Friday, January 27, 2012

Billboard Hot 100 (Issue Date: Feb. 4, 2012)


Adele did it again! And not just once, or twice but thrice! Set Fire to the Rain ascends to #1 on this week's Billboard Hot 100 dislodging Rihanna's We Found Love which ruled the chart for 10 non-consecutive weeks. This is Adele's 3rd #1 after the smashes Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You which are still charting at #41 for the former on its 55th week (the longest chart sitter) and #19 for the latter on its 29th week. Set Fire to the Rain topped the chart on its 21st week on the chart but it should be noted the song became an official promoted single only last December and the weeks this song accumulated before was due the strength of the sales of the song as an album cut. Moreover, Adele's album "21" is still on top of the Billboard 200 albums chart for a 17th week. It's actually not the first time that Adele held the top spots of both charts as it also happened on May-June 2011 with Rolling in the Deep at #1 and on November of the same year with Someone Like You at #1.

Jumping to #4 this week is David Guetta's Turn Me On which features Nicki Minaj. The track topped the Hot Digital Songs this week and is a contender for the top spot for the next couple of weeks. This is the French DJ's 3rd Top 5 hit after Sexy Chick (feat Akon) and Without You (feat Usher). This is technically Minaj's 3rd Top 5 hit but the first one was just a one-week credit for Britney Spears Til The World Ends remix which peaked at #3. Her most successful song so far is of course Super Bass which also peaked at #3.

Kelly Clarkson logs her 10th Top 10 single as What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) leaps #21 to #8 easily surpassing the #10 peak of her earlier single Mr. Know it All. This is the first time that she had two top 10 hits from one album since her most successful album "Breakaway" yielded 4 top 10 hits: Breakaway (#6), Since U Been Gone (#2), Behind These Hazel Eyes (#6) and Because of You (#7) from 2004-2005. Clarkson has two #1 hits with her American Idol coronation song A Moment Like This in 2002 and My Life Would Suck Without You in 2008. Her other top 10 singles are Miss Independent (#9) and Never Again (#8). 2012 marks the 10th year since Clarkson won American Idol and it's impressive how she stood the test of time.

Finally landing her first top 10 hit is British pop star Jessie J as her single Domino leaps #15 to #10 this week. The song is currently the #1 song on the UK Singles chart for a second week. Can this also top the Hot 100? Let's wait and see.

This week's top debut comes from the Glee cast with their rendition of David Guetta's Without You at #28. 4 other Glee tracks debuts this week.

Here are some songs to watch for which are potential big hits on the chart with their fast rising sales and airplay: International Love by Pitbull feat Chris Brown enters the top 20 at #18 from #23, Ass Back Home by Gym Class Heroes feat Neon Hitch climbs #33 to #24 and Blackout by Breathe Carolina ascends #42 to #32.

On the other hand, there are songs that are taking their precious time on a slow ascent on the upper rungs of the Hot 100. One of which is Selena Gomez & The Scene's Love You Like a Love Song which earns its new peak at #23 on its 31st week on the chart, two spots away on matching the Disney star's (and her band's) highest charting single to date Who Says which peaked at #21 last year. Normally, when a song spent 20 weeks on the chart and is no longer or not in the Top 50 it automatically drops out and go recurrent but there are exceptions like Colbie Caillat's Brighter Than the Sun which finally breaks the top 50 this week at #48 on its 23rd week on the chart. The song could've dropped two weeks ago but since it's still rising on both airplay and sales (albeit on a low rate) it is exempted from the rule.

Here is this week's Billboard Hot 100 as posted at Pulse Music Board:

01 02 21 Adele, Set Fire To The Rain
02 01 18 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris, We Found Love
03 03 17 Flo Rida, Good Feeling
04 10 08 David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj, Turn Me On
05 06 15 Katy Perry, The One That Got Away
06 04 17 Bruno Mars, It Will Rain
07 05 21 LMFAO, Sexy & I Know It
08 21 05 Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)
09 07 24 Jay Z & Kanye West, N***as In Paris
10 15 15 Jessie J, Domino

11 08 09 Tyga, Rack City
12 09 15 Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa ft. Bruno Mars, Young, Wild & Free
13 14 31 Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera, Moves Like Jagger
14 11 16 Big Sean ft. Nicki Minaj, Dance (A$$)
15 13 21 J Cole, Work Out
16 12 44 LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, Party Rock Anthem
17 18 21 David Guetta ft. Usher, Without You
18 23 12 Pitbull ft. Chris Brown, International Love
19 16 29 Adele, Someone Like You
20 19 24 Gavin DeGraw, Not Over You

