American Top 40 [11/11/2023]

[MitchWolf - ChartStan]

American Top 40 [11/11/2023]
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This week we say goodbye to....
* SZA - Kill Bill [#40] AFTER 41 weeks (PK: #1 for 2 weeks)
* Timbaland/Nelly Furtado/Justin Timberlake - Keep Going Up! [#25] after 7 weeks (PK: #20)

Debuting this week:
* At #34, Ice Spice and REMA team up on "Pretty Girl"
* .... AND at #33, Newcomer Kenya Grace debuts with "Strangers"

Fastest Riser/Biggest Fall
* Olivia Rodrigo again has This Week's Fastest Riser as "get him back!" (after 3 weeks) rises up 6 more from #28 to #22
* .... while this week's Biggest Fall goes to both "Last Night" (after 34 weeks [PK: #4]) from #35 to #39 and "All My Life" (after 20 weeks [PK: #9]) from #35 to #38 as they falls down 4

Now In The Top 3,
* At #3, After one week on top, "Snooze" (after 25 weeks) falls down 2
* …at #2, "Cruel Summer" (after 19 weeks [7 non-consecutive weeks at #1]) moves up back to the runner up spot
* And at #1… Doja Cat gets her 7th overall #1 as "Paint The Town Red" (after 12 weeks) moves up from the runner up spot

***COUNTDOWN***

39 40 Metro Boomin/The Weeknd/21 Savage - Creepin' 02 44
35 39 Morgan Wallen - Last Night 04 34
34 38 Lil Durk/J. Cole - All My Life 09 20
EX Jonas Brothers - Sucker

38 37 Zara Larsson/David Guetta - On My Love 38 02
37 36 Loud Luxury/Two Friends/Bebe Rexha - If Only I 36 02
EX Rihanna/Calvin Harris - We Found Love
36 35 Tyla Yaweh - SUMMER VIBES 35 04
[D] 34 Ice Spice/REMA - Pretty Girl 34 01

[D] 33 Kenya Grace - Strangers 33 01
EX Shawn Mendez - Nothing's Holding Me Back
33 32 Travis Scott - I KNOW? 32 04
30 31 Taylor Swift - Karma 01 [3w @ #1] 26
OTV The Kid Laroi/Jungkook/Central Cee - TOO MUCH

Request #1: Stephen Sanchez - Until I Found You

29 30 Fall Out Boy - We Didn’t Start The Fire 25 11
32 29 Diplo/Jessie Murph/Polo G - Heartbroken 29 06
EX Bakar - Hell N Back
31 28 Jungkook/Jack Harlow - 3D 28 03
OTV Sabrina Carpenter - Feather

27 27 (G)I-DLE - I DO 27 07
23 26 Charli XCX - Speed Drive 23 08
24 25 Nicki Minaj - Last Time I Saw You 24 06
26 24 Usher/Summer Walker/21 Savage - Good Good 24 05

22 23 Miley Cyrus - Flowers 01 [9w @ #1] 41
28 22 Olivia Rodrigo - get him back! 22 03
BO Taylor Swift - Slut! (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)
19 21 Luke Combs - Fast Car 06 24

Request #2: Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side To Side

21 20 Jelly Roll - NEED A FAVOR 20 10
18 19 Noah Kahan/Post Malone - Dial Drunk (Remix) 18 11
20 18 Tate McRae - greedy 18 05
EX Eminem - Lose Yourself

16 17 *NSYNC - Better Place 14 04
14 16 Miguel - Sure Thing 01 [7w @ #1] 36
15 15 Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? 15 11
OTV J Balvin/Usher/DJ Khaled - Dientes
13 14 The Weeknd/Playboi Carti/Madonna - Popular 13 18

17 13 Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 13 07
11 12 Olivia Rodrigo - vampire 01 [2w @ #1] 17
EX Neon Trees - Everybody Talks
12 11 Olivia Rodrigo - bad idea, right? 11 10

Request #3: NF - Let You Down

10 10 Selena Gomez - Single Soon 10 09
09 09 David Kushner - Daylight 09 13
EX Ed Sheeran - Eyes Closed
08 08 REMA/Selena Gomez - Calm Down 01 [3w @ #1] 51
OTV Pitbull/Nile Rodgers - Freak 54 (Freak Out)

