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YOUR WEAKEND TOP 10 PREVIEW: Four debuts, and maybe five, are headed for next week’s leader board, led by Rise Against (Geffen/Interscope) with a projected 70-75k. That total appears to be enough for a #2 finish behind reigning champ TI (Grand Hustle/Atlantic), who has enough momentum to wind up with another 175-200k in week two. Then we’ve got #3 Jennifer Hudson (Arista/RMG) with 65-70k, #4 Metallica (Warner Bros.) with 60-65k, Oasis’ first for Warner Bros. bowing at #5 with 55-60k and #6 Ne-Yo (Def Jam/IDJ) with 50-55k. The next five slots are up for grabs, with three debuts—a Bob Dylan Bootleg Series set (Columbia/Legacy), a best-of from Tim McGraw (Curb) and a hits collection from Sarah McLachlin (Arista/RMG)—all trending toward 40-45k, as are Kid Rock (Atlantic) and Robin Thicke (Star Trak/Interscope). You may now return to averting your eyes from the CNBC stock ticker.

1) T.I 175 - 200K

2) Rise Against 70 - 75K

3) J-Hud 65 - 70K

4) Metallica 60 - 65K

5) Oasis 55 - 60

6) Ne-Yo 50 - 55K

Bob Dylan, Tim McGraw, Sarah McLachlin, Kid Rock, Robin Thicke - 40 45K

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ONE year ago:

CHART DATE: 10/15/2007

-- 1 KID ROCK ATLANTIC/ATL G 163,319 --

ROCK N ROLL JESUS

1 2 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COLUMBIA 120,655 -63%

MAGIC

2 3 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 99,130 -39%

STILL FEELS GOOD

-- 4 LEANN RIMES CURB 73,933 --

FAMILY

6 5 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJMG 72,129 -21%

GRADUATION

8 6 REBA MCENTIRE MCA NASHVILLE 69,894 -9%

DUETS

-- 7 SARA EVANS SBMG NASHVILLE 66,566 --

GREATEST HITS

10 8 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 WALT DISNEY RECORDS 66,162 -12%

