Mediabase Urban charts

[Mega248]

This forum's finally getting a little action, so I figured I'd give this a try.

CHR/Rhythmic[/u]
1 1 SOULJA BOY Crank That (Soulja B... 6562 6230 332 52.109
2 2 PLIES Shawty (f/T-Pain) 6123 6227 -104 43.915
3 3 KEYSHIA COLE Let It Go 5673 5681 -8 43.719
4 4 J. HOLIDAY Bed 5327 4882 445 42.638
5 5 KANYE WEST Stronger 5139 4882 257 40.015
6 6 TIMBALAND The Way I Are (f/Ker... 4026 4270 -244 27.867
8 7 BABY BASH Cyclone 3991 3802 189 27.887
7 8 FABOLOUS Make Me Better (f/Ne... 3433 4087 -654 24.293
9 9 T-PAIN Bartender (f/Akon) 3160 3699 -539 21.788
11 10 T.I. You Know What It Is 3146 2923 223 21.466
14 11 FABOLOUS Baby Don't Go (f/T-P... 2969 2608 361 20.944
15 12 50 CENT Ayo Technology 2719 2588 131 21.361
16 13 NELLY Wadsyaname 2615 2443 172 14.014
10 14 HURRICANE CHRIS A Bay Bay 2607 3177 -570 15.781
13 15 FERGIE Big Girls Don't Cry ... 2376 2625 -249 15.242
12 16 AKON Sorry, Blame It On M... 2343 2672 -329 15.893
22 17 THE-DREAM Shawty Is A Ten 2063 1754 309 10.546
21 18 50 CENT I Get Money 2021 1758 263 23.786
19 19 RIHANNA Umbrella (f/Jay-Z) 1817 1916 -99 12.284
33 20 CHRIS BROWN Kiss, Kiss (f/T-Pain... 1795 943 852 12.480
17 21 CIARA Can't Leave 'Em Alon... 1775 2180 -405 13.770
29 22 ALICIA KEYS No One 1705 1067 638 14.359
25 23 RIHANNA Hate That I Love You... 1681 1438 243 8.163
24 24 GORILLA ZOE Hood Figga 1598 1491 107 14.189
39 25 KANYE WEST Good Life (f/T-Pain) 1578 707 871 15.340
20 26 SEAN KINGSTON Beautiful Girls 1501 1784 -283 10.844
26 27 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Until The End Of Tim... 1368 1239 129 10.215
18 28 WILL.I.AM I Got It From My Mam... 1360 1986 -626 6.012
23 29 SEAN KINGSTON Me Love 1262 1656 -394 4.832
28 30 FELLI FEL Get Buck In Here f/A... 1218 1070 148 11.155
30 31 WYCLEF JEAN Sweetest Girl (Dolla... 1150 1024 126 5.125
42 32 PLIES Hypnotized (f/Akon) 1032 600 432 5.619
27 33 T.I. Big Things Poppin' 1003 1126 -123 8.430
32 34 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Lovestoned 962 953 9 5.982
38 35 GUCCI MANE Freaky Gurl 790 731 59 6.723
37 36 ELLIOTT YAMIN Wait For You 781 745 36 6.612
35 37 AMANDA PEREZ Candy Kisses 716 829 -113 3.536
34 38 NE-YO Do You 704 870 -166 8.918
43 39 FLO RIDA Low (f/T-Pain) 670 538 132 5.698
36 40 KANYE WEST Can't Tell Me Nothin... 667 772 -105 10.380
41 41 LIL BOOSIE Wipe Me Down (f/Foxx... 629 645 -16 5.963
48 42 CASSIDY My Drink N My 2 Step 625 450 175 7.321
40 43 SWIZZ BEATZ Money In The Bank 620 679 -59 8.948
46 44 PLAYAZ CIRCLE Duffle Bag Boy (f/Li... 618 460 158 6.764
45 45 DJ KHALED I'm So Hood 515 461 54 5.406
50 46 PITBULL Secret Admirer (f/Ll... 501 411 90 2.669
57 47 KEYSHIA COLE Shoulda Let You Go 472 323 149 4.424
52 48 JA RULE Body (f/Ashley) 459 371 88 1.947
44 49 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Summer Love 419 462 -43 2.728
47 50 UGK International Player... 406 459 -53 5.935

