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You know Jonjo, that's exactly how I felt when I was watching the show. It was as if they'd just swapped back to their Brands before last year's Draft. It was all so lame. I'm glad Jericho will be away from HHH, as we all know how Trips feels towards the guy. Kane to Smackdown? Boring. It's reported that he's going to be retiring in the summer, so maybe one last singles push? They need to do something o rejuvenate his charater, though. CM Punk to SD sound fresh, but that's as far as it gets for me. The rest were predictable, and boring. At least last year had some major shocks. I loved how the commentators went nuts for H's move to Raw. It was as if the Draft actually matters, even though he's been on Raw almost every week since February. WWE needs progression, bad. There's so little changing, and that title needs to come off Trips ASAP. At least we'll get a Jericho v. Undertaker program in the near future. I have such sympathy for Orton. They've ruined his character. He could've been the new modern day bad ass. Instead, we get Trips and the McMahons masturbating over themselves ten years after they were actually relevant. Why are they trying so hard to make Triple H look good? I'm fed up with them wanting Trips to be the next Hulk Hogan, or something. It's gone on long enough. They need to realise his slow paced, long 30 minute "classics" are not going to garner the kind of reception to that of Austin, Rocky, Hogan or even Cena. You'd think after 10 years of H in main events they'd realise that. I know I'm like a broken record with the Triple H $h!t, and he was exciting back in 99-01, but it's just too worn now. They could've had the next big thing with Orton, but they failed to capitalise. Oh well, he might even win the belt at Backlash... but I bet H won't be the one putting him over.

Thanks Nick, Martin, Funmaker, gooddelta and Aidan for your comments.

Hot Singles (Top 40) http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/6799/lilwaynehotrevolver130x.pnghttp://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/PRERELCDKERI.JPGhttp://i39.tinypic.com/10hpws9.pnghttp://i44.tinypic.com/10netn5.pnghttp://img218.imageshack.us/img218/8854/keyshiacoleadifferentme.png TW LW PEAK TITLE ARTIST 01 01 01 HOT REVOLVER Lil' Wayne 02 02 02 KNOCK YOU DOWN Keri Hilson Feat. Kanye West & Ne-Yo 03 07 03 SLOW DANCE Keri Hilson 04 03 01 BOOM BOOM POW The Black Eyed Peas 05 04 04 TRUST Keyshia Cole & Monica 06 15 06 ALWAYS STRAPPED Birdman Feat. Lil' Wayne 07 06 05 PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME Pink 08 12 08 RETURN THE FAVOR Keri Hilson Feat. Timbaland 09 08 01 WALKIN' ON THE MOON The-Dream Feat. Kanye West 10 11 10 POCKETBOOK Jennifer Hudson Feat. Ludacris 11 14 11 DREAM BIG Jazmine Sullivan 12 09 05 BLAME IT Jamie Foxx Feat. T-Pain 13 23 13 I DO NOT HOOK UP Kelly Clarkson 14 13 06 AMAZING Kanye West Feat. Young Jeezy 15 10 09 RIGHT SIDE OF MY BRAIN The-Dream 16 16 08 IF YOU SEEK AMY Britney Spears 17 26 17 HEY GIRL Keri Hilson Feat. T-Pain & Lil' Jon 18 05 02 SUGAR Flo Rida Feat. Wynter Gordon 19 17 16 FALL Brandy 20 19 01 DEAD AND GONE T.I. Feat. Justin Timberlake 21 NE -- NOT FAIR Lily Allen 22 20 01 SEE YOU IN MY NIGHTMARES Kanye West Feat. Lil' Wayne 23 31 23 EGO Beyonce 24 22 04 DIVA Beyonce 25 NE -- WE MADE YOU Eminem 26 24 03 PROM QUEEN Lil' Wayne 27 NE -- CAN'T LAST A DAY Teena Marie Feat. Faith Evans 28 25 04 HEARTLESS Kanye West 29 18 05 LOVE SEX MAGIC Ciara Feat. Justin Timberlake 30 29 01 ALREADY GONE Kelly Clarkson 31 27 12 HERE I STAND Usher 32 30 10 LIONS, TIGERS & BEARS Jazmine Sullivan 33 21 05 POKER FACE Lady GaGa 34 NE -- I'M NOT HUMAN Lil' Wayne 35 33 11 IF THIS ISN'T LOVE Jennifer Hudson 36 28 01 HALO Beyonce 37 35 13 TURNIN' ME ON Keri Hilson Feat. Lil' Wayne 38 36 09 PIANO MAN Brandy 39 32 19 BEAUTIFUL Akon Feat. Colby O'Donis & Kardinal Offishall 40 37 11 SWAGGA LIKE US Jay-Z and T.I. Feat. Kanye West and Lil' Wayne 2009 #1s: 04/01: RUN Leona Lewis 11/01: HALO Beyonce 18/01: DEAD AND GONE T.I. Feat. Justin Timberlake 25/01: DEAD AND GONE T.I. Feat. Justin Timberlake 02/02: MY LIFE WOULD SUCK WITHOUT YOU Kelly Clarkson 09/02: DEAD AND GONE T.I. Feat. Justin Timberlake 16/02: DEAD AND GONE T.I. Feat. Justin Timberlake 22/02: SEE YOU IN MY NIGHTMARES Kanye West Feat. Lil' Wayne 01/03: WALKIN' ON THE MOON The-Dream Feat. Kanye West 08/03: ALREADY GONE Kelly Clarkson 15/03: BOOM BOOM POW The Black Eyed Peas 22/03: HOT REVOLVER Lil' Wayne 29/03: HOT REVOLVER Lil' Wayne 05/04: HOT REVOLVER Lil' Wayne 12/04: HOT REVOLVER Lil' Wayne

