HAC Chart Notes: May

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[blue]5/5/06[/blue]

#1: "Bad Day" holds at #1 for a sixth week.

Oldest Song: "You and Me" has been on the chart for 63 weeks. The song remains in 5th place for longest run on the chart.

Oldest Song below #15: "Just Feel Better" and "Some Hearts" with 19 weeks.

Possibly Going to Recurrent: "You and Me" will go recurrent when it falls below #15.

Going to Recurrent: "Some Hearts" will go recurrent in 2 weeks as well as "Just Feel Better" if it holds on.

Biggest Mover: "High" gets higher by jumping 7 spots to #28.

Debuts: Blue October get their 2nd HAC hit with "Hate Me", which enters at #38.

Exiting the Survey: "Almost Honest", 12 weeks


Other Notes: Only 2 songs in the top 20 move move than 1 spot up or down. "Stay with You" (18-15) and "Always on Your Side" (14-16)
"Photograph" re-enters the top 10, giving Nickelback 2 top 10 songs this week.
"You and Me" moves back up 1 to #14.
Saving Jane look to have peaked at #23 as "Girl Next Door" drops 3 spots to #26 in its 16th week on.
Breaking Point break into the top 30, moving 31-29 with "All Messed Up". This song was once a free download off of Wal-Mart music downloads.

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[blue]5/12/06[/blue]

#1: "Bad Day" holds at #1 for a seventh week.

Oldest Song: "You and Me" has been on the chart for 64 weeks. The song now moves into a tie for 3rd place in longevity on the chart, tying "Hanging by a Moment" and "Smooth".

Oldest Song below #15: "Some Hearts" with 20 weeks.

Possibly Going to Recurrent: "You and Me" and "Photograph" will each go recurrent when they fall below #15.

Going to Recurrent: "Some Hearts" will go recurrent next week.

Biggest Mover: The Red Hot Chili Peppers climb 6 spots to #29.

Debuts: "Hips Don't Lie" enters at #33, giving Shakira her third HAC hit.
All-American Rejects earn their second hit as "Move Along" debuts at #39.

Exiting the Survey: "Just Feel Better", 19 weeks
"Be without You", 5 weeks


Other Notes: Kelly Clarkson's "Walk Away" reaches #3, now making all singles off of "Breakway" top 3 hits.
Jack Johnson gets his second top 10 as "Upside Down" moves 13-10. His only other top 10 is "Flake" from 2002.
"Making Memories of Us" falls from 21 to 23.

[mrclimbfall20]

If "You And Me" hangs on another week will go to second place all time?

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mrclimbfall20 said:

If "You And Me" hangs on another week will go to second place all time?

No, it will hold third place all to itself. It would need to hold on through the 1st chart in June to tie for second place.

[mrclimbfall20]

Oh, wow. It looks like it might hold on since they went back to 14 =\

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[blue]5/19/06[/blue]

#1: "Bad Day" holds at #1 for an eighth week.

Oldest Song: "You and Me" has been on the chart for 65 weeks. The song now has third place all to its own in terms of longevity.

Oldest Song below #15: "Dirty Little Secret" with 20 weeks

Possibly Going to Recurrent: "You and Me", "Photograph", and "Right Here" will each go recurrent when they fall below #15.

Going to Recurrent: "Dirty Little Secret" will go recurrent next week.

Biggest Mover: The Red Hot Chili Peppers earn this title for a second week in a row as "Dani California" climb 4 spots to #25.

Debuts: Train racks up hit #10 as "Give Myself to You" enters at #39.

Exiting the Survey: "Some Hearts", 20 weeks, to recurrent


Other Notes: "Savin' Me" moves to #4 this week. Nickelback has had 4 top 5 hits.
The Goo Goo Dolls get their 9th top 10 with "Stay with You". Their only hits not to reach the top 10 stalled at #11.
"You and Me" rebounds yet again, moving 15-14. "Photograph" also rebounds, going 14-12.
"Afterglow" gets pushed back to #28.
After debuting at #33 last week, Shakira inches up 1 to #32.
In her 9th week on the chart, Missy Higgins reaches a new peak, climbing 1 to #35.

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[blue]5/26/06[/blue]

#1: "Bad Day" holds at #1 for a ninth week.

Oldest Song: "You and Me" has been on the chart for 66 weeks. [red]NOTE:[/red] ***This song is in 4th place for longevity. A database error led to the incorrect placement of this song in 3rd place the past couple of weeks. The song will tie for 3rd place if it holds on for another week. *** "Smooth" was on the chart for 68 weeks, not 64 as noted above.

Oldest Song below #15: "Talk" and "Love and Memories" with 20 weeks

Possibly Going to Recurrent: "You and Me", "Photograph", and "Right Here" will each go recurrent when they fall below #15.

Going to Recurrent: "Talk" will go recurrent next week, and "Love and Memories" should go unless R&R lets them stay as they are near their peak.

Biggest Mover: "Hips Don't Lie" and "Move Along" each move up 4.

Debuts: Five for Fighting enter at #33 with its 5th top 40 hit.
  Mat Kearney gets his 1st hit with "Nothing Left to Lose", which enters at #37
  "Where'd You Go" comes in at #39.
  Mary J. Blige re-enters the survey at #40 for a total of 6 weeks on the chart.

Exiting the Survey: "Dirty Little Secret", to recurrent
  "We Are One Tonight", 8 weeks
  "Stupid Girls" - 13 weeks
  "Stickwitu" - 19 weeks


Other Notes: KT Tunstall reaches top 5 territory this week as "Black Horse & Cherry Tree" moves 8-5
  Nick Lachey is at his highest peak on HAC at #24 this week, as 98 Degrees never charted higher than #29.
  "Always on Your Side" continues to lose steam quickly, falling 4 spots to #26. Its 15 weeks on the chart is relatively small for a top 10 hit.