February 23, 2008 MTV-TRL Weekend Countdown with Damien

“The Chart”
#20 Stop & Stare/OneRepbulic (-1)
#19 Misery Business/Paramore (-4)
#17 See You Again/Miley Cyrus (Debut, spent three weeks as wannabe before dropped last week)
#16 Hate That I Love You/Rihanna featuring Ne-Yo (2nd week)
#15 Sorry/Buckcherry (+2)
#14 Love Like This/Natasha Bedingfield featuring Sean Kingston (Return dropped last week)
#13 Shadow Of The Day Linkin Park (+1)
#12 Kiss Kiss/Chris Brown featuring T-Pain (-6)
#11 Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)/Wyclef Jean with Akon, Lil’ Wayne (2nd week)
#10 Paralyzer/Finger Eleven (3rd wk)
#9 Take You There /Sean Kingston (2nd week)
#8 With You/Chris Brown (+5)
#7 Teardrops On My Guitar/Taylor Swift (2nd week)
#6 Tattoo/Jordin Sparks (-1)
#5 Don’t Stop The Music/Rihanna (+3)
#4 Apologize/Timbaland featuring OneRepublic (2nd week)
#3 Clumsy/Fergie (2nd week)
#2 No One/Alicia Keys (-1) 6th week @ #1
#1 Low/Flo Rida featuring T-Pain (+1) 2nd week @ #1

Dropped from:
#20 Into the Night/Santana featuring Chad Kroeger (moved to close call) 2/3
#18 Feedback/Janet Jackson (moved to close call) 1/5
#12 Like You’ll Never See Me Again/Alicia Keys
No Air/Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown (from Sneak Peak)
Piece Of Me/Britney Spears (from close call)

2/23/08 close calls: 
Sensual Seduction/Snoop Dogg (2nd wk)
Bubbly/Colbie Caillat (2nd wk)
Calabria 2008/Enur featuring Natasja (debut week)
Feels Like Tonight/Daughtry (2nd week)
Hypnotized/Plies featuring Akon (2nd week)
Never Too Late /Three Days Grace (3rd wk)
Into the Night/Santana featuring Chad Kroeger
Feedback/Janet Jackson
Love Song/Sara Bareilles (2nd wk)
Whatever It Takes/Lifehouse (Debut Week)

Retired Song (played):
Won’t Go Home Without You/Maroon 5 (last week close call)

Interviews:
*Paramore talk about the group’s chemistry as they have been together since 2004

*Janet Jackson (see additional for details)

*Natasha Bedingfield talks about putting lyrics to video, “I love the video making process. I think it’s just like another extension of my creativity. You know, I go write the song, then the video is just like the visual side to it, and I love working with the directors and coming up with creative stuff.”

*Linkin Park, they talk about what they like more touring or recording in the studio, “It’s cool to be in the studio, writing, recording and everything; but, the payoff is actually like performing shows. I think for us; we don’t feel any pressure other than like we want to go out and kick as much ass as we possibly can.”

*Chris Brown talks about when he knew this was going to be his career. “I found out that I could sing when I was 11, but, when I really wanted to pursue it as a career, I was like 13. I was stuck in the basketball world. You know, I want to go in the NBA. But I found out could sing, I could do musically as a career, I was like Yeah.”

*Flo Rida talks about his new album “Mail on Sunday”. He says being different sets him apart. The next single is “Elevator” with Timbaland, “it’s going to be a monster if you love the ‘Low’ record. It’s crazy!” He also added that is “not at all” sick of ‘Low’.

Drop IDs:
Rihanna (twice)
Kayne West
Natasha Bedingfield
Chris Brown
Wyclef Jean

Sneak Peak of the week:
Flashing Light/Kayne West featuring Dwelle

No chart appearance interviews:
Hayden Christensen, Samuel L Jackson & Rachel Bilson talk about the movie “Jumper”
Tyler Hilton talks about the new movie “Charlie Bartlett”

Additional:
*MTV Music News segment by Kurt Loder (Mariah Carey has named her new album E=MC2 with production by Jermaine Dupree, will.i.am and Brian Michael Cox and is due out April 15th, the first single of course “Touch My Body”

*Janet Jackson will release her 10th album in her 25th year called “Discipline” will be out Feb. 26. Janet says, “Discipline is a lot of different meanings for me. The song would be obliviously one and exactly how it sounds, discipline. But, the one most important I think in my life is my discipline in my work and to done this as long as I have and to have been as successful as I have it. It takes a great deal of discipline and focus and I’ve had this since I was a kid. My entire family has. I started with my brothers when I was just two years old; they were famous, so I saw what a lot of hard work and discipline got you even at that age.”

*Rapper, The Game, was sentenced to 60 days in jail after pleading no contest to felony possession of a firearm in a school zone. The charge dates back to a dispute during a pickup basketball game in a Los Angeles schoolyard nearly a year ago. Two other charges were dismissed as a part of a plea deal that also includes three years probation and 150 hours of community service.

*Rapper, Juvenile, was arrested on a highway in Mississippi and charged with a misdemeanor marijuana possession. He was pulled over for having an expired license plate. No court date is known.

*Gnarls Barkley’s new album “Odd Couple” is ready to go out April 8th. They will be supporting it with a summer tour here and aboard. The album’s first single, “Run” will be followed shortly by “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”.

*Kanye West will be launching his six-week “Glow In The Dark” tour with Rihanna, Lupe Fiasco & N.E.R.D. in Seattle April 16th. May 13th, the tour will play Madison Square Garden in New York City, and on May 23rd Kanye will perform in his hometown, Chicago.

*Mobb Deep rapper, Prodigy, three and a half jail sentence for illegal weapon possession that was to begin on January 8th, will be delayed even further because of being hospitalized for serve lung pain. This is the second time that he sentence is delayed because of a medical condition.

*Shakira has raised over 76 thousand in an internet auction for the Bare Feet Foundation which is building a school for poor kids in her native Columbia. One bidder spent 14 thousand for a meet and greet at a Toronto concert while another 3 thousand for one of her bras.

*Jordin Sparks said she wanted to start her touring career as an opening act for a big star. On April 18th, she will open for Alicia Keys. The tour kicks off in Hampton, Virginia and ends two months later at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

*Bono has helped raise over 42 million for African aids relief auction in New York City.

*Jack White’s side band, Raconteurs, is just about finished work on their second album in his new hometown of Nashville. No release is available; however, tracks will be previewed on April 25th at a musical festival.

*The White Stripes will be releasing a Spanish language version of “Conquest” next month. Jack White said he grew up in a Mexican neighborhood in Detroit. He will also will be starring in the Rolling Stone concert documentary film “Shine A Light” . He plays slide guitar and duets with Mick Jagger for one song which comes out April 4th.

Production Error:
No mention of #18
Jingle says Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill) is a close call while Damien says it’s #11