US Chart Roundup: Avril Lavigne, Mariah Carey & Lana Del Rey Actually Have Hits!

Selena Gomez lands her first Top 10 hit on the Hot 100 with "Come & Get It," which climbs eight positions to #6 this week. That's a legitimate scandal in my book, since "Come & Get It" is vastly inferior to Gomez's superb 2010 single "Naturally," which peaked at #29 but really should have at least made it into the Top 10. I feel like Miley must have spiked the chart that month. The bitch.

Elsewhere, Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" jumps back up to #15, and Mariah Carey and Miguel's "#Beautiful" debuts at #24, giving Mimi her first Top 40 single in four years — the last being "Obsessed," which reached #7 in summer 2009. This comes on the heels of "Triumflop (Get 'Em)" and "Almost Home," both of which flopped harder than a pair of tits at a Pride parade and failed to chart.

Below that, Emeli Sande's "Next To Me" is up to #26 while Avril Lavigne's "Here's To Never Growing Up" catapult's up 30 positions to #30. Meanwhile, "Young And Beautiful" from The Great Gatsby is shaping up to be Lana Del Rey's first legitimate hit in the US. The Rick Nowels-produced track is up to #59, but should find its way into the Top 40 on next week's chart, as the song has been  Top 10 on iTunes since the movie opened last weekend.

Finally, America is drinking her Pepsi Cola pussy.

The U.S. Top 10:

1. "Can't Hold Us" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray *2 weeks*
2. "Just Give Me A Reason" - Pink feat. Nate Ruess
3. "Mirrors" - Justin Timberlake 
4. "When I Was Your Man" - Bruno Mars
5. "Stay" - Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko 
6. "Come & Get It" - Selena Gomez
7. "Thrift Shop" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz
8. "Radioactive" - Imagine Dragons
9. "I Love It" - Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX
10. "Cruise" - Florida Georgia Line feat. Nelly

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Daft Punk x Giorgio Moroder In The June Issue Of 'Dazed & Confused'

Pics by Hedi Slimane. Good shit.

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My Little Boots Interview: Watch

Last week I interviewed Little Boots at the Music Hall Of Williamsburg in New York for Idolator, and you can watch the bulk of our chat about her new album Nocturnes below.

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It's Mariah Carey & Miguel's "#Beautiful" Video

Mariah Carey arches her back, straddles a hog, rubs her ass, sticks her tits out and flashes her panties in the video for her Miguel duet "#Beautiful." Not much else you need to know here.

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The Saturdays' "Gentleman" Vs. The Wanted's "Walks Like Rihanna"

After Chasing The Saturdays aired on the E! channel here in the States and failed to help the British hooker troupe crack the US market, the network will once again trying its pop luck with The Wanted Life in the fall. Yay for sausage?

At any rate, both The Saturdays and The Wanted have new singles out, which I've managed to somehow avoid until now. It's not surprising — I've been busier than Farrah Abraham in a Van Nuys Motel 6 (though, not in that way — if only). So I finally decided to have a listen.

First up is "Gentleman."



It's not quite the PSY cover I was clamoring for, and I'm not sure how to feel about these hoes rapping about Ryan Gosling, Weezy and George Clooney. Still, musically, the whole Janelle Monae/almost-neo-soul thing is a nice break from the generi-dance that's become The Saturdays' forte.

Next: "Walks Like Rihanna."



Woeful, desperate title for a song that's actually "okay." It's not awful. This is Dr. Luke, isn't it? At this point, he should really be dragged to a dark room and beaten until he comes up with a new sound.

Hate the game, playa. Hate the game.

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UK Chart Roundup: The Music-Buying People Of England Have Been So Good To Chris Malinchak

Chris Malinchak's chill slow burner "So Good To Me" debuts at #2 on the UK chart this week, proving to not quite be a match for Daft Punk's unstoppable "Get Lucky," now in its third week at #1. Still, the New York DJ/producer can be happy about the fact that, if he had to be held off the top position on the chart, at least it was by Daft Punk.



Elsewhere, Gabriella Aplin's third single "Panic Cord," from debut album English Rain, goes in at #19. It's a bit singer-songwritery/jangly/girl-with-a-guitar-y for my taste (and apparently the British public's tastes, as well), but, hey — knock yourself out, baby.



The UK Top 10:

1. "Get Lucky" - Daft Punk *3 weeks*
2. "So Good To Me" - Chris Malinchak *new*
3. "Let Her Go" - Passenger
4. "Waiting All Night" - Rudimental feat. Ella Eyre
5. "Can't Hold Us" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
6. "This Is What It Feels Like" - Armin Van Buuren *new*
7. "Play Hard" - David Guetta feat. Ne-Yo & Akon
8. "I Need Your Love" - Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding
9. "#thatPower" - will.i.am feat. Justin Bieber
10. "Just Give Me A Reason" - Pink feat. Nate Ruess

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US Chart Roundup: I Love My (Next) White Trash Husband Macklemore

Somehow, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis have become the first duo in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to chart at #1 with their first two singles. You'd think this feat would have happened before with someone far classier, but I'm still glad that My (Next) White Trash Husband Macklemore is able to pop a box of Frangia and celebrate.

And so the pair's "Can't Hold Us" knocks Pink and Nate Ruess' "Just Give Me A Reason" off the top of the chart after the latter's three-week reign. Meanwhile, one of the year's best singles so far, Justin Timberlake's "Mirrors," slides up to #3, while Icona Pop and Charli XCX's "I Love It," Chart Rigger's top pick on our Best Singles list last year, climbs to #7.

The U.S. Top 10:

1. "Can't Hold Us" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray *1 week*
2. "Just Give Me A Reason" - Pink feat. Nate Ruess
3. "Mirrors" - Justin Timberlake 
4. "Stay" - Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko
5. "When I Was Your Man" - Bruno Mars 
6. "Thrift Shop" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz
7. "I Love It" - Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX
8. "Radioactive" - Imagine Dragons
9. "Cruise" - Florida Georgia Line feat. Nelly
10. "Feel This Moment" - Pitbull feat. Christina Aguilera

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