American Top 40 (Hot AC) - June 27-28, 2009

[Battle601]

This weekend's AT40 is running in the usual format. The broadcast was already sent out to stations early in the week, which made it impossible to make any major changes.

UPDATE: The last two minutes of this week's broadcast paid special tribute to Michael Jackson courtesy of a montage that combined his biggest hits both as a solo artist and with the Jackson 5 along with audio clips. These were put together and edited at the last minute in closing the broadcast.

I expect things will be different next weekend when the show will pay tribute to not only Michael Jackson, but two other figures in the entertainment world (Farrah Fawcett and Ed McMahon) capping off this memorable but difficult week. Coincidentally, it's also the 4th of July weekend in the U.S., so it will be a bittersweet occasion. The only thing that's not likely to change are the 40 songs being counted down in their respective formats.

In two weeks, this season's American Idol winner Kris Allen and runner-up Adam Lambert are scheduled to fill in for Ryan as co-hosts.

The run for "Love Song" continues at 92 weeks - only three weeks away from tying the record for the longest run on Hot AC.

Three songs are tied for the week's biggest gainers: "Halo", "Waking Up In Vegas" and "She Is Love".

Off this week's chart:
39 Lifehouse - Broken (43 weeks)
38 Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful Of Sunshine (57 weeks)

--- 40 (01) Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow
EX 39 (01) Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody
37 38 (29) Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil' Wayne - Let It Rock
36 37 (41) Pink - So What
30 36 (48) Daughtry - What About Now
23 35 (20) Jason Mraz featuring Colbie Caillat - Lucky
27 34 (33) David Cook - Light On
32 33 (92) Sara Bareilles - Love Song
40 32 (02) Beyoncé - Halo
29 31 (04) Dave Matthews Band - Funny The Way It Is
33 30 (54) Kid Rock - All Summer Long
28 29 (57) Gavin Rossdale - Love Remains The Same
31 28 (07) Mat Kearney - Closer To Love
35 27 (02) Katy Perry - Waking Up In Vegas
34 26 (03) Parachute - She Is Love
22 25 (36) Nickelback - Gotta Be Somebody
26 24 (53) Coldplay - Viva La Vida
24 23 (47) O.A.R. - Shattered (Turn The Car Around)
25 22 (03) The Fray - Never Say Never
19 21 (36) Katy Perry - Hot 'N Cold
16 20 (22) Lady GaGa featuring Colby O'Donis and Akon - Just Dance
21 19 (05) Kelly Clarkson - I Do Not Hook Up
13 18 (28) Taylor Swift - Love Story
14 17 (18) Plain White T's - 1, 2, 3, 4
20 16 (10) The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved
17 15 (58) Jason Mraz - I'm Yours
15 14 (09) Lady GaGa - Poker Face
18 13 (04) Daughtry - No Surprise
10 12 (11) Carolina Liar - Show Me What I'm Looking For
12 11 (05) Pink - Please Don't Leave Me
11 10 (08) David Cook - Come Back To Me
09 09 (09) Miley Cyrus - The Climb
08 08 (21) Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You
06 07 (22) Pink - Sober
03 06 (23) The All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell
07 05 (07) Rob Thomas - Her Diamonds
05 04 (19) Theory Of A Deadman - Not Meant to Be
04 03 (10) Nickelback - If Today Was Your Last Day
02 02 (28) The Fray - You Found Me
01 01 (10) Shinedown - Second Chance (2nd week at #1)

AT40 BREAKOUTS/EXTRAS
EXTRA (EX): Coldplay - Life In Technicolor II (between #33 and #32)
BREAKOUT (BR): Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight (between #23 and #22)

OPTIONAL EXTRAS
Hour 1: Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl
Hour 2: Miley Cyrus - See You Again
Hour 3: Mariah Carey - We Belong Together
Hour 4: Maroon 5 - Harder To Breathe

[uion1715]

Wow at BBP debuting on Hot AC...
Is this the BEP's second song to hit Hot AC version of AT40? (I think Let's Get the Party Started was the one...)

Now, if Don't Trust Me debuts... (I think it's in Top 30 of mediabase Hot AC chart)

[gin]

You can do it Sara! Get that 100-week, or even that two-year, smash!

And this chart is just too much. My god.