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" Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You " - Glenn Medeiros from the album Glenn Medeiros (1987) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #12 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 13 Today's SOTD comes from singer Glenn Medeiros, a Hawaii native who got his big break with a local talent show where he covered an album track originally recorded by jazz-soul musician George Benson. "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You", written by Gerry Goffin and Michael Masser (the latter who co-wrote Benson's "The Greatest Love Of All"), got noticed by a Phoenix DJ and soon found a home on pop radio... "Nothing's Gonna Change..." became Glenn's first top-40 pop hit in the US in June of 1987, while also crossing over to the Adult Contemporary (or "easy listening") radio chart in Billboard at #4. Internationally, though, the record did even better, topping the singles chart in Britain for a month, as well as going to #1 in Canada, Fran...

The weekend is coming to a close, so it's time to check out the songs making their debut on the just-released official singles chart in the UK this week, as OMI remains at #1 for a third week with " Cheerleader "... Leaping on the chart all the way up at #2 is the first hit for American hip-hop artist Lunchmoney Lewis with the hysterical "Bills"... (Click below to see the rest of the post)

" Ship Of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow) " - World Party from the album Private Revolution (1986) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #27 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 5 Today's SOTD is by the British modern rock band World Party, an act formed by Kurt Wallinger from the Celtic rock band the Waterboys. That group scored a top-40 hit in the UK with " Whole Of The Moon " in 1985, but not long after Kurt left to form the Party. Their first album, Private Revolution , was released in 1986, and the first single from the project, "Ship Of Fools", became his first worldwide hit... "Ship Of Fools" climbed into the American pop 40 in April of 1987, while peaking all the way at #5 on Billboard 's Mainstream Rock radio chart. Surprisingly, in their native Britain, the single missed the top-40 at #44, but did make the top-5 in Australia. World Party's second album, Goodbye Jumbo from 1990, was a critical success, garnering them a Grammy no...

I'm ready to wrap up today's "chart sweeps" checking out the songs making the lists at Billboard magazine, and I'll close things out with the latest dance jams in the clubs and on the radio... On their DJ-polled Dance Club Play chart, Nick Jonas scores his second consecutive #1 hit with " Chains "... Leaping in at #33 is Rihanna with "Bitch Better Have My Money"... (Click here to read the rest of the post)

Part four of this week's "chart sweeps" has the latest hits on country radio as monitored by Billboard magazine... On their Country Airplay chart, Keith Urban and Eric Church climb to #1 with " Raise 'Em Up ".  It's Keith's eighteenth trip to the top and Eric's sixth.. The sole newbie on the chart is Kid Rock crossing over to this format with "First Kiss" at #59. It's Kid's eighth single to make the country chart. His big hit " All Summer Long " climbed to #4 here in 2008... I'll be ready to wrap things up in an hour and a half with the latest dance jams in the clubs and on the radio...

We're at the "hump" of today's "chart sweeps" sampling the songs making their debut on the various singles charts in Billboard magazine, and this time I'm serving up the latest hits on R&B radio... On the main R&B/Hip Hop Airplay chart, The Weeknd spends a fifth "weekend" on top with " Earned It "... Neo-soul singer Leela James lands at #45 with "Set Me Free", which also climbs to #13 on the Adult R&B list in its 14th week... (Click below to see the rest of the post)

Round two of this week's "chart sweeps" is up with the latest hits on rock radio as monitored by Billboard magazine... On their main Rock Airplay chart, Muse claims their second #1 hit after " Madness " with " Dead Inside "... Elle King, singer/actress/daughter of Rob Schneider, lands at #45 with "Ex's And Oh's". The track is at #21 on the Triple-A format... (Click below to see the rest of the post)