At the Top
Canadian popstar DANIEL POWTER has extended his BAD DAY at the top of the US singles chart for five weeks. The singer/songwriter's hit holds firm atop the new Billboard Hot 100 list, keeping SEAN PAUL's TEMPERATURE and TI's WHAT YOU KNOW at numbers two and three respectively. Rapper CHAMILLIONAIRE's RIDIN' climbs to number four on the new chart while British singer NATASHA BEDINGFIELD holds on to the number five spot. Country trio DIXIE CHICKS' defiant NOT READY TO MAKE NICE is the new chart's highest debut at 28.
Bad Day
Singer DANIEL POWTER was forced to write his hit song BAD DAY because he couldn't get the song's "obnoxious melody" out of his head. The song has become a worldwide hit and has received huge exposure on TV talent contest AMERICAN IDOL, who use it every week to farewell contestants who are voted off the show. Powter explains, "It was an obnoxious melody going off in my head." The singer was skeptical about the song's potential for success, noting the first time he heard the song on the radio he was exercising in a Paris gym and it was immediately switched off. He says, "This old man was working out. He stood up, said something in French and turned it off. It was the funniest thing. "I felt like we weren't gonna get a hit!" The song has topped the US Billboard chart for the last four weeks (ends20APR06) and was number one throughout Europe last summer (05). The Canadian singer adds, "I've had a lot of bad days, but I haven't had any in the last month."
Top of the US Pop Chart
Canadian singer/songwriter DANIEL POWTER has extended his reign at the top of the US pop chart to four weeks after his BAD DAY hit continues to keep reggae star SEAN PAUL and rapper TI at bay. Powter's song, which is used as a theme on hit TV talent contest AMERICAN IDOL, also steals a fourth week atop the Billboard Pop 100 and Hot Digital Songs charts. Sean Paul's TEMPERATURE and TI's WHAT YOU KNOW follow at numbers two and three respectively. The new chart's top debut belongs to former O-TOWN singer ASHLEY PARKER ANGEL, whose LET U GO crashes in at 17.
