Singles: Empire State of Mind #1

Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' Empire State of Mind takes the top spot on the Hot 100 singles chart.

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind
2. Owl City - Fireflies
3. Jason DeRulo - Whatcha Say
4. Iyaz - Replay
5. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now
6. Britney Spears - 3
7. Jay Sean - Down feat. Lil Wayne
8. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A.
9. Lady Gaga - Paparazzi
10. Ke$ha - Tik Tok

Available on iTunes: Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind

Singles: Empire State of Mind Only Hip Hop in Top 10

Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' Empire State of Mind is the only hip hop track in the top 10 on the Hot 100 singles chart.

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. Owl City - Fireflies
2. Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind
3. Jason DeRulo - Whatcha Say
4. Iyaz - Replay
5. Jay Sean - Down feat. Lil Wayne
6. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A.
7. Lady Gaga - Paparazzi 8. Britney Spears - 3
9. Rihanna - Russian Roulette
10. Beyonce - Sweet Dreams

Singles: Jay-Z & Alicia Keys' Empire State of Mind #3

Empire State of Mind pops into the top 10 at no. 3 on the Hot 100 singles chart.

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. Jason DeRulo - Whatcha Say
2. Owl City - Fireflies
3. Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind
4. Jay Sean - Down feat. Lil Wayne
5. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A.
6. Lady Gaga - Paparazzi
7. Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West - Run This Town
8. Britney Spears - 3
9. Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
10. Taylor Swift - Jump Then Fall

Singles: Run This Town #5, Black Eyed Peas #7, #9

Hip hop singles reshuffle in the top 10 on the Hot 100 singles chart.

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. Owl City - Fireflies
2. Jason DeRulo - Whatcha Say
3. Jay Sean - Down feat. Lil Wayne
4. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A.
5. Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West - Run This Town
6. Lady Gaga - Paparazzi
7. The Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway
8. Britney Spears - 3
9. The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
10. Beyonce - Sweet Dreams

Singles: Black Eyed Peas #8 & #9

As Jay Sean's Down featuring Lil Wayne moves back into the no. 1 position on the Hot 100 singles chart, The Black Eyed Peas again have two spots in the top 10.

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. Jay Sean - Down feat. Lil Wayne
2. Jason DeRulo - Whatcha Say
3. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A.
4. Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West - Run This Town
5. Britney Spears - 3
6. Lady Gaga - Paparazzi
7. Owl City - Fireflies
8. The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
9. The Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway
10. Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me

Singles: Britney Spears Debuts at #1

This week Britney Spears became the "first artist in over three years to debut at No. 1" on the Hot 100 singles chart. The rest of the top 10 are mostly artists Bully Britney pushed down a notch.

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. Britney Spears - 3
2. Jay Sean - Down feat. Lil Wayne
3. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A.
4. Jason DeRulo - Whatcha Say
5. Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West - Run This Town
6. The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
7. Lady Gaga - Paparazzi
8. Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me
9. Owl City - Fireflies
10. Kings of Leon - Use Somebody

Singles: Jay Sean's Down ft. Lil Wayne Takes #1

Jay Sean's Down featuring Lil Wayne takes the top spot on the Hot 100 singles chart as The Black Eyed Peas' I Gotta Feeling drops sharply to no. 5.  Jay-Z stays strong with two spots.

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. Jay Sean - Down feat. Lil Wayne
2. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A.
3. Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West - Run This Town
4. Jason DeRulo - Whatcha Say
5. The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
6. Lady Gaga - Paparazzi
7. Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me
8. Mariah Carey - Obsessed
9. Kings of Leon - Use Somebody
10. Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind

Available on iTunes: Jay Sean

Singles: Black Eyed Peas Break More Records

The Black Eyed Peas are starting to break ever more esoteric records on the Hot 100 singles chart:

"with its 14th week at the Hot 100 summit, "I Gotta Feeling" by the Black Eyed Peas matches Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" for longest No. 1 stay this decade. The Peas have now held firm at No. 1 for 26 straight weeks, with "Boom Boom Pow" preceding "Feeling" with a 12-week run, making them the second act in the 51-year history of the Hot 100 to remain at No. 1 for a half a calendar year or more. The other was Usher, who spent 28 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 in 2004 with four tracks."

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
2. Jay Sean - Down feat. Lil Wayne
3. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A.
4. Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West - Run This Town
5. Jason DeRulo - Whatcha Say
6. Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me
7. Lady Gaga - Paparazzi
8. Kings of Leon - Use Somebody
9. Mariah Carey - Obsessed
10. Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind

Available on iTunes:
The Black Eyed Peas

Singles: Jay-Z & Pals #2 & #5, Drake & Co. #8

As the Black Eyed Peas hold on to no. 1 on the Hot 100 singles chart, Jay-Z, Drake and all their friends join or move up in the top 10.

