AT40 [1/6/2024] Guest Host: Paul Russell

[MitchWolf - ChartStan]

American Top 40 [1/6/2024]
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Paul Russell is your first guest host for 2024 as he'll answer your questions .... Ryan should return next week

This week we say goodbye to....

* Ice Spice/REMA - Pretty Girl [#36] after 8 weeks (PK: #33)
* Selena Gomez - Single Soon [#34] after 16 weeks (PK: #10)
* Olivia Rodrigo - bad idea, right? [#32] after 17 weeks (PK: #11)
* (G)I-DLE - I DO [#30] after 14 weeks (PK: #27)

Debuting this week:
* At #37, Jonas Brothers teams up with country artist Bailey Zimmerman on "Strong Enough"
* .... at #34, Country artists Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves team up on "I Remember Everything", which is from Zach's self titled album
* .... at #33, AJR is back as "Yes I'm A Mess" from their new album "The Maybe Man" debuts
* ... AND ar #31, "Thinkin' Bout Me" is Morgan Wallen's second AT40 single from his "One Thing At A Time" album

Fastest Riser/Biggest Fall
* This Week's Fastest Riser goes to Jack Harlow as "Lovin On Me" (after 5 weeks) rises up 11 from #23 to #12
* .... while this week's Biggest Fall goes to "Dial Drunk" (after 19 weeks [PK: 17]) as it drops 15 big spots from #24 to #39

Now In The Top 3,
* At #3, "Cruel Summer" (after 27 weeks [7 non-consecutive weeks at #1]) drops back from the runner up spot
* …at #2, after 8 weeks at #1, "Paint The Town Red" (after 20 weeks) drops to the runner up spot
* And at #1… Tate McRae gets her second #1 as "greedy" (after 13 weeks) moves up 3 from #4

***COUNTDOWN***
39 40 Miley Cyrus - Flowers 01 [9w @ #1] 49
24 39 Noah Kahan/Post Malone - Dial Drunk (Remix) 17 19
37 38 The Weeknd/Playboi Carti/Madonna - Popular 13 26

[D] 37 Jonas Brothers/Bailey Zimmerman - Strong Enough 37 01
40 36 Zara Larsson/David Guetta - On My Love 36 10
33 35 Luke Combs - Fast Car 06 32
BO LANY - XXL
[D] 34 Zach Bryan/Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything 34 01

[D] 33 AJR - Yes I’m A Mess 33 01
31 32 David Kushner - Daylight 08 21
[D] 31 Morgan Wallen - Thinkin' Bout Me 31 01

Request #1: Tate McRae - she's all i wanna be

38 30 Pitbull/Nile Rodgers - Freak 54 (Freak Out) 30 07
35 29 Loud Luxury/Two Friends/Bebe Rexha - If Only I 29 10
27 28 Miguel - Sure Thing 01 [7w @ #1] 44
BO Tate McRae - exes

29 27 Sabrina Carpenter - Feather 27 07
22 26 Olivia Rodrigo - vampire 01 [2w @ #1] 25
26 25 Travis Scott - I KNOW? 25 12
EX Usher/Lil Jon/Ludacris - Yeah!
25 24 Diplo/Jessie Murph/Polo G - Heartbroken 24 14

17 23 Dua Lipa - Dance The Night 01 [1w @ #1] 28
28 22 Teddy Swims - Lose Control 22 05
21 21 Jungkook/Jack Harlow - 3D 21 11

Request #2: Taylor Swift - Delicate

15 20 The Kid Laroi/Jungkook/Central Cee - TOO MUCH 15 08
14 19 Nicki Minaj/Ice Spice/Aqua - Barbie World 01 [1w @ #1] 21
20 18 Tyla - Water 18 07
OTV Tiësto/21 Savage/BIA - BOTH

18 17 Kenya Grace - Strangers 17 09
EX Sean Paul - Temperature
16 16 Usher/Summer Walker/21 Savage - Good Good 16 13
11 15 SZA - Snooze 01 [1w @ #1] 33
13 14 Jelly Roll - NEED A FAVOR 13 18

19 13 Doja Cat - Agora Hills 13 08
23 12 Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me 12 05
BO P1HARMONY - Fall In Love Again
12 11 Dua Lipa - Houdini 11 06

Request #3: Shawn Mendes - When You're Gone

10 10 Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault) 10 07
08 09 REMA/Selena Gomez - Calm Down 01 [3w @ #1] 59
09 08 Olivia Rodrigo - get him back! 08 11
BO Thirty Seconds To Mars - Seasons

03 07 Doechii - What It Is 02 21
07 06 Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? 06 19

06 05 Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 05 15
BO Troye Sivan - One Of Your Girls
05 04 Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young 04 17
02 03 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 01 [7w @ #1] 27

Request #4: Outkast - Hey Ya!

01 02 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 01 [8w @ #1] 20
04 01 Tate McRae - greedy 01 [1w @ #1] 13

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

To Follow Along:

listen to AT40 channel at around 4:50a ET Fridays on the iHeartRadio app

... or find your station in your area at www.at40.com/howtolisten/ ..... Just type in your location... It will tell you the station

PS: if there is omissions and/or missed extras during the re-airs and airings on your local station, go ahead and IM me the corrections please

[gemini44]

Popular is still here lol

[gemini44]

A lot of breakouts, I love it

[chickythelittlechicken]

Is BIR going to re-enter because it's on mediabase again or will it stay recurrent?

[kani]

I thought Tate McRae's first #1 back in 2021 was You Broke Me First. Greedy, new #1 marked as her second #1.

