TMJ Charts: No Doubt Returns to #1

A great week for No Doubt who score their second #1 song from their new album Push And Shove. The title song inches up one spot to take the crown while Lana Del Rey's Radio falls to #3 after just one week on top. No Doubt is now the second act to score more than one #1 song on the chart during 2012 after Gotye. Their song Settle Down, went on to spend 5 weeks at the top and currently stands at #19.

Push And Shove music video

And speaking of Gotye, he's actually about to score a third chart-topper this year now that Save Me moves up to #2 in its 15th week on the chart. It's currently a strong contender and the only song gaining points inside the Top 10 besides Clique by Kanye West, Jay-Z and Big Sean which is up to #7 and Young The Giant's surprising move to #9 with God Made Man. Good moves as well for The Gaslight Anthem who see "45" leap to #15, Sloom by Of Monsters And Men which is up to #16, Bruno Mars' Locked Out Of Heaven is up to #24, Imagine Dragons jump big to #25 with It's Time and Metric's Youth Without Youth which jumps 55 to #32. But the Biggest move, as well as Greatest Gainer of the week, belongs to Nelly Furtado whose Spirit Indestructible is up 59 spots to #33.

The week's Highest Debut is also this week's Power Play track, and it goes to Rihanna, scoring her 16th chart entry as lead artist with Diamonds. The song debuts at #65. Kid Cudi also returns to the chart with Just What I Am featuring King Chip at #82, and so does Ke$ha who scores her 7th chart entry with Die Young debuting at #99.

The Recurrent Songs chart has a new song at the top and it's Swedish House Mafia's Miami 2 Ibiza making a big jump to #1 from last week's #40 position. And the Albums chart celebrates its 300th issue with a first for Lana Del Rey who finally reaches the top with Born To Die after 38 weeks on the chart, most of them inside the Top 5.

TMJ Charts: Lana Del Rey Gets Her #1

A very busy week on the charts as we have many debuts, chart returns and a new #1 on the Songs tally with Lana Del Rey finally reaching the top for the very first time since her chart debut with the song Radio. Having debuted at the #100 position in late April of this year and bouncing out after only one week, the song finally picked up a really good pace when it re-entered at #62 in mid-August. By early this month it was already inside the Top 10 and has now won the battle against Gotye's Eyes Wide Open, which is down to #3 this week.


And watch out for this week's #2 where we have No Doubt picking up as Greatest Gainer with Push And Shove jumping from 17 with only 3 weeks on the chart, and now most likely to follow the steps of their previous chart-topper Settle Down. There's also The Killers, who jump 4 to #4 with Flesh And Bone, a new Top 10 hit for Gotye as Save Me rockets from #27 to #6, P!nk reaches a new peak of 7 in the second round of Blow Me (One Last Kiss) for the top, and the return of Santigold with The Keepers at #10.

The week's biggest jump belongs to Kanye West, Jay-Z and Big Sean as Clique leaps 42 spots all the way to #14. And making up for last week's drought, there are plenty of new songs this time around starting with the Highest Debut at #72 where Bruno Mars returns to the chart with his new single Locked Out Of Heaven. His most recent chart entry was It Will Rain which peaked at #26 earlier this year. There's also Imagine Dragons making a double chart debut with It's Time at #74 and Radioactive at #100. Chris Brown crowns a new chart entry with Turn Up The Music at #81. Metric returns to the chart since 2009's Gimme Sympathy, this time with Youth Without Youth entering at #87, and so does Nelly Furtado whose last chart entry came in 2009 with Manos Al Aire, but now returns with Spirit Indestructible as Power Play of the week at #92. Lana Del Rey scores a new chart entry at #94 with Ride, and Christina Aguilera's Your Body at #98 is her first solo track in two years.

Somewhere Only We Know by Keane and Making Mirrors by Gotye repeat at #1 on the Recurrent Songs chart and Albums chart this week, respectively.

TMJ Charts: Gotye Stays at #1

This week brings us Gotye spending a second week at #1 with the song Eyes Wide Open, from his album Making Mirrors. With his previous hit Somebody That I Used To Know, he's the only artist this year to have scored two #1 songs on the Songs Chart, and he comes at second place as the artist with the most weeks at the top this year with 8, so far. Only Santigold has spent more at the top with record-breaking 19 weeks.

Eyes Wide Open (Live at David Letterman)

More on the Songs charts with Lana Del Rey scoring her fourth Top 10 hit so far with Radio jumping eight to #6. Her previous hits include Summertime Sadness (#5), Blue Jeans (#4), and Video Games (#2). Meanwhile, Santigold returns to the Top 5 with Disparate Youth and Gotye's second song in the Top 10, Giving Me A Chance, remains steady at #8. The week's Hot Shot and Highest Debut belongs to No Doubt whose Push And Shove featuring Busy Signal and Major Lazer starts at #30. There's only a couple more debuts this week with Kanye West, Big Sean and Jay-Z's Clique entering at #75, and Power Play track of the week, Don't You Worry Child by Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin, entering at #97. The Highest Jump is Gotye's Save Me which leaps 44 spots this week to #45.

