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US Pop Music Charts May 10, 2012

Singles, Albums, and Pop Radio Airplay

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Gotye -

Gotye - "Somebody That I Used To Know"

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Top 5 Pop Singles

  1. Gotye featuring Kimbra - "Somebody That I Used To Know"
  2. fun. featuring Janelle Monae - "We Are Young"
  3. Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa - "Payphone"
  4. Carly Rae Jepsen - "Call Me Maybe"
  5. Flo Rida featuring Sia - "Wild Ones"

Big Chart Movers

Hot New Pop Songs

Comments

Gotye holds on to the top of the pop singles chart for a fourth straight week while fun. remain resolutely at #2. This is 10 weeks now for "We Are Young" inside the top 2. B.o.B. and Taylor Swift have a strong opening inside the top 20 at #18. Rihanna looks like she has another big hit with "Where Have You Been" surging nearly 50 spots on the chart to #29.

Top 5 Pop Albums

  1. Carrie Underwood - Blown Away
  2. Norah Jones - ...Little Broken Hearts
  3. Various Artists - NOW 42
  4. Adele - 21
  5. B.o.B. - Strange Clouds

Hot New Pop Albums

  1. #9 Soundtrack - Smash
  2. #10 Marilyn Manson - Born Villain
  3. #11 Soundtrack - Avengers: Assemble

Comments

Carrie Underwood earns her third consecutive #1 album with Blown Away opening at the top this week. Even though it is her weakest sales opening since her first album, Norah Jones has now reached the top 3 with all five of her studio albums. Rocker Marilyn Manson has his sixth top 10 album, the fourth consecutive with Born Villain opening at #10.

For more chart details, visit Billboard.

Top 5 Pop Radio Songs

  1. fun. featuring Janelle Monae - "We Are Young"
  2. Flo Rida featuring Sia - "Wild Ones"
  3. The Wanted - "Glad You Came"
  4. Gotye featuring Kimbra - "Somebody That I Used To Know"
  5. Nicki Minaj - "Starships"

Big Chart Movers

Hot New Pop Songs

  • #36 Kirko Bangz - "Drank In My Cup"
  • #38 Grouplove - "Tongue Tied"

Comments

It is a fourth solid week at the top for fun.'s "We Are Young," but Gotye is moving quickly toward the top arriving in the top 5 for the first time this week. Maroon 5 leap another five notches to #13 with their new hit "Payphone" which looks destined for a spot near the top of the chart. Rihanna earns yet another top 20 hit as "Where Have You Been" leaps seven places to land inside the top 20 at #19.

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