JAVIER'S TOP SINGLES CHART


Chart Commentary...

2001 year-end charts... Yes, it's that time of the year!. Check out the finalists in all categories by clicking here.

Closing the year in a big way... Ja Rule scores his second #1 single just in time to close 2001 in a grand way. "Always On Time", featuring Ashanti Douglas, follows the footsteps of his "I'm Real" collaboration with J.Lo and climbs to the top spot in only its 5th week on the chart. This track will most likely be the last #1 of the year, but you never know...

7 days... It took "7 Days" just that to obtain the greatest gainer award of the week. Craig David's follow-up to the top ten hit "Fill Me In" jumps all the way from #37 to #23 and could be an even bigger hit than its predecessor. His album, "Born To Do It", features one of my favorite singles released last year in Europe called "Walking Away". Hopefully, it'll be the third single in the USA.

New entries... There are just two new entries this week. R. Kelly debuts at #39 with "The World's Greatest", and Five For Fighting follow in at #40 with "Superman (It's Not Easy)".


Top 40 Singles - December 22nd, 2001

#
LW
Wks
Artist
Title
Album (Label)
Peak
1. (4) 5 Ja Rule f/ Ashanti Always On Time Pain Is Love (Murder Inc./Def Jam) 1(1)
2. (2) 10 P!nk Get This Party Started M!ssundaztood (Arista) 2
3. (3) 7 Janet f/ Missy Elliott & Carly Simon Son Of A Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You) All For You (Virgin) 3
4. (5) 11 Shakira Whenever, Wherever Laundy Service (Epic) 4
5. (1) 13 Usher U Got It Bad 8701 (Arista) 1(3)
6. (6) 13 Britney Spears I'm A Slave 4 U Britney (Jive) 1(1)
7. (7) 15 Enrique Iglesias Hero Escape (Interscope) 1(5)
8. (9) 7 No Doubt f/ Bounty Killer Hey Baby Rock Steady (Interscope) 8
9. (12) 8 Creed My Sacrifice Weathered (Wind-up) 9
10. (15) 4 Ja Rule f/ Case Livin' It Up Pain Is Love (Murder Inc./Def Jam) 10
11. (11) 10 City High f/ Eve Caramel (Remix) City High (Booga Basement) 11
12. (16) 8 Alicia Keys A Woman's Worth Songs In A Minor (J) 12
13. (10) 11 Bubba Sparxxx Ugly Dark Days, Bright Nights (Interscope) 8
14. (14) 11 Jewel Standing Still This Way (Atlantic) 14
15. (8) 18 *N Sync Gone Celebrity (Jive) 4
16. (17) 6 Michael Jackson Butterflies Invincible (Epic) 16
17. (24) 3 Nickelback How You Remind Me Silver Side Up (IDJMG) 17
18. (20) 20 Mary J. Blige Family Affair No More Drama (MCA) 3
19. (13) 17 Aaliyah Rock The Boat Aaliyah (Blackground/Virgin) 2
20. (22) 6 Jay-Z f/ Q-Tip & Slick Rick Girls, Girls, Girls The Blueprint (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam) 20
21. (27) 3 DMX Who We Be The Great Depression (Ruff Ryders) 21
22. (30) 3 Nelly #1 Training Day OST (Capitol) 22
23. (37) 2 Craig David 7 Days Born To Do It (Wild Star) 23
24. (28) 4 Mary J. Blige No More Drama No More Drama (MCA) 24
25. (38) 2 The Calling Wherever You Will Go Camino Palmero (RCA) 25
26. (23) 14 Lenny Kravitz Dig In Lenny (Virgin) 14
27. (19) 16 Destiny's Child Emotion Survivor (Columbia) 9
28. (31) 27 Jennifer Lopez f/ Ja Rule I'm Real (Remix) J.Lo (Epic) 1(4)
29. (18) 23 Nelly Furtado Turn Off The Light Whoa, Nelly! (DreamWorks) 2
30. (21) 16 Michelle Branch Everywhere The Spirit Room (Maverick) 6
31. (33) 25 Alicia Keys Fallin' Songs In A Minor (J) 1(2)
32. (29) 7 Lifehouse Breathing No Name Face (Dreamworks) 28
33. (25) 9 Faith Evans You Gets No Love Faithfully (Bad Boy/Arista) 20
34. (26) 15 Enya Only Time A Day Without Rain (Warner Bros.) 7
35. (34) 13 Backstreet Boys Drowning The Hits - Chapter I (Jive) 10
36. (39) 2 Missy "Misdemeanor" Eilliott f/ Ginuwine Take Away Miss E... So Addictive (The Gold Mind/EastWest) 36
37. (32) 12 Train Something More Drops Of Jupiter (Columbia) 23
38. (35) 15 Ginuwine Differences The Life (Epic) 9
39. 1 R. Kelly The World's Greatest Ali OST (Interscope) 39
40. 1 Five For Fighting Superman (It's Not Easy) America Town (Columbia) 40

Coming Up... Jennifer Lopez f/ Ja Rule- "Ain't It Funny", Kylie Minogue- "Can't Get You Out Of My Head", Natalie Imbruglia- "Wrong Impression", Evan & Jaron- "The Distance", Gorillaz- "19-2000", *N Sync- "Girlfriend" & Macy Gray- "Sexual Revolution".

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