That Lollipop song is beyond awful. Lil Wayne has no talent whatsoever, the song is just pure remix and digital manipulation of his "voice". And he looks like a rapist. Its embarassing a song about oral sex is #1.

"Apologize" is about suicide? Hmm, I dunno about that.

Ryan Tedder was quoted as saying it is "about the emotional pain of someone who commits suicide" (originally posted on their Myspace though they have changed that to say it is about multiple relationships).

Even if it isn't "about" suicide, the metaphors contained very clearly point to that:

"I'm holding on your rope,
Got me ten feet off the ground
I'm hearing what you say but I just can't make a sound
You tell me that you need me
Then you go and cut me down, but wait
You tell me that you're sorry
Didn't think I'd turn around, and say...

It's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late"

Ashlee is over.

As for the question, I think LITCPT2 is counted seperately, or it would be titled LITC Remix

I was always thought "Apologize" was a very tragic song. There was so much dark emotion in the lyric and its delivery: disappointment, resentment, disillusionment, hurt, co-dependence. It definitely makes sense. Interesting....

As opposed to a song about suicide (Apologize which was #2 forever), a song about sex (Touch My Body), having sex in public places (Love in This Club), chauvinism (Low), or any other combination of the above??

CHART DATE: 04/28/2008
LAST UPDATE: 04/29/2008 13:05:39
NOW IN: FINAL


LW TW artist / album label power index % change
1 1 MARIAH CAREY ISLAND/IDJMG 175,899 -63%
E=MC2
2 2 LEONA LEWIS J RECORDS/RMG 98,488 +9%
SPIRIT
-- 3 ASHLEE SIMPSON GEFFEN 50,228 --
BITTERSWEET WORLD
-- 4 FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS SUB POP 49,449 --
FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS
5 5 NOW 27 SBMG/COMMERICAL MUSIC GRP 33,948 -14%
VARIOUS ARTISTS
7 6 JUNO RHINO 30,711 -11%
SOUNDTRACK
-- 7 ATMOSPHERE RHYMESAYER/ILG 30,513 --
WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS...
6 8 GEORGE STRAIT MCA NASHVILLE 30,020 -21%
TROUBADOUR
-- 9 PHIL VASSAR UNIVERSAL SOUTH 29,583 --
PRAYER OF A COMMON MAN
9 10 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 28,696 -2%
TAYLOR SWIFT
8 11 ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS RAZOR & TIE 26,805 -10%
SOUNDTRACK
4 12 HANNAH MONTANA WALT DISNEY RECORDS 26,699 -41%
BEST OF BOTH WORLDS CONCERT
14 13 JAMES OTTO WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE 25,591 +7%
SUNSET MAN
12 14 JACK JOHNSON BRUSHFIRE/UNIV REPUBLIC 23,769 -10%
SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC
10 15 R.E.M. WARNER BROS. 23,256 -16%
ACCELERATE
11 16 RICK ROSS DEF JAM/IDJMG 22,627 -18%
TRILLA
3 17 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE 22,228 -53%
LADY ANTEBELLUM
21 18 JORDIN SPARKS 19/JIVE/ZLG 20,379 +7%
JORDIN SPARKS
22 19 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 20,315 +8%
JONAS BROTHERS
-- 20 STORY OF THE YEAR EPITAPH 20,226 --
BLACK SWAN
-- 21 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 19,777 --
CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE
27 22 COLBIE CAILLAT UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 19,071 +6%
COCO
15 23 DAUGHTRY RCA/RMG 17,676 -22%
DAUGHTRY
29 24 ALICIA KEYS J RECORDS/RMG 17,237 0%
AS I AM
26 25 ALAN JACKSON ARISTA NASHVILLE 16,537 -8%
GOOD TIME
24 26 FLO RIDA ATLANTIC 16,293 -10%
MAIL ON SUNDAY
13 27 DANITY KANE BAD BOY/ATLANTIC 15,810 -36%
WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE
30 28 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA/RMG 15,685 -9%
CARNIVAL RIDE
40 29 AMY WINEHOUSE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 14,658 +4%
BACK TO BLACK
17 30 SARA BAREILLES EPIC 13,763 -36%
LITTLE VOICE
37 31 RACONTEURS WARNER BROS. 13,741 -4%
CONSOLERS OF THE LONELY
33 32 SNOOP DOGG GEFFEN 13,635 -13%
EGO TRIPPIN'
-- 33 WEEPIES NETTWERK 13,508 --
HIDEAWAY
32 34 HANNAH MONTANA 2 - MEET MILEY WALT DISNEY RECORDS 13,314 -16%
SOUNDTRACK
25 35 PANIC AT THE DISCO FUELED BY RAMEN 12,848 -29%
PRETTY. ODD.
35 36 MARY J. BLIGE GEFFEN 12,504 -17%
GROWING PAINS
38 37 CHRIS BROWN JIVE/ZLG 12,493 -12%
EXCLUSIVE
28 38 COUNTING CROWS GEFFEN 12,363 -29%
SATURDAY NIGHTS SUNDAY MORNINGS
-- 39 PRODIGY AAO MUSIC 12,063 --
H.N.I.C. PT. 2
31 40 NAKED BROTHERS BAND NICKELODOEN 11,795 -30%
I DON'T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL
-- 41 KID ROCK ATLANTIC 11,542 --
ROCK N ROLL JESUS
43 42 KEYSHIA COLE GEFFEN 11,482 -15%
JUST LIKE YOU
48 43 TRACE ADKINS CAPITOL NASHVILLE 11,331 -6%
AMERICAN MAN: GREATEST HITS V2
-- 44 GARTH BROOKS PEARL RECORDS 10,656 --
ULTIMATE HITS
-- 45 KENNY CHESNEY BNA/SBMG NASHVILLE 10,611 --
JUST WHO I AM: POETS & PIRATES
-- 46 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO 10,522 --
95/08 EXITOS
45 47 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 10,484 -15%
ENJOY THE RIDE
49 48 BUCKCHERRY ELEVEN SEVEN MUSIC 10,314 -11%
15
46 49 ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS ROUNDER 10,228 -17%
RAISING SAND
50 50 ONEREPUBLIC INTERSCOPE 10,044 -13%
DREAMING OUT LOUD

