TMJ Charts: A Late Welcome to 2013

Time to get back to business! First of all, I hope everyone got to have a good time during the holidays. It's kind of late to still be talking about that, I know, but since I disappeared for most of December I figured I'd start with that. Second, I'm trying to get the stats for my 'Best of 2012' countdowns, so that should be out shortly. It's also late for that, but whatever. It's coming.

Now onto our current charts! Little has changed at the top of the charts since the last commentary. No way, right? Macklemore & Ryan Lewis still dominate the Songs chart with Can't Hold Us featuring Ray Dalton. That's week number five at the top for them. But aha! It should be six if you were keeping track. Actually no, because Rudimental, John Newman and Alex Clare managed to sneak in to #1 for the last chart week of December with Not Giving In. They're now down to #6 for the current chart.

Lana Del Rey battles herself and now reaches a new peak of 4 with her track Blue Jeans, which is now the oldest song in the Top 10 with 42 weeks on the chart, while Ride sits at #5. And some fresh new music is coming along the way. Walk The Moon's Tightrope starts the new year with a #3 peak so far, Angel's Wonderful is stuck at #7 and Bruno Mars skyrockets to #9 with Gorilla. Speaking of fresh new music, new entries this week include Lana Del Rey's Blue Velvet at #81, the Lazy Rich Remix of Avicii's Silhouettes at #83, Kid Cudi's King Wizard at #93, and a triple-combo from Bruno Mars with Moonshine at #98, Money Make Her Smile at #99 and If I Knew at #100.

Also, will.i.am is finally on his way to scoring his first big hit on the chart, as a solo artist that is, with the catchy Britney Spears duet, Scream And Shout, being this week's everything at #19. The song is Power Play track of the week, the Greatest Gainer, and the Biggest Jump with a 26-spot leap in only its second week.

On the Recurrent Songs chart we have the should-have-been-#1-on-the-main-chart Chimes by Friendly Fires at the top for the second week in a row, while Lana Del Rey dominates on the Albums chart with Born To Die, currently in its 7th non-consecutive week at #1.

Rudimental, John Newman & Alex Clare › Not Giving In

US Charts: Maroon 5 & Taylor Swift at #1

These are the top ten singles and albums in the US for the week of November 24, 2012:

Top 10 Singles

1. One More Night - Maroon 5
2. Diamonds - Rihanna
3. Die Young - Ke$ha
4. Some Nights - fun.
5. Gangnam Style - PSY
6. Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars
7. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift
8. Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself) - Ne-Yo
9. Too Close - Alex Clare
10. I Cry - Flo Rida

Top 10 Albums

1. Red - Taylor Swift
2. NOW 44 - Various Artists
3. Merry Christmas, Baby - Rod Stewart
4. R.E.D - Ne-Yo
5. Music From Another Dimension! - Aerosmith
6. Night Train - Jason Aldean
7. Babel - Mumford & Sons
8. Dreams And Nightmares - Meek Mill
9. good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar
10. Miracle - Third Day

From Billboard.com

US Charts: Maroon 5 & Taylor Swift at #1

These are the top ten singles and albums in the US for the week of November 17, 2012:

Top 10 Singles

1. One More Night - Maroon 5
2. Gangnam Style - PSY
3. Some Nights - fun.
4. Diamonds - Rihanna
5. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift
6. Die Young - Ke$ha
7. Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars
8. As Long As You Love Me - Justin Bieber Featuring Big Sean
9. Too Close - Alex Clare
10. Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself) - Ne-Yo

Top 10 Albums

1. Red - Taylor Swift
2. Dreams And Nightmares - Meek Mill
3. Merry Christmas, Baby - Rod Stewart
4. Night Train - Jason Aldean
5. good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar
6. Hope On The Rocks - Toby Keith
7. Babel - Mumford & Sons
8. Psychedelic Pill - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
9. Dreams Of Fireflies (On A Ch... - Trans-Siberian Orchestra
10. Tornado - Little Big Town

From Billboard.com

US Charts: Maroon 5 & Taylor Swift at #1

These are the top ten singles and albums in the US for the week of November 10, 2012:

Top 10 Singles

1. One More Night - Maroon 5
2. Gangnam Style - PSY
3. Some Nights - fun.
4. Die Young - Ke$ha
5. Diamonds - Rihanna
6. As Long As You Love Me - Justin Bieber Featuring Big Sean
7. Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars
8. Too Close - Alex Clare
9. Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself) - Ne-Yo
10. Don't Wake Me Up - Chris Brown

