BILLBOARD HOT DIGITAL SONGS - TOP 50

-- 1 CAREY*MARIAH TOUCH MY BODY 285544 999 921 286465
113 2 MADONNA FEAT. JUSTIN TIMBERLAK 4 MINUTES 217071 999 12523 229594
1 3 LEWIS*LEONA BLEEDING LOVE 186928 -15 219237 723989
2 4 LIL WAYNE FEAT. STATIC MAJOR LOLLIPOP 170769 19 142948 329431
4 5 SPARKS*JORDIN DUET WITH CHRIS NO AIR 137170 7 128745 972406
3 6 USHER FEAT. YOUNG JEEZY LOVE IN THIS CLUB 131926 -5 138414 788725
5 7 RAY J & YUNG BERG SEXY CAN I 113376 -7 121861 565260
74 8 ADKINS*TRACE YOU'RE GONNA MISS THIS 99509 430 18790 195481
8 9 ONEREPUBLIC STOP AND STARE 99393 6 93645 820170
9 10 NAIM*YAEL NEW SOUL 97759 7 91593 721949
-- 11 FALL OUT BOY BEAT IT 87653 999 0 87653
7 12 BAREILLES*SARA LOVE SONG 84800 -22 108749 2056422
11 13 FLO RIDA FEAT. T-PAIN LOW 78724 -6 83754 3478705
15 14 DANITY KANE DAMAGED 72712 13 64542 210500
12 15 CYRUS*MILEY SEE YOU AGAIN 71870 -3 73729 1136982
10 16 RIHANNA DON'T STOP THE MUSIC 66719 -22 85065 1587093
6 17 LIL MAMA FEAT. CHRIS BROWN & T SHAWTY GET LOOSE 59166 -48 114637 273329
13 18 FLO RIDA FEAT. TIMBALAND ELEVATOR 59099 -15 69473 432318
14 19 BROWN*CHRIS WITH YOU 58736 -10 65315 1380214
16 20 LUPE FIASCO FEAT. MATTHEW SANT SUPERSTAR 56584 -11 63338 781494
27 21 BEDINGFIELD*NATASHA POCKETFUL OF SUNSHINE 53577 51 35436 252516
19 22 JONAS BROTHERS WHEN YOU LOOK ME IN THE EYES 52693 7 49402 508111
17 23 WEBBIE*LIL' PHAT & LIL BOOSIE INDEPENDENT 49100 -10 54727 655945
33 24 PANIC AT THE DISCO NINE IN THE AFTERNOON 47705 39 34365 240931
-- 25 NELLY FEAT. FERGIE PARTY PEOPLE 46499 999 1202 47701
18 26 TIMBALAND FEAT. ONEREPUBLIC APOLOGIZE 45460 -16 54294 3325751
20 27 BUCKCHERRY SORRY 43056 -5 45369 1001149
-- 28 PLIES FEAT. NE-YO BUST IT BABY (PART 2) 39579 999 3215 42794
21 29 FLO RIDA ROLL 37918 -9 41740 79658
26 30 CAILLAT*COLBIE REALIZE 37190 5 35502 433649
25 31 SWIFT*TAYLOR OUR SONG 37073 4 35706 1272031
30 32 THREE DAYS GRACE NEVER TOO LATE 36875 5 35060 765200
23 33 LINKIN PARK SHADOW OF THE DAY 35665 -5 37377 959489
32 34 SWIFT*TAYLOR TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR 34033 -2 34582 1628249
28 35 LIFEHOUSE WHATEVER IT TAKES 33660 -5 35390 388487
22 36 KINGSTON*SEAN TAKE YOU THERE 32810 -19 40323 1325729
37 37 MAYER*JOHN SAY 32755 6 30898 404731
24 38 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE ALL-AMERICAN GIRL 32731 -10 36351 376710
31 39 SPARKS*JORDIN TATTOO 32428 -6 34589 1477762
51 40 MAROON 5 WON'T GO HOME WITHOUT YOU 31414 26 24959 558308
36 41 SOULJA BOY TELL'EM FEAT. ARAB YAHHH! 30136 -4 31286 330811
35 42 KEYS*ALICIA NO ONE 29144 -11 32569 2545660
41 43 RICK ROSS FEAT. T-PAIN BOSS 28863 6 27249 149378
29 44 SNOOP DOGG SENSUAL SEDUCTION 28493 -19 35126 689477
34 45 JANET FEEDBACK 27930 -15 32771 516906
47 46 CHERISH FEAT. YUNG JOC KILLA 27289 5 25924 168634
39 47 SOULJA BOY TELL'EM CRANK THAT (SOULJA BOY) 26887 -7 28811 3518284
38 48 FINGER ELEVEN PARALYZER 26596 -8 28973 2009886
-- 49 DISTURBED INSIDE THE FIRE 25735 999 0 25735
40 50 WYCLEF JEAN FEAT. AKON*LIL WA SWEETEST GIRL (DOLLAR BILL) 24997 -13 28741 1352141

