Billboard Top 100 Singles weekending 12th May 2007

 

1 (64) Makes Me Wonder – Maroon 5

2 (1) Girlfriend – Avril Lavigne

3 (2) Give It To Me – Timbaland ft Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake

4 (5) Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin’) – T-Pain

5 (39) Because Of You – Ne-Yo

6 (New) I’ll Stand By You – Carrie Underwood

7 (4) Glamorous - Fergie

8 (New) Never Again – Kelly Clarkson

9 (3) Don’t Matter - Akon

10 (6) The Sweet Escape – Gwen Stefani

11 (7) I Tried – Bone-Thugs-Harmony ft Akon

12 (15) Pop, Lock & Drop It - Huey

13 (13) Last Night – P. Diddy ft Keyshia Cole

14 (11) Before He Cheats – Carrie Underwood

15 (10) Cupid’s Chokehold – Gym Class Heroes

16 (9) U & Ur Hand - Pink

17 (8) This Is Why I’m Hot - Mims

18 (14) I’m A Flirt – R. Kelly or Bow Wow

19 (12) Beautiful Liar – Beyonce & Shakira

20 (19) Like A Boy - Ciara

21 (23) Home - Daughtry

22 (34) Summer Love – Justin Timberlake

23 (21) The Way I Live – Baby Boy Da Prince

24 (27) Get It Shawty - Lloyd

25 (17) What I’ve Done – Linkin Park

26 (18) If Everyone Cared - Nickelback

27 (16) Lost Without U – Robin Thicke

28 (New) Icky Thump – The White Stripes

29 (20) It’s Not Over - Daughtry

30 (22) Say It Right – Nelly Furtado

31 (28) Outta My System – Bow Wow ft T-Pain

32 (26) Face Down – Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

33 (24) What Goes Around (Comes Around) – Justin Timberlake

34 (29) 2 Step - Unk

35 (25) Go Getta – Young Jeezy ft R. Kelly

36 (30) Rock Yo Hips – Crime Mob

37 (31) Better Than Me - Hinder

38 (36) We Takin’ Over – DJ Khaled

39 (37) How To Save A Life – The Fray

40 (40) Wasted – Carrie Underwood

41 (51) Thanks For The Memories – Fallout Boy

42 (35) Irreplaceable - Beyonce

43 (42) Walk It Out - Unk

44 (53) Hey There Delilah – Plain White T’s

45 (33) Throw Some D’s – Rich Boy

46 (50) Stand – Rascal Flatts

47 (43) Last Dollar (Fly Away) – Tim McGraw

48 (52) Ticks – Brad Paisley

49 (54) Good Directions – Billy Currington

50 (41) Big Girls Don’t Cry - Fergie

51 (47) Buddy – Musiq Soulchild

52 (46) Over It – Katharine McPhee

53 (56) Teardrops On My Guitar – Taylor Swift

54 (57) Settlin’ - Sugarland

55 (62) Forever – Papa Roach

56 (New) Up To The Mountain – Kelly Clarkson & Jeff Beck

57 (49) This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race – Fallout Boy

