Well, last week, the #1 battle that I thought would last a good two months ended after just a couple of weeks. Foster the People officially won the battle once and for all, and now, they look to officially better the run of their first Red 40 #1, as well as the first ever Red 40 #1, "Helena Beat". Can they do it? Or one of the slew of current contenders bring down "Houdini"?
Week of June 2nd, 2012
40) Taproot - No Surrender (11 Weeks | Peak: #17 | Last Week: #35)
39) Soundgarden - Live to Rise (8 Weeks | Peak: #26 | Last Week: #34)
38) Nas - The Don (DEBUT)
37) Lights - Banner (17 Weeks | Peak: #7 | Last Week: #32)
36) M83 - Midnight City (25 Weeks | Peak: #1(7) | Last Week: #33)
35) Billy Talent - Viking Death March (DEBUT)
34) Florence + the Machine - No Light, No Light (12 Weeks | Peak: #11 | Last Week: #30)
33) Phillip Phillips - Home (2 Weeks | Peak: #33 | Last Week: #37)
32) AWOLNATION - Kill Your Heroes (2 Weeks | Peak: #32 | Last Week: #36)
31) Skrillex ft. Sirah - Bangarang (15 Weeks | Peak: #5(2) | Last Week: #28)
30) Marilyn Manson - No Reflection (12 Weeks | Peak: #2(2) | Last Week: #23)
29) Chevelle - Hats Off to the Bull (15 Weeks | Peak: #1(1) | Last Week: #24)
28) Korn ft. 12th Planet - Way Too Far (14 Weeks | Peak: #3(3) | Last Week: #22)
27) Bruce Springsteen - We Take Care Of Our Own (15 Weeks | Peak: #6 | Last Week: #21)
26) Passion Pit - Take A Walk (3 Weeks | Peak: #26 | Last Week: #31)
25) Evanescence - Lost In Paradise (3 Weeks | Peak: #25 | Last Week: #29)
24) Jay-Z and Kanye West ft. Frank Ocean and The-Dream - No Church in the Wild (DEBUT)
23) Childish Gambino - Heartbeat (17 Weeks | Peak: #1(4) | Last Week: #20)
22) Serj Tankian - Figure It Out (4 Weeks | Peak: #22 | Last Week: #27)
21) P.O.D. - Lost In Forever (Scream) (6 Weeks | Peak: #21 | Last Week: #25)
20) Volbeat - Still Counting (11 Weeks | Peak: #3(1) | Last Week: #15)
19) Adele - Rumour Has It (14 Weeks | Peak: #3(1) | Last Week: #13)
18) Lostprophets - Bring 'Em Down (11 Weeks | Peak: #11 | Last Week: #16)
17) M83 - Reunion (3 Weeks | Peak: #17 | Last Week: #26)
16) Foo Fighters - Bridge Burning (12 Weeks | Peak: #1(4) | Last Week: #12)
15) Metric - Youth Without Youth (5 Weeks | Peak: #15 | Last Week: #19)
14) The Shins - Simple Song (10 Weeks | Peak: #14 | Last Week: #14)
13) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Brendan's Death Song (6 Weeks | Peak: #13 | Last Week: #17)
12) Alabama Shakes - Hold On (4 Weeks | Peak: #12 | Last Week: #18)
11) Garbage - Blood For Poppies (12 Weeks | Peak: #5 | Last Week: #8)
10) Florence + the Machine - Spectrum (7 Weeks | Peak: #10 | Last Week: #11)
9) Rush - Headlong Flight (6 Weeks | Peak: #9 | Last Week: #10)
8) Silversun Pickups - Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings) (10 Weeks | Peak: #1(2) | Last Week: #4)
7) Gotye - Eyes Wide Open (6 Weeks | Peak: #7 | Last Week: #9)
6) Keane - Silenced by the Night (10 Weeks | Peak: #6 | Last Week: #7)
5) Linkin Park - Burn It Down (7 Weeks | Peak: #5 | Last Week: #6)
4) The Gaslight Anthem - 45 (5 Weeks | Peak: #4 | Last Week: #5)
3) Jack White - Sixteen Saltines (7 Weeks | Peak: #3(2) | Last Week: #3)
2) fun. - Some Nights (8 Weeks | Peak: #2(2) | Last Week: #2)
1) Foster the People - Houdini (9 Weeks | Peak: #1(3) | Last Week: #1)
Off This Week
Halestorm - Love Bites (So Do I) (17 Weeks | Peak: #3(2) | Last Week: #40)
Coldplay - Charlie Brown (18 Weeks | Peak: #2(4) | Last Week: #39)
Evanescence - Made of Stone (12 Weeks | Peak: #14 | Last Week: #38)
The Thank You Section
iputrecordson
DrogoBrush
berberocka
sumthintoxic82
Razzle
AshleeSimpsonFan
matt_woosh
potentbreakupsong
Renzo
JDM (welcome back, boss!)
PenaltyKillah
Billie Joe (well, we added two more...and lost a couple others
)
JGibson
Nimrod.
Sound Check
Delta (Spoiler: It's probably the next #1. Probably.)
backtoback (bye from the top, Adele.
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Mr.Link
Next Week Preview
The non-rock invasion has begun. In the last couple of weeks alone, we've seen the first American Idol to make a countdown of mine in MANY years, and we also saw three hip hop legends debut with two songs, with one of the debuts being a huge one. All the while, rock continues to reign, with Foster the People holding their fort down with force. Can fun. or Jack White get Foster out of the top spot? When will Gaslight Anthem make their last big move? And everyone should be looking toward the bottom half of the top 20, because M83 is coming for another Red 40 #1. Stay tuned, because the Red 40 is about to get WILD.