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really? GI2M has received spins even if not yet released?
Radio stations can play just about whatever they want even if a song isn't officially being promoted as a single yet, and even if there are no plans that song will ever be promoted as a single. Happens all the time with many songs. Over the next week or two you'll see all of the other songs from H.C. getting a handful of spins as well. The week a major album is released some stations play tracks from the album as part of the excitement of the album being released that week.
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Did AMERICAN IDOL ever have a DISCO night in its 7 year appalling history?
On at least a few seasons it definitely had a disco night. I think last season too.
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BET is playing the song!!!!!????
Yeah they played the video a handful amount of times this week. I never thought I'd see the day when Madonna was on BET.
Maybe Madonna should go on 106 & Park. :vanitybonet: They have higher ratings than TRL now. -
If any of you have access to the Icon forum you should go rally them there. It's a bigger forum with a lot of Americans and those people there are hardcore NUTS for online votes, polls, requests, etc.
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Chart Watch: Mariah Carey back on top
Apr 24, 2008, 04:52 PM | by Chris Willman
You didn't have to be a rocket scientist to figure that E=MC2, Mariah Carey's latest, would debut atop the Billboard/Soundscan album chart. Her "lambs" turned out in force, snapping up 463,000 copies for the best first-week sales so far in 2008 and Carey's own best weekly tally yet. Her previous disc, 2005's The Emancipation of Mimi, something of a comeback after a series of disappointing efforts, bowed with 404,000 units sold. The previous best this year had been Jack Johnson's Sleep Through the Static, which came out of the gate with 375,000 a couple of months ago.
The next-highest debut this week belonged to Lady Antebellum, a freshman country trio on Capitol Nashville, whose self-titled CD came in at No. 4 with sales of 43,000. This is the second week in a row that a relatively unknown country act has scored a surprisingly solid bow on the album chart, following James Otto's impressive debut, Sunset Man, which drops to No. 12, moving 84,000 units in just two weeks. In fact, nine of the top 50 albums are by country acts, thanks partly to the effect of April 14's CMT Awards.
Another benefactor of the recent CMT Awards was a non-country performer: the show's cohost, Miley Cyrus. Her live album, Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: The Best Of Both Worlds Concert, leaped from No. 31 to No. 3, with this week's sales of 47,000 representing a 162 percent gain. But you can't credit CMT exposure for all of that: The main reason for the boost is that the CD (which also comes with a bonus DVD) had been a Wal-Mart exclusive for a month before finally going out to all retailers this sales period.
Other notable album chart debuts: Thrice, at No. 17, with The Alchemy Index, Vol. 3 & 4: Air & Earth (21,000 copies); Rush's Snakes & Arrows: Live at No. 18 (21,00); Children Of Bodom at No. 22 with Blooddrunk (19,000); kid faves the Naked Brothers Band at No. 23 with I Don't Want to Go to School (19,000); and, benefiting from the exposure of a free iTunes track, Tristan Prettyman at No. 27 with Hello (18,000).
On the digital songs chart, "Four Minutes," the Madonna/Justin Timberlake hookup, moved up one notch and took over the top spot, selling 201,000 singles this week for a total of 847,000. Mariah fans and Madonna aficionados, notorious for going to war with one another online, are curious how the two divas will fare in a head-to-head matchup. Madonna's album isn't out until next Tuesday (April 29), but her single has already outsold Mariah's "Touch My Body," which holds at No. 6 with a grand total of 627,000 sold. But this week, Carey's "Bye Bye" debuted on the songs chart at No. 11 with 60,000 sold, so Madge should be prepared for a fight on that front.
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How the hell was the EMAs performance not significant?!
It was broadcast on TV to millions of people and reported heavily in the media. They made a big deal that "Madonna stole the show"! Madonna was on the front page of major papers the next morning as well! -
300K-350K the 1st week, 100K-125K the 2nd week.
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Madonna Racks Up 13th U.K. No. 1 Single
April 21, 2008, 10:45 AM ET
Paul Sexton, London
Madonna landed her 13th chart-topping U.K. single with "4 Minutes" (Warner Bros.) featuring Justin Timberlake yesterday (April 20), while British rock band the Kooks scored an instant No. 1 with their sophomore Virgin album, "Konk."
The Madonna track is her 60th U.K. top 10 single, according to data from the Official U.K. Charts Company, and she now pulls away as the female solo artist with the most No. 1 hits in British chart history, with Kylie Minogue next at seven.
Estelle's "American Boy" (Homeschool/Atlantic), which topped the singles survey for the previous four weeks, fell to No. 2, and Sam Sparro's "Black & Gold" (Island/Universal) fell 2-3. There were top 10 climbs for September's "Cry For You" (Hard2Beat), up 9-5; "Love in This Club" (LaFace/Sony BMG) by Usher featuring Young Jeezy, 14-6; and "The Age of the Understatement" (Domino) by the Last Shadow Puppets, featuring Alex Turner from Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane of the Rascals, 24-9.
In the top 20, Scouting For Girls climbed 19-14 with "Heartbeat" (Epic), Britney Spears rose 23-15 with "Break the Ice" (Jive/Sony BMG) and will.i.am's "Heartbreaker" (A&M/Universal), the U.K. version of which features Cheryl Cole of Girls Aloud, jumped 29-18.
The Kooks' No. 1 debut eclipses the No. 2 start of their January 2006 album "Inside In/Inside Out," which has gone on to sell 2 million copies worldwide, according to Virgin. The new set contains "Always Where I Need To Be," which two weeks ago became the Kooks' highest-ranked U.K. single at No. 3, and the next single, "Sway."
Leona Lewis' U.S. chart-topping "Spirit" album (Syco Music/Sony BMG) moved back 5-2 in its 23rd U.K. chart week, as Mariah Carey's "E=MC2" (Def Jam/Universal) debuted at No. 3. That's Carey's highest album ranking in Britain since "Butterfly" reached No. 2 in 1997. "Touch My Body," the first single from the new release, dipped 5-7 in the U.K. this week.
