American Top 40 (Hot AC) - June 20-21, 2009

[Battle601]

Now what will it take to get "Love Song" off this chart? 91 weeks and counting...

BTW, "You and Me" by Lifehouse spent 95 weeks (not 96) upon looking back at previous AT40 charts posted within the topic of this forum. So if "Love Song" can hang on long enough to tie the record, it will be on the weekend of July 18-19 (coincidentally, my birthday).

And after a total of 11 weeks over three separate stints, the run at #1 for "You Found Me" has finally ended as it now begins to trek downward. But this is the AT40 after all, so make that a long, slow one. "Second Chance" by Shinedown is new at #1 this week.

Off this week's chart:
39 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (59 weeks)
31 O.A.R. - This Town (11 weeks)

--- 40 (01) Beyoncé - Halo
40 39 (43) Lifehouse - Broken
37 38 (57) Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful Of Sunshine
35 37 (28) Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil' Wayne - Let It Rock
34 36 (40) Pink - So What
BR 35 (01) Katy Perry - Waking Up In Vegas
38 34 (02) Parachute - She Is Love
29 33 (53) Kid Rock - All Summer Long
30 32 (91) Sara Bareilles - Love Song
32 31 (06) Mat Kearney - Closer To Love
28 30 (47) Daughtry - What About Now
36 29 (03) Dave Matthews Band - Funny The Way It Is
27 28 (56) Gavin Rossdale - Love Remains The Same
26 27 (32) David Cook - Light On
25 26 (52) Coldplay - Viva La Vida
33 25 (02) The Fray - Never Say Never
22 24 (46) O.A.R. - Shattered (Turn The Car Around)
19 23 (19) Jason Mraz featuring Colbie Caillat - Lucky
20 22 (35) Nickelback - Gotta Be Somebody
24 21 (04) Kelly Clarkson - I Do Not Hook Up
21 20 (09) The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved
14 19 (35) Katy Perry - Hot 'N Cold
23 18 (03) Daughtry - No Surprise
15 17 (57) Jason Mraz - I'm Yours
12 16 (21) Lady GaGa featuring Colby O'Donis and Akon - Just Dance
16 15 (08) Lady GaGa - Poker Face
09 14 (17) Plain White T's - 1, 2, 3, 4
11 13 (27) Taylor Swift - Love Story
18 12 (04) Pink - Please Don't Leave Me
17 11 (07) David Cook - Come Back To Me
10 10 (10) Carolina Liar - Show Me What I'm Looking For
13 09 (08) Miley Cyrus - The Climb
05 08 (20) Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You
08 07 (06) Rob Thomas - Her Diamonds
03 06 (21) Pink - Sober
07 05 (18) Theory Of A Deadman - Not Meant to Be
06 04 (09) Nickelback - If Today Was Your Last Day
02 03 (22) The All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell
01 02 (27) The Fray - You Found Me
04 01 (09) Shinedown - Second Chance (1st week at #1)

AT40 BREAKOUTS/EXTRAS
BREAKOUT (BR): Coldplay - Life In Technicolor II (between #33 and #32)
EXTRA (EX): Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody (between #23 and #22)

OPTIONAL EXTRAS
Hour 1: Alicia Keys - Fallin'
Hour 2: Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Hour 3: Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
Hour 4: The Killers - Mr. Brightside

BIGGEST CONTENDERS PREDICTED IN RUNNING FOR #1 SONG OF 2009
(Segment played before #1, in no particular order)
Nickelback - Gotta Be Somebody
Taylor Swift - Love Story
Katy Perry - Hot N Cold
The Fray - You Found Me
Jason Mraz - I'm Yours

[uion1715]

Love Song Watch -

As of last week, Love Song is at # 32 on mediabase Hot AC w/recurrents with very small (negative) bullet...
So, assuming AT40 is similar to mediabase (and three weeks behind) it should stay more than 95 weeks (100 weeks sounds possible)...

