Carrie Underwood lands her 10th top 20 hit as "Blown Away" jumps from #24 to #20 in its 15th week. Underwood's tally dates back to her American Idol coronation song, "Inside Your Heaven," which debuted at #1 in July 2005. It includes two collabos: "I Told You So" (featuring Randy Travis) and "Remind Me" (a duet with Brad Paisley)
The battle for No. 1 wasn't as close as last week, when "Night" bested "Style" by fewer than 700 overall chart points. This week, approximately 2,000 points separate the songs, as "Night" gains by 1% in overall points and "Style" declines by 3%.
And the points advantage for OMN will hopefully keep growing.
"Gangnam Style" will probably pull a never-hitting-number-one-but-staying-at-number-two-forever.
And, chances are, it will be remembered much more than "One More Night" will be.
I mean, it was obvious the moment the video went viral that "Gangnam Style" is going to stand the test of time...even if it's in the way that "Macarena" has stood the test of time. "One More Night" could spend 17 weeks at #1 and still not have that kind of impact.
If Billboard really wants to show what are the most popular songs out there, they need
to understand that radio doesn't represent the most popular things, but the sales.