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Billboard Hot 100 Update: Leona Lewis Jumps to Number 1!

Mar 28, '08 6:49 PM
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Billboard Hot 100
Issuedate: April 1st, 2008

01. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
02. Usher and Young Jeezy - Love In This Club
03. Ray J and Yung Berg - Sexy Can I
04. Chris Brown - With You
05. Sara Bareilles - Love Song
06. Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown - No Air
07. Flo Rida and T-Pain - Low
08. Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
09. Lil Wayne and Static Major - Lollipop
10. Lil Mama and Chris Brown - Shawty Get Loose
11. Timbaland and OneRepublic - Apologize
12. OneRepublic - Stop And Stare
13. Lupe Fiasco - Superstar
14. Miley Cyrus - See You Again
15. Mariah Carey - Touch My Body

Wow! After some pretty boring and static charts, this week's chart is jumping!

I thought I would just introduce Leona Lewis last week when she entered the Top 10 at #8. But then here she is now, jumping all the way to Number 1! She has reached the summit in only her sixth week on the chart with "Burning Love".

There had only been two other British women who had reached Number 1 with their debut hits. First was Petula Clark with "Downtown" back in 1965. Second was Sheena Easton with "Morning Train (9 to 5)" in 1981.

The new #9 song "Lollipop" by Lil Wayne and Static Major vaults in from #85! While the new #10 "Shawty Get Loose" by Lil Mama and Chris Brown is up from #19. You will notice that this last song is now Chris Brown's third hit in the Top 10! He still has "With You" and "No Air" (with Jordin Sparks) in there as well.

"Apologize" by Timbaland featuring One Republic is now down at Number 11. This song actually stayed in the Top 10 for an incredible 25 weeks! The new single for One Republic "Stop and Stare" is poised to reached the Top 10 soon as it rises from #16 to #12. Also, Ryan Tedder of One Republic is one of the writers of "Burning Love", the new Number 1 song!

Mariah Carey's "Touch My Body" is one point down this week, but still with a bullet. With the release of a digital download this week, look for a big jump next week. It is expected to catapult her straight to the top!

The top debut this week is "Roll" by Flo Rida and Sean Kingston at #60. Flo Rida's album "Mail on Sunday" debuts on the Billboard 200 at #4 this week.

However, the more exciting debut is at #68. The song is "4 MInutes" by Madonna and Justin Timberlake. This charting is just based on airplay alone. We expect this to vault into the top of the charts once the digital downlaods are available. I just posted about this song last Sunday, now here is the link: http://3xhcch.multiply.com/music/item/79

Strange for me to see Ne-Yo just debuting at #96 with "Go On Girl". Of course this song has been very big here locally last month, and was one of the most anticipated songs at his concert. There is even a new single "Closer" now on the radio as Ne-Yo is about to release his third studio album.

Tags: leona lewis, burning love, mariah carey, touch my body, one republic, apologize, stop and stare, flo rida, 4 minutes, madonna, justin timberlake, ne-yo

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gannsdeen wrote on Mar 28

This week IS exciting. Lewis' song is growing on me after months of meh-what-else-is-new, and I'm pretty psyched about the possibility of "Touch My Body" going to the top. If she does, she'll surpass Elvis Presley's record of 17 #1's for a solo artist.

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