Chart Performance: Ke$ha

 

Ke$ha's ninth Top 10 hit in the US, Die Young, stays at #3 this week after peaking at #2.    Here are her top 10 hits in the US -

2009 - Tik Tok (#1)
2009 - Right Round (with Flo Rida) (#1)
2010 - Blah Blah Blah (with 3OH!3)(#7)
2010 - Your Love Is My Drug (#4)
2010 - My First Kiss (with 3OH!3) (#9)
2010 - Take It Off (#8)
2010 - We R Who We R (#1)
2011 - Blow (#7)
2012 - Die Young (#2)

The same song debuts at #10 in the UK singles chart this week, making it her sixth top 10 hit in the UK.  Below are her top 10 hits in the UK -

2009 - Tik Tok (#4)
2009 - Right Round (with Flo Rida) (#1)
2010 - Dirty Picture (with Taio Cruz) (#6)
2010 - My First Kiss (with 3OH!3) (#7)
2011 - We R Who We R (#1)
2012 - Die Young (#10) 

Busta Rhymes Returns to US Top 10 with Chris Brown Collab in Look at Me Now

This is the third consecutive decade that Busta Rhymes has a Top 10 hit in the US.  His streak started in 1996.  He has been absent from the Top 10 for the past five years but returns to the Top 10 with Look At Me Now, his collaboration with Chris Brown and Lil Wayne.  This week, the song slips to #8 this week.  His rap here is trademark Busta Rhymes!  The song has peaked at #6.  Below are his Top 10 hits in the US -

1996 - Woo Hah! Got You All in Check (#8)
1997 - Dangerous (#9)
1998 - Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up (#10)
1999 - What's It Gonna Be? (with Janet Jackson) (#3)
2003 - I Know What You Want (with Mariah Carey and Flipmode Squad) (#3)
2005 - Don't Cha (with Pussycat Dolls) (#2)
2011 - Look At Me Now (with Chris Brown and Lil Wayne) (#6)

Jeremih's Down On Me Also Peaks at #4, Like His Birthday Sex!

Jeremih broke into the mainstream two years ago with his ubiquitious hit ‘Birthday Sex'.  He follows that up with a second Top 10 hit, Down On Me, his collaboration with 50 Cent, which this week, slips from #4 to #5.  The song has also peaked at #4, like Birthday Sex.

Marsha Ambrosius - Far Away

Oh my God!! This is my most favorite video this year simply because of its message of tolerance. Thanks Marsha for spreading this message of tolerance! Sorry about your friend. We can fight this war of intolerance one step at a time. And killing ourselves is definitely not the solution. So it's important to love yourself first so that you'd value your being and not let other people trample on you.

"Family Man" Craig Campbell

Country songs are really more touching than songs from other genres. This song has a story to it and is sung beautifully by Craig Campbell, another new country boy whose work I'm not familiar with. "How many times does 17 go into 52?" Well, life happens in the meantime. "There's those pair of eyes I get to lose myself into." Love that line! I guess I can relate to this song now. "A Family man"