Mediabase Hot AC Chart Notes, November '08

[Hot AC Archiver]

[blue]11/02/08 [/blue]

#1: Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours" holds at #1 for a 5th week.

Oldest Song: "It's Not My Time" with 33 weeks.

Oldest Song below #15: "Rise Above This" with 24 weeks.

Possibly Going to Recurrent: "All Summer Long", "It's Not My Time, and "Pocketful of Sunshine"" when the songs fall below #15.
"Rise Above This" may be removed if it starts losing spins.

Going to Recurrent: "Shake It" and "I Kissed a Girl" will go next week.

Biggest Mover: A 3 way tie exists for biggest mover this week, with all songs moving up 4 notches: "Addicted" (24-20), "Light On" (30-26), and "Keeps Gettin Better" (37-33).

Debuts: The Killers have the highest debut at #39 with "Human". It's their 5th hit.
"1, 2, 3, 4" by Plain White T's anchor the chart at #40. The song is the group's 3rd hit.

Exiting the Survey: "Leavin'", 20 weeks, to recurrent
"Take a Bow", 20 weeks, (should've been to recurrent, but is listed still on below #40)

Other Notes: O.A.R. make it to #2 this week, but are still over 300 spins behind #1.
Pink climbs into the top 5 at #5 with "So What". It's her 3rd consecutive top 5 hit.
"Come on Get Higher" moves to #9 giving Matt Nathanson his 1st top 10.
Leona Lewis scores a 2nd top 10 with "Better in Time" at #10.
"Addicted" moves to #20 in its 5th week on the chart, meaning it will be heard on AT20 in a couple of weeks.
Rhianna holds at #21 just behind "Addicted". They are separated by only 3 spins.
Lenka makes it to the top 30 at #30.
"American Boy" falls back 3 to #31.
Ouch! of the Week: "The Little Things" slips 4 to #29 and "Cheated on Me" falls 4 to #37.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Hot N Cold" (over a 300 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "All Summer Long" and "It's Not My Time" (nearly a 200 spin loss).

Top 50 Hot AC chart can be found at: www.americasmusiccharts.com/index.cgi?fmt=A2 All chart data © Mediabase 24/7

[Libra]

There's two 400-spin gaps in the 11-15 range and another one in the lower half of the Top 10.

8 7 NICKELBACK Gotta Be Somebody Roadrunner/RRP/Atlantic 2831 2630 201
7 8 LIFEHOUSE Broken Geffen/Interscope 2787 2666 121
10 9 LEONA LEWIS Better In Time SYCO/J/RMG 2354 2215 139
13 10 KATY PERRY Hot N Cold Capitol 2347 2043 304
9 11 MATT NATHANSON Come On Get Higher Vanguard/Capitol 2343 2267 76
11 12 KID ROCK All Summer Long Top Dog/Atlantic 1910 2093 -183
12 13 3 DOORS DOWN It's Not My Time Universal Republic 1828 2077 -249
15 14 JORDIN SPARKS One Step At A Time 19/Jive/Zomba 1422 1524 -102
16 15 SECONDHAND SERENADE Fall For You Glassnote/ILG/Atlantic 1421 1273 148

[Hot AC Archiver]

[blue]11/09/08 [/blue]

#1: Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours" holds at #1 for a 6th week.

Oldest Song: "It's Not My Time" with 34 weeks.

Oldest Song below #15: "Rise Above This" with 25 weeks.

Possibly Going to Recurrent: "All Summer Long", "It's Not My Time" when the songs fall below #15.
"Rise Above This" may be removed if it starts losing spins.

Going to Recurrent: None next week.

Biggest Mover: The Killers leap 9 notches to #30 with "Human" for the week's biggest move.

Debuts: Newcomer Eric Hutchinson has the highest debut at #35 with "Rock & Roll".
Thriving Ivory score their first top 40 with "Angels on the Moon" at #38.
"Without You" enters at #39 and gives Hinder their 3rd hit.
Theory of a Deadman returns after 5 years to score their 2nd hit, "Not Meant to Be", at #40.

