American top 40 (Hot AC) Dec. 27-28, 2008

[ericNY2002]

First off, Happy Holidays to everyone.

The main chart stays frozen this week (congrats to Im Yours for an 11th week at #1, and Paralyzer joins the 70 week club) Heres the top 40 for 2008:

40. Duffy-Mercy
39. Pink-So What
38. Lifehouse-Broken
37. Matt Nathanson-Come On get Higher
36. Maroon 5/Rihanna-If I Never See Your Face Again
35. Jordin Sparks/Chris Brown-No Air
34. Three days Grace-Never Too Late
33. The Last goodnight-Pictures of You
AT40 Extra: Daughtry-Its Not Over
32. Ingrid Michaelson-The Way I Am
31. Jordin Sparks-Tattoo
Optional Extra: David Archuleta-Crush
30. O.A.R.-Shattered (turn the Car Around)
29. Daughtry-What About Now
28. Taylor Swift-Teardrops On My Guitar
27. David Cook-The Time of My Life
26. matchbox twenty-These Hard Times
25. matchbox twenty-How Far We've Come
24. Kid Rock-All Summer Long
23. Alicia Keys-No One
AT40 Extra: Miley Cyrus-See You Again
22. Santana/Chad Kroeger-Into the Night
21. Gavin DeGraw-In Love With A Girl
Optional extra: Leona Lewis-Better In Time
20. Linkin Park-Shadow of The Day
19. John Mayer-Say
18. Natasha Bedingfield-Pocketful of Sunshine
AT40 Extra: Madonna/Justin Timberlake-4 Minutes
17. Jason Mraz-I'm Yours
16. Gavin Rossdale-Love Remains the Same
15. Daughtry-Over You
14. Colbie Caillat-Realize
13. Coldplay-Viva La Vida
12. Maroon 5-Wake Up Call
11. Maroon 5-Won't Go Home Without You
Optional Extra: Metro Station-Shake It
10. OneRepublic-Stop and Stare
09. 3 Doors Down-Its Not My Time
08. Timbaland/OneRepublic-Apologize
07. Leona Lewis-Bleeding Love
06. Colbie Caillat-Bubbly
AT40 Extra: Pink-Who Knew
05. Finger Eleven-Paralyzer
04. Buckcherry-Sorry
03. Daughtry-Feels Like Tonight
Optional Extra: Katy Perry-Hot N Cold
02. Lifehouse-Whatever It Takes
01. Sara Bareilles-Love Song

[KelownaGuy20]

I really do appreciate the fact that most of these songs actually seem to have come from this past year. And the extras are pretty decent, too.

[Battle601]

Wow...Sara Bareilles at #1!

Can't say that I'm surprised as "Love Song" easily had the longest run at the top spot this year. Hopefully she can put together another hit song very soon so she can get past the "one-hit wonder" label. Too bad her follow-up "Bottle It Up" while reaching the top 20 didn't do much.

Although "Bubbly" by Colbie Caillat spent more consecutive weeks at #1 (I think it even tied an AT40 record in Hot AC), that run started late last year and carried on for the first two months. But considering how that single is still on the chart until now, #6 is not a bad finish.

For the Top 5, I think I would have at least swapped "Bleeding Love" with "Paralyzer". "Bleeding Love" was a huge hit and it stayed at #1 for several weeks, almost tying with Sara Bareilles. "Paralyzer", while it remains on the chart, peaked at #4.

Correct me if I'm wrong but with "Whatever It Takes" finishing at #2, this has been the biggest hit for Lifehouse since "You and Me" in 2005. Even slightly bigger than "First Time".

I figure Coldplay could have finished a few ranks higher since "Viva La Vida" also had a lengthy run at #1.