Demi Lovato extends her reign in the Platinum Charts as her smash single “Give Your Heart a Break” spends another week at the summit. Demi’s song remains atop the Airplay chart for a third week in a row giving her the advantage. Ellie Goulding is closer than ever before to that #1 spot. “Lights” moves 3-2 in its third week on the chart reaching a new peak. Florence + the Machine’s former #1 “Spectrum (Say My Name)” climbs a rung at #3, while 6 weeks former #1, “Wide Awake” by Katy Perry, decreases 2-4 in its 10th week on the chart. Fun.’s “Some Nights” and Guetta’s “Titanium” featuring Sia are non-movers at numbers #5 and #6 respectively, while The Killers' new single “Runaways” jumps 10-7. Nicki Minaj rebounds at #8 with “Pound The Alarm” spending her 4th week on the Chart. P!nk’s first single “Blow Me (One Last Kiss)” from her new album “The Truth About Love” drops 7-9 and Carly Rae Jepsen and Owl City round the top 10 with their summer smash “Good Time” which is decreasing 8-10.
Last Year’s #1 single was Last Friday Night by Katy Perry.
Update 17 | Week: 5 – 12 August, 2012
Number
10
DOWN
Good Time Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen The Midsummer Station
Last Week: #8 Peak: #2 Week: 7
Number
9
DOWN
Blow Me (One Last Kiss) P!nk The Truth About Love
Last Week: #7 Peak: #7 Week: 4
Number
8
UP
Pound The Alarm Nicki Minaj Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
Last Week: #9 Peak: #4 Week: 4
Number
7
UP
Runaways The Killers Battle Born
Last Week: #10 Peak: #7 Week: 2
Number
6
-
Titanium David Guetta featuring Sia Nothing But The Beat
Last Week: #6 Peak: #4 Week: 6
Number
5
-
Some Nights fun. Some Nights
Last Week: #5 Peak: #3 Week: 8
Number
4
DOWN
Wide Awake Katy Perry Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection
Last Week: #2 Peak:#1 (6 weeks at #1) Week: 10
Number
3 UP
Spectrum (Say My Name) Florence + the Machine & Calvin Harris Ceremonials
Last Week: #4 Peak:#1 (1 week at #1) Week: 5
Number
2
UP
Lights Ellie Goulding Bright Lights
Last Week: #3 Peak: #2 Week: 3
Number
1
-
Give Your Heart a Break Demi Lovato Unbroken
Last Week: #1 Peak:#1 (2 weeks at #1) Week: 3
This week's #1 single:
Last Year's #1 Song:
Last Friday Night (TGIF) Katy Perry Teenage Dream 4 weeks at #1
After climbing at #2 last week, it’s Ellie’s time to shine at #1. Ellie Goulding is now officially our new chart topper with her single “Lights”. “Lights” is Ellie’s first #1 single on the chart and it took her only 4 weeks to fly to the summit. Ellie takes the advantage against her rival Demi Lovato whose smash single “Give Your Heart a Break” slips 1-2. “Give Your Heart a Break” owned the charts for 2 weeks. Katy Perry returns to the top 3 with her smash single “Wide Awake”. “Wide Awake” reigned the chart for 6 weeks and on the 17th update of the chart, it moves 4-3. "Wide Awake" now spends its 11th week on the chart. At #4 there’s a new entry as Mumford & Sons debut with their new single “I Will Wait”, while Florence + the Machine fall 2 rungs at #5 with “Spectrum (Say My Name)”. “Some Nights” by fun. moves 5-6, Killers’ newest single “Runaways” is a non-mover at #7 and Guetta’s “Titanium (feat. Sia)” slips 6-8. Nicki Minaj drops 8-9 and P!nk rounds the top 10 with “Blow Me (One Last Kiss)”
Last Year’s #1 single was "Last Friday Night" by Katy Perry.
