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Dec 28 11 1:21 PM

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LMFAO will be #1 this week due to their huge increase in digital sales. "The One That Got Away" should move up to 3.

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On the Digital Songs chart, LMFAO profits from Christmas day purchases (likely on newly-acquired electronic devices) as "Sexy and I Know It" retains the No. 1 slot, but with a massive sales gain. The song sold 395,000 last week -- up a whopping 159%. This is the biggest sales week for any song since Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" shifted 509,000 in its second week at No. 1 on the chart dated March 5.

Katy Perry's "The One That Got Away" vaults 6-2 with 297,000 (up 157%) thanks in part to the release of a new remix featuring B.o.B. The latter mix accounted for 76,000 of the overall 297,000 sold.

Rihanna's "We Found Love" (featuring Calvin Harris) slips 2-3 (276,000; up 86%), Bruno Mars' "It Will Rain" holds at No. 4 (266,000; up 112%) and Jay-Z and Kanye West's "Ni**as In Paris" is also stationary at No. 5 (227,000; up 93%).

Flo Rida's "Good Feeling" drops 3-6 (219,000; up 74%), Adele's "Set Fire to the Rain" is steady at No. 7 (217,000; up 118%) and LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" returns to the top 10, climbing 13-8 (214,000; up 170%). The latter's rise is again chalked up to Christmas day purchases of the year's biggest hits. Other likely beneficiaries of the holiday: Nicki Minaj's "Super Bass" (35-29; 106,000 - up 167%), Lil Wayne's "How to Love" (75-33; 83,000 - up 324%) and Jason Aldean's "Dirt Road Anthem" (49-42; 67,000 - up 146%).

Rounding out the top 10 on the Digital Songs chart is Big Sean's "Dance (A$$)" featuring Nicki Minaj (8-9 with 200,000; up 126%) and Adele's "Someone Like You" (9-10 with 183,000; up 109%).

The highest debut on the Digital Songs tally this week is Taylor Swift's "Safe & Sound" (featuring the Civil Wars), which enters at No. 19 with 136,000. The song was released digitally on Dec. 23 -- meaning that it starts on the list with only two days of sales. Expect the track to make a big jump on next week's list after a full week's sales are registered.

Digital track sales this past week totaled 38.25 million downloads, up 70% compared to last week (22.48 million) and down 13% stacked next to the comparable week of 2010 (43.96 million). Year to date track sales are at 1.22 billion, up 8% compared to the same total at this point last year (1.13 billion).
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Week Ending Dec. 25, 2011. Albums: A Very Jeezy Christmas
By Paul Grein | Chart Watch

Michael Buble and Adele continue to dominate The Billboard 200, which is about as surprising as the mall being jammed the day after Christmas. But some of you will be surprised to see Young Jeezy debuting at #3 with TM:103 Hustlerz Ambition, ranking ahead of such household names as Justin Bieber and Lady Antebellum. You really shouldn't be. This is Jeezy's fourth consecutive album to debut in the top three, a streak that began in 2005.

This is the second time that Jeezy has released an album right before Christmas. His sophomore album The Inspiration debuted at #1 in the week ending Dec. 17, 2006. You know that line in "Theme From New York, New York," "If I can make it there/I'll make it anywhere"? If an artist can break through with an album right before the holidays, when the chart is studded with superstars, they've really got a following.

The "TM" in Jeezy's album title stands for "Thug Motivation." His 2005 breakthrough album was titled Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101.

For all his success, some of you probably know Jeezy best as the featured artist on Usher's 2008 chart-topper "Love In This Club."

Weird Item of the Week: Young Jeezy has had more top 10 albums than any other act that has the descriptor "Young" as part of its name. He surpasses Young Buck and Yung Joc, each of whom had two top 10 albums. (I'm not counting Neil Young, who has had eight top 10 albums as a solo artist.) By the way, Jeezy isn't all that young. He's 34.

Michael Buble's Christmas this week becomes only the third holiday album to top The Billboard 200 for five or more weeks. It follows Bing Crosby's Merry Christmas, which logged 39 weeks on top from 1945 into 1957, and Josh Groban's Noel, which had five weeks on top in 2007.

Buble's album sold 467,000 copies this week. This is the third week in a row that the album has topped 400K. It's the first album to top 400K in weekly sales three times since Susan Boyle's 2009 smash I Dreamed A Dream, which hit that mark five times. It's the first Christmas album to top 400K in weekly sales three times since Groban's Noel, which also hit that mark five times.

Buble's album has sold 2,431,000 copies in just nine weeks. That's more than his two previous studio albums (both of which are Grammy-winning chart-toppers) have sold in their entire runs. Call Me Irresponsible has sold 2,312,000 copies since 2007. Crazy Love has sold 2,151,000 copies since 2009. Christmas is Buble's fifth consecutive studio album to top the 2 million mark in sales. His first two studio releases were Michael Buble (which has sold 2,607,000) and It's Time (3,614,000).

