These are the hottest 10 pop songs of the week as determined by About Top 40. This chart is compiled consulting data from various music industry charts and sources. It is intended to indicate the hottest rising hits. Recordings that have reached the top 10 of the Billboard Pop 100 chart are disqualified from this chart.
1. Pussycat Dolls featuring will.i.am - Beep
The Pussycat Dolls just missed a 3rd consecutive #1 single in the UK. "Beep" opens at #2 on the UK pop singles chart this week.
2. Daniel Powter - Bad Day
American Idol seems to raise the public image of everything it touches. That is certainly true for Daniel Powter's single "Bad Day" which is swiftly moving up the pop singles chart after frequent inclusion as closing theme music for American Idol.
3. Chris Brown - Yo (Excuse Me Miss)
Chris Brown is heading out on his first solo concert tour beginning late this month. This will give his many fans the chance to see him up close and personal. T-Pain will be the guest artist for most of the tour.
4. Nickelback - Savin' Me
Nickelback are key participants in a Toronto charity auction of celebrity autographed original photographs. Art Gives Hope: A Decade of Music Portraits at Toronto's Monte Clark Gallery is hoping to raise over $100,000 to benefit families living with AIDS/HIV in Africa. Other participants include Avril Lavigne and Alanis Morissette.
5. Rihanna - SOS
The St. Lucia Jazz Festival on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia kicks off May 5, 2006 and continues through May 14. Rihanna is one of the performers in a stellar list that includes Ciara, Seal, and Al Green.
6. Rob Thomas - Ever the Same
Rob Thomas is picking up his strongest radio support since his album's lead single "Lonely No More" for, ironically enough, the song from his album ...Something to Be that sounds most like his group Matchbox Twenty.
7. The Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car)
The Fray are a Denver-based band that masterfully pitch their sound somewhere between Coldplay-style arena rock and mainstream pop. "Over My Head (Cable Car)" is their first hit.
8. Bubba Sparxxx - Ms. New Booty
Bubba Sparxxx is a back-woods Southern white country boy who raps. His skills have gained him big-name production collaborators. He initially scored hits working with Timbaland, and, on his upcoming album The Charm he works with Big Boi from Outkast.
9. Saving Jane - Girl Next Door
"Girl Next Door" has lingered in the lower ranges of the radio airplay chart for months. Now, this tale of a plain Jane is starting to gain upward momentum.
10. Jason Mraz - Geek in the Pink
Consistent touring, television appearances, and magazine publicity seems to have paid off for Jason Mraz as "Geek in the Pink" is starting to show progress on the pop singles chart.
