Top 5 Pop Singles
- Beyonce - Irreplaceable
- Fergie - Fergalicious
- Akon featuring Eminem - Smack That <Listen>
- Akon featuring Snoop Dogg - I Wanna Love You
- Justin Timberlake featuring T.I. - My Love <Listen>
Big Chart Movers
- #59-#32 Young Jeezy - I Luv It
- #64-#36 Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around...
- #51-#40 Ciara - Promise
Hot New Singles
- #16 Eminem, 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, and Cashis - You Don't Know
- #42 The Killers featuring Toni Halliday - A Great Big Sled
- #70 Sarah McLachlan - River
Comments
There is a seasonal slowdown at the top of the chart this week, but Young Jeezy, Justin Timberlake, and Ciara all take big leaps into the top 40. 2 of the top 3 chart debuts are related to the winter holidays. The Killers' effort to concoct a Christmas classic just misses debuting inside the top 40 at #42, and Sarah McLachlan's top selling new Christmas album is represented with the debut of Sarah McLachlan's version of the Joni Mitchell classic "River."
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Top 5 Pop Albums
- Ciara - The Evolution
- Various Artists - Eminem Presents the Re-Up
- Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape
- Soundtrack - Hannah Montana
- Various Artists - Now! That's What I Call Music! 23
Hot New Albums
- #20 Soundtrack - Dreamgirls
- #24 Lil Scrappy - Bred 2 Die, Born 2 Live
- #32 Brian McKnight - Ten
Comments
Ciara wins the battle for the top of the album chart this week with her second album The Evolution. Her competition was nothing to sneeze at. At #2 and #3, both Eminem's rap compilation and Gwen Stefani's second solo album are somewhat disappointing in their first week sales. A slowdown in radio support for "Wind It Up" has hurt Gwen Stefani's initial sales. Although it only opens at a modest #20, the soundtrack for the movie Dreamgirls is likely to rise when the movie goes into wide release.
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Top 5 Pop Radio Songs
- Justin Timberlake featuring T.I. - My Love <Listen>
- Beyonce - Irreplaceable
- The Fray - How to Save a Life
- Hinder - Lips of an Angel <Watch Video>
- Akon featuring Eminem - Smack That
Big Chart Movers
- #21-#14 Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
Hot New Songs
- #36 - Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around...
- #37 - Daughtry - It's Not Over
Comments
After 5 straight weeks of being the top gaining song in radio airplay Beyonce's "Irreplaceable" is just one notch from the top of the chart. Justin Timberlake enters the chart with a new single "What Goes Around..." just as his chart-topping "My Love" looks set to fall from the peak. Chris Daughtry is the first American Idol Season 5 contestant to reach the top 40 in radio airplay this week with "It's Not Over" by his group Daughtry.
