WTMX Top 50 of the First Half of 2010

[musicfanpete]

Since we still have almost six months until the year-end charts come out, here's the WTMX six month chart to hold us over until then. :) Besides, this chart is far more relevant and accurate than those Rick Dees "Number One" charts anyday!

WTMX Top 50 of the First Half of 2010

1 Train: Hey, Soul Sister
2 Lady Gaga: Bad Romance
3 Ke$ha: Tik Tok
4 Michael Buble: Haven't Met You Yet
5 Kings Of Leon: Sex On Fire
6 Black Eyed Peas: Meet Me Halfway
7 Lifehouse: Halfway Gone
8 Jay Sean f/Lil Wayne: Down
9 Michael Franti w/Spearhead: Say Hey (I Love You)
10 Lady Antebellum: Need You Now
11 Kelly Clarkson: Already Gone
12 Adam Lambert: Whataya Want From Me
13 The Script: Breakeven
14 Daughtry: No Surprise
15 Kings Of Leon: Use Somebody
16 Pink: Glitter In The Air
17 John Mayer: Heartbreak Warfare
18 Lady Gaga f/Beyonce: Telephone
19 Shinedown: Second Chance
20 Daughtry: Life After You
21 Orianthi: According To You
22 Kris Allen: Live Like We're Dying
23 Black Eyed Peas: I Gotta Feeling
24 Pink: Please Don't Leave Me
25 Taylor Swift: You Belong To Me
26 Beyonce: Halo
27 Jay-Z f/Alicia Keys: Empire State Of Mind
28 Shinedown: If You Only Knew
29 B.O.B. f/Bruno Mars: Nothin' On You
30 Miley Cyrus: Party In The U.S.A.
31 Katy Perry: I Kissed A Girl
32 Black Eyed Peas: Boom Boom Pow
33 Bon Jovi: Superman Tonight
34 Kelly Clarkson: My Life Would Suck Without You
35 Katy Perry: California Gurls
36 The Fray: You Found Me
37 Colbie Caillat: Fallin' For You
38 Lady Gaga: Poker Face
39 Colbie Caillat: I Never Told You
40 Ke$ha: Your Love Is My Drug
41 Beyonce: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
42 Ne-Yo: Closer
43 Muse: Uprising
44 Jason Derulo: In My Head
45 Katy Perry: Hot N Cold
46 Lady Gaga: Paparazzi
47 Barenaked Ladies: You Run Away
48 Cobra Starship f/Leighton Meester: Good Girls Gone Bad
49 Katy Perry: Waking Up In Vegas
50 Angel Taylor: Like You Do

[Rumors]

I don't know how relevant a HotAC chart is without any Rob Thomas songs on it. This station must have him black balled or something.

I do agree that the Rick Dee's countdowns are kind of lame. I listened for about 10 minutes on Saturday. Countdown of the number #1 songs of the last decade? What I don't like most about his show are the dumb call in jokes are whatever. He's not a comedian. Just give me the countdown and some relevant artist news.

[Rumors]

Yeah, this Chicago station certainly isn't a Rob Thomas fan based on their current play list. Overall, this station has played way too much BEP to be a good HotAC station, IMO. They certainly love Train...Train and no Rob...doesn't make sense. They have their current song number #1 already.

[Rumors]

Jul 5, 2010 18:13:23 GMT -5 musicfanpete said:

WTMX Top 50 of the First Half of 2010


3 Ke$ha: Tik Tok
6 Black Eyed Peas: Meet Me Halfway
8 Jay Sean f/Lil Wayne: Down
23 Black Eyed Peas: I Gotta Feeling
29 B.O.B. f/Bruno Mars: Nothin' On You
32 Black Eyed Peas: Boom Boom Pow
40 Ke$ha: Your Love Is My Drug

If I were programming a HotAC station, the above songs wouldn't make my playlist or be in very, very light rotation. I can flip to a local Pop station and hear any of these songs every hour. Why would I want them in such high rotation on a HotAC station?

[David]

16 Pink: Glitter In The Air

Dang! They loved this.

[musicfanpete]

Jul 5, 2010 19:20:07 GMT -5 Rumors said:

Jul 5, 2010 18:13:23 GMT -5 musicfanpete said:

WTMX Top 50 of the First Half of 2010


3 Ke$ha: Tik Tok
6 Black Eyed Peas: Meet Me Halfway
8 Jay Sean f/Lil Wayne: Down
23 Black Eyed Peas: I Gotta Feeling
29 B.O.B. f/Bruno Mars: Nothin' On You
32 Black Eyed Peas: Boom Boom Pow
40 Ke$ha: Your Love Is My Drug

If I were programming a HotAC station, the above songs wouldn't make my playlist or be in very, very light rotation. I can flip to a local Pop station and hear any of these songs every hour. Why would I want them in such high rotation on a HotAC station?

Why would you not include "I've Gotta Feeling", a top 3 hit on the format? Even many mainstream AC's play that one.

