Eminem holds on to No. 1 on Hot 100 for third straight week

Eminem’s “Love The Way You Lie” featuring Rihanna is still at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for the third straight week. According to Billboard.com, the song has also again claimed the Airplay Gainer Trophy (for a fifth straight week), and is on the heels of Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” on the Radio Songs chart, which it will likely overtake next week.

But don’t feel too bad for Perry, Billboard reports her hit “California Gurls” is still at No. 2 on the Hot 100 and has a partner in the top 10 as her second single from her new album “Teenage Dream” screams in to No. 7 on the chart.

The rest of the Billboard 100 top 10 includes:

• At No. 3, “Dynamite,” Taio Cruz
• At No. 4, “Airplanes,” B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams
• At No. 5, “I Like It,” Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull
• At No. 6, “Cooler Than Me,” Mike Posner
• At No. 7, “Teenage Dream,” Katy Perry
• At No. 8, “Billionaire,” Travie McCoy feat. Bruno Mars
• At No. 9, “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love,” Usher feat. Pitbull
• At No. 10, “OMG,” Usher feat. will.i.am

Do you have any of these tracks on heavy rotation? Or, are there any of these you are just totally OVER hearing on the radio?

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Eminem maintains No. 1 spot on Hot 100, sets new record

Eminem has recorded another big week as not only does Recovery hold the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200, but his single “Love The Way You Lie” featuring Rihanna maintains its peak at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a second straight week.

Billboard reports “Love The Way You Lie” earned the chart’s Airplay Gainer award for its fourth straight week, pushing it to No. 5 on Hot 100 Airplay, and holding on to the No. 1 standing on Digital Songs for a fifth week ever widening its points lead over Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” which it successfully bumped to No. 2 last week.

Billboard reports that Eminem is the first artist in the “digital age” to concurrently hold the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 and the Hot Digital Songs for five straight weeks.

The rest of the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 includes:

• At No. 2, “California Gurls,” Katy Perry
• At No. 3, “Dynamite,” Taio Cruz
• At No. 4, “Airplanes,” B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams
• At No. 5, “Billionaire,” Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars
• At No. 6, “I Like It,” Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull
• At No. 7, “Cooler Than Me,” Mike Posner
• At No. 8, “OMG,” Usher featuring will.i.am
• At No. 9, “Find Your Love,” Drake
• At No. 10, “Ridin’ Solo,” Jason Derulo

Of interest is Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream,” which came in at No. 20 in its first week of availability – are you a fan of this new song?  Another new entry on the chart is Bruno Mars’ first solo single “Just The Way You Are,” a song several members have tipped off as having great potential, so definitely one we’re looking to get in the jukebox soon!

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Katy Perry holds top spot on Hot 100 for sixth straight week

Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” featuring Snoop Dogg continues to hold No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for its sixth straight week.

However, Billboard predicts it may be Perry’s last week on top since Eminem’s “Love The Way You Lie” featuring Rihanna, this week’s No. 2 on the Hot 100, is also the chart’s Airplay Gainer for a second straight week, which puts it in line to take over the top spot next week.

The rest of the Hot 100 Top 10 includes:

• At No. 3, “Airplanes,” B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams
• At No. 4, “OMG” Usher featuring will.i.am
• At No. 5, “Billionaire,” Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars
• At No. 6, “Dynamite,” Taio Cruz
• At No. 7, “Cooler Than Me,” Mike Posner
• At No. 8, “I Like It,” Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull
• At No. 9, “Find Your Love,” Drake
• At No. 10, “Ridin'” Jason DeRulo

Which of these songs have you been listening to on repeat this week?

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Katy Perry extends “California Gurls” run to five straight weeks

How long can she hold onto the No. 1 position on the Hot 100? Well that’s a question that won’t be answered until – at earliest – next week as Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” extends its run on the top of the Hot 1oo to five weeks, with Billboard reporting that airplay for Perry’s first single off the forthcoming Teenage Dream is still continuing to build.

Perry and Snoop Dogg were able to fend off the huge leap Eminem made with “Love The Way You Lie” featuring Rihanna, which blasted in at No. 2 last week and held steady at that position. Billboard reports that most download-fueled top 10 debuts (such as this one) normally slip in their second week on the list, but that Eminem’s new track hardly dropped its download numbers at all. Another interesting tidbit on the Detroit-based rapper is that his first single from Recovery, “Not Afraid” moved back into the top 10 this week, giving Em simultaneous top 10s for the first time in his career.

