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T.I. is livin’ his life . . . at the top of the charts . . . for another week . . . as he’s done for just about every week since this site’s creation. “Live Your Life” does it again and astonishingly claims the Airplay Gainer award in the meantime. T.I.’s also got the No.2 spot locked down still with “Whatever You Like” despite some hardcore pressure from “Hot N Cold” by Katy Perry. Kanye West makes a strong entry at No.4 with “Heartless”, his second auto-tuned effort from his upcoming album, 808s & Heartbreak. Meanwhile, Beyonce boringly stays put at No.5 with “If I Were A Boy.” yawn.

The Twilight Soundtrack managed to bump AC/DC down one spot and score the No.1 position on both the Top 200 and the Top Rock Albums while also taking the top honors on the Top Modern Rock/Alternative Albums and Top Internet and Digital Albums charts. Twilight is only the third soundtrack this year to go to the top which makes it’s No.1 debut even more notable. In it’s first week it moved 165,000 units . . . and I must say that it moved me too.

T.I. is not looking to lose any honors on the albums charts either and tells John Legend to get to steppin’ after only one week of letting him sit in his Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums throne.

Place your bets now for next week’s highest charting debut: T.I.? David Archuleta? or will Taylor Swift pull off a country coup and twang herself right into the No.1 spot? Stay tuned. (Go, Davey!)

Remember to listen to a new album this week, and never forget to enjoy . . . A View From The Top! A look at what’s sitting atop this week’s Billboard charts, after the jump.

November 22nd, 2008 (week ending)

Singles:
Hot 100: T.I. feat. Rihanna: “Live Your Life”
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: Ne-Yo “Miss Independent”
Pop 100: Katy Perry “Hot N Cold”
Mainstream Top 40: P!nk “So What”
Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop: T.I. feat. Rihanna “Live Your Life”
Hot Modern Rock Tracks: The Offspring “You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid”
Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks: Metallica “The Day That Never Comes”
Triple A: Coldplay “Lost!”
Hot Rap Tracks: T.I. “Whatever You Like”
Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks: Jason Mraz “I’m Yours”
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks: David Cook “The Time Of My Life”
Hot Digital Songs: Kanye West “Heartless”
Hot Digital Tracks: Kanye West “Heartless”
Rhythmic Top 40: T.I. “Whatever You Like”
Hot Dance Club Play: Kreesha Turner “Don’t Call Me Baby”
Hot Dance Airplay: Kim Sozzi “Feel Your Love”
Hot Dance Single Sales: Lady GaGa feat. Colby O’Donis “Just Dance”
Pop 100 Airplay: Katy Perry “Hot N Cold”
Hot 100 Airplay: T.I. “Whatever You Like”
Hot Singles Sales: Artists Stand Up To Cancer “Just Stand Up!”
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales: Artists Stand Up To Cancer “Just Stand Up!”
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: Ne-Yo “Miss Independent”
Hot Adult R&B Airplay: Jennifer Hudson “Spotlight”
Hot Singles Recurrents: Natasha Bedingfield “Pocketful Of Sunshine”
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Recurrents: Noel Gourdin “The River”
Hot 100 Recurrent Airplay: Natasha Bedingfield “Pocketful Of Sunshine”
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Recurrent Airplay: Noel Gourdin “The River”
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles: Keyshia Cole feat. 2Pac “Playa Cardz Right”
Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: Ryan Leslie “How It Was Supposed To Be”
Hot Ringtones: Katy Perryy “Hot N Cold”
Hot Country Songs: Taylor Swift “Love Story”

Albums:
The Billboard 200 Albums: Twilight Soundtrack
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: T.I. – Paper Trail
Top Digital Albums: Twilight Soundtrack
Top Rock Albums: Twilight Soundtrack
Top Modern Rock/Alternative Albums: Twilight Soundtrack
Top Hard Rock Albums: AC/DC – Black Ice
Top Internet Albums: Twilight Soundtrack
Top Independent Albums: Various Artists – Winter Wonderland
Top Electronic Albums: Lady GaGa – The Fame
Top Rap Albums: T.I. – Paper Trail
Top Soundtracks: Twilight Soundtrack
Top Cast Albums: Original Broadway Cast Recording – Wicked
Top Country Albums: Brad Paisley - Play
Top Heatseekers: Unk – 2econd Season

…on the international front:
European Hot 100 Singles: Guru Josh Project “Infinity 2008”
European Top 100 Albums: AC/DC – Black Ice

…and…continuing to keep us dreaming:
Hot Holdiay Songs: Bing Crosby “White Christmas”

Pork here with this week's Chart Attack.

T.I. bounces up and down, Beyoncé just goes down.

