TMJ Charts: M83 Here To Stay

Another great week for M83 as it stays at the top spot of the Songs chart for a second week with Midnight City, and once again, as Greatest Gainer. The songs has now exceeded all expectations and has also helped the band get their first #1 on the Albums chart as Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. moves 2-1.

Midnight City (Live on Carson Daly)


Santigold's big hit Disparate Youth stays at #2 while WZRD's Love Hard stays at #3. Lana Del Rey gets her first Top 5 hit with Blue Jeans getting a new peak at #5 in its 23rd week on the chart, while Linkin Park moves up to #7 with Burn It Down. Coldplay and Maroon 5 return to the Top 10 as Princess Of China jumps 8 to #9 and Payphone moves one to #10. Their most recent Top 10 hits were Paradise (#2) and Moves Like Jagger (#6), respectively.

And there's more from Maroon 5 as they also get the Power Play and Highest Debut of the week with One More Night at #34. Other debuts include a chart-first for Garbage whose Blood For Poppies debuts at #35, a chart-return for P!nk with her latest pop anthem Blow Me (One Last Kiss) coming in at #47 and another chart entry for Lana Del Rey with Summertime Sadness debuting at #48. More new entries from Simple Plan, Muse, Linkin Park, Katy Perry and Chris Brown at the lower end of the chart.

The Recurrent Songs chart sees a new #1 song as Chris Brown and Benny Benassi take over with the chart favorite Beautiful People.

TMJ Charts: M83 Dethrones Santigold

A record-breaking streak of 17 weeks at #1 for Santigold's Disparate Youth has finally come to and end as we now turn our heads to M83 whose Midnight City reigns as the new #1 on the Songs chart. And it comes as big feat, not only because it's the electronic band's first chart-topper but it's a song that has been all over the chart since its debut. It first appeared in early November of last year where it bowed at #74 only to climb to #66 four weeks later before experiencing a brief absence starting early December. By February of this year the song re-enters at #97 and goes up to #42 by late March, before hovering around the lower parts of the chart once again. But it wasn't until early May that the song picks up a steady pace and finally breaks the Top 40. And steady ever since, it's now reached the top as Greatest Gainer in its 27th week on the chart. I can only remember one song that's taken longer to reach the summit and it's Kings Of Leon's Closer which back in 2009 conquered the top in its 37th week.

Midnight City (Official Video)

In other chart news, it's a good week for Flo Rida who sees Wild Ones featuring Sia pick up once again and is the week's Power Play at #18. There's also two debuts from his new album: I Cry is the week's Highest Debut at #29 followed by Run featuring RedFoo at #42. Howler's Black Lagoon is the week's other debut entering at #87. The week's Biggest Jump is Benny Benassi's Close To Me featuring Gary Go, a song that refuses to leave the chart and goes up 45 places to #55.

And a couple of names are also news. First off, Alanis Morissette gets her best chart peak so far as her newest single, Guardian, stands at #7 this week. Her best effort had been Incomplete which went as high as #9 in 2008. Another return to the top belongs to Linkin Park with Burn It Down standing at #10. This is their best chart position since Waiting For The End reached #6 in October of 2010.

TMJ Charts: Santigold Still On Top

I guess I take it seriously when it comes to taking a "small break" because it's been too long since I last posted a chart commentary. Not that I was asked for a reason, but I just needed to come clean in case you were wondering. Anyway, I can't remember exactly what the last post was about but I'm guessing Santigold was topping the songs chart when that happened. And if you were expecting any type of changes there, well, it's not your lucky day. Seven weeks have gone by and she still rocks the top with her Disparate Youth. Wait, what? You have not listened to this amazing song yet? Well I suggest you do, like, right now:



And with Santigold not wanting to leave the throne any time soon, so do Gotye and Kimbra. Their chart, and now worldwide hit Somebody That I Used To Know, is back at #2. Let's remember that they also spent 7 weeks at the top before Santigold took over. So, who will get the eighth? A return to the top for Gotye would be quite a feat and a chart first. Santigold, Gotye. Gotye, Santigold. Is anybody else trying to push ahead of these two? Actually, there is. This past week I re-discovered some Friendly Fires songs (yes, again!) and Chimes gets the ticket! The song is Greatest Gainer and Jump with an incredible 77 spot move to #8 this week. Show Me Lights is another winner as Power Play of the week, rebounding all the way to #25 in its 18th week on the chart. Both songs score new chart peaks, by the way. If you can recall, Friendly Fires scored two #1 songs: the record-breaking Hawaiian Air, followed by Blue Cassette.

