James' Top 20 - May 1, 2014

Notes:

• "Pressure" by: Youngblood Hawke stays atop for one more week to push its total to 4 weeks. It will have some major competition as the Top 4 are all neck and neck with each other.
• "Kiss the Devil (Just A Gent Remix)" by: Bel Heir pushes 6-2 in its 2nd week on the chart. It was looking very good for this to hit #1 this week, but some songs got it to stay away (more on that in a sec).
• Tove Lo makes a scorching hot debut with "Habits" at #3. It gains 54 plays in its first week, making it the biggest play count in a week for the year. Tove Lo is the main reason Bel Heir stayed out of the #1 since she stole their thunder during the week. I have played Truth Serum around 15 times this week, where last week I played Bel Heir's discography around 11. Truth Serum scores 5 of its 6 songs on the chart, 2 debuting and 3 on the rise. Another milestone for Tove Lo, she now has the highest peak position for a female-leading artist with her #3 debut, beating ADELE's "Someone Like You" which hit #4 a few years ago.
• "Me and My Broken Heart" by: Rixton goes 7-6 to gain a new peak just outside the Top 5.
• Vance Joy returns to the Top 10 once again with "Riptide" going 11-10.
• "Talk Dirty" by: Jason Derulo (feat. 2 Chainz) falls 5-11 this week. It fell from the Top 5 over a month ago and continued to fall until Jason's new album helped lift it back up to #5. With "Wiggle" (14-13) rising on the chart, "Talk Dirty" might see the end of its day pretty soon.
• "Back Home" by: Andy Grammer makes a nice lift from 17-15, where it stood at for 2 weeks, to gain a new peak.
• Tove Lo's scores the final debut of the week with "Not On Drugs" at #20. Next week should be the real test for Tove Lo if she will be able to stick around for the long haul.Truth Serum is on the pace to be one of my top albums of 2014 (even though it's only an EP ).

On the Rise:
"Out of Mind" by: Tove Lo
"She Looks So Perfect" by: 5 Seconds of Summer
"Don't Kill the Magic" by: MAGIC!
"Love Runs Out" by: OneRepublic
"Paradise" by: Tove Lo
"Over" by: Tove Lo
"Stand Up" by: The Cab
"Moon" by: The Cab
"Come With Me Now" by: KONGOS

Dropouts:
"Revolution" by: The Used (from #19) Peak: 14
"Tonight You're Perfect" by: New Politics (from #20) Peak: 6