2009 Chart Year: 136 Top 40 Debuts

[Dan G.]

The 2009 chart year concludes this week with a total of 136 songs debuting in the top 40 over the course of the year.

This makes 2009 the fifth year in a row with 140 or fewer top-40 debuts. This has only happened ten times in CHR/Pop chart history, half of which have been the past five years. (The others were a five-year streak from 1995 to 1999.) On the bright side, the number of debuts per year has now increased, albeit slightly, three years in a row.

Here's a list of the number of top 40 debuts by year...

1989: 205 Top 40 Debuts
1990: 200 Top 40 Debuts
1991: 209 Top 40 Debuts
1992: 209 Top 40 Debuts
1993: 199 Top 40 Debuts
1994: 162 Top 40 Debuts
1995: 139 Top 40 Debuts
1996: 140 Top 40 Debuts
1997: 133 Top 40 Debuts
1998: 127 Top 40 Debuts
1999: 132 Top 40 Debuts
2000: 145 Top 40 Debuts
2001: 144 Top 40 Debuts
2002: 150 Top 40 Debuts
2003: 142 Top 40 Debuts
2004: 147 Top 40 Debuts
2005: 135 Top 40 Debuts
2006: 131 Top 40 Debuts
2007: 132 Top 40 Debuts
2008: 135 Top 40 Debuts
2009: 136 Top 40 Debuts


--DanG

[Deleted]

interesting facts....

[JCMF3]

So basically, when the chart went to PPW, the number of top 40 debuts simply went down than earlier.

Since 1995, the mean number of top 40 debuts is 137 (I rounded down) and the standard deviation is 6 (again rounded down). If I include 1994 in the mix (which had 3-4 months of pre-PPW), then the mean is 139 and the standard deviation is 8.

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

hmmm.... if the trend continues, 2010 will have a jump in Top 40 entries!

[Au$tin]

However, we've had an astonishing number of 21 #1 songs! :o A number we have not seen since 1991! :o

1989: 28 #1s :o
1990: 26 #1s (-2)
1991: 21 #1s (-5)
1992: 15 #1s (-6)
1993: 15/8 #1s (???)
1994: 13/12 #1s (???)
1995: 10 #1s
1996: 11 #1s (+1)
1997: 10 #1s (-1)
1998: 12 #1s (+2)
1999: 12 #1s (=)
2000: 13 #1s (+1)
2001: 13 #1s (=)
2002: 13 #1s (=)
2003: 15 #1s (+2)
2004: 12 #1s (-3)
2005: 13 #1s (+1)
2006: 15 #1s (+2)
2007: 14 #1s (-1)
2008: 13 #1s (-1)
2009: 21 #1s (+8) :o

Ladies and gents, the #1s of '09:
Britney Spears - Womanizer
T.I. - Live Your Life (feat. Rihanna)
Lady GaGa - Just Dance (feat. Colby O'Donis)
Beyoncé - Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)
Taylor Swift - Love Story {first country/pop crossover to hit #1 since the new era}
Britney Spears - Circus
The All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell
Flo Rida - Right Round (feat. Ke$ha)
Lady GaGa - Poker Face {2nd highest spin peak of all time; highest spin peak since major panel reduction in '05}
The Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow
3OH!3 - Don't Trust Me
Lady GaGa - LoveGame {first artist to have first three singles all hit #1 since Avril Lavigne}
Katy Perry - Waking Up in Vegas
The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling {2nd highest spin-per-station ratio of all time; highest spin-to-station ratio since major panel reduction in '05}
Taylor Swift - You Belong with Me
Kings of Leon - Use Somebody
Jay Sean - Down (feat. Lil Wayne)
Miley Cyrus - Party in the U.S.A.
Lady GaGa - Paparazzi {first artist to receive first four back-to-back singles go to #1 since Mariah Carey}
Jason DeRülo - Whatcha Say
Iyaz - Replay

What an amazing year. I mean, just the number of #1s is outstanding, but look at the achievements made by Love Story, Poker Face, LoveGame, I Gotta Feeling, and Paparazzi!

[Mike]

What were the eight songs to reach #1 in 1993 and how long did each one stay on top?

[Au$tin]

^Hold up! I'm confused. The same website has two different pages for 1993. One has 8 #1s, the other has 15 #1s....

www.popradiotop20.com/1993.htm - 15
www.popradiotop20.com/1993-T.htm - 8

1994 is the same way.

www.popradiotop20.com/1994.htm - 13
www.popradiotop20.com/1994-T.htm - 12

[Rurry]

Edit: Saw it was posted lol.

That's weird...

[somelikeitwhen]

Dec 17, 2009 17:32:36 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

^Hold up! I'm confused. The same website has two different pages for 1993. One has 8 #1s, the other has 15 #1s....

www.popradiotop20.com/1993.htm - 15
www.popradiotop20.com/1993-T.htm - 8

1994 is the same way.

www.popradiotop20.com/1994.htm - 13
www.popradiotop20.com/1994-T.htm - 12

Pop Radio Top 20 uses Billboard's top 40 chart instead of R&R for 1993 and early 1994. I don't know of a source that uses the R&R charts from that period, but according to the old Countdown Collector site there were 15 #1 songs in 1993 and 12 #1s in 1994 according to R&R.

[atlantaboy]

^Yeah the page with 8 #1s for 1993 is based off Billboard's Airplay Radio Monitor cause Two Princes peaked at #2 in R&R (which was still using station playlists at the time)