Rihanna Scores Her Fifth #1 While Christina Aguilera Debuts In The Top 10

These are the weeks that give D'luv the tingles in his whizz-wack; the weeks where a big sledgehammer of new releases comes along and busts things up on Billboard's Hot 100.

First up, T.I. replaces himself at #1 with "Live Your Life," a duet with Rihanna. Not only did the song set a record by jumping from #80 to #1—thanks to T.I.'s Paper Trail being released last week—but it also gives Rihanna her fifth U.S. #1, and T.I. his third.

Next up is Christina Aguilera, who achieves her seventh solo U.S. Top 10 hit with "Keeps Gettin' Better," which debuts at #7. I like the dancey direction you're returning to, Xtina. Don't fuck this next album up, now, doll.

Nickelback debut at #10 with with "Gotta Be Somebody." Looks like all the Z-grade, Bush supporting hicks who pick cigarette butts out of a dumpster and shove them up their asses are still multiplying, and their spawn have iTunes accounts. Hooray for white trash!

The Killers enter the chart at #32 with "Human," giving them their third U.S. Top 40 single after "Mr. Brightside" (#10, 2005) and "When You Were Young" (#14, 2006). The cover art for the band's upcoming Day & Age album was unveiled yesterday.

Oh, yeah...how could I forget David Cook's run-of-the-mill "Light On" debuting at #17? Sorry, superstar, but you're no David Archuleta.

Finally, since it's an Aguilera kind of week, let's revisit Christina's 2001 duet with Ricky Martin, the much underrated "Nobody Wants To Be Lonely":



That's right, Ricky—shake that ass, girl!

The U.S. Top 10:

1. "Live Your Life" - T.I. feat. Rihanna *1 week* *airplay gainer*
2. "Whatever You Like" - T.I.
3. "So What" - Pink
4. "Disturbia" - Rihanna
5. "Let It Rock'" - Kevin Rudolf feat. Lil Wayne *sales gainer*
6. "Hot N Cold" - Katy Perry
7. "Keeps Gettin' Better'" - Christina Aguilera *new*
8. "Can't Believe It'" - T-Pain feat. Lil Wayne
9. "Paper Planes'" - M.I.A
10. "Gotta Be Somebody" - Nickelback *new*

Written by D'luv on October 9th, 2008 with no comments.
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The Killers: Not So Hot On ‘SNL’

Walking almost a mile back to my hotel room after losing 20 bucks on the penny slots in Vegas on Saturday—at the same casino Sheena Easton performs at nightly—I was looking forward to The Killers' performances on Saturday Night Live as a bit of a sobering pick-me-up.

But backtracking a bit, the band's "Human" was added to iTunes last week, and has faced some stiff competition from a slew of new releases: Christina Aguilera's "Keeps Gettin' Better," Nickelback's "Gotta Be Somebody" and David Cook's "Light On" to name a few—all of which have sold better, but are now dropping off while "Human" has steadily remained at #11 on iTunes throughout the week.

Anyway, back to SNL, there was Brandon Flowers, with his jacket adorned with what looked like quail feathers attached to his shoulder pads, doing his robotic jittering to "Human" and "Spaceman." Someone's still clearly in full-on Joy Division mode. And drummer Ronnie Vannucci is looking more and more like Ron Jeremy with each album.

But they were just alright. I think the big problem with this album might be that the songs are so overproduced and dancy that they might not really work well in a live setting. It's kind of like the anti-climax of seeing Britney or Steps perform live.

NBC doesn't have any clips of the Killers' performing on their SNL page, and the network is notoriously Nazi-like about removing clips of their shows from YouTube and other video sites.

But if you didn't watch the show, in my D'luvvly opinion, you weren't really missing much.

Written by D'luv on October 6th, 2008 with no comments.
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