Mike's Top 40: 9/24/16

[♛ The Manticore ☯]

Happy Birthday Mike. And happy to see Paul van Dyk & Sue McLaren's "Lights" debuting at #38! It already reached number one for me a few weeks ago.

[Deleted]

RAWM top 25.

Happy birthday and great chart.

[surfy]

First off, Happy Birthday!!!

Out of the Woods in top 10!!!

Same Old Love debuts!!! <3

Love your chart!!!

[Libra]

Thanks for the birthday wishes guys! Allow me to present y'all with...this week's chart.

♛ The Manticore ☯: Paul van Dyk up four.
surfy: So is Selena.
@jakelmmrs44, Kurt: Carly Rae up two.
@drag27: So is Janet.
Mikey: 3LAU up five.
Daryl the Beryl: Disclosure up one.
Juan Carlos: So is Kacey.
Zeebz: CHVRCHES are this week's Biggest Mover (see also story below).

Mike's Top 40
For the Week Ending: October 10, 2015

DROPPERS:
Markus Schulz featuring Delacey - Destiny (from 31)
Josh Dorr - All or Nothing (from 30)


For the chart of two weeks ago, I stated that John Newman would need to keep Kacey Musgraves back if he were to stand a chance at taking #1, and this week, he realizes that goal as "Come and Get It" steps onto the summit. It probably couldn't have come at a better time for him, as he now has a new song emerge as a New Pick of the Week, and he has no less than three #1 contenders all eyeing that top spot now...so, this may be a brief stay for him.

Kacey and Janet will, certainly, slug it out next week, and possibly the week after. I don't see Breathe Carolina breaking past until that tiff is settled, but at the moment they're looking at a brief respite anyway.

Embody + A*M*E are this week's sole new Top 10 song, and might actually make a big move within that Top 10 next week. It's not hard to imagine how: With Bean appearing to have peaked, three of the next four in front of them are bulletless, plus if they can sneak past Cheerleader then that'd be good for #6.

Troye Sivan, after having the week's Biggest Mover two weeks ago, has built upon that nicely, completing another five-notch jump to #18 this week. This was a bit harder for him this week, as while there were two plummeters right in front of him, the Teens were a solid wall of bullets, and that's only slightly changed this week. I don't expect that to duplicate again next week, though, thanks to the aforementioned bulletless Top 10 songs (other than Cheerleader).

And how about CHVRCHES? Two weeks ago they were looking to be at the end of their rope, this time for good. This week, they have the Biggest Mover, and take "Leave a Trace" up seven notches to #27. As if to demonstrate the harder top half of the chart Vs. the softer bottom half, however, they only had to leap over one song that wasn't already going down to get that. That's Carrie's "Smoke Break", and indeed it looks like she won't be duplicating the smash success of "Little Toy Guns" - at least, not with this she won't.

Elsewhere, "Foundation" continues to go up, but even as it does, "Eyes Shut" saunters onto the chart this week at #39. That's the 5th chart single from Communion, and 5th within a year - which, upon checking, ties the currently-standing chart record in that category.

The two current record-holders both accomplished this during the same year, albeit under differing circumstances. Katy Perry began 2011 with her already-former #1 "Teenage Dream" still hanging onto the chart, while "Firework" was seeing its run at the chart's summit being interrupted. By year's end, she'd place "E.T.", "Last Friday Night", and "The One That Got Away" onto the chart as well.

Lady Gaga is the other, and her circumstance is actually quite similar to Years & Years' own now. Her 2011 began when "Born This Way" launched, and the four subsequent singles - "Judas", "The Edge of Glory", "You and I", "Marry the Night" - all found their way onto the chart by year's end (the first of those spending a fortnight at #20). So, Katy had five songs all chart within the year, while Lady Gaga saw five debut within the year.

There's still plenty of time for Y&Y to manage to place a 6th, and record-breaking, song on the chart by year's end - and that proposition might not be so wacky the way individual songs have popped up from the album during the year.

And...that should do it for this week's chart talk.


NEW PICK OF THE WEEK:
John Newman - I'm Not Your Man


Until next week...