[MitchWolf - ChartStan]

Jan 5, 2024 11:24:44 GMT -5 kani said:

I thought Tate McRae's first #1 back in 2021 was You Broke Me First. Greedy, new #1 marked as her second #1.

Corrected 

[MitchWolf - ChartStan]

Jan 5, 2024 10:42:41 GMT -5 chickythelittlechicken said:

Is BIR going to re-enter because it's on mediabase again or will it stay recurrent?

With other Mediabase recurrents and  few newer tunes ahead of her... I don't think so since she reentered the top 40 due to Wrap Me Up n DJ Play A Christmas Song dropped out... 

[pmbeditor]

This has got to be the second time a guest host took over the first countdown of a new year. The last time this happened I believe was when Sabrina Carpenter guest hosted the first regular countdown of 2020.

[MitchWolf - ChartStan]

Jan 5, 2024 12:08:54 GMT -5 pmbeditor said:

This has got to be the second time a guest host took over the first countdown of a new year. The last time this happened I believe was when Sabrina Carpenter guest hosted the first regular countdown of 2020.

It's a normal occurrence nowadays.... Paul Russell is dead on about Ryan "recovering" from the Rockin Eve..lol

[gemini44]

I hope that XXL charts, would love to see some more rock songs on the chart, the last one was Avril Lavinge I'm A Mess

[kani]

sponsors: Mean Girls (2024) in theaters in Jan 12, home depot, promo ryan code: taxade

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

Jan 5, 2024 10:42:41 GMT -5 chickythelittlechicken said:

Is BIR going to re-enter because it's on mediabase again or will it stay recurrent?

I assume you mean "Bad Idea, Right?" It's not "BIR".

[pop]

Again?? Does this guy Ryan Seacrest ever host AT40 anymore? It’s getting rediculous. At this point, Ryan Seacrest should be considered as the guest host when decides to drop in and actually countdown. Smh

[HolidayGuy]

Yay "Popular." hehe

[superxpaul]

Nice to see Delicate as an extra again, I wonder when was the last time it played on AT40 in the extra spot?

[Top 40 Tracker]

Jan 6, 2024 16:40:10 GMT -5 pop said:

Again?? Does this guy Ryan Seacrest ever host AT40 anymore? It’s getting rediculous. At this point, Ryan Seacrest should be considered as the guest host when decides to drop in and actually countdown. Smh

This show was recorded over the holiday week at the end of December. Ryan was busy promoting his New Years Eve party.

Next week's show was recorded 2 days ago and Ryan will be back.

[musiciscool]

Did it annoy anybody else when Paul Russell would keep talking and talking before he would play the next song coming up?

[warriorsdyn98]

But it is too many guest hosts in this latest AT40 era regarding Ryan Seacrest. He is picking up where he left off in 2023 in being a so called guest host it looks like these days .

[venture2000]

Jan 6, 2024 19:00:21 GMT -5 Top 40 Tracker said:

Jan 6, 2024 16:40:10 GMT -5 pop said:

Again?? Does this guy Ryan Seacrest ever host AT40 anymore? It’s getting rediculous. At this point, Ryan Seacrest should be considered as the guest host when decides to drop in and actually countdown. Smh

This show was recorded over the holiday week at the end of December. Ryan was busy promoting his New Years Eve party.

Next week's show was recorded 2 days ago and Ryan will be back.

Congratulations to Ryan Seacrest this month marks his 20th year hosting American Top 40. 2004 -> 2024.


Anyone remember his first time hosting in 2004? That was broadcast was RAW!

He was even emulating Rick Dees for some time [please don't do that] before he found his groove.
  

[colombia91]

Jan 7, 2024 18:35:14 GMT -5 venture2000 said:

Jan 6, 2024 19:00:21 GMT -5 Top 40 Tracker said:

This show was recorded over the holiday week at the end of December. Ryan was busy promoting his New Years Eve party.

Next week's show was recorded 2 days ago and Ryan will be back.

Congratulations to Ryan Seacrest this month marks his 20th year hosting American Top 40. 2004 -> 2024.


Anyone remember his first time hosting in 2004? That was broadcast was RAW!

He was even emulating Rick Dees for some time [please don't do that] before he found his groove.
  

Maybe Ryan Seacrest will brace us with his prescence and Guest Host his own 20th anniversary. This guy takes so many weeks off.

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

I haven't listened to a Ryan AT40 in quite some time and I should because I'm curious to see how much it's changed since the early days. I was listening to his first show last spring and yeah, it was alright. A bit too entertainment-general focused and not enough emphasis on the fact it was a countdown but I suppose it suited the time.

[mst3k]

Jan 7, 2024 18:35:14 GMT -5 venture2000 said:

Congratulations to Ryan Seacrest this month marks his 20th year hosting American Top 40. 2004 -> 2024.

After "Hey Ya!" played before the top two, Paul noted that it was the number one song on Ryan's first AT40, twenty years ago.

[pmbeditor]

With only two extras heard during this guest host takeover, this is the second time the countdown only has that number heard since Anthony Ramos guest hosted in 2021

[620 Soul Train]

Jan 7, 2024 12:36:01 GMT -5 warriorsdyn98 said:

But it is too many guest hosts in this latest AT40 era regarding Ryan Seacrest. He is picking up where he left off in 2023 in being a so called guest host it looks like these days .

Yes! Waaaaaay too many guest hosts and they're celebs. That right there is my biggest hang-up as far as "AT40" is concerned. Everything else is decent as far as the format of the show is concerned. Make no mistake, Ryan Seacrest is a super-talented radio personality, love his delivery.

[gemini44]

One thing I can say about AT40, it's more reliable than Rick Dees