Billboard Chart Review-5/2/13

This week's chart dated May 11, 2013 actually reflects the sales week of April 22-April 28

The Billboard Hot 100:
Song                                        Position           Last Week
Just Give Me a Reason           1                      1
Can’t Hold Us                         2                      2
Stay                                         3                      6
Thrift Shop                              4                      3
Mirrors                                    5                      7          *Airplay Gainer*
When I Was Your Man           6                      4
Suit and Tie                             7                      8
Feel This Moment                   8                      9
I Love It                                  9                      13
Radioactive                             10                    12
Oh poo, P!nk and Nate Ruess are at number one again. I really wanted Macklemore & Ryan Lewis to claim their second number one with "Can't Hold Us". However, Billboard estimates that a rise to number one is most likely as "Just Give Me a Reason" is now declining in overall chart points. As "Stay" rises 6-3, I am really surprised because back in March it was already blowing up the radio. I thought it's peak of popularity had already come but I guess not. It also tops the Pop and Radio songs this week. The new top ten entry is Icona Pop's "I Love It". Personally, it sounds just like every other EDM song on the radio right now, so I'm not all that impressed with it. Anyways, now let's look at the rest of the chart: Daft Punk and Pharrell's duet "Get Lucky" rises 19-14 and is the pacesetter for the week, Will I Am and Justin Bieber's duet "#thatPower" blasts 43-17 and is the digital gainer of the week (eeewwwwww), Ariana Grande and Mac Miller's duet "The Way" zooms 32-19, Taylor Swift scores another top twenty hit as "22" rises 24-20, Psy's "Gentleman" collapses 5-26, Ciara's newest single "Body Party" arrives at number 35 this week, being the highest debut, and Krewella score their first top forty hit as "Alive" jumps 44-38.

The Billboard 200:

Album                                     Position           Last Week

To Be Loved                           1                      -
Side Effects of You                2                      -
The 20/20 Experience             3                      3
Bankrupt!                                4                      -
Save Rock and Roll                5                      1
Based on a True Story            6                      5
Venomous Rat Regeneration  7                      -
Indicud                                   8                      2
#WillPower                             9                      -
The Truth About Love           10                    10
Woop. Michael Buble scores another number one album! Fantasia arrives at number two; she has yet to see an album hit the top. Phoenix comes in at number four, Rob Zombie arrives at number seven, and Will I Am comes in at number nine. Outside of the top ten? Adele's "21" rises 35-27 in its 114th chart week (it has yet to chart lower than 35), The Yeah Yeah Yeah's "Mosquito" plunges 5-38, The Postal Service's only album "Give Up" zooms 100-75, Emeli Sande's "Our Version of Events" blasts 146-83 and is the pacesetter, Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" rises 118-90 in its 833rd chart week, Fleetwood Mac's "Greatest Hits" vaults 172-108, and Third Day's "Miracle" jumps 156-127. That's it for this week, hopefully I can get around to analyzing what's happened to album sales, because this chart is becoming vastly uninteresting.