Urban[/u]
1 1 J. HOLIDAY Bed 4046 3965 81 40.238
2 2 SOULJA BOY Crank That (Soulja B... 3505 3736 -231 32.716
3 3 KEYSHIA COLE Let It Go 3349 3587 -238 36.196
4 4 PLIES Shawty (f/T-Pain) 3159 3301 -142 32.272
5 5 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Until The End Of Tim... 2919 2871 48 27.295
6 6 50 CENT I Get Money 2781 2650 131 22.466
7 7 T.I. You Know What It Is 2523 2441 82 19.698
11 8 ALICIA KEYS No One 2309 1979 330 19.176
9 9 UGK International Player... 2183 2085 98 16.995
12 10 GORILLA ZOE Hood Figga 2032 1830 202 14.009
10 11 CIARA Can't Leave 'Em Alon... 1996 2045 -49 19.621
15 12 PLAYAZ CIRCLE Duffle Bag Boy (f/Li... 1972 1644 328 16.058
14 13 THE-DREAM Shawty Is A Ten 1928 1822 106 12.889
22 14 CHRIS BROWN Kiss, Kiss (f/T-Pain... 1594 1207 387 12.523
17 15 NELLY Wadsyaname 1592 1481 111 9.737
8 16 FABOLOUS Make Me Better (f/Ne... 1569 2087 -518 15.147
13 17 NE-YO Do You 1554 1827 -273 17.812
19 18 KANYE WEST Stronger 1438 1412 26 9.191
21 19 GUCCI MANE Freaky Gurl 1353 1268 85 10.528
18 20 FANTASIA When I See U 1350 1455 -105 19.078
16 21 T-PAIN Bartender (f/Akon) 1289 1564 -275 11.048
24 22 TREY SONGZ Can't Help But Wait 1287 1170 117 9.933
27 23 DJ KHALED I'm So Hood 1263 1023 240 10.006
25 24 CASSIDY My Drink N My 2 Step 1229 1067 162 9.592
38 25 KEYSHIA COLE Shoulda Let You Go 1011 698 313 8.047
23 26 KANYE WEST Can't Tell Me Nothin... 979 1189 -210 12.366
31 27 JAGGED EDGE Put A Lil Umph In It... 926 898 28 6.640
26 28 B5 Hydrolic (f/Bow Wow) 904 1024 -120 5.095
30 29 SWIZZ BEATZ Money In The Bank 881 918 -37 10.205
58 30 KANYE WEST Good Life (f/T-Pain) 847 386 461 8.227
37 31 FABOLOUS Baby Don't Go (f/T-P... 809 704 105 4.606
42 32 HURRICANE CHRIS Hand Clap 731 618 113 3.781
35 33 TIFFANY EVANS Promise Ring (f/Ciar... 703 717 -14 3.666
47 34 PLIES Hypnotized (f/Akon) 696 534 162 3.628
44 35 RIHANNA Hate That I Love You... 676 599 77 2.701
32 36 YUNG BERG Sexy Lady (f/Junior) 673 871 -198 6.722
34 37 R. KELLY Same Girl (f/T-Pain) 663 796 -133 4.944
45 38 MARIO Crying Out For Me 649 594 55 3.590
41 39 FANTASIA Only One U 611 621 -10 4.009
49 40 NE-YO Can We Chill 610 520 90 5.015
36 41 HURRICANE CHRIS A Bay Bay 602 716 -114 4.518
29 42 SEAN KINGSTON Beautiful Girls 600 940 -340 4.151
39 43 R. KELLY Rock Star f/Ludacris... 579 627 -48 3.776
51 44 TIMBALAND The Way I Are (f/Ker... 551 475 76 3.466
48 45 MYA Ridin' 477 534 -57 2.570
40 46 CUPID The Cupid Shuffle 467 622 -155 5.269
67 47 COMMON I Want You 457 275 182 3.637
66 48 BIRDMAN Pop Bottles f/Lil Wa... 430 279 151 2.695
57 49 WYCLEF JEAN Sweetest Girl (Dolla... 425 388 37 1.410
53 50 TANK Heartbreaker 409 457 -48 3.385

Urban AC[/u]
1 1 MUSIQ Teachme 2001 1901 100 17.672
2 2 ROBIN THICKE Can U Believe 1681 1749 -68 13.830
3 3 FANTASIA When I See U 1486 1510 -24 12.660
4 4 ANGIE STONE Baby 1388 1325 63 12.446
6 5 CHRISETTE MICHELE If I Have My Way 1364 1264 100 9.535
5 6 TANK Please Don't Go 1288 1294 -6 9.781
7 7 PRINCE Future Baby Mama 1195 1223 -28 7.800
10 8 ALICIA KEYS No One 1111 850 261 12.468
8 9 NE-YO Do You 1006 992 14 10.506
9 10 CHAKA KHAN Angel 900 858 42 7.253
12 11 GERALD LEVERT DJ Don't 896 796 100 8.465
14 12 JILL SCOTT Hate On Me 818 748 70 7.224
11 13 TAMIA Me 708 804 -96 5.848
15 14 ROBIN THICKE Lost Without U 699 703 -4 5.803
16 15 J. HOLIDAY Bed 682 604 78 4.862
18 16 JOE My Love 604 565 39 4.127
17 17 JOSS STONE Bruised But Not Brok... 577 565 12 3.616
20 18 TANK Heartbreaker 478 529 -51 2.565
19 19 CUPID The Cupid Shuffle 474 554 -80 4.443
21 20 LEDISI Alright 436 398 38 4.048
23 21 FANTASIA Only One U 330 307 23 3.166
22 22 MARIO How Do I Breathe 324 398 -74 4.257
24 23 EMILY KING Walk In My Shoes 320 300 20 2.418
25 24 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Until The End Of Tim... 291 265 26 2.287
27 25 RAHSAAN PATTERSON Stop Breaking My Hea... 256 252 4 1.325
30 26 KEYSHIA COLE Let It Go 245 186 59 2.753
28 27 HOWARD HEWETT Can U Feel Me 228 241 -13 0.783
26 28 KIERAN You Saved My Life 228 258 -30 0.760
32 29 MARIO Crying Out For Me 185 173 12 0.744
31 30 R. KELLY Same Girl (f/T-Pain) 177 175 2 1.185

