1. Fireflies - Owl City
2. Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys
3. Whatcha Say - Jason DeRulo
Owl City returns to #1 this week, while last week's #1, Jason DeRulo's "Whatcha Say" falls to #3. Frankly, I was a little surprised. "Whatcha Say" is on the cusp of knocking Lady GaGa's "Paparazzi" from atop the pop airplay chart, but in the end Owl City's sales must have clenched this victory ("Fireflies" is #1 at iTunes, although only #7 at top 40 radio).
Jay-Z and Alicia Keys climbs to #2, matching the #2 peak of Jay-Z's last single, "Run This Town." Although he's been to #1 as a featured performer three times (with Mariah Carey, Beyonce and Rihanna), Jay-Z has yet to headline a #1 hit. "Empire State of Mind" is also this week's Airplay Gainer.
4. Replay - I.Y.A.Z.
I.Y.A.Z. climbs 8 spots to #4 scoring their first top 10 hit. "Replay" is produced by J.R. Rotem, the producer behind last week's #1 hit, "Whatcha Say" and this week's British #1 hit "Everybody in Love" by JLS. "Replay" is this week's Digital Gainer. Unfortunately I can't tell you anything about the group, as they don't seem to have a Wikipedia page or a Web site. Surely that will change soon.
9. Russian Roulette - Rihanna
Rihanna is the biggest mover up the week, up 66 places to #9. "Russian Roulette" is the provocatively dark first single from Rihanna's upcoming fourth album Rated R. The metaphorical song tells the story of a young woman who kills herself while playing Russian Roulette, urged on by a man. I'm actually surprised this isn't #1, but I guess it's sales weren't as strong as I suspected. It's cooling off fast at top 40 radio too--about a week about it was gaining 1000 spins and running neck-and-neck with Lady GaGa's "Bad Romance," but while "Bad Romance" has remained hot, "Russian Roulette" is down to only about 300 spins gained. Truthfully the song, while interesting, isn't the greatest pop song and is certainly too dark to sustain itself for long. Don't get me wrong--it's a great introduction to the new album, but I suspect a grander pop hit is just around the corner. This Rihanna's 12th top 10, putting her one top 10 hit behind Beyonce's 13 as the female artist with the most top 1os this decade.
26. Favorite Girl - Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber scores his fourth top 40 hit with "Favorite Girl." These releases are leading up to launch of his debut album next week, My World.
27. Do You Remember - Jay Sean feat. Sean Paul and Lil Jon
Jay Sean has his second top 40 hit as "Do You Remember" debuts at #27. It's the follow-up to his recent #1, "Down."
38. Fifteen - Taylor Swift
So all those Taylor Swift songs that debuted in the top 40 have fallen away this week. In their place is yet another top 40 debut, this time from an "official" single, "Fifteen," the fourth single from Swift's mega-successful album Fearless. It's the 13th top 40 hit from the album.
3 comments:
I'm quietly pleased that Owl City are back on top. It is a gorgeous if slightly twee tune, though nothing wrong with that at all :)
I've been following Justin Beiber with interest though not actually listened to his tunes yet. 4 singles and the album hasn't been released yet (is that right?)? interesting strategy :) Working for him though!
Hope Gaga can top it off with the release of the Bad Romance video! What an amazing song!
Still not diggin the new Rihanna song. Too emo-ish for me.
Paul - I really like the Owl City song. It's such a change from what is usually #1 in the US. I haven't really paid attention to Justin Beiber at all. You're right his album isn't out yet, but it will be soon. This is the same strategy we saw for Fearless and The E.N.D.--releasing one track a week in the weeks leading up to the album's release.
RcLoy - I think Bad Romance will be a big hit. It's doing really well at radio. I think Rihanna's single peaked this week, but I bet her next single will do better.
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