THO 100 Update for the week ending October 10, 2009

This week Madonna does what no other artist has done since 2005... her single "Celebration" returns to the top of the THO 100 after a previous two-week run on the Sept 26 and Oct 3 charts. Last week she gave way to Shakira's "She Wolf," which drops to #3 this week. In early 2005, Green Day's "Boulevard Of Broken Drams" spent 13 weeks atop the chart, then allowed Gwen Stefani's "Rich Girl" a week at the top before return to #1 for a single week. Further down the chart, Jay-Z (featuring Alicia Keys) has the greatest point gainer for the second straight week with "Empire State Of Mind." Britney Spears has a huge debut at #44 with "3." Other debuts come from Chipmunk, Editors, Backstreet Boys, Alicia Keys, Train, and The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart.

- Current THO 100
- THO 100 Archive
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Top Songs of 2008

Madonna & Justin Timberlake's "4 Minutes" might have spent the most weeks at #1 (10) on the THO 100 in 2008, but due to sheer staying power, Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" is THO's #1 Song of 2008. The Top Songs of 2008 chart is based on chart positions for all 2008 THO weekly charts, with an inverse exponential point system. "Viva" barely edges out Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love." If "Bleeding Love" had its full chart life in 2008, it would have been #1 for the year, but it was released in 2007 and even made #50 in the Top Songs of 2007 chart. Lewis was the only artist to have two songs place in the top 10, with "Better In Time" at #10. Rihanna had songs at #5, #12, #14, #48, and #73. She might be a frontrunner for the Top Artist of 2008, which will be published soon... MGMT had three songs on the chart, and two of them back-to-back at #52 and #53.

Alicia Keys' "No One" appeared on the 2007 and 2008 year-end charts, coincidentally in the same position of #37. Other songs to appear on this years' list that also appeared last year are: "Don't Stop The Music" by Rihanna (#12 in 2008, #51 in 2007), Timbaland's "Apologize" (#21 in 2008, #29 in 2007), Colbie Caillat's "Bubbly" (#94 in 2008, #44 in 2007), and Linkin Park's "Shadow Of The Day" (#45 in 2008, #92 in 2007).

- Top Songs of 2008
- THO chart archive
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2008 American Music Awards

On Sunday Nov 23rd the American Music Awards will be televised. The list of performers includes some of the biggest names in music: Coldplay, Beyonce, Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, and Kanye West. As for the nominees, there are four big names who have been nominated for three awards: Chris Brown, Coldplay, Eagles, and Alicia Keys. All four of these have been nominated for the Artist of the Year award. Another interesting award is the Breakthrough Artist award, which is basically for Best New Artist, although some of the artists nominated started hitting the charts in 2007. We've created two polls for you to vote on your favorites:
- Artist of the Year
- Breakthrough Artist
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James Bond Theme Songs

With the opening of Quantum of Solace this past weekend, we thought it an appropriate time to visit James Bond theme songs. Each of the 22 Bond flics has had a theme song, usually with the same name as the movie itself. Quantum is an exception, as the title song is "Another Way To Die" by Jack White & Alicia Keys. Shirley Bassey is the only artist to perform a Bond them more than once, and she's done it three times, for Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, and Moonraker. The only Bond song to hit #1 in the U.S. was Duran Duran's "A View To A Kill." Two Bond songs have been nominated at the Academy Awards for Best Song: Sheena Easton's "For Your Eyes Only" and Carly Simon's "Nobody Does It Better."

- List of all James Bond theme songs
- Bond theme song poll
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New R&B Songs on the Radio

New R&B songs recently receiving airplay on radio stations in the U.S.:

Algebra - Run And Hide
Andre - What I Gotta Do
Bar-Kays f/ Evelyn King - If Loving You Is Wrong
Cherish - Amnesia
Keyshia Cole - Heaven Sent
Anthony David f/ India.Arie - Words
Raheem DeVaughn [pictured] - Love Drug
Conya Doss - What I'd Do
Dwele - I'm Cheatin'
Al Green f/ John Legend - Stay With Me (By The Sea)
Lalah Hathaway - Let Go
Janet Jackson - Can't B Good
Jaheim - I've Changed
Lyfe Jennings - Never Never Land
Alicia Keys - Teenage Love Affair
Rahsaan Patterson - Feels Good
R. Kelly - Hair Braider
Calvin Richardson - Sang No More
Angie Stone - Sometimes
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Top Songs of 2008 (so far)

We are only one quarter of the way through 2008, but we thought it would be fun to check on the top songs of 2008 so far, according to the THO weekly chart:

1. Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
2. Britney Spears - Piece Of Me
3. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
4. Timbaland f/ OneRepublic - Apologize
5. OneRepublic - Stop And Stare
6. Alicia Keys - No One
7. Janet Jackson - Feedback
8. Linkin Park - Shadow Of The Day
9. Adele - Chasing Pavements
10. Kylie Minogue - Wow

- Current THO 100 chart
- THO 100 Archive

THO 100 Update

In December it looked like Alicia Keys might get her second #1 hit on the THO chart with "No One." Her first single, "Fallin'," went to #1 back in 2001. But for the eighth consecutive week it sits at #2 stuck behind Timbaland's "Aplogize" (featuring OneRepublic). And even though Timbaland's hit is losing points quickly, Keys still may not get the top spot next week. That is because Britney Spears' new song "Piece Of Me" is storming up the chart. In its eighth week on the chart it sits at #3 with a nice point gain. Here is the current chart.