Pop Sweep, May 26th 2012...


Here's a rundown of the songs debuting on Billboard's pop charts.

The highest entry this week belongs to Atlanta-area rapper 2 Chainz, who used to be called "Tity Boi". And had a song called "Duffel Bag Boy". Right. Well his first lead-artist hit has some help from Canadian emo-rapper Drake, and it's "No Lie" in at #45...


Jermaine Paul may have won The Voice, but former Mouseketeer and Xtina nemesis Tony Lucca has the two highest selling songs from the show this week. First is his take on Hugo's alt-country-rock take on Jay-Z's "99 Problems" at #58...


Teen hearthrob Justin Bieber's ode to his mom comes in at #60. It's a non-album single, "Turn To You (Mother's Day Dedication)"...


Now back to Lucca, his duet with coach Adam Levine from The Voice comes in at #68. It's their acoustic take on the Beatles' "Yesterday"...


And now for the winner, Jermaine Paul, in at #83 with his overblown version of R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly"...


While 4th place finisher Chris Mann joins coach Christina Aguilera at #85 for their version of Andrea Bocelli's "The Prayer", as in "I pray her titties don't pop out of that dress on live national TV"...


Back to non-Voice fare, country singer Dierks Bentley cribs a Van Halen album title for his latest single, "5-1-5-0" at #94...


and the third single released in advance of Usher's forthcoming album Looking 4 Myself comes in at #98. Rapper Rick Ross gives a hand to "Lemme See"...


Meanwhile, on the Adult-Top 40 chart,

Nicki Minaj crosses over with her top-5 pop hit "Starships"...at #37....


and on the other end of the spectrum, Christian rock band Needtobreathe come in at #40 with "Keep Your Eyes Open"...




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