Report card: 5/17/11

[Mega248]

Pop
Katy Perry- E.T.
Black Eyed Peas- Just Can’t Get Enough
Britney Spears- Till the World Ends
Adele- Rolling in the Deep
Jennifer Lopez f/ Pitbull- On the Floor
Kesha- Blow
Bruno Mars- Lazy Song
Tinie Tempah f/ Eric Turner- Written in the Stars
Rihanna- S&M
Jeremih f/ 50 Cent- Down On Me
The Script- For the First Time
Jessie J f/ B.O.B.- Pricetag
Pitbull f/ Ne-Yo- Give Me Everything
Cee Lo Green- F**k You
Pink- F**kin’ Perfect
Lupe Fiasco- The Show Goes On
New Boyz f/ Cataracs- Back Seat
Lady Gaga- Judas
Selena Gomez & The Scene- Who Says
Lady Gaga- Born this Way
Wiz Khalfia- Roll Up
Mike Posner f/ Lil’ Wayne- Bow Chicka Wow Wow
Hot Chelle Rae- Tonight Tonight
Dr. Dre f/ Eminem & Skylar Grey- I Need a Doctor
OneRepublic- Good Life
Martin Solveig & Dragonette- Hello
LMFAO- Party Rock Anthem
Avril Lavigne- What the Hell
Taylor Swift- The Story of Us
Big Time Rush- Boyfriend
Lady Gaga- The Edge of Glory
My Chemical Romance- Sing
Chris Brown- Look At Me Now
Nicki Minaj f/ Drake- Moment 4 Life
Shontelle- Say Hello to Goodbye
Jason Derulo- Don’t Wanna Go Home
Beyonce- Run the World
Nicki Minaj- Super Bass
Kanye West- All of the Lights
Britney Spears- Hold It Against Me
Maroon 5- Never Gonna Leave this Bed
30 Seconds to Mars- Closer to the Edge
Enrique Iglesias f/ Usher- Dirty Dancer
The Ready Set- Young Forever
David Guetta, Flo Rida & Nicki Minaj- Where Them Girls At
Neon Trees- Your Surrender
Far East Movement f/ Snoop Dogg- If I Was You (OMG)
The Band Perry- If I Die Young
Rihanna- California King Bed
T-Pain f/ Chris Brown- Best Love Song

Alternative
Foo Fighters- Rope
Rise Against- Help is On the Way
Black Keys- Howlin’ for You
Foster the People- Pumped Up Kicks
Mumford & Sons- The Cave
Incubus- Adolescents
Death Cab For Cutie- You are a Tourist
Airborne Toxic Event- Changing
Beastie Boys- Make Some Noise
Cage the Elephant- Shake Me Down
Young the Giant- My Body
Awolnation- Sail
Seether- Country Song
Naked & Famous- Young Blood
Linkin Park- Waiting for the End
Sick Puppies- Riptide
Sublime with Rome- Panic
Redlight King- Old Man
My Chemical Romance- Bulletproof Heart
Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi f/ Jack White- Two Against One
Three Days Grace- Lost in You
Linkin Park- Iridescent
Joy Formidable- Whirring
Papa Roach- Burn
Neon Trees- Your Surrender
Panic at the Disco- The Ballad of Mona Lisa
Strokes- Under Cover of Darkness
Cake Long Time
Two Door Cinema Club- What You Know
Avenged Sevenfold- So Far Away
Biffy Clyro- Many of Horror
Lykke Li- Get Some
Cage the Elephant- Around My Head
Bayside- Sick Sick Sick
Hollywood Undead- Hear Me Now
Disturbed- Warrior
TV On the Radio- Will Do
Manchester Orchestra- April Fool
Sum 41- Screaming Bloody Murder
Sixx A.M.- Lies of the Beautiful
Radiohead- Lotus Flower
Korn f/ Skrillex- Get Up
Funeral Party- Finale
Skillet- Awake and Alive
Company of Thieves- Death of Communication
My Morning Jacket- Holdin On to Black Metal
Middle Class Rut- Busy Bein’ Born
Adelitas Way- Sick
She Wants Revenge- Must Be the One

AC[/u]
Bruno Mars- Just the Way You Are
Katy Perry- Firework
Daughtry- September
Train- Marry Me
Taylor Swift- Mine
OneRepublic- Secrets
Michael Buble- Hold On
Christina Perri- Jar of Hearts
Pink- Riase Your Glass
Bon Jovi- What Do YoU Got
Bruno Mars- Grenade
Taylor Swift- Back to December
Rihanna- Only Girl (In the World)
Matthew Morrison- Summer Rain
Bob Seger- Downtown Train
Richard Marx- When You Loved Me
Kenny Chesney- Somewhere with You
Stevie Nicks- Secret Love
Dave Barnes- God Gave Me You
Doobie Brothers- Far From Home
Tim McGraw- Felt Good On My Lips
Josh Groban- Higher Window
Colbie Caillat- I Do
Kid Rock w/ Sheryl Crow- Collide
Lifehouse- Falling In

Hot AC[/u]
Andy Grammar- Keep Your Head Up
Sara Bareilles- Uncharted
Parachute- Something to Believe
Train- Save Me San Francisco
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals- Paris (Ooh La La)
Jason Aldean & Kelly Clarkson- Don’t You Wanna Stay
He Is We- Happily Ever After
Enrique Iglesias f/ Ludacris- Tonight (I’m F**king You)
Stone Sour- Hesitate
Michael Franti & Spearhead- I’ll Be Waiting
3 Doors Down- Where You’re Young
Usher- More
Andrew Allen- Love You Tonight
Christina Perri- Arms
Duran Duran- All You Need is Now

Triple A[/u]
Amos Lee- Windows Are Rolled Down
Jack Johnson- From the Clouds
Matt Nathanson- Faster
Scars On 45- Gave Me Something
Fitz & The Tantrums- MoneyGrabber
Paul Simon- The Afterlife
Decemberists- Down by the Water
Cars- Sad Song
Adele- Rumour Has It
Eddie Vedder- Longing to Belong
Head and the Heart- Lost In My Mind
Decemberists- This is Why We Fight
Arcade Fire- Modern Man
Iron and Wine- Tree by the River
Ray Lamontagne & Pariah Dogs- Repo Man
David Gray- Only the Wine
Augustana- Steal Your Heart
Bob Schneider- Let the Light In
Portugal. The Man- People Say
Brett Dennen- Sydney, I’ll Come Running
Mat Kearney- Hey Mama
Florence + The Machine- You’ve Got the Love

Rhythmic
Big Sean f/ Chris Brown- My Last
YC f/ Future- Racks
Chris Brown- She Ain’t You
Kelly Rowland f/ Lil’ Wayne- Motivation
Miguel- Sure Thing
Nicki Minaj- Did It On ‘Em
Lil’ Wayne f/ Cory Gunz- 6 Foot 7 Foot
Ace Hood- Hustle Hard
Rihanna- Man Down
Lil’ Wayne f/ Rick Ross- John
Travis Porter- Bring it Back
Lupe Fiasco f/ Trey Songz- Out of My Head
Waka Flocka Flame f/ Kebo Gotti- Grove St. Party
Lloyd- Cupid
Gorilla Zoe f/ Lil’ Jon- Twister
Trey Songz- Love Faces
Jennifer Lopez f/ Lil’ Wayne- I’m Into You

Interesting note: "Rolling in the Deep" appears on all six of these charts.

[crash46]

Pop
Katy Perry - E.T.: B-
Black Eyed Peas - Just Can’t Get Enough: n/a (although I remember not disliking it anywhere near what I was anticipating. But, their career was supposed to be complete after that Super Bowl performance, and now this song sustains it, so, it's not cool and all good.)
Britney Spears - Till the World Ends: n/a
Adele - Rolling in the Deep: A- (I always figured this was more of a & a better country song on the Alternative chart than Seether's "Country Song", but then I wondered why I even thought of this as a country song to begin with. The reason turned out to be because you could tell me Adele is actually Jade from Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and I wouldn't even dispute it. Not sure why this is having it so easy on pop though, and why she's such a hot ticket with one damn song.)
Jennifer Lopez f/ Pitbull - On the Floor: n/a (Not a good combination for a duo whatsoever, but...I can't name a single person I know who still watches American Idol. I can't name a single contestant from this season. All I ever hear about regarding that show is how it's jumped the shark, and this is unanimously so. How the hell has Jennifer Lopez, and Steven Tyler for that matter, both gotten huge second winds to their career from such an unpopular show.)
Kesha - Blow: B-
Bruno Mars - Lazy Song: C- (Bruno Mars, after a promising start, is essentially becoming a Caribbean Jason Mraz. And we don't need that.)
Tinie Tempah f/ Eric Turner - Written in the Stars: n/a
Rihanna - S&M: C (Eh. She's becoming nearly half as bad as Beyoncé with oversinging and trying to make melody out of lack of melody. It's getting kind of annoying.)
Jeremih f/ 50 Cent - Down On Me: n/a
The Script - For the First Time: n/a
Jessie J f/ B.O.B. - Pricetag: n/a
Pitbull f/ Ne-Yo - Give Me Everything: n/a
Cee Lo Green - F**k You: A (I've finally heard enough of this, but it's okay, since it is falling down the chart with dignity, and it is the best #1 song CHR has had in quite some time.)
Pink - F**kin’ Perfect: C (It's bland. I'd say you aren't supposed to take such a highly visible song title and tack it onto such an uninteresting song, but it was one of the most highly played weekly hits of all time for some reason, so what the hell do I know. .)
Lupe Fiasco - The Show Goes On: B+
New Boyz f/ Cataracs - Back Seat: nfe (I think it sucked, though.)
Lady Gaga - Judas: nfe (Seemed alright though, yet worse than all the singles of the first go-round besides "Telephone".)
Selena Gomez & The Scene - Who Says: n/a (Top 20? WTF.)
Lady Gaga - Born this Way: D- (Tremendous step down in both production and ambition. If there's ever going to be a song to deliver the death blow to pop music for me, it's this one, and it's coming from an artist whose songs I've always at least kind of liked. This is why I can never fully get behind any pop act, because I will end up let down somehow.)
Wiz Khalfia - Roll Up: n/a
Mike Posner f/ Lil’ Wayne - Bow Chicka Wow Wow: n/a
Hot Chelle Rae - Tonight Tonight: n/a (Really though? I thought HCR sounded laughably dated three years ago when "Bleed" scraped the chart, and now they're back with an even bigger hit?)
Dr. Dre f/ Eminem & Skylar Grey - I Need a Doctor: C (What the hell was this.)
OneRepublic - Good Life: n/a
Martin Solveig & Dragonette - Hello: n/a (Who???)
LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem: n/a (It doesn't seem right that LMFAO have gone on to have more hits following "I'm In Miami Bitch".)
Avril Lavigne - What the Hell: n/a
Taylor Swift - The Story of Us: n/a (Talk about an artist going absolutely nowhere with her music, though. Do I need to have heard the song to say "hmmm" to the fact that she's already had an "Our Song"? Her career is becoming a joke, quickly.)
Big Time Rush - Boyfriend: n/a (80% certain that I've heard this and it sucks.)
Lady Gaga - The Edge of Glory: n/a
My Chemical Romance - Sing: A- (This song and "Closer to the Edge" flashing back to 2004 when Modest Mouse, Franz Ferdinand, "The Kill", and "Miss Murder all with unlikely crossover hits. Well those might not have all been 2004. Good times though. .)
Chris Brown - Look At Me Now: n/a ("Look at me now? Has anyone's opinion of this kid changed at all? .)
Nicki Minaj f/ Drake - Moment 4 Life: B- (Can't remember if I've said anything about this here though, but what the hell is Hot Topic's doing selling Nicki Minaj t-shirts. And Wiz Khalifa, and Waka Flocka Flame, and somebody else I can't think of right now because it was three months ago. God, to think I used to stand up for them.)
Shontelle - Say Hello to Goodbye: n/a
Jason Derulo - Don’t Wanna Go Home: n/a
Beyonce - Run the World: n/a
Nicki Minaj - Super Bass: n/a
Kanye West - All of the Lights: n/a
Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me: C+
Maroon 5 - Never Gonna Leave this Bed: n/a
30 Seconds to Mars - Closer to the Edge: A
Enrique Iglesias f/ Usher - Dirty Dancer: n/a
The Ready Set - Young Forever: D
David Guetta, Flo Rida & Nicki Minaj - Where Them Girls At: n/a
Neon Trees - Your Surrender: n/a
Far East Movement f/ Snoop Dogg - If I Was You (OMG): n/a
The Band Perry - If I Die Young: n/a
Rihanna - California King Bed: n/a
T-Pain f/ Chris Brown - Best Love Song: n/a