Duffy's "Rockferry" (A&M/Universal) fell 1-4 on the new chart, which featured a No. 6 debut for Elliot Minor's self-titled Warner Bros. debut. The band from the English city of York reached No. 22 last week with its single "Parallel Worlds."
Duffy is all-powerful on Billboard's pan-European sales charts, rising 3-1 on European Top 100 Albums with "Rockferry" and 2-1 on Eurochart Hot 100 Singles with "Mercy."
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Madonna Racks Up 13th U.K. No. 1 Single
April 21, 2008, 10:45 AM ET
Paul Sexton, London
Madonna landed her 13th chart-topping U.K. single with "4 Minutes" (Warner Bros.) featuring Justin Timberlake yesterday (April 20), while British rock band the Kooks scored an instant No. 1 with their sophomore Virgin album, "Konk."
The Madonna track is her 60th U.K. top 10 single, according to data from the Official U.K. Charts Company, and she now pulls away as the female solo artist with the most No. 1 hits in British chart history, with Kylie Minogue next at seven.
Estelle's "American Boy" (Homeschool/Atlantic), which topped the singles survey for the previous four weeks, fell to No. 2, and Sam Sparro's "Black & Gold" (Island/Universal) fell 2-3. There were top 10 climbs for September's "Cry For You" (Hard2Beat), up 9-5; "Love in This Club" (LaFace/Sony BMG) by Usher featuring Young Jeezy, 14-6; and "The Age of the Understatement" (Domino) by the Last Shadow Puppets, featuring Alex Turner from Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane of the Rascals, 24-9.
In the top 20, Scouting For Girls climbed 19-14 with "Heartbeat" (Epic), Britney Spears rose 23-15 with "Break the Ice" (Jive/Sony BMG) and will.i.am's "Heartbreaker" (A&M/Universal), the U.K. version of which features Cheryl Cole of Girls Aloud, jumped 29-18.
The Kooks' No. 1 debut eclipses the No. 2 start of their January 2006 album "Inside In/Inside Out," which has gone on to sell 2 million copies worldwide, according to Virgin. The new set contains "Always Where I Need To Be," which two weeks ago became the Kooks' highest-ranked U.K. single at No. 3, and the next single, "Sway."
Leona Lewis' U.S. chart-topping "Spirit" album (Syco Music/Sony BMG) moved back 5-2 in its 23rd U.K. chart week, as Mariah Carey's "E=MC2" (Def Jam/Universal) debuted at No. 3. That's Carey's highest album ranking in Britain since "Butterfly" reached No. 2 in 1997. "Touch My Body," the first single from the new release, dipped 5-7 in the U.K. this week.
Duffy's "Rockferry" (A&M/Universal) fell 1-4 on the new chart, which featured a No. 6 debut for Elliot Minor's self-titled Warner Bros. debut. The band from the English city of York reached No. 22 last week with its single "Parallel Worlds."
Duffy is all-powerful on Billboard's pan-European sales charts, rising 3-1 on European Top 100 Albums with "Rockferry" and 2-1 on Eurochart Hot 100 Singles with "Mercy."
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Music Week
Madonna strikes it lucky with 13th number one
13:06 | Monday April 21, 2008
By Alan Jones
Madonna scores her 13th number one it total and her fifth of the 21st century, as 4 Minutes – her collaboration with Justin Timberlake – climbs to the summit on sales of 40,634. The track, due for physical release today (21st), dethrones Estelle and Kanye West’s American Boy, which slips to number two on sales of 33,728 after four weeks in pole position.
4 Minutes has spent longer in the chart before reaching the top than any of Madonna’s 61 previous hits, beating the four weeks that La Isla Bonita took to reach the summit in 1985. One of Madonna’s singles took three weeks to reach the top, and six of them took a fortnight. No Madonna single entered at number one until 2000, since when all five of her chart-toppers prior to 4 Minutes did so.
Madonna now trails only Elvis Presley, The Beatles (collectively and individually), Cliff Richard and Westlife in career haul of number ones. Her span of number ones, from 1985's Into The Groove to 4 Minutes, is more than 23 years, the longest of any female solo artist.
4 Minutes is partner Justin Timberlake’s third number one, following 2006’s SexyBack and 2007’s Give It To Me collaboration with Nelly Furtado and Timbaland. Timberlake, Timbaland and Danja all co-wrote 4 Minutes with Madonna.
Madonna’s surge, and the continuing strength of Estelle and Kanye West means that Sam Sparro’s Black & Gold slips 2-3, despite increasing sales by 8.5% week-on-week to 30,774 – the second highest level for a number three placing thus far in 2008.
Madonna has had only two duets among her 62 hits to date, and her chart-topping duet with Justin Timberlake comes more than four years after she partnered his former girlfriend Britney Spears for the number two hit, Me Against the Music. Meanwhile, Spears’ 21st chart single, Break The Ice, moves only 23-15 on sales of 9,961, following physical release. Unless it can conjure up an unexpected leap next week, it will be only Spears’ third single to miss the Top 10, and her lowest charting hit, replacing I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll (number 13, 2002).
While Kanye West’s Estelle collaboration is finally in decline, the prolific rapper increases his haul of Top 40 hits to 15 in four years, with Flashing Lights – which also features Dwele – advancing 41-29 on sales of 5,003, following physical release. It’s the fourth hit single from West’s current album Graduation, following Stronger (number one), Good Life (number 23, with T-Pain) and Homecoming (number nine, with Chris Martin). The album itself slips 34-37, having improved 61 notches in the previous fortnight. It sold 4,252 copies last week, to take its 33 week sales tally to 319,029 – not a bad total in the current climate but well down on his two previous albums, The College Dropout (2004) and Late Registration (2005), which have sold 631,743 and 721,999 copies, respectively.
With physical release a fortnight away, In My Arms – the third single from Kylie Minogue’s current album X - debuts at number 69 on sales of 1,826. It’s the lowest debut of Minogue’s 20 year chart career, and increases her haul of Top 75 hits to 43. Previous X singles, 2 Hearts and Wow, peaked at four and five respectively, with the latter single’s sales of 150,512 making it Minogue’s biggest selling single since Love At First Sight in 2002 (180,564 sales). X improves 71-66 on sales of 2,751, lifting its career haul to 407,183.