Buble's album also holds at #1 in the U.K. for the third week. It's the first album by a male artist to log three or more weeks on top in both the U.S. and the U.K. since Eminem's Recovery last year. That album was #1 in both countries for seven weeks.

Buble's album sold 59K digital copies this week, which puts it at #1 on Top Digital Albums for the third time. The album has sold 345K digital copies, which is more than any of Buble's previous albums. His previous best-seller was Crazy Love, which has sold 265K digital copies.

Adele's 21 sold 399,000 copies this past week, which is its biggest weekly total to date. The album sold 352K copies in its first week in February. This brings its total for the year-to-date to 5,679,000. 21 has sold more copies in a calendar year than any album since Usher's Confessions in 2004. (That blockbuster sold 7,979,000 copies that year.) 21 has sold more than twice as many copies as the #2 album for the year-to-date, Buble's Christmas. This will be only the second time in the Nielsen SoundScan era (which dates to 1991) that the #1 year's album has sold more than twice as many copies as the year's #2 album. In 2004, Confessions sold more than twice as many copies as the year's #2 album, Norah Jones' Feels Like Home (3,843,000).

Adele's Live At The Royal Albert Hall sold 146,000 copies this week, which is its biggest tally to date. The DVD has sold 421K copies in its first four weeks. (That's the biggest total in a calendar year since a pair of Michael Jackson videos topped 400K in 2009. Number Ones sold 558K copies that year. Live In Bucharest sold 437K.

LMFAO's "Sexy And I Know It" sold 395K copies this week, which is the heftiest total by any song since Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" sold 509K copies in the week ending Feb. 20. Will this be enough to finally dislodge "We Found Love" by Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris from the top spot on the Hot 100? Check back later today when we post Chart Watch: Songs.

Here's the low-down on this week's top 10 albums.

1. Michael Buble, Christmas, 467,000. The album holds at #1 for the fifth week. This is its ninth week in the top 10. It's #2 for the year-to-date.

2. Adele, 21, 399,000. The former #1 album holds at #2 for the second week. This is its 44th week in the top 10. It's #1 for the year-to-date. Four songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Set Fire To The Rain," which holds at #7.

3. Young Jeezy, TM:103 Hustlerz Ambition, 233,000. This new entry is Young Jeezy's fourth top five album. "I Do" (featuring Jay-Z and Andre 3000) enters Hot Digital Songs at #77.

4. Justin Bieber, Under The Mistletoe, 225,000. The former #1 album dips from #3 to #4. This is its eighth week in the top 10. It's #7 for the year-to-date. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Mistletoe," which holds at #16.

5. Drake, Take Care, 131,000. The former #1 album rebounds from #7 to #5 in its sixth week. It has been in the top 10 the entire time. It's #9 for the year-to-date. Five songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Headlines," which jumps from #24 to #17.

6. Lady Antebellum, Own The Night, 110,000. The former #1 album dips from #5 to #6 its 15th week. This is its 10th week in the top 10. It's #1 on Top Country Albums for the sixth week. It's #10 for the year-to-date. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "Just A Kiss" holds at #46. "We Owned The Night" drops from #68 to #80.

7. Rihanna, Talk That Talk, 99,000. The album rebounds from #14 to #7 in its fifth week. This is its third week in the top 10. It's #52 for the year-to-date.

8. Nickelback, Here And Now, 99,000. The album drops from #6 to #8 in its fifth week. It has been in the top 10 the entire time. It's #39 for the year-to-date. "When We Stand Together" drops from #50 to #66 on Hot Digital Songs.

9. The Black Keys' El Camino, 92,000. The album drops from #4 to #9 in its third week. It has been in the top 10 the entire time. It's #65 for the year-to-date. "Lonely Boy" drops from #73 to #142 on Hot Digital Songs.

10. Various Artists, Now 40, 88,000. The album rebounds from #11 to #10 in its seventh week. This is its fourth week in the top 10. The album is #45 for the year-to-date.

Three albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Andrea Bocelli's Concerto: Live In Central Park drops from #8 to #13, Scotty McCreery's Clear As Day drops from #9 to #11 and Amy Winehouse's Lioness: Hidden Treasures drops from #10 to #15.

Adele's 2008 album 19 jumps from #22 to #17. The album is #1 on Top Catalog Albums for the 28th week. This ties Michael Jackson's Number Ones for the most weeks at #1 on the catalog chart by an album released since Jan. 1, 2000. 19 has sold 821,000 copies so far this year, which puts it at #19 for the year-to-date. Adele and Justin Bieber are the only artists with two albums in the top 20 for the year-to-date.

Common's The Dreamer, The Believer debuts at #18. This is Common's fifth top 20 album, following Like Water For Chocolate (#16 in 2000), Be (#2 in 2005), Finding Forever (#1 in 2007) and Universal Mind Control (#12 in 2008).