58 (32) Anyway – Martina McBride

59 (45) With Love – Hilary Duff

60 (58) Little Wonders – Rob Thomas

61 (60) Stolen – Dashboard Confessional

62 (69) Like This – Kelly Rowland ft Eve

63 (72) Umbrella - Rihanna

64 (55) Candyman – Christina Aguilera

65 (New) Signal Fire – Snow Patrol

66 (70) Moments – Emerson Drive

67 (80) Party Like A Rockstar – Shop Boyz

68 (68) High Maintenance Woman – Toby Keith

69 (65) Lost In This Moment – Big and Rich

70 (66) Long Trip Alone – Dierks Bentley

71 (59) Doe Boy Fresh – Three 6 Mafia

72 (81) Please Don’t Go - Tank

73 (71) Read My Mind – The Killers

74 (78) A Woman’s Love – Alan Jackson

75 (86) When I See U - Fantasia

76 (79) Find Out Who Your Friends Are – Tracy Lawrence

77 (61) She’s Like The Wind – Lumidee ft Tony Sunshine

78 (New) You Raise Me Up – Josh Groban & The African Children’s Choir

79 (74) Beer In Mexico – Kenny Chesney

80 (63) A Different World – Bucky Covington

81 (76) Grace Kelly - Mika

82 (91) You Know I’m No Good – Amy Winehouse

83 (75) Look After You – The Fray

84 (New) If I Was Your Man - Joe

85 (77) On The Hotline – Pretty Ricky

86 (88) Lucky Man – Montgomery Gentry

87 (84) Breath – Breaking Benjamin

88 (95) Wrapped – George Strait

89 (87) I’m Throwed – Paul Wall

90 (93) Don’t Make Me – Blake Shelton

91 (83) It’s Me Snitches – Swizz Beatz

92 (97) Johnny Cash – Jason Aldean

93 (New) I Don’t Need A Man – Pussycat Dolls

94 (99) Dig - Incubus

95 (85) Smile – Lily Allen

96 (89) Upgrade U - Beyonce

97 (Re) Gravity – John Mayer

98 (98) Me and God – Josh Turner

99 (New) Sexy Lady – Yung Berg

100 (New) Wipe Me Down – Lil’ Boosie

 

Billboard Top 100 Albums weekending 12th May 2007

 

1 (1) The Best Damn Thing – Avril Lavigne

2 (New) Ain’t Nothing Like Me - Joe

3 (2) Year Zero – Nine Inch Nails

4 (3) Now 24 – Various Artists

5 (7) Daughtry - Daughtry

6 (6) Konvicted - Akon

7 (New) Favourite Worst Nightmare – Arctic Monkeys

8 (9) Some Hearts – Carrie Underwood

9 (5) Waking Up Laughing – Martina McBride

10 (8) Let It Go – Tim McGraw

11 (14) Back To Black – Amy Winehouse

12 (12) The Dutchess - Fergie

13 (11) The Evolution Of – Robin Thicke

14 (10) Shock Value - Timbaland

15 (13) B’Day - Beyonce

16 (25) Introducing Joss Stone – Joss Stone

17 (18) Future Sex/Love Sounds – Justin Timberlake

18 (21) All The Right Reasons - Nickelback

19 (16) A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection – Alison Krauss

20 (19) The Sweet Escape – Gwen Stefani

21 (22) Taylor Swift – Taylor Swift

22 (New) The Definitive Collection – Neil Sedaka

23 (28) Me and My Gang – Rascal Flatts

24 (4) Bucky Covington – Bucky Covington

25 (24) Corinne Bailey Rae – Corinne Bailey Rae

26 (17) Dignity – Hilary Duff

27 (New) Love Songs Of The 70s – Donny Osmond

28 (27) Hannah Montana – Original Soundtrack

29 (30) Extreme Behaviour - Hinder

30 (23) Buck The World – Young Buck

31 (31) Loose – Nelly Furtado

32 (26) Street Love - Lloyd

33 (20) Get Money Stay True – Paul Wall

34 (32) Infinity On High – Fallout Boy

35 (29) Luvanmusiq – Musiq Soulchild

36 (39) Not Too Late – Norah Jones

37 (New) We’re About The Business – Chuck Brown

38 (41) Music Is My Savior - Mims

39 (34) We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank – Modest Mouse