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Music Week
Madonna strikes it lucky with 13th number one
13:06 | Monday April 21, 2008
By Alan Jones
Madonna scores her 13th number one it total and her fifth of the 21st century, as 4 Minutes – her collaboration with Justin Timberlake – climbs to the summit on sales of 40,634. The track, due for physical release today (21st), dethrones Estelle and Kanye West’s American Boy, which slips to number two on sales of 33,728 after four weeks in pole position.
4 Minutes has spent longer in the chart before reaching the top than any of Madonna’s 61 previous hits, beating the four weeks that La Isla Bonita took to reach the summit in 1985. One of Madonna’s singles took three weeks to reach the top, and six of them took a fortnight. No Madonna single entered at number one until 2000, since when all five of her chart-toppers prior to 4 Minutes did so.
Madonna now trails only Elvis Presley, The Beatles (collectively and individually), Cliff Richard and Westlife in career haul of number ones. Her span of number ones, from 1985's Into The Groove to 4 Minutes, is more than 23 years, the longest of any female solo artist.
4 Minutes is partner Justin Timberlake’s third number one, following 2006’s SexyBack and 2007’s Give It To Me collaboration with Nelly Furtado and Timbaland. Timberlake, Timbaland and Danja all co-wrote 4 Minutes with Madonna.
Madonna’s surge, and the continuing strength of Estelle and Kanye West means that Sam Sparro’s Black & Gold slips 2-3, despite increasing sales by 8.5% week-on-week to 30,774 – the second highest level for a number three placing thus far in 2008.
Madonna has had only two duets among her 62 hits to date, and her chart-topping duet with Justin Timberlake comes more than four years after she partnered his former girlfriend Britney Spears for the number two hit, Me Against the Music. Meanwhile, Spears’ 21st chart single, Break The Ice, moves only 23-15 on sales of 9,961, following physical release. Unless it can conjure up an unexpected leap next week, it will be only Spears’ third single to miss the Top 10, and her lowest charting hit, replacing I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll (number 13, 2002).
While Kanye West’s Estelle collaboration is finally in decline, the prolific rapper increases his haul of Top 40 hits to 15 in four years, with Flashing Lights – which also features Dwele – advancing 41-29 on sales of 5,003, following physical release. It’s the fourth hit single from West’s current album Graduation, following Stronger (number one), Good Life (number 23, with T-Pain) and Homecoming (number nine, with Chris Martin). The album itself slips 34-37, having improved 61 notches in the previous fortnight. It sold 4,252 copies last week, to take its 33 week sales tally to 319,029 – not a bad total in the current climate but well down on his two previous albums, The College Dropout (2004) and Late Registration (2005), which have sold 631,743 and 721,999 copies, respectively.
With physical release a fortnight away, In My Arms – the third single from Kylie Minogue’s current album X - debuts at number 69 on sales of 1,826. It’s the lowest debut of Minogue’s 20 year chart career, and increases her haul of Top 75 hits to 43. Previous X singles, 2 Hearts and Wow, peaked at four and five respectively, with the latter single’s sales of 150,512 making it Minogue’s biggest selling single since Love At First Sight in 2002 (180,564 sales). X improves 71-66 on sales of 2,751, lifting its career haul to 407,183.
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CHART COMMENTARY from JAMES MASTERTON
21/04/08
Here's a secret for you (even though it isn't). 90% of chartwatching is based around precedent, noting how a single is expected to behave in the sales market, based on the way similar singles have moved in the past. As satisfying as it is to watch a record do exactly as expected, it is even more fascinating when a single moves in a way that is utterly unexpected and better yet if this is almost totally without precedent.
Step forward then Madonna whose single '4 Minutes' has spent the past month bouncing around the Top 10 as a popular but unremarkable download track but which this week blasts away all competition to make a three place leap to Number One, dethroning Estelle's 'American Boy' one short of its record-setting five week target in the process. What makes this all the more remarkable is that Madonna's sales surge has come without the benefit of physical sales, '4 Minutes' only this week (April 21) becoming available on CD. No download-only single has ever climbed to Number One after such a long period in the market, particularly when at one point it had fallen as low as Number 8. Plenty of others may well do just that in the future, but all will be following the benchmark of sales growth that Madonna (and of course JT) have this week established.
All this is before we have even noted that this is of course another Number One hit for Madonna. It is her 13th in total, a figure that keeps her in sixth in the all-time table and requiring just one more to draw level with Cliff Richard and Westlife who share fourth place with 14th chart-toppers apiece. It is her first Number One single for just over two years and ensures that her forthcoming new album 'Hard Candy' will be the fourth of the five albums she has released in the last decade to have its introductory track top the singles charts. Her list of Number One records now spans almost 23 years, dating back to the arrival of 'Into The Groove' at the top in August 1985. No other female act in history can claim such a span of longevity. Even Kylie, her most currently active challenger can only claim a 15 year span of Number One hits, her last chart-topper having been four and a half years ago.
We should of course not overlook the co-credit on '4 Minutes' for Justin Timberlake who can thus also claim a Number One hit. It is his third credited appearance on a chart-topping single albeit now the second as a featured guest star. He was last at the top exactly a year ago this week on Timbaland's 'Give It To Me', his only chart-topper in his own right being 'Sexyback' which had a week at the summit in 2006. Such is his deep-rooted association with a certain superstar producer, it seems almost a needless aside to note that all three of his Number One singles have had Timbaland at the helm.