06 07 Dua Lipa - Dance The Night 01 [1w @ #1] 20
07 06 Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young 06 09
EX Chris Brown - Summer Too Hot

05 05 Doechii - What It Is 05 13
04 04 Nicki Minaj/Ice Spice/Aqua - Barbie World 01 [1w @ #1] 13
01 03 SZA - Snooze 01 [1w @ #1] 25

Request #4: Post Malone/The Weeknd - One Right Now

03 02 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 01 [7w @ #1] 19
02 01 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 01 [1w @ #1] 12

I'll post the whole show order around 9-10a ET every Friday. Meanwhile...

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[mst3k]

Interesting that they went with "Slut!" as the Breakout...

[Top 40 Tracker]

Calm Dowm is at 35 weeks inside the Top 10, 2 weeks away from tying Blinding Lights for longest Top 10 run in AT40 history.

Remember when songs rarely made it 15 weeks inside the entire Top 40???

Also, we now know the Top 40 of 2023... the #1 song of the year will not be Calm Down. It will be #2.

The "USA Top 40 Survey" Countdown Show

[saoirse626]

What happened to lemon by Smith?

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

Nov 10, 2023 9:21:20 GMT -5 Top 40 Tracker said:

Calm Dowm is at 35 weeks inside the Top 10, 2 weeks away from tying Blinding Lights for longest Top 10 run in AT40 history.

Remember when songs rarely made it 15 weeks inside the entire Top 40???

Also, we now know the Top 40 of 2023... the #1 song of the year will not be Calm Down. It will be #2.

The "USA Top 40 Survey" Countdown Show

I get that it's tradition and all, but good gosh, it's 2023 - we have faster technology - when determining the Top xx for a particular year, it really should not be determined until December 15 at the earliest. Just my two cents... tired of songs that peak the prior Thanksgiving being #1 for the following year.

[MitchWolf - ChartStan]

Nov 10, 2023 9:26:23 GMT -5 saoirse626 said:

What happened to lemon by Smith?

it got purged two weeks ago

[Top 40 Tracker]

Just to piggy back off my earlier comment as I was listening to a classic AT40 show from 1981 and a listener asked what song spent the longest inside the Top 40.

The answer was a 4 way tie. 26 weeks. The latest being How Deep Is Your Love from 1977.

Ironically, it was a show that had 8 debuts in it. That's a rare thing too.

The "USA Top 40 Survey" Countdown Show

[Az Paynter]

Nov 10, 2023 9:15:40 GMT -5 mst3k said:

Interesting that they went with "Slut!" as the Breakout...

Not a great surprise. This time two weeks ago, that was the song that was close to cracking the top 40. They only switched tack to 'Is It Over Now?' mid-week.

[gemini79]

Agora Falls should of been a BO, noticed that Ryan didn't say Slut lol, will this be another I want Your Sex from 1987 where Casey didn't say the title

[gemini79]

I think that Flowers will make at least 55 wks along with Sure Thing

[musiciscool]

Dientes is still an "On the Verge" song. It's not going to chart.

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

Nov 10, 2023 13:26:24 GMT -5 gemini79 said:

Agora Falls should of been a BO, noticed that Ryan didn't say Slut lol, will this be another I want Your Sex from 1987 where Casey didn't say the title

Which makes me think come 2059 that nobody will think twice about saying 'slut' in any context. Oh wait, that's 2023 or 1987.

[venture2000]

Timbaland/Nelly Furtado/Justin Timberlake - Keep Going Up!

It bombed. Wow. The song is still alive on the Hot AC chart though.

[kani]

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[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

Nov 10, 2023 23:10:24 GMT -5 venture2000 said:

Timbaland/Nelly Furtado/Justin Timberlake - Keep Going Up!

It bombed. Wow. The song is still alive on the Hot AC chart though.

Nobody should be surprised by this. The successful collaboration with those three was 16 years ago. Timberlake has been discussed ad nauseum, and Timbaland/Furtado, while both respectable artists, haven't exactly had heavy chart presence in recent years.