Man, I didn't realise his new mixtape (w/ Juelz Santana) leaked. It's pretty hot, and that's where the "I Heard Something" snippet (w/ Justin Timberlake) came from. It's all about T-Wayne, though! Apparently the T-Wayne track will appear on their album, but I have no idea when that'll drop. The track "I'm Not Human" on the mixtape will be on Rebirth. I like it, but it's not as strong as Hot Revolver (or Prom Queen for that matter). He doesn't sing in this one, and his rap is wild but I'm not sure on the production. It's good though.

Hi Kath, from what I know, I like: 01 Lady GaGa گPoker Face (03-01-03-05-06-04-04-01) [9] 05 Yeah Yeah Yeahs گZero (12-09-12-15-05-03-05) [7] 06 Jazmine Sullivan گDream Big (06) [1] 07 Noisettes گDon't Upset The Rhythm (24-27-09-17-26-37-31-28-07) [9] 08 Akon Feat. Colby O'Donis, Kardinal Offishall گBeautiful (08) [1] 09 Keri Hilson Feat. Timbaland گReturn The Favor (25-09) [2] 11 Ting Tings گWe Walk (33-16-16-20-19-12-15-09-11) [9] 12 Lady GaGa گPaparazzi (12) [1] 13 MIA گPaper Planes (16-12-19-13-14-16-16-16-13) [9] 31 Keri Hilson Feat. Lil Wayne, Ne-Yo گKnock You Down (31) [1] 33 VV Brown گLeave (32-33-35-31-36-22-25-35-33) [9] 39 Kanye West گParanoid (39) [1] :wub:

