Chart News: T-Pain Lands His First Billboard Chart Topper

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Singersroom News | Posted on 05/18/07 | Filed Under: R&B News, T-Pain

R&B singer T-pain�s �Buy U A Drank� jumps from3-1 on the Billboard Hot 100 to land the Tallahassee, Florida native his first chart topper. According to Billboard, the song is the chart�s greatest airplay gainer for a seventh straight week, the longest such streak since Beyonce's "Baby Boy" featuring Sean Paul had an equal run in 2003. "Buy U A Drank" is also No. 1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for a third week in a row.

In other chart news, Timbaland's "Give It to Me" featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake bounce back 5-4. Ne-Yo's "Because of You" drops 2-5 as Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's "I Tried" featuring Akon rises 9-6.

Rapper Huey scores his first Hot 100 top 10 hit with "Pop, Lock & Drop It," up 11-7, while Fergie's "Glamorous" featuring Ludacris slides 7-8. Akon's "Don't Matter" is down 8-9, and Pink's "U + Ur Hand" rounds out the top tier by holding at No. 10.

50 Cent attains the week's top debut with "Straight to the Bank" at No. 32. The first single from his upcoming album, "Curtis," is the rapper's highest Hot 100 debut as a lead artist.

Also new to the Hot 100 this week are Bobby Valentino's "Anonymous" featuring Timbaland at No. 52, Eve's "Tambourine" at No. 72 and R. Kelly and Usher's "Same Girl" at No. 79. That track is also the greatest airplay gainer on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, where it jumps 17-11.

Source: Billboard.com

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I love your music,and stlye. The music that you create is very unique. Keep doing what u do!!!!!

shilenna on 5/18/2007 8:59:37 PM

i love your music i have always love your music exsoeshalley buy u a drank that is my song my sister crystal and my boyfrind, elvis ray jr. martinez and all his sisters all of us just love that song well try to hit me up this is cassie pease out

cassie on 5/18/2007 2:54:08 PM

I love your music and you just keep doing what you do best and that's is to make me happay and by me a drank!!!!!!!!!!!lol!!!!!!! love ~ jannie~

jannie David on 5/18/2007 12:26:55 PM

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