Xposition - September 2014

Attention!!!

Well September was a relatively quiet month in terms of happenings in the music scene. Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX's Fancy was crowned Song of the Summer by Billboard after the song topped the weekly chart from start to finish. Fancy is the first song to achieve this feat since Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg's California Gurls topped the chart from start to finish in 2010. 

The UK has released a list of the Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles So Far as of 30th September 2014. Leading the list is Pharrell Williams' Happy followed by Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne's Rather Be and John Legend's All of Me. Mr. Probz's Waves is at 4 with Pitbull ft. Kesha's Timber and Ella Henderson's Ghost at 5 and 6 respectively. There may be changes at the end of the year but for now these are the top guns to claim the biggest selling single of UK for 2014.  

There were movements in the charts in the US since the VMAs at the end of August would see sales in certain songs. It was none other than Taylor Swift's Shake It Off which blasted through to the top on the first week of September moving Magic!'s Rude out of place. Her single which was performed at the VMAs is also her entry to the mainstream pop scene. The single stayed there for two weeks and was dethroned by Meghan Trainor's debut hit All About That Bass. With a catchy beat, controversial lyrics and a flamboyant video the song was struggling to peak in its first few weeks behind Rude. However, finally the song peaked in the third week and remained at the top spot in the final week of September. With Nicki Minaj's brilliant performance of Anaconda on the VMA stage, the single peaked at No.2 during the month and this was the only movement within the top 10.

In the UK Lily Wood and the Prick and Robin Schulz's Prayer in C was number one for the first two weeks of the month. Then Calvin Harris ft. John Newman's Blame was number one for one week before being dethroned by Sigma ft. Paloma Faith's Changing in the final week. Other singles which became popular during the month were:

• Echosmith - Cool kids
• Chris Brown ft. Usher & Rick Ross - New flame
• Jeremih ft. YG - Don't tell 'em
• Tove Lo - Habits (stay high)
• Sam Smith - I'm not the only one
• The Script - Superheroes
• 5 Seconds of Summer - Amnesia
• Professor Green ft. Tori Kelly - Lullaby

Till the next beat…

At Ease!!!