Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Aug. 8

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Aug. 8

We have some fast-rising songs on the chart… but they just haven’t arrived yet. So this week, we have the same five tracks as last week, in slightly different order.

Let’s open in fifth place, where Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth drop two slots with their former champion “See You Again.” Charlie grew up in New Jersey² but is now based in Los Angeles. He says he misses the Jersey Shore…specifically the pizza. Charlie claims he hasn’t had good pizza in nearly a year.

Maybe Kendrick Lamar can point Charlie in the right direction. The Los Angeles rapper holds at number four with Taylor Swift and “Bad Blood.” Taylor sure has her fans, and one may surprise you…Chuck D of Public Enemy says he likes Taylor Swift…for one specific reason. He tells the New York Post that Taylor leads the pack when it comes to understanding streaming services as they exist today.

Silento lives up to his song title, as “Watch Me” jumps two slots to third place. It’s now a bona-fide sales hit. Not only is everybody dancing to the 17-year-old rapper’s song…they’re also buying it. Last week, The Recording³ Industry Association of America certified⁴ it platinum⁵, meaning “Watch Me” has now sold more than one million units. It went to number one on the Billboard⁶ Streaming Songs subchart, and at this rate, it’s headed for the Hot 100 title.

Not today, though…and The Weeknd didn’t hit the bulls-eye, either. He remains⁷ close, though, as “Can’t Feel My Face” holds in the runner-up slot¹. We’re three weeks away from his next album Beauty Behind the Madness…this week we got a look at the track list, and Lana Del Rey guests on one song, “Prisoner.” The album drops on August 28…two days later, The Weeknd performs at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Up at number one for a third week we have OMI  with “Cheerleader.” This hit was eight years in the making…The Jamaican singer tells Rolling Stone magazine that about eight years ago, he woke up with the melody⁸ running through his head. At the time he was completely unknown. “Cheerleader” first became a Jamaican hit, then broke worldwide after German remixer Felix Jaehn got his hands on it.

1 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。

2 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

3 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

4 certified   

a.经证明合格的；具有证明文件的

参考例句：

• Doctors certified him as insane. 医生证明他精神失常。
• The planes were certified airworthy. 飞机被证明适于航行。

5 platinum   

n.白金

参考例句：

• I'll give her a platinum ring.我打算送给她一枚白金戒指。
• Platinum exceeds gold in value.白金的价值高于黄金。

6 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。

7 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

8 melody   

n.旋律，曲调，悦耳的音乐

参考例句：

• She struck up a folk melody on the piano.她开始用钢琴演奏那首民歌。
• After she wrote the melody,she asked us for criticisms.她做好曲之后，请我们提意见。