Alternative
Foo Fighters - Rope: B+ (The amount of #2 hits and #11 hits this song is directly responsible for is kind of irritating.)
Rise Against - Help is On the Way: C (I mean, a pretentious song about Katrina would have been great three years ago, when it was actually happening, and "Savior" was only in its second year on the chart.)
Black Keys - Howlin’ for You: A- (The keyboard effects near the end of the song are what won it over for me.)
Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks: B+ (Imagine if we were to have another Columbine type incident during this song's chart run, though.)
Mumford & Sons - The Cave: A
Incubus - Adolescents: B+ (The song kind of reeks of A Crow Left of the Murder-style overmellowness and overwrittenness. It just feels like that's who Incubus is now.)
Death Cab For Cutie - You are a Tourist: B+ (I like that this is totally riff-driven and is probably the simplest single release they've ever had. Their wordy, story-telling songs of the past gave their songs a shelf life far shorter than their chart life but I can see myself digging this for much longer.)
Airborne Toxic Event - Changing: A-
Beastie Boys - Make Some Noise: A (I've never liked a Beastie track as instantly as this one.)
Cage the Elephant - Shake Me Down: B+
Young the Giant - My Body: A- (Dig the song and all, but I still want to know what the hell a 'young the giant' is.)
Awolnation - Sail: A (I still love this record, probably more now than ever before, and it's 90% due to its ambience.)
Seether - Country Song: B (The song makes me laugh, unintentionally. They were talking about this on Out of Order about how they were making some over-the-top novelty video, and what a surprise that was. I always thought of the song, and the band, as a novelty act anyway.)
Naked & Famous - Young Blood: A
Linkin Park - Waiting for the End: B (FINALLY this song is the f*** off the charts!)
Sick Puppies - Riptide: D (Laughably bad and predictable.)
Sublime with Rome - Panic: n/a
Redlight King - Old Man: B-
My Chemical Romance - Bulletproof Heart: B+ (Nice for this one to finally crack the top 20 after looking dead in the water.)
Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi f/ Jack White - Two Against One: B
Three Days Grace - Lost in You: n/a
Linkin Park - Iridescent: nfe (Why is this struggling so badly though.)
Joy Formidable - Whirring: nfe (Was added just a couple days before my station turned for the worse; I only heard it once.)
Papa Roach - Burn: n/a
Neon Trees - Your Surrender: nfe
Panic at the Disco - The Ballad of Mona Lisa: nfe (It wasn't bad, but I don't remember anything about it at this point. Top 20 would have been cool, but all hope is lost now.)
Strokes - Under Cover of Darkness: B (The magnitude by which the song 'grabbed me' was minute compared to their previous lead singles. Was still hoping for top 10 but The Foo Fighters got in the way.)
Cake - Long Time: nfe (Higher up the charts, but probably isn't realistically getting anymore play than "Love You Madly", or whatever they followed up "No Phone" with.)
Two Door Cinema Club - What You Know: B+ (Heard on Alt Nation yesterday and enjoyed.)
Avenged Sevenfold - So Far Away: A- (Was also added to my station right before it bit the dust. Surprisingly so, since they skipped "Welcome to the Family", and this isn't exactly becoming a chart world-beater.)
Biffy Clyro - Many of Horror: B (Very slowly starting to come around, but I still struggle to find much memorable about this.)
Lykke Li - Get Some: B (Only one listen, but I didn't really find her vocals too appealing, on low quality, low volume audio.)
Cage the Elephant - Around My Head: nfe (I'd just been expecting "Aberdeen" to be the new single, since it's what my station had decided to add, and I like that one pretty well.)
Bayside - Sick Sick Sick: n/a
Hollywood Undead - Hear Me Now: nfe
Disturbed - Warrior: n/a
TV On the Radio - Will Do: B- (I've only heard this on Alt Nation, but it shares a lot of the same qualities with the random indie tracks Alt Nation likes to play that all kind of bleed together into one. I don't understand them yet.)
Manchester Orchestra - April Fool: B+ (I wish I could be hearing more of this.)
Sum 41 - Screaming Bloody Murder: nfe (Curious about this one; was an Out of Order extra several months ago, and of course 89x is playing it, but traversing the jungle that is their current playlist sounds daunting just to hear this song.)
Sixx A.M. - Lies of the Beautiful People: n/a
Radiohead - Lotus Flower: C (I can't believe how underwhelming this song is. No reason for a lead Radiohead single in 2011 could fall short of the top ten, and drastically so, without sounding as forgettable as this was.)
Korn f/ Skrillex - Get Up: n/a
Funeral Party - Finale: nfe (another one I heard for the first time yesterday and thought favorably of it.)
Skillet - Awake and Alive: n/a
Company of Thieves - Death of Communication: n/a
My Morning Jacket - Holdin On to Black Metal: n/a
Middle Class Rut - Busy Bein’ Born: n/a
Adelitas Way - Sick: n/a
She Wants Revenge - Must Be the One: n/a

AC[/u]
Bruno Mars - Just the Way You Are: B+ (When playing this song though, I was asked by someone at work if it was Justin Bieber. .)
Katy Perry - Firework: C- (No, I don't think anyone in their right mind has ever felt like a plastic bag, Katy. The video was pretty recockulous, too. She tries to be all positive, but constantly having attention drawn to a rack like hers by means of animated fireworks emerging from them doesn't exactly scream 'inspirational' to me.)
Daughtry - September: nfe
Train - Marry Me: n/a (I'm done with Train, again, just because of the song titles and being familiar with their purpose.)
Taylor Swift - Mine: C
OneRepublic - Secrets: B
Michael Buble - Hold On: n/a
Christina Perri - Jar of Hearts: n/a (But impossible to be open-minded in judging this song, given all the individual negative aspects that have been submitted.)
Pink - Raise Your Glass: nfe
Bon Jovi - What Do You Got: n/a
Bruno Mars - Grenade: C+ (Kind of silly, but sounds ok.)
Taylor Swift - Back to December: C (Seriously, quit exploiting country music with all this sappy pre-pubescent high school dance s***. This is not what that type of music was intended to be, much less like all ten of the singles she's had released. )
Rihanna - Only Girl (In the World): n/a
Matthew Morrison - Summer Rain: n/a
Bob Seger - Downtown Train: n/a
Richard Marx - When You Loved Me: n/a
Kenny Chesney - Somewhere with You: n/a
Stevie Nicks - Secret Love: n/a
Dave Barnes - God Gave Me You: n/a
Doobie Brothers - Far From Home: n/a
Tim McGraw - Felt Good On My Lips: n/a
Josh Groban - Higher Window: n/a
Colbie Caillat - I Do: n/a (Sure I've heard it, though.)

Hot AC[/u]
Andy Grammar - Keep Your Head Up: n/a
Lifehouse - Falling In: n/a
Sara Bareilles - Uncharted: n/a
Parachute - Something to Believe: n/a
Train - Save Me San Francisco: n/a (Here we go with one of those song titles again...)
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals - Paris (Ooh La La): n/a
Jason Aldean & Kelly Clarkson - Don’t You Wanna Stay: n/a
He Is We - Happily Ever After: n/a (What the f*** is 'He Is We', though?)
Enrique Iglesias f/ Ludacris - Tonight (I’m F**king You): F
Stone Sour - Hesitate: B+
Michael Franti & Spearhead - I’ll Be Waiting: n/a (I'm dying to find out what this sounds like, though!)
3 Doors Down - Where You’re Young: B
Usher - More: n/a
Andrew Allen - Love You Tonight: n/a
Christina Perri - Arms: n/a
Duran Duran - All You Need is Now: n/a

Triple A[/u]
Amos Lee - Windows Are Rolled Down: n/a
Jack Johnson - From the Clouds: n/a
Matt Nathanson - Faster: n/a
Scars On 45 - Gave Me Something: n/a
Fitz & The Tantrums - MoneyGrabber: A (My station was playing this song well into its recurrent life on Alternative, and I cherished every one of them, thinking I'd never know which would the last time I ever get to hear this on the radio. Of course it took a f***ing format change for it all to finally end.)
Paul Simon - The Afterlife: n/a
Decemberists - Down by the Water: n/a
Cars - Sad Song: n/a
Adele - Rumour Has It: n/a
Eddie Vedder - Longing to Belong: n/a
Head and the Heart - Lost In My Mind: n/a
Decemberists - This is Why We Fight: B+ (This sure disappeared off the Alternative chart too quickly. Barely even got to hear it.)
Arcade Fire - Modern Man: n/a
Iron and Wine - Tree by the River: n/a
Ray Lamontagne & Pariah Dogs - Repo Man: n/a
David Gray - Only the Wine: n/a
Augustana - Steal Your Heart: n/a
Bob Schneider - Let the Light In: n/a
Portugal. The Man - People Say: B (Although, I do completely agree with Davey's point about the perplexing political messages in this song that would have been better suited for 5+ years ago. Doesn't bother me as much as the Rise Against song, though.)
Brett Dennen - Sydney, I’ll Come Running: n/a
Mat Kearney - Hey Mama: n/a
Florence + The Machine - You’ve Got the Love: nfe (was easily the least memorable of her three US singles upon instant impression, but...this couldn't even hit the Alternative chart at all? What is with that?)

