Week ending September 29, 2012 Recap

Pink spends a 2nd week at #1 on The ARC Weekly Top 40 for the 8th time with "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" with Maroon 5 closing on the top spot. Alex Clare goes Top 10 and Psy and Christina Aguilera make strong moves up the chart. New debuts by One Direction, Flo Rida, Chris Wallace, and Rita Ora featuring Tinie Tempah.
New LP releases:

Tori Amos - Gold Dust
Jackie Evancho - Songs From The Silver Screen
Faith Evans - R&B Diva
Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes
Heart - Fanatic
Diana Krall - Glad Rag Doll
Cher Lloyd - Sticks & Stones
Barry Manilow - The Classic Christmas Album
Marillion - Sounds That Can't Be Made
Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop Christmas!
Matt & Kim - Lightning
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
Van Morrison - Born To Sing: No Plan B
The Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth Muse - The 2nd Law
Jerrod Niemann - Free The Music
Beth Orton - Sugaring Season
Papa Roach - The Connection
The Piano Guys - The Piano Guys
Tristan Prettyman - Cedar + Gold
Chris Rene - I'm Right Here
Blake Shelton - Cheers, It's Christmas
Cody Simpson - Paradise
Three Days Grace - Transit Of Venus
Tragically Hip - Now For Plan A

Week of September 22, 2012 Recap

Pink tops The ARC Weekly Top 40 for the 8th time with "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" knocking Flo Rida out of the #1 spot. Fun. get their 2nd Top 10 hit, and new debuts by Christina Aguilera, Zedd featuring Matthew Koma, Usher, and yes, a big debut of "Gangnam Style" by Psy.

New Releases this Week:

Joe Bonamassa - Beacon Theatre: Live From New York
Deadmau5 - > Album Title Goes Here <
Dokken - Broken Bones
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap
Green Day - Uno
Steve Harris - British Lion
Heather Headley - Only One In The World
John Hiatt - Mystic Pinball
Waylon Jennings - Goin Down Rockin: The Last Recordings
Gary Moore - Blues For Jimi: Live In London
Mumford & Sons - Babel
No Doubt - Push & Shove
R.E.M. - Document (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Lee Ritenour - Rhythm Sessions Ritchie Sambora - Aftermath Of The Lowdown
Alejandro Sanz - La Musica No Se Toca
Re-Machined: Deep Purple Tribute compilation

Week of September 15, 2012.... Recap

Flo Rida stays at #1 with "Whistle" on The ARC Weekly Top 40 as Taylor Swift goes Top 10 with her latest ex-boyfriend tribute. After 27 weeks of not making any downward moves, Ellie Goulding finally begins to move down the chart - but longevity continues to help Demi Lovato (26 weeks), Neon Trees (21 weeks), and Jason Mraz (22 weeks) continue to reach new peaks on the chart. New debuts by Austin Mahone, Trey Songz featuring T.I., OneRepublic, and after debuting last spring, dropping off for the summer, Kanye West featuring Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz jump back into the Top 40 with "Mercy."

New releases this week:

Kix Brooks - New To This Town
Avett Brothers - The Carpenter
David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant
Calexico - Algiers
Daddy Yankee - Prestige
DMX - Undisputed
Bob Dylan - Tempest
Hoobastank - Fight Or Flight
Little Big Town - Tornado
Kathy Mattea - Calling Me Home
Dave Matthews Band - Away From The World
Pet Shop Boys - Elysium
The XX - Coexist
ZZ Top - La Futura Fifty Shades Of Grey: The Classical Album compilation

Week of September 8, 2012.... Recap

Flo Rida gets hit 4th #1 hit on The ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Whistle." Maroon 5 and Justin Bieber featuring Big Sean go Top 10. New debuts by Enrique Iglesias featuring Sammy Adams, Hunter Hayes, and Ed Sheeran.

New Releases:

Animal Collective - Centipede Hz
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Rattle Them Bones
Melissa Etheridge - 4th Street Feeling
Ian Hunter - When I'm President
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions
Lecrae - Gravity
Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance - Special 30th Anniversary Edition (CD/DVD) Matchbox 20 - Silver Age
Bob Mould - Built To Last
Cat Power - Sun
Tarja Turunen - Act 1
Two Door Cinema Club - Beacon
cast recording - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Catch up with the winners and nominees of the MTV Video Music Awards

Week of September 1, 2012... Recap

Katy Perry rebounds back to #1 with "Wide Awake" on The ARC Weekly Top 40 giving her 4 weeks at the top with that hit an over-taking "Lights" by Ellie Goulding.Cher Lloyd also rebounds back into the Top 10. No debuts this week but strong moves upward by Train and Taylor Swift.
New Releases this week:

