A fresh trio of bands are able to unseat Kings of Leon from their three-month reign at the summit. Top track 'What You Know' is insanely catchy, and I highly recommend it to everyone who has yet to hear it. Next month expect big splash debuts from Foo Fighters and Radiohead.
1. Two Door Cinema Club - What You Know (10)
2. Young The Giant - My Body (11)
3. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks (13)
4. Kings of Leon - Pyro (1)
5. 10 Years - Fix Me (-)
6. 30 Seconds To Mars f. Kanye West - Hurricane 2.0 (9)
7. Rise Against - Help Is On The Way (12)
8. Black Keys - Howlin' For You (6)
9. The Decemberists - Down By The Water (7)
10. The Decemberists - This Is Why We Fight (2)
11. The Arcade Fire - We Used To Wait (3)
12. Tokyo Police Club - Bambi (5)
13. The Naked & Famous - Young Blood (15)
14. Anberlin - Closer (-)
15. The Strokes - Under Cover Of Darkness (-)
Top 40
Adele is so ahead of everyone else in the game that I had to include the huge gap between #2-3 to show it. Bearing any unforeseen circumstances, '21' is making a serious run for my #1 album of the year. I also have to give props to her remarkable promotional stint in the U.S. which led to the most well deserved 350k+ bow at #1. And her performance at the Brit Awards was a class act, simply stated. This is 'Rolling In The Deep's 4th month at #1, and although it was #11 on the 2010 year-end, it has a great shot of making the top 10 in 2011.
1. Adele - Rolling In The Deep (1)
2. Adele - Someone Like You (2)
3. Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me (3)
4. Katy Perry f. Kanye West - E.T. (-)
5. Taio Cruz f. Travie McCoy - Higher (8)
6. Ke$hA - Blow (6)
7. Chris Brown - Yeah 3X (10)
8. Far East Movement f. Ryan Tedder - Rockateer (12)
9. Lady GaGa - Born This Way (-)
10. Rihanna - S&M (7)
Due to an abundance of epicness on the format right now, this chart has been expanded to a top 20 to accommodate. Foster The People take an unexpected rise to #1, barely fending off a strong #2 debut from TV On The Radio, who without fail, constantly blow me away. Also, really digging the new Death Cab. But I've had about 12 hours exposure to it. So expect a big jump next month. Oh - and new Arctic Monkeys, awesome. Although the "official" lead single is en route.
1. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks (3)
2. TV On The Radio - Will Do (-)
3. Arctic Monkeys - Brick By Brick (-)
4. The Decemberists - Down By The Water (9)
5. The Strokes - Under Cover Of Darkness (15)
6. The Naked & Famous - Young Blood (13)
7. Young The Giant - My Body (2)
8. Airborne Toxic Event - Changing (-)
9. Two Door Cinema Club - What You Know (1)
10. Radiohead - Lotus Flower (-)
11. Portugal. The Man - People Say (-)
12. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (-)
13. 10 Years - Fix Me (5)
14. Rise Against - Help Is On The Way (7)
15. Noah And The Whale - L.I.F.E. G.O.E.S. O.N. (-)
16. 30 Seconds To Mars f. Kanye West - Hurricane (6)
17. Foo Fighters - Rope (-)
18. Anberlin - Closer (14)
19. The Black Keys - Howlin' For You (8)
20. Death Cab For Cutie - You Are A Tourist (-)
Top 40
Adele continues her strangle hold with Rolling In The Deep, count 'em five months at #1. Someone Like You takes a bit of a tumble, and makes room for one of the best Pop songs in recent memory, Til The World Ends. Femme Fatale - can't say I was terribly impressed, although the two lead singles, plus maybe 3 or 4 more tracks, including the Bob Sinclair on steroids, I Wanna Go, make for at least half of a really good CD
1. Adele - Rolling In The Deep (1)
2. Britney Spears - Til The World Ends (-)
3. Katy Perry f. Kanye West - E.T. (4)
4. Rihanna - S&M (10)
5. Adele - Someone Like You (2)
6. Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me (3)
7. Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song (-)
8. Jeremih f. 50 Cent - Down On Me (-)
9. Chris Brown - Yeah 3X (7)
10. Trey Songz - Love Faces (-)
That Death Cab song may be my favorite of theirs on first listen. It is absolutely wonderful. "Will Do" is also one of my favorite songs at the moment, but it's TVotR, so that's to be expected.
Glad to see Adele still dominating, if less so than last month.