Touch My Body is now the #1 song in the country

The song is the new #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart (issue date: April 12, 2008), getting Mariah to break the tie with Elvis for most #1s by a solo artist in the rock era.

from MDJ

More about "Touch My Body"
• This week marks 78 cumulative weeks for Mariah at the #1 spot on the Hot 100. She is only 2 weeks behind Elvis Presley who holds the all-time record!

• As a songwriter, Mariah breaks the tie with Barry Gibb and takes the 3rd place for songwriters with most #1 hits. Only Paul McCartney with 32 and John Lennon with 26 have more.

• With 286,000 downloads, "Touch My Body" breaks the record for the first-week sales of a digital single!

• "Touch My Body" debuted on the Hot 100 in the Billboard Issue of March 1, 2008. This is its 7th week on the Hot 100 chart and here is the chart run for the song so far: 57-34-24-16-14-15-01

• "Touch My Body" was first premiered on American radio on Tuesday, February 12, 2008. In about 6 hours, the song was played approximately 500 times in different radio stations across the US. It also had the biggest first week airplay since Mariah's "I'll Be There" in 1992. The song quickly exploded in all four major radio formats (Top 40 Mainstream, Rhythmic/Crossover, Urban, Adult R&B) and after only five weeks, it entered the top 10 in each format and reached #4 on the Hot 100 Airplay.

• The fun music video, directed by Brett Ratner, premiered on BET/MTV/VH1 on February 27 and quickly became the most viewed video on YouTube, Yahoo and AOL Music as well as the highest ranked video on the TRL and 106 & Park countdowns.

Press Release

Mariah Carey's 'Touch My Body' - Her 18th #1 Single!!

Wednesday April 2, 9:00 am ET

HISTORIC NEW BILLBOARD HOT 100 SINGLES CHART RECORD - SURPASSES ELVIS PRESLEY's 17 #1's - FIRST HIT FROM NEW ALBUM, 'E=MC2'

'Touch My Body' nets record-setting 286,000 debut week on Billboard hot digital songs chart - Hot 100 Airplay radio audience passes 115 million - pre-orders underway for 'E=MC2,' as customers receive 'Touch My Body' instantly with pre-order at iTunes
SAVE THE DATES:

- April 9th: Mariah joins all-star international cast on FOX's second annual Emmy-winning 'IDOL Gives Back' two-hour charitable TV special
- April 14th: Mariah special guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show
- April 15th: 'E=MC2' new album arrives in stores
- April 16th: Mariah performs on 'American Idol' as musical mentor to finalists

