American TOP 40 (HOT AC) - December 18-19, 2010

[Battle601]

AT40 (HOT AC) - DECEMBER 18-19, 2010

The final countdown for 2010.

LW TW Wks Artist - Title
01 01 (11) Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are (3rd week at #1)
02 02 (20) Neon Trees - Animal
04 03 (17) OneRepublic - Secrets
05 04 (08) Pink - Raise Your Glass
03 05 (16) Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
06 06 (24) Lifehouse - All In
09 07 (13) Taio Cruz - Dynamite
07 08 (25) Daughtry - September
12 09 (15) Plain White T's - Rhythm Of Love
08 10 (22) Maroon 5 - Misery

11 11 (26) Sara Bareilles - King Of Anything
15 12 (05) Train - Marry Me
10 13 (14) Taylor Swift - Mine
14 14 (17) Enrique Iglesias Featuring Pitbull - I Like It
16 15 (06) Maroon 5 - Give A Little More
13 16 (31) Train - If It's Love
18 17 (08) Usher Featuring Pitbull - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love
19 18 (09) Christina Perri - Jar Of Hearts
17 19 (10) Bon Jovi - What Do You Got
27 20 (04) Rihanna - Only Girl (In The World)

20 21 (58) The Script - Breakeven
28 22 (02) The Script - For The First Time
31 23 (02) Sick Puppies - Maybe
24 24 (78) Kings of Leon - Use Somebody
BR 25 (01) Katy Perry - Firework
23 26 (64) Train - Hey, Soul Sister
29 27 (05) Nelly - Just A Dream
25 28 (42) Adam Lambert - Whataya Want From Me
21 29 (19) Mike Posner - Cooler Than Me
26 30 (45) Lady Antebellum - Need You Now

22 31 (29) Katy Perry - California Gurls
37 32 (04) Ryan Star - Start A Fire
30 33 (72) The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
34 34 (54) Michael Bublé - Haven't Met You Met
33 35 (31) John Mayer Featuring Taylor Swift - Half Of My Heart
36 36 (57) Kris Allen - Live Like We're Dying
35 37 (57) Lifehouse - Halfway Gone
38 38 (40) Colbie Caillat - I Never Told You
32 39 (31) Rob Thomas - Mockingbird
BR 40 (01) Natasha Bedingfield - Strip Me


Dropped from this week's chart:
39 (02) Michael Bublé - Hollywood
40 (09) Michael Franti & Spearhead - The Sound Of Sunshine

SEGMENTS
HOUR 1
BREAKOUT (BR): Hedley - Perfect (between #39 and #38)
OPTIONAL EXTRA: Usher Featuring Alicia Keys - My Boo

HOUR 2
BREAKOUT (BR): Lee DeWyze - Sweet Serendipity (between #30 and #29)
OPTIONAL EXTRA: Daughtry - It's Not Over

HOUR 3
OPTIONAL EXTRA: Pink - U + Ur Hand
BONUS EXTRA: Michael Bublé - Hollywood

HOUR 4
OPTIONAL EXTRA: Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z - Crazy In Love

[Hook]

Hedley was aired! YES! I really wish they would make the actual countdown.

[musicfanpete]

Dec 19, 2010 9:40:13 GMT -5 Hook said:

Hedley was aired! YES! I really wish they would make the actual countdown.

They should eventually. They are high enough on the Mediabase chart that they should at least get a week or two (or more) on AT40 early next year.

[Devin]

^ Hopefully
Depends on how much Hot AC radio will be playing their recurrents and if "Perfect" continues to gain spins.

[†ealsünset]

Oh no, the year-end chart is this weekend? I fear some stations won't play it on Christmas Day in favor of Christmas music. :( So, what do you think? "Hey Soul Sister" or "Breakeven" for Number 1 of 2010 on AT40?

[musicfanpete]

Dec 21, 2010 15:15:35 GMT -5 †ealsünset said:

Oh no, the year-end chart is this weekend? I fear some stations won't play it on Christmas Day in favor of Christmas music. :( So, what do you think? "Hey Soul Sister" or "Breakeven" for Number 1 of 2010 on AT40?

If it's a December 1st to November 30th chart, then "Hey, Soul Sister" for sure as the year-end chart will include more of it's chart run and recurrent spins. And the fact that AT40 runs two weeks behind the official Mediabase chart plays even more into Train's favor.

And there-in lies the problem with year-end charts compiled by number of spins versus weekly points. Any song that peaks in the summer, no matter how strong it is, will always be a competitive disadvantage since it will not be around long enough within the year to accumlate those extra recurrent spins. That's why I personally like the inverse points method of compiling year-end charts. While it would still be tough for a mid-year release to have a shot at the top spot for the year particularly if the chart only covers the year through November, at least the shorter chart runs give those mid-year songs at least a shot at number one for the year. And on those type of charts, "Breakeven" would at the very least finish a very strong second.

If however the year-end chart covers the calendar year, then most likely "Breakeven" would be the top song of the year.

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

Dec 21, 2010 21:55:18 GMT -5 musicfanpete said:

Dec 21, 2010 15:15:35 GMT -5 †ealsünset said:

Oh no, the year-end chart is this weekend? I fear some stations won't play it on Christmas Day in favor of Christmas music. :( So, what do you think? "Hey Soul Sister" or "Breakeven" for Number 1 of 2010 on AT40?

If it's a December 1st to November 30th chart, then "Hey, Soul Sister" for sure as the year-end chart will include more of it's chart run and recurrent spins. And the fact that AT40 runs two weeks behind the official Mediabase chart plays even more into Train's favor.

And there-in lies the problem with year-end charts compiled by number of spins versus weekly points. Any song that peaks in the summer, no matter how strong it is, will always be a competitive disadvantage since it will not be around long enough within the year to accumlate those extra recurrent spins. That's why I personally like the inverse points method of compiling year-end charts. While it would still be tough for a mid-year release to have a shot at the top spot for the year particularly if the chart only covers the year through November, at least the shorter chart runs give those mid-year songs at least a shot at number one for the year. And on those type of charts, "Breakeven" would at the very least finish a very strong second.

If however the year-end chart covers the calendar year, then most likely "Breakeven" would be the top song of the year.

You've done a great job in covering this issue in the Dees thread, but I'll just add: If you only count airplay for a song prior to its going recurrent, you get a fairly reasonable facsimilie for what the most popular songs of the year are, adjusting for time of release. Of course, songs which are still charting at year's end will always have a bit of a disadvantage on that front (believe me, I've studied this for years.... as any number of friends can attest).

By the way, I only track airplay prior to a song's going recurrent. If one goes by the 12/1/09 through 11/30/10 timeframe, "Hey Soul Sister" is #1, but just barely. If you move it to the calendar year, then "Breakeven" becomes #1. Regardless, "Need You Now" is a distant #3.

I'll post my estimate of what the year-end chart will be in a couple of days on the Dees thread(I have this crazy little thing called work to deal with in the meantime).