Recent chart topper Leona Lewis sings on "Bleeding Love", a track with some deliciously crisp pop production. The song's retro-chic feel, filtered through the best damn compressors and plug-ins since the last listenable Kelly Clarkson album, puts this song in the early running for 'song of the summer' status. It's no coincidence that the last time a British female singer topped the Billboard Hot 100, it was 1987, and another bunch of cheques were made out to "Holland-Dozier-Holland".
The new trend for chart toppers seems to be "Two Boys for Every Girl".
Mariah Carey just surpassed Elvis as the artist with the second most chart topping tracks in the US, just behind the Beatles. This pegs the diva-turned-siren as the most popular American solo artist ever... which also means that Mariah Carey is the Queen of Pop. Not Madonna. She can be the unholy saint, charlatan, or super-tramp (not to be confused with the band,Supertramp) of Pop. That's it. Madonna only has 12 #1 songs. She's a pretender to the throne. And as much money as she has, it's going to be quite a task for her to catch up to Mimi. The only reason Madge has the title at all is because of her age, which she shows more and more these days...
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Links:
Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love [US Version]
Mariah Carey - Touch My Body
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