Top 10 Albums

1. Red - Taylor Swift
2. good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar
3. Night Train - Jason Aldean
4. Babel - Mumford & Sons
5. Viva Duets - Tony Bennett
6. Blak And Blu - Gary Clark, Jr.
7. House Of Gold & Bones: Part ... - Stone Sour
8. The Truth About Love - P!nk
9. On This Winter's Night - Lady Antebellum
10. Two Eleven - Brandy

From Billboard.com

US Charts: Maroon 5 & Jason Aldean at #1

These are the top ten singles and albums in the US for the week of November 3, 2012:

Top 10 Singles

1. One More Night - Maroon 5
2. Gangnam Style - PSY
3. Some Nights - fun.
4. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift
5. Die Young - Ke$ha
6. As Long As You Love Me - Justin Bieber Featuring Big Sean
7. Too Close - Alex Clare
8. Diamonds - Rihanna
9. Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself) - Ne-Yo
10. Blow Me (One Last Kiss) - P!nk

Top 10 Albums

1. Night Train - Jason Aldean
2. Babel - Mumford & Sons
3. Two Eleven - Brandy
4. Christmas With Scotty McCreery - Scotty McCreery
5. Living For A Song: A Tribut... - Jamey Johnson
6. The Truth About Love - P!nk
7. Kaleidoscope Dream - Miguel
8. Tornado - Little Big Town
9. 21 - Adele
10. Metalocalypse: Dethalbum II... - Dethklok


From Billboard.com

US Charts: Maroon 5 & Mumford & Sons at #1

These are the top ten singles and albums in the US for the week of October 27, 2012:

Top 10 Singles

1. One More Night - Maroon 5
2. Gangnam Style - PSY
3. I Knew You Were Trouble. - Taylor Swift
4. Some Nights - fun.
5. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift
6. As Long As You Love Me - Justin Bieber Featuring Big Sean
7. Too Close - Alex Clare
8. Die Young - Ke$ha
9. Blow Me (One Last Kiss) - P!nk
10. Good Time - Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen

Top 10 Albums

1. Babel - Mumford & Sons
2. The Heist - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
3. Monster - KISS
4. Lace Up - MGK
5. Afterman: Ascension - Coheed And Cambria
6. Don't Panic - All Time Low
7. Release Me - Barbra Streisand
8. The Truth About Love - P!nk
9. Halcyon - Ellie Goulding
10. The 2nd Law - Muse

From Billboard.com

US Charts: Maroon 5 & Mumford & Sons at #1

These are the top ten singles and albums in the US for the week of October 20, 2012:

Top 10 Singles

1. One More Night - Maroon 5
2. Gangnam Style - PSY
3. Live While We're Young - One Direction
4. Some Nights - fun.
5. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift
6. Red - Taylor Swift
7. As Long As You Love Me - Justin Bieber Featuring Big Sean
8. Skyfall - Adele
9. Blow Me (One Last Kiss) - P!nk
10. Too Close - Alex Clare

Top 10 Albums

1. Babel - Mumford & Sons
2. The 2nd Law - Muse
3. Kaleidoscope Dream - Miguel
4. The Truth About Love - P!nk
5. Transit Of Venus - Three Days Grace
6. Glad Rag Doll - Diana Krall
7. Songs From The Silver Screen - Jackie Evancho
8. Tornado - Little Big Town
9. Sticks & Stones - Cher Lloyd
10. Born To Sing : No Plan B - Van Morrison

From Billboard.com

US Charts: Maroon 5 & Mumford & Sons at #1

These are the top ten singles and albums in the US for the week of October 13, 2012:

Top 10 Singles

1. One More Night - Maroon 5
2. Gangnam Style - PSY
3. Some Nights - fun.
4. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift
5. Blow Me (One Last Kiss) - P!nk
6. As Long As You Love Me - Justin Bieber Featuring Big Sean
7. Begin Again - Taylor Swift
8. Whistle - Flo Rida
9. Too Close - Alex Clare
10. Good Time - Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen

Top 10 Albums

1. Babel - Mumford & Sons
2. ¡Uno! - Green Day
3. Push And Shove - No Doubt
4. The Truth About Love - P!nk
5. Food & Liquor II: The Great ... - Lupe Fiasco
6. Album Title Goes Here - deadmau5
7. Kanye West Presents GOOD Music: Cruel Summer - Various Artists
8. Away From The World - Dave Matthews Band
9. Tornado - Little Big Town
10. Battle Born - The Killers

From Billboard.com

Alex Clare › Too Close

A new version of the Too Close video by Alex Clare has surfaced to promote the movie Taken 2. You can also watch the original version below. The song is included in Clare's debut album The Lateness Of The Hour.