Hey Aidan, I like/love: 01 [01] Lady GaGa - Poker Face [3-1-1-1-2-5-6-5-4-2-2-3-5-4-5-3-3-5-7-5-3-3-5-4-3-4-3-2-1-1-1-1-1-1] (34 wks) 02 [08] Ciara - Love Sex Magic [8-2] (2 wks) 04 [02] Girls Aloud - Untouchable [11-5-2-4] (4 wks) 08 [12] Britney Spears - If U Seek Amy [12-8] (2 wks) 09 [05] Beyoncé - Halo [14-11-6-2-5-9] (6 wks) 11 [**] Lily Allen - Not Fair [11] (1 wk) 12 [09] Kelly Clarkson - I Do Not Hook Up [18-15-13-9-12] (5 wks) 14 [15] Lady GaGa - Just Dance [5-2-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-4-5-4-1-1-4-3-4-5-7-8-6-4-3-2-4-4-3-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-3-4-5-6-8-9-10-12-15-14] (48 wks) 15 [**] P!nk - Please Don’t Leave Me [15] (1 wk) 18 [11] Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You [1-1-1-2-2-1-2-4-5-6-8-11-18] (13 wks) 20 [**] Ciara - Never Ever [20] (1 wk) 21 [23] Taylor Swift - Love Story [5-4-2-5-7-5-4-5-14-12-13-19-23-21] (13 wks) 22 [**] Keri Hilson - Return The Favour [22] (1 wk) 23 [**] Taylor Swift - Teardrops On My Guitar [23] (1 wk) 25 [14] Noisettes - Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) [11-14-25] (3 wks) 26 [31] Flo Rida - Sugar [31-26] (2 wks) 28 [18] The Script - Talk You Down [35-29-28-16-15-21-20-17-18-28] (10 wks) 29 [28] Akon - Beautiful [28-29] (2 wks) 32 [25] Alesha Dixon - Breathe Slow [18-12-7-2-2-4-7-13-17-23-25-32] (12 wks) 33 [30] Kelly Clarkson - Already Gone [4-1-7-8-10-15-30-33] (8 wks) 34 [16] Flo Rida - Right Round [16-34] (2 wks) 35 [29] Britney Spears - Circus [8-5-3-2-2-5-9-12-18-20-27-29-35] (13 wks) 36 [32] Kings Of Leon - Revelry [12-6-15-26-32-36] (6 wks) 39 [33] T.I. - Dead And Gone [33-28-23-29-33-39] (6 wks)

Hey Nick. [01][03] Pussycat Dolls - Bottle Pop [Video Edit] [18-12-14-9-9-4-3-1] 8wks [419pts] [02][01] Britney Spears - If U Seek Amy [4-6-2-1-1-2] 6wks [352pts] [04][05] Pink - Please Don't Leave Me [34-30-22-14-12-10-7-3-5-4] 10wks [469pts] [07][06] Keri Hilson feat. Timbaland - Return The Favor [33-23-22-19-15-14-9-14-16-28-27-19-1-2-6-7] 16wks [722pts] [08][11] Britney Spears - Circus [6-4-2-1-1-1-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-6-11-8] 19wks [1109pts] [13][08] Flo Rida - Right Round [36-27-22-15-12-8-8-13] 8wks [347pts] [14][15] The Kooks - Do You Wanna [25-18-15-15-14] 5wks [218pts] [16][25] Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow [28-22-20-25-16] 5wks [194pts] {Greatest Gainer} [17][09] Taylor Swift - Love Story [46-19-5-9-17] 5wks [209pts] [21][24] Keri Hilson feat. Lil' Wayne - Turnin' Me On [30-26-24-21] 4wks [143pts] [22][22] Jason Mraz feat. Colbie Caillat - Lucky [40-27-22-22] 4wks [133pts] [23][29] Girls Aloud - Untouchable [31-29-23] 3wks [100pts] [25][23] India.Arie - Therapy [39-28-23-25] 4wks [129pts] [28][27] Britney Spears - Womanizer [6-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-3-6-6-7-10-9-11-12-11-11-18-16-20-21-27-28] 29wks [1538pts] {Lonngest Chart Runner} [30][21] Enrique Iglesias feat. Ciara - Takin' Back My Love [55-33-25-20-14-11-21-30] 8wks [279pts] [32][34] Kings Of Leon - Revelry [45-49-34-32] 4wks [84pts] [35][44] Ciara feat. Justin - Love Sex Magic [44-35] 2wks [43pts] {Greatest Gainer} [40][39] Noisettes - Don't Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) [45-39-40] [59pts] [41][**] Jennifer Hudson feat. Ludacris - Pocketbook 1wk [20pts] [45][38] Akon - Beautiful [46-37-38-45] 4wks [78pts] [46][43] Jennifer Hudson - If This Isn't Love [44-38-32-25-22-16-8-7-3-4-10-30-43-46] 14wks [514pts] [49][47] Jack Penate - Tonight's Today [47-49] 2wks [26pts] [50][35] Eminem - Crack A Bottle [35-28-26-20-24-22-17-33-35-50] 10wks [320pts] [52][50] Pussycat Dolls - I Hate This Part [31-27-21-10-6-3-3-3-3-1-4-7-7-9-12-16-18-25-33-39-48-55-52-53-50-52] 26wks [1001pts] [54][36] Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You [47-54-36-40-27-10-8-13-13-32-36-54] 12wks [362pts] [55][55] Lady Gaga - Poker Face [44-27-21-18-13-13-10-4-7-5-11-10-19-5-11-21-40-55-55] 19wks [770pts] [56][48] Ciara feat. Young Jeezy - Never Ever [43-36-28-21-16-34-48-56] 8wks [206pts] [58][56] The Killers - Spaceman [49-36-33-28-21-8-7-8-17-26-36-50-56-58] 14wks [421pts] [60][54] Jesse McCartney feat. Ludacris - How Do You Sleep? [45-42-37-46-54-60] 6wks [82pts] Great chart.

