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Billboard Hot 100 Singles – Week of Mar.24, 2012

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1. fun. f/ Janelle Monae “We Are Young”
2. Kelly Clarkson, “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
3. Adele, “Set Fire To The Rain”
4. The Wanter, “Glad You Came”
5. Gotye f/ Kimbra, “Somebody That I Used To Know”
6. David Guetta f/ Nicki Minaj, “Turn Me On”
7. Drake f/ Rihanna “Take Care”
8. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa f/ Bruno Mars, “Young, Wild & Free”
9. Nicki Minaj, “Starships”
10.Katy Perry, “Part Of Me”

Fun.’s ‘We Are Young’ Remains Atop Revised Hot 100
by Gary Trust, N.Y.  |   March 14, 2012 1:00 EDT

As previously announced, the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart undergoes a major renovation this week with the addition of a host of streaming services to its formula, including those that contribute to the newly-launched On-Demand Songs chart.

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Billboard Hot 100 Singles – Week of Mar.17, 2012

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1. fun. f/ Janelle Monae “We Are Young”
2. Kelly Clarkson, “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
3. Adele, “Set Fire To The Rain”
4. The Wanter, “Glad You Came”
5. Katy Perry, “Part Of Me”
6. Nicki Minaj, “Starships”
7. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa f/ Bruno Mars, “Young, Wild & Free”
8. David Guetta f/ Nicki Minaj, “Turn Me On”
9. Gotye f/ Kimbra, “Somebody That I Used To Know”
10. Rihanna f/ Calvin Harris, “We Found Love”

Fun.-tastic! ‘We Are Young’ Tops Hot 100

Fun. becomes the first rock band in more than a decade to send a debut Billboard Hot 100 hit to No. 1, as “We Are Young,” featuring Janelle Monae, ascends 3-1.

The song spends a third week atop the Digital Songs chart with 302,000 downloads sold (up 19%), according to Nielsen SoundScan. The track claims the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award, as it bounds 61-41 in its second week on Radio Songs (30 million, up 60%, according to Nielsen BDS). “Young” rises 3-2 on the Alternative Songs radio airplay chart and roars in as the top debut on Pop Songs (No. 24) and Adult Pop Songs (No. 33).
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Billboard Hot 100 Singles – Week of Mar.10, 2012

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1. Kelly Clarkson, “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
2. Adele, “Set Fire To The Rain”
3. fun. f/ Janelle Monae “We Are Young”
4. Katy Perry, “Part Of Me”
5. The Wanter, “Glad You Came”
6. Rihanna f/ Calvin Harris, “We Found Love”
7. Flo Rida, “Good Feeling”
8. David Guetta f/ Nicki Minaj, “Turn Me On”
9. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa f/ Bruno Mars, “Young, Wild & Free”
10. Nicki Minaj, “Starships”

Kelly Clarkson Returns to Hot 100 Peak
The Wanted’s “Glad You Came” blasts into the Billboard Hot 100’s top 10, vaulting 23-5 with top Digital Gainer honors after the “Glee” cast covered the song on last week’s (Feb. 21) episode of the Fox series.

Kelly Clarkson’s “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You),” meanwhile, returns to the chart’s top spot after a one-week dip to No. 4.
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Billboard Hot 100 Singles – Week of Mar.03, 2012

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1. Katy Perry, “Part Of Me”
2. Adele, “Set Fire To The Rain”
3. Whitney Houston, “I Will Always Love You”
4. Kelly Clarkson, “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
5. Adele, “Rolling In The Deep”
6. fun. f/ Janelle Monae “We Are Young”
7. Adele, “Someone Like You”
8. Rihanna f/ Calvin Harris, “We Found Love”
9. Nicki Minaj, “Starships”
10.Chris Brown, “Turn Up The Music”

Katy Perry’s ‘Part of Me’ Debuts Atop Hot 100
Adele, Whitney Houston, Nicki Minaj & Chris Brown Add to Top 10

Katy Perry’s “Part of Me” rockets in at the Billboard Hot 100 summit, while Adele, the late Whitney Houston, Nicki Minaj and Chris Brown all make notable news in the chart’s top 10.

Following her appearance at the 54th Grammy Awards on Feb. 12, Perry, who performed “Part” in a medley with her former No. 1 “E.T.,” engineers just the 20th No. 1 entrance in the Hot 100’s 53-year history. Lady Gaga had last stormed in at the chart’s top spot almost a year ago (Feb. 26, 2011) with “Born This Way,” which also benefitted from Grammys exposure last year; “Born” reached retail and radio the Friday before last year’s event, at which Gaga sang it.

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Billboard Hot 100 Singles – Week of Feb.25, 2012

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1. Kelly Clarkson, “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
2. Adele, “Set Fire To The Rain”
3. fun. f/ Janelle Monae “We Are You”
4. LMFAO, “Sexy And I Know It”
5. Flo Rida, “Good Feeling”
6. Rihanna f/ Calvin Harris, “We Found Love”
7. Whitney Houston, “I Will Always Love You”
8. David Guetta f/ Nicki Minaj, “Turn Me On”
9. Tyga, “Rack City”
10.Madonna, “Give Me All your Lovin'”

MUCH ‘LOVE’ (AND ‘LUV’): Just as they did during the ’80s and ’90s, Whitney Houston and Madonna again share space in the Billboard Hot 100’s top 10.

With late legend Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” returning to the tally at No. 7 and Madonna’s “Give Me All Your Luvin’,” featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A., rising 13-10, Houston and Madonna concurrently rank in the top 10 for the first time in more than 16 years.

The pair last charted in the top tier together the week of Jan. 27, 1996, when Houston’s former No. 1 “Exhale (Shoop, Shoop)” held at No. 2 (for the ninth of its 11 frames at the runner-up spot after its lone week at the summit) and Madonna’s “You’ll See” rebounded 10-8 after peaking at No. 6.