SOUNDTRACK

-- 9 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 62,181 --

NOEL

3 10 MATCHBOX TWENTY ATLANTIC/ATL G 61,072 -53%

EXILE ON MAINSTREAM

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CHART DATE: 10/13/2008

LAST UPDATE: 10/13/2008 16:04:50

NOW IN: 54.02%

LW TW artist / album label power index

1 1 T.I. GRAND HUSTLE/ATLANTIC 87,329

PAPER TRAIL

7 2 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 37,538

ROCK N ROLL JESUS

5 3 METALLICA WARNER BROS. 37,176

DEATH MAGNETIC

-- 4 TIM MCGRAW CURB 36,138

GREATEST HITS, VOL. 3

2 5 JENNIFER HUDSON ARISTA/RMG 36,053

JENNIFER HUDSON

6 6 NE-YO DEF JAM/IDJMG 28,967

YEAR OF THE GENTLEMAN

-- 7 RISE AGAINST DGC/INTERSCOPE 25,213

APPEAL TO REASON

-- 8 SARAH MCLACHLIN ARISTA/RMG 21,189

CLOSER: BEST OF SARAH MCLACHLIN

3 9 ROBIN THICKE STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE 19,621

SOMETHING ELSE

19 10 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJMG 17,557

GOOD GIRL GONE BAD

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CHART DATE: 10/13/2008

NOW IN: FINAL

1 1 T.I. GRAND HUSTLE/ATLANTIC 169,694 -71%

PAPER TRAIL

-- 2 RISE AGAINST DGC/INTERSCOPE 68,299 --

APPEAL TO REASON

5 3 METALLICA WARNER BROS. 66,613 -25%

DEATH MAGNETIC

2 4 JENNIFER HUDSON ARISTA/RMG 61,207 -73%

JENNIFER HUDSON

-- 5 OASIS REPRISE 52,963 --

DIG OUT YOUR SOUL

-- 6 BOB DYLAN COLUMBIA 48,203 --

TELL TALE SIGNS-BOOTLEG SERIES 8

7 7 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 47,743 -16%

ROCK N ROLL JESUS

6 8 NE-YO DEF JAM/IDJMG 47,166 -35%

YEAR OF THE GENTLEMAN

-- 9 TIM MCGRAW CURB 42,112 --

GREATEST HITS, VOL. 3

4 10 JAMES TAYLOR HEAR MUSIC/CONCORD 41,439 -55%

COVERS

-- 11 SARAH MCLACHLAN ARISTA/RMG 40,349 --

CLOSER: BEST OF SARAH MCLACHLAN

3 12 ROBIN THICKE STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE 37,918 -73%

SOMETHING ELSE

11 13 JAZMINE SULLIVAN J RECORDS/RMG 29,070 -28%

FEARLESS

10 14 YOUNG JEEZY DEF JAM/IDJMG 28,081 -32%

RECESSION

16 15 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 27,530 -12%

A LITTLE BIT LONGER

13 16 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV MOTOWN 27,457 -20%

THA CARTER III

19 17 RIHANNA DEF JAM/IDJMG 23,755 -14%

GOOD GIRL GONE BAD

-- 18 SENSES FAIL VAGRANT 22,504 --

LIFE IS NOT A WAITING ROOM

22 19 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 21,490 -11%

LOVE ON THE INSIDE

18 20 THE GAME GEFFEN 20,717 -29%

LAX

31 21 KATY PERRY CAPITOL 19,651 +10%

ONE OF THE BOYS

24 22 LEONA LEWIS J RECORDS/RMG 19,417 -14%

SPIRIT

23 23 MAMMA MIA! DECCA 18,922 -20%

SOUNDTRACK

15 24 DEMI LOVATO HOLLYWOOD 18,373 -43%

DON'T FORGET

26 25 DARIUS RUCKER CAPITOL NASHVILLE 18,352 -17%

LEARN TO LIVE

21 26 KINGS OF LEON RCA/RMG 18,291 -24%

ONLY BY THE NIGHT

29 27 JASON MRAZ ATLANTIC 18,075 -6%

WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THINGS

17 28 PUSSYCAT DOLLS INTERSCOPE 17,842 -40%

DOLL DOMINATION

25 29 SLIPKNOT ROADRUNNER 17,692 -21%

ALL HOPE IS GONE

30 30 COLDPLAY CAPITOL 17,001 -10%

VIVA LA VIDA

33 31 MILEY CYRUS HOLLYWOOD 16,560 -5%

BREAKOUT

9 32 KELLIE PICKLER BNA/SBMG NASHVILLE 15,516 -64%

KELLIE PICKLER

-- 33 NIGHTMARE REVISITED WALT DISNEY RECORDS 15,085 --

VARIOUS ARTISTS

34 34 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 15,013 -5%

TAYLOR SWIFT

8 35 JACK'S MANNEQUIN SIRE RECORDS 15,011 -69%

GLASS PASSENGER

27 36 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK INTERSCOPE 14,780 -28%

BLOCK

-- 37 MICHELLE WILLIAMS COLUMBIA 14,618 --

UNEXPECTED

-- 38 PRETENDERS ARTIST FIRST 14,287 --

BREAK UP THE CONCRETE

-- 39 NICK & NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST ATLANTIC 14,031 --

SOUNDTRACK

35 40 BUCKCHERRY ELEVEN SEVEN MUSIC 13,944 -9%

BLACK BUTTERFLY

-- 41 TESLA TESLA ELECTRIC 13,647 --

FOREVER MORE

32 42 NELLY DERRTY/UNIV MOTOWN 12,096 -32%

BRASS KNUCKLES

20 43 JOE KEDAR ENTERAINMENT 11,869 -52%

JOE THOMAS NEW MAN

39 44 NOW 28 CAPITOL 11,014 -18%

VARIOUS ARTISTS

40 45 CAMP ROCK WALT DISNEY RECORDS 10,751 -20%

SOUNDTRACK

43 46 NOW COUNTRY UME/UNIVERSAL NASHVILLE 10,747 -13%

NOW COUNTRY

-- 47 DEVIN THE DUDE RAZOR & TIE 10,728 --

LANDING GEAR

12 48 BEN FOLDS EPIC 10,622 -69%

WAY TO NORMAL

14 49 ANBERLIN UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 10,448 -69%

