages ago. (At least, I haven't seen it in quite a while.)

I saw it on a Youtube add for the Too Close music video like a week ago.

[nick64]

Wow. The #2 digital song can't even get Top 15 anymore.

[icefire9]

Take A Little Ride peaked inside the top 15 and it was #2 in its debut week. Home debuted at #2 (behind Call Me Maybe), but was top 10.

[fridayteenage]

Well I guess we shouldn't expect possible Taylor countdown digital-only singles to hit the T10, if over 200k couldn't do the trick and they usually don't hit that mark.

[badrobot]

^It could be a lot worse. There was a time during that awkward transition from physical to digital sales where a song could hit #1 on the sales chart and miss the Hot 100 entirely. (Madonna's "Nothing Fails" is but one example.)

[josh]

Sept 12, 2012 16:52:52 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

Sept 12, 2012 15:17:59 GMT -5 chartfreak said:

Isn't the Alex Clare track also benefiting from a TV commercial?

Not anymore. That commercial, which was for Internet Explorer, stopped airing ages ago. (At least, I haven't seen it in quite a while.)

Watching it right now on Big Brother.

[Au$tin]

Sept 12, 2012 16:52:52 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

Sept 12, 2012 15:17:59 GMT -5 chartfreak said:

Isn't the Alex Clare track also benefiting from a TV commercial?

Not anymore. That commercial, which was for Internet Explorer, stopped airing ages ago. (At least, I haven't seen it in quite a while.)

Of course now that I say it, I just saw it air.

[dlostfan]

Why is Whistle freefalling on itunes? It was in Top-10 yesterday, and now it is #26?

[pnobelysk]

Sept 12, 2012 18:54:56 GMT -5 fridayteenage said:

Well I guess we shouldn't expect possible Taylor countdown digital-only singles to hit the T10, if over 200k couldn't do the trick and they usually don't hit that mark.

If released Monday it probably would've made the top 10

[bat1990]

Sept 12, 2012 20:13:26 GMT -5 dlostfan said:

Why is Whistle freefalling on itunes? It was in Top-10 yesterday, and now it is #26?

Really???? This makes me happy. Hearing annoying songs about blowjobs on the radio while I'm driving around is distasteful to me. If it were a clever innuendo, then I would be more okay with it.

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Week Ending Sept. 9, 2012. Songs: Taylor’s Back On Top
By Paul Grein | Chart Watch – 4 hours ago

Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" returns to #1 on the Hot 100 in the wake of her performance of the song on last week's VMAs. This is the song's third week on top of Billboard's flagship chart. That's the longest run at #1 for a song by a "core country artist" since Kenny Rogers' "Lady" was #1 for six weeks in November and December 1980 (which was a full nine years before Swift was born).
Both of these songs seriously stretch the definition of country music. Pop titans Max Martin and Shellback co-wrote and co-produced Swift's hit. Pop and R&B giant Lionel Richie wrote and produced Rogers' smash. (Country radio was far more accepting of Rogers' adult contemporary-style ballad, which reached #1 on Hot Country Songs, than they have been of Swift's sleek pop hit, which debuted and peaked at #13 on the country chart.)
"We Are Never Ever…" is the best-selling song in the U.S. for the fourth straight week. It's the first song to spend its first four weeks at #1 on Hot Digital Songs since Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" achieved the feat in February and March of last year. Swift's smash has sold 1,467,000 copies in its first four weeks. Only two songs in digital history have been further along at the four-week point. Flo Rida's "Right Round" sold 1,750,000 copies in its first four weeks. "Born This Way" sold 1,474,000 copies in its first four weeks, to narrowly edge Swift's smash for the female crown.
Swift also has the #2 song on Hot Digital Songs: "Ronan," which she introduced on Friday's Stand Up 2 Cancer telethon. Swift wrote the ballad after following the blog of a mother who lost her four-year son, Ronan, to cancer. "Ronan" sold 211K copies, not enough to catch "We Are Never Ever…" (284K), but more than such radio smashes as Maroon 5's "One More Night," fun.'s "Some Nights" and Flo Rida's "Whistle."
Swift is the fifth artist in digital history to have the two best-selling songs in the U.S. simultaneously. Mariah Carey was the first artist to achieve the feat, with "Don't Forget About Us" and her holiday classic "All I Want For Christmas Is You" in December 2005. Beyonce scored in November 2008 with "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" and "If I Were A Boy." The Black Eyed Peas did it in June 2009 with "I Gotta Feeling" and "Boom Boom Pow." Ke$ha followed suit in January 2010 with "TiK ToK" and "Blah Blah Blah" (featuring 3OH3!). (You'll notice that they're all female solo artists or female-centered bands. Beyonce wasn't kidding when she sang "Run The World (Girls).")
"Ronan" enters the Hot 100 at #16. (Hot Digital Songs is based entirely on sales. The Hot 100 also takes into account airplay and streaming activity.)
Swift is the first "core country" female artist to log three or more weeks at #1 on the Hot 100. Let me explain: Debby Boone spent 10 weeks at #1 with "You Light Up My Life," but she had just two top 10 country hits in her career (including "You Light Up"). That's not enough to be considered a "core country" artist. Brenda Lee and Olivia Newton-John were arguably "core country" artists in the 1970s (nine and seven top 10 country hits, respectively), but their long-running #1 pop hits ("I'm Sorry" for Lee and "Magic" and "Physical" for Newton-John) didn't make the country chart). Bobbie Gentry's classic story song "Ode To Billie Joe" logged four weeks at #1 on the Hot 100 in 1967, but it stalled at #17 on the country chart. (Country radio was very strict about what constituted country back then. Now, the same record would almost be considered "traditional country"!) Gentry's only top 10 country hit was a 1970 duet with Glen Campbell, who was the hottest artist in country music at the time. No slight to Gentry, but you or I could have had a top 10 country hit if we'd teamed up with Glen Campbell at that time.
Since "Lady," four songs by "core country artists" have each spent two weeks at #1: Dolly Parton's "9 to 5," Eddie Rabbitt's "I Love A Rainy Night," "Islands In The Stream" by Rogers & Parton and Lonestar's "Amazed."
Maroon5's "One More Night" jumps from #3 to #2. This is the group's seventh week at #2 so far this year. "Payphone" (featuring Wiz Khalifa) spent six weeks in the runner-up spot.
P!nk's "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" leaps from #11 to #6 in its 10th week in the wake of her striking performance of the song on the VMAs. This is the song's highest-ranking to date: It had previously climbed as high as #9. "Blow Me…" also tops the 1 million mark in digital sales. The song is vying to become P!nk's seventh top five hit. She had three top five hits in her first burst of success in 2000-2001 and has had three more since 2008. One more and she'll have had more in this second run of pop radio success than she had in her first. Will she do it? Stay tuned.
Alex Clare's "Too Close" jumps from #15 to #10 in its 24th week. The song reached #4 on the Official U.K. Chart earlier this year.
Here's the low-down on this week's top 10 songs.
The Top Five: Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" returns to #1 for a third week in its fifth week on the chart. This is its fourth week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #1 (284K)… Maroon 5's "One More Night" jumps from #3 to #2 in its 12th week on the chart. This is its fourth week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #3 (196K)…Flo Rida's "Whistle" drops from #1 to #3 in its 17th week on the chart. This is its ninth week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #5 (151K)…fun.'s "Some Nights" jumps from #5 to #4 in its 29th week on the chart. This is its fifth week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #4 (160K)… Ellie Goulding's "Lights" dips from #4 to #5 in its 38th week on the chart. This is its 12th week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #23 (64K).
The Second Five: P!nk's "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" rebounds from #11 to #6 in its 10th week on the chart. This is its fifth week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #8 (113K)…"As Long As You Love Me" by Justin Bieber featuring Big Sean rebounds from #9 to #7 (its highest ranking to date) in its 12th week on the chart. This is its fourth week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #7 (114K)… Neon Trees' "Everybody Talks" drops from #6 to #8 in its 26th week on the chart. This is its second week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #11 (93K)…"Good Time" by Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen dips from #8 to #9 for the second week in its 11th week on the chart. This is its third week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #10 (108K)…Alex Clare's "Too Close" jumps from #15 to #10 in its 24th week on the chart. This is Clare's first top 10 hit. Digital sales rank: #6 (127K).
Two songs drop out of the top 10 this week. Katy Perry's "Wide Awake" drops from #7 to #11, ending a 13-week run in the top 10. Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" drops from #10 to #12, ending a 23-week run in the top 10. It's the year's second biggest hit and, like the year's biggest hit, "Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra, is likely to receive a Grammy nomination for Record of the Year.
Phillip Phillips' "Home" dips from #21 to #22 in its 11th week. The song has climbed as high as #9. The song logs its seventh week in the top 10 on Hot Digital Songs. Digital sales rank: #9 (111K)…Chris Brown's "Don't Wake Me Up" jumps from #27 to #24 in its 11th week.
"Girl On Fire" by Alicia Keys featuring Nicki Minaj debuts at #37. This is from Keys' album of the same name, which is due Nov. 27. Keys performed the song on last week's VMA Awards, with assists from Minaj and Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas.
Frank Ocean's "Thinkin Bout You" jumps from #78 to #39 in its ninth week in the wake of Ocean's performance of the song on the VMA Awards. This is by far the highest the song has climbed to date. Its previous peak was #72…Miguel's "Adorn" jumps from #53 to #41 in its sixth week…Imagine Dragons' "It's Time" jumps from #63 to #49 in its 14th week. The video for the song was nominated for a VMA last week as Best Rock Video. The band's debut album, Night Visions, enters The Billboard 200 at #2 this week.
Ne-Yo's elegant "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself)" jumps from #58 to #50 in its sixth week. The song enters the Official U.K. chart at #1. It's Ne-Yo's fifth #1 hit in the U.K., following "Sick," "Closer," "Beautiful Monster" and Pitbull's "Give Me Everything," on which he was featured. It's vying to become his third #1 in the U.S., following "Sick" and "Give Me Everything." Will it do it? Stay tuned. (Meanwhile, can somebody explain to me why a pop and R&B singer who was born in Arkansas has had more #1 hits in the U.K. than he has in his own country?)
"Clique" by Kanye West, Jay-Z, Big Sean debuts at #55. This is from Cruel Summer, a GOOD Music label sampler, which is due Sept. 18… "I Can Only Imagine" by David Guetta featuring Chris Brown and Lil Wayne jumps from #64 to #61 in its fifth week….Psy's "Gangnam Style" debuts at #64. Psy, as you have probably heard by now, is a South Korean rapper. The title refers to a trendy, affluent district of Seoul. The song is from PSY's Best 6th Part 1.
Luke Bryan's Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" jumps from #75 to #68 in its third week…"Birthday Song" by 2 Chainz featuring Kanye West jumps from #79 to #70 in its fifth week…Karmin's "Hello" jumps from #89 to #77 in its second week…Passion Pit's "Take A Walk" jumps from #99 to #87 in its second week..
Trey Songz's "Dive In" re-enters the chart at #93, where it debuted two weeks ago. Trey Songz' album Chapter V has sold 200K copies in the past three weeks…"No Worries" by Lil Wayne featuring Detail debuts at #96. It's from the mixtape Dedication (with DJ Drama)…Beyonce's "Dance For You" debuts at #100. It's the seventh song from Beyonce's 2011 album 4 to crack the Hot 100. The only problem? None of them has climbed higher than #16.

