Top 5 Pop Singles
- Rihanna - "Rude Boy"
- Lady Antebellum - "Need You Now"
- Taio Cruz featuring Ludacris - "Break Your Heart"
- Black Eyed Peas - "Imma Be"
- B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars - "Nothin' On You"
Big Chart Movers
- #44-#27 Ludacris Featuring Nicki Minaj - "My Chick Bad"
- #47-#33 Lady Antebellum - "American Honey"
- #53-#37 Kevin Rudolf Featuring Birdman, Jay Sean, & Lil Wayne - "I Made It (Cash Money Heroes)"
Hot New Pop Songs
- #35 Drake - "Over"
Comments
Rihanna rolls to her fifth #1 as a solo artist and her sixth overall including the "Live Your Life" collaboration with T.I. B.O.B. climbs quickly into the top 5 with his debut "Nothin' On You." Country trio Lady Antebellum continue their crossover success in the pop world with "American Honey" becoming their second top 40 pop smash.
Top 5 Pop Albums
- Ludacris - Battle of the Sexes
- Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
- Lady Antebellum - Need You Now
- Jimi Hendrix - Valleys of Neptune
- Gary Allan - Get Off on the Pain
Hot New Pop Albums
- #7 Broken Bells - Broken Bells
- #15 Passion - Passion: Awakening
- #37 The Chieftains featuring Ry Cooder - San Patricio
Comments
Another big shake up near the top of the chart with four of the five top 5 albums being new this week. Ludacris has his fourth solo #1 album making it four of his last five that have hit the top. His Battle of the Sexes is the first rap album to top the album chart since Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 hit #1 last September. Gorillaz have their highest placement and best sales week yet with Plastic Beachopening at #2. Jimi Hendrix is back in the top 5 of the album chart for the first time since his posthumous studio album Crash Landing was released 35 years ago in 1975.
For more chart details, visit Billboard.
Top 5 Pop Radio Songs
- Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce - "Telephone"
- Black Eyed Peas - "Imma Be"
- Kesha - "Tik Tok"
- Orianthi - "According To You"
- Lady Gaga - "Bad Romance"
Big Chart Movers
- #19-#15 Rihanna - "Rude Boy"
- #27-#20 B.O.B. featuring Bruno Mars - "Nothin' On You"
- #29-#24 Taio Cruz featuring Ludacris - "Break Your Heart"
Comments
Ke$ha is finally dislodged from the top of the chart by the potent combination of Lady Gaga and Beyonce. This is the sixth pop radio #1 by both of them. All of Lady Gaga's six singles have now gone to #1 at pop radio. Rihanna continues to surge with "Rude Boy" entering the top 15 this week.
