VOA标准英语2016--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending May 7

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending May 7

These are the five most popular songs in the Billboard¹ Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending May 7, 2016.

This week's list gets two all-new titles. It starts in fifth place.

Number 5: Mike Posner " I Took A Pill in Ibiza"

Mike Posner jumps a notch² to fifth place with his international comeback smash, “I Took A Pill In Ibiza.” He last tasted countdown success way back in 2010, with “Cooler Than Me” and “Please Don’t Go.” After that, Mike stepped away from the spotlight³, but kept writing hits for other acts. Among his countdown successes were “Sugar” by Maroon⁴ 5, and “Boyfriend” from Justin Bieber. Mike also wrote songs for Pharrell, Wiz Khalifa, Nick Jonas, and others.

Number 4: Rihanna featuring Drake "Work" 

Rihanna and Drake lose their nine-week hold on the championship, as “Work” falls to fourth place.

On April 29, Drake dropped his Views album...shortened from Views From The 6. It surpassed Beyonce’s Lemonade in initial sales, and for its first week is exclusively available on Apple Music and iTunes.

It also seems well stocked with singles:

Number 3: Drake featuring WizKid and Kyla "One Dance" 

Drake posts his eighth career Top Five appearance, as “One Dance” featuring WizKid and Kyla jumps from 13th to third place.

WizKid is an international star and in February, 2014, he became the first Nigerian musician to have more than 1 million Twitter followers⁵. Kyla Reid is an English singer who briefly⁶ stepped away from music to become a mother. Drake heard her 2009 song “Do You Mind” and sampled it in his new track.

Number 2: Lukas Graham "7 Years" 

Lukas Graham is one tough cookie who’s putting up a fight. The Danish singer and his group rebound⁷ a slot to second place with “7 Years.”

Lukas tells Newsday that he wrote the song in three-and-a-half hours, but it took 18 months to finish production. Lukas said it came down to arrangements, drum placement, and ambient sounds. He says the vocals⁸ were done in one take on an $80 microphone back home in Denmark.

Number 1: Desiigner "Panda" 

Up at number one, Desiigner assumes the throne with “Panda” and is in the process putting himself in the record books.

This song got the teenager signed to Kanye West’s record label, and it’s also the first chart-topping hit from a New York rapper since 2009. Jay-Z last did it with “Empire State Of Mind.”

That’s it for now, but the charts are always moving. Join us next week for more action!

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 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。

3 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

4 maroon   

v.困住，使（人）处于孤独无助之境；n.逃亡黑奴；孤立的人；酱紫色，褐红色；adj.酱紫色的，褐红色的

参考例句：

• Five couples were marooned in their caravans when the River Avon broke its banks.埃文河决堤的时候，有5对夫妇被困在了他们的房车里。
• Robinson Crusoe has been marooned on a desert island for 26 years.鲁滨逊在荒岛上被困了26年。

5 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

6 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。

7 rebound   

v.弹回；n.弹回，跳回

参考例句：

• The vibrations accompanying the rebound are the earth quake.伴随这种回弹的振动就是地震。
• Our evil example will rebound upon ourselves.我们的坏榜样会回到我们自己头上的。

8 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。