1. Everybody Hurts - Helping Haiti
No surprise to see this at #1 this week. The star-studded charity single, a remake of R.E.M.'s 1993 hit, "Everybody Hurts" sold over 453,000 copies this week. That's got to be a record for February. The only other single released within the last year that's sold that many copies in week was Rage Against the Machine's Christmas #1. Helping Haiti, in fact, sold even more copies than Joe McElderry's "The Climb" in its first week of release.
It will be interesting to see how well "Everybody Hurts" and "We Are the World" do on the charts and whether they end up competing with one another. Both singles are released in both the US and the UK. On UK iTunes, "Everbody Hurts" is currently #1 and "We Are the World" is #20. In the US iTunes store, "We Are the World" is #1 and "Everybody Hurts" is #56.
4. Empire State of Mind II - Alicia Keys
7. One Shot - JLS
Alicia Keys continues to climb with "Empire State of Mind II," up one spot to #4, and JLS also climbs one place to #7. This gets a full release on Feb. 22, the same week as JLS. Will Helping Haiti cooled off enough by then to make way for a new #1? Probably not.
9. Halo/Walking on Sunshine - Cast of Glee
14. It's My Life/Confessions - Cast of Glee
(5. Don't Stop Believin' - Cast of Glee)
(11. Don't Stop Believin' - Journey)
(33. Somebody to Love - Cast of Glee)
Glee scores its second top 10 hit this week with the girls' mashup of "Halo" and "Walking on Sunshine," with the boys' counterpart single just a little ways outside the top 10 at #14. It's great to see these two songs become hits. Both were among the 6 Glee top 40 hits in the US, but charted far lower on the Billboard Hot 100--#30 for the boys and #40 for the girls. Interesting that the girls did better in the UK. Personally, I think the boys' mashup was superior.
Glee's first single remains in the top 1o at #5, even as the original "Don't Stop Believin'" slips outside the top 10 to #11. Plus Glee's also at #33 with "Somebody to Love" to make four top 40 hits this week--10 percent of the chart. How fantastic.
10. Rude Boy - Rihanna
Rihanna climbs 10 notches to #10, scoring her 12th UK top 10 hit. "Rude Boy" is released Feb. 22.
26. Parachute - Cheryl Cole
Cheryl Cole's third single looks like its set to join the first two as a major hit. "Parachute" doesn't get released until March 15, yet it debuts in the top 40 this week at #26. That's a pretty impressive lead. It follows #1 hit "Fight for This Love" and #4 hit "3 Words."
27. You Used to Hold Me - Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris climbs 11 spots to #27 with "You Used to Hold Me," the fourth single from Ready for the Weekend (5th if you count "Dance wiv Me").
38. Wile Out - DJ Zinc feat. Ms. Dynamite
Remember Ms. Dynamite? She was one of the big breakout acts of 2002, scoring top 10 hits with "It Takes More" and "Dy-Na-Mi-Tee." Since then, she had a kid, released a second album that received little notice and had a bad scuffle with the law. In fact, it's been 5 years since she's appeared on the chart, the last time being the #25 single "Judgement Day."
2 comments:
oh god, i can't see JLS getting to number one, but once again it's nice to see hits hanging around and selling consistently for a while (e.g. the saturdays ego and alexandra's still broken heels - note, buy better shoes luv).
Not a fan of "One Shot?" I actually rather like it. Good shoes can have problems too though--take it from Jennifer Lopez, whose single "Louboutins" was a major flop.
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