Yeah, Rihanna is definitely not an R&B artist. Alicia Keys, Luther Vandross, Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men are probably my all time favourite R&B acts. A lot of Mariah's stuff is considered pop, which is false. She's been an R&B artist from the beginning, even though she's released a number of pop songs. Brandy, Mary J & Keyshia Cole are up there too.

Hey Jonjo. 01| Keri Hilson feat. Kanye West & Ne-Yo - Knock You Down [15-3-1-1] NON-MOVER *2nd Week at Number 1* 03| Girls Aloud - Untouchable [22-13-5-4-3] UP 1 04| Ciara feat. Justin Timberlake - Love, Sex, Magic [34-34-26-18-10-4] UP 6 05| Keri Hilson feat. Timbaland - Return the Favor [35-8-5-5] NON-MOVER 07| Kelly Clarkson - I Do Not Hook Up [17-13-15-12-11-8-7] UP 1 08| Britney Spears - If U Seek Amy [23-12-12-8] UP 4 09| Lady Gaga - Poker Face [21-18-11-11-9-10-7-9] DOWN 2 11| P!nk - Please Don't Leave Me [22-20-23-21-16-13-13-11] UP 2 12| Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You [1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-4-5-4-9-12] DOWN 3 13| Pussycat Dolls - Painted Windows [17-13] UP 4 14| Beyonce - Halo [22-18-18-12-9-8-7-9-14-10-7-6-6-14] DOWN 8 17| The Script - Talk You Down [20-16-10-6-6-4-4-4-1-4-9-16-17] DOWN 1 18| Flo Rida feat. Ke$ha - Right Round [21-13-12-12-8-7-5-6-3-7-14-18] DOWN 4 19| Shontelle feat. Akon - Stuck With Each Other [25-19] UP 6 21| The Veronicas - Untouched [19-13-12-12-19-14-14-19-19-21] DOWN 2 22| Jennifer Hudson - If This Isn't Love [38-19-15-7-10-16-18-22] DOWN 4 30| Flo Rida feat. Ne-Yo - Be On You [25-24-30] DOWN 6 31| Enrique Iglesias feat. Ciara - Takin' Back My Love [34-30-27-20-18-23-27-31] DOWN 4 32| Flo Rida feat. Wynter - Sugar [28-32] DOWN 4 33| Kelly Clarkson - Already Gone [2-1-8-11-22-30-33] DOWN 3 35| Kelly Clarkson - Don't Let Me Stop You [5-7-12-17-30-34-35] DOWN 1 37| The-Dream - Rockin' That $h!t [33-29-37] DOWN 8 39| Shontelle - T-Shirt [21-17-9-9-4-3-3-6-8-12-18-21-29-36-39] DOWN 3 40| Lady Gaga - Just Dance [16-10-7-1-3-4-9-14-16-17-23-25-28-37-37-40-40] NON-MOVER Great chart, as usual.

