Mediabase Hot AC Chart Notes, May '10

[Hot AC Archiver]

[blue]05/02/10 [/blue]

#1: "Need You Now" holds at the #1 spot for a seventh week.

Oldest Song:"Hey, Soul Sister" with 37 weeks.

Oldest Song below #15: "Tik Tok" with 19 weeks.

Songs below #5 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #10: "Live Like We're Dying", "Halfway Gone", "All the Right Moves", "Haven't Met You Yet"

Songs below #10 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #15: "Heartbreak Warfare", "Uprising"

Going to Recurrent None scheduled next week.

Biggest Mover: "Mockingbird" soars 11 notches to #29 for the week's biggest move.

Debuts: Pop crossover Ke$ha gets her second hit on Hot AC with "Your Love Is My Drug", the highest debut of the week at #36.
Newcomers to Hot AC One Eskimo debut at #38 with "Kandi". The song is a former #1 on the AAA chart.
Re-entering the survey at #40 is Dead by Sunrise, with "Too Late".

Exiting the Survey: "Bad Romance", 20 weeks, to recurrent
"Replay", 20 weeks, to recurrent
"You Run Away", 13 weeks

Other Notes: "Breakeven" moves into the #2 slot in its 33rd week on the chart. If it makes it to #1, it will be the record holder for
slowest rise to #1.
"Whataya Want from Me" reaches top 5 territory at #4.
OneRepublic reach a new peak of #6 in their 31st week on the chart.
No songs enter or exit the top 10 this week.
"All I Ever Wanted" breaks from its holding pattern and rises 2 to #12.
Nickelback move 3 to #13 with "This Afternoon".
"In My Head" moves up 3 to enter the top 20 at #18.
In only his second week on the chart, John Mayer jumps 7 spots to #22 with "Half of My Heart".
Train climb 5 to #26 with "If It's Love".
After moving up 8 spots last week, "Glitter in the Air" holds steady at #30 this week.
B.O.B. rises 3 to #31.
"Hurtful" turns around and moves back up 1 to #34.
Ouch! of the Week: "Just Breathe" falls 8 notches to number 35.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Mockingbird" (Over a 300 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "According to You" (Over a 300 spin loss)

Top 50 Hot AC chart can be found at: www.americasmusiccharts.com/index.cgi?fmt=A2 All chart data © Mediabase Research

[crazychick]

could someone with access to the full (not just the top 50) daily Hot AC charts please post them, like they do over on the CHR thread? I'd like to see how the new songs that aren't necessarily in the Top 50 are doing. The daily mediabase thread over on the CHR thread is really useful. It would be nice if there could be a similar thread for this format? I know it's a little bit of work, but I'd appreciate it, and maybe other people on the board would as well?

Thanks!

[Hot AC Archiver]

^^ I wish I had access to the full HAC chart, but I don't. Sorry.

[blue]05/09/10 [/blue]

#1: "Need You Now" holds at the #1 spot for an eighth week.

Oldest Song:"Hey, Soul Sister" with 38 weeks.

Oldest Song below #15: "Tik Tok" with 20 weeks.

Songs below #5 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #10: "Live Like We're Dying", "Halfway Gone", "All the Right Moves", "Haven't Met You Yet"

Songs below #10 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #15: "Uprising"

Going to Recurrent "Tik Tok" should go next week.

Biggest Mover: "Mockingbird" jumps 6 notches to #23 for the week's biggest move. The song has been the biggest mover 2 weeks in a row.

Debuts: Christina Aguilera racks up a 12th Hot AC with "Not Myself Tonight", the week's highest debut at #38.
Hot AC veterans Tonic return to the chart after a 7 1/2 year break with "Release Me", at #40.

Exiting the Survey: "Heartbreak Warfare", 23 weeks, to recurrent
"Should Be Loved", 9 weeks

Other Notes: The top 6 songs hold the same positions as last week.
Colbie Caillat gets a 5th top 10 hit with "I Never Told You", which moves up to #9.
OneRepublic reach a new peak of #6 in their 31st week on the chart.
"This Afternoon" moves up to #11, looking to give Nickelback another top 10 hit.
In its 21st week on the chart, "Uprising" moves to a peak of #14.
John Mayer enters the top 20 at #20 with "Half of My Heart".
Train climbs 4 to #22 with "If It's Love".
Also making a decent move up the chart is Pink with "Glitter in the Air", which moves 30-25.
"Shark in the Water" returns to its peak of #26.
B.O.B moves up 1 to enter the top 30 at #30 with" Nothin' on You".
Rihanna moves up 1 to a new peak of #32.
Ouch! of the Week: "Today Was a Fairytale" falls 6 notches to number 29.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Mockingbird" (A 300 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "According to You" (Over a 400 spin loss)

Top 50 Hot AC chart can be found at: www.americasmusiccharts.com/index.cgi?fmt=A2 All chart data © Mediabase Research

[erzo01]

Looks like "Haven't Met You Yet" and "Uprising" will both go recurrent as well.

