American Top 40 November 28th 2010

[jasonharper2004]

American Top 40 Weekend Of November 28th 2010

Hosted By Ryan Seacrest
AT40.com

Last week Top 3
#3: Usher Feat Pitbull "DJ Got Us Fallin In Love"
#2: Bruno Mars "Just The Way You Are"
#1: Nelly "Just A Dream"

-- #40 (01) Edward Maya Feat Vika Jigulina "Stereo Love"
36 #39 (32) Usher Feat Will.I.am "OMG"
32 #38 (23) Jason Derulo "Riding Solo"
37 #37 (03) David Guetta Feat Kid Cudi "Memories"
31 #36 (19) Maroon 5 "Misery"
39 #35 (02) Bruno Mars "Grenade"
Breakout: Black Eyed Peas "The Time (Dirty Bit)"
34 #34 (02) Jason DeRulo "What If"
40 #33 (02) Akon "Angel"
33 #32 (37) Taio Cruz Feat Ludacris "Break Your Heart"
29 #31 (06) Usher Feat Jay Z "Hot Tottie"
Optional Extra: Jesse McCartney "Beautiful Soul"
30 #30 (08) Sean Kingston Feat Nicki Minaj "Letting Go (Dutty Love)"
28 #29 (27) Katy Perry Feat Snoop Dogg "California Gurls"
35 #28 (02) Rihanna Feat Drake "What's My Name?"
Extra: Good Charlotte "It's Her Birthday"
27 #27 (04) Sara Bareilles "King Of Anything"
26 #26 (27) B.O.B. Feat Haley Williams "Airplanes"
20 #25 (14) Train "If It's Love"
25 #24 (07) Daughtry "September"
17 #23 (13) Taylor Swift "Mine"
22 #22 (17) Ke$ha "Take It Off"
21 #21 (28) Mike Posner Feat Big Sean "Cooler than Me"
Optional Extra: No Doubt Feat Bounty Killer "Hey Baby"
24 #20 (05) Jesse McCartney "Shake"
23 #19 (07) Will.I.am Feat Nicki Minaj "Check It Out"
18 #18 (17) OneRepublic "Secrets"
14 #17 (19) Eminem Feat Rihanna "Love The Way You Lie
19 #16 (03) Ke$ha "We R Who We R"
16 #15 (10) The Ready Set "Love Like Woe"
15 #14 (03) Katy Perry "Fireworks"
13 #13 (05) Trey Songz Feat Nicki Minaj "Bottom, Up"
12 #12 (07) Mike Posner "Please Don't Go"
11 #11 (24) Enriquie Iglesias Feat Pitbull "I Like It"
Optional Extra: B.O.B. Feat Bruno Mars "Nothin On You"
08 #10 (20) Taio Cruz "Dynamite"
09 #09 (13) Neon Trees "Animal"
07 #08 (15) Flo Rida Feat David Guetta "Club Can't Handle Me"
10 #07 (05) P!nk "Raise Your Glass"
06 #06 (15) Katy Perry "Teenage Dream"
03 #05 (17) Usher Feat Pitbull "DJ Got Us Fallin In Love"
05 #04 (10) Far*East Movement "Like A G6"
04 #03 (10) Rihanna "Only Girl (In the World)"
Optional Extra: Lady Gaga "Poker Face"
02 #02 (15) Bruno Mars "Just The Way You Are"
01 #01 (14) Nelly "Just A Dream"
2 Weeks @#1

Off the Charts:
#38 (30) Travie McCoy Feat Bruno Mars "Billionaire"

[jasonharper2004]

Thanks for info

[Arnold]

??? What is the poll asking? I can't make any sense out of it.

[jasonharper2004]

at dou think Of AT 40 This Weekend

[Arnold]

Nov 27, 2010 15:31:09 GMT -5 jasonharper2004 said:

at dou think Of AT 40 This Weekend

It still doesn't make any sense to me. Do you mean "what do you think of AT 40 this weekend"?
Does the percent represent a rating, such that if I voted 100% it would mean I totally approve of the show, and 50% mean that I only like 50% of the show, and 0% mean that I don't like any of the show?

[Lozzy]

^^ I can't make sense out of the poll either.

[Deleted]

As a personal request, would you mind please not posting a poll for these threads? I'm really #hereforstatsonly and I'd only care about a poll about this if I was in the polling booth.

[richie]

No non-optional extras after #21 or #11. And only one new entry and one breakout. Slow week.

[Arnold]

I voted 40%, because I think the show should only be a countdown of the top 40 records, according to the mediabase chart, with recurrents removed. There should be no interviews or gossip talk. All records should be played in full, with no talk during the beginnings or endings of the records. He should give the name and artist and position number of every song before and after each one is played. Breakouts are ok, but there should be no other extra songs played; all music played should be current music, nothing from the past. The show should conform to what Casey Kasem intended when he created the show.

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

What a boring, dry show that would be. And I LOVE Casey Kasem and his layout of AT40.

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

What a boring, dry show that would be. And I LOVE Casey Kasem and his layout of AT40.

[friday]

Dec 2, 2010 16:57:14 GMT -5 Arnold said:

I voted 40%, because I think the show should only be a countdown of the top 40 records, according to the mediabase chart, with recurrents removed. There should be no interviews or gossip talk. All records should be played in full, with no talk during the beginnings or endings of the records. He should give the name and artist and position number of every song before and after each one is played. Breakouts are ok, but there should be no other extra songs played; all music played should be current music, nothing from the past. The show should conform to what Casey Kasem intended when he created the show.

So you're against Long Distance Dedications as well? It's not like extras were an invention of the Seacrest era. Even on the first American Top 40, I think four to six extras from the past five years were played. I think you'd be hard-pressed to find an AT40 episode where no other songs besides those in the top 40 were played.