Animal Collective - Centipede Hz
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Rattle Them Bones
Melissa Etheridge - 4th Street Feeling
Ian Hunter - When I'm President
Imagine Dragons - Night Visions
Lecrae - Gravity
Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance - Special 30th Anniversary Edition (CD/DVD)
Matchbox 20 - Silver Age
Bob Mould - Built To Last
Cat Power - Sun
Tarja Turunen - Act 1
Two Door Cinema Club - Beacon
cast recording - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Week of August 25, 2012... Recap

Ellie Goulding spends a 2nd week at #1 on The ARC Weekly Top 40 with a strong move in the Top 10 by Demi Lovato in her 23rd week on the chart. Neon Trees jumps in to the Top 10 and new debuts by Ne-Yo, Big Time Rush, Conor Maynard, Train, and a big debut by Taylor Swift with "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together."

New releases this week:

Bloc Party - Four
Michael Burks - Show Of Strength
Ry Cooder - Election Special
The Darkness - Hot Cakes
JJ Doom - Key To The Kuffs
Kiss - Destroyer - Resurrected
Los Lobos - Kiko: 20th Anniversry Edition
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Last Of A Dyin' Breed
Owl City - The Midsummer Station
Trey Songz - Chapter V
Taj Mahal - Hidden Treasures Of Taj Mahal 1969-1973
Tenth Avenue North - The Struggle
Yeasayer - Fragrant World

Week of August 18, 2012... Recap

Taking your time pays off for Ellie Goulding who tops The ARC Weekly Top 40 in its 24th week on the chart and almost 18 months after the single was originally released. Other songs that continue to climb the chart after multiple weeks on the Top 40 include songs by Jason Mraz, Neon Trees, Demi Lovato, and David Guetta featuring Sia. Demi Lovato jumps back into the Top 10 along with Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen. New debuts by David Guetta featuring Chris Brown & Lil Wayne, Pitbull featuring Shakira, and Karmin.
New Releases this week include:

Bloc Party - Four
Michael Burks - Show Of Strength
Ry Cooder - Election Special
The Darkness - Hot Cakes
JJ Doom - Key To The Kuffs
Kiss - Destroyer - Resurrected
Los Lobos - Kiko: 20th Anniversry Edition
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Last Of A Dyin' Breed
Owl City - The Midsummer Station
Trey Songz - Chapter V
Taj Mahal - Hidden Treasures Of Taj Mahal 1969-1973
Tenth Avenue North - The Struggle
Yeasayer - Fragrant World

Week of August 11, 2012 Recap...

Katy Perry stays at #1 for a 3rd week on The ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Wide Awake." Flo Rida takes a big jump in the Top 10, and new debuts by the latest 'American Idol' Phillip Phillips (thanks to exposure of his song on the Olympics), country group Little Big Town, and rapper Cash Out.

New LPs out this week:

Blackberry Smoke - Whipporwill
Dead Can Dance - Anastasis
In This Moment - Blood
Loverboy - Rock N Roll Revival
Tamela Mann - Best Days
Mike Oldfield - Two Sides: The Very Best Of Mike Oldfield
Daniel Powter - Turn On The Lights
The Prog Collective - The Prog Collective
2 Chainz - Based On A T.R.U. Story
Steve Vai - Story Of Light
Yellowcard - Southern Air
Just Tell Me That You Want Me - Tribute To Fleetwood Mac compilation

Week of August 4, 2012 Recap...

Katy Perry stays at #1 on The ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Wide Awake" with Ellie Goulding moving up to #2 in its 22nd week on the countdown. Flo Rida and Pink are back in the Top 10 and one lonely debut by Jason Aldean.

New releases this week include:

Celtic Thunder - Voyage II
Gloriana - A Thousand Miles Left Behind
Jackyl - Best In Show
Joey + Rory - His & Hers
Phish - Phish: Chicago '94 (box set)
Elvis Presley - I Am An Elvis Fan
Joshua Radin - Underwater
Rick Ross - God Forgives I Don't
Joss Stone - The Soul Sessions, Vol. 2
Testament - Dark Roots Of Earth
Sparkle soundtrack

Week of July 28, 2012 Recap...

