Hervard
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Post by Hervard on Sept 29, 2008 20:38:39 GMT -5
Best Week Ever Radio - August 3, 2008:
Hour 1 I'm Yours/Jason Mraz - #13 Stop And Stare/OneRepublic - #5 Viva La Vida/Coldplay - #14 Feels Like Tonight/Daughtry - #6 In Love With A Girl/Gavin DeGraw - #7 Bleeding Love/Leona Lewis - #1 I Kissed A Girl/Katy Perry - #20 Mercy/Duffy - #17 Love Remains The Same - #12
Hour 2 Pocketful Of Sunshine/Natasha Bedingfield - #13 All Over You/The Spill Canvas - #19 If I Never See Your Face Again/Maroon 5 f/Rihanna - #18 Sorry/Buckcherry - #15 It's Not My Time/3 Doors Down - #2 Realize/Colbie Caillat - #8 The Time Of My Life/David Cook - #9 All Summer Long/Kid Rock - #13 Whatever It Takes/Lifehouse - #11
Songs in the Top Ten of the 7/25/08 Hot AC chart not played this week #14: Love Song/Sara Bareilles #18: No Air/Jordin Sparks f/Chris Brown
Personal notes from this week's show
- No premiere songs this week, because there aren't any new entries in the Top 20 of the corresponding R&R chart, which they stuck to this week instead of playing a song or two just outside the Top 20. But there are several songs that are fast-approaching the Top 20 and, with two songs on the verge of going recurrent, they could make it real soon!
- My favorite song on the show this week, "All Summer Long" by Kid Rock, makes the biggest move within the Top 20 this week, jumping 13-10. The summer season will be starting to wind down soon, but hopefully, the song will keep climbing.
- One of the songs that is on the verge of entering the Top 20 is one of my former picks for "song to watch". It is "What About Now" by Daughtry and it rockets ahead 27-22.
- The other song that should be breaking into the Top 20 before long is the biggest jumper of the week. After moving up the chart rather quietly over the past few weeks, "Shattered (Turn The Car Around)" by O.A.R. (another former song to watch) bolts ahead nine spots, from 32 to 23. I've heard the song a few times in the past week, so it should do as well as their other Hot AC hit, "Love And Memories", if not better.
- This week's song to watch is "Broken" by Lifehouse. The song debuts at #38 on this week's AC chart, and its performance on the chart could depend on how fast their current hit fades away, which, at the moment, is not very fast, as "Whatever It Takes" drops a spot to #11. We'll have to wait and see what pans out.
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Post by Hervard on Sept 29, 2008 21:10:18 GMT -5
Best Week Ever Radio - August 10, 2008
Hour 1 It's Not My Time/3 Doors Down - #2 Bottle It Up/Sara Bareilles - #20 If I Never See Your Face Again/Maroon 5 f/Rihanna - #14 Whatever It Takes/Lifehouse - #13 Pocketful Of Sunshine/Natasha Bedingfield - #4 The Time Of My Life/David Cook - #8 All Summer Long/Kid Rock - #6 Bleeding Love/Leona Lewis - #1
Hour 2 Stop And Stare/OneRepublic - #5 Realize/Colbie Caillat - #10 I'm Yours/Jason Mraz - #12 What About Now/Daughtry - #21 Love Remains The Same/Gavin Rossdale - #9 I Kissed A Girl/Katy Perry - #17 In Love With A Girl/Gavin DeGraw - #11 Viva La Vida/Coldplay - #3 All Over You/The Spill Canvas - #18
Songs in the Top 20 of the 8/1/08 Hot AC chart not played this week #6: Feels Like Tonight/Daughtry #15: Love Song/Sara Bareilles #16: No Air/Jordin Sparks w/Chris Brown #19: Mercy/Duffy
Personal notes from this week's show
- Two premiere songs this week. The first one is the new Sara Bareilles song "Bottle It Up". Her monster hit "Love Song" appears ready to be shipped off to recurrent-land and I have a feeling that the staff at Best Week Ever Radio are done with that song, so they can now concentrate on her newer song, which climbs up a spot to enter the Top 20 at #20.
- The other premiere song is the new song by Daughtry, which climbs a spot to #21 and is the only non-Top 20 song played this week. The song isn't quite as strong as the band's previous four hits, but that could be because it was released a little too soon, as "Feels Like Tonight" is still riding high on the chart, at #6.
