Billboard Top 100 Singles weekending 15th September 2007

 

1 (2) Crank That – Soulja Boy

2 (3) Stronger – Kanye West

3 (1) Big Girls Don’t Cry - Fergie

4 (4) The Way I Are - Timbaland

5 (5) Beautiful Girls – Sean Kingston

6 (7) Bartender – T-Pain

7 (6) Hey There Delilah – Plain White T’s

8 (11) Rockstar – Nickelback

9 (8) Make Me Better - Fabolous

10 (9) Shawty - Piles

11 (12) Let It Go – Keyshia Cole

12 (16) Who Knew - Pink

13 (10) Umbrella - Rihanna

14 (13) Wait For You – Elliott Yamin

15 (15) Bed – J. Holiday

16 (14) A Bay Bay – Hurricane Chris

17 (93) So Small – Carrie Underwood

18 (17) Me Love – Sean Kingston

19 (20) Sorry, Blame It On Me - Akon

20 (21) Ayo Technology – 50 Cent

21 (22) Shut Up And Drive – Rihanna

22 (19) Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin’) – T-Pain

23 (23) Lovestoned – Justin Timberlake

24 (25) The Great Escape – Boys Like Girls

25 (24) When You’re Gone – Avril Lavigne

26 (29) First Time - Lifehouse

27 (28) Makes Me Wonder – Maroon 5

28 (30) Before He Cheats – Carrie Underwood

29 (26) Home – Daughtry

30 (27) Party Like A Rockstar – Shop Boyz

31 (32) I Got It From My Mama – will.i.am

32 (33) Sexy Lady – Yung Berg

33 (42) Cyclone – Baby Bash

34 (37) You Know What It Is – T.I.

35 (35) The Sweet Escape – Gwen Stefani

36 (38) Thnks Fr Th Mmrs – Fall Out Boy

37 (40) Whine Up – Kat DeLuna

38 (59) Bubbly – Colbie Caillat

39 (36) Do You – Ne-Yo

40 (51) Can’t Leave ‘Em Alone - Ciara

41 (18) SOS – Jonas Brothers

42 (45) These Are My People – Rodney Atkins

43 (New) Wadsyaname - Nelly

44 (62) Over You - Daughtry

45 (54) Paralyzer – Finger Eleven

46 (43) Never Wanted Nothing More – Kenny Chesney

47 (39) What I’ve Done – Linkin Park

48 (44) When I See U - Fantasia

49 (48) If You’re Reading This – Tim McGraw

50 (53) Because Of You – Reba McEntire & Kelly Clarkson

51 (58) Online – Brad Paisley

52 (63) Wake Up Call – Maroon 5

53 (41) Potential Break-Up Song – Aly & AJ

54 (85) I Get Money – 50 Cent

55 (69) Take Me There – Rascal Flatts

56 (68) Love Me If You Can – Toby Keith

57 (56) teachme – Musiq Soulchild

58 (55) Big Things Poppin’ (Do It) – T.I.