The rest of the Hot 100 top 10 includes:

• At No. 3, “OMG,” Usher feat. will.i.am
• At No. 4, “Airplanes,” B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams
• At No. 5, “Billionaire,” Travie McCoy
• At No. 6, “Cooler Than Me,” Mike Posner
• At No. 7, “Dynamite,” Taio Cruz
• At No. 8, “Find Your Love,” Drake
• At No. 9, “Ridin’ Solo,” Jason Derulo
• At No. 10, “Not Afraid,” Eminem

Do you have any of these tracks on heavy rotation? Or, are there any you think are getting too MUCH airplay?

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Katy Perry continues her reign on top of Hot 100

Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” featuring Snoop Dogg has held on to the throne at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a fourth straight week. Billboard reports the summer anthem has also earned the Airplay Gainer award for the third straight week.

It will be fun to see if she can pull of another week as Eminem’s collaboration with Rihanna “Love the Way You Lie” from his new album Recovery stormed the chart coming in at No. 2 on the Hot 100. Will it continue to gain steam next week to usurp “California Gurls”?

The rest of the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 includes:

• At No. 3, “OMG,” Usher featuring will.i.am
• At No. 4, “Airplanes,” B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams
• At No. 5, “Billionaire,” Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars
• At No. 6, “Find Your Love,” Drake
• At No. 7, “Cooler Than Me,” Mike Posner
• At No. 8, “Your Love Is My Drug,” Ke$ha
• At No. 9, “Alejandro,” Lady Gaga
• At No. 10, “Whatcha Say,” Jason Derulo

Other notable debuts in the Hot 100 this week are songs that many of our HitPredictor members have recently voted on including Selena Gomez & The Scene’s “Round & Round,” which debuted at No. 24, Maroon 5’s “Misery” which came in at No. 44, and Sara Bareilles’ “King of Anything” which came in at No. 59.

Do you have any of these songs in a current playlist? If so, which ones?

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Katy Perry continues to dominate Hot 100

Katy Perry hasn’t budged from last week’s peak on the Billboard Hot 100 as her collaboration with Snoop Dogg, “California Gurls,” continues to rule the roost for a third straight week, while also earning the chart’s Airplay Gainer award for a second straight frame according to Billboard.com.

The rest of the Hot 100 top 10 include:

• At No. 2, “OMG,” Usher featuring will.i.am
• At No. 3, “Airplanes,” B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams
• At No. 4, “Billionaire,” Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars
• At No. 5, “Find Your Love,” Drake
• At No. 6, “Your Love Is My Drug,” Ke$ha
• At No. 7, “Alejandro,” Lady Gaga
• At No. 8, “Cooler Than Me,” Mike Posner
• At No. 9, “Not Afraid,” Eminem
• At No. 10, “Break Your Heart,” Taio Cruz featuring Ludacris

Billboard 200 golden boy Drake debuted four new tracks in the Hot 100 this week, adding to his other three that were previously on the chart. Billboard reports that in addition to “Find Your Love” at No. 5, “Over” is at No. 32, “Miss Me” featuring Lil Wayne is at No. 63. Of the new track debuts Drake locked in “Up All Night” at No. 49, “9AM in Dallas” at No. 57, “Fireworks” featuring Alicia Keys at No. 71, and “Fancy” with T.I. and Swizz Beatz at No. 87.

Billboard also noted that of his seven charting tracks, all are from his No. 1-debuting album Thank Me Later except “9 AM Dallas” which was concurrently released as a digital track.

Do you have any of these tracks on your iPod right now?

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Katy Perry dominates Hot 100 for second straight week

Katy Perry reigns again at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with her “California Gurls” featuring Snoop Dogg. Billboard reports that the track also took this week’s Airplay and Digital Gainer awards making Perry the first female artist to grab simultaneous gainer awards while at No. 1 on the Hot 100 since Alicia Keys did so with “No One” on the chart dated Dec. 1, 2007.

Usher held steady at No. 2 with “OMG” featuring will.i.am.

The rest of the Hot 100 includes:

• At No. 3, “Airplanes,” B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams
• At No. 4, “Billionaire,” Travie McCoy
• At No. 5, “Your Love Is My Drug,” Ke$ha
• At No. 6, “Alejandro,” Lady Gaga
• At No. 7, “Break Your Heart,” Taio Cruz featuring Ludacris
• At No. 8, “Not Afraid,” Eminem
• At No. 9, “Rock That Body,” The Black Eyed Peas
• At No. 10, “Find Your Love,” Drake

Some other fun facts from Billboard:

• Drake’s position at No. 10 makes “Find Your Love” the third top 10 for the up-and-coming rapper.
• Justin Bieber’s collaboration with Jaden Smith is this week’s top debut, as “Never Say Never” enters at No. 33.
• Glee had another five entries make it into the Hot 100 this week.

Are any of the above tracks on heavy rotation in your playlists?

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Martina McBride, T.I., and Kid Rock: What do these artists have in common?

Don’t you love how artists are getting more and more creative with the fellow musicians they are choosing collaborate and record with?

