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What’s happening in this week Billboard Top Ten?

Rihanna tops the charts on the Billboard Top 100 for the third week in a row with the sulfurous, catchy song “Rude Boy”.  In recent news, she has now posted the most Hot 100 top 10s by a female artist since the beginning of the last decade. Atlanta- based rapper B.O.B  jumps to the  number 2 spot with the song “Nothing On You” featuring Bruno Mars. Alternative Rock band Train are listed as number 3 with the song “Hey Soul Sister” – their highest charting song to date and their biggest commercial success.

Grammy winners Lady Antebellum maintain their spot in the top 5, ranked this week at number 4 with their enjoyable slice of Pop-Country “Need You Now”, they were previously holding the runner-up slot for the past two weeks.

Pop superstar Lady Gaga inks the number 5 spot with her hit song “Telephone” featuring Beyonce. Her controversial video for the song had the internet going crazy these past weeks! British newcomer Taio Cruz is listed number 6 this week with the dance/ club banger “Break Your heart” featuring Rap artist Ludacris. International pop superstars Black Eyed Peas and their hit song “Imma Be” still hold on to the top 10, listed at the 7 spot on the charts. The forever trending topic on Twitter, pop artist Justin Bieber is number 8 on the chart this week for his song “Baby” featuring Ludacris. Lil Wayne’s artists, Young Money persist to the top 10 with their classic “BedRock” featuring Lloyd. Rounding out the top ten this week is Ke$ha and her catchy, mega hit “Tik Tok’ (Tik Tok).

1. Rihanna- Rude boy
2. B.O.B featuring Bruno Mars- Nothing On You
3. Train- Hey, Soul Sister
4. Lady Antebellum-Need You Now
5. Lady Gaga feat Beyonce- Telephone
6. Taio Cruz Featuring Ludacris-Break Your Heart
7. The Black Eyed Peas-Imma Be
8. Justin Bieber Featuring Ludacris-Baby
9. Young Money Featuring Lloyd-BedRock

10.  Ke$ha- TiK ToK

I don’t really expect commercials or skits of much substance to come on while I’m watching Fox NFL Sunday or Monday Night Football – maybe nonsensical and silly humor made by the football pundits (who, lets face it, aren’t really funny to begin with), of which I usually don’t mind. However, there was one skit that definitely didn’t make me laugh, but rather cringe in disgust.

During the pre-game coverage of the Dallas Cowboys – Kansas City Chiefs match on Sunday, Fox NFL Sunday and Burger King showed a rather tasteless skit that featured Dallas Cowboys players Jason Whitten and Marion Barber along with and the Cowboys’ coach, Wade Phillips in the locker room taking cheap shots at quarterback Tony Romo and his weak performance on the field lately. Except, all of the rips and insults had nothing to do with Romo, but rather about his ex-girlfriend, Jessica Simpson and her supposed weight gain.

I can see how some people would find this funny. After all, the target demographic of 18-34 year old men who are tuning in for football are going to have a fratastic sense of humor. But the bigger hilarity in this is not only the irony that Simpson’s weight is in much better shape than the majority of American women (and not to mention, most of Americans themselves), but the fact that a fast food chain like Burger King would even dare make weight jokes in a skit that is sponsored by them. Isn’t that a huge oxymoron? That’s not even funny – that’s just plain dumb.

You can watch a shaky version of the video on YouTube: Fox NFL Sunday/Burger King skit.

- Sabina for AMP3 Public Relations