59 (66) Like This - Mims

60 (71) Proud Of The House We Built – Brooks & Dunn

61 (72) All My Friends Say – Luke Bryan

62 (79) Can’t Tell Me Nothing – Kanye West

63 (77) Until The End Of Time – Justin Timberlake

64 (78) Bleed It Out – Linkin Park

65 (73) Lean Like A Cholo – Down AKA Kilo

66 (49) Same Girl – R. Kelly & Usher

67 (64) Everything – Michael Buble

68 (80) Everyday America – Sugarland

69 (82) The Pretender – Foo Fighters

70 (61) Rehab – Amy Winehouse

71 (57) Misery Business - Paramore

72 (74) Int’l Players Anthem - UGK

73 (New) More Than A Memory – Garth Brooks

74 (83) Free And Easy (Down The Road I Go) – Dierks Bentley

75 (96) Apologize – Timbaland

76 (86) Hood Figga – Gorilla Zoe

77 (31) You Are The Music In Me – Zac Efron & Vanessa Anne Hudgens

78 (New) Coffee Shop – Yung Joc

79 (67) Clothes Off! – Gym Class Heroes

80 (75) Easy – Paula DeAnda

81 (New) Baby Don’t Go - Fabolous

82 (34) Gotta Go My Own Way – Zac Efron & Vanessa Anne Hudgens

83 (100) Never Too Late – Three Days Grace

84 (94) Do You Know (The Ping Pong Song) – Enrique Iglesias

85 (89) Cupid Shuffle – Cupid

86 (52) What Time Is It – High School Musical

87 (60) Hold On – Jonas Brothers

88 (87) Teenagers – My Chemical Romance

89 (Re) Get Me Bodied - Beyonce

90 (New) Money In The Bank – Swizz Beatz

91 (81) I Need You – Tim McGraw & Faith Hill

92 (90) 4 In The Morning – Gwen Stefani

93 (New) How Far We’ve Come – Matchbox 20

94 (99) Tambourine - Eve

95 (97) (You Want To) Make A Memory – Bon Jovi

96 (New) Livin’ Our Love Song – Jason Michael Carroll

97 (46) Bet On It – Zac Efron

98 (New) Hate That I Love You - Rihanna

99 (88) A Different World – Bucky Covington

100 (91) Wipe Me Down – Lil Boosie

 

Billboard Top 100 Albums weekending 15th September 2007

 

1 (1) High School Musical 2 – Original Soundtrack

2 (New) The Alter & The Door – Casting Crowns

3 (New) Hustlenomics – Yung Joc

4 (3) Hannah Montana 2 – Miley Cyrus

5 (6) The Dutchess - Fergie

6 (4) Hairspray – Original Soundtrack

7 (5) Now 25 – Various Artists

8 (New) Lead Sails Paper Anchor – Atreyu

9 (New) Lifeline – Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals

10 (9) All The Right Reasons - Nickelback

11 (12) Minutes To Midnight – Linkin Park

12 (13) T.I. vs T.I.P. – T.I.

13 (14) Back To Black – Amy Winehouse

14 (11) Jonas Brothers – Jonas Brothers

15 (16) Taylor Swift – Taylor Swift

16 (10) Underground Kingz - UGK

17 (17) High School Musical – Original Soundtrack

18 (New) It’s Not Big It’s Large – Lyle Lovett

19 (24) It Won’t Be Soon Before Long – Maroon 5

20 (2) Eardrum – Talib Kweli

21 (15) Finding Forever - Common

22 (21) The Real Testament - Piles

23 (64) Konvicted - Akon

24 (27) Good Girl Gone Bad - Rihanna

25 (32) Call Me Irresponsible – Michael Buble

26 (26) Sean Kingston – Sean Kingston

27 (25) Riot! – Paramore

28 (36) Every Second Counts – Plain White T’s

29 (42) Coco – Colbie Caillat

30 (33) Daughtry - Daughtry

31 (39) Let It Go – Keyshia Cole

32 (40) Future Sex/Love Sounds – Justin Timberlake

33 (31) Epiphany – T-Pain

34 (29) Lost Highway – Bon Jovi

35 (37) Shock Value - Timbaland

36 (30) The Best Damn Thing – Avril Lavigne

37 (38) 5th Gear – Brad Paisley

38 (19) Live At Radio City – Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds

39 (8) An Ocean Between Us – As I Lay Dying

40 (35) Untitled - Korn

41 (43) Hannah Montana – Original Soundtrack

42 (7) One Man Band Man – Swizz Beatz

43 (Re) Coming Up To Breathe - MercyMe

44 (New) Cloud Nine – Kottonmouth Kings

45 (41) Kidz Bop 12 – Kidz Bop Kids

46 (47) Some Hearts – Carrie Underwood

47 (28) The Storm – Travis Tritt

48 (50) I’m Not Dead - Pink

49 (18) Kala - MIA

50 (New) None Shall Pass – Aesop Rock

51 (44) Icky Thump – The White Stripes

52 (49) Big Dog Daddy – Toby Keith

53 (45) My December – Kelly Clarkson

54 (New) Over Dressed – Caedmon’s Call

55 (52) Me And My Gang – Rascal Flatts

56 (New) How You Live – Point Of Grace

57 (22) Under The Blacklight – Rilo Kiley

58 (53) From Nothin’ To Somethin’ - Fabolous

59 (73) Enjoy The Ride - Sugarland

60 (23) Real Things – Joe Nichols

61 (63) The Sweet Escape – Gwen Stefani

62 (48) Because Of You – Ne-Yo

63 (New) Humanity: Hour 1 – The Scorpions

64 (76) Elliott Yamin – Elliott Yamin

65 (46) Insomniatic – Aly & AJ

66 (New) Pages – Shane & Shane

67 (67) Between Raising Hell & Amazing Grace – Big & Rich

68 (65) Flyleaf - Flyleaf

69 (70) The Evolution Of Robin Thicke

70 (20) Cartel - Cartel

71 (71) Them vs You vs Me – Finger Eleven

72 (55) El Cantante – Original Soundtrack

73 (51) Planet Earth - Prince

74 (75) One-X – Three Days Grace

75 (58) Double Up – R. Kelly

76 (93) Loose – Nelly Furtado

77 (72) Boys Like Girls – Boys Like Girls

78 (New) Lost & Found - Ledisi

79 (80) I Am – Chrisette Michele

80 (New) Scary Kids Scaring Kids – Scary Kids Scaring Kids

81 (77) Who We Are – Lifehouse

82 (69) Forever Cool – Dean Martin

83 (78) Infinity On High – Fall Out Boy

84 (66) Zeitgeist – The Smashing Pumpkins

85 (34) Challengers – The New Photographers

86 (81) Continuum – John Mayer

87 (87) Extreme Behaviour - Hinder

88 (New) Amazing Grace – Bill & Gloria Gaither

89 (90) Corinne Bailey Rae – Corinne Bailey Rae

90 (162) We Are The Best – DJ Khaled

91 (85) The Black Parade – My Chemical Romance

92 (56) I’ll Stay Me – Luke Bryan

93 (86) Relentless – Jason Aldean

94 (92) B’Day - Beyonce

95 (New) How Great Thou Art – Bill & Gloria Gaither

96 (83) Once – Original Soundtrack

97 (88) Todo Cambio - Camila

98 (109) If You’re Going Through Hell – Rodney Atkins

99 (New) Live From Radio City Music Hall – Heaven & Hell

100 (99) Greatest Hits Vol.2: Reflected – Tim McGraw

 

Billboard Adult Top 20 weekending 15th September 2007

 

1 (1) Big Girls Don’t Cry - Fergie

2 (2) Hey There Delilah – Plain White T’s

3 (3) Makes Me Wonder – Maroon 5

4 (5) First Time - Lifehouse

5 (4) Home - Daughtry

6 (6) Rockstar - Nickelback

7 (7) How Far We’ve Come – Matchbox 20

8 (8) Who Knew - Pink

9 (9) Before It’s Too Late – Goo Goo Dolls

10 (10) The Sweet Escape – Gwen Stefani

11 (11) When You’re Gone – Avril Lavigne

12 (15) Bubbly – Colbie Caillat

13 (18) Over You - Daughtry

14 (13) U & Ur Hand - Pink

15 (16) Wait For You – Elliott Yamin

16 (20) Dreaming With A Broken Heart – John Mayer

17 (17) Thnks Fr Th Mmrs – Fall Out Boy

18 (19) 4 In The Morning – Gwen Stefani

19 (24) If You’re Gonna Leave – Emerson Hart

20 (23) All At Once – The Fray

 

