Mediabase Hot AC Chart Notes, October '13

[Hot AC Archiver]

10/06/13

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

Oldest Song: "Brave" with 23 weeks.

Oldest Song below #10: "Can't Hold Us" with 20 weeks.

Songs below #5 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #10:

• "Cups"
• "Love Somebody"

Songs below #10 eligible to go recurrent when reaching 2 weeks w/o a bullet:

• "Can't Hold Us", which does not have a bullet this week.

Biggest Mover: "Who You Love" jumps 10 notches to #29 for the week's biggest move.

Debuts:

• Daughtry get their 12th hit with "Waiting for Superman", the highest debut of the week at #30.
• Newcomer to Hot AC AWOLNATION enter at #35 with "Sail".
• Also new to HAC, John Newman comes in at #39 with "Love Me Again".
• A Great Big World get their 2nd hit on HAC with "Say Something", entering at #40.
• The Backstreet Boys re-enter the survey at a new peak of #36 with "In a World Like This."

Exiting the Survey:

• "Radioactive", 28 weeks, to recurrent
• "Treasure", 20 weeks, to recurrent
• "Get Lucky", 20 weeks, to recurrent
• "The Other Side", 16 weeks
• "Take Back the Night", 10 weeks

Other Notes:
Top 10:

• Katy Perry's "Roar" sets a new spin record for HAC with 5900 spins. The song also set a new spin record on the CHR/Pop chart this week.
  
• Lorde climbs 1 more to #3.
• "True Love" breaks into the top 5, up 3 to #4.
• "Brave" also moves into the top 5, up 1 to #5.
• Avicii climbs 3 to enter the top 10 at #10.

Top 20:

• Taylor Swift spends a third week at #11.
• "Let Her Go" moves 14-12.
• "Clarity" rebounds to #16.
• "Summertime Sadness" rebounds and moves up 3 to #19.
• Parachute rises 4 to #20.

Top 30:

• "Come to Me" climbs 6 to #21.
• Neighbourhood also climb 6, to #23.
• American Authors jump 8 notches to #25 with "Best Day of My Life".
• Miley Cyrus jumps 9 spots to #27 in her 2nd week on the chart with "Wrecking Ball".
• "What If" reaches the top 30 in its 7th week on the chart, up 3 to #28.

Bottom 10:

• "My Kind of Love" gathers steam and moves 35-31 this week.
• Bonnie McKee inches back up 1 to #37.
• "Mission Bells" bounces back up to #38, but the song no longer has a bullet.

Ouch! of the Week: "Beneath Your Beautiful" plummets 8 spots to #33.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Royals" (Over a 700 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Cups" (Over a 500 spin loss).

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10/13/13

#1:"Roar" holds onto the top spot for a fourth week.

Oldest Song: "Brave" with 24 weeks.

Oldest Song below #10: "Bruises" with 20 weeks.

Songs below #5 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #10:

• "Love Somebody"

Songs below #10 eligible to go recurrent when reaching 2 weeks w/o a bullet:

• "Bruises", which does not have a bullet this week.

Biggest Mover: "Wrecking Ball" jumps 8 notches to #19 for the week's biggest move.

Debuts:

• Drake get his first Hot AC hit with "Hold on We're Going Home", the highest debut at #31.
• Newcomer ZZ Ward comes in at #37 with "365 Days".
• James Blunt returns to the chart after a couple of years to get his 7th hit, "Bonfire Heart", at #38.
• Newcomers New Politics enter at #39 with "Harlem".

Exiting the Survey:

• "Cups", 22 weeks, to recurrent
• "Can't Hold Us", 20 weeks, to recurrent
• "Beneath Your Beautiful", 17 weeks
• "I'm Alive", 16 weeks

Other Notes:
Top 10:

• Katy Perry's "Roar" sets a new spin record for HAC with 5928 spins.
• Lorde climbs 1 more to #2.
• "Wake Me Up" jumps 4 spots to #6 in its 2nd week in the top 10.
• "Counting Stars" moves 9-7 in its 18th week on the chart.
• Taylor Swift gets her 8th top 10 as "Everything Has Changed" inches up 1 to #10.

Top 20:

• "Applause" moves 14-12.
• Imagine Dragons climb 4 notches to #13.
• Also moving up 4 is "Still into You", up to #14.
• The Goo Goo Dolls reach the top 20 in their 8th week on the chart as "Come to Me" moves 21-20.

Top 30:

• "Gorilla" climbs 5 to #21.
• Parachute moves down 3 to #23, but the song retains a bullet.
• "Waiting for Superman" flies up 6 to #24.
• Neighbourhood also get pushed down 3 (to #26) but retain a bullet on their song.
• "My Kind of Love" moves into the top 30, up 3 to #28.

Bottom 10:

• "Sail" rises 3 to #32.
• A Great Big Work jump 7 to #33 in their 2nd week on the chart.
• "American Girl" falls 3 to #40.

