American Top 40 - Top 40 of 2016

[jdelachjr2002]

Here's the year-end chart for 2016...

#40: twenty | one | pilots - Heathens (Peak: #2)
#39: The Weeknd - The Hills (Peak: #2)
#38: James Bay - Let It Go (Peak: #8)

#37: Drake featuring Charlie Puth and Kehlani - Hotline Bling (Peak: #2)
#36: Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty (Peak: #8)
#35: Meghan Trainor featuring John Legend - Like I'm Gonna Lose You (Peak: #5)
#34: Pink - Just Like Fire (Peak: #7)

#33: Taylor Swift - Wildest Dreams (Peak: #1)
#32: Kiiara - Gold (Peak: #5)
Extra: Coldplay - Hymn For The Weekend
#31: Daya - Hide Away (Peak: #7)
Optional Extra: gnash featuring Olivia O'Brien - I Hate U, I Love U
#30: Ellie Goulding - On My Mind (Peak: #5)
Extra: Grace featuring G-Eazy - You Don't Own Me
#29: Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber & MO - Cold Water (Peak: #1)
Extra: Frenship featuring Emily Warren - Capsize
#28: Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (Peak: #1)

#27: Zara Larsson & MNEK - Never Forget You (Peak: #6)
#26: The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey - Closer (Peak: #1)
#25: Selena Gomez - Hands To Myself (Peak: #1)
#24: Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better (Peak: #2)

#23: The Weeknd - In The Night (Peak: #3)
#22: Adele - Hello (Peak: #1)
#21: Lukas Graham - 7 Years (Peak: #1)
Optional Extra: Lady Gaga - Perfect Illusion
#20: Shawn Mendes - Stitches (Peak: #1)
#19: Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman (Peak: #4)
#18: The Chainsmokers featuring Rozes - Roses (Peak: #3)

#17: Alessia Cara - Here (Peak: #1)
#16: Selena Gomez - Same Old Love (Peak: #1)
Extra: Ruth B. - Lost Boy
#15: twenty | one | pilots - Ride (Peak: #1)
#14: Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling (Peak: #1)

#13: G-Eazy featuring Bebe Rexha - Me, Myself & I (Peak: #1)
Extra: DJ Snake featuring Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You
#12: Fifth Harmony featuring TY Dolla $ign - Work From Home (Peak: #1)
#11: Zayn - Pillowtalk (Peak: #1)
Optional Extra: Shawn Hook - Sound Of Your Heart
#10: Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna - This Is What You Came For (Peak: #2)
#9: Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla - One Dance (Peak: #1)
#8: DNCE - Cake By The Ocean (Peak: #2)

Extra: Shawn Mendes featuring Camila Cabello - I Know What You Did Last Summer
#7: Sia featuring Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills (Peak: #1)
#6: Flo Rida - My House (Peak: #1)

#5: Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza (Peak: #1)
Extra: Kungs Vs. Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl
#4: The Chainsmokers featuring Daya - Don't Let Me Down (Peak: #1)
#3: Justin Bieber - Sorry (Peak: #1)
Optional Extra: Katy Perry - Rise
#2: Justin Bieber - Love Yourself (Peak: #1)
#1: twenty | one | pilots - Stressed Out (Peak: #1)

[Cerebro]

No extras?

As anticipated, AT40 used the published Mediabase year-end chart for the third year in a row.

[jdelachjr2002]

Dec 21, 2016 20:25:01 GMT -5 Cerebro said:

No extras?

As anticipated, AT40 used the published Mediabase year-end chart for the third year in a row.

I'll add those later.

Optionals are...
"I Hate U, I Love You" - gnash featuring Olivia O'Brien
"Perfect Illusion" - Lady Gaga
"Sound Of Your Heart" - Shawn Hook
"Rise" - Katy Perry

[matteeeb]

Okay, I know I asked this last year, but what station do you guys listen to AT40 on, and do they play optional extras on it? And if they do, when is it played? I need to hear Sound Of Your Heart again, too good of a song. 

[matteeeb]

