And so not a new song cracks the Top 10 of Billboard's Hot 100 chart this week. However, Lady GaGa makes a move to firmly plant her stripper pole on Planet Pop—her second single "Poker Face" moves up to #3 while "Just Dance" is still sitting firmly at #7, and her full-length set The Fame also climbs to a new high of #7 on the album chart.
In a year where, so far, new releases have been pretty lackluster, it's interesting to watch the rise of a bona fide pop star. And for all the stubborn GaGa haters out there, Madonna's gristle-corpse slumped over in the throne long ago. Get over it. Now GaGa's here to shove her stiletto heel through Madge's eye socket and fling the old hag into the trash compactor. Ta da!That retooled song from Slumdog Millionaire, "Jai Ho!", flies like Clay Aiken with a pack of glitter-soaked firecrackers Scotch-taped to his lesbi-wig up from #100 to #15. The Pussycat Dolls are featured on the commercial single version now. They must've seen the word "Ho" was in the title, and, well...
Down at #37, Jesse McCartney proves with "How Do You Sleep?" that no matter how irrelevant you are, you can still slap a rapper onto your song—in this case, Ludacris–and have it chart.Oh, I'm just kidding. I'd still give Jesse a pinch in the can. Oh, and look—it seems Darius Rucker is having another hit, with "It Won't Be Like This For Long" (#42). The lesson here would appear to be to never underestimate the magnetic draw of Hootie. Because he'll reinvent himself as a country singer and bang your grandma and your dad.
The U.S. Top 10:
1. "Right Round" - Flo Rida feat. Ke$ha *3 weeks*
2. "Dead And Gone" - T.I. feat. Justin Timberlake
3. "Poker Face" - Lady GaGa
4. "Kiss Me Thru The Phone" - Souljah Boy Tell 'Em feat. Sammie
5. "Gives You Hell" - The All-American Rejects
6. "Heartless" - Kanye West
7. "Just Dance" - Lady GaGa feat. Colby O'Donis
8. "Crack A Bottle" - Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent
9. "Love Story" - Taylor Swift
10. "My Life Would Suck Without You" - Kelly Clarkson