From “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” website:
From Billboard’s Top 100 List, here are the current top ten (From the issue dated August 23, 2008):
1. Rihanna: Disturbia
2. Chris Brown: Forever
3. Katy Perry: I Kissed a Girl
4. Rihanna: Take a Bow
5. M.I.A.: Paper Planes
6. Coldplay: Viva La Vida
7. Kardinal Offishall Featuring Akon: Dangerous
8. Lil Wayne: A Milli
9. Jonas Brothers: Burnin’ Up
10. Ne-Yo: Closer
From Billboard’s Hot Country Songs, here are the current top ten (from the issue dated August 23, 2008):
1. Taylor Swift: Should’ve Said No
2. Keith Urban: You Look Good in My Shirt
3. Sugarland: All I want to Do
4. Keith Anderson: I Still Miss You
5. Brooks & Dunn: Put a Girl In It
6. Alan Jackson: Good Time
7. Brad Paisley: Waitin’ On a Woman
8. Jimmy Wayne: Do You Believe Me Now
9. George Strait: Troubadour
10. The Lost Trailers: Holler Back