American Top 40 - January 18, 2020

[Top 40 Tracker]

This week "Slow Dance" by AJ Mitchell and Ava Max falls off the chart, while the only debut is “Good Thing” by Zedd and Kehlani coming in at #38.

The track is Zedd’s 14th AT40 hit, and his sixteenth different collaborator. Others include Shawn Mendes, Katy Perry, Maren Morris, Jon Bellion, Alessia Cara, Foxes, Hayley Williams, Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez and Elley Duhé.

Fun fact: Black Eyed Peas and J Balvin move up 3 spots to #36 with “RITMO (Bad Boys For Life).” The song heavily samples “Rhythm of the Night” by Corona, which hit #8 in 1995. Can BEP pass up Corona? We’ll find out in the weeks to come!

Ed Sheeran scores the biggest mover of the week with "South of the Border" featuring Camila Cabello and Cardi B, which is up 8 spots to #23.

In the Top 3, after reigning the chart for 4 weeks, Lizzo drops down 2 spots to #3 with "Good As Hell," while "Lose You To Love Me" by Selena Gomez inches closer to the top moving up 1 spot to #2.

And Post Malone returns to #1 with “Circles” after six weeks at #2. That makes it the longest amount of time to return to #1 since Savage Garden’s “Truly Madly Deeply” took a record setting 9 weeks to rebound to the top in 1998.

AMERICAN TOP 40 - JANUARY 18, 2020
LW TW (WKS) Artist - Title (Peak so far)
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40 40 (44) The Jonas Brothers - Sucker (8wks)
38 39 (49) Sam Smith & Normani - Dancing With A Stranger (1)
DE 38 (01) Zedd & Kehlani - Good Thing (38)

36 37 (35) Shawn Mendes - If I Can't Have You (3)
39 36 (02) Black Eyed Peas & J Balvin - RITMO (Bad Boys For Life) (36)
34 35 (40) Khalid - Talk (3wks)
Extra: Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul & Anne-Marie – Rockaybe
37 34 (03) BTS featuring Lauv - Make It Right (34)

32 33 (35) Billie Eilish - Bad Guy (3wks)
33 32 (07) Travis Scott - Highest In The Room (32)
Extra: Bebe Rexha & Florida-Georgia Line – Meant To Be
29 31 (26) Post Malone featuring Young Thug - Goodbyes (4)
ON THE VERGE: Louis Tomlinson – We Made It
Optional Extra: Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla $ign - Work From Home

30 30 (14) Why Don't We - What Am I (25)
28 29 (10) Saweetie - My Type (26)
BREAKOUT: The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
26 28 (34) Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber - I Don't Care (2wks)
Extra: Bad Bunny featuring Drake – Mia

25 27 (08) Kesha featuring Big Freedia - Raising Hell (25)
24 26 (28) Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello - Senorita (4wks)
21 25 (11) Niall Horan - Nice To Meet Ya (21)
27 24 (09) 5 Seconds of Summer - Teeth (24)

31 23 (02) Ed Sheeran featuring Camila Cabello & Cardi B - South Of The Border (23)
19 22 (25) Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid - Beautiful People (5)
Extra: Diplo & Jonas Brothers – Lonely
22 21 (03) Billie Eilish - everything i wanted (21)
Optional Extra: Ellie Goulding – Love Me LIke You Do

23 20 (03) Harry Styles - Adore You (20)
Extra: Gnash & Max – Lights Down Low
16 19 (23) Sam Smith - How Do You Sleep? (8)
17 18 (18) Taylor Swift - Lover (17)
ON THE VERGE: Justin Bieber – Yummy

09 17 (21) NF - Time (9)
20 16 (08) Blackbear - Hot Girl Bummer (16)
Extra: French Montana featuring Post Malone, Cardi B, Rvssian – Writing On The Wall
14 15 (31) Lizzo - Truth Hurts (4wks)

18 14 (03) The Weeknd - Heartless (14)
13 13 (25) Jonas Brothers - Only Human (3)
15 12 (06) Arizona Zervas - ROXANNE (12)
08 11 (15) Halsey - Graveyard (8)
Optional Extra: Bruno Mars & Cardi B - Finesse

10 10 (08) Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now (10)
11 09 (12) Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber - 10,000 Hours (9)
12 08 (09) Tones and I - Dance Monkey (8)
BREAKOUT: Camila Cabello featuring DaBaby – My Oh My

07 07 (25) SHAED - Trampoline (4)
06 06 (21) Lil Nas X - Panini (6)
Extra: Billie Eilish – All The Good Girls Go To Hell

05 05 (27) Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (3wks)
Extra: Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj – Side To Side
04 04 (15) Maroon 5 - Memories (4)
01 03 (15) Lizzo - Good As Hell (6wks)
Optional Extra: Logic featuring Alessia Cara & Khalid – 1-800-273-8255

03 02 (10) Selena Gomez - Lose You To Love Me (2)
02 01 (18) Post Malone - Circles **3 weeks***
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DROPPERS:
AJ Mitchell featuring Ava Max - Slow Dance (from #35, 12 weeks on, peak #33)

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It's a countdown extra:

Biggest #1 songs of the decade (2020's) so far:

1. Lizzo - Good As Hell 6wks
2. Lizzo - Truth Hurts 4wks
3. Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello - Senorita 4wks
4. Khalid - Talk 3wks
5. Billie Eilish - Bad Guy 3wks
6. Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved 3wks
7. Post Malone - Circles 3wks
8. Jonas Brothers - Sucker 2wks
9. Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber - I Don't Care 2wks
10. Post Malone - Wow 1wk

[gemini79]

Wow, Make you Mine still not a breakout

[superxpaul]

I’m listening to the Hi FM steam and found out that Hi FM has suspended their regular programming (including AT40) due to the death of Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said a few days ago.

