Rolling 2006 US Charts Thread

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hmm - is the beyonce available for $ dl yet? i'd like to think it's tanking cuz it's dull but the two sentences prior suggest there must be other factors.

Nope. No word yet on a digital release date. She's already top 10, however, at R&B (up 12-9).

Thomas Inskeep (submeat), Thursday, 29 June 2006 17:01 (eighteen years ago) link

Pussycat Dolls score their fourth Top 20 hit from their debut, which I'm not sure anyone has done since Exposé (any chart fiends want to weigh in on this?).

Does Beyonce count, since it's a solo debut? (If so, "Crazy in Love," "Baby Boy," "Me, Myself, and I," and "Naughty Girl" all went top 5.)

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 29 June 2006 17:05 (eighteen years ago) link

"Pon De Replay" would be the proper third member of that trilogy. (Also the odd one out by virtue of future hits, but who could know that at the time?)

It's Rodney, poised and rational! (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 29 June 2006 17:07 (eighteen years ago) link

xp, obv and jaymc good thinking on Beyonce

It's Rodney, poised and rational! (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 29 June 2006 17:09 (eighteen years ago) link

expose might well be the last group with 4 top 20 singles on the debut - wilson phillips only had like 3 at most right?

j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 29 June 2006 17:15 (eighteen years ago) link

If nothing else Mariah had four #1 hits off her first album. Beat that.

It's Rodney, poised and rational! (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 29 June 2006 17:27 (eighteen years ago) link

>Nelly & Tim take the throne<

So what's a bigger Nelly & Tim hit, "Promiscuous" or "Over and Over"? (I forget; did that go number one?)

xhuxk (xheddy), Thursday, 29 June 2006 17:29 (eighteen years ago) link

oops, hadn't noticed that Alex already made the same point. But yeah, I was confused, too.

xhuxk (xheddy), Thursday, 29 June 2006 17:30 (eighteen years ago) link

I believe "Over and Over" went to #3.

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 29 June 2006 17:33 (eighteen years ago) link

But was "Promiscuous" played on CMT? I think not.

Thomas Inskeep (submeat), Thursday, 29 June 2006 17:37 (eighteen years ago) link

Yeah, "Over and Over" made it to #3. Sorry to have been confusing on that, and about confusing my years on the Nina Sky and Lumidee. The connection I hear among the three songs is just a kind of minimalism in the vocal delivery, not in the backing tracks, as if the music exists oblivious to the vocal track (and is the better off for it). I guess I'm alone in thinking the Lumidee was the worst *vocal* to hit the top 10 since, oh, Bobby Sherman? Anyway, the Cassie similarly rubs me the wrong way.

(So now I'm trying to think if I had one of these last year, and the only thing that comes to mind is Natalie's "Goin' Crazy," which was hideous but in a different way.)

Thanks for reminding me about 50 (I'd forgotten about "Wanksta") and Beyoncé (though since she'd had so many group hits it's kinda hard to count her). Wilson Phillips went top 10 with three songs ("Hold On," "Release Me," and "You're in Love") but didn't go top 20 with "The Dream Is Still Alive." And now that I think about it, I think the Nelson twins charted four singles from their debut, but I can't think of their positions, or even their titles.

Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 29 June 2006 18:14 (eighteen years ago) link

Close but no cigar:

NELSON
(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection 1
After the Rain 6
More Than Ever 14
Only Time Will Tell 28

TIMBERLAKE
Like I Love You 11
Cry Me a River 3
Rock Your Body 5
Senorita 27

BRITNEY
...Baby One More Time 1
(You Drive Me) Crazy 10
Sometimes 21
From the Bottom of My Broken Heart 14

GWEN STEFANI
Rich Girl 7
Hollaback Girl 1
Cool 13
Luxurious 21

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 29 June 2006 18:31 (eighteen years ago) link

Wilson Phillips went top 10 with three songs ("Hold On," "Release Me," and "You're in Love") but didn't go top 20 with "The Dream Is Still Alive."

Hold On 1
Impulsive 4
Release Me 1
The Dream is Still Alive 12

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 29 June 2006 18:37 (eighteen years ago) link

I don't think the vocals on "Move Ya Body" and "Me & U" are bad (although they sound protooled to hell on the later, but I actually like the artificialness of the sound), just kind of non-committal, and I think the ragged edge of the vocals on "Never Leave You" give it a feel of desperation that works in the song's favor.

x-post to McCombs

It's Rodney, poised and rational! (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 29 June 2006 18:39 (eighteen years ago) link

xtina

Genie in a bottle #1
What a girl wants #1
I turn to you #3
Come on Over Baby #1

danzig (danzig), Thursday, 29 June 2006 20:32 (eighteen years ago) link

Wow, how did I forget that ... thx!

Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 29 June 2006 20:48 (eighteen years ago) link

Um... I thought "Ain't No Other Man" by La Aguilera was supposed to be a huge monster hit? Why isn't it in the charts anywhere?

Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 29 June 2006 21:14 (eighteen years ago) link

(See 9, #)

It's Rodney, poised and rational! (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 29 June 2006 21:22 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh, I thought I'd looked up Christina, but I guess I hadn't!

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 29 June 2006 21:29 (eighteen years ago) link

Barely scraping the Top Ten really isn't much of a hit for such a massive popstar.

Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 29 June 2006 21:36 (eighteen years ago) link

hahaha

deej.. (deej..), Thursday, 29 June 2006 21:37 (eighteen years ago) link

It's only in its 3rd week. Most songs are at like #54 or something in their third week.

It's Rodney, poised and rational! (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 29 June 2006 21:46 (eighteen years ago) link

Rodney, having a big hit isn't much of a hit for such a massive popstar.

deej.. (deej..), Thursday, 29 June 2006 21:48 (eighteen years ago) link

also forgot mr. west (how could we?) -
slow jamz #1
through the wire #15
all falls down #7
jesus walks #11.

but the last group before PCD to accomplish 4 top 20 hits from their debut album was
HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH!
hold my hand #10
let her cry #9
only wanna be with you #6
time #14

maroon 5 did give them a good run for the money.

danzig (danzig), Thursday, 29 June 2006 21:50 (eighteen years ago) link

how'd we forget hootie!

j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 29 June 2006 21:52 (eighteen years ago) link

Dero to thread.

deej.. (deej..), Thursday, 29 June 2006 21:54 (eighteen years ago) link

Haha, funny one. Meh.

It's Rodney, poised and rational! (R. J. Greene), Friday, 30 June 2006 03:05 (eighteen years ago) link

Two weeks for the Nellster, as challengers begin to circle - Gnarls are now #3, Cassie's #4... it'd be an awesome top 5 if Yung Joc and 'Hips Don't Lie' weren't rubbish, eh? 'Ain't No Other Man' is now #6, 'Snap Yo Fingers' fills in the number 9 slot ('Ms New Booty' is away), and Field Mob make their top 10 debut at #10.

Below that... Kath McPhee's take on 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' (in this day and age? Good grief) debuts at #12, along with a sudden sense of dread that I'm going to have to put it in the Jukebox. Urgh. On a similar note - 'Shoulder Lean' is #31. Uck. Jessica Simpson's 'A Public Affair' debuts on the 100 at 39, and 'Sexy Love' is Ne-Yo's third hit this year at #50.

William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Thursday, 6 July 2006 14:27 (seventeen years ago) link

India Arie @ #1 on albums

deej.. (deej..), Thursday, 6 July 2006 14:32 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah that india arie #1 surprised me at first - i had no idea her fanbase was that large really (she gets INSANE press in atlanta, so i can never gauge how well she's actually doing or if it's just sonia murray).

glancing at the chart - did 'why you wanna' really peak at 29? dixie chicks still hanging in there which surprises me a bit actually. pearl jam not haning in there - no surprise. interesting debut @ 34 on the albums chart.

yung joc + shakira >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> gnarls barkley + nelly flirtado btw

j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 6 July 2006 15:28 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah India Arie was performing yesterday in grant park and it was packed with people.

deej.. (deej..), Thursday, 6 July 2006 15:43 (seventeen years ago) link

i swear to god the first few times i heard that cherish single i thought it was a heavily heavily reworked 'oh' remix.

that reminds me - anyone know the name of that incredibly dramatic older 'wise' (role written for ron isley but isn't ron isley) male + younger cute aaliyah entrant female pro-abstinence r&b song? or the name of that eeny meany miny mo synth-kazoo hip-hop song?

j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 6 July 2006 15:57 (seventeen years ago) link

I like that Cherish song, but probably because it sounds EXACTLY like Ciara's "Oh."
-- jaymc (jmcunnin...), June 1st, 2006 10:31 AM. (jaymc) (link)

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 6 July 2006 16:03 (seventeen years ago) link

BTW, blount, what's so surprising about the #34 album? That it's not higher? Or that it's so high? Promotion on it's been seemingly nonexistent, which is odd considering it's Hector "El Bambino" + Jay-Z (kinda).

Thomas Inskeep (submeat), Thursday, 6 July 2006 16:08 (seventeen years ago) link

I've done my best to search the Billboard site for this information, and I can't find it: What's the difference between a "digital track" and a "digital song"? The lists are nearly identical: Paris Hilton is at 10 as a track and at 13 as a song, both of which are higher than her showing on the main chart. Celebs tend to do better on download than on airplay, though I certainly think most of 'em these days deserve the airplay, incl. Paris; she's not quite made top 20 on the Mediabase mainstream and CHR/Pop airplay charts.

Ashlee's "Invisible" is invisible compared to Jessica's "A Public Affair" ("Invisible" is in the 50s on Mediabase's mainstream airplay chart and somewhere below 50 on the Billboard main chart); deservedly so, as "Invisible" is the first song Ashlee's released (at least in the U.S.) that she didn't write, and she's got 25 or so songs that are better, including several of the album rejects. Whereas "A Public Affair" is a really nice Madonna "Holiday" evocation. Hope it keeps rising.

Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Thursday, 6 July 2006 18:56 (seventeen years ago) link

Hot Digital Tracks counts different versions of a song seperately, whereas Hot Digital Songs counts all versions of a song as one.

It's Rodney, chocolate-covered, freaky, and habit-forming! (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 6 July 2006 21:33 (seventeen years ago) link

I imagine that probably comes into play most with original vs. clean/radio edits, right?

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 6 July 2006 21:35 (seventeen years ago) link

Exactly, jaymc, though it's also for album versions vs. radio edits. Remixes, too.

Thomas Inskeep (submeat), Thursday, 6 July 2006 21:48 (seventeen years ago) link

"Promiscuous" hangs on for another week at #1. Not much action on the rest of the chart, though. Gnarls Barkley and Cassie both inch up one, as Shakira falls to #4. Otherwise, eh.

jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 13 July 2006 19:33 (seventeen years ago) link

The most noteworthy thing about this week's charts appears to be that the top 16 on the modern rock charts are the exact same as they were last week.

The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 13 July 2006 20:27 (seventeen years ago) link

is 'promiscuous' the most overrated 'no seriously i like pop music sometimes' hit since 'since u been gone'?

j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 13 July 2006 20:40 (seventeen years ago) link

It's especially fucked considering "Promiscuous" was chosen as the single in America because the label decided "Maneater" was far too "pop" to break the US charts.

Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 13 July 2006 20:45 (seventeen years ago) link

Anyone who claims to like the song's motives must be suspect! All those people getting it to number one on the charts are obviously just pretending to like it for pop cred.

It's Rodney, currently unemployed! (R. J. Greene), Thursday, 13 July 2006 21:01 (seventeen years ago) link

Completely unchanged top 6 - PCD climb to 7, The Fray hold #10 after 23 weeks on the 100. New Lifehouse?

Bundle of minor climbers from 13 to 17, with Pants!, Cherish, Portrait Of the Artist As A Young Dro, Sean-eh and Kelis all inching towards the top 10. Rather more substantial climbs propel E-40 and Ne-Yo to 22 and 24 respectively, with John Cocking Mayer a new entry at #25. Erupting into the 50 - Chingy ft. Tyrese (#44) and The Wreckers (#48). NOW 22 is Bonnie Prince Album.

William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Thursday, 20 July 2006 09:15 (seventeen years ago) link

Diana Reyes's album debuts at #4 on the Latin albums, #2 on Heatseekers! This is gonna be her year! She's really good.

In other news, Ronnie Milsap's album is way the hell down the Country albums, like in the 40s. Can they not release a single? I vote for "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" or "Time Keeps Ticking Away" or whatever that one's called.

dr. phil (josh langhoff), Thursday, 20 July 2006 14:18 (seventeen years ago) link

does the "Scotty Doesn't Know" that debuted at #80-something this week have anything to do with the song from Eurotrip? Seems like too strange a title for it to be a coincidence, but if so, why'd it take four years to break into the charts?

The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 20 July 2006 17:26 (seventeen years ago) link

kinda surprised that milsap is so low, i've seen it like crazy on cmt (whichever one that's vaugely margaritaville and there's all these hot chix dancing around ronnie). eurotrip's been on cable for awhile too so i don't know why 'scotty doesn't know' popped up - just now available on itunes (this seems unlikely), concerted net effort by whoever the hell did 'scotty doesn't know's fanbase (cf. mr. yorke)?

j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 20 July 2006 19:05 (seventeen years ago) link

it looks like the version on the charts is by the same band who did it on the Eurotrip soundtrack, Lustra, who just put out a new album with the song on it this year.

Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Thursday, 20 July 2006 19:09 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh yeah, "Local Girls" (Milsap), I forgot about that one, assuming that's it. That's a good one too. More CMT for me! Why, if CMT's lineup is better overall than any commercial country station, is the CMT Top 20 usually 75% ballads and sucky?

dr. phil (josh langhoff), Thursday, 20 July 2006 23:02 (seventeen years ago) link

(Not much) trouble at the top - Nel & Tim continue to lord it over Dangerlo and Cassie. 'Buttonz' climbs to 4 from 7, worryingly.

Pants! can practically taste the top 10 as they climb to 11, accompanied by slight upward edgings from Cherish (13) and Kelis (16). 'U And Dat' and 'Sexy Love' make their top 20 bows at 18 and 19 respectively. Reasonable climbs for John Cobblers Mayercamp (21), Bromsgrove Hilton (29), Simpson The Elder (30), Chingy (37) and The Wreckers (43).

NEU INS FUNFZIG: 'Janet' & 'Nelly' climb to 25 from 63. Ashlee Gon' Knock You Ahhht makes its debut on the Hot 100 at 28. Yung Joc's Difficult Second Single climbs to 42 from 66, and Rascal Flatts' 'Me & My Gang' gives them three singles in the top 50 at #50.

William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Thursday, 27 July 2006 13:39 (seventeen years ago) link


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