Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Jan. 9

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Jan. 9

This is the Top Five Countdown featuring the five most popular songs in the Billboard¹ Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending Jan. 9, 2016.

The chart is sleeping off a New Year’s hangover apparently², because nothing really changes this week.

Number 5: Justin Bieber "What Do You Mean"

In fifth place, Justin Bieber holds steady with “What Do You Mean?”

Billboard reports that Justin welcomed the new year by performing at a party on the Caribbean island of St. Bart’s. The host? Movie actor Leonardo DiCaprio. Also in attendance were Robin³ Thicke and from the U.K., Duchess Catherine’s brother, James Middleton.

Number 4: Drake "Hotline Bling" 

Drake may be leaving the hit list…but he isn’t going far: he may show up on Rihanna’s next album. He slips a slot to fourth place with “Hotline Bling.”

Snippets of Drake's vocals⁴ on Rihanna’s Twitter page suggest he may turn up on her eagerly-awaited Anti album…and that wouldn’t be a surprise, given their past relationship, both personal and professional. There’s no word on when Anti will drop…and let’s not forget Drake has an album in the pipeline⁵ as well.

Number 3: Justin Bieber "Love Yourself" 

Taking over third place is our friend Justin Bieber with “Love Yourself,” which he co-wrote with Ed Sheeran. Justin’s been vacationing in the Caribbean with his family and model Hailey Baldwin, and things may be heating up between those two: on Sunday, he tweeted photos of them kissing and all dressed up for a night out.

Number 2: Justin Bieber "Sorry" 

Justin holds in second place with “Sorry,” and this may be a good time to recall just how Bieber began his rise to fame. Do you remember? It all began in 2007, when his mother posted a YouTube video of 12-year-old Justin singing Ne-Yo’s song “So Sick” at a local competition. She followed with videos of her son singing cover versions of other songs…and the rest is musical history.

Number 1: Adele "Hello" 

Speaking of making history, Adele is your countdown champ for a ninth huge week with “Hello.” Her 25 album spends a sixth week atop the album list; at 7.44 million copies in the U.S. alone, it’s the biggest seller of any calendar year since 2004. Back then, Usher’s Confessions⁶ sold 7.98 million copies.

Now that 2016 is in full swing, what will the charts send us? We'll find out together next week!

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 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

3 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

4 vocals   

（乐曲中的）歌唱部份，声乐部份( vocal的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Also look out for soaring vocals on The Right Man. 另外，也可留意一下《意中人》中的那高亢的唱腔。
• Lazy bass line, lazier drums, lush violins, great piano and incomparable vocals. 懒惰的低音线，较懒惰的鼓，饮小提琴，棒的钢琴和无比的声音。

5 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

6 confessions   

n.承认( confession的名词复数 )；自首；声明；（向神父的）忏悔

参考例句：

• It is strictly forbidden to obtain confessions and to give them credence. 严禁逼供信。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Neither trickery nor coercion is used to secure confessions. 既不诱供也不逼供。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》