-Mike

[Libra]

A few likes this week......but, NO ONE SAID ANYTHING? ;_;

Sigh...I'm bored, so I decided to ready this week's chart a bit early.


Mikey: 3LAU up two.
Daryl the Beryl: Twenty One Pilots up one.
♛ The Manticore ☯: So is Paul van Dyk.
Zeebz, @jakelmmrs44: And Carly Rae.
Juan Carlos: Disclosure take "Omen" into Top 10 territory...
Kurt: ...while doubling up elsewhere this week with "Magnets".
surfy: Selena up four more.
Rocky: OK so maybe I lied. Troye is (once again) this week's Biggest Mover.
@drag27: The Top 2 - enough said.

Mike's Top 40
For the Week Ending: October 17, 2015

DROPPERS:
Aquilo - Better Off Without You (from 40)
Giorgio Moroder featuring Britney Spears - Tom's Diner (from 37)
Say Lou Lou - Nothing But a Heartbeat (from 30)


John Newman indeed has a brief stay on top, as Kacey Musgraves makes "Dime Store Cowgirl" her second #1. Janet Jackson, eager to claim #1 herself, marches up right with her and lands at #2. I speculated last week that these two could battle it out for as many as two weeks, and indeed that's the story for next week. Probably for Halloween weekend, as well.

The lower half of the Top 10 indeed collapses this week, making way for some nice moves. Embody/A*M*E leap half the distance to the top, but will be forced to either make a major push upward, or just bide their time to get there. That's pretty much the story for each subsequent lower contender, actually (minus the half-the-distance-to-#1, of course). Meanwhile, Taylor's second run with "Out of the Woods" appears to have run out of gas with a bullet loss at #8.

All future contenders could, possibly, be looking at one MAJOR threat coming up from below, however, and that's the song that claims its second Biggest Mover title this week, Troye Sivan's "Wild", which narrowly misses in giving him consecutive Top 10 time with an 18-11 leap.

Elsewhere, Robin Thicke also appears to have run out of steam as he slips two notches to #18. Years & Years continue to creep forward, and are now close to getting their third Top 10 this year.

Speaking of them...last week, I mentioned that "Eyes Shut" marked the fifth chart single from Communion, which puts the album in an exclusive club. How exclusive is this club, you ask? Well...it's now only the fifth album to place as many as 5 songs from it on my chart.

Now, the bar was set high early on, by the only artist who's managed to do this twice. No surprise - it's the woman who also currently leads all acts among most charted songs, Avril Lavigne. Let Go placed 7 songs on the chart from 2002-2004, and her follow-up Under My Skin managed to place 5 from 2004-2006.

The rest of this story should be easy, since you also heard it last week. The other two albums are Katy Perry's Teenage Dream (5 from its original configuration, 7 counting its re-release), and Lady Gaga's Born This Way.

By this virtue also, Years & Years become the first male act to pull it off (also, obviously, becoming the male act who's placed the most songs from one album on the chart - breaking a tie they'd entered into with three other albums that each placed 4).

Random fact: This week, there are 7 songs from English duos on the chart. (Well...four from standard-definition duos, two from collaborative pairings, and the other is a duet. ) That's the same as the week before, but last week, there were three standard duos instead of two - this week sees Aquilo depart, replaced with Disclosure now doubling up alongside Years & Years, who did that last week.

(And incidentally: Alongside all those duos is one trio - The perhaps appropriately-named Above & Beyond.)

More on Disclosure in a moment.





NEW PICKS OF THE WEEK:
Disclosure featuring Lorde - Magnets (#36)
Cape Cub - Keep Me in Mind
Lindsay Ell - By the Way
Chicane - Ibiza Strings
Olly Murs - Kiss Me


I originally wanted to let "Omen" peak before moving on to "Magnets", but since that's now launching at Alternative, I don't see much cause in waiting. Given how addicting it already is, though, expect it to rise quickly.


Until next week...

-Mike

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One week ago...

CRJ up 2 spots, good chart.

And now?

CRJ almost top 20 and SOL is almost top 30, great chart.

[Libra]

Another early chart this week. Kacey and Janet are battling it out atop the chart...who comes out ahead this week?

