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. Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland - Promiscuous
Nelly Furtado's makeover as a dance diva is striking a positive chord with pop music fans. "Promiscuous" is moving swiftly ahead in radio airplay.
2. Rihanna - Unfaithful
With the assistance of record label mate Ne-Yo, Rihanna has another smash hit in the making.
3. Lil Jon featuring E-40 and Sean Paul of Youngbloodz - Snap Yo Fingers
"Snap Yo Fingers" is the lead-in single for the return of Lil' Jon to the charts with a new collection Crunk Rock due later this year.
4. KT Tunstall - Black Horse and the Cherry Tree
American Idol continues to have an impact on the pop singles chart. Contestant Katharine McPhee performed KT Tunstall's "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on the show. Consequently, a resurgence in popularity has bumped the song higher on the pop singles chart than ever before.
5. Christina Milian featuring Young Jeezy - Say I
Christina Milian's new album So Amazin', which features "Say I," is due in stores today.
6. Natasha Bedingfield - Single
This is the third single from Natasha Bedingfield's debut album Unwritten]. It follows in the footsteps of the top 10 smashes "These Words" and "Unwritten."
7. Chris Brown featuring Lil' Wayne - Gimme That
Teen star Chris Brown has received a vote of confidence from someone who should know what she's talking about. According to TeenMusic.com, Mary J. Blige says Brown's "not just a 'for the minute' pop star - he's doing r&b the way it should be."
8. Cassie - Me & U
Look for the possibility of big things to come for new star Cassie. Industry veteran Tommy Mottola is Cassie's manager.
9. Fall Out Boy - A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More Touch Me
Look for Fall Out Boy to be featured in the upcoming documentary Bastards of Young, a work on the rise of emo music.
10. Jeannie Ortega featuring Papoose - Crowded
Ortega is a reggaeton artist on the rise. Look for her debut album No Place Like Brooklyn this August.