'Taken 2' Version


Original


Get Too Close | More music by Alex Clare

US Charts: Maroon 5 & P!nk at #1

These are the top ten singles and albums in the US for the week of October 6, 2012:

Top 10 Singles

1. One More Night - Maroon 5
2. Gangnam Style - PSY
3. Some Nights - fun.
4. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift
5. Blow Me (One Last Kiss) - P!nk
6. Whistle - Flo Rida
7. As Long As You Love Me - Justin Bieber Featuring Big Sean
8. Good Time - Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen
9. Too Close - Alex Clare
10. Lights - Ellie Goulding

Top 10 Albums

1. The Truth About Love - P!nk
2. Kanye West Presents GOOD Music: Cruel Summer - Various Artists
3. Battle Born - The Killers
4. Away From The World - Dave Matthews Band
5. Tornado - Little Big Town
6. Kiss - Carly Rae Jepsen
7. Shields - Grizzly Bear
8. Tempest - Bob Dylan
9. The Carpenter - The Avett Brothers
10. The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind - Ben Folds Five

From Billboard.com

US Charts: Maroon 5 & Dave Matthews Band at #1

These are the top ten singles and albums in the US for the week of September 29, 2012:

Top 10 Singles

1. One More Night - Maroon 5
2. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift
3. Some Nights - fun.
4. Whistle - Flo Rida
5. Blow Me (One Last Kiss) - P!nk
6. As Long As You Love Me - Justin Bieber Featuring Big Sean
7. Lights - Ellie Goulding
8. Too Close - Alex Clare
9. Good Time - Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen
10. Everybody Talks - Neon Trees

Top 10 Albums

1. Away From The World - Dave Matthews Band
2. Tornado - Little Big Town
3. Tempest - Bob Dylan
4. The Carpenter - The Avett Brothers
5. Coexist - The xx
6. La Futura - ZZ Top
7. Night Visions - Imagine Dragons
8. North - matchbox twenty
9. NOW 43 - Various Artists
10. Theatre Is Evil - Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra

From Billboard.com

US Charts: Taylor Swift & Matchbox Twenty at #1

These are the top ten singles and albums in the US for the week of September 22, 2012:

Top 10 Singles

1. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift
2. One More Night - Maroon 5
3. Whistle - Flo Rida
4. Some Nights - fun.
5. Lights - Ellie Goulding
6. Blow Me (One Last Kiss) - P!nk
7. As Long As You Love Me - Justin Bieber Featuring Big Sean
8. Everybody Talks - Neon Trees
9. Good Time - Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen
10. Too Close - Alex Clare

Top 10 Albums

1. North - matchbox twenty
2. Night Visions - Imagine Dragons
3. Gravity - Lecrae
4. NOW 43 - Various Artists
5. Blown Away - Carrie Underwood
6. Overexposed - Maroon 5
7. Based On A T.R.U. Story - 2 Chainz
8. Eye On It - tobyMac
9. Chapter V - Trey Songz
10. Sun - Cat Power

From Billboard.com

TMJ Charts: Santigold Breaks #1 Record!

I saw it coming and it's happened. A 7-year-old record has finally been broken and we all have Santigold to turn our heads to. 16 weeks at the top gives Disparate Youth the honor of being the longest stay at the top for any song since I started this little chart back in late 2004. The record was previously held by Mariah Carey whose We Belong Together spent a total of 15 weeks at the top back in 2005. A few years later - six, to be exact - that record was almost broken when Friendly Fires tied at 15 weeks at the top with Hawaiian Air. That was in late 2011, but now the record goes back to one and one woman only. Cheers to that!

