WEEK 3

 

Position (Last Week) - Artist - Song - Points - Chart Run - Points to Date (Certification)

 

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#1 (1) - Lady GaGa - Born This Way - 387pts - [1-1-1-] - 1121pts (2xPlatinum)

 

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#2 (7) - Lady GaGa - Bad Romance - 75pts - [5-7-2-] - 174pts (Silver)

#3 (-) - Britney Spears - Stronger - 69pts - [3-] - 69pts (-)

#4 (11) - Cheryl Cole - Promise This - 66pts - [x-11-4-] - 117pts (-)

#5 (3) - Ellie Goulding - Your Song - 65pts - [3-3-5-] - 212pts (Silver)

 

#6 (2) - Britney Spears - Born to Make You Happy - 60pts - [2-6-] - 167pts (Silver)

#7 (6) - Rihanna - S&M - 59pts - [6-6-7-] - 156pts (Silver)

#8 (5) - Ke$ha - We R Who We R - 49pts - [2-5-8-] - 196pts (Silver)

#9 (4) - Britney Spears - Everytime - 48pts - [4-9-] - 120pts (-)

#10 (-) - Lady GaGa - Telephone (feat. Beyoncé) - 44pts - [10-] - 44pts (-)

 

#11 (9) - Lady GaGa - Paparazzi - 33pts - [x-9-11-] - 95pts (-)

#12 (17) - Norah Jones - Seven Years - 31pts - [x-17-12-] - 74pts (-)

#13 (15) - Lady GaGa - Alejandro - 29pts - [x-15-13-] - 74pts (-)

#13 (17) - Norah Jones - Don't Know Why - 29pts - [19-17-13-] - 74pts (-)

#15 (8) - Marina and the Diamonds - I Am Not a Robot - 28pts - [14-8-15-] - 95pts (-)

 

#16 (16) - Diddy - Dirty Money - Coming Home (feat. Skylar Grey) - 27pts - [4-16-16-] - 116pts (-)

#17 (13) - Bruno Mars - Grenade - 24pts - [8-13-17-] - 86pts (-)

#18 (x) - Lady GaGa - Just Dance - 21pts - [x-x-18-] - 59pts (-)

#19 (12) - Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time - 20pts - [12-19-] - 53pts (-)

#20 (19) - Marina and the Diamonds - Mowgli's Road - 19pts - [17-19-20-] - 61pts (-)

 

WEEK 3 CHART ANALYSIS

 

As predicted, the release of the 'Born This Way' video has helped the song maintain the #1 position with a 49% points increase, giving a tally of 387pts for this week. With 'Bad Romance' at #2, Lady GaGa becomes the first artist to hold the top two positions simultaneously. Britney Spears' 'Stronger' is the highest debut of the week at #3 with 69pts. Cheryl Cole's becomes the biggest climber within the Top 20, moving from #11 to #4 with 'Promise This'. Ellie Goulding manages to remain in the Top 5 this week by a margin of 5pts.

 

Last week's #2, 'Born to Make You Happy' suffers a 44% drop in points to chart at #6. Rihanna's 'S&M', Ke$ha's 'We R Who We R' and Britney's 'Everytime' all fall within the Top 10. Thanks to video watches, Lady GaGa's 'Telephone (feat. Beyoncé)' debuts in the Top 10 at #10.

 

Norah Jones' 'Seven Years' and 'Don't Know Why' and Lady GaGa's 'Alejandro' all move up within the #11-#20 positions. Marina and the Diamonds' 'I Am Not a Robot' falls 7 places from #8 to #15 and Britney Spears' '...Baby One More Time' falls 7 places from #12 to #19, sharing the title of biggest fall within the Top 20 this week. With 'Just Dance' moving from the lower regions of the chart to #18, Lady GaGa breaks the record of having the most tracks chart within the Top 20, with 6.

 

This week, 'Born This Way' goes 2xPlatinum with a cumulative points total of 1121. 'Bad Romance', 'Your Song', 'Born to Make You Happy', 'S&M' and 'We R Who We R' all manage to break the 150pts mark this week, so all 5 tracks go Silver.

 

Week-on-week, the total number of points in the Top 20 increases from 1085 to 1183 (up 8%), the highest points total so far.

 

#1 SINGLES

 

18.2.2011 Lady GaGa - Born This Way - 475pts (i)

25.2.2011 Lady GaGa - Born This Way - 259pts (ii)

4.3.2011 Lady GaGa - Born This Way - 387pts (iii)

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#5 (3) - Ellie Goulding - Your Song - 65pts - [3-3-5-] - 212pts (Silver)

#7 (6) - Rihanna - S&M - 59pts - [6-6-7-] - 156pts (Silver)

#13 (17) - Norah Jones - Don't Know Why - 29pts - [19-17-13-] - 74pts (-)

#15 (8) - Marina and the Diamonds - I Am Not a Robot - 28pts - [14-8-15-] - 95pts (-)

#16 (16) - Diddy - Dirty Money - Coming Home (feat. Skylar Grey) - 27pts - [4-16-16-] - 116pts (-)

#17 (13) - Bruno Mars - Grenade - 24pts - [8-13-17-] - 86pts (-)

#20 (19) - Marina and the Diamonds - Mowgli's Road - 19pts - [17-19-20-] - 61pts (-)