[a Nick O!]

Pop
Katy Perry - E.T.: B-
Black Eyed Peas - Just Can’t Get Enough: B+
Britney Spears - Till the World Ends: B+
Adele - Rolling in the Deep: B+
Jennifer Lopez f/ Pitbull - On the Floor: C+
Kesha - Blow: A-
Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song: D+ (It's pronounced "Hawaiian," Steve. This song is trash compared to his first two singles. Haven't played the album in awhile, but there were far better choices for a third single than this. )
Tinie Tempah f/ Eric Turner - Written in the Stars: nfe (But I could probably grade it if I heard it again.)
Rihanna - S&M: B (It's catchy as hell, sure, but it's alarming that this can be a #1 song on Pop radio without more outcry or discourse about age-appropriateness and how sad it is that hyper-sexualized subject matter like this is being marketed to impressionable young girls.)
Jeremih f/ 50 Cent - Down On Me: nfe (See Tinie Tempah.)
The Script - For the First Time: C- (The epitome of bland, dentist-office music.)
Jessie J f/ B.O.B. - Pricetag: C (The song is bland, but dig B.o.B's tip of the cap to 30 Seconds to Mars.)
Pitbull f/ Ne-Yo - Give Me Everything: n/a
Cee Lo Green - F**k You: A (Ditto Steve's comments.)
Pink - F**kin’ Perfect: B-
Lupe Fiasco - The Show Goes On: B+
New Boyz f/ Cataracs - Back Seat: D-
Lady Gaga - Judas: B+ (I think it's a fine song, but it's downfall probably comes from it's grating octave-jumping chorus melody, unfortunately. This definitely deserved a Top 5 showing and far more longevity than this. )
Selena Gomez & The Scene - Who Says: nfe
Lady Gaga - Born this Way: B (Not like The Fame was a great album or anything [though The Fame Monster certainly was], but when all her previous singles are A's or A-pluses [even "Telephone" was at least an A-] It's so hard to love a lead single that blatantly rips off "Express Yourself" and "Waterfalls" and presents itself as an anthem, rather than letting the public elevate it to such a status. Not sure yet how I feel about the album as a whole [I'm spinning it for the third time as I type], but it definitely felt like she jumped the shark here, which is practically heartbreaking. I don't know if I'll feel like paying for her live show again, but if I don't, I can be thankful I saw her twice in her prime.)
Wiz Khalfia - Roll Up: B- (Mediocre, poppy crap in comparison to "Black and Yellow.")
Mike Posner f/ Lil’ Wayne - Bow Chicka Wow Wow: F (Oh my god, f*** this song. Honestly, how could anyone actually like this lame-ass, corny piece of s***? The difference between his first two singles and this is night and day. Will definitely end up in the Top 5 or 10 worst songs of the year.)
Hot Chelle Rae - Tonight Tonight: nfe (but it sucked.)
Dr. Dre f/ Eminem & Skylar Grey - I Need a Doctor: B ("What the hell was this." LOL It wouldn't sound so awkward if Skylar wasn't on it and if it was left as an album track, since Dre doesn't even show up until the third verse. Detox is the hip hop Chinese Democracy and, unfortunately, will probably be about as relevant by the time it comes out.)
OneRepublic - Good Life: nfe
Martin Solveig & Dragonette - Hello: C+ (But how does seemingly random stuff like this cross over to America?)
LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem: D-
Avril Lavigne - What the Hell: B
Taylor Swift - The Story of Us: nfe (I've heard it a few times, but all her songs are blurring together, unfortunately, and because of this, she's paying the price on the pop chart.)
Big Time Rush - Boyfriend: nfe
Lady Gaga - The Edge of Glory: B (so far)
My Chemical Romance - Sing: A- (Yeah, definitely harkening back to a few years ago, when rock acts more easily crossed over. I'm a little surprised, actually.)
Chris Brown - Look At Me Now: C+ (I can't believe he's doing so well for himself again. Too bad the music isn't up to his pre-Rihanna incident quality.)
Nicki Minaj f/ Drake - Moment 4 Life: B- (Times have changed, Steve, and you've been left behind. That's what the kids listen to now.)
Shontelle - Say Hello to Goodbye: nfe
Jason Derulo - Don’t Wanna Go Home: n/a
Beyonce - Run the World: D+ (LOL at this flopping. The people just refuse to let you go too far out there, B.)
Nicki Minaj - Super Bass: nfe (But disappointed.)
Kanye West - All of the Lights: A
Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me: B+
Maroon 5 - Never Gonna Leave this Bed: nfe (Just as dull as you'd expect a third Maroon 5 single to be in 2011, though.)
30 Seconds to Mars - Closer to the Edge: A
Enrique Iglesias f/ Usher - Dirty Dancer: n/a
The Ready Set - Young Forever: nfe
David Guetta, Flo Rida & Nicki Minaj - Where Them Girls At: n/a
Neon Trees - Your Surrender: nfe
Far East Movement f/ Snoop Dogg - If I Was You (OMG): nfe
The Band Perry - If I Die Young: nfe
Rihanna - California King Bed: n/a
T-Pain f/ Chris Brown - Best Love Song: nfe (But I failed to see why this cracked the Pop chart.)

Alternative
Foo Fighters - Rope: B
Rise Against - Help is On the Way: B+
Black Keys - Howlin’ for You: B+ (Yeah, that unsung keyboard part is pretty cool, now that you mention it.)
Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks: B+ ("Imagine if we were to have another Columbine type incident during this song's chart run, though." Ha!)
Mumford & Sons - The Cave: B+
Incubus - Adolescents: B (so far)
Death Cab For Cutie - You are a Tourist: B- (I think. I'm having trouble remembering this song right now.)
Airborne Toxic Event - Changing: nfe (But how good could it be if I've listened to it maybe a dozen times and still can't remember it?)
Beastie Boys - Make Some Noise: A-
Cage the Elephant - Shake Me Down: B
Young the Giant - My Body: B-
Awolnation - Sail: C
Seether - Country Song: C+
Naked & Famous - Young Blood: A-
Linkin Park - Waiting for the End: A (I wasn't on board at first, but I really grew to like this song a bunch.)
Sick Puppies - Riptide: F (I can't believe I know people who like this band, one of whom got a life preserver tattoo based on this song. Seriously?! This f***ing band??)
Sublime with Rome - Panic: B (so far)
Redlight King - Old Man: C- (Really don't understand why this song is doing this well.)
My Chemical Romance - Bulletproof Heart: A-
Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi f/ Jack White - Two Against One: B- (Barely remember this song because it's not interesting enough to make much of an impression on me before it's over.)
Three Days Grace - Lost in You: B-
Linkin Park - Iridescent: nfe ("Why is this struggling so badly though." *sigh* Because rock radio listeners apparently only want heavier songs by Linkin Park.)
Joy Formidable - Whirring: B+
Papa Roach - Burn: C (Par for their course these days.)
Panic at the Disco - The Ballad of Mona Lisa: B
Strokes - Under Cover of Darkness: B
Cake - Long Time: B (I think "Love You Madly" followed "Short Skirt" and "The Guitar Man" followed "No Phone" and failed to chart.)
Two Door Cinema Club - What You Know: B (so far)
Avenged Sevenfold - So Far Away: A+
Biffy Clyro - Many of Horror: B
Lykke Li - Get Some: B+
Cage the Elephant - Around My Head: B-
Bayside - Sick Sick Sick: B
Hollywood Undead - Hear Me Now: B+
Disturbed - Warrior: nfe (But their singles are about as interchangeable as Taylor Swift's.)
TV On the Radio - Will Do: B
Manchester Orchestra - April Fool: nfe (But "Simple Math" easily beat this one for me.)
Sum 41 - Screaming Bloody Murder: B+ (Sad this didn't do better, but what did I expect in 2011?)
Sixx A.M. - Lies of the Beautiful People: nfe
Radiohead - Lotus Flower: nfe (I probably could've graded this back in March, but I've forgotten what it sounded like.)
Korn f/ Skrillex - Get Up: C
Funeral Party - Finale: nfe
Skillet - Awake and Alive: nfe
Company of Thieves - Death of Communication: nfe
My Morning Jacket - Holdin On to Black Metal: B (so far. Further listens should merit a plus or even an A grade.)
Middle Class Rut - Busy Bein’ Born: nfe
Adelitas Way - Sick: nfe (But it sucked.)
She Wants Revenge - Must Be the One: nfe

AC[/u]
Bruno Mars - Just the Way You Are: A-
Katy Perry - Firework: C (Such a cheesy song, I can't believe people took it seriously.)
Daughtry - September: C- (The most boring song he's put out yet.)
Train - Marry Me: B (One of their most listenable singles to date.)
Taylor Swift - Mine: B-
OneRepublic - Secrets: C (There's no reason a song this mediocre should have this much longevity on radio.)
Michael Buble - Hold On: n/a
Christina Perri - Jar of Hearts: B-
Pink - Raise Your Glass: C+
Bon Jovi - What Do You Got: n/a
Bruno Mars - Grenade: A-
Taylor Swift - Back to December: B-
Rihanna - Only Girl (In the World): C+ (God, was this song overrated.)
Matthew Morrison - Summer Rain: n/a
Bob Seger - Downtown Train: n/a
Richard Marx - When You Loved Me: n/a
Kenny Chesney - Somewhere with You: n/a
Stevie Nicks - Secret Love: n/a
Dave Barnes - God Gave Me You: n/a (Who?)
Doobie Brothers - Far From Home: n/a
Tim McGraw - Felt Good On My Lips: n/a
Josh Groban - Higher Window: n/a
Colbie Caillat - I Do: nfe

Hot AC[/u]
Andy Grammer - Keep Your Head Up: nfe
Lifehouse - Falling In: n/a
Sara Bareilles - Uncharted: nfe
Parachute - Something to Believe: nfe
Train - Save Me San Francisco: nfe
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals - Paris (Ooh La La): A-[/b]
Jason Aldean & Kelly Clarkson - Don’t You Wanna Stay: n/a
He Is We - Happily Ever After: n/a
Enrique Iglesias f/ Ludacris - Tonight (I’m F**king You): F
Stone Sour - Hesitate: B
Michael Franti & Spearhead - I’ll Be Waiting: n/a
3 Doors Down - When You’re Young: B
Usher - More: C-
Andrew Allen - Love You Tonight: n/a (Who?)
Christina Perri - Arms: n/a
Duran Duran - All You Need is Now: nfe

