The Year of Pala

With last week's 15th consecutive run at the No. 1 position with Hawaiian Air, Friendly Fires tied the record for most weeks at the top of the Songs chart with one same title. Sadly, they're not able to break that record because it all ends this week as Hawaiian Air finally gives up the throne and falls to No. 4. But it's all not lost, because Friendly Fires replace themselves at the top with Blue Cassette, off their album Pala, after debuting at No. 100 eight weeks ago. So after all, Friendly Fires is the act with the most consecutive weeks - sixteen - at the top of the Songs chart, with one or more songs.

Blue Cassette (Live at the Lightbox Session)


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More crazy stats? And I say crazy because they all involve the number 7 somehow...

With such a long run at the top for Hawaiian Air, many titles had to settle with a not less respectable No. 2 position. A total of seven songs are included in this list starting most recently with Snow Patrol's This Isn't Everything You Are, which stays as runner-up for a second week. But there's also Benny Benassi's Close To Me featuring Gary Go (#3), Blink-182's Fighting The Gravity (#6), Young The Giant's My Body (#7), Coldplay's Paradise (#10), Foster The People's Pumped Up Kicks (#12) and Florence + The Machine's Shake It Out (#18).

Also, Blue Cassette becomes the seventh song that made its debut at the No. 100 position and eventually went on to the top of the Songs chart. This list includes Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (Wind Blow - 2007), Fergie (Clumsy - 2007), Mariah Carey (O.O.C. - 2008), Kanye West (Love Lockdown - 2009), Jay-Z (Real As It Gets - 2010) and Outasight (Everything - 2011).

But that's not all. Friendly Fires is also the seventh act to replace itself at the top of the Songs chart after Interpol (Wrecking Ball, Rest My Chemistry - 2007), Mariah Carey (twice)(Migrate, Side Effects, I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time, O.O.C. - 2008; Betcha Gon' Know (The Prologue), H.A.T.E.U. - 2009), The-Dream (My Love, Right Side Of My Brain - 2009), Akon (Sexy Bitch, Available (Benny Benassi Remix) - 2009), Jay-Z (Empire State Of Mind, Real As It Gets - 2010) and Lykke Li (I Follow Rivers (The Magician Remix), Love Out Of Lust - 2011).

TOP SONGS CHART
1* Friendly Fires › Blue Cassette
2* Snow Patrol › This Isn't Everything You Are
3 Benny Benassi | Gary Go › Close To Me
4 Friendly Fires › Hawaiian Air
5* White Lies › Streetlights
6 Blink-182 › Fighting The Gravity
7* Young The Giant › My Body
8 Chris Brown | Benny Benassi › Beautiful People
9 Outasight › Everything
10 Coldplay › Paradise
11* Bibio › Wake Up!
12 Foster The People › Pumped Up Kicks
13 White Lies › The Power & The Glory
14 Adele › Someone Like You
15* Fedde le Grand › So Much Love
16* Rihanna | Calvin Harris › We Found Love
17* LMFAO | Lauren Bennett | GoonRock › Party Rock Anthem
18 Florence + The Machine › Shake It Out
19 Drake › Headlines
20 Kings Of Leon › The Immortals
21 Friendly Fires › Live Those Days Tonight
22 Foo Fighters › These Days
23* Kasabian › Velociraptor!
24* Lykke Li › Silent My Song
25* Kelly Clarkson › Mr. Know It All
26 Adele › Set Fire To The Rain
27* The Black Eyed Peas › Don't Stop The Party
28* Jessie J | B.o.B › Price Tag
29 OneRepublic | B.o.B › Good Life (Remix)
30 Cobra Starship | Sabi › You Make Me Feel...
31* Swedish House Mafia | John Martin › Save The World
32 Gym Class Heroes | Adam Levine › Stereo Hearts
33* Ke$ha › Blow
34* Ian Carey | Bobby Anthony | Snoop Dogg › Last Night
35 Ellie Goulding › Animal
36 Kanye West | John Legend › Blame Game
37* Jim Jones | Clinton Sparks › Perfect Day (Remix)
38 Bruno Mars › Grenade
39 Incubus › Friends And Lovers
40* Morgan Page | Tegan & Sara › Body Work
41 Foo Fighters › Walk
42 Beth Ditto › I Wrote The Book
43* Incubus › If Not Now, When?
44* Kanye West | Rihanna | Kid Cudi › All Of The Lights
45* Two Door Cinema Club › What You Know
46 Friendly Fires › Pull Me Back To Earth
47* Snoop Dogg › Wet
48* Lykke Li › Rich Kids Blues
49* Maroon 5 | Christina Aguilera › Moves Like Jagger
50* LMFAO › Sexy And I Know It
51 Foo Fighters › Bridge Burning
52* Bruno Mars › The Lazy Song
53* Big Sean | Kanye West | Roscoe Dash › Marvin & Chardonnay
54 Lykke Li › I Follow Rivers
55* Ryan Star › We Might Fall
56* Kelis › Brave (Third Party Remix)
57 Foo Fighters › Miss The Misery
58* The Decemberists › This Is Why We Fight
59 Blink-182 › Heart's All Gone
60 Kid Cudi › Ashin' Kusher
61 Outasight › Figure 8
62 Nicki Minaj | Drake › Moment 4 Life
63 KT Tunstall › Difficulty
64 Drake | Young Jeezy › Unforgettable
65 Kanye West | Jay-Z › Niggas In Paris
66 Beyoncé › Run The World (Girls)
67* The Shoes › Wastin' Time
68* Gotye | Kimbra › Somebody That I Used To Know
69* Tinie Tempah | Ellie Goulding › Wonderman
70* The Strokes › You're So Right
71* Simple Plan › Astronaut
72 Real Estate › It's Real
73 Foster The People › Call It What You Want
74* Neon Indian › Fallout
75* Katy Perry › E.T.
76* Bon Iver › Calgary
77* Foo Fighters › White Limo
78 Britney Spears › Criminal
79 Lykke Li › I Know Places
80 Daft Punk › Derezzed
81 Young The Giant › Guns Out
82 Limp Bizkit › Douche Bag
83 Kelly Clarkson › What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)
84 Duran Duran › Girl Panic!
85 Ed Sheeran › The City
86 Coldplay › Paradise (Fedde le Grand Remix)
87* WZRD › Brake
88 Incubus › Promises, Promises
89* Young The Giant › Your Side
90* Simple Plan › Last One Standing
91* Red Hot Chili Peppers › Did I Let You Know
92* Nicki Minaj › Girls Fall Like Dominoes
93* LMFAO | Lauren Bennett | GoonRock › Party Rock Anthem (Benny Benassi Remix)
94* Jennifer Lopez | Pitbull › On The Floor
95* Foster The People › Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)
96 The Vaccines › Blow It Up
97 Kanye West | Jay-Z › Murder To Excellence
98 Plan B › Love Goes Down
99 Noah And The Whale › Waiting For My Chance To Come (Bibio Remix)
100 KT Tunstall › Patience

