Music
Black Eyed Peas make it 19 weeks at US No.1
Published Thursday, Aug 13 2009, 12:15 BST | By Nick Levine
Rex Features
Their track 'I Gotta Feeling' notches up its seventh week at number one, having previously ended the 12-week chart reign of predecessor 'Boom Boom Pow'.
Taylor Swift's 'You Belong With Me' climbs to two, her highest ever position on the Billboard Hot 100, while Drake's 'Best I Ever Had' slips to three.
Meanwhile, New York five-piece Cobra Starship climb from ten to seven with 'Good Girls Go Bad', a collaboration with Gossip Girl actress Leighton Meester.
Notable gains outside of the top ten come from Shakira, who leaps from 21 to 13 with 'She Wolf', and Green Day, who advance from 26 to 24 with '21 Guns'.
The top ten singles in full (click where possible for our reviews):
1. (1) Black Eyed Peas: 'I Gotta Feeling'
2. (3) Taylor Swift: 'You Belong With Me'
3. (2) Drake: 'Best I Ever Had'
4. (4) Keri Hilson ft. Kanye West, Ne-Yo: 'Knock You Down'
5. (5) Kings of Leon: 'Use Somebody'
6. (6) Jay Sean ft. Lil Wayne: 'Down'
7. (10) Cobra Starship ft. Leighton Meester: 'Good Girls Go Bad'
8. (7) Sean Kingston: 'Fire Burning'
9. (15) Pitbull: 'Hotel Room Service'
10. (8) Black Eyed Peas: 'Boom Boom Pow'
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