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1. BRUNO MARS – Locked Out Of Heaven: 193.627 (- 2.217)

2. TAYLOR SWIFT – I Knew You Were Trouble: 183.576 (+ 2.197) :clap: :legend:

3. LUMINEERS – Ho Hey: 152.614 (- 2.661)

4. JUSTIN BIEBER – Beauty And A Beat f/N. Minaj: 134.052 (- 0.559)

5. SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA – Don’t You Worry Child: 129.729 (+ 3.038)

6. PINK – Try: 124.799 (+ 0.408)

7. MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS – Thrift Shop f/Wanz: 121.224 (+ 1.962) :lmao:

8. WILL.I.AM & BRITNEY SPEARS – Scream And Shout: 112.051 (+ 3.280) :eek:

9. RIHANNA – Diamonds: 99.760 (- 3.707)

10. MAROON 5 – One More Night: 99.155 (- 1.058)

FILA

11. ALICIA KEYS – Girl On Fire: 94.374 (- 0.205)

12. PHILLIP PHILLIPS – Home: 91.413 (- 1.198)

13. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE – Suit & Tie f/JAY Z: 89.010 (- 0.008)

14. MAROON 5 – Daylight: 86.300 (+ 2.100) â–²

15. FLO RIDA – I Cry: 84.728 (- 2.138) â–¼

16.KELLY CLARKSON – Catch My Breath: 82.772 (+ 1.178)

17. CALVIN HARRIS – Sweet Nothing f/Florence Welch: 81.166 (+ 0.815)

18. ED SHEERAN – The A Team: 78.909 (- 0.703)

19. IMAGINE DRAGONS – It’s Time: 74.929 (- 0.558)

20. FUN. – Some Nights: 73.721 (- 0.621)

OUTRAS

JASON ALDEAN – The Only Way I Know: 68.262 (+ 0.131)

GARY ALLAN – Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain): 66.841 (- 1.039)

A$AP ROCKY – F**kin Problems f/Drake: 65.306 (+ 1.028)

KE$HA – C’mon: 60.203 (+ 0.206)

MUMFORD & SONS – I Will Wait: 57.311 (+ 1.338)

RIHANNA – Pour It Up: 55.236 (+ 1.758)

OF MONSTERS AND MEN – Little Talks: 53.816 (+ 0.414)

CARRIE UNDERWOOD – Two Black Cadillacs: 46.749 (- 0.002)

BLAKE SHELTON – Sure Be Cool If You Did: 38.174 (+ 0.815)

BRUNO MARS – When I Was Your Man: 32.274 (+ 2.338)

MUSE – Madness: 28.902 (+ 0.456)

FUN. – Carry On: 26.011 (+ 0.411)

OLLY MURS – Troublemaker f/Flo Rida: 23.353 (+ 0.832)

Curiosidades:

PITBULL – Feel This Moment: 19.180 (+ 1.352)

LADY ANTEBELLUM – Downtown: 18.265 (+ 1.754)

RIHANNA – Stay f/Mikky Ekko: 9.490 (+ 1.394)

ONE DIRECTION – Kiss You: 9.426 (+ 0.856)

BON JOVI – Because We Can: 9.196 (+ 0.793)

CHER LLOYD – With Ur Love f/Juicy J: 0.191

1 = TAYLOR SWIFT I Knew You Were T... 15850 +109 528 +50 124.431 +1.116 coming for pop history tomorrow :legend:

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The anti-consumerism :legend:

The whole making fun of all the hipsters that think it's cool to buy all their stuff from thrift shops. The lyrics are meant to be funny. It's satire.

It's better than the entire iTunes Top 10 right now.

Especially when I Knew You Were Selling Out This Time is there.

See, I actually take it as the exact opposite. It's definitely meant to be ridiculous and funny, but, especially given Macklemore's rather socially conscious bent on the The Heist, I think there's a level of sincerity in Thrift Shop. It's not about making fun of hipsters who buy their clothes at thrift shops, it's about subverting hip-hop's obsession with material things as proof of legitimation (think of all the hip hop songs obsessed with talking about how fat their wallet is, or how big their bank is, Nicki bragging about getting paid 50K for a verse, etc.) Hip hop more than any other genre, has an obsession with things, and with talking about those things to prove how how awesome you are. And Thrift Shop, while sounding like a clever/funny novelty song, actually becomes an attack on this mentality.

Spin has an interesting article calling it the worst song in America because it "reeks of privilege" because Macklemore isn't shopping at thrift stores because he needs to, but because he thinks it's fashionable and it can get him noticed at clubs. I think this is a very lazy reading. I mean--Macklemore IS privileged, and he does sing from that point of view, but the song makes no attempts to hide that. He's not trying to pose as somebody who's struggling to survive. It isn't so much a song that rails against conspicuous consumption (as Spin thinks he's trying to do) as it is a song that sort of redefines what can be conspicuously consumed, and therefore who can take part in that (i.e. a helluva lot more people). It's more a song that challenges and parodies invidious consumption.

It's clever, it's funny, it's got great production. It's the whole package, and I firmly believe it's the best #1 we've had in a couple years.

