TOP 40 CHART: 05/17/09

[Az Paynter]

Eligible to go recurrent THIS week (5/17):
Nothing

Eligible to go recurrent NEXT week (5/24):
Nothing

Eligible to go recurrent in TWO weeks (5/31):
JTi
Ne-Yo

Eligible to go recurrent in THREE weeks (6/07):
Akon
Kelly Clarkson ("My Life Would Suck Without You")

Eligible to go recurrent in FOUR weeks (6/14):
Flo Rida ("Right Round")

Eligible to go recurrent in FIVE weeks (6/21):
Jesse McCartney
Lady GaGa ("Poker Face")

Eligible to go recurrent in SIX weeks (6/28):
Kid Cudi

Eligible to go recurrent in SEVEN weeks (7/05):
Matt Nathanson
Soulja Boi

Eligible to go recurrent in EIGHT weeks (7/12):
Beyonce
Miley Cyrus
Shinedown

Eligible to go recurrent in NINE weeks (7/19):
Britney Spears
Ciara w/ JT
Fall Out Boy

Eligible to go recurrent in TEN weeks (7/26):
Black Eyed Peas
Jamie Foxx


Going recurrent when they fall below #20 (Weeks in Top 40):
All-American Rejects (24)
Pink ("Sober") (23)
The Fray (22)

[Az Paynter]

BEP to take over the top spot; they seem to be slowing down but I think they have enough upward momentum to meet Lady GaGa's major slide. Jamie and Flo seem to be slowing in their respective directions as well, so I'm hedging that Flo will hold and Jamie will take over #4 from the finally-peaked-this-time Soulja Boi. At this point, I think Soulja will descend slowly enough to hold on to top 5. Here is where things are tricky; Beyonce looks poised to glide past everyone else for #6, although she had a smaller update today. Shinedown will probably pass Britney, who should hopefully see enough of a turnaround to hold #8, with Jesse and AAR falling below them.

1. Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow (9480)
2. Lady GaGa - Poker Face
3. Flo Rida - Right Round
4. Jamie Foxx - Blame It
5. Soulja Boi - Kiss Me Thru The Phone
6. Beyonce - Halo
7. Shinedown - Second Chance
8. Britney Spears - If U Seek Amy
9. Jesse McCartney - How Do You Sleep
10. All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell

[Pikachu.]

1. BBP (9520)
2. PF
3. BI
4. RR
5. KMTTP
6. SC
7. HL
8. IUSA
9. HDYS
10. GYH

[gin]

1. Poker 9601
2. Boom Boom
3. Right Round
4. Blame
5. Kiss Me
6. Sleep
7. Hell
8. Halo
9. Second Chance
10. Amy

[JCMF3]

1) Poker Face (9589)
2) Boom Boom Pow
3) Blame It
4) Right Round
5) Kiss Me Thru The Phone
6) Halo
7) Second Chance
8) How Do You Sleep?
9) If U Seek Amy
10) Gives You Hell

[Sir LOVE IX]

1. Boom Boom Pow 9547
2. Poker Face
3. Blame It
4. Right Round
5. Kiss Me Thru The Phone
6. Halo
7. Second Chance
8. Gives You Hell
9. How Do You Sleep
10. If U Seek Amy

[Dan G.]

Even without the panel changes, this would be one of the toughest weeks ever, without a single top-ten position appearing to be anywhere near a lock. Add in the changes and it becomes a complete free-for-all.

Edit: Since there are 14 (!) chart spots of a difference between where I saw the top ten ending up as of Monday and where I see it ending up as of today, I'm going to go ahead and edit my picks. This is the first time I've tried this, and it's probably worthless with the penalty... but in a week like this, why not?

Edit 2: Since there's another 6 chart spots of a difference between where I saw the top ten ending up as of yesterday and where I see it ending up as of today, I'm making yet another edit to my picks. What a crazy week!

