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Top 5 Songs for Week Ending March 28


Paul McCartney, Rihanna and Kanye West (R) perform "FourFiveSeconds" at the 57th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, February 8, 2015.
Paul McCartney, Rihanna and Kanye West (R) perform "FourFiveSeconds" at the 57th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, February 8, 2015.

These are the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart, for the week ending March 28, 2015.

Ray McDonald's Top 5 Countdown for Week Ending March 28
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Top 5 Songs for Week Ending March 28

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending March 28

1. "Uptown Funk!" Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
2. "Sugar" Maroon 5
3. "Thinking of You" Ed Sheeran
4. "Love Me Like You Do" Ellie Goulding
5. "FourFiveSeconds" Rihanna & Kanye West & Paul McCartney

How to describe this week’s lineup? Well…it’s the same, but different. Hopefully that’s sufficiently mysterious for you to stick around.

Let’s begin in fifth place, where Rihanna, Kanye West, and Paul McCartney remain frozen with “FourFiveSeconds.” How did Paul get involved? He tells Britain’s NME that it started last summer, when he caught Kanye and Jay-Z in concert in London. He and Kanye began working together and to date, they’ve done three songs: “FourFiveSeconds,” “Only One,” and “All Day,” which traces its roots to an unreleased McCartney song from 1969.

Ellie Goulding poses for photographers upon arrival at the Brit Awards 2015 at the 02 Arena in London, Feb. 25, 2015.
Ellie Goulding poses for photographers upon arrival at the Brit Awards 2015 at the 02 Arena in London, Feb. 25, 2015.

Holding in fourth place is Ellie Goulding with “Love Me Like You Do.” Ellie has sold an estimated four million albums and 15 million singles worldwide. Aside from selling a lot of records, she’s also a bit of a do-gooder…She’s active in charity, participating in philanthropic projects for the British Heart Foundation, the Los Angeles Unified School District, Free The Children, and others. Ellie also sang in last year’s Band Aid 30 project to fight the spread of Ebola in Africa.

Ed Sheeran performs at "Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute," at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Feb. 10, 2015, in Los Angeles.
Ed Sheeran performs at "Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute," at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Feb. 10, 2015, in Los Angeles.

Falling a slot to third place is Ed Sheeran with “Thinking Out Loud.” He's touring Australia, and on March 24 was spotted in Sydney, shooting a cameo appearance for the popular TV show "Home And Away". The episode will air later this year.

FILE - Adam Levine from the band Maroon 5 performs on NBC's "Today" show.
FILE - Adam Levine from the band Maroon 5 performs on NBC's "Today" show.

Jumping a slot to second place we have Maroon 5 and “Sugar.” The band is on a world tour, with a couple of particularly intriguing stops on its schedule. On June 6, they play at the Mawazine Festival in Morocco, while September 19 finds them in Singapore at the Formula 1 Grand Prix.

Mark Ronson poses for a photo at Jeff Bhasker Studio, in Venice, California.
Mark Ronson poses for a photo at Jeff Bhasker Studio, in Venice, California.

Up at number one it’s still Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars with “Uptown Funk.” That makes 11 weeks, and that’s pretty special… It’s only the 19th single in Hot 100 history to rule for that long. It last happened in 2013, when “Blurred Lines” spent 12 weeks at the top.

So, that’s it for now, but as always…the charts never sleep! We'll be back next week with a brand new lineup.

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