One Thing
Young Homie
Take Care
Part Of Me
Glad You Came
Gotta Be You
Somebody That I Used To Know
I Won't Give Up
Boyfriend
The Vision of Love
Feel So Close
Houdini
Lego House
Payphone
Drive By
Starships
Where Have You Been
Turn Me On
Everybody Talks
Drunk
Tounge Tied
Live My Life
Naked
We Are Young
Dance Again
Brokenhearted
Better Than I Know Myself
Is Anybody Out There
Big Hoops
Laserlight
Mirror
Wild Ones
Stronger
Chasing The Sun
Turn Up The Music
Honestly
So Good
Set Fire To The Rain
Ass Back Home
Climax
With the exception of Kelly Clarkson, everyone who have topped RT40 this year are artists who have never had any single as a lead artist that topped my weekly countdown (including the defunct Final 20). These artists include Adele, Gotye, The Wanted, Chris Rene, One Direction and, now, Drake.
Drake's Take Care, featuring Rihanna, moves 3-1 on its eight week on the chart. The single ended the two-week reign of One Direction with One Thing, which drops 1-4 this week. However; 1D scores another top two hit this week with Gotta Be You. Gotta Be You leaps 6-2 and becomes 1D's second top two hit.
Chris Rene's Young Homie and Katy Perry's Part Of Me complete the top five at No.4 and No. 5 respectively.
Justin Bieber's Boyfriend leaps 9-6, as Gotye's Somebody That I Used To Know stays at No. 7 and The Wanted's Glad You Came falls 5-8.
Two bands enter the top ten this week. Foster The People scores their 5th consecutive top ten hit with Houdini, which rises 12-9. Meanwhile, Maroon 5 scores their 7th top ten hit with Payphone.
Adele's Set Fire To The Rain leaves RT40 this week, but it leaves with its fire burning. Fire spent a total of 27 weeks, and became one of the songs which had the longest stay in the chart. See list below:
Pumped Up Kicks by Foster The People - 33 weeks
How To Love by Lil Wayne - 28 weeks
Science and Faith by The Script - 27 weeks Set Fire To The Rain by ADELE - 27 weeks
Mr. Know It All by Kelly Clarkson - 26 weeks
Someone Like You by ADELE - 26 weeks
You And I by Lady GaGa - 26 weeks
Invisible by Skylar Grey - 25 weeks
Moves Like Jagger by Maroon 5 - 25 weeks
Papi by Jeniffer Lopez - 25 weeks
Sexy & I Know It by LMFAO - 25 weeks
You Make Me Feel by Cobra Starship - 25 weeks
Helena Beat by Foster The People - 24 weeks
I Like It Like That by Hot Chelle Rae - 24 weeks
Never Gonna Leave This Bed by Maroon 5 - 24 weeks
The One That Got Away by Katy Perry - 24 weeks
What Doesn't Kill You by Kelly Clarkson - 24 weeks (still charting)
With all the new songs flying and the debuts, the race is up. Who's gonna get there?
Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat.Kimbra)
1(4)
18
8
5
The Wanted - Glad You Came
1(3)
14
9
12
Foster The People - Houdini
9
5
10
14
Maroon 5 - Payphone (feat. Wiz Khalifa)
10
3
11
10
Kris Allen - The Vision Of Love
9
8
12
8
Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up
2
15
13
16
Nicki Minaj - Starships
13
5
14
17
Rihanna - Where Have You Been
14
4
15
11
Calvin Harris - Feel So Close
8
11
16
21
Grouplove - Tongue Tied
16
2
17
20
Ed Sheeran - Drunk
10
12
18
13
Ed Sheeran - Lego House
4
12
19
15
Train - Drive By
8
13
20
26
Karmin - Brokenhearted
20
2
21
22
Far East Movement - Live My Life (feat. Justin Bieber)
21
5
22
-
Flo Ride - Whistle
22
1
23
19
Neon Trees - Everybody Talks
15
10
24
18
David Guetta - Turn Me On (feat. Nicki Minaj)
4
17
25
-
Kelly Clarkson - Dark Side
25
1
26
-
Gym Class Heroes - The Fighter (feat. Ryan Tedder)
26
1
27
23
Dev - Naked (feat. Enrique Iglesias)
20
9
28
25
Jennifer Lopez - Dance Again (feat. Pitbull)
24
8
29
30
Jessie J - Laserlight
26
7
30
24
Fun. - We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe)
1(1)
21
31
29
Nelly Furtado - Big Hoops (The Bigger The Better)
29
3
32
28
K'Naan - Is Anybody Out There (feat. Nelly Furtado)
16
10
33
27
Adam Lambert - Better Than I Know Myself
8
16
34
-
Stefano Langone - I'm On A Roll (feat. New Boyz & Rock Mafia)
34
1
35
-
Ellie Goulding - Lights
35
1
36
32
Flo Rida - Wild Ones (feat. Sia)
21
13
37
34
The Wanted - Chasing The Sun
32
5
38
33
Kelly Clarkson - What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)
1(4)
24
39
-
Nicki Minaj - Right By My Side (feat. Chris Brown)
39
1
40
31
Chris Brown - Turn Up The Music
14
15
NUMBER ONES
2011
January 1
We R Who We R | Ke$ha
January 8