Triple A[/u]
Amos Lee - Windows Are Rolled Down: n/a
Jack Johnson - From the Clouds: n/a
Matt Nathanson - Faster: n/a
Scars On 45 - Gave Me Something: n/a (Who?)
Fitz & The Tantrums - MoneyGrabber: A- (I haven't had any desire to listen to them after seeing them live, though. Dude was jarringly awkward, not at all the suave dude I assumed he'd be, and I realized I really only care for 4 of the 10 songs on the record. And the live show was 15 songs.)
Paul Simon - The Afterlife: n/a
Decemberists - Down by the Water: nfe
Cars - Sad Song: n/a
Adele - Rumour Has It: n/a
Eddie Vedder - Longing to Belong: nfe
Head and the Heart - Lost In My Mind: n/a
Decemberists - This is Why We Fight: B
Arcade Fire - Modern Man: B+
Iron and Wine - Tree by the River: n/a
Ray Lamontagne & Pariah Dogs - Repo Man: n/a (Hot Iggy Pop remake! )
David Gray - Only the Wine: n/a
Augustana - Steal Your Heart: n/a
Bob Schneider - Let the Light In: n/a
Portugal. The Man - People Say: B
Brett Dennen - Sydney, I’ll Come Running: n/a
Mat Kearney - Hey Mama: n/a
Florence + The Machine - You’ve Got the Love: n/a

Rhythmic
BIG SEAN f/Chris Brown - My Last: n/a
CHRIS BROWN - She Ain't You: nfe (But hard to judge something fairly when it samples SWV's "Right Here/Human Nature" so hard, itself sampling Michael Jackson's "Human Nature," obviously.)
YC f/Future - Racks: n/a (Don't understand the title, though, unless it's a boobs reference.)
KELLY ROWLAND f/Lil Wayne - Motivation: n/a
MIGUEL - Sure Thing: n/a
RIHANNA - Man Down: n/a
NICKI MINAJ - Did It On'em: B
ACE HOOD - Hustle Hard: n/a
LUPE FIASCO f/Trey Songz - Out Of My Head: A-[/color] (Thrilled this became a single!)
LIL WAYNE f/Rick Ross - John: nfe
TRAVIS PORTER - Bring It Back: F (Surefire Top 10 showing for worst songs of the year.)
GORILLA ZOE f/Lil Jon - Twisted: n/a
LLOYD - Cupid: n/a
JENNIFER LOPEZ f/Lil Wayne - I'm Into You: nfe
WAKA FLOCKA FLAME f/Kebo & Gotti - Grove St. Party: nfe
DJ KHALED et al. - I'm On One: n/a (Don't understand the title though.)
TREY SONGZ f/Drake - Unusual: n/a
JAMIE FOXX f/ Wiz Khalifa - Best Night Of My Life: n/a
CHRIS BROWN f/Benny Benassi - Beautiful People: nfe
MARY J. BLIGE - Someone To Love Me: n/a
BABY BASH f/Slim Thug - Swanananana: n/a (But would be shocked if this was actually any good, based on a nonsensical title like that.)
KERI HILSON - Lose Control: n/a
AFROJACK - Take Over Control: n/a

Urban
MARSHA AMBROSIUS - Far Away: n/a
DIDDY-DIRTY MONEY f/Trey Songz - Your Love: n/a
TREY SONGZ - Love Faces: n/a
LIL WAYNE f/Cory Gunz - 6 Foot 7 Foot: B
KERI HILSON - One Night Stand: n/a
K. MICHELLE - How Many Times: n/a (Who?)
LLOYD BANKS - I Don't Deserve You: n/a
YOUNG JEEZY f/Lil Wayne - Ballin: D (This song is the sound of Jeezy growing desperate.)
K' LA - All Your Love: n/a (Who?)
MEEK MILL/RICK ROSS - Tupac Back: n/a (But we're still sucking Tupac's cold, dead dick, huh?)
RICK ROSS f/Lil Wayne - 9 Piece: n/a
ROCKO - Goin Steady: n/a
YO GOTTI - We Can Get It On: n/a
SNOOP DOGG f/R. Kelly - Platinum: n/a
BIRDMAN f/Lil Wayne - I Get Money: n/a
MELANIE FIONA - Gone And Never Coming Back: n/a
MARY MARY - Walking: n/a
JENNIFER HUDSON - Where You At: n/a
KIRKO BANGZ - What Yo Name Iz: n/a (Who?)
BIG K.R.I.T. - Country Sh**: - n/a
DJ DRAMA f/Fab, Wiz, Roscoe - Oh My: n/a
FRANK OCEAN - Novacane: n/a (Who? Though I'm sure Beck knew he was misspelling "novocaine.")
CALI SWAG DISTRICT - Kickback: n/a
LIL TWIST f/Lil Wayne - Love Affair: n/a
MR. 704 - Lately: n/a (Who?)
KIRK FRANKLIN - I Smile: n/a
JILL SCOTT f/Anthony Hamilton - So In Love: n/a

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Pop
Katy Perry - E.T.: B
Black Eyed Peas - Just Can’t Get Enough: D+ (It's no "Meet Me Halfway," and "Where Is the Love" was better.)
Britney Spears - Till the World Ends: B
Adele - Rolling in the Deep: B+
Jennifer Lopez f/ Pitbull - On the Floor: C
Kesha - Blow: D+
Bruno Mars - Lazy Song: C+
Tinie Tempah f/ Eric Turner - Written in the Stars: D+ (I expected to at least not think it sucked.)
Rihanna - S&M: D- (Much of her career is not even that good. If not for "Umbrella" and that later drama, I don't think she'd have near the career.)
Jeremih f/ 50 Cent - Down On Me: C- (This song is uninteresting and features a washup, but that gives you a big hit. Considering I heard this since CHR/Rhythmic played it, its recent entry to the Top 10 seems very belated. Oh, and the subject matter is obvious and lame.)
The Script - For the First Time: n/a
Jessie J f/ B.O.B. - Pricetag: D
Pitbull f/ Ne-Yo - Give Me Everything: D+ (You have to understand that being a Pitbull song, the grade is polite.)
Cee Lo Green - F**k You: A- (Looking at the chart, I now remember why it's useless to listen to the Pop stations. I don't remember it ever being THIS bad. So yeah, one of the better songs to get on top.)
Pink - F**kin’ Perfect: C
Lupe Fiasco - The Show Goes On: B
New Boyz f/ Cataracs - Back Seat: D (Many hits for cogs in the machine, that we'd be better off without)
Lady Gaga - Judas: B+
Selena Gomez & The Scene - Who Says: C
Lady Gaga - Born this Way: C (Sometimes I find this song hard to vilify and at the same time, it's been stated that she seemingly tried to make an anthem, which wore off any potential appeal on that side of things.)
Wiz Khalfia - Roll Up: C (Agreed with the first word of Nick's comment. In fact, I had nearly forgot what I was listening to.)
Mike Posner f/ Lil’ Wayne - Bow Chicka Wow Wow: D-
Hot Chelle Rae - Tonight Tonight: D
Dr. Dre f/ Eminem & Skylar Grey - I Need a Doctor: B-
OneRepublic - Good Life: C (Why are there so many more singles from them this time around? Especially considering it's uninteresting. Maybe it's the hot Kanye remake! :-P )
Martin Solveig & Dragonette - Hello: B (It's a French house artist.)
LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem: B- (When you think about it though, it fits right in with what's on the pop chart.)
Avril Lavigne - What the Hell: D+ (It's like an updated "Girlfriend" with lyrics about sexual freedom instead this time. Quite a different message from what she gave us 7 years ago.)
Taylor Swift - The Story of Us: B- (I see why this one is getting the pop push, since it really is not a country song, unless you count the singing style perhaps. To me it sounds least like the rest of her songs, so I sort of give it a free pass. Tired of the same themes, too.)
Big Time Rush - Boyfriend: nfe
Lady Gaga - The Edge of Glory: B- (but this also seems underwhelming)
My Chemical Romance - Sing: A
Chris Brown - Look At Me Now: C+ (Surprisingly, I really dug the Busta Rhymes cameo, someone who has kind of fell the past decade. Unfortunately, he isn't in much of it and the song itself is mediocre.)
Nicki Minaj f/ Drake - Moment 4 Life: C (Hey, I remembered seeing bunches of Bieber shirts there at least a year or so ago, so that's not too different.)
Shontelle - Say Hello to Goodbye: C
Jason Derulo - Don’t Wanna Go Home: D- (I don't think I'll ever get into this. I'd rather just hear Robin S.'s dance hit "Show Me Love" instead.)
Beyonce - Run the World: D (Ripping off M.I.A. was questionable, especially from Beyonce.)
Nicki Minaj - Super Bass: D+
Kanye West - All of the Lights: A[/color]
Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me: C+
Maroon 5 - Never Gonna Leave this Bed: n/a
30 Seconds to Mars - Closer to the Edge: B (But the backing vocals put me off this for awhile)
Enrique Iglesias f/ Usher - Dirty Dancer: n/a (Seeing how terrible his recent, yet more successful, songs have been, I have no interest & the title gives no promise.)
The Ready Set - Young Forever: F
David Guetta, Flo Rida & Nicki Minaj - Where Them Girls At: n/a (Apparently, he's gotten worse. I'm afraid to bother, based on many of his guests.)
Neon Trees - Your Surrender: B+
Far East Movement f/ Snoop Dogg - If I Was You (OMG): n/a
The Band Perry - If I Die Young: B
Rihanna - California King Bed: n/a
T-Pain f/ Chris Brown - Best Love Song: nfe (Didn't like it, though.)

Basically, you can make a pop smash if:
Your song uses the electropop sound.
You make an "inspirational" song.
You make a substance-less one about partying.