And this week sees not one but two debuts out of the box. (Y'all can probably guess one... )


Mikey Daryl the Beryl ♛ The Manticore ☯ Zeebz @jakelmmrs44 Juan Carlos Kurt surfy Rocky @drag27

Mike's Top 40
For the Week Ending: October 24, 2015

DROPPERS:
Tori Kelly - Should've Been Us (from 40)
Carrie Underwood - Smoke Break (from 39)


Kacey remains at #1 for a second week. How long she will continue to fend off Janet and the other potential contenders, though, is anyone's guess.

Adele blasts onto the survey at #36, seemingly the latest in a growing line of heavy hitters impacting the chart these days. That she will go up fast is certainly a given. How fast - is not, so much.

One of those heavy hitters is last week's highest debut and this week's Biggest Mover. "Magnets" pushes ahead seven to #29, knocking over a series of bullets in the process. This will certainly be racing to keep Adele off its tail!

Another, reaches Top 10 territory this week - and at just 7 weeks, "Wild" becomes the fastest to get there in a little over 5 months. If you recall back on May 9, two songs actually did that the same week in that much time or better - "Mirror Man" was in its 7th week, and "See You Again" was only in its 5th. Of course, "Wild" may now be facing an inverse of Kacey's current predicament - those other #1 contenders all in front of it, and Kacey fighting to stay there!

And oddly enough, one of those is the man many say is Adele's male counterpart. I'm talking about Sam Smith of course, and the last time he and Disclosure were paired together, they were held to #2 by the 7-week run on top for "Sleeping With a Friend". You can bet they're not looking to have that sort of thing happen again this time around. (And neither is A*M*E, also blocked by that same song her last time out, and up 5-4 this week.)

But, speaking of repeating history - let's talk about the week's other debut from One Direction. "Perfect" has been called something of an answer song to Taylor Swift's "Style". Well, as that hit #1 here back in April, 1D certainly have some big shoes to fill in that regard, and the aforementioned heavy hitters (among others) are NOT going to make that task easy for them. But, here's a funny thing: This is actually the second time that One Direction has debuted together with Adele in the same week. That previously happened back on the week ending March 31, 2012 with "Rumour Has It" debuting alongside "What Makes You Beautiful". She took her song and blazed to the top enroute to a 6-week stay there - which would be ended by them and their song! It would certainly be an odd thing to have that happen again here.

And...that should do it for this week's chart talk.


NEW PICKS OF THE WEEK:
One Direction - Perfect (#39)
Adele - Hello (#36)
Ellie Goulding - Something in the Way You Move
The Neighbourhood - Prey
DJ Snake featuring Bipolar Sunshine - Middle
Alden Richards - Wish I May (Fair warning: Overly-cutesy video. )
Lipstick Gypsy - The Cure
St. Lucia - Dancing on Glass


Until next week...

-Mike

[Deleted]

Something Better is top 15, RAWM is top 20, Magnets is top 30, and Hello makes its debut.

Wonderful chart.

[Juan Carlos]

Good to see "Dime Store Cowgirl" atop for a second week. Also, "Lush Life" and "Omen" reach a new peak inside the Top 10, while "Wild" enters there. Yay! "Foundation", "Stressed Out", "Ocean Drive", "Something Better", "King", "Run Away With Me", "Save My Soul", "Leave a Trace", "Magnets" and "Eyes Shut" climb. Hope "The Other Boys" and "Diamonds" keep going, "Let It All Go" rebounds and great debut of "Hello".

[Libra]

Happy Halloween, everybody!

This week's chart is actually pretty scary-looking to kick off.

And the fight to the death between Kacey and Janet for that #1 spot ends this week, with one of them resting firmly on the throne, and for the other: The race is over.

So, who wins this week?


@jakelmmrs44: "Magnets" up six.
Juan Carlos: "The Other Boys" up four.
yuh yuh: So is Selena.
Mikey: And 3LAU.
josh, Kurt: Carly Rae up two.
Daryl the Beryl: Twenty One Pilots up one.
Rocky: So is Troye.
♛ The Manticore ☯: Paul van Dyk up three.
@drag27: 1D up seven.
Zeebz: CHVRCHES reach Top 20 territory.
surfy: See below.

