Sunday, June 17, 2007

Billboard Hot 100 analysis, 6/23/2007

1. Umbrella - Rihanna (feat. Jay-Z)

It's a third week at #1 for Rihanna's "Umberella," matching the 3-week stay at the top she had last year for "SOS." It's also this week's airplay gainer, a good sign she'll stay #1 next week in favor of nearest competition Shop Boyz and T-Pain, who stay put at #2 and #3 this week, but both lose their bullets.

4. Big Girls Don't Cry - Fergie

Fergie also holds pat at #4 but keeps her bullet with "Big Girls Don't Cry." The song is still gaining strongly at pop radio, so it could climb higher. This makes her fourth straight top 5 single, putting her well ahead of her band now in chart success.

6. Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's

American rock band Plain White T's take their first top 40 single into the top 10 this week. "Hey There Delilah" is a gentle acoustic song. Not what I was expecting for a market that prefers its rock bands to be like Fall Out Boy and Linkin Park. The song makes a big jump up 10 spots this week.

10. Rehab - Amy Winehouse

Jumping an impressive 38 spots to land her first top 10 hit this week is Amy Winehouse with her second single "Rehab." While her first US single, "You Know I'm No Good," may have missed the top 40, "Rehab" is a bona fide hit. Winehouse has been aggressively promoting her amazing album, Back to Black, so it's nice to see her find chart success.

12. Lip Gloss - Lil Mama

Two weeks ago this song debuted at #95. Last week it wasn't on the chart. This week it suddenly re-enters at #12. ???!!!??? It's about as bad as you think it would be.

14. Thnks fr the Mmrs (Thanks for the Memories) - Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy reclaims its #14 peak position from 3 weeks ago with "Thnks fr th Mmrs" (sic), up three to #14. The band's last single, "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race," debuted at #2.

28. Nobody's Perfect - Hannah Montana

Disney product Hannah Montana scores her first top 40 hit this week with "Nobody's Perfect," which makes its Hot 100 debut at #28.

34. Wait for You - Elliott Yamin

I don't know what's going on with this song. It peaked at #31 and slides back two spots from #32 to #34 this week, but does keep its bullet. The former American Idol contestant's single has been doing great at top 40 radio, so I'm expecting this to just explode on the chart if it's sales would catch up.

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