I still hate Bieber. But he occasionally puts out a song that I like. Beauty And a Beat is one of them - mainly because of the beat and Nicki! But he sounds decent on this track!
Diamonds probably won't hit #1. It's not getting as much airplay as Carly, Cher, Nicki, and Taylor.
Last November countdown. One month till Christmas. And 5 more weeks of 2012 countdowns, 2 retirements are coming today!
November 25, 2012
1. Carly Rae Jepsen - This Kiss (11 Weeks/SAME/Peak: 1(4) 2. Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble (7 Weeks/+2/Peak: 2)
3. Cher Lloyd f. Becky G - Oath (11 Weeks/SAME/Peak: 1(1) 4. Havana Brown - You'll Be Mine (7 Weeks/+1/Peak: 4)
5. Rihanna - Diamonds (9 Weeks/-3/Peak: 2) 6. Nicki Minaj - Va Va Voom (4 Weeks/+2/Peak: 6)
7. Carly Rae Jepsen - Your Heart Is a Muscle (10 Weeks/-1/Peak: 1(1) 8. The Wanted - Warzone (15 Weeks/+1/Peak: 8)
9. Taylor Swift - Red (8 Weeks/-2/Peak: 1(1) 10. Demi Lovato - Fix a Heart (4 Weeks/+3/Peak: 10)
11. Taylor Swift - 22 (5 Weeks/+1/Peak: 11)
12. Sammy Adams - All Night Longer (6 Weeks/+2/Peak: 12)
13. Zedd f. Foxes - Clarity (8 Weeks/+2/Peak: 13)
14. Cher Lloyd - Playa Boi (6 Weeks/+2/Peak: 14)
15. David Guetta f. Sia - She Wolf (Falling To Pieces) (12 Weeks/-4/Peak: 1(1) 16. Ellie Goulding - Anything Could Happen (15 Weeks/+1/Peak: 10)
17. Megan & Liz - Bad For Me (5 Weeks/+3/Peak: 17)
18. One Direction - Rock Me (2 Weeks/+12/Peak: 18)
19. Kelly Clarkson - Catch My Breath (7 Weeks/-9/Peak: 5) 20. One Direction - Little Things (3 Weeks/+2/Peak: 20)
21. Sammy Adams - Only One (17 Weeks/-2/Peak: 2) 22. Katy Perry - Wide Awake (33 Weeks/-4/Peak: 1(8) RETIRED! 23. P!nk - Try (3 Weeks/+5/Peak: 23)
24. Taylor Swift - The Moment I Knew (3 Weeks/+1/Peak: 24)
25. Justin Bieber f. Nicki Minaj - Beauty And a Beat (2 Weeks/+9/Peak: 25)
26. Kelly Clarkson - People Like Us (2 Weeks/+6/Peak: 26)
27. Ellie Goulding - Figure 8 (2 Weeks/+10/Peak: 27)
28. Karmin - Hello (15 Weeks/-7/Peak: 1(2)
29. Taylor Swift - State Of Grace (6 Weeks/-5/Peak: 17) 30. Carrie Underwood - Two Black Cadillacs (2 Weeks/+10/Peak: 30)
31. Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (15 Weeks/+9/Peak: 1(1)
32. Katy Perry - Hummingbird Heartbeat (20 Weeks/-3/Peak: 1(1)
33. Hunter Hayes - Wanted (19 Weeks/-6/Peak: 7) 34. Cassadee Pope - Over You (1 Week/DEBUT/Peak: 34)
35. Calvin Harris f. Florence Welch - Sweet Nothing (11 Weeks/-2/Peak: 3) 36. The Wanted - I Found You (1 Week/DEBUT/Peak: 36)
37. Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (Until You Love Yourself) (1 Week/DEBUT/Peak: 37)
38. P!nk - **** Like You (10 Weeks/-12/Peak: 16)
39. Jessie J - Who You Are (17 Weeks/-8/Peak: 8)
40. Kid Force - Brunettes (Do It Better) (17 Weeks/-5/Peak: 17)
Carly Rae Jepsen holds on to the #1 spot for a fourth week with This Kiss, but more important news comes today. Katy Perry officially ends the Teenage Dream era as both Hummingbird Heartbeat and Wide Awake retire this week. HH spent 20 weeks on the chart, peaking at #1 for one week back in September. Wide Awake - a song that debuted back in April as just an album track, peaked at #1 for 8 non-consecutive weeks in the summer of 2012 after it's official release as a single. Carrie Underwood's Blown Away was the only song that came in the way of Katy's reign during that time. If it hadn't of happened, Wide Awake most likely would have had 9 weeks at #1. Still, it is the second longest running #1 song of 2012, only behind the 10 non-consecutive week chart topper of Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe. Call Me Maybe itself was interrupted twice by the one week #1's of Starships by Nicki Minaj in April and Where Have You Been by Rihanna in May.
For the very last time on this countdown, let's take a look at Wide Awake:
Debut: April 15, 2012 at #29
Retirementz: November 25, 2012 at #22
Peak: June 24, 2012 at #1 for seven consecutive weeks before being dethroned by Carrie Underwood's Blown Away on August 12, 2012, but returning to #1 for one more week on August 19, 2012
Next week, we will have two new songs enter the chart, and maybe a new #1. Tune in next week to find out what exactly will happen!