American Top 40 - November 11, 2006

That certainly is shocking.

Nice to see Brooke jump to 30

Nickelback was screwed out of a #1.

They don't get #1, but at least they get 3 songs played.

Well, this is definitely a first, for two factors - AT40 gets a song that never hit #1 in R&R and a song that hit #1 in R&R gets shafted by AT40. In the near-three year period that Ryan Seacrest has been hosting AT40, this has never happened before. In fact, for the first year and a half, the number one songs between AT40 and the R&R chart from the previous week had been the same.

This chart looks closest to the October 27, 2006 R&R chart.

A few weeks ago, I did a chart commentary. Here is another one:

Only one debut this week, and it's a strong one - "Fergalicious" by Fergie featuring Will.i.am roars onto the chart at #29. It's two spots lower on the corresponding chart, but on the chart for the week after, it jumps into the Top 20. Wouldn't be surprised to see it do the same on AT40. The song that drops off is "I Can't Hate You Anymore" by Nick Lachey, which is at #33 on the matching R&R chart. *GROIN* That wasn't even one of the recurrents!

Songs still on AT40 that have since moved to recurrent on the October 27 R&R chart:
#22: Over My Head (Cable Car)/The Fray
#24: Me & U/Cassie
#31: Move Along/All-American Rejects
#38: Ridin'/Chamillionaire f/Krayzie Bone
#39: Savin' Me/Nickelback
#40: Hips Don't Lie/Shakira f/Wyclef Jean

Songs on the R&R chart that have not yet made it onto AT40:
#32: Waiting On The World To Change/John Mayer (this week's Breakout Track)
#38: When You Were Young/The Killers
#39: It Ends Tonight/All-American Rejects
#40: I Know You See It/Yung Joc f/Brandy "Ms. B" Hambrick (this song looks to be out of the running to hit the chart, since it falls to #40, without a bullet.)

Songs still on the R&R chart that have since dropped off the AT40 chart:
#33: I Can't Hate You Anymore/Nick Lachey (drops off this week)
#35: Chain Hang Low/Jibbs (fell off last week)

Biggest mover:
#15: Smack That/Akon f/Eminem (up 9)

Biggest dropper:
#37: Maneater/Nelly Furtado (down 11; strangely enough, it makes the same drop on the November 3 R&R chart. Go figure!)

Oldest song on the survey:
#39: Savin' Me/Nickelback (34 weeks)
(Honorable mention goes to "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira f/Wyclef Jean, which has 33 weeks so far. Hopefully, that's it!

And we've already discussed the #1 situation - JoJo managed to beat Nickelback to the punch. Johnser mentioned Hinder not getting #1 either. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised to see "Money Maker" or maybe even "My Love" leapfrog over "Lips Of An Angel" as soon as next week!

Not sure why everyone's up in arms about this. I don't think the chart was "manipulated" in any way.

Looking at the Mediabase chart for 10/27 (which this chart seems to resemble closest), JoJo was only about 170 spins from #1 by the final update. In fact, I believe she even hit #1 for an update or two the next day. Given such a narrow margin, AT40's different reporting panel and, most likely, a different tracking period, all these factors could've created just enough variance to give JoJo a slight edge.

As for why Nickelback wasn't #1 last week, one need only look at the 10/20 final update to note that Nickelback was ahead by less then 150 spins. It's not hard to believe that they could've missed out, because the same factors were in play.

People think Nickelback were "screwed". I don't think so. The numbers just happened to be very tight during the two weeks they topped the Mediabase chart. By the 11/3 final update, there was a bit more breathing room near the top. I think Hinder will, most certainly, take over next week.

I  wouldn't be surprised if Nickelback only spent 1 week at #1 on R&R, but to spend consecutive weeks there and JT getting 2 more weeks at #1?  I don't like it.  I know I'm being biased since I love "Far Away", especially since I was waiting in anticipation for almost a year for it to chart since buying the album.

I guess I'm just bitter that the only song to hit #1 on R&R and not AT40 is the one song I love the most since they stopped using R&R :( 

Not every station carries both countdowns (I know mine doesn't). And, as mentioned above, it's possible that the shows have different tracking periods. Hollywood Hamilton may use Monday to Sunday, and AT40 may use Wednesday to Tuesday (just as an example). Also already mentioned, consider how close the top three songs were in spins on the "official" Mediabase chart recently (around the time that Jojo hit #1 on a mid-week update... there was less than 200 spins separating #1 from #3). It's really not surprising that there's a shuffling of positions there, even with only minor panel differences.

^ There ya go! It's not that hard to understand, right?

Staff: 'Dang boss, this 3 way race for #1 is too close...its gonna take awhile to research this boss!'
Ryan: 'NO overtime, we can't afford that s**t!'
Staff: 'What we gonna do boss? We go live soon!'
Ryan: 'Hmm..Ok whoever I can reach gets #1 this week!'
Staff: 'Good idea boss!'
**Ryan calls Chad from Nickelback**
Ryan: 'Damn, those #%@ers never answer my calls! Call Jojo!'
Jojo: 'Hello?'
Ryan: 'Sweet, congratulations Jojo, your song is #1!'
Jojo: 'Yay!'
Ryan: 'Yes Congratulations...so does that mean I can date your mom yet?'

Yes, the phone call to JoJo this week makes this a strong case for some number fudging or use of a dartboard.  Without a published chart, we will never know the truth & staff members will not show any data to prove JoJo really was #1.  It's just another nail in the coffin for "real" chart fans.

Hmmm... the song that AT40 snubbs for #1 is the same song that KIIS refused to add.

Macadamia or Filbert?


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Ryan didn't mention it on the show. It's just part of my commentary for the show.