Exiting the Survey: "Pocketful of Sunshine", 29 weeks, to recurrent
"Shake It", 20 weeks, to recurrent
"I Kissed a Girl", 20 weeks, to recurrent
"Cheated on Me", 8 weeks

Other Notes: Pink moves to #4, but her bullet continues to decrease.
Katy Perry scores her first top 10 with "Hot N Cold", as the song moves 13-10.
Matt Nathanson falls back out of the top 10 to #11, but his song is still bulleted.
Only 11 spins separate #9 from #11, but over 400 spins separate #8 from #9.
Another gap: Over 400 spins separate #13 from #14.
"Beating My Heart" moves into the top 20 at #20.
While not the biggest mover, David Cook still makes a healthy move up 5 spots to #21.
"Keeps Getting Better" breaks into the top 30 at #29.
"Let It Rock" jumps 7 spots to #31.
Ouch! of the Week: "The Little Things" falls 5 to #34.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Hot N Cold" (over a 300 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "It's Not My Time" (over a 200 spin loss).

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[Hot AC Archiver]

[blue]11/16/08 [/blue]

#1: Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours" holds at #1 for a 7th week.

Oldest Song: "It's Not My Time" with 35 weeks.

Oldest Song below #15: "Chasing Pavements" with 20 weeks.

Possibly Going to Recurrent: "All Summer Long", "It's Not My Time", and "Come on Get Higher" when the songs fall below #15.
"Chasing Pavements" will likely be left on if it continues to gain spins.

Going to Recurrent: None next week.

Biggest Mover: "Without You" by Hinder jumps 6 notches to #33 for the week's biggest move.

Debuts: "Lovers in Japan" by Coldplay jumps in at #31 for the highest debut of the week. It's the group's 11th hit.
Pop superstar Beyonce returns to Hot AC at #32 with "If I Were a Boy", her 4th hit.
The All-American Rejects come in at #40 with "Gives You Hell", their 4th hit.

Exiting the Survey: "Rise Above This", 25 weeks, to recurrent
"The Little Things", 14 weeks
"U Want Me 2", 7 weeks

Other Notes: Pink moves to #3 this week.
No songs enter or exit the top 10 this week.
"Crush" makes the top 15 this week.
David Cook moves up to #19 this week. There are now 4 former American Idol contestants in the top 20 this week.
"Let Me Be Myself" moves up to #20, giving 3 Doors Down their 8th top 20 hit.
Lenka moves up to #23 in her 9th week on the chart.
After vaulting 9 spots last week, the Killers move up a respectible 4 spots to #26.
Kevin Rudolf makes the top 30 at #27 this week. It's being played on less than a third of the Hot AC panel.
Missy Higgins also makes the top 30, moving up 2 to #30 with "Where I Stood".
Last week's highest debut holds steady at #35 this week, Eric Hutchinson's "Rock & Roll".
Ouch! of the Week: "Believe" plummets 9 to #36.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Better in Time" (nearly a 300 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "It's Not My Time" (over a 200 spin loss).

Extra tidbit for Britney fans: "Womanizer" is bubbling-under the top 40 at #46 this week.

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[Libra]

Has the Hot AC panel been shrinking lately? It seems like as recently as a month ago, songs were getting played on as many as 98 stations...and now that top number is a flat 90. It leads me to think that either the panel's shrinking or it's a chart trend that I don't really understand because I don't follow the chart every week.

Something that seems more like a chart trend is that overall, bullets will rise, then fall, then rise, then fall, with right now being in a "fall" stage. It makes it hard to predict whether O.A.R. can hit #1 or not...although the fact that they're falling closer to their nearest contenders makes me think that they're toast.

[jmd1961]

I don't know about Mediabase, but BDS removes stations from a panel when they switch to an "all Christmas" format. This is usually an issue with AC stations. Do HAC stations do the same thing?

