Bruno Mars Lands Atop Hot 100, Rihanna Roars Into Top 10

Bruno Mars will become the third male artist this year to take his first charting single equally a lead artist on No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, equally "Just the Way You Are" will top the list to be undo in full over Billboard.com tomorrow morning (Sept. 23).

 

Also percuss No. 1 customary 2010 with their debut solo undo were Taio Cruz with "Break Your Heart" (March) and B.o.B's "Nothin' On You" (May), with Mars providing featured vocals over the latter title.

 

Mars holds not up to par a strong office by Rihanna's "Only Girl (In the World)," that shoots 75-3 although debuting at No. 1 on Digital Songs among 249,000 first-week downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Mars' "Just the Way You Are" drops 1-2 over Digital Songs with 194,000 (down 7%). 

 

"Only Girl" is Rihanna's eighth No. 1 on Digital Songs also her sixth on debut on the top, the almost in each sort via any artist by reason of the blueprint eject in 2005. Recent recording partner Eminem ranks second because most chiefly No. 1s over Digital Songs customary that span with six. The pair's "Love the Way You Lie," meanwhile, consider at No. 2 on the Hot 100.

 

On the Radio Songs tally, Mars inspirit 6-5 also has the chart's largest airplay gain with a jump connected with 18.9 million listener impressions to 110.2 million, conform to Nielsen BDS. Rihanna also posts a heavy increase connected with 12.6 million impressions, jumping 42-18 over Radio Songs. 

 

Mars' impression supplants Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" (1-4) over the Hot 100, dissolution the title's two-week reign. "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love," by Usher featuring Pitbull, returns to its peak ranking (6-5), although Taio Cruz correct 4-6 among "Dynamite." Also pitch two niche is "I Like It," via Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull.

 

Nelly's "Just A Dream" falls 7-8, and "Club Can't Handle Me," by Flo Rida featuring David Guetta, remains stationary on No. 9. Far*East Movement takes its first charting single into the top 10, as "Like A G6," featuring Cataracs & Dev, soars 16-10. The title also enters the spire 10 over Digital Songs (12-7), selling 137,000 downloads (up 48%). On Radio Songs, "G6" post office the chart's second largest gain (12.9 load impressions, up 45%) equally it moves 45-20.

 

A performance of "Dog Days Are Over" on MTV's Music Video Awards results customary Florence and the Machine's impression claiming the Digital Gainer award (96,000, relevant 257%). The title bounce 52-12 on Digital Songs also 93-21 over the Hot 100, with the latter mutiny matching Rihanna's 72-spot jump because the list's best climb.

 

Linkin Park pluck the concert connected with both an MTV VMA performance also the release connected with its No. 1-debuting album "A Thousand Suns" because a heavy Hot 100 bounce with leadoff single "The Catalyst." The track moves 73,000 downloads (up 195%) also make contact with a new Hot 100 peak (73-27), surpassing the No. 35 ranking it carry through customary its debut week antipodal month. 

 

Rock band Kings connected with Leon previews its upcoming "Come Around Sundown" album, due Oct. 19, with "Radioactive," that is the Hot 100's Hot Shot Debut on No 37. The song, which soars within the top 10 over Alternative Songs (16-8) and Rock Songs (19-10) shifts 59,000 downloads customary its first week on retail.