Today's Billboard Hot Country Charts 11/13/2010

Here are the Billboard Country Charts for the week ending November 13th 2010

The top 10 singles

10 - Turn on the Radio - Reba
9 - Why Wait - Rascal Flatts
8 - Roll With It - Easton Corbin
7 - If I Die Young - The Band Perry
6 - Farmer's Daughter - Rodney Atkins
5 - Anything Like Me - Brad Paisley
4 - As She's Walking Away - Zac Brown Band w/Alan Jackson
3 - Stuck Like Glue - Sugarland
2 - Mine - Taylor Swift
1 - Come Back Song - Darius Rucker
(2 weeks at #1)




The Top 10 Country Albums

10 - The Guitar Song - Jamey Johnson
9 - Revolution - Miranda Lambert
8 - Need You Know - Lady Antebellum
7 - Bullets in the Gun - Toby Keith
6 - You Get What You Give - Zac Brown Band
5 - Hemingway's Whiskey - Kenny Chesney
4 - The Band Perry - The Band Perry
3 - Charleston, SC 1968 - Darius Rucker
2 - The Incredible Machine - Sugarland
1 - Speak Now - Taylor Swift
(Debut)

Today in Music History November 8th

1947 - Born on this day, Minnie Riperton
(1975 US No.1 & UK No.2 with the Stevie Wonder produced single 'Loving You').
Died of cancer 12th July 1979.


1952 - The first ever UK pop chart was published by the New Musical Express after staff asked 53 record shops to divulge their sales returns.
‘Here In My Heart’ by Al Martino was the first No.1. The song stayed at No.1 for nine weeks.


1963 - Spending his last of 5 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 is Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs with Sugar Shack.


1969 - 'Something' the first Beatles A-side composed by George Harrison entered the UK singles chart, it peaked at No.4 in the UK and went on to be a No.1 on the US chart.


1975 - Elton John’s album, Rock of the Westies, debuted at #1 on US album charts. It was his second album to jump on the chart at number one.
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy had debuted at #1 six months earlier. Tracks on Rock of the Westies: Medley (Yell Help, Wednesday Night, Ugly), Dan Dare (Pilot of the Future), Island Girl, Grow Some Funk Of Your Own, I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford), Street Kids, Hard Luck Story, Feed Me, Billy Bones and the White Bird.




1980 - Bruce Springsteen’s album, The River, hit #1 for four weeks in the U.S.
Tracks on the album: The Ties that Bind, Sherry Darling, Jackson Cage, Two Hearts, Independence Day, Hungry Heart, Out in the Street, Crush on You, You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch), I Wanna Marry You, The River, Point Blank, Cadillac Ranch, I’m a Rocker, Fade Away, Stolen Car, Ramrod, The Price You Pay, Drive All Night, Wreck on the Highway.





2008 - AC/DC started a two-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Black Ice’ the bands fifteenth studio album and the second-best selling album of 2008

Top of The Pops

Changing things up a little this week its Top of The Pops for this week in 1987 in the UK.


5 - China in Your Hands - T'Pau
Making a huge leap from 19 last week to 5 this week on its way to the top. This is the best known song of the group in the UK and spent 5 weeks at #1.


4 - Love in The First Degree - Bananarama
After peaking at #3 this singles drops to #4. The biggest selling UK single for the UK group.


3 - Whenever You Need Somebody - Rick Astley
Jumping 8 spots this week and peaking at #3 is a song not released in the US.


2 - Faith - George Michael
Hold and peaking at #2 with what would be come the best selling single of 1988 in the US.


1 - You Win Again - Bee Gees
This song is in its 4th week at #1 and helped the Bee Gees become the first group to have a UK #1 in each of the last 3 decades (60s,70s & 80s).