NEW YORK, April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- International superstar Mariah Carey reaches a once-in-a-lifetime career achievement as her current single "Touch My Body" goes to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week and becomes her 18th career #1 hit -- surpassing one of the most enduring chart records in Billboard Hot 100 history, Elvis Presley's 17 #1's. Mariah is now positioned as the only active recording artist in the 50 years of the Hot 100 (which began in 1958) with the potential to surpass the Beatles' all-time high of 20 #1 hits.
"Touch My Body" takes over #1 with an all-time record-setting 286,000 debut week at #1 on the Billboard hot digital songs chart, and a Hot 100 Airplay radio audience now over 115 million. The video, directed by feature filmmaker Brett Ratner, and featuring a cameo by Jack McBrayer (30 Rock's Kenneth Parcell), stays at #1 on the Yahoo Music Video Chart, Yahoo Launchcast and AOL. And Mariah's widget has been viewed over 4.26 million times!
"Touch My Body" is the first smash from Mariah's highly anticipated hot new album "E=MC2," arriving in stores April 15th. Pre-orders are now underway for "E=MC2," with iTunes customers receiving "Touch My Body" instantly with their pre-order.
"Touch My Body" was one of two songs Mariah performed last month on NBC's Saturday Night Live (show to be re-run on May 3rd). Last week, Mariah gave a special performance of "Touch My Body" and "We Belong Together" after the third season premiere of the MTV reality series, "The Hills." The episode set a year-to-date record as the highest rated telecast on cable TV, with 5 million viewers tuning in.
On April 9th, Mariah will join an all-star cast for the second annual "IDOL Gives Back" two-hour tv special, a music celebration raising awareness and benefiting various U.S. and international charities. The first special raised $76 million last year, and won a prestigious Governor's Emmy Award.
On Monday, April 14th, Mariah will appear as special guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, preceding the "E=MC2" album release day on the 15th. The next night, April 16th, Mariah will perform on "American Idol" after serving as musical mentor to that week's finalists.
"Touch My Body" was produced by Mariah Carey, C. "Tricky" Stewart, and fellow Island Def Jam artist The-Dream. Other guest producers joining Mariah on "E=MC2" include Jermaine Dupri, DJ Toomp, Stargate, Will I Am, Bryan Michael Cox, Nate "Danjahandz" Hills and James Poyser. The album is executive produced by Mariah Carey and Antonio "LA" Reid, Chairman, Island Def Jam Music Group.
The 11th studio album of her career, "E=MC2" follows-up "The Emancipation Of Mimi," Mariah's worldwide 10 million selling #1 album, which generated three Grammy awards (including Best Contemporary R&B Album), two #1 singles, and countless more honors during its 18-month stay on the charts. Released April 12, 2005, "Mimi" was an industry phenomenon for the mega-platinum award-winning superstar. Soundscan's biggest-selling album of the year, it brought total sales of Mariah's albums, singles and videos to over 160 million worldwide, making her the top-selling female recording artist in history.
"Mimi" featured "We Belong Together" (Grammy winner for Best Female R&B Vocal and Best R&B Song) and "Don't Forget About Us," Mariah's 16th and 17th #1 singles respectively -- which tied Elvis Presley's 17 #1's. "Touch My Body" now surpasses Elvis as Mariah's 18th #1 hit, and positions her as the only active recording artist with the potential to surpass the Beatles' all-time high of 20 #1 hits. "Touch My Body" also marks Mariah's 78th cumulative career week at #1, as she closes the gap on Elvis Presley's all-time high record of 80 weeks at #1.

Congratulations to Mariah!!

Madonna's "4 Minutes" is Number Three.Does this mean that Mariah and Madonna have now broken Elvis' record?


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[Edited 4/2/08 7:06am]

indeed they have. and ironically, its the 1st thing they ever have in common

PricelessHo said:

Congrats Mariah!!! That's incredible.

WOW!

What can I say? I'm proud of her.

18 #1's and it took her 17 and a half years to beat Elvis' record.

Might not be long before she surpasses the Beatles too.
[Edited 4/2/08 10:15am]

Timmy84 said:

Well she most likely will break the Beatles at some point , either on this album, but most likely next. But it should be noted that the Beatles garnered their 20 number ones in just over a 6 year american chart career, BUT im not sure why no one caught this in Mariahs camp (and im sure someone in the Elvis camp will ) but according to the Joel Whitburn BILBOARD book, Elvis has 18 number ones not 17, not sure what the deal is, but this is the Billboard guy, unless they took away a number one, but he is listed at Number 2 with 18 number ones. I think the Mariah camp or Universal PR people were just looking at Elvis's 1950's output, but in the later 1960's he hit with his 18th number "suspicious minds", so not sure who screwed up, but someone did big time.

SIDENOTE: Regardless if you're a Mariah-fan or not, you have to admit this artist is a great talent for having 18 #1 hits.

http://new.music.yahoo.co...s-the-news

Week Ending March 30, 2008: Roll Over Elvis (And Tell The Beatles The News)
Posted 59 minutes ago by Paul Grein in Chart Watch

Mariah Carey's "Touch My Body" debuts at #1 on the Hot Digital Songs chart and is set to jump to #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, which will be finalized on Thursday. This will be Carey's 18th #1 single, which will put her in a tie with Elvis Presley for second place among artists with the most #1 singles in the rock era (1955 to the present). Only the Beatles have had more. They scored 20.