[krazymack]

Thanks for posting the charts Mega! ;D

It doesn't surprise me that Soulja Boy is reigning supreme in the top 2 of the rhythmic and urban charts. It is getting plenty of play down south and the midwest. The regions I expected them to receive good airplay. I've hear it every now and then, I have become in awe of the teens who I see do the special dance associated with the track.

It seems like my local Rhythmic & Urban MD's will give more play to 50 than Soulja Boy. In fact my local Rhythmic station WQHT have played "I Get Money" over 130 times last week. I just think Urban radio stations tend to gravitate and give support to their local artists.

I was watching Keyshia Cole along with rappers Missy Elliott and Lil' Kim on "106th and Park" today. They were well informed about their performance on the charts. It was interesting to hear them say they had the #1 R&B record in the country, which is true - they recently enjoyed the success of topping the Urban chart with "Let It Go." They also knew that the track was crossing over and thrilled with the attention they were receiving at Mainstream. Good on em'!

It is awesome that Kanye West and T-Pain's "Good Life" is taking an amazing leap on the Rhythmic and Urban charts. It is such a groovy track. I bet their blow out MTV VMA performance via Palms Hotel in Vegas has influenced many MD's to include it in their playlist.

Justin Timberlake's "Until The End of Time" is such a mellow and soulful track. It's great that he has made the top 5 at Urban. I think he has a shot of eventually inching in the top 10 at Urban AC. It takes the really good sultry sounding songs weeks to gain attention at Urban AC. I think Urban AC MD/PD's prefer the longevity of these type of tracks.

I'm shocked to see the "Cupid Shuffle" in the top 20 at Urban AC. It seems like the type of track that "older folks" would enjoy. I went down to Atlanta the weekend before last and the dj played the track at my 50 year old's cousin's birthday party. ;D It is one of those special songs with an associated dance to it, like "Crank That."

[blahblahblah]

Oh man, I guess I'm not used to radio stations that spin songs over 90x a week (since we don't have those in Canada), but I swear, here in San Diego, all I ever hear on the radio are the Top 9 songs that are currently on the Rhythmic chart!

That being said, I'm totally rooting for Alicia Keys and Kanye West since they have my favourites (I refuse to spell that the American way) of the moment.

I also like the Rihanna/Ne-Yo track even though the production sounds exactly like "Sexy Love". The two Fabolous tracks I really dig too, especially since "Baby Don't Go" now has a version without T-Pain.

Oh and people like Amanda Perez should not be allowed to sing something like "Candy Kisses."

[krazymack]

blahblahblah said:

Oh man, I guess I'm not used to radio stations that spin songs over 90x a week (since we don't have those in Canada), but I swear, here in San Diego, all I ever hear on the radio are the Top 9 songs that are currently on the Rhythmic chart!

Ah welcome to America... ;D

That being said, I'm totally rooting for Alicia Keys and Kanye West since they have my favourites (I refuse to spell that the American way) of the moment.

You know what I've been always fascinated with the Canadian spelling of the word, lol

Kanye and Alicia are also among my favorites right now too. They are probably the most "rootsy" yet commercial R&B artists out there. There are other lesser known comparable artists like Common and Jill Scott, who both happen to have latest songs out right now and I also own both of their latest albums, but again it is unfortunate they don't receive much mainstream/commercial attention as Kanye and Alicia.

I also think that everyone likes to believe that Rihanna can't sing...Blah Blah Blah (pun intended Sunny, lol).. However, I think she sounded awesome on "Hate That I Love You." She proved to an Urban audience that she can get down on a nice soulful jam. I've heard Rihanna's voice live on shows and she knows how to sing really well. She has an awesome voice! Not to mention, I think we're like distance cousins because her mother comes from the same country as my mother....lol

I've been liking a lot of 50's stuff lately more than any of his prior material. His songs seems to be striking a chord with me this time around. I guess New York urban radio has a lot to do with that.

By the way, I forgot to mention there is upcoming artist on the Urban AC chart at #5 named Chrisette Michele she has a song out right now called "If I Have My Way." She has such a funky yet smooth neo-soulish vibe. I believe she is on Jay-Z's camp a la Def-Jam records. She had a song with Jay last year called "Lost Ones" which she sung the hook for.

I have to throw a plug in for my little sister because she is a stylist at a salon here in Brooklyn and she happen to do Chrisette's hair before a photo shoot two days ago. ;D I wish Chrisette much success in her music career and the album is off the chain!

[a Nick O!]

Chrisette also sang on Nas' single that was out the same time "Lost Ones" was..."Can't Forget About You."