American Top 40 (Hot AC) - March 28, 2009

[Adam (UTR)]

OFF:
39. (15) The Killers – Human
38. (60) Daughtry - Feels Like Tonight

33 40 (04) The Veronicas – Untouched[/b]
40 39 (05) Britney Spears – Circus
00 38 (01) Natasha Bedingfield – Soulmate[/b]
37 37 (02) Thriving Ivory – Angels On The Moon
34 36 (84) Colbie Caillat – Bubbly
00 35 (01) Lily Allen – The Fear[/b]
30 34 (45) Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful of Sunshine
36 33 (26) Leona Lewis - Better In Time
31 32 (83) Finger Eleven – Paralyzer
35 31 (69) Lifehouse – Whatever It Takes
32 30 (10) Eric Hutchinson - Rock & Roll
27 29 (48) 3 Doors Down - It's Not My Time
28 28 (41) Kid Rock - All Summer Long
22 27 (16) Missy Higgins - Where I Stood
26 26 (79) Sara Bareilles – Love Song
23 25 (20) Saving Abel - Addicted
21 24 (16) Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil' Wayne - Let It Rock
29 23 (48) Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love[/b]
20 22 (08) Beyoncé - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
25 21 (06) Theory Of A Deadman – Not Meant To Be
18 20 (31) Lifehouse - Broken
24 19 (03) Katy Perry – Thinking Of You
19 18 (07) Jason Mraz featuring Colbie Caillat – Lucky
15 17 (40) Coldplay – Viva La Vida
17 16 (44) Gavin Rossdale - Love Remains The Same
16 15 (28) Pink - So What
14 14 (09) Lady GaGa featuring Colby O'Donis and Akon - Just Dance
12 13 (21) 3 Doors Down - Let Me Be Myself
13 12 (05) Plain White T’s – 1, 2, 3, 4
11 11 (35) Daughtry - What About Now
10 10 (34) O.A.R. - Shattered (Turn the Car Around)
09 09 (10) The All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell
08 08 (45) Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
06 07 (23) Katy Perry - Hot 'N Cold
04 06 (20) David Cook - Light On
05 05 (08) Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You
07 04 (09) Pink - Sober
02 03 (23) Nickelback - Gotta Be Somebody
03 02 (15) Taylor Swift - Love Story
01 01 (15) The Fray - You Found Me (4 weeks at #1)

[Battle601]

Okay, I'm looking at this and all I can say is WTF?!

First, I'll start off by saying it's nice finally to see "Soulmate" debut on the chart, although I was hoping for a much higher debut than just #38 but fine, whatever.

After "Paralyzer" last week received the honor of the fastest rising song, now it's "Bleeding Love"? If that wasn't ridiculous enough, a couple other of old songs are also rising ("Better In Time" and "Whatever It Takes"). And how the heck did "Untouched" jump up seven spots this past weekend, only to fall back the exact number of spots to the bottom of the chart one week after? Not to mention, along with "Soulmate" it's now Top 20 on Hot AC.

[musicfanpete]

Mar 24, 2009 18:14:11 GMT -5 Battle601 said:

Okay, I'm looking at this and all I can say is WTF?!

First, I'll start off by saying it's nice finally to see "Soulmate" debut on the chart, although I was hoping for a much higher debut than just #38 but fine, whatever.

After "Paralyzer" last week received the honor of the fastest rising song, now it's "Bleeding Love"? If that wasn't ridiculous enough, a couple other of old songs are also rising ("Better In Time" and "Whatever It Takes"). And how the heck did "Untouched" jump up seven spots this past weekend, only to fall back the exact number of spots to the bottom of the chart one week after? Not to mention, along with "Soulmate" it's now Top 20 on Hot AC.

"Untouched" is also Top 20 on Hot AC, so I don't get that move either! However I think it's pretty safe to assume that both "Untouched" and "Soulmate" will make some big moves over the next few weeks.

Good to see "Feels Like Tonight" off now too. Maybe the others will follow, but "Bleeding Love" making the biggest move is pretty bizarre too. I think those bottom 15 to 20 songs are so bunched up that if a recurrent gains about 20 spins it is capable of making a huge "leap" like that. Like I said last week, dropping songs off that are older than 52 weeks outside the Top 20 may solve this problem.

[Battle601]

Mar 24, 2009 18:28:37 GMT -5 musicfanpete said:

"Untouched" is also Top 20 on Hot AC, so I don't get that move either! However I think it's pretty safe to assume that both "Untouched" and "Soulmate" will make some big moves over the next few weeks.

Good to see "Feels Like Tonight" off now too. Maybe the others will follow, but "Bleeding Love" making the biggest move is pretty bizarre too. I think those bottom 15 to 20 songs are so bunched up that if a recurrent gains about 20 spins it is capable of making a huge "leap" like that. Like I said last week, dropping songs off that are older than 52 weeks outside the Top 20 may solve this problem.

I probably failed to mention this in previous posts and it has also been brought up in the same thread over at the Pop forum, but in case nobody already knows, it appears that the AT40 is either one or two weeks behind the data released by Mediabase.

So that might account for some of the bizarre movements we tend to see on this chart week after week.

But yeah, I suppose the narrow gap in spin counts between songs can make quite the difference. A few less spins from the previous week is enough to make it fall as many as 10 positions. Or one less spin than the song one rank above is even good enough to knock it off the chart, which is probably the case with Daughtry and/or The Killers.

Either way, just when I think I'm finally getting to understand how and why this chart works the way it does, it's just completely weird and strange at the same time, and honestly, I think that's how it's going to be for as long as I continue to follow this chart, which will always have its pros and cons.

I totally agree that a rule should be put in place for simply removing songs older than 52 weeks out of the Top 20 from the chart, which would give more chances to songs that make at least the Hot AC Top 40 on Mediabase.

That way, the spots currently belonging to Colbie Caillat, finger eleven, and Sara Bareilles could've gone to the likes of O.A.R. (This Town), Leona Lewis (I Will Be) and Hoobastank (So Close, So Far), all of which are already on Rick Dees' Top 40.

[radiobrett]

I find it hilarious that songs that are still in the Top 30 on this chart have already been featured as extras from last year on American Top 20.

[ericNY2002]

Breakouts this week:
O.A.R.-This Town (between 33 and 32)
Hoobastank-So Close, So Far (between 23 and 22)

Optional Extras:
Hour 1: Pussycat Dolls-Don't Cha
Hour 2: Panic At the Disco-I Write Sins, Not Tradegies
Hour 4: Rihanna-Take A Bow

The station I listed to didnt play the optional extra for hour 3

[KelownaGuy20]

The Hour 3 Optional Extra was "Shake It" by Metro Station.