Chris Brown was spotted having double the fun….at the Doublemint event in N.Y.C. Tuesday, where he revealed that his hit single, “Forever” which will actually be the new jingle for Doublemint gum. Not to be out done Ne-yo was there too.Hov and Steve Stoute were there tooDanity Kane’s Dawn was spotted in the crowdalong w/ dancer, actor Darrin HensonAkon, Jigga, Steve, and Red Cafe (that name is so….) hit up the after-performance dinner at Phillip Chow’sGV Says: Ne-yo is hitting up a lot of commercial spots lately….no shame. Get that money!

Ne-yo and PussyCat Doll’s Nicole Scherzinger came out for Cee-Lo’s private release party over the weekend.

Look who turned 40….McDonald’s Big MacA host of celebs came through to celebrate. Ne-yo came and performed.Serena and…is that …..Sanaa Lathan. I’m loving the weave.Blu Cantrell. What is she up to these days besides the celebrity circus gig?Khloe got free from the big house and came through. So did Common. Wonder if he’s still pretending he’s still not with Serena.

Ne-Yo, who is releasing his next album Year of the Gentleman on August 5th, has released his second single “Miss Independent.” It took me until like last week to really start feeling “Closer,” so I was surprised when I actually felt the track off the bat. It has a Euro-dance feel to me with the mid-tempo beat. I don’t think he hit it out of park with this one, tough. I’m sure he has better material on the album, so I’m not sure why this is the next single. I would have expected a ballad maybe to go with the “gentleman” theme.I’m sure this will be the hot “MySpace profile” song now…LISTEN: Ne-Yo - “Miss Independent”

Do you know odd it is to see a non-Hip hop/R&B/ballad single be at #1 for more than one or two weeks in the U.S. in the ’00s? And by odd I mean it’s pretty effing refreshing. And I don’t care that it’s that faux coconut-slammer, Katy Perry. It could be Janice Dickinson moaning the alphabet out of key at this point and I’d shout its praises.With all the record label staff cuts, the rap payola czars of yesteryear must be gone.That said, it’s a week of redemption on Billboard’s Hot 100 as Chris Brown’s “Forever”—a song that after three months still hasn’t gotten old—is the Sales Gainer, and moves up to a new peak of #4. Again, that’s another one I’d become to skeptical to ever imagine the U.S. music-buying public would embrace. The long, depressing George Bush era truly is ending, folks.Even the fact that the Top 10…

Ne-Yo’s spacy, dancetastic “Closer” has unseated Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” to become the ninth single to hit #1 on the U.K. chart in 2008. In the States, “Closer” has peaked at #25 thus far.With the year halfway over now (where the hell did the time go?), here are Old Blighty’s other eight #1s to date:The U.K. Top 10:1. “Closer” - Ne-Yo *1 week*2. “Viva La Vida” - Coldplay 3. “No Air” - Jordin Sparks Duet With Chris Brown4. “Forever” - Chris Brown5. “Take A Bow” - Rihanna6. “Love Song” - Sara Bareilles7. “Sweet About Me” - Gabriella Cilmi8. “That’s Not My Name” - The Ting Tings9. “Warwick Avenue” - Duffy10. “We Made It” - Busta Rhymes Feat. Linkin Park

As strange as it sounds, before Coldplay this week, James Blunt and Leona Lewis were the only other U.K. acts to top the Billboard Hot 100 in the ’00s, with “You’re Beautiful” and “Bleeding Love,” respectively. Now “Viva La Vida” can be thrown into that elite club. Thank Apple (the company, not Chris Martin’s daughter), who’ve used the song in an ad campaign.But doesn’t Coldplay just seem like one of those bands that, despite their über-popularity, would never have a #1 single? They’re like Radiohead — their albums will top the charts, but a giant, across-the-boards hit single…and one on Top 40 radio, to boot? It couldn’t happen here.Apparently it did, though. “Viva La Vida” looks set to top the U.K. chart this Sunday, as well. Meanwhile, the same-titled album sold over 300,000 copies on its first day of release here in the States, and Billboard is predicting it’ll end…