Billboard Pop Songs - August 1, 2009

[Cerebro]

As many of you may have noticed, Billboard unveiled their new web site design this week. "Pop Songs" is the new name for the "Mainstream Top 40" chart. In chart format, the web site still only provides the top 20. However, by poking around the different charts and utilizing the various sorting and searching functions that are now available, I was able to "Frankenstein" together the entire top 40. I figured folks might be interested in seeing the whole thing for the first time since R&R went under.

BILLBOARD POP SONGS - AUGUST 1, 2009
LW TW WKS Artist - Title
01 01 (12) Lady GaGa - LoveGame ** 2 weeks @ No. 1 **
03 02 (13) Katy Perry - Waking Up In Vegas
02 03 (19) 3OH!3 - Don't Trust Me
04 04 (16) Pitbull - I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)
07 05 (07) The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
10 06 (06) Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me
06 07 (15) Pink - Please Don't Leave Me
08 08 (12) Sean Kingston - Fire Burning
09 09 (09) Keri Hilson featuring Kanye West and Ne-Yo - Knock You Down
05 10 (20) The Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow
11 11 (22) Shinedown - Second Chance
14 12 (14) Nickelback - If Today Was Your Last Day
17 13 (08) Jordin Sparks - Battlefield
12 14 (23) Beyoncé - Halo
20 15 (05) Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester - Good Girls Go Bad
15 16 (10) Jeremih - Birthday Sex
18 17 (18) The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
14 18 (15) Kelly Clarkson - I Do Not Hook Up
23 19 (04) Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody
27 20 (04) Drake - Best I Ever Had
21 21 (09) Daughtry - No Surprise
25 22 (08) Theory Of A Deadman - Not Meant To Be
24 23 (12) Jessie James - Wanted
28 24 (08) The Fray - Never Say Never
22 25 (20) Jamie Foxx featuring T-Pain and Yung Joc - Blame It
30 26 (08) Rob Thomas - Her Diamonds
31 27 (05) LMFAO - I'm In Miami Trick
37 28 (02) Boys Like Girls - Love Drunk
32 29 (05) David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland - When Love Takes Over
26 30 (13) Kristinia DeBarge - Goodbye
33 31 (04) The Pussycat Dolls - Hush Hush
35 32 (02) Britney Spears - Radar
39 33 (03) Sean Paul - So Fine
38 34 (02) Linkin Park - New Divide
29 35 (09) Jonas Brothers - Paranoid
36 36 (03) Flo Rida featuring Nelly Furtado - Jump
RE 37 (02) Tina Parol - Who's Got Your Money?
34 38 (17) Flo Rida featuring Wynter - Sugar
--  39 (01) Pitbull - Hotel Room Service
--  40 (01) Shakira - She Wolf

DROPPERS:
Miley Cyrus - The Climb (from 16, 21 weeks on, recurrent)
Lady GaGa - Poker Face (from 19, 25 weeks on, recurrent)
Seether - Careless Whisper (from 40, 3 weeks on)

[jink]

Thanks!

[Music Fan]

Thanks...

BTW: The BBP numbers the 05 and 10 should be switched ;)

[SPRΞΞ]

i know this is off-topic, but i'm looking at this chart and the "weeks on" and thinking...what's the fastest rise to the top? I remember specifically in 1994 when Madonna's Take a Bow was #4 in week 3. But it still took her 5 more weeks to get to #1. I know cuz i have it written down. So that's 8 weeks to get to the top. (8 weeks once debuting in the top 40) I also remember the Friends theme exploding pretty rapidly. So, my question is...what's the fastest ever that you can remember? To #1, that is.

[Deleted]

thanx but isnt this the same with mediabase?

[gin]

Janet's "That's The Way Love Goes" hit #1 in 5 weeks. I don't know if that's the record, though.

[johnm1120]

If you don't include 41-50 positions, Mariah Carey's One Sweet Day went 22-14-4-2-1 and Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On went 24-11-7-2-1 (5 weeks for both).

[SPRΞΞ]

thanks!

i wonder what the Friends theme accomplished...

[gin]

Jul 25, 2009 1:45:15 GMT -5 SPRΞΞ said:

thanks!

i wonder what the Friends theme accomplished...

I just checked; it hit #1 in 3 weeks. Wow.

[SPRΞΞ]

i know!! i think it went from the 30's to #6, to #1!!! Amazing!!!!

[gin]

BTW, if you have any more questions about chart history you can just use this link:

www2.uta.edu/hunt/charts/chart.html

[SPRΞΞ]

that has to be the record. I'm so glad i thought of that...

[Keelzit]

This is the former Pop 100 Airplay as it's based on audience impressions instead of spins.

[Cerebro]

Jul 25, 2009 5:25:58 GMT -5 Keelzit said:

This is the former Pop 100 Airplay as it's based on audience impressions instead of spins.

No it isn't. I believe the web site is mistaken on that part. This is, definitely, the Mainstream Top 40 chart as ranked by spins. Pop 100 Airplay was discontinued along with Pop 100.

[Cerebro]

Jul 25, 2009 1:35:48 GMT -5 @ryanhost said:

thanx but isnt this the same with mediabase?

It's similar. Billboard's airplay charts are tabulated by Nielsen BDS, not Mediabase. There are some differences in the reporting panels.

[Keelzit]

Jul 25, 2009 9:06:40 GMT -5 Cerebro said:

Jul 25, 2009 5:25:58 GMT -5 Keelzit said:

This is the former Pop 100 Airplay as it's based on audience impressions instead of spins.

No it isn't. I believe the web site is mistaken on that part. This is, definitely, the Mainstream Top 40 chart as ranked by spins. Pop 100 Airplay was discontinued along with Pop 100.

That's what I initially thought too but why would they give a description for the chart if they weren't sure for it?

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

On R&R (Casey's Top 40 back in the day for me), the Friend's Theme went 27-12-5-1 and stayed at #1 for 8 weeks. That's the quickest rise to the top since I've started following pop radio.

[JCMF3]

Don't Trust Me has been in the top 40 for 19 weeks? I thought it was more like 14-15.

[gin]

Jul 25, 2009 9:56:45 GMT -5 Devil Marlena Nylund said:

On R&R (Casey's Top 40 back in the day for me), the Friend's Theme went 27-12-5-1 and stayed at #1 for 8 weeks. That's the quickest rise to the top since I've started following pop radio.

Oops, it was 4 weeks. I did my math wrong. :(