Ke$ha - Week of January 5, 2013

I haven’t been looking forward to this since I first heard the opening of the countdown this past weekend, in which Spyder Harrison forwent the part in which he lists all the songs we’re saying good-bye to this week.  No songs leavin’ the countdown this week.

The Countdown: 

1. Ke$ha - Die Young (#2) [First Week at #1]

2. Maroon 5 - Daylight (#17)

3. Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble (#6)

4. fun. - Some Nights (#1)

5. Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child (#14)

6. Lumineers - Ho Hey (#7)

7. Bruno Mars - Locked Out of Heaven (#8)

8. Imagine Dragons - It's Time (#5)

9. Pitbull - Don't Stop The Party (#12)

10. The Script Ft. will.i.am - Hall of Fame (#19)

11. Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (#10)

12. Maroon 5 - One More Night (#3)

13. Rihanna - Diamonds (#16)

14. Carly Rae Jepsen - This Kiss (#9)

15. JTX - Seven Day Weekend (#11)

16. Bridgit Mendler - Ready or Not (#13)

17. OneRepublic - Feel Again (#21)

18. Flo Rida - I Cry (#4)

19. Pink - Try (#15)

20. Sam and the Womp - Bom Bom (#18)

21. Kelly Clarkson - Catch My Breath (#24)

22. Josh Baze - She's Gold (#22)

23. Rolling Stones - Doom and Gloom (#23)

24. One Direction - Little Things (#26)

25. will.i.am Ft Britney Spears - Scream and Shout (#31)

26. Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks (#25)

27. Olly Murs - Troublemaker (#20)

28. Phil Phillips - Home (#29)

29. Enrique Iglesias Ft. Sammy Adams - Finally Found You (#38)

30. Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa- Payphone (#32)

31. Cher Lloyd Ft. Becky G - Oath (#39)

32. Ellie Goulding - Anything Could Happen (#40)

33. Carly Rae Jepsen- Call Me Maybe (#43)

34. fun. feat. Janelle Monáe- We Are Young (#35)

35. Karmin- Brokenhearted (#28)

36. Alex Clare - Too Close (#33)

37. Pink - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (#34)

38. Rudimental Ft. John Newman - Feel the Love (#45)

39. Ed Sheeran - The A Team (#42)

40. One Direction - Live While We're Young (#36)

41. Emeli Sande - Next to Me (#37)

42. Nicki Minaj - Va Va Voom (#41)

43. Adele - Skyfall (#44)

44. Owl City Ft. Carly Rae Jepsen - Good Time (#30)

45. Neon Trees- Everybody Talks (#27)

Biggest DDDDDDRRRRRROOOOPPPP!!!!!....of the week: Neon Trees – Everybody Talks (-18)

Biggest Jump of the week: Maroon 5 – Daylight (+15)

It’s unfortunate, but this is the second straight week that I’ve got no new music to talk about.

Gigablurbs

- This is a true shock that there’s no new songs on the countdown because of how stale some of the Hit-Bound crop is.  I didn’t even hear any changes to the Hit-Bound lineup this past weekend.  I’ll be predicting this basically until it happens, but expect heavy turnover this upcoming weekend.  I wouldn’t be shocked if at least 7 songs get DTHNOBbed, though admittedly that’s north of expectations.  Hits-1 has been steadily increasing spins of various Hit-Bound songs over the past couple of weeks, and I’d be stunned if we didn’t see at least 4 new ones join the countdown ranks.

- Although there’s no in/out movement, at least something interesting happened this week in that Maroon 5 – Daylight jumped up to #2 and we have a new #1 in Ke$ha – Die Young.  Can’t say I’m particularly displeased with either of those developments, but I’d sleep easier if Taylor Swift – I Knew You Were Trouble wasn’t lurking immediately behind.

- Under no circumstance should Neon Trees – Everybody Talks have had the ability to fall 18 spots on the countdown at this point and live to tell the tale.

- Speaking of that jump by Daylight….guess what that meant for Maroon 5 – One More Night!??!!??!?!  That’s right!  Per the countdown’s silly unwritten rule against having songs by the same artist close to one another, One More Night got the boot from the Top 10.

- Also unexpected was that my Top 2 Editor’s Picks from the past couple weeks jumped into the Top 10, including the very unexpected entry of Swedish House Mafia – Don’t You Worry Child into the Top 5.  Thanks for voting, everyone (I know you guys did that for me, right?), and don’t stop now!

- The Top 10 is currently a strange blend of songs that I like very much and 3 songs I greatly dislike (try to guess which are which!?!??!!).

Editor’s Picks – Top 5 Songs

1) Kelly Clarkson – Catch My Breath

2) The Script Ft. will.i.am – Hall of Fame

3) Swedish House Mafia – Don’t You Worry Child

4) Of Monsters and Men – Little Talks

5) Maroon 5 - Daylight