Mediabase HAC Chart Notes, Feb '08

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[blue]2/3/08 [/blue]

#1: "Bubbly" holds at #1 for a sixteenth week.

Oldest Song: "Who Knew" with 32 weeks.

Oldest Song below #15: "Lost Highway" with 20 weeks.

Possibly Going to Recurrent: "How Far We've Come" when the song falls below #15.

Going to Recurrent: "Lost Highway" next week.

Biggest Mover: "Love Is Free" and "Stop & Stare" climb 4 notches each to numbers #32 and #36 for the week's biggest movers.

Debuts: Pat Monahan enters at #39 with his 2nd solo hit, "Two Ways to Say Goodbye".

Exiting the Survey: "Pictures of You", 26 weeks, to recurrent

Other Notes: "Bubbly"'s 16th week at #1 ties her for 4th place in terms of most weeks at #1, tying "Complicated" by Avril Lavigne.
"Love Song" moves up to a new peak of #6 in its 23rd week on the chart.
Taylor Swift reaches the top 10 this week at #10.
"Whatever It Takes" makes it to #15 in its 13th week on the chart.
Natasha Bedingfield may make the top 20 after all as "Love Like This" rebounds back to 21.
Ouch! of the Week: "How Far We've Come" and "Lost Highway" fall 4 to numbers 14 and 26 respectively.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Feels Like Tonight" (nearly a 300 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "How Far We've Come" (over a 300 spin loss).

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[blue]2/10/08 [/blue]

#1: "Bubbly" holds at #1 for a seventeenth week.

Oldest Song: "Who Knew" with 33 weeks.

Oldest Song below #15: "The Way I Are" with 20 weeks.

Possibly Going to Recurrent: None soon.

Going to Recurrent: "The Way I Are" next week.

Biggest Mover: "Love Is Free" and "Stop & Stare" tie for the week's biggest move once again this week. This time they move up 5 notches each to numbers 27 and 31 respectively.

Debuts: Vanessa Carlton has the week's highest entry at #38 with "Hands on Me", her 5th hit.
Disney Channel star Miley Cyrus enters at #39 with "See You Again", her first hit.
Rhianna anchors the chart with her 6th hit on HAC, "Don't Stop the Music".

Exiting the Survey: "How Far We've Come", 29 weeks, to recurrent
"Lost Highway", 20 weeks, to recurrent
"Taking Chances", 7 weeks

Other Notes: "Bubbly"'s 17th week at #1 now owns 4th place in terms of most weeks at #1.
"Love Song" enters the top 5 this week
6 acts have at least 2 songs on the chart this week: Colbie, Maroon 5, Daughtry, OneRepublic, Rhianna, and Timbaland.
The top 20 remains tight this week with slow movements and only one song making it into the top 20, "These Hard Times" at #20.
Three Days Grace and Colbie Caillat move up 4 spots to numbers 24 and 26 respectively.
"Best Days" and "Car Crash" return to their peaks of #28 and 29 respectively.
Ouch! of the Week: "Falling Down" eases down 3 to number 30.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Feels Like Tonight" (nearly a 300 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Falling Down" (over a 200 spin loss).

Note: For some reason, the last week's position on the Mediabase charts are not correct for a few songs.

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[blue]2/17/08 [/blue]

#1: "Apologize" climbs to #1 this week.

Oldest Song: "Who Knew" with 34 weeks.

Oldest Song below #15: "The Way I Am", "Love Like This", "I Don't Wanna Be in Love", and "Hate that I Love You" are all tied with 16 weeks.

Possibly Going to Recurrent: "Wake Up Call" when the song falls below #15.

Going to Recurrent: None soon.

Biggest Mover: "Two Ways to Say Goodbye" climbs 4 notches to #31 for the biggest mover.

Debuts: Bravery score their first hit with "Believe", the highest debut at #37.
"If I Had Eyes" comes in at #38 and gives Jack Johnson his 7th hit.
Marie Digby comes in at #39 with "Say It Again", her 2nd hit.

Exiting the Survey: "The Way I Are", 20 weeks, to recurrent
"Falling Down", 17 weeks
"Hands on Me", 1 week

Other Notes: "Apologize" is the first new #1 since the week of October 21, 2007.
Linkin Park score their first top 10 as "Shadow of the Day" climbs to #9.
Alicia Keys ties her highest peak this week as "No One" reaches #12. "Fallin" peaked at that position about 6 years ago.
The top 20 remains competitive this week with numbers 14-18 holding steady, and no new entries into the top 20.
Emerson Hart's latest reverses course and slips 3 to #26.
OneRepublic's other 2 hits remain back-to-back and reach the top 30 this week.
"Misery Business" climbs upward for the first time since it debuted 4 weeks ago.
Ouch! of the Week: "Who Knew" falls down 4 to number 10.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "These Hard Times" (over a 200 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Who Knew" (over a 300 spin loss).

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[blue]2/24/08 [/blue]

#1: "Love Song" climbs to #1 this week.

Oldest Song: "Who Knew" with 35 weeks.

Oldest Song below #15: "The Way I Am", "Love Like This", "I Don't Wanna Be in Love" are all tied with 17 weeks.

Possibly Going to Recurrent: "Wake Up Call" and "Who Knew" when the songs falls below #15.

Going to Recurrent: None soon.

Biggest Mover: "If I Had Eyes" and "Don't Stop the Music" climb 5 notches each to numbers 33 and 35 to tie for the week's biggest mover.

Debuts: Gavin DeGraw returns to the top 40 after a 2 year absence with his 5th hit, "In Love with a Girl". The song enters at #31 for the highest debut.
Chris Brown earns his first Hot AC top 40 with "With You", which enters at #38. The song is currently in the top 5 of the Hot 100.
Re-entering the chart after a 1 week off is "Hands on Me" by Vanessa Carlton, at #40.

Exiting the Survey: "Car Crash", 13 weeks
"Same Mistake", 4 weeks
"Hate that I Love You", 16 weeks

Other Notes: "Love Song" breaks the record for longest climb to #1. Sara reaches the top in her 26th week on the chart. The previous record holder was "Superman (It's Not Easy)" by Five for Fighting, with 25 weeks.
"Paralyzer" keeps climbing, this week to #3. Finger Eleven's previous song "One Thing", peaked at #2.
"Sorry" makes a healthy move up 3 to #5.
Alicia Keys earns her first top 10 on HAC with "No One", which moves 12-10.
The top 20 remains competitive this again this week: Less than 200 spins separate numbers 10 and 15. There are no new entries into the top 20.
"Love Is Free" holds steady at #24.
Ouch! of the Week: "Wake Up Call" and "Misery Business" fall down 4 to numbers 15 and 37.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "These Hard Times" (over a 200 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Into the Night" (over a 200 spin loss).

Top 50 Hot AC chart can be found at: www.americasmusiccharts.com/index.cgi?fmt=A2 All chart data (C) Mediabase 24/7