The Recurrent Songs chart has Friendly Fires spending a second week at the top with Jump In The Pool, while Making Mirrors by Gotye spends its 11th week at the top of the Albums chart.

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

UK Charts: Maroon 5 & Chris Brown at #1

These are the top ten singles and albums in the UK for the week of July 14th, 2012:

Top 10 Singles

1. PAYPHONE - MAROON 5 FT WIZ KHALIFA
2. DON'T WAKE ME UP - CHRIS BROWN
3. THIS IS LOVE - WILL I AM FT EVA SIMONS
4. WHISTLE - FLO RIDA
5. BLACK HEART - STOOSHE
6. FEEL THE LOVE - RUDIMENTAL FT JOHN NEWMAN
7. WE ARE YOUNG - FUN FT JANELLE MONAE
8. PRINCESS OF CHINA - COLDPLAY & RIHANNA
9. WIDE AWAKE - KATY PERRY
10. CALL MY NAME - CHERYL

Top 10 Albums

1. FORTUNE - CHRIS BROWN
2. OVEREXPOSED - MAROON 5
3. LIVING THINGS - LINKIN PARK
4. + - ED SHEERAN
5. OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE
6. GRACELAND - PAUL SIMON
7. MYLO XYLOTO - COLDPLAY
8. TALK THAT TALK - RIHANNA
9. 21 - ADELE
10. WATCH THE THRONE - JAY-Z & KANYE WEST

From www.theofficialcharts.com

UK Charts: will.i.am & Linkin Park at #1

These are the top ten singles and albums in the UK for the week of July 7th, 2012:

Top 10 Singles

1. THIS IS LOVE - WILL I AM FT EVA SIMONS
2. PAYPHONE - MAROON 5 FT WIZ KHALIFA
3. DON'T WAKE ME UP - CHRIS BROWN
4. WHISTLE - FLO RIDA
5. CALL MY NAME - CHERYL
6. FEEL THE LOVE - RUDIMENTAL FT JOHN NEWMAN
7. PRINCESS OF CHINA - COLDPLAY & RIHANNA
8. BLACK HEART - STOOSHE
9. WE ARE YOUNG - FUN FT JANELLE MONAE
10. WIDE AWAKE - KATY PERRY

Top 10 Albums

1. LIVING THINGS - LINKIN PARK
2. OVEREXPOSED - MAROON 5
3. + - ED SHEERAN
4. BELIEVE - JUSTIN BIEBER
5. OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE
6. A MILLION LIGHTS - CHERYL
7. WATCH THE THRONE - JAY-Z & KANYE WEST
8. WILD ONES - FLO RIDA
9. TALK THAT TALK - RIHANNA
10. FALL TO GRACE - PALOMA FAITH

From www.theofficialcharts.com

TMJ Charts: Santigold Is Not Giving Up Yet

There's no stopping Santigold on the charts as she extends her record-breaking #1 run to 17 consecutive weeks with Disparate Youth. At this point I'm just trying to figure out what other song will be able to stay on top for so long, so what we're talking about here is basically hall-of-fame status. I should move along and try to compile a list of historic events that have left a mark in the charts. In the meantime, it's a good thing we still have new live performances to post from Santigold.

Disparate Youth (Live at Radio 1's Hackney Weekend)


Going back to this week's charts, there's a serious threat of a new #1, probably very soon. WZRD stays at #2 with a bullet with Love Hard, while, out of nowhere, electronic band M83 shoots for the stars as Midnight City raises from the ashes and scores Greatest Gainer honors with a move to #4, this is after lingering up and down the charts for 25 weeks. Friendly Fires is not giving up yet and stays at #3 once again with Chimes, and Lana Del Rey returns for a second round at the Top 10 with Blue Jeans moving to #9.

Strong re-entries for Jay-Z and Kanye West who score Power Play of the week with Niggas In Paris, and Birdy's Without A Word goes all the way to #33. The Biggest Jump of the week is another song that's not ready to lose steam yet: Gym Class Heroes and Neon Hitch scale back to the top half of the chart at #48 with Ass Back Home.

On the Recurrent Charts we see Kings Of Leon once again at the top with Notion for a total of 7 weeks at #1, while Santigold recovers her spot at the throne with Master Of My Make-Believe for a total of five non-consecutive weeks at #1.

Kanye West & Bon Iver › Lost In The World

Digital Charts: Gotye & Madonna at #1

This week's digital chart review brings Gotye to the #1 spot of the singles chart for the first time with Somebody That I Used To Know featuring Kimbra. This move sends Michel Teló to the #2 position after 8 consecutive weeks at the top with Ai Se Eu Te Pego. Another big hit, Rihanna's We Found Love is still strong and rebounds to #3. The week's biggest debut belongs to Jennifer Lopez and her new single Dance Again which makes an entrance at #10 with more new entries further down the chart by Kanye West with Mercy debuting at #52 while B.o.B's So Good bows at #89. The week's biggest jumper is Ed Sheeran's Lego House which leaps 17 spots to #70. See more...

