Ten Top 10 hits and multiple solo project successes, but unbelievably, this is the Black Eyed Peas first trip back to #1 since 2003 when they reached the top of the pop chart with their first Top 10 hit, “Where Is The Love?”. This week they return to #1 with “Boom Boom Pow” which lands at the top spot after three weeks at #2. It is from their new album “The END” which drops next month.
Up from 5-3 is 41-year old Texas R&B singer Jamie Foxx who has already been to #1 featured on Kanye West’s “Gold Digger” in 2005. This week his hit “Blame It” featuring T-Pain becomes his first hit as a headline artist to go Top 3.
Florida rock quartet Shinedown score their first Top 5 hit this week with “Second Chance” which is their second Top 40 hit. Their first, “I Dare You”, reached #32 in 2006. This week “Second Chance” moves from 6-5.
Making a nice move from 8-6 is Beyonce with “Halo”. This is the 27-year old Houston superstar’s eighth Top 10 solo hit. She is looking to make it her second straight #1 following up “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”. She has already had five solo #1 hits. The other four: “Irreplaceable” (2006), “Check On It” (2006), “Crazy In Love” (2003) and “Baby Boy” (2003).
A lot of new songs making big moves at the bottom of the Top 10 this week. Jumping from 13-7 is “If U Seek Amy” by Britney Spears. The song just spent two weeks at #8 before dropping to #13 last week. This week the song rebounds to a new peak.
The Boulder, Colorado band, 3Oh!3, named after the area code from their hometown (303), scores its first Top 10 hit this week. “Don’t Trust Me” leaps from 12-8. It already has gone to #1 on the club dance chart.
Kelly Clarkson notches her tenth Top 10 hit this week as she moves from 11-9 with “I Do Not Hook Up”. It is the follow up to her #1 smash “My Life Would Suck Without You” which slides out of the Top 10 this week. Kelly is looking to make this her sixth #1 hit. The other four: “Miss Independent” (2003), “Breakaway” (2004), “Since U Been Gone” (2005), “Behind These Hazel Eyes” (2005) and “Because Of You” (2005).
And making a huge “climb” into the Top 10 this week is “The Climb” by Miley Cyrus. The teen star rockets from 19-10 a week after dropping from an apparent #14 peak. The song becomes her second Top 10 hit. Last year Miley hit #2 with “See You Again”.
Not only is the Top 10 greeting three new songs this week but so is the Top 20. 19-year old Pasadena, California newcomer Kristinia Debarge has gotten off to a nice start with her first hit, “Goodbye”. She made the biggest move in the Top 40 last week by jumping from 37-25 in her second week on the survey. And this week she leaps from 25-18.
Fellow California star Katy Perry is right on Kristinia’s heels as she moves from 23-19 with “Waking Up In Vegas”. This is Katy’s fourth consecutive Top 20 hit to start her career. One of those, “Hot N Cold”, reached #1 and slips out of the Top 40 this week.
28-year old Armando Christian Perez who goes by Pitbull rounds out the new Top 20 hits with his very first Top 20 smash, “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)”. The Cuban-American rapper out of Miami is up from 21-20 this week.
On top of all the new entries in the top segments of the survey, we have a huge mover in the bottom half of the Top 40. Lady GaGa soars up from 33-22 with “LoveGame” in its second week in the Top 40. The big move might ease the pain for Lady GaGa who slides out of the #1 position after five weeks with “Poker Face”. The New York star is also at #29 this week with her former #1 hit “Just Dance”.
And the new song parade continues as we welcome four new songs in the Top 40 this week. 21-year old Georgia newcomer Jessie James debuts at #32 this week with “Wanted”, her first Top 40 hit. Norwegian dance group Madcon also scores their first U.S. hit this week with “Beggin’” at #33. Chicago R&B newcomer Jeremih notches his first hit song with “Birthday Sex” at #34. And finally All-American Rejects just set a record for most weeks at #4 (seven) with their former #1 smash “Gives You Hell”. And this week they score their fifth Top 40 this with “The Wind Blows” at #37.
Other chart information of note this week:
After spending those seven weeks at #4, All-American Rejects drop seven spots from 4-11 this week with “Gives You Hell”..
Four songs drop out of the Top 10 this week. Three of those drop seven spots: “Gives You Hell”, “Kiss Me Thru The Phone” and “My Life Would Suck Without You”.
“I’m Yours” by Jason Mraz and “Let It Rock” by Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil Wayne tie for oldest song honors this week at 38 weeks, one week shy of nine months.
My iTunes new picks of the week:
“Her Diamonds”, Rob Thomas
“Major Tom”, Shiny Toy Guns
the album “Losing Sleep”, Parachute
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