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. Cassie - Me & U
Cassie continues her swift climb toward the top of the pop singles chart.
2. Panic! at the Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies
Panic! at the Disco's rise over the past year from obscurity to one of the top pop/rock bands is one of the great pop music stories of 2005/2006.
3. Pussycat Dolls featuring Snoop Dogg - Buttons
Hasbro announced recently that plans for Pussycat Dolls action figures have been put to rest. We will have to be content with the real thing.
4. Paula Deanda featuring Baby Bash - Doing Too Much
Look for the debut album from this talented 16-year-old July 18, 2006.
5. Rihanna - Unfaithful
Gossip-mongers have reported romantic links for Rihanna but in interviews she insists that music is her primary focus at the moment.
6. Anna Nalick - Breathe (2 A.M.)
It's a rare feat, but Anna Nalick has entered the pop top 40 with a song that reached #45 about a year back, disappeared from the chart, and has returned stronger than before. A great deal of credit goes to the hit TV series Grey's Anatomy for spotlighting the song.
7. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
The pop single that has spent 9 weeks at the top of the UK chart is now starting to make its move in the US.
8. Taylor Hicks - Do I Make You Proud?
Taylor Hicks soared to victory in season 5 of American Idol last week, and now his first single is gaining significant radio airplay 2 weeks before it is released in stores.
9. Field Mob featuring Ciara - So What
Look for the new album Light Poles and Pine Trees in stores June 20, 2006.
10. Christina Milian featuring Young Jeezy - Say I
Christina Milian's latest single gained a boost on the charts from the release of her latest album So Amazin'.
