Mediabase Hot AC Chart Notes, November '13

[Hot AC Archiver]

11/3/13

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

Oldest Song: "Brave" with 27 weeks.

Oldest Song below #10: "Still into You" with 22 weeks.

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

• "Safe and Sound"

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

• "Still into You", which still has a bullet this week.

Biggest Mover: "Unconditionally" jumps 8 notches to #18 for the week's biggest move.

Debuts:

• Newcomers Bastille enter at #36 with this week's only debut, "Pompeii"

Exiting the Survey:

• "Blurred Lines", 20 weeks, to recurrent

Other Notes:
Top 10:

• Several stations are added to the Hot AC Panel this week, so "Royals" sets a new spin record of 6359 spins.
• "Wake Me Up" inches up 1 more to #3.
• OneRepublic break into the top 5, up 1 with "Counting Stars".
• Imagine Dragons fly up 4 to #6.
• Lady GaGa gets her 6th top 10 this week. "Applause" moves up 1 to #10.

Top 20:

• Paramore climb 1 to #12 this week.
• "Best Day of My Life" rises 2 to #15.
• "Waiting for Superman" regains momentum and moves up 3 to #17.
• Bruno Mars gets pushed down 2 to #20, but "Gorilla" still has a bullet.

Top 30:

• The Fray jump 5 to #25.
• "Let Me Go" climbs 4 to #28.
• John Newman moves from #33 to #29 with "Love Me Again".
• "What If" falls 3 to #30 but still has a bullet.

Bottom 10:

• "Sail" rebounds 3 to a new peak of #31.
• ZZ Ward also rebounds 3 to a new peak of #32.
• Backstreet Boys move back up 2 to #34, but their song does not have a bullet
• "The Giving Tree" holds at #40 in its 3rd week on the chart

Ouch! of the Week: "Can't Help" slides 7 notches to #38.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Wake Me Up" (Over an 800 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "True Love" (Over a 700 spin loss).

Top 50 Hot AC chart can be found at: www.americasmusiccharts.com/index.cgi?fmt=A2 All chart data © Mediabase Research

[Hot AC Archiver]

11/10/13

#1:"Royals" holds onto the top spot for a third week.

Oldest Song: "Brave" with 28 weeks.

Oldest Song below #10: "Still into You" with 23 weeks.

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

• "Safe and Sound"

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

• "Still into You", which still has a bullet this week.

Biggest Mover: "Unconditionally" jumps 5 notches to #13 for the week's biggest move (2nd week in a row).

Debuts:

• Jason Derulo has the highest debut of the week at #37 with his 6th song to chart at HAC, "Marry Me".
• Pearl Jam get their 3rd hit with "Sirens", entering at #39.
• Gavin DeGraw gets his 10th charted song with "Make a Move", at #40.

Exiting the Survey:

• "Best I Ever Had", 19 weeks
• "Can't Help", 18 weeks
• "I Need Your Love", 14 weeks

Other Notes:
Top 10:

• "Wake Me Up" reaches #2 this week and is about 200 spins from #1.
• Taylor Swift rebounds to #8, but without a bullet.
• "Applause" inches up 1 to #9.
• No songs enter/exit the top 10 this week.

Top 20:

• Paramore climb 1 more to #11 this week.
• "Wrecking Ball" moves 13-12.
• "Who You Love" climbs 4 notches to #17. With her appearance on this song, Katy Perry appears 3 times in the top 20 this week.
• The Goo Goo Dolls rise back up 1 to #18.

Top 30:

• The Fray jump 4 more to #21 in their 3rd week on the chart.
• "Sweater Weather" moves 24-23.
• "My Kind of Love" slips 2 to #25, but the song retains a bullet.
• Songs 26-30 hold onto their positions from last week.

Bottom 10:

• "Pompeii" moves up 4 to #32.
• "Bonfire Heart" inches up 1 to a new peak of #34.
• Selena Gomez moves 37-35 this week.
• Plain White T's rise 2 to #38.

Ouch! of the Week: "Summertime Sadness" falls 6 notches to #20.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Unconditionally" (Over a 600 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "True Love" (Over a 900 spin loss).

Top 50 Hot AC chart can be found at: www.americasmusiccharts.com/index.cgi?fmt=A2 All chart data © Mediabase Research

[Libra]

Nov 11, 2013 14:58:57 GMT -5 Hot AC Archiver said:

Biggest Mover: "Unconditionally" jumps 5 notches to #13 for the week's biggest move (2nd week in a row).

Top 20:
"Unconditionally" climbs 4 notches to #17.

LOL! Talk about omnipotence. ;)

And then there's this:

Nov 11, 2013 14:58:57 GMT -5 Hot AC Archiver said:

Debuts:
Gavin DeGraw gets his 10th charted song with "Make a Move", at #40.

Bottom 10:
Plain White T's rise 2 to #40.

[Hot AC Archiver]

Nov 11, 2013 20:58:16 GMT -5 Libra said:

Nov 11, 2013 14:58:57 GMT -5 Hot AC Archiver said:

Biggest Mover: "Unconditionally" jumps 5 notches to #13 for the week's biggest move (2nd week in a row).