Alternative
Foo Fighters - Rope: B+
Rise Against - Help is On the Way: C (Well, I'm glad to see that other users are tired of these dead-horse beating songs.)
Black Keys - Howlin’ for You: A
Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks: B+ ( )
Mumford & Sons - The Cave: A+
Incubus - Adolescents: B
Death Cab For Cutie - You are a Tourist: C (I guess they're hit-or-miss with me.)
Airborne Toxic Event - Changing: B+
Beastie Boys - Make Some Noise: A
Cage the Elephant - Shake Me Down: B
Young the Giant - My Body: B+
Awolnation - Sail: A
Seether - Country Song: B (Might bug me for other artists, but it suits them well)
Naked & Famous - Young Blood: A
Linkin Park - Waiting for the End: A-
Sick Puppies - Riptide: C-
Sublime with Rome - Panic: B (so far)
Redlight King - Old Man: C- (Sounds like something that should have been a hit like over 10 years ago. And maybe I'm using that term generously.)
My Chemical Romance - Bulletproof Heart: A-
Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi f/ Jack White - Two Against One: B
Three Days Grace - Lost in You: C
Linkin Park - Iridescent: B+ (so far.)
Joy Formidable - Whirring: A- (Also enjoyed watching the video. Actually, I thought "Who?" when I first saw this, as well as many acts on the chart.)
Papa Roach - Burn: D+ (Not really great to begin with, but they've practically lost the plot)
Panic at the Disco - The Ballad of Mona Lisa: C
Strokes - Under Cover of Darkness: B (There are better songs on the album.)
Cake - Long Time: B
Two Door Cinema Club - What You Know: B
Avenged Sevenfold - So Far Away: B-
Biffy Clyro - Many of Horror: B (They remind me of a more ambitious Foo Fighters.)
Lykke Li - Get Some: B+
Cage the Elephant - Around My Head: nfe
Bayside - Sick Sick Sick: B (But why couldn't they have charted like 4-8 years ago?)
Hollywood Undead - Hear Me Now: D+ (Not surprised to hear about the style of original vocalist, because this sounds really outdated and like something the Used maybe would have done years ago.)
Disturbed - Warrior: C- (Hot Scandal remake!)
TV On the Radio - Will Do: A (The new album is kind of under-appreciated, seeing as I thought DS was slightly overestimated. This new album is likely their most melodic yet.)
Manchester Orchestra - April Fool: B+ (Contrary to Nick, I think it smokes "Simple Math.")
Sum 41 - Screaming Bloody Murder: A (I've never liked their songs as much, so this was a pleasant surprise.)
Sixx A.M. - Lies of the Beautiful People: C+ (This is like something that can cross over to pop, based on the words.)
Radiohead - Lotus Flower: B+ (I'm refreshed that the acclaim went down and the album was "marketed" the way it is because tbf the worship was getting really ridiculous.)
Korn f/ Skrillex - Get Up: C-
Funeral Party - Finale: n/a
Skillet - Awake and Alive: C-
Company of Thieves - Death of Communication: n/a
My Morning Jacket - Holdin On to Black Metal: B
Middle Class Rut - Busy Bein’ Born: A-
Adelitas Way - Sick: n/a
She Wants Revenge - Must Be the One: B+ (Really impressed with my initial listens to this. And the fact they got another chance.)

AC[/u]
Bruno Mars - Just the Way You Are: B
Katy Perry - Firework: C-
Daughtry - September: C (Hot Earth, Wind & Fire remake!)
Train - Marry Me: C-
Taylor Swift - Mine: C
OneRepublic - Secrets: B
Michael Buble - Hold On: n/a
Christina Perri - Jar of Hearts: F (Almost creepy in its metaphor usage. Get over it!)
Pink - Raise Your Glass: D+
Bon Jovi - What Do You Got: n/a
Bruno Mars - Grenade: A- (I agree that the song is ridiculous, but I have to admit I like the tune itself quite a bit.)
Taylor Swift - Back to December: C-
Rihanna - Only Girl (In the World): D+
Matthew Morrison - Summer Rain: n/a
Bob Seger - Downtown Train: n/a (Hot Rod Stewart remake?)
Richard Marx - When You Loved Me: n/a
Kenny Chesney - Somewhere with You: n/a
Stevie Nicks - Secret Love: B-
Dave Barnes - God Gave Me You: n/a
Doobie Brothers - Far From Home: n/a
Tim McGraw - Felt Good On My Lips: n/a
Josh Groban - Higher Window: n/a
Colbie Caillat - I Do: n/a (Hot Lisa Loeb remake!)

I'll do the rest later. Now that I don't listen to the radio or anything and listen to lots of non-current music, doing so is sometimes a kind of chore. I'll try to get around to the other formats.

[blahblahblah]

Pop
Katy Perry- E.T. B+ [green](First single from her current album I can actually tolerate, and Kanye West makes me like this song more than I really should.)[/green]
Black Eyed Peas- Just Can’t Get Enough B- [green](... but the mega switch-up part is mega retarded.)[/green]
Britney Spears- Till the World Ends [blue]A+[/blue] [green](The remix with Nicki Minaj and Ke$ha is better, mostly because the song sounds like it should be sung by Ke$ha in the first place anyway.)[/green]
Adele- Rolling in the Deep [blue]A-[/blue] [green](But a tad overrated. I'm surprised that this is blowing up so much when everything on her debut album barely made a dent outside of VH-1, and it's not like she's gotten that much better.)[/green]
Jennifer Lopez f/ Pitbull- On the Floor [red]F[/red] [green](... for rhyming "floor" with "floor" and using an extremely lazy sample for the chorus without adding anything.)[/green]
Kesha- Blow B
Bruno Mars- Lazy Song B+
Tinie Tempah f/ Eric Turner- Written in the Stars [blue]A+[/blue] [green](I first heard this on the Brit Awards and thought what an awesome song it was, but I never would have guessed it could have cross over the pond. Tinie Tempah being a British rapper and all.)[/green]
Rihanna- S&M C- [green](Meh. And the remix with Britney adds absolutely nothing whatsoever.)[/green]
Jeremih f/ 50 Cent- Down On Me B+ [green](Whoever has never heard this, must watch this)[/green]
The Script- For the First Time C-
Jessie J f/ B.O.B.- Pricetag B-
Pitbull f/ Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer - Give Me Everything B [green](But I can see myself getting sick of this really, really quickly.)[/green]
Cee Lo Green- F**k You [blue]A+[/blue]
Pink- F**kin’ Perfect B
Lupe Fiasco- The Show Goes On B-
New Boyz f/ Cataracs & Dev- Back Seat C- [green](The hook is catchy and I do appreciate the collaboration with the Cataracs and Dev... but "I heard you had a baby/You want a New Boy in you?" )[/green]
Lady Gaga- Judas B- [green](Can this be any more formulaic? That being said, I'll still eat it up. I'm so glad the much superior "The Edge Of Glory" is taking over it.)[/green]
Selena Gomez & The Scene- Who Says nfe
Lady Gaga- Born this Way B [green](Not formulaic, but I wish she'd add some subtlety to her songs at least and not be so contrived. I know she's trying to make this the current generation's gay anthem (a la "I Will Survive"), but c'mon now. Again, I'd still eat it up though.)[/green]
Wiz Khalfia- Roll Up B
Mike Posner f/ Lil’ Wayne- Bow Chicka Wow Wow [blue]A-[/blue] [green](Hilarious song, and hilarious video. But I don't understand the ending, when the two swap for each other's sloppy seconds. Is that something in the bro code that I'm unaware of? )[/green]
Hot Chelle Rae- Tonight Tonight nfe
Dr. Dre f/ Eminem & Skylar Grey- I Need a Doctor B-
OneRepublic- Good Life [blue]A-[/blue]
Martin Solveig & Dragonette- Hello [blue]A+[/blue] [green](LOL! at one of the random Canadian female indie singer-songwriters that The Max has been raving about a decade ago actually hitting the Top 40! Martina Sorbara is the lead singer of Dragonette. That being said, this is some CanCon I can actually appreciate.)[/green]
LMFAO- Party Rock Anthem C+ [green](How are they still around?!)[/green]
Avril Lavigne- What the Hell [red]F[/red] [green](What the hell is right)[/green]
Taylor Swift- The Story of Us nfe
Big Time Rush- Boyfriend nh
Lady Gaga- The Edge of Glory [blue]A+[/blue] [green](Sounds like a rock ballad remixed into a dance song that's usually considered blasphemy. But this works so well, and I love the sax part.)[/green]
My Chemical Romance- Sing [blue]A-[/blue]
Chris Brown- Look At Me Now B [green](Diplo and Busta Rhymes kill it on this track.)[/green]
Nicki Minaj f/ Drake- Moment 4 Life B+
Shontelle- Say Hello to Goodbye nfe
Jason Derulo- Don’t Wanna Go Home nfe
Beyonce- Run the World D [green](I liked this song much better when it was called "Pon De Floor". Beyoncé adds absolutely nothing to it. Nothing. I'm surprised Diplo is letting her get away with it.)[/green]
Nicki Minaj- Super Bass B
Kanye West- All of the Lights [blue]A+[/blue]
Britney Spears- Hold It Against Me B-
Maroon 5- Never Gonna Leave this Bed C-
30 Seconds to Mars- Closer to the Edge [blue]A-[/blue]
Enrique Iglesias f/ Usher- Dirty Dancer nfe
The Ready Set- Young Forever nfe
David Guetta, Flo Rida & Nicki Minaj- Where Them Girls At C
Neon Trees- Your Surrender [blue]A-[/blue]
Far East Movement f/ Snoop Dogg- If I Was You (OMG) B-
The Band Perry- If I Die Young nfe
Rihanna- California King Bed nfe [green](But it's a ballad, so it'll probably below a C).[/green]
T-Pain f/ Chris Brown- Best Love Song nfe

Alternative
Foo Fighters- Rope B
Rise Against- Help is On the Way nfe
Black Keys- Howlin’ for You nfe
Foster the People- Pumped Up Kicks [blue]A[/blue]
Mumford & Sons- The Cave [blue]A-[/blue]
Incubus- Adolescents B
Death Cab For Cutie- You are a Tourist nfe
Airborne Toxic Event- Changing nfe
Beastie Boys- Make Some Noise B
Cage the Elephant- Shake Me Down B-
Young the Giant- My Body nh
Awolnation- Sail nfe
Seether- Country Song nh
Naked & Famous- Young Blood nh
Linkin Park- Waiting for the End [blue]A+[/blue]
...
Panic at the Disco- The Ballad of Mona Lisa nfe
...
Two Door Cinema Club- What You Know nfe
...
Lykke Li- Get Some [blue]A+[/blue] [green](I was hoping instead of destroying "I Follow Rivers", Glee would cover this instead, but noooooo... :madface: )[/green]
...