Other big movers include Calvin Harris with a song that past me by last year and is just starting to get the regular plays. Feel So Close is the title and jumps this week to #21. LMFAO and Natalia Kills get a second chance with Champagne Showers getting a new peak at #28, while Chris Brown and Benny Benassi rebound and place themselves at #30 with Beautiful People.

An oddly slow-paced chart this week for some other peeps. Adele is still hanging in there with two of the oldest charting songs in the Top 10: Set Fire To The Rain gets a new peak at #6 in its 35th week while Someone Like You loses momentum and falls to #7 in its 38th week. 21, on the other hand scores it's 15th week at the top of the Albums chart! KT Tunstall scores a new chart entry with The Punk as Highest Debut of the week while Drake and Rihanna round it up with Take Care making its entrance at #88.

And speaking of Marina & The Diamonds... Actually, in reference to all the videos posted for her new upcoming release, Electra Heart, she scores the #1 spot of the Recurrent Songs Chart with Obsessions.

More on the charts below, and don't forget to click the title links for the good-looking versions.

Benny Benassi & Gary Go › Control

'Primadonna (Benny Benassi Remix)' by Marina & The Diamonds

Mas Friendly Fires... (+ Big Announcement!)

We may be ready to say goodbye to this year, but that doesn't mean there's a lot of change on the charts, or at least the top of the charts, that is. In the second to last chart issue of 2011, Friendly Fires still dominates both the Top Songs and Top Albums charts with Blue Cassette and Pala, respectively. Blue Cassette stays on top for a second week in a row, extending the group's consecutive stay at the top to 17 weeks while Pala, on the other hand, enjoys its fifteenth week at the top of the Albums chart.


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Some unexpected jumps include Fedde le Grand storming up to #3 as Greatest Gainer with So Much Love, while Benny Benassi and Gary Go return to #2 with Close To Me. Rihanna and Calvin Harris enter the Top Ten at #5 with We Found Love, Adele returns at #6 with Someone Like You and LMFAO recovers and closes at #10 with Party Rock Anthem. Lots of new entries this week including new songs by Pitbull, Taio Cruz, Avicii, Nickelback, Flo Rida, Lana Del Rey, Bruno Mars and... Justin Bieber!?

And with those names comes the big announcement! Starting this week, and with the help of the new digital charts I'm compiling, the worldwide top selling singles are incorporated to the formula for building my personal Songs chart. That basically means more mainstream songs in there than the ones I'd never - or would eventually - listen to. Creepy, I know, but the reason for this decision, after going back and forth for a while, is that with less available time in my hands I find myself listening to less music than what I'd actually like to. With that said, the chart gets a little more action while not completely affecting its outcome, after all, my tastes will still play a big part of each week's chart. Hopefully we won't get too much of Glee Cast, or the likes, in there lol. The merging of current and recurrent songs is also a big possibility in the near future, but I haven't made a decision about that... yet.

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).

'Hawaiian Air' Goes For 15 Weeks

Only one other song in the history of the chart has achieved what Hawaiian Air has just achieved, and that is stay at the top of the Songs tally for fifteen consecutive weeks! Friendly Fires now shares that mighty record with one renowned female singer better known as Mariah Carey, who first achieved the milestone a little more than six years ago with We Belong Together, also with a consecutive run. Watch below one of my favorite performances of Hawaiian Air:



And while there's still the chance for records to be broken, there are plenty of other songs waiting to take over the chart and put an end to Friendly Fires' lead. One of the strongest titles is now Benny Benassi's Close To Me featuring Gary Go which storms up to #2 in its 23rd week on the chart, or Snow Patrol with This Isn't Everything You Are going up to #4 in its 3rd week, or White Lies with The Power & The Glory and Streetlights both battling it up inside the Top 10. So until next week, when we find out if Hawaiian Air has the strength to break a record or a new song claims the top spot of the Songs Chart.