[Adam (UTR)]

There have been some panel shifts - here's the full details about Hot AC from Mediabase:

...WDVW/New Orleans and WSYR/Ft. Pierce are added to Hot AC. WMXY/Youngstown is removed from Hot AC. ... The following have been temporarily removed due to holiday programming: KSRZ/Omaha (Hot AC), WTSS/Buffalo (Hot AC), WERZ/Portsmouth (Hot AC), KFBZ/Wichita (Hot AC)...

[Hot AC Archiver]

[blue]11/23/08 [/blue]

#1: Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours" holds at #1 for an 8th week.

Oldest Song: "It's Not My Time" with 36 weeks.

Oldest Song below #15: "Chasing Pavements" with 21 weeks.

Possibly Going to Recurrent: "All Summer Long", "It's Not My Time", and "Come on Get Higher" when the songs fall below #15.
"Chasing Pavements" will likely be left on if it continues to gain spins.

Going to Recurrent: None next week.

Biggest Mover: Several songs move up 3 spots to tie for the week's biggest move.

Debuts: Taylor Swift scores a 2nd hit on Hot AC as "Love Story" enters at #36 for this week's only debut.

Exiting the Survey: "Not Meant to Be", 2 weeks

Other Notes: Nickelback move to #4, earning their 7th top 5 hit.
"Hot N Cold" moves up 3 to #7.
For the 2nd week in a row, no songs enter/exit the top 10.
"Light on" is another song that moves up 3, to #16.
Only 79 spins separate #14 from #17, but nearly 500 spins separate #12 from #11.
No songs enter or exit the top 20.
"Keeps Gettin' Better" moves up to #26.
Linkin Park fall 3 to #28, but still have a bullet.
After debuting at #31 last week, "Loves in Japan" moves up to #29 this week.
Beyonce slips one to #33 in her 2nd week on the chart.
Ouch! of the Week: "We Don't Have to Look Back Now" plummets 11 to #35.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Hot N Cold" (over a 200 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "We Don't Have to Look Back Now" (over a 200 spin loss).

**Note: Stations have been removed to the panel due to Christmas music. Mediabase's "last week" positions are not correct.

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[Hot AC Archiver]

[blue]11/30/08 [/blue]

#1: Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours" holds at #1 for a 9th week.

Oldest Song: "It's Not My Time" with 37 weeks.

Oldest Song below #15: "Chasing Pavements" with 22 weeks.

Possibly Going to Recurrent: "It's Not My Time", and "Come on Get Higher" when the songs fall below #15.
"Chasing Pavements" may be left on if it gains spins.

Going to Recurrent: "We Don't Have to Look Back Now" next week.

Biggest Mover: Taylor Swift jumps 6 notches to #30 for the week's biggest move.

Debuts: The Fray blast in all the way up at #22 with "You Found Me". It's the highest debut since Kelly Clarkson also entered at #22 with "Never Again" in April 2007
Theory of a Deadman re-enter at #38 with "Not Meant to Be".

Exiting the Survey: "All Summer Long", 30 weeks, to recurrent
"Believe", 15 weeks

Other Notes: Pink moves up to #2, reaching the same peak as "Who Knew". She's still about 300 spins from #1.
"Hot N Cold" moves up to #5.
Leona Lewis climbs to #7 with "Better in Time".
For the 3rd week in a row, no songs enter/exit the top 10. Around 500 spins separate #11 from #10.
"Light on" climbs 4 more to #12.
3 Doors Down have positions #17 and #15 with "Let Me Be Myself" and "It's Not My Time", respectively.
Jon McLaughlin rebounds to a new peak of #19.
"Disturbia" returns to its peak of #21, but without a bullet.
The Killers hold at #23 this week.
"Lovers in Japan" holds at #29 in its 3rd week on the chart.
Beyonce slips down the chart again, this time inching down 1 to #33. The song is still bulleted.
Ouch! of the Week: "We Don't Have to Look Back Now" falls 4 to #39.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "You Found Me" (over a 700 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Come on Get Higher" (over a 200 spin loss).

**Note: Stations have been removed to the panel due to Christmas music. Mediabase's "Weeks on" number for All-American Rejects is incorrect: Add 1 week

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