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Your support makes all the difference.US pop artist Katy Perry dominates the singles chart at Last.fm for the sixth consecutive week with her hit "Teenage Dream." Lady Gaga's "Alejandro" and "Bad Romance" hold the second and third spots, while Kings of Leon reenter the top ten with their 2009 single "Sex on Fire."
Kings of Leon moved up two slots into ninth place with "Sex on Fire" from their multi-Grammy-winning album Only by the Night. The song gave Kings of Leon their first number one single in Australia, Finland, Ireland, and United Kingdom, charting at number one on the UK Singles Chart on digital downloads alone before its physical release. The band is releasing it fifth studio album, Come Around Sundown, on October 18 in the UK and on October 19 in North America.
British band Florence and the Machine continues to hold top rankings with the re-released single "Dog Days Are Over," with 22,895 listeners last week. The single, part of the band's 2009 album Lungs, recently peaked at number 21 on the US Billboard Hot 100 after the group performed it at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards.
Last.fm's top tracks for October 3 through October 10:
1. Katy Perry - "Teenage Dream" (30,152 listeners) (no change)
2. Lady Gaga - "Alejandro" (27,015 listeners) (no change)
3. Lady Gaga - "Bad Romance" (24,419 listeners) (no change)
4. The xx - "Crystalised" (24,109 listeners) (no change)
5. The xx - "Islands" (22,961 listeners) (+1)
6. Florence and the Machine - "Dog Days Are Over" (22,895 listeners) (-1)
7. Arcade Fire - "Ready to Start" (21,957 listeners) (no change)
8. Arcade Fire - "The Suburbs" (21,504 listeners) (no change)
9. Kings of Leon - "Sex on Fire" (21,190) (+2)
10. Lady Gaga - "Telephone (feat. Beyoncé)" (20,813 listeners) (-1)
Last.fm claims more than 40 million active users based in more than 200 countries. Available in 12 languages, the site's radio service is free for users in the UK, the US, and Germany; elsewhere, a subscription costs €3.00 per month. Using a system called "scrobbling," Last.fm's charts measure everything its users listen to through the Last.fm website as well as hundreds of other music sites and services, including iTunes, Spotify, and The Hype Machine.
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