<![CDATA[Sweeter Than Apple Pie: Weezy Licks His Way To The No. 1 Spot - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[Sweeter Than Apple Pie: Weezy Licks His Way To The No. 1 Spot - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:47:10 EDT Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:47:10 EDT http://idolator.com/384153/sweeter-than-apple-pie-weezy-licks-his-way-to-the-no-1-spot <![CDATA[Sweeter Than Apple Pie: Weezy Licks His Way To The No. 1 Spot]]> http://idolator.com/384153/sweeter-than-apple-pie-weezy-licks-his-way-to-the-no-1-spot#c5408335 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.

bcapirigi

]]> 33:384153:c5408335 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:47:10 EDT <![CDATA[Sweeter Than Apple Pie: Weezy Licks His Way To The No. 1 Spot]]> http://idolator.com/384153/sweeter-than-apple-pie-weezy-licks-his-way-to-the-no-1-spot#c5391959 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.).

westartedthis

]]> 33:384153:c5391959 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:59:07 EDT <![CDATA[Sweeter Than Apple Pie: Weezy Licks His Way To The No. 1 Spot]]> http://idolator.com/384153/sweeter-than-apple-pie-weezy-licks-his-way-to-the-no-1-spot#c5390756 "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?

Aleb

]]> 33:384153:c5390756 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:16:58 EDT <![CDATA[Sweeter Than Apple Pie: Weezy Licks His Way To The No. 1 Spot]]> http://idolator.com/384153/sweeter-than-apple-pie-weezy-licks-his-way-to-the-no-1-spot#c5385974 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?

othertim

]]> 33:384153:c5385974 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:38:24 EDT <![CDATA[Sweeter Than Apple Pie: Weezy Licks His Way To The No. 1 Spot]]> http://idolator.com/384153/sweeter-than-apple-pie-weezy-licks-his-way-to-the-no-1-spot#c5384794 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.

Michaelangelo Matos

]]> 33:384153:c5384794 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:38:38 EDT <![CDATA[Sweeter Than Apple Pie: Weezy Licks His Way To The No. 1 Spot]]> http://idolator.com/384153/sweeter-than-apple-pie-weezy-licks-his-way-to-the-no-1-spot#c5382553 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.

Al Shipley

]]> 33:384153:c5382553 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:16:25 EDT <![CDATA[Sweeter Than Apple Pie: Weezy Licks His Way To The No. 1 Spot]]> http://idolator.com/384153/sweeter-than-apple-pie-weezy-licks-his-way-to-the-no-1-spot#c5382207 Fooless, Linkinless

Excitement, right here

Ned Raggett

]]> 33:384153:c5382207 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:01:26 EDT <![CDATA[Sweeter Than Apple Pie: Weezy Licks His Way To The No. 1 Spot]]> http://idolator.com/384153/sweeter-than-apple-pie-weezy-licks-his-way-to-the-no-1-spot#c5381425 @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??

HONEYBFLY

]]> 33:384153:c5381425 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:31:39 EDT <![CDATA[Sweeter Than Apple Pie: Weezy Licks His Way To The No. 1 Spot]]> http://idolator.com/384153/sweeter-than-apple-pie-weezy-licks-his-way-to-the-no-1-spot#c5380989 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.

silkyjumbo

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