8/16 Chart Highlights: Flo Rida Dethrones Carly with a Skip and a "Whistle"

Flo Rida's "Whistle" takes over the Hot 100 from Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe," the year's longest running leader at nine weeks. This is Flo Rida's third reign on the chart (previously he held the top spot with T-Pain collaboration "Low" in 2007 and 2009's "Right Round" featuring Ke$ha). The record for most number ones by a solo rapper is five, held by Diddy and Ludacris.

Songs by Ellie Goulding, Katy Perry, Maroon 5, Gotye, and Phillip Phillips all hold their positions from last week, while fun.'s "Some Nights" spends its first week in the top 10.


HOT 100 top 10
1. Flo Rida                                              "Whistle"
2. Ellie Goulding                                  "Lights"
3. Carly Rae Jepsen                             "Call Me Maybe"
4. Katy Perry                                         "Wide Awake"
5. Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa  "Payphone"
6. Gotye featuring Kimbra                "Somebody That I Used To Know"
7. David Guetta featuring Sia           "Titanium"
8. fun.                                                        "Some Nights"
9. Phillip Phillips                                   "Home"
10. Rihanna                                            "Where Have You Been"


Hits compilation Now 43 debuts at #1 this week on the Billboard 200. This is the 16th chart topper for the Now series. Other top debuts include Elle Varner's Perfectly Imperfect and Colt Ford's Declaration Of Independence, coming in at Nos. 4 and 5, respectively. Frank Sinatra's Nothing But The Best 2008 compilation re-enters the chart at No. 3, after Amazon discounted the album to a 99 cent MP3 download for the day of Aug. 7.

BILLBOARD 200 top 10
1. Various Artists     Now 43
2. Rick Ross                God Forgives, I Don't
3. Frank Sinatra        Nothing But The Best
4. Elle Varner            Perfectly Imperfect
5. Colt Ford                Declaration Of Independence
6. Zac Brown Band  Uncaged
7. Justin Bieber        Believe
8. One Direction       Up All Night
9. Adele                       21
10. Kidz Bop Kids     Kidz Bop 22