And "Breakeven" might just complete the slowest ascent ever to the #1 spot.

[Hot AC Archiver]

[blue]05/16/10 [/blue]

#1: "Breakeven" moves into the #1 slot this week.

Oldest Song:"Hey, Soul Sister" with 39 weeks.

Oldest Song below #15: "Just Breathe" with 18 weeks.

Songs below #5 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #10: "Live Like We're Dying", "Halfway Gone", "All the Right Moves"

Songs below #10 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #15: "According to You", "Haven't Met You Yet"** (Should have been removed already)

Going to Recurrent None scheduled, but "Haven't Met You Yet" should have been removed this week.

Biggest Mover: "Kandi" rises 5 notches to #32 for the week's biggest move.

Debuts: Katy Perry scores her 5th hit on HAC with "California Gurls", the highest debut at #30. The song features Snoop Dogg, and this probably is his first credited appearance on HAC.
Lady Gaga enters at #35 with "Alejandro", her 7th hit on the HAC chart.
Alex Band's "Tonight" moves onto the chart at #37. It's Alex's second appearance as a solo artist, though the other appearance was as a featured artist on a Santana song.

Exiting the Survey: "Uprising", 21 weeks, to recurrent
"Tik Tok", 20 weeks, to recurrent
"Not Myself Tonight", 1 week

Other Notes: The Script blow away the record for longest time to reach the #1 spot on the chart. "Breakeven" reaches the top in its 35th week. The old record was 28 weeks set in 2008 by "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz.
Nickelback score their 11th top 10 this week as "This Afternoon" moves up to #10.
"In My Head" moves 17-14.
"Mockingbird" and "If It's Love" both reach the top 20 this week, at numbers 19 and 20 respectively.
Snow Patrol fail to reach the top 20. "Just Stay Yes" falls from #21 to #23.
"Glitter in the Air" climbs 4 to #21.
Angel Taylor moves up 3 to #25.
Taio Cruz enters the top 30 with "Break Your Heart", as the song moves 31-28.
Also entering the top 30 is Ke$ha's latest, "Your Love Is My Drug", which moves 33-29.
"Hurtful" spends a 3rd week at #34.
Tonic inches up 2 to #38.
In their 4th week on the chart, Dead by Sunrise fall from their peak of #39 to #40.
Ouch! of the Week: "Today Was a Fairytale" falls 7 notches to number 36.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "California Gurls" (Over a 400 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Today Was a Fairytale" (Over a 200 spin loss)

Top 50 Hot AC chart can be found at: www.americasmusiccharts.com/index.cgi?fmt=A2 All chart data © Mediabase Research

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

Was Snoop Dogg credited on "Buttons" by the Pussycat Dolls?

[Hot AC Archiver]

May 18, 2010 23:45:05 GMT -5 MostInterestingManInTheWorld said:

Was Snoop Dogg credited on "Buttons" by the Pussycat Dolls?

On the Mediabase charts I saved, he wasn't given credit.

[musicfanpete]

May 19, 2010 7:28:15 GMT -5 Hot AC Archiver said:

May 18, 2010 23:45:05 GMT -5 MostInterestingManInTheWorld said:

Was Snoop Dogg credited on "Buttons" by the Pussycat Dolls?

On the Mediabase charts I saved, he wasn't given credit.

The two Hot AC's in my area playing this song are not playing the Snoop Dogg version (thankfully!), and both of these stations are somewhat CHR leaning. So I would think most Hot AC stations would not play the Snoop Dogg version which leads me to wonder why he gets a credit for this song on the Hot AC chart.

Secondly, I can't believe how many times Mediabase messes up on the recurrent rule by forgetting to remove songs or removing them too quickly! This has to be happening at least once a month. I don't believe this is too difficult of a job for their web person or a proofreader to do.

Let's just hope they get things right later this afternoon when the updated chart comes out.

[Libra]

Was Buble ever bulletless in the past week or two? For this week at least, the question appears to be a moot point, since he's back up to #10. But from what I've noticed, Mediabase doesn't remove bulleted songs under any circumstances unless they're directed to do so.

