Music on radio -- what's hot, what's not

No one listens to the radio anymore -- or that's what we're led to believe since iPods and downloads are all the rage. But the industry does still compile radio charts, and they're just as interesting as those that tell what songs are downloaded most often from iTunes.

Here are this week's lists, thanks to McClatchy News Service:

(Number in parentheses is a record’s position on previous chart; D denotes a debut; B indicates album or song breaking into the charts.)
Radio & Records’ “National Airplay Overview” charts for week ending Sept. 7, 2007:

CONTEMPORARY HIT RADIO (TOP 40)
1 (2) TIMBALAND f/ KERI HILSON The Way I Are (Mosley/Blackground/Interscope)
2 (1) FERGIE Big Girls Don’t Cry (will.i.am/A&M/Interscope)
3 (3) PLAIN WHITE T’S Hey There Delilah (Hollywood)
4 (5) PINK Who Knew (LaFace/Zomba)
5 (4) ELLIOTT YAMIN Wait For You (Hickory)
6 (6) JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Lovestoned (Jive/Zomba)
7 (8) NICKELBACK Rockstar (Roadrunner/Atlantic/Lava)
8 (11) BOYS LIKE GIRLS The Great Escape (Columbia
9 (10) T-PAIN f/ AKON Bartender (Konvict/Nappy Boy/Jive/Zomba)
10 (13) AVRIL LAVIGNE When You’re Gone (RCA/RMG)
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URBAN
1 (3) SOULJA BOY Crank That (Soulja Boy) (Collipark/Interscope)
2 (1) KEYSHIA COLE f/ MISSY ELLIOTT & LIL’ KIM Let It Go (Imani/Geffen)
3 (2) PLIES f/ T-PAIN Shawty (Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic)
4 (4) J. HOLIDAY Bed (Music Line/Capitol)
5 (5) FABOLOUS f/ NE-YO Make Me Better (Desert Storm/Def Jam/IDJMG)
6 (7) JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Until The End Of Time (Jive/Zomba)
7 (6) NE-YO Do You (Def Jam/IDJMG)
8 (14) 50 CENT I Get Money (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)
9 (8) T-PAIN f/ AKON Bartender (Konvict/Nappy Boy/Jive/Zomba)
10 (12) T.I. f/WYCLEF JEAN You Know What It Is (Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
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COUNTRY
1 (-) GARTH BROOKS More Than A Memory (Pearl/Big Machine)
2 (1) RODNEY ATKINS These Are My People (Curb)
3 (4) RASCAL FLATTS Take Me There (Lyric Street)
4 (2) REBA MCENTIRE w/ KELLY CLARKSON Because of You (MCA Nashville)
5 (5) BROOKS & DUNN Proud of the House We Built (Arista Nashville)
6 (6) TOBY KEITH Love Me If You Can (Show Dog Nashville)
7 (7) LUKE BRYAN All My Friends Say (Capitol Nashville)
8 (3) KENNY CHESNEY Never Wanted Nothing More (BNA)
9 (8) BRAD PAISLEY Online (Arista Nashville)
10 (9) SUGARLAND Everyday America (Mercury)
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ADULT CONTEMPORARY (LIGHT ROCK)
1 (1) DAUGHTRY Home (RCA/RMG)
2 (4) FERGIE Big Girls Don’t Cry (Will.I.Am/A&M/Interscope)
3 (2) MICHAEL BUBLE Everything (143/Reprise)
4 (3) GWEN STEFANI f/ AKON The Sweet Escape (Interscope)
5 (6) JOHN MAYER Waiting On The World To Change (Aware/Columbia)
6 (7) CARRIE UNDERWOOD Before He Cheats (Arista/Arista Nashville/RMG)
7 (5) FRAY How To Save A Life (Epic)
8 (8) SNOW PATROL Chasing Cars (Polydor/A&M/Interscope)
9 (10) BON JOVI (You Want To) Make A Memory (Mercury/Island/IDJMG)
10 (12) PLAIN WHITE T’S Hey There Delilah (Fearless/Hollywood)
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ROCK
1 (1) OZZY OSBOURNE I Don’t Wanna Stop (Epic)
2 (4) FINGER ELEVEN Paralyzer (Wind-up)
3 (5) LINKIN PARK What I’ve Done (Machine Shop/Warner Bros)
4 (3) VELVET REVOLVER She Builds Quick Machines (RCA/RMG)
5 (2) DAUGHTRY What I Want (RCA/RMG)
6 (10) KID ROCK So Hott (Top Dog/Atlantic)
7 (8) PUDDLE OF MUDD Famous (Flawless/Geffen)
8 (9) THREE DAYS GRACE Never Too Late (Jive/Zomba)
9 (7) FOO FIGHTERS The Pretender (Roswell/RCA/RMG)
10 (6) PAPA ROACH Forever (El Tonal/Geffen)
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ALTERNATIVE
1 (1) FOO FIGHTERS The Pretender (Roswell/RCA/RMG)
2 (2) LINKIN PARK Bleed It Out (Warner Bros.)
3 (3) FINGER ELEVEN Paralyzer (Wind-up)
4 (5) THREE DAYS GRACE Never Too Late (Jive/Zomba)
5 (4) WHITE STRIPES Icky Thump (Warner Bros.)
6 (7) MUSE Supermassive Black Hole (Warner Bros.)
7 (10) PARAMORE Misery Business (Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic/Lava)
8 (6) LINKIN PARK What I’ve Done (Machine Shop/Warner Bros)
9 (8) INCUBUS Oil And Water (Immortal/Epic)
10 (9) SICK PUPPIES All The Same (RMR/Virgin)