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. Rihanna - Unfaithful
Although "SOS" has just hit #1, Rihanna is not letting up. This sharp change of pace is climbing the charts swiftly.
2. Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland - Promiscuous
The singer who first hit the charts with the folk-tinged "I'm Like a Bird" (Listen) is back with serious dance music. She recently told Billboard: "For a long time I kind of denied my R&B and hip-hop roots. All that rap and R&B I listened to as a kid made an impression on me...Now I'm tapping into that again..."
3. The Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car)
To learn more about this Denver-based band, check out the new profile of The Fray.
4. Ne-Yo - When You're Mad
The students at Mercy High School in Farmington Hills, Michigan are thrilled. They just won a free concert by Ne-Yo for exemplary peformance in a contest to raise awareness of using seat belts. The contest was sponsored by Takata, the world's largest manufacturer of seat belts. Ne-Yo will perform on Wednesday, May 10, 2006.
5. Cassie - Me & U
Cassie is an r&b newcomer from the modeling world. She is signed to Diddy's Bad Boy Entertainment and has gained most of her exposure from marketing via the Internet.
6. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California
The Red Hot Chili Peppers new double album Stadium Arcadium will be in stores today. Look for one of the biggest opening sales weeks of the year so far.
7. Paul Wall - Girl
According to the Reuters news service, VH1 has ordered a pilot for a new TV series featuring Paul Wall.
8. Dixie Chicks - Not Ready to Make Nice
This is the lead single for a fiery new Dixie Chicks album due in late May.
9. Lil Jon featuring E-40 and Sean Paul - Snap Yo Fingers
Lil Jon will not be left behind by the Snap Music wave.
10. Chris Brown featuring Lil' Wayne - Gimme That
Chris Brown is busy putting together a summer concert tour that will feature fellow hot artists Ne-Yo, Dem Franchize Boyz, Lil Wayne, and more.