I was a little wary but pleasantly surprised with B.o.B bringing Paramore’s Hayley Williams on board for “Airplanes” and there’s a new track that’s just been recorded that features an even more unique collaborative team.

Martina McBride has already hooked up with Kid Rock on a track together – most notably their duet at the CMA Music Festival last year. So while this pairing isn’t unique adding rapper T.I. to the mix is!

This week during Billboard’s Country Music Summit McBride announced the unique collaboration: “I just recorded a song with Kid Rock for his new album. It seems like an odd pairing, but I love that he sees the real redneck in me. There’s a rapper called T.I. who raps the third verse. Kid Rock sings the first verse, I sing the second verse and T.I. raps the third verse. Crazy, but it’s really uplifting and it’s a cool melody and it feels good. It makes sense. If I was rapping the third verse, that would not make sense.”

McBride revealed nothing more about the collaboration or track, but described how the pairing came about:  “With Kid Rock, I sang a duet with him at the CMA Music Festival last year. He had said he would write a song for us to do for his new album, and he’s true to his word. He sent it to me and I just loved it. It’s an uplifting song, has great lyrics and he’s such a huge country music fan. It’s exciting.”

Do you think this collaboration of Kid Rock, Martina McBride, and T.I. has the potential to be a hit song?

Do you think artists are turning to more creative pairings to gain some buzz and momentum behind the track?

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Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” tops out on Billboard 100

Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” featuring Snoop Dogg is sitting pretty atop the Billboard Hot 100, making it the second time Perry has topped out at No. 1 on the chart in her career, the first being with the infamous “I Kissed a Girl” in the summer of 2008. It’s also Snoop Dogg’s third time at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 out of the 31 chart entries he’s had on the list since 1993.

With Perry making her way to the No. 1, Usher is displaced and his single “OMG” featuring will.i.am dropps to the No. 2 position.

The rest of the Billboard Hot 100 includes:

• At No. 3, “Airplanes,” B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams
• At No. 4, “Your Love Is My Drug,” Ke$ha
• At No. 5, “Billionaire,” Travie McCoy
• At No. 6, “Break Your Heart,” Taio Cruz
• At No. 7, “Alejandro,” Lady Gaga
• At No. 8, “Nothin’ On You,” B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars
• At No. 9, “Rock That Body,” The Black Eyed Peas
• At No. 10, “Bulletproof,” LaRoux

Of note is the fact that “Rock That Body” from the Black Eyed Peas’ The E.N.D. is the fifth top 10 single from this multi-platinum set. Perhaps even more impressive is that in the 62 weeks since “Boom” hit the upper tier, the Black Eyed Peas have been absent from the top 10 for just 15 frames according to Billboard.com.

Do you have any of these tracks on heavy rotation?

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Usher’s “OMG” tops out at No. 1 on Hot 100 for fourth week

Usher has held on to the top slot on the Billboard Hot 100 with his single “OMG” featuring will.i.am for the fourth (non-consecutive) week. Billboard.com reports that the track also moved to the No. 1 position on the Radio Songs chart, which gives Usher a total of seven chart-toppers on this chart. The only artist to earn more than that is Mariah Carey, who earned 11.

Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” moves up a notch on the Hot 100, which Billboard reports is the No. 1 song on the Digital chart, and is climbing rapidly on the Radio Songs chart to its current position at No. 10, which is the fastest climb into the top 10 since T.I.’s “Live Your Life” in October 2008.

The rest of the Billboard Hot 100 includes:

• At No. 3, “Airplanes,” B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams
• At No. 4, “Your Love is My Drug,” Ke$ha
• At No. 5, “Break Your Heart,” Taio Cruz
• At No. 6, “Alejandro,” Lady Gaga
• At No. 7, “Nothin’ on You,” B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars
• At No. 8, “Bulletproof,” La Roux
• At No. 9, “Hey, Soul Sister,” Train
• At No. 10, “Not Afraid,” Eminem

Billboard also reported on Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox’s entries into the Hot 100 noting that DeWyze’s “Beautiful Day” arrived at No. 24 which makes it the third American Idol winner to fall short of the top 10 (assuming it falls next week as expected). DeWyze’s other debuts on the chart include “Hallelujah” at No. 44, and “The Boxer,” at No. 88. Bowersox’s only contribution was “Up To the Mountain,” which came in at No. 57, while the pair’s duet “Falling Slowly” came in at No. 66.

Did you purchase any of the top 10 songs this week, or any from the American Idol contestants for that matter? If so, what did you buy?

