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Chart Chat 11/16/08: Rihanna, Snow Patrol, Kanye & More!
Man, is it hard to get excited about the charts when they change so little from week to week. Here’s what we’ve got going on this week. All charts are listed courtesy of the good folks at Billboard Magazine.
Top 20 Singles:
01-Live Your Life (T.I. feat. Rihanna)
02-Whatever You Like (T.I.)
03-Hot N Cold (Katy Perry)
04-Heartless (Kanye West)
05-If I Were a Boy (Beyonce)
06-So What (P!nk)
07-Womanizer (Britney Spears)
08-Let it Rock (Kevin Rudolf feat. Lil’ Wayne)
09-I’m Yours (Jason Mraz)
10-Right Now (Na Na Na) (Akon)
11-Miss Independent (Ne-Yo)
12-You Belong with Me (Taylor Swift)
13-Love Lockdown (Kanye West)
14-Love Story (Taylor Swift)
15-Disturbia (Rihanna)
16-Can’t Believe It (T-Pain feat. Lil’ Wayne)
17-Mrs. Officer (Lil’ Wayne feat. Bobby Valentino)
18-Better in Time (Leona Lewis)
19-Gotta Be Somebody (Nickelback)
20-Addicted (Saving Abel)
Top 20 Albums
01-Twilight Soundtrack (Various Artists)
02-Black Ice (AC/DC)
03-High School Musical 3: Senior Year Soundtrack (Various Artists)
04-Take it to the Limit (Hinder)
05-Funhouse (P!nk)
06-Evolver (John Legend)
07-Paper Trail (T.I.)
08-Incanto (Andrea Bocelli)
09-Play (Brad Paisley)
10-Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (Rascal Flatts)
11-The Renaissance (Q-Tip)
12-Death Magnetic (Metallica)
13-That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy (Toby Keith)
14-Rock ‘n Roll Jesus (Kid Rock)
15-Lucky Old Sun (Kenny Chesney)
16-Jennifer Hudson (Jennifer Hudson)
17-My Love: the Essential Collection (Celine Dion)
18-Year of the Gentleman (Ne-Yo)
19-The Carter III (Lil’ Wayne)
20-Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Songs of Joy & Peace (Yo-Yo Ma)
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What the hell is this song about? Do the members of R.E.M. even know what this song is about? Who knows? All I know is that it’s one of the first (if not the first) song from Athens’ favorite sons that can accurately be called “fun”. It’s also one of the first R.E.M. songs that you can understand most of the words to, as first evidenced by me when I witnessed everyone in Madison Square […]
Best You’ve Never Heard: Whatever Happens – Michael Jackson
It would be up to me to add some Michael Jackson to The Best You’ve Never Heard week, since Money Mike didn’t do it.
(Don’t worry, he probably would’ve, but I called first dibs. He’s still the biggest MJ fan on the planet.)
In 2001, Michael Jackson released Invincible, his first album in six years since the HIStory double album. After a few listens, there were some definite conclusions. Firstly, Jackson could still sing as shown […]