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  • Chart Chat 8/24/08: Jonas Brothers, David Archuleta, NKOTB and More!!!

    Here we go, folks. This week’s Top 20 charts are brought to you by the good folks at Billboard Magazine, the number “6” and the letter “F”.

      Top 20 Singles:

    1) “Disturbia” Rihanna
    2) “Crush” David Archuleta
    3) “Forever” Chris Brown
    4) “I Kissed a Girl” Katy Perry
    5) “Viva La Vida” Coldplay
    6) “Paper Planes” M.I.A.
    7) “Dangerous” Kardinal Offishall feat. Akon
    8) “Take a Bow” Rihanna
    9) “Closer” Ne-Yo
    10) “Change” Taylor Swift
    11) “American Boy” Estelle feat. Kanye West
    12) “A Milli” Li’l Wayne
    13) “Put On” Young Jeezy feat. Kanye West
    14) “Leavin’” Jesse McCartney
    15) “When I Grow Up” Pussycat Dolls
    16) “Dreamer” Chris Brown
    17) “Get Like Me” David Banner feat. Chris Brown
    18) “Bleeding Love” Leona Lewis
    19) “Got Money” Li’l Wayne feat. T-Pain
    20) “Burnin’ Up” Jonas Brothers

      Top 20 Albums:

    1) “A Little Bit Longer” Jonas Brothers
    2) “Mamma Mia Soundtrack” Various Artists
    3) “Rock & Roll Jesus” Kid Rock
    4) “Breakout” Miley Cyrus
    5) “Love on the Inside” Sugarland
    6) “Tha Carter III” Li’l Wayne
    7) “Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends” Coldplay
    8) “Camp Rock Soundtrack” Various Artists
    9) “Good Girl Gone Bad” Rihanna
    10) “Jonas Brothers” Jonas Brothers
    11) “Taylor Swift” Taylor Swift
    12) “Now That’s What I Call Music Vol. 28” Various Artists
    13) “Talento de Barrio Soundtrack” Daddy Yankee
    14) “One of the Boys” Katy Perry
    15) “Spirit” Leona Lewis
    16) “Kids Bop 14” Various Artists
    17) “Lessons in Love” Lloyd
    18) “Indestructible” Disturbed
    19) “Rockferry” Duffy
    20) “Look What You Made Me” Yung Berg

    *It’s a Jonas world, we’re just living in it. If you count the “Camp Rock” soundtrack, the new millennium Hanson now has three albums in the Top 10, including the #1 album, as “A Little Bit Longer” posts the third biggest debut of the year (behind Li’l Wayne and Coldplay).

    *In other ankle-biter news, “American Idol” runner-up David Archuleta blasts onto the charts at #2 with “Crush”, besting the #3 debut of “AI” winner David Cook’s “Time of My Life”. It’s fairly obvious who the “Idol” folks are putting their money behind, this is by far the earliest a single by an “Idol” contestant has been released following the season’s conclusion. Shades of Season 2, when the promotional muscle was put behind runner-up Clay Aiken and not winner Ruben Studdard.

    *Now, how about if for former ankle-biters? Debuting just out of view of the Top 20, at #22, is a revised “Greatest Hits” album by New Kids on the Block. This marks NKOTB’s highest chart position since “No More Games-The Remix Album” grazed the Top 20 in 1991, and also bodes quite well for their new album, “The Block”, which arrives in a couple of short weeks. However, I’m a bit confused as to how three songs can be added to a previously released compilation and it can be allowed to chart on Billboard’s regular album chart, while five new tracks were added to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and it was relegated to the catalog list. Anyone care to explain that one?

    *Congrats to Rihanna. Not only does “Disturbia” hang on to the top spot on the pop singles charts, but “Take a Bow” ascends to the #1 position on the R&B singles charts, giving Rihanna such a rare feat (topping two different singles charts with different singles) that I can’t even think of a precedent.

    *Another interesting chart fact to note. Each of this week’s Top 7 albums has done time at #1 on the chart, which is almost certainly some kind of record, although it won’t last next week, where Staind is on track to pop in at #2 behind the Jonases.