40 (42) I’m Not Dead - Pink

41 (35) Morning Constitutions – Larry The Cable Guy

42 (36) Enjoy The Ride - Sugarland

43 (New) In Sort Diaboli – Dimmu Borgir

44 (33) Cassadaga – Bright Eyes

45 (50) Continuum – John Mayer

46 (38) Phobia – Breaking Benjamin

47 (37) Live At Texas Stadium – Alan Jackson/George Strait/Jimmy Buffett

48 (45) Disneymania 5 – Various Artists

49 (48) Greatest Hits – Gary Allan

50 (47) Rich Boy – Rich Boy

51 (49) Rocket Man: Number Ones – Elton John

52 (New) Residente O Vesitante – Calle 13

53 (15) Fall – Clay Walker

54 (51) How To Save A Life – The Fray

55 (46) Vena Sera - Chevelle

56 (107) Awake – Josh Groban

57 (40) HellYeah - HellYeah

58 (52) Don’t You Fake – Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

59 (New) Fear Of A Black Planet – Porcupine Tree

60 (New) Twelve – Patti Smith

61 (57) A Beautiful Lie – 30 Seconds To Mars

62 (84) PCD – Pussycat Dolls

63 (60) Sam’s Town – The Killers

64 (53) Alright, Still – Lily Allen

65 (43) Como Ama Una Mujer – Jennifer Lopez

66 (65) A New Journey – Celtic Woman

67 (59) As Cruel As School Children – Gym Class Heroes

68 (73) Your Man – Josh Turner

69 (55) The Inspiration – Young Jeezy

70 (54) Life In Cartoon Motion - Mika

71 (New) Snoop Dogg presents The Big Squeeze – Various Artists

72 (66) Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing – Keith Urban

73 (71) Crystal Visions: The Very Best Of – Stevie Nicks

74 (63) One-X – Three Days Grace

75 (74) Anything Worth Saying – Aaron Shust

76 (56) Live At Massey Hall 1971 – Neil Young

77 (62) Elliott Yamin – Elliott Yamin

78 (67) The Evolution - Ciara

79 (61) Taking The Long Way – Dixie Chicks

80 (72) Long Trip Alone – Dierks Bentley

81 (70) Back To Basics – Christina Aguilera

82 (82) 15 – Buckcherry

83 (81) Historia De Un Idolo – Vicente Fernandez

84 (79) Neon Bible – Arcade Fire

85 (83) The Black Parade – My Chemical Romance

86 (69) CeU - CeU

87 (94) High School Musical – Original Soundtrack

88 (Re) Siempre – Il Divo

89 (77) If You’re Going Through Hell – Rodney Atkins

90 (64) Because Of The Times – Kings Of Leon

91 (92) Stadium Arcadium – Red Hot Chili Peppers

92 (88) Across The Water – Baby Boy Da Prince

93 (96) Time Well Wasted – Brad Paisley

94 (89) The Open Door - Evanescence

95 (87) Late Night Special – Pretty Ricky

96 (85) Press Play – P. Diddy

97 (86) Southern Weather – The Almost

98 (91) Grammy Nominees 2007 – Various Artists

99 (76) Good Morning Revival – Good Charlotte

100 (58) The Story – Brandi Carlile

 

Billboard Adult Top 20 weekending 12th May 2007

 

1 (1) If Everyone Cared - Nickelback

2 (2) It’s Not Over - Daughtry

3 (3) The Sweet Escape – Gwen Stefani

4 (4) Say It Right – Nelly Furtado

5 (6) Makes Me Wonder – Maroon 5

6 (5) Little Wonders – Rob Thomas

7 (7) Before He Cheats – Carrie Underwood

8 (8) How To Save A Life – The Fray

9 (9) Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol

10 (10) Gravity – John Mayer

11 (18) Home - Daughtry

12 (16) U & Ur Hand - Pink

13 (12) Look After You – The Fray

14 (11) Keep Holding On – Avril Lavigne

15 (15) What Goes Around (Comes Around) – Justin Timberlake

16 (17) Better Than Me - Hinder

17 (21) Never Again – Kelly Clarkson

18 (20) Colorful – Rocco Deluca & The Burden

19 (24) Cupid’s Chokehold – Gym Class Heroes

20 (23) Smile – Lily Allen

 

Billboard Adult Contemporary Top 20 weekending 12th May 2007

 