And interviews are OK, but I just think should stay within relevant musical guests, rather than anyone and everyone in the pop zeitgeist. I agree that simply reciting the name, artist and, position between songs and nothing else wouldn't be much to keep listeners coming back each week.

[Lozzy]

arnold, I agree with you about no gossip but I WANT MY RECURRENTS!

[Arnold]

Dec 2, 2010 21:51:16 GMT -5 Devil Marlena Nylund said:

What a boring, dry show that would be. And I LOVE Casey Kasem and his layout of AT40.

Dec 2, 2010 22:08:32 GMT -5 friday said:

I agree that simply reciting the name, artist and, position between songs and nothing else wouldn't be much to keep listeners coming back each week.

I forgot to say that I would also welcome comments about the music and recording artists, and music trivia. And I also miss Casey Kasem. He knew how to do it right.

[johnnywest]

Dec 3, 2010 12:46:40 GMT -5 Arnold said:

Dec 2, 2010 21:51:16 GMT -5 Devil Marlena Nylund said:

What a boring, dry show that would be. And I LOVE Casey Kasem and his layout of AT40.

Dec 2, 2010 22:08:32 GMT -5 friday said:

I agree that simply reciting the name, artist and, position between songs and nothing else wouldn't be much to keep listeners coming back each week.

I forgot to say that I would also welcome comments about the music and recording artists, and music trivia. And I also miss Casey Kasem. He knew how to do it right.

Yeah, I miss Casey too.

Casey was really good about saying whether a song moved up, down or held.

[Arnold]

Dec 2, 2010 22:08:32 GMT -5 friday said:

So you're against Long Distance Dedications as well? It's not like extras were an invention of the Seacrest era. Even on the first American Top 40, I think four to six extras from the past five years were played.

I'm not against Long Distance Dedications, as long as the music is current. I feel that non-current music is irrelevant to the basic purpose of the show.

[Top 40 Tracker]

You are correct. Casey Kasem set the standard. Although most of you may not like Rick Dees' show, I believe Rick's show has remained the most structured through the years.

The only problem with his show is that no one knows how his songs are ranked and that he can never get his facts straight in regards to what songs actually hit number one, for how long, and the simple things like how a song moved from the previous week. His show contains too many simple errors, otherwise, it's structure and format is still great.

[johnm1120]

Dec 2, 2010 16:57:14 GMT -5 Arnold said:

I voted 40%, because I think the show should only be a countdown of the top 40 records, according to the mediabase chart, with recurrents removed. There should be no interviews or gossip talk. All records should be played in full, with no talk during the beginnings or endings of the records. He should give the name and artist and position number of every song before and after each one is played. Breakouts are ok, but there should be no other extra songs played; all music played should be current music, nothing from the past. The show should conform to what Casey Kasem intended when he created the show.

I don't mind having breakouts. What I do mind is that songs stay on the chart for a year, and when they finally do fall off, they get played as extras. Not to mention Seacrest's theory that more that one debut per week would alienate the audience is annoying.

[Lozzy]

^^ I don't get this >1 breakout argument. Just about every song that should make the top 40, looking at the chart with recurrents of course, makes it - so why complain like this? It continuously baffles me. I think his aim is to stick to familar songs as much as possible, as he thinks that listeners would rather their favourite songs than possible future contenders. I don't mind this.

[Arson]

I'm always sick of recurrents, because they've already been played to death. I didn't know that's his theory, but I would have thought he would want listeners exposed to more new music, giving more artists a chance. But it is the safe way, and most radio stations do tend to repeat the same songs every two hours or so... they're afraid people will turn away when they hear a song they don't recognize.

What I miss most about Casey Kasem, which is missing with Ryan Seacrest, are the numbers, stats and chart connections (risers and droppers, weeks on, previous record holders, how many songs by female artists vs. bands this week, etc.) I don't mind interviews and breakouts. I wish AT40 would do some of the Rick Dees stuff, like playing song clips based on themes (eg. other songs that mention "Girl" or "Dream" in the title that have charted in the past), which allows some nostalgia while keeping it focused on current songs. Combine all that, and it would be the ideal countdown structure for me.

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

To be honest, when listening to Casey's version back in the day, I always wished that he did add in more featured. I'd have liked interview snippets, a version of a "breakout" or "sneak peak", a flashback song and other random extras aside from the Long Distant Dedications, which I often didn't care for because it was always Wind Beneath My Wings, Hero, Hero, I Will Always Love You or Everything I Do I Do It For You.

I liked Casey's talking between songs and stuff but sometimes a bit of variety in the way of extras would have been welcome. I think he could have made the show a bit "hipper" while keeping the purpose of counting down the hits.

[Arson]

I can't say I liked Long Distance Dedications either. The main thing I wanted him to add were song clips like Rick Dees did. He did tons of extras on AT20, but I usually lost my patience when they strayed away from the countdown, unless it was for new music.

[Lozzy]

Dec 4, 2010 19:49:26 GMT -5 Arson said:

I'm always sick of recurrents, because they've already been played to death. I didn't know that's his theory, but I would have thought he would want listeners exposed to more new music, giving more artists a chance. But it is the safe way, and most radio stations do tend to repeat the same songs every two hours or so... they're afraid people will turn away when they hear a song they don't recognize.

So am I. For the most part, I'm generally sick of any song by the time it makes the top 10. But yes, radio will always choose to play it safe, they don't think of helping out new music, their listeners have the highest importance. Personally, if I had more than one station to choose from, and I was having the radio on with some friends or something and a random new song comes on, I may well change the dial. While I myself would rather hear new music, I totally understand the radio's theory, and I think that if they want to keep up the ratings, that's the best way to go.