Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Oct. 24

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Oct. 24

We’re counting down the five most popular songs in the Billboard¹ Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending October 24, 2015.

When is a new song not a new song? Well…when it’s a returning song. We deal with just that situation this week.

Let’s kick things off in fifth place, where Fetty Wap and Remy Boyz hold with “679.” There’s been trouble in Fetty’s camp.  He recently parted ways with Remy Boyz member P-Dice for reasons that aren’t exactly clear. Website Vlad TV this week carried video footage of Fetty’s crew assaulting P-Dice after the split…with any luck, things won’t escalate² from here.

Last week, Silento left the lineup with his breakout hit “Watch Me”; this week, he’s back in the running. The Atlanta teenager just showed up as a guest on the remix of “Dessert,” the new single and video from Brooklyn, New York artist Dawin. The original video has logged more than 30 million views on YouTube.

As anticipation³ builds for his next album, Justin Bieber encounters a setback⁴ this week, as “What Do You Mean” slips a slot to third place. On October 17, a mysterious duet with Selena Gomez briefly⁵ surfaced on OVO Sound Radio, before disappearing. Entertainment Tonight quotes a source as saying the song is three years old and will not appear on Justin’s new album.

Drake says he wants to return to his acting⁶ roots…but nobody will let him. This week he moves into second place with “Hotline Bling.” He did hit the jackpot in 2010, as the guest on Rihanna’s “What’s My Name.”

Drake got his start as an actor on the Canadian TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation. He tells W Magazine that he’d love to expand into movies…but nobody’s asking him. In the meantime, he’s still working on his next album, Views From The 6.

Oh, Canada! Our neighbors to the north are in the news this week: they just held a national election, and here they are, dominating the top three slots in the Hot 100. Justin Bieber, Drake, and The Weeknd all hail from Canada – and The Weeknd is your guy at number one for a fourth time with “The Hills.”

He, Mark Ronson, and Bruno Mars lead all nominees⁷ for this year’s Soul Train Awards with five apiece…the show will air on November 29 here in the United States.

So there’s your lineup for this week…and it all happens again in seven days!

1 billboard   

n.布告板，揭示栏，广告牌

参考例句：

• He ploughed his energies into his father's billboard business.他把精力投入到父亲的广告牌业务中。
• Billboard spreads will be simpler and more eye-catching.广告牌广告会比较简单且更引人注目。

2 escalate   

v.(使)逐步增长(或发展)，(使)逐步升级

参考例句：

• It would tempt Israel's neighbors to escalate their demands.它将诱使以色列的邻国不断把他们的要求升级。
• Defeat could cause one side or other to escalate the conflict.失败可能会导致其中一方将冲突升级。

3 anticipation   

n.预期，预料，期望

参考例句：

• We waited at the station in anticipation of her arrival.我们在车站等着，期待她的到来。
• The animals grew restless as if in anticipation of an earthquake.各种动物都变得焦躁不安，像是感到了地震即将发生。

4 setback   

n.退步，挫折，挫败

参考例句：

• Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。
• She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。

5 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

6 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

7 nominees   

n.被提名者，被任命者( nominee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She's one of the nominees. 她是被提名者之一。 来自超越目标英语 第2册
• A startling number of his nominees for senior positions have imploded. 他所提名的高级官员被否决的数目令人震惊。 来自互联网