PricelessHo said:

Hell no! I really was expecting more.

paisleypark4 said:

I'll be picking this CD up probably next wednesday or thursday here in the city, that is when they are getting it early before street date, also because of the import being early they get it a bit earlier here too. Im not expecting much, im in a good music swing right now after being let down with janets album, i thought Lenny and Sheryl Crow were much better, than was blown away with the new Black Crowes, Gary Louris, the Danity Kane record was a much needed surprise in that genre, and just now the Rolling Stones record is well worth it, and REM is the album of the year right now, total perfection, showing that 35 minute albums need to be a new rule!! So im avoiding leaks of any Mariah songs, expect this album to be totally leaked over this weekend, so im staying away from it till i own it.

oh i just came across this:

12. "For The Record"
Produced by Bryan-Michael Cox

This is the song Mariah used in her perfume commercial. It cites past Mariah records. Mariah sings, "I told you 'Underneath the Stars' that you 'Belong' to me / It's obvious that we just 'Can't Let Go' of us 'Honey'." It's pretty chill and relaxed. Mariah even gets cocky, "The whole entire world can tell / That you love yourself some me." Go head, MC.

incredibly exciting review from MTV here:

MTV Previews E=MC²: Album Focused On Fun, But Mimi Is At Her Best When She's Keeping It Real

MTV News checks out the diva's latest LP before it hits stores April 15.

Mariah Carey's last album, the multiplatinum Emancipation of Mimi, brought her back from a career slump of bad movies, dud albums, marital collapse and emotional meltdowns. It proved she still had the goods. So what is there left to prove with her new record, E=MC²? Answer: Nothing.

Which may be why Jermaine Dupri, the man behind so many of the Emancipation hits, plays a more muted role this time out, providing the occasional "uh-huh," "yeah" and "nope," among other things, on four of the album's 14 tracks. Has he worn out his welcome like the on-again, off-again lover Mariah sings about in the bulk of his tracks?

JD was a delight on Emancipation, acting less like a producer and more like a friend, bolstering Mariah's confidence and giving her someone to riff with ("It's Like That," "Get Your Number" and "Shake It Off"), ultimately helping her get to the point where she could do the breakout track "We Belong Together." But JD and Mariah don't belong together anymore. Now that Mariah's finally free, her producers need to help her spread her wings - otherwise, all we get is redux.

JD comes closest to showing that he still can do something new on "Thanx for Nothin'," which, like the Scott Storch track "Side Effects," finally reveals a side of Mariah we don't see that often - her true self. The Mariah we usually see and hear is a glossy one. Psychologists might say her effect is "off" - meaning her gestures and facial expressions don't match her mood. There's a reason for that, as she explains on "Side Effects," which is the emotional abuse she says she suffered during her marriage to music mogul Tommy Mottola. Mariah, who is usually quite guarded, has alluded to the subject in songs like "Petals," but never has she gone into such detail as she does on "Side Effects," in which she refers to the marriage as a "private hell that we built." Even though it's been 11 years since they split up, she sings in a lower register that she's still "wakin' up scared some nights ... dreaming about the violent times." Her emotional scars left her "a little protective ... a little defensive ... a little depressed," which makes her "fake a smile" as she "deal[s] with the side effects."

While "Side Effects" features Young Jeezy, it sounds like a rock power ballad, as if Mariah had been listening to a lot of Bonnie Tyler and Pat Benatar and decided that to capture her emotions, the music needed to share her pain. This turns out to be a good thing, because when she's not focused on vocal gymnastics, Mariah can really sing - as in, letting us really feel what she feels. Nowhere else on the album does Mariah get quite so emotionally naked, and it makes you wonder: What would Mariah have sounded like if she ventured out of her comfort zones of pop and R&B? (Not withstanding her ill-advised Def Leppard cover, of course.)

While "Side Effects" is about her ex-husband, her second single, "Bye Bye," appears to be about her late father, Alfred Roy, who died of cancer in 2002. Mariah reminisces about the too-little time she shared with her mostly absent father and regrets how as a child, she didn't understand why he failed to show up sometimes to see her after he and her mother divorced when she was 3. But mostly Mariah regrets that he "never got a chance to see how good I've done/ And you never got to see me back at #1." This confessional moment doesn't last long, since she extends this song about death to be for anybody "who just lost somebody."

But for most of E=MC², Mariah doesn't want to feel any pain - she wants to party the night away. So on the club-thumping "Migrate," she hops from "my car into the club ... from the bar to VIP ... from the party to the afterparty ... afterparty to hotel" with T-Pain, who urges her to "bounce, bounce, bounce." Like most MC albums, every guest star seems required to check her name at the door, and this is no exception. "Migrate," which was co-produced by Nate "Danjahandz" Hills, has Mariah in full diva mode as she leaves a club once they start "playing my jam."

