Chart Highlights: Gotye Extends Multi-Format Chart Success

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Pop Songs
*** No. 1 *** "Wide Awake" Katy Perry
Greatest Gainer No. 20 "One More Night" Maroon 5
Hot Shot Debut No. 38 "Vegas Girl" Conor Maynard
Debut No. 40 "Get It Started" Pitbull Featuring Shakira

Adult Contemporary
*** No. 1 *** "Somebody That I Used To Know" Gotye Featuring Kimbra

Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" adds another chart-topping feat under its belt, as it rises to No. 1 on Adult Contemporary. In May, it became the first song to hit No. 1 on Alternative Songs, Dance Club/Play Songs and the Billboard Hot 100. Thus, "Somebody" is now the only tune to have topped all four of the above-mentioned tallies.

Hot Shot Debut No. 26 "Magic" Smash Mouth Featuring J. Dash
Debut No. 29 "Lights" Ellie Goulding
Greatest Gainer No. 7 "Payphone" Maroon 5

Adult Pop Songs
*** No. 1 *** "Payphone" Maroon 5
Hot Shot Debut No. 35 "Want U Back" Cher Lloyd
Debut No. 39 "Let's Go" Calvin Harris Featuring Ne-Yo
Greatest Gainer No. 6 "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" P!nk

Dance Club/Play Songs
*** No. 1 *** "Goin' In" Jennifer Lopez Featuring Flo Rida

Just two weeks after Katy Perry set the mark for the most No. 1s in a row on Dance Club Songs (with 10), Jennifer Lopez ties that feat with her latest leader, "Goin' In." Lopez's current No. 1 streak began in 2007 with "Que Hiciste."

Greatest Gainer No. 8 "Turn Up The Radio" Madonna
Hot Shot Debut No. 43 "Pound The Alarm" Nicki Minaj
Debut No. 46 "Whistle" Flo Rida
Debut No. 47 "Come Back From San Francisco" Cherry Cherry Boom Boom
Debut No. 48 "Boys Will Be Boys" Paulina Rubio
Debut No. 50 "This Is Love" will.i.am Featuring Eva Simons

Rap Songs
*** No. 1 *** "Mercy" Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T, 2 Chainz
Hot Shot Debut No. 23 "I Wish You Would" DJ Khaled Featuring Kanye West & Rick Ross
Debut No. 25 "Get Low" Waka Flocka Flame Featuring Nicki Minaj, Tyga & Flo Rida"
Greatest Gainer No. 7 "Amen" Meek Mill Featuring Drake

Rock Songs
Greatest Gainer/*** No. 1 *** "Oh Love" Green Day
Hot Shot Debut No. 36 "Still Swinging" Papa Roach
Debut No. 48 "Top Of The World" Slightly Stoopid
Debut No. 50 "Like I Roll" Black Stone Cherry

Alternative Songs
*** No. 1 *** "Some Nights" fun.
Greatest Gainer No. 3 "Oh Love" Green Day
Hot Shot Debut No. 35 "Top Of The World" Slightly Stoopid
Debut No. 39 "Here And Now" Seether

Country Songs
*** No. 1 *** "Come Over" Kenny Chesney
Greatest Gainer No. 5 "Pontoon" Little Big Town
Hot Shot Debut No. 57 "Anywhere" Sara Evans
Debut No. 59 "The Countdown" Lonestar
Debut No. 60 "Summer Back" Andy Gibson

Latin Songs
Greatest Gainer/*** No. 1 *** "Bebe Bonita" Chino & Nacho Featuring Jay Sean
Hot Shot Debut No. 39 "Te Quiero" Ricardo Arjona
Debut No. 42 "Balada (Tcherere Tche Tche)" Gusttavo Lima
Debut No. 45 "En El Amor Hay Que Perdonar" Belinda
Debut No. 46 "Te Voy A Amar" Axel
Debut No. 47 "365 Dias" Los Tucanes de Tijuana
Debut No. 49 "Algo Me Gusta De Ti" Wisin & Yandel Featuring Chris Brown & T-Pain

Regional Mexican Songs
*** No. 1 *** "Sin Respiracion" Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizarraga
Greatest Gainer No. 2 "Mirando Al Cielo" Roberto Tapia
Hot Shot Debut No. 38 "San Lunes" Banda La Trakalosa

Latin Pop Songs
*** No. 1 *** "Hasta Que Salga El Sol" Don Omar
Hot Shot Debut No. 31 "One More Night" Maroon 5
Debut No. 39 "Algo Me Gusta De Ti" Wisin & Yandel Featuring Chris Brown & T-Pain
Greatest Gainer No. 7 "Bebe Bonita" Chino & Nacho Featuring Jay Sean

