2/20/2012

"Some day we’ll be able to start this chart without the sentence “Congratulations to Adele”….. but this week is not that week as the multi-Grammy award winning songstress hits her 20th non-consecutive week at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 and has been certified 7X Platinum. Which means next week; 21 will have been at #1 for 21 weeks. Meanwhile on our side of the chart pond; “Set Fire to the Rain” hits #3 which makes this the 4th consecutive Adele track to go top 3.

More congratulations go out to all the artists who played Michele Clark’s Sunset Sessions this past weekend. There are too many acts to single out by name (they had 55 bands in 3 days!). Several of those are mentioned below for their chart movements this week and having new singles out; including Jason Mraz; The Pierces; Eric Hutchinson; Fun. and Birdy. For the complete line up you can go to www.sunsetsessions.org. It was a whirlwind of stellar talent and several very informative panels. Thank you to Michele and the Sunset Session’s team for all their hard work.

Back on the sales front; Paul McCartney entered the Top 200 this week with a monster debut in the Top 5; and other Triple A acts gracing the Top 200 this week are: Coldplay; Black Keys; Tony Bennett; Civil Wars; Foo Fighters; Amy Winehouse; Ingrid Michaelson; Snow Patrol and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Over on Billboard’s Heatseeker’s those artist currently breaking out of our format and ranking high enough to chart include among others: The Head and The Heart; Kimbra; Fitz and the Tantrums; Ed Sheeran; Martin Sexton; Imelda May and Scars on 45.

Mat Kearney is back in iTunes Top 100 with his latest chart climber “Ships In The Night” and take a look at Civil Wars and their post-Grammy sales which are up an incredible 195%. They jump a monster 80 spots back into the Billboard Top 200 from #121 to #41. The band has also recently confirmed that their album will be available in 270 Whole Food stores in March and April.

Here in Triple A chart land; #1 Monitored Most Added honors go to Dawes with their new single “Little Bit of Everything” and this week’s Overall #1 Most Added artists are having a lot of Fun. with their new hit “We Are Young” already Top 5 at Alternative; debuting this week at Triple A and the band’s national Chevy ad is getting multiple primetime airings. Others making Monitored and Indicator Most Added include among others: Alabama Shakes; Coldplay; Mat Kearney; Imagine Dragons; Andrew Bird; Red Hot Chili Peppers; Counting Crows and Rebecca Ferguson.

Most Increased Plays included: Alabama Shakes; Eric Hutchinson; Mat Kearney; Fun.; Dawes; Jason Mraz; Andrew Bird; Bonnie Raitt; Red Hot Chili Peppers and Malea McGuinness.

Ready to make their move in New & Active and debut are: Jason Mraz; Delta Spirit; Paul McCartney; Imelda May; and Andrew Bird.

Acts continuing to build on the chart each week; gaining spins; new call letters and accolades include: Graffiti6 who; along with their label mates Coldplay and with Train; are all solidly in the Top 10. Eric Hutchinson cracks the Top 15 and Ryan Adams climbs into the Top 20 already threatening to cross the Top 15 barrier by next week. Alabama Shakes move up to #21; with Ingrid Michaelson and Matt Nathanson close behind at #23. Black Keys are already heading Top 25 with the follow up single to their #1; “Gold On The Ceiling” and Mat Kearney gains huge this week again moving up to #28 bullet.

Bonnie Raitt has announced the first leg of her 2012 Tour in support of her new album Slipstream and the first single already going gangbusters already at A3 “Right Down the Line”. The tour kicks off this summer covering the east; midwest and south to start. Dates feature Marc Cohn and Mavis Staples and you can see the complete list at www.BonnieRaitt.com. And catch The Pierces on tour with Coldplay for a run of west coast dates.

We were sent a killer review on the Dunwells that ran in Blurt this week we wanted to share with you… ""...a debut album that confidently blends Celtic; Americana and roots influences; while peppering it all with ample doses of Crosby Stills and Nash-style sentiment.""