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iTunes update

01. Thrift Shop (feat. Wanz) - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

02. Scream & Shout (feat. Britney Spears) - will.i.am

03. I Knew You Were Trouble - Taylor Swift

04. Ho Hey - The Lumineers

05. When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars

06. Don't You Worry Child (Radio Edit) [feat. John Martin] - Swedish House Mafia

07. Locked Out of Heaven - Bruno Mars

08. Love Me (feat. Drake & Future) - Lil Wayne

09. Thrift Shop (feat. Wanz) - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

10. Suit & Tie (feat. Jay-Z) - Justin Timberlake

11. Daylight - Maroon 5

12. Beauty and a Beat (feat. Nicki Minaj) - Justin Bieber

13. Sweet Nothing (feat. Florence Welch) - Calvin Harris

14. Try - P!nk

15. Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself) [Glee Cast Version] - Glee Cast

16. Home - Phillip Phillips

17. Girl On Fire - Alicia Keys

18. F**kin' Problems (feat. Kendrick Lamar, Drake, & 2 Chainz) - A$AP Rocky

19. Catch My Breath - Kelly Clarkson

20. It's Time - Imagine Dragons

21. Don't Stop the Party (feat. TJR) - Pitbull

22. Little Talks - Of Monsters and Men

23. Sure Be Cool If You Did - Blake Shelton

24. Yolo (feat. Adam Levine & Kendrick Lamar) - The Lonely Island

25. Hall of Fame (feat. will.i.am) - The Script

26. Better Dig Two - The Band Perry

27. C'Mon - Ke$ha

28. Gangnam Style (ê°â€¢Ã«â€š¨Ã¬Å ¤Ã­Æ’ۓ¼) - PSY

29. Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain) - Gary Allan

30. Radioactive - Imagine Dragons

31. I Will Wait - Mumford & Sons

32. I Cry - Flo Rida

33. Wanted - Hunter Hayes

34. Pour It Up - Rihanna

35. Troublemaker (feat. Flo Rida) - Olly Murs

36. Nothing Like Us (Bonus Track) - Justin Bieber

37. Cruise - Florida Georgia Line

38. A Thousand Years - Christina Perri

39. Diamonds - Rihanna

40. One More Night - Maroon 5

Bubbling Under

46. Feel This Moment (feat. Christina Aguilera) - Pitbull

53. I Love It (feat. Charli XCX) - Icona Pop

61. Sail - AWOLNATION

64. Carry On - Fun.

81. Kiss You - One Direction

89. Battle Scars - Lupe Fiasco & Guy Sebastian

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10. MAROON 5 – One More Night: 99.155 (- 1.058)

maroon 5 and that retarded song need to go

22. Little Talks - Of Monsters and Men

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Little Talks has been around forever. Its only just recently rebounded, though :huh:

Try is also hanging around for longer than I expected

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wow If Scream and Shout is Britney's biggest WW hit since early 2000s I don't know how she is still in the industry... and this is not even her song ... In my opinion this song is cool but compared to Radar, If u seek Amy and Criminal ( 3 of her singles that are not really succesful) this song is a poop :s

Exactly
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how are people still listening to maroon 5? i stopped listening to them when moves like jagger came out.

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10. MAROON 5 – One More Night: 99.155 (- 1.058)

Itunes

40. One More Night - Maroon 5

uh. radio deal is not working. few people are buying it on itunes

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RIHANNA – Pour It Up: 55.236 (+ 1.758)

RIHANNA – Stay f/Mikky Ekko: 9.490 (+ 1.394)

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Really? Isnt that bad? I thought she was bigger.

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She is not a threat to others popstars since 2004. The only thing that was keeping her in the game, was her name

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wow If Scream and Shout is Britney's biggest WW hit since early 2000s I don't know how she is still in the industry... and this is not even her song ... In my opinion this song is cool but compared to Radar, If u seek Amy and Criminal ( 3 of her singles that are not really succesful) this song is a poop :s

You're so right!!! :worship:
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I don't agree that IKYWT is a sell-out, nor do I have a stance on it, but Gaga can't sell-out anymore because she was a generic popstar from the start.

how did she sell out when dance pop was NOWHERE to be found on the radio in 2008 :deadbanana: which is why they REFUSED to play Just Dance for a long ass time

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To call IKYWT "selling out" implies one of two silly premises:

(1) That country music is better, more authentic, less commercial, etc, than dance-pop.

Or (2) That artists should never dabble in other genres to attract new fans, in which case the rock influenced songs on BTW (EoG & Y&I) were sell outs, as Gaga pandered to middle America.

Forget the genre. How about the basic commercial production by Max Martin?

But you hate Gangnam Style with a passion :huh: I would honestly bucket those two songs in a similar category. Both are funny, carefree, novelty type songs, but just different genres. Similar to Call Me Maybe and Sexy and I Know It.

The dance annoyed the **** out of me. PSY just rubbed me the wrong way. Macklemore on the other hand does ;)

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Top 5 Radio Updates:

Don't You Worry Child +324

Scream and Shout +278

Thrift Shop +225

Daylight +196

Kiss You +173

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