Mediabase HAC Chart Notes, March '20

[Hot AC Archiver]

March 1, 2020

#1:"Circles". ** 1 week at #1 **. It's Post Malone's first #1 song at HAC.


Oldest Song: "Someone You Loved" with 47 weeks.


Oldest Song below #10: "If We Never Met" with 25 weeks.


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

• "Trampoline".
• "10,000 Hours".
• "Good as Hell".

Former top 10s now below #10 eligible to go recurrent:

• None.

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

• "If We Never Met", which has a bullet this week.
• "Outnumbered", which has a bullet this week.

Biggest Mover: "To Die for" (29-22).

Debuts:

• Highest Debut @#26: "Stupid Love" - Lady GaGa. It's Lady GaGa's 18th appearance on the chart.
• @#29: "The Other Side" - SZA X Justin Timberlake. It's SZA's 2nd time on the chart & Justin's 19th. Justin now ties John Mayer for the solo male with most appearances on the HAC chart.
• @#40: "Heartless" - The Weeknd, his 10th appearance.

Exiting the Survey:

• "Nice to Meet Ya", peak of #13, 20 weeks on, to recurrent.
• "Orphans", peak of #28, 12 weeks on.
• "Fall on Me", peak of #36, 5 weeks on.

Other Notes:
Top 5 Entries:

• "The Bones" (7-5). The song reaches the top 5 in its 40th week on the chart, setting a record for longest wait to reach the top 5 (or any peak position).

Top 10 Entries:

• None.

Top 15 Entries:

• "The Man" (16-15).

Top 20 Entries:

• None.

Top 30 Entries:

• "Stupid Love" (Debut @26).
• "The Other Side" (Debut @ 29).

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[Hot AC Archiver]

March 8, 2020

#1:"Circles". ** 2 weeks at #1 **.


Oldest Song: "Someone You Loved" with 48 weeks. This is now song with the most weeks on chart since the latest recurrent rule was established in 2012.

Oldest Song below #10: "If We Never Met" with 26 weeks.


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

• "Trampoline".
• "10,000 Hours".
• "Good as Hell".
• "Someone You Loved".

Former top 10s now below #10 eligible to go recurrent:

• None.

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

• "If We Never Met", which does not have a bullet this week.
• "Outnumbered", which does not have a bullet this week.

Biggest Mover: "Stupid Love" (26-15).

Debuts:

• Highest Debut @#39: "This City" - Sam Fischer, a newcomer to HAC.
• @#40: "Go Crazy" - Leslie Odom Jr, his first appearance.

Exiting the Survey:

• "Love Me Anyway", peak of #19, 15 weeks on.
• "Later Baby, XO", peak of #31, 12 weeks on.

Other Notes:
Top 5 Entries:

• "Don't Start Now" (8-5).

Top 10 Entries:

• None.

Top 15 Entries:

• "Stupid Love" (26-15).

Top 20 Entries:

• None.

Top 30 Entries:

• None.

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[musiciscool]

Hot AC Archiver, in the Top 5 it is Don't Start Now.

[Hot AC Archiver]

Mar 11, 2020 17:10:04 GMT -5 musiciscool said:

Hot AC Archiver, in the Top 5 it is Don't Start Now.

<sigh> Another stupid mistake. Thanks, I've fixed it.

[musiciscool]

Mar 11, 2020 18:21:22 GMT -5 Hot AC Archiver said:

Mar 11, 2020 17:10:04 GMT -5 musiciscool said:

Hot AC Archiver, in the Top 5 it is Don't Start Now.

<sigh> Another stupid mistake. Thanks, I've fixed it.

Don't worry about it, I look forward to reading this every week. Thank you for taking time to do this.

[Fire]

SYL has a regained bullet. And it needs to loose 1600 spins to leave the top 10. It'll probably be the first song since the recurrent rule to reach 52 weeks.

[Hot AC Archiver]

Apologies in advance for any typos/errors. My mind isn't completely focused right now. Stay safe everyone!!!

March 15, 2020

#1:"Memories". ** 14 nonconsecutive weeks at #1 **.


