Top Songs [11.30.2017]

This week, Sam Smith might not yet have found peace, but he has certainly found chart success as 'No Peace' spends a 3rd week at Number One. 'No Peace' becomes just the 3rd song to spend more than 2 weeks at Number One. 'A L I E N S' holds the record with 4 weeks, trailed by 'Endorphins' with 3 weeks. More impressively, if songs that had chart points boosted by remixes/alternate versions were removed, 'No Peace' would be just the 2nd song to spend more than 2 weeks at the top spot. 'No Peace''s third week at Number One also gives Sam Smith his third week at Number One. He becomes just the 4th artist to spend more than 2 weeks at Number One joining an elite list consisting of Coldplay (7 weeks), Lorde (4 weeks) and Sub Focus (3 weeks). We'll see if 'No Peace' can hang onto the top spot next week, which will give both the song and Smith even more accolades.

'Please Forgive Me' is stable at #2 where it debuted last week. Former Number One 'Needed You' climbs 2 spots to #3, spending it's 6th week in the Top 5, and 8th week in the Top 10. 'Little Lies', also a former Number One, returns to the Top 10 (and Top 5) after briefly leaving last week. It jumps 13 spots to #4, it's 6th week on the chart. 'Pray' rounds up the Top 5, moving 4 spots from #9, and giving Sam Smith 2 Top 5 songs this week. Impressively, 'Pray' has remained in the Top 10 since it debuted 8 weeks ago at #2 (where it peaked), only going as low as #10 twice. 'Everybody Wants To Rule The World' drops 2 spots from it's #4 peak to #6, 'Midnight Train' moves up one spot to #7 (giving Sam Smith 3 Top 10 songs again), and  'Worlds Apart' bullets back into the Top 10 at #8 for the first time since it debuted at #6 8 weeks ago. Pnau gets a 2nd Top 10 this week with 'In My Head' at #9, and Kygo's 'Riding SHotgun' debuts at #10, the top debut of the week. Outside the Top 10, 'Keep Cool' fails to break into the Top 10 this week dropping one spot from it's #11 high. 

'Hello' re-enters the charts this week at #39, spending a 19th week on the charts. As such, it pulls ahead of 'Burning Out' to hold the runner-up spot for most total weeks on the chart. 'Endorphins' and 'All I Can Think About Is You' hold the record for most total weeks on the chart with 22 weeks ('Endorphins' broke the record first before being caught up to by 'All I Can Think About Is You'). 

Over on the Leaderboard, 'Innerbloom' blasts into the Top 5 at #5, switching spots with 'Burning Out' (#6). With only 5 more chart weeks left till the end of the year, it's still too early to say what song will end up as the top song of the year. 'Endorphins' remains on top but it is in close battle with 'A L I E N S' and 'All I Can Think...' with less than 2000 points separating all 3. Hopefully, next week brings more clarity.