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. Pink - U + Ur Hand
Last summer when this single was released it failed to climb the pop charts in the US. However, it went on to score a top 10 hit for Pink in the UK, Germany, and Australia. A recent embrace of the song by pop radio, along with continued promotion via Pink's tour with Justin Timberlake, has turned this track from the I'm Not Dead album into one of the hottest pop songs in the country.
2. Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Face Down
"Face Down" was written to raise awareness of the dangers of spousal abuse. The band is donating partial proceeds from the single to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
3. Christina Aguilera - Candyman
Producer and songwriter Linda Perry says that "Candyman" is the first song she and Christina Aguilera put together for the Back to Basics album. It also encouraged the pair to collaborate on many more songs for the project.
4. Diddy featuring Keyshia Cole - Last Night
With the 3rd single release, it looks like Diddy may finally have his first pop top 10 single from last fall's album Press Play.
5. Jonas Brothers - Year 3000
The song "Year 3000" was first a #2 UK hit for the band Busted. The Jonas Brothers recorded their cover version in 2006.
6. Dashboard Confessional - Stolen
"Don't Wait," the first single from Dashboard Confessional's album Dusk and Summer only climbed to #64 on the pop singles chart. "Stolen" looks poised to climb higher.
7. Ne-Yo - Because of You
"Because of You" is the first single from Ne-Yo's upcoming sophomore album Know Me due in stores April 24, 2007.
9. Hilary Duff - With Love
Hilary Duff's video for "With Love" ends in hair-raising fashion with an elevator cable breaking and the words "To Be Continued."
10. Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
In only one week of release Avril Lavigne's video for "Girlfriend" was viewed more than 1 million times on YouTube.
