Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Feb. 20

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Feb. 20

We’re counting down the five most popular songs in the Billboard¹ Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart, for the week ending February 20, 2016.

Our trend of one-song debuts³ continues…with a twist. This newcomer opens at number one! More about that later.

Number 5: Adele "Hello"

“Hello?” More like goodbye: Adele prepares to leave us as her former 10-week champ falls a slot⁴ to fifth place. The crooner and her partner Simon Konecki rarely appear in public, but last Wednesday, the pair were spotted⁵ in Malibu, California, having dinner with fellow British star Robbie Williams and his date, Ayda Field.

Number 4: twenty one pilots "Stressed Out"

Twenty one pilots retreats a slot to fourth place with its million-selling breakout hit “Stressed Out.” This Ohio duo is one of pop’s recent success stories, but things weren’t always so rosy⁶: drummer Josh Dun says they once played to a crowd so small that the promoter had no profits to pay them. Josh also says he used to work as a barista at Starbucks…that, too, has changed.

Our next artist was once a boy with a guitar…and a web cam.

Number 3: Justin Bieber "Sorry"

Justin Bieber sinks a slot to number three with his former champ “Sorry.” He’s a global star now, but nine short years ago, Justin was a 12-year-old Canadian boy who loved music. He sang Ne-Yo’s “So Sick” in a local competition and placed second. His mother posted the performance on YouTube…and that’s how it all began.

Number 2: Justin Bieber "Love Yourself"

Justin Bieber loses his singles crown this week, as “Love Yourself” slips to second place. Justin’s on the cover story of the March edition of GQ Magazine. He talks about his run-ins with the law, and says God gets him through moments of loneliness and isolation⁷.

Number 1: Zayn Malik "Pillowtalk"

What a chart we have this week! With one song, Zayn Malik goes where no One Direction member has ever been.

Zayn, as he now calls himself – opens at number one on this week’s countdown with his debut² single “Pillowtalk.” His old group One Direction never made it past second place on the Hot 100 chart. Zayn drops his debut solo⁸ album Mind Of Mine on March 25…one year to the day after he left One Direction. That’s no coincidence, either: a source tells the web site Hollywood Life that Zayn is making a statement about his new career direction.

Where will he head next week? Join us in seven days to find out!

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 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。

3 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。

4 slot   

n.（口）位置，职位，狭长孔，狭槽

参考例句：

• Put a coin in the slot.将硬币放入投币口。
• He's been given a regular ten-minute slot on the radio.电台定期给他十分钟的节目广播时间。

5 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

6 rosy   

adj.美好的，乐观的，玫瑰色的

参考例句：

• She got a new job and her life looks rosy.她找到一份新工作，生活看上去很美好。
• She always takes a rosy view of life.她总是对生活持乐观态度。

7 isolation   

n.隔离，孤立，分解，分离

参考例句：

• The millionaire lived in complete isolation from the outside world.这位富翁过着与世隔绝的生活。
• He retired and lived in relative isolation.他退休后，生活比较孤寂。

8 solo   

n.独奏，独唱；adj.单独的；adv.单独地；v.放单飞，单独表演

参考例句：

• Tara is currently working on a solo album.塔拉眼下正忙着制作个人专辑。
• There's wonderfully lyrical flute solo in the middle of this symphony.在交响乐中间有一段奇妙的抒情长笛独奏。