Top of the Charts Around the World

Here are the Songs and Albums Topping the charts around the world for the week ending September 4th 2011

The Billboard Hot 100
Last Friday Night - Katy Perry
(2nd consecutive week at #1)



The Billboard Hot Country Chart
Am I The Only One - Dierks Bentley
(1st week at #1)


The Billboard 200 and Canadian Album Chart
Watch the Throne - Jay-Z and Kanye West

The Billboard Rock Chart
The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie - Red Hot Chili Peppers




The Billboard Canadian Hot 100
Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 w/Christina Aguilera



The Canadian Singles Chart
Every Teardrop a Waterfall - Coldplay



The UK Top 100
Heart Skips a Beat - Olly Murs with Rizzle Kicks
(1st week at #1)



The UK Album Chart
Echoes - Will Young
(1st week at #1)



Australia Single (ARIA Top 50)
Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye w/Kimbra


Australian Album (ARIA Top 50)
21 - Adele

The Year in Billboard #1 Hits - 1974

June 8th 1974


Band on the Run - Paul McCartney and Wings
(1 week at #1)

The Year in #1 UK Hits - 1980

July 26th 1980


Use It Up and Wear It Out - Odyssey
(2 consecutive weeks at #1)

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 The 80s - September 4th 2011

AT40 the 80s this week September 7th 1985

The Top 20 Singles

20 -  What About Love - Heart
19 -  Life in One Day - Howard Jones
18 -  Oh Sheila - Ready for the World
17 -  Dress You Up - Madonna
16 -  Smokin' in the Boys Room - Motley Crue
15 -  Dare Me - The Pointer Sisters
14 -  Never Surrender - Corey Hart
13 -  Shout - Tears for Fears
12 -  Freedom - Wham!
11 -  Invincible - Pat Benatar
10 -  Pop Life - Prince and the Revolution
9  -   You're Only Human - Billy Joel
8  -   Don't Lose My Number - Phil Collins
7  -   Cherish - Kook and the Gang
6  -   Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
5  -   Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams
4  -   Freeway of Love - Aretha Franklin
3  -   We Don't Need Another Hero - Tina Turner
2  -   Power of Love - Huey Lewis and the News
1  -   St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) - John Parr
(1st of 2 consecutive weeks at #1)



The  Top  Ten Albums

10 - Heart - Heart
9  -  Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston
8  -  Theater of Pain - Motley Crue
7  -  Greatest Hits Vol 1 and 2 - Billy Joel
6  -  No Jacket Required - Phil Collins
5  -  Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
4  -  Reckless - Bryan Adams
3  -  Songs from the Big Chair - Tears for Fears
2  -  The Dreams of the Blue Turtles - Sting
1  -  Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits 
(2nd of 9 consecutive weeks at #1)

America's Top 10 September 26th, 1982

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 The 70s - September 3rd 2011

AT40 the 70s this week September 4th 1971


The Top 20 Singles

20 - Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
19 - Maggie May - Rod Stewart
18 - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez
17 - Stick-Up - The Honey Cone
16 - Sweet Hitch-Hiker - Creedance Clearwater Revival
15 - Beginnings - Chicago
14 - Riders on the Storm - The Doors
13 - Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye
12 - Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight
11 - Whatcha See is Whatcha Get - The Dramatics
10 - I Just Want to Celebrate - Rare Earth
9  -  Liar - Three Dog Night
8  -  Signs - The Five Man Electrical Band
7  -  Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver w/Fat City
6  -  Aint No Sunshine - Bill Withers
5  -  Go Away Little Girl - Donny Osmond
4  -  Spanish Harlem - Aretha Franklin
3  -  Smiling Faces Sometimes - Undisputed Truth
2  -  How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? - The Bee Gees
1  -  Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul McCartney
(1 week at #1)


The Top Ten Albums

10 - What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
9  -  Jesus Christ Superstar - Soundtrack
8  -  Carpenters - Carpenters
7  -  Aqualung - Jethro Tull
6  -  Mud Slide Slim and The Blue Horizon - James Taylor
5  -  Who's Next - The Who
4  -  Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart
3  -  Ram - Paul and Linda McCartney
2  -  Every Good Boy Deserves Favour - Moody Blues
1  -  Tapestry - Carole King
(12th of 15 consecutive weeks at #1)

#1 Song of the Week

Our song this week was #1 for 2 weeks in October 1976,  "If You Leave Me Now" by Chicago.

Also reaching #1 on the UK Top 40 in November of 1976 it was their biggest hit worldwide and won Grammy Awards for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus.
This was written and sung by the group's bassist Peter Cetera and was from their album Chicago X, which made it to #3 on the Billboard Album chart.