TV Alert: Eric Hutchinson on Late Night with David Letterman tonight 2/21. Also just confirmed tune in to VH1’s Big Morning Buzz Live tomorrow 2/22 at 10 a.m. est/pst where Eric will peform “Watching You Watch Him” live. If you missed the broadcast premier of Train’s “Drive By” on VH1’s Top 20 Countdown Saturday 2/18 or the repeat that aired Sunday 2/19 go down to “Link or You’ll Miss It” and check it out there.

Summer is around the corner and so too is more new music. If you haven’t already checked out the new ones from Birdy; Zach Heckendorf; Imagine Dragons and P.J. Pacifico they are on your desks and laptops now.

Go to www.m-mmusic.com to stream current singles at the format by clicking the ‘Listen to A3 Singles’ link on our home page. No passwords; no searching. All artists are in alphabetical order.

Scroll down to see the rest of the chart action and; as always; to reference this chart throughout the week; go to www.m-mmusic.com and click the BDS/R&R green chart logo.

FEATURED SONGS:

		Malea McGuinness Sweet		Birdy Skinny Love
		Zach Heckendorf All The Right Places		Nikka Costa Never Wanna C U Again
		The Villains Rainy Day Girl		Bohème Blind Spot

LINK OR YOU'LL MISS IT:

	Birdy “Skinny Love” Official Video	"Train ""Drive By"" Video"
	Head and the Heart “Down in the Valley” Official Video	Andrew Bird ‘Break It Yourself’ Trailer
	Sons Of Fathers : Sons Of Fathers On 'World Cafe: Next	"Tyrone Wells ""Freedom"" with ArtistDirect"

M:M Music sends this chart each week with the express permission of R&R/BDS

TRIPLE A R&R/BDS MONITORED CHART for the week ending February 20 2012

1	1*	Gotye Feat. Kimbra Somebody That I Used To Know	Samples 'n' Seconds / Fairfax / Universal Republic	23	0	644	55
2	2	Florence + The Machine Shake It Out	Universal Republic	22	0	531	-44
4	3*	Adele Set Fire To The Rain	XL / Columbia	22	0	503	23
3	4	Mayer Hawthorne The Walk	Universal Republic	24	0	502	-29
5	5	Black Keys Lonely Boy	Warner Bros. / Nonesuch	22	0	432	-18
6	6*	Foster The People Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)	Startime / Columbia	21	0	365	11
9	7*	Shins Simple Song	Columbia	22	1	357	16
8	8*	Graffiti6 Free	N.W.Free / Capitol	21	0	351	9
10	9*	Coldplay Charlie Brown	Capitol	23	2	344	14
11	10	Train Drive By	Columbia	16	0	288	-1
12	11	Bruce Springsteen We Take Care Of Our Own	Columbia	20	1	277	-6
15	12	Head And The Heart Lost In My Mind	Sub Pop	23	0	255	12
7	13	Snow Patrol Called Out In The Dark	Polydor / Fiction / Island / IDJMG	21	0	253	-98
19	14*	Eric Hutchinson Watching You Watch Him	Warner Bros.	19	0	248	51
16	15*	Lana Del Rey Video Games	Stranger / Interscope	18	0	243	13
14	16	Head And The Heart Down In The Valley	Sub Pop	16	0	240	-15
20	17*	Ryan Adams Chains Of Love	PAX-AM / Capitol	18	1	237	50
13	18	Fray Heartbeat	Epic	15	0	234	-42
18	19*	Of Monsters And Men Little Talks	Record Records	18	2	231	31
17	20	Bonnie Raitt Right Down The Line	Redwing / RED	17	1	201	-22
24	21*	Alabama Shakes Hold On	ATO / RED	17	2	186	52
26	22*	Jack White Love Interruption	Third Man / Columbia	10	1	173	71
22	23	Ingrid Michaelson Ghost	Cabin 24 / Mom + Pop	13	0	159	-7
23	24	Matt Nathanson Room At The End Of The World	Vanguard	13	0	154	-7
21	25	Givers Saw You First	RED / Glassnote	18	0	135	-33
25	26*	Black Keys Gold On The Ceiling	Warner Bros. / Nonesuch	12	1	131	4
30	27*	Fun. We Are Young	Fueled By Ramen / RRP	15	2	122	40
28	28*	Mat Kearney Ships In The Night	Inpop	10	2	109	26
N&A	D29*	Lyle Lovett Isn't That So	Lost Highway	10	1	108	36
27	30	Wilco Dawned On Me	dBpm	7	0	90	-5