AC[/u]
Bruno Mars- Just the Way You Are B+
Katy Perry- Firework [red]F[/red]
Daughtry- September nfe
Train- Marry Me nfe [green](I've been trying my hardest to avoid it.)[/green]
Taylor Swift- Mine C-
OneRepublic- Secrets B+
Michael Buble- Hold On nfe
Christina Perri- Jar of Hearts nfe
Pink- Riase Your Glass B
Bon Jovi- What Do YoU Got nh
Bruno Mars- Grenade B
Taylor Swift- Back to December C-
Rihanna- Only Girl (In the World) B-
Matthew Morrison- Summer Rain nh [green](Lol... seriously?!)[/green]
Bob Seger- Downtown Train nh
Richard Marx- When You Loved Me nh
Kenny Chesney- Somewhere with You nh
Stevie Nicks- Secret Love nh
Dave Barnes- God Gave Me You nh
Doobie Brothers- Far From Home nh
Tim McGraw- Felt Good On My Lips nh
Josh Groban- Higher Window nh
Colbie Caillat- I Do nh
Kid Rock w/ Sheryl Crow- Collide nh
Lifehouse- Falling In nh

Hot AC[/u]
Andy Grammar- Keep Your Head Up nh
Sara Bareilles- Uncharted nh
Parachute- Something to Believe nh
Train- Save Me San Francisco nh
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals- Paris (Ooh La La) nh
Jason Aldean & Kelly Clarkson- Don’t You Wanna Stay nh
He Is We- Happily Ever After nh
Enrique Iglesias f/ Ludacris- Tonight (I’m F**king You) B+
Stone Sour- Hesitate nh
Michael Franti & Spearhead- I’ll Be Waiting nh
3 Doors Down- Where You’re Young nh
Usher- More B-
Andrew Allen- Love You Tonight nh
Christina Perri- Arms nh
Duran Duran- All You Need is Now nh

Triple A[/u]
Amos Lee- Windows Are Rolled Down nh
Jack Johnson- From the Clouds nfe
Matt Nathanson- Faster nh
Scars On 45- Gave Me Something nh
Fitz & The Tantrums- MoneyGrabber nh
Paul Simon- The Afterlife nh
Decemberists- Down by the Water nh
Cars- Sad Song nh
Adele- Rumour Has It nfe
Eddie Vedder- Longing to Belong nh
Head and the Heart- Lost In My Mind nh
Decemberists- This is Why We Fight nh
Arcade Fire- Modern Man nfe
Iron and Wine- Tree by the River nh
Ray Lamontagne & Pariah Dogs- Repo Man nh
David Gray- Only the Wine nh
Augustana- Steal Your Heart nh
Bob Schneider- Let the Light In nh
Portugal. The Man- People Say nh
Brett Dennen- Sydney, I’ll Come Running nh
Mat Kearney- Hey Mama nfe
Florence + The Machine- You’ve Got the Love nh

Rhythmic
Big Sean f/ Chris Brown- My Last C
YC f/ Future- Racks nfe
Chris Brown- She Ain’t You nfe
Kelly Rowland f/ Lil’ Wayne- Motivation B+ [green](Not the direction I expected her to take based on last couple dance singles, but kudos to her for putting out a single that much better than Beyoncé's.)[/green]
Miguel- Sure Thing nfe
Nicki Minaj- Did It On ‘Em nfe
Lil’ Wayne f/ Cory Gunz- 6 Foot 7 Foot B+
Ace Hood- Hustle Hard nfe
Rihanna- Man Down nfe
Lil’ Wayne f/ Rick Ross- John nfe
Travis Porter- Bring it Back nfe
Lupe Fiasco f/ Trey Songz- Out of My Head nfe
Waka Flocka Flame f/ Kebo Gotti- Grove St. Party nfe
Lloyd- Cupid nfe
Gorilla Zoe f/ Lil’ Jon- Twister nfe
Trey Songz- Love Faces nfe
Jennifer Lopez f/ Lil’ Wayne- I’m Into You C

Interesting note: "Rolling in the Deep" appears on all six of these charts. [green]ah...[/green]

[a Nick O!]

May 25, 2011 15:38:40 GMT -4 halo19 said:

Jason Derulo - Don’t Wanna Go Home: D- (I'd rather just hear Robin S.'s dance hit "Show Me Love" instead.)

Wait, what??

*listens*

*pained sigh* What a wasted opportunity that was. Jason fired off two great singles, but has since thrown up 3 duds in a row. Pretty disappointed with this dude's huge gap in quality control.

[radical347]

Pop
Katy Perry- E.T. B (The idea of Katy Perry singing about sex that's so good that it's out of this world, and then calling that E.T., cracks me up.)
Black Eyed Peas- Just Can’t Get Enough C
Britney Spears- Till the World Ends nh/dr
Adele- Rolling in the Deep B- (I agree that this song isn't that much different to suddenly make her a "hot ticket." But I'm surprised that Steve likes this because I liken her to Anastacia and Joss Stone, both of whose voices he was annoyed by.)
Jennifer Lopez f/ Pitbull- On the Floor F[/color] (Inexcusable.)
Kesha- Blow C+
Bruno Mars- Lazy Song F[/color] (I'll meet a really nice girl and we'll have some really nice sex and she'll scream out wow this is great....really, Bruno Mars? After a surprisingly tolerable first single he's become pretty comfortable in the garbage can.)
Tinie Tempah f/ Eric Turner- Written in the Stars B+
Rihanna- S&M D (I guess after the Shrice Brown drama it's no surprise that she likes to get beat up, but still, this should not be here.)
Jeremih f/ 50 Cent- Down On Me nh/dr
The Script- For the First Time C-
Jessie J f/ B.O.B.- Pricetag nh/dr
Pitbull f/ Ne-Yo- Give Me Everything nh/dr
Cee Lo Green- F**k You D- (Finally, but too little too late. And not to mention we're still going to hear it on Hot AC every day for the next few years.)
Pink- F**kin’ Perfect B (Have to admit that the video is surprisingly good. However along with the video I also heard the unedited version for the first time, and really, it sounds as forced as anything ever did. Extremely disappointing because Pink is probably one of the few people who would have been able to pull it off without sounding forced.)
Lupe Fiasco- The Show Goes On nh/dr
New Boyz f/ Cataracs- Back Seat F[/color]
Lady Gaga- Judas F[/color] (Ok, I actually like the idea behind this. But this is one mess of a song and not even a hot one. For one, trying to rhyme Judas with Gaga? )
Selena Gomez & The Scene- Who Says nh/dwt
Lady Gaga- Born this Way B+
Wiz Khalfia- Roll Up nh/dwt
Mike Posner f/ Lil’ Wayne- Bow Chicka Wow Wow nh/dr
Hot Chelle Rae- Tonight Tonight C- (They're way too bland to make me take them too seriously, but really they don't deserve this. Also, I bet the DJs feel really stupid introducing Hot Chelle Rae. What a pretentious name.)
Dr. Dre f/ Eminem & Skylar Grey- I Need a Doctor nh/dwt
OneRepublic- Good Life B
Martin Solveig & Dragonette- Hello D (Sigh...I usually like dance crossovers from the EU too but not this time.)
LMFAO- Party Rock Anthem nh/dr
Avril Lavigne- What the Hell F[/color]
Taylor Swift- The Story of Us C- (But hasn't it been released at least four or five times by now?)
Big Time Rush- Boyfriend nh/dr
Lady Gaga- The Edge of Glory B+ (This could be a lot better, for instance, the sax could be accentuated, but I guess I should be happy that she's finally released a real song again.)
My Chemical Romance- Sing B+ (Semi-agree with this being reminiscent of Modest Mouse/Franz Ferdinand on pop, but this & 30STM are arguably much less weird and more pop-friendly than those.)
Chris Brown- Look At Me Now nh/dwt
Nicki Minaj f/ Drake- Moment 4 Life nh/dwt
Shontelle- Say Hello to Goodbye nh/dr
Jason Derulo- Don’t Wanna Go Home nh/dr
Beyonce- Run the World F[/color]
Nicki Minaj- Super Bass nh/dwt
Kanye West- All of the Lights B
Britney Spears- Hold It Against Me C
Maroon 5- Never Gonna Leave this Bed C+
30 Seconds to Mars- Closer to the Edge A-[/color] (But it's so weird that the Hot AC stations, at least the ones around here, are only starting to play this now in a rotation higher than once every three days at 3 AM.)
Enrique Iglesias f/ Usher- Dirty Dancer nh/dwt but preemptively, WTF is this.
The Ready Set- Young Forever nh/dwt & I really hope this isn't a hot Jay-Z remake
David Guetta, Flo Rida & Nicki Minaj- Where Them Girls At nh/dwt
Neon Trees- Your Surrender A-[/color]
Far East Movement f/ Snoop Dogg- If I Was You (OMG) nh/dr
The Band Perry- If I Die Young nh/dr
Rihanna- California King Bed nh/dwt
T-Pain f/ Chris Brown- Best Love Song nh/dwt

Alternative
Foo Fighters- Rope B-
Rise Against- Help is On the Way F[/color] (Will help come in the form of another Rise Against song, which is apparently the only thing that will be able to make this one lose enough spins to go to recurrent? )
Black Keys- Howlin’ for You B-
Foster the People- Pumped Up Kicks B-
Mumford & Sons- The Cave C-
Incubus- Adolescents C-
Death Cab For Cutie- You are a Tourist C (How many more times can one be disappointed before the standard is officially lowered. )
Airborne Toxic Event- Changing B- (Seems a bit forced, esp. with a title like that.)
Beastie Boys- Make Some Noise D
Cage the Elephant- Shake Me Down F[/color]
Young the Giant- My Body B
Awolnation- Sail D
Seether- Country Song B (Seether has become one of the most hilariously bad rock bands of recent memory, between this & Careless Whisper.)
Naked & Famous- Young Blood A-[/color] (But after seeing them live, they do NOT need to do that to her voice. It's perfectly fine as is.)
Linkin Park- Waiting for the End B- (But it certainly seems like this has been on the chart for well past 40 weeks.)
Sick Puppies- Riptide D-
Sublime with Rome- Panic D-
Redlight King- Old Man B- (Agreed with Kirk. Also, it's really awkward to hear the DJs on Live 105 talking about how this samples Neil Young. You don't ever play Neil Young, you don't f**king deserve to talk about him.)
My Chemical Romance- Bulletproof Heart C
Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi f/ Jack White- Two Against One C
Three Days Grace- Lost in You C-
Linkin Park- Iridescent B+ (But Transformers or not, they really should have gone with 'Burning in the Skies.' Oh well, maybe this will pull a 'Neutron Star Collision' (although yes, I know that song wasn't on the album and this one is) and will be just enough of a flop to make everyone forget that it was ever a single & the rightful third single will be the hit it was meant to be.)
Joy Formidable- Whirring B-
Papa Roach- Burn nh/dr but I heard Scars yesterday and now I'm intrigued
Panic at the Disco- The Ballad of Mona Lisa C
Strokes- Under Cover of Darkness B+
Cake- Long Time B+
Two Door Cinema Club- What You Know A-[/color]
Avenged Sevenfold- So Far Away nh/dr
Biffy Clyro- Many of Horror B- (Not really a good choice for their crossover single, but I see why they chose it.)
Lykke Li- Get Some A-
Cage the Elephant- Around My Head F
Bayside- Sick Sick Sick nh/dr
Hollywood Undead- Hear Me Now D
Disturbed- Warrior nh/dr
TV On the Radio- Will Do A+[/color] (Finally, for what seems like the first time in their career, a real song from these guys!)
Manchester Orchestra- April Fool D-
Sum 41- Screaming Bloody Murder B (And that's considering I'm still unfortunately soured on them from Fat Lip. Due to this I haven't been forcing myself to pay attention to this enough times to make it grow on me. One day it could get higher though, we'll see.)
Sixx A.M.- Lies of the Beautiful nh/dr
Radiohead- Lotus Flower B- (I agree with Kirk here too, and I'm thrilled that the acclaim went down on a song of theirs that wasn't incredibly annoying to boot. I might actually be able to give this song a fair chance.)
Korn f/ Skrillex- Get Up nh/dr (What the hell is a Skrillex???)
Funeral Party- Finale nh/dr
Skillet- Awake and Alive nh/dr
Company of Thieves- Death of Communication B-
My Morning Jacket- Holdin On to Black Metal D+
Middle Class Rut- Busy Bein’ Born B (for now)
Adelitas Way- Sick nh/dr
She Wants Revenge- Must Be the One nh (because SaveAlternative is playing "Take the World." Very interested, though.)

