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Albums: The Roots' Rising Down #6, Lil Mama's VYP #25

The Roots' Rising Down debuts at no. 6 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:

1. Madonna - Hard Candy
2. Mariah Carey - E=MC2
3. Leona Lewis - Spirit
4. Lyfe Jennings - Lyfe Change
5. Def Leppard - Songs from the Sparkle Lounge
6. The Roots - Rising Down
7. Portishead - Third
8. Mudcrutch - Mudcrutch
9. Now That's What I Call Music 27
10. Tim McGraw - Greatest Hits Vol. 1 and 2

Lil Mama's VYP: Voice of the Young People debuts at no. 25 with sales of 19k, probably not the start that Lil Mama Inc. was hoping to achieve.

Singles: Lil Wayne's Lollipop #2, A Milli #60

Lil Wayne's Lollipop slips to no. 2 on the Hot 100 singles chart but it does take the top spot on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart "becoming the chart's first rap single to reach No. 1 since Ludacris' 'Money Maker' climbed to the top in October 2006."

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
2. Lil Wayne - Lollipop feat. Static Major
3. Jordin Sparks - No Air feat. Chris Brown
4. Madonna - 4 Minutes feat. Justin Timberlake
5. Usher - Love in This Club feat. Young Jeezy
6. Ray J & Yung Berg - Sexy Can I
7. Mariah Carey - Touch My Body
8. Sara Bareilles - Love Song
9. Chris Brown - Forever
10. Chris Brown - With You

Lil Wayne's A Milli debuts at no. 60, V.I.C.'s Get Silly at no. 92 and G Unit's I Like the Way She Do It at no. 95.

Albums: Atmosphere's When Life Gives You Lemons #5

Atmosphere's When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Sh*t Gold debuts at no. 5 on the Billboard 200 album chart and I think that's really awesome!

Their previous best was no. 66 for You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having in 2005.  This is also the highest charting album for Rhymesayers and certainly a high point for alternative hip hop [or however you want to label this beyond emo rap].

Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:

1. Mariah Carey - E=MC2
2. Leona Lewis - Spirit
3. Flight Of The Conchords - Flight Of The Conchords
4. Ashlee Simpson - Bittersweet World
5. Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Sh*t Gold
6. Now That's What I Call Music 27
7. Soundtrack - Juno
8. George Strait - Troubadour
9. Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift
10. Phil Vassar - Prayer of a Common Man 

Related ProhipHop Coverage:
Atmosphere's When Life Gives You Lemons Packaging Demo

Singles: Lil Wayne Gets First #1 w/Lollipop

Lil Wayne's Lollipop featuring Static Major is no. 1 on the Hot 100 singles chart, his first trip to the top as a lead artist.

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. Lil Wayne - Lollipop feat. Static Major
2. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
3. Jordin Sparks - No Air feat. Chris Brown
4. Usher - Love in This Club feat. Young Jeezy
5. Mariah Carey - Touch My Body
6. Madonna - 4 Minutes feat. Justin Timberlake
7. Ray J & Yung Berg - Sexy Can I
8. Sara Bareilles - Love Song
9. Chris Brown - With You
10. Miley Cyrus - See You Again

Albums: Mariah Carey's E=MC2 #1

It's Mariah time on the Billboard 200 album chart as Ms. Carey's E=MC2 takes the top spot.

Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:

1. Mariah Carey - E=MC2
2. Leona Lewis - Spirit
3. Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: The Best of Both Worlds Concert
4. Lady Antebellum - Lady Antebellum
5. Now That's What I Call Music 27
6. George Strait - Troubadour
7. Soundtrack - Alvin and the Chipmunks
8. Soundtrack - Juno
9. R.E.M. - Accelerate
10. Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift

Singles: Lil Wayne's Lollipop #2

Lil Wayne's Lollipop jumps two spots to no. 2 on the Hot 100 singles chart.  It's also the fastest growing track at radio.

