Top 40: March 2008 Archives

According to Billboard.com, these are the Top 40 songs for the first quarter of 2008. I have to say that I am not surprised at all. The Top 10 is pretty much how I see it. Keep in mind that these are for the regular version of the song, and not a remix. You can see the Top 40 Dance chart for the first quarter in another entry.

1. Flo Rida feat. T-Pain - Low
2. Alicia Keys - No One
3. Timbaland feat. One Republic - Apologize
4. Chris Brown - With You
5. Sara Bareilles - Love Song
6. Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
7. Sean Kingston - Take You There
8. Fergie - Clumsy
9. Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction
10. Colbie Caillat - Bubbly
11. Jordin Sparks - Tattoo
12. Finger Eleven - Paralyzer
13. Taylor Swift - Teardrops On My Guitar
14. Alicia Keys - Like You'll Never See Me Again
15. Linkin Park - Shadow Of The Day
16. Wyclef Jean feat. Akon, Lil Wayne & Niia - Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)
17. Chris Brown feat. T-Pain - Kiss Kiss
18. Buckcherry - Sorry
19. J. Holiday - Suffocate
20. Miley Cyrus - See You Again
21. Taylor Swift - Our Song
22. Webbie feat. Lil Phat & Lil Boosie - Independent
23. Mary J. Blige - Just Fine
24. Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry
25. Natasha Bedingfield feat. Sean Kingston - Love Like This
26. Plies feat. Akon - Hypnotized
27. Britney Spears - Piece Of Me
28. OneRepublic - Stop And Stare
29. Kanye West feat. Dwele - Flashing Lights
30. Trey Songz - Can't Help But Wait
31. Rihanna feat. Ne-Yo - Hate That I Love You
32. Lupe Fiasco feat. Matthew Santos - Superstar
33. Keyshia Cole - I Remember
34. Soulja Boy - Crank Dat
35. Baby Bash feat. T-Pain - Cyclone
36. Santana feat. Chad Kroeger - Into The Night
37. Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown - No Air
38. Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson - The Way I Are
39. Mario - Crying Out For Me
40. Billy Ray Cyrus feat. Miley Cyrus - Ready, Set, Don't Go!

For the third month in a row, Flo Rida is #1. Having held on to the #1 spot on the Billboard Top 100 for a record 12 weeks this year, will anyone dethrone him? Oh yeah, baby... Usher. Pairing up with Young Jeezy, Usher debuted for the month at #27 with his hot new song, "Love In This Club." What? At #27 and posing a threat to Flo Rida? Yep. Even though Usher debuted low for the month, he has been #1 on Billboard Top 100 for three weeks now. The only reason he isn't #1 for March is that the single wasn't in the Top 100 for the first week of March. Keep an eye out for him. Flo Rida has some stiff competittion. Although, I'm not so sure that Flo Rida's sophmore single, "Elevator" can do the justice that his debut single has... even with the hot collaboration that Timbaland provides on the track. Historically, sophmore singles and albums do not do well for artists...though there are rare instances (keep reading).

How does this bode for the other artists? I'm not sure.

Chris Brown had a huge hit with "Kiss Kiss," but cannot seem to get past the #2 spot with his new single "With You." However, his duet with Jordin Sparks, "No Air," debuts strongly in the Top 10. Sophmore or Junior efforts, Chris Brown could very well take the top spot from Usher or Flo Rida, but I think it is unlikely to happen.

When putting together this list, I noticed how many duets/collaborative songs fell of the chart this month. In no particular order, songs to drop out of the Top 40 this month are:

Natasha Bedingfield/Sean Kingston - Love Like This
Britney Spears - Piece Of Me
Rihanna/Ne-Yo - Hate That I Love You
Plies/Akon - Hypnotized
Santana/Chad Kroeger - Into The Night
Trey Songz - Can't Help But Wait
Soulja Boy - Crank Dat
Baby Bash/T-Pain - Cyclone
Billy Ray/Miley Cyrus - Ready, Set, Don't Go
Paramore - Misery Business
Timbaland/Keri Hilson - The Way I Are
Brad Paisley - Letter To Me

I do not think that such collaborative songs are going to be a thing of the past though. Timbaland and OneRepublic are still going strong with "Apologize" and songs such as "Superstar," "Independent," and the previously mentioned "No Air," show no signs of slowing down.

So, here ya go, the Top 40 songs for the month of March. The chart is compiled using a variety of sources such as Billboard.com, AT40 and requests.

This Month	Last Month	Artist	Song
1	1	Flo Rida feat. T-Pain	Low
2	13	Chris Brown	With You
3	5	Rihanna	Don't Stop The Music
4	7	Sara Bareilles	Love Song
5	4	Timbaland feat. One Republic	Apologize
6	3	Alicia Keys	No One
7	16	Webbie feat. Lil Phat & Lil Boosie	Independent
8	9	Snoop Dogg	Sensual Seduction
DEBUT	--	Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown	No Air
10	33	Lupe Fiasco feat. Matthew Santos	Superstar
11	23	Miley Cyrus	See You Again
12	17	Buckcherry	Sorry
13	8	Sean Kingston	Take You There
DEBUT	--	Ray J. feat. Yung Berg	Sexy Can I
15	11	Alicia Keys	Like You'll Never See Me Again
16	18	Linkin Park	Shadow Of The Day
17	12	Taylor Swift	Teardrops On My Guitar
18	21	J. Holiday	Suffocate
19	15	Jordin Sparks	Tattoo
20	6	Fergie	Clumsy
21	35	OneRepublic	Stop And Stare
22	14	Colbie Caillat	Bubbly
23	13	Finger Eleven	Paralyzer
24	31	Keyshia Cole	I Remember
25	20	Wyclef Jean feat. Akon, Lil Wayne & Niia	Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)
DEBUT	--	Carrie Underwood	All-American Girl
DEBUT	--	Usher feat. Young Jeezy	Love In This Club
DEBUT	--	The Jonah Brothers	When You Look Me In The Eyes
29	29	Mary J. Blige	Just Fine
DEBUT	--	The Dream	Falsetto
DEBUT	--	Mario	Crying Out For Me
32	24	Taylor Swift	Our Song
DEBUT	--	Shawty Lo	Dey Know
DEBUT	--	Mariah Carey	Touch My Body
DEBUT	--	Flo Rida feat. Timbaland	Elevator
36	32	Fergie	Big Girls Don't Cry
DEBUT	--	Rodney Atkins	Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)
38	10	Chris Brown feat. T-Pain	Kiss Kiss
DEBUT	--	Leona Lewis	Bleeding Love
40	38	Kanye West feat. Dwele	Flashing Lights