Just in case there was a question of which jam that might be, she name-checks them herself in "For the Record," a play on words in which she incorporates past song titles into a verse after she asks her lover, "Give me one reason one we can't just press rewind?"

"I'm That Chick" ups the ego ante, but as she demonstrates with some silly lyrics ("la da da ooowee") and a funky disco beat (benefiting from an "Off the Wall" melody sample), she's not taking any of it seriously. At least we hope she's not serious when she compares herself to Tupac and Biggie, then ice cream and the lottery, as she softly taunts, "You're fiending to blaze up and taste me." As if this weren't already destined for the '80s time-warp roller-disco crowd, she serves up the joyful romp "I'll Be Lovin' You Long Time," which borrows from the chorus of DeBarge's "Stay With Me" (as well as a phrase uttered by a Vietnamese hooker in "Full Metal Jacket" and then sampled by 2 Live Crew and other hip-hop acts). At least on the reggae-inflected "Cruise Control" (featuring Damian Marley), she exhibits a sense of humor, singing in a Jamaican patois during the second verse: "When tha door open, de gals on de block they be hopin' to rob tha clock." She's not joking, or as she puts it, "Tink I'm joking?"

But for all the jokes, silliness and absurdities, Mariah is at her best when she keeps it simple, as she does in the closing track, "I Wish You Well," a piano ballad with gospel overtones (even including Bible verses from the books Proverbs, John, Philippians and Psalms). The song is a turning-of-the-cheek to anyone who mistreated her or doubted her. Older and wiser, she realizes on E=MC², which hits stores April 15, that she needed them all along to make her who she is now, and thanks them for it. Because if she can be square with them, she's truly set free - squared.

--By Jennifer Vineyard

Gaye Duet Scrapped

In a Wednesday conference call with reporters, American Idol executive producer Nigel Lythgoe offered updates on this year's "Idol Gives Back" fundraising effort, to air Wednesday, April 9. For starters, Lythgoe cleared the air on talk that Mariah Carey would perform a duet with the late Marvin Gaye, a la Celine Dion and Elvis Presley a year ago. "Unfortunately, it's not [happening]," he shared. "We couldn't get the rights to music with Marvin, so we had to cancel it."

PricelessHo said:

thank god

Rolling Stone gave the album 3 stars

PricelessHo said:

does this mean we're getting Heat ?

^i remember reading that Heat will be a bonus track for Japan.

PricelessHo said:

lastdecember said:

Actually, Billboard the magazine changed Elvis' number to 17 because, according to them or RCA or whoever, Elvis' "Don't Be Cruel" and "Hound Dog" were double-A sides so they link those two together. Don't ask me why they did that.

PricelessHo said:

Nice ^^^

I’m cringing for Cruise Control as I’m not a fan of Reggae or Reggae flavored anything but am very interested in I Wish You Well.

My friend who hated her SNL performances and had pulled her boots on to give Mariah a swift kick to the curb, told me she now likes Migrate. Maybe there’s crack in these records.
[Edited 4/3/08 6:03am]

PricelessHo said:

Wow! I'm gonna b setting my TiVo 4 these the next two weeks!! Very much looking forward to her mentoring at AI!!! I'm in Mariah Heaven!!

Actually "Cruise Control" sounds like a banger from the little snippets on Amazon. "Side Effects" and "I'll Be Lovin U Long Time" sounds pretty cool too.

http://www.amazon.com/E-M...&sr=1-21



JackieBlue said:

Nice ^^^

I’m cringing for Cruise Control as I’m not a fan of Reggae or Reggae flavored anything but am very interested in I Wish You Well.

My friend who hated her SNL performances and had pulled her boots on to give Mariah a swift kick to the curb, told me she now likes Migrate. Maybe there’s crack in these records.
[Edited 4/3/08 6:03am]
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E=MC² Album clips
http://www.amazon.com/E-M...07&sr=1-21

I didnt really like Migrate. They said it "bangs' but I thought Fantasy beats harder than that. That was just as tame and lossless as It's Like That.

Guess I'm only digging about 4 or 5 tracks with "That Chick" being the standout... But thats about average for albums I hear these days... Again, I'm waiting/praying for the day when Mariah records with real live instruments.