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. Jay Sean featuring Lil Wayne - "Down"
Courtesy Cash Money Records
Jay Sean's first hit in the UK was the top 20 pop single "Dance with You (Nachna Tere Naal)" where he was a featured vocalist with the Rishi Rich Project.
2. Shakira - "She Wolf"
Courtesy Epic
3. Pitbull - "Hotel Room Service"
Courtesy Sony
Pitbull's fourth studio album Rebelution is due in stores September 9, 2009.
4. Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester - "Good Girls Go Bad"
Courtesy Fueled By Ramen
The album Hot Mess which features "Good Girls Go Bad" hits stores next week.
5. Demi Lovato - "Here We Go Again"
Courtesy Hollywood Records
"Here We Go Again" is Demi Lovato's first single to the reach the pop top 20.
6. Mariah Carey - "Obsessed"
Courtesy Island Records
Check out the role of the single "Obsessed" in Mariah Carey's ongoing feud with Eminem.
7. Beyonce - "Ego"
Courtesy Columbia Records
8. Daughtry - "No Surprise"
Courtesy RCA
"No Surprise" is a top 5 smash for Daughtry at adult top 40 radio.
9. Linkin Park - "New Divide"
Courtesy Warner Bros.
"New Divide" has been a #1 hit for Linkin Park all across rock radio formats.
10. Ting Tings - "That's Not My Name"
Courtesy Columbia Records
The continued slow climb of the Ting Tings "That's Not My Name" into the upper reaches of pop radio has caused Billboard to do a rare bending of its rules and keep the song on the Billboard Hot 100 despite it not fitting all qualifications to remain on the chart.