    *Olympic fever has spread to the Billboard charts, as Taylor Swift and Chris Brown both enter in the Top 20 with their respective “Team U.S.A.”-endorsed singles. I’m waiting for Michael Phelps to make a record. Right now, that’s a guaranteed #1.

    *Hey, aren’t Ne-Yo’s and Young Jeezy’s albums supposed to be out already?? Both originally had street dates in early August, but it looks like Ne-Yo’s “Year of the Gentleman” has been bumped to mid-August, while I’m not exactly sure when Jeezy’s “The Recession” is supposed to drop. What’s up Def Jam?

    Since this week’s charts aren’t exactly filled with fantastic opportunities to embed video, I’ll leave you guys for the day with a song I’ve been listening to a lot lately, and…the perfect song to put in a Sunday morning column. Behold the awesomeness of Lionel Richie’s ‘fro.

  • Chart Chat 8/17/08: M.I.A., ABBA…and a Bad Joke About Miley Cyrus’s Dad!!!

    Happy Sunday all. After skipping a week due to technical difficulties, we are back!! Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) the charts remain more or less the same. Read on, my friends…(all chart information courtesy of Billboard magazine)

    The cover of Sri Lankan rapper M.I.A\'s hit album \"Kala\"
      Top 20 Singles

    1) “Disturbia” Rihanna
    2) “Forever” Chris Brown
    3) “I Kissed a Girl” Katy Perry
    4) “Take a Bow” Rihanna
    5) “Paper Planes” M.I.A.
    6) “Viva La Vida” Coldplay
    7) “Dangerous” Kardinal Offishall feat. Akon
    8) “A Milli” Li’l Wayne
    9) “Burnin’ Up” Jonas Brothers
    10) “Closer” Ne-Yo
    11) “A Little Bit Longer” Jonas Brothers
    12) “American Boy” Estelle feat. Kanye West
    13) “When I Grow Up” Pussycat Dolls
    14) “Leavin’” Jesse McCartney
    15) “Bleeding Love” Leona Lewis
    16) “Get Like Me” David Banner feat. Chris Brown
    17) “Lollipop” Li’l Wayne feat. Static Major
    18) “Put On” Young Jeezy feat. Kanye West
    19) “Lolli Lolli (Pop That Body)” Three Six Mafia
    20) “Pocketful of Sunshine” Natasha Bedingfield

      Top 20 Albums:

    1) Various Artists “Mamma Mia Soundtrack”
    2) “Breakout” Miley Cyrus
    3) “Love on the Inside” Sugarland
    4) “Rock & Roll Jesus” Kid Rock
    5) “Tha Carter III” Li’l Wayne
    6) “Viva La Vida or Death & All His Friends” Coldplay
    7) “Lessons in Love” Lloyd
    8) “Camp Rock Soundtrack” Various Artists
    9) “Good Girl Gone Bad” Rihanna
    10) “What Am I Waiting For” Heidi Newfeld
    11) “Jonas Brothers” Jonas Brothers
    12) “C’mon” Keith Anderson
    13) “Now That’s What I Call Music Vol. 28” Various Artists
    14) “Kids Bop 14” Various Artists
    15) “Conor Oberst” Conor Oberst
    16) “Taylor Swift” Taylor Swift
    17) “Untitled” Nas
    18) “Only Through the Pain” Trapt
    19) “Revelation” Third Day
    20) “One of the Boys” Katy Perry (more…)

  • Chart Chat 8/3/08: Estelle, M.I.A., Meryl Streep (yep!) and More!!

    Ahoy, mateys. There’s actually some stuff to talk about on the charts this week. Let’s move on, shall we? All chart positions are the exclusive property of Billboard Communications or somethin’. Ya smell me?

