Mediabase Hot AC Chart Notes, August '10

[Hot AC Archiver]

[blue]08/01/10 [/blue]

#1: "California Gurls" spends a fifth week at #1 this week.

Oldest Song:"Breakeven" with 46 weeks.

Oldest Song below #15: "Like You Do" and "Break Your Heart" with 18 weeks.

Songs below #5 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #10: "Whataya Want from Me" and "I Never Told You"

Songs below #10 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #15: "Breathe" if it loses spins consistently.

Going to Recurrent None scheduled next week.

Biggest Mover: "I Like It" climbs 5 notches to #31 for the week's biggest move.

Debuts: Plain White T's get their 4th Hot AC hit with "Rhythm of Love", the week's highest debut at #37.
Brandon Flowers earns his first solo Hot AC hit at #39 with "Crossfire".

Exiting the Survey: "Hey, Soul Sister", 49 weeks, to recurrent
"All I Ever Wanted", 20 weeks, to recurrent

Other Notes: Rob Thomas earns his 18th top 5 hit overall as "Mockingbird" moves to #5 this week. Away from MB20, he's had 9 top 5s.
"Misery" moves up 3 to #6.
Sara Bareilles finally reaches the top 10 after spending several weeks at #11. "King of Anything" is her 2nd top 10.
In her 17th week on the chart, Pink reaches a new peak of #11 with "Glitter in the Air".
Also reaching a new peak, but doing so without a bullet, is "Alejandro" at #12 .
"Home" climbs 3 to #14.
La Roux moves up another 3 notches to #16.
Kris Allen moves into the top 20 with "The Truth", up 2 to #19. Mediabase is now giving "featuring" credit to Pat Monahan.
After moving up 6 spots last week, "Run to You" puts on the brakes and inches up 1 to #23.
"Cooler than Me" climbs 4 to #25.
"Airplanes" rebounds to its previous peak of #28.
Dirty Heads inch up 1 and break into the top 30 with "Lay Me Down".
Shontelle holds at #34 after jumping 6 spots to #34 last week.
Ouch! of the Week: "Love Left to Lose" slips 3 to #35.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Misery" (Over a 300 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "I Never Told You" (Nearly a 300 spin loss)

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

[Hot AC Archiver]

[blue]08/08/10 [/blue]

#1: "California Gurls" spends a sixth week at #1 this week.

Oldest Song:"Breakeven" with 47 weeks.

Oldest Song below #15: "Like You Do" and "Break Your Heart" with 19 weeks.

Songs below #5 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #10: "I Never Told You" and "Breakeven"

Songs below #10 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #15: None.

Going to Recurrent None scheduled next week.

Biggest Mover: "The Only Exception" jumps 8 notches to #16 for the week's biggest move.

Debuts: Katy Perry has the week's highest debut at #35 with her 6th hit, "Teenage Dream".
Taio Cruz comes in with his 2nd hit at #37, "Dynamite".
Adam Lambert scores his 2nd hit with "If I Had You" at #39.
No longer one hit wonders: Michael Franti & Spearhead enter at #40 with "The Sound of Sunshine".

Exiting the Survey: "Whataya Want from Me", 30 weeks, to recurrent
"Breathe", 21 weeks, to recurrent
"OMG", 4 weeks
"Something Beautiful", 4 weeks

Other Notes: "If It's Love" inches up to #2.
"Misery" moves to #4, giving Maroon 5 their 7th top 5 hit.
"Glitter in the Air" rises 2 to #9 in its 18th week on the chart, giving Pink her 6th top 10.
"All in" moves up 3 to #15.
Neon Trees break into the top 20 at #17 with "Animal", up 4.
Mike Posner also moves into the top 20, jumping 5 to #20 with "Cooler than Me".
"Nothin' on You" nearly rebounds to its peak of #23, returning up 2 to #24.
Enrique Iglesias moves up a quick 6 notches to #25.
After stalling last week, Shontelle jumps 5 spots to #29.
Days Difference enter the top 30 at #30 with "Speakers".
Hopping up 6 spots to #31 in their 2nd week on the chart are Plain White T's with "Rhythm of Love".
Sons of Sylvia rebound 2 to #33.
Brandon Flowers inches up 1 to #38 with "Crossfire".
Ouch! of the Week: "You and Your Heart" and "Good to Be Me" fall 5 notches each to numbers 32 and 34 respectively.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "The Only Exception" (Over a 400 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Like You Do" (Over a 400 spin loss)

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

[webdude]

Thanks for your great job. I find these notes very useful.

