Mediabase Hot AC Chart Notes, September '13

[Hot AC Archiver]

9/1/13

#1:"Blurred Lines" holds for a fourth week at the top spot this week.

Oldest Song: "Gone, Gone, Gone" with 29 weeks.

Oldest Song below #10: "Red Hands" with 24 weeks.

Songs below #5 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #10:

• "Gone, Gone, Gone"

Songs below #10 eligible to go recurrent when reaching 2 weeks w/o a bullet:

• "Red Hands", which does not have a bullet this week.
• "I Love It", which does not have a bullet this week
• "Our Song", which does not have a bullet this week

Biggest Mover: "Summertime Sadness" jumps 9 notches to #30 for the week's biggest move.

Debuts:

• Newcomer Avicii has the highest debut of the week at #32 with "Wake Me Up".
• Also new to the HAC chart, the Neighbourhood enter at #37 with "Sweater Weather".
• Miley Cyrus returns to the chart, entering at #39 with her 5th appearance, "We Can't Stop", at #39.
• Five for Fighting re-enter the survey at #40 with "What If".

Exiting the Survey:

• "Mirrors", 20 weeks, to recurrent
• "Cruise", 20 weeks, to recurrent
• "People Like Us", 20 weeks, to recurrent
• "It's a Beautiful Day", 16 weeks

Other Notes:
Top 10:

• Anna Kendrick sneaks up to #2 this week.
• "Safe and Sound" moves up 1 to #5.
• Katy Perry reaches the top 10 in just 3 weeks as "Roar" moves 12-7. It's her 11th top 10 hit.
• "True Love" climbs to #10, giving Pink her 12th top 10.

Top 20:

• "Bruises" regains momentum and rises 3 to #12 after a few weeks at #15.
• Taylor Swift climbs 2 to #15.
• Also climbing 2 is OneRepublic with "Counting Stars", up to #16.
• "Royals" jumps 5 notches to #17.
• Jason Derulo sneaks up 1 to #20 with "The Other Side", but the song does not have a bullet.

Top 30:

• "Applause" leaps 8 spots to #21 this week.
• "Beneath Your Beautiful" keeps its momentum from last week, rising another 5 notches to #23.
• Michael Franti & Spearhead's "I'm Alive" moves up 4 to a new peak of #26, but it does so without a bullet.
• In its 9th week on the chart, "Can't Help" climbs 7 notches to #28.
• "Can't Hold Us" rebounds 5 to #29 but does not have a bullet.

Bottom 10:

• Calvin Harris moves up 3 to #33.
• "Stompa" moves up 3 to a new peak of #34, but this song too does not have a bullet.
• The Goo Goo Dolls rise 4 to #36.

Ouch! of the Week: "Should've Gone to Bed" falls 7 notches to #38.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Royals" (Nearly a 600 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Get Lucky" (Nearly a 500 spin loss)

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[Hot AC Archiver]

9/8/13

#1:"Blurred Lines" holds for a fifth week at the top spot this week.

Oldest Song: "Gone, Gone, Gone" with 30 weeks.

Oldest Song below #10: "Come and Get It" with 18 weeks.

Songs below #5 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #10:

• "Gone Gone Gone"

Songs below #10 eligible to go recurrent when reaching 2 weeks w/o a bullet:

• None.

Biggest Mover: "Wake Me Up" leaps 9 notches to #24 for the week's biggest move.

Debuts:

• Imagine Dragons get their 3rd hit with "Demons", the highest debut of the week at #35.
• Fitz & the Tantrums also get their 3rd hit, coming in at #37 with "Out of My League".
• Matt Nathanson enters at #39 with his 6th song to hit the HAC chart, "Mission Bells".
• Emeli Sande picks up a second hit with "My Kind of Love", at #40.

Exiting the Survey:

• "Red Hands", 24 weeks, to recurrent
• "I Love It", 20 weeks, to recurrent
• "Our Song", 20 weeks, to recurrent
• "Should've Gone to Bed", 19 weeks

Other Notes:
Top 10:

• Maroon 5 inch back up to #3 this week.
• "Roar" sneaks up 1 to #6.
• The third song to move up just 1 spot in the top 10 this week is "True Love", up to #9.
• No songs enter/exit the top 10 this week.

Top 20:

• "Counting Stars" rise 4 notches to #12.
• Train gets pushed down 1 to #13, but their song retains a bullet.
• "Royals" moves 17-15.
• Lady GaGa moves into the top 20, up 2 to #19.
• Justin Timberlake also reaches top 20 territory, up 2 to #20.