'4 Minutes' looks unlikely to capture the top spot after all.
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BILLBOARD HOT DIGITAL SONGS - TOP 50
3 1 LEWIS*LEONA BLEEDING LOVE 235880 30 182133 1565977
1 2 MADONNA FEAT. JUSTIN TIMBERLAK 4 MINUTES 185159 -8 201799 1031730
2 3 LIL WAYNE LOLLIPOP 175793 -4 183237 1065755
4 4 SPARKS*JORDIN NO AIR 118946 -12 135720 1495040
5 5 RAY J FEAT YUNG BERG SEXY CAN I 113328 -6 120208 1033465
-- 6 BROWN*CHRIS FOREVER 113072 999 50 113166
7 7 USHER LOVE IN THIS CLUB 100437 -8 109749 1237215
6 8 CAREY*MARIAH TOUCH MY BODY 98711 -17 118778 795691
-- 9 MCCARTNEY*JESSE LEAVIN' 94653 999 3323 97976
8 10 MAYER*JOHN SAY 88194 -4 91758 658347
10 11 BEDINGFIELD*NATASHA POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE 64125 -13 73982 501647
9 12 CYRUS*MILEY SEE YOU AGAIN 57526 -25 76945 1425276
12 13 DANITY KANE DAMAGED 57241 3 55772 438106
14 14 FLO RIDA LOW 46676 -9 51450 3703490
15 15 BAREILLES*SARA LOVE SONG 43925 -7 47380 2266256
26 16 METRO STATION SHAKE IT 40246 23 32652 169490
22 17 CAILLAT*COLBIE REALIZE 39302 10 35679 577350
19 18 ONEREPUBLIC STOP AND STARE 38754 -3 39925 1030983
17 19 FLO RIDA ELEVATOR 38209 -10 42367 606001
16 20 RIHANNA DON'T STOP THE MUSIC 38106 -16 45127 1777834
21 21 NELLY FEAT FERGIE PARTY PEOPLE 37718 4 36105 170264
11 22 CAREY*MARIAH BYE BYE 36378 -39 60037 96659
18 23 BROWN*CHRIS WITH YOU 36319 -10 40503 1556751
25 24 PLIES BUST IT BABY (PART 2) 34421 3 33532 180680
-- 25 LIL WAYNE MILLIE 32693 999 0 32693
23 26 SWIFT*TAYLOR OUR SONG 32634 -8 35493 1405103
20 27 FIASCO*LUPE SUPERSTAR 31660 -19 39118 947304
24 28 WEBBIE INDEPENDENT 31380 -11 35423 802691
45 29 DEGRAW*GAVIN IN LOVE WITH A GIRL 29382 30 22644 189157
28 30 LIL' MAMA SHAWTY GET LOOSE 28243 -9 30909 410612
40 31 O'DONIS*COLBY WHAT YOU GOT 27868 19 23443 181896
30 32 SWIFT*TAYLOR PICTURE TO BURN 27256 -8 29649 450449
29 33 BUCKCHERRY SORRY 27068 -11 30344 1129017
34 34 LIFEHOUSE WHATEVER IT TAKES 26935 0 26895 501550
36 35 SPEARS*BRITNEY BREAK THE ICE 25848 1 25676 253932
27 36 PANIC AT THE DISCO NINE IN THE AFTERNOON 25628 -19 31622 380009
55 37 3 DOORS DOWN IT'S NOT MY TIME 25499 24 20527 143709
33 38 THREE DAYS GRACE NEVER TOO LATE 24990 -8 27042 879961
32 39 ROSS*RICK BOSS 24594 -9 27162 256758
31 40 NAIM*YAEL NEW SOUL 24305 -16 29003 869610
35 41 JONAS BROTHERS WHEN YOU LOOK ME IN THE EYES 24246 -8 26244 631805
62 42 FLOBOTS HANDLEBARS 24174 30 18644 80502
63 43 FLYLEAF ALL AROUND ME 22529 21 18590 405426
64 44 MRAZ*JASON I'M YOURS 22171 22 18113 156947
43 45 ADKINS*TRACE YOU'RE GONNA MISS THIS 21822 -5 22947 326204
41 46 CHERISH KILLA 21280 -8 23235 262663
39 47 SPARKS*JORDIN TATTOO 21255 -11 23959 1578682
38 48 TIMBALAND FEAT. ONEREPUBLIC APOLOGIZE 21192 -12 24120 3440084
51 49 FERRAS HOLLYWOOD'S NOT AMERICA 21166 1 21007 155348
42 50 FALL OUT BOY BEAT IT 21092 -9 23178 260570