NEW SURRENDER

-- 50 JON MCLAUGHLIN ISLAND/IDJMG 10,144 --

OK NOW

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BILLBOARD HOT DIGITAL SONGS - TOP 50

-- 1 SPEARS*BRITNEY WOMANIZER 285782 999 0 285782

1 2 T.I. FEAT. RIHANNA LIVE YOUR LIFE 225863 -32 334520 560383

4 3 T.I. WHATEVER YOU LIKE 161549 12 144262 1447814

2 4 PINK SO WHAT 156587 -5 165310 1431541

3 5 RUDOLF*KEVIN FEAT. LIL WAYNE LET IT ROCK 146408 -1 147803 574972

7 6 PERRY*KATY HOT N COLD 134100 9 123188 997996

12 7 WEST*KANYE LOVE LOCKDOWN 94037 3 90883 586751

6 8 NICKELBACK GOTTA BE SOMEBODY 92956 -27 127341 220297

9 9 SWIFT*TAYLOR LOVE STORY 92600 -5 97577 559792

5 10 AGUILERA*CHRISTINA KEEPS GETTIN' BETTER 87571 -39 143895 231466

10 11 RIHANNA DISTURBIA 85017 -9 93768 2009422

11 12 M.I.A. PAPER PLANES 82596 -11 92698 1770111

13 13 MRAZ*JASON I'M YOURS 73337 -6 77756 1607093

14 14 AKON RIGHT NOW (NA NA NA) 61317 -14 70896 226129

16 15 ARCHULETA*DAVID CRUSH 60490 -9 66677 693796

18 16 LEWIS*LEONA BETTER IN TIME 55590 -3 57365 758211

-- 17 AKON FEAT. LIL WAYNE I'M SO PAID 54323 999 0 54323

17 18 T-PAIN FEATURING LIL WAYNE CAN'T BELIEVE IT 52286 -10 58211 636197

19 19 PITBULL FEAT. LIL JON KRAZY 51339 -7 55431 126044

22 20 FLO RIDA FEAT. WILL.I.AM IN THE AYER 49069 -6 52154 1018402

23 21 SECONDHAND SERENADE FALL FOR YOU 47623 -5 50073 993230

21 22 ROCK HEROES ALL SUMMER LONG 46775 -14 54185 237735

26 23 NE-YO MISS INDEPENDENT 46427 1 46170 283058

25 24 GAME*THE FEAT. LIL WAYNE MY LIFE 45052 -3 46322 553928

20 25 ESTELLE FEAT. KANYE WEST AMERICAN BOY 43243 -21 54424 1303728

28 26 SPARKS*JORDIN ONE STEP AT A TIME 42725 0 42520 832581

27 27 LIL WAYNE FEAT. T-PAIN GOT MONEY 41880 -9 46040 871526

15 28 KILLERS*THE HUMAN 41812 -40 70191 112003

24 29 JAY-Z & T.I. FEAT. KANYE WEST SWAGGA LIKE US 40781 -17 48958 355161

30 30 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA 39154 -6 41821 2434981

