Rhythmic Top 40 number-one hits of 2010 (USA)
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This is a list of the U.S. Billboard magazine Rhythmic contemporary
number-one singles of 2010.
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 2010.
| Issue Date | Song | Artist |
| January 2 | "Empire State of Mind Empire State of Mind "Empire State of Mind" is a song by American rapper and hip hop artist Jay-Z, featuring vocals and a chorus from R&B and soul singer Alicia Keys. It was released as the third single from Jay-Z's 11th studio album The Blueprint 3 by his Roc Nation label in October 2009... " |
Jay-Z Jay-Z Shawn Corey Carter , better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2010... featuring Alicia Keys Alicia Keys Alicia Augello Cook , better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She was raised by a single mother in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City. At age seven, Keys began playing the piano... |
| January 9 | "Empire State of Mind" | Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys |
| January 16 | "Empire State of Mind" | Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys |
| January 23 | "Replay Replay (Iyaz song) "Replay" is a song performed by British Virgin Islands recording artist Iyaz. It is the first single released from his debut album Replay, which was released on 8 June 2010.... " |
Iyaz Iyaz Keidran Jones , better known by his stage name Iyaz, is a singer signed with the record label Beluga Heights Records from the British Virgin Islands. His debut single "Replay", was released in 2009 and reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, number-one in the UK, Australia and the top ten... |
| January 30 | "Replay" | Iyaz |
| February 6 | "Replay" | Iyaz |
| February 13 | "BedRock" | Young Money featuring Lloyd Lloyd (singer) Lloyd Polite, Jr. , who performs under the mononym Lloyd, is an American R&B recording artist, who experienced as a member of the group N-Toon before embarking on a solo career in 2004.... |
| February 20 | "BedRock" | Young Money featuring Lloyd |
| February 27 | "BedRock" | Young Money featuring Lloyd |
| March 6 | "BedRock" | Young Money featuring Lloyd |
| March 13 | "BedRock" | Young Money featuring Lloyd |
| March 20 | "BedRock" | Young Money featuring Lloyd |
| March 27 | "BedRock" | Young Money featuring Lloyd |
| April 3 | "Nothin' on You Nothin' on You "Nothin' on You" is the debut single by American rapper B.o.B. The song features vocals from Bruno Mars. The song is included in B.o.B's debut studio album B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray. An official remix version of this song, which was featured by Big Boi, debuted on March 21, 2010... " |
B.o.B. B.O.B. B.O.B. is a video game that was released in 1993. It is a side-scrolling game developed by Gray Matter Interactive and Foley Hi-Tech Systems, and published by Electronic Arts. It is both a 2D shooter and a platform game, and is available for both the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega... featuring Bruno Mars Bruno Mars Peter Gene Hernandez , better known by his stage name Bruno Mars, is an Filipino-American singer-songwriter and record producer. Raised in Honolulu, Hawaii by a family of musicians, Mars began making music at a young age... |
| April 10 | "Nothin' on You" | B.o.B. featuring Bruno Mars |
| April 17 | "Nothin' on You" | B.o.B. featuring Bruno Mars |
| April 24 | "Nothin' on You" | B.o.B. featuring Bruno Mars |
| May 1 | "Rude Boy Rude Boy (song) "Rude Boy" is a song by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna, taken from her fourth studio album, Rated R . The song was released as the third single from the album on February 19, 2010, through Def Jam. It was written by Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Ester Dean, Makeba Riddick, Rob Swire... " |
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... |
| May 8 | "Rude Boy" | Rihanna |
| May 15 | "Nothin' on You" | B.o.B. featuring Bruno Mars |
| May 22 | "Nothin' on You" | B.o.B. featuring Bruno Mars |
| May 29 | "Nothin' on You" | B.o.B. featuring Bruno Mars |
| June 5 | "OMG" | 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 will.i.am Will.i.am William James Adams, Jr. , better known by his stage name will.i.am and occasionally by his other stage name Zuper Blahq, is an American rapper, musician, songwriter, singer, actor and producer... |
| June 12 | "OMG" | Usher featuring will.i.am |
| June 19 | "OMG" | Usher featuring will.i.am |
| June 26 | "OMG" | Usher featuring will.i.am |
| July 3 | "OMG" | Usher featuring will.i.am |
| July 10 | "OMG" | Usher featuring will.i.am |
| July 17 | "OMG" | Usher featuring will.i.am |
| July 24 | "Find Your Love Find Your Love "Find Your Love" is a song by Canadian recording artist, Drake. The song written by Drake, Patrick Reynolds, Jeff Bhasker, and Kanye West, and was produced by the latter two and No I.D.. The song serves as the second single from his debut album Thank Me Later... " |