A FEW BONUSES:
-- 51 SIMPSON*ASHLEE LITTLE MISS OBSESSIVE 20667 494 3481 42738
-- 55 GIRLICIOUS LIKE ME 19349 999 0 19349
130 57 NE-YO CLOSER 19174 106 9326 28500
121 63 DUFFY MERCY 17688 79 9893 50525
-- 69 WEEZER PORK AND BEANS 17267 999 0 17267
107 75 M.I.A. PAPER PLANES 16695 48 11270 217385
74 80 LEWIS*LEONA BETTER IN TIME 15847 -4 16576 72467
-- 107 SIMPSON*ASHLEE BOYS 10484 999 0 10484
61 134 CAREY*MARIAH MIGRATE 9057 -52 18763 27822
-- 174 LEWIS*LEONA TAKE A BOW 7599 35 5640 20825

Per BDS, here's how the Hot 100 Airplay chart looks for these key tracks before recurrents are removed:

No. 1 - Usher (-9.7 million)
No. 2 - Jordin (+4.6 million)
No. 3 - Lil Wayne (+18.2 million)
No. 4 - Ray J (-6.1 million)
No. 6 - Mariah (-13.3 million)
No. 5 - Leona (+14.1 million)
No. 13 - Madonna (+2.8 million)
No. 15 - Danity Kane (+8.5 million)
No. 34 - Rihanna (+9.0 million)
No. 42 - Usher, Beyonce & Lil Wayne (+27.3 million)
No. 64 - Mariah (+9.3 million)
No. 240 - Chris Brown (+1.7 million)

If that's true won't that be the 3rd non consecutive week at number 1 for Leona? When's the last time that's happened before?