35 31 SHONTELLE T-SHIRT 37407 4 35880 207472

36 32 SAVING ABEL ADDICTED 37256 7 34844 540511

31 33 NE-YO CLOSER 35767 -12 40437 1067367

32 34 ROSSDALE*GAVIN LOVE REMAINS THE SAME 34808 -12 39557 635823

39 35 LIL WAYNE FEAT. BOBBY VALENTIN MRS. OFFICER 33955 5 32464 270618

29 36 PERRY*KATY I KISSED A GIRL 33937 -20 42317 2635415

33 37 BROWN*CHRIS FOREVER 33849 -13 38731 1880104

37 38 SAVAGE FEAT. SOULJA BOY TELL'E SWING 32707 0 32685 628393

45 39 METRO STATION SHAKE IT 31437 12 28160 1626409

-- 40 FALL OUT BOY HEADFIRST SLIDE INTO COOPERSTO 31360 999 0 31360

34 41 PUSSYCAT DOLLS WHEN I GROW UP 31287 -13 36131 1468323

40 42 LUDACRIS CO-STARRING CHRIS BRO WHAT THEM GIRLS LIKE 31034 -3 32042 212832

8 43 COOK*DAVID LIGHT ON 30966 -72 109035 140001

41 44 BROWN*ZAC BAND CHICKEN FRIED 30550 -2 31109 130129

43 45 O.A.R. SHATTERED (TURN THE CAR AROUND 29114 -1 29439 329528

44 46 REHAB BARTENDER SONG 28004 -1 28308 690688

46 47 LADY GAGA FEAT. COLBY O'DONIS JUST DANCE 27077 -3 27979 405720

42 48 OFFISHALL*KARDINAL DANGEROUS 26230 -14 30378 1060819

38 49 HUDSON*JENNIFER SPOTLIGHT 25017 -23 32486 202114

48 50 YOUNG JEEZY FEAT. KANYE WEST PUT ON 24942 -6 26668 683540

A FEW BONUSES:

54 53 BEDINGFIELD*NATASHA ANGEL 22868 5 21703 121557

-- 56 YANKOVIC*WEIRD AL WHATEVER YOU LIKE 20740 999 0 20740

-- 60 OASIS SHOCK OF THE LIGHTNING 19092 999 0 19092

109 71 MCCARTNEY*JESSE IT'S OVER 17137 65 10403 104320

141 88 SPEARS*BRITNEY PIECE OF ME 12937 59 8114 1272601

125 108 OFFSPRING*THE YOU'RE GONNA GO FAR, KID 10627 18 9032 117667

-- 109 T.I. WHAT UP, WHAT'S HAPPENIN' 10435 204 3432 75726

147 115 MGMT TIME TO PRETEND 9694 22 7921 227437

123 119 BRANDY RIGHT HERE (DEPARTED) 9251 2 9091 55603

-- 122 SNOW PATROL TAKE BACK THE CITY 8865 999 0 8865

134 126 HEATH*BRANDON GIVE ME YOUR EYES 8727 2 8582 97184

-- 127 OASIS WONDERWALL 8634 70 5070 986961

-- 129 PUSSYCAT DOLLS WHATCHA THINK ABOUT THAT 8606 64 5251 42937

-- 140 MCLACHLAN*SARAH DON'T GIVE UP ON ME 7811 999 0 7811

-- 154 SPEARS*BRITNEY GIMME MORE 7329 45 5054 1319153

-- 182 SPEARS*BRITNEY BREAK THE ICE 6437 41 4553 529947

And here's how Hot 100 Airplay ended up before recurrents were removed:

No. 1 - T.I. (+11.0 million)

No. 2 - Ne-Yo (+13.1 million)

No. 3 - T Pain (+0.6 million)

No. 4 - Rihanna (+3.7 million)

No. 5 - Ne-Yo (+2.2 million) Closer

No. 6 - Pink (+11.5 million)

No. 7 - Lil Wayne / Bobby Valentino (+5.1 million)

No. 8 - Leona Lewis (+8.6 million)

No. 9 - T.I. / Rihanna (+25.7 million)

No. 10 - Katy Perry (+8.6 million)

No. 14 - Jennifer Hudson (+3.5 million)

No. 15 - Jordin Sparks (+0.7 million)

No. 20 - Jason Mraz (+9.0 million)

No. 31 - Kanye West (+10.3 million)

No. 32 - Daughtry (+3.6 million)

No. 34 - Kevin Rudolf (+3.5 million)

No. 36 - T.I. / Jay Z (+3.9 million)

No. 38 - Taylor Swift (+3.8 million)

No. 41 - David Archuleta (+4.1 million)

No. 46 - Christina Aguilera (+6.2 million)