Glee: The Music: The Christmas Album: Volume 2 drops from #13 to #27 in its sixth week. It's #1 on Top Soundtracks for the fourth week. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1 drops from #34 to #42 in its seventh week. It's the highest-ranking soundtrack to a theatrically-released movie for the seventh week.

Beyonce's 4 rebounds from #64 to #33 in its 26th week. The album sold 46K copies this week, which pushes it over the 1 million mark. It's the 11th album to reach that level so far this year. It's the best-selling (non-rap) R&B album for the year-to-date.

Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol was #1 at the box-office over the weekend. The soundtracks to the first two Mission: Impossible movies made the top 20. Lalo Schifrin's soundtrack to the TV show on which the movies are based reached #47 in April 1968.

To My Readers: We still have one week to go in the 2011 tracking year. The week ending Jan. 1, 2012 counts as a 2011 week because six of those seven days fall in 2011. One week from today, I'll update the year-to-date blogs for albums and songs that we posted in mid-December, so they reflect the official year-end results. I'll also do the regular weekly blogs for that week. Happy new year, everybody.

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Week Ending Dec. 25, 2011. Albums: A Very Jeezy Christmas
By Paul Grein | Chart Watch

Michael Buble and Adele continue to dominate The Billboard 200, which is about as surprising as the mall being jammed the day after Christmas. But some of you will be surprised to see Young Jeezy debuting at #3 with TM:103 Hustlerz Ambition, ranking ahead of such household names as Justin Bieber and Lady Antebellum. You really shouldn't be. This is Jeezy's fourth consecutive album to debut in the top three, a streak that began in 2005.

This is the second time that Jeezy has released an album right before Christmas. His sophomore album The Inspiration debuted at #1 in the week ending Dec. 17, 2006. You know that line in "Theme From New York, New York," "If I can make it there/I'll make it anywhere"? If an artist can break through with an album right before the holidays, when the chart is studded with superstars, they've really got a following.

The "TM" in Jeezy's album title stands for "Thug Motivation." His 2005 breakthrough album was titled Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101.

For all his success, some of you probably know Jeezy best as the featured artist on Usher's 2008 chart-topper "Love In This Club."

Weird Item of the Week: Young Jeezy has had more top 10 albums than any other act that has the descriptor "Young" as part of its name. He surpasses Young Buck and Yung Joc, each of whom had two top 10 albums. (I'm not counting Neil Young, who has had eight top 10 albums as a solo artist.) By the way, Jeezy isn't all that young. He's 34.

Michael Buble's Christmas this week becomes only the third holiday album to top The Billboard 200 for five or more weeks. It follows Bing Crosby's Merry Christmas, which logged 39 weeks on top from 1945 into 1957, and Josh Groban's Noel, which had five weeks on top in 2007.

Buble's album sold 467,000 copies this week. This is the third week in a row that the album has topped 400K. It's the first album to top 400K in weekly sales three times since Susan Boyle's 2009 smash I Dreamed A Dream, which hit that mark five times. It's the first Christmas album to top 400K in weekly sales three times since Groban's Noel, which also hit that mark five times.

Buble's album has sold 2,431,000 copies in just nine weeks. That's more than his two previous studio albums (both of which are Grammy-winning chart-toppers) have sold in their entire runs. Call Me Irresponsible has sold 2,312,000 copies since 2007. Crazy Love has sold 2,151,000 copies since 2009. Christmas is Buble's fifth consecutive studio album to top the 2 million mark in sales. His first two studio releases were Michael Buble (which has sold 2,607,000) and It's Time (3,614,000).

Buble's album also holds at #1 in the U.K. for the third week. It's the first album by a male artist to log three or more weeks on top in both the U.S. and the U.K. since Eminem's Recovery last year. That album was #1 in both countries for seven weeks.

Buble's album sold 59K digital copies this week, which puts it at #1 on Top Digital Albums for the third time. The album has sold 345K digital copies, which is more than any of Buble's previous albums. His previous best-seller was Crazy Love, which has sold 265K digital copies.

Adele's 21 sold 399,000 copies this past week, which is its biggest weekly total to date. The album sold 352K copies in its first week in February. This brings its total for the year-to-date to 5,679,000. 21 has sold more copies in a calendar year than any album since Usher's Confessions in 2004. (That blockbuster sold 7,979,000 copies that year.) 21 has sold more than twice as many copies as the #2 album for the year-to-date, Buble's Christmas. This will be only the second time in the Nielsen SoundScan era (which dates to 1991) that the #1 year's album has sold more than twice as many copies as the year's #2 album. In 2004, Confessions sold more than twice as many copies as the year's #2 album, Norah Jones' Feels Like Home (3,843,000).