Lets rank these down, pretty good year for AT40, aside from the #1 

#40: twenty | one | pilots - Heathens (Peak: #2)6.5/10
#39: The Weeknd - The Hills (Peak: #2) 8/10
#38: James Bay - Let It Go (Peak: #8) Definition of boring.5/10
#37: Drake featuring Charlie Puth and Kehlani - Hotline Bling (Peak: #2) 7/10
#36: Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty (Peak: #8)  7.5/10
#35: Meghan Trainor featuring John Legend - Like I'm Gonna Lose You (Peak: #5)9/10
#34: Pink - Just Like Fire (Peak: #7)2.5/10
#33: Taylor Swift - Wildest Dreams (Peak: #1)8/10
#32: Kiiara - Gold (Peak: #5)4/10 
#31: Daya - Hide Away (Peak: #7)9/10
#30: Ellie Goulding - On My Mind (Peak: #5)9/10
#29: Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber & MO - Cold Water (Peak: #1)7/10
#28: Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (Peak: #1)8.5/10
#27: Zara Larsson & MNEK - Never Forget You (Peak: #6)8.5/10
#26: The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey - Closer (Peak: #1)6/10
#25: Selena Gomez - Hands To Myself (Peak: #1)1/10
#24: Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better (Peak: #2)2/10
#23: The Weeknd - In The Night (Peak: #3)7.5/10
#22: Adele - Hello (Peak: #1)8/10
#21: Lukas Graham - 7 Years (Peak: #1)0/10
#20: Shawn Mendes - Stitches (Peak: #1)9/10
#19: Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman (Peak: #4)4/10
#18: The Chainsmokers featuring Rozes - Roses (Peak: #3)10/10
#17: Alessia Cara - Here (Peak: #1)7/10
#16: Selena Gomez - Same Old Love (Peak: #1)7.5/10
#15: twenty | one | pilots - Ride (Peak: #1)8/10
#14: Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling (Peak: #1)6/10
#13: G-Eazy featuring Bebe Rexha - Me, Myself & I (Peak: #1)6.5/10
#12: Fifth Harmony featuring TY Dolla Sign - Work From Home (Peak: #1)5.5/10
#11: Zayn - Pillowtalk (Peak: #1)3/10
#10: Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna - This Is What You Came For (Peak: #2)8/10
#9: Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla - One Dance (Peak: #1)6/10
#8: DNCE - Cake By The Ocean (Peak: #2)7.5/10
#7: Sia featuring Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills (Peak: #1)5/10
#6: Flo Rida - My House (Peak: #1)7/10
#5: Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza (Peak: #1)8/10
#4: The Chainsmokers featuring Daya - Don't Let Me Down (Peak: #1)9/10
#3: Justin Bieber - Sorry (Peak: #1)7.5/10
#2: Justin Bieber - Love Yourself (Peak: #1)7/10
#1: twenty | one | pilots - Stressed Out (Peak: #1) 0/10

[kani]

Dec 21, 2016 20:25:01 GMT -5 Cerebro said:

No extras?

As anticipated, AT40 used the published Mediabase year-end chart for the third year in a row.

I think regular extras (not talking about opt xtras) will be posted on Friday. It's just not complete yet.

[jdelachjr2002]

Updated the above to include all extras. I'll post next weekend's playlist in this thread on Monday.

[johnnywest]

"You Don't Own Me" was the top remake of the year and "I Know What You Did Last Summer" was the biggest mover of 2016. I imagine "Rise" will tie into the Olympics since Ryan hosted it. I don't see an American Idol song but that might come next week.

[musiciscool]

Remember when AT40 used the last year's number one song as the last optional extra? I guess they stopped that because of using the current year of music.

[upsidedown]

Is there a Fresh Buzz song this week?

[Cerebro]

Dec 22, 2016 15:37:32 GMT -5 upsidedown said:

Is there a Fresh Buzz song this week?

Not for the year-end shows. Only Extra hits from the past year.

[venture2000]

Wait, wait, wait. How could Stressed Out be the #1 song of the year?! I don't recall that song sitting on top as long as Closer. Someone please explain that one to me.

[thatchos]

Dec 23, 2016 9:14:48 GMT -5 venture2000 said:

Wait, wait, wait. How could Stressed Out be the #1 song of the year?! I don't recall that song sitting on top as long as Closer. Someone please explain that one to me.

This chart is based on the Mediabase top 40 year end chart, which combines all of the spins each song gets from all the radio stations throughout the chart year (December-November). Stressed Out managed to get the most spins in all 12 months, while Closer has only been out since July. Closer still finished pretty high for a song that recent.

[richie]

I've been listening to this at iheart.com for a while this morning. They are playing the list, but
no rankings, no Ryan, no talking. Just the songs, including the extras. Very strange!

[goodguy]

Dec 23, 2016 11:24:24 GMT -5 richie said:

I've been listening to this at iheart.com for a while this morning. They are playing the list, but
no rankings, no Ryan, no talking. Just the songs, including the extras. Very strange!

They've been doing this the last few weeks. They will probably add Ryan's voicetracks tonight.

[richie]

^ OK, thanks a lot for the clarification.

[venture2000]

Dec 23, 2016 9:28:12 GMT -5 thatchos said:

Dec 23, 2016 9:14:48 GMT -5 venture2000 said:

Wait, wait, wait. How could Stressed Out be the #1 song of the year?! I don't recall that song sitting on top as long as Closer. Someone please explain that one to me.

This chart is based on the Mediabase top 40 year end chart, which combines all of the spins each song gets from all the radio stations throughout the chart year (December-November). Stressed Out managed to get the most spins in all 12 months, while Closer has only been out since July. Closer still finished pretty high for a song that recent.