Top 30:

• "Still into You" climbs 3 spots to #21 this week.
• "I'm Alive" regains a bullet and inches up 1 to #25.
• "Summertime Sadness" moves up 4 to #26.
• Calvin Harris moves into the top 30, up 4 to #29.

Bottom 10:

• The Goo Goo Dolls rise 5 notches to #31.
• "Sweater Weather" moves 37-33 this week.
• "What If" climbs 4 to #36 in its 3rd non-consecutive week in the top 40.

Ouch! of the Week: "The Other Side" and "Mountain Sound" each falls 3 notches to #23 and #34 respectively.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Roar" (Over a 600 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Radioactive" (Nearly a 400 spin loss)

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On a personal note, I started keeping track of the Radio and Records' Pop chart (via Rick Dees WT40) 25 years ago this month. As I enter my 26th year of keeping chart statistics, I would like to thank each of you who read my notes each week. Now, on with the countdown...

[Hot AC Archiver]

9/15/13

#1:"Blurred Lines" holds for a sixth week at the top spot this week.

Oldest Song: "Radioactive" with 26 weeks.

Oldest Song below #10: "Come and Get It" with 19 weeks.

Songs below #5 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #10:

• "Radioactive"
• "Brave"

Songs below #10 eligible to go recurrent when reaching 2 weeks w/o a bullet:

• None.

Biggest Mover: Three songs tie for biggest mover by moving up 5 notches each: "Royals" (15-10), "Wake Me Up" (24-19), and "Demons" (35-30).

Debuts:

• Bonnie McKee has the highest debut of the week at #37 with "American Girl". It's her 2nd song to chart on Hot AC, the first, "Somebody", charted 9 years ago this month.
• One Direction get their 3rd hit with "Best Song Ever", at #39.
• The Backstreet Boys get their 10th charted song on HAC as "In a World Like This" enters at #40. They last hit 6 years ago this month when "Inconsolable" debuted and peaked at #40.

Exiting the Survey:

• "Gone, Gone, Gone", 30 weeks, to recurrent.
• "Mountain Sound", 14 weeks.
• "We Can't Stop", 2 weeks

Other Notes:
Top 10:

• "Roar" moves up 3 to #3 this week. If Katy hits #1 next week, she will tie a record. Details next week!
• "Brave" sneaks up 1 to #7.
• Also moving up 1 is Pink, up to #8.
• Lorde moves up 5 to #10. Half of the top 10 songs this week are by solo females.

Top 20:

• "Counting Stars" moves up 1 to #11, and is about 300 spins from #10.
• Train rebound to #12.
• "Everything Has Changed" climbs 3 to #13.
• Passenger continues its slow climb through the top 20 this week. "Let Her Go" has moved 19-18-17-16.
• "Wake Me Up" jumps 5 to #19.

Top 30:

• "Summertime Sadness" moves 26-23 this week.
• "I Need Your Love" also moves up 3, to #26.
• The Goo Goo Dolls break into the top 30, up 2 to #29 with "Come to Me".
• Imagine Dragons also reach the top 30 as "Demons" moves to #30.

Bottom 10:

• Fitz & the Tantrums reach #33 this week, up 4. Both of their other charted songs peaked at #33.
• "Mission Bells" moves up 3 to #36.
• Emeli Sande also moves up 3, to #37.

Ouch! of the Week: "Get Lucky" and "The Other Side" each fall 4 notches to #15 and #27 respectively.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Roar" (Over a 700 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Treasure" (Over a 700 spin loss)

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[Hot AC Archiver]

9/22/13

#1:"Roar" pounces into the top spot this week.

Oldest Song: "Radioactive" with 27 weeks.

Oldest Song below #10: "Come and Get It" with 20 weeks.

Songs below #5 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #10:

• "Radioactive"
• "Brave"

Songs below #10 eligible to go recurrent when reaching 2 weeks w/o a bullet:

• "Come and Get It"

Biggest Mover: "Demons" jumps 6 notches to #24 for the week's biggest move.

Debuts:

• Newcomers American Authors have this week's only debut, coming in at #38 with "Best Day of My Life".

Exiting the Survey:

• "In a World Like This", 1 week.

Other Notes:
Top 10:

• "Roar" ties the record for fastest climb to #1, 6 weeks. She ties "I'll Be There for You" and "Thank U". She also now ties
  Maroon 5 for most #1s on the Hot AC chart with 8.
• Capital Cities move 5-2 with "Safe and Sound".
• "Brave" inches up 1 to #6.
• OneRepublic get their 7th HAC top 10 as "Counting Stars" moves up to #10 this week.

