This week we take a look athow local songs fared on the charts. Unfortunately, this is the very firsttime, that there isn’t a single local (Singapore) song on the charts.Electrico’s What Do You See didn’teven make it to the bubbling under section, despite being the official themesong for this year’s National Day Parade. The likes of Mark Bonafide, Richard Jensen, and Wicked Aura Batucada didn’t fare any better.

However we do have songs from other Asian countries charting on the top 20. Such as Zee Avi’s Bitter Heart, and more significantly,Wonder Girl’s Nobody. Neither ofthem was able to top the charts, with the latter going the closest, by peakingat number 2, spending 8 weeks on the charts.

Next, we take a look atsongs which were bubbling unders, but failed to make it to the top 20.

Official Girl – Cassie ftLil Wayne
Greatest Day – Take That
Best of Me – Daniel Powter
Ulysses – Franz Ferdinand
Crack A Bottle – Eminem ftDr Dre & 50 Cent
Bottle Pop – The PussycatDoll ft Snoop Dogg (3)
Your Call – SecondhandSerenade
Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?– The Offsprings
Eh Eh (Nothing Else I CanSay) – Lady GaGa
I Can’t Wait Forever –Simple Plan
Permanent – David Cook
Knock You Down – KeriHilson ft Kanye West
Before The Worst – TheScript
Red – Daniel Merriweather
New In Town – Little Boots
Fallin’ For You – ColbieCailat (2)
Jump – Flo Rida ft NellyFurtado
The Wind Blows – AllAmerican Rejects
She’s A Genius – Jet
Future Love – KristinaDeBarge
I Wana Know What Love Is –Mariah Carey
S.O.S (Let The Music Play)– Jordin Sparks

This year, a total of 22songs bubbled, but were unable to make it to the actual top 20. This is 5 lessthen last year’s figure of 27. Significant songs, which didn’t chart, includesEminem’s Crack A Bottle. This isalso probably the first time none of his singles from an album were able tochart, which includes Beautiful, aswell as We Made You. Lady GaGa’s Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) is alsothe only single released from her Fame Album, which didn’t hit number one in Singapore.

Bottle Pop by the Pussycat Dolls bubbled thrice on the charts, but wereunable to make it to the actual top 20. They bubbled the first time on 27March, followed by on 10 April, then finally on 22 May. Colbie Cailat’s Fallin’ For You made two appearances onthe bubbling under, as it was denied a spot in the top20.

There were also songs whichtopped the US, UK charts, but failed to dothe same for the Singapore one. They include songs,such as Down by Jay Sean ft LilWayne which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, but could only peak atnumber 5 on the top 20. Crack A Bottlealso topped the Hot 100, but didn’t even appear on the top 20. Watcha Say by Jason DeRulo didn’t evenbubble. Gives You Hell top the AT40 for 3 weeks, but could only peak at number2 here in Singapore.

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