Finally, for those whose taste in chart facts leans to the quirky side, it is worth noting that '4 Minutes' is the second single in just over a year to feature a numerical digit in the title, hard on the heels of charity single 'I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)' which hit the top in April last year. Although a rare occurrence, such numerically titled singles do seem top the chart with reasonable regularity. In the last decade we have had '5 Colours In Her Hair' by McFly and '3AM' from Busted (both 2004), Mambo No.5 (twice thanks to Bob The Builder in 2001 and Lou Bega in 1999), '7 Days' from Craig David in 2000 and '9pm (Til I Come)' from ATB once again in 1999. One could also argue the case for 'Three Lions 98' to be included but as the number was merely to indicate the date of the remix rather than being part of the title of the song it probably does not count. Incidentally only one Number One hit has ever been known by a number rather than a name, said track being '19' by Paul Hardcastle from 1985 which I'm fond of pointing out ranks as the shortest ever title for a hit single given that it actually contains no letters at all.
As predicted on these pages last week, three of the big physical releases of the week make Top 10 inroads. Already around was September's 'Cry For You' which duly advances four places to Number 5. Hard on their heels are Usher and Young Jeezy with 'Love In This Club', the single surging 14-6 after three weeks as a Top 20 hit based on download sales.
The biggest climber of all however is 'The Age Of The Understatement' from the Last Shadow Puppets which surges 24-9 to give the group a Top 10 hit on their debut almost from nowhere. The level of interest is perhaps less surprising when you consider the personnel behind the name, the group being a side project of Alex Turner from the Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane from The Rascals. It is the culmination of a friendship that stretches back to 2005 when Kane's old band The Little Flames supported the Arctics on tour. 'The Age Of The Understatement' is an epic sounding single, drenched in orchestration and layered guitars and with the voices of the two men combining gloriously in a mid 60s-esque harmony. Side projects work best when they afford the participants the chance to make music that just wouldn't fit with their usual style. The music of the Last Shadow Puppets is as far removed from the Arctics sound as it is possible to get and you cannot help but feel that the world would have been a poorer place if we had never had the chance to hear it.
Making moves in the Top 20 are Scouting For Girls who are still climbing with the fully available 'Heartbeat' which is now up at Number 14. Britney Spears looks on the verge of having her smallest ever chart hit after the physical release of 'Break The Ice' can only stagger to Number 15. Before today she has only ever had two of her singles miss the Top 10, the smallest being 'I Love Rock And Roll' which limped to Number 13 in late 2002.
Hottest download only track of the moment (aside from Madonna) appears to be will.i.am's 'Heartbreaker' which rises 29-18 this week, still some weeks away from its planned May 5 release. The early success of the single is a rather curious state of affairs simply because it is being promoted on the basis of a version that isn't yet available for purchase. Initially a track from his 'Songs About Girls' album, the UK release of the single is set to be a remixed version featuring a video and minor vocal contribution from Cheryl Cole of Girls Aloud. Whilst the video for the single (in which she appears prominently) is in rotation already, the remix will not be available for purchase until its official May 5 release date. Thus all sales of the track to date have been for the Cole-free album version, making 'Heartbreaker' yet another example of a single becoming a hit in the wrong version several weeks ahead schedule. See also 'Something Good 08' and most notably Kelly Rowland's 'Work' which made the Top 40 in January even before the single remix had hit the online stores.
Not every physical release this week managed to hit the heights. Goldfrapp make a rather disappointing Number 25 with 'Happiness' but the biggest shock of the week is reserved for Kanye West's 'Flashing Lights' which became a physical single this week but which has only limped to Number 29 on the singles chart.
Down at the bottom end of the listings, the most extraordinary performance of the week is that of 2007 American Idol winner Jordin Sparks. The first "Idol" winner since Kelly Clarkson to have her singles promoted in Europe, she is already making slow but sure progress with American Top 10 hit 'Tattoo' which rises to Number 50 this week. Few expect it to be a huge hit, simply because it has been released as a download only single and will not be granted a physical release. Combine that with the vocal chord problems which have forced her to cancel a whole string of performances back home and you can perhaps understand that the UK market is not the highest priority for her people at the moment. What makes her chart presence more extraordinary this week is the unexpected appearance of her current American single 'No Air' which arrives on the chart at Number 58. A duet with Chris Brown (and in truth a single with far more chart prospects than 'Tattoo'), its surge in sales is almost certainly down to the screening here of her performance on the Idol results show a week ago. This is the sort of thing that causes record labels to have kittens. Whilst 'Tattoo' was a low-key way to introduce her to the British public, 'No Air' is pencilled in for a proper release later in the summer when there is every expectation that the Chris Brown factor will turn it into a major hit. Here it is as a chart single already, treading on the toes of her existing release and at a time when she is physically unable to promote it anyway. Who'd be a marketeer?
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CHART COMMENTARY from JAMES MASTERTON
21/04/08
Here's a secret for you (even though it isn't). 90% of chartwatching is based around precedent, noting how a single is expected to behave in the sales market, based on the way similar singles have moved in the past. As satisfying as it is to watch a record do exactly as expected, it is even more fascinating when a single moves in a way that is utterly unexpected and better yet if this is almost totally without precedent.
Step forward then Madonna whose single '4 Minutes' has spent the past month bouncing around the Top 10 as a popular but unremarkable download track but which this week blasts away all competition to make a three place leap to Number One, dethroning Estelle's 'American Boy' one short of its record-setting five week target in the process. What makes this all the more remarkable is that Madonna's sales surge has come without the benefit of physical sales, '4 Minutes' only this week (April 21) becoming available on CD. No download-only single has ever climbed to Number One after such a long period in the market, particularly when at one point it had fallen as low as Number 8. Plenty of others may well do just that in the future, but all will be following the benchmark of sales growth that Madonna (and of course JT) have this week established.
All this is before we have even noted that this is of course another Number One hit for Madonna. It is her 13th in total, a figure that keeps her in sixth in the all-time table and requiring just one more to draw level with Cliff Richard and Westlife who share fourth place with 14th chart-toppers apiece. It is her first Number One single for just over two years and ensures that her forthcoming new album 'Hard Candy' will be the fourth of the five albums she has released in the last decade to have its introductory track top the singles charts. Her list of Number One records now spans almost 23 years, dating back to the arrival of 'Into The Groove' at the top in August 1985. No other female act in history can claim such a span of longevity. Even Kylie, her most currently active challenger can only claim a 15 year span of Number One hits, her last chart-topper having been four and a half years ago.