Adele's Live At The Royal Albert Hall sold 146,000 copies this week, which is its biggest tally to date. The DVD has sold 421K copies in its first four weeks. (That's the biggest total in a calendar year since a pair of Michael Jackson videos topped 400K in 2009. Number Ones sold 558K copies that year. Live In Bucharest sold 437K.

LMFAO's "Sexy And I Know It" sold 395K copies this week, which is the heftiest total by any song since Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" sold 509K copies in the week ending Feb. 20. Will this be enough to finally dislodge "We Found Love" by Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris from the top spot on the Hot 100? Check back later today when we post Chart Watch: Songs.

Here's the low-down on this week's top 10 albums.

1. Michael Buble, Christmas, 467,000. The album holds at #1 for the fifth week. This is its ninth week in the top 10. It's #2 for the year-to-date.

2. Adele, 21, 399,000. The former #1 album holds at #2 for the second week. This is its 44th week in the top 10. It's #1 for the year-to-date. Four songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Set Fire To The Rain," which holds at #7.

3. Young Jeezy, TM:103 Hustlerz Ambition, 233,000. This new entry is Young Jeezy's fourth top five album. "I Do" (featuring Jay-Z and Andre 3000) enters Hot Digital Songs at #77.

4. Justin Bieber, Under The Mistletoe, 225,000. The former #1 album dips from #3 to #4. This is its eighth week in the top 10. It's #7 for the year-to-date. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Mistletoe," which holds at #16.

5. Drake, Take Care, 131,000. The former #1 album rebounds from #7 to #5 in its sixth week. It has been in the top 10 the entire time. It's #9 for the year-to-date. Five songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Headlines," which jumps from #24 to #17.

6. Lady Antebellum, Own The Night, 110,000. The former #1 album dips from #5 to #6 its 15th week. This is its 10th week in the top 10. It's #1 on Top Country Albums for the sixth week. It's #10 for the year-to-date. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "Just A Kiss" holds at #46. "We Owned The Night" drops from #68 to #80.

7. Rihanna, Talk That Talk, 99,000. The album rebounds from #14 to #7 in its fifth week. This is its third week in the top 10. It's #52 for the year-to-date.

8. Nickelback, Here And Now, 99,000. The album drops from #6 to #8 in its fifth week. It has been in the top 10 the entire time. It's #39 for the year-to-date. "When We Stand Together" drops from #50 to #66 on Hot Digital Songs.

9. The Black Keys' El Camino, 92,000. The album drops from #4 to #9 in its third week. It has been in the top 10 the entire time. It's #65 for the year-to-date. "Lonely Boy" drops from #73 to #142 on Hot Digital Songs.

10. Various Artists, Now 40, 88,000. The album rebounds from #11 to #10 in its seventh week. This is its fourth week in the top 10. The album is #45 for the year-to-date.

Three albums drop out of the top 10 this week. Andrea Bocelli's Concerto: Live In Central Park drops from #8 to #13, Scotty McCreery's Clear As Day drops from #9 to #11 and Amy Winehouse's Lioness: Hidden Treasures drops from #10 to #15.

Adele's 2008 album 19 jumps from #22 to #17. The album is #1 on Top Catalog Albums for the 28th week. This ties Michael Jackson's Number Ones for the most weeks at #1 on the catalog chart by an album released since Jan. 1, 2000. 19 has sold 821,000 copies so far this year, which puts it at #19 for the year-to-date. Adele and Justin Bieber are the only artists with two albums in the top 20 for the year-to-date.

Common's The Dreamer, The Believer debuts at #18. This is Common's fifth top 20 album, following Like Water For Chocolate (#16 in 2000), Be (#2 in 2005), Finding Forever (#1 in 2007) and Universal Mind Control (#12 in 2008).

Glee: The Music: The Christmas Album: Volume 2 drops from #13 to #27 in its sixth week. It's #1 on Top Soundtracks for the fourth week. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1 drops from #34 to #42 in its seventh week. It's the highest-ranking soundtrack to a theatrically-released movie for the seventh week.

Beyonce's 4 rebounds from #64 to #33 in its 26th week. The album sold 46K copies this week, which pushes it over the 1 million mark. It's the 11th album to reach that level so far this year. It's the best-selling (non-rap) R&B album for the year-to-date.

Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol was #1 at the box-office over the weekend. The soundtracks to the first two Mission: Impossible movies made the top 20. Lalo Schifrin's soundtrack to the TV show on which the movies are based reached #47 in April 1968.

To My Readers: We still have one week to go in the 2011 tracking year. The week ending Jan. 1, 2012 counts as a 2011 week because six of those seven days fall in 2011. One week from today, I'll update the year-to-date blogs for albums and songs that we posted in mid-December, so they reflect the official year-end results. I'll also do the regular weekly blogs for that week. Happy new year, everybody.


Good stuff! Congrats Beyonce!

