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The end of the weekend is upon us, and time to check out the just-released official singles chart in Britain this week... The top-selling single of the week, pushing over a quarter of a million copies, is Swedish DJ/producer Avicii, with "Wake Me Up" featuring vocals by California soul singer Aloe Blacc. It's Tim Bergling's second #1 hit after "I Could Be The One" earlier this year... (Click below to see the rest of the post)

Hey gang, it's time to start the first part of this week's "album sweep", where I sample the new albums and ones spending their first week on Billboard magazine's Top 200 Albums Chart. As always, I've included links to buy anything if possible, but if you can, stop buy a local record shop (like the Princeton Record Exchange ) and show some love! The top-selling album of the week is by rap king Jay Z, who despite offering his set Magna Carta as part of an app for Samsung, still managed to sell over a half-million copies in its first week of release. It's his 13th #1 album, and only the Beatles have had more (mind you, they had five albums go to #1 since they disbanded in 1969)...(NSFW) (Click below to see the rest of the post)

Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson - " To All The Girls I've Loved Before " from the album 1100 Bel Air Place (1984) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #5 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 12 Today's Song of the Day was the English-language breakthrough hit for the Latin superstar from Madrid, Julio Iglesias , whose soccer career in Spain was cut short by a disabling car crash, which led him to pursue music. He released his debut album in 1969, and had three Spanish top-10 single from it, with the title track " Yo Canto " reaching #10. His exposure grew as he represented his home country in the Eurovision song contest in 1970 with " Gwendolyne ", placing fourth, and giving Julio his first #1 hit in Spain. Julio moved to the United States in 1979, and began to record in English, almost immediately having a top-40 hit with " Hey " in 1980, and by the next year topped the UK chart with a cover of " Begin the Beguine ". But it too...

Well it's time to wrap up today's "chart sweeps" of the new songs making the charts in Billboard magazine, and now I've got the latest dance jams in the clubs and on the radio. On the DJ-polled Hot Dance Club Play chart, Ciara climbs to #1 with " Body Party "... The top entry at #42 is house music legend Robbie Rivera with "Summer Night In July" featuring Kay... (Click below to see the rest of the post)

We're up to the fourth installment of today's "chart sweep" checking out the songs making the radio charts in Billboard magazine, and now it's time for the newest on country radio... On the Hot Country Airplay list, Luke Bryan spends a third week at #1 with " Crash My Party "... Songwriter Chris Stapleton has seen his songs go to #1 for Kenny Chesney and Darius Rucker, and now he has the top debut at #54 with his own first entry  "What Are You Listening To"... (Click below to see the rest of the post)

We're at the "hump" of today's five part 'chart sweep', and this time I'm bringing you the newest songs to make the R&B charts in Billboard magazine. On the R&B/HipHop Airplay list, J. Cole and Miguel reign for a fourth week with " Power Trip "... Singer K. Michelle, who appears on the "celebreality" show Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta , comes in at #43 with "V.S.O.P.". It's already the highest of her six charting singles since 2009.. (Click below to see the rest of the post)

I'm up to part two of this week's "chart sweeps" where I sample the songs making Billboard magazine's radio charts, and now it's time for the latest on rock radio... On the all-inclusive Rock Airplay chart, Imagine Dragons hold down the top spot for an incredible 20th week with " Radioactive "... Rocketing in at #12 is Pearl Jam with their new track "Mind Your Manners", a preview of their upcoming tenth studio set Lightning Bolt . It's my " Rock Pick Of The Week "... (Click below to see the rest of the post)