Wow. After four months of floundering around on the Billboard Hot 100, Lady Gaga and Beyonce's "Telephone" finally manages to climb up to a respectable #3. This seems to be the pattern with her, though—release a single, wait a few months to unleash the OTT video and then the song suddenly gets its momentum on the chart. Kind of makes you wonder how well a Gaga single not accompanied by a music video would fare?At any rate, as mentioned last week, "Telephone" is Lady Gaga's sixth Top 10 single, and now becomes her fifth one to crack the Top 5 (with only "Paparazzi"—a far better jam than "Telephone," if you want my two cents—peaking at the lowly #6 last fall).
All the usual suspects (The Script, Adam Lambert, etc.) make only minor movements this week, so let's just end by noting that La Roux's "Bulletproof" jumps from #80 to #71, while Ke$ha's "Your Love Is My Drug" re-enters the chart at #91.
Whatever. She's on my hooker list for wimping out over her Britney diss.
The U.S. Top 10:
1. "Rude Boy" - Rihanna *2 weeks*
2. "Nothin' On You" - B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars
3. "Telephone" - Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce
4. "Need You Now" - Lady Antebellum
5. "Break Your Heart" - Taio Cruz feat. Ludacris
6. "Imma Be" - The Black Eyed Peas
7. "Hey, Soul Sister" - Train
8. "Bedrock" - Young Money feat. Lloyd
9. "TiK ToK" - Ke$ha
10. "Baby" - Justin Bieber