[Hot AC Archiver]

^^ Thanks!! :)

Sorry for the delay this week...

[blue]08/15/10 [/blue]

#1: "California Gurls" spends a seventh week at #1 this week.

Oldest Song:"Breakeven" with 48 weeks.

Oldest Song below #15: "Like You Do" and "Break Your Heart" with 20 weeks.

Songs below #5 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #10: "Breakeven"

Songs below #10 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #15: None.

Going to Recurrent "Like You Do" and "Break Your Heart" next week.

Biggest Mover: "Teenage Dream" soars 11 notches to #24 for the week's biggest move.

Debuts: Nickelodeon TV star Miranda Cosgrove has the highest debut of the week at #38 with "Kissin' U".
Five for Fighting debuts at #39 with "Slice", his 8th hit.
Switchfoot return to the chart after 4 years with their 6th hit, "Your Love is a Song".

Exiting the Survey: "I Never Told You", 27 weeks, to recurrent
"You and Your Heart", 12 weeks
"Good to Be Me", 10 weeks

Other Notes: The top 7 songs hold their positions this week.
Daughtry's 8th hit becomes their 8th top 10 this week as "September" moves up to #9.
"The Only Exception" moves up 4 to #12 in its 8th week on the chart .
Jumping 7 notches to #13 is Mike Posner with "Cooler than Me".
Lady GaGa looks to have peaked at #12 with "Alejandro". Four of her 7 hits have peaked in the #12-#14 range.
"Bulletproof" slides down 2 from its peak to #16.
Lady Antebellum reaches the top 20 with "Run to You", which climbs 2 to #19.
"Secrets" moves 26-23 this week.
Plain White T's rise 6 spots to #25 with "Rhythm of Love".
"If I Had You" jumps 9 to #30.
After moving up 5 last week, Shontelle slips 2 to #31 this week.
"Crossfire" moves up 6 to #32 in its third week on the chart.
Taio Cruz climbs 4 to #33 with "Dynamite".
Ouch! of the Week: "Like You Do" plummets 11 notches to #34 this week
Song with the biggest spin increase: "The Only Exception" (Over a 400 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Like You Do" (Over a 300 spin loss)

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

<shameless plug>In case you missed it, please check out my comparison of Rob Thomas' Hot AC chart career compared to big pop acts of the 1980s/90s: hotacguru.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/rob-thomas-compared-to-past-big-acts/ </shameless plug>

[erzo01]

I hope "Breakeven" manages to make it a full year spent in the chart.

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

Aug 20, 2010 22:09:13 GMT -5 erzo01 said:

I hope "Breakeven" manages to make it a full year spent in the chart.

If you mean 50 weeks (as I used to do when compiling personal charts) I'd say it's a given.

But in order for it to get 52 weeks, won't it have to rebound to at least #5?

[erzo01]

^ I was actually referring to a 52-week run. ;)

(Anyway, what was the last song that managed to spend at least a year in Hot AC?)

[Rumors]

Aug 20, 2010 12:32:32 GMT -5 Hot AC Archiver said:

^^ Thanks!! :)

<shameless plug>In case you missed it, please check out my comparison of Rob Thomas' Hot AC chart career compared to big pop acts of the 1980s/90s: hotacguru.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/rob-thomas-compared-to-past-big-acts/ </shameless plug>

Loved it. Thank you for digging all that information up. Of course Rob's songs haven't been exposed to the same number of people that the big songs in the 80s-90s were but he really is one of the few contemporary artists that are still finding success in today's music climate with songs that aren't rap/hip-hop/R&B/electronic (in the past 2 years). Maybe Rob should add other big star to all his singles with the next album. I wonder what the last huge song was on pop from a male artist that didn't have a female or a hip-hop guy on it. The only one that really comes to mind was from Owl City and that looks like a one-hit wonder type of thing at the moment.

[Hot AC Archiver]

Aug 21, 2010 5:04:59 GMT -5 erzo01 said:

^ I was actually referring to a 52-week run. ;)

(Anyway, what was the last song that managed to spend at least a year in Hot AC?)

It wasn't that long ago...Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours" spent 54 weeks on the chart.

