US Singles Chart: 1. Usher featuring Will.I.Am – OMG (last week – 6) Usher might have used those three cringeworthy initials we’ve all got used to hearing thrown around as an expression of shock as a song title, but R&B is notoriously trendy, and in grabbing Will.I.Am and releasing a track from a genuinely striking [...]
Tagged US ringtone chartsUS Singles Chart: 1. B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars – Nothin’ On You (last week – 1) A second week at number one for break through act B.o.B whose single has now gone platinum, a mammoth achievement for a hip hop vocalist who was a virtual unknown before this song, and has made his way to [...]
Tagged US ringtone chartsUK Singles Chart: 1. Roll Deep – Good Times (new entry) – SONG OF THE WEEK Based in the home of ‘grime’, London, since 2002, this collective was founded in 2002 and scored two minor chart hits in 2005, but this is by far their biggest smash so far. It’s a happy go lucky, club [...]
Tagged UK ringtone chartsUS Singles Chart: 1. B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars – Nothin’ On You (last week – 2) After three consecutive weeks at number two, one of this year’s biggest breakthrough artists to date Stateside finally notches up his first number one single, and a stormer it is, too. B.o.B’s enticing brand of R&B was made for [...]
Tagged US ringtone chartsUK Singles Chart: 1. Diana Vickers – Once (new entry) – TRACK OF THE WEEK! Slow building X-Factor stars? This is a new one. Diana Vickers was a semi-finalist in the 2008 edition of the cult TV show before seemingly disappearing, much as many reality TV stars seem to. Now, though, she’s back, with the [...]
Tagged UK ringtone chartsUS Singles Chart: 1. Rihanna – Rude Boy (last week – 1) Rihanna’s bad decision making when it comes to men was already a very public matter before this single came along (I’m looking at you, Chris Brown), so perhaps it’s not the biggest shock in the world that the singer’s decided to air her [...]
UK Singles Chart: 1. Usher featuring Will.I.Am – OMG (last week – 2) A track that’s as autotuned on the cover as it is in the song itself: you’ll struggle to hear Usher’s real voice at any point during OMG. Still, it seems to have hit the right notes, having moved up one place to [...]
US Singles Chart: 1. Rihanna – Rude Boy (last week – 1) Rihanna hangs in there for one more week, a week in which sales seem to have carefully mirrored the last couple. We had to call and double check the charts, in fact, as the singles section is completely unchanged at the top end. [...]
Tagged US ringtone chartsUK Singles Chart: 1. Scouting For Girls – This Ain’t A Love Song (last week – 1) A second week at number one for what was previously a largely cult pop-punk band, Scouting For Girls. They’re long overdue a breakthrough, given their previous underground success, and we can expect the band to kick on from [...]
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