Katy Perry's "Wide Awake" drops from #7 to #11, ending a 13-week run in the top 10.
Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" drops from #10 to #12, ending a 23-week run in the top 10. It's the year's second biggest hit and, like the year's biggest hit, "Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra, is likely to receive a Grammy nomination for Record of the Year.
Phillip Phillips' "Home" dips from #21 to #22 in its 11th week. The song has climbed as high as #9. The song logs its seventh week in the top 10 on Hot Digital Songs. Digital sales rank: #9 (111K)…
Chris Brown's "Don't Wake Me Up" jumps from #27 to #24 in its 11th week.
"Girl On Fire" by Alicia Keys featuring Nicki Minaj debuts at #37. This is from Keys' album of the same name, which is due Nov. 27. Keys performed the song on last week's VMA Awards, with assists from Minaj and Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas.
Frank Ocean's "Thinkin Bout You" jumps from #78 to #39 in its ninth week in the wake of Ocean's performance of the song on the VMA Awards. This is by far the highest the song has climbed to date. Its previous peak was #72…
Miguel's "Adorn" jumps from #53 to #41 in its sixth week…
Imagine Dragons' "It's Time" jumps from #63 to #49 in its 14th week. The video for the song was nominated for a VMA last week as Best Rock Video. The band's debut album, Night Visions, enters The Billboard 200 at #2 this week.
Ne-Yo's elegant "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself)" jumps from #58 to #50 in its sixth week. The song enters the Official U.K. chart at #1. It's Ne-Yo's fifth #1 hit in the U.K., following "Sick," "Closer," "Beautiful Monster" and Pitbull's "Give Me Everything," on which he was featured. It's vying to become his third #1 in the U.S., following "Sick" and "Give Me Everything." Will it do it? Stay tuned. (Meanwhile, can somebody explain to me why a pop and R&B singer who was born in Arkansas has had more #1 hits in the U.K. than he has in his own country?)
"Clique" by Kanye West, Jay-Z, Big Sean debuts at #55. This is from Cruel Summer, a GOOD Music label sampler, which is due Sept. 18…
"I Can Only Imagine" by David Guetta featuring Chris Brown and Lil Wayne jumps from #64 to #61 in its fifth week….
Psy "Gangnam Style" debuts at #64. Psy, as you have probably heard by now, is a South Korean rapper. The title refers to a trendy, affluent district of Seoul. The song is from PSY's Best 6th Part 1.
Luke Bryan's Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" jumps from #75 to #68 in its third week…
"Birthday Song" by 2 Chainz featuring Kanye West jumps from #79 to #70 in its fifth week…
Karmin's "Hello" jumps from #89 to #77 in its second week…
Passion Pit's "Take A Walk" jumps from #99 to #87 in its second week..
Trey Songz's "Dive In" re-enters the chart at #93, where it debuted two weeks ago. Trey Songz' album Chapter V has sold 200K copies in the past three weeks…
"No Worries" by Lil Wayne featuring Detail debuts at #96. It's from the mixtape Dedication (with DJ Drama)…
Beyonce's "Dance For You" debuts at #100. It's the seventh song from Beyonce's 2011 album 4 to crack the Hot 100.
The only problem? None of them has climbed higher than #16.