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US Pop Music Charts December 30, 2010

Singles, Albums, and Pop Radio Airplay

By , About.com Guide

Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops and Hooligans

Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops and Hooligans

Courtesy Elektra

Top 5 Pop Singles

  1. Bruno Mars - "Grenade"
  2. Katy Perry - "Firework"
  3. Ke$ha - "We R Who We R"
  4. Rihanna featuring Drake - "What's My Name?"
  5. Pink - "Raise Your Glass"

Big Chart Movers

Hot New Pop Songs

  • #30 The Lonely Island featuring Akon - "I Just Had Sex"
  • #65 Brad Paisley - "This Is Country Music"
  • #66 3OH!3 - "Hit It Again"

Comments

Bruno Mars roars to the top by selling over half a million digital singles in one week and scoring the third highest one week total ever. Pittsburgh rapper Wiz Khalifa leaps into the top 10 at #6 with his first hit single "Black and Yellow." Enrique Iglesias is back in the top 10 with his second smash hit of the year.

Top 5 Pop Albums

  1. Taylor Swift - Speak Now
  2. Susan Boyle - The Gift
  3. Glee Cast - Glee Christmas Album
  4. Jackie Evancho - O Holy Night
  5. Michael Jackson - Michael

Hot New Pop Albums

  • #6 Jamie Foxx - Best Night Of My Life
  • #9 Keyshia Cole - Calling All Hearts
  • #11 Keri Hilson - No Boys Allowed

Comments

Taylor Swift holds on to the top spot on the album chart as the year comes to a close. Three R&B albums have the top debuts of the week. Jamie Foxx and Keyshia Cole open in the top 10 while Keri Hilson enters at #11 with her biggest single week album sales yet.

For more chart details, visit Billboard.

Top 5 Pop Radio Songs

  1. Katy Perry - "Firework"
  2. Pink - "Raise Your Glass"
  3. Ke$ha - "We R Who We R"
  4. Rihanna - "Only Girl (In the World)"
  5. Bruno Mars - "Grenade"

Big Chart Movers

  • #25-#20 Pitbull featuring T-Pain - "Hey Baby (Drop It To the Floor)"

Comments

Katy Perry knocks Pink from the top of the pop radio chart the same week her single "Firework" vacates the #1 spot on the overall pop singles chart. Bruno Mars' "Grenade," the overall #1 enters the top 5 of pop radio for the first time this week. Pitbull charges into the top 20 with his hit "Hey Baby (Drop It To the Floor)."

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