Brown's 'Kiss' Still Sweet Atop Hot 100

Chris Brown's "Kiss Kiss" featuring T-Pain is No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a second week and is also the chart's greatest airplay gainer. Timbaland's "Apologize" featuring OneRepublic remains at No. 2, while Alicia Keys' "No One" inches up 4-3 while starting a fourth week atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

On the Hot 100, Soulja Boy's "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" is down 3-4, while Colbie Caillat's "Bubbly" holds at No. 5 and Kanye West's "Stronger" stays put at No. 6. Baby Bash's "Cyclone" featuring T-Pain trades places with West's "Good Life" (also featuring T-Pain) with a 7-8 climb.

Rihanna's "Hate That I Love You" featuring Ne-Yo remains at No. 9 and Timbaland's "The Way I Are" featuring Keri Hilson sticks at No. 10. The chart's greatest digital gainer is Finger Eleven's "Paralyzer," which jumps 18-14. The track sold 56,000 downloads, an improvement of 17,000 units.

In a week when her new Jive album, "Blackout," debuts at No. 2 on The Billboard 200, Britney Spears has the week's top debut with "Piece of Me" at No. 65. The set's first single, "Gimme More," rebounds 16-13 as well.

On Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Keyshia Cole's "Shoulda Let You Go" featuring Amina increases 12-10 to become her sixth top 10 hit. Cole also has that chart's top debut at No. 53 with "I Remember."
Kenny Chesney's "Don't Blink" is No. 1 on Hot Country Songs for a fourth week, and Martina McBride has the chart's top debut at No. 48 with "For These Times." On the Modern Rock tally, the Foo Fighters begin a 12th week at No. 1 with "The Pretender" but are dethroned after six weeks atop Mainstream Rock by Seether's "Fake It."

Artist Update: Goo Goo Dolls

"The Goo Goo Dolls Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 -- The Singles" comes out Nov. 13, featuring 14 chart entries since "Name" gave the band its first Hot 100 berth in 1995. The album includes chart-toppers such as "Iris" and "Slide" as well as "Before It's Too Late (Sam and Mikaela's Theme)" from the "Transformers" film soundtrack. A "Vol. 2" is slated for February with B-sides, rarities, remixes and some new tracks.

By that time, Rzeznik tells Billboard.com, the Goos should be back in their Buffalo, N.Y., studio working on the follow-up to 2006's "Let Love In."

"I'm going into the studio in Buffalo in January and gonna hang out there until the record's done, which will probably be, like, June," Rzeznik says. He has "maybe six or eight (song) ideas floating around in my head," as well as a concrete idea of how he wants the album to sound.

"I want the next record to have a little more of an edge on it," Rzeznik explains. "I don't want the rough edges taken off so much. The band's gonna play live on it more, not so many overdubs. When we were on tour we recorded every single show and we would listen back, and the difference between the band on record and the band live was ... I want it to sound more like we do live. It's a lot more energy. It's a more aggressive sound."

Rzeznik says he'd also like the Goos to work with "a tougher producer" this time around, listing Gil Norton, Tim Palmer and Rich Costey (The Kills) among those who could push the band.

"We've learned so much from so many great people," Rzeznik says, "working with Rob Cavallo and Glen Ballard, Jack Joseph Puig and all those guys. I just think sometimes the albums may be a little too polished. I don't want to give you the idea I'm about to make a metal record or something; I still want to have good songwriting on the record, but I want some more muscle this time, too."

The Goos have one more show scheduled for this year, on New Year's Eve in Las Vegas.

source: Billboard Music News