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Week Ending Dec. 25, 2011. Songs: Bringing “Sexy” Back
By Paul Grein | Chart Watch


LMFAO's "Sexy And I Know It" finally jumps to #1 on this week's Hot 100, following seven weeks at #2. It's the fourth song with the word "sexy" in its title to reach #1. You probably won't be surprised to learn that all four songs have been by male artists. Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" (1979) was first up, followed by Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy" (1992) and "SexyBack" by Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland (2006).

"I'm Too Sexy" and "Sexy And I Know It" are obviously playful spoofs of male vanity and sexual bravado. With "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy," the joke wasn't played as broadly. Some people missed the joke entirely and thought Stewart had taken the sex symbol hype to his head. It took him a few years to live it down.

This is LMFAO's second #1 hit in a row, following "Party Rock Anthem." LMFAO is the first duo to have back-to-back #1 hits since OutKast scored with "Hey Ya!" and "The Way You Move" (featuring Sleepy Brown) in 2003-2004. Two other duos have had back-to-back #1 hits. Daryl Hall & John Oates scored in 1981-1982 with "Private Eyes" and "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)." Roxette scored in 1990-1991 with "It Must Have Been Love" and "Joyride."

Both of LMFAO's songs rank in the top 15 for the year-to-date. (There is one tracking week left in this year.) "Party Rock Anthem" is #2. "Sexy And I Know It" is #14. Adele and Pitbull also have two songs in the top 15 for the year-to-date.

"Sexy And I Know It" sold 395K copies this week, a total topped by only three songs in all of 2011. Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" sold 448K and 509K copies, respectively, in its first two weeks in February. Cee Lo Green's "F**k You (Forget You)" sold 412K copies in the week following his performance of the song on the Grammy telecast in February. Britney Spears' "Hold It Against Me" sold 411K copies when it debuted in January.

"Party Rock Anthem," which features Lauren Bennett and GoonRock, this week becomes the second song to top the 5 million mark in digital sales in 2011. It follows Adele's "Rolling In The Deep." Prior to this year, no song had sold 5 million digital copies in a calendar year. The old record was held by the Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom Pow," which sold 4,762,000 digital copies in 2009.

"Party Rock Anthem" is the first song by (or fronted by) a duo to reach the 5 million mark in digital sales. The previous biggest digital hit by a duo was Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy," which has sold 3,103,000 digital copies.

"Party Rock Anthem" logs its 27th week in the top 10, a total matched by only two songs in the history of the Hot 100. LeAnn Rimes' "How Do I Live" logged 32 weeks in the top 10. "Smooth" by Santana featuring Rob Thomas had 30. (Billboard also counts Jewel's double-sided hit "You Were Meant For Me"/"Foolish Games," which had 28 total weeks in the top10. But the fact that it was a double-sided hit gives it a big advantage over these other songs.)

LMFAO consists of Stefan "Redfoo" Gordy, 36, and Skyler "Sky Blu" Gordy, 25, the son and grandson, respectively, of Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr. By way of comparison, Gordy was 34 when the first Motown act had back-to-back #1 hits. That was the Supremes, which hit the top spot in August 1964 with "Where Did Our Love Go" and again in October with "Baby Love."

"Ni**as In Paris" by Jay-Z/Kanye West jumps from #6 to #5. It's the 11th top five hit for Jay-Z; the 10th for West. "…In Paris" is the third song on which they've teamed to make the top five, following "Swagga Like Us" (which also included T.I. and Lil Wayne) and "Run This Town" (which co-headlined Rihanna).

"…In Paris," which tops the 1 million mark in digital sales this week, includes a sample of dialogue by Will Ferrell from his 2007 movie Blades Of Glory: "No one knows what it means, but it's provocative, Gets the people going." That ice-staking comedy was #1 at the box-office for two weekends in March and April 2007. Will the song containing the sample likewise reach #1 on the Hot 100? Stay tuned.

Adele's "Set Fire To The Rain" leaps from #13 to #7 on the Hot 100. It's her third top 10 hit (and her third million-seller) from 21. "Set Fire To The Rain" is one of two "rain" songs in this week's top 10. Bruno Mars' "It Will Rain" dips from #3 to #4. (Another Adele song re-enters the chart this week. "Rumor Has It" re-appears at #78.)

"Dance A$$" by Big Sean featuring Nicki Minaj jumps from #12 to #10. It's Big Sean's first top 10 hit; Minaj's fourth. Minaj first cracked the top 10 as a featured artist on Trey Songz' "Bottoms Up." She returned to the top 10 with her own "Super Bass" and as a featured artist on Drake's "Make Me Proud."

Big Sean is the first solo artist whose name begins with the descriptor "Big" to crack the top 10 since Big Bopper scored in October 1958 with "Chantilly Lace." (Three months later, Big Bopper died in the same plane crash that took the lives of Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens.)

