Saturday, July 18, 2015

The Weekly GELT's TOP - July 18, 2015


Artist of the Week : Demi Lovato
"Like gets weird… Like if Lovato decides to perform her new single, Cool For the Summer, meaning she would be able to serenade thousands of rust-belt baseball fans about the frisson of secret-same-sex-summer-love just two weeks after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of gay marriage, which would be every bit as refreshingly unexpected as Grande’s covert American hate-licks, and more righteous, too.
Released earlier this month, “Cool For the Summer” debuted at No. 36 on this week’s Billboard charts and based on the title alone, it intends to stick around. Lyrically, it’s a three-and-a-half-minute bi-curious pick-up line that transposes the naughty stuff into easily crackable code.
I could keep a secret,” Lovato sings over the Freon-chilled synths, then asks, “Could you?” By the time the chorus hits — “Take me down into your paradise/Don’t be scared ’cause I’m your body type” — she’s keeping that secret at the top of her lungs.
This feels somewhat apt, considering the long-obliterated barriers between Lovato’s public and private life. She got her start as a kid on television singing in the shadow of a purple dinosaur named Barney, and later graduated to the Disney Channel where she would star alongside the Jonas Brothers in the 2008 summer movie “Camp Rock.”


The transition from kiddie-fame to hyper-fame has been perilous for the likes of Britney Spears, Justin Bieber and many others, but Lovato’s treacherous journey could end up having the happiest ending. After struggling with depression, drugs and an eating disorder, she entered rehab in 2010 and walked out the next year wearing her struggles and her beliefs on her sleeve, eventually becoming an advocate for mental health awareness and gay rights.
And now, singing about a fling on a tightrope, Lovato finally sounds like a true pop expert. This is a fizzy song about a big risk, and the cool tension in her voice couldn’t feel more perfect for the paradox she’s describing: a carefree summer-love with significant social consequences.
Check out how she builds toward the chorus, heightening the anticipation with four quick, whiplashing lines. “Don’t tell your mother.” (She’s establishing the risks and the rules.) “Kiss one another.” (These are the song’s most awkward-sounding syllables, but they add drama, like a cliff-climber grabbing the wrong rock.) “Die for each other.” (She’s punching the gas…) “We’re cool for the summer.” (…and now she’s coasting.)
While plenty of pop hits have cultivated fascinating clashes between content and form, this is an example of the two buzzing along in almost-perfect tandem. Something casual and fleeting feels as urgent as life and death. If that doesn’t describe the powers of a great pop song, what does?"
Chris RichardThe Washington Post, July 9

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 Artist
 Title
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 CT
 VIDEO
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 4
 Zedd
 Beautiful Now ft. Jon Bellion
 (3 weeks #1)
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 2  
 new 
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 Demi Lovato
 Cool For The Summer
 2
 3

 2
  9
 Tinie Tempah
 Not Letting Go feat. Jess  Glynne (1 week #1)
  1   
 4
 3
 7
 Years & Years
 Shine
  2
 5
 4
 6
 Sage The Gemini
 Good Thing ft. Nick Jonas
  4
 6
 6
 12
 Giorgio Moroder
 Deja Vu ft. Sia
  3
 7
 5
 9
 Maroon 5
 This Summer's Gonna  Hurt  Like A Motherf***r
 (3 weeks #1)
  1   
 8 
 15
 5
 Lost Frequencies
 Reality feat. Janieck Devy
  8
 9
 7
 12
 Grace
 You Don't Own Me ft. G-Eazy
  7
 10 
 13
 10
 Flo Rida
 I Don't Like It, I Love It feat.  Robin Thicke & Verdine  White
  10
 11
  9
 13
 Madcon
 Don't Worry ft. Ray Dalton
  5
 12
 8
 11
 Tori Kelly
 Unbreakable Smile
  3
 13
 10
 8
 Brandon Flowers
 I Can Change
 10
 14
 12
 9
 Owl City
 Verge ft. Aloe Blacc
 12
 15 
 20
 7
 Olly Murs
 Beautiful To Me
 15
 16 
  25
 3
 Foxes
 Body Talk
 16
 17
  11
  9
 Taylor Swift
 Bad Blood ft. Kendrick  Lamar
 7
 18 
  27
  9
 Prince Royce
 Back It Up feat Jennifer  Lopez  & Pitbull
 18
 19
 14
  15
 Hilary Duff
 Sparks
 11
 20
 16
  14
 Elina Born & Stig Rästa
 Goodbye To Yesterday
 13
 21
 19
  8
 Aurora
 Running With The Wolves
 17
 22 
 29
  3
 Rudimental
 Rumour Mill ft. Anne-Marie  & Will Heard
 22
 23 
 24
  7
 John Newman
 Come And Get It
 23
 24
 23
  7
 Jason Derulo
 Cheyenne
 23
 25
 18
  12
 Rihanna 
 American Oxygen
 (4 weeks  #1)
  1   
 26 
 30
 5
 Jeremih
 Tonight Belongs To  You ft.  Flo Rida
 26
 27 
 40
  3
 Jasmine Thompson
 Adore
 27
 28
 21
  11
 Jessie J
 Flashlight
 20
 29 
 49
  2
 Meghan Trainor
 Like I'm Gonna Lose You ft.  John Legend
 29
 30 
 41
  3
 Tori Kelly
 Should've Been Us
 30
 31 
 33
  6
 Gabrielle Aplin
 Light Up The Dark
 31
 32 
 35
  5
 Conrad Sewell
 Hold Me Up
 32
 33
 28
  12
 Adam Lambert
 Ghost Town
 3
 34
 31
 14
 Wiz Khalifa
 See You Again feat. Charlie  Puth (3 weeks #1)
  1   
 35 
 36
  4
 Zazie
 Discold
 35
 36 
 38
  3 
 Alexa Goddard
 We Broke The Sky
 38
 37 
 45
  2
 Sigma
 Glitterball ft. Ella Henderson
 37
 38
 37
  5
 Alesso
 Sweet Escape ft. Sirena
 38
 39 
 42
  2
 Duran Duran
 Pressure Off ft. Janell Monae  & Nile Rodgers 39
 40  43  4 Janet Jackson
 No Sleeep
 40
 41 
 26
 14
 Charles Hamilton
 New York Raining ft. Rita  Ora
 8
 42 
 44 
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 Lady Antebellum
 Long Stretch Of Love
 42
 43
 39
 6
 Jamie XX
 Loud Places ft. Romy
 32
 44 
 new 
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 Elle King
 Ex's & Oh's
 44
 45
 32
  10
 Blonde
 All Cried Out ft. Alex Newell
 19
 46 
 new 
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 U2
 Song For Someone
 46
 47
 34
  12
 Erik Hassle
 No Words
 13
 48 
 22
  17
 Charlie Puth
 Marvin Gaye ft. Meghan  Trainor
 4
 49 
 new 
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 Example
 Whisky Story
 49
 50 
 new 
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 Kelsea Ballerini
 Love Me Like You Meant It
 50




Dropping Off the Chart
Mans Zelmerlöw - Heroes
Jarryd James - Do Uou Remember
Kenny B - Parijs
Major Lazer - Lean On ft. MØ
Imagine Dragons - Shots

Bubbling Under 
Samantha Jade - Shake That ft. Pitbull
Marina Kaye - Dancing With The Devil
Ella Eyre - Good Times
Tove Lo - Timebomb
Mark Ronson - I Can't Lose ft. Keyone Starr
Little Mix - Black Magic
Kendrick Lamar - Alright
DJ Antoine & Akon - Holiday