1 (3) Waiting On The World To Change – John Mayer

2 (1) How To Save A Life – The Fray

3 (2) Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol

4 (6) What Hurts The Most – Rascal Flatts

5 (4) Streetcorner Symphony – Rob Thomas

6 (7) Far Away - Nickelback

7 (9) Hurt – Christina Aguilera

8 (8) Put Your Records On – Corinne Bailey Rae

9 (10) Everything – Michael Buble

10 (5) The Riddle – Five For Fighting

11 (11) Suddenly I See – KT Tunstall

12 (12) Change – Kimberly Locke

13 (15) Raincoat – Kelly Sweet

14 (14) Irreplaceable - Beyonce

15 (13) Fooled Around and Fell In Love – Rod Stewart

16 (16) My Little Girl – Tim McGraw

17 (17) Never Alone – Jim Brickman ft Lady Antebellum

18 (18) February Song – Josh Groban

19 (19) It’s Not Over - Daughtry

20 (20) Just To Feel That Way – Taylor Hicks

 

Chartbeat

from Billboard.com

 

May 03, 2007,

Fred Bronson

 

THE 'WONDER' YEAR: Maroon 5 will never forget 2007, the year the group achieved its first No. 1 on The Billboard Hot 100. Nor will the members of the band ever forget how they achieved their first chart-topper: by breaking the record for the biggest leap to No. 1 in the history of this survey.

 

Three weeks ago, "Makes Me Wonder" (A&M/Octone) entered the Hot 100 at No. 84, making it the lowest debuting single of the group's five chart entries. So there is some irony in the 64-1 move the song makes this week, besting the 52-1 leap of Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This" in October 2002. The week that "Makes Me Wonder" entered the Hot 100 is also the week that Timbaland jumped 42-1 with "Give It to Me" (Mosley/Blackground). At the time, it was the second highest debut in the history of this chart, but it now ranks in third place.

 

Maroon 5 made its first appearance on the Hot 100 the week of Aug. 23, 2003, with "Harder to Breathe," which ultimately peaked at No. 18 in November. The follow-up, "This Love," reached No. 5 in April 2004. Next, "She Will Be Loved" also went to No. 5 in September 2004. Then "Sunday Morning" stalled at No. 31 the week of Feb. 26, 2005.

 

Doing the math, this is Maroon 5's third single to appear in the top 10. It is their first Hot 100 hit since the Octone label partnered with A&M instead of J Records.

 

'STAND' NEWS: Maroon 5's 64-1 move isn't the only new action in the top 10 of the Hot 100. Not only does Ne-Yo's "Because of You" (Def Jam) zoom 39-5, but there are also two debuts in the top 10 for the first time since the week of June 28, 2003, when Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard entered at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively.

 

Coincidentally, this week's two top 10 debuts are also by "American Idol" contestants. Fourth season winner Carrie Underwood was headed for the top 10 with "Before He Cheats" (Arista), but that single dips 11-14. Meanwhile, she debuts at No. 6 with her version of the Pretenders' "I'll Stand By You," the song she performed on the "Idol Gives Back" special episode of "American Idol." Underwood has the highest-charting version of this song in the United States, as the original by the Pretenders peaked at No. 16 in 1994.

 

This is Underwood's second top 10 hit on the Hot 100. Her finale song on the TV series, "Inside Your Heaven," debuted and peaked at No. 1 in July 2005.

 

The other Hot 100 debut inside the top 10 is the latest Kelly Clarkson single, "Never Again" (RCA), new at No. 8. It is her seventh top 10 hit, out of nine chart entries. It is by far her highest-debuting song, outdistancing the No. 60 debuts of "A Moment Like This" in 2002 and "Breakaway" in 2004.

 

Underwood and Clarkson have the third and fifth-highest debuts of 2007. Here are the five songs that have debuted inside the top 10 of the Hot 100 this calendar year:

 

No. 2: "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race," Fall Out Boy

No. 5: "Girlfriend," Avril Lavigne

No. 6: "I'll Stand By You," Carrie Underwood

No. 7: "What I've Done," Linkin Park

No. 8: "Never Again," Kelly Clarkson

 

SEDAKA'S BACK AND SO IS DONNY: Just in time to celebrate his 50th year in show business, Neil Sedaka returns to The Billboard 200 by debuting at No. 22 with "The Definitive Collection" (Razor & Tie). In its first week on the chart, this new CD is already the second-highest charting album in Sedaka's career.

