Billboard AC Chart: January 7, 2012

[johnm1120]

01 01 07 Michael Bublé - All I Want For Christmas is You (5th week at #1)
02 06 06 Justin Bieber - Mistletoe (2)
03 02 07 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (2 weeks at #2)
04 05 06 Jim Brickman f/Olivia Jade Archbold - Fa La La (2)
05 04 06 Michael Bublé - Holly Jolly Christmas (3)
06 07 05 Matthew West - The Heart of Christmas (6)
07 03 06 Justin Bieber & Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (Super Festive!) (3)
08 08 05 Michael Bublé - Santa Claus is Coming To Town (8)
09 11 05 Chicago - My Favorite Things (9)
10 14 06 Michael Bublé & Shania Twain - White Christmas (10)

11 12 05 Cyndi Lauper & Norah Jones - Home For the Holidays (11)
12 09 18 Adele - Someone Like You (1)
13 10 19 Lady Antebellum - Just A Kiss (3)
14 15 05 Carole King - Do You Hear What I Hear (14)
15 22 04 Richard Marx - Christmas Spirit (15)
16 19 05 She & Him - Baby It's Cold Outside (16)
17 21 04 Victoria Shaw f/Robin Meade - Santa's Toyride (17)
18 23 04 Margo Rey - This Holiday Night (18)
19 17 17 Kelly Clarkson - Mr. Know It All (12)
20 16 14 Colbie Caillat - Brighter Than The Sun (13)

21 24 04 Pomplamoose - Jingle Bells (18)
22 25 05 Michael Bublé f/The Puppini Sisters - Jingle Bells (22)
23 20 12 The Script - Nothing (15)
24 18 20 Maroon 5 f/Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger (12)
25 DEBUT Sara Bareilles - Love is Christmas (25)
26 DEBUT Glee Cast - Extraordinary Merry Christmas (26)
27 27 14 Daryl Hall - Talking To You (Is Like Talking To Myself) (16)
28 26 09 Seal - Let's Stay Together (23)
29 30 11 The Doobie Brothers - A Brighter Day (18)
30 29 13 Margo Rey - Let the Rain (17)


Falling off:

-- 13 26 OneRepublic - Good Life (8)
-- 28 01 Gloria Estefan - Right Away (28)


This is it everybody! The final chart of this season with the Christmas takeover, and what a takeover it was!!! The final chart consists of the entire top 11 being Christmas songs, and another record gets shattered unless someone can correct me.

Michael Buble not only sweeps this season with a 5 week run at the top, but he also scores 5 top 10 singles simultaneously! If that has been done before, please correct me otherwise this HAS to be a first!

It was too little too late as Justin Bieber leaps 6-2 with Mistletoe getting the Greatest Gainer, but not enough to dethrone his fellow Canadian. A #2 on AC for the Biebs is nothing to sneeze at though! Songs 2-4 this week were all #2 peakers this season.

Updating Michael's numbers, "White Christmas" is his 12th AC top 10. The song is also the 7th top 10 for Shania Twain, and her first appearance in the top 10 in 7 years. She last went top 10 with "Forever and For Always" which began a run at #1 in November 2003. The song totaled 6 unconsecutive weeks at #1, the last was in March 2004.

Another comeback in the top 10 is Chicago who rises to #9 with My Favorite Things. This is the band's 21st top 10 hit, and their last top 10 was also a #1. They topped the chart in April 1997 with "Here in My Heart."

Let's just rundown the chart now. Carole King moves up to #14 with "Do You hear What I Hear," a position she hasn't seen since 1989 when "City Streets" peaked there.

Richard Marx climbs 22-15 with "Christmas Spirit" giving the AC staple his 23rd top 20 hit. This matches the peak of "When She Loved Me" from earlier in 2011. Richard's first 20 appearances on the chart all made the top 20.

Victoria Shaw and Robin Meade hit the top 20 for the first (and possibly last) time with "Santa's Toyride." I wasn't able to find this song on a search, anyone have it?

