Hidden Song Contest: Over & Out.
The 4 hidden songs this week were Drake’s “Headlines,” Chris Brown’s “Wet The Bed” ft. Ludacris, “It’s Over” by Jared Lee, and Red Jumpsuit Apparatus’ “Reap.”
Since there were 4 hidden songs, there are 4 bonus point winners. Those are HitPredictor members countryfan22, nicandrea, mangofreako, and DrZoidberg. Congrats on the extra 250 points just for playing!!
Here it is, a dreery Thursday afternoon (in New Orleans, at least) and now the hidden song contest has to end, too. What a bummer! At least this post will reveal the hidden songs, tell you who won the 250 bonus points, and give you details for the next contest to come!
First up, let’s reveal those hidden songs!
Come on back now, next week’s hidden song contest will start on Tuesday!
Hey HP! Want to see where your votes are going and what is ranking the best among what you and your fellow HitPredictor members vote on? Look no further! The HitPredictor Charts are here.
First up, Travie McCoy had a great solo debut and now he’s back with his group, Gym Class Heroes and their upcoming album, The Papercut Chronicles. The first single teams Travie and Maroon 5 with their frontman and “The Voice” winning coach Adam Levine. “Stereo Hearts” is this weeks HitPredictor at Mainstream Top 40.
Planet Pit is the 6th album by Pitbull and it features all-star producers like Dr Luke and David Guetta. “Rain Over Me”, featuring Marc Anthony, is the 3rd single from the album. Hesperia, California’s New Boyz have a 3rd single from Too Cool to Care called “Better With The Lights Off,” and it features Chris Brown. “Lighters” by Bad Meets Evil is from the album Hell: The Sequel. It’s one of the hottest singles at Mainstream Top 40 and this week it’s a Rhythmic HitPredictor.
Gavin Degraw’s next album Sweeter will released on September 6th, and will feature tracks co-written with a number of artists. The first single “Not Over You” was co-written and produced by Ryan Tedder, and it’s now a Hot AC HitPredictor.
Speaking of Ryan Tedder, he’s had a busy year. He’s produced the Mainstream Top 40 HitPredictor for Gym Class Heroes and he’s working on new material due in 2012. His 4th single from One Republic’s Waking Up album, “Good Life” is a HitPredictor this week at Mainstream AC.
Brooks and Dunn were one of the biggest Country duo’s of all time, and both members are successful solo acts. Even though he had singles out in the early 80s, before Brooks and Dunn formed, Ronnie Dunn just released his debut, self-titled, solo album. “Cost of Livin” is the 2nd single from it, and it’s a Country HitPredictor this week.
After six years without a new studio album, Sacramento Alternative rockers Cake recorded Showroom of Compassion in 2010. The album is grounded in Cake’s unique style of alternative rock, combining droll, often esoteric lyrics, rife with word play and syncopation, catchy distorted guitar riffs, complex bass patterns, Moog, and prominent use of trumpet. “Long Time” is the 2nd single from that album and it’s a HitPredictor this week at Alternative.
Before Breaking Benjamin, Ben Burnley was a solo performer. He later came up with the band’s name, “Breaking Benjamin” after doing a performance of a Nirvana cover. At the end of the performance, Ben knocked over and cracked a microphone he had borrowed. The owner of the microphone walked onto the stage and said, “I’d like to thank Benjamin for breaking my f**ing microphone.” Originally created for the video game Halo 2, and later appearing on the band’s 2004, So Cold EP, “Blow Me Away” now has a remix version slated to be included on the band’s Greatest Hits album, Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin. It’s an Active HitPredictor this week.
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Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” holds on to the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, while her album, 21, also stays at in the No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200 for the ninth week.
Billboard reports that Katy Perry’s former five-week Hot 100 No. 1 “E.T.,” featuring Kanye West, spends a third week at No. 2, while Pitbull’s “Give Me Everything,” featuring Ne-Yo, AfroJack and Nayer, rises 4-3.
The songs in spots 4-7 all ascend one spot from last week.
What do y’all think of the Hot 100 this week?!
Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” claims a second week at No. 1 on the Hot 100 as Lady Gaga’s new single “The Edge of Glory” comes soaring in at No. 3.
“Rolling in the Deep” strengthens its lock atop the chart with Airplay Gainer honors for a third consecutive week and the Digital Gainer award for the second time in four weeks.
Gaga was not enough to knock Katy Perry’s “E.T.” single ft. Kanye West out the No. 2 spot, where the song holds for another week.
Pitbull unleashes his fifth Hot 100 top five hit, as “Give Me Everything,” featuring Ne-Yo, AfroJack and Nayer, vaults 8-4.
The rest of the top 10:
What do you think of this week’s Billboard Hot 100?!
Last year’s BET Awards marked the beginning of a comeback for Chris Brown, but this year the R&B star leads with 6 nominations, the most of any artist.
Brown is up for best male R&B artist, viewer’s choice and video of the year for “Look at Me Now.” He’s nominated twice in the best collaboration category for his No. 1 R&B hits “Deuces,” featuring Tyga and Kevin McCall, and “Look at Me Now,” with Busta Rhymes and Lil Wayne. Brown is also nominated for best actor for his role in the heist thriller “Takers.”
The next highest is Lil Wayne with 5 nominations, 3 of those coming from his collaboration with Chris Brown for “Look At Me Now.” He is also up for best male hip-hop artist and viewer’s choice for “6 Foot 7 Foot.”
Four nominations a piece go to Kanye West, Drake, and Rihanna.
Alicia Keys will perform and comedian Kevin Hart will host the award show. It airs live on June 26 from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
What do you think of Chris Brown’s achievements with 6 nominations at the BET awards?!
The HitPredictor Hot Sheet is when there is just too much hot news for one post. Here are the hottest news stories right now:
Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton Marry in Texas Ceremony
Country star Miranda Lambert and singer and judge of The Voice Blake Shelton got married on Saturday in Boerne, Texas.
Lambert, tweeted, “Um…I’m getting married in like 4 days,” earlier in the week and kept followers abreast of some last-minute errands, including getting her nails touched up and loading up on venison, “harvested by me,” for the reception.
Lambert, 27, and Shelton, 34, have been together for six years and were engaged last May.
Rihanna Tells Fans to ‘Calm Down’ After She Follows Chris Brown on Twitter
The ex-couple Rihanna and Chris Brown are now following each other on Twitter and fans are not happy about it.
Chris Brown, who allegedly beat then girlfriend, Rihanna in 2009 started following her on Twitter so she started following him.
A fan of Rihanna’s tweeted to her asking if this was a sign of reconciliation and perhaps revisiting a possible romance, Rihanna had a rather harsh reaction, writing, “its f—in twitter, not the alter [sic]! calm down.”
The fan — who claims to be a 14-year-old girl — apologized, forcing Rihanna to issue her own apology.
“Babygirl I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to hurt or offend u! Just needed to make it clear to the Navy [Rihanna’s fans’ nickname]…xoxo,” tweeted the singer, who then began following the fan on Twitter.
What do you think of Rihanna and Chris Brown following each other on Twitter?!
Adele is on a roll as “Rolling in the Deep” takes the number one spot and gives Adele her first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It’s hard to believe she hasn’t achieved that feat already since she has racked up so many other honors.
“Rolling in the Deep” pushes Katy Perry’s “E.T.,” featuring Kanye West, to No. 2 on the Hot 100, after five weeks on top. Just as American Idol helped Perry and West hold on to the top spot last week, it helps Jennifer Lopez this week.
J Lo. traded her judge’s chair for the stage to perform “On the Floor,” featuring Pitbull, on “American Idol” last Thursday (May 5), the song soars 7-3 with Digital Greatest honors on the Hot 100. Lady Antebellum’s new single “Just a Kiss” blasts into the top 10 at No. 7 which also maybe because of their performance on ‘Idol’.
Billboard’s Hot 100 4-10:
Katy Perry’s “E.T.” ft. Kanye West holds the No. 1 spot for the fifth week in a row while fighting off such competition as Britney Spears who soars back into the top 10.
Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” claims the No. 2 spot and the Airplay Gainer award as it rushes from 12 to 7 on the Radio Songs chart.
Making the journey up the charts to No. 3 is Britney Spears’ “Till The World Ends” besting it’s previous peak at No. 9 and picking up the Digital Gainer which follows the release of the highly anticipated remix with Ke$ha and Nicki Minaj.
Here is the rest of your top 10:
The Billboard 200 doesn’t have much going on this week. There isn’t a single debut in the top 10, which hasn’t happened since Jan. 22. What’s more is that not one album posted a sales gain in the top 40! Hopefully things will brighten up next week as many albums were released yesterday.
But as far as this week goes, here’s your top 10:
Adele’s “21” flies back to the top passing Foo Fighters and the new Glee album. This will be Adele’s 5th non-consecutive week at the summit selling 153,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan.
The Warblers – Glee’s next album to place on the charts – debuts at No. 2. This is rather uncommon for the hugely popular show because the Warblers marks the second smallest debut of all ten albums. It is second only to the “Rocky Horror Glee Show.”
Last week’s number one, the Foo Fighter’s “Wasting Light” slides to No. 3.
The rest of the top 10 on the Billboard 200:
Rihanna’s “S&M” flies 2-1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week and earns Ri a pair of records in the process.
“S&M” marks the singer’s 10th No. 1 on the Hot 100 which is an accomplishment in itself, but that’s not actually the record-breaker here. The first incredible achievement comes in that Rihanna is the youngest singer to achieve the feat at 23 years old. The next is the amount of time in which she did it. Rihanna logs the shortest span between a solo artist’s first and 10th No. 1s – a stretch of four years, 11 months and two weeks. (Her 1st, “SOS” reached the top in 2006.)
Rihanna’s track displaces her real-life best friend, Katy Perry’s “E.T.,” featuring Kanye West (No. 2), after three weeks atop the Hot 100.
The rest of the top 10:
What do y’all think about this week’s Hot 100?
Billboard forecasted last week that the Foo Fighters would make it to number one this time around, and they did!
The Foo Fighters Wasting Light debuts at No. 1 with 235,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The start is the band’s second-largest sales week — trumped only by the No. 2 launch of “In Your Honor” in 2005, which began with 311,000.
Only because of the Foo’s pushing her, Adele’s 21 bows to No. 2 even though she had a 5% sales increase.
Coming in at No. 3 is Alison Krauss and Union Station’s “Paper Airplane,” selling 83,000.
The rest of the top 10 looks like this:
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Adele’s 21 is back on top as she becomes the first artist in 2011 to sell over 1 million albums according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Britney Spears falls one spot to No. 2 with Femme Fatale.
Next week should be a little more lively with Foo Fighters “Wasting Light” possibly topping the chart.
Here are the rest of this week’s top 10:
No. 3 – Radiohead’s “The King of Limbs”
No. 4 – Hollywood Undead’s “American Tragedy”
No. 5 – Wiz Khalifa’s “Rolling Papers”
No. 6 – Chris Brown’s “F.A.M.E.”
No. 7 – Songs for Japan
No. 8 – Mumford & Sons’ “Sigh No More”
No. 9 – Asking Alexandria’s “Reckless & Relentless”
No. 10 – Kirk Franklin’s “Hello Fear”
What do you think of this week’s 200? It’s pretty awesome that Adele sold 1 million albums, right?
Britney Spears’ Femme Fatale flies in to take the number one spot on the Billboard 200 this week. This mark’s the pop diva’s 6th No. 1 on the chart which ties her with Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson for most times at the top. The only people who have more are Madonna with 7 and Barbara Streisand with 9.
“Spears isn’t the only big news on the Billboard 200 this week however, as Wiz Khalifa comes in at No. 2 with his major label debut, Rolling Papers selling 197,000,” reports Billboard. “He’s already topped the Billboard Hot 100 with “Black and Yellow” and bowed in the top 10 last week with “No Sleep.”
The rest of this week’s top 10 looks like this:
How do you feel about this week’s Billboard 200?!
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