Oldest Song: "Someone You Loved" with 49 weeks.

Oldest Song below #10: "I'll Be There" with 20 weeks.


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

• "Trampoline".
• "10,000 Hours".
• "Good as Hell".
• "Someone You Loved".

Former top 10s now below #10 eligible to go recurrent:

• None.

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

• "I'll Be There", which does not have a bullet this week.

Biggest Mover: "The Other Side" (24-16).

Debuts:

• Highest Debut @#30: "I Love Me" - Demi Lovato, her 13th appearance on the chart.
• @#40: "What If I Told You I Love You" - Ali Gatie, a newcomer to HAC.

Exiting the Survey:

• "If We Never Met", peak of #11, 26 weeks on, to recurrent.
• "Outnumbered", peak of #21, 23 weeks on, to recurrent.

Other Notes:
Top 5 Entries:

• None.

Top 10 Entries:

• None.

Top 15 Entries:

• "everything i wanted" (16-13).
• "Blinding Lights" (18-15).

Top 20 Entries:

• "The Other Side" (24-16).
• "Before You Go" (Returns 21-17).
• "I Just Wanna Shine" (22-20).

Top 30 Entries:

• "If the World Was Ending (32-29).
• "I Love Me" (debut @30).

All chart data © Mediabase Research

[erzo01]

^ Take care too! Thanks for these updates. =)

And got some questions as well.

Do you think Covid-19 will have some impact on the Hot AC format? Like say, what about markets with severe outbreak - like say Washington State or Massachusetts? (I'm not from the US BTW, so I'm just basing it on the news I'm able to read.)

And I'm also curious how the Hot AC chart fared during the 9/11 incident. I remember reading about how some songs bleeding airplay spins 'coz their respective themes kinda trigger certain sensibilities.

And lastly, seeing how "If We Never Met" spent 26 weeks in the chart while peaking at #11, what non-Top 10 songs spent the most weeks in the chart?

[Hot AC Archiver]

I don't think spins will be impacted much, just by looking at the way the chart is behaving now. I think the situation would have to get much worse, to where news is needed 24/7 on most stations. Right now, we need entertainment of some kind while staying at home, and radio can furnish some of that.

For 9/11, some stations went all news. I believe there was no chart dated 14 September. The 21 September chart used data for the week ending September 8, and then the 28 September chart used data for the week ending 22 September. Thus the data for the week of 15 September was skipped, presumably because of the disruption and lower spin totals.

The record for most weeks on the chart and peaking below #10 is held by "If You Only Knew" by Shinedown, which spent 29 weeks on the chart and peaked at #12 (recurrent rules were different then). "I'll Stand by You" by the Pretenders had 2 chart runs totaling 29 weeks with the song peaking at #20.

Mar 18, 2020 6:20:28 GMT -5 erzo01 said:

^ Take care too! Thanks for these updates. =)

And got some questions as well.

Do you think Covid-19 will have some impact on the Hot AC format? Like say, what about markets with severe outbreak - like say Washington State or Massachusetts? (I'm not from the US BTW, so I'm just basing it on the news I'm able to read.)

And I'm also curious how the Hot AC chart fared during the 9/11 incident. I remember reading about how some songs bleeding airplay spins 'coz their respective themes kinda trigger certain sensibilities.

And lastly, seeing how "If We Never Met" spent 26 weeks in the chart while peaking at #11, what non-Top 10 songs spent the most weeks in the chart?

[Fire]

^The most recent one to spend more weeks on while peaking below #10 is "Shotgun" by George Ezra last year. It spent 27 weeks on but it only peaked at (I believe) #15.

[Hot AC Archiver]

March 22, 2020

#1:"Circles". ** 3 nonconsecutive weeks at #1 **.


Oldest Song: "Someone You Loved" with 50 weeks. This is the first song to reach 50 weeks with the latest recurrent rule.

Oldest Song below #10: "Dance Monkey" with 20 weeks.


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

• "Trampoline".
• "Good as Hell".
• "Someone You Loved".

Former top 10s now below #10 eligible to go recurrent:

• None.