Billboard Adult Contemporary Top 20 weekending 15th September 2007

 

1 (1) Home - Daughtry

2 (4) Big Girls Don’t Cry – Fergie

3 (2) Everything – Michael Buble

4 (3) The Sweet Escape – Gwen Stefani

5 (6) Waiting On The World To Change – John Mayer

6 (7) Before He Cheats – Carrie Underwood

7 (5) How To Save A Life – The Fray

8 (8) Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol

9 (10) (You Want To) Make A Memory – Bon Jovi

10 (12) Hey There Delilah – Plain White T’s

11 (9) Makes Me Wonder – Maroon 5

12 (11) Little Wonders – Rob Thomas

13 (14) Wait For You – Elliott Yamin

14 (13) My Wish – Rascal Flatts

15 (15) Anyway – Martina McBride

16 (19) How Long – The Eagles

17 (17) Lost In This Moment – Big & Rich

18 (18) If Everyone Cared - Nickelback

19 (20) Band Of Gold – Kimberly Locke

20 (16) Ever Present Past – Paul McCartney

 

Chartbeat

from Billboard.com

 

September 06, 2007,

Fred Bronson

 

'MORE' IS THE MOST: It was a momentous event in the history of the Hot Country Songs chart last week when Kenny Chesney tied the record for the highest debut (since the chart expanded to 50 positions in January 1964) with the No. 16 opening of "Don't Blink." But just one week later, that entry has been eclipsed by the first song to ever debut on this chart at No. 1: Garth Brooks goes into the history books with his record-breaking "More Than a Memory" (Pearl).

 

It's almost impossible to enter an airplay-based chart in pole position because of the nature of radio. Airplay builds much more gradually than sales. The just-over-a-dozen songs that have managed to debut at No. 1 on The Billboard Hot 100 have done so by garnering immediate massive sales. On Hot Country Songs, which is compiled solely from airplay data, even the most-anticipated songs (like Chesney's "Don't Blink" and Carrie Underwood's "So Small") debut in the top 20, not in the top 15. There hasn't even been a debut in the top 10 until now, let alone a song starting its chart life at the summit.

 

But Brooks defied the odds and received an enormous amount of spins for "Memory" in its first week at radio. It is his 19th No. 1 on this chart, and his first since "To Make You Feel My Love" spent a week on top in August 1998. 'Memory" is Brooks' 36th top 10 hit, and his first since "Good Ride Cowboy" went to No. 3 in December 2005.

 

"Memory" is the 79th chart entry for Brooks. His chart career began with "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)," which entered the tally the week of March 25, 1989, giving him a chart span of 18 years, five months and three weeks.

 

THE UPS AND DOWNS OF UNDERWOOD: One effect of Garth Brooks' receiving so much airplay this week is that other artists received fewer spins than they would have if radio wasn't devoting so much time to "More Than a Memory."

 

That helps explain why Carrie Underwood's "So Small" (Arista) dips 11-13 in its fifth chart week on Hot Country Songs. The track should rebound, but meanwhile the availability of a digital single sends "So Small" soaring up the Hot 100, with a move of 93-17. That's the second biggest jump on this chart in 2007, topped only by the 94-3 rocket ride of Beyonce and Shakira's "Beautiful Liar" the week of April 7.

 

REBA'S LATEST RUNNER-UP: One chart move you can't blame on Garth Brooks is the 2-4 slip of Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson's "Because of You" (MCA). Even if "More Than a Memory" hadn't debuted at No. 1, this duet would have missed the top spot. So instead of becoming Reba's 23rd No. 1 hit, "Because of You" is her seventh song to peak at No. 2, and her first in over 10 years. The last McEntire song to stop at No. 2 was "I'd Rather Ride Around With You" in July 1997. The first five of Reba's singles to settle for second place are:

 

"Walk On" (1990)

"Fallin' Out of Love" (1991)

"Till You Love Me" (1995)

"And Still" (1995)

"The Fear of Being Alone" (1996)

 

If "Because of You" had won a first place ribbon, it would have been the first remake of a pop song to top the country chart since Mark Chesnutt's cover of Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" spent two weeks at No. 1 in February 1999.