Mike's Top 40
For the Week Ending: October 31, 2015

DROPPER:
Tinie Tempah featuring Jess Glynne - Not Letting Go (from 40)


The weeks-long duel between Kacey Musgraves and Janet Jackson has ended this week - Kacey falls to #5, making way for Janet to seize the crown. And with that comes a very interesting footnote: Last year, Kacey spent 4 weeks at #1 with "Follow Your Arrow". For 3 of those weeks, she held off Justin Timberlake's "Not a Bad Thing" at #2, and in the end Justin did not make it to #1. This time around, Kacey surrenders #1 after 2 weeks...to Janet Jackson of all people.

With Breathe Carolina, Embody/A*M*E, and Zara Larsson all breathing down her neck, though, how long can she keep it?

Years & Years become only the second act to grab a third Top 10 hit this year (after Taylor Swift), as "Foundation" inches up one more notch to #10...but it's looking like that's going to be it for this song. Still, with three Top 10s this year and a potential fourth climbing the chart now, that doesn't look too bad if you ask me.

Also struggling this week, is Audien. They had a nice four-notch jump last week but were still passed by Duke Dumont, and this week are forced to hold in place entirely. Things are not going to get much better for them, not with the songs coming up from below.

"Magnets" continues to blaze this week with another six-notch jump, and One Direction have a terrific second week as well (no doubt helped by the sad state of the 30s) by jumping seven. But who should do even better than them? Who else, but Adele, with an eight-notch leap as this week's Biggest Mover.

Get a load of those sorry-looking 30s, though...expect a house-cleaning come next week. Suffice it to say that's the most bulletless records ever stacked at the bottom in any of my chart weeks (of any era!).

And it nearly looked like I'd have one more nasty trick for y'all this week with no New Picks of the Week...until, one dropped right in just a couple nights ago:


NEW PICK OF THE WEEK:
Ariana Grande - Focus


Yup, slim pickings this week. Maybe Queen Adele scared everyone else off?

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And actually...I do have one big treat for y'all this week. Cause you see...we've got a year that's going to start winding down here soon, and you know we'll all be looking to reflect on The Year That's Been.

Well, barring any sudden unforeseen catastrophies, I'll be looking to do the same thing as well. And I've already set in mind what I plan to do for this year. 2015 will be a landmark year for my chart, because it'll be the first year where I've managed to complete the full year with a Top 40 chart. To this end, my year-end chart will consist of the year's 100 biggest songs to pass through these pages this year.

Every year I've done a chart of any size from the start of the year to the end, the survey period that I've used has always run calendar year. Which means, for this year, the last chart will be dated for the week ending December 26. It will be during the week that follows that, where I reveal my year-end chart. I'll have more exact details on how I plan to do that to come, but ideally, I'm anticipating that the full Top 100 of 2015 should be posted by the time I post the first chart of the new year, January 2.


Till then: See you all next week!

-Mike

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It's good to see Janet at #1.

[josh]

Hope Carly and Selena can both keep climbing (and hit #1).

[yuh yuh]

Happy to see Hello and Same Old Love climbing! I hope Focus enters next week

[♛ The Manticore ☯]

Yay at Paul van Dyk in the top 30!!! And wow at Breath Carolina & APEK. Happy to see that doing well.

[Libra]

Y'all probably should've seen this coming after last week's chart. This week sees 7 droppers. Which are:

"Morning Sun" (LW: 40),
"Papercut" (LW: 39),
"Diamonds" (LW: 38),
"Heaven" (LW: 37),
"Wildfire" (LW: 36),
"Let it All Go" (LW: 35), and
"Big Girls Cry" (LW: 31).

So, who's stepped in to replace them?

And can Janet hold onto her throne this week, or does someone else step up to take the crown?


@jakelmmrs44 Juan Carlos yuh yuh Mikey josh Kurt Daryl the Beryl Rocky ♛ The Manticore ☯ @drag27 Zeebz surfy

Mike's Top 40
For the Week Ending: November 7, 2015

Janet gets overthrown this week, as Breathe Carolina & APEK take over the summit this week. Unfortunately for them, their situation this week isn't any better than hers was last week. Thus we may see another one-and-done here. We'll see!