The albums chart has Madonna's MDNA spending a post-release second week at #1 (3 weeks overall) and still with a strong lead. Adele's 21 follows at #2 while Lana Del Rey's Born To Die goes up one to #3. The week's chart buster is Nicki Minaj whose Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded is greatest gainer with a huge leap to #6, and One Direction enters the top 10 at #9 with Up All Night. See more...

Jay-Z & Kanye West › Niggas In Paris

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)

Pepsi 'Music Icons' Ad

The soft drink brand recently premiered their latest TV ad which pays homage to some of our favorite Music Icons. These stars have, of course, participated in the past with their own Pepsi ads and the result is a montage of nostalgic images of some of our generation's biggest stars. To top it off, one of my favorite up and coming artists, Outasight, lends the song Tonight Is The Night to put the musical touch. Watch, in order of appearance, spots by Michael Jackson, Ray Charles, Britney Spears, Kanye West and Mariah Carey.



Let's revisit these stars' past Pepsi commercials:

Michael Jackson (1987)


Ray Charles (1990)


Britney Spears (1999)


Kanye West (2005)


Mariah Carey (2006)

Big Sean, Kanye West & Roscoe Dash › Marvin & Chardonnay

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Jay-Z & Kanye West's 'Watch The Throne' Album Cover

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Kanye West, Rick Ross, Jay-Z & Nicki Minaj › Monster

Despite all the controversy surrounding Kanye West's video for Monster, off his critically acclaimed album release My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, the visual finally sees the light of day. Posted on the rapper's website for everyone to see, there's a disclaimer just before the first gory scenes of dead women hanging dead from the ceiling, and that's just the beginning.

"The following content is in no way to be interpreted as misogynistic or negative towards any groups of people. It is an art piece and it shall be taken as such."

Enjoy Kanye West's art vision below.



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Jim Jones Takes Over

An unexpected turn in the race for #1 this week as rapper Jim Jones jumps eight spots to land directly at the top of the chart with a remix of Perfect Day. This version, is mixed by Clinton Sparks and DJ Snake, and does not seem to be official as I haven't found much info about it. It's Jones' second charted song. The first one was We Fly High from 2007. It also marks the return of the rhythmic genre to the top of the charts since January of this year when All Of The Lights by Kanye West featuring Rihanna and Kid Cudi ruled the chart for 4 consecutive weeks.

The greatest gainer of the week is Adele's Rolling In The Deep which now joins the list of possible chart-toppers by climbing to #10 in its third week. Not bad for her first and only charted song so far. The biggest jump belongs to Marina & The Diamonds' Numb which skyrockets 64 places to #20 this week. That's Marina's 7th Top 20 hit.

Two power play songs are also re-entries this week. First at #92 is Far East Movement's 2gether featuring Roger Sanchez and Kanobby and Thirty Seconds To Mars returns at #93 with Hurricane featuring Kanye West.

And its one of those rare occasions: There are no debuts on the chart this week.

Katy Perry Celebrates Year In Hot 100's Top 10

From Billboard.com:

Katy Perry becomes the first artist in the Billboard Hot 100's more than five-decade history to spend 52 consecutive weeks - an entire year - in the top 10.

On the chart released today (May 12) on Billboard.com (dated May 21, 2011), "E.T.," featuring Kanye West, descends to No. 2 after five weeks at the summit, granting Perry an unprecedented full year lodged in the chart's top bracket.

Perry began her streak when "California Gurls," featuring Snoop Dogg, debuted at No. 2 on the May 29, 2010, Hot 100. The song would go on to spend six weeks at No. 1 beginning June 19, 2010.

As "Girls" logged its 12th frame in the top 10 on the Aug. 14, 2010, Hot 100, the follow-up and second single from Perry's second Capitol Records album "Teenage Dream" bounded 20-7. The song would become the set's second No. 1 on the Sept. 18 chart and reign for two weeks.

On the Nov. 20, 2010, Hot 100, "Firework" burst 29-10, just keeping Perry in the top 10, as "Dream" dropped out of the tier (12-8). "Firework" started a four-week command on the Jan. 8, 2011, survey.

When "E.T." bounded 28-8 on the March 12, 2011, Hot 100, the song joined "Firework" for the latter song's last two weeks in the top 10.

Prior to Perry, Ace of Base had held the Hot 100's uninterrupted top 10 longevity mark, linking 48 straight weeks in the top 10 with "All That She Wants," "The Sign" and "Don't Turn Around" (Oct. 16, 1993-Sept. 10, 1994). Santana ranks third with 42 consecutive frames in the upper region (1999-2000), followed by Mariah Carey (41 weeks in a row, 1995-96).

Perry's year-long residence in the Hot 100's top 10 is the latest in a long line of honors that she's achieved with "Teenage Dream." The set is only the ninth to generate four No. 1s in the list's 52-year archives; it's one of only three albums to yield a quartet of toppers on Billboard's Pop Songs radio airplay chart; and, also this week, "E.T." rewrites its own mark, established last week, for the most weekly plays (12,361, according to Nielsen BDS) for a title in the Pop Songs' survey's history.

With sales of 1,451,000 since its August 2010 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan, "Dream" recently bested the sales of Perry's 2008 breakthrough album, "One of the Boys," which has sold 1,383,000.

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)