Billboard AC Chart: December 31, 2011

[johnm1120]

December 31, 2011

01 01 06 Michael Bublé - All I Want For Christmas is You (4th week at #1)
02 02 06 Michael Bublé - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (2nd week at #2)
03 07 05 Justin Bieber & Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You (Super Festive!) (3)
04 05 05 Michael Bublé - Holly Jolly Christmas (3)
05 03 05 Jim Brickman f/Olivia Jade Archbold - Fa La La (2)
06 04 05 Justin Bieber - Mistletoe (4)
07 06 04 Matthew West - The Heart of Christmas (6)
08 08 04 Michael Bublé - Santa Claus is Coming To Town (8)
09 10 17 Adele - Someone Like You (1)
10 11 18 Lady Antebellum - Just A Kiss (3)

11 12 04 Chicago - My Favorite Things (11)
12 15 04 Cyndi Lauper & Norah Jones - Home For the Holidays (12)
13 13 26 OneRepublic - Good Life (8)
14 16 05 Michael Bublé & Shania Twain - White Christmas (12)
15 17 04 Carole King - Do You Hear What I Hear (15)
16 19 13 Colbie Caillat - Brighter Than The Sun (13)
17 20 16 Kelly Clarkson - Mr. Know It All (12)
18 22 19 Maroon 5 f/Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger (12)
19 21 04 She & Him - Baby It's Cold Outside (19)
20 27 11 The Script - Nothing (15)

21 25 03 Victoria Shaw f/Robin Meade - Santa's Toyride (21)
22 26 03 Richard Marx - Christmas Spirit (22)
23 24 03 Margo Rey - This Holiday Night (23)
24 18 03 Pomplamoose - Jingle Bells (18)
25 23 04 Michael Bublé f/The Puppini Sisters - Jingle Bells (23)
26 29 08 Seal - Let's Stay Together (23)
27 28 13 Daryl Hall - Talking To You (Is Like Talking To Myself) (16)
28 DEBUT Gloria Estefan - Right Away (28)
29 RE 12 Margo Rey - Let the Rain (17)
30 30 10 The Doobie Brothers - A Brighter Day (18)


Falling off:

-- 09 40 Adele - Rolling in the Deep (19 weeks at #1)
-- 14 24 Lady Gaga - The Edge of Glory (7)


What are you doing New Year's Eve? Well chances are you're listening to Michael Bublé. For the final chart of the calendar year Buble controls 3 of the top 4 slots, as "All I Want For Christmas is You" leads the pack again for a 4th week. The Beliebers and the lambs put a stop to the Bublé hat trick as their duet climbs 7-3 this week. This also means that 5 of the top 6 songs this week are by Canadian acts (ok it's a pair of monopolies, but CanCon still gets its love this year).

Lady Antebellum returns to the top 10 this week with "Just a Kiss," a song that is sure to be a contender for the top spot after next week's chart. Adele however might be out for revenge as the re-entry is caused by "Rolling in the Deep" going recurrent. The longest running song on the chart is now "Good Life" which has ONLY been on for 26 weeks. "Just A Kiss" is now the longest running song in the top 10 at 18 weeks. Have we gone back to the 80s on speed here? I love Christmas!!!

Both top 20 entries are returns. Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera rebound 22-18 with "Moves Like Jagger." It's the song's 19th week so it will easily survive the Christmas recurrents and be a force to be reckoned with in the new year. The Script has the week's biggest mover leaping back up 27-20 with Nothing.

Another AC favorite comes home for Christmas, but it looks like she's here to stay for awhile. Entering the chart at #28 is Gloria Estefan with "Right Away." It's the 2nd single from her new album "Miss Little Havana" and the first to make the AC chart. It's Gloria's first AC hit in 7 years. She last charted with one of my personal favorites "I Wish You," which peaked at #18 in June 2004.

For those who don't remember I Wish You (or love it as much as I do and wanna hear it again)



Looks like Margo Rey isn't going away anytime soon as her debut hit "Let the Rain" returns at #29. Her presence has still been on the chart as "This Holiday Spirit" replaced this on the chart 2 weeks ago. That's currently at #23.

There have now been 9 recurrents on the chart in the last 5 weeks. When the first 2 Christmas songs debuted, 7 of those 9 were in the top 10. With 1 week to go with Christmas songs on the chart, OneRepublic is sure to be the last one. It will be a brand new chart in the new year pretty much! By next Christmas how many of those will still be around though?

[HolidayGuy]

Thanks, johnm.

Cyndi/Norah rank 10 spots or so higher than on Mediabase. The BDS/Mediabase differences for this chart continue to fascinate. :)

[areyoureadytojump]

18 songs on this chart are going to fall off in the next few weeks.

[kingofpain]

So basically these few weeks in December is pretty much the only time this chart gets to refresh itself?

[johnm1120]

And hopefully it will remain refreshed, although I think it's possible we may also see recurrents return. Hopefully that won't be the case as it's very refreshing seeing new songs on the chart.

[HolidayGuy]

1/7/12 Chart:

*** No. 1 *** "All I Want For Christmas Is You" Michael Buble
Greatest Gainer No. 2 "Mistletoe" Justin Bieber
Debut No. 25 "Love Is Christmas" Sara Bareilles
Debut No. 26 "Extraordinary Merry Christmas" Glee Cast

[esoteric76]

Dec 22, 2011 11:04:55 GMT -5 johnm1120 said:

She last charted with one of my personal favorites "I Wish You," which peaked at #18 in June 2004.

Also, one of my faves from Gloria and one of her best ballads. Love this song so much. When she did her final Unwrapped tour, she ended the show with this song. Amazing, I still have chills. There were also some bootleg club mixes done at the time which were halfway decent.

[HolidayGuy]

Anyone know why BDS' recurrent AC chart does not include the actual top 10 (and change) most-played holiday tracks? The perennials are not listed; rather, "Wonderful Christmastime" is listed as No. 1 (with 1,700+ spins), followed by Eagles' "Please Come Home For Christmas." It's cool to see some spins of tracks that did not rank in the top 40 on Mediabase's AC Golds, but it's weird that the most-played tracks are not featured on the BDS chart.

[areyoureadytojump]

OneRepublic goes recurrent on the 1/7 chart.

Gloria Estefan falls off. She will re-enter.

[esoteric76]

Dec 29, 2011 10:46:38 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

OneRepublic goes recurrent on the 1/7 chart.

Gloria Estefan falls off. She will re-enter.

Good for Gloria. Shame for OneRepublic. Yeah, 26 weeks is a good run, but this is one of the few songs on AC with longevity that I actually like!