Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Hot AC 9/5/09

[musicfanpete]

Rob Thomas holds at #1 for a fourth week while Pink drops to #3. It therefore does not look like Pink will get to #1 with her latest. Interesting week for Kelly Clarkson as she has one of the big movers, one of the big droppers and three songs on the chart! Look for another top 20 for her soon.

TC LC wc Artist/Title
01 01 17 Rob Thomas: Her Diamonds (4 Wks @ #1)
02 03 14 Daughtry: No Surprise
03 02 17 Pink: Please Don't Leave Me
04 05 13 Kings Of Leon: Use Somebody
05 04 21 Shinedown: Second Chance
06 06 13 Katy Perry: Waking Up In Vegas
07 07 18 David Cook: Come Back To Me
08 08 08 Colbie Caillat: Fallin' For You
09 09 08 Taylor Swift: You Belong With Me
10 10 14 Fray: Never Say Never
11 15 07 Black Eyed Peas: I Gotta Feeling
12 12 18 Parachute: She Is Love
13 13 17 Mat Kearney: Closer To Love
14 14 11 Green Day: 21 Guns
15 11 21 Nickelback: If Today Was Your Last Day
16 17 07 Collective Soul: Staring Down
17 19 05 Michael Franti & Spearhead: Say Hey (I Love You)
18 25 04 Uncle Kracker: Smile
19 20 05 Jordin Sparks: Battlefield
20 18 35 All-American Rejects: Gives You Hell
21 22 06 Linkin Park: New Divide
22 16 22 Miley Cyrus: The Climb
23 30 02 Kelly Clarkson: Already Gone
24 21 32 Theory Of A Deadman: Not Meant To Be
25 27 05 Kate Voegele: 99 Times
26 28 03 Cobra Starship f/Leighton Meester: Good Girls Go Bad
27 23 20 Lady Gaga: Poker Face
28 35 02 Howie Day: Be There
29 31 03 U2: I'll Go Grazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
30 26 35 Fray: You Found Me
31 32 11 Safetysuit: Stay
32 24 17 Kelly Clarkson: I Do Not Hook Up
33 xx 01 Five For Fighting: Chances
34 33 04 Ting Tings: That's Not My Name
35 SS 01 All-American Rejects: I Wanna
36 34 12 Beyonce: Halo
37 36 32 Pink: Sober
38 37 15 Black Eyed Peas: Boom Boom Pow
39 39 31 Kelly Clarkson: My Life Would Suck Without You
40 40 11 3oh!3: Don't Trust Me
SS- Madonna: Celebration

Droppers-
Airborne Toxic Event: Sometime Around Midnight (from 38, 7 weeks on)
Beyonce: Halo (from 34, 11 weeks on)

Bonus Tracks-
Beyonce: Irreplaceable (between #23 & #22)
Pink: Who Knew (between #13 & #12)
Gavin Rossdale: Love Remains The Same (between #7 & #6)

[Battle601]

It's interesting (but also makes sense in some ways) that Rick never made room for Lovegame on his chart.

Unlike AT40, which could have made better use for another song but instead kept pushing Lovegame as a breakout, followed by a one-week stint at #40 only to disappear afterwards.

[chartfreak]

Does the SS gurantee Celebration to be on next week's chart?

[gin]

Sept 7, 2009 18:45:15 GMT -5 chartfreak said:

Does the SS gurantee Celebration to be on next week's chart?

No, but it usually is on the next week's chart. Not guaranteed though.

[musicfanpete]

Sept 8, 2009 11:48:13 GMT -5 gin said:

Sept 7, 2009 18:45:15 GMT -5 chartfreak said:

Does the SS gurantee Celebration to be on next week's chart?

No, but it usually is on the next week's chart. Not guaranteed though.

Actually I thought it pretty much does as I cannot ever recall a week where the sure shot did not make the chart the following week, at least during the history of his Hot AC chart. Maybe on his CHR chart, but if so it would be a really rare occurance. Again, this shows that his chart is not based on actual chart data as not every song that looks like a sure debut the following week actually makes it on (see the AT40 Hot AC chart). But the Rick's sure shots almost always, if not always debut the next week.

[gin]

Well there have been several instances in the CHR chart. Potential Breakup Song, How Far We've Come, Lovers In Japan (which didn't even make the chart ), I Will Be, It's Over, and most recently I Wanna, just to name a few. It is usually easy to tell what songs will debut, though, and Rick usually goes with the most obvious choice. I think his chart is based on actual data, with special recurrent rules that hinder older songs instead of eliminating them completely. Also, the show is recorded two weeks ahead of time, so it would be very easy to insert a sure shot that you knew would make the chart a week later when the new chart is actually available, then when the show debuts the next week, you know the sure shot will make the next chart, because the chart is technically two weeks behind.