Yeah, I've seen it all over the UK music channels. I love the song, and video, so I'll be happy with this.

Well, his debut pretty much showed he's just a singles artist. I don't think anyone was expecting him to push great album sales. I'll agree it's still pretty wild considering how big "Right Round" was. He should probably just stick to releasing singles.

Agreed. Behind Trips, Batista is the second most stale star they have. It's been the same shtick for too long now. I have a feeling Batista will turn on H, but then I've been thinking they'll turn him for a while but it's never happened so who knows.

Wow, this is even more proof Flo Rida is nothing more than a singles artist.

OH, and I have to say that "Santina"/Beth skit on RAW was just hilarious. I haven't LOL'd at a wrestling promo in a long time, but it was written to perfection.

I just don't know, I find myself liking it. I was hoping for a more serious song, similar to that of "Lose Yourself". This is terribly juvenile and there's little difference to his past "comedic" tracks, but I can't get that hook out of my head. Well, whatever, it's better than "Crack a Bottle" and I think this has a good chance of smashing.

Yeah, Batista's back. As if things couldn't get more stale...

I was thinking maybe Edge v. Vickie at Wrestlemania 26 for the right to be GM of Smackdown; I'm sure WWE will be continuing the program for that long ;) That was a pure joke, BTW. Yeah, 2000 was just on fire. It's the only time HHH drew money for the company, and that was really more to do with The Rock (as it was his top year in terms of popularity). I also remember Fully Loaded. Rikishi did that big dive of the cage, didn't he? He could be so fun at times, and that was just crazy. I remember really loving The Rock v. Benoit at the time. The Rock could be such a good worker at times. All this chat about how hot WWE was back in 2000 has made me realise we've been in a wrestling dark age for just too long now.

Yeah, she's OFFICIALLY training to wrestle for a future angle of some kind. Now I would pay to see that. The thing is, if you look at Backlash history, it's pretty much a joke. The only *really* strong Backlash was 2000. That HHH v. Rock program was on fire, with Rock v. McMahons and Austin returning for one night. Now that's how you book a post-Wrestlemania PPV. WWE are totally uninspiring when we have these "I want my rematch!" clauses which are seemingly ALWAYS used at least once at Backlash. How about more creativity? They've done it before in the space of a short time, so they can do it again. It just means hard work and actual planning instead of picking a "standard feud" in the discussion room.

Oh dear lord, I can't take another HHH v. Orton match. Maybe they'll be creative and not have "Wrestlemania Part 2" for Backlash this year? Well, it doesn't make a difference. The Draft means nothing and has done for years now. Stars are always appearing on opposing Brands, it's so illogical. Yet they ONE wrestling company still has TWO World Titles. Who's ever heard of that?! Yikes, I'm hoping for a good Raw tonight, because I don't want to be continually disappointed. But anyway, Backlash is always "same ol', same ol'" with rehashed stories from Wrestlemania. The writers usually get lazy after Wrestlemania, which is a shame because a lot of the stuff in the weeks leading upto Mania was pretty good. Vickie's getting wrestling training. Now, wouldn't it be funny if she were to wrestle at Backlash? ;)

Thanks to Nick, Jur, Dan and Martin for the comments. With regards to Brandy Jur, Human is one of my favourites of 2008. Lack of relevance and promotion has hindered her, unfortunately. And yeah, Trust is great. It's a track that proves Monica's still got it.