TRIPLE A R&R/BDS INDICATOR CHART for the week ending February 20 2012

1	1*	Gotye Feat. Kimbra Somebody That I Used To Know	Samples 'n' Seconds / Fairfax / Universal Republic	42	0	620	14
2	2*	Bruce Springsteen We Take Care Of Our Own	Columbia	46	1	580	11
3	3	Black Keys Lonely Boy	Warner Bros. / Nonesuch	37	0	507	-38
5	4*	Shins Simple Song	Columbia	42	1	506	30
4	5*	Coldplay Charlie Brown	Capitol	35	0	496	10
6	6*	Ryan Adams Chains Of Love	PAX-AM / Capitol	44	1	488	26
9	7*	Craig Finn Honolulu Blues	Vagrant	44	0	413	22
13	8*	Bonnie Raitt Right Down The Line	Redwing / RED	41	0	410	61
8	9*	Heartless Bastards Parted Ways	Partisan	42	0	406	8
10	10*	Adele Set Fire To The Rain	XL / Columbia	29	0	391	5
7	11	Florence + The Machine Shake It Out	Universal Republic	27	0	385	-32
11	12	Graffiti6 Free	N.W.Free / Capitol	28	0	359	-8
14	13*	Of Monsters And Men Little Talks	Record Records	29	0	349	12
22	14*	Alabama Shakes Hold On	ATO / RED	44	6	344	65
12	15	Foster The People Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)	Startime / Columbia	26	0	343	-23
15	16*	Train Drive By	Columbia	22	0	338	22
0	D17*	Jack White Love Interruption	Third Man / Columbia	31	1	325	110
20	18*	Joan Osborne Shake Your Hips	Saguaro Road	30	0	294	8
21	19*	Ingrid Michaelson Ghost	Cabin 24 / Mom + Pop	29	0	290	5
17	20	Nada Surf Waiting For Something	Barsuk	29	0	287	-22
28	21*	Delta Spirit California	Rounder / CMG	33	3	281	29
29	22*	Dr. Dog That Old Black Hole	Anti- / Epitaph	29	2	280	34
25	23	Good Old War Calling Me Names	Sargent House	27	0	270	-3
23	24	Kooks How'd You Like That	Virgin / Astralwerks / Capitol	27	1	268	-11
30	25*	Death Cab For Cutie Underneath The Sycamore	Atlantic	23	1	261	22
16	26	Kathleen Edwards Change The Sheets	Zoe / Rounder / CMG	33	0	254	-62
19	27	Head And The Heart Down In The Valley	Sub Pop	23	0	250	-47
24	28	Mayer Hawthorne The Walk	Universal Republic	20	0	249	-30
0	D29*	Black Keys Gold On The Ceiling	Warner Bros. / Nonesuch	20	0	239	33
0	30*	Eric Hutchinson Watching You Watch Him	Warner Bros.	21	1	236	8

TRIPLE A MONITORED NEW & ACTIVE

Jason Mraz	I Won't Give Up	Atlantic / RRP	0
Delta Spirit	California	Rounder / CMG	0
Heartless Bastards	Parted Ways	Partisan	0
Paul McCartney	Get Yourself Another Fool	MPL / Hear / CMG	0
Ellie Goulding	Lights	Cherrytree / Interscope	0
Sarah Jarosz	Run Away	Sugar Hill	0
Imelda May	Inside Out	Decca	0
Andrew Bird	Eyeoneye	Mom + Pop	1
Bon Iver	Holocene	Jagjaguwar	1
Matt Nathanson	Modern Love	Acrobat / Vanguard	0