[gemini79]

The way it looks on Mediabase, Better Place is also bombing

[musiciscool]

Nov 11, 2023 15:00:57 GMT -5 gemini79 said:

The way it looks on Mediabase, Better Place is also bombing

That should be crashing down the chart in the next 2-3 weeks.

[venture2000]

Nov 11, 2023 15:00:57 GMT -5 gemini79 said:

The way it looks on Mediabase, Better Place is also bombing

And that is why I will never be a record executive:

The songs I get hot and bothered by all tank and the ones I am ambivalent towards become mega hits....

I was hoping Better Place would get a bounce with the release of the Trolls 3. It is featured prominently in the movie.

[mst3k]

I swear this is the third time AT40 has played the exact same interview clip with Selena Gomez about "Single Soon"...

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

I gotta say... this is the first time in a good while that I listened to the show in its entirety, and you know what... I enjoyed it. Seacrest seems to employ the right amount of trivia - enough to capture your interest without drowning you in it like Kasem would do. About 50 songs, none of which lasted too long, and he identified every single one of them. Yes, there are improvements to be made around the edges (we really don't need so many unnecessary extras, and it'd be helpful if he simply gave the up/down stats for all songs), but all things considered, he's adapted to the 2020's.

[gemini79]

Nov 13, 2023 22:34:41 GMT -5 MostInterestingManInTheWorld said:

I gotta say... this is the first time in a good while that I listened to the show in its entirety, and you know what... I enjoyed it. Seacrest seems to employ the right amount of trivia - enough to capture your interest without drowning you in it like Kasem would do. About 50 songs, none of which lasted too long, and he identified every single one of them. Yes, there are improvements to be made around the edges (we really don't need so many unnecessary extras, and it'd be helpful if he simply gave the up/down stats for all songs), but all things considered, he's adapted to the 2020's.

It gets on my nerves when Ryan doesn't acknowledge a debut like he did last week when On My Love debuted

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

Nov 14, 2023 12:00:11 GMT -5 gemini79 said:

Nov 13, 2023 22:34:41 GMT -5 MostInterestingManInTheWorld said:

I gotta say... this is the first time in a good while that I listened to the show in its entirety, and you know what... I enjoyed it. Seacrest seems to employ the right amount of trivia - enough to capture your interest without drowning you in it like Kasem would do. About 50 songs, none of which lasted too long, and he identified every single one of them. Yes, there are improvements to be made around the edges (we really don't need so many unnecessary extras, and it'd be helpful if he simply gave the up/down stats for all songs), but all things considered, he's adapted to the 2020's.

It gets on my nerves when Ryan doesn't acknowledge a debut like he did last week when On My Love debuted

Agreed. Just acknowledge the up/down/debut stats for each song and you'd appease a good amount of the fanbase that cares. The important part...

[colombia91]

Looks like Cruel Summer by Taylor Swift will peak out at number 2 this time back up the top 10 but what a run. Hands down she has made a mark of being the most succesful mark in the 21st century. Rihanna had it going from 2005 to 2026 but has cooled off considerably since then. This song about summer in the winter lasting this long in the top shows Taylor Swift’s staple of being all time greatness.

[Top 40 Tracker]

Nov 15, 2023 19:49:11 GMT -5 colombia91 said:

Looks like Cruel Summer by Taylor Swift will peak out at number 2 this time back up the top 10 but what a run. Hands down she has made a mark of being the most succesful mark in the 21st century. Rihanna had it going from 2005 to 2026 but has cooled off considerably since then. This song about summer in the winter lasting this long in the top shows Taylor Swift’s staple of being all time greatness.

What's remarkable is that she only has 1 song ranked inside the Top 100 over that same period. Anti-Hero at #99.

Dua Lipa has 4 songs in the Top 50 and 3 inside the Top 12.

Cruel Summer currently ranks #168.

[musiciscool]

Nov 13, 2023 22:34:41 GMT -5 MostInterestingManInTheWorld said:

I gotta say... this is the first time in a good while that I listened to the show in its entirety, and you know what... I enjoyed it. Seacrest seems to employ the right amount of trivia - enough to capture your interest without drowning you in it like Kasem would do. About 50 songs, none of which lasted too long, and he identified every single one of them. Yes, there are improvements to be made around the edges (we really don't need so many unnecessary extras, and it'd be helpful if he simply gave the up/down stats for all songs), but all things considered, he's adapted to the 2020's.

