Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Sept. 5

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Sept. 5

With the Top Five Countdown, we’re counting down the five most popular songs in the Billboard¹ Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending September 5, 2015.

We'd like to say things change on the hit list, but…they don’t. Not one little bit.

Let’s open in fifth place, where The Weeknd holds with “The Hills.” His new album is off to a good start. Abel Tesfaye, also known as The Weeknd, released his Beauty Behind The Madness album on August 28 and currently² leads the iTunes Album Sales Chart. It’s also expected to dominate³ the Billboard Top 200 albums list.

Major Lazer, DJ Snake, and MO hold in fourth place for a second week with “Lean On.” This is one of our favorite pop songs of this North American summer.  And, it turns out to be a "hand-me-down."  Major Lazer leader Diplo tells Time Magazine that both Nicki Minaj and Rihanna were offered the song, and both turned it down. He says it was a blessing⁴ in disguise⁵, because MO does such a great job.

Staying put in third place is Silento, with “Watch Me.” This song’s dance moves continue to make news. Two weeks ago, the U.S. ABC network released a promo video for the new season of the television show Dancing With The Stars in which their dance pros⁶ did the “Whip” and “Nae Nae” popularized in the song.

The Weeknd’s latest hit, ”Can’t Feel My Face,” holds in second place. He fanned the flames at the MTV Awards when he performed this song. As in the video, pyrotechnics stole the show. Both Taylor Swift and her nemesis-turned-friend Kanye West were spotted⁷ dancing in the audience.

OMI has something to dance about this week: not only is “Cheerleader” still number one, he has an album on the way.  On August 30, the Jamaican singer turned up at the MTV Awards to announce that his album Me 4 U will hit the market on October 16. That’s the same day Demi Lovato drops her next album Confident. We could have a fight on our hands!

But, we'll wait and see with an all-new Top Five lineup 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 currently   

adv.通常地，普遍地，当前

参考例句：

• Currently it is not possible to reconcile this conflicting evidence.当前还未有可能去解释这一矛盾的例证。
• Our contracts are currently under review.我们的合同正在复查。

3 dominate   

v.支配，统治，高出，俯视，在...中占首地位

参考例句：

• They had the ambition to dominate this small country.他们有控制这个小国的野心。
• The strong usually dominate over the weak.强者常常支配弱者。

4 blessing   

n.祈神赐福；祷告；祝福，祝愿

参考例句：

• The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
• A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。

5 disguise   

vt.把...假扮起来；n.伪装物，假装，伪装

参考例句：

• He went about in the disguise of a sailor.他伪装成海员到处流窜。
• It is impossible to disguise the fact that business is bad.生意不好这件事无法隐瞒。

6 pros   

abbr.prosecuting 起诉；prosecutor 起诉人；professionals 自由职业者；proscenium （舞台）前部n.赞成的意见( pro的名词复数 )；赞成的理由；抵偿物；交换物

参考例句：

• The pros and cons cancel out. 正反两种意见抵消。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• We should hear all the pros and cons of the matter before we make a decision. 我们在对这事做出决定之前，应该先听取正反两方面的意见。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 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。