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

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

Biggest Mover: "I Love Me" (30-24).

Debuts:

• Highest Debut @#38: "Sunday Best" - Surfaces, newcomers to HAC.
• "RITMO (Bad Boys for Life)" - Black Eyed Peas X J Balvin. It's the 10th time on the chart for the Peas and their first in over 8 years. It's J's first time.
• @#40: "Know Your Worth" - Khalid X Disclosure, Khalid's 8th appearance and Disclosure's 2nd.

Exiting the Survey:

• "10,000 Hours", peak of #5, 23 weeks on, to recurrent.
• "I'll Be There", peak of #25, 20 weeks on, to recurrent.
• "Cuz I Love You", peak of #36, 5 weeks on.

Other Notes:
Top 5 Entries:

• None.

Top 10 Entries:

• "Stupid Love" (12-8). It's Lady GaGa's 9th top 10 hit.

Top 15 Entries:

• "The Other Side" (16-15).

Top 20 Entries:

• "Intentions" (23-19).
• "To Die for" (21-20).

Top 30 Entries:

• "July" (32-27).
• "No Judgement" (31-29).

All chart data © Mediabase Research

[Deleted]

Mar 24, 2020 11:12:05 GMT -5 Hot AC Archiver said:

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

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

Good riddance.

[Fire]

Mar 24, 2020 11:20:52 GMT -5 @nonameneeded said:

Mar 24, 2020 11:12:05 GMT -5 Hot AC Archiver said:

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

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

Good riddance.

ikr, why did we allow a song that sounds like a monkey that got high sang it to get played on the radio.

[Hot AC Archiver]

March 29, 2020

#1:"Circles". ** 4 nonconsecutive weeks at #1 **.


Oldest Song: "Someone You Loved" with 51 weeks.

Oldest Song below #10: "Make You Mine" with 19 weeks.


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

• "Trampoline".
• "Someone You Loved".

Former top 10s now below #10 eligible to go recurrent:

• None.

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

• None.

Biggest Mover: "This City" (31-26), "Nice to Meet Ya" (34-29), "Sunday Best" (38-33).

Debuts:

• Highest Debut @#34: "Say So" - Doja Cat, a newcomer to HAC.
• @#40: "Heartless" - Diplo & Morgan Wallen f/ Julia Michaels, Diplo's 3rd appearance, Morgan's 1st, and Julia's 8th.

Exiting the Survey:

• "Good as Hell", peak of #3, 23 weeks on, to recurrent.
• "Dance Monkey", peak of #11, 20 weeks on, to recurrent.

Other Notes:
Top 5 Entries:

• None.

Top 10 Entries:

• "Blinding Lights" (12-9). It's The Weeknd's 4th top 10 hit.

Top 15 Entries:

• "I Just Wanna Shine" (17-14).
• "Before You Go" (16-15).

Top 20 Entries:

• "I Love Me" (24-20).

Top 30 Entries:

• "This City" (31-26).
• "Nice to Meet Ya" (34-29).
• "Heartless" (32-30).

All chart data © Mediabase Research

[Fire]

Julia Michaels really had 8 appearance on HAC already? I can think of 6.

Issues
Worst In Me
I Miss You
Peer Pressure
Heartless
If The World Was Ending

[Hot AC Archiver]

Apr 1, 2020 12:56:19 GMT -5 Fire said:

Julia Michaels really had 8 appearance on HAC already? I can think of 6.

Issues
Worst In Me
I Miss You
Peer Pressure
Heartless
If The World Was Ending

Those plus:

Uh Huh (#38 in 2017)
Hurt Somebody (Noah Kahan f/ Julia, #35 in 2018)

[erzo01]

So SYL will go recurrent on April 12th (in case it's not yet below Top 10 by now) coz it has spent 52 weeks on chart and is below Top 5?

[Fire]

Apr 2, 2020 21:39:48 GMT -5 erzo01 said:

So SYL will go recurrent on April 12th (in case it's not yet below Top 10 by now) coz it has spent 52 weeks on chart and is below Top 5?

That should be the case. And that will be the first song to ever do that on HAC