Gotye Hits #1

I didn't post a chart update last week so I should make up for it now. Not many chart newcomers have had the success that Gotye is most likely going to achieve with Somebody That I Used To Know. It had a rocky start, but last week it finally knocked Rihanna's We Found Love from the top spot with Greatest Gainer honors. Not surprisingly, and with eight weeks on the chart, the Gotye/Kimbra collaboration is once again Greatest Gainer track of the week, scoring now a massive lead. That means, +130 points more than the #2 song on the chart. So, unless something extraordinary happens or I stop hitting the replay button, expect it to stay on top for many more weeks to come.



Get music by Gotye

US Charts: Billboard's Best Of 2011

Billboard has finally unveiled their year-end charts for 2011, and it comes to no surprise that women dominate the major categories, after all it's obvious that this was the year of Adele, Katy Perry and Rihanna, among other female artists who ruled the US charts this year. The overall big winner though, is British artist Adele.

From Billboard.com

For the first time, a woman earns three of Billboard's biggest year-end charts honors: No. 1 on Top Artists, the No. 1 Billboard 200 Album and the No. 1 Hot 100 song. The woman, of course, is Adele. The album: "21." The song: "Rolling in the Deep" (both on XL/Columbia).

Since Billboard added the top overall artist category to its year-end recaps in 1981, no woman has ever pulled off the triple crown win until this year.

Billboard's year-end music recaps are based on chart performance during the chart year that began with last year's charts dated Dec. 4 and ended with the Nov. 26, 2011 charts.

The Top Artists recap ranks the best-performing acts of the year derived from activity on the Billboard 200 albums tally and the Billboard Hot 100 singles list, as well as streaming, social, touring boxscore and ringtone data.

2011 Top Billboard Categories
Top Artist: Adele
Top New Artist: Wiz Khalifa
Hot 100 Song: Rolling In The Deep by Adele
Hot 100 Artist: Katy Perry
Billboard 200 Album: 21 by Adele
Billboard 200 Artist: Adele
Radio Song: Give Me Everything by Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer
Radio Songs Artist: Katy Perry
Digital Song: Rolling In The Deep by Adele
Digital Songs Artists: Katy Perry
Digital Album: 21 by Adele
Digital Albums Artist: Adele

For more Billboard Year-End Charts visit Billboard.com

6 Weeks At #1 For Friendly Fires

Joining this year's elite of longest-running #1 titles on the Top Songs Chart is that catchy song from Friendly Fires called Hawaiian Air. The song now stands at 6 consecutive weeks at #1, which is how many weeks both Adele and Outasight spent at the top just recently with their songs Rolling In The Deep and Everything, respectively. So, for now, these three songs are tied for most weeks at #1 in 2011, but will Friendly Fires go for lucky number 7? We'll have to wait till next week to find out! Also, check out this week's charts (Oct08,'11) after the jump:

In the meantime, check out these electric performance of Hawaiian Air that Friendly Fires did during the release of their latest album Pala, earlier this year.

Friendly Fires - Hawaiian Air (Live at The Lightbox)

Linkin Park Covers Adele

One of the many covers for Adele's Rolling In The Deep I'm sure. This is actually the first one I've come across to be honest, but very fitting considering she's still ruling the charts. This live rendition was recorded in Hamburg, Germany. Good enough or just ok?



More music by Adele | More music by Linkin Park

Adele › Rolling In The Deep

Adele seems to be one of those talents that I should definitely pay more attention to. Rolling In The Deep is the first song released from her new album titled 21, which is available starting this week in the American continent. Judging by this one, the very first song I've listened from her, I'm most likely going to be regretting not listening to her earlier work. That always turns out to be a good thing anyway.




Get Rolling In The Deep | More music by Adele