[Hot AC Archiver]

May 23, 2010 17:01:14 GMT -5 Libra said:

Was Buble ever bulletless in the past week or two? For this week at least, the question appears to be a moot point, since he's back up to #10. But from what I've noticed, Mediabase doesn't remove bulleted songs under any circumstances unless they're directed to do so.

Yes, last week the song had a bullet, but the bullet was only 4 spins.

[Hot AC Archiver]

[blue]05/23/10 [/blue]

#1: "Breakeven" holds onto the top spot for a second week.

Oldest Song:"Hey, Soul Sister" with 40 weeks.

Oldest Song below #15: "Just Say Yes" and "Fearless Love" with 16 weeks.

Songs below #5 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #10: "Live Like We're Dying", "Halfway Gone", "Haven't Met You Yet"

Songs below #10 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #15: None.

Going to Recurrent None scheduled.

Biggest Mover: "California Gurls" leaps 10 notches to #20 for the week's biggest move.

Debuts: Kris Allen gets a second hit with "The Truth", the week's highest debut at #35.
Jack Johnson returns to the chart after a 2 year break with his 8th hit, "You and Your Heart".
Also returning after about a 2 year break is Sara Bareilles with "King of Anything", her 3rd hit.
Green River Ordinance snag their 2nd hit with "On Your Own".
Newcomer to Hot AC Bon Schneider enters at #40 with "40 Dogs (Like Romeo & Juliet)".

Exiting the Survey: "All the Right Moves", 33 weeks, to recurrent
"According to You", 20 weeks, to recurrent
"Today Was a Fairytale", 11 weeks
"Just Breathe", 18 weeks
"Too Late", 4 weeks

Other Notes: "I Never Told You" moves from 9 to 6 this week.
"Haven't Met You Yet" moves back into the top 10 at #10 in its 30th week on the chart.
After stalling at #12 for a while, Kelly Clarkson inches up 1 to #11.
"Telephone" moves up 3 to #13, while Lady GaGa's other song in the top 40, "Alejandro" moves up 4 to #31.
John Mayer moves up 4 to #14.
"Glitter in the Air" breaks into the top 20 at #19 this week.
Ryan Star's "Breathe" gets closer to the top 20, moving up 1 to #21.
"Nothin' on You" moves up 3 to #24.
Rihanna moves into the top 30 without a bullet at #29.
"Kandi" reaches the top 30 at #30.
Tonic climb 5 to #33 this week.
The 5 debuts this week ties the week of March 7 for the most debuts in a week this year.
Ouch! of the Week: "Just Say Yes" falls 4 notches to number 27.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "California Gurls" (Over a 600 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Just Say Yes" (Over a 200 spin loss)

Top 50 Hot AC chart can be found at: www.americasmusiccharts.com/index.cgi?fmt=A2 All chart data © Mediabase Research

I've included an attachment of this week's chart in pdf format. This is how I keep the charts each week.

[Deleted]

What are Gaga's peak positions for all her singles on Hot AC?

[Hot AC Archiver]

1. Just Dance, #8 for 4 weeks
2. Poker Face, #13
3. Lovegame, #22
4. Paparazzi, #14
5. Bad Romance, #7 for 2 weeks
6. Telephone & 7. Alejandro are still climbing

[Deleted]

thnx

[saga]

Any new candidates for recurrency this week?

[Hot AC Archiver]

^^ Not this week. See next post. :)

[Hot AC Archiver]

[blue]05/30/10 [/blue]

#1: "Breakeven" holds onto the top spot for a third week.

Oldest Song:"Hey, Soul Sister" with 41 weeks.

Oldest Song below #15: "Just Say Yes" and "Fearless Love" with 17 weeks.

Songs below #5 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #10: "Live Like We're Dying", "Halfway Gone", "Haven't Met You Yet"

Songs below #10 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #15: None.

Going to Recurrent None scheduled.

Biggest Mover: "King of Anything" jumps 10 notches to #28 for the week's biggest move.

Debuts: Orianthi scores a second top 40 hit with "Shut Up and Kiss Me", the week's only debut, at #40.

