September 26th - October 2nd, 2008
The top 5 becomes a hell of a lot more interesting this week as
Oasis makes an unprecedented leap from #9-3 this week, rivalling a similar #10-3 leap that the Arctic Monkeys made last year with "Brianstorm". Despite their presence,
Lady GaGa barely snatches a second week at #1, fending off
M.I.A. who almost had her first #1 hit this week. Also new to the top 5 is
Coldplay, who score their third top 5 hit off
Viva La Vida and are looking for a third #1.
We have big debuts this week. The first comes from the auto-tuned
Kanye West who makes a monstrous top 20 debut for
Love Lockdown. This is the biggest debut on the chart since Justin Timberlake started at #18 with "SexyBack" in 2006. Another huge name debuts this week as
The Killers are on board with
Human, the fantastic throw-back to "Hot Fuss" lead single off their upcoming third album. Expect a big jump for this one next week. And last but not least, we have the lead single from
Keane off their upcoming album
Perfect Symmetry, and who are looking to follow-up the #2 peak of "Is It Any Wonder?" from their last album.
The latest from Kanye and The Killers are sure to be two of the biggest hits in Q4, and in accordance with that, I've posted the chart history for both artists below this week's chart.
With a small top 30 chart, big moves are hard to come by and its often difficult to note which songs are actually really hot as opposed to just moving up the chart. To compensate for that, I've decided to test out an idea this week. Listed here are bullets common to CHR radio that are analagous to the type of momentum the song is experiencing this week on my chart.
Kanye West: +1200
The Killers: +800
Oasis: +700
Kenny Chesney: +600
David Archuleta: +500
Jordin Sparks: +500
Kaiser Chiefs: +400
Kings Of Leon: +400
Keane: +400
Coldplay, Lady GaGa, M.I.A., Kevin Rudolf, Rise Against, Katy Perry: +300
Franz Ferdinand, Snow Patrol, Leona Lewis: +200
RECOMMENDED SONG OF THE WEEK:
Christina Aguilera - Keeps Getting Better
LW TW
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01 Just Dance By Lady GaGa f/ Colby O'Donis (10 wks)(#1[2])
02
02 Paper Planes By M.I.A. (7 wks)(#2)
09
03 The Shock Of The Lightning By Oasis (5 wks)(#3)
05 04 Electric Feel By MGMT (9 wks)(#4)
06
05 Lost! By Coldplay (6 wks)(#5)
03 06 Teenage Love Affair By Alicia Keys (14 wks)(#2)
10
07 One Step At A Time By Jordin Sparks (7 wks)(#7)
08 08 Stepping Stone By Duffy (6 wks)(#8)
12
09 Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven By Kenny Chesney (5 wks)(#9)
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10 Better In Time By Leona Lewis (8 wks)(#10)
14
11 Crush By David Archuleta (6 wks)(#11)
16
12 Sex On Fire By Kings Of Leon (5 wks)(#12)
04 13 Viva La Vida By Coldplay (18 wks)(#1[4])
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14 Hot 'N Cold By Katy Perry (4 wks)(#14)
07 15 Bad Girlfriend By Theory Of A Deadman (12 wks)(#3)
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16 Let It Rock By Kevin Rudolf f/ Lil' Wayne (3 wks)(#16)
21
17 Never Miss A Beat By Kaiser Chiefs (3 wks)(#17)
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18 Love Lockdown By Kanye West
13 19 Disturbia By Rihanna (17 wks)(#1[2])
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20 Lucid Dreams By Franz Ferdinand (3 wks)(#20)
15 21 The Killer By Mobile (11 wks)(#4)
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22 Re-Education By Rise Against (2 wks)(#22)
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23 Human By The Killers
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24 Take Back The City By Snow Patrol (2 wks)(#24)
17 25 I Don't Care By Apocalyptica f/ Adam Grontier (8 wks)(#10)
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26 Lovers Are Losing By Keane
20 27 I Kissed A Girl By Katy Perry (17 wks)(#1[4])
24 28 Forever By Chris Brown (16 wks)(#3)
22 29 The Day That Never Comes By Metallica (4 wks)(#22)
25 30 Believe By Staind (12 wks)(#8)
Fall Offs
Maroon 5 f/ Rihanna - If I Never See Your Face Again (19 wks)(#3)
Death Cab For Cutie - Cath (14 wks)(#4)
Nas f/ Keri Hilson - Hero (8 wks)(#12)
In Rotation
Christina Aguilera - Keeps Getting Better
T.I. f/ Rihanna - Live Your Life
All American Rejects - Give You Hell
Gavin Rossdale - Love Remains The Same
Chart History
The Killers
Somebody Told Me - #3
Mr. Brightside - #1[6]
Smile Like You Mean It - #1[2]
All These Things That I've Done - #1[3]
When You Were Young - #1[12]
Bones - #1[7]
Read My Mind - #1[6]
For Reasons Unknown - #11
Tranquilize - #3
Kanye West
Gold Digger - #5
Heard 'Em Say - #8
Stronger - #22
Good Life - #1[2]
Flashing Lights - #2
Homecoming - #1[1]