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. Fergie - Fergalicious
Following hot on the heels of her #1 smash pop hit "London Bridge," Fergie is once again headed swiftly up the pop singles chart.
2. Weird Al Yankovic - White & Nerdy
Weird Al Yankovic has now tied his classic "Eat It" for the highest pop singles chart placement of his career at #12. Will this be the first Weird Al top 10 hit? Check out this list of Weird Al Yankovic's Top 10 Biggest Hits of all time.
3. Christina Aguilera - Hurt
Christina Aguilera set off a frenzy among her fans this past weekend as tickets went on sale for her spring 2007 concert tour.
Watch "Hurt" Live at MTV VMAs
4. The Killers - When You Were Young
The Killers may have missed out on a #1 album this past week as Sam's Town debuted at #2, but the album's lead single "When You Were Young" continues to pick up steam in its move up the pop singles chart.
5. Danity Kane - Show Stopper
It took some time for radio airplay to catch up with online sales of Danity Kane's debut single, but now "Show Stopper" is an across-the-boards smash.
6. Chris Brown - Say Goodbye
It has now been over a year since Chris Brown first appeared on this chart with the smash hit "Run It!" and he is still spinning hits out of his debut, self-titled album.
7. Ciara featuring Chamillionaire - Get Up
Ciara's hit single from the soundtrack to the movie Step Up first hit this chart back in August. It looked like it was headed down off national charts, but it has now begun climbing once again.
8. Nelly Furtado - Maneater
Before the year 2006 began, Nelly Furtado was known primarily as a folk-pop singer who had one big hit "I'm Like a Bird." Now she is recognized as one of the world's top mainstream pop performers with one of the biggest hits of the year.
9. RBD - Tu Amor
Will the telenovela, a specific type of soap opera very popular in Spanish-speaking nations, at last find major success in the US? RBD are a product of the telenovela Rebelde and Ugly Betty, derived from a telenovela popular in other countries, is one of the hottest new TV shows this year in the US.
10. Panic! At the Disco - The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide...
"The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage" was the first single off Panic! At the Disco's debut album A Fever You Can't Sweat Out. It failed to scale the pop singles chart, but now, after the massive success of "I Write Sins Not Tragedies," "Martyrdom" is getting a second chance. Don't miss the remix of the song on the Snakes on a Plane Soundtrack.
