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  • Chart Chat: 9/21/08: Pink, Metallica, Mitch Hedberg & More!!

    This week’s chart action, courtesy of Billboard Magazine.

      Billboard Hot 100: Top 20 Singles

    1) “So What” Pink

    Pink. Photo courtesy of Joel Telling.
    Pink. Photo courtesy of Joel Telling.

    2) “Whatever You Like” T.I.
    3) “Disturbia” Rihanna
    4) “Paper Planes” M.I.A.
    5) “Swagga Like Us” Jay-Z & T.I. feat. Li’l Wayne & Kanye West
    6) “Forever” Chris Brown
    7) “Closer” Ne-Yo
    8) “Can’t Believe It” T-Pain feat. Li’l Wayne
    9) “American Boy” Estelle feat. Kanye West
    10) “Got Money” Li’l Wayne feat. T-Pain
    11) ‘Dangerous” Kardinal Offishall feat. Akon
    12) “Hot N Cold” Katy Perry
    13) “I’m Yours” Jason Mraz
    14) “Viva La Vida” Coldplay
    15) “In the Ayer” Flo-Rida feat. will.i.am
    16) “Love Story” Taylor Swift
    17) “One Step at a Time” Jordin Sparks
    18) “Better in Time” Leona Lewis
    19) “I Kissed a Girl” Katy Perry
    20) “Miss Independent” Ne-Yo

      Billboard 200: Top 20 Albums

    1) “Death Magnetic” Metallica
    2) “The Recession” Young Jeezy
    3) “Rock & Roll Jesus” Kid Rock
    4) “Do You Know” Jessica Simpson
    5) “All Hope is Gone” Slipknot
    6) “A Little Bit Longer” Jonas Brothers
    7) “LAX” The Game
    8) “Exit 13” LL Cool J
    9) “Tha Carter III” Li’l Wayne
    10) “Mamma Mia Soundtrack” Various Artists
    11) “Love & Life” Eric Benet
    12) “Good Girl Gone Bad” Rihanna
    13) “Love on the Inside” Sugarland
    14) “The Quilt” Gym Class Heroes
    15) “Viva La Vida or Death & All His Friends” Coldplay
    16) “The Block” New Kids on the Block
    17) “Breakout” Miley Cyrus
    18) “Do You Believe in Gosh” Mitch Hedberg
    19) “Still Unforgettable” Natalie Cole
    20) “We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things” Jason Mraz

    *Pink sets up her upcoming album “Funhouse” quite nicely with the first #1 single of her career (not counting the multi-artist massacre of “Lady Marmalade” from 2001. While I’m sure most will agree that she’s a talented woman, did anyone think that this chick would still have a career after nearly ten years when they first saw the video for “There U Go”?

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  • New Music: Pink’s “So What?”: Pop’s Baddest Attitude Returns

    Perhaps it’s my general love of slightly salty women (Courtney Love and Amy Winehouse would certainly fall into this category), but I LOVE Pink (or P!nk, or whatever she’s called). Not only is she in possession of a truly great singing voice, but there’s a sense of authenticity in her music that’s not present in the music of most of her pop peers.

    Hard to believe, but she’s about to release her fifth album this fall. It will be the follow-up to the Platinum-plus “I’m Not Dead”, an album I got right away but it took the general public a little more time to appreciate. The first single, “So What?”. finds her a little feister than usual and being more candid than usual about her personal life, directly referencing her recent divorce from motocross star Carey Hart (no, not the “Sunglasses at Night” guy. That’s COREY Hart). Although it’s slightly reminiscent of “Dead”‘s breakthrough hit “U + Ur Hand” (with a little “Stupid Girls” thrown in…witness the sideways jab at Jessica Simpson), it’s still more awesome than the average retread. Check it out for yourself.