Katy Perry gets her 9th #1 song on The ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Wide Awake." Cher Lloyd gets her first Top 10 hit with Pink and Flo Rida moving closer to the Top 10. New debuts by Maroon 5, Olly Murs featuring Chiddy Bang, No Doubt, and Nicki Minaj.
New releases include:
Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
John Frusciante - Letur-Lefr: 2012 EP
Peter Green - Blues Don't Change
Jennifer Lopez - Dance Again: The Hits
Love & Theft - Love And Theft
Passion Pit - Gossamer
Purity Ring - Shrines
Rodriguez - Searching For Sugar Man
Slipknot - Antennas To Hell
Sugar - Copper Blue / Beaster

ARC Weekly Top 40.... July 21, 2012

Maroon 5 and Wiz Khalifa stay at #1 for a third week on The ARC Weekly Top 40 with Rihanna and Katy Perry hoping to take over the top spot soon. Calvin Harris featuring Ne-Yo go Top 10, Pink is moving up quickly with "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" and new debuts by Chris Brown and K'Naan.

And check out new LP releases this week:

Baroness - Yellow & Green
Jimmy Cliff - Rebirth
Citizen Cope - One Lovely Day
John Frusciante - Letur-Lefr: 2012 EP
Hellyeah - Band Of Brothers
Missy Higgins - The Ol' Razzle Dazzle
Susanna Hoffs - Someday
Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 22
Matisyahu - Spark Seeker
Nas - Life Is Good
Old Crow Medicine Show - Carry Me Back
Phillip Phillips - American Idol Season 11 Highlights
Soul Asylum - Delayed Reaction
The Dark Knight Rises soundtrack

ARC Weekly Top 40... July 14, 2012

Maroon 5 and Wiz Khalifa stay at #1 for a second week with Rihanna moving closer to the top of The ARC Weekly Top 40. Gym Class Heroes and Demi Lovato go Top 10 and new debuts by Justin Bieber featuring Big Sean and Pink.

We added another 300 songs to Top Pop Songs of All-Time to make the listing a solid 2000 !

ARC Weekly Top 40.... July 7, 2012

Maroon 5 get their 4th #1 song on The ARC Weekly Top 40 with help from Wiz Khalifa with "Payphone" ending the 3 weeks run at the top spot by Carly Rae Jepsen. Pitbull goes Top 10 and new debuts by Sean Kingston featuring T.I., Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen, and the return of Luke Bryan.

ARC Weekly Top 40.... June 30, 2012

Carly Rae Jepsen spends a third week at #1 on The ARC Weekly Top 40 followed by Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa and Gotye featuring Kimbra for another week with no change in the Top 3. David Guetta featuring Sia jump into the Top 10 and new debuts by Wiz Khalifa, Fun., and Matchbox 20.

ARC Weekly Top 40... June 23, 2012

Carly Rae Jepsen spends a second week at #1 on The ARC Weekly Top 40 with only Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa possibly being a contender for the top spot soon. Katy Perry gets her 11th Top 10 hit and Ellie Goulding gets her 1st Top 10 hit after 16 weeks on the chart (and after being released as a single over a year ago). New debuts by Linkin Park, Flo Rida, and Linkin Park.

ARC Weekly Top 40... June 16, 2012

Carly Rae Jepsen takes over the #1 spot on The ARC Weekly Top 40 ending the reign of Gotye. Justin Bieber rebounds into the Top 10 and new debuts by Sammy Adams, Kanye West featuring Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz, Alex Clare, and the return of Carrie Underwood.

ARC Weekly Top 40...

Gotye featuring Kimbra spend a 4th week at # 1 on The ARC Weekly Top 40 with Carly Rae Jepsen and One Direction moving closer to the top spot. Critic-panned Karmin make it into the Top 10 with "Broken Hearted" and new debuts by Cher Lloyd, Outasight, and Luke Bryan.

ARC Weekly Top 40....

Gotye featuring Kimbra takes over # 1 on The ARC Weekly Top 40 with Flo Rida featuring Sia moving closer to the top spot. Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa hit the Top 10. New debuts by Nelly Furtado, Gym Class Heroes, and Calvin Harris featuring Ne-Yo.

Donna Summer Died At Age 63

5 time Grammy winner, queen of disco, Donna Summer, passed away at the age of 63 on May 17th. The Boston-born singer has always been considered one of the biggest influences in the disco era of the late 70's and paved the way for the future dance-oriented female singers of later generations. Donna Summer embodied the label of 'diva' without presenting as one, and continued to record dance and R&B music for decades.

ARC Weekly Top 40...

Fun. featuring Janelle Monae stay at #1 on The ARC Weekly Top 40 for a 3rd week with The Wanted and Flo Rida featuring Sia keeping close to the top spot. Adele is back in the Top 10 and new debuts by Neon Trees, another hit by Rihanna, and a big debut by Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa.

ARC Weekly Top 40...

Fun. featuring Janelle Monae stay at #1 on The ARC Weekly Top 40 with The Wanted and Katy Perry keeping close to the top spot. Justin Bieber gets his 1st Top 10 hit (after 7 tries) - as does Gotye featuring Kimbra. New debuts by David Guetta featuring Sia and Eric Church.