Disparate Youth - Live at BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge


Now the thing is how long can she hold on to the top spot. Let's not forget that Disparate Youth had an incredible debut at #2, only to claim the #1 spot the week after. And the thing is that it's still ahead from its closest competitor by quite a decent amount of points. WZRD is getting ready though to claim their first chart-topper with either Love Hard (the week's Greatest Gainer) or Teleport 2 Me, Jamie which finds a new peak at #4. Alex Clare is also headlining the Top 10 with two tracks as Up All Night returns to #7 and Too Close goes single-digit for the first time at #9. And we say good-bye to Adele's Someone Like You as it leaves the Top 10 for the first time since December 23, 2011. The Biggest Jump and Power Play of the week goes to a well-deserved return to the charts to one favorite, Alanis Morissette, as Guardian jumps to #28. Her last chart appearance came in early 2009 when Not As We peaked at #63.

The Recurrent Chart sees Kings Of Leon returning to the #1 spot with Notion for a sixth week, while WZRD returns to the top of the albums chart with their self-titled record for a second week.

UK Charts: Gary Barlow at #1

These are the top ten singles and albums in the UK for the week of June 16, 2012:

Top 10 Singles

1. SING - GARY BARLOW / COMMONWEALTH BAND
2. WHISTLE - FLO RIDA
3. WE ARE YOUNG - FUN FT JANELLE MONAE
4. FEEL THE LOVE - RUDIMENTAL FT JOHN NEWMAN
5. SCREAM - USHER
6. THE POWER - DJ FRESH FT DIZZEE RASCAL
7. CALL ME MAYBE - CARLY RAE JEPSEN
8. PRINCESS OF CHINA - COLDPLAY & RIHANNA
9. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN - RIHANNA
10. TOO CLOSE - ALEX CLARE

Top 10 Albums

1. SING - GARY BARLOW / COMMONWEALTH BAND
2. + - ED SHEERAN
3. FALL TO GRACE - PALOMA FAITH
4. NUMBER ONES - BEE GEES
5. MYLO XYLOTO - COLDPLAY
6. OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE
7. WHO YOU ARE - JESSIE J
8. TALK THAT TALK - RIHANNA
9. BOYS DON'T CRY - RUMER
10. GRACELAND - PAUL SIMON

From www.theofficialcharts.com

UK Charts: Rudimental & Gary Barlow at #1

These are the top ten singles and albums in the UK for the week of June 9, 2012:

Top 10 Singles

1. FEEL THE LOVE - RUDIMENTAL FT JOHN NEWMAN
2. WE ARE YOUNG - FUN FT JANELLE MONAE
3. EUPHORIA - LOREEN
4. WHEN SHE WAS MINE - LAWSON
5. CALL ME MAYBE - CARLY RAE JEPSEN
6. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN - RIHANNA
7. TOO CLOSE - ALEX CLARE
8. R.I.P. - RITA ORA FT TINIE TEMPAH
9. DRIVE BY - TRAIN
10. CHASING THE SUN - WANTED

Top 10 Albums

1. SING - GARY BARLOW / COMMONWEALTH BAND
2. FALL TO GRACE - PALOMA FAITH
3. BOYS DON'T CRY - RUMER
4. MAGIC HOUR - SCISSOR SISTERS
5. ANTHEMS - RUSSELL WATSON
6. OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE
7. NUMBER ONES - BEE GEES
8. VALTARI - SIGUR ROS
9. TALK THAT TALK - RIHANNA
10. 21 - ADELE

From www.theofficialcharts.com

UK Charts: fun. & Emeli Sandé at #1

These are the top ten singles and albums in the UK for the week of June 2, 2012:

Top 10 Singles

1. WE ARE YOUNG - FUN FT JANELLE MONAE
2. CHASING THE SUN - WANTED
3. CALL ME MAYBE - CARLY RAE JEPSEN
4. R.I.P. - RITA ORA FT TINIE TEMPAH
5. TOO CLOSE - ALEX CLARE
6. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN - RIHANNA
7. PICKING UP THE PIECES - PALOMA FAITH
8. DRIVE BY - TRAIN
9. SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW - GOTYE FT KIMBRA
10. YOUNG - TULISA

Top 10 Albums

1. OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE
2. DRIVING TOWARDS THE DAYLIGHT - JOE BONAMASSA
3. 21 - ADELE
4. BORN AND RAISED - JOHN MAYER
5. NUMBER ONES - BEE GEES
6. STRANGELAND - KEANE
7. SOME NIGHTS - FUN
8. SPIRIT IN THE ROOM - TOM JONES
9. STREETS IN THE SKY - ENEMY
10. EVERY KINGDOM - BEN HOWARD

