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. Timbaland featuring OneRepublic - Aplogize
Courtesy Interscope
Timbaland and his studio partner Justin Timberlake have collaborated with Duran Duran on a track for the band's upcoming album.
2. Kanye West featuring T-Pain - Good Life
Courtesy Roc-a-Fella
3. Colbie Caillat - Bubbly
Courtesy Universal Republic
Colbie Caillat was scheduled to be one of the performers at the GirlFrenzy music festival October 27, 2007, but the festival has been postponed until 2008.
4. Alicia Keys - No One
Photo by Bryan Bedder / Getty Images
Alicia Keys will take part in a "Giving" event co-sponsored by MTV at the legendary Apollo Theater in New York City on September 29, 2007. The event is hosted by former President Bill Clinton and designed to encourage social activism by young people.
5. Maroon 5 - Wake Up Call
Courtesy A&M Records
In a recent MTV interview, film director Quentin Tarantino indicated that he is a Maroon 5 fan.
6. Rihanna featuring Ne-Yo - Hate That I Love You
Courtesy Def Jam
Rihanna recently told ContactMusic that rumors of her having a feud with Beyonce are rubbish, and she is disgusted by stories that link her romantically with label boss Jay-Z.
7. Matchbox Twenty - How Far We've Come
Courtesy Atlantic Records
Rob Thomas says that the new material recorded for his group Matchbox Twenty's greatest hits release, Exile on Mainstream, due in October, are the "most pop-sounding songs we've ver done."
8. Baby Bash featuring T-Pain - Cyclone
Photo by Chad Buchanan / Getty Images
Singer T-Pain is the featured artist on 2 of this week's top 10 hot pop songs.
9. Feist - 1,2,3,4
© Cherry Tree Records
Being featured in ads for the iPod Nano has brought alt-pop Canadian singer Feist into the pop mainstream.
10. Britney Spears - Gimme More
Photo by Matthew Simmons / Getty Images
The focus for Britney Spears watchers has quickly shifted from her new music to legal battles over child custody and drunk driving.