Margo Rey is 2 for 2 as "This Holiday Spirit" leaps 23-18 giving her a 2nd top 20. Expect to see "Let the Rain" explode on the chart next week, possibly even hit the top 10?

Maroon 5 slides 18-24 this week with Christina Aguilera on "Moves Like Jagger" in their 20th week. So "if the song doesn't regain its bullet next week it is going recurrent." Oh who thinks the non-Christmas song will lose spins? The song is currently the longest running song on the chart.

The highest debut this week comes from Sara Bareilles with "Love At Christmas." Who thinks this will be a one-week wonder? Her last appearance on the chart was last year's "King of Anything" peaking at #6. This is Sara's 3rd AC hit.

The last debut is one spot lower at #26. The cast of Glee makes it on the chart this year just in time with "Extraordinary Merry Christmas." This mark's the series' 4th AC hit, and 4th Christmas song. In 2009 they peaked at #27 with "Last Christmas" although it received massive recurrent play last year. Last year they got to #15 with "We Need A Little Christmas" and #28 with "The Most Wonderful Day of the Year."

And so ends another fine Christmas here in ACville. This certainly was an exciting season with 10 songs going recurrent over the last 7 weeks meaning the new chart is going to be beyond exciting. Adele looks like she'll reclaim #1, but Lady Antebellum is right on her tail. Adele should easily score a massive debut next week with "Set Fire to the Rain." Daughtry could also have a huge smash next week. Other possibilities include last year's AC king Bruno Mars with his "Twilight" hit, also The Fray, Nickelback and David Guetta are looking into getting some AC action. Until next week, make sure your saety harnesses are on tight, because this is gonna be one rollercoaster next week!

[Rinaldo]

So looking at all this means that on the 1/14 chart we can expect at least 19 debuts! If all the xmas songs fall off and the bottom 4 songs which are losing airplay like Margo Rey and Daryl Hall fall off too for example, we could see as many as even 23 debuts! Perhaps a record? Now I'm using the term debut liberally here- many will be re-entries that will have restored spins and rotations now that the holidays are closing. Who wants to guess? My bet is 21 entries on 1/14.

[areyoureadytojump]

^^Thanks, great write up.

[HottItalianDJ]

Dec 29, 2011 19:14:39 GMT -5 johnm1120 said:

Michael Buble not only sweeps this season with a 5 week run at the top, but he also scores 4 top 10 singles simultaneously!

Thanks for the detailed summary!!! However, if I'm not mistaken, doesn't Buble have 5 Top 10 singles simultaneously this week...?

[kingofpain]

What a shame Cyndi Lauper just missed out on a top 10!

[HolidayGuy]

Only the top eight had 300+ spins (heck, even 200+). That's what happens when AC pimps all that old holiday music over the holiday season.

Thanks for the weekly write-up, john. :)

[johnm1120]

Dec 29, 2011 20:29:39 GMT -5 Rinaldo said:

So looking at all this means that on the 1/14 chart we can expect at least 19 debuts! If all the xmas songs fall off and the bottom 4 songs which are losing airplay like Margo Rey and Daryl Hall fall off too for example, we could see as many as even 23 debuts! Perhaps a record? Now I'm using the term debut liberally here- many will be re-entries that will have restored spins and rotations now that the holidays are closing. Who wants to guess? My bet is 21 entries on 1/14.

We're gonna have a bunch of re-entries. Those bottom 4 should soar up the chart. Don't be surprised if some songs debut/re-enter in the top 10!

[HolidayGuy]

January 14, 2012 Chart

Greatest Gainer/*** No. 1 *** "Someone Like You" Adele
Debut No. 17 "The One That Got Away" Katy Perry
Debut No. 21 "Set Fire To The Rain" Adele
Debut No. 26 "Crawling Back To You" Daughtry
Debut No. 27 "Without You" David Guetta Featuring Usher
Debut No. 29 "It Will Rain" Bruno Mars

[areyoureadytojump]

^Thanks.

Doesn't give us the re-entries....

[johnm1120]

Most of the recurrents returned. :(

[areyoureadytojump]

^Damn!