music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-sept-9-2012-songs-taylor-back-211509833.html

[Au$tin]

What the hell is going on with "Whistle"? It's #34 now. Another version at #60.

Edit:
Okay, on Sunday, the version that's now at #34 was #6. The version that's now at #60 was at #340. Why all of a sudden are people deciding to buy this other version?

[Deleted]

The same thing happened to PSY a couple days ago.

[Agent Yoncé]

I hope 'One More Night' can squeeze a week or 2 at #2. & yasss for 'Dance For You' debuting on the Hot 100

[Deleted]

OMN is looking pretty safe for the #1 slot.

[chartfreak]

Sept 12, 2012 16:52:52 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

Sept 12, 2012 15:17:59 GMT -5 chartfreak said:

Isn't the Alex Clare track also benefiting from a TV commercial?

Not anymore. That commercial, which was for Internet Explorer, stopped airing ages ago. (At least, I haven't seen it in quite a while.)

I saw it twice in the past couple of days.

[nivekwriter1]

Sept 12, 2012 20:13:26 GMT -5 dlostfan said:

Why is Whistle freefalling on itunes? It was in Top-10 yesterday, and now it is #26?

There are now 2 versions of Whistle released, both in the top 100 iTunes. One is the album version, the other the single.

[Joe1240]

Glad to see Taylor back at #1. But I think Maroon 5 may have the number one slot next week.

[dlostfan]

OMN has a pretty good shot at taking the top spot next week.

OMN will make up for the 5 Million Airplay gap by next week and might even have a lead. It will be 650-700k on streaming which can compensate for 50-60k gaps in sales.

Preliminary predictions:

1. One More Night: 190/ 80/ 675
2. We Are Never.....: 235/ 80/ 0
3. Whistle: 135/ 95 / 700
4. Some Nights:150/ 64/ 750
5 Blow Me: 105/ 94 / 400
6 As Long as...: 105/ 75/ 650
7. Lights: 55/ 100/ 750

Clique might debut in Top-10 if the sales hold through the week.