1. Boom Boom Pow (9,835 Spins)
2. Poker Face
3. Blame It
4. Right Round
5. Second Chance
6. Halo
7. How Do You Sleep?
8. Kiss Me Thru The Phone
9. If U Seek Amy
10. Gives You Hell


--DanG

[johnm1120]

1 Boo Boo Pow 9500
2 Poker Face
3 Blame It
4 Right Round
5 Soulja SHit
6 Second Chance
7 How Do You Sleep
8 If You Seek Amy
9 Gives You Hell
10 Halo

[Flashing Lights]

The hardest week in months! :o

1. Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow (9,500)
2. Lady Gaga - Poker Face
3. Flo Rida - Right Round
4. Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain - Blame It
5. Soulja Boy feat. Sammie - Kiss Me Thru The Phone
6. Beyonce - Halo
7. Shinedown - Second Chance
8. The All American Rejects - Gives You Hell
9. Jesse McCartney feat. Ludacris - How Do You Sleep?
10. Britney Spears - If U Seek Amy

[blfdguy1]

This should be a fun week!

1. Poker Face (9,595)
2. Boom Boom Pow
3. Blame It
4. Right Round
5. Halo
6. Second Chance
7. How Do You Sleep
8. Kiss Me Thru The Phone
9. If U Seek Amy
10. Gives You Hell

[Au$tin]

1. Poker Face (9655)
2. Boom Boom Pow (9510)
3. Right Round
4. Blame It
5. Kiss Me Thru the Phone
6. Halo
7. Second Chance
8. Gives You Hell
9. How Do You Sleep?
10. If U Seek Amy

[jamrock16]

1. Boom Boom Pow (9, 500 spins)
2. Poker Face
3. Blame It
4. Right Round
5. Halo
6. Phone
7. Sleep
8. Second Chance
9. Amy
10. Hell

[someguy]

I agree, this week looks really tough.

1. Poker Face (9,611)
2. Boom Boom Pow
3. Blame It
4. Right Round
5. Kiss Me Thru The Phone
6. Halo
7. If U Seek Amy
8. Gives You Hell
9. Second Chance
10. How Do You Sleep

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

I think BEP will just barely push it in to #1. Beyonce makes a big jump despite not having a reflective gain. It's just a timing opportunity.


1 1 LADY GAGA Poker Face 9500
2 2 BLACK EYED PEAS Boom Boom Pow
3 4 JAMIE FOXX Blame It
4 3 FLO RIDA Right Round
5 11 BEYONCE Halo
6 5 SOULJA BOY Kiss Me Thru The
7 10 SHINEDOWN Second Chance
8 7 JESSE MCCARTNEY How Do You Sleep?
9 6 ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS Gives You Hell
10 8 BRITNEY SPEARS If U Seek Amy

[David]

1. Boom Boom Pow (9,689)
2. Poker Face (9,601)
3. Blame It
4. Right Round
5. Kiss Me Thru The Phone
6. Halo
7. Second Chance
8. How Do You Sleep
9. If U Seek Amy
10. Gives You Hell

[madraybot]

1 Boom Boom Pow 9564
2 Poker Face
3 Blame It
4 Right Round
5 Kiss Me Thru The Phone
6 Halo
7 Second Chance
8 How Do You Sleep
9 Gives You Hell
10 If You Seek Amy

[Battle601]

1. Boom Boom Pow (9,569)
2. Poker Face
3. Right Round
4. Blame It
5. Kiss Me Thru The Phone
6. Halo
7. Second Chance
8. Gives You Hell
9. If U Seek Amy
10. How Do You Sleep?

After forgetting to make my predictions last week amidst the chart messiness, it looks like I got my work cut out just in time for my return this week. It's going to be very close between Black Eyed Peas and Lady GaGa for the first two spots, but I'm going to give it to the former; even their slow rise will be enough to counter her fall which will tend to increase more this week. #3 and #4 look to be close as well, but I think Flo Rida will have enough to hold off Jamie. Soulja has just about reached its peak, but even with his losses will stick at #5 while Beyonce will try to make things interesting by moving all the way to #6 and Shinedown at #7. Anything goes between #8 and #10 - I think Britney will stand to lose the least between her, All-American Rejects and Jesse. Indeed, it's going to be pretty tough but nonetheless interesting.

