I can't believe it's already August! Well, I don't start classes till the 27th so I'm not too worried about summer ending right now.
August 5, 2012
1. Katy Perry - Wide Awake (17 Weeks/SAME/Peak: 1(7)
2. Carrie Underwood - Blown Away (7 Weeks/+2/Peak: 2)
3. Austin Mahone - Say Somethin (5 Weeks/SAME/Peak: 3)
4. Cher Lloyd - Want U Back (9 Weeks/-2/Peak: 2)
5. Katy Perry - Hummingbird Heartbeat (4 Weeks/+1/Peak: 5)
6. Havana Brown f. Pitbull - We Run the Night (10 Weeks/+1/Peak: 6)
7. Ellie Goulding - Lights (25 Weeks/-2/Peak: 2)
8. Shayan Farzadpour f. Kara Hayes, Kiki Halliday, & Macie Ming - Home (8 Weeks/+1/Peak: 8)
9. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (23 Weeks/-1/Peak: 1(10)
10. Pitbull f. Shakira - Get It Started (4 Weeks/+1/Peak: 10)
11. Demi Lovato - Give Your Heart a Break (30 Weeks/+1/Peak: 3)
12. Katy Perry - Not Like the Movies (4 Weeks/+4/Peak: 12)
13. Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen - Good Time (4 Weeks/+10/Peak: 13)
14. P!nk - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (5 Weeks/+6/Peak: 14)
15. David Guetta f. Sia - Titanium (30 Weeks/-5/Peak: 1(1)
16. The Veronicas - Lolita (2 Weeks/+6/Peak: 16)
17. Cascada - The Rhythm of the Night (6 Weeks/-4/Peak: 13)
18. Nicki Minaj - Whip It (14 Weeks/+1/Peak: 18)
19. Selena Gomez & The Scene - Middle of Nowhere (12 Weeks/-1/Peak: 18)
20. Sammy Adams - Only One (1 Week/DEBUT/Peak: 20)
21. Rachel Crow - Mean Girls (5 Weeks/SAME/Peak: 21)
22. Linkin Park - Burn It Down (15 Weeks/-8/Peak: 8)
23. JoJo - Demonstrate (2 Weeks/+3/Peak: 23)
24. Katy Perry - Pearl (2 Weeks/+6/Peak: 24)
25. Hunter Hayes - Wanted (3 Weeks/+8/Peak: 25)
26. Demi Lovato - For the Love of a Daughter (1 Week/DEBUT/Peak: 26)
27. Jessie J - Who You Are (1 Week/DEBUT/Peak: 27)
28. B.o.B. f. Taylor Swift - Both of Us (3 Weeks/+1/Peak: 28)
29. No Doubt - Settle Down (3 Weeks/+3/Peak: 29)
30. Big Time Rush - Windows Down (2 Weeks/+1/Peak: 30)
31. Kid Force - Brunettes (Do It Better) (1 Week/DEBUT/Peak: 31)
32. Carly Rae Jepsen - Curiosity (13 Weeks/-17/Peak: 6)
33. Katy Perry - Dressin' Up (20 Weeks/+1/Peak: 5) RETIRED!
34. One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (19 Weeks/+2/Peak: 6)
35. Nelly Furtado - Big Hoops (Bigger the Better) (6 Weeks/+3/Peak: 12)
36. Nicki Minaj - Pound the Alarm (14 Weeks/-9/Peak: 18)
37. Cheryl Cole - Call My Name (12 Weeks/-13/Peak: 15)
38. Kylie Minogue - Timebomb (10 Weeks/-10/Peak: 28)
39. Kelly Clarkson - Dark Side (7 Weeks/-22/Peak: 17)
40. The Wanted - Chasing the Sun (16 Weeks/-3/Peak: 11)
After reaching the 1000 play mark on my last FM, Wide Awake holds onto the #1 spot for a 7th week. It ties Katy's previous single Part Of Me and is only 3 weeks away from tieing Call Me Maybe. But from this point on, competition is getting tougher. Blown Away by Carrie Underwood, whose music video premiered this week, climbs to #2 and is ready to blow Katy Perry out of the #1 spot.
Elsewhere on the chart, another Katy Perry song retires. This time, it is Dressin' Up, which retires after 20 weeks. It peaked at #5. Katy still has 4 songs on the countdown so Katy won't be missed anytime soon.
The boys on the countdown continue to add up. Joining hunks Austin Mahone and Hunter Hayes is Sammy Adams. Only One debuts at #20. Another hunk is singer Kid Force, who debuts with Brunettes (Do It Better) at #31. The video to promote it featured a Katy Perry California Gurls outtake. I honestly have never had so many solo guys on my countdown. My hormones are raging I guess
Along Sammy Adams and Kid Force, Demi Lovato debuts another song on the countdown. The very emotional "For the Love of a Daughter" debuts at #26. And right below it, Jessie J's "Who You Are" debuts at #27. The latter was a single in the UK but never released in the US. Shame. It's her best song.
Will Carrie overtake Katy from the #1 spot. Or will Wide Awake last longer at the summit than Part Of Me? Only time will tell.
Tune in next week for another edition of MLD's A List Top 40.