American Top 40 - July 4, 2009

[Cerebro]

AT40 turns 39 this week. Next week, Kris Allen and Adam Lambert will guest host.


AMERICAN TOP 40 - JULY 4, 2009
LW TW WKS Artist - Title
40 40 (02) Rob Thomas - Her Diamonds
33 39 (27) Pink - Sober
39 38 (02) Jonas Brothers - Paranoid
Breakout: The Fray - Never Say Never
36 37 (27) Kanye West - Heartless
31 36 (33) Lady GaGa featuring Colby O'Donis and Akon - Just Dance
37 35 (03) Daughtry - No Surprise
--  34 (01) The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
35 33 (04) Jessie James - Wanted
29 32 (15) Matt Nathanson - Come On Get Higher
26 31 (12) Flo Rida featuring Wynter - Sugar
Optional Extra: Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
28 30 (11) Kevin Rudolf featuring Rick Ross - Welcome To The World
24 29 (20) Jesse McCartney featuring Ludacris - How Do You Sleep?
23 28 (23) T.I. featuring Justin Timberlake - Dead And Gone
30 27 (32) Taylor Swift - Love Story
34 26 (03) Keri Hilson featuring Kanye West and Ne-Yo - Knock You Down
25 25 (18) Soulja Boy Tell'em featuring Sammie - Kiss Me Thru The Phone
32 24 (03) Jordin Sparks - Battlefield
27 23 (12) The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
16 22 (21) Flo Rida featuring Ke$ha - Right Round
Extra: Theory Of A Deadman - Not Meant To Be
19 21 (27) The Fray - You Found Me
Optional Extra: DJ Sammy and Yanou featuring Do - Heaven
18 20 (25) The All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell
21 19 (08) Nickelback - If Today Was Your Last Day
14 18 (16) Britney Spears - If U Seek Amy
20 17 (16) Kid Cudi - Day 'N Nite
22 16 (04) Jeremih - Birthday Sex
15 15 (22) Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You
07 14 (14) Jamie Foxx featuring T-Pain and Yung Joc - Blame It
12 13 (06) Kristinia DeBarge - Goodbye
11 12 (11) Pink - Please Don't Leave Me
17 11 (06) Sean Kingston - Fire Burning
Optional Extra: Finger Eleven - Paralyzer
05 10 (20) Lady GaGa - Poker Face
09 09 (09) Kelly Clarkson - I Do Not Hook Up
13 08 (08) Katy Perry - Waking Up In Vegas
10 07 (05) Lady GaGa - LoveGame
08 06 (10) Pitbull - I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)
03 05 (15) Shinedown - Second Chance
06 04 (17) Miley Cyrus - The Climb
04 03 (13) 3OH!3 - Don't Trust Me
Optional Extra: Timbaland and OneRepublic - Apologize
02 02 (19) Beyoncé - Halo*
01 01 (15) The Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow ** 5 weeks @ no. 1 **

DROPPER:
Britney Spears - Circus (from 38, 25 weeks on)

* Official weeks on counted, only. Beyoncé's "Halo" spent 2 additional weeks on as a placeholder for Chris Brown's "Forever".

[Arnold]

Ryan Seacrest mentioned that this is the 39th anniversary show.

Before he played number one, Ryan Seacrest played a piece of the number one record on the first "American Top 40" in July 1970.
After he played this week's number one, he thanked Casey Kasem for starting AT-40.

[Acid Eyes]

What is the deal with Halo/Forever?

[Justin.]

So how many stations today does this get played on?

[uion1715]

I'm just wondering... Why didn't Ryan mention Casey retiring? I mean, Ryan could've played a clip of Casey on AT20 or something.

[gin]

Jul 5, 2009 14:52:39 GMT -5 Acid Eyes said:

What is the deal with Halo/Forever?

When the Chris Brown / Rihanna incident happened, "Forever" was low enough on the charts that AT40 decided to substitute it with a song that they saw would soon be hitting the charts, in this case, "Halo." They didn't want to spin Chris's track because of the controversy, and it was low enough where they could get away with a minor fudge. Their website still had the correct chart posted, though, and Halo's official debut was two weeks after its debut on the show itself.

[Former Board Member]

Nice to see the chart for AT40 this week, considering that we did not air it here.