Sunday, July 06, 2008

Billboard Hot 100, 7/12/2008

1. I Kissed a Girl - Katy Perry

No change at the top for Katy Perry, who is also this week's airplay gainer.

3. Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis

It's been 2 months since Leona was at #1 and she's still in the top 3 with a bullet--and this week's sales gainer no less. Interestingly, two other former #1s still in the top 10--Rihanna's "Take a Bow" at #4 and Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" at #6--are both still bulleted too. I'd like to think this was because fast sales drove these singles to #1 early and now they're still gaining due to their airplay, but as I said above, Leona's bullet is based on sales, so who knows.

5. Burnin' Up - Jonas Brothers

Last week the Jonas Brothers had a hefty #20 debut with their Camp Rock song, "Play My Music." This week they debut at #5 with their latest proper single, "Burnin' Up," giving the group its first top 10 hit. With its airplay gaining swiftly too, #1 looks promising for this.

39. Summertime - New Kids on the Block

After a 16-year absence, the recently reunited New Kids on the Block score their 11th top 40 hit with "Summertime," the lead single from their forthcoming 5th album, Back on the Block. The New Kids' original run of hits stretched from late 1988 to mid 1992, consisting of 10 top 40 singles, all but one of which were top 10 hits and three that were #1s--"I'll Be Loving You (Forever)," "Hangin' Tough," and "Step By Step." Two of the group's members had solo hits--Joe McIntyre hit #10 in 1999 with "Stay the Same," and about a month later Jordan Knight also hit #10 in with "Give It to You." Donnie Wahlberg pursued acting rather than singing, most notably appearing in "The Sixth Sense" in 1999. (What's up with 1999 being the year for solo New Kids success?)

2 comments:

J.Mensah said...

New Kids On The Block are back on the charts? aint herd from them from so long!

Cook In / Dine Out said...

They're actually the third boyband to reunite recently. Backstreet Boys did it in 2005 and Take That in 2006, thought the New Kids' 16 year hiatus was the longest.