 

The Brooklyn-born singer/songwriter made his Billboard album debut the week of Jan. 5, 1963, with his first greatest hits collection. That gives him an album chart span of 44 years, four months and one week. His highest-charting album is "The Hungry Years," which peaked at No. 16 in 1975. He hasn't been on the chart since 1980, when "In the Pocket" went to No. 135.

 

Joining Neil Sedaka in the top 30 of The Billboard 200 is another veteran artist making a return via a high new entry. It's only been two years since Donny Osmond was last on the chart with "What I Meant to Say," which peaked at No. 137. This week, he opens at No. 27 with "Love Songs of the '70s" (Decca). It is Donny's highest-charting album since "Alone Together" peaked at No. 26 in 1973.

 

One song appears on both albums: Osmond covers Sedaka's "Laughter in the Rain."

 

BECK'S BACK: While Neil Sedaka and Donny Osmond triumph on the album tally, another veteran musician returns to the Hot 100, where he has the third chart entry of his career under his own name. These three singles have been spaced two decades apart, charting in the '60s, the '80s and the '00s.

 

The artist is Jeff Beck, who is featured on Kelly Clarkson's "Up to the Mountain" (RCA), the song she performed on the "American Idol" charity special. The Clarkson/Beck track enters the Hot 100 at No. 56. Beck's two earlier chart entries were "Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)," a Donovan single that featured the Jeff Beck Group and which peaked at No. 36 in 1969, and "People Get Ready," a remake of the Impressions hit that Beck recorded with Rod Stewart, a No. 48 hit in 1985.

 

Beck started his chart career when he replaced Eric Clapton in the Yardbirds. That British group made its first appearance on the Hot 100 exactly 42 years ago this week with "For Your Love."

 

LONG 'LIFE': The song with the most seniority on the Hot 100 is still the Fray's "How to Save a Life," which dips 37-39 in its 55th chart week. In the history of the Hot 100, only 12 songs have charted for 55 weeks or more.

 

Here is a list of the longevity champs, with the years the songs peaked:

 

69 weeks: "How Do I Live," LeAnn Rimes (1997)

65 weeks: "Foolish Games" / "You Were Meant for Me," Jewel (1997)

62 weeks: "You and Me," Lifehouse (2006)

60 weeks: "Macarena" (Bayside Boys Mix), Los Del Rio (1996)

58 weeks: "Smooth," Santana featuring Rob Thomas (1999)

57 weeks: "Higher," Creed (2000)

56 weeks: "I Don't Want to Wait," Paula Cole (1998)

56 weeks: "The Way You Love Me," Faith Hill (2001)

55 weeks: "Barely Breathing," Duncan Sheik (1997)

55 weeks: "Missing," Everything But the Girl (1996)

55 weeks: "Amazed," Lonestar (2000)

55 weeks: "How to Save a Life," The Fray (2006)

 

BROWN GO-GOES: If you live in Washington, D.C., you know that Chuck Brown is considered godfather of the go-go scene. If you follow the Billboard charts, you might remember that Brown had a No. 1 song on the R&B chart in 1979 with “Bustin’ Loose.” The 72-year-old musician returns to the charts this week and sets a new record, with his highest-charting title on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

 

The new CD, “We’re About the Business,” enters The Billboard 200 at No. 37. Brown’s “Bustin’ Loose” LP peaked at No. 31 in 1979. His other charting set was “Your Game…Live at the 9:30 Club, Washington D.C.,” which peaked at No. 193 in 2001.

 

On the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, Brown’s latest blasts onto the No. 2 spot. That’s his best performance ever, beating the No. 5 peak of “Bustin’ Loose” and the No. 56 peak of “Your Game.”

 

12 x 60: Recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Patti Smith has her highest charting album in 11 years with “Twelve,” which debuts on The Billboard 200 at No. 60. It’s her best ranking since 1996, when “Gone Again” reached No. 55, and her first album to chart since 2004, when “Trampin’” went to No. 123.

 

Smith first charted in 1976 with “Horses,” which ultimately peaked at No. 47. The highest-ranked album of her career is “Wave,” which sailed to No. 18 in 1979.