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Usher back on top of Billboard 100 with “OMG”

Usher finds himself back on top of the Billboard Hot 100 this week as “OMG” featuring will.i.am rallies for a third non-consecutive week at the top of the chart. Billboard also reports the track has reclaimed the No. 1 spot on the Digital Songs talley, recording 236,000 downloads according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The top digital download of last week, Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” featuring Snoop Dogg recorded 231,000 downloads this past week, and manages to come in at No. 3 on the Hot 100 in only its second week of availability.

The No. 2 track on the Hot 100 this week is B.o.B’s “Airplanes” featuring Hayley Williams, which also moved up past Katy Perry on the Digital Songs talley, recording 232,000 downloads which may put it in a tight battle for the No. 1 slot for next week’s chart as all three of the top contenders are all recording similar numbers.

The rest of the Billboard Hot 100 includes:

• At No. 4, “Break Your Heart,” Taio Cruz featuring Ludacris
• At No. 5, “Nothin’ On You,” B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars
• At No. 6, “Alejandro,” Lady Gaga
• At No. 7, “Your Love Is My Drug,” Ke$ha
• At No. 8, “Can’t Be Tamed,” Miley Cyrus
• At No. 9, “Not Afraid,” Eminem
• At No. 10, “Rude Boy,” Rihanna

Do you have any of these songs in a regular rotation on your iPod or MP3 player?

There are several songs our HitPredictor members voted on last week that also made their debut on the Billboard Hot 100 this week! Check out the complete article at Billboard.com for info. on artists such as:

• La Roux
• Avenged Sevenfold
• Muse
• Gyptian
• Christina Aguilera

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OMG! Usher back on top of Billboard 100

Usher has made his way back up to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 this week with “OMG” featuring will.i.am. This is the second time the single has been at the top of the chart. However, it wasn’t without some stiff competition from Katy Perry’s debut of “California Gurls” featuring Snoop Dogg, which opened strong coming in at No. 2 after shifting 294,000 downloads in its first week according to Billboard.com.

The rest of the Hot 100 top 10 include:

• At No. 3, “Airplanes,” B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams
• At No. 4, “Nothin On You,” B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars
• At No. 5, “Break Your Heart,” Taio Cruz featuring Ludacris
• At No. 6, “Not Afraid,” Eminem
• At No. 7, “Your Love Is My Drug,” Ke$ha
• At No. 8, “Alejandro,” Lady Gaga
• At No. 9, “Rude Boy,” Rihanna
• At No. 10, “Hey, Soul Sister,” Train

Which of these songs do you have on heavy rotation on your playlist?

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B.o.B locks in second week at No. 1 on Billboard 100 with debut single

The hot, young Atlanta-based rapper B.o.B has locked in a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 100 with his debut single, “Nothin’ on You” featuring Bruno Mars.

But that’s not the only song B.o.B is charting in the top 10 as his track “Airplanes” featuring Hayley Williams of Paramore, lands in the No. 9 slot after its debut last week at No. 12.

The rapper’s debut album, The Adventures of Bobby Ray, was just released Tuesday, and is a front-runner for the No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200 next week.

The rest of the Billboard 100 top 10 include:

• At No. 2, “Rude Boy,” Rihanna
• At No. 3, “Break Your Heart,” Taio Cruz feat. Ludacris
• At No. 4, “Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum
• At No. 5, “Hey, Soul Sister,” Train
• At No. 6, “OMG,” Usher feat. will.i.am
• At No. 7, “In My Head,” Jason Derulo
• At No. 8, “Your Love is My Drug,” Ke$ha
• At No. 9, “Airplanes,” B.o.B feat. Hayley Williams
• At No. 10, “Telephone,” Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé

Which of these tracks do you have in heavy rotation on your iPod?

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Rapper B.o.B mixes it up for his debut album, putting Haley Williams and Eminem together!

Is Atlanta-based rapper B.o.B a genius?

He hooked up 21-year-old Hayley Williams of Paramore with Eminem in a collaboration for “Airplanes (Part II),” a new track on his upcoming debut album, The Adventures of Bobby Ray, which is scheduled to drop at the end of this month (April 27).

Williams also made an appearance on “Airplanes” for the album, and discussed how it all came about with MTV News. “I was given the track a while ago while we were on tour,” Williams said. “The guys and I all loved it. They told me I was crazy if I passed it up. I liked the part too much anyways, so of course I was down.”

While Williams never set foot in the studio with Em, she said she was more than excited about the opportunity: “I only found out about Eminem getting on the track like a month ago. As if the song couldn’t get any better. He just slays me, he’s such a genius,” she said.

As to the final product? “Both versions of the track are incredible, that’s all I’ll say,” she said. “I’m so proud to be a part of this!”

Besides this odd couple, B.o.B has a few more interesting collaborations on the album – adding Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo to the mix of rappers such as T.I. and Lupe Fiasco!

Does the unusual mix of artists in unique collaborations make you curious to hear just what the buzzworthy Atlanta rapper has on his debut album?

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