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
2. Lil Wayne - Lollipop feat. Static Major
3. Jordin Sparks - No Air feat. Chris Brown
4. Usher - Love in This Club feat. Young Jeezy
5. Mariah Carey - Touch My Body
6. Ray J & Yung Berg - Sexy Can I
7. Madonna - 4 Minutes feat. Justin Timberlake
8. Chris Brown - With You
9. Sara Bareilles - Love Song
10. Flo Rida - Low feat. T-Pain

Albums: Rick Ross' Trilla #8

Rick Ross' Trilla rises to no. 8 from no. 9 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:

1. Leona Lewis - Spirit
2. George Strait - Troubadour
3. James Otto - Sunset Man
4. Now That's What I Call Music 27
5. R.E.M. - Accelerate
6. Soundtrack - Alvin and the Chipmunks
7. Ray J - All I Feel
8. Rick Ross - Trilla
9. P.O.D. - When Angels & Serpents Dance
10. Danity Kane - Welcome to the Dollhouse

Singles: Lil Wayne's Lollipop #4, Tops Hot Rap Songs

Lil Wayne's Lollipop featuring Static Major is making some noise on the Hot 100 singles chart and elsewhere:

"Lil Wayne's 'Lollipop' rises 7-4 and is the fastest growing digital track on the Hot 100. 'Lollipop' also zooms 7-1 on Hot Rap Songs, the largest position leap and quickest move to No. 1 on the tally since it moved to an audience-based metric in 1999."

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. Mariah Carey - Touch My Body
2. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
3. Madonna - 4 Minutes feat. Justin Timberlake
4. Lil Wayne - Lollipop feat. Static Major
5. Usher - Love in This Club feat. Young Jeezy
6. Ray J & Yung Berg - Sexy Can I
7. Jordin Sparks - No Air feat. Chris Brown
8. Chris Brown - With You
9. Sara Bareilles - Love Song
10. Flo Rida - Low feat. T-Pain

Albums: Trina's Still Da Baddest Debuts at #6

Trina's Still Da Baddest debuts at no. 6 as Rick Ross' Trilla drops to no. 9 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

Trina got the no. 6 spot off sales of 47,000 though her no. 11 debut with Glamorest Life sold 77,000.  Of course, higher album rankings off lower sales is a current theme of the music industry.

Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:

1. George Strait - Troubadour
2. R.E.M. - Accelerate
3. Now That's What I Call Music 27
4. Day26 - Day26
5. Soundtrack - Alvin and the Chipmunks
6. Trina - Still Da Baddest
7. Danity Kane - Welcome to the Dollhouse
8. Counting Crows - Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
9. Rick Ross - Trilla
10. Van Morrison - Keep It Simple

Singles: Lil Wayne's Lollipop #7, Flo Rida's Low #10

Mariah takes the top spot on the Hot 100 singles chart but Lil Wayne's Lollipop featuring Static Major rises to no. 7 while being the fastest growing track at radio.

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. Mariah Carey - Touch My Body
2. Usher - Love in This Club feat. Young Jeezy
3. Madonna - 4 Minutes feat. Justin Timberlake
4. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
5. Jordin Sparks - No Air feat. Chris Brown
6. Ray J & Yung Berg - Sexy Can I
7. Lil Wayne f/Static Major - Lollipop
8. Chris Brown - With You
9. Sara Bareilles - Love Song
10. Flo Rida - Low feat. T-Pain

New debuts this week include Nelly's Party People featuring Fergie at no. 54 and Plies' Bust It Baby (Part 2) featuring Ne-Yo at no. 55.

Albums: Rick Ross #6, Flo Rida #9

Diddy must be happy with Day26 at the top of the Billboard 200 album chart but Fat Joe has exited the top 10 and Rick Ross and Flo Rida are slowly following.

Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:

1. Day26 - Day26
2. Panic At The Disco - Pretty. Odd.
3. Counting Crows - Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
4. Danity Kane - Welcome to the Dollhouse
5. Now That's What I Call Music 27
6. Rick Ross - Trilla
7. The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
8. Jack Johnson - Sleep Through the Static
9. Flo Rida - Mail on Sunday
10. Sara Bareilles - Little Voice

Singles: Flo Rida #7, Lil Wayne #9, Lil Mama #10

Lil Wayne's Lollipop featuring Static Major jumps from no 85 to no. 9 on the Hot 100 singles chart, the biggest jump of the year, and Lil Mama's Shawty Get Loose featuring T-Pain and Chris Brown moves into the top 10 at no. 10 from no. 19.

