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By Billy Bored
November 18, 2009
With five Top 40 add weeks until 2009 goes buh-bye, RMG’s Gray, Dyer and Reich are taking advantage of every remaining week to break all their many Pop hits. Kelly Clarkson’s “Already Gone” grows inside Top 40’s Top 10 as newcomer Ke$ha has the format’s Biggest Mover this week with her debut “Tik Tok.” Kings of Leon’s “Sex on Fire” launches at Pop following up their #1 Top 40 hit, “Use Somebody,” while Daughtry’s “Life After You” edges closer to a Top 40 chart debut and American Idol fave Adam Lambert has WRVW, WKSE and WPRO out front on his debut “For Your Entertainment”… Beyonce’s “Sweet Dreams” remains Top 5 at Top 40 for Columbia’s Leipsner, Borris and Vaughan as Boys Like Girls’ new hit, “Two Is Better Than One,” featuring Taylor Swift, increases spins more than 20% inside the Top 30 at Pop. Also, KZZP is the latest major to add Hey Monday’s “How You Love Me Now” as KBKS reports Top 10 18-24 female research… Capitol Music Group’s Thompson, Green, Reese and Rainey explode Top 15 at Top 40 with their biggest spin increase yet for David Guetta’s “Sexy Chick” as digital single sales soar Top 10 and Snoop Dogg’s “Gangsta Luv,” featuring The-Dream, begins crossing from Rhythm to Pop with adds at KAMP, KMVQ, KKHH and KHTS… S-Curve’s Davidson and Pearson have We the Kings nearing Top 30 on the Pop chart with “Heaven Can Wait” getting more than 1200 spins a week. WFLZ, KBKS and KUDD report strong early callout… Nickelback’s “Never Gonna Be Alone” is now Top 15 at Hot AC and approaching Top 30 at Top 40 for Roadrunner’s Easterlin and Boulos, who are also getting major action for Cobra Starship’s “Hot Mess” with new adds at WIOQ and WNOU… Atlantic’s Ganis and McMann are set to make a Top 25 move at Top 40 with Shinedown’s “If You Only Knew” and Uncle Kracker’s Top 5 Hot AC smash “Smile” begins crossing to Pop, picking up early adds at WRVW, WHBQ and WDCG. With Kracker’s digital single nearing 500k sold, this one is ready to make the move to Top 40… This week, Shakira’s “Give It Up to Me” became the first video ever to premiere on Facebook via Ustream as Epic’s Saturn, Nappi, Halpern and Levy close new Top 40 adds at KHKS, WKFS, WAKS and WXSS. Ahead of her new album She Wolf bowing at retail on 11/23, Shakira performs on the American Music Awards on 11/22… The Phoenix PoMo smash “1901” explodes Top 10 at Alternative and is the format’s Biggest Mover this week as Glassnote’s Daniel Glass and RED’s Danny Bush launch at Top 40 with WSTR out-of-the-box. In the latest RatetheMusic.com Alternative research, 18-24 and 18-34 females score “1901” Top 3!... Down With Webster’s “Rich Girl$” continues to climb toward a Top 40 chart bow, getting more than 600 spins a week at Pop, for Universal Motown’s Todd Glassman… Rihanna’s “Russian Roulette” premiered on ABC’s 20/20 last Friday (11/13) as the single sets to make a Top 20 move at Top 40 for Island Def Jam’s Olesen, Chester and Sheer. The long-awaited new album, Rated R, lands at retail on 11/23 with the singer performing in Times Square on Good Morning America on 11/24. Justin Bieber’s “One Time” sits in the Top 15 at Top 40 as his new hit, “One Less Lonely Girl,” gets early adds at Z100, KDWB, WFLZ and WNOU. Kristinia DeBarge’s “Future Love” has action at WKQI, WKSS, WPRO and WHBQ and Mariah Carey’s “H.A.T.E. U.” launches at Top 40 with a double-digit add week… Jive Label Group’s Riccitelli, Daddio, Strazza and J.R. have Britney Spears’ “3” ready to move Top 5 at Top 40 as Jordin Sparks’ “S.O.S. (Let
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