I'm not sure whether the top 5 recurrent rule applies to Hot AC or not.

By the way, does anyone have the exact dates of all of the Hot AC recurrent rule changes over the past several years?

[Hot AC Archiver]

[blue]08/22/10 [/blue]

#1: "California Gurls" spends an eighth week at #1 this week.

Oldest Song:"Breakeven" with 49 weeks.

Oldest Song below #15: "Nothin' on You" with 20 weeks.

Songs below #5 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #10: "Breakeven"

Songs below #10 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #15: "This Afternoon".

Going to Recurrent "Nothin' on You" next week.

Biggest Mover: "If I Had You" and "The Sound of Sunshine" jump 5 notches to numbers 25 and 32 respectively to tie for the week's biggest move

Debuts: Taylor Swift scores a 6th hit with "Mine", the highest entry at #35.
Rapper Eminem gets his first Hot AC hit with "Love the Way You Lie", coming in at #37. The song features Rihanna.
Carrie Underwood racks up a 5th hit on Hot AC with "Undo It" at #40.

Exiting the Survey: "Break Your Heart", 20 weeks, to recurrent
"Like You Do", 20 weeks, to recurrent
"Your Love Is a Song", 1 week

Other Notes: "Misery" moves up 1 to #3.
"September" moves up to #7.
Paramore score their first top 10 with "The Only Exception", which moves to #10 this week.
"Animal" and "Run to You" move up 3 spots each to numbers 14 and 16 respectively.
After soaring 11 notches last week, "Teenage Dream" slows down and moves up 3 to #21.
"Airplanes" returns to its peak of #27 in its 9th week on the chart.
Brandon Flowers breaks into the top 30 at #30 with "Crossfire".
This week's new #1 song on the pop chart moves up 2 to #31, "Dynamite" by Taio Cruz.
After 3 weeks at #36, "Billionaire" moves up to #34.
Five for Fighting holds at #39 with "Slice".
Six songs on this week's chart are also charting on Triple A.
Meanwhile 8 of this week's songs are also charting on the Rhythmic chart.
Ouch! of the Week: "Alejandro" slips 5 notches to #19 this week
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Cooler than Me" (Nearly a 400 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Alejandro" (Over a 300 spin loss)

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

[Gravity.]

What are Carrie's other HAC hits? Before He Cheats, Cowboy Casanova, Undo It, and what are the other two?

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

"Last Name" and "Some Hearts".

[Hot AC Archiver]

[blue]08/29/10 [/blue]

#1: "California Gurls" spends a ninth week at #1 this week.

Oldest Song:"Breakeven" with 50 weeks.

Oldest Song below #15: "Your Love Is My Drug" with 18 weeks.

Songs below #5 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #10: "Breakeven"

Songs below #10 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #15: "This Afternoon".

Going to Recurrent Nothing scheduled next week.

Biggest Mover: "Mine" rises 8 notches to number 27 for the week's biggest move.

Debuts: Newcomer Christina Perri has the highest entry of a new song, coming in at #40 with "Jar of Hearts".
Switchfoot re-enter the survey at #36 with "Your Love Is a Song".

Exiting the Survey: "Nothin' on You", 20 weeks, to recurrent
"Love Left to Lose", 9 weeks

Other Notes: The top 10 songs remain in the same position as last week. This is the first time in at least 10 years that this has occurred. Note that this does not include the weeks that Radio & Records did not produce a chart during the Christmas/New Year holiday break.
"Cooler than Me" moves up 2 to #11.
Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" moves up 3 to #18.
Also entering the top 20 is Enrique Iglesias with "I Like It". It's his first top 20 since "Hero" in the early part of the last decade.
Rounding out the top 20 entries this week is OneRepublic's "Secrets", up 3 to #20.
"Dynamite" climbs 3 to #28.
After rebounding to its previous peak of #27 last week, "Airplanes" falls 4 to #31.
Eminem moves up 4 to #33.
Miranda Cosgrove inches up 1 to #37.
Five for Fighting moves out of his holding pattern and climbs 2 to #37 with "Slice".
Interesting fact: The top 8 songs on the AC chart this week have already gone recurrent on Hot AC.
Ouch! of the Week: "Impossible" slides down 6 notches to #39 this week
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Teenage Dream" (Nearly a 400 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Bulletproof" (Over a 300 spin loss)

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