American Top 40 - February 28, 2015

[jdelachjr2002]

There must be something written in Ariana Grande's contract requiring her to have at least more than one hit song she appears on AT40. Just as "Bang Bang" exits, Ariana's latest hit debuts.

AMERICAN TOP 40 - FEBRUARY 28, 2015
LW TW WKS Artist - Title
-- 40 (01) Ariana Grande - One Last Time (40)
40 39 (02) Becky G. - Can't Stop Dancin' (39)
34 38 (27) Tove Lo - Habits (Stay High) (1)
-- 37 (01) Flo Rida featuring Sage The Gemini - G.D.F.R. (37)
-- 36 (01) Jessie J. - Masterpiece (36)
-- 35 (01) Tove Lo - Talking Body (35)
33 34 (07) iLoveMakonnen featuring Drake - Tuesday (27)
31 33 (22) Calvin Harris featuring John Newman - Blame (3)
35 32 (06) Vance Joy - Riptide (32)
38 31 (02) Natalie La Rose featuring Jeremih - Somebody (31)
On The Verge: Priory - Weekend
Optional Extra: Capital Cities - Safe And Sound
28 30 (26) Taylor Swift - Shake It Off (1)
36 29 (02) Nick Jonas - Chains (29)
30 28 (04) Kelly Clarkson - Heartbeat Song (28)
21 27 (23) Mr. Probz - Waves (5)
32 26 (03) Ne-Yo featuring Juicy J. - She Knows (26)
27 25 (05) Usher featuring Juicy J. - I Don't Mind (25)
Extra: The Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love
24 24 (29) Ed Sheeran - Don't (2)
Breakout: Sam Smith - Lay Me Down
23 23 (11) One Direction - Night Changes (22)
18 22 (08) OneRepublic - I Lived (18)
25 21 (04) Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do (21)
Optional Extra: Britney Spears - Toxic
19 20 (20) Maroon 5 - Animals (1)
16 19 (07) Prince Royce featuring Snoop Dogg - Stuck On A Feeling (16)
20 18 (05) Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding - Outside (18)
22 17 (03) Rihanna featuring Kanye West & Paul McCartney - FourFiveSeconds (17)
15 16 (20) Alesso featuring Tove Lo - Heroes (We Could Be) (11)
11 15 (13) Selena Gomez - The Heart Wants What It Wants (7)
Extra: Jeremih featuring YG - Don't Tell 'Em
08 14 (17) Ariana Grande featuring the Weeknd - Love Me Harder (3)
SUBWAY Fresh Buzz Song: Imagine Dragons - I Bet My Life
13 13 (18) Fall Out Boy - Centuries (13)
12 12 (12) Ella Henderson - Ghost (12)
17 11 (04) Maroon 5 - Sugar (11)
Optional Extra: Enrique Iglesias - Tonight
06 10 (22) Nick Jonas - Jealous (1)
09 09 (08) Lilly Wood & Robin Schulz - Prayer In C (9)
14 08 (05) Taylor Swift - Style (8)
Breakout: Nicki Minaj featuring Drake & Lil' Wayne - Truffle Butter
07 07 (19) Sam Smith - I'm Not The Only One (4)
10 06 (07) Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo - Time Of Our Lives (6)
05 05 (15) Taylor Swift - Blank Space (1)
04 04 (15) Meghan Trainor - Lips Are Movin' (4)
02 03 (15) Hozier - Take Me To Church (2)
Optional Extra: Pink - Try
03 02 (08) Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (2)
01 01 (13) Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk! **3 weeks @ no. 1**

DROPPERS:
Jessie J., Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj - Bang Bang (from #39, 28 weeks on)
Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass (from #37, 28 weeks on)
Fifth Harmony - Sledgehammer (from #29, 11 weeks on)
James Newton Howard featuring Jennifer Lawrence - The Hanging Tree (from #26, 7 weeks on)

- With the absence of "Bang Bang" and "All About That Bass", Ed Sheeran's "Don't" becomes the oldest record on AT40
- Despite Taylor Swift cracking the Top 10 with "Style", AT40 added an extra Breakout instead of "Two For One"

[Cerebro]

Feb 25, 2015 17:32:20 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

There must be something written in Ariana Grande's contract requiring her to have at least more than one hit song she appears on AT40.

Sure looks that way. Starting the weekend of July 19, 2014 (the week "Break Free" debuted) and continuing for every single week, since, Ariana has had, at least, two songs on the chart, simultaneously. Looks like that streak will continue for, at least, as long as "One Last Time" and "Love Me Harder" are sharing board.

It seems Jessie J didn't wan't to miss a week, either. She replaces herself on the chart, as well.

Feb 25, 2015 17:32:20 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

- Despite Taylor Swift cracking the Top 10 with "Style", AT40 added an extra Breakout instead of "Two For One" t

Taylor has two songs in the top 10. I suppose that's a pretty good reason to not "two-for-one" her.

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Man "Centuries" is still hanging in there after 18 weeks but it's disappointing that it likely won't make the top 10... Also It's very frustrating to see I Lived dropping From its likely peak of 18 :(

[musiciscool]

It's likely Becky G "Can't Stop Dancin'" will be gone from AT40 next week. I'm kind of surprised it's still here this week.

