Rhythmic Top 40 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)
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This is a list of the U.S. Billboard magazine Rhythmic contemporary
number-one singles of 2008.
Rhythmic Contemporary
Rhythmic contemporary, also known as rhythmic top 40, rhythmic contemporary hit radio or rhythmic crossover, is a music radio format that includes a mix of EDM, upbeat rhythmic pop, hip-hop and R&B hits. Rhythmic contemporary rarely uses rock music or country music in its airplay, but it may...
number-one singles of 2008.
| Issue Date | Song | Artist |
| January 5 | "Low Low (Flo Rida song) "Low" is the debut single by American rapper Flo Rida, featured on his debut album Mail On Sunday and also featured on the soundtrack to the 2008 film Step Up 2: The Streets. The song features T-Pain and was co-written with T-Pain. There is also a remix in which the hook is sung by Flo Rida rather... " |
Flo Rida Flo Rida Tramar Dillard , better known by his stage name Flo Rida , is an American rapper and singer-songwriter. He released his debut album, Mail on Sunday, in March 2008. His debut single "Low", featuring T-Pain, was a #1 hit for ten weeks in United States in early 2008. Two other singles resulted from... featuring T-Pain T-Pain Faheem Rasheed Najm , better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor, currently signed to Young Money Entertainment. His debut album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, was released in 2005. In 2007, T-Pain released his second studio album Epiphany,... |
| January 12 | "Low" | Flo Rida featuring T-Pain |
| January 19 | "Low" | Flo Rida featuring T-Pain |
| January 26 | "Low" | Flo Rida featuring T-Pain |
| February 2 | "Low" | Flo Rida featuring T-Pain |
| February 9 | "Low" | Flo Rida featuring T-Pain |
| February 16 | "Low" | Flo Rida featuring T-Pain |
| February 23 | "With You With You (Chris Brown song) "With You" is a pop/R&B song by Chris Brown, nominated for 2008 MTV Video Music Awards and written by Johntá Austin, Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel Eriksen, Espen Lind, Amund Bjørklund, and produced by Stargate... " |
Chris Brown |
| March 1 | "With You" | Chris Brown |
| March 8 | "With You" | Chris Brown |
| March 15 | "With You" | Chris Brown |
| March 22 | "With You" | Chris Brown |
| March 29 | "With You" | Chris Brown |
| April 5 | "Love In This Club Love in This Club "Love in This Club" is a song by American R&B singer Usher. Featuring rapper Young Jeezy, it was released on February 22, 2008 as the lead single from Usher's fifth studio album, Here I Stand. The song was written by Usher, Polow da Don, Young Jeezy, Darnell Dalton, Ryon Lovett, Lamar Taylor and... " |
Usher Usher (entertainer) Usher Terry Raymond IV , who performs under the mononym Usher, is an American singer-songwriter, and actor. He is considered around the world to be the reigning King of R&B. Usher rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way, which spawned his first Billboard Hot 100... featuring Young Jeezy Young Jeezy Jay Wayne Jenkins , better known by his stage name Young Jeezy, is an American rapper. He is the member of the hip hop group United Streets Dopeboyz of America and a former member of BMF... |
| April 12 | "Sexy Can I Sexy Can I "Sexy Can I" is the first single from Ray J's fourth studio album All I Feel. It features rapper Yung Berg and the song also appears on his debut album Look What You Made Me and is produced by Noel "Detail" Fisher. Professional basketball player Shaquille O'Neal makes a cameo in the music video... " |
Ray J Ray J William Ray Norwood Jr. , better known by his stage name Ray J, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actor.-Early life:... & Young Berg |
| April 19 | "Sexy Can I" | Ray J & Young Berg |
| April 26 | "Sexy Can I" | Ray J & Young Berg |
| May 3 | "Lollipop Lollipop (Lil Wayne song) "Lollipop" is the first single from Lil Wayne's sixth studio album, Tha Carter III. The track features the late R&B artist Static Major and is produced by Deezle and Jim Jonsin. The song was released digitally on March 13, 2008. The song is Lil Wayne's & Static Major's most successful to date,... " |
Lil Wayne Lil Wayne Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. , better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'z, with B.G.. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included... featuring Static Major Static Major Stephen Ellis Garrett also known as Static Major, was a Grammy Award-Winning American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer from Louisville, Kentucky. He was a member of the R&B trio Playa. Static Major gained posthumous fame for appearing on Lil Wayne's 2008 album Tha Carter III on the... |
| May 10 | "Lollipop" | Lil Wayne featuring Static Major |
| May 17 | "Lollipop" | Lil Wayne featuring Static Major |
| May 24 | "Lollipop" | Lil Wayne featuring Static Major |
| May 31 | "Lollipop" | Lil Wayne featuring Static Major |
| June 7 | "Lollipop" | Lil Wayne featuring Static Major |
