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    " Diary " - Alicia Keys featuring Tony! Toni! Tone'! from the album The Diary Of Alicia Keys (2003) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #8 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 25   Today's song comes from singer/songwriter/producer Alicia Keys , whose sophomore album Diary Of Alicia Keys had already spun off a pair of quality top ten hits on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 with " You Don't Know My Name " and " If I Ain't Got You ".  The third single from the record was the de facto title track "Diary". Produced by Alicia, who wrote the song with her then-partner Kerry "Krucial" Brothers Jr., the lyrics have Keys comparing herself to the titular journal, where her partner can confide in his deepest secrets. Backing her up on the choruses was the "reunion" of R&B group Tony! Toni! Tone'! , who were last seen in the series on their double-sided top-40 hit "Let's Get Down" and "Thinking Of You...

    Saturday's here, and it's time to run down my top 100 "hits" of the week.  Noah Kahan spends a second week at #1, while Beyonce (pictured above) leaps into the top ten. Former big hits from Green Day, Linkin Park, Mitski, Eliza Rose & Calvin Harris, and Rema & Selena Gomez drop out, while songs from Pearl Jam, Green Day (again), and Jordan Davis make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red ). And under the list everything is Spotify playlisted for 5 1/2 hours of the biggest in pop, rock, R&B, country, and dance music. TikTok you don't stop... This Week                    Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Stick Season - Noah Kahan (1) 2. Lose Control - Teddy Swims (2) 3. Loving You - Cannons (4) 4. Is It Over Now? - Taylor ...

    Sorry for being late (for good reasons) but I'm back with my top 100 "hit" tunes from the previous week. Miley Cyrus reigns supreme for a sixth week, while Linkin Park (pictured above) climbs into the top five. Former big hits from Beyonce, Blink-182, Nate Smith, and Oliver Tree/Robin Schulz drop off my chart, while songs from Miley Cyrus, Coi Leray, and the Revivalists make some of the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red ). And under the list everything is Spotify-playlisted for 5 1/2 hours of the biggest in pop, rock, R&B, country, and dance music. Let's all go to Cape May! This Week            Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Flowers - Miley Cyrus (1) 2. Lavender Haze - Taylor Swift (2) 3. Love From The Other Side - Fall Out Boy (3) 4. Trustfall - Pink (5) ...

    " One Voice " - Billy Gilman from the album One Voice (2000) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #38 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 2   Today's song comes from country music singer Billy Gilman , who was born and grew up in the southern state of Rhode Island (snark), where he already had been singing on stage as a child at local fairs. Ray Benson, leader of the traditional country act Asleep At The Wheel, took him under his wing and helped Billy record an audition tape which eventually got him signed to Epic Records. Gilman released his debut single "One Voice" in the spring of 2000, days after he turned twelve years old. The song, written and produced by Don Cook and David Malloy, was a morality lesson that starts in poor man generalities before taking a dark turn about a boy with a gun that is STILL sadly relevant in this exact point in time. Like LeAnn Rimes, Gilman's voice carries this, though he's a little more choirboy pristine that Rimes' sassines...

    Friday's here, and it's time to run down my top 100 "hit" tunes from the previous week. Lil Nas X remains on top for a third week, while Glass Animals (pictured above) climb a notch in the top ten after over a year on my chart. A former big hit from Spoon drops out, while songs from Luke Combs, Cannons, and Elle King/Miranda Lambert make some of the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red ). And under the list everything is Spotify playlisted for over 5 1/2 hours of the biggest in pop rock R&B country and dance music. All hail the third spring of this Pandemilovato!   This Week                     Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. That's What I Want - Lil Nas X (1) 2. One Right Now - Post Malone & The Weeknd (2) 3. To Be Loved By You - Parker McCollum (5) 4. Eas...

    " Cleopatra's Theme " - Cleopatra from the album Comin' Atcha! (1998) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #26 (two weeks) Weeks in the Top-40: 8   Today's song of the day comes from the British "girl group" Cleopatra, who were sisters Cleo (from whom they got their name), Yonah, and Zainah Higgins. Growing up in Manchester, the siblings were signed to Warner Brothers Records in England, where they released their debut single "Cleopatra's Theme".  Written by the group along with Kenny Parker and Tim Scraffton, it was definitely more of a branding than a song, announcing themselves even more blatantly than the boy and girl bands of the day, and sounding like a "theme" to a sitcom rather than a radio record. And that's exactly what it was, as a sitcom was produced for the group that actually ended up running for two seasons that also had their mother and other non-singing sister in it. Somehow, the "theme" got picked up in t...

