Billboard AC Chart: October 20, 2012

[johnm1120]

October 20, 2012

01 01 25 Gotye f/Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know (10th week at #1)
02 02 22 Maroon 5 - Payphone (3rd week at #2)
03 03 35 Train - Drive By (1)
04 05 16 Katy Perry - Wide Awake (4)
05 06 19 Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (4)
06 04 36 Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (8 weeks at #1)
07 07 30 Adele - Rumour Has It (4)
08 08 20 One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (8)
09 09 27 Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up (9)
10 11 08 Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (10)

11 12 11 Pink - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (11)
12 15 06 Phillip Phillips - Home (12)
13 14 25 fun. f/Janelle Monae - We Are Young (12)
14 13 17 Neon Trees - Everybody Talks (13)
15 16 21 Norah Jones - Happy Pills (13)
16 18 13 Matchbox 20 - She's So Mean (15)
17 DEBUT Adele - Skyfall (From Skyfall (17)
18 23 02 Tristan Prettyman - My Oh My (18)
19 19 10 Ellie Goulding - Lights (18)
20 20 06 fun. - Some Nights (20)

21 21 15 Demi Lovato - Give Your Heart A Break (16)
22 27 04 Maroon 5 - On e More Night (22)
23 24 09 Train - 50 Ways To Say Goodbye (23)
24 25 13 Karmin - Brokenhearted (17)
25 22 11 Kelly Clarkson - Dark Side (19)
26 26 10 Smash Mouth - Magic (22)
27 29 03 Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen - Good Time (27)
28 28 12 Casey Abrams - Get Out (23)
29 30 02 OneRepublic - Feel Again (29)
30 DEBUT Luke McMaster f/Jim Brickman - Good Morning Beautiful (30)


Falling Off:

-- 10 38 Adele - Set Fire to the Rain (11 weeks at #1)
-- 17 22 The Wanted - Glad You Came (17)


It's a double-digit run at #1 for Gotye, but can he fend off Maroon 5 much longer? The gap between the 2 shrunk this week and it's anyone's race for #1 next week

Cracking the top 10 is Taylor Swift with her #1 Hot 100 hit "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together." This is Taylor's 5th top 10 hit. Her last top 10 was her #1 hit "Mine" which topped the chart in December 2010.

Tristan Pretty cracks the top 20 this week in only her second week with "My Oh My." This one is beginning to look promising. It's her first top 20 hit.

I know I skipped her, but here she is. Making an instant impact at #17 on the chart with only 8 adds and 3 days of airplay is the new Adele track "Skyfall." It's from the upcoming James Bond film "Skyfall" and it looks like it's not going to be falling anytime soon. This is Adele's 6th AC hit and her 5th top 20 hit. It's a bittersweet week as "Set Fire to the Rain" is purged this week, but "Rumour Has It" is still holding at #7.

Did Christmas come even earlier this year? Christmas mainstay Jim Brickman has a feature on the other debut this week. Let's meet Luke McMaster, but some of our Canadian viewers may have some familiarity with him. He was one half of the Canadian duo McMaster & james who had a few radio CanCon hits in the early 2000s. The duo split and Rob james went on to appear on Canadian Idol, while McMaster had a songwriting career. "Good Morning Beautiful" marks the debut appearance on any Billboard chart for McMaster. He enters the chart at #30 this week.

Set Fire to the Rain and The Wanted both go recurrent this week. As a result there are new peaks for Taylor Swift, Pink/ Owl City/Maybe and OneRepublic.

[HolidayGuy]

Thanks, johnm.

The No. 1 track had 1,703 spins (11.114m audience), while the No. 30 track had 80 spins (0.348m audience).

The No. 2 track is 45 spins out of No. 1 (and only slightly behind in audience), so next week indeed is up for grabs.

[areyoureadytojump]

Damn! No debuts.

10/27 AC chart at Billboard.com:

Adult Contemporary

*** No. 1 *** "Somebody That I Used To Know" Gotye Featuring Kimbra
Greatest Gainer No. 7 "I Won't Give Up" Jason Mraz