We should of course not overlook the co-credit on '4 Minutes' for Justin Timberlake who can thus also claim a Number One hit. It is his third credited appearance on a chart-topping single albeit now the second as a featured guest star. He was last at the top exactly a year ago this week on Timbaland's 'Give It To Me', his only chart-topper in his own right being 'Sexyback' which had a week at the summit in 2006. Such is his deep-rooted association with a certain superstar producer, it seems almost a needless aside to note that all three of his Number One singles have had Timbaland at the helm.
Finally, for those whose taste in chart facts leans to the quirky side, it is worth noting that '4 Minutes' is the second single in just over a year to feature a numerical digit in the title, hard on the heels of charity single 'I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)' which hit the top in April last year. Although a rare occurrence, such numerically titled singles do seem top the chart with reasonable regularity. In the last decade we have had '5 Colours In Her Hair' by McFly and '3AM' from Busted (both 2004), Mambo No.5 (twice thanks to Bob The Builder in 2001 and Lou Bega in 1999), '7 Days' from Craig David in 2000 and '9pm (Til I Come)' from ATB once again in 1999. One could also argue the case for 'Three Lions 98' to be included but as the number was merely to indicate the date of the remix rather than being part of the title of the song it probably does not count. Incidentally only one Number One hit has ever been known by a number rather than a name, said track being '19' by Paul Hardcastle from 1985 which I'm fond of pointing out ranks as the shortest ever title for a hit single given that it actually contains no letters at all.
As predicted on these pages last week, three of the big physical releases of the week make Top 10 inroads. Already around was September's 'Cry For You' which duly advances four places to Number 5. Hard on their heels are Usher and Young Jeezy with 'Love In This Club', the single surging 14-6 after three weeks as a Top 20 hit based on download sales.
The biggest climber of all however is 'The Age Of The Understatement' from the Last Shadow Puppets which surges 24-9 to give the group a Top 10 hit on their debut almost from nowhere. The level of interest is perhaps less surprising when you consider the personnel behind the name, the group being a side project of Alex Turner from the Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane from The Rascals. It is the culmination of a friendship that stretches back to 2005 when Kane's old band The Little Flames supported the Arctics on tour. 'The Age Of The Understatement' is an epic sounding single, drenched in orchestration and layered guitars and with the voices of the two men combining gloriously in a mid 60s-esque harmony. Side projects work best when they afford the participants the chance to make music that just wouldn't fit with their usual style. The music of the Last Shadow Puppets is as far removed from the Arctics sound as it is possible to get and you cannot help but feel that the world would have been a poorer place if we had never had the chance to hear it.
Making moves in the Top 20 are Scouting For Girls who are still climbing with the fully available 'Heartbeat' which is now up at Number 14. Britney Spears looks on the verge of having her smallest ever chart hit after the physical release of 'Break The Ice' can only stagger to Number 15. Before today she has only ever had two of her singles miss the Top 10, the smallest being 'I Love Rock And Roll' which limped to Number 13 in late 2002.
Hottest download only track of the moment (aside from Madonna) appears to be will.i.am's 'Heartbreaker' which rises 29-18 this week, still some weeks away from its planned May 5 release. The early success of the single is a rather curious state of affairs simply because it is being promoted on the basis of a version that isn't yet available for purchase. Initially a track from his 'Songs About Girls' album, the UK release of the single is set to be a remixed version featuring a video and minor vocal contribution from Cheryl Cole of Girls Aloud. Whilst the video for the single (in which she appears prominently) is in rotation already, the remix will not be available for purchase until its official May 5 release date. Thus all sales of the track to date have been for the Cole-free album version, making 'Heartbreaker' yet another example of a single becoming a hit in the wrong version several weeks ahead schedule. See also 'Something Good 08' and most notably Kelly Rowland's 'Work' which made the Top 40 in January even before the single remix had hit the online stores.
Not every physical release this week managed to hit the heights. Goldfrapp make a rather disappointing Number 25 with 'Happiness' but the biggest shock of the week is reserved for Kanye West's 'Flashing Lights' which became a physical single this week but which has only limped to Number 29 on the singles chart.
Down at the bottom end of the listings, the most extraordinary performance of the week is that of 2007 American Idol winner Jordin Sparks. The first "Idol" winner since Kelly Clarkson to have her singles promoted in Europe, she is already making slow but sure progress with American Top 10 hit 'Tattoo' which rises to Number 50 this week. Few expect it to be a huge hit, simply because it has been released as a download only single and will not be granted a physical release. Combine that with the vocal chord problems which have forced her to cancel a whole string of performances back home and you can perhaps understand that the UK market is not the highest priority for her people at the moment. What makes her chart presence more extraordinary this week is the unexpected appearance of her current American single 'No Air' which arrives on the chart at Number 58. A duet with Chris Brown (and in truth a single with far more chart prospects than 'Tattoo'), its surge in sales is almost certainly down to the screening here of her performance on the Idol results show a week ago. This is the sort of thing that causes record labels to have kittens. Whilst 'Tattoo' was a low-key way to introduce her to the British public, 'No Air' is pencilled in for a proper release later in the summer when there is every expectation that the Chris Brown factor will turn it into a major hit. Here it is as a chart single already, treading on the toes of her existing release and at a time when she is physically unable to promote it anyway. Who'd be a marketeer?
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http://musicnews.virginmedia.com/news/?news_id=63780
Lucky 13 for Madonna, Queen of Pop
PA Entertainment
Pop queen Madonna showed no sign of relinquishing her crown as the most successful female solo artist of all time by clocking up a lucky 13th UK number one single.
Her track, 4 Minutes featuring Justin Timberlake, deposed British hip-hop star Estelle who slipped to number two with American Boy featuring Kanye West after four weeks at number one.
The song 4 Minutes is taken from Madonna's album Hard Candy, which is released on April 28, and is the first time she has released a single featuring a guest artist, according to the Official UK Charts Company.