Friday's here, and it's time to run down my top 100 "hit" tunes from the previous week. Harry Styles takes a third week at the top, while the Weeknd (pictured above) climbs up three notches in the top ten. Songs from Diana Ross, Luke Combs/Eric Church, and Snoh Aalegra make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red ), while former big hits from Of Monsters and Men, Black Pumas, White Reaper, Maggie Rogers, and Vintage Culture drop out. RIP Bear Week! This Week          Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Adore You - Harry Styles (1) 2. Everything I Wanted - Billie Eilish (4) 3. What A Man Gotta Do - Jonas Brothers (3) 4. Don't Start Now - Dua Lipa (2) 5. Circles - Post Malone (5) 6. Novacaine - The Unlikely Candidates (8) 7. Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (10) 8. Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi (6) ...

" Cell Therapy " - Goodie Mob from the album Soul Food (1995) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #39 (three weeks) Weeks in the Top-40: 3 Today's song of the day comes from the rap group Goodie Mob, who came together in Atlanta in the early 1990s. Signed to Babyface's vanity label LaFace, Big Gipp, Khujo, T-Mo, and Cee-Lo (Green) released their first single "Cell Therapy" in the late summer of 1995. Written by Gipp and Khujo along with producers Organized Noize, the song is a bleak look at life in poor cities like Atlanta, where there are always two sets of rules and the "gated communities" meant to keep drugs away only serve to keep its residents in, with a heavy helping of paranoia about a "new world order"... "Cell Therapy" became Goodie Mob's first and biggest success, their sole top-40 pop hit in November of 1995. The song also climbed to #17 on Billboard magazine's R&B chart, while topping their Rap Singles...

It's time for round four of my ten-plus part recap of the biggest hits on my weekly music chart this year. You can check up with part one , part two , or part three , or even the whole series by clicking here . #70 - " Chances " by Backstreet Boys           from the album DNA (2019)           Highest rank: #19 (three weeks)           Weeks on the chart (in 2019): 17 (was on for one week in 2018)           Billboard Hot 100 peak: "bubbled under" the chart at #107           Billboard Adult Top-40 peak: #19           Billboard Dance Club Play peak: #9           Songwriters: Ryan Tedder, Zach Skelton, Shawn Mendes, Geoff Warburton, Scott Harris, Fiona Bevan, Casey Smith, Edei I usu...

" Same " is the new single from Australian singer/songwriter Alfie Arcuri . Arcuri, who won The Voice of Australia in 2016, also was in the running to represent his country in this year's Eurovision . When Alfie, who came out in 2013, released his debut album Zenith , it went to #5 on the Australian Albums Chart. "Same" has the theme of still being not over a bad breakup, even though you've supposedly moved on to a similar rebound.

Friday's here, and it's time to run down my top 100 "hit*" tunes from the previous week. Sam Smith and Normani hang on to #1 for a second week, while Panic! At The Disco (pictured above) climbs a notch within the top ten. Former big hits from Hozier, NOTD/Felix Jaehn, Dean Lewis, Michael Ray, DJs from Mars, and Riley Green drop off my chart, while songs from Taylor Swift/Brandon Urie, Maren Morris, and the Lumineers make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red ). Have a memorable Memorial Day weekend, folks! *"Hit" tunes generally means in the American Hot 100 top 20, Adult Top-40 top 30, Adult Contemporary top 5, Rock Airplay top 10, Mainstream Rock top 5, Alternative top 10, Triple-A Rock top 10, R&B/Hip Hop Airplay top 5, Adult R&B top-5, Country Airplay top-20, Dance Club Play top 20, and Dance Airplay top 10, as well as British top ten and airplay top ten hits. This Week              So...

" Heat " is the third single from Kelly Clarkson 's Meaning Of Life album. With a new remix from British DJ Luke Solomon, the track arrives over a year after lead single "Love So Soft", which earned her a Grammy nomination for Pop Vocal Performance... ...and here's the funky Luke Solomon Remix....

Friday's here, and it's time to run down my top 100 tunes from the previous week. Imagine Dragons fire up at #1 for a third week, while the Revivalists (pictured above) race into the top five. Former big hits from Ariana Grande and Meghan Trainor drop off my chart, while songs from Ella Mai, Shawn Mendes/Zedd, and Jimmie Allen make some of the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red ). The wave did come, though the undercurrent will take a while... This Week            Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Natural - Imagine Dragons (1) 2. Tequila - Dan + Shay (2) 3. Better Now - Post Malone (6) 4. I Like Me Better - Lauv (4) 5. All My Friends - The Revivalists (10) 6. High Hopes - Panic At The Disco (12) 7. Promises - Calvin Harris & Sam Smith (11) 8. Blue Tacoma - Russell Dickerson (8) 9. B...