THO 100 Update for the week ending September 20, 2008

For the third week in a row Rihanna claims the #1 position on the THO 100 with "Disturbia," holding off Katy Perry's former #1 "I Kissed A Girl." Once again this week, a bigger story is further down the chart where a female artist collaboration have the chart's largest point gain and largest chart move. The song is called "Just Stand Up!" and it is credited to Artists Stand Up To Cancer. It is one of the most superstar-filled collaborations for a song since "We Are The World." Leading the track is Beyonce (pictured), and also includes Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, Ashanti, Mary J. Blige, Natasha Bedingfield, Rihanna, LeAnn Rimes, Carrie Underwood, Melissa Etheridge, Keyshia Cole, Sheryl Crow, Leona Lewis, Ciara, and Fergie. How will this song fair on the radio and on personal charts? We didn't think it had top 10 potential, but so far so good... it moves from #66 to #26 this week.

- Current THO 100
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New Album Releases for June 3, 2008

Various Artists - Now That's What I Call Music! 28
Weezer - Weezer (blue album)
Radiohead - The Best Of
Jewel - Perfectly Clear
Ashanti - The Declaration
Disturbed - Indestructible
Gavin Rossdale - Wanderlust
Chris Brown - Exclusive - The Forever Edition
Peter Cincotti - East Of Angel Town
Wayman Tisdale - Rebound
Karmina - Backwards Into Beauty
Aimee Mann - @#%&*! Smilers
Futureheads - This Is Not The World
Ladytron - Velocifero
Journey - Revelation [CD/DVD; Wal-Mart only]
Sam Phillips - Don't Do Anything
Jon Peter Lewis - Break The Silence
Lalah Hathaway - Self Portrait
Original Broadway Cast - In The Heights
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Shearwater - Rook
Ed Harcourt - The Beautiful Lie
George Stanford - Big Drop
Your Highness Electric - Grand Hooded Phantom
Opeth - Watershed
The Virgins - The Virgins
Brendan James - The Day Is Brave
Your Highness Electric - Grand Hooded Phantom
Dr. John and The Lower 911 - City That Care Forgot
The Accidental - There Were Wolves

- Full list of new and future album releases
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New R&B Songs

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

Ashanti - The Way That I Love You
Boyz II Men - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
Razah - Rain
Marcus Miller f/ Corinne Bailey Rae - Free
Mint Condition - Baby Boy Baby Girl
Livin Out Loud - Lately
Noel Gourdin - The River
Trina f/ Keyshia Cole - I Gotta Thang For You
Raheem DeVaughn - Customer
Alice Smith - Dream
Liv Warfield - I Decided
Mary J. Blige - Stay Down
Webbie f/ Letoya Luckett - I Miss You
Willie Clayton - A Woman Knows
Chrisette Michele - Love Is You
Randy Jackson f/ Barbi Esco - My R&B
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