But, it's not all bad news for Janet this week, as she sees a follow-up turn up as one of four New Picks this week.

Adele nabs Biggest Mover honors for a second week, as she pushes ahead six to #22.

Songs I'm not sure will go much higher (or in the case of one, could have already peaked?): "Only on a Saturday Night", "Run Away With Me", "The Other Boys", "Lights". Possibly also "Counting Down the Days" as well, and I'm not sure what's going to happen with "Alive Again", either.

As this is a "short and simple week", that'll do it for this week's chart talk.


NEW PICKS OF THE WEEK:
Janet Jackson - Night
Enya - So I Could Find My Way
Olivia Somerlyn - O X O
Shaun Frank & KSHMR featuring Delaney Jane - Heaven


Until next week...

-Mike

[josh]

Yes at ZHU/AlunaGeorge, Olly, and Ariana debuting and Adam, Selena, and Carly gaining (albeit too slowly).

Sad to see "Papercut" dropping, but it peaked at #1 so I can't be too mad, I suppose.

[Deleted]

Adele is almost top 20.

Superb chart.

[yuh yuh]

Yes Focus debut and Hello rising

[Libra]

Eeeeek. So, I've been more than a little distracted over the past couple of weeks.

Here's the chart from two weeks ago. Tomorrow, I'll post this past week's chart.


@jakelmmrs44 Juan Carlos yuh yuh Mikey josh Kurt Daryl the Beryl Rocky ♛ The Manticore ☯ @drag27 Zeebz surfy

Mike's Top 40
For the Week Ending: November 14, 2015

DROPPERS:
Taylor Swift - Out of the Woods (from 37)
Cheerleader - The Sunshine of Your Youth (from 30)


Embody + A*M*E take the #1 spot this week, as the wheel keeps turning. Will this past week prove to have been any different? In the process, A*M*E hits #1 on her second try.

Meanwhile, Sam Smith at #3 would like to do the same.

Twenty One Pilots, at #7, are looking to best the #4 showing for "Fairly Local", if not more.

Duke Dumont scores his second Top 10 hit, and you can bet he'd like to follow in A*M*E's footsteps as well.

"The Other Boys" dropped back to #23 the previous week, now with its bullet loss, it appears to have peaked at #21.

St. Lucia scores the biggest jump in a while, rocketing ahead 10 to #29. We appear to have another heavy-hitter in the ranks, folks...

And...that'll do it for this week's chart talk.

-Mike

[Deleted]

Hello made top 20.

[Libra]

And, here's this past week's chart.


@jakelmmrs44 Juan Carlos yuh yuh Mikey josh Kurt Daryl the Beryl Rocky ♛ The Manticore ☯ @drag27 Zeebz surfy

Mike's Top 40
For the Week Ending: November 21, 2015

DROPPERS:
Babyface - We've Got Love (from 36)
Paul van Dyk featuring Sue McLaren - Lights (from 35)
John Newman - Come and Get It (from 33)


Zara Larsson takes over the crown. This week, she'll try to keep Disclosure/Sam Smith and Troye Sivan (among others) at bay.

JoJo has an interesting sort of consistency - this is only her third chart single here, but the previous two went to #2 and #5, and now this one cracks the Top 10 as well, with at least a good chance to follow in their Top 5 footsteps.

Seeking her third Top 10 this year is Madonna, up three to #11.

St. Lucia is the week's Biggest Mover for the second week in a row.

What is up with "Counting Down the Days"? It can't seem to keep momentum going, evidenced by its past five weeks: 26-22-24-22-24. It continues to cling to its bullet, however, unlike "Alive Again", which loses its own and slips 24-26.

And...that'll do it for this week's chart talk.

-Mike

[Libra]

Late again, what else is new?

Oh! How about every position? Yeah, just like the last week, every song was on the move this past week.


