Two main things are happening this week on the charts. First of all,
Gotye manages to stay at the top of the Songs countdown for a seventh consecutive week with the
Kimbra-assisted
Somebody That I Used To Know, extending it's lead as the biggest song of the year so far. But things get complicated now that we have a huge debut from
Santigold, whose
Disparate Youth shots all the way up to the #2 spot. So with more evident competition now,
Gotye's chances to stay at the top have gone from big to slim.
Santigold's debut is huge in many ways because it's the fifth song ever to debut at the runner-up position after
The-Dream and
Mariah Carey's
My Love (2009),
Sean Garrett and
Ludacris'
Grippin' (2008),
Hellogoodbye's
Here (In Your Arms) (2007) and
Natasha Bedingfield's
These Words (2004). It's also
Santigold's best charting song after
I'm A Lady peaked at #5 in 2008, and with that, it's most likely going to become her first #1 song on the charts in the upcoming weeks.
Further down the chart there's no giving up on
Adele as she hangs at #3 with
Someone Like You while
Flo Rida and
Sia return to the Top Ten with
Wild Ones jumping to #8.
Wilco is about to go big on the charts now that
Born Alone is both the biggest jump and power play with a huge leap to #39 this week. They've already outdone themselves after their first chart entry,
Walken (2007), peaked at #59. New entries this week include
Nicki Minaj with
Starships at #88 followed by
Katy Perry's
Part Of Me at #89.
Adele keeps reigning more charts as her hit
Rolling In The Deep stays at #1 of the Recurrent Charts for an eighth week while her album
21 climbs back up again to the #1 position for a total of 10 weeks at the top.
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