- The two songs skipped over last week remain in that category this week and are joined by the aforementioned Daughtry hit, as well as "Mercy" by Duffy. The latter of the two appears to be done on the chart as it falls two places to #19 in its 20th week. Barring a sudden resurge, the song will likely drop out next week.
- Another song outside the Top 15 in its 20th week on the chart is "All Over You" by the Spill Canvas. However, it still retains its bullet, so if it maintains its upward momentum next week, it could escape being shipped off to recurrentland. I feel that 20 weeks isn't quite long enough for some songs that take awhile to catch on. I think that the allotted number of weeks should be upped to 26 and the recurrent bar should be lowered to 20. But that's just my opinion.
- This week's song to watch is Jesse McCartney's "Leavin'". After yo-yoing in the 31-40 zone over the past few months, the song finally breaks into the Top 30, moving 33-29, one of four songs to move up as many spots on a slow chart. The song is currently number one on the CHR/Pop chart and I'm sure that is partially influential in its performance on the Hot AC chart.
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Post by Hervard on Sept 29, 2008 21:53:55 GMT -5
Best Week Ever Radio - August 17, 2008
Hour 1 The Time Of My Life/David Cook - #7 Realize/Colbie Caillat - #12 All Summer Long/Kid Rock - #5 Love Song/Sara Bareilles - #15 Bleeding Love/Leona Lewis - #3 Viva La Vida/Coldplay - #2 It's Not My Time/3 Doors Down - #1 Come On Get Higher/Matt Nathanson - #22 Love Remains The Same/Gavin Rossdale - #8
Hour 2 I'm Yours/Jason Mraz - #9 Pocketful Of Sunshine/Natasha Bedingfield - #4 I Kissed A Girl/Katy Perry - #16 All Over You/The Spill Canvas - #20 Stop And Stare/OneRepublic - #6 Shattered (Turn The Car Around)/O.A.R. - #19 What About Now/Daughtry - #17 If I Never See Your Face Again - #13 In Love With A Girl/Gavin DeGraw - #11
Songs in the Top 20 of the 8/8/08 Hot AC chart not played this week #10: Feels Like Tonight/Daughtry #14: Whatever It Takes/Lifehouse #18: Bottle It Up/Sara Bareilles
Personal notes from this week's show
- Two premiere songs this week. The first one is by newcomer Matt Nathanson. His song "Come On Get Higher" gets early action this week, as it is not yet in the Top 20, but is getting close.
- The other new song this week is "Shattered (Turn The Car Around)" by O.A.R. which breaks into the Top 20 this week. I've been hearing this song on the radio a lot lately, and I have a feeling that it's going to surpass the #18 peak of O.A.R's other Hot AC radio hit "Love And Memories"
- I was coming back from an airshow and tuned in about twenty minutes into the show (Best Week Ever, not the airshow, LOL!) and was quite surprised to hear "Love Song". I knew it wasn't a repeat of last week's show, since "Love Song" wasn't on it and I was wondering if they inadvertently put on a real old show, because surely "Love Song" must have gone recurrent this week! Well, no it did not. It managed to hold onto the chart at #15 since the songs directly below it weren't moving up very fast. The song is currently in its 50th week. It'll probably be gone next week, and it can't last more than two more weeks, as all songs below #10 are automatically removed after a year on the chart. Anyway, they put "Bottle It Up" on the backburner this week, but maybe they'll bring it back next week.
- As predicted last week, "All Over You" is given an extra week on the chart although it actually falls back to #20 without a bullet. It's probably going to fall out of the chart by next week.
- Recently, the song "Paralyzer" was on the show virtually nonstop for a very long time. Well, the song "Whatever It Takes" by Lifehouse may have tied or even beaten that record, because it was even on the show the week of December 23, when many Christmas songs played on that show caused the list in the "not played" department to be unusually long. "Paralyzer" was among the shafted songs that week, but not "Whatever It Takes". That is another song that's bound to appear on the year-ender.
- This week's song to watch is "Shake It" by Metro Station. The song has been slowly moving up the Hot AC chart since its debut six weeks ago and is currently at #23. The song is going strong in the Top Five over at CHR/Pop radio. Perhaps it'll eventually make it onto Best Week Ever Radio.