AC[/u]
Bruno Mars- Just the Way You Are B (Well, if the trend continues this'll be the only good song he has for the forseeable future; they might as well milk it for what it's worth.)
Katy Perry- Firework F[/color]
Daughtry- September B+
Train- Marry Me F[/color]
Taylor Swift- Mine C-
OneRepublic- Secrets C-
Michael Buble- Hold On C-
Christina Perri- Jar of Hearts F[/color]
Pink- Raise Your Glass F[/color]
Bon Jovi- What Do YoU Got B- (LMAO. At least it's nice to see that a song doesn't have to spend a year on pop or hot AC in order to spend a year on AC.)
Bruno Mars- Grenade F-[/color] (Easily my frontrunner for worst song of the year.)
Taylor Swift- Back to December C- (Why is this song on this chart twice?)
Rihanna- Only Girl (In the World) C
Matthew Morrison- Summer Rain B-
Bob Seger- Downtown Train B+ (Wow...a remake by an AC-only artist that actually doesn't fall under the category of 'obligatory useless AC remake.' )
Richard Marx- When You Loved Me nh/dr
Kenny Chesney- Somewhere with You nh/dr
Stevie Nicks- Secret Love nh/dr
Dave Barnes- God Gave Me You nh/dr
Doobie Brothers- Far From Home nh/dr
Tim McGraw- Felt Good On My Lips nh/dr
Josh Groban- Higher Window nh/dr (Wow, seven in a row...at least it's nice to see that AC is trying to maintain somewhat of an identity, even if these are still getting nowhere the amount of spins as Firework and Raise Your Glass... )
Colbie Caillat- I Do F[/color]
Kid Rock w/ Sheryl Crow- Collide nh/dr (This better not be a hot Howie Day remake. And LOL & at these two again. After Nelly/Kelly R, what is this...the new trend?)
Lifehouse- Falling In D

Hot AC[/u]
Andy Grammar- Keep Your Head Up C-
Sara Bareilles- Uncharted C
Parachute- Something to Believe B (I liked them better when they were called Lifehouse...or Matchbox Twenty...or the Goo Goo Dolls...or Collective Soul...or even Duncan Sheik, I guess...)
Train- Save Me San Francisco C (This song, despite the title, is actually not horrible. But I'm surprised to see this here, now, since it was the follow-up to HSS on AAA.)
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals- Paris (Ooh La La) C+
Jason Aldean & Kelly Clarkson- Don’t You Wanna Stay C- (For now, but expect a tailspin if I have to hear this anymore.)
He Is We (WTF is that supposed to mean???)- Happily Ever After
Enrique Iglesias f/ Ludacris- Tonight (I’m F**king You) F[/color]
Stone Sour- Hesitate B-
Michael Franti & Spearhead- I’ll Be Waiting A-[/color] (Now we just need to get every Hot AC station in the universe to lay off 'Say Hey'...or at least stop playing it in Heavy Rotation. )
3 Doors Down- Where You’re Young B-
Usher- More C
Andrew Allen- Love You Tonight D
Christina Perri- Arms C- (for now until I decide what to do with it)
Duran Duran- All You Need is Now B+ (But @ the bottom of the barrel on Hot AC, not to mention how they're only charting at all on Hot AC...how the mighty have fallen.)

Triple A[/u]
Amos Lee- Windows Are Rolled Down B
Jack Johnson- From the Clouds B
Matt Nathanson- Faster D
Scars On 45- Gave Me Something B- (Agreed that this is an incredibly stupid band name. The story behind it is less than thrilling too...the DJs on KFOG have been making sure to inform us every time the song plays that he calls himself that because he's an ex-soccer player and has the 'scars' to prove it. I mean, really? & )
Fitz & The Tantrums- MoneyGrabber B+ (I would have assumed they'd be awesome live too, but after reading Nick's comment, after thinking about it, I can totally imagine him being awkward.)
Paul Simon- The Afterlife C- (I really think he needs to stop making music)
Decemberists- Down by the Water C- (Finally realized that this rips off REM's "The One I Love")
Cars- Sad Song A-[/color] (Even if this gets less audience impressions than Hot AC, at least they haven't been relegated to the soccer mom format like Duranx2.)
Adele- Rumour Has It nh/dr
Eddie Vedder- Longing to Belong nh/dwt
Head and the Heart- Lost In My Mind B-
Decemberists- This is Why We Fight B+
Arcade Fire- Modern Man B-
Iron and Wine- Tree by the River B- (A bit bland to stick out above the other generic mainstream indie bands.)
Ray Lamontagne & Pariah Dogs- Repo Man B (Finally, Ray Lamontagne makes an attempt at being interesting.)
David Gray- Only the Wine B- (And after 'A Moment Changes Everything,' David Gray goes back to his streak of radio-unfriendly titles... )
Augustana- Steal Your Heart B+
Bob Schneider- Let the Light In B+
Portugal. The Man- People Say F[/color]
Brett Dennen- Sydney, I’ll Come Running D (Brett Dennen needs to go away. Seriously.)
Mat Kearney- Hey Mama F[/color] All I can say is
Florence + The Machine- You’ve Got the Love B (Finally, something decent from F+M, but after all the premature acclaim that they got for the boring K+F & atrocious DDO perhaps this is too little too late.)

[a Nick O!]

May 28, 2011 14:11:20 GMT -4 radical347 said:

Fitz & The Tantrums- MoneyGrabber B+ (I would have assumed they'd be awesome live too, but after reading Nick's comment, after thinking about it, I can totally imagine him being awkward.)

I kind of wonder, though, if that's the point, that Fitz is going for what I imagine David Byrne probably looked like live, based on the handful of TH music videos I've seen. I mean, it's possible that it's an act. That doesn't excuse his ridiculous haircut that prevents me from taking him seriously as a throwback soul man, though.

[Mega248]

Pop
Katy Perry- E.T. B- (reminds me of "All the Things She Said" by T.a.t.U., but slightly lacking the energy of it.)
Black Eyed Peas- Just Can’t Get Enough B- (Definitely their best single since "Meet Me Halfway". The burnout has been quite a bit faster though, and while I've been trying to pretend that ridiculous last minute or so doesn't exist, it's becoming harder and harder to do so. The grade's probably only going to continue to drop from here, although it could lose another entire grade and still remain better than all of their recent singles minus "MMH".)
Britney Spears- Till the World Ends B+
Adele- Rolling in the Deep B+
Jennifer Lopez f/ Pitbull- On the Floor C+ (still don't think this is all that bad.)
Kesha- Blow C
Bruno Mars- Lazy Song D+ (yeah, this one's pretty dumb.)
Tinie Tempah f/ Eric Turner- Written in the Stars C
Rihanna- S&M C- (I've liked more of her songs that I've disliked, but more have fallen into the latter category recently. May be mostly due to needing a break from her voice; other than a 5-month period in 2009, she basically hasn't been off this chart since "Pon De Replay" debuted 6 years ago.)
Jeremih f/ 50 Cent- Down On Me D+
The Script- For the First Time B
Jessie J f/ B.O.B.- Pricetag C (unexciting, but completely harmless.)
Pitbull f/ Ne-Yo- Give Me Everything n/a
Cee Lo Green- F**k You A[/color]
Pink- F**kin’ Perfect C+ (what Steve said.)
Lupe Fiasco- The Show Goes On B+ (great to see him getting a 2nd pop hit.)
New Boyz f/ Cataracs- Back Seat F+
Lady Gaga- Judas D+ (Underperforming singles from time to time are almost a good thing because they help keep egos in check. Lady Gaga's attitude was coming across as more and more conceited to me, and I never had any problem with her or her personality during the last era. "Edge of Glory" is a huge improvement (to be elaborated upon once we get to the song) though; hopefully she'll become more likable again too.)
Selena Gomez & The Scene- Who Says C+ (I guess this just sounds different enough from the rest of the chart to almost sound refreshing.)
Lady Gaga- Born this Way B- (I like the way the song sounds, but it tries so hard to be an in-your-face gay pride anthem that it no longer even makes whatever point it's trying to make.)
Wiz Khalfia- Roll Up C+
Mike Posner f/ Lil’ Wayne- Bow Chicka Wow Wow B (I like this just fine, even if it's a slight step down from the last two singles.)
Hot Chelle Rae- Tonight Tonight C
Dr. Dre f/ Eminem & Skylar Grey- I Need a Doctor B-
OneRepublic- Good Life B
Martin Solveig & Dragonette- Hello B
LMFAO- Party Rock Anthem D+ (They served their purpose with songs like "I'm in Miami, Bitch" and "Shots". Time for them to fade into obscurity now.)
Taylor Swift- The Story of Us C+ (yeah, it's time for her to go away for about 3 years. I do think she has talent, which is why I wish she'd take a break while she's ahead and then come back once she has some new ideas for lyrical content.)
Big Time Rush- Boyfriend C-
Lady Gaga- The Edge of Glory A[/color] (The saxaphone turns what would've been a B+[/color]/A- into a solid A[/color]. The saxophone/dance combination is so underused in music in general, let alone in songs on the pop chart. Also, the song is a great mix of 80s and 90s, and Lady Gaga’s vocals sound as smooth as ever here.)
My Chemical Romance- Sing B+
Chris Brown- Look At Me Now n/a
Nicki Minaj f/ Drake- Moment 4 Life n/a
Shontelle- Say Hello to Goodbye nfe (I think I heard part of it in the car… sounded like a B-/C+ type of song.)[/color]
Jason Derulo- Don’t Wanna Go Home D+
Beyonce- Run the World F[/color]
Nicki Minaj- Super Bass n/a
Kanye West- All of the Lights A-[/color]
Britney Spears- Hold It Against Me B+
Maroon 5- Never Gonna Leave this Bed B- (but seeing a girl cuddle with him in bad as he sings to her in that voice just looks weird.)
30 Seconds to Mars- Closer to the Edge A-[/color]
Enrique Iglesias f/ Usher- Dirty Dancer nfe (but it sounded like a C at best, probably lower. It’s amazing how far the quality of his singles has fallen.)[/color]
The Ready Set- Young Forever C+ (exactly what the Backstreet Boys would've have sounded like had they been signed 10 years later.)
David Guetta, Flo Rida & Nicki Minaj- Where Them Girls At n/a (but artist #1 has a deteriorating track record, #2’s is pretty crappy minus a couple songs and everything #3 has been the main artist of or featured on has been terrible. Throw in a very unpromising title, and I suspect I'll enjoy this song about as much as Casey Kasem enjoys doing long distance dedications right after playing uptempo records.)
Neon Trees- Your Surrender B
Far East Movement f/ Snoop Dogg- If I Was You (OMG) C- ((almost) hot Hoobastank remake!)
The Band Perry- If I Die Young B-
Rihanna- California King Bed C+ (sounds like a ballad one of the then-'it' girls would've released in the late 90s.)
T-Pain f/ Chris Brown- Best Love Song n/a

