American Top 40 (HotAC Version) - May 12, 2007

[KelownaGuy20]

Boring chart.

AMERICAN TOP 40 (HOT AC VERSION) - MAY 12, 2007
TW LW WK Artist - Title
40  40  (22) Five For Fighting - World
39  31  (08) Paolo Nutini - New Shoes
38  29  (18) The Wreckers - Leave The Pieces
AT40 Break Out:  Bon Jovi - (You Want To) Make A Memory
37  37  (38) Augustana - Boston
36  36  (03) Mika - Grace Kelly
35  35  (73) The Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car)
34  34  (05) The Killers - Read My Mind
33  39  (03) Mat Kearney - Undeniable
32  32  (28) The Goo Goo Dolls - Let Love In
31  38  (02) KT Tunstall - Other Side Of The World
Optional Extra:  Liz Phair - Why Can't I?
30  28  (06) Lily Allen - Smile
29  30  (04) Gym Class Heroes featuring Patrick Stump - Cupid's Chokehold
28  25  (29) Rob Thomas - Streetcorner Symphony
AT40 Extra:  Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
27  24  (10) Fall Out Boy - This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race
26  26  (17) Beyoncé - Irreplaceable
25  21  (36) Hinder - Lips Of An Angel
24  33  (02) Kelly Clarkson - Never Again
23  22  (40) Nickelback - Far Away
22  27  (07) Rocco DeLuca & The Burden - Colorful
21  15  (21) The All-American Rejects - It Ends Tonight
Optional Extra:  Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten
20  17  (46) Mat Kearney - Nothing Left To Lose
19  18  (34) KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See
18  20  (06) Hinder - Better Than Me
17  23  (03) Daughtry - Home
16  19  (16) Pink - U + Ur Hand
15  14  (23) Blue October - Into The Ocean
14  16  (10) Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around.../...Comes Around
13  13  (43) John Mayer - Waiting On The World To Change
12  12  (12) The Fray - Look After You
11  10  (21) Avril Lavigne - Keep Holding On
Optional Extra:  My Chemical Romance - Welcome To The Black Parade
10  11  (13) John Mayer - Gravity
09  07  (42) Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
08  08  (40) The Fray - How To Save A Life
07  09  (12) Carrie Underwood - Before He Cheats
06  07  (04) Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder
05  05  (12) Rob Thomas - Little Wonders
04  04  (18) Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
03  03  (12) Gwen Stefani featuring Akon - The Sweet Escape
Optional Extra:  JoJo - Too Little Too Late
02  01  (18) Daughtry - It's Not Over
01  02  (15) Nickelback - If Everyone Cared *1 week @ no. 1*


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[mst3k]

kelownaguy19 said:

Boring chart.

Hee... perfect analysis.

[Johnser]

mst3k1 said:

kelownaguy19 said:

Boring chart.

Hee... perfect analysis.

I guess so! Just when will Over My Head die on this format?????????

[KelownaGuy20]

johnser said:

mst3k1 said:

Hee... perfect analysis.

I guess so! Just when will Over My Head die on this format?????????

It's the new "You and Me"!

[Kid Pulse]

kelownaguy19 said:

johnser said:

I guess so! Just when will Over My Head die on this format?????????

It's the new "You and Me"!

Yeah someone should make a poll on that. And how in the world is this a boring chart???

BTW, is this better than AT20? I'm becoming more open to the idea of a full top-40 chart. Is it a 4-hour countdown?

[Johnser]

Yes, it is a 4-hour countdown. It wouldn't be bad if they actually went to using the Mediabase 24/7 chart instead of a chart that includes year and a half old recurrents. I know it basically is a Mediabase 24/7 charts that includes recurrents, but come on!

[tico]

kelownaguy19 said:

johnser said:

I guess so! Just when will Over My Head die on this format?????????

It's the new "You and Me"!

Geez...even the AC chart moves quicker than this.

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

I would think the roles would be reversed and the chart that appeared in publication would be the *true* accurate chart, with no recurrent rule, while the chart that aired on the radio would be one that removed older songs in order to keep people interested. I mean, there's nothing wrong with older songs but when more than half the chart consists of songs 6+ months old, you know it's stale.

[musicfanpete]

themaxonline said:

I would think the roles would be reversed and the chart that appeared in publication would be the *true* accurate chart, with no recurrent rule, while the chart that aired on the radio would be one that removed older songs in order to keep people interested. I mean, there's nothing wrong with older songs but when more than half the chart consists of songs 6+ months old, you know it's stale.

The problem with Hot AC recurrents are that these are the biggest hit songs that almost every station is still playing 15 to 20 times a week, a year or more from when they were first released. Some of the hottest new songs that have not hit the top 20 yet may be getting 10 to 20 plays on half the stations, which is considerably less combined plays than the recurrent songs get. That's why the chart moves so slowly when recurrents are left on, because stations are much more slow to add new songs than their CHR counterparts. Plus the heaviest played currents get two to three times the number of plays on CHR than on Hot AC.

So until Hot AC's start playing songs 70 to 80 times a week, and/or reducing recurrent play down to 5 to 10 plays a week, you will always have a slow, stale Hot AC chart if you leave the recurrents in. But as of now, it is more of a true picture of airplay if the recurrents are left on.

[Kid Pulse]

What's wrong with the older songs? And lol, look out; because "How to Save a Life" is gonna be in the top 40 way longer than "Over my Head".

[musicfanpete]

video545 said:

What's wrong with the older songs? And lol, look out; because "How to Save a Life" is gonna be in the top 40 way longer than "Over my Head".

There is nothing wrong with that per se. As I said, that is more accurate, but the general public will probably perceive that as a slow, stale chart, especially as compared to the CHR chart, or the world charts (which are a little bit too fast in my opinion!).

[tico]

What are optional extras?

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

Yeah, I have no problem with old songs but being a chart watcher for about 12 years, seeing a chart this slow almost would make me not want to watch it anymore. I think as far as accuracy goes, including recurrents makes sense but when you have a radio show that's really meant to be more of a form of radio entertainment in counting down the current Top 40 songs, they should have a recurrent rule to keep new songs moving up. That way, people can familiarize themselves with new songs that their stations would otherwise not play except when they have to when they air the charts.

[Pipa]

15 songs with 20 or more weeks on, that's almost half the chart. Pathetic.

[KelownaGuy20]

tico said:

What are optional extras?

They're tracks radio stations have the option of playing, or skipping in order to play more commercials.