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Post by Hervard on Sept 29, 2008 22:32:05 GMT -5
Best Week Ever Radio - August 24, 2008
Hour 1 I'm Yours/Jason Mraz - #9 Bleeding Love/Leona Lewis - #4 I Kissed A Girl/Katy Perry - #17 Feels Like Tonight/Daughtry - #10 Shattered (Turn The Car Around)/O.A.R. - #16 It's Not My Time/3 Doors Down - #2 Whatever It Takes/Lifehouse - #13 Pocketful Of Sunshine/Natasha Bedingfield - #3
Hour 2 Viva La Vida/Coldplay - #1 Love Remains The Same/Gavin Rossdale - #6 All Summer Long/Kid Rock - #5 Come On Get Higher/Matt Nathanson - #19 If I Never See Your Face Again/Maroon 5 f/Rihanna - #12 Shake It/Metro Station - #20 In Love With A Girl/Gavin DeGraw - #11 What About Now/Daughtry - #14 The Time Of My Life/David Cook - #7
Songs in the Top 20 of the 8/15/08 Hot AC chart not played this week
#8: Stop And Stare/OneRepublic #15: Realize/Colbie Caillat #18: Bottle It Up/Sara Bareilles
Personal notes from this week's show
- One premiere song this week, and what do you know, it's the song I picked as "song to watch" just last week. The song, "Shake It" by Metro Station moves into the Top 20 this week, along with Matt Nathanson's "Come On Get Higher", which premiered on the show last week.
- As predicted last week, "Love Song" by Sara Bareilles falls out of the Hot AC survey after an incredible 50-week run and, hence, won't be heard on the show again until the year-end edition. And I'm sure it will be on that one, since it's definitely one of the biggest songs of the year - very possibly THE biggest. But anyway, despite this, they skipped over "Bottle It Up" once again this week. I wonder why?
- Over the past few weeks, picking a song to watch was sort of tough because the songs making the biggest jumps on the chart had already been chosen. But this week, it was pretty easy to pick one out. It's the latest by Colbie Caillat. As "Realize" looks to be gone next week, her new song "The Little Things" makes a strong debut on the Hot AC chart at #30. I have a feeling this is going to be another big one like "Bubbly" and "Realize" were.
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Post by Hervard on Sept 29, 2008 22:56:01 GMT -5
Best Week Ever Radio - August 31, 2008
Hour 1 The Time Of My Life/David Cook - #7 Pocketful Of Sunshine/Natasha Bedingfield - #3 Shake It/Metro Station - #18 Stop And Stare/OneRepublic - #9 Viva La Vida/Coldplay - #2 I'm Yours/Jason Mraz - #8 If I Never See Your Face Again/Rihanna - #10 I Kissed A Girl/Katy Perry - #16 Bleeding Love/Leona Lewis - #5
Hour 2 Leavin/Jesse McCartney - #21 What About Now/Daughtry - #11 It's Not My Time/3 Doors Down - #1 In Love With A Girl/Gavin DeGraw - #13 Bottle It Up/Sara Bareilles - #17 All Summer Long/Kid Rock - #4 Love Remains The Same/Gavin Rossdale - #6 Shattered (Turn The Car Around)/O.A.R. - #14 Broken/Lifehouse - #20
Songs in the Top 20 of the 8/22/08 Hot AC chart not played this week #12: Feels Like Tonight/Daughtry #15: Whatever It Takes/Lifehouse #19: Come On Get Higher/Matt Nathanson
- Two premiere songs this week, and both are recent "song to watch" selections. The first one is "Leavin'" by Jesse McCartney. As the song falls from the number one position on the CHR/Pop chart, it's gearing up to hit the Top 20 on the Hot AC chart, moving 23-21.
- The other premiere song was my pick four weeks ago. "Broken" by Lifehouse seems to be overcoming recurrent-itis from "Whatever It Takes", which drops to #15 this week, so that song could be leaving the chart as soon as next week; however, since the songs right below it aren't moving very fast, it could hang on for another week or two. Who knows, it might even be played on Best Week Ever Radio a few more times.
- Sara Bareilles' "Bottle It Up" returns to the show this week. I'm glad, because I really like that song. I'm somewhat tired of "Love Song", and I have a feeling I'm not the only one (what a pun that would make if only it were Sheryl Crow I was talking about, lol)
- This week's song to watch is "One Step At A Time" by Jordin Sparks. Her last song "No Air" didn't get much airplay on Best Week Ever Radio, especially for how long it was in the Top 20. Perhaps her new song will manage to make it onto the show. On this week's chart, it jumps ahead five places to #26.
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