Top 20:
"Unconditionally" climbs 4 notches to #17.

LOL! Talk about omnipotence. ;)

And then there's this:

Nov 11, 2013 14:58:57 GMT -5 Hot AC Archiver said:

Debuts:
Gavin DeGraw gets his 10th charted song with "Make a Move", at #40.

Bottom 10:
Plain White T's rise 2 to #40.

^^ This is why I keep the ? in my user name. :) Thanks for catching these. They have been corrected, hopefully.

[Hot AC Archiver]

Hopefully with less errors this week, but no promises!

11/17/13

#1:"Wake Me Up" moves into the top spot this week.

Oldest Song: "Brave" with 29 weeks.

Oldest Song below #10: "Still into You" with 24 weeks.

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

• "Brave"

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

• "Still into You", which does not have a bullet this week.
• "Clarity", which does not have a bullet this week.

Biggest Mover: "Sweater Weather" rises 7 notches to #16 for the week's biggest move.

Debuts:

• Just Timberlake has this week's only debut, coming in at #37 with "TKO", his 10th solo hit.

Exiting the Survey:

• "Safe and Sound", 21 weeks, to recurrent

Other Notes:
Top 10:

• "Counting Stars" climbs 2 notches to #3 in its 23rd week on the chart.
• Imagine Dragons enter the top 5, up 1 to #5 with "Demons".
• "Applause" inches up 1 more to #8, but the song loses its bullet.
• Miley Cyrus gets her 2nd top 10 hit this week as "Wrecking Ball" rises to #10.

Top 20:

• After being the biggest mover the past 2 weeks, "Unconditionally" slams on the brakes and climbs 1 to #12.
• Daughtry move up 2 to #14.
• "Love Don't Die" jumps 6 spots to #15 in its 4th week on the chart.
• Fitz & the Tantrums break out of a holding pattern and rise 4 to #18 this week.

Top 30:

• "Say Something" flies up 6 notches to #21.
• Drake moves up 2 more to #24.
• Avril Lavigne rises 3 to #25 with "Let Me Go".
• "Pompeii" enters top 30 territory, up 3 to #29.

Bottom 10:

• "Slow Down" moves 35-32.
• "Sail" holds at #33 with a tiny bullet.
• Gavin DeGraw climbs 5 spots to #35 in his 2nd week on with "Make a Move".
• Plain White T's fall back 2 to #40. The have spent most of their 5 weeks on the chart at #40.

Ouch! of the Week: "Summertime Sadness" falls 7 notches to #27.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Unconditionally" (Over a 400 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Summertime Sadness" (Over a 500 spin loss).

Top 50 Hot AC chart can be found at: www.americasmusiccharts.com/index.cgi?fmt=A2 All chart data © Mediabase Research

[Hot AC Archiver]

Happy Thanksgiving!!

11/24/13

#1:"Wake Me Up" holds onto the top spot for a second week.

Oldest Song: "Brave" with 30 weeks.

Oldest Song below #10: "True Love" with 20 weeks.

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

• "Brave"

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

• "True Love", which does not have a bullet this week.

Biggest Mover: "Make a Move" makes the week's biggest move and jumps 9 notches to #26.

Debuts:

• Maroon 5 have the highest debut of the week at #38 with "Lucky Strike", their 17th hit.
• Zedd picks up hit #2 with "Stay the Night" (featuring Hayley Williams), entering at #39.
• Colbie Caillat returns to the chart at #40 with "Hold on", her 10th hit.

Exiting the Survey:

• "Still into You", 24 weeks, to recurrent
• "Clarity", 20 weeks, to recurrent
• "In a World Like This", 8 weeks

Other Notes:
Top 10:

• "Demons" climbs 2 more spots to #3.
• "Let Her Go" breaks its holding pattern and inches up 1 to #6.
• Miley Cyrus moves 10-8 this week.
• American Authors get their first top 10 as "Best Day of My Life" rises 3 to #10.

Top 20:

• "Unconditionally" inches up 1 more to #11.
• The Goo Goo Dolls hold at #17 with "Come to Me".
• "Say Something" climbs 3 to enter the top 20 at #18.
• Drake also enters the top 20, up 4 to #20 with "Hold on We're Going Home".

Top 30:

• Bastille move up 4 to #25 with "Pompeii".
• Selena Gomez speeds up and rises 5 notches to #27 with "Slow Down".
  [li]"365 Days" climbs 3 to #28.
• "Marry Me" jumps 7 to #29.

Bottom 10:

• "What If" spends yet another week at #30.
• "Bonfire Heart" rises 3 to #31.
• Justin Timberlake moves 37-34 in his 2nd week on with "TKO".
• Plain White T's rebound 4 to a new peak of #36.

Ouch! of the Week: "Gorilla" falls 9 notches to #37.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Demons" (Nearly a 500 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Everything Has Changed" (Over an 800 spin loss).

Top 50 Hot AC chart can be found at: www.americasmusiccharts.com/index.cgi?fmt=A2 All chart data © Mediabase Research

[Libra]

I find it quite funny that "Stay the Night" debuted in the Top 40 as both "Still Into You" and "Clarity" went recurrent.