No. 47 - Britney Spears (+4.7 million)

No. 49 - Akon (+9.3 million)

No. 50 - Nickelback (+9.2 million)

No. 57 - Pitbull / Lil Jon (+3.3 million)

No. 61 - John Legend (+5.1 million)

No. 64 - Brandy (+2.7 million)

No. 65 - Beyonce (+22.2 million) If I Were A Boy

No. 67 - Jazmine Sullivan (+5.0 million)

No. 77 - Alicia Keys (-1.3 million)

No. 79 - Beyonce (+19.6 million) Single Ladies

No. 106 - Jesse McCartney (+1.3 million)

No. 175 - Natasha Bedingfield (+1.2 million)

No. 201 - Lady Gaga (+2.8 million) Just Dance

No. 212 - 50 Cent (+7.6 million)

No. 216 - The Killers (+1.3 million)

Over on R&B airplay, Jennifer jumps to No. 1 w/ T.1. at 2, Ne-Yo at 3, T.I./Rihanna at 7, Jazmine at 11, Alicia at 12, Beyonce at 20 (Single Ladies), Brandy at 22, Robin Thicke at 27 (The Sweetest Love), Kanye at 29 and Beyonce at 72 (If I Were A Boy).

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-- 1 SPEARS*BRITNEY WOMANIZER 285782 999 0 285782

Biggest solo female debut week.

Congrats to The Queen!! :clap:

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Would T.I have enough airplay lead to keep la Spears from the top? Great to know all her digital sales btw, BTI doing over 500K is quite an achievement!

Christina's new single is already going down...

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2m at Pulse:

10 BEST WEEKS

1 1/12/2008 LOW FLO RIDA FEAT T-PAIN 467,149

2 10/18/2008 LIVE YOUR LIFE T.I. FEATURING RIHANNA 334,520

3 1/12/2008 APOLOGIZE TIMBALAND FEAT ONEREPUBLIC 318,843

4 1/13/2007 FERGALICIOUS FERGIE 294,797

5 10/25/2008 WOMANIZER BRITNEY SPEARS 285,782

6 4/12/2008 TOUCH MY BODY MARIAH CAREY 285,544

7 1/12/2008 KISS KISS CHRIS BROWN FEAT T-PAIN 277,144

8 6/9/2007 UMBRELLA RIHANNA 276,705

9 1/12/2008 CRANK THAT SOULJA BOY TELL'EM 271,132

10 1/12/2008 NO ONE ALICIA KEYS 269,231

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Billboard.com:

T.I. Begins Second Week Atop Billboard 200

October 15, 2008

by Katie Hasty, N.Y.

Despite a 69% drop-off in sales, T.I. starts a second week at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 with "Paper Trail." The Grand Hustle/Atlantic set sold 177,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, after debuting last week with 568,000.

Metallica's Warner Bros. album "Death Magnetic" climbs back up 5-2 despite a 24% sales slide to 66,000. With a career-high for charting and sales, Rise Against's "Appeal to Reason" debuts at No. 3 with 65,000. The rock act's last set, 2006's "The Sufferer and the Witness," bowed at No. 10 with 48,000. Current single "Re-Education (Through Labor)" is No. 4 on the Modern Rock chart this week, the act's highest charting single yet.

With 63,000 copies, Jennifer Hudson's self-titled Arista debut falls 2-4 on a 71% sales decrease to 63,000. Veteran British rock act Oasis scores its first top 10 set since 1997, as "Dig Out Your Soul" (Big Brother/Warner Bros) debuts at No. 5, moving 53,000. The band's last studio set, 2005's "Don't Believe the Truth," began at No. 12 but with a larger opening sales week of 65,000. Oasis last reached the top tier when 1997's "Be Here Now" debuted and peaked at No. 2 with 152,000.

Bob Dylan notches his 17th top 10 album -- and 50th charting set overall -- on The Billboard 200 as the triple-disc Columbia collection "The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 -- Tell Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased, 1989-2006" debuts at No. 6 with 50,000. This is the best chart position for any album in the "Bootleg" series.