@jakelmmrs44 Juan Carlos yuh yuh Mikey josh Kurt Daryl the Beryl Rocky ♛ The Manticore ☯ @drag27 Zeebz surfy

Mike's Top 40
For the Week Ending: November 28, 2015

DROPPER:
Audien featuring Lady Antebellum - Something Better (from 35)


Disclosure & Sam snag their first #1 each, taking "Omen" to the top. Troye Sivan, now at #2, has had quite a wait in trying to push his way up there; seeing him take over this coming week is quite a likely outcome.

"Stressed Out" matches the #4 peak of "Fairly Local" - will Twenty One Pilots best that, or will they stop right there once again?

Madonna scores her third Top 10 this year as "Rebel Heart" skips ahead 11-9. Only two other acts have seen as many as three Top 10s this year - Taylor Swift (with two also being #1s) and Years & Years.

Speaking of Years & Years, with a nice five-notch jump to #17, they may yet have a chance to make "Eyes Shut" their 4th Top 10 before the year's out. Only four weeks left to get there...!

The recent yo-yo climb for Above & Beyond swings back upward this week, this time taking them into the Top 20. What's next for this song?

And...that should do it for this week's chart talk.


NEW PICK OF THE WEEK:
Collective Soul - AYTA


Until next week...

-Mike

[Deleted]

Nice to see Omen on top, Stressed Out in the top 5, and Hello climbing.

[yuh yuh]

Great to see Hello and Same Old Love rising! Great chart!

[Libra]

@jakelmmrs44 Juan Carlos yuh yuh Mikey josh Kurt Daryl the Beryl Rocky ♛ The Manticore ☯ @drag27 Zeebz surfy Rose Wintur

Mike's Top 40
For the Week Ending: December 5, 2015

DROPPERS:
Years & Years - Foundation (from 39)
NERVO featuring Kylie Minogue, Jake Shears, & Nile Rodgers - The Other Boys (from 38)
3LAU featuring Emma Hewitt - Alive Again (from 32)


Slow and steady wins the race...and while he wasn't exactly slow getting to the Top 10, it's been a slow climb within it. But this week it finally pays off, as he settles in at #1, and looks to stay there for some time. INTRESSTandLOUIS and Twenty One Pilots move up to #2 and #3 respectively, but I do not see either overtaking Troye - chances are, they're both peaking right where they are.

Duke Dumont, at #4, actually might have JoJo to worry about more, as she jumps over Grades and lands at #5. Speaking of which, that matches her showing for 2012's "Disaster", and gives her her 3rd Top 5 smash in as many tries. Y'know, it's interesting...this is only her 3rd chart single here, but every time she's hit, she's smashed!

Grades, incidentally, could very well also be peaking - still up one to #6, but I've been playing the song since July (it just took a while to reach the chart), and it's finally starting to wear on me.

The #11-15 range was very tough to decide this week...if I had a point system, I'd imagine that 11-15 would all be very very close in points.

Further down, Lindsay Ell and Lipstick Gypsy share Biggest Mover honors this week with their respective 8-notch leaps. Unfortunately for both, movement in the middle of the chart may be tough to come by this month. Sure, we have multiple songs in the Top 10 at or close to peaking, but those won't really start to descend for a few weeks, and there really isn't anything else in the middle that's ready to peak right now. (Well......maybe one song.)

That'll do it for this week's chart - now, let's talk about how the year's going to wrap up!

In 3 weeks' time, I'll be counting down the 100 biggest songs of the year on my chart. For an idea of how that's going to go, I invite you to take a look through my previous year-end countdown from 2012.

Now...that was only a Top 40, and there's no way in hell I intend to do a full Top 100 in one day, one sitting. So...how to do this? Instead, I intend to spread out the full countdown over the week of December 27-January 2. December 26 is the last chart for this year, and January 2 will kick off 2016. Each day, starting that Sunday, I'll present an hour's worth of the Top 100. That will approximate out to anywhere between 15-20 songs, per day. So, unless I end up needing to take one of those days off, I should have the full Top 100 counted down by Saturday the 2nd. Each day, I will post in advance when I intend to start that day's worth of the countdown - because it's nice to have an audience.