Over their iconic careers, the twosome held court in the top 10 together with multiple sets of prior hits.

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Grammy Winners 2012

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Adele swept the major Grammy Awards on Sunday, winning all six categories she was nominated in, including song and record of the year for Rolling In the Deep which she performed to a standing ovation. Another big winner of the night was Foo Fighters who walked away with five awards.

Record of the Year: “Rolling in the Deep,” Adele
Song of the Year: “Rolling in the Deep,” Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth
New Artist: Bon Iver
Pop Solo Performance: “Someone Like You,” Adele
Pop Performance by a Duo or Group: “Body and Soul,” Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse
Pop Vocal Album: “21,” Adele

Alternative Album: “Bon Iver,” Bon Iver
Rock Song: “Walk,” Foo Fighters
Rock Album: “Wasting Light,” Foo Fighters
Rock Performance: “Walk,” Foo Fighters
Hard Rock/Metal Performance: “White Limo,” Foo Fighters

R&B Album: “F.A.M.E.,” Chris Brown
R&B Song: “Fool For You,” Cee Lo Green, Melanie Hallim & Jack Splash
R&B Performance: “Is This Love,” Corrine Bailey Rae
Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: “Fool For You,” Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona

Rap Album: “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” Kanye West
Rap Performance: “Otis,” Jay-Z and Kanye West
Rap Song: “All of the Lights,” Jeff Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West
Rap/Sung Collaboration: “All of the Lights,” Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie

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Whitney Houston Dead at 48

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Whitney Houston has died, her rep confirms to The Hollywood Reporter.

At a news conference, police officials said they received a call at 3:23 p.m. Saturday saying that someone was unconscious at the Beverly Hilton. Emergency crews summoned to the scene tried to resuscitate the singer in her room on the fourth floor. Houston was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. She was 48.

Beverly Hills Police Lt. Mark Rosen said that there were “no obvious signs of criminal intent” and that the cause of death was being investigated.

The R&B singer and six-time Grammy winner was due to make an appearance at Clive Davis’s Grammy eve gala on Saturday night at the Hilton. She was spotted in the hotel on Thursday morning, when she was overheard chastising an assistant.

Later that night, Houston got into an altercation with The X Factor finalist Stacy Francis at an R&B appreciation event, where she was said to be acting “belligerent.” On Friday night, as THR broke news that Houston had been approached for a seat on the judges’ panel on The X Factor, her publicist said the singer was at a spa.

Says a source close to Davis, “This is a sad day, and it will be a sad Grammys weekend.”

“Whitney Houston was one of the world’s greatest pop singers of all time, who leaves behind a robust musical soundtrack spanning the past three decades,” Recording Academy president Neil Portnow said Saturday. ”A light has been dimmed in our music community today.”

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Billboard Hot 100 Singles – Week of Feb.18, 2012

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In what an RCA Records representative terms a “perfect storm” of radio airplay, digital sales and pop culture prominence, Kelly Clarkson’s “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” rises from No. 2 to No. 1 on this week’s Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. The uptempo pop anthem becomes the original “American Idol” champion’s third leader on the list. 
  
Clarkson first reigned with her “Idol” coronation song “A Moment Like This” for two weeks in 2002. She returned to the summit with “My Life Would Suck Without You” for two weeks beginning this week in 2009.

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Billboard Hot 100 Singles – Week of Feb.18, 2012

1. Kelly Clarkson, “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
2. Adele, “Set Fire To The Rain”
3. Flo Rida, “Good Feeling”
4. Rihanna f/ Calvin Harris, “We Found Love”
5. David Guetta f/ Nicki Minaj, “Turn Me On”
6. Jessie J, “Domino”
7. Tyga, “Rack City”
8. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa f/ Bruno Mars, “Young, Wild & Free”
9. LMFAO, “Sexy And I Know It”
10.Bruno Mars, “It Will Rain”

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Billboard Hot 100 Singles – Week of Feb.11, 2012

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Adele’s “Set Fire to the Rain” spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, just holding off a furious push from Kelly Clarkson’s “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You),” which bounds from No. 8 to No. 2.

As Adele’s set 21 leads the Billboard 200 album chart for an 18th week, “Fire” tallies a second frame atop the Hot 100, fueled largely by its 5-4 advance on the Hot 100 Airplay chart (118 million audience impressions, up 12%, according to Nielsen BDS).

On the Hot Digital Songs survey, “Fire” remains at No. 2 after topping the chart two weeks ago. The song sold 167,000 downloads (down 10%) in the list’s tracking week, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
 
As announced yesterday, Adele will perform at the 54th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles Feb. 12, marking her first live performance since undergoing vocal surgery late last year.
 
Clarkson’s “Stronger” is aptly titled, as the second single from her album Stronger vaults 8-2 with Greatest Gainer/Digital honors. The song surges by 29% to 225,000 downloads sold andascends 3-1 on Hot Digital Songs, marking Clarkson’s second leader on the sales ranking. Her “My Life Would Suck Without You” spent two weeks at No. 1 on Hot Digital Songs three years ago this month.

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Billboard Hot 100 Singles – Week of Feb.11, 2012

1. Adele, “Set Fire To The Rain”
2. Kelly Clarkson, “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
3. Rihanna f/ Calvin Harris, “We Found Love”
4. Flo Rida, “Good Feeling”
5. David Guetta f/ Nicki Minaj, “Turn Me On”
6. Bruno Mars, “It Will Rain”
7. LMFAO, “Sexy And I Know It”
8. Jessie J, “Domino”
9. Katy Perry, “The One That Got Away”
10.Tyga, “Rack City”

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