Alternative
Foo Fighters- Rope B-
Rise Against- Help is On the Way C (agreed with the comments about this being several years too late, and I'm quickly becoming just as tired of them getting hits with the same song as I was with Linkin Park in 2005. Linkin Park finally added some variety though, so maybe Rise Against will eventually too.)
Black Keys- Howlin’ for You B+
Foster the People- Pumped Up Kicks A-[/color] (I’m finally able to see past the lyrics enough to stamp this with a blue letter grade. I think hearing other songs from their album and viewing them as a Passion Pit meets MGMT instead of a band with disturbing lyrics has helped.)
Mumford & Sons- The Cave A[/color]
Incubus- Adolescents C+ (Verse to chorus transition lacks energy (a stark contrast from a typical Incubus single), bridge is dull and climax is virtually nonexistent. Really glad this one didn't fly to the top just because of who it was by.)
Death Cab For Cutie- You are a Tourist C+ (Two bands in a row with disappointing lead singles. I just like feel like they’ve lost a lot of their unique sound and have become increasingly generic. It’s not sudden either; it’s been happening slowly for awhile.)
Airborne Toxic Event- Changing A-[/color]
Beastie Boys- Make Some Noise B+ (are those clips of Gregorian chants in the chorus? They kinda sound like they could be.)
Cage the Elephant- Shake Me Down C
Young the Giant- My Body B-
Awolnation- Sail B-
Seether- Country Song C
Naked & Famous- Young Blood A[/color]
Linkin Park- Waiting for the End B
Sick Puppies- Riptide C (They try too hard, and without even knowing who or what they’re trying to be.)
Sublime with Rome- Panic B-
Redlight King- Old Man B
My Chemical Romance- Bulletproof Heart B
Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi f/ Jack White- Two Against One B+ (but could stand to be at least a minute longer.)
Three Days Grace- Lost in You n/a
Linkin Park- Iridescent B
Joy Formidable- Whirring B
Papa Roach- Burn n/a
Neon Trees- Your Surrender B
Panic at the Disco- The Ballad of Mona Lisa C+
Strokes- Under Cover of Darkness B
Cake- Long Time A-[/color]
Two Door Cinema blub- What You Know A-[/color]
Avenged Sevenfold- So Far Away B (hot Carole King remake!)
Biffy Clyro- Many of Horror B
Lykke Li- Get Some B+
Cage the Elephant- Around My Head B (very Arctic Monkeys.)
Bayside- Sick Sick Sick B-
Hollywood Undead- Hear Me Now C-
Disturbed- Warrior n/a
TV On the Radio- Will Do B+
Manchester Orchestra- April Fool B
Sum 41- Screaming Bloody Murder B-
Sixx A.M.- Lies of the Beautiful n/a
Radiohead- Lotus Flower B+ (I wish I’d checked this out sooner (didn’t hear it until the week after it was yanked from the chart) because I really like it, and I’m not a super big Radiohead fan or anything. Didn’t even need time to grow on me either.
Korn f/ Skrillex- Get Up C ( could’ve been B-range if not for the “shut the f**k up and get up” crap.
Funeral Party- Finale n/a
Skillet- Awake and Alive C+
Company of Thieves- Death of Communication B
My Morning Jacket- Holdin On to Black Metal B- (didn’t care for this at all at first, but it had already grown on me by the end of the song. Could easily go up if I hear it more, but I’m not sure how much of that will be happening.)
Middle Class Rut- Busy Bein’ Born n/a
Adelitas Way- Sick n/a
She Wants Revenge- Must Be the One B-

AC[/u]
Bruno Mars- Just the Way You Are B
Katy Perry- Firework C (would be a decent enough song if not for that nonsensical, non-rhyming gibberish in the bridge.)
Daughtry- September n/a (or maybe I have. I can’t even tell any of his songs apart anymore other than “It’s Not Over” and “Home”.)
Train- Marry Me C+
Taylor Swift- Mine C+
OneRepublic- Secrets B+
Michael Buble- Hold On C+ (hot Wilson Phillips remake!)
Christina Perri- Jar of Hearts D
Pink- Raise Your Glass D- (I’m sure this is exactly what all the AC listeners are dying to hear between their favorite Josh Groban and Celine Dion recurrents.)
Bon Jovi- What Do You Got C+ (decent, but forgettable.)
Bruno Mars- Grenade C- (just because he was featured on a couple huge hits doesn’t mean every piece of mediocrity he sends out needs to get played to death.)
Taylor Swift- Back to December C
Rihanna- Only Girl (In the World) C-
Matthew Morrison- Summer Rain B+
Bob Seger- Downtown Train B-
Richard Marx- When You Loved Me C+
Kenny Chesney- Somewhere with You n/a
Stevie Nicks- Secret Love n/a
Dave Barnes- God Gave Me You n/a
Doobie Brothers- Far From Home n/a
Tim McGraw- Felt Good On My Lips n/a
Josh Groban- Higher Window B-
Colbie Caillat- I Do B
Kid Rock w/ Sheryl Crow- Collide B
Lifehouse- Falling In B

Hot AC[/u]
Andy Grammar- Keep Your Head Up B-
Sara Bareilles- Uncharted C+
Parachute- Something to Believe B
Train- Save Me San Francisco B (Best song they’ve released in a long time. Just enough of a stray from their usual sound, without trying too hard do so (a la “Ordinary”, even though I liked that one too.)
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals- Paris (Ooh La La) n/a
Jason Aldean & Kelly Clarkson- Don’t You Wanna Stay B- (not sure what I think of this one yet. Kelly’s vocals actually kinda work here, even though I’m not convinced that the primary she was added to this song was because he genuinely thought she would be the most audibly pleasing choice for background vocals.)
He Is We- Happily Ever After C (Maria Mena meets Lindsay Pagano. Just what I always wanted.)
Enrique Iglesias f/ Ludacris- Tonight (I’m F**king You) D
Stone Sour- Hesitate B
Michael Franti & Spearhead- I’ll Be Waiting B+
3 Doors Down- Where You’re Young B
Usher- More A-[/color]
Andrew Allen- Love You Tonight n/a
Christina Perri- Arms B-
Duran Duran- All You Need is Now B

Triple A[/u]
Amos Lee- Windows Are Rolled Down n/a
Jack Johnson- From the Clouds C+
Matt Nathanson- Faster B-
Scars On 45- Gave Me Something n/a
Fitz & The Tantrums- MoneyGrabber A+[/color] (at least someone’s still playing this.)
Paul Simon- The Afterlife n/a
Decemberists- Down by the Water B-
Cars- Sad Song B
Adele- Rumour Has It B
Eddie Vedder- Longing to Belong n/a
Head and the Heart- Lost In My Mind n/a
Decemberists- This is Why We Fight A[/color]
Arcade Fire- Modern Man B
Iron and Wine- Tree by the River n/a
Ray Lamontagne & Pariah Dogs- Repo Man n/a
David Gray- Only the Wine
Augustana- Steal Your Heart
Bob Schneider- Let the Light In n/a
Portugal. The Man- People Say C
Brett Dennen- Sydney, I’ll Come Running n/a
Mat Kearney- Hey Mama C (What the hell's he trying to do here.)
Florence + The Machine- You’ve Got the Love B

Rhythmic
Big Sean f/ Chris Brown- My Last n/a
YC f/ Future- Racks n/a
Chris Brown- She Ain’t You n/a
Kelly Rowland f/ Lil’ Wayne- Motivation n/a
Miguel- Sure Thing n/a
Nicki Minaj- Did It On ‘Em n/a
Lil’ Wayne f/ Cory Gunz- 6 Foot 7 Foot n/a
Ace Hood- Hustle Hard n/a
Rihanna- Man Down B- (the reggae-ish beat is kinda cool, but the song sounds a bit awkward (although not as muchso as it seems like it would on paper.))
Lil’ Wayne f/ Rick Ross- John n/a
Travis Porter- Bring it Back n/a
Lupe Fiasco f/ Trey Songz- Out of My Head n/a
Waka Flocka Flame f/ Kebo Gotti- Grove St. Party n/a
Lloyd- Cupid n/a
Gorilla Zoe f/ Lil’ Jon- Twister n/a
Trey Songz- Love Faces n/a
Jennifer Lopez f/ Lil’ Wayne- I’m Into You n/a

[halo19]

Jun 19, 2011 23:24:10 GMT -4 Mega248 said:

Rihanna- S&M C- (I've liked more of her songs that I've disliked, but more have fallen into the latter category recently. May be mostly due to needing a break from her voice; other than a 5-month period in 2009, she basically hasn't been off this chart since "Pon De Replay" debuted 6 years ago.)

I didn't care for "Pon de Replay" at the time & still don't, in fact it took until "SOS" to even like anything by her (thanks to the sample). I feel that after "Umbrella" became a huge summer smash when it was released, everything suddenly became a hit just because of that. But most of her songs aren't near those two and the recent songs have been more of a detriment. I really just wish she'd go away.

Enrique Iglesias f/ Usher- Dirty Dancer nfe (but it sounded like a C at best, probably lower. It’s amazing how far the quality of his singles has fallen.)

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It's like he's trying to do horrible songs these days. It's appalling because I previously actually tolerated most of the hits at the time. (That said, this has been enough to have him on my bad side).

Rise Against- Help is On the Way C (agreed with the comments about this being several years too late, and I'm quickly becoming just as tired of them getting hits with the same song as I was with Linkin Park in 2005. Linkin Park finally added some variety though, so maybe Rise Against will eventually too.)
Linkin Park also had a longer gap in between albums #2 and 3 and had awhile when they were not on the chart at all. I fear these guys won't take a hiatus even though that's frankly what I've been wishing for the last 2-3 years. (Also, I guess the proper way for me to say the heavy-handed comment (which I always knew existed) would be (a slightly modified version of) your DCFC comment [which I agree with]. Or maybe it's just this. :-P )
The thing is, I couldn't imagine other future songs from them sounding terribly different, and it's becoming harder to be more objective and fair with their songs for this reason.