Though I think I'm Yours will stay on the chart for 110 weeks...
BTW, I won't be surprised if Boom Boom Pow becomes AT40 breakout in two - three weeks:

[Battle601]

Yeah, and I expect Colbie Caillat's "Fallin' For You" to jump right in there early next month.

[Battle601]

Jun 20, 2009 12:46:11 GMT -5 uion1715 said:

Love Song Watch -

As of last week, Love Song is at # 32 on mediabase Hot AC w/recurrents with very small (negative) bullet...
So, assuming AT40 is similar to mediabase (and three weeks behind) it should stay more than 95 weeks (100 weeks sounds possible)...

Though I think I'm Yours will stay on the chart for 110 weeks...
BTW, I won't be surprised if Boom Boom Pow becomes AT40 breakout in two - three weeks:

From what I understand, the AT40 is about 2 weeks behind the official Mediabase charts. Based on today's chart, "Love Song" is #33 on the Mediabase Hot AC charts with recurrents, so barring any last-minute changes, this song is well on its way to reaching at least 93 weeks. And if it somehow continues to remain inside the Top 40 (with recurrents included) even while falling over the next month or so, then breaking the record at 96 weeks should no longer be in doubt. From the looks of it, "I'm Yours" is not bound to leave the chart anytime soon - it presently has the most spins among recurring songs in the format.

[Hervard]

What songs did Ryan predict to be the top song of 2009 (right before the #1 song). My station always seems to omit the last segment, since, due to the optional extras, the show goes past the top of the hour, so I missed that part.

[johnnywest]

Jun 21, 2009 23:10:28 GMT -5 Hervard said:

What songs did Ryan predict to be the top song of 2009 (right before the #1 song). My station always seems to omit the last segment, since, due to the optional extras, the show goes past the top of the hour, so I missed that part.

What station do you listen to? It's horrible that someone would cut off the end of the show.

[Battle601]

Jun 21, 2009 23:10:28 GMT -5 Hervard said:

What songs did Ryan predict to be the top song of 2009 (right before the #1 song). My station always seems to omit the last segment, since, due to the optional extras, the show goes past the top of the hour, so I missed that part.

Cool, thanks very much for bringing that up...at the time I finished posting the chart, I was listening in on the songs that were being played, and fortunately I heard at least five songs.

I'll add them to my original post.

[ericNY2002]

I listen to AT40 on Sun Fm from Kelowna and they have cut the final segment of the show from time to time as well (when live remotes during commericals and such push the show past the 4 hr mark). This week the show played in full however.

[Hervard]

Jun 21, 2009 23:47:12 GMT -5 johnnywest said:

Jun 21, 2009 23:10:28 GMT -5 Hervard said:

What songs did Ryan predict to be the top song of 2009 (right before the #1 song). My station always seems to omit the last segment, since, due to the optional extras, the show goes past the top of the hour, so I missed that part.

What station do you listen to? It's horrible that someone would cut off the end of the show.

98.3 The Coast, in Benton Harbor, Michigan. I'm going to e-mail the program director, telling him about this. Perhaps he doesn't know about it.

[Battle601]

I listen to the countdown on my station (CJFM Montreal) on Saturday mornings. Since last September, the station has replaced all optional extras with songs from their playlist (dayparted to evenings/ overnights). Like other stations, they don't always get played depending on time constraints, especially when there are live remotes during commercial breaks.

So all the extra segments are available to me through two sources: one from another Canadian radio station outside my market (CHOZ OZfm Newfoundland) that I have on digital satellite. It airs the CHR version at about the same time as my station and it plays the entire show overall each week. Both the CHR and Hot AC versions usually play the same Optional Extras.

Another source is a station out of New Orleans that plays the Hot AC version also on Saturday mornings an hour earlier than my station, through the playlist on their website, which is powered by TuneGenie. It does a wonderful job updating the songs in real time. It's just as good as Nielsen/BDS and Mediabase, and in some ways, better than yes.com (which tends to skip songs or does not recognize certain stations). I wish more stations would use TuneGenie to power the playlist updates on their websites.