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 Hot 100 chart are disqualified from this chart.
1. Jordin Sparks - "Battlefield"
Courtesy Jive Records
Jordin Sparks has referred to the sound of her upcoming album as "more Beyonce meets Rihanna.
2. Taylor Swift - "You Belong With Me"
Courtesy Big Machine Music
3. Linkin Park - "New Divide"
Courtesy Warner Bros.
Linkin Park's "New Divide" is the theme song for the movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
4. Daughtry - "No Surprise"
Photo by Danny Clinch, courtesy RCA
Daughtry's upcoming album Leave This Town is due in stores July 14, 2009.
5. The Fray - "Never Say Never"
Courtesy Epic
The Fray's "Never Say Never" is included on the soundtrack to the movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
6. Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester - "Good Girls Go Bad"
Courtesy Fueled By Ramen
Cobra Starship is a band formed when Midtown, the band of bassist and vocalist Gabe Saporta, was in disarray. The band has now recorded two albums with a third, Hot Mess, on the way in August 2009.
7. Rob Thomas - "Her Diamonds"
Courtesy Atlantic Records
Rob Thomas' "Her Diamonds" is a top 10 pop single in Australia.
Watch Video8. Jessie James - "Wanted"
Courtesy Mercury Records
American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi is one of the co-writers of the first single from Jessie James.
9. Jonas Brothers - "Paranoid"
Courtesy Hollywood Records
"Paranoid" is the Jonas Brothers' seventh top 40 pop single in the US.
10. Theory of a Deadman - "Not Meant To Be"
Courtesy Roadrunner Records
"Not Meant To Be" is featured on the soundtrack to the film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