We R Who We R | Ke$ha
January 15
We R Who We R | Ke$ha
January 22
Tonight I'm ****in You | Enrique Iglesias feat. Ludacris & DJ Frank E
January 29
Tonight I'm ****in You | Enrique Iglesias feat. Ludacris & DJ Frank E
February 5
Monster | Kanye West feat. Rick Ross, Jay-Z & Nicki Minaj
February 12
Tonight I'm ****in You | Enrique Iglesias feat. Ludacris & DJ Frank E
February 19
****in' Perfect | P!nk
February 26
Never Gonne Leave This Bed | Maroon 5
March 5
Never Gonne Leave This Bed | Maroon 5
March 12
Never Gonne Leave This Bed | Maroon 5
March 19
Never Gonne Leave This Bed | Maroon 5
March 26
Born This Way | Lady GaGa
April 2
Born This Way | Lady GaGa
April 9
Born This Way | Lady GaGa
April 16
Born This Way | Lady GaGa
April 23
E.T. | Katy Perry feat. Kanye West
April 30
E.T. | Katy Perry feat. Kanye West
May 7
E.T. | Katy Perry feat. Kanye West
May 14
Written in the Stars | Tinie Tempah feat. Eric Turner
May 21
Written in the Stars | Tinie Tempah feat. Eric Turner
May 28
The Lazy Song | Bruno Mars
June 4
The Lazy Song | Bruno Mars
June 11
Till The World Ends | Britney Spears
June 18
Jet Lag | Simple Plan feat. Natasha Bedingfield
June 25
Jet Lag | Simple Plan feat. Natasha Bedingfield
July 2
Give Me Everything | Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer
July 9
Give Me Everything | Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer
July 16
Give Me Everything | Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer
July 23
Party Rock Anthem | LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
July 30
Party Rock Anthem | LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
Augutst 6
Next 2 You | Chris Brown feat. Justin Bieber
Augutst 13
Next 2 You | Chris Brown feat. Justin Bieber
Augutst 20
Pumped Up Kicks | Foster the People
Augutst 27
Pumped Up Kicks | Foster the People
September 3
Science And Faith | The Script
September 10
Science And Faith | The Script
September 17
Science And Faith | The Script
September 24
Moves Like Jagger | Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguillera
October 1
Yoü and I | Lady GaGa
October 7
Yoü and I | Lady GaGa
October 15
Moves Like Jagger | Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguillera
October 22
Yoü and I | Lady GaGa
October 29
How To Love | Lil Wayne
November 5
How To Love | Lil Wayne
November 12
Mr. Know It All | Kelly Clarkson
November 19
Mr. Know It All | Kelly Clarkson
November 26
Love On Top | Beyonce
December 3
Love On Top | Beyonce
December 10
The One That Got Away | Katy Perry
December 17
It Will Rain | Bruno Mars
December 24
The One That Got Away | Katy Perry
December 31
The One That Got Away | Katy Perry
2012
January 7
Set Fire To The Rain | ADELE
January 14
Set Fire To The Rain | ADELE
January 21
Set Fire To The Rain | ADELE
January 28
Set Fire To The Rain | ADELE
February 4
What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) | Kelly Clarkson
February 11
What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) | Kelly Clarkson
February 18
What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) | Kelly Clarkson
February 25
We Are Young | Fun. (feat. Janelle Monáe)
March 3
What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) | Kelly Clarkson
March 10
Somebody That I Used To Know | Gotye feat. Kimbra
March 17
Somebody That I Used To Know | Gotye feat. Kimbra
March 24
Somebody That I Used To Know | Gotye feat. Kimbra
March 31
Somebody That I Used To Know | Gotye feat. Kimbra
April 7
Glad You Came | The Wanted
April 14
Glad You Came | The Wanted
April 21
Glad You Came | The Wanted
April 28
Young Homie | Chris Rene
May 5
Young Homie | Chris Rene
May 12
One Thing | One Direction
May 19
One Thing | One Direction
May 26
Take Care | Drake feat. Rihanna
DROP-OUTS:
Chris Brown - Turn Up The Music (35) 14 weeks
Hot Chelle Rae - Honestly (36) 9 weeks
B.o.B. - So Good (37) 9 weeks
ADELE - Set Fire To The Rain (38) 27 weeks
Gym Class Heroes - Ass Back Home (feat. Neon Hitch) (39) 22 weeks
Usher - Climax (40) 10 weeks
With the exception of Kelly Clarkson, everyone who have topped RT40 this year are artists who have never had any single as a lead artist that topped my weekly countdown (including the defunct Final 20). These artists include Adele, Gotye, The Wanted, Chris Rene, One Direction and, now, Drake.
