American Top 40 (HOT AC) - March 13-14, 2010

[Battle601]

AT40 (HOT AC) - MARCH 13-14, 2010

LW TW Wks Artist - Title
01 01 (24) Train - Hey, Soul Sister (4th week at #1)
02 02 (17) Lifehouse - Halfway Gone
03 03 (21) Rob Thomas - Someday
05 04 (10) John Mayer - Heartbreak Warfare
04 05 (14) Daughtry - Life After You
06 06 (17) Kris Allen - Live Like We're Dying
07 07 (27) Kelly Clarkson - Already Gone
09 08 (07) Lady GaGa - Bad Romance
10 09 (18) The Script - Breakeven
14 10 (05) Lady Antebellum - Need You Now

12 11 (06) Orianthi - According To You
13 12 (15) Shinedown - If You Only Knew
15 13 (14) Michael Bublé - Haven't Met You Met
08 14 (21) Nickelback - Never Gonna Be Alone
11 15 (19) Owl City - Fireflies
16 16 (38) Kings of Leon - Use Somebody
18 17 (06) Ke$ha - Tik Tok
19 18 (08) Boys Like Girls Featuring Taylor Swift - Two Is Better Than One
22 19 (16) OneRepublic - All The Right Moves
20 20 (32) Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling

17 21 (29) Uncle Kracker - Smile
21 22 (13) Kings of Leon - Sex On Fire
23 23 (36) Colbie Caillat - Fallin' For You
24 24 (34) Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me
26 25 (42) Pink - Please Don't Leave Me
25 26 (31) Michael Franti & Spearhead Featuring Cherine Anderson - Say Hey (I Love You)
36 27 (02) Adam Lambert - Whataya Want From Me
28 28 (95) Jason Mraz - I'm Yours
30 29 (03) The Fray - Syndicate
29 30 (41) Daughtry - No Surprise

31 31 (47) Shinedown - Second Chance
32 32 (73) Katy Perry - Hot N Cold
33 33 (18) Lady GaGa - Paparazzi
34 34 (60) The All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell
39 35 (04) Muse - Uprising
35 36 (65) The Fray - You Found Me
37 37 (44) Rob Thomas - Her Diamonds
38 38 (45) David Cook - Come Back To Me
40 39 (39) Katy Perry - Waking Up In Vegas
EX 40 (01) Barenaked Ladies - You Run Away

Dropped from this week's chart:
27 (08) Taylor Swift - Fifteen

SEGMENTS
HOUR 1 (Guest: Benjamin McKenzie, "Southland")
BREAKOUT (BR): Colbie Caillat - I Never Told You (between #32 and #31)
OPTIONAL EXTRA: Justin Timberlake featuring T.I. - My Love

HOUR 2 (Guest: Bethenny Frankel, "The Real Housewives of New York")
EXTRA (EX): Bon Jovi - Superman Tonight (between #26 and #25)
OPTIONAL EXTRA: Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone

HOUR 3 (Guest: Chad Ochocinco, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver (NFL), “Dancing With the Stars”)
OPTIONAL EXTRA: Avril Lavigne - I'm With You

HOUR 4 (Guest: Kris Allen)
OPTIONAL EXTRA: Usher featuring Ludacris & Lil Jon - Yeah

[musicfanpete]

Wow! Even more boring than last weeks's chart with the exception of the one big jumper and the one song that nosedived off the countdown. Ironically that is Taylor Swift who is flurishing big time on the Rick Dees Hot AC chart!

[Johnser]

OMG!!! Now he's talking to football players? Really?

[musicfanpete]

Mar 16, 2010 12:49:30 GMT -5 Johnser said:

OMG!!! Now he's talking to football players? Really?

Probaby because he will be on "Dancing With The Stars". Otherwise he would have nothing to do with sports personalities.

[wavetunes]

Even though HAC is slow by default, the other HAC charts are not as boring as this one. It's like listening to the same show every week for months. lol.

Thanks for posting!!

[musicfanpete]

Mar 18, 2010 16:02:19 GMT -5 wavetunes said:

Even though HAC is slow by default, the other HAC charts are not as boring as this one. It's like listening to the same show every week for months. lol.

Thanks for posting!!

I've been saying for a long time that they need to get rid of the recurrents below the top 20. That would get things moving a lot faster, especially in the bottom half of the chart.

If they are so worried about listeners not being familiar with newer songs because their affiliates don't play them, they shouldn't. The official Hot AC charts move slowly enough where listeners should be familiar with the newer songs anyway, even if a few affiliates aren't playing them yet. Besides, I think most listeners would actually want to hear the newer music before the affiliates start playing it.

Crazy as that sounds, that would be a good thing in that it might help break more new music than the format produces anyway!

[wavetunes]

Mar 19, 2010 11:50:24 GMT -5 musicfanpete said:

I've been saying for a long time that they need to get rid of the recurrents below the top 20. That would get things moving a lot faster, especially in the bottom half of the chart.

If they are so worried about listeners not being familiar with newer songs because their affiliates don't play them, they shouldn't. The official Hot AC charts move slowly enough where listeners should be familiar with the newer songs anyway, even if a few affiliates aren't playing them yet. Besides, I think most listeners would actually want to hear the newer music before the affiliates start playing it.

Crazy as that sounds, that would be a good thing in that it might help break more new music than the format produces anyway!

Interesting that you said that, and I agree. Weekend countdowns are the only thing I listen to on the radio. They are a big source of new music for me. It would be nice to hear more new music on those shows. The CHR charts, even though they move faster, they are filled with rap and hip/hop; unbearable most of the time.

[musicfanpete]

Mar 21, 2010 14:14:40 GMT -5 wavetunes said:

Mar 19, 2010 11:50:24 GMT -5 musicfanpete said:

I've been saying for a long time that they need to get rid of the recurrents below the top 20. That would get things moving a lot faster, especially in the bottom half of the chart.

If they are so worried about listeners not being familiar with newer songs because their affiliates don't play them, they shouldn't. The official Hot AC charts move slowly enough where listeners should be familiar with the newer songs anyway, even if a few affiliates aren't playing them yet. Besides, I think most listeners would actually want to hear the newer music before the affiliates start playing it.

Crazy as that sounds, that would be a good thing in that it might help break more new music than the format produces anyway!

Interesting that you said that, and I agree. Weekend countdowns are the only thing I listen to on the radio. They are a big source of new music for me. It would be nice to hear more new music on those shows. The CHR charts, even though they move faster, they are filled with rap and hip/hop; unbearable most of the time.

Unfortunately, only AT40 CHR airs in Chicago. We had Randy Jackson's Hit List for about six weeks or so on Fresh 105.9, but they dumped towards the end of last year as the station tweaked back toward a more "mainstream" AC format, though they are still a very bright AC. Just not adding new music as fast now, so they probably thought the music played on Randy's show would contradict with what they are playing on their station.

[wavetunes]

Mar 21, 2010 17:54:57 GMT -5 musicfanpete said:

Unfortunately, only AT40 CHR airs in Chicago. We had Randy Jackson's Hit List for about six weeks or so on Fresh 105.9, but they dumped towards the end of last year as the station tweaked back toward a more "mainstream" AC format, though they are still a very bright AC. Just not adding new music as fast now, so they probably thought the music played on Randy's show would contradict with what they are playing on their station.

Yeah, I actually listen on-line almost all the time now. I know about several stations, from different places, and the time they play the countdown shows. Whenever it's a convenient time for me, I just look for a station that plays a countdown. :)