For Madonna, 49, it marks a further milestone in a career which has seen her amass more UK number one singles than any other female solo artist.
Kylie Minogue trails behind her with seven number one singles to date.
Meanwhile in the album chart, Brighton indie-popsters The Kooks saw their keenly-anticipated second album, Konk, storm into the top slot.
X Factor winner Leona Lewis's album, Spirit, climbed three places to number two, while Mariah Carey's new release, E=MC2, entered in at number three.
Sun 20 Apr
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http://musicnews.virginmedia.com/news/?news_id=63780
Lucky 13 for Madonna, Queen of Pop
PA Entertainment
Pop queen Madonna showed no sign of relinquishing her crown as the most successful female solo artist of all time by clocking up a lucky 13th UK number one single.
Her track, 4 Minutes featuring Justin Timberlake, deposed British hip-hop star Estelle who slipped to number two with American Boy featuring Kanye West after four weeks at number one.
The song 4 Minutes is taken from Madonna's album Hard Candy, which is released on April 28, and is the first time she has released a single featuring a guest artist, according to the Official UK Charts Company.
For Madonna, 49, it marks a further milestone in a career which has seen her amass more UK number one singles than any other female solo artist.
Kylie Minogue trails behind her with seven number one singles to date.
Meanwhile in the album chart, Brighton indie-popsters The Kooks saw their keenly-anticipated second album, Konk, storm into the top slot.
X Factor winner Leona Lewis's album, Spirit, climbed three places to number two, while Mariah Carey's new release, E=MC2, entered in at number three.
Sun 20 Apr
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$20 for the CD!??
It's the suggested retail price. Retailers usually sell it for around five bucks less than the suggested price. And some major retailers sell it for $9-$10 the first week the album is out.
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Are you a poetry major? There's something Emily Bronte-ish about your writings.
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The Main Event: Original Diva Battles New Diva For No. 1
Ed. note: Chris "dennisobell" Molanphy, our resident chart guru, looks at the upward, downward, and lack of movement on this week's Billboard charts:
Forget that sleepy winter we just endured. We've got a horse race.
The top slot on Billboard's Hot 100 has turned into a revolving door, as Mariah Carey succumbs to the gal she replaced just two weeks ago.
Boosted by the U.S. release of her debut album, Leona Lewis rides her biggest week of digital sales yet (223,000 downloads) to recapture the top slot on the chart with "Bleeding Love." Back in March, when the song first rose to No. 1, we snarked about the power of Oprah to make this British reality-show ingénue an American pop star. But at this point, it's only fair to say that Lewis' song is pretty much doing the heavy lifting on its own.
Lewis shouldn't get too comfortable, however: Almost every other song in the Top Five could plausibly replace her next week, including "Touch My Body," the Carey song she replaced.
That song makes an unusually large fall from the top slot, all the way down to No. 5—which says less about the weakness of Carey's hit than it does about the strength of the four songs above her. True, sales of "Touch" were down a wincing 28% last week (117,000 downloads), but her airplay continues to grow (up a little over 4%), which is remarkable since "Touch" is already the second-most-played song in the country. In a sleepier week, Mariah's middling performance would probably have kept her in the Top Three.
But she's fighting off not just Lewis, but two rising smashes and one former No. 1 that's still remarkably healthy. The rising hits are both duets, of a sort, and both are becoming ubiquitous on the radio: Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" featuring Static Major at No. 2, and Jordin Sparks' "No Air" featuring Chris Brown at No. 3.
Each of those songs has an explosive week of airplay growth. Sparks' ballad increases its radio audience by nearly 20% and is now the fourth-most-played hit. As for Weezy, airplay for "Lollipop" is smaller (seventh overall), but its more than 40% growth is eye-popping. Each tune is also helped by strong digital sales. "Lollipop" was already strong and ekes out a 4% rise to 178,000 downloads. "No Air" is boosted by Sparks and Brown appearing on last week's American Idol results show, propelling it by 34% to 154,000.
Usher's "Love in This Club" with Young Jeezy, the aforementioned former No. 1, is now at No. 4. Still radio's most-played song and still a relatively healthy seller, with 121,000 downloads, "Club" stands little chance of returning to No. 1. But the fact that Usher out-charts Mariah this week is fairly remarkable.
So what happens now? Who's No. 1 next week?
Lewis' digital sales will inevitably cool, along with her album in week two. So will Sparks' song, now that her triumphant return to Idol with a hit record (like a high-school reunion, innit?) is past. But each ingénue's airplay has lots of room to grow.
Speaking of Idol, the show dedicated a full week of shows to Mariah as part of Island Def Jam's you'd-have-to-live-under-a-rock-to-miss-this launch of E=MC2. It's expected to hit the album chart next week with the biggest debut sales of any 2008 album—around half a mil—and that's going to boost her iTunes sales all around. So: comeback for "Touch My Body," right? She does to Lewis what Lewis just did to her?
Not so fast: in her Idol performance, Carey showcased the album's next single, "Bye Bye" (which is probably another No. 1 hit; damn thing's catchy like a fungus). As of today, it's already selling nearly as many copies on iTunes as "Body." So basically, even while Carey moves truckloads of albums, she's splitting the vote, as it were, by promoting her old and new singles at the same time.
As tempting as it is to view next week's contest as a catfight (even Madonna is still a factor), all this up-and-down activity probably most benefits the one guy in the race: Lil Wayne. "Lollipop" has got the clearest momentum of any song on the chart right now, with sales solid as a rock and airplay on a tear—boosted by Top 40 as well as R&B/hip-hop radio, a combination only Carey has going for her.
In this year of smooth-talking guys outpolling hard-working women, don't be surprised if Weezy emerges with his first No. 1 hit sometime soon.
Here's a rundown of the rest of this week's charts:
• This might just be me experiencing spring fever as New York City nears 80° today, but much as the "summer" movie season now begins closer to Mother's Day, this week feels like it might be the start of summer music season. That's got less to do with the qualities of the songs on the charts than with the revving up of the competition—signaling that radio's hot-and-heavy season, pitting lots of new songs against each other, has begun.