Staying put at No. 7 for a third week straight, Kid Rock's "Rock N Roll Jesus" (Top Dog/Atlantic) moves 48,000 (-15%) in its 53rd week on the chart. Ne-Yo's "Year of the Gentleman" (Def Jam) continues its decline, falling 6-8 with 47,000 (-33%).

Selling 44,000 copies, Tim McGraw's "Greatest Hits 3" (Curb) debuts at No. 9 on The Billboard 200 and No. 1 on Top Country Albums. The success comes despite McGraw denouncing the project in a press release yesterday. James Taylor's "Covers" (Starcon/Hear Music) closes out the top 10 on the 200, as the set slips 4-10 on a 54% sales hit to 44,000.

With 40,000, Sarah McLachlan's "Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan" bows at No. 11. The 16-track hits set contains two new songs and was released both as a single-disc version and a two-CD deluxe package.

Other debuts this week include Senses Fail's "Life Is Not a Waiting Room" (Vagrant, No. 18, 24,000), Marco Antonia Solis' "No Molestar" (Fonovisa, No. 19, 23,000), the Pretenders' "Break Up the Concrete" (Artist First, No. 32, 16,000) and Tesla's "Forever More" (Tesla Electric Company, No. 33, 16,000).

At 6.41 million units, sales this week are down 14.5% from last week's sum and down a 23.1% from the same week last year.

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Biggest solo female debut week.

Congrats to The Queen!! :clap:

ahem... I wonder how close was the airplay difference between Britney and T.I./Rihanna... they have 60k difference in downloads... anyone?

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So Britney broke the records of both the biggest jump on the chart and the biggest jump to #1. Congrats!

I am also happy with this... I am annoyed with the HipHop dominance...

but wow... 3 weeks in a row that the jumps to #1 was recorded...

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why is radio so Britney-phobic? It never made sense why radio has always been so hard on her when she was obviously well-loved by consumers. I have always been critical of her and never thought she was all that, but her hits never got half what an average Rihanna or Beyonce song would get in terms of audience impressions, never mind the fact that her first album alone (and second, and maybe even third) sold more than Rihanna's entire discography times two. Same with Beyonce, she's big but she never was as over-the-top as Britney in terms of sales, so why doesn't radio love her the same way as they do Beyonce and Rihanna?

What is so funny is that the music industry has changed so much in the past ten years that Britney going 9 1/2 years between #1 singles is about the same as Cher going 25 years between #1's from 74 to 99.

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Best sellers on the BB200 over 1.5 million:

10/25/08 chart:

DAUGHTRY DAUGHTRY 4,249,964

KEYS*ALICIA AS I AM 3,609,083

SWIFT*TAYLOR TAYLOR SWIFT 3,467,297

EAGLES LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN 3,100,951

LINKIN PARK MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT 2,579,269

LIL WAYNE THA CARTER III 2,550,507

UNDERWOOD*CARRIE CARNIVAL RIDE 2,367,669

MAYER*JOHN CONTINUUM 2,266,165

KID ROCK ROCK N ROLL JESUS 2,190,298

RASCAL FLATTS STILL FEELS GOOD 2,085,552

MAROON 5 IT WON'T BE SOON BEFORE LONG 2,010,722

BROOKS*GARTH ULTIMATE HITS 1,942,178

RIHANNA GOOD GIRL GONE BAD 1,891,264

BROWN*CHRIS EXCLUSIVE 1,813,648

COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA 1,810,072

CAILLAT*COLBIE COCO 1,788,507

BUBLE*MICHAEL CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE 1,715,972

JONAS BROTHERS JONAS BROTHERS 1,637,203

Falling off:

COLE*KEYSHIA JUST LIKE YOU 1,536,755

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Im glad Womanizers no1 - its much better than most of the shit on the hot 100. This is all good publicity for her.

her AUI are low though - I too dont understand why Radio wont play Britney. if you look at singles stats then Xtina is much bigger than Britney but when it comes to album sales.....Xtina has no chance even ig you ignore the fact that Britney is 2 studio albums ahead.

