1. Whatever You Like - T.I.
T.I. spends a third week at #1 with "Whatever You Like." I listened to the track last week, and I don't care for it. Come on Pink! Score your first solo #1!
2. So What - Pink
Yes, the Pink I was referring to is indeed up one spot to #2 this week. Pink replaces T.I. atop the Hot 100 digital sales chart, but T.I. is unfortunately still way ahead in airplay (he's #5, she's not in the top 25). Pink's airplay at top 40 radio though is quite strong, where she'll likely be in the top 10 next week.
3. Disturbia - Rihanna
4. Forever - Chris Brown
5. Paper Planes - M.I.A.
The top 5 is all jammed up this week. All 5 songs were in the top 5 last week and all are bulleted. Actually, tracks 6 through 9 are bulleted too, making the entire top 9 comprised of tracks with chart gains this week. That's pretty unusual.
9. In the Ayer - Flo Rida Featuring Will.I.Am
Flo Rida scores his second top 10 hit this week with "In the Ayer," up 12 spots to #9. His first hit, "Low" is still this year's longest-running #1 hit, having spent the year's first 10 weeks at #1. This is Will.I.Am's second credited appearance in the top 10 (outside of Black Eyed Peas). His first was being featured on Fergie's 2006 hit "Fergalicious," which went to #2.
11. Just Stand Up - Artists Stand Up to Cancer
"Just Stand Up," the cancer charity record featuring an amazing lineup of 15 of the biggest female singers of the English-speaking world, rockets up 67 spots to #11 this week. The featured singers are Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Mary J Blige, Rihanna, Fergie, Carrie Underwood, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Natasha Bedingfield, Leona Lewis, Miley Cyrus, Keyshia Cole, Leann Rimes, Ashanti, and Ciara.
While popular charity records are fairly common in the UK, such as for Comic Relief or Children in Need, they are pretty rare in the U.S. The only other major one this decade was "What's Going On" in 2001 to benefits AIDS charities, which peaked at #27. In the '90s there were some big charity records, although I'm not sure the public was necessarily aware they were such, like Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997" and Elton and George Michael's "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me."
The last major U.S. charity release like this--where someone got a big choir of people together--was "Voices that Care" in 1991, which peaked at #11. It included lead vocals from acts like Garth Brooks, Celine Dion, Michael Bolton, and Will Smith, and then a huge backup choir of singers, TV and film stars, and athletes, including Kevin Coster, Cindy Crawford, Ted Danson, Sally Field, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, William Shatner, Meryl Streep, Debbie Gibson and Tiffany. The single was created as a way to support the troops during the Gulf War and benefit the Red Cross.
13. Hot N Cold - Katy Perry
Katy Perry looks set to score her second top 10 hit quite soon, as "Hot N Cold" rises 7 spots to #13 this week. It's a worthy follow-up, perhaps even better than "I Kissed a Girl." That single, which spent 7 weeks at #1, is currently #1 in the UK for a fifth week.
53. American Boy - Estelle Featuring Kanye West
Over the past month Estelle's single "American Boy" has fallen from #11 to #37 to #57 and rebounds slightly to #53 this week. The rather dramatic freefall was due to her record company, in their infinite wisdom, cancelling the single (and album) from iTunes, pretty much the only place anyone buys singles from anymore. Apparently that wisdom wasn't infinite though, and this week Estelle's album is back on iTunes, and "American Boy" is currently #5 in iTunes sales. So next week, I expect a dramatic resurge, potentially into the top 10.
2 comments:
WHAT! U Mean p!nk hasn't had a hot 100 #1 yet! omg! i never knew that!... i always thought her single "Just Like A Pill (Run)" had been #1
Don't forget "Lady Marmalade," but besides that it is surprising. "Just Like a Pill" was a UK #1, but on the Hot 100 only #8. For most of the 2000s (until very recently), R&B/hip-hop has so dominant in the U.S. that big pop hits generally didn't perform as well as you would expect, so this was typical, despite the fact that "Don't Let Me Get Me," "U + Ur Hand" and "Who Knew" were all #1 at top 40 radio. Pop music has really made a resurgence on the Hot 100 in the last couple years.
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