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Billboard Hot 100 Update: David Cook's Big Week

May 31, '08 6:11 PM
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Billboard Hot 100
Issuedate: June 3rd, 2008

01. Lil Wayne and Static Major - Lollipop
02. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
03. David Cook - The Time Of My Life
04. Rihanna - Take A Bow
05. Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown - No Air
06. Usher and Young Jeezy - Love In This Club
07. Ray J and Yung Berg - Sexy Can I
08. Madonna and Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes
09. Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful Of Sunshine
10. Coldplay - Viva La Vida
11. Danity Kane - Damaged
12. Jesse Mccartney - Leavin'
13. Mariah Carey - Touch My Body
14. Plies and Ne-Yo - Bust It Baby (part 2)
15. David Cook - Dream Big

In my sneak preview a couple of days ago, you already know that David Cook has set a new record for the most number of titles for a single artist in the Nielsen SoundScan era (beginning Dec 1991). These are the David Cook hits that set the new record:

3 The Time Of My Life
15 Dream Big
22 I Still Haven't Found What I Am Looking For
28 The World I Know
42 I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
47 Billie Jean
67 Always Be My Baby
73 Hello
77 The Music Of The Night
92 Eleanor Rigby
99 I'm Alive

Reportedly bubbling under the Hot 100 are the following:

101 Little Sparrow
103 Hungry Like The Wolf
104 Innocent
114 Day Tripper
118 All Right Now
125 Happy Together

That is 4 new titles within the Top 30! Of these, it is clarified that the only official single release is "The Time of My Life." We know that only handful will remain next week, since these are basically fueled by digital downloads and not by airplay.

David Archuleta was also able to send 3 titles into this week's chart. These are: at # 36, "Imagine""Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" at # 58, and "In This Moment" at # 60.

Actually another song gained significantly because of its Idol association, and that is "Apologize" by Timbaland and One Republic. The latter guested on the Idol Finale and sang the song with Lil' David. It actually goes back up to # 18 from # 32, on its 43rd week.

Carrie Underwood's latest single "Last Name" also makes a big jump because of her performance in the Idol Finale. This song surges from # 37 up to # 19.

In non-Idol related chart news, Greatest Gainer this week goes to Coldplay. Their song "Viva La Vida" hits # 10 this week, after dropping to # 41 last week. Their other song "Violet Hill" drops slightly from # 61 to # 66.

The excitement generated by New Kids on the Block last week with their comeback hit "Summertime" seems to have been short-lived. They drop from # 57 last week to # 83 this week. Let's see if they can still turn it around. If we judge it from their contemporary Paula Abdul's experience earlier this year, her comeback "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow" did not really catch fire, and that was despite Idol connections.

Tags: billboard, hot 100, record, david cook, david archuleta, american idol, one republic, apologize, carrie underwood, coldplay, nkotb, time of my life

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3xhcch wrote on Jun 4

Sneak Peek:
Digital Download Numbers (Billboard issue date 06/14/08)
4 David Cook “Time of My Life” 163,287 (-31%; lw 236,024) Total: 399,311 (1)
34 David Cook “Dream Big” 32,544 (-71%; lw 111,052) Total: 143,596 (7)
47 David Cook “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” 27,014 (-72%; lw 97,868) Total: 124,882 (9)

So I guess, we won't be seeing "Time of My Life" atop the Billboard Hot 100 tomorrow. Too bad. Let's see how many of the record 11 songs that debuted on the chart last week will remain there this week.

pautisserie wrote on Jun 11

You might also want to check out David's acapella rendition of Star Spangled Banner performed at the Laker's game on Monday, 6/9.

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3xhcch wrote on Jul 25

Latest Cook news from billboard.com:

David Cook Promises 'Twists, Turns' On Debut CD
July 25, 2008 , 10:25 AM ET
Gary Graff, Detroit

Even though he's busy on the road with the American Idols Live! tour, reigning champ David Cook says he's making good progress on his debut album. "I think we've for sure got seven songs we're tracking," Cook tells Billboard.com. "We're gonna try to get to around 20 I think, and work it out from there."

Cook's album, which he hopes to release in November via 19 Recordings/Arista, is being helmed by Rob Cavallo in Los Angeles. Cook has been writing material for the set, and his collaborators so far include Collective Soul's Ed Roland, Our Lady Peace's Raine Maida, John Fields and Kara DioGuardi.

"I really just try to get into these creative processes with some different minds and see what happens, and so far the results have been great," Cook says. "I don't really feel like I've had a fruitless writing session yet."

He recently flew back to Los Angeles during a couple of off days from the Idols tour to do some recording and says what he heard is "definitely heading down the right path. I just want the record to be both eclectic and cohesive and have something to say. The music is rock and it's pretty undeniably me, which I'm pretty excited about." He adds that he also wants the album to have "room to meander" stylistically and promises that "there's gonna be some interesting twists and turns ... that will keep people interested."

Cook certainly has reason to be optimistic. After his "American Idol" victory in May he placed a record 10 of his "Idol" performances plus his first single, "The Time of My Life," on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with a total of 944,000 first-week downloads.

That's given him a formidable repertoire for the Idols tour -- where he's sporting a rubber bracelet bearing the legend "David Is My Idol."

"It's actually a David Archuleta wristband," Cook says with a laugh, explaining that it was given to him in Salt Lake City by a fan of the teenage "Idol" runner-up. "I'm actually a pretty big Archuleta fan. I think he's a fantastic performer and, more importantly, a good human being. So it's just a little way to show some support."

3xhcch wrote on Jul 28

Thanks to Dr. Phil for this incredible piece of news! Listen to this, Cook fans!

3xhcch wrote on Sep 30

"Light On" the new single of David Cook! Will it trump the Number 3 debut of "Time of My Life". This was officially released Sept. 30 on iTunes. Can't wait for the Billboard Hot 100 debut of this song. Listen to "Light On" here: http://3xhcch.multiply.com/music/item/102

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