Last week the Pussycat Dolls slid into the top spot on the Billboard Pop Singles chart with their summer smash "Don't Cha." This week they show no signs of wanting to exit the #1 spot. Rihanna's "Pon De Replay." edges one notch closer to the top at #2, and Lifehouse's "You and Me" jumps to #7 and becomes the band's second top 10 hit. Further down the chart Bow Wow and Omarion leap 10 notches to #17 with "Let Me Hold You."
On the pop albums chart Now That's What I Call Music! 19 logs a second week a the peak outdistancing 3 albums that debut in the top 5. Rapper Young Jeezy, member of Boyz N da Hood, enters the chart at #2 with his first major label album, Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101. Comedian Dane Cook's Retaliation at #4 is the highest charting comedy album since Steve Martin's work in the 1970's. Idiosyncratic singer-songwriter Jason Mraz and his album Mr. A-Z rounds out the top 5. The remaining entrant in the top 5 is Mariah Carey's The Emancipation Of Mimi dipping one notch to #3 but showing the biggest sales gain on the pop albums chart.
At radio, Radio and Records shows Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" still far ahead of the rest of the competition. It spends another solid week at #1. Black Eyed Peas is showing serious strength entering the chart at #35 with "Don't Lie." Another new entrant onto the chart is Crazy Frog's "Axel F" at #44.
