[scaryice]

Every Thursday, Billboard comes out with their Hot 100 list of the top songs in the country. You can see the top 50 positions by clicking the link below. As I obsessively check it every week, I will post the latest top ten here every time it comes out. These are the top songs in the country people!

http://www.billboard.com/bb/charts/hot100.jsp

10) I Don't Want To Be - Gavin DeGraw
9) How We Do - The Game f/50 Cent
8) Disco Inferno - 50 Cent
7) Over And Over - Nelly f/Tim McGraw
6) My Boo - Usher & Alicia Keys
5) Soldier - Destiny's Child
4) Drop It Like It's Hot - Snoop Dogg f/Pharrell
3) Lovers And Friends - Lil' Jon & The East Side Boyz f/Usher & Ludacris
2) 1, 2 Step - Ciara f/Missy Elliot
1) Let Me Love You - Mario (4 weeks at #1)

[billreeves]

When I was a teenager, I used to religiously listen to "America's Top 40" (the one with Casey Kasem) and write down the Top 40. Being a math geek, I would then attempt to predict the top 100 at the end of the year based on my records of the Top 40. I did this from 1983 through 1986. Somewhere at my parents house is a collection of dog-eared pieces of paper with lots of little numbers on them.

I also used to record the "America's Top 10" TV show -- just the part where Casey counted down the top 10, and maybe the featured video if it was any good. That, plus selected videos of other songs from the time. I have two videotapes of this stuff from 1983 and 1984. I watched them a couple of years ago, the videotapes held up surprisingly well for being almost 20 years old at the time, I thought they would have gone bad but they are still watchable (but I can't say the same for all of the videos on the tapes).

That said, who are all these people on the list you posted, and what does "f/" mean?

[BlueMeanie]

Originally Posted by billreeves

and what does "f/" mean?

featuring

[scaryice]

All the guys on the list are rap/r & b stars, except for Gavin DeGraw, and also Tim McGraw.

[spejic]

How in the world can "My Boo" be on the list for 20 weeks, even given the 98% craptastic competition?

[speedcake]

Originally Posted by spejic

How in the world can "My Boo" be on the list for 20 weeks, even given the 98% craptastic competition?

Because the Masses are A$$es. That's how.

[scaryice]

Originally Posted by spejic

How in the world can "My Boo" be on the list for 20 weeks, even given the 98% craptastic competition?

It's mostly based on airplay, so songs don't reach the top until you've been hearing them for weeks, and stay for a long time. It's that way because there basically aren't any cd singles released nowadays, so their sales are miniscule and don't impact the chart. There isn't usually a lot of movement on the chart, except for a few really hot songs that shoot up the rankings.

This week's chart is out:

http://www.billboard.com/bb/charts/hot100.jsp

10) Over And Over - Nelly f/Tim McGraw
9) My Boo - Usher & Alicia Keys
8) Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - Green Day
7) Disco Inferno - 50 Cent
6) How We Do - The Game f/50 Cent
5) Drop It Like It's Hot - Snoop Dogg f/Pharrell
4) Soldier - Destiny's Child
3) Lovers And Friends - Lil' Jon & The East Side Boyz f/Usher & Ludacris
2) 1, 2 Step - Ciara f/Missy Elliot
1) Let Me Love You - Mario (5 weeks at #1)

[Claymore]

...and they said payola was dead...

[skipshady]

Originally Posted by Claymore

...and they said payola was dead...

Hey, it ain't payloa if you pay radio stations via an independent promoter. The middle man makes it legal!

[Crimen y Castigo]

Originally Posted by scaryice

10) Over And Over - Nelly f/Tim McGraw

Did I, like, miss the apocalypse again?

Nelly and Tim McGraw? Are Brooks and Dunn cutting an album with Courtney Love, too?