| June 14 | "Lollipop" | Lil Wayne featuring Static Major |
| June 21 | "Lollipop" | Lil Wayne featuring Static Major |
| June 28 | "Lollipop" | Lil Wayne featuring Static Major |
| July 5 | "Lollipop" | Lil Wayne featuring Static Major |
| July 12 | "Lollipop" | Lil Wayne featuring Static Major |
| July 19 | "Lollipop" | Lil Wayne featuring Static Major |
| July 26 | "Get Like Me Get Like Me "Get Like Me" is the second single from David Banner's sixth album, The Greatest Story Ever Told. The song features Chris Brown and samples several lines from Yung Joc's "It's Goin' Down". The song originally featured Jim Jones but label troubles prevented him being featured on the single... " |
David Banner David Banner Lavell Crump , better known by his stage name David Banner, is an American rapper, record producer and occasional actor. Banner was born in Jackson, Mississippi and graduated from Southern University. He started his music career as a member of the rap duo, Crooked Lettaz before going solo in 2000... featuring Chris Brown & Yung Joc Yung Joc YaMar Jon Robinson , better known by his stage name Yung Joc, is an American rapper.-Early life:Robinson's father, Vivian Young, ran a hair-care products company and helped him write a jingle for Revlon; Robinson founded his own label to release his music.-New Joc City :After Teaming with producer... |
| August 2 | "Get Like Me" | David Banner featuring Chris Brown & Yung Joc |
| August 9 | "I Luv Your Girl I Luv Your Girl "I Luv Your Girl" is the third and final single from The-Dream's debut studio album, Love Hate. The track is produced by The-Dream's production partner, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart. T-Pain samples the song on Jamie Foxx's hit "Blame It" on Foxx's Intuition .-Music video:The two music videos were... " |
The-Dream The-Dream Terius Youngdell Nash , better known by his stage name The-Dream, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. He is known for co-writing "Umbrella" for Rihanna and "Single Ladies " for Beyoncé, as well as for his three solo albums, Love Hate, Love vs... |
| August 16 | "I Luv Your Girl" | The-Dream |
| August 23 | "A Milli A Milli "A Milli", abbreviated occasionally as "Milli", is the second official single, and the official street single from Lil Wayne's sixth studio album, Tha Carter III.-Background:... " |
Lil' Wayne |
| August 30 | "Dangerous Dangerous (Kardinal Offishall song) "Dangerous" is a hip-hop/R&B song by Kardinal Offishall featuring Akon. Produced by DJ Kemo and hAZEL, it was the first single from his fourth album Not 4 Sale. It was released to radio in March 2008, and on iTunes on April 1. On the week of May 13, at the American iTunes store, the song was... " |
Kardinal Offishall Kardinal Offishall Jason D. Harrow , better known by his stage name Kardinal Offishall , is a Canadian rapper and record producer. He is often credited as Canada's "hip-hop ambassador", and is best known for his distinctive reggae and dancehall-influenced style of hip-hop.-Life and career:Harrow was born in... featuring Akon Akon Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam, better known as simply Akon , is a Senegalese American R&B recording artist and songwriter.According to Forbes, Akon grossed $21 million in 2010, $20 million in 2009 and $12 million in 2008. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up", the first... |
| September 6 | "Dangerous" | Kardinal Offishall featuring Akon |
| September 13 | "Got Money" | Lil Wayne featuring T-Pain |
| September 20 | "Got Money" | Lil Wayne featuring T-Pain |
| September 27 | "Whatever You Like" | T.I. T.I. Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr. , better known by his stage name T.I., is an American rap artist, film and music producer, actor and author. He is also the founder and co-chief executive officer of Grand Hustle Records.... |
| October 4 | "Whatever You Like" | T.I. |
| October 11 | "Whatever You Like" | T.I. |
| October 18 | "Whatever You Like" | T.I. |
| October 25 | "Whatever You Like" | T.I. |
| November 1 | "Whatever You Like" | T.I. |
| November 8 | "Whatever You Like" | T.I. |
| November 15 | "Whatever You Like" | T.I. |
| November 22 | "Live Your Life Live Your Life "Live Your Life" is a song by American rapper T.I., and the third single, from his sixth studio album Paper Trail. It was released as the third single from the album on September 23, 2008. The song features Barbadian pop singer Rihanna, and was produced by Just Blaze and Canei Finch. It officially... " |
T.I. featuring Rihanna Rihanna Robyn Rihanna Fenty , better known as simply Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers... |
| November 29 | "Live Your Life" | T.I. featuring Rihanna |
| December 6 | "Live Your Life" | T.I. featuring Rihanna |
| December 13 | "Live Your Life" | T.I. featuring Rihanna |
| December 20 | "Live Your Life" | T.I. featuring Rihanna |
| December 27 | "Live Your Life" | T.I. featuring Rihanna |
See also
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