The Black Eyed Peas hold at #1 for a third straight week with the second hit from their #1 album “The E.N.D.”, “I Gotta Feeling”. This is the Peas’ second consecutive #1 song and third overall. They spent seven weeks at the top with “Boom Boom Pow” earlier this summer. They also reached #1 back in 2003 for five weeks with “Where Is The Love”. In Billboard, they set a rock era record this week with 20 straight weeks at #1 between “Boom Boom Pow” and “I Gotta Feeling”.
19-year old country phenom Taylor Swift holds at #2 this week with “You Belong With Me”. This is her third Top 5 hit. She reached #5 in 2007 with “Teardrops On My Guitar” and then wen all the way to #1 with “Love Story” this year. “You Belong With Me” is also currently the #1 country hit. Taylor is the first artist since Faith HIll with “Breathe” in 2000 to have a song simultaneously in the Top 3 on both charts.
Keri Hilson is making her second Top 5 appearance. She is up from 4-3 with “Knock You Down” featuring Kanye West & Ne-Yo. Keri went all the way to #1 two years ago when she was featured on Timbaland’s “The Way I Are”.
Up from 7-5 this week is Kings Of Leon. They already reached #1 on the rock chart with “Sex On Fire” and “Use Somebody”. This is the first pop hit for the Nashville, Tennessee band.
New York rock dance quintet Cobra Starship drop from 5-6 this week with their first hit, “Good Girls Go Bad” featuring Leighton Meester despite gaining airplay. The band’s album, “Hot Mess” debuted in the Top 10 on the album chart last week.
19-year old Arizona star Jordin Sparks slips from 6-7 after four straight weeks at #6 with “Battlefield”. This is her fourth Top 10 hit and it continues to gain airplay. Last year she visited the Top 10 her other three times with “Tattoo”, “One Step At A Time” and “No Air” with Chris Brown.
Canadian rapper Drake slips out of the Top 10 this week with “Best I Ever Had”, but British rapper Jay Sean joins the Top 10 party for the first time in his young career. The 28-year old newcomer is up from 12-8 this week with “Down” featuring Lil Wayne.
The fourth Top 10 smash for former American Idol contestant Chris Daughtry is doing well. His band Daughtry is up from 10-9 with “No Surprise”. Daughtry went to #1 in 2007 with “It’s Not Over” and then #4 with “Home”. In 2008 he reached #9 with “Feels Like Tonight”.
Mariah Carey reaches a milestone this week. She scores her 30th career Top 20 hit this week with “Obsessed” which jumps from 25-20 this week. The 39-year old pop diva first hit the Top 20 nineteen years ago this summer with the #1 smash “Vision Of Love”.
The biggest mover in the Top 40 this week is “I Wanna” by All-American Rejects. It is the follow up to their #1 smash “Gives You Hell”. This week the hit rockets from 37-29.
There are four new songs in the Top 40 this week. Singer-songwriter Jason DeRulo scores his first hit this week. The 20-year old Florida pop newcomer is in at #32 with “Whatcha Say”. Another Floridian is in at #35. Rapper Flo Rida has his fifth Top 40 hit as he bows at #35 with “Be On You” featuring Ne-Yo. Kelly Clarkson notches her 13th Top 40 hit this week at #36 with “Already Gone”. And Jay-Z does Kelly one better by entering with his 14th hit. He is joined by Rihanna who also is scoring her 14th Top 40 singles and Kanye West who is on his 13th. The three team up at #40 with “Run This Town”.
Other chart information of note this week:
Two songs also re-enter the Top 40 this week. Lady GaGa is in at #37 with “Poker Face”. And Kelly Clarkson is at #38 with “I Do Not Hook Up”.
Justin Bieber’s “One Time” and Michael Franti’s “Say Hey (I Love You)” both make nice six notch moves into the Top 30.
Jason Mraz has the oldest song in the Top 40 again this week with “I’m Yours” It has now been in the Top 40 for exactly one year. On the Billboard Hot 100, the song reaches its 70th week which is an all time rock era record moving ahead of Leeann Rimes’ “How Do I Live”.
My iTunes new picks of the week:
“Evacuate The Dancefloor”, Cascada
“Release Me”, Agnes
“Beautiful World”, Jim Brickman
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