Basically, you've got to work harder to move up the chart this week. On the Hot 100, Madonna falls an outsize five places to No. 7 with the JT-assisted "4 Minutes," despite solid airplay growth and a modest decline in her blockbuster sales numbers (195,000 downloads, down 10%). On the R&B/Hip-Hop chart, the songs at Nos. 5 and 6, by Ray J and The-Dream, fall one notch each despite earning bullets from Billboard for growing airplay; both are likely pushed down by the rising Lil Wayne. A similar backward-bullet happens to Jason Aldean at No. 7 on the Country list; the culprit for his slippage is Phil Vassar. And on Modern Rock, a song that entered the Top 10 just last week, Ashes Divide's "The Stone," falls all the way back to No. 14 while maintaining its bullet, shoved back while the Raconteurs and Death Cab both reach the winners' circle.
• Sorry, I'm not trying to turn this into the American Idol column, but its annual "Idol Gives Back" show has songs pinging all over the charts.
Daughtry scores his... er, their biggest hit since last summer, as "What About Now" debuts all the way up at No. 18 after a live performance on the show.
Making a much, much bigger comeback is Annie Lennox, appearing on the Hot 100 for the first time since 1995—1995, people!—with her cover of Jimmy Cliff's "Many Rivers to Cross" at No. 80.
Also scoring with a cover is Carrie Underwood, debuting at No. 27 with George Michael's heaviest No. 1 hit, "Praying for Time." It's the second time that remaking a hit from the early '90s for "Idol Gives Back" has worked for Underwood, whose cover of the Pretenders' "I'll Stand By You" peaked at No. 6 on the Hot 100 last year.
Finally, the entire Idol top eight, from Archuleta to White, just miss the Top 40 with the No. 43 debut of their Contemporary Christian singalong "Shout to the Lord."
The implied message of these chart appearances: Daughtry > Underwood > the Lord > Lennox. Does that seem backward to anyone else but me?
• It's too old a song to appear on the Hot 100, but perhaps the biggest Idol Gives Back beneficiary is the late Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, whose ukelele-infused cover of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" sells 59,000 downloads. Jason Castro strikes again!
Top 10s
Last week's position and total weeks charted in parentheses:
Hot 100
1. Leona Lewis, "Bleeding Love" (LW No. 2, 9 weeks)
2. Lil Wayne feat. Static Major, "Lollipop" (LW No. 4, 5 weeks)
3. Jordin Sparks with Chris Brown, "No Air" (LW No. 7, 15 weeks)
4. Usher feat. Young Jeezy, "Love in This Club" (LW No. 5, 9 weeks)
5. Mariah Carey, "Touch My Body" (LW No. 1, 9 weeks)
6. Ray J & Yung Berg, "Sexy Can I" (LW No. 6, 11 weeks)
7. Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake, "4 Minutes" (LW No. 3, 4 weeks)
8. Chris Brown, "With You" (LW No. 8, 20 weeks)
9. Sara Bareilles, "Love Song" (LW No. 9, 24 weeks)
10. Flo Rida feat. T-Pain, "Low" (LW No. 10, 25 weeks)
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
1. Usher feat. Young Jeezy, "Love in This Club" (LW No. 1, 10 weeks)
2. Mariah Carey, "Touch My Body" (LW No. 2, 10 weeks)
3. Lil Wayne feat. Static Major, "Lollipop" (LW No. 7, 5 weeks)
4. Keyshia Cole, "I Remember" (LW No. 3, 24 weeks)
5. Ray J & Yung Berg, "Sexy Can I" (LW No. 4, 14 weeks)
6. The-Dream, "Falsetto" (LW No. 5, 19 weeks)
7. Rick Ross feat. T-Pain, "The Boss" (LW No. 10, 14 weeks)
8. Ashanti, "The Way That I Love You" (LW No. 12, 9 weeks)
9. Alicia Keys, "Like You'll Never See Me Again" (LW No. 8, 25 weeks)
10. J. Holiday, "Suffocate" (LW No. 6, 28 weeks)
Hot Country Songs
1. Trace Adkins, "You're Gonna Miss This" (LW No. 1, 19 weeks)
2. George Strait, "I Saw God Today" (LW No. 2, 10 weeks)
3. James Otto, "Just Got Started Lovin' You" (LW No. 4, 26 weeks)
4. Chris Cagle, "What Kinda Gone" (LW No. 3, 39 weeks)
5. Taylor Swift, "Picture to Burn" (LW No. 5, 14 weeks)
6. Phil Vassar, "Love Is A Beautiful Thing" (LW No. 8, 24 weeks)
7. Jason Aldean, "Laughed Until We Cried" (LW No. 6, 36 weeks)
8. Brad Paisley, "I'm Still a Guy" (LW No. 10, 8 weeks)
9. Rascal Flatts, "Every Day" (LW No. 9, 8 weeks)
10. Alan Jackson, "Small Town Southern Man" (LW No. 7, 23 weeks)
Hot Modern Rock Tracks
1. Puddle of Mudd, "Psycho" (LW No. 1, 24 weeks)
2. Seether, "Rise Above This" (LW No. 3, 8 weeks)
3. Atreyu, "Falling Down" (LW No. 4, 12 weeks)
4. Foo Fighters, "Long Road to Ruin" (LW No. 2, 25 weeks)
5. The Bravery, "Believe" (LW No. 5, 28 weeks)
6. 3 Doors Down, "It's Not My Time" (LW No. 6, 8 weeks)
7. The Raconteurs, "Salute Your Solution" (LW No. 11, 3 weeks)
8. Panic at the Disco, "Nine in the Afternoon" (LW No. 8, 11 weeks)
9. Foo Fighters, "The Pretender" (LW No. 7, 37 weeks)
10. Death Cab for Cutie, "I Will Possess Your Heart" (LW No. 12, 4 weeks)
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botoxic: "Meanwhile, as 4M begins its 17th day at #1 on U.S. iTunes, airplay and sales trends indicate that the song has a good shot at regaining a spot on this week's Hot 100. Leona is on track to hold onto #1 rather handily, while Mariah's album publicity is pushing TMB back up into the runner-up spot (we'll see if this can last through the remainder of the week now that the push is over). Lil Wayne, Jordin, and Usher each get displaced one notch respectively, and Madonna climbs back up to 6 (regaining her bullet in the process). Though it looks to be difficult for her to break back into the top 5...this week."
