Fred Said . . .

Billboard Hot 100
Issuedate: June 24th, 2008

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

Lil Wayne's latest album "Tha Carter III" debuts on the Billboard 200 chart at number 1, selling more that one million copies in its first week!  The last album to crack one million copies in a week is "The Massacre" by 50 Cent back in 2005.  However on the Hot 100, the fortune of its lead single "Lollipop" unexpectedly goes down to # 3.  Lil Wayne's "3 Peat" is the chart's top debut this week at No. 66.

This week, consistently massive digital sales push Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" to #1.  This is Coldplay's first # 1 hit in its career.  It is very surprising to learn that the last British group to hit the top was actually the Spice Girls with their debut hit "Wannabe" back in 1997, more than 10 years ago.

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl" goes up to # 2.  Unlike "Viva" which has inexplicably poor airplay, "Kissed" has both good sales and increasing airplay.  Thus, this song has a very big chance to be the next # 1 song.