It is because Britney has nt delved into hip-hop as much as say Xtina has who has done all these deuts and featuring with RnB/Hip-hop artists or the fact that Britney has never been a strong live performer?

By the way all this publicity and her going to no1 will this raise britneys radio play? If an ignored song suddenly hits no1 in the UK it will get quite a lo tof publicity and on top of that it will feature heavily on chart re-caps on radio shows. The best example i can give is Shakira Hips Dont Lie a song that Radio1 refused to play even though it was no1 for multiple weeks. However, they had to play it on the Top 40 Radio chart show and any chart re-cap analysis or even trailers for the next programme. In a way Shakira is a bad example because the song was huge without radio 1 but their ban could not be practised fully and always.

For Womaniser, a song with lowish airplay at the moment do we expect to see a big boost in airplay now she is the no1? Do theyhave chart recaps and analysis segments on USA radio stattions?

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If you compare Britney to Xtina and you could see singles stats wise Xtina is so much bigger but when it comes to albums Xtina is the one who is much smaller.

I think Britney has to prove herself as a credible live performer and none of that lip-synch shit. Rihanna, Xtina,, Madonna, Kylie, Janet, Mariah have all proven their point that they can use their vocals live quite regularly. It is hard for artists like Madonna and Kylie to win respect because they dont have great voices yet they are still out there because they have that talent inside them. Some of them may not be great singers but its the effort that counts. I think Britneys music is quite good but in a studio anything can be done but live you can only perform as you are.

why is radio so Britney-phobic? It never made sense why radio has always been so hard on her when she was obviously well-loved by consumers. I have always been critical of her and never thought she was all that, but her hits never got half what an average Rihanna or Beyonce song would get in terms of audience impressions, never mind the fact that her first album alone (and second, and maybe even third) sold more than Rihanna's entire discography times two. Same with Beyonce, she's big but she never was as over-the-top as Britney in terms of sales, so why doesn't radio love her the same way as they do Beyonce and Rihanna?

What is so funny is that the music industry has changed so much in the past ten years that Britney going 9 1/2 years between #1 singles is about the same as Cher going 25 years between #1's from 74 to 99.

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BILLBOARD HOT 100 - TOP 50

96 1 BRITNEY SPEARS WOMANIZER

2 2 T.I. WHATEVER YOU LIKE

1 3 T.I. LIVE YOUR LIFE - STILL BULLETED

3 4 PINK SO WHAT

6 5 KATY PERRY HOT N COLD

4 6 RIHANNA DISTURBIA

5 7 RUDOLF*KEVIN LET IT ROCK - STILL BULLETED

8 8 T-PAIN CAN'T BELIEVE IT

11 9 NE-YO MISS INDEPENDENT

9 10 M.I.A. PAPER PLANES (HOMELAND SECURIT

14 11 LEONA LEWIS BETTER IN TIME

15 12 KANYE WEST LOVE LOCKDOWN

12 13 NE-YO CLOSER

13 14 SWIFT*TAYLOR LOVE STORY

16 15 JASON MRAZ I'M YOURS

10 16 NICKELBACK GOTTA BE SOMEBODY

7 17 CHRISTINA AGUILERA KEEPS GETTIN' BETTER

19 18 LIL WAYNE FEATURING MRS. OFFICER

21 19 JORDIN SPARKS ONE STEP AT A TIME

18 20 CHRIS BROWN FOREVER

20 21 LIL WAYNE GOT MONEY

25 22 DAVID ARCHULETA CRUSH

23 23 THE GAME FEATURING MY LIFE

22 24 COLDPLAY VIVA LA VIDA

26 25 SECONDHAND SERENADE FALL FOR YOU

27 26 AKON RIGHT NOW (NA NA NA)

