Chart Highlights: Katy Perry's 'Part of Me' Starts on Pop Songs
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Chart Highlights offers a sneak peek at a select group of Billboard charts every Monday. Find out the top songs, Greatest Gainers and debuts on the surveys listed below.
All our charts are refreshed on billboard.com every Thursday.
Pop Songs
*** No. 1 *** "Set Fire To The Rain" Adele
Debut/Greatest Gainer No. 21 "Part Of Me" Katy Perry
Katy Perry's "Part of Me," the lead single from her "Teenage Dream" deluxe edition, "The Complete Confection" (due March 27), bounds onto the Nielsen BDS-based Pop Songs radio airplay chart at No. 21, marking her highest debut and the chart's best bow since Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" launched at No. 14 a year ago this month. Having arrived at radio and retail last Monday (Feb. 13), "Part" debuts with 3,373 plays on 135 of the chart's 141 reporters. (It also enters Adult Pop Songs at a lofty No. 28).
Early estimates peg "Part" as selling north of 400,000 downloads in its first full week of availability, setting up a potential No. 1 debut on this week's Billboard Hot 100. The song's official weekly Nielsen SoundScan sales figures and Hot 100 rank will be revealed Wednesday (Feb. 22) on billboard.com.
Debut No. 28 "Feel So Close" Calvin Harris
Debut No. 31 "Starships" Nicki Minaj
Debut No. 33 "Wild Ones" Flo Rida Featuring Sia
Debut No. 39 "Breathing" Jason Derulo
Adult Contemporary
*** No. 1 *** "Just A Kiss" Lady Antebellum
Greatest Gainer No. 6 "Set Fire To The Rain" Adele
Debut No. 28 "Scene In San Francisco" Ed Hale
Debut No. 29 "3 Words" Elliott Yamin
Adult Pop Songs
*** No. 1 *** "Set Fire To The Rain" Adele
Greatest Gainer No. 2 "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" Kelly Clarkson
Debut No. 28 "Part Of Me" Katy Perry
Debut No. 39 "Blackout" Breathe Carolina
Debut No. 40 "If You Ever Come Back" The Script
Dance/Club Play Songs
*** No. 1 ***/Greatest Gainer "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" Kelly Clarkson
Hot Shot Debut No. 24 "Give Me All Your Luvin' " Madonna Featuring Nicki Minaj & M.I.A.
Debut No. 31 "Respect" Melanie Amaro
Debut No. 44 "Love On Top" Beyonce
Debut No. 45 "Changed The Way You Kiss Me" Example
Debut No. 46 "Raise Your Hands" C-Rod Featuring Jason Walker
Debut No. 47 "Glow In The Dark" Carishma
Debut No. 48 "Pop It" Jason Dottley
Rap Songs
*** No. 1 *** "The Motto" Drake Featuring Lil Wayne
Debut No. 24 "Crew Love" Drake Featuring The Weekend
Debut No. 25 "No Church In The Wild" Jay Z Kanye West Featuring Frank Ocean
Greatest Gainer "Starships" Nicki Minaj
Rock Songs
*** No. 1 *** "Lonely Boy" The Black Keys
Greatest Gainer No. 7 "We Are Young" fun.
Hot Shot Debut No. 43 "This Means War" Nickelback
Debut No. 45 "Hurricane" Theory Of A Deadman
Alternative Songs
*** No. 1 *** "Somebody That I Used To Know" Gotye Featuring Kimbra
Greatest Gainer No. 4 "We Are Young" fun.
Debut No. 39 "Surrender" Angels & Airwaves
Debut No. 40 "Shuffle" Bombay Bicycle Club
Country Songs
*** No. 1 *** "You Gonna Fly" Keith Urban
Greatest Gainer No. 22 "Fly Over States" Jason Aldean
Hot Shot Debut No. 58 "Between Sundays" DJ Miller
Debut No. 59 "Lovin' You Is Fun" Easton Corbin
Debut No. 60 "The Star Spangled Banner" The Band Perry
Latin Songs
*** No. 1 ***/Greatest Gainer "Mi Santa" Romeo Santos Featuring Tomatito
Hot Shot Debut No. 45 "El Reto" Luis Enrique
Debut No. 46 "Me Voy De La Casa" Tito "El Bambino"
Debut No. 47 "Marchate" Julion Alvarez y Su Norteno Banda
Debut No. 49 "Perdoname" La Republika
Regional Mexican Songs
*** No. 1 *** "Llamada De Mi Ex" La Arrolladora Banda el Limon de Rene Camacho
Greatest Gainer No. 10 "Amor Confuso" Gerardo Ortiz
Debut No. 33 "Delirando" Los Rieleros del Norte
Debut No. 35 "6 Impactos" Regido
Debut No. 36 "Que Wey Soy" La Numero 1 Banda Jerez
Debut No. 37 "Y Te Amo Tanto" Conjunto Atardecer Featuring Calibre 50
Debut No. 38 "Que Diosito Te Perdone" El Poder del Norte
Latin Pop Songs
*** No. 1 ***/Greatest Gainer "Mi Santa" Romeo Santos Featuring Tomatito
Debut No. 33 "Give Me All Your Luvin'" Madonna Featuring Nicki Minaj & M.I.A.
Debut No. 37 "El Reto" Luis Enrique
Debut No. 39 "Sorry For Party Rocking" LMFAO
Tropical Songs
Greatest Gainer/*** No. 1 *** "Mi Santa" Romeo Santos Featuring Tomatito
Debut No. 18 "Si Yo Fuera El" MAFFiO Featuring Joey Montana
Debut No. 22 "Te Amo" Alex Wayne
Debut No. 37 "Eres Tu" Frankie Ruiz Jr.
Christian Songs
*** No. 1 *** "My Hope Is In You" Aaron Shust
Greatest Gainer "Times" Tenth Avenue North
Hot Shot Debut No. 44 "He Said" Group 1 Crew Featuring Chris August
Debut No. 48 "The Hurt & The Healer" MercyMe
Debut No. 49 "On My Own" Ashes Remain
Gospel Songs
*** No. 1 *** "Still Able" James Fortune & FIYA
Greatest Gainer No. 5 "One More Time" Zacardi Cortez Featuring John P. Kee
Debut No. 30 "It's Gonna Be Alright" Le'Andria Johnson
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