American top 40 (Hot AC) October 25-26, 2008

[ericNY2002]

40 --- (01) Staind-Believe
39 40 (02) Rihanna-Disturbia
38 37 (05) Jon McLaughlin-Beating My Heart
37 39 (03) David Archuleta-Crush
36 34 (06) Puddle of Mudd-We Don't Have to Look Back Now
35 33 (52) Timbaland/OneRepublic-Apologize
34 31 (11) Delta Goodrem-In This Life
33 36 (10) Adele-Chasing Pavements
32 25 (49) Buckcherry-Sorry
AT40 Breakout: 3 Doors Down-Let Me Be Myself
31 32 (60) Maroon 5-Wake Up Call
Optional Extra: The Black Eyed Peas-Where Is The Love
30 28 (62) Colbie Caillat-Bubbly
29 35 (02) Secondhand Serande-Fall For You
28 29 (16) Seether-Rise Above This
AT40 Extra: Gavin DeGraw-Cheated On Me
27 26 (67) Pink-Who Knew
26 --- (01) Katy Perry- Hot N Cold
25 22 (36) Colbie Caillat-Realize
24 23 (39) Daughtry-Feels Like Tonight
23 17 (20) Maroon 5/Rihanna-If I Never See Your Face Again
22 24 (57) Sara Bareilles-Love Song
21 21 (61) Finger Eleven-Paralyzer
Optional Extra: Kelly Clarkson-Because of You
20 19 (47) Lifehouse-Whatever It Takes
19 18 (07) Colbie Caillat-The Little Things
18 16 (13) Metro Station-Shake It
17 14 (35) OneRepublic-Stop and Stare
16 20 (08) Jordin Sparks-One Step At A Time
15 12 (26) Leona Lewis-Bleeding Love
14 13 (14) Matt Nathanson-Come On Get Higher
13 15 (04) Leona Lewis-Better In Time
12 --- (01) Nickelback-Gotta Be Somebody
11 11 (18) David Cook-The Time of My Life
Optional Extra: Seether/Amy Lee-Broken
10 08 (23) Natasha Bedingfield-Pocketful of Sunshine
09 09 (09) Lifehouse-Broken
08 07 (27) 3 Doors Down-Its Not My Time
07 05 (19) Kid Rock-All Summer Long
06 10 (06) Pink-So What
05 06 (12) O.A.R.-Shatttered (Turn the Car Around)
04 04 (13) Daughtry-What About Now
03 02 (18) Coldplay-Viva La Vida
Optional Extra: Lifehouse-Hanging By A Moment
02 03 (22) Gavin Rossdale-Love Remains the Same
01 01 (23) Jason Mraz-Im Yours (2 weeks at #1)

Off the Chart:
Maroon 5-Won't Go Home Without You (From #38, 41 weeks on chart)
John Mayer-Say (From #30, 38 weeks on chart)
Gavin DeGraw-In Love With A Girl (From #27, 32 weeks on chart)

Chart Notes:
Nickelback's "Gotta Be Somebody" sets the record for the highest debut on this chart. Previous highest debut was Coldplay's Viva La Vida at #15.

[Hervard]

Did Seacrest mention the song as the highest debut? I was in the store at the time and only caught the outro, where he didn't really mention anything but its chart position.

Moreover, I don't see why it didn't debut the previous week, seeing that it debuted all the way up at #19 on the matching Hot AC chart (which, I believe, is also the record for the highest debut - that is, since May, 2002, when the chart became a 40-position survey.) "My Happy Ending", anyone?

[Hot AC Archiver]

"Gotta Be Somebody" debuted at #26 on the Mediabase chart. While it still seems odd that it didn't debut low on AT40 HAC, it is conceivable that recurrents could've kept it out.

[ericNY2002]

Ryan mentioned "the highest debut ever on this chart" during the intro of gotta be somebody