American Top 40 (Hot AC) - July 4-5, 2009

[Battle601]

Happy 4th of July Holiday Weekend!

Also, as mentioned in the CHR forum, AT40 celebrates its 39th anniversary this weekend. The first ever AT40 countdown show aired on July 4, 1970, hosted by Casey Kasem. Coincidentally, Kasem is retiring from hosting altogether, with the final broadcast of the AT20 and AT10 countdowns airing this weekend. Kasem originally hosted the AT40 from its inception in 1970 until January 1995. After a lengthy hiatus, the show was revived in March 1998, when he continued to serve as host until January 2004.

Next week: This season's American Idol winner Kris Allen and runner-up Adam Lambert are scheduled to fill in for Ryan as co-hosts.

"Love Song" is now 93 weeks on the chart - two weeks away from tying the record for the longest run on Hot AC.

Off this week's chart:
35 Jason Mraz featuring Colbie Caillat - Lucky (20 weeks)

40 40 (02) Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow
EX 39 (01) Coldplay - Life In Technicolor II
38 38 (30) Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil' Wayne - Let It Rock
37 37 (42) Pink - So What
36 36 (49) Daughtry - What About Now
30 35 (55) Kid Rock - All Summer Long
31 34 (05) Dave Matthews Band - Funny The Way It Is
34 33 (34) David Cook - Light On
32 32 (03) Beyoncé - Halo
33 31 (93) Sara Bareilles - Love Song
29 30 (58) Gavin Rossdale - Love Remains The Same
25 29 (37) Nickelback - Gotta Be Somebody
24 28 (54) Coldplay - Viva La Vida
39 27 (02) Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody
26 26 (04) Parachute - She Is Love
23 25 (48) O.A.R. - Shattered (Turn The Car Around)
28 24 (08) Mat Kearney - Closer To Love
21 23 (37) Katy Perry - Hot 'N Cold
17 22 (19) Plain White T's - 1, 2, 3, 4
20 21 (23) Lady GaGa featuring Colby O'Donis and Akon - Just Dance
22 20 (04) The Fray - Never Say Never
27 19 (03) Katy Perry - Waking Up In Vegas
15 18 (59) Jason Mraz - I'm Yours
18 17 (29) Taylor Swift - Love Story
19 16 (06) Kelly Clarkson - I Do Not Hook Up
16 15 (11) The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved
14 14 (10) Lady GaGa - Poker Face
12 13 (12) Carolina Liar - Show Me What I'm Looking For
10 12 (09) David Cook - Come Back To Me
13 11 (05) Daughtry - No Surprise
08 10 (22) Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You
11 09 (06) Pink - Please Don't Leave Me
06 08 (24) The All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell
09 07 (10) Miley Cyrus - The Climb
07 06 (23) Pink - Sober
05 05 (08) Rob Thomas - Her Diamonds
02 04 (29) The Fray - You Found Me
04 03 (20) Theory Of A Deadman - Not Meant to Be
03 02 (11) Nickelback - If Today Was Your Last Day
01 01 (11) Shinedown - Second Chance (3rd week at #1)

AT40 BREAKOUTS/EXTRAS
EXTRA (EX): Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight (between #33 and #32)
BREAKOUT (BR): Colbie Caillat - Fallin' For You (between #23 and #22)

OPTIONAL EXTRAS
Hour 1: Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
Hour 2: DJ Sammy featuring Yanou & Do - Heaven
Hour 3: Finger Eleven - Paralyzer
Hour 4: OneRepublic featuring Timbaland - Apologize

[musicfanpete]

You know, I personally will not root for "Love Song" to break the record. I think it's ridiculous that any song would last this long on a chart! But the fact that it is knocking on the door to the top 30 again probably will cinch at least a 100 week run. Oh well!

Anyway, a happy 4th of July to all! :)

[Battle601]

That's understandable. And yes, I also have to admit it's getting ridiculous.

However, at the very least, it's safe to say that "Love Song" is on its way to tying the record of 95 weeks now, since it continues to chart in the Top 40 of Mediabase Hot AC (with currents and recurrents), and the AT40 is usually based on how the songs ranked two weeks ago.

And we all thought it would take forever for "Bubbly" to leave the chart...that song seemed unstoppable for a while with the number of weeks it had ahead of "Love Song" and then the latter just blew everyone else away.

[at40forever]

I beginning to hate Love Song, due to fact that it has overstayed its welcome a lot longer than Bubbly. It might has well stay on the chart for 100 or even 150 weeks (I know the last part sounds stupid, but it's possible either way) >:(

[gin]

Go Sara. Get that two year record-breaking smaaaaaaaaash!