Comments on: Sweeter Than Apple Pie: Weezy Licks His Way To The No. 1 Spot

By: bcapirigi

bcapirigi — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:47:10 +0000

Do British people get played on R&B radio at all? I always think of R&B as being even more all-American than country.

By: Aleb

Aleb — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:16:58 +0000

“Bleeding Love” is actually charting at #7 on the Bubbling Under R&B chart.

I’m not sure about this, but I think Billboard manually remove songs they don’t deem ‘Urban enough’ to enter the R&B chart. Recently, Madonna’s “4 Minutes” and Britney’s “Break the Ice” had enough audience impressions to at least bubble under but they were nowhere to be found on the chart. Is it another sign of the power of Clive?

By: westartedthis

westartedthis — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:59:07 +0000

i’m not worried about Weezy selling out (or whatever the appropriate term here is. i believe it’s “turning pussy.”), since whatever paeans to radio airplay there are on the album will be easily forgotten by the time his tenth new mixtape hits roughly 2 weeks after the album is released (whenever that is – the day after “Chinese Democracy” and the new MBV album come out, i’m guessing.).

By: othertim

othertim — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:38:24 +0000

Thanks, I was going insane trying to figure out why the almost 6-month old "Say" suddenly launched into the iTunes top ten.

If "Bleeding Love" returns to #1 next week, what's the last song to get bumped out of and return to the top spot twice in the same run?

By: Michaelangelo Matos

Michaelangelo Matos — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:38:38 +0000

Something noteworthy on this week’s Country Top 60: one of the new debuts this week, at No. 51, is by none other than Darius Rucker of Hootie & the Blowfish.

By: Al Shipley

Al Shipley — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:16:25 +0000

I think "Say" was becoming a sleeper hit before Mayer's Dancing With The Stars appearance rather than vice versa. I heard it for the first time (and started seeing the video on VH1 a lot) a month or two ago, which was already a good 2-3 months into its release, so I think it's just taken a lot of time to naturally build steam before that TV performance increased downloads. I think it's a pretty nice song, but then I've never really been able to muster any hate for Mayer. It would probably have more legs if they recut the video without all the Bucket List clips to remind you how old it is, though.

Having not heard a note of Leona Lewis's other songs besides "Bleeding Love," I'm gonna guess she just doesn't have songs that would work on R&B radio, unless she goes for a crossover remix. R&B radio is very different now than it was when Mariah debuted, and she's been conforming to its changes more than vice versa for over a decade now.

By: Ned Raggett

Ned Raggett — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:01:26 +0000

Fooless, Linkinless

Excitement, right here

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:31:39 +0000

@silkyjumbo: The top hip hop station here in LA started playing 'Clumsy' about 6 months after it peaked in Top 40 airplay.

Who knew Ryan Seacrest was the go-to guy to break hip hop records these days??

By: silkyjumbo

silkyjumbo — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:14:22 +0000

Why isn't Leona Lewis getting R&B radio airplay, too?

give it time. the top r&b station in atlanta just started playing "apologize" about a month ago.