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Work that Z100 M-dolla payola Grandma!
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This was posted on janetxone. Is this true?
"4 minutes is my shit at the club! what that shit is hot as hell...JD was playin it tonight on sosodef radio saying that it was hot and when Modonna sees her one spin at urban radio thank him lol...but for real the song is fiyah!...i wasn't looking forward to the album but the song got me hot lol"
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4. Madonna feat Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes (8)
Yo-yoing in the top ten since its download release a few weeks ago, the first single from Madonna’s new album Hard Candy, which is due out on April 28th, has so far moved 7-5-8-4 in the UK. The track, which features Justin Timberlake and is produced by Timbaland, receives its physical release on April 21st and after a slow start by Madonna’s usual ‘comeback single standards’, the song could well climb to No.1 next week on downloads alone as it is currently on top of the iTunes chart thanks to increased promotion following the release of the video this week. Even if the track is not No.1 this time next week, it should comfortably become a 12th UK No.1 for the legendary singer the following week when physical sales are added.
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from botoxic
April 13, 2008
Total Spins: 7485
26 at AC
5 at Active Rock
25 at Alternative
551 at Hot AC
5440 at Pop
1127 at Rhythmic
182 at Rhythmic AC
2 at Rock
46 at Latin
81 at Urban
Total Impressions: 44.219 million
0.531 at AC
0.023 at Active Rock
0.100 at Alternative
2.705 at Hot AC
32.962 at Pop
5.760 at Rhythmic
1.603 at Rhythmic AC
0.006 at Rock
0.183 at Latin
0.346 at Urban
NuStations Yesterday:
KBPI Denver (AR)
Hung Up - Day 28
Thu Nov 10 - 687 spins, 3.971 million impressions
After 28 days of airplay, 5024 spins, 28.162 million impressions
(+54 spins, +0.060 million impressions)
4 Minutes - Day 28
Sun Apr 13 - 1095 spins, 7.069 million impressions (227 stations)
After 28 days of airplay, 7485 spins, 44.219 million impressions
(+130 spins, +0.885 million impressions)
"4 Minutes" on the Billboard Charts
in ARCHIVE - Madonna
Posted
Billboard Chart Beat
The latest news in the world of Billboard's definitive sales and airplay charts.
April 25, 2008
Fred Bronson
HEY LOLLI-'LOLLIPOP'
Dear Fred,
As always, I have been a fan of your column and with time I have enjoyed watching the changes as the charts are adjusted to [keep up with] the ever- changing music industry.
That said, how in the world is "Lollipop" by Lil Wayne No. 1 when it is not No. 1 in airplay or sales? Madonna (yes I'm a little biased here) has had the best-selling digital track for a number of weeks and I know airplay is picking up, but can you explain what combination of numbers helped "Lollipop" become No. 1?
Thanks,
Jorge Escobar
New York, N.Y.
Dear Jorge,
Glad you enjoy Chart Beat and thanks for your question.
The answer lies not in any changes in chart policy or the technology used to compile the charts. The answer is as old as the Hot 100 itself, and for anyone who is counting, that is 49 years and nine months.
The Hot 100 was conceived as a chart that combined sales and airplay information and while the formula has been changed many times, it has continued to be a chart that blends sales and airplay information. So it is not uncommon for a song that is neither No. 1 in sales or airplay to be the No. 1 song of the week once sales and airplay figures are combined. Whichever song has the largest grand total of sales and airplay figures is No. 1 on the Hot 100.
It is an objective figure, not influenced by any personal feelings for or against any artist, as some other readers have suggested in e-mails I have received over the last few weeks.
The only way "Lollipop" could be No. 1 is that when you add its sales and airplay together, the number you get is larger than any other combined sales and airplay total for the week. And that is exactly what happened this week and you can be sure that is what happens every week, no matter which song is No. 1.
WHY ISN'T '4' 1?
Hi Fred,
Lately I've been following the charts closely, expecting Madonna's new single, "4 Minutes," to reach the top of the Hot 100. Sadly (yeah, I am a huge Madonna fan), the song has already started dropping down. Too bad for my expectations.
On the other hand, the song has topped the Canadian Hot 100 chart for three weeks in a row now. Personally, I thought Madonna would be more popular in the United States. Why do you think the new single hasn't been such a hit in the United States?
I love reading Chart Beat and Chart Beat Chat every Thursday. Thank you.
Vincent Morin-Côté
Quebec City, Quebec
Dear Vincent,
Like I told Jorge above, I'm glad you enjoy my columns, and thanks for your question. I have had a lot of inquiries from readers over the last three weeks, mostly from Madonna fans, asking why "4 Minutes" hasn't achieved pole position on the Hot 100.
From my reply to Jorge, you already know the answer – when you combine the sales and airplay figures for "4 Minutes," the song doesn't have the largest grand total, even with the single being No. 1 on the Hot Digital Songs tally.
What's keeping this Madonna song out of first place is its airplay. The spins have been increasing each week, ever since the single debuted at No. 51 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart dated April 5. Since then, the single has climbed 51-41-30-27-16. But "4 Minutes" needs more airplay of it is going to climb to the summit. If airplay does increase, it will need to keep its sales figures up to move into the penthouse.
The largest sales week for "4 Minutes" to date was its first week, when it debuted at No. 2 on Hot Digital Sales. The figure dipped slightly the second week, although that reduced number was the largest sales figure for the week, allowing the single to move up to No. 1. Sales then took a bigger drop the third week when the single dipped to No. 2, and increased slightly in the fourth chart week, helping "4 Minutes" to return to No. 1.