In a year of instability at the #1 position on the pop chart, Lady GaGa has finally brought to the table the biggest hit of the year. This week she holds down the #1 spot for a fifth week in a row with “Poker Face”. It becomes the first song in 2009 to spend four weeks at the top. It is the longest running #1 hit since Pink spent five weeks on top last October and November with “So What”. The bad news: “Poker Face” slips from 1-4 on the dance chart after 15 weeks at #1.
The Black Eyed Peas are back in the Top 2 for the first time since their very first hit, “Where Is The Love” went to #1 in 2003. This week the L.A. quartet holds at #2 for a third week with “Boom Boom Pow”. The song is the first release from their new album “The END” which drops next month. This is the Black Eyed Peas’ eighth Top 10 hit and first since going to #10 in 2006 with “Pump It”. They have been to #1 once. That was in 2003 with “Where Is The Love?”.
The All-American Rejects already spent two weeks at #1 with “Gives You Hell”. The song is losing airplay and sales now but sets a unique rock era record this week by spending its seventh consecutive week at the #4 position. That has never happened before.
Up from 6-5 is 41-year old Texas R&B singer Jamie Foxx who has already been to #1 featured on Kanye West’s “Gold Digger” in 2005. This week his hit “Blame It” featuring T-Pain becomes his first hit as a headline artist to go Top 5.
Florida rock quartet Shinedown score their first Top 10 hit this week with “Second Chance” which is their second Top 40 hit. Their first, “I Dare You”, reached #32 in 2006. This week “Second Chance” leaps from 11-6. The #6 Top 10 debut is the highest since Rihanna entered at #6 in February 2008 with “Don’t Stop The Music”.
Also making a nice move into the Top 10 is Beyonce who jumps from 12-8 with “Halo”. It becomes the 27-year old Houston superstar’s eighth Top 10 solo hit. She is looking to make it her second straight #1 following up “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”.
There are no new songs in the Top 20 this week but look out for a couple hot songs closing in on the Top 10. Kelly Clarkson leaps from 16-11 with “I Do Not Hook Up”. And Flo Rida jumps from 18-14 with “Sugar” featuring Wynter. Both are looking to follow up #1 hits strongly.
The biggest mover within the Top 40 this week is “Goodbye” by Kristinia Debarge. Kristinia is the 19-year old daughter of James Debarge who led the highly successful 1980s R&B group Debarge. This week she rockets from 37-25 in her second week in the Top 40.
There is only one debut in the Top 40 this week. Lady GaGa scores her third Top 40 hit this week at #33 with “LoveGame”. Her first two hits, “Just Dance” and “Poker Face” have both hit #1. Katy Perry also re-enters the Top 40 this week at #39 with “Hot N Cold”. Her latest hit, “Waking Up In Vegas” makes a healthy jump from 29-23. It was one year ago that she debuted on the Top 40 with “I Kissed A Girl”. She has had at least one song on the survey every week since.
Other chart information of note this week:
Kelly Clarkson who had a run of 90 straight weeks with a song in the Top 10 (a rock era record) back in 2005-06 is going to most likely keep her current modest streak of 16 weeks alive as “My Life Would Suck Without You” which slips to #10 is back to back with the follow up “I Do Not Hook Up” which moves up to #11.
Sean Kingston makes an 11-notch move from 40-29 with “Fire Burning” but falls one spot shy of tying for the biggest move in the Top 40 this week.
“I’m Yours” by Jason Mraz and “Let It Rock” by Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil Wayne tie for oldest song honors this week at 37 weeks.
My iTunes new picks of the week:
“No Surprise”, Daughtry
“Help I’m Alive”, Metric
“Welcome To Oblivion”, Madina Lake
“Bleed For This Love”, downhere
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