Billboard AC Chart: March 17, 2012

[johnm1120]

March 17, 2012

TW LW WC Artist - Title (Peak)

01 01 29 Lady Antebellum - Just A Kiss (6th week at #1)
02 02 36 OneRepublic - Good Life (4th week at #2)
03 04 24 Colbie Caillat - Brighter Than The Sun (3)
04 05 10 Adele - Set Fire to the Rain (4)
05 06 27 Kelly Clarkson - Mr. Know It All (4)
06 03 28 Adele - Someone Like You (5 weeks at #1)*
07 10 13 Gavin DeGraw - Not Over You (7)
08 07 30 Maroon 5 f/Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger (7)
09 08 38 The Band Perry - If I Die Young (3 weeks at #1)
10 09 50 Adele - Rolling in the Deep (19 weeks at #1)

11 11 10 Katy Perry - The One That Got Away (11)
12 12 10 Bruno Mars - It Will Rain (12)
13 13 10 David Guetta f/Usher - Without You (13)
14 16 19 Seal - Let's Stay Together (14)
15 14 09 Daughtry - Crawling Back to You (14)
16 15 09 Christina Perri - A Thousand Years (15)
17 17 05 Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (17)
18 18 06 Rihanna f/Calvin Harris - We Found Love (18)
19 19 06 Paul McCartney - My Valentine (19)
20 23 07 Rascal Flatts f/Natasha Bedingfield - Easy (20)

21 21 18 Lady Gaga - You And I (15)
22 22 09 The Fray - Heartbeat (22)
23 27 02 Jessie J - Domino (23)
24 DEBUT Lionel Richie & Shania Twain - Endless Love (24)
25 25 02 Ed Hale - Scene In San Francisco (25)
26 24 05 Whitney Wolanin - Honesty (24)
27 26 04 Train - Drive By (26)
28 RE 02 Elliott Yamin - 3 Words (28)
29 DEBUT Blake Shelton - God Gave Me You (29)
30 DEBUT Cobra Starship f/Sabi - You Make Me Feel (30)


Falling Off:

-- 20 20 The Doobie Brothers - A Brighter Day (18)
-- 28 18 Matt Natahnson - Faster (20)
-- 29 06 Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks (28)
-- 30 10 Gloria Estefan - Right Away (26)


Lady Antebellum makes it 6 weeks at the top, but things have gotten much tighter at the top. It's very close this week and anybody in the top 3 has a shot at #1 next week. Will OneRepublic get their first chart topper? Will Colbie get her 3rd?

No top 10 entries this week, but Gavin DeGraw makes a nice 10-7 jump. Maybe his new DWTS gig might give him more fans in the AC demo. Adele meanwhile is having difficulty juggling 3 songs in the top 10 as "Someone Like You" slips 3-6 this week.

The only top 20 entry this week comes from the Rascal Flatts as "Easy" makes a jump 23-20. This marks the band's 5th top 20 hit. Their last top 20 was "Here Comes Goodbye" peaking at #13 in August 2009. For Natasha Bedingfield, this is her 3rd top 20 appearance. Her last top 20 was "Pocketful of Sunshine" peaking at #3 in October 2008.

Jessie J took the leap of the week as "Domino" climbs 27-23 in its 2nd week on the chart.

What's old is new again is the theme this week when it comes to debuts. The highest debut at #24 comes to us from Lionel Richie remaking a... Lionel Richie song. The new version of "Endless Love" is the first single off his new country duets album "Tuskegee." The original, a Diana Ross duet is remade with another AC fave, Shania Twain. As a solo artist, this is Lionel's 28th AC hit, and this now marks 4 decades of Lionel on the chart. His last chart appearance was (one I'd rather forget) "Just Go" which peaked at #11 in June 2009. Shania Twain made her return to the chart over Christmas as her duet with 2011 Christmas king Michael Bublé "White Christmas" reached #10 in January.

This is the 3rd rendition of Endless Love to make the chart. Lionel's original version with Diana Ross hit #1 back in September 1981. Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey took the song to #11 back in October 1994.

Continuing the "what's old is new" theme Elliott Yamin returns to the chart after a 1-week slip as "3 Words" jumps back in at a new peak of #28.

The next debut is another remake, this time from country singer Blake Shelton. "God Gave Me You" was originally recorded by Dave Barnes and was a Christian hit in 2010. The song crossed over to AC and reached #21 last June. Blake wears many hats from Country king, to Voice mentor, to Miranda Lambert's husband, an d now he has his first AC hit.

And how can we do "what's old is new" without a pop recurrent debuting? Entering at #30 are Cobra Starship & Sabi with their big hit from last year "You Make Me Feel." The song marks the first appearance for both acts.

The Doobie Brothers go recurrent this week, but the only new peak to result was the re-entry from Elliott Yamin.

[areyoureadytojump]

Thanks!

[esoteric76]

I find it kind of irritating that Blake is charting on AC with a song that already charted less than a year ago. Seems like overkill. AC should be better than this.

Really hope that Good Life can knock Lady A out next week, followed by Colbie (she'll need this #1 because the rest of her album is horrid).

[hank0629]

EASY is #20 on Billboard AC chart this week without officially impacting this single to the AC radios! It becomes Rascal Flatts' fifth AC Top 20 hit. Wow! So happy to see this! Hope it can make into Top 15.

[HolidayGuy]

Thanks, johnm.

This week's No. 1 registered 1,513 spins in the tracking period, with an audience off 11.341 million; No. 30 registered 27 spins, with an audience of 0.106m. The highest audience on the chart belongs to "Someone Like You" (13.234m), while the lowest audience belongs to "Scene in San Francisco" (0.020m).

[areyoureadytojump]

3/24 chart:

Adult Contemporary

*** No. 1 *** "Just A Kiss" Lady Antebellum
Greatest Gainer No. 13 "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" Kelly Clarkson
Debut No. 30 "Part Of Me" Katy Perry

[esoteric76]

Lady A has GOT To Go!

[johnm1120]

It's looking like this is gonna be their last week at #1. Currently on MB, they're down to #4.

[musicislife89]

Love seeing Whitney Wolanin going strong every week! And love her new music video! I found it on her VEVO channel at www.vevo.com/artist/whitney-wolanin

[hank0629]

Mar 12, 2012 21:30:55 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

3/24 chart:

Adult Contemporary

*** No. 1 *** "Just A Kiss" Lady Antebellum
Greatest Gainer No. 13 "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" Kelly Clarkson
Debut No. 30 "Part Of Me" Katy Perry

Well, the Billboard chart shows that COLBIE CAILLAT Brighter Than The Sun is #1 this week, not Just A Kiss. I think Billboard made wrong in the Chart Highlights...