Update 18 | Week: 12 – 19 August, 2012
Number
10
DOWN
Blow Me (One Last Kiss) P!nk The Truth About Love
Last Week: #9 Peak: #7 Week: 5
Number
9
DOWN
Pound The Alarm Nicki Minaj Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
Last Week: #8 Peak: #4 Week: 5
Number
8
DOWN
Titanium David Guetta featuring Sia Nothing But The Beat
Last Week: #6 Peak: #4 Week: 7
Number
7
-
Runaways The Killers Battle Born
Last Week: #7 Peak: #7 Week: 3
Number
6
DOWN
Some Nights fun. Some Nights
Last Week: #5 Peak: #3 Week: 9
Number
5 DOWN
Spectrum (Say My Name) Florence + the Machine & Calvin Harris Ceremonials
Last Week: #3 Peak:#1 (1 week at #1) Week: 6
Number
4
NEW
I Will Wait Mumford & Sons Babel
Last Week:New Peak: #4 Week: 1
Number
3
UP
Wide Awake Katy Perry Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection
Last Week: #4 Peak:#1 (6 weeks at #1) Week: 11
Number
2
DOWN
Give Your Heart a Break Demi Lovato Unbroken
Last Week: #1 Peak:#1 (2 weeks at #1) Week: 4
Number
1
UP
Lights Ellie Goulding Bright Lights
Last Week: #2 Peak:#1 (1 Week at #1) Week: 4
This week's #1 single:
Last Year's #1 Song:
Last Friday Night (TGIF) Katy Perry Teenage Dream 5 weeks at #1
After reaching the top spot last week, Ellie Goulding enjoys a second week at #1 on the Platinum Charts with her luminous single “Lights”. “Lights” is still ahead of its last week’s competitor and former 2-weeks-#1 “Give Your Heart a Break” by teen idol Demi Lovato. Both “Lights” and “Give Your Heart a Break” debuted 5 weeks ago. At #3 we have a huge debut. Taylor Swift, after breaking Billboard’s records last week, she now enters the Platinum Charts at #3 with “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”. “Together” is her first single of her new album “Red” and marks her second charted single after “Eyes Open” (Week 1, peaked at #10). “Some Nights” by fun. rebounds at #4, while Katy’s “Wide Awake” rounds the top 5. “Wide Awake” is the only song in the Chart’s history to remain for 12 weeks inside the top 5. Florence’s “Spectrum (Say My Name)” and Mumford & Sons “I Will Wait” fall out of the top 5 at nos. 6 and 7 respectively. There other new entry this week is from Oceana at #8 with “Endless Summer”. At #9 we meet “Titanium” by David Guetta and Nicki Minaj is now at #10 with “Pound The Alarm”.
Last Year’s #1 single was "Last Friday Night" by Katy Perry.
Update 19 | Week: 19 – 29 August, 2012
Number
10
DOWN
Pound The Alarm Nicki Minaj Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
Last Week: #9 Peak: #4 Week: 6
Number
9
DOWN
Titanium David Guetta featuring Sia Nothing But The Beat
Last Week: #6 Peak: #4 Week: 7
Number
8
NEW
Endless Summer Oceana Endless Summer
Last Week:New Peak: #8 Week: 1
Number
7
DOWN
I Will Wait Mumford & Sons Babel
Last Week: #4 Peak: #4 Week: 2
Number
6 DOWN
Spectrum (Say My Name) Florence + the Machine & Calvin Harris Ceremonials
Last Week: #5 Peak:#1 (1 week at #1) Week: 7
Number
5
DOWN
Wide Awake Katy Perry Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection
Last Week: #3 Peak:#1 (6 weeks at #1) Week: 12
Number
4
DOWN
Some Nights fun. Some Nights
Last Week: #6 Peak: #3 Week: 10
Number
3
NEW
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together Taylor Swift Red
Last Week:New Peak: #3 Week: 1
Number
2
-
Give Your Heart a Break Demi Lovato Unbroken
Last Week: #2 Peak:#1 (2 weeks at #1) Week: 5
Number
1
-
Lights Ellie Goulding Bright Lights
Last Week: #1 Peak:#1 (2 Weeks at #1) Week: 5
This week's #1 single:
Last Year's #1 Song:
Last Friday Night (TGIF) Katy Perry Teenage Dream 6 weeks at #1