Mediabase Hot AC Chart Notes, January '09

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[blue]1/04/09 [/blue]

#1: Nickelback climb into the #1 spot this week with "Gotta Be Somebody".

Oldest Song: "I'm Yours" with 41 weeks.

Oldest Song below #15: "Disturbia" with 19 weeks.

Possibly Going to Recurrent: "Viva La Vida" when the song falls below #15.

Going to Recurrent: None Next week.

Biggest Mover: 2 songs tie for biggest mover by moving up 6 notches each:
"Gives You Hell" (33-27), and "Sober" (38-32).

Debuts: The only new song this week is the 5th hit for Snow Patrol, "Crack the Shutters", at #40.
3 songs re-enter the chart though, including 1 after 3 weeks away: "Single Ladies" at #37, "Someone Like You" at #38, and "American Boy" at #39

Exiting the Survey: "Come on Get Higher", 33 weeks, to recurrent
"Beating My Heart", 22 weeks, to recurrent
"Chasing Pavements", 26 weeks, to recurrent
"One Step at a Time", 22 weeks, to recurrent

Other Notes: 5 out of the past 6 hits by Nickelback have hit #1.
"Broken" rebounds to #8.
No songs enter or exit the top 10.
"Light On" holds at #11 for a 5th week.
Coldplay now have 2 songs in the top 20 as "Lovers in Japan" inches up to #20.
"Keeps Gettin' Better" reaches a new peak of #21.
Also reaching a new peak is "Leave Out All the Rest", which moves up to #24 in its 17th week.
Hinder jumps 4 to #23.
Plain White T's break into the top 30 at #28 with "1,2,3,4".
Beyonce's "If I Were a Boy" returns to its peak of #29.
All 40 songs have bullets this week.
Ouch! of the Week: Only 4 songs fall this week, and none of them move more than down 1 position.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "I'm Yours" (over a 500 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: No songs lost spins this week. The song with the lowest spin increase was "Don't Go Away", with
less than a 25 spin increase.

Mediabase's "Weeks on" number for All-American Rejects is incorrect: Add 1 week

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[blue]1/11/09 [/blue]

#1: Nickelback hold on to the #1 spot for a 2nd week with "Gotta Be Somebody".

Oldest Song: "I'm Yours" with 42 weeks.

Oldest Song below #15: "Crush" and "Disturbia" with 20 weeks.

Possibly Going to Recurrent: "Viva La Vida" and "Better in Time" when the songs fall below #15.

Going to Recurrent: Both "Crush" and "Disturbia" should go next week.

Biggest Mover: "Sober" is the biggest mover this week, moving up 4 to #28. The song was tied for biggest mover last week.

Debuts: The only debut this week is by newcomers The Veronicas, who enter at #40 with "Untouched".

Exiting the Survey: "Someone Like You", 15 weeks

Other Notes: The top 7 songs hold steady this week.
David Cook finally makes it into the top 10 this week. He is the only Idol alumnus to have their first two charted hits go top
10.
"Let Me Be Myself" spends a 4th week at #16.
Christina Aguilera makes the top 20 at #20 with "Keeps Gettin' Better". It's her fourth top 20 hit on HAC.
"Lovers in Japan" gets pushed back to #21, but look for it to rebound soon.
Lady GaGa enters the top 30 at #30.
"If I Were a Boy" loses most of the spots it moved last week and slips back to #31.
Ouch! of the Week: No songs move down more than 2 notches this week.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Love Story" (over a 200 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Crush" (nearly a 200 spin loss)

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[blue]1/18/09 [/blue]

#1: Nickelback hold on to the #1 spot for a 3rd week with "Gotta Be Somebody".

Oldest Song: "I'm Yours" with 43 weeks.

Oldest Song below #15: "American Boy" with 20 weeks.

Possibly Going to Recurrent: "Viva La Vida" and "Broken" when the songs fall below #15.

Going to Recurrent: "American Boy" will go next week.

Biggest Mover: "Sober" is once again one of the biggest movers this week, for a third week in a row. This week it's tied
with 2 other songs, who all move up 6 notches each: "Sober" (28-22), "Just Dance" (30-24), "Single Ladies" (35-29)

Debuts: Kelly Clarkson returns to the chart at #33 with "My Life Would Suck without You", the week's highest debut. It's her 10th Hot AC hit.
"Lucky" by Jason Mraz featuring Colbie Caillat enters at #38. It's his 7th and her 4th hit.

Exiting the Survey: "Crush", 20 weeks, to recurrent
"Disturbia", 20 weeks, to recurrent

Other Notes: Nickelback are in 2nd place for most #1s on the Hot AC chart with 5. Only Rob Thomas has more, with 6 counting
his works as a solo artist, with MB20, etc.
The Fray move up to #6 in their 8th week on the chart.
Leona Lewis returns to the top 10 at #10 with "Better in Time".
"Let Me Be Myself" moves up to #15.
Coldplay return to the top 20 with "Lovers in Japan" at #19.
Backwards Bullets this week include: Linkin Park, Eric Hutchinson, and Hinder. Linkin Park are in their 19th week on the chart.
Radio stations must prefer the more upbeat Beyonce. "Single Ladies" jumps 6, while the slower "If I Were a Boy" slips 3 to #34.
Ouch! of the Week: No songs move down more than 3 notches this week.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "My Life Would Suck without You" (over a 500 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Love Remains the Same" (over a 200 spin loss)

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[blue]1/25/09 [/blue]

#1: Nickelback hold on to the #1 spot for a 4th week with "Gotta Be Somebody".

Oldest Song: "I'm Yours" with 44 weeks.

Oldest Song below #15: "Fall for You" and "Leave Out All the Rest" with 20 weeks.

Possibly Going to Recurrent: "Better in Time", "Viva La Vida" and "Broken" when the songs fall below #15.

Going to Recurrent: "Fall for You" and "Leave Out All the Rest" should go next week.

Biggest Mover: Kelly Clarkson leaps 13 notches to #20 with "My Life Would Suck without You".

Debuts: U2 return to the chart after 2 years with "Get on Your Boots". It's their 11th Hot AC hit and the highest debut of the week at #37.
Katy Perry gets a third hit as "Thinking of You" enters at #39.


Exiting the Survey: "American Boy", 20 weeks, to recurrent
"The Show", 18 weeks

Other Notes: "You Found Me" moves up to #4, giving the Fray their 3rd top 5 hit.
Taylor Swift's 2nd top 40 hit becomes her 2nd top 10 as "Love Story" moves up to #8.
"Sober" jumps 5 to #17.
Kelly Clarkson's 13 notch jump to #20 is the biggest mover since "Bleeding Love" also moved 13 spots to #20 in 2008.
"Lovers in Japan" slips back out of the top 20 for a second time, sliding to #21.
After moving big last week, both Lady GaGa and Beyonce hold steady this week, holding at #s 24 and 29 respectively.
Plain White T's slip back to #31, even though they still have a bullet.
Ouch! of the Week: No songs move down more than 3 notches this week.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "My Life Would Suck without You" (over a 600 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "SO What" (over a 200 spin loss)

Mediabase's "Weeks on" number for All-American Rejects is incorrect: Add 1 week

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[Michael1973]

Jan 28, 2009 16:18:17 GMT -5 Hot AC Archiver said:

Taylor Swift's 2nd top 40 hit becomes her 2nd top 10 as "Love Story" moves up to #8.

Our Song didn't hit the Hot AC chart?

[Hot AC Archiver]

^No, the song didn't make the HAC top 40. I don't know about the top 50.