T.I. is continuing to carve out one of the strangest paths to chart history ever as two of his songs refuse to stop switching spots at the top of the chart. This week it’s “Live Your Life” (feat. Rihanna) that bounces back from No. 2 and sends “Whatever You Like” underneath it. It looks like this flip-flop lock T.I.’s had on the top two spots might be just about over as “Whatever You Like” loses its bullet. No sweat off his back since with these two singles alone, he should be able to have ‘whatever he likes’ for the rest of his life. The boy did somethin’ right. (P.S. Don’t count out P!nk’s “So What” as her chance to reclaim the No. 1 since it’s regained strength and climbed back up to No. 3. Go, P!nk!)

The fate of the first single from I Am Sasha Fierce ain’t so fierce. After an impressive 68-3 leap last week, “If I Were A Boy” loses its steam and falls to No. 5 in only its third week on the chart. Uh-oh, B. I can’t say I’ve felt the aura of success anywhere around this project. It’s time to take a break. How about you don’t give us anything new for a year or two and let us appreciate you a bit more, eh? You’re drowning in a sea of hip-hop mediocrity. Fact is, Sasha Fierce sounds just like Beyoncé. Without any sort of reinvention, you won’t achieve your emancipation.

P!nk couldn’t move AC/DC, but she does possess the Hot Shot Debut on this week’s Top 200 Albums chart with a stunning No. 2 entry. Two spots below, John Legend jumps in with Evolver, which tops this week’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in its first week.

Off-The-Chart: Thank you to my friend Scott for designing Chart Attack’s new eye-catching logo! It’s one step closer to the kind of fun I want us all to have here. :] Thanks, Scott!

That’s just about all for now, but take a little time and enjoy . . . .

A View From The Top:
After the jump, a look at what’s sitting atop this week’s Billboard charts.

November 15th, 2008 (week ending)

Singles:
-Hot 100: T.I. feat. Rihanna: “Live Your Life”
-Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: Ne-Yo “Miss Independent”
-Pop 100: P!nk “So What”
-Mainstream Top 40: P!nk “So What”
-Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop: Ne-Yo “Miss Independent”
-Hot Modern Rock Tracks: The Offspring “You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid”
-Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks: Metallica “The Day That Never Comes”
-Triple A: Snow Patrol “Take Back The City”
-Hot Rap Tracks: T.I. “Whatever You Like”
-Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks: Jason Mraz “I’m Yours”
-Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks: David Cook “The Time Of My Life”
-Hot Digital Songs: T.I. feat. Rihanna “Live Your Life”
-Hot Digital Tracks: Taylor Swift “You’re Not Sorry”
-Rhythmic Top 40: T.I. “Whatever You Like”
-Hot Dance Club Play: Mary Mary “Get Up”
-Hot Dance Airplay: Ercola & Daniella “Every Word”
-Hot Dance Single Sales: M.I.A. “Paper Planes”
-Pop 100 Airplay: P!nk “So What
-Hot 100 Airplay: T.I. “Whatever You Like”
-Hot Singles Sales: Artists Stand Up To Cancer “Just Stand Up!”
-Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales: Artists Stand Up To Cancer “Just Stand Up!”
-Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: Ne-Yo “Miss Independent”
-Hot Adult R&B Airplay: Jennifer Hudson “Spotlight”
-Hot Singles Recurrents: Michael Jackson “Thriller”
-Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Recurrents: Keyshia Cole “I Remember”
-Hot 100 Recurrent Airplay: Natasha Bedingfield “Pocketful Of Sunshine”
-Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Recurrent Airplay: Keyshia Cole “I Remember”
-Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles: Zac Efron & Corbin Bleu “The Boys Are Back”
-Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: E-40 feat. Shawty Lo “Break Ya Ankles”
-Hot Ringtones: Grupo Montez De Durango “Adios Amore Te Vas”
-Hot Country Songs: Carrie Underwood “Just A Dream”

Albums:
-The Billboard 200 Albums: AC/DC – Black Ice
-Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: John Legend - Evolver
-Top Digital Albums: Pink - Funhouse
-Top Rock Albums: AC/DC – Black Ice
-Top Modern Rock/Alternative Albums: Snow Patrol – A Hundred Million Suns
-Top Hard Rock Albums: AC/DC – Black Ice
-Top Internet Albums: Bloc Party – Intimacy
-Top Independent Albums: Kottonmouth Kings – The Green Album
-Top Electronic Albums: Lady GaGa – The Fame
-Top Rap Albums: T.I. – Paper Trail
-Top Soundtracks: High School Musical 3: Senior Year
-Top Cast Albums: Original Broadway Cast Recording – Wicked
-Top Country Albums: Toby Keith – That Don’t Make Me A Bad Guy
-Top Heatseekers: Deerhunter - Microcastle

…on the international front:
-European Hot 100 Singles: Guru Josh Project “Infinity 2008”
-European Top 100 Albums: AC/DC – Black Ice

…and…just where it should be:
-Hot Holdiay Songs: Bing Crosby “White Christmas”

Pork is back with this week's Chart Attack.

