Pop Sweep: June 28, 2014...

Hey kids, it's time to kick off the first of today's five "chart sweeps", sampling the songs making their appearance on Billboard magazine's various singles charts this week. As usual, I'll start out on the pop side of things, then later on move to the newest on rock, R&B, country, and dance radio...

On the "big" chart, Billboard's Hot 100, which combines tallies from radio airplay, sales, and internet streaming (like YouTube and Spotify), Iggy Azalea reigns for a fourth week with "Fancy" featuring Charli XCX...

The highest debut of the week is one of the biggest beneficiaries of Billboard's policy change including YouTube view in their charts. Korean comic "rapper" PSY lands at #26 with his latest, "Hangover" featuring "true rapper" Snoop Dogg. It's his third top-40 hit; he went to #2 with "Gangnam Style" in 2012...

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The third track from British singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran's upcoming x album, "Don't", comes in at #46. The official single from the set, "Sing", is still up at #16 in its tenth week in the top-20...

 Country rocker Brantley Gilbert follows up his #1 genre hit "Bottoms Up" (which went to #20 on the Hot 100) with "Small Town Throwdown" at #95. It features cameos from country singers Thomas Rhett and Justin Moore...

British neo-house act Clean Bandit crosses over to the States at #97 with their single "Rather Be". The record spent four weeks at #1 in the UK earlier this year...

Another country newcomer, Cole Swindell, enters at #99 with "Hope You Get Lonely Tonight". It follows his breakthrough single "Chillin' It", which climbed to #28...

The last debut on the Hot 100 at #100 is British indie-soul singer Jamie N Commons with "Jungle" with New York alternative rock band X Ambassadors. It's both acts' first pop hit...

...and now on to the pop radio format charts...

On the Mainstream Top-40 radio panel Iggy Azalea is also on top for a second week...

Enrique Iglesias lands his first Spanish-language pop hit as "Bailando" featuring Descemer Bueno and Gente De Zona arrives at #38. The single also climbs to #40 on the Hot 100, his first non-English single to do so, those there just was released an English version - so expect this to move up...

British singer Rita Ora moves in at #40 with her former #1 UK hit "I Will Never Let You Down" (ironic now, considering her now-over relationship with the song's writer/producer Calvin Harris). She previously made it to #22 with "How We Do (Party)"...

Meanwhile, on the older-skewing Adult Top-40 format, Paramore spend a second week at #1 with "Ain't It Fun"...

Middle-aged rockers Train return at #32 with their new single "Angel In Blue Jeans". The Bay Area band has topped this chart four times so far, the most recent time with "If It's Love" in 2010...

 Canadian lesbian twin sister duo Tegan & Sara enter at #39 with "I Was A Fool", my "Pop Pick of the Week". The single, originally released last year, is the follow-up to their pop breakthrough "Closer", which went to #30 on this format...

90s Alternative rock hitmakers Better Than Ezra land their first hit in eight years at "Crazy Lucky" comes in at #40. On this chart their best has been #13 with two singles, "Extra Ordinary" in 2001 and "A Lifetime" in 2005...

Lastly, on the Adult Contemporary, or "easy listening" radio chart, John Legend holds for a third week on top with "All Of Me"...

The sole debut on this chart at #27 is Norwegian duo Nico & Vinz with their Hot 100 top-ten hit "Am I Wrong"...

That's it for the start of today's musical journey...I'll return in 90 minutes with the latest on rock radio....