Ouch! of the Week: "I Need Your Love" slips 7 notches to #29.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Wake Me Up" (Over a 600 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Blurred Lines" (Over a 500 spin loss).

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10/20/13

#1:"Roar" holds onto the top spot for a fifth week.

Oldest Song: "Brave" with 25 weeks.

Oldest Song below #10: "Still into You" with 20 weeks.

Songs below #5 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #10:

• None

Songs below #10 eligible to go recurrent when reaching 2 weeks w/o a bullet:

• "Still into You", which still has a bullet this week
  

Biggest Mover: "Who Do You Love" climbs 5 notches to #22 for the week's biggest move.

Debuts:

• Avril Lavigne gets her 15th hit on HAC with "Let Me Go", the highest debut at #35. The song features Chad Kroeger.
• Selena Gomez comes in at #37 with her 4th hit, "Slow Down".
• Plain White T's rack up their 6th hit with "The Giving Tree", at #39.
• Newcomers to Hot AC Halestorm anchor the chart at #40 with "Here's to Us".

Exiting the Survey:

• "Love Somebody", 23 weeks, to recurrent
• "Bruises", 20 weeks, to recurrent
• "Mission Bells", 6 weeks
• "American Girl", 5 weeks

Other Notes:
Top 10:

• "Roar" is now Katy Perry's second biggest #1 hit. The only one of her #1s to remain at #1 longer was "California Gurls", which spent 9 weeks at #1 in 2010.
• "Brave" climbs 1 more to #4.
• Taylor Swift moves 10-8 with "Everything Has Changed".
• Passenger breaks into the top 10, up 2 to #9 in their 13th week on the chart.

Top 20:

• "Applause" inches up 1 to #11.
• "Summertime Sadness" rises 3 to #15.
• Miley Cyrus also climbs 3, up to #16.
• Bruno Mars enters top 20 territory, up from #21 to #18 with "Gorilla".
• "Waiting for Superman" brings Daughtry back to the top 20 for the first time in a couple of years, as the song moves 24-20

Top 30:

• "Out of My League" rebounds to a new peak of #23.
• Neighbourhood also rebounds but falls short of their previous peak, rebounding 2 to #24.
• "What If" moves up 3 to a new peak of #27, but without a bullet.
• Drake enters the top 30, up 3 to #28.
• "Say Something" rises 4 to #29.

Bottom 10:

• John Newman moves 35-31 this week.
• "365 Days" climbs 3 spots to #34.
• "Harlem" inches up 1 to #38.

Ouch! of the Week: No songs move down more than a couple of notches this week.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Wrecking Ball" (Over a 500 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Best I Ever Had" (Nearly an 800 spin loss).

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10/27/13

#1:"Royals" moves into the pole position this week.

Oldest Song: "Brave" with 26 weeks.

Oldest Song below #10: "Still into You" with 21 weeks.

Songs below #5 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #10:

• "Counting Stars"

Songs below #10 eligible to go recurrent when reaching 2 weeks w/o a bullet:

• "Blurred Lines", which does not have a bullet this week.
• "Still into You", which still has a bullet this week.

Biggest Mover: "Best Day of My Life" rises 4 notches to #17 for the week's biggest move.

Debuts:

• Katy Perry blasts onto the chart at #26 for the week's highest debut with her 14th solo hit (15 counting featurings), "Unconditionally".
• The Fray return to the chart this week with their 10th hit, "Love Don't Die", at #30.

Exiting the Survey:

• "Harlem", 2 weeks
• "Here's to Us", 1 week

Other Notes:
Top 10:

• In its 26th week on the chart, "Brave" inches up 1 more to #3.
• "Wake Me Up" climbs 2 to #4.
• OneRepublic inch up 1 to #6 in their 20th week on.
• Imagine Dragons get their 3rd consecutive top 10 as "Demons" moves 12-10.

Top 20:

• "Applause" holds at #11 this week.
• "Wrecking Ball" moves 16-14.
• American Authors' move to #17 is the only new entry in the top 20 this week.
• Bruno Mars, Goo Goo Dolls, and Daughtry hold steady at numbers 18, 19, and 20 respectively.

Top 30:

• "Who You Love" inches up 1 to #22.
• "My Kind of Love" rises 3 to #23.
• Drake also moves up 3, to #25.
• Five for Fighting regains a small bullet and holds at #27.

Bottom 10:

• Avril Lavigne climbs 3 to #32.
• Backwards bullets: "Love Me Again" (31-33), "365 Days" (34-35), "In a World Like This" (33-36), "Bonfire Heart" (36-37),
  "Slow Down" (37-39), and "The Giving Tree" (39-40).

Ouch! of the Week: "Best I Ever Had" plummets 11 notches to #28.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Unconditionally" (Over a 600 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "True Love" (Over a 600 spin loss).

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