Maroon 5 rings up its fourth No. 1 on Billboard's Nielsen BDS-based Pop Songs chart and its fifth leader on Adult Pop Songs with "Payphone" (note language in video above). On Pop Songs, the group makes it to back-to-back toppers, as its last entry, "Moves Like Jagger," featuring Christina Aguilera, reigned for six weeks beginning in October. The band had likewise led consecutively with its first two No. 1s, "This Love" (three weeks) and "She Will Be Loved" (four) in 2004. Wiz Khalifa, featured on the pop edit of "Payphone," scores his first Mainstream Top 40 No. 1. On Adult Pop Songs, Maroon 5 - whose No. 1 ledger on the list includes its four Pop Songs leaders plus 2010's "Misery" - ties Nickelback for the most commanding titles among groups in the chart's 16-year history. Katy Perry leads all acts with six Adult Pop Songs No. 1s. (P!nk also has five.)
Greatest Gainer/Debut No. 32 "Good Time" Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen**
Adult Contemporary
*** No. 1 *** "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" Kelly Clarkson**
Greatest Gainer No. 4 "Somebody That I Used To Know" Gotye Featuring Kimbra
Debut No. 28 "Give Your Heart A Break" Demi Lovato
Debut No. 29 "Celebrate" Whitney Houston** & Jordin Sparks
Debut No. 30 "That's Why God Made The Radio" The Beach Boys**
Adult Pop Songs
*** No. 1 *** "Payphone" Maroon 5
Greatest Gainer No. 16 "She's So Mean" matchbox twenty
Debut No. 39 "Burn It Down" Linkin Park
Dance/Club Play Songs
*** No. 1 *** "I Don't Like You" Eva Simons
Greatest Gainer No. 3 "Chasing The Sun" The Wanted
Hot Shot Debut No. 41 "Don't Wake Me Up" Chris Brown
Debut No. 43 "Scream" Usher**
Debut No. 44 "Payphone" Maroon 5 Featuring Wiz Khalifa
Debut No. 45 "Sex Is In The Heel" Cyndi Lauper
Debut No. 49 "La La Land" Sir Ivan
Debut No. 50 "Long Time" John De Sohn Featuring Andreas Moe
Rock Songs
*** No. 1 *** "Burn It Down" Linkin Park
Greatest Gainer/Hot Shot Debut No. 39 "Survival" Muse
Debut No. 48 "Soldiers" Otherwise
Debut No. 50 "Satisfied" Aranda
Alternative Songs
*** No. 1 *** "Gold On The Ceiling" The Black Keys
Debut No. 34 "Dedication" Rome
Debut No. 37 "Reunion" M83.
Debut No. 40 "Gimme Twice" The Royal Concept
Greatest Gainer "Survival" Muse
Country Songs
*** No. 1 *** "Drunk On You" Luke Bryan**
Greatest Gainer No. 10 "Angel Eyes" Love And Theft
Hot Shot Debut No. 56 "Let There Be Cowgirls" Chris Cagle
Latin Songs
*** No. 1 *** "Follow The Leader" Wisin & Yandel + Jennifer Lopez
Greatest Gainer No. 6 "Amor Confuso" Gerardo Ortiz
Hot Shot Debut No. 43 "Payphone" Maroon 5 Featuring Wiz Khalifa
Debut No. 45 "Disename" Joan Sebastian
Debut No. 46 "Call Me Maybe" Carly Rae Jepsen
Regional Mexican Songs
*** No. 1 *** "Llamada De Mi Ex" La Arrolladora Banda el Limon de Rene Camacho
Greatest Gainer No. 3 "Amor Confuso" Gerardo Ortiz
Debut No. 38 "Sigo Sencillo" Noel Torres
Latin Pop Songs
*** No. 1 *** "Hasta Que Salga El Sol" Don Omar
Greatest Gainer/Debut No. 37 "Te Quiero" Ricardo Arjona
Debut No. 38 "Hasta Que Te Conoci" Mana
Debut No. 40 "Te Voy A Amar" Axel
Tropical Songs
*** No. 1 *** "La Diabla" Romeo Santos
Greatest Gainer/Debut No. 25 "Noche De Placer" Alex Sensation Featuring David
Debut No. 33 "Pasarela" Daddy Yankee
Debut No. 39 "Can't Stop Me" Afrojack & Shermanology
Christian Songs
*** No. 1 *** "The Hurt & The Healer" MercyMe
Greatest Gainer/Hot Shot Debut No. 27 "I'm Alive" Peter Furler
Debut No. 29 "Banner Of Love" Luminate
Debut No. 48 "Shooting Star" Owl City
Gospel Songs
*** No. 1 *** "Awesome" Pastor Charles Jenkins & Fellowship Chicago
Debut No. 28 "Testimony" Anthony Brown & group therAPy
Greatest Gainer "Lay It Down" Troy Sneed
Adele's "Tables" has already sold 702,000 downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The "Glee" cast's cover featuring Gwyneth Paltrow (a No. 66 Hot 100 hit) has also shifted 113,000. Add in the 9,450,000 copies that "21" has sold in the U.S. and that's more than 10 million purchases for the song.
For an album cut, that's not too bad, is it?
The only piece missing is radio airplay. I've long thought that the ballad, co-written by OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder, would be a pop/adult radio slam dunk. Considering that the formats allowed for a slowing down of tempo to make "Someone Like You" a Hot 100 No. 1, as well as Adele's incredibly uncommon sales momentum for "21," "Tables" would likewise seem to receive programmers' all-out approval. Props to Pop Songs reporter WBLI Nassau, N.Y., which has played "Tables" 79 times since adding it into rotation on June 1, with 15 spins for it in the past seven days (June 25-July 1), according to Nielsen BDS.
A Columbia rep confirms to Billboard, however, that the label presently has no plans for a follow-up single to "Rumour."
"Payphone" is the best example of a powerful generic song, and I'm not saying it's a bad song, but it just went through a simple formula: Sticky + great chorus + good lyrics + little electro = SMASH!
"Payphone" is the best example of a powerful generic song, and I'm not saying it's a bad song, but it just went through a simple formula: Sticky + great chorus + good lyrics + little electro = SMASH!
If you don't consider the "little electro" element, you've just described any other typical Maroon 5 to-be-single song (and pretty much all of their style)