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. Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man
Christina Aguilera is on a serious hot streak. "Ain't No Other Man" is one of the hottest out-of-the-box pop hits of the past decade, and her bravura performance at the MTV Movie Awards proves she is a compelling, seasoned performer.
2. Yung Joc - It's Goin' Down
Sean "Diddy" Combs moves south with an extension of his Bad Boy Enterprises and Yung Joc is his first new star.
3. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
After becoming one of the biggest hits of all time in the U.K., "Crazy" is gathering momentum in its move up the U.S. pop singles chart.
4. Panic! at the Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies
Recent times have been rough for Panic! at the Disco with personnel changes, but that doesn't slow the momentum of their first major pop hit single.
5. Paula DeAnda featuring Baby Bash - Doing Too Much
The song is hot and now you can see teenage newcomer Deanda in the video for "Doing Too Much."
6. AFI - Miss Murder
It has been a long climb, but 15 years after initially forming and with the release of their 7th album Decemberunderground, AFI (aka A Fire Inside) finally have their first top 40 pop hit single.
7. Cassie - Me & U
Newcomer Cassie is the second protege of Sean "Diddy" Combs in this week's top 10.
8. Pussycat Dolls featuring Snoop Dogg - Buttons
Pussycat Dolls are strutting their stuff for European fans this month as they join Black Eyed Peas for most of the dates and even headline a few shows.
9. Sean Paul - Give It Up to Me
Sean Paul's followup to the smash hit #1 pop single "Temperature" is beginning its own climb up the pop singles chart.
10. Chris Brown featuring Lil' Wayne - Gimme That
"Gimme That," the 3rd single from Chris Brown's self-titled debut album, is one of the sleeper hits of the summer making a leisurely, but steady, climb up the charts.