So it is no longer dependent on how many weeks a song spends at #1? Ugg/

[Cerebro]

Dec 23, 2016 9:14:48 GMT -5 venture2000 said:

Wait, wait, wait. How could Stressed Out be the #1 song of the year?! I don't recall that song sitting on top as long as Closer. Someone please explain that one to me.

See THIS THREAD. I did all the number crunching -- simply a sum of spins (current and recurrent) for the Mediabase 2016 reporting period (Sun 11/22/15 through Sun 11/13/16). It was, actually, a pretty close race for number one, this year. "Love Yourself" had the lead for most of the year. "Stressed Out" managed to pull ahead the first week of November.

[Deleted]

twenty one pilots get to start and close 2016 :)
Two songs appeared in 2015 Top 40 countdown, The Hills was #37 & Stitches was #33.

[shadster]

Not related to Ryan, but does anyone know anything about the Iheart Radio Top 100 countdown? Doesn't it normally run on X-mas day? Would think we'd of seen some mention of it by now but even 'google' has nothing.

[Cerebro]

Dec 23, 2016 14:39:46 GMT -5 venture2000 said:

So it is no longer dependent on how many weeks a song spends at #1? Ugg/

It never worked that way.

Roughly, how it worked prior to 1994...stations on the R&R reporting panel submitted ranked playlists, every week. Inverse points were used to tabulate the weekly charts. The weekly points were summed for the, applicable, reporting period to tabulate the year-end charts.

From 1994, onwards, actual spins were monitored. Year-end charts are, generally, the sum of spins for the December through November(ish) reporting period. I presume AT40 did it in a similar manner from 2004 through 2013, when they were compiling their own charts.

In fact, we've had three years this millennium where the #1 song of the year never even hit #1 on the weekly charts:
2000: Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want
2001: Lifehouse - Hanging My A Moment
2006: Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten*

* Mediabase, only. "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean was #1 on AT40, that year.

[goodguy]

Dec 23, 2016 15:35:13 GMT -5 shadster said:

Not related to Ryan, but does anyone know anything about the Iheart Radio Top 100 countdown? Doesn't it normally run on X-mas day? Would think we'd of seen some mention of it by now but even 'google' has nothing.

It is posted here:

www.iheart.com/live/the-iheartradio-countdown-6455/

In the NYC area, the first airing on WHTZ (Z100) is Dec. 24 at 2 p.m.

[shadster]

Looks like Jason has started a thread on it: pulsemusic.proboards.com/thread/163816/heart-top-100-2016 now

[Cerebro]

On a side note, what the hell happened to the AT40 iHeart station? Yes, they're still playing the 40 songs and the, mandatory, extras in the proper order. And that's it. No intros. No outros. No Ryan. Just a playlist, one song after the other. Please tell me this isn't the new normal for the station? I want to hear the ACTUAL show. >

[goodguy]

Dec 23, 2016 17:29:24 GMT -5 Cerebro said:

On a side note, what the hell happened to the AT40 iHeart station? Yes, they're still playing the 40 songs and the, mandatory, extras in the proper order. And that's it. No intros. No outros. No Ryan. Just a playlist, one song after the other. Please tell me this isn't the new normal for the station? I want to hear the ACTUAL show. >

They've done this in transition the last few weeks. Usually they have the actual show up by Friday night. But with glitches. Like Ryan introducing one song and another song plays.

I suspect they used to load the show segment by segment onto their servers. I think they are now loading the music, then adding Ryan's voicetracks. But sometimes they are added in the wrong places.

[richie]

^ Which would be funny, if we weren't trying to actually listen to the show. :)

[jdelachjr2002]

Dec 23, 2016 17:37:51 GMT -5 goodguy said:

Dec 23, 2016 17:29:24 GMT -5 Cerebro said:

On a side note, what the hell happened to the AT40 iHeart station? Yes, they're still playing the 40 songs and the, mandatory, extras in the proper order. And that's it. No intros. No outros. No Ryan. Just a playlist, one song after the other. Please tell me this isn't the new normal for the station? I want to hear the ACTUAL show. >

They've done this in transition the last few weeks. Usually they have the actual show up by Friday night. But with glitches. Like Ryan introducing one song and another song plays.

I suspect they used to load the show segment by segment onto their servers. I think they are now loading the music, then adding Ryan's voicetracks. But sometimes they are added in the wrong places.

Also, the channel for the iHeart Radio Countdown has played the bottom half of the Top 40 songs with no Romeo. Just a voiceover saying "#40" and song #40 plays, followed by "#39" and song #39, etc...

[richie]

Ryan and computer lady seem to back, now!

[matteeeb]

Does Iheart Radio skip the op. extras?

[richie]

Dec 24, 2016 0:02:16 GMT -5 matteeeb said:

Does Iheart Radio skip the op. extras?

They usually do, but I remember hearing them all bunched up after number 1, once.