I wish Ryan would give the up/down stats for the songs, but other than that, Ryan hosting the show is the best. He can keep me engaged and enjoy the countdown. When a guest-host fills in, it becomes more boring and annoying than entertaining.

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

Nov 15, 2023 22:39:35 GMT -5 Top 40 Tracker said:

Nov 15, 2023 19:49:11 GMT -5 colombia91 said:

Looks like Cruel Summer by Taylor Swift will peak out at number 2 this time back up the top 10 but what a run. Hands down she has made a mark of being the most succesful mark in the 21st century. Rihanna had it going from 2005 to 2026 but has cooled off considerably since then. This song about summer in the winter lasting this long in the top shows Taylor Swift’s staple of being all time greatness.

What's remarkable is that she only has 1 song ranked inside the Top 100 over that same period. Anti-Hero at #99.

Dua Lipa has 4 songs in the Top 50 and 3 inside the Top 12.

Cruel Summer currently ranks #168.

So, in other words, Swift has a lot of big hits, but none have been truly dominating. That is kind of interesting. If you expanded this to say, 500 songs, how would Swift compare against Rihanna and others?

[warriorsdyn98]

Yes Taylor swift is on a roll. Ryan Seacrest mentioned that she has atleast one hit appearance per year for 17 straight years which obviously will be 18 the first week of 2024 unless ‘hell freezes over’. Is this a factual AT40 record? Madonna had a healthy stretch from 1983 to the late 90’s but not sure it was 17 straight years for her.

[mst3k]

Nov 16, 2023 15:44:49 GMT -5 warriorsdyn98 said:

Yes Taylor swift is on a roll. Ryan Seacrest mentioned that she has atleast one hit appearance per year for 17 straight years which obviously will be 18 the first week of 2024 unless ‘hell freezes over’. Is this a factual AT40 record? Madonna had a healthy stretch from 1983 to the late 90’s but not sure it was 17 straight years for her.

Madonna had 22 straight years from 1983-2004, at least according to AT40's current stats. "Me Against the Music" spent its final week in the R&R top 40 on 12/19/03, so it was counted down on the first show of 2004. (She actually didn't appear on AT40 in 1988, but "Spotlight" made the R&R chart which is what AT40 retroactively uses.)

[mkarns]

Nov 15, 2023 19:49:11 GMT -5 colombia91 said:

Looks like Cruel Summer by Taylor Swift will peak out at number 2 this time back up the top 10 but what a run. Hands down she has made a mark of being the most succesful mark in the 21st century. Rihanna had it going from 2005 to 2026 but has cooled off considerably since then. This song about summer in the winter lasting this long in the top shows Taylor Swift’s staple of being all time greatness.

2005 to 2016, you meant? (She made the AT40 top 5 in 2017 with “Love On the Brain”). Though Rihanna’s cool off is in large part due to her focusing on her fashion and general business career since then, which by many accounts made her the first billionaire female pop artist, with Taylor now the second such.

Though I’d like to know when the last time any pop artist had as many or more consecutive years making the pop top 40 every year (as defined by AT40, Radio & Records, and/or Billboard) as Taylor Swift has from 2007 to likely at least 2024. Probably not since the 20th century.

[Top 40 Tracker]

Nov 16, 2023 8:29:19 GMT -5 MostInterestingManInTheWorld said:

Nov 15, 2023 22:39:35 GMT -5 Top 40 Tracker said:

What's remarkable is that she only has 1 song ranked inside the Top 100 over that same period. Anti-Hero at #99.

Dua Lipa has 4 songs in the Top 50 and 3 inside the Top 12.

Cruel Summer currently ranks #168.

So, in other words, Swift has a lot of big hits, but none have been truly dominating. That is kind of interesting. If you expanded this to say, 500 songs, how would Swift compare against Rihanna and others?

You can see the Top 300 here along with the decade to date and 2023 rankings.

pulsemusic.proboards.com/thread/154175/mediabase-chr-recurrents-chart-archive?page=31

Rihanna has 9 hits inside the Top 300 and Taylor has 11.

Taylor has 4 songs inside the 2023 year end Top 20.