And FYI, both Ke$ha songs were/are top 20 hits as well. So plenty of Hot AC stations have played these as well.

Agreed about the other songs, but "Meet Me Halfway", which is even being played in light rotation on Chicago mainstream AC station WCFS, has a soft enough melody that it fits well despite the rap during the song. Also, WTMX still does play a fair amount of Rob Thomas recurrent and gold hits, but his current hit "Mockingbird" has not really caught on yet. Still plenty of time for that to happen this year though, but frankly he has just not had as solid a year this year as he has had in the past.

Speaking of WCFS, here is their midyear top 50 for comparison sake. Definitely very Hot AC leaning for an AC station, but also more recurrent leaning than WTMX. There is one Rob Thomas hit towards the bottom of the WCFS playlist, but again not a great showing for him on this station either.

WCFS Top 50 of the First Half of 2010

1 Train: Hey, Soul Sister
2 Black Eyed Peas: I Gotta Feeling
3 Pink: Please Don't Leave Me
4 Michael Buble: Haven't Met You Yet
5 Lady Antebellum: Need You Now
6 Kings Of Leon: Use Somebody
7 Taylor Swift: You Belong To Me
8 Daughtry: No Surprise
9 Lady Gaga: Paparazzi
10 The Fray: You Found Me
11 Pink: So What
12 Lady Gaga: Bad Romance
13 Kelly Clarkson: Already Gone
14 Michael Franti & Spearhead: Say Hey (I Love You)
15 O.A.R.: Shattered (Turn The Car Around)
16 Jason Mraz: I'm Yours
17 Coldplay: Viva La Vida
18 Katy Perry: Hot N Cold
19 Kings Of Leon: Sex On Fire
20 Colbie Caillat: Fallin' For You
21 Taylor Swift: Love Story
22 Kris Allen: Live Like We're Dying
23 Daughtry: Life After You
24 Timbaland f/OneRepublic: Apologize
25 Colbie Caillat: Bubbly
26 Lady Gaga f/Colby O'Donis: Just Dance
27 Orianthi: According To You
28 Kid Rock: All Summer Long
29 Leona Lewis: Bleeding Love
30 Beyonce: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
31 Kelly Clarkson: My Life Would Suck Without You
32 David Cook: Time Of My Life
33 Jay Sean: Down (AC version without Lil' Wayne)
34 Pink: Sober
35 Daughtry: What About Now
36 The Script: Breakeven
37 John Mayer: Heartbreak Warfare
38 Uncle Kracker: Smile
39 Daughtry: Feels Like Tonight
40 Shinedown: If You Only Knew
41 Lifehouse: You And Me
42 Lady Gaga: Poker Face
43 Matt Nathanson: Come On Get Higher
44 Rob Thomas: Her Diamonds
45 Miley Cyrus: The Climb
46 Katy Perry: I Kissed A Girl
47 Jason Mraz f/Colbie Caillat: Lucky
48 Pink: Who Knew
49 Adam Lambert: Whataya Want From Me
50 Black Eyed Peas: Meet Me Halfway

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

I don't know how relevant a HotAC chart is without any Rob Thomas songs on it. This station must have him black balled or something.



Is there a law that Hot AC stations MUST play Rob Thomas in order to be considered 'relevant'? I must not have seen it.

[musicfanpete]

Jul 5, 2010 21:47:39 GMT -5 MostInterestingManInTheWorld said:

I don't know how relevant a HotAC chart is without any Rob Thomas songs on it. This station must have him black balled or something.



Is there a law that Hot AC stations MUST play Rob Thomas in order to be considered 'relevant'? I must not have seen it.

I agree completely! It seems that Black Eyed Peas, Train and Lady Gaga are the more relevant artists at the moment on Hot AC radio. When Rob Thomas releases his next single that spends ten weeks at number one like Train's "Hey, Soul Sister" did, then Rob Thomas will be more "relevant" again.

[Rumors]

Rob Thomas is always relevant. Get with the program guys.

As for BEP, I personally think their new stuff is beyond horrible so I would never program my HotAC station with any of their tunes. I like Lady Gaga and thinks she fits the format. Train....again, I have never liked this band...so yeah, they would be in low rotation on my station. Tell me when they can start headlining arena dates and I say they are very relevant.

[musicfanpete]

Jul 6, 2010 18:11:48 GMT -5 Rumors said:

Rob Thomas is always relevant. Get with the program guys.

As for BEP, I personally think their new stuff is beyond horrible so I would never program my HotAC station with any of their tunes. I like Lady Gaga and thinks she fits the format. Train....again, I have never liked this band...so yeah, they would be in low rotation on my station. Tell me when they can start headlining arena dates and I say they are very relevant.

Ah, I see. So it's more a matter of personal preference in programming your station than anything else.

Regarding BEP, you would not even play "I've Gotta Feeling" even though it probably got played on 100% of the Hot AC panel?