From www.theofficialcharts.com

UK Charts: Rita Ora & Keane at #1

These are the top ten singles and albums in the UK for the week of May 26, 2012:

Top 10 Singles

1. R.I.P. - RITA ORA FT TINIE TEMPAH
2. WE ARE YOUNG - FUN FT JANELLE MONAE
3. CALL ME MAYBE - CARLY RAE JEPSEN
4. TOO CLOSE - ALEX CLARE
5. YOUNG - TULISA
6. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN - RIHANNA
7. 30 DAYS - SATURDAYS
8. DRIVE BY - TRAIN
9. OLIVER TWIST - D'BANJ
10. SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW - GOTYE FT KIMBRA

Top 10 Albums

1. STRANGELAND - KEANE
2. RIZE OF THE FENIX - TENACIOUS D
3. OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE
4. 21 - ADELE
5. THROUGH THE NIGHT - REN HARVIEU
6. EVERY KINGDOM - BEN HOWARD
7. MAKING MIRRORS - GOTYE
8. + - ED SHEERAN
9. HEAVEN - REBECCA FERGUSON
10. NOT YOUR KIND OF PEOPLE - GARBAGE

From www.theofficialcharts.com

TMJ Charts: #1 Double for Santigold

If you've followed the charts for the past weeks I'm sure you've noticed that the Santigold obsession is not going away any time soon. This time, in fact, she scores a #1 chart double as Disparate Youth spends its 11th consecutive week at the top of the Songs chart, while its parent album Master Of My Make-Believe reaches the summit of the Albums chart for the first time. I haven't got a chance to keep track of this feat unfortunately, but she's just one of the few to achieve this type of thing. I got some homework to do.

Disparate Youth (Live at the 2012 Coachella Music & Arts Festival)


Elsewhere on the Songs chart the Top 3 stays the same with Gotye & Kimbra's Somebody That I Used To Know refusing to leave the #2 spot and Friendly Fires' Chimes trying to get higher at #3. Of course, Santigold's domination is worth another mention with her previous single Big Mouth getting a re-boost while earning Greatest Gainer honors and a new peak at #4. Her apparent new official single, Look At These Hoes follows the footsteps and sits at #12 in its third week. She also gets the Highest Debut of the week as Fame enters the chart at #47. And she's not alone on this chart conquest with Alex Clare making serious moves to the high end of the chart, claiming the #5 and #6 spots this week with Up All Night and Humming Bird, respectively. He also scores multiple debuts this week starting with Whispering (#65), When Doves Cry (#66), Treading Water (#84), I Won't Let You Down (#85), Tight Rope (#86) and I Love You (#87). He also scores the Highest Jump of the week as Too Close moves up 41 spots to #57. Marina & The Diamonds scores another debut with Primadonna at #64, as does M83 with New Map at #67. Keane returns to the charts thanks to the release of Strangeland and gets three new entries with In Your Own Time (#71), Sea Fog (#72) and Day Will Come (#74).

The Recurrent Songs chart has Amy Winehouse at #1 for a third consecutive week with He Can Only Hold Her from her album Back To Black.

UK Charts: Rita Ora & Keane at #1

These are the top ten singles and albums in the UK for the week of May 19, 2012:

Top 10 Singles

1. R.I.P. - RITA ORA FT TINIE TEMPAH
2. YOUNG - TULISA
3. CALL ME MAYBE - CARLY RAE JEPSEN
4. TOO CLOSE - ALEX CLARE
5. WE ARE YOUNG - FUN FT JANELLE MONAE
6. DRIVE BY - TRAIN
7. LIVE MY LIFE - FAR EAST MOVEMENT / BIEBER
8. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN - RIHANNA
9. SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW - GOTYE FT KIMBRA
10. LASERLIGHT - JESSIE J FT DAVID GUETTA

Top 10 Albums

1. STRANGELAND - KEANE
2. OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE
3. STANDING AT THE SKY'S EDGE - RICHARD HAWLEY
4. 21 - ADELE
5. BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY
6. HEAVEN - REBECCA FERGUSON
7. IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW - OLLY MURS
8. MAKING MIRRORS - GOTYE
9. IN THE BELLY OF THE BRAZEN BULL - CRIBS
10. BLUNDERBUSS - JACK WHITE

From www.theofficialcharts.com