[Juanca]

1 1 LADY GAGA Poker Face 9470
2 2 BLACK EYED PEAS Boom Boom Pow
6 3 JAMIE FOXX Blame It f/T-Pain & ...
3 4 FLO RIDA Right Round
11 5 BEYONCE Halo
4 6 SOULJA BOY Kiss Me Thru The Pho...
10 7 SHINEDOWN Second Chance
9 8 BRITNEY SPEARS If U Seek Amy
7 9 JESSE MCCARTNEY How Do You Sleep?
5 10 ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS Gives You Hell

[Acid Eyes]

1. Poker Face (9499)
2. Boom Boom Pow
3. Right Round
4. Blame It
5. How Do You Sleep
6. Kiss Me Thru The Phone
7. If You Seek Amy
8. Gives You Hell
9. Halo
10. Second Chance

[Mega248]

1. Boom Boom Pow (9,545)
2. Poker Face
3. Blame It
4. Right Round
5. Second Chance
6. If U Seek Amy
7. Halo
8. Kiss Me Thru the Phone
9. How Do You Sleep?
10. Gives You Hell

[onefrayedrepublic]

1. Boom Boom Pow 9.485
2. Poker Face
3. Blame It
4. Right Round
5 .Halo
6. Second Chance
7. How Do You Sleep?
8. Kiss Me Through The Phone
9. I(F) U C K Me
10. (I'll) Give You Hell

[beyoncelover]

Darn it, I am a day late. I guess I might as well take big risks this week since I won't get a perfect score.

1. Poker Face - 9618
2. Boom Boom Pow
3. Blame It
4. Right Round
5. Kiss Me Through the Phone
6. Halo
7. How Do You Sleep
8. Second Chance
9. If U Seek Amy
10. Gives You Hell

[Deleted]

01 Boom Boom Pow 9750
02 Poker Face
03 Blame It
04 Right Round
05 Second Chance
06 Halo
07 How Do You Sleep?
08 If U Seek Amy
09 Kiss Me Thru The Pho...
10 Gives You Hell

[rfucom]

1. Poker Face
2. Boom Boom Pow
3. Right Round
4. BLame it
5. Kiss me thru the phone
6. Second Chance
7. How do u sleep
8. If u seek Amy
9 Gives you hell
10 Halo (at last!)

[Dan G.]

There's a gap of 1,355 spins between #18 and #19! Wow! :o

[gin]

10 predict Poker Face maintains the top spot
13 predict BBP takes over

[rfucom]

I think BBP has a slow start this week thats why i believe it will be still Gaga and nextweek will be BEP YAY!

[Az Paynter]

^ BEP has had two consecutive 100+ updates so far; even with Lady GaGa slowing down, they should be able to take over by the end of the week.

[Battle601]

If and when Black Eyed Peas reach #1, it looks like they'll be safe there for a while. And provided GaGa doesn't go on a spiralling freefall, she'll be holding down the #2 position a little longer.

I doubt that anyone else currently moving up in the Top 10 will be able to peak beyond #3, given how the gap between #2 and #3 is a whopping 2500+ spins!

Jamie will reach #3, Shinedown has a pretty good shot at the Top 5 with their daily bullet increases, while both Jesse and Britney have slowed down, and the same with Beyonce, even with her highest bullet. All-American Rejects also seem to be taking their time as they move down the chart.

I have a feeling right now that besides the Top 2, my predictions for the rest of the Top 10 and the spin count for the #1 song are likely off the mark, capping off a pretty tough week.

[Acid Eyes]

You don't have to tabulate my score this week, Azriel. It won't be worth it. ;)