Priory "Weekend" might follow the same trajectory.

[mkarns]

Feb 25, 2015 17:32:20 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Just as "Bang Bang" exits, Ariana's latest hit debuts.

In fact, two of the three singers on "Bang Bang" debut with new songs, and the third has a Breakout. Tove Lo (whose home country is one of three I will be visiting on vacation the next couple of weeks) also enters with a followup to a (still hanging on) #1 hit, though she does also have a feature farther up.

"The Hanging Tree" falls out after only 7 weeks, which must be the shortest top 40 run for a top 10 hit in a long time, even if you grant it an extra week or two (it might have debuted earlier if not for the "frozen" holiday weeks.) Elsewhere, there is a "jackpot" for Ella Henderson, back-to-back features from Juicy J, and now it's been two whole months with three Taylor Swift songs (all her own; no features.)

[cookie111]

Feb 25, 2015 23:29:04 GMT -5 musiciscool said:

It's likely Becky G "Can't Stop Dancin'" will be gone from AT40 next week. I'm kind of surprised it's still here this week.

Priory "Weekend" might follow the same trajectory.

You know, I'm also surprised that "Tuesday" is still on. I didn't expect "All About That Bass" to leave this week. It's just that every week, a song that lasts for, like, four months goes down at a steady rate until it exits. It's one song like that every week. "Habits" might be gone next week.

[cookie111]

Feb 25, 2015 23:54:02 GMT -5 mkarns said:

Feb 25, 2015 17:32:20 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Just as "Bang Bang" exits, Ariana's latest hit debuts.

In fact, two of the three singers on "Bang Bang" debut with new songs, and the third has a Breakout. Tove Lo (whose home country is one of three I will be visiting on vacation the next couple of weeks) also enters with a followup to a (still hanging on) #1 hit, though she does also have a feature farther up.

"The Hanging Tree" falls out after only 7 weeks, which must be the shortest top 40 run for a top 10 hit in a long time, even if you grant it an extra week or two (it might have debuted earlier if not for the "frozen" holiday weeks.) Elsewhere, there is a "jackpot" for Ella Henderson, back-to-back features from Juicy J, and now it's been two whole months with three Taylor Swift songs (all her own; no features.)

Well, the last time a song that peaked inside the Top 10 and spent less than 10 weeks on the chart was Ke$ha's "Blah Blah Blah" (#10 in 2010, 9 weeks).

[richie]

Ryan played a bit of Towards The Sun before #17. The two songs sound strikingly different, but it's great to have Rihanna
back with new music. He said that Kelly's new CD drops on Tuesday. He talked briefly to Simon Cowell about his one year old
son. There have been some older extras lately. Last week we heard Whenever, Wherever. Not much movement up or down but it
was still a good show. I think we aren't hearing anymore about "our votes" determining the chart, lately.

[musiciscool]

Mar 1, 2015 23:06:56 GMT -5 richie said:

Ryan played a bit of Towards The Sun before #17. The two songs sound strikingly different, but it's great to have Rihanna
back with new music. He said that Kelly's new CD drops on Tuesday. He talked briefly to Simon Cowell about his one year old
son. There have been some older extras lately. Last week we heard Whenever, Wherever. Not much movement up or down but it
was still a good show. I think we aren't hearing anymore about "our votes" determining the chart, lately.

Yeah, our "votes" never determined anything. AT40 was always based off of radio airplay and our requests from Mediabase 24/7.

I miss the days when Ryan would say all of that stuff as well as the creators at the end of every show years back.

[johnnywest]

If "Don't" holds on for a 30th week next week, it'll be longer than the three oldest songs on the corresponding Hot AC AT40 show next week. Three songs will be tied for 28 weeks apiece, assuming "Cool Kids" falls off. I don't think that's happened since Ryan's Hot AC version debuted some 10 years ago.

[jdelachjr2002]

Mar 2, 2015 0:05:50 GMT -5 musiciscool said:

Mar 1, 2015 23:06:56 GMT -5 richie said:

Ryan played a bit of Towards The Sun before #17. The two songs sound strikingly different, but it's great to have Rihanna
back with new music. He said that Kelly's new CD drops on Tuesday. He talked briefly to Simon Cowell about his one year old
son. There have been some older extras lately. Last week we heard Whenever, Wherever. Not much movement up or down but it
was still a good show. I think we aren't hearing anymore about "our votes" determining the chart, lately.

Yeah, our "votes" never determined anything. AT40 was always based off of radio airplay and our requests from Mediabase 24/7.

I miss the days when Ryan would say all of that stuff as well as the creators at the end of every show years back.

1. I don't think "our votes" even determine the Fresh Buzz Song of the Week to be honest (just a guess).

2. Most likely Seacrest isn't required by Premiere law to mention Casey/Bustany/Rounds as Shadoe Stevens was still required to do (even with Casey as a countdown rival). FWIW, Kix Brooks continues to credit Casey et al on "American Country Countdown" (including - as was the case this past weekend - Kix's substitute hosts).