[MitchWolf - ChartStan]

Guess i gotta listen on iHeartRadio in the afternoon

[momzquotes]

Any updates?

[MitchWolf - ChartStan]

Just started listening to AT40 when #34 aired... Problems with iHeartRadio is don't know when the new episode actually starts... I let Top 40 Tracker know when I heard it all

[mkarns]

It appears that "Good Thing", by Zedd & Kehlani, is the only debut this week. The one dropper is "Slow Dance" (AJ Mitchell f/Ava Max), from last week's #35; it spent 12 weeks on but only peaked at #33.

"Circles" returns to #1 after six weeks at #2, behind "Good as Hell". That's not the record gap between nonconsecutive weeks at #1, though; in 1998 Savage Garden's "Truly Madly Deeply" had two weeks in a row on a top and a later third that followed nine weeks of Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On".

[goodguy]

Jan 17, 2020 13:56:08 GMT -5 mkarns said:

It appears that "Good Thing", by Zedd & Kehlani, is the only debut this week. The one dropper is "Slow Dance" (AJ Mitchell f/Ava Max), from last week's #35; it spent 12 weeks on but only peaked at #33.

"Circles" returns to #1 after six weeks at #2, behind "Good as Hell". That's not the record gap between nonconsecutive weeks at #1, though; in 1998 Savage Garden's "Truly Madly Deeply" had two weeks in a row on a top and a later third that followed nine weeks of Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On".

Ryan mentioned the gap between weeks at #1 and talked about "Truly Madly Deeply."

Yes, I'm being picky. But I believe AT40 didn't exist when "Truly Madly Deeply" was #1. But I guess if Ryan can quote chart records by The Beatles that this is OK.

[mkarns]

Jan 17, 2020 14:03:25 GMT -5 goodguy said:

Jan 17, 2020 13:56:08 GMT -5 mkarns said:

It appears that "Good Thing", by Zedd & Kehlani, is the only debut this week. The one dropper is "Slow Dance" (AJ Mitchell f/Ava Max), from last week's #35; it spent 12 weeks on but only peaked at #33.

"Circles" returns to #1 after six weeks at #2, behind "Good as Hell". That's not the record gap between nonconsecutive weeks at #1, though; in 1998 Savage Garden's "Truly Madly Deeply" had two weeks in a row on a top and a later third that followed nine weeks of Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On".

Ryan mentioned the gap between weeks at #1 and talked about "Truly Madly Deeply."

Yes, I'm being picky. But I believe AT40 didn't exist when "Truly Madly Deeply" was #1. But I guess if Ryan can quote chart records by The Beatles that this is OK.

Actually it did and it didn't. AT40 returned to the air in March 1998, when "My Heart Will Go On" was #1. Before that the same chart was used for Casey's Top 40, and that Radio & Records survey is the one Ryan cites.

[musiciscool]

Circles finally made it's way back to #1. It should have done that 2 weeks ago.

[johnnywest]

Jan 17, 2020 14:03:25 GMT -5 goodguy said:

Jan 17, 2020 13:56:08 GMT -5 mkarns said:

It appears that "Good Thing", by Zedd & Kehlani, is the only debut this week. The one dropper is "Slow Dance" (AJ Mitchell f/Ava Max), from last week's #35; it spent 12 weeks on but only peaked at #33.

"Circles" returns to #1 after six weeks at #2, behind "Good as Hell". That's not the record gap between nonconsecutive weeks at #1, though; in 1998 Savage Garden's "Truly Madly Deeply" had two weeks in a row on a top and a later third that followed nine weeks of Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On".

Ryan mentioned the gap between weeks at #1 and talked about "Truly Madly Deeply."

Yes, I'm being picky. But I believe AT40 didn't exist when "Truly Madly Deeply" was #1. But I guess if Ryan can quote chart records by The Beatles that this is OK.

Ryan didn’t mention that it happened on AT40, only right before saying that “Circles” was the #1song on AT40. So it was understood that they were using the chart history they’ve been going by since Casey resumed as host in 1998, and continuing what he’d been using since 1989.

[momzquotes]

Good thing AT40 follows Mediabase but... Will Selena Gomez's song "Lose You To Love Me" will be a new # 1 song? We'll find out this Chinese New Year weekend...

[musiciscool]

Jan 22, 2020 18:08:08 GMT -5 momzquotes said:

Good thing AT40 follows Mediabase but... Will Selena Gomez's song "Lose You To Love Me" will be a new # 1 song? We'll find out this Chinese New Year weekend...

Well, it's #1 on Mediabase now. Since AT40 follows the Mediabase chart, it's safe to say her song will be #1 sometime soon.

[momzquotes]

I'm sure hope so...