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
2. Usher - Love in This Club feat. Young Jeezy
3. Ray J & Yung Berg - Sexy Can I
4. Chris Brown - With You
5. Sara Bareilles - Love Song
6. Jordin Sparks - No Air feat. Chris Brown
7. Flo Rida - Low feat. T-Pain
8. Rihanna - Don't Stop the Music
9. Lil Wayne f/Static Major - Lollipop
10. Lil Mama f/T-Pain & Chris Brown - Shawty Get Loose

Album Debuts: Flo Rida's Mail on Sunday #4, Rocko's Self-Made #21

Flo Rida's Mail on Sunday debuts at no. 4 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:

1. Danity Kane - Welcome to the Dollhouse
2. Now That's What I Call Music 27
3. Rick Ross - Trilla
4. Flo Rida - Mail on Sunday
5. Jack Johnson - Sleep Through the Static
6. Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus
7. Snoop Dogg - Ego Trippin
8. Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift
9. Sara Bareilles - Little Voice
10. Miley Cyrus - The Best of Both Worlds Concert

Rocko's Self-Made debuts at no. 21.

Singles: Lil Mama's Shawty Get Loose #19

It's mostly status quo in the top 10 on the Hot 100 singles chart but Lil Mama's Shawty Get Loose "makes the biggest jump on the Hot 100 this year with a 92-19 explosion. The track...sold 72,000 downloads this week, good enough for a No. 9 debut on Hot Digital Songs."

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. Usher - Love in This Club feat. Young Jeezy
2. Chris Brown - With You
3. Flo Rida - Low feat. T-Pain
4. Sara Bareilles - Love Song
5. Rihanna - Don't Stop the Music
6. Jordin Sparks - No Air feat. Chris Brown
7. Ray J & Yung Berg - Sexy Can I
8. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
9. Timbaland - Apologize feat. OneRepublic
10. Lupe Fiasco - Superstar feat. Matthew Santos

Lil Wayne has the "second best debut of his career as a lead artist" as Lollipop debuts at no. 56 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart.

Albums: Rick Ross #1, Snoop Dogg #3, Fat Joe #6

Rick Ross' Trilla tops the Billboard 200 album chart.

Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:

1. Rick Ross - Trilla
2. Now That's What I Call Music 27
3. Snoop Dogg - Ego Trippin
4. Jack Johnson - Sleep Through the Static
5. Alan Jackson - Good Time
6. Fat Joe - The Elephant in the Room
7. Sara Bareilles - Little Voice
8. Janet Jackson - Discipline
9. Erykah Badu - 4th World War
10. Miley Cyrus - The Best of Both Worlds Concert

Singles: Low Top Seller, Lupe Fiasco's Superstar #10

Lupe Fiasco f/Matthew Santos - Superstar

Flo Rida's Low drops to third on the Hot 100 singles chart yet becomes  the "#1-Selling Digital Track of All Time".

Lupe Fiasco's Superstar featuring Matthew Santos rises to no. 10 "after 13 weeks on the chart".

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. Usher - Love in This Club feat. Young Jeezy
2. Chris Brown - With You
3. Flo Rida - Low feat. T-Pain
4. Sara Bareilles - Love Song
5. Rihanna - Don't Stop the Music
6. Jordin Sparks - No Air feat. Chris Brown
7. Ray J & Yung Berg - Sexy Can I
8. Timbaland - Apologize feat. OneRepublic
9. Webbie, Lil' Phat & Lil' Boosie - Independent
10. Lupe Fiasco - Superstar feat. Matthew Santos

Albums: Top 10 Has 10 Entries!