Chart Attack 10-17-08

Pork here. History is made all over the Billboard charts again this week. Last week T.I. made chart history with the biggest jump to No. 1 ever on the Hot 100 as “Live Your Life” (featuring Top-10’er-O’-The-New-Millennium, Rihanna) rocketed from 80-1. Hopefully he enjoyed his one week of holding that distinct honor because it’s been broken by the ruthless Britney Spears as “Womanizer” flies from 96-1! This is her first No. 1 since “ . . . Baby One More Time” since the 1900’s. So . . . congratulations go out to Ms. Spears and the factory that made it happen.

I’m anxious to see who comes out on top next week. T.I. is not thinking about slowing down right now. “Whatever You Like” (another recent number one of his) holds steady at No. 2 while being the Greatest Sales Gainer/Digital. “Live Your Life” may have dipped to No. 3, but it’s the week’s Greatest Airplay Gainer. Britney’s got the buzz around the accompanying video to help her maintain the peak position, so be sure to check in next week to find out who’s on top.

Britney Spears. Number One. This must be America looking for the Greatest Common Distraction from the catastrophes actually facing us. Britney Spears just might be responsible for the downfall of America’s economy . . . .






Thankfully, there are signs of hope on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs Chart . . . Jennifer Hudson lands herself back in the “Spotlight” as that brilliant song becomes her first No. 1. J. Hud’s debut album made an impressive No. 2 debut on both the Billboard 200 Albums and Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums.







T.I.’s Paper Trails continues to hold down the top spots on both of those two big charts. This man must be just rolling in the paper.





That’s the major news from this week’s chart movement. As always, I like to give you a view of the big picture. A look at what’s currently sitting atop this week’s Billboard charts. Let’s call it . . . A View From The Top. Top Singles. Top Albums. Top International Tracks. After the jump.



A View From The Top:
Here is a look at what’s currently sitting atop of this week’s Billboard charts:

October 25th, 2008 (week ending)

Singles

Hot 100: Britney Spears “Womanizer”
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: Jennifer Hudson “Spotlight”
Pop 100: P!nk “So What”
Mainstream Top 40: P!nk “So What”
Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop: T-Pain feat. Lil Wayne “Can’t Believe It”
Hot Modern Rock Tracks: The Offspring “You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid”
Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks: Metallica “The Day That Never Comes”
Hot Rap Tracks: T.I. “Whatever You Like”
Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks: Jason Mraz “I’m Yours”
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks: David Cook “The Time Of My Life”
Hot Digital Songs: Britney Spears “Womanizer”
Rhythmic Top 40: T.I. “Whatever You Like”
Hot Dance Club Play: Lindsay Lohan “Bossy”
Hot Dance Airplay: AnnaGrace “You Make Me Feel”
Hot Dance Single Sales: M.I.A. “Paper Planes”
Pop 100 Airplay: P!nk “So What
Hot 100 Airplay: T.I. “Whatever You Like”
Hot Singles Sales: Artists Stand Up To Cancer “Just Stand Up!”
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales: Artists Stand Up To Cancer “Just Stand Up!”
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay: Jennifer Hudson “Spotlight”
Hot Adult R&B Airplay: Jennifer Hudson “Spotlight”
Hot Singles Recurrents: Jesse McCartney “Leavin’”
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Recurrents: Noel Gourdin “The River”
Hot 100 Recurrent Airplay: Jesse McCartney “Leavin’”
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Recurrent Airplay: Noel Gourdin “The River”
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles: Craig Morgan “Love Remembers”
Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: Yung Ralph “About A Bitch”
Hot Country Songs: Kenny Chesney With The Wailers “Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven”

Albums

The Billboard 200 Albums: T.I. - Paper Trail
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: T.I. – Paper Trail
Top Rock Albums: Metallica – Death Magnetic
Top Modern Rock/Alternative Albums: Metallica – Death Magnetic
Top Independent Albums: Senses Fail – Life Is Not A Waiting Room
Top Electronic Albums: M.I.A. – Kala
Top Rap Albums: T.I. – Paper Trail
Top Soundtracks: Mamma Mia!
Top Cast Albums: Original Broadway Cast Recording – Wicked
Top Country Albums: Tim McGraw – Greatest Hits 3
Top Heatseekers: Five Finger Death Punch – The Way Of The Fist

. . . and on the international front:
European Hot 100 Singles: Katy Perry “I Kissed A Girl”
European Top 100 Albums: Metallica – Death Magnetic