She may have the voice of a 15-year-old boy with a clothespin clamped on his nose, but Barbadian beauty Rihanna has now landed her third springtime #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 with "Take A Bow," a trend that started with "SOS" in 2006 and carried on with "Umbrella" last year.But let's be honest, folks -- "Take A Bow" sounds like some limp dirge Beyoncé blew out in a snot rag after an allergy attack. This flimsy track is to be included on the June re-release of of Rihanna's Good Girl Gone Bad. "Take A Bow" was added to iTunes last week and the 200,000+ downloads caused it to jump to the top from last week's position of #53.
Also, new at #57 is the Maroon 5 and Rihanna duet to be included on both their album re-releases, "If I Never See Your Face Again."
And speaking of strippers, Diddy's 10-legged ho troupe Danity Kane poledance into the Top 10 with "Damaged" after what seems like an eternity just outside the door, moving up one notch to #10. Maybe they'll lapdance each other's faces in celebration?Coldplay fans have something to put the bong and Tennyson down for and rejoice, too, as "Viva La Vida" is the chart's Hot Shot Debut at #15, while official single "Violet Hill" enters at #40. "Viva La Vida" leapfrogged "Violet Hill" after being made available for free with pre-order downloads of the full album on iTunes. Both cuts give Coldplay their third and fourth U.S. Top 40 singles, following 2002's "Clocks" (#29) and 2005's "Speed Of Sound" (#8).
Finally, while it looked like bye-bye after only three weeks in the Top 40 for Mariah Carey's "Bye Bye," the single rebounds this week and moves up from #38 to #27, no doubt due to the video making its debut last week and interest in her recent quickie marriage to Nick Cannon.Hopefully a similar miracle happens for Chris Brown's excellent "Forever," which following its debut at #9 two weeks ago has slid from #15 to #24.
The U.S. Top 10:
1. "Take A Bow" - Rihanna *1 week*
2. "Bleeding Love" - Leona Lewis
3. "Lollipop" - Lil Wayne Feat. Static Major
4. "No Air" - Jordin Sparks Duet With Chris Brown
5. "Love In This Club" - Usher Feat. Young Jeezy
6. "Sexy Can I" - Ray J & Young Berg
7. "4 Minutes" - Madonna Feat. Justin Timberlake
8. "Touch My Body" - Mariah Carey
9. "Pocketful Of Sunshine" - Natasha Bedingfield
10. "Damaged'" - Danity Kane