News: 'London Bridge' Is Falling Up
Going solo might give Stacy Ferguson the biggest hit of her career, which could come just in time to celebrate the 10th anniversary of her Hot 100 debut.
In its second week on the chart, Fergie's "London Bridge" (A&M) vaults 84-5. That 79-point leap is the second biggest jump in Hot 100 history, runner-up only to this year's 86-4 move of the "High School Musical" track "Breaking Free" by Zac Efron, Andrew Seeley and Vanessa Anne Hudgens.
"London Bridge" has already placed higher than five of the seven Black Eyed Peas singles to chart. Only "Don't Phunk With My Heart" and "My Humps," both of which peaked at No. 3, have reached higher chart positions.
Ferguson made her first appearance on the Hot 100 the week of Sept. 28, 1996, with "At Night I Pray," the first of three songs by Wild Orchid to chart. The highest-ranked was "Talk to Me," No. 48 in April 1997.
"London Bridge" is the highest-charting song to feature the United Kingdom's capital in the title. The previous champ was "London Town," No. 39 in 1978 for Paul McCartney and Wings.
If "London Town" can go all the way, it will be the first A&M single to reach No. 1 in 11 years. The imprint's last chart-topper was Bryan Adams" "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" in June 1995. A&M had a No. 2 hit in August 2005 with "Don't Cha" by the Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes. www.billboard.com |