Benny Benassi & Gary Go › Close To Me

One of my favorite and most certainly one of the standout tracks from Benny Benassi's Electroman if you ask me, so it's fair to say that I'm pumped about this being a single now. After Beautiful People, even though I always count that one as a Chris Brown song, Close To Me is also deserving of being on your most played list. The song features Gary Go, who also appears in the video, and is currently down to #67 after 18 weeks on the chart, but it's most likely to get a new boost for the upcoming weeks now.

Hawaiian Air: It's Not Over Yet

Only three other songs have managed to stay on top of the Songs Chart for ten straight weeks or more since I started building the countdown, but now Friendly Fires gets the honor to be the first band to achieve the milestone. It was hard to tell in the beginning if Hawaiian Air had the strength to go as far as spending this many weeks on the chart but it's now proven to be one of the strongest titles in years. And it just goes on, now that this week the song gets the highest point-rank of its chart run. Maybe going for the 15-week record? It doesn't seem impossible at this point, but let's just hope we don't run out of high quality Youtube clips!

Hawaiian Air (Live at the Glastonbury Festival)

UK Charts: Lady GaGa Topples Adele from Number One Spot

From NME.com:

Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' has scored the biggest first week sales of the year so far to end Adele's reign at Number One in the albums chart tonight (May 29).

Gaga claimed the top spot after shifting over 215,000 copies of the album, which was more than the rest of the Top 10 combined, according to the Official Charts Company.

In a dominant week for the singer, her 2009 debut 'The Fame' re-entered the Top 10 at Number 7, while she scored three Top 20 singles - 'Judas' (Number 9), 'Born This Way' (Number 17) and 'The Edge Of Glory' (Number 18).

Adele's '21', which has spent 16 of the last 21 weeks at the top of the chart, went down to Number 2. The Tottenham soul singer's 2008 debut '19' stayed at Number 3.

Elsewhere, The Prodigy debuted at Number 5 with 'World's On Fire Live', while the latest Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons best-of compilation 'Working My Way Back To You Collection' went in at Number 12.

Pitbull held onto the top spot in the singles chart for a second week with 'Give Me Everything', his collaboration with Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer.

The Saturdays' scored the highest new entry at Number 8 with 'Notorious', while Templecloud's 'One Big Family' debuted at Number 24.

The Top 10 UK albums are:

1. Lady Gaga - 'Born This Way'
2. Adele - '21'
3. Adele - '19'
4. Bruno Mars - 'Doo Wops & Hooligans'
5. The Prodigy - 'World's On Fire Live'
6. Jessie J - 'Who You Are'
7. Lady Gaga - 'The Fame'
8. Hugh Laurie - 'Let Them Talk'
9. Chase & Status - 'No More Idols'
10. Caro Emerald - 'Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor'

The Top 10 UK singles are:

1. Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer - 'Give Me Everything'
2. Bruno Mars - 'The Lazy Song'
3. Aloe Blacc - 'I Need A Dollar'
4. LMFAO feat. GoonRock and Lauren Bennett - 'Party Rock Anthem'
5. Alexandra Stan - 'Mr Saxobeat'
6. Chris Brown feat. Benny Benassi - 'Beautiful People'
7. Snoop Dogg - 'Sweat (David Guetta Remix)'
8. The Saturdays - 'Notorious'
9. Lady Gaga - 'Judas'
10. Swedish House Mafia - 'Save The World'

Lykke Li Scores Second #1

Only a few artists like Interpol, Mariah Carey, The-Dream and Jay-Z have managed to get back to back #1 singles on my chart, but this week we can add another name to that list: Lykke Li. Up until this weekend she had dominated the songs chart with a remix to her song I Follow Rivers. Three weeks at the top went by and now she switches places with herself by getting her song Love Out Of Lust on top. This is now the singer's second #1 so far. But things are looking way better for this Swedish artist because, besides the two songs mentioned before, she's also charting the Greatest Gainer Silent My Song (#8) and the original I Follow Rivers (#10) in this week's Top 10. That's helping her album Wounded Rhymes get another week at the top of the albums chart.

