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. Rihanna - Don't Stop the Music
Courtesy Island Def Jam
MSN Music In Concert recently announced that Rihanna is their most streamed artist of 2007.
2. Miley Cyrus - See You Again
© Disney
Along with swiftly climbing the pop singles chart with "See You Again," teenage Miley Cyrus is nearing the country singles top 10 with "Ready, Set, Don't Go," a duet with her father Billy Ray Cyrus.
3. Boys Like Girls - Hero / Heroine
Courtesy Columbia / Red Ink
This song was originally released as a single before Boys Like Girls had a runaway success with the song "The Great Escape." The second time around "Hero/Heroine" is on its way up the chart.
4. Chris Brown - With You
Courtesy Jive Records
Chris Brown has announced that he will extend his current holiday concert tour with Bow Wow until the end of February, 2008.
5. Buckcherry - Sorry
Courtesy Eleven Seven Music
Buckcherry's current album 15 took only 15 days to record, but it has spent nearly 2 years now on rock charts.
6. OneRepublic - Stop and Stare
Courtesy Interscope
OneRepublic reached their first widespread success through popularity on the MySpace social network.
7. Plies featuring Akon - Hypnotized
Courtesy Atlantic Records
Plies was recently named as Best New Artist of 2007 at Atlanta's Dirty Awards, a celebration of hip hop.
8. Taylor Swift - Teardrops On My Guitar
Courtesy Big Machine Records
Taylor Swift celebrated her 18th birthday Thursday, December 13, 2007 at the Nashville nightclub Lot 7. Among the guests was former American Idol contestant and successful country singer Kellie Pickler
9. Wyclef Jean featuring Akon, Lil Wayne, & Niaa - Sweetest Girl
Courtesy Sony
Wyclef Jean recently visited a prison in Haiti to see firsthand the results of his efforts to help improve conditions for incarcerated youth in the island nation.
10. Linkin Park - Shadow Of the Day
Courtesy Warner Bros.
Linkin Park recently conducted an online charity auction to benefit victims of the recent devastating cyclone in Bangladesh.