Here's the low-down on this week's top 10 songs. (As a bonus, I show the year-to-date ranking on all songs in the top 10.)

1. LMFAO, "Sexy And I Know It." The song jumps to #1 following seven straight weeks at #2. This is its 17th week on the chart; its 14th week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #1 (395K). The song ranks #14 for the year-to-date.

2. Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris, "We Found Love." The song dips to #2 following eight straight weeks at #1. This is its 14th week on the chart; its 13th week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #3 (276K). The song ranks #19 for the year-to-date.

3. Katy Perry, "The One That Got Away." The song rebounds from #5 to #3 in its 11th week on the chart. This is its sixth week in the top 10. The song tops the 1 million mark in digital sales this week. Digital sales rank: #2 (297K). Its digital sales were boosted by the release of a remix featuring B.o.B. That version sold 76K copies. The song ranks #89 for the year-to-date.

4. Bruno Mars, "It Will Rain." The song dips to #4 following four weeks at #3. This is its 13th week on the chart; its seventh week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #4 (266K). The song ranks #53 for the year-to-date.

5. Jay-Z/Kanye West, "Ni**as In Paris." The song jumps from #6 to #5 in its 20th week on the chart. This is its fourth week in the top 10. The song tops the 1 million mark in digital sales this week. Digital sales rank: #5 (227K). The song ranks #78 for the year-to-date.

6. Flo Rida, "Good Feeling." The song drops from #4 to #6 in its 13th week on the chart. This is its eighth week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #6 (219K). The song ranks #63 for the year-to-date.

7. Adele, "Set Fire To The Rain." The song jumps from #13 to #7 in its 17th week. It's Adele's third top 10 hit. The song tops the 1 million mark in digital sales this week. Digital sales rank: #7 (217K). The song ranks #83 for the year-to-date.

8. Adele, "Someone Like You." The former #1 song dips from #7 to #8 in its 25th week on the chart. This is its 17th week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #10 (183K). The song ranks #8 for the year-to-date.

9. LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and Goon Rock, "Party Rock Anthem." The former #1 song rebounds from #15 to #9 in its 40th week. This is its 27th week in the top 10. Digital sales rank: #8 (214K).

10. Big Sean featuring Nicki Minaj, "Dance (A$$)." The song jumps from #12 to #10 in its 12th week. It's Big Sean's first top 10 hit; Minaj's fourth. Digital sales rank: #9 (200K). The song ranks #105 for the year-to-date.

Three songs drop out of the top 10 this week. "Without You" by David Guetta featuring Usher drops from #8 to #14, "Moves Like Jagger" by Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera drops from #9 to #12, and "5 O'Clock" by T-Pain featuring Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen drops from #10 to #13. "Without You" tops the 1 million mark in digital sales this week.

Justin Bieber's "Mistletoe" rebounds from #32 to #19 in its ninth week. The song is #1 on Billboard's list of the week's top holiday songs, which is based on a combination of download activity, streaming data and radio airplay on more than 1,200 radio stations. Here's the rest of the top five, along with the years the songs were first released. #2—Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You," 1994. #3—Jose Feliciano's "Feliz Navidad," 1970. #4—Nat "King" Cole's "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)," 1946 (originally by the King Cole Trio); #5—Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree," 1958.

"Mistletoe" has sold 639K digital copies, which is more than any other Christmas song has ever sold in a calendar year. Only four holiday songs have sold more total copies in digital history. Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" leads the pack with sales of 2,120,000 copies. It is followed by Trans-Siberian Orchestra's "Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)" (910K), the Chipmunks' "The Chipmunk Song" (867K) and Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" (679K). (The tally for "The Chipmunk Song" combines two different versions.)

"Young, Wild & Free" by Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa featuring Bruno Mars rebounds from #18 to #16 in its 11th week…"The Motto" by Drake featuring Lil Wayne jumps from #29 to #21 in its sixth week…"I Like It Like That" by Hot Chelle Rae featuring New Boyz, jumps from #44 to #29 in its 12th week.

"Safe And Sound" by Taylor Swift featuring the Civil Wars debuts at #30. It's from the soundtrack of the upcoming movie The Hunger Games. The movie is scheduled for release on March 23. The soundtrack will also feature songs by the Decemberists and Win Butler and Regine Chassagne of Arcade Fire. This is Swift's third Hot 100 song from a movie. "Crazier," which peaked at #17 in 2009, was from the Miley Cyrus vehicle Hannah Montana: The Movie. "Today Was A Fairytale," which reached #2 in February 2010, was from the rom-com Valentine's Day. (Swift's current single, "Ours," jumps from #47 to #45.)