      Top 20 Albums

    1) “Breakout” Miley Cyrus
    2) “Love on the Inside” Sugarland
    3) “Mamma Mia Soundtrack” Various Artists
    4) “Rock & Roll Jesus” Kid Rock
    5) “Tha Carter III” Li’l Wayne
    6) “Viva La Vida or Death & All His Friends” Coldplay
    7) “Camp Rock Soundtrack” Various Artists
    8) “Untitled” Nas
    9) “Now That’s What I Call Music Vol. 28” Various Artists
    10) “Beautiful Eyes” (EP) Taylor Swift
    11) “Good Girl Gone Bad” Rihanna
    12) “Taylor Swift” Taylor Swift
    13) “The Slip” Nine Inch Nails
    14) “One of the Boys” Katy Perry
    15) “Jonas Brothers” Jonas Brothers
    16) “Life, Death, Love & Freedom” John Mellencamp
    17) “Indestructible” Disturbed
    18) “Here I Stand” Usher
    19) “Spirit” Leona Lewis
    20) “The Greatest Story Ever Told” David Banner

      Top 20 Singles

    1) “I Kissed a Girl” Katy Perry
    2) “Take a Bow” Rihanna
    3) “Forever” Chris Brown
    4) “Disturbia” Rihanna
    5) “Viva La Vida” Coldplay
    6) “A Milli” Li’l Wayne
    7) “Lollipop” Li’l Wayne feat. Static Major
    8) “Dangerous” Kardinal Offishall feat. Akon
    9) “Bleeding Love” Leona Lewis
    10) “Leavin’” Jesse McCartney
    11) “Burnin’ Up” Jonas Brothers
    12) “When I Grow Up” Pussycat Dolls
    13) “Pocketful of Sunshine” Natasha Bedingfield
    14) “Closer” Ne-Yo
    15) “Shake It” Metro Station
    16) “American Boy” Estelle feat. Kanye West
    17) “Bust it Baby Pt. 2” Plies feat. Ne-Yo
    18) “7 Things” Miley Cyrus
    19) “Get Like Me” David Banner feat. Chris Brown
    20) “Lolli Lolli (Pop That Body)” Three 6 Mafia feat. Project Pat, Young D and Superpower

    *It’s been mentioned in a couple of other columns, including on billboard.com itself, but this week’s chart marks a rare occurrence. With new singles from Jennifer Hudson, Meryl Streep and Jamie Foxx (as a featured artist) debuting on the Hot 100 Singles chart this week, three Oscar winners enter the chart simultaneously, which must be some kind of first. Somewhere, Russell Crowe is kicking himself for not touring more behind 30 Foot Odd of Grunts or whatever they were called.

    *Rihanna has two singles in the top five, at #2 and #4. Chris Brown is sitting between the two songs at #3. I’ll let you write the joke/somewhat pervy leery comments yourselves.

    *Despite the fact that it’s been out since early spring, Estelle’s bouncy “American Boy” has only just reached the Top 20 on the singles chart. Her “Shine” album is pretty good if you haven’t checked it out yet, sort of a junior varsity version of “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”.

    *Also moving up the charts (where it just might land in the Top 20 next week) is the year-old “Paper Planes” by Sri Lankan (and supposedly retired?) rapper M.I.A. Thank Judd Apatow and the trailer for “Pineapple Express” for giving this song (from one of the best reviewed albums of 2007) some belated shine. It jumps to #36 this week.

    *Nas’s “Nigg…”, er, “Untitled” does a belly-flop in his second week, sliding all the way down to #8 from the top spot. Might be time to go back to simply making music without all the publicity stunts, yes, Nas?

    *”I Kissed a Girl” is now the year’s second longest running #1 single, behind Flo-Rida’s equally insipid “Low”. Can someone please explain this to me?

    *Want proof that people still watch MTV? The rapper Shwayze, star of the network’s new series “Buzzin”, has two songs on this week’s singles chart. “Corona and Lime” (yay, product placement) debuts at #26 while what I can only assume is the theme song to his TV show (which features Cisco Adler…yikes!) moves up to #45.

    *This week’s “Catch a Falling Star” award goes to a band whose star hasn’t even fully risen: The Hold Steady. Despite tons of glowing press, their new “Stay Positive” record tumbles from 30-75 in week two. Hard to say whether this is an extreme case of buyer’s indifference or whether traditional retailers are pissed because this album was made available digitally several weeks before its traditional release in record stores.

    *Finally, we close this week’s column by welcoming back former grunge favorites Candlebox, whose new album debuts at #32, marking a return to the charts after a 10-year absence. Might as well jump in the wayback machine and give you the video for “Far Behind”, especially considering it was the only one of the two Candlebox songs I’ve ever heard that I liked. I had this on cassingle, y’all. Top that!