Tropical Songs
Greatest Gainer/*** No. 1 *** "Bebe Bonita" Chino & Nacho Featuring Jay Sean
Hot Shot Debut No. 18 "Esta Noche Si" Rey Ruiz
Debut No. 21 "Algo Me Gusta De Ti" Wisin & Yandel Featuring Chris Brown & T-Pain
Debut No. 24 "Diosa De Los Corazones" La Formula
Debut No. 32 "El Carino Es Como Una Flor" Andy Andy & Alex Matos
Debut No. 33 "Como Yo" Los Cadillacs
Debut No. 35 "No Me Compares" Alejandro Sanz
Debut No. 37 "Mi Vida Eres Tu" N'Klabe
Debut No. 38 "Te Quiero" Ricardo Arjona

Christian Songs
*** No. 1 *** "10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)" Matt Redman
Greatest Gainer No. 3 "Losing" Tenth Avenue North
Hot Shot Debut No. 44 "One Thing Remains" Passion Featuring Kristian Stanfill

Gospel Songs
*** No. 1 *** "Awesome" Charles Jenkins & Fellowship Chicago
Hot Shot Debut No. 23 "God's Got It" J Moss
Debut No. 28 "I Know You're Gonna Make It" Norman Hutchins

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Gotye aims to avoid being somebody we used to know

Gotye performs at the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California April 15, 2012.

Credit: Reuters/David McNew

By Piya Sinha-Roy

LOS ANGELES | Thu May 3, 2012 6:24pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Australian singer Gotye has conquered the United States with his heartfelt pop tune "Somebody That I Used To Know," but even as it hits No. 1 on singles charts, he is eager to become someone fans will always know for his "peculiar" sound.

Gotye has enjoyed a rapid rise in fame, not just in the U.S. but around the world, for the song of a failed relationship that features New Zealand artist Kimbra. But his offbeat music and rocket ride to stardom has led many to consider whether his career will be short-lived. He doesn't think so.

For Gotye, whose real name Wouter "Wally" De Backer, the smash hit song stems from 10 years of hard work starting, like many others, in front of a home computer. He has three albums behind him, is playing ever bigger gigs and there is more music he wants to create.

"What's happening around the world is unexpected, but still a gradual move forward," Gotye told Reuters.

Led by a simple rhythm tapped out on a xylophone and heartfelt lyrics that give "Somebody That I Used to Know" the feel of a lullaby, Gotye sings about the pain and anger of a breakup in lyrics such as "I don't even need your love, but you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough."

He said that while some people think the song recounts the end of a personal love affair and others simply respond to the angst of the chorus - "now you're just somebody that I used to know" - for him it's all about the memories, both good and bad, of any failed relationship.

"It is more about how varied one's feelings can be and how different feelings can be after a relationship or the memories of it, and how that gets confusing and unclear," he said.

The 31-year-old singer-songwriter from Melbourne, Australia finds the song's wide play both amusing and odd to watch as he becomes a sort of third-party spectator to his own music.

At April's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California where he performed, "Somebody That I Used To Know" became an unofficial anthem for the crowds when DJs began pumping out remixes between sets of other bands.

The song also was incorporated into an episode of Fox's popular TV musical "Glee" in which on-screen brothers Blaine and Cooper (played by Darren Criss and Matt Bomer) used the song to emphasize their disintegrating relationship.

"It's weird because it's all out of my hands ... DJs happily play mash ups from the web or put unofficial remixes into their set," he said. "As the guy behind it, putting it out there at the starting point, I have no control over it anymore."

At the time the "Glee" version came out, Gotye was reported by some media outlets to be unhappy with it, but he denies that and calls tailoring the tune to the two brothers, "clever."

"MAKING MIRRORS" A STEPPING STONE

Gotye began his career in the early 2000s piecing together sample tracks in Australia that were later compiled into his first self-released album, "Boardface," in 2003.

His second album, "Like Drawing Blood," received critical and commercial success in his home country, but it has been third album "Making Mirrors," led by "Somebody" that has given Gotye his global big break.

"When I think of myself sitting in a small room in a shared house on my desktop computer ... cobbling together an album, that was the starting point ten years ago," he said.

"Making Mirrors," currently at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 album chart, received favorable reviews from critics and scored 71 out of 100 on review-aggregation website Metacritic. But the singer still doesn't think he has hit his stride, calling the album a "stepping stone" for his musical self-discovery.

"There's some stuff which were maybe missteps or things that I shouldn't explore as much in future," he said, citing tracks such as "I Feel Better" and "In Your Light."

Those two tunes have a sound that harks to the 1980s, and Gotye said he wants to move away "easy pop-production choices involving wrapping a song in an aesthetic of a certain period."

He wants to evolve into styles he explored on "Somebody," "State of the Art" and "Bronte," he said, but added that he is conscious of retaining his Australian roots and his self-described "peculiar and unique" sound.

As for moving beyond "Somebody," Gotye still finds the response interesting enough to consider a follow-up, perhaps again with Kimbra.

"Maybe from the girl's perspective," he said, "but it's all really funny and it could be a really stupid choice."

(Reporting By Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)

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