I know, that's why I liked them

Pop radio isn't here for rock music, being it alternative, classic or whatever subgenre. These few alternative hits we've had are more alternative pop than anything.

I suppose a lot of people are like you.

It's got me thinking though, before each 'explosion' of a genre/type of music on the charts (R&B songs in the mid 00's, dance-pop/EDM in the past few years and maybe now more alternative/indie/rock music) does it always begin with more 'watered down' type tracks. So STIUTK and WAY introduces the general public to more alternative orientated music, then after a while more 'real' indie/rock music will start having a bigger impact on the charts.

It kind of happened with the dance-pop/EDM genre, with David Guetta bringing more 'watered down' dance music to the forefront and now more underground EDM artists are beginning to have chart success, Porto Robinson - Language looks like it will be huge and look at Skrillek blowing up pretty recently as well. Lol, I'm just babbling on, but did this happen with R&B music early last decade too?

The pop bars represent the sales in the past 48 hrs, i guess. That explains why most new releases get negatve updates on the third day.

18. Pound The Alarm

What were you expecting? the song skyrocketing to #1?

everyone was expecting it to climb much more than it did

I was just thinking the same thing

17. Blown Away
Radio needs to hurry up and pick up on this its only at around 20 million impressions and its selling as if it has 40.

Wide Awake was #1 on iTunes, it already peaked and it was free-falling, without discount it would be out of Top 10.

and there are two versions of this song on iTunes, the other sits at 436. it was in the 900s a few days ago.

carrie is wasting this mega smash tbqh! she should have released it on pop rather than waiting for it to crossover! its never going to become what it could have become, based on just country radio!
ch....

i thought wide awake was only discounted on amazon! well, it was just a matter of time!

But that's because they're indie pop/alternative artists.

Though it's worth noting that the chart is approximately 24 hours rolling. Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift are the best case studies for confirming that.

13. Lights - Ellie Goulding (-2)

she still has another version charting around 125, so this should keep her in the top 10 on HDS for next week at least.

I'm actually okay with this because #2 is an awesome peak for a first hit, and Anything Can Happen is coming and Lights has to die off before then so we don't have a WFL YDO situation