Fred's posts with tag: alicia keys
 Billboard Hot 100Issuedate: June 10th, 200801. Lil Wayne and Static Major - Lollipop02. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love03. Coldplay - Viva La Vida04. Rihanna - Take A Bow05. Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl06. Usher and Young Jeezy - Love In This Club07. Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown - No Air08. Ray J and Yung Berg - Sexy Can I09. David Cook - The Time Of My Life10. Madonna and Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes11. Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful Of Sunshine12. Danity Kane - Damaged13. Lil Wayne and T-Pain - Got Money14. Plies and Ne-Yo - Bust It Baby (part 2)15. Jesse Mccartney - Leavin'
Only 3 out of the 11 songs of David Cook remain in the Hot 100 this week. These are: "Time of My Life" (# 9), "Dream Big" (# 81, biggest dropper of week from # 15) and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (# 85). The rest drop out, so with all of the David Archuleta songs. I do hope "Time" gains in airplay some more, but realistically it seems it will dall out of the Top 10 next week.
Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" is really doing very strong, both in airplay and download sales, well and above "Bleeding Love." Aside from # 1, Lil Wayne also gets the Hot Shot Debut of the week with "Got Money" at # 13. This one features T-Pain. It seems we will be seeing "Lollipop" stay on top for some time.
The first main contender is "Viva La Vida" from Coldplay, which this week reaches the Top 3. While this makes "Viva" the highest ranked Coldplay single ever, poor airplay stats may not propel it all the way to the top.
 The second main contender is "I Kissed A Girl" from 23 year old American singer Katy Perry. I found this jaunty tune very good pop music. Title reminds me of a Jill Sobule song, but this one is different. This goes up big, from #21 all the way to # 5. Further gains in airplay will push it higher up.
The Greatest Gainer honor goes to "Teenage Love Affair" by Alicia Keys. This track was the one which got my immediate attention when I first heard her excellent "As I Am" album last year. I love the passion in her voice as she sings about "a matter of extreme importance." This song goes up 89 to 66 on its 4th week in this chart.
Billboard Hot 100Issuedate: week 50/200701. Alicia Keys - No One02. Chris Brown and T-Pain - Kiss Kiss03. Timbaland and One Republic - Apologize04. Flo Rida and T-Pain - Low05. Colbie Caillat - Bubbly06. Fergie - Clumsy07. T-Pain and Kanye West - Good Life08. Soulja Boy - Crank That (Soulja Boy)09. Rihanna and Ne-Yo - Hate That I Love You10. Finger Eleven - Paralyzer11. Jordin Sparks - Tattoo12. Baby Bash and T-Pain - Cyclone13. Kanye West - Stronger14. Timbaland and Keri Hilson - The Way I Are15. J. Holiday - Bed
Week #50 already! Alicia Keys holds at Number 1 for a third week. Not much change again in the Top 15 as is typical during the year-end period over the past years.
There are some notable big movers elsewhere in the chart though.
Justin Timberlake jumps to #17 from #33 with his duet with Beyonce "Until the End of Time." He does this on the song's 22nd week due to the availability of digital downloads. This is already Justin's 6th Top 20 hit from his latest album "FutureSex/LoveSounds" . The last man who did this chart feat was George Michael on his "Faith" album back in the late 80s. George, though, had 6 Top 5 hits from that album (4 of which reached #1).
Alicia Keys' second single from her latest album (which is fantastic, by the way!) "Like You'll Never See Me Again" jumps from #46 to #29 on its 4th week. It is the Greatest Gainer in Airplay this week.
The embattled Britney Spears gains the Greatest Gainer in Sales honors this week as it jumps from #63 to #47 with her latest single "Piece of Me." This is another single driven by its catchy bass line. Britney's delivery is strangely monotonal. But the whole package is very good, in my opinion. I turn up the volume when I catch it on the car radio. As a interesting tidbit, it does include the word "Philippines" in its lyrics. Did she really come here as it suggests in the song? Or I guess it is the only place name that can decently rhyme with seventeen, scene and magazine.
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