A resurgence for Kings Of Leon's Birthday earns them the week's biggest leap by going from #77 to #44, quite impressive considering the song is on it's 24th chart appearance. The Power Play and Highest Debut belongs to Benny Benassi and Gary Go with their single Cinema. As expected, the song makes a quick debut at #68, just one spot higher than the Congorock Remix which debuted last week.

A couple more entries come from T.I. with Big Picture landing at #90 and Britney Spears' third song from Femme Fatale to debut, Criminal, opens at #96.

Chris Brown & Benny Benassi › Beautiful People

At first I thought this would be a vanity record but it's turned out to be one of my all-time favorite songs by Chris Brown. And it's not like he's struggled to get hits on my chart but he's best score so far has been Run It! which peaked at #2 in 2005. Only recently he's managed to get back on the chart with songs like the Deuces (Remix) and Yeah 3x, if we don't count his other collaborations. And even when his personal life has taken a toll on his career he seems to be bouncing back big time with his latest album F.A.M.E. debuting at #1 in the United States charts. Undeniably, a part of Beautiful People's appeal is the Benny Benassi mark but the video also features some familiar faces like Pharrell, T-Pain, Brandy, The Game and Bow Wow, to name a few. Beautiful People is currently sitting at #11 after five weeks on the chart.



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Benny Benassi & Gary Go › Cinema

Here's the video for Benny Benassi's latest single Cinema, featuring Gary Go. I discovered this song thanks to the great Congorock Remix, which debuted on this week's chart at #66. This, the original mix, might be doing the same soon.



Cinema (Congorock Remix)


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Katy Perry & Kanye West › E.T.

I've been raving about the Benny Benassi remix for a while now, but just found out that Katy Perry's new single E.T. (now with a Kanye West version) has scored the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100. Really? I feel that came out of nowhere. Anyway, this is already her fourth chart-topper from her album Teenage Dream in the United States following California Gurls with Snoop Dogg, Teenage Dream and Firework. The feat has also put her in some pretty good company since it's the first album since Usher's Confessions - from 2004 - to spawn four #1 singles and the first female to do it since Mariah Carey's eponymous debut album in 1990-91. Other artists' albums that accomplished this Billboard Hot 100 milestone include Whitney Houston's Whitney, George Michael's Faith, Paula Abdul's Forever Your Girl and Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814. Way to go Ms. Perry!

Another treat? Well, the music video is already out and it's very sci-fi and very different to her previous ones, which gives it bonus points on my list. Directed by Floria Sigismondi.



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'E.T.' by Katy Perry & Kanye West + Benny Benassi Remix

In an attempt to extend the huge success that Teenage Dream turned out to be for Katy Perry here's the fourth official single from that album titled E.T., only this time it has been spiced up by Kanye West dropping a couple of rap verses. I'm not really sure it does the trick 'cause I'd rather listen to the original, or in any case I'll always prefer the amazing Benny Benassi Remix which - if you've been following the chart you'd know - has been making the biggest impact. Here's the lyric video to this collaboration:



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E.T. (Benny Benassi Radio Edit)

Top 5 Remains Unchanged

It hasn't happened in quite a long time, probably since 2008 or 2009, but this week's Top 5 remains the same as last week's. Not only that, but Lykke Li claims the top two stops once again with I Follow Rivers (The Magician Remix) ruling for a third consecutive week. Love Out Of Lust remains at #2 as Greatest Gainer for second week in a row as well. And the Lykke Li domination continues this week as she also gets the Biggest Jump with Sadness Is A Blessing going #79 - #35 in it's second week on the chart.

The Highest Debut comes courtesy of The Strokes. Their return single Under Cover Of Darkness finally breaks the chart and bows at #46. More debuts include Benny Benassi's new single Cinema, featuring Gary Go. The Congorock Remix of that song debuts at #66. Lupe Fiasco sees two more songs chart as Coming Up and Beautiful Lasers enter at #68 and #78 respectively. Another remix song, The Magician Remix to Beni's It's A Bubble comes in at #95 while Duran Duran's Before The Rain does it one spot higher at #96.