Hard Candy Will Bow on Top, Lyfe Jennings, The Roots, Def Leppard and Portishead Also Debut

April 30, 2008

Madonna will leave Warner Bros., the only label she’s ever known, with a bang.

Her final studio album for the Bunny, Hard Candy, is on track to sell between 275-300k, which will handily end Mariah Carey’s two-week reign with E=MC2, according to one-day sale reports from those retailers still standing around this great country of ours.

The Material Gal has one more album, a greatest hits collection, to go before splitting for a long-term deal with concert promoter Live Nation. The album’s her first since 2005’s Confessions on a Dance Floor, which sold more than 8 million worldwide. In the U.S., it debuted at #1, selling 351k copies in its first week, taking the top spot from Carrie Underwood’s Some Hearts. In its second week, Confessions on a Dance Floor sold 210k copies and slipped to #4 with a 39% sales decrease. To date, the album has sold over 1.7 million copies in the U.S.

Columbia R&B star Lyfe Jennings’ Lyfe Change, his third album, is on track to sell between 75-80k, which should be good for a Top 5 bow, fueled by the single, “Never Never Land.” His last disc, 2006’s The Phoenix, debuted at #2 and went on to sell 450k.

Veteran Def Jam rappers The Roots return with Rising Down, their first since 2006’s Game Theory, with a first-week sales number in the 50-60k range

Hair metal mainstays Def Leppard’s Universal album Songs from the Sparkle Lounge is doing better than expected, thanks to the band’s appearance on last night’s Dancing with the Stars, where they performed their new single, “Nine Lives,” which features Tim McGraw. One-day sales estimates peg their total at 45-50k. The band’s U.S. tour with Styx and REO Speedwagon is already underway.

Island Records trip-hop pioneers Portishead return with their first studio album in a decade, and third overall, the cleverly dubbed Third, on track for an impressive 40-45k in sales after their critically acclaimed performance at Coachella last weekend.

Tom Petty’s Mudcrutch album on Warner Bros. looks set for 25-30k after a string of intimate performances with his one-time Gainesville, FL, bandmates at the Troubadour in L.A., his old stomping grounds.

Epic Records' SoCal atmospheric pop-rockers Augustana’s Can’t Love, Can’t Hurt is on target for 20-25k

The market was down 8% vs last week, down 11% vs same week last year and now down 11% year-to-date…. as Hollywood continues to burn outside HITS’ Sunset and Vine headquarters..

