Paper Planes is the third single from M.I.A.’s second album Kala and was released on February 11, 2008. Its use in trailers for the film Pineapple Express prompted the track to rebound on the US charts in July 2008, entering the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time, at position #55, with 42,000 downloads. It then jumped from #36 to #16, then to #5 to become M.I.A.’s first Billboard Hot 100 Top 5 Single. Paper Planes has also peaked at #1 on the US iTunes Top Songs Chart.
A Milli is the second single and official street single from Lil Wayne’s 6th studio album, Tha Carter III. A Milli has reached #6 so far on the Billboard Hot 100, making it Lil Wayne’s second top ten and second highest peaking song on the chart as a lead artist. It has reached #1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, making it his second number one song on that chart. A Milli is also Lil Wayne’s second #1 hit on the Hot Rap Tracks chart.
Taylor Swift’s next studio album, Fearless, is scheduled to be released in the United States on November 11. Change, the first single off the upcoming album, was selected as part of a soundtrack supporting Team USA’s efforts in the upcoming 2008 Summer Olympics. The single will also be featured as part of the soundtrack of NBC’s broadcast package of the Games. Change has already reached #2 on the iTunes Top Songs Chart and is expected to debut on the Billboard Hot 100 next week.
Crush is the debut single by David Archuleta, the runner-up of the seventh season of American Idol. The song was written by Jess Cates, Dave Hodges, and Emanuel Kiriakou and debuted August 1, 2008 on New York City radio station Z100.. After just one day of airplay, Crush was able to debut at #93 on the Billboard Pop 100 and #57 on Pop 100 Airplay. Following the song’s digital release onto the U.S. iTunes store on August 12, 2008, the song rose to the #1 spot on iTunes in less than 24 hours.
Dreamer is a song by American R&B singer Chris Brown. It is one of the songs featured on the AT&T TEAM USA Soundtrack. The track was released August 7, 2008 onto US iTunes and so far has reached #3 on the iTunes Top Songs Chart. It is expected that Dreamer will be the first single from Chris Brown’s upcoming 2009 album Graffiti.
Can’t Believe It is the first single from T-Pain’s third studio album Thr33 Ringz. The album is tentatively set to release on September 30, 2008, the same day as his birthday and it will be entirely produced by himself. The song Can’t Believe It has been confirmed the first single by T-Pain’s blog. Can’t Believe It, released July 29, debuted at #11 on the US iTunes chart upon its release.
Handlebars is the debut single from the indie rap rock group Flobots from Denver, Colorado. It was originally recorded for Flobots Present…Platypus but it was re-released in October 2007 on the group’s commercial debut album, Fight with Tools, before its single release in April. Handlebars has also performed well on the Billboard charts. Peaking at number three on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, #22 on the Hot Digital Songs chart, #37 on the Pop 100 chart, and #46 on the Hot 100 chart.
Lolli Lolli (Pop That Body) is the official first single by Three 6 Mafia from their latest studio album Last 2 Walk. It features Project Pat, Young D, and SuperPower. The song was Young D’s first commercial appearance since being signed to Hypnotize Minds and it has reached #19 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Got Money is the third official single from Lil Wayne’s sixth studio album, Tha Carter III. The track features artist T-Pain and is produced by Play-n-Skillz. The single was released as a digital download on iTunes on May 27th, 2008 and has thus far peaked at #4 on the iTunes Top 100. The song has peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it his third highest peaking song in his solo career. Lil Wayne and T-Pain performed the song at the BET 2008 awards.
Dangerous is the first official single from Kardinal’s upcoming album Not 4 Sale. On the week of May 13, at the American iTunes store, Dangerous was offered as a free download (Single of the Week). The single debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 at number 9, and in early July, the song peaked at number #2 in Canada. On the issue date of May 17, the song debuted on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. The following week the single debuted at number 91 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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