Lykke Li & The Magician Go To #1

It was really just a matter of time. I do believe White Lies deserved a couple more weeks at the top with Bigger Than Us because I really like that song, but who knows, they might make a comeback later on. Now that they're down to #3 it means there's a new #1 this week and it belongs to none other than Lykke Li and her I Follow Rivers (The Magician Remix). This is the singer's first chart-topper, and not just any chart-topper, because it's only the second remixed song to go all the way to the top in the history of the chart. The first one was the Benny Benassi remix to Available by Flo Rida and Akon, which started its two-week stay at #1 in September of 2009.

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But Lykke Li continues to dominate my music playlist as this week she once again is Greatest Gainer, this time with her song Love Out Of Lust, which goes to #8 in its second week. I Know Places is Power Play of the week at #75 and Get Some, her first charted song, re-enters at #87. The original I Follow Rivers is the Biggest Jump to #47 from last week's #94.

In terms of new entries Britney Spears scores the Hot Shot and Highest Debut this week with her second single off Femme Fatale. Debuting at #51, Till The World Ends proves to be a much better performer than its predecessor Hold It Against Me which only managed to peak at #57 and stay on the chart for 5 weeks. This is only the singer's fourth song to enter the chart.

Many first timers are welcomed to the chart this week starting with The Decemberists and their song This Is Why We Fight, also Power Play of the week, at #74; Mogwai debut at #89 with White Noise; Ryan Adams debuts at #95 with Disappyramid; The Shoes enter at #99 with Wastin' Time and Radiohead start with Lotus Flower and Little By Little at #88 and #100 respectively. More new songs include Cee Lo Green's It's OK at #93 and Usher's More at #97.

White Lies Takes The Top Spot

A new song reigns this week's chart and it's the band White Lies making a quick landing to the #1 spot with Bigger Than Us. It comes to no surprise because they did have a big debut at #17 just four weeks ago, though it's good to note that this is the first song by the band to chart, so it's quite the good accomplishment. This is also the first song by a band to go all the way since Kings Of Leon made it to the top with Radioactive in late October of last year.

But White Lies gets more than the #1 spot as several songs from their Ritual album also debut this week including Turn The Bells, Peace & Quiet, Strangers, Bad Love and Holy Ghost occupying the #95 through #99 spots.

Another artist to pay attention to is, of course, Lykke Li. If you've been following the blog you would know by now that I'm currently kind of obsessed with her. This week not only her I Follow Rivers (The Magician Remix) is a close call by jumping to the #2 spot, repeating as Greatest Gainer, but the release of her Wounded Rhymes album makes several of her songs Hot Shot Debuts including the Highest Debut, Love Out Of Lust (#30), Youth Knows No Pain (#90), Jerome (#92), Unrequited Love (#93) and the original I Follow Rivers (#94).

Also making a big debut is the Chris Brown and Benny Benassi collaboration, Beautiful People, which lands at #34 as Power Play of the week; We Are Tokyo also make their chart debut with The Best In Me (Ninetynine's Nightmare Remix) entering at #55; Neon Trees makes it times three with 1983 leading at #59, Our War at #69 and Love And Affection at #82; also new to the chart is The Radio Dept. who debut at #91 with Never Follow Suit and finally Katy Perry scores a second E.T. remix on the chart as the Tiësto take on her new single enters at #100. The E.T. (Benny Benassi Remix) is so far having the better luck jumping to #26 in it's second week.

The Biggest Jump belongs to the second single by rapper Lupe Fiasco featuring Skylar Grey, Words I Never Said going up 34 spots to land at #12 this week. Expect it to get a boost by next week which coincides with the long-awaited release of his third studio album, Lasers.

Benny Benassi & T-Pain › Electroman

In yet another shot for an odd electro-pop collaboration we have one of my favorite DJs, Benny Benassi pairing with non other than T-Pain.. You know what? At this point I'm sick of T-Pain and that same old annoying auto-tune we've already been listening to for years. It's not fun anymore and some pop stars should take note.... unless you're going to do something extremely good with it, don't do it! On the other hand, an instrumental for Electroman sounds like a big winner.



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