21 20 10 Drake ft. Lil Wayne, The Motto
22 17 32 Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine, Stereo Hearts
23 24 31 Selena Gomez & The Scene, Love You Like a Love Song
24 33 06 Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch, Ass Back Home
25 28 11 Rihanna, You Da One
26 27 17 Luke Bryan, I Don't Want This Night To End
27 26 13 Toby Keith, Red Solo Cup
28 NE 01 Glee Cast, Without You
29 30 16 Hot Chelle Rae ft. New Boyz, I Like It Like That
30 39 10 Drake ft. Rihanna, Take Care

31 31 15 Drake ft. Nicki Minaj, Make Me Proud
32 42 12 Breathe Carolina, Blackout
33 25 24 Drake, Headlines
34 32 20 Kelly Clarkson, Mr Know It Al
35 38 19 Coldplay, Paradise
36 34 28 Cobra Starship ft. Sabi, You Make Me Feel...
37 45 14 Chris Young, You
38 36 38 Lady Antebellum, Just a Kiss
39 37 43 Pitbull ft. NeYo, Afrojack & Nayer, Give Me Everything
40 29 17 T-Pain ft. Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen, 5 O Clock

41 40 55 Adele, Rolling In The Deep
42 35 39 Foster The People, Pumped Up Kicks
43 41 18 Eric Church, Drink In My Hand
44 47 11 Taylor Swift, Ours
45 46 09 Outasight, Tonight Is The Night
46 44 13 Wale ft. Miguel, Lotus Flower Bomb
47 49 20 The Band Perry, All Your Life
48 51 23 Colbie Caillat, Brighter Than The Sun
49 43 39 Nicki Minaj, Super Bass
50 58 03 Gotye ft. Kimbra, Somebody That I Used To Know

51 55 06 Chris Brown ft. Kevin McCall, Strip
52 NE 01 Tyga ft. Lil Wayne, Faded
53 56 07 Jake Owen, Alone With You
54 54 14 Christina Perri, A Thousand Years
55 50 17 Zac Brown Band, Keep Me In Mind
56 NE 01 Glee Cast, We Found Love
57 59 08 J Cole ft. Trey Songz, Can't Get Enough
58 52 19 David Nail ft. Sarah Buxton, Let It Rain
59 48 17 B.o.B. ft. Lil Wayne, Strange Clouds
60 61 14 The Fray, Heartbeat

61 57 18 Jason Aldean, Tattoos On This Town
62 NE 01 Glee Cast, Moves Like Jagger/Jumpin'...
63 68 06 Keith Urban, You Gonna Fly
64 85 02 The Wanted, Glad You Came
65 53 11 Lady Gaga, Marry The Night
66 66 05 Lee Brice, A Woman Like You
67 65 11 The Black Keys, Lonely Boy
68 62 14 Rick Ross ft. Nicki Minaj, You The Boss
69 70 10 Avicii, Levels
70 NE 01 Glee Cast, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

71 71 16 Martina McBride, I'm Gonna Love You Through It
72 22 03 Jason Mraz, I Won't Give Up
73 64 06 will.i.am ft. Jennifer Lopez & Mick Jagger, T.H.E.
74 72 11 Kenny Chesney, Reality
75 73 11 Dierks Bentley, Home
76 75 05 Young Jeezy ft. Andre 3000 & Jay Z, I Do
77 69 16 Beyonce ft. Andre 3000 or J Cole, Party
78 80 11 Scott McCreery, The Trouble With Girls
79 84 03 Jay Z & Kanye West, Gotta Have It
80 77 08 Justin Moore, Bait A Hook

81 74 10 Beyonce, Love On Top
82 79 13 Florence + The Machine, Shake It Out
83 60 02 Train, Drive By
84 87 05 Ellie Goulding, Lights
85 81 10 Hunter Hayes, Storm Warning
86 83 06 Edens Edge, Amen
87 76 03 Skrillex ft. Sirah, Kyoto
88 NE 01 Glee Cast, Summer Nights
89 86 05 Fun. ft. Janelle Monae, We Are Young
90 82 14 Beyonce, Countdown

91 63 05 Taylor Swift ft. The Civil Wars, Safe & Sound
92 89 05 Waka Flocka Flame ft. Drake, Round of Applause
93 88 08 Brad Paisley, Camouflage
94 100 04 Rihanna ft. Jay Z, Talk That Talk
95 90 03 Montgomery Gentry, Where I Come From
96 RE 02 Lady Antebellum, Dancin' Away With My Heart
97 97 02 Foster The People, Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)
98 NE 01 Mary J Blige ft. Drake, Mr Wrong
99 NE 01 George Strait, Love's Gonna Make It Alright
100 NE 01 Jay Z & Kanye West ft. Frank Ocean, No Church In The Wild

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