You know, it's kind of embarrassing when a guy like Steamboat is better and more fluid than half the guys on the roster. I was literally jumping out of my seat when he got going. And the last time he wrestled was something crazy like 1994. I'm still baffled by HHH v. Orton. I'm sure even Vince (while watching the ME) was thinking "this was a baddddd idea". It was so moronic. Now, if it had been Cena v. Orton, the crowd would've been on fire and it would've been less stale than the same BORING HHH v. Orton match. And to top it off, HHH had to have his shining moment at Mania. You know, he's never had one.... ;) When are WWE going to realise H isn't going to be a Taker, Austin, Rock, Hogan, HBK etc. Cena's the only one that's coming close, while Orton could be if he were booked right. They're just in denial. They just can't defend his reign and performances. He'll go down as one of the greats, because thats how WWE will promote him. He's just the most stale main eventer in WWE history, and I think lack of progression is what's slowed the business down. OK, so the Orton rivalry was well built, but how many times have we seen HHH go nuts with a sledgehammer? Therein lies the problem...

Tag match didn't air. No ECW Title match either. What a joke. You need to see Taker v. Michaels. It's like the most gripping match in a LONG time. It's the ONLY time I thought HBK *might* win this. HHH v. Orton was just boring, exactly like their other matches (all expect the LMS at No Mercy 07). Totally worthless. Cena's entrance was cool, and the match was OK. MITB was really strong with some great spots. Wayy better than anyone thought it was going to be. Hardy v. Hardy was actually really fun. A nice heated garbage match, and Jeff did some crazy things. The ending was very creative. Jericho v. Legends. This was pretty funny to watch, but Steamboat was actually kind of good (still!). The Rourke thing was fair, but his punch looked weak as anything. The crowd loved it, though. Divas Battle Royal was just lame, as predicted. No Trish which just took the credability down. JBL v. Rey. Waste of time. I get the angle, but it was ridiculous. There were some good points, but when comparing this to past Wrestlemania's, it stinks. The only real thing worth seeing is Taker v. Michaels. Their facial expressions were priceless. The crowd heat was fun too.

Yeah, Taker v. HBK was really strong. It saved the show from bombing. HHH v. Orton was just pure $h!te. I'm glad the crowd were dead, as maybe it'll teach WWE a lesson that a stale feud should not main event Wrestlemania (even if it's had a few hot angles beforehand). I can't believe Orton didn't go over. Terrible mistake by WWE. They're really ruining his character. What an anti-climax to a medicore show. MITB was better than I was anciticipating, though. So yeah, worst Mania in a long time. But that was expected. That's what happens when you have a card thrown together in the last 1-2 months. Planning needs to happen for this show. I'm expecting a much lower buyrate than the past few Manias.

Apparently Morrison & Miz v. Carlito & Primo will not air. It'll be an extra on the Mania DVD. That's a serious WTF moment two hours before the event. The tag division means nothing in WWE, and I get that, but it was one of the matches I was actually anticipating. I don't know if it's official though. It's not been confirmed on WWE.com (as of yet), so I'm hoping the source is wrong.

She kills the uptempos. Singles Lades and Rado make the second disc. I'll agree the rest are mid-tempo, but it's her personality that shines through those tracks. It's all about her delivery of the lyric. Diva and Video Phone are far from lyrical masterpieces, but the production and attitude of Beyonce is what makes them killer. I think Ego is a mash-up of both Beyonce and Sasha Fierce, and it's a great motown influenced track. Diva flopped? LOL. So, a #1 hit on Urban radio and #3 on Billboard R&B is a flop now? It wasn't anywhere near the monster that Single Lades was but it did NOT flop. It was successful where it was supposed to be; on the Urban format.