Hot 100 Songs 1 through 10 - Billboard Year In Music 2008

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	Low Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain Label: Poe Boy/Atlantic	1
	When Flo Rida first took the bus from Florida to Los Angeles in hopes of launching a music career, he was so broke that he was forced to live on the streets. Nowadays, the rapper's outlook is considerably brighter. His No. 1 debut single, "Low" featuring T-Pain, spent 40 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. "They say if you grind hard enough, you'll shine," he told Billboard. "I didn't know 'Low' would get this big. It's the greatest feeling in the world."

	Bleeding Love Leona Lewis Label: SYCO/J/RMG	2
	A month after it first reached No. 1 the week of April 5, "Bleeding Love" returned to the top of The Billboard Hot 100 for a second time April 26 and again May 10 for two additional weeks. That made Leona Lewis the first artist to have three separate turns at No. 1 with the same title since January 1979, when Chic's "Le Freak" captured the throne for the third time.

	No One Alicia Keys Label: MBK/J/RMG	3
	"No One" became the third Hot 100 chart-topper of Alicia Keys' career. "This is one song that just wrote itself," Alicia Keys told Billboard late last year. "A lot of the songs [on the album "As I Am"] didn't happen like that. It was one of the last songs I wrote. I needed to say this. It's full force, classical yet vintage, desperate yet triumphant. I want people to feel my soul."

	Lollipop Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major Label: Cash Money/Universal Motown	4
	"I love to make music with people and for people," Lil Wayne explained to Billboard at the beginning of 2008 as "Lollipop," one of his many collaborations, began its chart ascent. "If you only create it for yourself, it's selfish of you. What I create is beautiful, and I like to share the beauty. I promote myself. At the end of the day, who is the victor in that situation? Lil Wayne." The song went on to become Lil Wayne's his first Hot 100 No. 1.

	Apologize Timbaland Featuring OneRepublic Label: Mosley/Blackground/Interscope	5
	"I'd be lying if I said I didn't think the song was a hit from day one," OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder said in late 2007, as the Timbaland-collaboration version of the band's "Apologize" rose to No. 2 on the Hot 100. "It gave me goose bumps the first time I heard it. I'd be truly disappointed if it wasn't doing as well as it is."

	No Air Jordin Sparks Duet With Chris Brown Label: 19/Jive/Zomba	6
	Young singers Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown now share more than both being born in 1989: The pairing crossed together into top 40 with the second single from the "American Idol" season-six victor's self-titled debut album, following her top 10 debut, "Tattoo." "No Air" is a sweeping midtempo jam that pushes boundaries, allowing Sparks to show a looser, soulful side, while Brown is cast as pop crooner more than ever before. The song rose to No. 3 on the Hot 100.

	Love Song Sara Bareilles Label: Epic	7
	"If I've learned anything from this whole experience, it's just that it's a total roller-coaster," Sara Bareilles told Billboard.com in October in the wake of the chart-topping success of her first single, "Love Song." "The more you kind of succumb to the fact, that it's just gonna be ups and downs and totally surreal and kind of weird, the more you can just kind of enjoy it. This whole experience has been one big, pleasant surprise."

	Love In This Club Usher Featuring Young Jeezy Label: LaFace/Zomba	8
	The Young Jeezy-featured "Love in This Club" leaked in February ahead of the release of Usher's album "Here I Stand," but the track's enormous chart climb quickly eased concerns. The song was a No. 1 on the Hot 100, Hot R&B/Hip-Hot Songs and Hot Digital Songs charts. "The greater part about it," Usher told Billboard this spring, "is the fact that people are antsy for a record, so they're going to grab onto it."

	With You Chris Brown Label: Jive/Zomba	9
	The Billboard review of Chris Brown's "With You," which reached No. 2 on the Hot 100, called the single "downright sweet," and added that "Brown shows himself as a straight-up R&B singer with a melodic charm that will continue to sound fresh... Any of Brown's contemporaries could learn a lesson from 'With You.' This is the kind of song that aligns with the times of listeners' lives and forges lasting careers."

	Forever Chris Brown Label: Jive/Zomba	10
	"Chris Brown... has proved that he has talent and charm to command the charts," said the Billboard review of "Forever" in June. "His No. 9 debut on the Billboard Hot 100... adds another jewel to his crown, alongside a career total of nine pop top 10s. The 19-year-old singer's latest, if stripped down, is really a love song but bangs with electrified production from Polow Da Don to ignite dancefloors."

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