Thursday, March 11, 2010

Billboard Hot 100

1. Break Your Heart - Taio Cruz feat. Ludacris

Didn't expect to see this atop the Hot 100 this week. Taio Cruz thunders into the top 40, climbing 52 notches to land his first top 40, top 10, top 5 and #1 hit in one fell swoop. The single was a #1 hit in Britain last year. This US version is slightly remixed and features popular rapper Ludacris. It's also this week's digital gainer.

2. Need You Now - Lady Antebellum

Cruz's unexpected success is Lady Antebellum's downfall, for the rather sudden drop in placement for Black Eyed Peas' "Imma Be" (down 4 to #5) would have given them a shot at #1. They still very well could hit #1 soon, since "Break Your Heart's" sales could slide off before it hits big on radio.

4. Rude Boy - Rihanna

Rihanna's "Rude Boy" climbs 4 spots to #4 and is this week's airplay gainer. It's her first top 5 hit as the lead performer since she hit #1 late in 2008 with "Disturbia." Include her featured appearances, she's now had nine top 5 hits--including five #1s.

9. Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
11. Telephone - Lady GaGa feat. Beyonce

With "Bad Romance" ready to fall out of the top 10, "Telephone" is poised to take its place. The long-awaited video will finally debut tonight at midnight (Eastern time), and the single just climbed to #1 at pop radio (which won't be reflected on the pop chart until next week), making it the sixth consecutive Lady GaGa single to do so. GaGa's record at top 40 radio:

Just Dance #1(1 week)
Poker Face #1(5 wks)
Lovegame #1(3 wks)
Paparazzi #1(2 wks)
Bad Romance #1(2 wks)
Telephone #1(1 wk so far)

21. Never Let You Go - Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber scores his 6th top 40 hit. Bieber just turned 16 on March 1, although he still looks 12.

2 comments:

Myfizzypop said...

poor Lady Antebellum stuck at number two, though that taio song is quite catchy (I haven't heard the US version yet)... I'm sure the release of the Telephone vid will boost Lady G'Gah both UK and stateside this week!

Cook In / Dine Out said...

Indeed. I just watched the Telephone video for the first time. It's quite outrageous. The remix of "Break Your Heart" was apparently released in Britain as the B-side to "No Other One," his flop follow-up single.