BILLBOARD HOT 100 - TOP 50
2 1 LEWIS*LEONA BLEEDING LOVE - SINGLE
1 2 LIL WAYNE LOLLIPOP - STILL BULLETED
3 3 JORDIN SPARKS DUET NO AIR
6 4 MADONNA 4 MINUTES
4 5 USHER LOVE IN THIS CLUB
7 6 RAY J FEAT. YUNG BERG SEXY CAN I
5 7 CAREY*MARIAH TOUCH MY BODY
8 8 SARA BAREILLES LOVE SONG
-- 9 CHRIS BROWN FOREVER
9 10 CHRIS BROWN WITH YOU
11 11 FLO RIDA LOW/JEALOUS
10 12 MILEY CYRUS SEE YOU AGAIN
12 13 JOHN MAYER SAY - STILL BULLETED
-- 14 JESSE MCCARTNEY LEAVIN'
14 15 DANITY KANE DAMAGED - STILL BULLETED
15 16 ONEREPUBLIC STOP AND STARE - STILL BULLETED
13 17 RIHANNA DON'T STOP THE MUSIC (JODY DEN
17 18 ROSS*RICK BOSS - STILL BULLETED
16 19 NATASHA BEDINGFIELD POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE
31 20 COLBY O'DONIS FEATU WHAT YOU GOT
18 21 TIMBALAND/ONEREPUBLIC APOLOGIZE - SINGLE
20 22 BUCKCHERRY SORRY
32 23 PLIES FEATURING NE- BUST IT BABY (PART 2)
21 24 KEYS*ALICIA NO ONE
19 25 WEBBIE, LIL' PHAT & INDEPENDENT
34 26 COLBIE CAILLAT REALIZE
24 27 TRACE ADKINS YOU'RE GONNA MISS THIS
27 28 2 PISTOLS FEATURING SHE GOT IT
29 29 TAYLOR SWIFT PICTURE TO BURN
30 30 JAMES OTTO JUST GOT STARTED LOVIN' YOU
28 31 TAYLOR SWIFT OUR SONG
23 32 MARIAH CAREY BYE BYE
25 33 FLO RIDA FEATURING ELEVATOR
26 34 DAUGHTRY FEELS LIKE TONIGHT
35 35 LIFEHOUSE WHATEVER IT TAKES
22 36 FIASCO*LUPE SUPERSTAR
33 37 GEORGE STRAIT I SAW GOD TODAY
36 38 CAILLAT*COLBIE BUBBLY - SINGLE
37 39 FINGER ELEVEN PARALYZER
41 40 BRAD PAISLEY I'M STILL A GUY
48 41 3 DOORS DOWN IT'S NOT MY TIME
40 42 NELLY FEATURING FER PARTY PEOPLE - STILL BULLETED
39 43 CHERISH KILLA FEAT. YUNG JOC
44 44 ASHANTI THE WAY THAT I LOVE YOU
55 45 METRO STATION SHAKE IT
46 46 BRITNEY SPEARS BREAK THE ICE - STILL BULLETED
56 47 GAVIN DEGRAW IN LOVE WITH A GIRL
38 48 TAYLOR SWIFT TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR
42 49 JORDIN SPARKS TATTOO
63 50 PHIL VASSAR LOVE IS A BEAUTIFUL THING

INTERESTING MOVES & DEBUTS
65 56 CARRIE UNDERWOOD LAST NAME
60 57 MAROON 5 WON'T GO HOME WITHOUT YOU
-- 60 LIL WAYNE MILLIE
79 62 RIHANNA TAKE A BOW
77 67 FLOBOTS HANDLEBARS
95 69 NE-YO CLOSER
99 77 CHRIS BROWN TAKE YOU DOWN
93 78 JASON MRAZ I'M YOURS
-- 79 USHER FEATURNIG BEY LOVE IN THIS CLUB, PART II
100 80 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE I WILL POSSESS YOUR HEART
-- 84 WEEZER PORK AND BEANS
-- 87 DUFFY MERCY
-- 92 V.I.C. GET SILLY
98 93 ESTELLE AMERICAN BOY
-- 95 G UNIT I LIKE THE WAY SHE DO IT
-- 96 ASHLEE SIMPSON WITH LITTLE MISS OBSESSIVE
-- 97 THE-DREAM I LUV YOUR GIRL

BUBBLING UNDER
11 1 SEAN KINGSTON FEATU THERE'S NOTHIN
-- 2 GIRLICIOUS LIKE ME
-- 6 KEYSHIA COLE HEAVEN SENT
-- 14 M.I.A. PAPER PLANES (HOMELAND SECURIT
-- 24 TAYLOR SWIFT I'M ONLY ME WHEN I'M WITH YOU

R&B 100
3 1 LIL WAYNE LOLLIPOP
2 2 CAREY*MARIAH TOUCH MY BODY
1 3 USHER LOVE IN THIS CLUB
6 4 ASHANTI THE WAY THAT I LOVE YOU
7 5 ROSS*RICK BOSS
4 6 RAY J FEAT. YUNG BERG SEXY CAN I
8 7 JORDIN SPARKS DUET NO AIR
-- 14 USHER FEATURNIG BEY LOVE IN THIS CLUB, PART II
25 21 CHRIS BROWN TAKE YOU DOWN
38 27 KEYSHIA COLE HEAVEN SENT
43 28 ALICIA KEYS TEENAGE LOVE AFFAIR
42 30 BLIGE*MARY J. WORK THAT
59 54 NE-YO CLOSER
68 62 NELLY FEATURING FER PARTY PEOPLE
92 63 MARIAH CAREY BYE BYE
-- 78 RIHANNA TAKE A BOW
-- 98 LEWIS*LEONA BLEEDING LOVE - SINGLE