TRIPLE A MONITORED MOST ADDED

Dawes	Little Bit Of Everything	ATO / RED	3
Coldplay	Charlie Brown	Capitol	2
Of Monsters And Men	Little Talks	Record Records	2
Alabama Shakes	Hold On	ATO / RED	2
Fun.	We Are Young	Fueled By Ramen / RRP	2
Mat Kearney	Ships In The Night	Inpop	2
Feist	The Bad In Each Other	Interscope	2
Imagine Dragons	It's Time	Interscope	2
Lumineers	Ho Hey	Dualtone	2
Shins	Simple Song	Columbia	1

TRIPLE A MONITORED MOST INCREASED PLAYS

Jack White	Love Interruption	Third Man / Columbia	71
Gotye Feat. Kimbra	Somebody That I Used To Know	Samples 'n' Seconds / Fairfax / Universal Republic	55
Alabama Shakes	Hold On	ATO / RED	52
Eric Hutchinson	Watching You Watch Him	Warner Bros.	51
Ryan Adams	Chains Of Love	PAX-AM / Capitol	50
Fun.	We Are Young	Fueled By Ramen / RRP	40
Lyle Lovett	Isn't That So	Lost Highway	36
Of Monsters And Men	Little Talks	Record Records	31
Mat Kearney	Ships In The Night	Inpop	26
Jason Mraz	I Won't Give Up	Atlantic / RRP	23

TRIPLE A INDICATOR MOST ADDED

Fun.	We Are Young	Fueled By Ramen / RRP	8
Nightwatchman (Tom Morello) Feat. Ben Harper	Save The Hammer For The Man	New West	7
Radiohead	Staircase	TBD	7
Alabama Shakes	Hold On	ATO / RED	6
Chieftains W / The Decemberists	When The Ship Comes In	Hear / CMG	5
Red Hot Chili Peppers	Look Around	Warner Bros.	5
Counting Crows	Untitled (Love Song)	Collective Sounds / Tyrannosaurus	5
Greg Laswell Feat. Sara Bareilles	Come Back Down	Vanguard	4
Rebecca Ferguson	Nothing's Real But Love	SYCO / Columbia	4
Paul Weller	That Dangerous Age	Yep Roc	4

TRIPLE A INDICATOR MOST INCREASED PLAYS

Jack White	Love Interruption	Third Man / Columbia	110
Dawes	Little Bit Of Everything	ATO / RED	75
Andrew Bird	Eyeoneye	Mom + Pop	66
Alabama Shakes	Hold On	ATO / RED	65
Bonnie Raitt	Right Down The Line	Redwing / RED	61
Justin Townes Earle	Look The Other Way	Bloodshot	58
Red Hot Chili Peppers	Look Around	Warner Bros.	53
Fun.	We Are Young	Fueled By Ramen / RRP	40
Malea McGuinness	Sweet	Malea	39
Blues Traveler	What I Got	Hip-O / UMe	36

OVERALL MOST ADDED

Fun.	We Are Young	Fueled By Ramen / RRP	10
Alabama Shakes	Hold On	ATO / RED	8
Nightwatchman (Tom Morello) Feat. Ben Harper	Save The Hammer For The Man	New West	7
Radiohead	Staircase	TBD	7
Red Hot Chili Peppers	Look Around	Warner Bros.	6
Lumineers	Ho Hey	Dualtone	6
Counting Crows	Untitled (Love Song)	Collective Sounds / Tyrannosaurus	6
Chieftains W / The Decemberists	When The Ship Comes In	Hear / CMG	5
Imagine Dragons	It's Time	Interscope	5
Andrew Bird	Eyeoneye	Mom + Pop	4