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US Pop Music Charts December 4, 2008

Singles, Albums, and Radio Airplay

By Bill Lamb, About.com Guide

T.I. featuring Rhianna - "Live Your Life"

T.I. featuring Rhianna - "Live Your Life"

Courtesy Atlantic Records

Top 5 Pop Singles

  1. T.I. featuring Rihanna - "Live Your Life"
  2. Katy Perry - "Hot n Cold"
  3. Britney Spears - "Womanizer"
  4. T.I. - "Whatever You Like"
  5. Jason Mraz - "I'm Yours"

Big Chart Movers

  • #34-#19 The Fray - "You Found Me"
  • #46-#34 The Veronicas - "Untouched"
  • #49-#38 Pussycat Dolls - "I Hate This Part"

Hot New Pop Songs

Comments

Britney Spears is in the top 3 with her smash hit "Womanizer" this week. The Fray roll into the top 20 after only 2 weeks with "You Found Me." Australia's the Veronicas rise into the top 40 with their breakthrough "Untouched."

Top 5 Pop Albums

  1. [link ur=http://top40.about.com/od/artistsls/p/kanyewest.htm]Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreaks
  2. Taylor Swift - Fearless
  3. Guns n Roses - Chinese Democracy
  4. Beyonce - I Am...Sasha Fierce
  5. Ludacris - Theater of the Mind

Hot New Albums

Comments

Kanye West rolls to a #1 debut but with less half the opening week sales of his last album Graduation. Guns 'n Roses failed to debut any higher than #3 with their first studio album in 15 years Chinese Democracy.

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Top 5 Pop Radio Songs

  1. Katy Perry - "Hot n Cold"
  2. Pink - "So What"
  3. Jason Mraz - "I'm Yours"
  4. T.I. featuring Rihanna - "Live Your Life"
  5. T.I. - "Whatever You Like"

Big Chart Movers

  • #24-#18 Taylor Swift - "Love Story"
  • #37-#30 Beyonce - "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"

Comments

Taylor Swift rolls into the top 20 this week with "Love Story." As Beyonce enters the top 10 with the ballad "If I Were a Boy," she surges into the top 30 with the single "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)."

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