Top 5 Pop Singles
- Akon featuring Eminem - Smack That <Listen>
- Beyonce - Irreplaceable
- Akon featuring Snoop Dogg - I Wanna Love You Justin Timberlake featuring T.I. - My Love <Listen> The Fray - How to Save a Life <Watch Video>
Big Chart Movers
- #16-#7 Gwen Stefani - Wind It Up <Listen>
- #40-#19 Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
- #58-#40 U2 and Green Day - The Saints Are Coming <Watch Video>
Hot New Singles
- #29 Snoop Dogg featuring R. Kelly - That's That S***
- #52 Daughtry - It's Not Over <Listen>
- #64 Chris Cornell - You Know My Name
Comments
This week Akon leapfrogs over himself as "Smack That" featuring Eminem knocks "I Wanna Love You" from the top. It looks like Akon will have a tough time holding the top next week with Beyonce's "Irreplaceable," now at #2, continuing to surge. Her new music video "Listen," from the soundtrack to Dreamgirls premiered on MTV's TRL yesterday. Gwen Stefani and Nelly Furtado own 2 of the hottest singles in the land as Gwen's "Wind It Up" soars into the top 10 and Nelly's "Say It Right" lands inside the top 20. Finally, note the very solid #52 debut this week for the first single from Chris Daughtry's group. Losing American Idol seems not to have harmed his budding career one bit.
For more chart details, visit Billboard.
Top 5 Pop Albums
- Jay-Z - Kingdom Come
- Daughtry - Daughtry
- Various Artists - Now! That's What I Call Music! 23
- Beatles - Love
- Snoop Dogg - Tha Blue Carpet Treatment
Hot New Albums
- #9 2Pac - Pac's Life
- #12 U2 - U2: 18 Singles
- #15 RBD - Celestial
Comments
It's a big week for new albums and, as expected, Jay-Z roars to the top. What is a bit unexpected is that he fails to match the first week sales figures of Justin Timberlake and Rascal Flatts earlier in the year despite the extra boost from post-Thanksgiving sales. Chris Daughtry has a very strong #2 debut selling over 300,000 copies of his self-titled group's first album. The Beatles manage yet another hit album in their illustrious career as the remixed collection Love opens at #4.
For more chart details, visit Billboard.
Top 5 Pop Radio Songs
- Justin Timberlake featuring T.I. - My Love <Listen>
- Hinder - Lips of an Angel <Watch Video>
- The Fray - How to Save a Life
- Nickelback - Far Away <>Watch Video>
- Ludacris featuring Pharrell - Money Maker
Big Chart Movers
- #25-#16 Akon featuring Snoop Dogg - I Wanna Love You
Hot New Songs
- #35 - Cherish - Unappreciated
Comments
It's a bit of a logjam at the top, but there are hot radio songs on the way. Beyonce entered the top 10 with "Irreplaceable," the hit that has dominated increases in airplay for the past few weeks. Nelly Furtado looks very strong with her new hit from Loose "Say It Right," and Akon and Snoop Dogg are climbing fast with their recent overall #1 pop single "I Wanna Love You."