Drake's Take Care, featuring Rihanna, moves 3-1 on its eight week on the chart. The single ended the two-week reign of One Direction with One Thing, which drops 1-4 this week. However; 1D scores another top two hit this week with Gotta Be You. Gotta Be You leaps 6-2 and becomes 1D's second top two hit.
Chris Rene's Young Homie and Katy Perry's Part Of Me complete the top five at No.4 and No. 5 respectively.
Justin Bieber's Boyfriend leaps 9-6, as Gotye's Somebody That I Used To Know stays at No. 7 and The Wanted's Glad You Came falls 5-8.
Two bands enter the top ten this week. Foster The People scores their 5th consecutive top ten hit with Houdini, which rises 12-9. Meanwhile, Maroon 5 scores their 7th top ten hit with Payphone.
Adele's Set Fire To The Rain leaves RT40 this week, but it leaves with its fire burning. Fire spent a total of 27 weeks, and became one of the songs which had the longest stay in the chart. See list below:
Pumped Up Kicks by Foster The People - 33 weeks
How To Love by Lil Wayne - 28 weeks
Science and Faith by The Script - 27 weeks Set Fire To The Rain by ADELE - 27 weeks
Mr. Know It All by Kelly Clarkson - 26 weeks
Someone Like You by ADELE - 26 weeks
You And I by Lady GaGa - 26 weeks
Invisible by Skylar Grey - 25 weeks
Moves Like Jagger by Maroon 5 - 25 weeks
Papi by Jeniffer Lopez - 25 weeks
Sexy & I Know It by LMFAO - 25 weeks
You Make Me Feel by Cobra Starship - 25 weeks
Helena Beat by Foster The People - 24 weeks
I Like It Like That by Hot Chelle Rae - 24 weeks
Never Gonna Leave This Bed by Maroon 5 - 24 weeks
The One That Got Away by Katy Perry - 24 weeks
What Doesn't Kill You by Kelly Clarkson - 24 weeks (still charting)
With all the new songs flying and the debuts, the race is up. Who's gonna get there?
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Originally posted by riskbreaker
Riskbreaker Top 40 May 26, 2012
TW
LW
Cap
Artist - Title
Peak
WOC
1
3
Drake - Take Care (feat. Rihanna)
1(1)
8
2
6
One Direction - Gotta Be You
2
7
3
2
Chris Rene - Young Homie
1(2)
10
4
1
One Direction - One Thing
1(2)
20
5
4
Katy Perry - Part Of Me
4
10
6
9
Justin Bieber - Boyfriend
6
4
7
7
Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat.Kimbra)
1(4)
17
8
5
The Wanted - Glad You Came
1(3)
14
9
12
Foster The People - Houdini
9
5
10
14
Maroon 5 - Payphone (feat. Wiz Khalifa)
10
3
11
10
Kris Allen - The Vision Of Love
9
8
12
8
Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up
2
15
13
16
Nicki Minaj - Starships
13
5
14
17
Rihanna - Where Have You Been
14
4
15
11
Calvin Harris - Feel So Close
8
11
16
21
Grouplove - Tongue Tied
16
2
17
20
Ed Sheeran - Drunk
10
12
18
13
Ed Sheeran - Lego House
4
12
19
15
Train - Drive By
8
13
20
26
Karmin - Brokenhearted
20
2
21
22
Far East Movement - Live My Life (feat. Justin Bieber)
21
5
22
-
Flo Ride - Whistle
22
1
23
19
Neon Trees - Everybody Talks
15
10
24
18
David Guetta - Turn Me On (feat. Nicki Minaj)
4
17
25
-
Kelly Clarkson - Dark Side
25
1
26
-
Gym Class Heroes - The Fighter (feat. Ryan Tedder)
26
1
27
23
Dev - Naked (feat. Enrique Iglesias)
20
9
28
25
Jennifer Lopez - Dance Again (feat. Pitbull)
24
8
29
30
Jessie J - Laserlight
26
7
30
24
Fun. - We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe)
1(1)
21
31
29
Nelly Furtado - Big Hoops (The Bigger The Better)
29
3
32
28
K'Naan - Is Anybody Out There (feat. Nelly Furtado)
16
10
33
27
Adam Lambert - Better Than I Know Myself
8
16
34
-
Stefano Langone - I'm On A Roll (feat. New Boyz & Rock Mafia)
34
1
35
-
Ellie Goulding - Lights
35
1
36
32
Flo Rida - Wild Ones (feat. Sia)
21
13
37
34
The Wanted - Chasing The Sun
32
5
38
33
Kelly Clarkson - What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)
1(4)
24
39
-
Nicki Minaj - Right By My Side (feat. Chris Brown)
39
1
40
31
Chris Brown - Turn Up The Music
14
15
NUMBER ONES
2011
January 1
We R Who We R | Ke$ha
January 8
We R Who We R | Ke$ha
January 15
We R Who We R | Ke$ha
January 22