"Wild Ones" by Flo Rida featuring Sia opens at #57. It's the second single from Flo Rida's soon-to-be-released fourth studio album Only One Rida (Part 2). "Good Feeling" peaked last week at #4...."I Do" by Young Jeezy featuring Jay-Z and Andre 3000 debuts at #61. It's the second Hot 100 song from Jeezy's Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition, which enters The Billboard 200 at #3 this week. The first was "Lose My Mind" (featuring Plies), which reached #35.

Skrillex's "Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites" finally enters the Hot 100 at #69. The song has sold 585K digital copies in the past 26 weeks. Skrillex was a surprise Grammy nominee for Best New Artist. This track is also nominated for Best Dance Recording. Skrillex's album of the same name is vying for Best Dance/Electronica Album. Another Skrillex track, "First Of The Year (Equinox)," re-enters the chart at #85. It had previously reached #100.

Adam Lambert's "Better Than I Know Myself" bows at #76. It's the first single from Lambert's second studio album, Trespassing, which is due March 20. "Whataya Want From Me," the biggest hit from Lambert's first studio album, reached #10 in May 2010…Nicki Minaj's "Stupid Hoe" bows at #81 It's a promotional single from Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, which is due Feb. 14. That's just two days after the Grammy Awards, where Minaj has a very good chance of winning Best New Artist.

Mac Miller's "Knock Knock" finally enters the Hot 100 at #88 this week. The song has sold 408K digital copies. Two other Miller songs re-enter the chart. "Donald Trump" re-enters at #75, higher than its initial #79 peak. "Party On Fifth Ave." re-enters at #90….V.I.C.'s "Wobble Baby Wobble" finally debuts at #94. It has sold 462K copies in 17 weeks.

"Bottoms Up" by Trey Songz featuring Nicki Minaj tops the 3 million mark in digital sales this week. The song reached #6 in November 2010…"She Will" by Lil Wayne featuring Drake tops the 1 million mark in digital sales this week.

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^Yeah, but who would buy an album from them? They are basically just a group that does party songs. They are just picking up where BEP left off. PRA has been a monster hit for them and it may get a few more weeks in that top 10. Already stand at 27 weeks.