TOP RECURRENT SONGS CHART
1* Jimmy Eat World › Firefight
2* Kanye West | Dwele › Power
3 The Script › Dead Man Walking
4* Muse › Starlight
5* Depeche Mode › Wrong
6* Interpol › Try It On
7 Interpol › Lights
8* Kelis › 4th Of July (Fireworks)
9* Marina & The Diamonds › Shampain
10 Madonna › Get Together
11* Carolina Liar › All That Shit Is Gone
12* Timbaland | Katy Perry › If We Ever Meet Again
13 Foo Fighters › Dear Rosemary
14* Orson › Ain't No Party
15* Cee Lo Green › Bright Lights Bigger City
16* Mariah Carey | Young Jeezy › Side Effects
17 The Radio Dept. › Domestic Scene
18* New Radicals › You Get What You Give
19* Kanye West | Bon Iver › Lost In The World
20 The Script › Before The Worst
21* Jimmy Eat World › Sweetness
22 Jay-Z | Alicia Keys › Empire State Of Mind
23* Interpol › The Undoing
24 Katy Perry › Firework
25 Snow Patrol | Martha Wainwright › Set The Fire To The Third Bar
26* Drake | Nicki Minaj › Up All Night
27* Foo Fighters › Breakout
28* P!nk › Raise Your Glass
29* Two Door Cinema Club › I Can Talk
30* Kings Of Leon › Closer
31 The Cardigans › My Favourite Game
32 Lykke Li › I Follow Rivers (The Magician Remix)
33* Kings Of Leon › The Face
34* Neon Trees › 1983
35* La Vida Bohème › Nicaragua
36 Marina & The Diamonds › Oh No!
37* Default › Wasting My Time
38* P!nk › Glitter In The Air
39* Brandon Flowers › Welcome To Fabulous Las Vegas
40* Kid Cudi | Mary J. Blige › Don't Play This Song
41 Usher | Pitbull › DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love
42 Two Door Cinema Club › You're Not Stubborn
43 Neon Trees › Our War
44 Brandon Flowers › Jilted Lovers & Broken Hearts
45* Kelis › Home
46* I Blåme Coco | Robyn › Caesar
47* Kid Cudi | Cee Lo Green › Scott Mescudi Vs. The World
48 Marina & The Diamonds › I Am Not A Robot
49 Florence + The Machine › Cosmic Love
50* Amy Winehouse › He Can Only Hold Her

TOP ALBUMS CHART
1 Friendly Fires › Pala
2 White Lies › Ritual
3* Benny Benassi › Electroman
4 Interpol › Interpol
5 Blink-182 › Neighborhoods
6* Young The Giant › Young The Giant
7* Kanye West › My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
8* Jimmy Eat World › Chase This Light
9 Marina & The Diamonds › The Family Jewels
10 The Script › Science & Faith
11 Chris Brown › F.A.M.E.
12 Outasight › Figure 8 EP
13* Muse › Black Holes And Revelations
14* Bibio › Mind Bokeh
15 Coldplay › Mylo Xyloto
16* Depeche Mode › Sounds Of The Universe
17 Foo Fighters › Wasting Light
18 Foster The People › Torches
19 Adele › 21
20* Kelis › Flesh Tone
21 La Vida Bohème › Nuestra
22* Kid Cudi › Man On The Moon, Vol. II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager
23 Kings Of Leon › Come Around Sundown
24 Madonna › Confessions On A Dancefloor
25* LMFAO › Sorry For Party Rocking
26* Rihanna › Talk That Talk
27 Florence + The Machine › Ceremonials
28 Two Door Cinema Club › Tourist History
29 Neon Trees › Habits
30 Drake › Take Care
31* Timbaland › Shock Value II
32 Kid Cudi › Man On The Moon: The End Of Day
33* Carolina Liar › Coming To Terms
34* Orson › Culture Vultures
35* Cee Lo Green › The Lady Killer
36 Jay-Z › The Blueprint 3
37* Mariah Carey › E=MC²
38 The Radio Dept. › Clinging To A Scheme
39 Brandon Flowers › Flamingo
40 Lykke Li › Wounded Rhymes
41* New Radicals › Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
42 The Script › The Script
43* Jimmy Eat World › Bleed American
44 Katy Perry › Teenage Dream
45* Drake › Thank Me Later
46 Snow Patrol › Eyes Open
47* Ke$ha › Cannibal EP
48* Kasabian › Velociraptor!
49 Florence + The Machine › Lungs
50* Foo Fighters › There Is Nothing Left To Lose