Billboard AC Chart: December 17, 2011

[johnm1120]

December 17, 2011

01 01 04 Michael Bublé - All I Want For Christmas is You (2nd week at #1)
02 13 03 Jim Brickman f/Olivia Jade Archbold - Fa La La (2)
03 09 03 Michael Bublé - Holly Jolly Christmas (3)
04 11 03 Justin Bieber & Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (Super Festive!) (4)
05 15 03 Justin Bieber - Mistletoe (5)
06 14 02 Matthew West - The Heart of Christmas (6)
07 12 04 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (7)
08 03 15 Adele - Someone Like You (1)
09 02 28 The Band Perry - If I Die Young (3 weeks at #1)
10 04 39 Adele - Rolling in the Deep (19 weeks at #1)

11 05 16 Lady Antebellum - Just A Kiss (3)
12 16 03 Michael Bublé & Shania Twain - White Christmas (12)
13 08 24 OneRepublic - Good Life (8)
14 10 23 Lady Gaga - The Edge of Glory (7)
15 07 26 Jason Aldean w/Kelly Clarkson - Don't You Wanna Stay (3)
16 22 02 Michael Bublé - Santa Claus is Coming To Town (16)
17 21 02 Chicago - My Favorite Things (17)
18 20 02 Cyndi Lauper & Norah Jones - Home For the Holidays (18)
19 18 11 Colbie Caillat - Brighter Than The Sun (13)
20 DEBUT Pomplamoose - Jingle Bells (20)

21 17 14 Kelly Clarkson - Mr. Know It All (12)
22 26 02 Carole King - Do You Hear What I Hear (22)
23 25 02 She & Him - Baby It's Cold Outside (23)
24 19 17 Maroon 5 f/Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger (12)
25 23 02 Michael Bublé f/The Puppini Sisters - Jingle Bells (23)
26 24 11 Daryl Hall - Talking To You (Is Like Talking To Myself) (16)
27 DEBUT Victoria Shaw f/Robin Meade - Santa's Toyride (27)
28 DEBUT Richard Marx - Christmas Spirit (28)
29 29 06 Seal - Let's Stay Together (23)
30 DEBUT Margo Rey - This Holiday Night (30)


Falling off:

-- 06 43 Pink - Perfect (4 weeks at #2)*
-- 27 09 The Script - Nothing (15)
-- 28 11 Margo Rey - Let The Rain (17)
-- 30 08 The Doobie Brothers - A Brighter Day (18)


With 3 chart weeks left for the Holiday season, the takeover has become more official as the top 7 songs this week are all Christmas. Michael Bublé continues to reign supreme as his rendition of "All I Want For Christmas is You" tops for a second week, but don't assume he will have a clean sweep. Soaring 13-2 is Jim Brickman with his new Christmas staple "Fa La La." It looks as though vocalist Olivia Jade Archbold is being used on the official radio release so Billboard (as well as I) has switched the credit to her from Genevieve Bellemare.

Updating Bublé's numbers, he had no debuts this week, but "It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas" becomes his 11th top 10. "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" gives him his 13th top 20 hit.

Justin Beiber is become a force to be reckoned with this season as he now has 2 songs in the top 5. Soaring 11-4 is his duet with Mariah Carey on "All I Want For Christmas is You" which now passes Mariah's original version that peaked at #6. The Biebs goes solo on "Mistletoe" which leaps 15-5. These are his first 2 top 5 hits on AC. This marks Mariah's 22nd top 10 hit. This is also her 18th trip to the top 5.

There was one other top 10 entry totalling 5 top 10 debuts this week. Matthew West climbs 14-6 with a song you can get for free on iTunes this week "The Heart of Christmas. It's West's first top 10. With 5 top 10 entries this week, Pink becomes the 4th recurrent casualty of the season. The longest running song on the chart now is Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" which is barely hanging on at #10 in its 39th week.

Besides Buble there are 2 other top 20 entries this week. Rising 21-17 is Chicago's rendition of "My Favorite Things." This marks the band's 27th top 20 hit. Their last top 20 hit was "Feel" which peaked at #19 back in April 2006.

The last top 20 entry is the highest debut of the week coming from the duo Pomplamoose. You may not recognize the name, but you'd recognize the song if you had seen a Hyundai commercial last Christmas. If you haven't seen it:



Well this year, the song was officially released to AC and has now hit the top 20. It's the duo's first hit. Two things Christmas songs do to the AC chart. They bring us old favorites and new friends.

Here's some more new friends to AC. Debuting at #27 is country singer Victoria Shaw. She had a few minor country hits in the 90s, but is more known as a songwriter and a producer. She has worked with such big names in country as John Michael Montgomery, Trisha Yearwood, Garth Brooks and Lady Antebellum just to name a few. Tagging along on "Santa's Toyride" is Headline News' morning anchor Robin Meade. Of course I still remember her as doing mornings on the local FOX station back in the 90s. This is the first appearance for both of them.

And now here's an old favorite who came home to AC earlier this year. Entering at #28 is Richard Marx's latest AC hit "Christmas Spirit." This is Richard's 19th AC hit. He peaked at #16 back in July with "When You Loved Me." Richard had an AC hit every year from 1987 until 1995, returned in 1997 with "Until I Find You Again" and "At the Beginning." Since then he has only made 4 more appearances including this week.

AC was introduced to Margo Rey just recently, and now she replaces herself with a Christmas song. Margo closes out the chart this week with "This Holiday Night," her 2nc AC hit. "Let the Rain" has potential to return to the chart in the new year. Can she pass her #19 peak? Stay tuned!

Only 12 non-Christmas songs remain. As we get closer to Christmas, who will survive and who will return in the new year? It's gonna be a fun ride!

[areyoureadytojump]

Thanks!

[HolidayGuy]

Thanks much. :)

Such a difference for several tracks compared to Mediabase. Buble should rule, though, rather easily through Christmas.

Has the top seven ever been all holiday titles before?

[areyoureadytojump]

12/24 chart:

Billboard.com:

Adult Contemporary

*** No. 1 *** "All I Want For Christmas Is You" Michael Buble
Greatest Gainer No. 2 "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" Michael Buble

[HolidayGuy]

Billboard reports that Buble became the first act to land three simultaneous top 10s since Sarah McLachlan had three holiday titles in the top 10 in 2006; with four titles in the top 10 for the 12/24 chart, he now has the most simultaneous top 10s in the BDS era (which began in 1993 for the AC chart). Also- he's the first act to rank Nos. 1 and 2 in the BDS era. And, he charts six tracks on the AC chart- again, the most since 1993.

It's a Michael Buble AC World, and we're just living in it.

[johnm1120]

For a moment it was looking like Adele would get the title for owning the top 2, but never underestimate the power of Christmas. :)

[areyoureadytojump]

The Script and The Doobie Brothers re-enter on the 12/24 chart.

[johnm1120]

It's coming :)