Drake Drake (entertainer) Aubrey Drake Graham , who records under the mononym Drake, is a Canadian recording artist and actor. He originally became known for playing Jimmy Brooks on the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation.... |
| July 31 | "Find Your Love" | Drake |
| August 7 | "Find Your Love" | Drake |
| August 14 | "Love The Way You Lie Love the Way You Lie "Love the Way You Lie" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his seventh studio album, Recovery . It was released as the album's second single on August 9, 2010, by Interscope-Geffen-A&M. The song features vocals by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna. According to her, its theme... " |
Eminem Eminem Marshall Bruce Mathers III , better known by his stage name Eminem or his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem's popularity brought his group project, D12, to mainstream recognition... featuring Rihanna |
| August 21 | "Love The Way You Lie" | Eminem featuring Rihanna |
| August 28 | "Love The Way You Lie" | Eminem featuring Rihanna |
| September 4 | "Love The Way You Lie" | Eminem featuring Rihanna |
| September 11 | "Love The Way You Lie" | Eminem featuring Rihanna |
| September 18 | "Love The Way You Lie" | Eminem featuring Rihanna |
| September 25 | "Love The Way You Lie" | Eminem featuring Rihanna |
| October 2 | "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" is a song by recording artist Usher and features guest vocals from American rapper Pitbull. It was written by Savan Kotecha, Pitbull, Shellback and Max Martin, with the latter two producing it. It is the first single from Usher's EP, Versus... " |
Usher featuring Pitbull Pitbull (rapper) Armando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records... |
| October 9 | "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" | Usher featuring Pitbull |
| October 16 | "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" | Usher featuring Pitbull |
| October 23 | "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" | Usher featuring Pitbull |
| October 30 | "Bottoms Up Bottoms Up (song) "Bottoms Up" is a song by American recording artist Trey Songz. It is produced by Kane Beatz, and features Trinidadian recording artist Nicki Minaj. The song serves as the lead single from his fourth studio album, Passion, Pain & Pleasure... " |
Trey Songz Trey Songz Tremaine "Trey" Aldon Neverson , better known by his stage name Trey Songz, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer and actor. His debut album, I Gotta Make It, was released in 2005, while his second album, Trey Day, was released in 2007... featuring Nicki Minaj Nicki Minaj Onika Tanya Maraj , better known by her stage name Nicki Minaj; ), is a Trinidadian-born American recording artist... |
| November 6 | "Like a G6 Like a G6 "Like a G6" is a song from Far East Movement's 2010 album Free Wired. The track features female vocals by Dev and male vocals by Far East Movement. It was written and produced by The Cataracs. It was number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks ending November 6, 2010, and then again for... " |
Far East Movement Far east movement Far East Movement is an Asian American electro hop quartet based in Los Angeles. The group formed in 2003 and consists of Kev Nish , Prohgress , J-Splif , and DJ Virman... featuring Dev Dev (singer) Devin Star Tailes , better known by her stage name Dev, is an American singer. She was discovered by The Cataracs via MySpace after her friend Shane Crislip, posted her singing to some beats... & The Cataracs The Cataracs The Cataracs are an American hip hop indie-pop duo formed in Berkeley, California, consisting of David “Campa” Benjamin Singer-Vine, a songwriter and vocalist and Niles “Cyrano” Hollowell-Dhar, a songwriter, vocalist, and producer. The duo started out as an independent group, during their years at... |
| November 13 | "Like a G6" | Far East Movement featuring Dev & The Cataracs |
| November 20 | "Like a G6" | Far East Movement featuring Dev & The Cataracs |
| November 27 | "Just a Dream Just a Dream (Nelly song) "Just a Dream" is a song performed by American recording artist Nelly, taken from his sixth studio album 5.0 . The song was written by Nelly, Rico Love, Jim Jonsin and Frank Romano with Jonsin and Love producing the song. The song was released from August 16, 2010 to iTunes Stores around the world... " |
Nelly |
| December 4 | "Just a Dream" | Nelly |
| December 11 | "Just a Dream" | Nelly |
| December 18 | "Only Girl (In the World) Only Girl (In the World) "Only Girl " is a song by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna from her fifth studio album, Loud . The song was released as the album's lead single on September 10, 2010 through Def Jam. It was written by Crystal Johnson, Norwegian production duo Stargate and Sandy Vee, and produced by Stargate and Vee... " |
Rihanna |
| December 25 | "What's My Name" | Rihanna featuring Drake |
See also
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- List of Mainstream Top 40 number-one hits of 2010 (U.S.)
- List of number-one dance singles of 2010 (U.S.)
- List of number-one dance airplay hits of 2010 (U.S.)
- List of number-one R&B singles of 2010 (U.S.)