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The Billboard Hot 100
Issue Date: 2012-09-22

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
on Producer(Songwriter) Position
Chart Imprint | Catalog No. | Distributing Label
1 2 1 5 We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, Taylor Swift 1
2 3 4 12 One More Night, Maroon 5 2
3 1 2 17 Whistle, Flo Rida 1
4 5 5 29 Some Nights, fun. 4
5 4 3 38 Lights, Ellie Goulding 2
6 11 12 10 Blow Me (One Last Kiss), P!nk 6
7 9 10 12 As Long As You Love Me, Justin Bieber Featuring Big Sean 7
8 6 11 26 Everybody Talks, Neon Trees 6
9 8 9 11 Good Time, Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen 8
10 15 18 24 Too Close, Alex Clare 10
11 7 7 16 Wide Awake, Katy Perry 2
12 10 6 29 Call Me Maybe, Carly Rae Jepsen 1
13 12 8 21 Payphone, Maroon 5 Featuring Wiz Khalifa 2
14 13 13 22 Titanium, David Guetta Featuring Sia 7
15 14 14 36 Somebody That I Used To Know, Gotye Featuring Kimbra 1
16 NEW 1 Ronan, Taylor Swift 16
17 16 17 23 Give Your Heart A Break, Demi Lovato 16
18 19 19 23 Mercy, Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T, 2 Chainz 13
19 20 20 7 Pound The Alarm, Nicki Minaj 19
20 18 15 21 Where Have You Been, Rihanna 5
21 17 16 13 Want U Back, Cher Lloyd 12
22 21 23 11 Home, Phillip Phillips 9
23 24 26 20 Wanted, Hunter Hayes 23
24 27 29 11 Don't Wake Me Up, Chris Brown 24
25 22 25 36 I Won't Give Up, Jason Mraz 8
26 26 24 18 No Lie, 2 Chainz Featuring Drake 24
27 23 22 14 Pontoon, Little Big Town 22
28 30 31 10 Blown Away, Carrie Underwood 28
29 29 28 30 What Makes You Beautiful, One Direction 4
30 25 21 18 Let's Go, Calvin Harris Featuring Ne-Yo 17
31 32 34 9 50 Ways To Say Goodbye, Train 31
32 28 27 38 We Are Young, fun. Featuring Janelle Monae 1
33 31 33 8 Take A Little Ride, Jason Aldean 12
34 34 32 30 Starships, Nicki Minaj 5
35 37 42 14 Ho Hey, The Lumineers 35
36 33 30 20 Scream, Usher 9
37 NEW 1 Girl On Fire, Alicia Keys Featuring Nicki Minaj 37
38 35 39 23 Heart Attack, Trey Songz 35
39 78 76 9 Thinkin Bout You, Frank Ocean 39
40 39 35 35 Drive By, Train 10
41 53 58 6 Adorn, Miguel 41
42 41 36 20 Work Hard, Play Hard, Wiz Khalifa 17
43 40 53 11 She's So Mean, matchbox twenty 40
44 42 48 9 Pop That, French Montana Featuring Rick Ross, Drake, Lil Wayne 42
45 38 38 35 Glad You Came, The Wanted 3
46 36 37 36 Wild Ones, Flo Rida Featuring Sia 5
47 44 46 24 Time Is Love, Josh Turner 44
48 45 51 17 Cowboys And Angels, Dustin Lynch 45
49 63 67 14 It's Time, Imagine Dragons 49
50 58 74 6 Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself), Ne-Yo 50
51 43 45 10 2 Reasons, Trey Songz Featuring T.I. 43
52 50 49 23 Little Talks, Of Monsters And Men 49
53 54 60 13 Hard To Love, Lee Brice 53
54 52 54 19 Why Ya Wanna, Jana Kramer 52
55 NEW 1 Clique, Kanye West Jay-Z Big Sean 55
56 47 50 12 Dark Side, Kelly Clarkson 42
57 46 41 17 Come Over, Kenny Chesney 23
58 56 52 16 Lemme See, Usher Featuring Rick Ross 46
59 55 64 15 For You, Keith Urban 55
60 51 40 17 Angel Eyes, Love And Theft 32
61 64 75 5 I Can Only Imagine, David Guetta Featuring Chris Brown & Lil Wayne 61
62 48 43 13 Over, Blake Shelton 43
63 57 59 10 Truck Yeah, Tim McGraw 57
64 NEW 1 Gangnam Style, Psy 64
65 59 57 12 Amen, Meek Mill Featuring Drake 57
66 66 68 5 Turn On The Lights, Future 66
67 62 63 21 Burn It Down, Linkin Park 30
68 75 92 3 Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, Luke Bryan 68
69 69 73 9 The A Team, Ed Sheeran 69
70 79 91 5 Birthday Song, 2 Chainz Featuring Kanye West 70
71 67 70 7 Come Wake Me Up, Rascal Flatts 67
72 76 86 4 Cruise, Florida Georgia Line 72
73 72 78 10 Lovin' You Is Fun, Easton Corbin 72
74 70 71 7 Fastest Girl In Town, Miranda Lambert 70
75 68 66 5 I Will Wait, Mumford & Sons 23
76 60 55 20 Tongue Tied, Grouplove 42
77 89 - 2 Hello, Karmin 77
78 80 83 5 The One That Got Away, Jake Owen 78
79 61 - 2 Feel Again, OneRepublic 61
80 71 65 11 Bag Of Money, Wale Featuring Rick Ross, Meek Mill & T-Pain 64
81 65 61 8 Settle Down, No Doubt 34
82 85 - 9 Tonight (Best You Ever Had), John Legend Featuring Ludacris 79
83 81 80 19 Both Of Us, B.o.B Featuring Taylor Swift 18
84 86 82 9 That's Why I Pray, Big & Rich 82
85 83 77 18 5-1-5-0, Dierks Bentley 33
86 88 85 6 Enough Of No Love, Keyshia Cole Featuring Lil Wayne 85
87 99 - 2 Take A Walk, Passion Pit 87
88 91 95 3 Creepin', Eric Church 88
89 74 72 11 The Wind, Zac Brown Band 70
90 92 90 4 Put It Down, Brandy Featuring Chris Brown 90
91 95 84 3 Madness, Muse 84
92 77 62 15 Chasing The Sun, The Wanted 50
93 RE-ENTRY 2 Dive In, Trey Songz 93
94 84 94 10 Promises, Nero 70
95 90 81 17 Nobody's Perfect, J. Cole Featuring Missy Elliott 61
96 NEW 1 No Worries, Lil Wayne Featuring Detail 96
97 97 - 4 Swimming Pools (Drank), Kendrick Lamar 95
98 94 - 2 Shinin' On Me, Jerrod Niemann 94
99 82 79 13 Snap Backs & Tattoos, Driicky Graham 73
100 NEW 1 Dance For You, Beyonce 100