NEW PICKS OF THE WEEK:
Lost Kings featuring Jessame - Bad (#40)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Leon Bridges - Kevin
Ellie Goulding - Heal
Troye Sivan - Talk Me Down
Guy Sebastian - Black & Blue
Kygo featuring Myta Noyes - Stay
Kacey Musgraves - Late to the Party

Notes on a few of this week's New Picks:

With "Something in the Way You Move" debuting this week, I'm not quite sure yet what I'm going to do with "Heal". I'm not sure if I'm going to just run both songs at once, if I'm going to eventually pull "Something" for "Heal", or if I'm going to push "Heal" back.

As I noted in the song's thread, "Stay" marks the 4th time Kygo's visited this section. His previous tries have all fallen short of the 40, but what might help this one is the fact that this month will serve to be a bit of housecleaning. Expect at least five debuts next week, and after that, there will only be one or two songs waiting that are NOT among the new ones being added this week. In a sense, that means less competition than usual (certainly less than the others had) for a future debut spot.

As for "Late to the Party"...not being content to end the era with just two songs charting, I finally gave Pageant Material a listen this week. On first listen, that presented the unusual problem of what to pick for a "next single"...when there's just so much good stuff there. ;_; "Late to the Party" was already one of the better choices though, and it didn't take very long to settle on that when going through on the second time.


Until next week...

-Mike

[yuh yuh]

Nice to see Ellie debut with Something In The Way You Move and Adele's Hello rising!

[Albie]

Yay "Ocean Drive" keep on chugging along! Same for "Dancing On Glass" and "Automatic" - top 10 please! Great to see "Leave a Trace" moving up into the top also. I wasn't drawn by "King" at first but I started listening to it again recently and I'm glad to see it doing well for you.

[Deleted]

Go 21Pilots!

[Libra]

Albie, I'm afraid I may have to disappoint you RE: "Automatic". "Dancing on Glass", however...not so much.


@jakelmmrs44 Juan Carlos yuh yuh Mikey josh Kurt Daryl the Beryl Rocky ♛ The Manticore ☯ @drag27 Zeebz surfy Rose Wintur

Mike's Top 40
For the Week Ending: December 12, 2015

DROPPERS:
Freddy's Dilemma - Only on a Saturday Night (from 39)
Kacey Musgraves - Dime Store Cowgirl (from 37)
EZA - We Keep the Lights Out (from 35)
Janet Jackson - No Sleeep (from 34)
Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me (from 33)


No surprise, Troye is #1 for a second week. "Find You" hangs on at #2 for a second week, but is likely to drop next week.

Duke Dumont and JoJo will battle it out for the right to move up next week - and the winner will likely go on to challenge Troye for that top spot. In turn, expect him to remain on top next week.

Grades, as predicted, has peaked, with a bullet loss despite remaining at #6 this week.

Adele steps into the Top 10 this week, and Disclosure replace themselves in the upper tier as well. Meanwhile, right below, St. Lucia continues to claw his way through a tough group. Could that ultimately spell disaster for our new Top 10s?

"Counting Down the Days" goes backward yet again this week and is back to #22, though with its bullet loss, this time that downturn could very well be for good. "Automatic", pushed back two to #30 despite clinging to a bullet, is not looking much better.

"Bad" takes advantage of a very weak 30s region - half of which drop out this week - as this week's Biggest Mover, up nine to #31.

And...that should do it for this week's chart talk.


NEW PICKS OF THE WEEK:
The Corrs - Bring on the Night
Reba McEntire - Just Like Them Horses
Bonnie McKee & !llmind - Speed of Light
John Newman - Killing Me
Twenty One Pilots - Doubt
CHAP featuring Lil' One - Walk Away


REMINDER: Only two weeks remain until we count down the 100 biggest songs of the year on Mike's Top 40! Start rooting for your favorites!

Until next week...

-Mike

[Juan Carlos]

Great to see "Wild" atop for a second week in a row and "Ocean Drive" reaching a new peak of #3. "Hello" and "Magnets" enter in the Top 10, while St. Lucia is close to reach there. "Eyes Shut", "Kiss Me", "Middle" and "Something In the Way You Move" keep climbing and good debut of "Prey".

Dec 12, 2015 21:41:02 GMT -5 Libra said:

Albie, I'm afraid I may have to disappoint you RE: "Automatic".

FYI, Albie isn't the only one.