Tonight I'm ****in You | Enrique Iglesias feat. Ludacris & DJ Frank E
January 29
Tonight I'm ****in You | Enrique Iglesias feat. Ludacris & DJ Frank E
February 5
Monster | Kanye West feat. Rick Ross, Jay-Z & Nicki Minaj
February 12
Tonight I'm ****in You | Enrique Iglesias feat. Ludacris & DJ Frank E
February 19
****in' Perfect | P!nk
February 26
Never Gonne Leave This Bed | Maroon 5
March 5
Never Gonne Leave This Bed | Maroon 5
March 12
Never Gonne Leave This Bed | Maroon 5
March 19
Never Gonne Leave This Bed | Maroon 5
March 26
Born This Way | Lady GaGa
April 2
Born This Way | Lady GaGa
April 9
Born This Way | Lady GaGa
April 16
Born This Way | Lady GaGa
April 23
E.T. | Katy Perry feat. Kanye West
April 30
E.T. | Katy Perry feat. Kanye West
May 7
E.T. | Katy Perry feat. Kanye West
May 14
Written in the Stars | Tinie Tempah feat. Eric Turner
May 21
Written in the Stars | Tinie Tempah feat. Eric Turner
May 28
The Lazy Song | Bruno Mars
June 4
The Lazy Song | Bruno Mars
June 11
Till The World Ends | Britney Spears
June 18
Jet Lag | Simple Plan feat. Natasha Bedingfield
June 25
Jet Lag | Simple Plan feat. Natasha Bedingfield
July 2
Give Me Everything | Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer
July 9
Give Me Everything | Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer
July 16
Give Me Everything | Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer
July 23
Party Rock Anthem | LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
July 30
Party Rock Anthem | LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
Augutst 6
Next 2 You | Chris Brown feat. Justin Bieber
Augutst 13
Next 2 You | Chris Brown feat. Justin Bieber
Augutst 20
Pumped Up Kicks | Foster the People
Augutst 27
Pumped Up Kicks | Foster the People
September 3
Science And Faith | The Script
September 10
Science And Faith | The Script
September 17
Science And Faith | The Script
September 24
Moves Like Jagger | Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguillera
October 1
Yoü and I | Lady GaGa
October 7
Yoü and I | Lady GaGa
October 15
Moves Like Jagger | Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguillera
October 22
Yoü and I | Lady GaGa
October 29
How To Love | Lil Wayne
November 5
How To Love | Lil Wayne
November 12
Mr. Know It All | Kelly Clarkson
November 19
Mr. Know It All | Kelly Clarkson
November 26
Love On Top | Beyonce
December 3
Love On Top | Beyonce
December 10
The One That Got Away | Katy Perry
December 17
It Will Rain | Bruno Mars
December 24
The One That Got Away | Katy Perry
December 31
The One That Got Away | Katy Perry
2012
January 7
Set Fire To The Rain | ADELE
January 14
Set Fire To The Rain | ADELE
January 21
Set Fire To The Rain | ADELE
January 28
Set Fire To The Rain | ADELE
February 4
What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) | Kelly Clarkson
February 11
What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) | Kelly Clarkson
February 18
What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) | Kelly Clarkson
February 25
We Are Young | Fun. (feat. Janelle Monáe)
March 3
What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) | Kelly Clarkson
March 10
Somebody That I Used To Know | Gotye feat. Kimbra
March 17
Somebody That I Used To Know | Gotye feat. Kimbra
March 24
Somebody That I Used To Know | Gotye feat. Kimbra
March 31
Somebody That I Used To Know | Gotye feat. Kimbra
April 7
Glad You Came | The Wanted
April 14
Glad You Came | The Wanted
April 21
Glad You Came | The Wanted
April 28
Young Homie | Chris Rene
May 5
Young Homie | Chris Rene
May 12
One Thing | One Direction
May 19
One Thing | One Direction
May 26
Take Care | Drake feat. Rihanna
DROP-OUTS:
Chris Brown - Turn Up The Music (35) 14 weeks
Hot Chelle Rae - Honestly (36) 9 weeks
B.o.B. - So Good (37) 9 weeks
ADELE - Set Fire To The Rain (38) 27 weeks
Gym Class Heroes - Ass Back Home (feat. Neon Hitch) (39) 22 weeks
Usher - Climax (40) 10 weeks