Rihanna holds the top spot in Last.fm chart; M83 returns with "Midnight City"
For the second straight week pop star Rihanna claims the top spot in the Last.fm international singles chart with a single from her just-released new album Talk That Talk. British singer Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" maintains second place, while French electro artist M83 re-emerges in the top ten with a track from his highest-charting album to date.
Rihanna's Talk That Talk, released last month, has reached the top ten in album charts in 20 countries. The week of December 4, the album's single "We Found Love" featuring Scottish DJ and producer Calvin Harris holds the number one spot in the Last.fm chart with 46,059 listeners, a slight jump from last week's 45,636 listeners.
New this week, Los Angeles artist M83, aka Anthony Gonzalez, re-enters the chart with "Midnight City," a cut from his recently released his sixth album, a double disc called Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. That album reached 15th on the US album chart, where it has gained the most traction. The song is the eighth in the Last.fm top tracks chart with 26,171 listeners.
Last.fm's top tracks November 27 - December 4:
1. Rihanna - "We Found Love" featuring Calvin Harris (46,059 listeners) (no change)
2. Adele - "Rolling in the Deep" (43,151 listeners) (no change)
3. Adele - "Someone Like You" (32,398 listeners) (no change)
4. Foster the People - "Pumped Up Kicks" (35,489 listeners) (no change)
5. Coldplay - "Paradise" (30,479 listeners) (no change)
6. Florence + The Machine - "Shake It Out" (30,090 listeners) (no change)
7. Adele - "Set Fire to the Rain" (29,630 listeners) (no change)
8. M83 - "Midnight City" (26,171 listeners) (+3)
9. Coldplay - "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" (25,178 listeners) (+3)
10. Florence + The Machine - "What the Water Game Me" (24,075 listeners) (-2)
Last.fm claims more than 40 million active users based in more than 200 countries. Available in 12 languages, the site's radio service is free for desktop computer users in the UK, the US, and Germany; mobile devices require a subscription of €3 a month to stream music.
Using a system called "scrobbling," Last.fm's charts measure everything its users listen to through the Last.fm website as well as hundreds of other music sites and services, including iTunes, Spotify, and The Hype Machine.
http://www.last.fm
Watch M83's video for "Midnight City": http://vimeo.com/30741456