Top 20:

• Taylor Swift gets closer to another top 10 as "Everything Has Changed" rises 2 to #11.
• "Let Her Go" moves 16-14 this week.
• "Clarity" inches up 1 to #16.
• Avicii climbs 2 spots to #17.
• Paramore break into the top 20 for only the second time. "Still into You" moves 21-20.

Top 30:

• "Summertime Sadness" gets closer to the top 20, up 2 to #21.
• Justin Timberlake looks to have peaked at #20 with his latest, as "Take Back the Night" slips to #22.
• Backwards bullets: These songs move down 1 notch each but keep their bullets: "Can't Help" (25-26) and "I Need Your Love" (26-27).
• "Sweater Weather" reaches the top 30, up 3 to #29.

Bottom 10:

• Fitz & the Tantrums reach new highest as their latest inches up 1 to #32. None of their other songs charted higher than #33.
• Five for Fighting also inches up 1, to #33.
• Emeli Sande climbs 2 to #35.

Ouch! of the Week: "Treasure" and "Come & Get It" each fall 6 notches to #15 and #34 respectively.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Roar" (Over a 600 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Treasure" (Over a 900 spin loss).

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[Libra]

Sept 23, 2013 21:10:21 GMT -5 Hot AC Archiver said:

She also now ties
Maroon 5 for most #1s on the Hot AC chart with 8.

Billboard reported that Pink shares this mark as well. Did Pink have one that topped their chart and not Mediabase/R&R?

[Hot AC Archiver]

Sept 25, 2013 16:44:28 GMT -5 Libra said:

Sept 23, 2013 21:10:21 GMT -5 Hot AC Archiver said:

She also now ties
Maroon 5 for most #1s on the Hot AC chart with 8.

Billboard reported that Pink shares this mark as well. Did Pink have one that topped their chart and not Mediabase/R&R?

Yes. I believe it was "Who Knew", which spent 12 weeks at #2 on Mediabase.

[Libra]

Sept 26, 2013 3:30:52 GMT -5 Hot AC Archiver said:

Yes. I believe it was "Who Knew", which spent 12 weeks at #2 on Mediabase.

Out of curiousity, I checked that one out on DuckHead's site (Pop Radio Top 20) to see how that went down...looks like that one must have snuck in a week between "Big Girls Don't Cry" and "Bubbly" on Billboard.

[Hot AC Archiver]

Sorry for the delay!!!

9/29/13

#1:"Roar" holds onto the top spot for a second week.

Oldest Song: "Radioactive" with 28 weeks.

Oldest Song below #10: "Treasure" and "Get Lucky" with 20 weeks.

Songs below #5 eligible to go recurrent when falling below #10:

• "Radioactive"
• "Brave"
• "Love Somebody"

Songs below #10 eligible to go recurrent when reaching 2 weeks w/o a bullet:

• "Treasure", which does not have a bullet this week.
• "Get Lucky", which does not have a bullet this week.

Biggest Mover: "Royals" and "Best Day of My Life" climb 5 notches each to #4 and #33 respectively to tie for the week's biggest move.

Debuts:

• Bruno Mars has the highest debut of the week at #34 with "Gorilla", his 8th solo appearance on the chart.
• Miley Cyrus gets her 6th appearance on the chart, coming in at #36 with "Wrecking Ball".
• John Mayer racks up a 16th hit with "Who You Love", at #39. The song features Katy Perry.

Exiting the Survey:

• "Come and Get It", 20 weeks, to recurrent
• "Stompa", 13 weeks
• "Best Song Ever", 2 weeks

Other Notes:
Top 10:

• Katy Perry's "Roar" sets a new spin record for HAC with 5764 spins.
• Lorde enters the top 5 in her 9th week on the survey.
• "True Love" inches up 1 to #7.
• No songs enter/exit the top 10 this week.

Top 20:

• "Wake Me Up" rises 4 to #13.
• Lady GaGa skips up 2 to #16 with "Applause".
• "Clarity" gets pushed back to #17 but retains a bullet.
• "Still into You" moves 20-18.
• Imagine Dragons get a third top 20 hit as "Demons" moves 24-20.

Top 30:

• "I Need Your Love" climbs 4 notches to #23
• Parachute move 26-24 this week.
• The Goo Goo Dolls inch up 1 more to #27.
• "Out of My League" gives Fitz & the Tantrums their first top 30 this week, as the song moves up 4 to #28.

Bottom 10:

• "What If" gets closer to top 30 territory, up 2 this week to #31.
• Emile Sande holds at #35.
• "Mission Bells" falls 4 to #40, but the song retains a bullet.

Ouch! of the Week: "Take Back the Night" collapses 8 spots to #30.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Royals" (A 600 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Cups" (Over a 500 spin loss).

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