1. Live Your Life - T.I. Featuring Rihanna
2. Whatever You Like - T.I.
T.I.'s "Live Your Life" rules the roost for a fourth week. That gives T.I. 11 weeks at #1 this year, edging him ahead of Flo Rida to be the artist who's spent the most time at #1 in 2008. "Whatever You Like" holds at #2 for a 4th week. T.I.'s held the top 2 spots with the same two songs for 5 consecutive weeks now. Few artists have achieved this feat. Ashanti did it (sort of) in 2002 with "Foolish" and her appearance on Fat Joe's "What's Luv," which held #1 and #2 respectively for 5 consecutive weeks. Before that, the Bee Gees did in in 1978 with "Night Fever" and "Stayin' Alive," both of which were #1s. The unbroken record for most consecutive weeks with the top 2 hits was set in 1964 by The Beatles with "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You," which held the top 2 spots for 6 consecutive weeks. Just like with T.I. and the Bee Gees, both singles had a turn at #1.
3. If I Were a Boy - Beyonce
That Beatles record is looking pretty solid though as Beyonce rebounds up two spots to #3 with "If I Were a Boy," this week's Sales Gainer. With heavy promotion this week for her new album I Am...Sasha Fierce (great album by the way), she may break through the T.I. roadblock into the top 2 next week.
13. White Horse - Taylor Swift
It's getting a bit rediculous with these Taylor Swift singles. With her album out this week, she managed to get 6 hot 100 debuts this week. Probably people who bought the singles cherry picking the rest of the tracks. Here's how singles and tracks from Fearless have charted:
1. "Love Story" #5
2. "Fearless" #9
3. "Change" #10
4. "You're Not Sorry" #11
5. "You Belong with Me" #12
6. "White Horse" #13
7. "Forever and Always" #49
8. "The Way I Loved You #72
9. "Fifteen" #79
10. "Breathe" #87
11. "Hey Stephen" #94
The album's remaining two tracks are "bubbling under" this week. So far then she's had six top 40 hits from the album--amazing how 5 of them cluster from 9 to 13 peaking in each position. That officially gives her the most Hot 100 hits from any album ever. I'm assuming the previous record was the High School Musical soundtrack, which had nine Hot 100 hits.
28. Single Ladies - Beyonce
Beyonce's other single, "Single Ladies" is up 11 this week, and the airplay gainer.
34. Chinese Democracy - Guns N Roses
Guns N Roses score their first top 40 hit since "November Rain" in 1992, which hit #3. This is the band's 9th top 40 hit.
35. If Today Was Your Last Day - Nickelback
And Nickelback score their 9th top 40 hit since I woke up this morning (at least it feels that way). Actually this really is the band's 9th top 40 hit. What took Guns N Roses 20 years though has taken Nickelback just 7.
2 comments:
I do not like how album tracks can wreck the singles charts for a week or two!! Hehe. And thank god that Run is available on digital - but i do think the whole release of it has been buggered up royally.
"Run" should have been released this week. It would have easily beat "If I Were a Boy" to #1. Still, it will probably still be #1 in December.
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