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70s - November 7th 2010

AT40 the 70s, this week November 3rd 1979

The Top Ten Singles

10 - No More Tears (Enough is Enough) - Barbra Steisand/Donna Summer
9 - You Decorated My Life - Kenny Rogers
8 - Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
7 - Babe - Styx
6 - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
5 - Still - Commodores
4 - Rise - Herb Alpert
3 - Dim All the Lights - Donna Summer
2 - Heartache Tonight - The Eagles
1 - Pop Muzik - M
(1 week at #1)




The Top Ten Albums

10 - Get the Knack - The Knack
9 - Off The Wall - Michael Jackson
8 - Rise - Herb Alpert
7 - Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
6 - Dream Police - Cheap Trick
5 - Head Games - Foreigner
4 - Cornerstone - Styx
3 - Midnight Magic - Commodores
2 - In Through The Out Door - Led Zeppelin
1 - The Long Run - The Eagles
(1st of 9 consecutive weeks at #1)


The sixth studio album released by the group and the first without founding member Randy Meisner, who was replaced by Timothy B. Schmidt. The album debuted at #2 October 20th 1979 and then stayed there until knocking Led Zeppelin's In Through the Out Door from the top spot after 7 weeks at #1. Three singles were released from the album including this weeks #2 next week's #1 song "Heartache Tonight" , the #8 hit "I Can't Tell You Why" and the #7 title track "The Long Run".

The UK Top 10 Singles and Albums 11/06/2010

Here are the Top Ten singles and the Top Ten albums in the UK for this week.

Top Ten Singles

10 - Written in the Stars - Tinie Tempah w/Eric Turner
9 - Heart Vacany - Wanted
8 - Just a Dream - Nelly
7 - Barbra Streisand - Ducksauce
6 - Firework - Katy Perry
5 - Cooler Than Me - Mike Posner
4 - Forget You - Cee Lo Green
3 - Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
2 - Only Girl (In The World) - Rhianna
1 - Promise This - Cheryl Cole
(Debut)



The Top Ten Albums

10 - Letters Home - Soldiers
9 - Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
8 - The Ultimate Collection - Barbra Streisand
7 - Disc-overy - Tinie Tempah
6 - Speak Now - Taylor Swift
5 - In and Out of Consciousness (Greatest Hits) - Robbie Williams
4 - The Wanted - The Wanted
3 - Wide Awake - Joe McElderry
2 - Crazy Love - Michael Buble
1 - Come Around Sundown - Kings of Leon
(2nd week at #1)

Today's Billboard Top 200 Album Chart

For the Week ending November 6th 2010

The Top Ten Albums

10 - Charleston SC 1966 - Darius Rucker


9 - Move - Third Day (debut)


8 - Recovery - Eminem

7 - Sale El Sol - Shakira (debut)


6 - Glee : Rocky Horror Glee Show (debut)


5 - I Am Not a Human Being - Lil Wayne


4 - Fly Me To The Moon (The Great American Songbook) - Rod Stewart (debut)


3 - The Union - Elton John & Leon Russell (debut)


2 - Come Around Sundown - Kings of Leon (debut)


1 - The Incredible Machine - Sugarland (debut)

The 4th studio album for the country duo and it debuts at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 and the Hot Country Album chart with sales of 203,000 in the first week.
The first single from the album is "Stuck Like Glue" and it debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in August at #20, making it the highest debut for a country duo or group on the Hot 100.

Today in Music History November 3rd

1957 - Sun Records released 'Great Balls Of Fire' by Jerry Lee Lewis.
The single went on to sell over five million copies worldwide, a No.1 in the UK & No.2 in the US.


1973 - David Bowie scored his second UK No.1 album when 'Pinups' started a five-week run at the top of the charts.
The set contained Bowie covering his favourite 60's songs; his version of The Mersey's 'Sorrow' made No.3 on the UK singles chart.


1979 - One hit wonder M went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Pop Muzik'.
M was Robin Scott who scored one other UK top 40 hit, 'Pop Muzik' made No.2 in the UK.



1984 - Paul McCartney went to No.1 on the UK album chart with the film soundtrack to 'Give My Regards To Broad Street', featuring the UK No.2 single 'No More Lonely Nights.'


1990 - 25 years after their version was recorded, The Righteous Brothers went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Unchained Melody'.
The track had been featured in the Patrick Swayze film Ghost. Written by Alex North and Hy Zaret, 'Unchained Melody' is one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, with over 500 versions in hundreds of different languages.



2002 -Lonnie Donegan, died mid-way through a UK tour and shortly before he was due to perform at a memorial concert for George Harrison with The Rolling Stones.
He was aged 71. Donegan who launched the skiffle craze in the UK had the 1959 hit ‘Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour’, the 1960 UK No.1 single 'My Old Man's A Dustman', 'Rock Island Line', plus over 30 other UK Top 40 singles.