Alec Benjamin's "Let Me Down Slowly" rises 2-1 to dethrone eight week leader "Update". Also, Ryan Higa debuts at #4.
In the Top 50, Alec Benjamin rises to #1 after debuting just two weeks ago, at #21. The boyish singer's breakthrough "Let Me Down Slowly" takes down MAG!C☆PRINCE's "Update". The eight week #1 falls 1-2, but it's had impressive longevity, having 25 weeks on the chart. And they might not be out of the conversation, as their other track "Sakura My Friends", rises back to its peak of #3.
Japanese-American YouTuber Ryan Higa, along with producer David Choi, debuts at #4 with his diss track parody, "Exposed", which heavily borrows from Eminem's "The Ringer", while MAG!C☆PRINCE's "Yume no Melody" holds at #5.
Chris Brown continues to rise with "Undecided", as it rises 8-6 for a new peak. The debut from last week "Face My Fears" by Utada Hikaru & Skrillex, holds on to #7, Adam Sandler's "Phone Wallet Keys" falls 6-8, Drake Bell's six week #1 "Fuego Lento" falls 3-9, and CHANMINA's "Pain is Beauty" rises 19-10, giving the Japanese rapper her first Top 10 entry.
Further down the chart, Alec Benjamin continues his success, as his cover of Eminem's "Stan", for the Spotify Singles series, debuts at #19, and Hunter Hayes' "Heartbreak" debuts in the Top 30.
The J-pop idol group continue at #1 for an 8th week with their massive hit "Update", while Alec Benjamin comes to challenge, as he rises 19-2. Also, Utada Hikaru and Skrillex debut.
"Update" sits at #1 for an 8th week of my personal Top 50. It also enters the Top 10 on the all-time chart. But it seems its time is just about up, as Alec Benjamin roars 21-2 with breakthrough song "Let Me Down Slowly". Drake Bell's six week leader "Fuego Lento" rises 6-3 off the back of its (borderline pornographic) music video. We also see MAG!C☆PRINCE in the rest of the Top 5, as "Sakura My Friends" falls 3-4 and "Yume no Melody" appears to be beginning its downward trajectory as it loses 2-5.
Adam Sandler's "Phone Wallet Keys" falls 4-6. "Face My Fears" (off the EP of the same name), the collaboration between dubstep artist Skrillex and J-pop legend Utada Hikaru debuts at #7, giving Skrillex his first Top 10 and Utada her second, following "Chikai", which rises 19-12 this week off the EP as well. Chris Brown's lead single off of his upcoming album 'Indigo', rises 9-8, and Thomas Rhett's "Sixteen" falls 7-10, while Drake Bell's "I Found a Way", which rises 16-9, is in the Top 10 for the first time since 2017, as it fell 6-9 on the chart dated February 15, 2017.
Debuts go to Body Count and Ava Max. Next week, Ryan Higa is set to debut in the Top 10, while Alec Benjamin takes the #1.
Chart will be published on Friday 25 January 2019.
