Sunday, September 27, 2009

Rock-It! 9-27-09, Peas Feeling It!, Mariah back in Top 10

2009 has turned into the Black Eyed Peas’ year. They scored the longest running #1 song of the year this past spring and summer when “Boom Boom Pow” racked up seven weeks at #1. Now they have matched that mark by putting together seven straight weeks at the top with their follow up, “I Gotta Feeling”. And don’t look now but here comes the follow up, “Meet Me Halfway” entering the Top 40 this week at #36.

While Black Eyed Peas are dominating the #1 spot, Taylor Swift has #2 locked in. This is her sixth straight week at the runner up spot with “You Belong With Me”. She is trying to match the Peas with her second #1 hit of the year. She reached the top back in February with “Love Story”.

Kings Of Leon are also learning how to be patient as they hold at #3 for a third consecutive week with their first Top 5 hit, “Use Somebody”. In fact, the entire Top 5 hold their spots from a week ago. Jay Sean’s first Top 5 hit, “Down” featuring Lil Wayne is at #4 for a second week. And Miley Cyrus’ second Top 5 effort, “Party In The U.S.A.”, notches a second week at #5.

Jordin Sparks first reached #6 with “Battlefield” on August 2. She spend four weeks at that spot before slipping back down but this week she returns to the #6 spot for a fifth non consecutive week by leaping three spots.

Also making a 3-spot move is Boys Like Girls with “LoveDrunk”. They move from 10-7 with their second Top 10 hit. They are looking to top their biggest hit to date, “The Great Escape”.

Making the biggest move in the entire Top 40 this week is young Jason DeRulo. He rockets from 16-9 with “Whatcha Say”. it becomes his first Top 10 hit song.

Mariah Carey is no stranger to Top 10 hits. She scored her first Top 10 hit in 1990 with “Vision Of Love”. 19 years later she moves from 14-10 with “Obsessed”.

The Top 20 has a couple big movers this week. Lady GaGa is looking for a fourth consecutive #1 hit to start her career as she moves from 20-14 with “Paparazzi”. And there is one new song in the Top 20. Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West sprint from 26-20 with “Run This Town”.

The bottom half of the Top 40 also features a couple songs making 5-plus notch moves. 3Oh!3 who reached #1 this summer with “Don’t Trust Me”, jump from 30-25 with their follow up, “Starstrukk”. And Sean Kingston matches Jason DeRulo for the biggest move this week with “Face Drop”, which moves from 39-32.

Three songs debut in the Top 40 this week. Minnesota native Owl City scores his first Top 40 hit this week with “Fireflies” at #30. As mentioned before, Black Eyed Peas bow at #36 with “Meet Me Halfway. The Peas have three songs in the Top 40 this week a “Boom Boom Pow” is still at #33. And Pink debuts at #40 with the titled track from her album “Funhouse”. She is back to back with her former Top 5 hit “Please Don’t Leave Me” which is at #39.

After 55 weeks in the Top 40, “I’m Yours” by Jason Mraz slips out of the Top 40. The new oldest song this week tallies just barely half of Jason Mraz’s total. Black Eyed Peas have been on the survey for 28 weeks with “Boom Boom Pow”. 

My iTunes new picks of the week:
“In The Low Country”, Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers
“Church Music” (album), David Crowder Band
“Trying”, Elevntyseven
“Be Alive In Me”, Abandon
“Wait On You”, Attaboy
“My Sweet Escape”, Run Kid Run
“Hey, Sould Sister”, Train
“Broken Strings”, Carefree
“Superstar”, David May
“Heart Heart Heartbreak”, Boys Like Girls
“Sad Song”, Blake Lewis
“Electric Car”, They Might Be Giants
“Straight Through My Heart”, Backstreet Boys
“The Reeling”, Passion Pit
“Two Rebels”, Honor Society
“Two Is Better Than One”, Boys Like Girls featuring Taylor Swift
“Bulletproof”, La Roux

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