Tag Archives: Billboard Hot 100

Florence and the Machine Gets Post-VMAs Chart Boost

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on September 23rd, 2010

The dog days are indeed over for Florence and the Machine. Her much-heralded performance at the MTV Video Music Awards has helped give the 24-year-old singer-songwriter her first Billboard top 30 hit single.

UK Singer Jay Sean Tops U.S. Singles Chart

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on October 8th, 2009

Muscle-bound R&B singer Jay Sean has become the first British male solo artist since James Blunt in March 2006 to top the Billboard Hot 100. “Down,” his collaboration with rapper Lil Wayne, ends the extraordinary ...

Leona Lewis, First UK Woman In 21 Years To Top Billboard Hot 100

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on March 27th, 2008

When the last British female solo artist topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, Maggie Thatcher was beginning her third term as UK Prime Minister, the Berlin Wall was still standing, the first Lethal Weapon movie was a huge hit, ...