1. Tik Tok - Ke$ha
2. Bad Romance - Lady GaGa
"Clank." That's the sound of the gauntlet being thrown down in the battle for the biggest hot female pop singer of the moment. It's a title Lady GaGa has enjoyed for the past year, sending five singles into the top 10 since January 2009. But this week, with the release of her debut album, Animal, Ke$ha makes a credible play for the honor in 2010. As I sit here enjoying my hot fudge sundae (with hot fudge I made from scratch), let me walk you through this amazing battle:
Point 1. Over on the albums chart, Animal debuts at #1, knocking off Susan Boyle's I Dreamed a Dream, which has been #1 the last 6 weeks since its holiday-season release. SuBo's album was the second-best-selling album in the US last year (and best-selling in the UK), so this is a pretty decent accomplishment. Animal bows with 152,000 copies sold, a decent sum these days and ahead of projections.
Point 2. On the Hot 100, Animal's release is felt as well. In addition to holding the top spot for a fourth week with "Tik Tok," two other Ke$ha songs debut in the top 40: "Blah Blah Blah (feat. 3Oh!3)" at #7, a surprisingly healthy debut for an album cut, and "Your Love Is My Drug" at #27. Yet a fourth single also bows on the chart; "Take It Off" debuts at #85.
Point 3. But GaGa isn't giving up without a fight. Even though it's pretty clear now that "Bad Romance" is not going to top the Hot 100, it spends its fifth week at #2. Over on the pop chart where "Bad Romance" is #1, GaGa is locked in heated battle with Ke$ha for #1. Despite having been around for quite awhile, both singles are posting amazing spin gains, with Mediabase showing "Bad Romance" gaining over 1350 spins from last week at #1 and "Tik Tok" at #2 gaining over 1450 spins. Considering that a 1000 spin increase for any single at any position in the top 40 is huge, this is really quite unprecedented, as far I can remember. Both tracks have well over 11,000 plays at top 40 radio.
9. Hard - Rihanna feat. Jeezy
Rihanna's "Hard" spends its first week in the top 10, climbing six spots to #9. It's the Barbadian singer's 13th top 10 hit and follows "Russian Roulette," which peaked at #9.
26. According to You - Orianthi
Although she hasn't created reached the level of Ke$ha, Orianthi is another pop starlet to watch. The Greek-Australian singer's first single climbs 7 spots to #26 this week. "According to You" peaked at #8 in Australia and just entered the top 10 at top 40 radio.
31. Telephone - Lady GaGa feat. Beyonce
Lady GaGa's sixth hit single climbs 6 spots to #31. As soon as "Bad Romance" cools off a bit, I bet this will shoot up, as it's a great song.
34. Imma Be - Black Eyed Peas
The fourth single from Black Eyed Peas' The E.N.D., a nominee for the Album of the Year Grammy, becomes the album's fourth top 40 hit, as "Imma Be" climbs 12 spots to #34. The track hit #50 when it was released as a promotional single last year prior to the album's release. It follows "Meet Me Halfway," which peaked at #7.
3 comments:
The huge gains on "Romance" and "Tok" are probably because radio stations went back to regular rotation instead of the year-end charts that often hurt current hits. It looks like GaGa might be able to deny Ke$ha the #1 pop spot, although it's anyone's guess right now.
I agree that's part of it, however, wouldn't you say that it's unusual for the top 2 spin gainers to be #1 and #2? That's what I found most intriguing, and with their overall spins so close, it puts them in tight contention for #1. I imagine "Bad Romance" will eventually give way, since it's been around for awhile, and "Tik Tok" will get some time at #1.
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