VOA标准英语2018--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Jan. 27

 

This is the Top Five Countdown! We're punching up the five most popular songs in the Billboard¹ Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending Jan. 27, 2018.

Some songs crawl up the chart while others fly … this week we meet one of the latter.

Number 5: G-Eazy Featuring A$AP Rocky and Cardi B. "No Limit"

G-Eazy spends another week in fifth place with "No Limit" featuring A$AP Rocky and Cardi B. Cardi just moved past Beyonce to become the first woman to place five songs simultaneously² in the Billboard Hot R & B/Hip Hop³ Songs chart. The only others to have done this are her fellow rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar. Congrats, Cardi B!

Number 4: Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage⁴ "Rockstar"

Post Malone and 21 Savage take another step back this week, as "Rockstar" drops to fourth place. Post's star burns so brightly that he made it into Forbes magazine's list of Future Moguls Hip-Hop Class of 2018. He dropped two of the five most popular hip-hop songs of 2017.

Number 3: Bruno Mars & Cardi B. "Finesse⁵"

Replacing Post in third place is the red-hot duo of Bruno Mars and Cardi B, with their remix of "Finesse." This marks Bruno's 14th trip to the Top Five in the past eight years. Bruno currently rules the Billboard Hot Tours list, as his 24K Magic World Tour zooms⁶ past $200 million in earnings⁷.

Number 2: Camila Cabello Featuring Young Thug "Havana"

Camila Cabello and Young Thug hang on to the runner-up slot with "Havana," but over on the Billboard Pop Albums list, it's another story: Camila opens at No. 1 with her self-titled debut⁸ solo album. She's the first woman to start at No. 1 with a debut full-length album in three years. Meghan Trainor last did it in January 2015 with Title.

Number 1: Ed Sheeran "Perfect"

"Perfect" is the title of our No. 1 song, as Ed Sheeran retains the Hot 100 championship for a sixth week.

On January 20, Ed announced his engagement to long-time girlfriend Cherry Seaborn. He told the Daily Star that he intends to retire from music as soon as he becomes a father.

Ed, I'm sure your fans are rooting for you, but give us a few more hits, OK?

Thanks for joining us today. We'll see you next week with a new lineup.

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 simultaneously   

adv.同时发生地，同时进行地

参考例句：

• The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
• The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。

3 hop   

n.单脚跳，跳跃；vi.单脚跳，跳跃；着手做某事；vt.跳跃，跃过

参考例句：

• The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest.孩子们举行比赛，看谁单足跳跃最快。
• How long can you hop on your right foot?你用右脚能跳多远？

4 savage   

adj.野蛮的；凶恶的，残暴的；n.未开化的人

参考例句：

• The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。
• He has a savage temper.他脾气粗暴。

5 finesse   

n.精密技巧，灵巧，手腕

参考例句：

• It was a disappointing performance which lacked finesse.那场演出缺乏技巧，令人失望。
• Lillian Hellman's plays are marked by insight and finesse.莉莲.赫尔曼的巨作以富有洞察力和写作技巧著称。

6 zooms   

n.嗡嗡声( zoom的名词复数 )；隆隆声；（车辆等）疾驰的声音；变焦

参考例句：

• A sneeze zooms out of your mouth at over 600 m.p.h. 从你口中打出的喷嚏速度可达每小时600里。 来自互联网
• When the camera zooms in, the whole world watches out. 当镜头对准（汶川），全世界都在关注。 来自互联网

7 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

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。