Yawner of a week in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:

1. Alan Jackson - Good Time
2. Jack Johnson - Sleep Through the Static
3. Janet Jackson - Discipline
4. Flogging Molly - Float
5. The Black Crowes - Warpaint
6. Erykah Badu - 4th World War
7. Sara Bareilles - Little Voice
8. Alicia Keys - As I Am
9. Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift
10. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

Singles: Flo Rida's Low Tops RingMasters for 13 Weeks

Usher's Love in This Club featuring Young Jeezy jumped from no. 51 to no. 1 on the Hot 100 singles chart this week.  Usher pushes Flo Rida's Low featuring T-Pain to no. 2 but Low takes the top spot on the RingMasters chart for the 13th straight week beating out Soulja Boy's super single Crank That (Soulja Boy) which only topped RingMasters for 12.

Top 10 Singles in the Hot 100:

1. Usher - Love in This Club feat. Young Jeezy
2. Flo Rida - Low feat. T-Pain
3. Chris Brown - With You
4. Rihanna - Don't Stop the Music
5. Sara Bareilles - Love Song
6. Jordin Sparks - No Air feat. Chris Brown
7. Timbaland - Apologize feat. OneRepublic
8. Alicia Keys - No One
9. Webbie, Lil' Phat & Lil' Boosie - Independent
10. Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction

Soulja Boy's Crank That Tops SpiralFrog Top 10

Soulja Boy's Crank That tops SpiralFrog's Top 10 February Downloads chart:

"The Top Ten Most Downloaded Songs on SpiralFrog for the month of February are:"

1. Soulja Boy Tell'em - "Crank That (Soulja Boy)"
2. Timbaland - "Apologize"
3. Rihanna - "Don't Stop the Music"
4. Snoop Dogg - "Sensual Seduction"
5. Rihanna - "Hate That I Love You"
6. Rihanna - "Umbrella"
7. Fergie - "Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal)"
8. Sugarland - "Stay"
9. Rascal Flatts - "What Hurts the Most"
10. Colbie Caillat - "Bubbly"

Official Site:
SpiralFrog

Albums: Webbie #4, Shawty Lo #13, Plus Divas!

Webbie's Savage Life 2 debuts at no. 4 on the Billboard 200 album chart while divas Janet and Erykah battle it out at the top.

I'm very impressed by Erykah Badu's current campaign.  She is everywhere!

Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:

1. Janet Jackson - Discipline
2. Erykah Badu - 4th World War
3. Jack Johnson - Sleep Through the Static
4. Webbie - Savage Life 2
5. Alicia Keys - As I Am
6. Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus
7. Soundtrack - Once
8. Soundtrack - Juno
9. Sara Bareilles - Little Voice
10. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

Shawty Lo's Units in the City debuts at no. 13.

Kidz Bop 13 Debuts at #4 on Top Albums Chart

Kidz Bop 13

Kidz Bop 13 debuts at no. 4 on the Billboard 200 album chart with a tracklist that includes the Shopboyz' Party Like A Rockstar.

Kidz Bop 13 is the "seventh consecutive title in the primary Razor & Tie line to debut in the top 10."

Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:

1. Jack Johnson - Sleep Through the Static
2. Alicia Keys - As I Am
3. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
4. Kidz Bop 13
5. Soundtrack - Step Up 2 The Streets
6. Soundtrack - Juno
7. Sara Bareilles - Little Voice
8. Chris Cagle - My Life's Been a Country Song
9. Mary J. Blige - Growing Pains
10. Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift

Jim Jones' Harlem's American Gangster debuts at no. 19 with 25,000.

Singles: Flo Rida's Low #1, Elevator #28

Not only is Flo Rida's Low no. 1 for the 10th week on the Hot 100 singles chart but Elevator featuring Timbaland jumped from no. 100 to no. 28.

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. Flo Rida - Low feat. T-Pain
2. Chris Brown - With You
3. Rihanna - Don't Stop the Music
4. Sara Bareilles - Love Song
5. Alicia Keys - No One
6. Timbaland - Apologize feat. OneRepublic
7. Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction
8. Sean Kingston - Take You There
9. Webbie, Lil' Phat & Lil' Boosie - Independent
10. Buckcherry - Sorry

Singles: Flo Rida #1, Snoop Dogg #7, Webbie f/Lil' Boosie & Lil' Phat #10

Flo Rida's Low featuring T-Pain enters week 9 at the top of the Hot 100 singles chart.

