You can'''t stop Soulja Boy, you can only hope to squint and pretend that 2 beside your name is a 1. Or at least that'''s been the plight of Soulja'''s competition on the Hot 100 for the last seven weeks, as again ''"Crank That (Soulja Boy)''" finished the week in the top spot.
And yet one has to think this will be the grand finale, as the biggest news on the charts (other than Soulja'''s supremacy) was the meteoric rise of Chris Brown'''s ''"Kiss Kiss,''" lead single off his forthcoming sophomore album Exclusive (11/6, Jive). ''"Kiss Kiss''" made the leap all the way from 22-2''on the strength of 159,000 digital downloads''and figures to have a strong chance at next week'''s crown.
Meanwhile, the rest of the Top 5 remained the same, with Timabaland'''s ''"Apologize''" at #3, Alicia Keys''' ''"No One''" at #4 and Colbie Caillat'''s ''"Bubbly''" at #5.
High debut went to the Killers, at #68 for their cover of Joy Division'''s ''"Shadowplay''" off the soundtrack to the Ian Curtis biopic Control. [Billboard]