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Billboard Hot 100

1 2 17 Sexy And I Know It, LMFAO
2 1 14 We Found Love, Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris
3 5 11 The One That Got Away, Katy Perry
4 3 13 It Will Rain, Bruno Mars
5 6 20 Ni**as in Paris, Jay Z Kanye West
6 4 13 Good Feeling, Flo Rida
7 13 17 Set Fire To The Rain, Adele
8 7 25 Someone Like You, Adele
9 15 40 Party Rock Anthem, LMFAO Featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
10 12 12 Dance (A$$), Big Sean Featuring Nicki Minaj
11 11 28 Stereo Hearts, Gym Class Heroes Featuring Adam Levine
12 9 27 Moves Like Jagger, Maroon 5 Featuring Christina Aguilera
13 10 13 5 O'Clock, T-Pain Featuring Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen
14 8 17 Without You, David Guetta Featuring Usher
15 16 20 Headlines, Drake
16 18 11 Young, Wild & Free, Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Featuring Bruno Mars
17 14 17 Work Out, J. Cole
18 17 9 Red Solo Cup, Toby Keith
19 32 9 Mistletoe, Justin Bieber
20 19 35 Pumped Up Kicks, Foster The People
21 29 6 The Motto, Drake Featuring Lil Wayne
22 25 7 You Da One, Rihanna
23 22 20 Not Over You, Gavin DeGraw
24 24 11 Make Me Proud, Drake Featuring Nicki Minaj
25 28 11 Domino, Jessie J
26 23 13 I Don't Want This Night To End, Luke Bryan
27 26 27 Love You Like A Love Song, Selena Gomez & The Scene
28 34 35 Super Bass, Nicki Minaj
29 44 12 I Like It Like That, Hot Chelle Rae Featuring New Boyz
30 NEW 1 Safe & Sound, Taylor Swift Featuring The Civil Wars
31 20 24 You Make Me Feel..., Cobra Starship Featuring Sabi
32 21 16 Mr. Know It All, Kelly Clarkson
33 30 8 International Love, Pitbull Featuring Chris Brown
34 54 20 It Girl, Jason Derulo
35 41 51 Rolling In The Deep, Adele
36 35 19 She Will, Lil Wayne Featuring Drake
37 31 34 Just A Kiss, Lady Antebellum
38 27 39 Give Me Everything, Pitbull Featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer
39 33 7 Marry The Night, Lady Gaga
40 42 14 Tattoos On This Town, Jason Aldean
41 55 13 Strange Clouds, B.o.B Featuring Lil Wayne
42 46 18 Fly, Nicki Minaj Featuring Rihanna
43 39 15 Paradise, Coldplay
44 56 5 Rack City, Tyga
45 47 7 Ours, Taylor Swift
46 48 24 God Gave Me You, Blake Shelton
47 49 8 Blackout, Breathe Carolina
48 38 9 Lotus Flower Bomb, Wale Featuring Miguel
49 58 6 Take Care, Drake Featuring Rihanna
50 43 22 Easy, Rascal Flatts Featuring Natasha Bedingfield
51 45 14 Drink In My Hand, Eric Church
52 60 10 A Thousand Years, Christina Perri
53 36 13 Keep Me In Mind, Zac Brown Band
54 61 5 Tonight Is The Night, Outasight
55 84 7 The Trouble With Girls, Scotty McCreery
56 51 15 Let It Rain, David Nail
57 NEW 1 Wild Ones, Flo Rida Featuring Sia
58 53 16 All Your Life, The Band Perry
59 50 19 We Owned The Night, Lady Antebellum
60 52 10 You, Chris Young
61 NEW 1 I Do, Young Jeezy Featuring Jay-Z & Andre 3000
62 68 4 Turn Me On, David Guetta Featuring Nicki Minaj
63 64 19 Brighter Than The Sun, Colbie Caillat
64 63 10 Heartbeat, The Fray
65 57 12 Party, Beyonce Featuring Andre 3000
66 66 13 When We Stand Together, Nickelback
67 65 4 Can't Get Enough, J. Cole Featuring Trey Songz
68 80 4 Wish You Were Here, Avril Lavigne
69 NEW 1 Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites, Skrillex
70 67 10 You The Boss, Rick Ross Featuring Nicki Minaj
71 77 6 Levels, Avicii
72 RE-ENTRY 5 Blunt Blowin, Lil Wayne
73 83 4 Bait A Hook, Justin Moore
74 RE-ENTRY 4 Mirror, Lil Wayne Featuring Bruno Mars
75 RE-ENTRY 6 Donald Trump, Mac Miller
76 NEW 1 Better Than I Know Myself, Adam Lambert
77 72 3 Alone With You, Jake Owen
78 RE-ENTRY 7 Rumour Has It, Adele
79 71 12 I'm Gonna Love You Through It, Martina McBride
80 91 10 Countdown, Beyonce
81 NEW 1 Stupid Hoe, Nicki Minaj
82 69 7 Lonely Boy, The Black Keys
83 100 2 Ass Back Home, Gym Class Heroes Featuring Neon Hitch
84 85 6 Storm Warning, Hunter Hayes
85 RE-ENTRY 2 First Of The Year (Equinox), Skrillex
86 RE-ENTRY 2 Drummer Boy, Justin Bieber Featuring Busta Rhymes
87 87 20 Nothing, The Script
88 NEW 1 Knock Knock, Mac Miller
89 94 6 Love On Top, Beyonce
90 RE-ENTRY 3 Party On Fifth Ave., Mac Miller
91 70 20 Baggage Claim, Miranda Lambert
92 RE-ENTRY 2 Strip, Chris Brown Featuring Kevin McCall
93 98 3 Good Good Night, Roscoe Dash
94 NEW 1 Wobble Baby Wobble, V.I.C.
95 74 7 Home, Dierks Bentley
96 82 9 Shake It Out, Florence + The Machine
97 89 19 Sail, AWOLNATION
98 88 4 Camouflage, Brad Paisley
99 73 17 That Way, Wale Featuring Jeremih & Rick Ross
100 59 3 We Are Young, Glee Cast

Bubbling Under Hot 100

1 NEW 1 Naked, Dev & Enrique Iglesias
2 20 17 Cinema, Benny Benassi Featuring Gary Go
3 RE-ENTRY 2 Hit The Lights, Selena Gomez & The Scene
4 NEW 1 Wild Boy, MGK Featuring Waka Flocka Flame
5 1 7 Where I Come From, Montgomery Gentry
6 NEW 1 The Champ, Nelly
7 NEW 1 Everybody Talks, Neon Trees
8 15 2 Don't Stop (Color On The Walls), Foster The People
9 NEW 1 The Fighter, The Fray
10 7 2 Forever Yours, Alex Day
11 21 2 Like My Dog, Billy Currington
12 16 2 Gotta Have It, Jay Z Kanye West
13 12 10 My Heart Can't Tell You No, Sara Evans
14 5 10 Stay, Tyrese
15 NEW 1 Do It Like You, Diggy Featuring Jeremih
16 10 16 Fool For You, Cee Lo Green Featuring Melanie Fiona or Phillip Bailey
17 NEW 1 Wop, J. Dash
18 23 5 Mr. Wrong, Mary J. Blige Featuring Drake
19 RE-ENTRY 3 Midnight City, M83.
20 13 16 The Sound Of Winter, Bush
21 19 2 Somebody That I Used To Know, Gotye Featuring Kimbra
22 25 2 Drank In My Cup, Kirko Bangz
23 NEW 1 New York, Snow Patrol
24 14 6 Face To The Floor, Chevelle
25 6 6 Pass At Me, Timbaland Featuring Pitbull

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