Webbie's Independent featuring Lil' Boosie & Lil' Phat joins the top 10 at no. 10.  Though you can take certain lines certain ways, overall this is one of the few hip hop singles and videos I can think of that shows respect for women without presenting them as female pimps, idealized queens or sentimental memories.

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. Flo Rida - Low feat. T-Pain
2. Chris Brown - With You
3. Rihanna - Don't Stop the Music
4. Alicia Keys - No One
5. Sara Bareilles - Love Song
6. Timbaland - Apologize feat. OneRepublic
7. Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction
8. Sean Kingston - Take You There
9. Buckcherry - Sorry
10. Webbie - Independent feat. Lil' Boosie & Lil' Phat

Amy Winehouse's You Know I'm No Good featuring Ghostface Killah returns to no. 77 breaking its previous high mark at no. 78 almost a year ago.

Over at Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs the top debut is Birdman's 100 Million featuring Rick Ross, Dre, Young Jeezy and Lil Wayne at no. 77.

Plus, it's getting kind of g on Hot Country Songs with Rodney Atkins' Cleaning This Gun (Come on in Boy) at no. 1.

Over at VidRap:
Webbie f/Lil' Boosie & Lil' Phat - Independent
Birdman f/Rick Ross, Dre, Young Jeezy & Lil Wayne - 100 Million

Albums: Step Up 2 The Streets Soundtrack #10

Albums by artists who performed at the Grammys did well in this week's top 10 on the Billboard 200 album chart as did the Step Up 2 The Streets soundtrack which rose to no. 10 from no. 13.

Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:

1. Jack Johnson - Sleep Through the Static
2. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
3. Alicia Keys - As I Am
4. 2008 Grammy Nominees
5. Herbie Hancock - River: The Joni Letters
6. Soundtrack - Juno
7. Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift
8. Sheryl Crow - Detours
9. Mary J. Blige - Growing Pains
10. Soundtrack - Step Up 2 The Streets

Singles: Flo Rida's Low in 8th Week at #1

Flo Rida's Low featuring T-Pain entered week 8 at no. 1 on last week's Hot 100 singles chart.

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. Flo Rida - Low feat. T-Pain
2. Chris Brown - With You
3. Rihanna - Don't Stop the Music
4. Alicia Keys - No One
5. Timbaland - Apologize feat. OneRepublic
6. Sara Bareilles - Love Song
7. Yael Naim - New Soul
8. Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction
9. Sean Kingston - Take You There
10. Buckcherry - Sorry

Albums: Step Up 2 The Streets Soundtrack #13

Jack Johnson's Sleep Through the Static debuts at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart but it gets a mention at ProHipHop because it sets a new top sales week record for digital album downloads at 139,000 copies beating Kanye West's record with Graduation at 133,000.

Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:

1. Jack Johnson - Sleep Through the Static
2. Sheryl Crow - Detours
3. Alicia Keys - As I Am
4. Lenny Kravitz - It Is Time for a Love Revolution
5. 2008 Grammy Nominees
6. Soundtrack - Juno
7. Mary J. Blige - Growing Pains
8. k.d. lang - Watershed
9. Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus
10. Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift

The soundtrack to the movie Step Up 2 the Streets debuts at no. 13.

Related ProHipHop Coverage:
Step Up 2 The Streets Opens on Valentine's Day, Music Video Mash Up, Official Sites
Step Up 2 The Streets Soundtrack w/Flo Rida, Missy, Plies

Albums: 2008 Grammy Nominees #5

2008 Grammy Nominees

The 2008 Grammy Nominees album is no. 5 on the Billboard 200 album chart and, no, we're not discussing the no. 7 debut of Hannah Montana 2: Non-Stop Dance Party.

That's not even part of my world and, besides, those remixes don't do justice to the originals by any means!

Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200

1. Alicia Keys - As I Am
2. Soundtrack - Juno
3. Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath
4. Bullet For My Valentine - Scream Aim Fire
5. 2008 Grammy Nominees
6. Mary J. Blige - Growing Pains
7. Hannah Montana 2: Non-Stop Dance Party
8. Keyshia Cole - Just Like You
9. Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift
10. Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus

Singles: Flo Rida's Low Takes #1 for 7th Week

Flo Rida's Low enters its 7th week at no. 1 on the Hot 100 singles chart.

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. Flo Rida - Low feat. T-Pain
2. Chris Brown - With You
3. Rihanna - Don't Stop the Music
4. Timbaland - Apologize feat. OneRepublic
5. Alicia Keys - No One
6. Sara Bareilles - Love Song
7. Fergie - Clumsy
8. Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction
9. Yael Naim - New Soul
10. Sean Kingston - Take You There

Worth noting as an alternative path into the top 10:

"The biggest news in the top 10 is the No. 9 debut of Yael Naim's "New Soul," the chart's best entry since "What Time Is It" by High School Musical Cast (No. 6) and Akon's "Sorry, Blame It on Me" (No. 7) bowed in the Aug. 11, 2007, issue."

"Featured in the TV commercial for Apple's newly launched Apple MacBook Air, the track also debuts at No. 2 on Hot Digital Songs with 135,000 downloads. With "New Soul" generating only three plays on the nearly 1,300 monitored Hot 100 Airplay stations, TV is the sole source of its lofty sales and Hot 100 ranking."

Singles: Flo Rida's Low #1, Singin' Snoop Dogg #8

As Flo Rida's Low entered its 6th week at no. 1 on the Hot 100 singles chart, it also entered its 9th week at the top of the Hot Digital Songs chart which ties with Gwen Stefani's previous record for Hollaback Girl from 2005.

Plus, Singin' Snoop Dogg takes no. 8 with Sensual Seduction.

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. Flo Rida - Low feat. T-Pain
2. Alicia Keys - No One
3. Chris Brown - With You
4. Timbaland - Apologize feat. OneRepublic
5. Rihanna - Don't Stop the Music
6. Fergie - Clumsy
7. Sean Kingston - Take You There
8. Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction
9. Sara Bareilles - Love Song
10. Chris Brown - Kiss Kiss feat. T-Pain

Good news for Lupe Fiasco as he heads toward the final projects of his all-too-brief career.  Lupe breaks his own record on the Hot 100 as Superstar featuring Matthew Santos rises from no. 36 to no. 70 on the strength of last week's largest airplay increase.

Albums: Radiohead's In Rainbows Still in Top 10

The hip hop season will soon be kicking in on the Billboard 200 album chart but, till then, here are last week's top 10 albums including Radiohead's In Rainbows.

Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:

1. Soundtrack - Juno
2. Alicia Keys - As I Am
3. Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful of Sunshine
4. Mary J. Blige - Growing Pains
5. Radiohead - In Rainbows
6. Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift
7. Chris Brown - Exclusive
8. Keyshia Cole - Just Like You
9. Garth Brooks - The Ultimate Hits
10. Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus

Top 10 Singles: 2008 Starts w/a Whimper

If hip hop is a singles sport, the top 10 on the Hot 100 singles chart says hip hop's sitting out January on the bench.  No disrespect intended to Mr. Rida whose single Low featuring everybody's favorite synthesized singer T-Pain enters its 5th week at no. 1.

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. Flo Rida - Low feat. T-Pain
2. Alicia Keys - No One
3. Timbaland - Apologize feat. OneRepublic
4. Chris Brown - With You
5. Fergie - Clumsy
6. Chris Brown - Kiss Kiss feat. T-Pain
7. Rihanna - Don't Stop the Music
8. Sean Kingston - Take You There
9. Finger Eleven - Paralyzer
10. Sara Bareilles - Love Song

Top 10 Albums: Cause I'm Trying to be Consistent

Here's this week's top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 album chart.

Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:

1. Alicia Keys - As I Am
2. Soundtrack - Juno
3. Mary J. Blige - Growing Pains
4. Radiohead - In Rainbows
5. Raheem DeVaughn - Love Behind the Melody
6. Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift
7. John Legend - Live From Philadelphia
8. Now That's What I Call Music 26
9. Chris Brown - Exclusive
10. Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus

Singles: Flo Rida's Low #1 for 4th Week

Flo Rida's Low featuring T-Pain entered its 4th week at the top of the Hot 100 singles chart last week.

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. Flo Rida - Low feat. T-Pain
2. Alicia Keys - No One
3. Timbaland - Apologize feat. OneRepublic
4. Chris Brown - Kiss Kiss feat. T-Pain
5. Fergie - Clumsy
6. Chris Brown - With You
7. Finger Eleven - Paralyzer
8. Colbie Caillat - Bubbly
9. Jordin Sparks - Tattoo
10. Sean Kingston - Take You There

Fat Joe's I Won't Tell featuring J. Holiday off the upcoming Elephant in the Room is the Hot 100's top debut at no. 81.

Hip Hop Again Absent from Top 10 Albums

Mary J. Blige, Chris Brown and Now That's What I Call Music 26 is as close as we got to hip hop in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 album chart last week.

Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:

1. Alicia Keys - As I Am
2. Radiohead - In Rainbows
3. Soundtrack - Juno
4. Mary J. Blige - Growing Pains
5. Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift
6. Now That's What I Call Music 26
7. Chris Brown - Exclusive
8. The Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden
9. Garth Brooks - The Ultimate Hits
10. Fergie - The Dutchess

Albums: Radiohead's In Rainbows No. 1 in US/UK

Radiohead - In Rainbows

Radiohead's In Rainbows, probably the most discussed rock album on hip hop blogs in 2007, takes the no. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 album chart soon after taking the top spot in the UK.

Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:

1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. Alicia Keys - As I Am
3. Mary J. Blige - Growing Pains
4. Now That's What I Call Music 26
5. Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift
6. Chris Brown - Exclusive
7. Garth Brooks - The Ultimate Hits
8. Soundtrack - Juno
9. Colbie Caillat - Coco
10. The Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden

On a personal note:
One of my New Year's resolutions was to listen to more albums in 2008.  I tried listening to a streaming version of In Rainbows.  After the fourth song I was so incredibly bored that I just shut it off.

That's one of those reasons I don't do album reviews anymore.  It requires listening to whole albums no matter how much I personally feel they suck and then playing the debased role of music critic.

I just don't see the appeal in my doing that.

NY Times & the swift chancellor report:
Radiohead Finds Sales, Even After Downloads
The NY Times misses the point on the Radiohead physical sales figures

Related ProHipHop Coverage:
In Rainbows: Radiohead's New Album Pricing Induces Blogger Visions of a Beautiful New World

Flo Rida's Low #1, Sets Digital Sales Record

Flo Rida's Low featuring T-Pain remains no. 1 on the Hot 100 singles chart and also sets a single-week digital sales record moving 470,000 copies and beating out Fergie's previous record of 294,000 with Fergalicious.

Hey, Soulja Boy's back at no. 5!

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. Flo Rida - Low feat. T-Pain
2. Alicia Keys - No One
3. Timbaland - Apologize feat. OneRepublic
4. Chris Brown - Kiss Kiss feat. T-Pain
5. Soulja Boy - Crank That (Soulja Boy)
6. Fergie - Clumsy
7. Colbie Caillat - Bubbly
8. Finger Eleven - Paralyzer
9. Sara Bareilles - Love Song
10. Jordin Sparks - Tattoo

Mary J. Blige Takes Top Album Spot

Hey, it's this week's top 10 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and Mary J. Blige is no. 1!

Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:

1. Mary J. Blige - Growing Pains
2. Alicia Keys - As I Am
3. Josh Groban - Noel
4. Now That's What I Call Music 26
5. Chris Brown - Exclusive
6. The Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden
7. Garth Brooks - The Ultimate Hits
8. Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift
9. Hannah Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus
10. Colbie Caillat - Coco