The No.1 and 2 songs of the top 10 singles on the Billboard Charts are by Asian-American artists:
1. Bruno Mars
(Peter Gene Hernandez) is a Filipino-American-Puerto Rican singer-songwriter debut his album "Doo-Wops & Hooligans
" last October 4, 2010. His first single "Just The Way You Are
" top the #1 Billboard Hot 100 Charts. He also collaborated the songs Flo Rida's "Right Round"
and "Billionaire"
by Travie McCoy.
2. Far East Movement
is a multi-ethnic Asian group composed of Korean's Prohgress and J-Splif, Japanese's Kev Nish and Filipino's DJ Virman debut their single "Like A G6"
, which was part of McDonald's commercial hit the #2 spot in Billboard Hot 100.
They also released a single "Round Round
", which was part of the movie soundtrack of "Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift
, CSI: Miami
, Entourage
and Finishing The Game
.
3. Wonder Girls is a Korean female group composed of Sun, Yenny, So-Hee, Yu-Bin and Lim formed in 2007. In 2009, their hit single "Nobody
" became the first Korean song to enter in a Billboard Hot 100.
4. Jay Sean
(Kamaljit Singh Jhooti) is a British-Indian singer-songwriter was first part of the group Rishi Rich
back in 2003. In 2009, he signed a record deal to Cash Money Records. His first debut single "Down"
topped the Billboard Hot 100, making him the first solo artist of South Asian origin to hit #1.
His succeeding single "Do You Remember
" entered the Top 10 of Billboard Hot 100 selling millions of copies worldwide.
5. Charice
known as Sunshine Corazon in the hit TV musical Glee released her debut album "Charice
" in May 11, 2010. Her first single "Pyramid
" featuring Iyaz hit the #1 spot in Billboard Dance/Club category.
6. 2NE1
is an all-female Korean pop group composed of CL, Bom, Dara and Minzy released their second album "To Anyone
" this October popping #7 in the Billboard World Album Charts category.





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