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Post by John77 on Nov 3, 2006 22:38:35 GMT -5
I've never quite understood why they continue to do this year after year... anyone else here agree???
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Post by JCMF3 on Nov 4, 2006 8:12:23 GMT -5
Why wouldn't they?
The chart is supposed to record songs played on AC stations. If AC stations are playing Christmas music, then that should go down on the chart.
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Post by Pulse on Nov 4, 2006 11:09:37 GMT -5
Why wouldn't they? The chart is supposed to record songs played on AC stations. If AC stations are playing Christmas music, then that should go down on the chart. |
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Post by mst3k on Nov 4, 2006 11:59:16 GMT -5
Exactly... BB's AC chart follows the same policy as their other charts regarding Christmas songs (basically, a Christmas song can chart once - which usually means its first season of release - after which it's only eligible for the recurrent chart). If you don't like seeing the AC chart overrun with Christmas songs for a few weeks, blame it on AC radio for being the format that plays them the most.
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Post by John77 on Nov 4, 2006 13:39:47 GMT -5
Why wouldn't they? The chart is supposed to record songs played on AC stations. If AC stations are playing Christmas music, then that should go down on the chart. I agree there should be a chart for them, but I really think they should have a separate "seasonal" chart for Christmas songs as it messes with the continuity of the chart... As a result of allowing Christmas songs to chart, the songs that are truly hits at the format have irregular chart runs, which needless to say is kind of annoying when studying chart history st the format... R&R on the other hand didn't allow the Christmas songs to chart... |
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Post by Hervard on Nov 4, 2006 14:49:33 GMT -5
Why wouldn't they? The chart is supposed to record songs played on AC stations. If AC stations are playing Christmas music, then that should go down on the chart. I agree there should be a chart for them, but I really think they should have a separate "seasonal" chart for Christmas songs as it messes with the continuity of the chart... R&R did have a holiday chart during the Christmas season. Not sure whether they'll be doing this anymore or not. We'll have to wait and see. |
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Post by JCMF3 on Nov 4, 2006 16:29:54 GMT -5
As a result of allowing Christmas songs to chart, the songs that are truly hits at the format have irregular chart runs, which needless to say is kind of annoying when studying chart history st the format... R&R on the other hand didn't allow the Christmas songs to chart... Actually, they did if the songs were played on stations that were not all Christmas. That's how songs like The Christmas Shoes and Believe made the R&R AC Chart. |
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Post by mst3k on Nov 4, 2006 16:43:23 GMT -5
Yep... all R&R did that was different from Billboard was temporarily remove the All-Christmas stations from the panel. There was no actual "ban" of holiday songs from the chart.
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Post by John77 on Nov 4, 2006 16:49:56 GMT -5
As a result of allowing Christmas songs to chart, the songs that are truly hits at the format have irregular chart runs, which needless to say is kind of annoying when studying chart history st the format... R&R on the other hand didn't allow the Christmas songs to chart... Actually, they did if the songs were played on stations that were not all Christmas. That's how songs like The Christmas Shoes and Believe made the R&R AC Chart. Right... this I have no problem with... if a song is legitimately a hit from a station on "normal" format I have no problem with them charting... |
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Nov 4, 2006 19:50:04 GMT -5
I think it's really a part of the chart-run process though, when it comes to studying it.
I would normally agree with you about the interuptions and stuff but when you think about it, it really is just another normal part of the chart, just like airplay decreases on holiday weekends and other things.
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Post by smack on Nov 5, 2006 9:53:23 GMT -5
Billboard changed their xmas policy about 2 or 3 years ago. I remember country songs were eligible to chart multiple times until they hit 20 weeks. Vince Vance charted 5x at 4 weeks each, the following year the rule went into effect! However, AC stations must've only started playing all Xmas about 4 years ago, otherwise we'd have seen the entire chart full of xmas music...... AS far as seeing an all format xmas chart, the week of xmas and after in BB, look at the recurrent chart...most of it will be xmas and rap music left.
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Post by Arson on Nov 12, 2006 20:59:57 GMT -5
I prefer R&R's policy of allowing Christmas songs only from stations that did not go all Christmas, so these seasonal songs had to compete with the other currents on the chart. If they make it, it was usually during December and they would drop off afterwards.
As long as each Christmas song can only chart during its first season, I'm okay with it.
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