A “HARDWORKING” ACT FINALLY MADE IT TO THE TOP
Over the charts this week, Britney Spears’ comeback single finally made it to the top of The Chartstop, Week 9. After being held down after a surge last week (4-2), “Work” finally captures the top spot after being secured by Miley Cyrus for 4 weeks. The female domination in the chartstop continues as Spears became the 4th female artist to top the charts. Previous title holders are Katy Perry (Roar, 3 weeks at no. 1), Lorde (Royals, 1 week at no. 1) and as stated, Miley Cyrus (Wrecking Ball, 4 weeks at no.1). Male acts are yet to top the charts, the last male act to chart high in the chart is Nathan Sykes, along with Ariana Grande for the Mortal Instruments OST, Almost Is Never Enough, peaking at no. 3.
After the release of Prism last Oct. 22, Katy Perry bounces back on the charts, not only bouncing back with one song, but with multiple singles all in an upward direction this week. Her title track “Roar” rebounds 6-2 after leading the chart for three weeks. Her promotional single “Uconditionally” skyrockets 19-3 making the runner up position dominated by the “California Gurl”. This is the highest ascent of a song in a single week. She dethroned herself in this category since “Dark Horse (ft. Juicy J)” was previously holding the crown after jumping 29-19 on Week 6.
With the return of Katy Perry, Ylvis and Zedd was held back for a second week. The novelty song “The Fox” remains at no.4 as well as EDM artist Zedd with Paramore’s Hayley Williams stays at no. 5 for a second week. They stopped the female domination with their jump to the Top 5 last week.
Last week’s and former 4-week leader Miley Cyrus was pushed 1-6 with “Wrecking Ball”. However, Miley did debut this week with a single from Bangerz, SMS featuring Britney Spears, opening at no. 26. Lady Gaga jumps back 8-7 with her title track from ARTPOP.
Multiple singles from a single artist are present in the charts this week. Katy Perry has 5 songs in the charts, 3 of them inside the Top 10. Lady Gaga has 3 songs while Miley Cyrus, Lorde and Britney all has 2 singles apiece.
Speaking of Lorde, her breakthrough hit, “Royals” dropped from the top 3 this week. It descends 3-8 after a week in the top. Passenger remains at no.9 with “Let Her Go” and rounding off the Top 10 is another Katy Perry single, now featuring Juicy J with “Dark Horse” rising 17-10.
Below are the full list of the Chartstop Top 30 songs for this week:
NUMBER ONES
WEEK 1 -- Katy Perry - ROAR (x1)
WEEK 2 -- Katy Perry - ROAR (x2)
WEEK 3 -- Katy Perry - ROAR (x3)
WEEK 4 -- Lorde - ROYALS (x1)
WEEK 5 -- Miley Cyrus - WRECKING BALL (x1)
WEEK 6 -- Miley Cyrus - WRECKING BALL (x2)
WEEK 7 -- Miley Cyrus - WRECKING BALL (x3)
WEEK 7 -- Britney Spears – WORK B***H (x1)