Justin Bieber Slimed.... Toxic Ingestion

Justin Bieber was one of the several celebrities 'slimed' at the annual Kid's Choice Awards this past weekend. Traditionally, slime flows quite freely at the awards show, and celebrities that are receiving the green dumping are often in on the joke and prepared for it. But in this case, Bieber forgot the "must remember rule" of getting slimed - do not open your mouth when the slime pours. Unfortunately for Bieber, he forgot this rule and had his mouth opened when slimed. The result was the ingestion of the toxic slime that is known for impacting vocal chords and loss of hair, as well as a temporary reduction in height and personality. No word on whether or not the performer will file a lawsuit against the person in charge of dumping the slime (identified as a disgruntled Nickelodeon worker who was recently demoted from usher to slime dumper).

April Fools !

ARC Weekly Top 40... March 10, 2012

Adele spends a 5th week at #1 with "Set Fire To The Rain" on The ARC Weekly Top 40. Katy Perry is back in the Top 10, big moves by Fun. featuring Janelle Monae, Karmin, and Drake featuring Lil Wayne, and new debuts by B.o.B, One Direction, Ellie Goulding, Rihanna featuring Jay-Z, Havana Brown featuring Pitbull, and the return of Gotye featuring Kimbra.

ARC Weekly Top 40... March 3, 2012

Adele spends a 4th week at #1 with "Set Fire To The Rain" on The ARC Weekly Top 40. The Wanted get their first Top 10 hit, big moves by Katy Perry, Chris Brown, Nicki Minaj, and Calvin Harris, and new debuts by Karmin and Drake featuring Lil Wayne.

Whitney Houston Died At 48

Whitney Houston died at the age of 48. Early reports state that Whitney was found unresponsive in the bath tub of her Beverly Hilton hotel room. Her death occured on the eve of the Grammy Awards and Whitney had been scheduled to make an appearance at Clive Davis' annual pre-Grammy concert that night. Whitney had last appeared on stage 2 days earlier joining Kelly Price at a pre-Grammy party. Whitney had also finished up a part in the up-coming film Sparkle, which she co-produced. Over the years, Whitney topped the ARC Weekly Top 40 14 times amassing 31 weeks at #1. The 6 time Grammy winner has hit the Top 40 thirty four times in addition to a film career. We invite you to learn more about Whitney's career on our Whitney Houston Info Page.

ARC Weekly Top 40...

Adele makes it 3 for 3 #1 songs from her monster LP 21 as "Set Fire To The Rain" knocks Flo Rida out of the top spot on The ARC Weekly Top 40. Gym Class Heroes featuring Neon Hitch and Kelly Clarkson jump into the Top 10 and although there is only 1 debut song this week, it comes in high on the chart by Madonna featuring Nicki Minaj & M.I.A.

Top Pop Songs of All-Time

We have added 1955 to The Top Pop Songs of All-Time - the year that many believe started the era of rock and pop music. This will be the earliest year our cumulative chart will include - and our goal now is to continue to expand the chart beyond # 500.
With the addition of 1955 we see that Perez Prado claims the # 2 spot with "Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White" and the song that many believe symbolizes the beginning of the rock era, Bill Haley's "(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock" comes in at # 12. Additional artists with hits from 1955 making the rankings include Roger Williams, Four Lads, Tennesee Ernie Ford, Mitch Miller, Bill Hayes, Four Aces, McGuire Sisters, Pat Boone, Nat King Cole, and Frank Sinatra.
Also, songs from 2011 finishing their chart run have been ranked and include "Moves Like Jagger" by Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera coming in at # 93 and "Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster The People at # 477.

2011: Top Song and Top Pop Artist

The year-end tabulations of songs that have peaked on The ARC Weekly Top 40 in 2011 have resulted in the Top Pop Songs of 2011. Adele leads the list with "Rolling In The Deep" commanding the top spot. Several songs are still charting, and final rankings are determined when a chart run has ended. Currently the # 2 ("Moves Like Jagger"), #3 ("We Found Love"), and #4 ("Someone Like You") songs are still charting but likely to remain in the year-end Top 5, but not take over the top spot.

The rankings for the Top 100 Pop Artists of 2011 are final (because the rankings only include chart appearances from January 1 to December 31st) - and Rihanna has garnished enough points during the year to not only rank her the #1 Female Artist of the Year, but the Top Pop Artist of the Year. Bruno Mars came in at #2, but is the #1 Male Artist of the Year. LMFAO comes in as the #1 Group/Duo of the Year.