Exiting the Survey: "Hurtful", 12 weeks

Other Notes: "Whataya Want from Me" moves to a new peak of #3. This means that the first singles from the top 2 of 2009's American Idol peaked at the same position.
"Haven't Met You Yet" reaches a new peak of #8 in its 31st week on the chart.
No songs enter or exit the top 10 this week.
"Half of My Heart" moves to #12.
"California Gurls" rises 4 to #16 in only its 3rd week on the chart.
Ryan Star reaches the top 20 at #20 this week.
After moving up 3 last week, Ke$ha stalls at #26 with "Your Love Is My Drug".
Lady GaGa moves into the top 30 at #27, up 4 from last week with "Alejandro".
Tonic slips back 1 to #34 with "Release Me". The song moved up 5 spots last week.
Two of last week's debuts hold their positions from last week: "The Truth" at #35 and "You and Your Heart" at #37.
14 songs are by solo women this week (not counting featured artists).
Two songs fall 6 spots this week: "Superman Tonight" (15-21) and "Just Say Yes" (27-33).
Ouch! of the Week: "Fearless Love" plummets 8 notches to number 36.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "California Gurls" (Over a 500 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Superman Tonight" (Over a 400 spin loss)

Top 50 Hot AC chart can be found at: www.americasmusiccharts.com/index.cgi?fmt=A2 All chart data © Mediabase Research

[erzo01]

Two Justin Bieber songs are currently inside the Top 40, thanks to KLLY-FM whoring those tracks up. I wonder if they will hang on in time for Sunday. (I don't mind "Somebody to Love" making it, but "One Less Lonely Girl"?! )

The question is, what's the highest ranking a song has achieved in this format with only 1 station playing it?

And what #1 song was played by the fewest number of stations in its entire chart run?

Thanks. :)

[Rumors]

I've liked Katy Perry's singles to date and didn't mind hearing them on my HotAC but her new single is awful. Doesn't mean that he won't be a hit as it already is but I hope HotAC doesn't put it in the top 5. It doesn't deserve it.

[musicfanpete]

Jun 2, 2010 9:38:32 GMT -5 erzo01 said:

Two Justin Bieber songs are currently inside the Top 40, thanks to KLLY-FM whoring those tracks up. I wonder if they will hang on in time for Sunday. (I don't mind "Somebody to Love" making it, but "One Less Lonely Girl"?! )

The question is, what's the highest ranking a song has achieved in this format with only 1 station playing it?

And what #1 song was played by the fewest number of stations in its entire chart run?

Thanks. :)

They should hang around long enough to at least make the top 50, if not top 40. Even if they drop these songs right this time, they still will hang around on the rolling 7-day playlist until at least next Saturday or Sunday, at least the majority of plays.

[musicfanpete]

Jun 2, 2010 16:58:12 GMT -5 Rumors said:

I've liked Katy Perry's singles to date and didn't mind hearing them on my HotAC but her new single is awful. Doesn't mean that he won't be a hit as it already is but I hope HotAC doesn't put it in the top 5. It doesn't deserve it.

I have to respectively disagree. I think this is her best song to date! I love the retro feel of it, and the lyrics are typical quirky Katy. I think she is sampling and old Prince song if I'm not mistaken. At least it sounds like it. Regardless, this is a song that MUST be listened to with the car top down on a hot summer day!

[Hot AC Archiver]

Jun 2, 2010 9:38:32 GMT -5 erzo01 said:

Two Justin Bieber songs are currently inside the Top 40, thanks to KLLY-FM whoring those tracks up. I wonder if they will hang on in time for Sunday. (I don't mind "Somebody to Love" making it, but "One Less Lonely Girl"?! )

The question is, what's the highest ranking a song has achieved in this format with only 1 station playing it?

And what #1 song was played by the fewest number of stations in its entire chart run?

Thanks. :)

I don't think I've ever seen a song make the top 40 with only 1 station playing it, and I only keep track of the top 40.

Unfortunately, the data I save does not include the number of stations that play the songs, so I can't answer the question about #1 songs with the fewest stations.

I hope Mediabase removes the spins gained by stunting, but I wouldn't count on it.

[musicfanpete]

Jun 2, 2010 20:52:50 GMT -5 Hot AC Archiver said:

Jun 2, 2010 9:38:32 GMT -5 erzo01 said:

Two Justin Bieber songs are currently inside the Top 40, thanks to KLLY-FM whoring those tracks up. I wonder if they will hang on in time for Sunday. (I don't mind "Somebody to Love" making it, but "One Less Lonely Girl"?! )

The question is, what's the highest ranking a song has achieved in this format with only 1 station playing it?

And what #1 song was played by the fewest number of stations in its entire chart run?

Thanks. :)

I don't think I've ever seen a song make the top 40 with only 1 station playing it, and I only keep track of the top 40.

Unfortunately, the data I save does not include the number of stations that play the songs, so I can't answer the question about #1 songs with the fewest stations.

I hope Mediabase removes the spins gained by stunting, but I wouldn't count on it.

That's what I'm wondering whether they will do that. This as I said on another thread is probably a first for them, at least on this format.