A British Breakthrough: The Chart Show, Feb. 21, 2013
Last week's massive HOF induction and Pulp dropping off after three weeks made room for a record breaking five new entries (four of whom have never been on the chart before)!
Atmosphere are the odd guys out — they've done everything before, including The Welcome To MN Tour. Alt-J did well to hold off the rampaging Macklemore, but they couldn't win a Brit on Wednesday after being nominated for this year's British Breakthrough Act. Lots of the winners — Mumfords, Adele, Frank Ocean, Lana Del Rey and Emeli Sande — can be heard on The Current, and Alt-J pointed out that the Brits (like our Grammys) are a lot more "Alternative' these days ... so it's NOT alternative anymore, right?!
| TW | LW | Wks | The Current Chart Show | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artist | Song | |||
| 1 | 1 | 7 | Alt-J | Breezeblocks |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | Macklemore and Ryan Lewis | Thrift Shop |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | Of Monsters and Men | Dirty Paws |
| 4 | 2 | 10 | Django Django | Hail Bop |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | Cloud Cult | 1X1X1 |
| 6 | 10 | 11 | Tame Impala | Elephant |
| 7 | 3 | 9 | Metric | Breathing Underwater |
| 8 | 9 | 7 | Local Natives | Breakers |
| 9 | 16 | 5 | Ra Ra Riot | Beta Love |
| 10 | 19 | 4 | Grizzly Bear | Speak In Rounds |
| 11 | 8 | 6 | Thao and the Get Down Stay Down | Holy Roller |
| 12 | 12 | 2 | Frightened Rabbit | The Woodpile |
| 13 | X | 1 | Cold War Kids | Miracle Mile |
| 14 | 11 | 8 | Father John Misty | Nancy From Now On |
| 15 | X | 1 | My Bloody Valentine | New You |
| 16 | 17 | 5 | Low | Plastic Cup |
| 17 | X | 1 | Eels | New Alphabet |
| 18 | 13 | 11 | Atlas Genius | Trojans |
| 19 | X | 1 | Divine Fits | Flaggin' A Ride |
| 20 | X | 1 | Atmosphere | It Ain't The Prettiest |
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- The Chart Show Ballot Mark Wheat hosts this weekly countdown of your favorite songs currently in rotation on 89.3 The Current. Vote every week for your top 5 songs (and enter our weekly ticket giveaway while you're at it), and then tune in Thursday nights at 8 to see if your favorites make the chart!
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