Katy Perry stays cool atop summer song list

Katy Perry

Katy Perry

Katy Perry

Katy Perry

Though Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” was knocked out of the top spot of the Hot 100 this week, it maintains a comfortable lead atop Billboard’s Summer Songs 2010 tally, as its six weeks at No. 1 on the big chart fell within the summer tracking period.

Meanwhile, this week’s new Hot 100 No. 1 — “Love the Way You Lie,” by Eminem featuring Rihanna — enters the Summer Songs top 10 all the way at No. 5, bumping his own “Not Afraid” out of the recap.

For the first time, Billboard has been running a weekly chart updating the race for the Summer Song of the year, based on Hot 100 performance from Memorial Day to Labor Day.

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