 

LIVING LARGE: Almost 21 years after making his debut on Top Country Albums, Lyle Lovett has the highest-debuting and highest charting set of his career. "It's Not Big It's Large" (Curb/Lost Highway) enters at No. 2.

 

Lovett's previous best was "The Road to Ensenada," which opened and peaked at No. 4 in July 1996.

 

"It's Not Big" is Lovett's first album to chart since "My Baby Don't Tolerate" topped out at No. 7 in October 2003. His first entry on the country album chart was the self-titled "Lyle Lovett," No. 14 in March 1987. The album had debuted in October 1986, giving Lovett a country album chart span of 20 years and 11 months.

 

"It's Not Big" is also Lovett's highest-debuting and highest-peaking CD on The Billboard 200, where it enters at No. 18. Lovett's previous best mark on this chart was the No. 24 debut and peak of "The Road to Ensenada."

 

CRYSTAL'S 'BLUE' PERSUASION: Just two weeks ago, during a trip to Las Vegas, I heard Crystal Gayle's "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" in the hotel elevator, and couldn't stop singing it the rest of the trip. My power of persuasion must be greater than I thought, because somehow I sang that tune right onto Top Country Albums this week.

 

OK, maybe it wasn't me. But Gayle's "16 Greatest Hits" (Capitol) enters the chart at No. 74. It's her first appearance on this survey in almost two decades, since "Nobody's Angel" peaked at No. 63 in September 1988.

 

Gayle made her first appearance on Top Country Albums in March 1975 with a self-titled LP. That gives her a chart span of 32 ½ years.

 

PRE-'VOGUE': How young is Soulja Boy, the artist who has the new No. 1 song on the Hot 100? So young, that he wasn't even alive when Madonna's "Vogue" was No. 1.

 

Soulja Boy was born July 28, 1990, and is thus the second artist born in the '90s to occupy the penthouse of the Hot 100. The first was Sean Kingston, who achieved it just six weeks ago when he captured the top spot with "Beautiful Girls." Kingston was born Feb. 3, 1990 and was 17 1/2 when he advanced to No. 1. Soulja Boy is even younger, as he is not quite 17 years and two months old.

 

The song that did it for Chicago-born Soulja Boy is his own composition, "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" (Collipark).

 

HIS WAY: "Classic Songs, My Way" (Decca) by Paul Anka debuts on Top Jazz Albums at No. 3, exactly 50 years and two months after Anka made his Billboard chart debut with the single "Diana" on July 15, 1957.

 

"Classic Songs, My Way" is Anka's second CD to appear on Top Jazz Albums. "Rock Swings" debuted and peaked at No. 2 in June 2005.

 

SPARE CHANGE: If I had a nickel for every Nickelback song from the group's latest album to reach the top 10 of the Hot 100, I'd have 15 cents. That may not be a lot of money, but pulling three top 10 hits from one album is no cheap trick.

 

Nickelback is the first rock group to have three top 10 songs from one album on the Hot 100 this century. The last rock group to achieve this hat trick was Third Eye Blind in 1997-99. "Semi-Charmed Life" peaked at No. 4, "How's It Going to Be" made it to No. 9 and "Jumper" jumped to No. 5.

 

"Rockstar" (Roadrunner) is the Nickelback song that reaches the top 10 this week, moving 11-8. Previously, "Photograph" clicked in at No. 2 and "Far Away" peaked at No. 8.

 

"Photograph" debuted on the Hot 100 two years ago this week. The long run of hit singles helps explain why the album "All the Right Reasons" is still on The Billboard 200 in its 100th week.