Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Sept. 19

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Sept. 19

We’re getting cozy¹ with the five most popular songs in the Billboard² Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending September 19, 2015.

My friends, we live in exciting times: for the second consecutive³ week, we have a new champion single.

Let’s begin in fifth place, where OMI sinks three slots with his former champ, “Cheerleader.”  Last week, Billboard named it the Song Of The Summer for 2015. It beat Wiz Khalifa’s heavily-favored runner-up “See You Again.”

Billboard tallied⁴ the songs’ cumulative⁵ performances from late May through Labor⁶ Day, September 7, traditionally the end of the summer season here in the States.

Silento waves the flag for U.S. artists as he dips a notch⁷ to fourth place with “Watch Me.” The 17-year-old rapper hails from Atlanta, Georgia, making him the only United States native in this week’s Top Five.

Taking over third place is The Weeknd, from Ontario, Canada, with “The Hills.” This song contains a surprise - it ends with a woman singing in Amharic, the language of The Weeknd’s ancestral country, Ethiopia. His real name is Abel Tesfaye; his parents moved from Ethiopia to Canada in the 1980s.

Speaking of the Weeknd…are you ready for more? After one week at the summit, “Can’t Feel My Face” slips a slot to number two. He co-wrote it with one of the most successful pop producers in history, Max Martin, the Swedish pop powerhouse who has penned 21 number one hits on the Hot 100 chart. He trails only Paul McCartney, with 32, and John Lennon, with 26. That’s a pretty exclusive little club!

Now, ladies and gentlemen, we come to the Main Event. Not only does Justin Bieber score his first career Hot 100 title, he does it in record-setting fashion.

Bieber debuts⁹ atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart with “What Do You Mean?” It’s his first career number one pop single here in the States. Furthermore, he’s the youngest male solo artist to ever debut⁸ at number one. He turned 21 years old back in March. Congratulations, Justin Bieber!

Can he extend his run? We’ll find out in seven days.

1 cozy   

adj.亲如手足的，密切的，暖和舒服的

参考例句：

• I like blankets because they are cozy.我喜欢毛毯，因为他们是舒适的。
• We spent a cozy evening chatting by the fire.我们在炉火旁聊天度过了一个舒适的晚上。

2 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。

3 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

4 tallied   

v.计算，清点( tally的过去式和过去分词 )；加标签（或标记）于；（使）符合；（使）吻合

参考例句：

• The girl tallied them with her eyes for a moment. 新娘用目光把这些化妆品清点了一下。 来自教父部分
• His account of the accident tallied with hers. 他对事故的陈述和她的相吻合。 来自辞典例句

5 cumulative   

adj.累积的，渐增的

参考例句：

• This drug has a cumulative effect.这种药有渐增的效力。
• The benefits from eating fish are cumulative.吃鱼的好处要长期才能显现。

6 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

7 notch   

n.(V字形)槽口，缺口，等级

参考例句：

• The peanuts they grow are top-notch.他们种的花生是拔尖的。
• He cut a notch in the stick with a sharp knife.他用利刃在棒上刻了一个凹痕。

8 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

9 debuts   

演员首次演出( debut的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He never really debuts the idea of taking money from his parents any longer. 他从此就再也没有认真起过向父母要钱的念头。
• This young soprano debuts next month at the metropolitan opera. 这位年轻的女高音歌唱家下个月将在纽约大都会歌剧院举行首演。