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
2. Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West - Run This Town
3. Jay Sean - Down feat. Lil Wayne
4. Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me
5. Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind
6. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A.
7. Lady Gaga - Paparazzi
8. Drake - Forever ft. Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Eminem
9. Kings of Leon - Use Somebody
10. Jason DeRulo - Whatcha Say

Singles: Peas #1, Jay-Z #4, Pitbull #9

The Black Eyed Peas continue their endless run at the top of the Hot 100 singles chart.

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
2. Jay Sean - Down feat. Lil Wayne
3. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A.
4. Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West - Run This Town
5. Kings of Leon - Use Somebody
6. Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me
7. Jason DeRulo - Whatcha Say
8. Mariah Carey - Obsessed
9. Pitbull - Hotel Room Service
10. Cobra Starship - Good Girls Go Bad feat. Leighton Meester

Singles: Jay-Z's Run This Town Rises to #4

The Black Eyed Peas' I Gotta Feeling is again no. 1 on the Hot 100 singles chart as Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West's Run This Town rises two spots to no. 4.

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
2. Jay Sean - Down feat. Lil Wayne
3. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A.
4. Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West - Run This Town
5. Kings of Leon - Use Somebody
6. Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me
7. Mariah Carey - Obsessed
8. Pitbull - Hotel Room Service
9. Jason DeRulo - Whatcha Say
10. Drake - Best I Ever Had

Related ProHipHop Coverage:
Jay-Z: Run This Town Official Video f/Rihanna & Kanye West

Singles: Peas Still Run Reshuffled Top 10

I don't remember the last time I saw a top 10 on the Hot 100 singles chart that was a reshuffled version of the previous week with no new entrants. It's odd to see.

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
2. Jay Sean - Down feat. Lil Wayne
3. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A.
4. Kings of Leon - Use Somebody
5. Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me
6. Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West - Run This Town
7. Drake - Best I Ever Had
8. Keri Hilson - Knock You Down feat. Kanye West & Ne-Yo
9. Pitbull - Hotel Room Service
10. Cobra Starship - Good Girls Go Bad feat. Leighton Meester

Singles: The Black Eyed Peas Continue at #1

The Black Eyed Peas enjoy another week at the top as I Gotta Feeling continues at no. 1 on the Hot 100 singles chart.

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
2. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A.
3. Jay Sean - Down feat. Lil Wayne
4. Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me
5. Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West - Run This Town
6. Kings of Leon - Use Somebody
7. Drake - Best I Ever Had
8. Keri Hilson - Knock You Down feat. Kanye West & Ne-Yo
9. Cobra Starship - Good Girls Go Bad feat. Leighton Meester
10. Pitbull - Hotel Room Service

Singles: Black Eyed Peas Break Usher's Record, Jay-Z's Run This Town at #3

The Black Eyed Peas "make history with the longest successive stay at the top" of the Hot 100 singles chart:

"with current chart topper "I Gotta Feeling" and previous No. 1 "Boom Boom Pow" dominating for a combined 20 weeks. That breaks Usher's record from 2004, when "Yeah!" and "Burn" were No. 1 for a total of 19 consecutive weeks."

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
2. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A.
3. Jay-Z - Run This Town feat. Rihanna & Kanye West
4. Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me
5. Kings of Leon - Use Somebody
6. Drake - Best I Ever Had
7. Jay Sean - Down feat. Lil Wayne
8. Keri Hilson - Knock You Down feat. Kanye West & Ne-Yo
9. Cobra Starship - Good Girls Go Bad feat. Leighton Meester
10. Pitbull - Hotel Room Service

Available on iTunes:
Jay-Z: Run This Town
Black Eyed Peas: I Gotta Feeling

Related ProHipHop Coverage:
Jay-Z: Run This Town Official Video f/Rihanna & Kanye West
Black Eyed Peas: I Gotta Feeling Music Video
Black Eyed Peas: Boom Boom Pow Video

Over at Hip Hop Press:
The Black Eyed Peas Make History for the Longest
Successive Stay at Top of the Billboard Hot 100 Chart

Singles: Pitbull's Hotel Room Service #9

The Black Eyed Peas target more records with I Gotta Feeling maintaining no. 1 status on the Hot 100 singles chart. Pitbull joins the top 10 party as Hotel Room Service reaches no. 9.

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
2. Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me
3. Drake - Best I Ever Had
4. Keri Hilson - Knock You Down feat. Kanye West & Ne-Yo
5. Kings of Leon - Use Somebody
6. Jay Sean - Down feat. Lil Wayne
7. Cobra Starship - Good Girls Go Bad feat. Leighton Meester
8. Sean Kingston - Fire Burning
9. Pitbull - Hotel Room Service
10. The Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow

Available on iTunes:
Pitbull: Hotel Room Service

Related ProHipHop Coverage:
Singles: Black Eyed Peas Break Chart Run Record