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Blame It on the Girls in the United States. It was a big hit in Japan where it hit #1 for a week. It is only the second international single to hit #1 in the Japanese Hot 100, provided by Billboard, after Leona Lewis's 2008 hit, "Bleeding Love". However, on its week of release it failed to crack the Top 40 in the UK, and only charted at #72, exactly the same as his last single "Rain"s peak position, making "Blame It on the Girls" his second consecutive single to miss the UK Top 40. Blame It on the Girls "Blame It on the Girls"