Top 5 Pop Singles
- Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder
- Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
- Ne-Yo - Because of You
- Timbaland - Give It To Me
- Fergie featuring Ludacris - Glamorous
Big Chart Movers
- #42-#34 Dashboard Confessional - Stolen
Hot New Songs
- #28 Bon Jovi - (You Want To) Make a Memory
- #46 Green Day - Working Class Hero
- #61 Freak Nasty featuring Crazy Mike - Do It Just Like a Rockstar
Comments
The upper reaches of the pop chart this week are very similar to last week. Ne-Yo pulls into the top 3 with "Because of You" nearing the #1 peak of his first hit "So Sick." On the heels of Jon Bon Jovi's appearance on American Idol, his band debuts at #28 with their latest hit "(You Want To) Make a Memory." Green Day return with their Darfur benefit recording of John Lennon's classic "Working Class Hero."
For more chart details, visit Billboard.
Top 5 Pop Albums
- Ne-Yo - Because of You
- Michael Buble - Call Me Irresponsible
- Rush - Snakes & Arrows
- Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing
- Tori Amos - American Doll Posse
Hot New Albums
- #6 Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
- #8 Blake Shelton - Pure BS
- #16 Feist - The Reminder
Comments
6 new albums roll into the top 10 this week. Topping all of them is Ne-Yo's second #1 solo album Because of You. Michael Buble also has a strong showing with the debut of Call Me Irresponsible at #2.
For more chart details, visit Billboard.
Top 5 Pop Radio Songs
- Pink - U + Ur Hand
- Gym Class Heroes featuring Patrick Stump - Cupid's Chokehold
- Fergie featuring Ludacris - Glamorous
- Timbaland - Give It To Me
- Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
Big Chart Movers
- #16-#10 Justin Timberlake - Summer Love
- #18-#13 Daughtry - Home
- #21-#16 Rihanna featuring Jay-Z - Umbrella
Hot New Songs
- #39 JoJo - Anything
Comments
Pink rises to the top of the pop radio chart this week for the first time in 5 years with "U + Ur Hand." It is also the slowest rising #1 on record taking 23 weeks or 5 months to reach the top. A bit further down Justin Timberlake lands the 4th top 10 single from his album FutureSex/LoveSounds.
