In this week of stasis--nothing new in the top ten, with just the slightest shuffling amongst the top four--here are a few statistics to sum up the year so far. Among the songs that have made the top ten this year (that is, not counting "Low", which ruled for the first 10 weeks or so), there have been five number ones. All five of them are still on the chart, four of them in the top four spots. Each spent virtually no time in the lower reaches of the charts--once they were available for download, they went straight to the top. All, except "X Factor" winner Leona Lewis, were already established stars. Every one of them is mediocre at best. In fact, though this week's top ten doesn't come close to being the worst of the oughts, it might well be the most meh. The only song I can bring myself to hate is "Bleeding Love", with "Damaged" a distant second. The rest I struggle to pay attention to, but don't seem worthy of outright dislike. That goes for almost every song to make the top ten this year. In February I thought the chart was depressing, but now it's worse. Now it's just boring.