29 27 HUDSON*JENNIFER SPOTLIGHT-REMIXES

24 28 ESTELLE AMERICAN BOY

30 29 FLO RIDA FEATURING IN THE AYER

33 30 PITBULL FEATURING L KRAZY

28 31 KARDINAL OFFISHALL DANGEROUS

31 32 JAY-Z & T.I. FEATUR SWAGGA LIKE US

42 33 SAVING ABEL ADDICTED

37 34 GAVIN ROSSDALE LOVE REMAINS THE SAME

34 35 KID ROCK ALL SUMMER LONG

43 36 LUDACRIS WHAT THEM GIRLS LIKE

41 37 CARRIE UNDERWOOD JUST A DREAM

40 38 SULLIVAN*JAZMINE NEED U BAD

35 39 LEWIS*LEONA BLEEDING LOVE - SINGLE

-- 40 AKON FEATURING LIL I'M SO PAID

49 41 METRO STATION SHAKE IT

39 42 DARIUS RUCKER DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK ABOU

46 43 KENNY CHESNEY WITH EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO TO HEAVE

51 44 SHONTELLE T-SHIRT

38 45 RIHANNA TAKE A BOW

36 46 PERRY*KATY I KISSED A GIRL (REMIXES0

52 47 ZAC BROWN BAND CHICKEN FRIED

56 48 DAUGHTRY WHAT ABOUT NOW

54 49 TOBY KEITH SHE NEVER CRIED IN FRONT OF ME

47 50 BEDINGFIELD*NATASHA POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE(REMIXES)

INTERESTING MOVES & DEBUTS

32 52 THE KILLERS HUMAN

66 60 LADY GAGA,COLBY O'DONIS JUST DANCE (REMIXES) - EP

17 66 DAVID COOK LIGHT ON

70 67 NATASHA BEDINGFIELD ANGEL

88 68 JESSE MCCARTNEY IT'S OVER

74 69 BRANDY RIGHT HERE (DEPARTED)

79 73 FALL OUT BOY I DON'T CARE

-- 74 FALL OUT BOY HEADFIRST SLIDE INTO COOPERSTO

81 79 SEPTEMBER CRY FOR YOU

-- 81 JAZMINE SULLIVAN BUST YOUR WINDOWS

-- 82 DIERKS BENTLEY FEEL THAT FIRE

82 87 ALICIA KEYS SUPERWOMAN

-- 91 LADY ANTEBELLUM LOOKIN' FOR A GOOD TIME

-- 93 OASIS THE SHOCK OF THE LIGHTNING

-- 96 THE OFFSPRING YOU'RE GONNA GO FAR, KID

-- 100 BEYONCE IF I WERE A BOY

BUBBLING UNDER

-- 4 WEIRD AL YANKOVIC WHATEVER YOU LIKE

13 5 LIFEHOUSE BROKEN

-- 8 BEYONCE SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON I

15 10 KINGS OF LEON SEX ON FIRE

10 14 NEW KIDS ON THE BLO SINGLE

11 15 THE ALL-AMERICAN RE GIVES YOU HELL

R&B 100

2 1 HUDSON*JENNIFER SPOTLIGHT-REMIXES

1 2 T.I. WHATEVER YOU LIKE

5 3 NE-YO MISS INDEPENDENT

3 4 T-PAIN CAN'T BELIEVE IT

4 5 SULLIVAN*JAZMINE NEED U BAD

17 11 JAZMINE SULLIVAN BUST YOUR WINDOWS

12 12 ALICIA KEYS SUPERWOMAN

-- 20 BEYONCE SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON I

23 22 BRANDY RIGHT HERE (DEPARTED)

51 27 THICKE*ROBIN SWEETEST LOVE

48 29 KANYE WEST LOVE LOCKDOWN

52 35 MARY MARY GET UP

46 36 USHER TRADING PLACES

39 39 USHER HERE I STAND

29 42 CIARA FEATURING T-P GO GIRL

53 45 M.I.A. PAPER PLANES (HOMELAND SECURIT

93 59 KEYSHIA COLE FEATUR PLAYA CARDZ RIGHT

-- 61 BEYONCE IF I WERE A BOY

-- 67 50 CENT GET UP

84 71 WAYNE BRADY ORDINARY

94 86 ESTELLE FEATURING S COME OVER

89 88 RIHANNA DISTURBIA

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