Rolling 2006 US Charts Thread

Katharine sang it on American Idol last week, and if "Bad Day" is any indication that show is helping evens songs not by the contestants leap up the charts these days.

The song sucks.

Rihanna gets two singles in the top 20, as 'Unfaithful' climbs to #16. Yung Joc climbs to #26. New in the 50 - Nelly 'n' Timbaland are #30, and will probably be #1 in a few weeks time. 'Cassie' is #38, and Phil Vassar is #47.

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I listened to a few tracks at the Virgin store this week. Majorly unimpressed: the promoted tracks were too satin-y; and the presence of 16 tracks makes me suspect it's overbloated with filler. I'll be shocked if it's on the album charts for more than 4 or 5 weeks.

And the Tim McGraw cover of "When the Stars Go Blue" cracks the Top 40. Nice to see, though he didn't need to be so utterly faithful to the original.

Also soaring is Cassie, about whom I know nothing other than that 'Me & U' is one of the most fantastically eerie things I've heard this year - it climbs from 38 to 13. Ashley Parker Angel climbs from 46 to 29.

New in the 50 - CRAYYYYYYY-ZAY makes its long-awaited arrival at #38, LeToya (presuming this is the ex-Destiny's Child lass?) is #42, TI's 'Why You Wanna' is #44 (incidentally, this is now on the A-List at Radio 1, meaning his way of wearing a hat can now be mocked by British people that are more famous than me), Kenny Chesney is #46, and Kelis' 'Bossy' is #50. There is also a re-entry for Anna Nalick's 'Breathe' at #45 - is this American Idol-related?

(P.S. GO GNARLS!)

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(You know, he was a star before she was, and both their careers were sputtering when the Newlyweds revived them.)

Gnarls makes slight movement to 34 with "Crazy." Is the Daughtry a cover of the Bon Jovi song?

Unless Ms. Furtado can slip in before then, the next U.S. #1 will crown the chart in 3 weeks: 6/13 sees the commercial release (physical and digital, whatta concept) of Taylor Hicks' "Do I Make You Proud." Should sell, hmmm, over 100K first week? Maybe a lot more?

uh, why wouldn't it top the country albums chart too? if it tops the main chart of course it's gonna top the chart of whatever genre it's in, and there's no reason DC wouldn't be on the country chart, despite what a lot of country fans think of them these days.

"Do I Make You Proud" might be the best sappy AI winner insta-hit yet, although that's not saying much.

Shakira will be #1 next week. "Hips Don't Lie" is #1 on the airplay chart and just recieved digital release.

Other than that, action is kinda hard to come by - those three singles excepted, everything else falls or stays the same in the top 20. Yr big gainers are P!ATD, Gnarls and the Dolls, who occupy slots 25 to 27. Cherish and LeToya climb to 38 and 39 respectively. Debuts in the 50 for AFI (43), Jamie Foxx ft. Twista (45 - 'DJ Play A Love Song', befitting Twista's status as one of the great romantics), Busta Rhymes ft. will.i.am and Kelis (46 - 'I Love My Bitch', also befitting Twista's status as one of the great romantics), and Carrie Underwood (49).

I might be misremembering, but I'm pretty sure the genre album-sales charts (R&B, Country, etc) report from a subset of stores rather than all-around like the Billboard 200 main chart.

And I know this is mainly a singles chart thread, but in utterly depressing news, AFI are a lock to notch their first #1 album on next week's chart; Hits is predicting (based on first day sales) 250K+. Oy.

and Taylor Hicks shouldn't have much of an issue getting to #1, three of the four AI idol winners did it on next-to-no airplay, the fourth being beaten than week by runner-up Clay Aiken.

Turns out Shakira has the best digital sales week ever by more than 100,000, at least for 2 weeks.

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284,928 is the number.

Aguilera debuts at #19. DJ Khaled (#59), Natasha Bedingfield (#72), Outkast (#77), Rakim y Ken-Y (#90), the nigga you love to hate (#92), and Jeannie Ortega (#96) all debut. Ne-Yo (best song of the year), Don Omar, & James Blunt debut in the last 3 spots.

Gnarls (26-15), Rascal Flatts (59-25), and Cherish (38-29) are the big gainers.

I find it interesting that 5 of the last 7 #1s have been by foreigners, discuss.

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Looks like it.

So what do folks think - Taylor Hicks #1 next week? HITS says he'll sell 150K singles based on first day, but I don't think that includes online... can he top Shakira with virtually no airplay? And wouldn't he have to sell at least 200K to do it?

(Then 2 weeks later there's McPhee's single, but I think she's more likely top 5 than #1.)

BOOM! is also the sound that is made by Gnarls Barkley and Rascal Flatts, as 'Crazy' and 'Life Is A Highway' make their first incursions upon the top 10 at 6 and 7 respectively.

Elsewhere: 'It Is Not The Case That There Is Any Other Man' climbs to #13 in its second week, as Pants! At The Disco make the top 20 for the first time at #19. Beyonce and Jay-Z debut at #44 with 'Deja Vu', E-40's 'U and Dat' and Brad Paisley's 'The World' say hello to the top 50 a bit below that.

Blimey, but Taylor Hicks is a slightly scary lookin' dude. Who bears a weird resemblance to Billboard's Chart Beat column man. Hmm.

Is it wrong of me to be a bit confused by this?

Huh.

http://www.chartattack.com/pics/2006/05/25-taylor.jpg http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/images/pic_interact_1.jpg

Incidentally, it's being changed to 'I Love My Chick' for its UK release, meaning if Buckcherry were to do the same thing, then people would think they were covering Charlotte Church. This would lead to a few surprised faces, possibly.

So Outkast's "Mighty 'O'" loses its bullet and slides 30-32 on the R&B singles chart, not a good sign. But at least "Crazy" made it far higher than I expected.

Does Shakira return to #1 next week, or is an AI runner-up single coming out?

'Cause that's how Busta's label (Aftermath, interestingly) wussed out and released it. The radio/video version is actually titled "I Love My Chick." Alternately known as "Big pussy song that blows, frankly, and wastes Kelis."

Katherine McPhee's single comes out next week, which means we have a one-week interim. (Though I still don't think hers is a sure-shot #1 - top 5, yes, but as for the top, we'll see.) Considering "Hips Don't Lie" lost its bullet - both airplay and, crucially, sales, are dropping - I think Furtado could slip in there, and since she's just gaining strength, then return in 3 weeks' time, post-McPhee. But watch for Christina and Beyoncé, whose contenders for "summer jam '06" could rise real fast. ("Deja Vu," in fact, is already up to #12 at R&B.)

So Outkast's "Mighty 'O'" loses its bullet and slides 30-32 on the R&B singles chart, not a good sign.
Remember, this is basically on R&B radio as a leak - I think it was just officially serviced a week or so ago. Once there's a video, and once there's a digital download, expect it to do better. (Assuming it's any good; I've not heard it yet.) We're still 2 months off from any attendant hysteria/press over the Idlewild movie/soundtrack, too.