Thursday, September 30, 2010

Billboard Hot 100, 10/9/2010


1. Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars

Bruno Mars is the man this week, spending a second week at #1 with "Just the Way You Are," and getting a boost from Glee for one of his previous hits (more on that in a minute).

6. Like a G6 - Far*East Movement (feat. Cataracs and Dev)
8. Only Girl (in the World) - Rihanna

"Like a G6" climbs four spots to #6 and earns the Airplay Gainer. It is the fastest gaining single at top 40 radio this week, just a bit behind Rihanna's "Only Girl," which falls to #8 this week due to declining sales.

14. Misery - Maroon 5

Although it's cooling at radio, the release of Maroon 5's new album boosts its single "Misery" up 6 to a new peak at #14.

21. Empire State of Mind - Glee Cast
23. Telephone - Glee Cast

Glee returned for its second season last week, and thus returns the Glee Cast to the top 40 with several hits this week. Just missing the top 20 are these two singles, remakes of two of the year's hottest hits from Jay-Z and Alicia Keys and Lady GaGa and Beyonce. Further down are two more singles, adding 4 to their previous tally of 15 to total 19 top 40 hits--13 of which were in this calendar year.

26. Billionaire - Travie McCoy (feat. Bruno Mars)
28. Billionaire - Glee Cast

Ah, so here we get to combine two great Hot 100 stories--Bruno Mars and Glee! Buoyed by its appearance on the show, the original version of Travie McCoy and Bruno Mars' "Billionaire" climbs 7 notches to #26, while the Glee version debuts at #28. I believe this is the first time a Glee remake has charted within the top 40 at the same time as the original. They were close with Lady GaGa's "Bad Romance," which was #30 the week the Glee version missed the top 40 at #54.

36. 2012 (It Ain't the End) - Jay Sean (feat. Nicki Minaj)

Jay Sean scores his third top 40 this week with "2012," the first single from what will be his second US album, Freeze Time. What's up with 2012? Sounded like a terrible movie, and frankly, this song isn't that great. Hot property Nicki Minaj shows up here. This is her 5th top 40 hit as a featured performer, 6th overall. She should have a much better single in the top 40 next week when her collaboration with Will.I.Am should appear.

38. Listen - Glee Cast

Their fourth top 40 hit this week, a remake of the song from the film Dreamgirls.

43. Hey, Soul Sister - Train
46. Need You Now - Lady Antebellum

Just outside the top 40 are a couple of songs that are showing amazing Hot 100 longevity. Those familiar with the Hot 100 rules know that once a single has been on the chart at least 20 weeks and falls below the top 50, it is removed from the chart. But as long as they stay above #50, they can stay on indefinitely. Train marks 1 year this week with "Hey, Soul Sister," while "Need You Now" is up to 59 weeks, which is the 7th longest stay ever on the chart.

4 comments:

J.Mensah said...

RE: Jay Sean, how many people do not have to buy your album the first time around, for you to know that no one is interested. On Nicki, I reeaally hope you review Pink Friday

J.Mensah said...

Oh yeah! Andrew, I'm looking for music magazines to do work experience for, I tried Billobard, they said I was too young, I'm looking into NME--one of their requirements is to basically have similar music tastes to their magazine... I've been trying to broaden my taste for a long time now, would you say I have similar taste to them?

Cook In / Dine Out said...

I would say so. I think they tend to be rock and alternative leaning, but review anything that's popular, particularly if it's "edgy." Looks like they reviewed Tinie Tempah, Mark Ronson, Weezer, and Manic Street Preachers recently.

Cook In / Dine Out said...

I had another thought. Have you considered newspapers? Most of the major British newspapers do music reviews, I believe they all publish from London, and that might give you the opportunity to see other types of journalism also, not just entertainment. Also, you mentioned your age. I'm not sure how it is in Britain, but in the US, places like these would typically only take on university students who are a year or two from graduation. And they can be extremely competitive.