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Who's A Big Pop Star? Yes, You Are! David Archuleta's Post- Idol Chart Debut [100 And Single]
Posted on August 22, 2008
During the two weeks I was vacationing, Billboard reported changes atop all three of its flagship charts including the blessed end of Katy Perry's No. 1 reign on the Hot 100, which was displaced by a Rihanna song I like a lot. Even more amazingly, a song that may be the most left-field hit of the decade Paper Planes by M.I.A. soared into the Top Five.Now that I'm back, the M.I.A. song is down a bit, and the biggest news on the charts is the post-American Idol debut by tween-and-grandma fave David Archuleta.It's a cruel business, this chart-column writing.Nonetheless, the good news, for...
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