Rapper J.Cole leads six debuts in the top ten of the Billboard 200 Album charts with his debut release, Cole World: the Sideline Story. He’s the first debut artist to land a # 1 album this year. Landing just behind him in the runner-up position were punk pop rockers Blink 182 with their first top ten album in five years, Neighborhoods. Rounding out the newcomers in the upper region of the list are rockers Wilco, Switchfoot, Chickenfoot and Mastodon. Check out the new top ten below.
Top 10 Albums:
1. Cole World: The Sideline Story- J. Cole (debut)
2. Neighborhoods- Blink 182 (debut)
3. 21- Adele (last week~ 3)
4. Duets II- Tony Bennett & Various Artists (lw~ 1)
5. The Whole Love- Wilco (debut)
6. Own the Night- Lady Antebellum (lw~ 2)
7. Tha Carter IV- Lil Wayne (lw~ 5)
8. Vice Verses- Switchfoot (debut)
9. Chickenfoot III- Chickenfoot (debut)
10. The Hunter- Mastadon (debut)
Jumping over to the Hot 100 singles chart, rapper B.o.B. grabs his highest debuting track (and his fourth top ten) with his new single “Strange Clouds” featuring Lil Wayne. That’s one of three new songs in the top ten alongside David Guetta & Usher’s “Without You” and Rihanna‘s landmark 20th top ten “We Found Love” featuring Calvin Harris. Check out the top ten below which sees Adele‘s “Someone Like You” return to the summit for a second non-consecutive week and head to Billboard for more info on all the numbers.
Top Ten Songs on the Hot 100:
1. “Someone Like You”- Adele (last week~ 2)
2. “Moves Like Jagger”- Maroon 5 w/Christina Aguilera (lw~ 1)
3. “Pumped Up Kicks”- Foster the People (lw~ 3)
4. “Stereo Hearts”- Gym Class Heroes w/Adam Levine (lw~ 5)
5. “Party Rock Anthem”- LMFAO (lw~ 4)
6. “Sexy and I Know It”- LMFAO (lw~ 10)
7. “Strange Clouds”- B.o.B. w/ Lil Wayne (debut)
8. “Without You”- David Guetta w/Usher (lw~ 11)
9. “We Found Love”- Rihanna w/Calvin Harris (lw~ 16)
10. “You Make Me Feel…”- Cobra Starship w/Sabi (lw~ 9)
And before we go, let’s look at Rihanna’s twenty top ten hits. It’s also worth it to note that Rihanna has become the artist to reach this milestone the fastest outpacing Madonna by just five months. (They both trail The Beatles though). Congrats RiRi!
Here are all of Rihanna’s 20 Billboard Hot 100 top 10s (ranked by year, peak position and title):
2005, No. 2, “Pon De Replay”
2006, No. 1 (three weeks), “SOS”
2006, No. 6, “Unfaithful”
2007, No. 9, “Break It Off” (Rihanna and Sean Paul)
2007, No. 1 (seven weeks), “Umbrella” (featuring Jay-Z)
2007, No. 7, “Hate That I Love You” (featuring Ne-Yo)
2008, No. 3, “Don’t Stop the Music”
2008, No. 1 (one week), “Take a Bow”
2008, No. 1 (two weeks), “Disturbia”
2008, No. 1 (six weeks), “Live Your Life” (T.I. featuring Rihanna)
2009, No. 2, “Run This Town” (Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West)
2009, No. 9, “Russian Roulette”
2010, No. 8, “Hard” (featuring Jeezy)
2010, No. 1 (five weeks), “Rude Boy”
2010, No. 1 (seven weeks), “Love the Way You Lie” (Eminem featuring Rihanna)
2010, No. 1 (one week), “Only Girl (In the World)”
2010, No. 1 (one week), “What’s My Name?” (featuring Drake)
2011, No. 1 (one week), “S&M” (featuring Britney Spears)
2011, No. 7, “Cheers (Drink to That)”
2011, No. 9 (to-date), “We Found Love” (featuring Calvin Harris)
Rihanna w/Calvin Harris “We Found Love”