[Rocky]

Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) went recurrent. :(

[HolidayGuy]

This decade's "Macarena" has debuted.

[pnobelysk]

Sept 13, 2012 1:49:09 GMT -5 dlostfan said:

OMN has a pretty good shot at taking the top spot next week.

OMN will make up for the 5 Million Airplay gap by next week and might even have a lead. It will be 650-700k on streaming which can compensate for 50-60k gaps in sales.

Preliminary predictions:

1. One More Night: 190/ 80/ 675
2. We Are Never.....: 235/ 80/ 0
3. Whistle: 135/ 95 / 700
4. Some Nights:150/ 64/ 750
5 Blow Me: 105/ 94 / 400
6 As Long as...: 105/ 75/ 650
7. Lights: 55/ 100/ 750

Clique might debut in Top-10 if the sales hold through the week.

It already debuted this week

[when the pawn...]

Sept 12, 2012 13:05:17 GMT -5 fridayteenage said:

She was the queen of the Grammys. They coronated her the queen with about 10 billion Grammys.

In other news, Taylor gets her 9th Digital T2 song, all of them solo.
Solo: Rihanna 7
Katy 7
Britney 5

Lady GaGa has at least Just Dance, Poker Face, Bad Romance, Born This Way and Judas, no? TEOG?

[forg]

56 47 50 12 Dark Side, Kelly Clarkson

Too bad this failed to become a hit :( What's her next single!

Yeah Gangnam Style!

[HolidayGuy]

"Dark Side" cracked the top half of the Hot 100 9and top 25 at pop radio)- now, if it were the lead single, that would have been a big letdown. I wouldn't call it a flop, but everyone has their own definition of that, as we know.

[fridayteenage]

Sept 13, 2012 9:27:16 GMT -5 when the pawn... said:

Lady GaGa has at least Just Dance, Poker Face, Bad Romance, Born This Way and Judas, no? TEOG?

Just Dance feat Colby O'Donis

No on Judas. But also Love Game. So 5, yes. I was mostly just showing how the other chart queens don't have as many, not trying to be comprehensive.

[trackmaster13]

Interesting that BURN IT DOWN doesn't go recurrent after 21 weeks.

[forg]

Sept 13, 2012 10:40:46 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

"Dark Side" cracked the top half of the Hot 100 9and top 25 at pop radio)- now, if it were the lead single, that would have been a big letdown. I wouldn't call it a flop, but everyone has their own definition of that, as we know.

I don't consider as a major flop but after a #1 single, Dark Side's performance is really disappointing