Week of Oct. 18

Four new entries in this week's Top 40 include three acts that have been fairly consistent in popularity this decade: Five for Fighting, Joss Stone and Angie Stone.

Five for Fighting, the act that boils down to singer-songwriter John Ondrasik, had its biggest hit with its debut album "America Town" and its No. 1 singles "Superman (It's Not Easy)" and "Something About You." The act has had lesser success with "100 Years" and "The Riddle." "Chances," which enters at No. 35, is fittingly from the fifth album for Five for Fighting, "Slice."

"I Ain't Hearing U," new at No. 34, is the 13th hit this decade for neo-soul singer Angie Stone. Actually, though her initial successes squarely fit in the neo-soul definition, such as her No. 1 hits from 2000 "No More Rain (in This Cloud)" and "Heaven Help," Angie Stone has had more success in recent years with dance material. "I Ain't Hearing U" is more along the lines of her dance hits.

Joss Stone, no relation to Angie, is a Brit-soul singer who has had success this decade with a bluesier, Southern-soul style. "Free Me," this week's highest entry at No. 32, falls in that vein as well. It's the first single from her new album "Colour Me Free."

The last of the new entries this week is at No. 33. "If You Only Knew" is the rock band Shinedown's follow-up to their smash from earlier this year, "Second Chance."

Up at the top of the charts, it looks like Barbra Streisand is pushing for her first No. 1 hit in almost 30 (!) years with her version of the Sinatra standard "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning." The Diana Krall-produced song from her latest album sprints 9-3. If she does get to the top, it'll mark her first time there since "Guilty" featuring Barry Gibb spent a single week at No. 1 in 1981. The closest she's been since then was in 2000, when "If I Didn't Love You" went to No. 2.