Mediabase Hot AC Chart Notes, December '13

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12/1/13

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

Oldest Song: "Brave" with 31 weeks.

Oldest Song below #10: "Everything Has Changed" 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:

• "Everything Has Changed", which does not have a bullet this week.

Biggest Mover: "Hold on" leaps 15 notches to #25 for the week's biggest move.

Debuts:

• Christina Perri returns to the chart after a year off to score her 5th hit, "Human", the highest debut at #31.
• One Direction come in at #35 with their 4th song to chart at Hot AC, "Story of My Life".

Exiting the Survey:

• "True Love", 20 weeks, to recurrent
• "Gorilla", 9 weeks

Other Notes:
Top 10:

• "Demons" ties the peak of Imagine Dragons' last hit, "Radioactive", by climbing 1 to #2.
• "Counting Stars" returns to its peak of #3.
• Passenger reach top 5 territory as "Let Her Go" rises 1 to #5.
• Katy Perry gets her 12th top 10 hit (her 11th in a row) with "Unconditionally", moving 11-10.

Top 20:

• "Love Don't Die" inches up 1 to #12.
• Neighbourhood hold at #15 with "Sweater Weather".
• "Say Something" climbs 2 to #16.
• John Mayer spends a third week at #19 this week.

Top 30:

• "Let Me Go" sneaks up 1 to #21.
• "Love Me Again" moves 24-22 this week.
• After making a big move last week, Gavin DeGraw slams on the brakes and holds at #26 this week.
• In his 8th week on the chart, James Blunt breaks into the top 30 at #30 with "Bonfire Heart", up 1.

Bottom 10:

• "Sirens" rises 3 to #32.
• "The Giving Tree" moves up 2 to #34.
• "Sail" falls 3 to #36.
• After debuting at #38 last week, Maroon 5 fall 2 to #40 with "Lucky Strike".

Ouch! of the Week: "What If" falls 9 notches to #39.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Hold on" (Nearly a 600 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Everything Has Changed" (Nearly 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]

12/8/13

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

Oldest Song: "Brave" with 32 weeks.

Oldest Song below #10: "Applause" with 17 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:

• None.

Biggest Mover: "Story of My Life" jumps 7 notches to #28 for the week's biggest move.

Debuts:

• The highest debut of the week belongs to Lady GaGa, "Do What U Want", entering at #34. It's GaGa's 13th hit. Her first, "Just Dance" debuted on the chart exactly 5 years ago this week. "Want" features R. Kelly, and this is 3rd appearance on HAC. He last hit 15 years ago with "I'm Your Angel".
  
• Pitbull comes in at #36 with "Timber", his 6th song to chart at HAC. The song features Ke$ha.
• Lorde gets her second hit with "Team", entering at #37.
• Eminem returns to the chart after 3 years to score his second HAC song, "The Monster", at #40. The song features Rihanna. His only other song to chart at HAC, "Love the Way You Lie", also featured Rihanna.

Exiting the Survey:

• "Everything Has Changed", 20 weeks, to recurrent
• "What If", 15 weeks
• "Summertime Sadness", 15 weeks
• "TKO", 3 weeks.

Other Notes:
Top 10:

• 8 out of the top 10 songs remain in place this week.
• "Let Her Go" rises 1 to #4, while "Royals" falls 1 to #5.
• No songs enter/exit the top 10 this week.

Top 20:

• "Love Don't Die" inches up 1 more to #11.
• A Great Big World rises 4 to #12.
• "Sweater Weather" spends a third week at #15 in its 15th week on the chart.
• Avril Lavigne climbs 1 to #20 with "Let Me Go".

Top 30:

• Last week's biggest mover, "Hold on" moves up 4 more to #21 in its third week on the chart.
• Bastille move up 1 notch to #22.
• "Make a Move" rises 2 to #24.
• "365 Days" rebounds to a new peak of #27, but the song does not have a bullet.

Bottom 10:

• Last week's highest debut, "Human", inches up 1 to #30 this week.
• "The Giving Tree" moves up 3 to #31.
• Zedd climbs 5 to #32.
• "Lucky Strike" rebounds 5 spots to #35 in its 3rd week on the chart.

Ouch! of the Week: "Sirens" falls 6 notches to #38.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Hold on" (Over a 400 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Royals" (Over a 400 spin loss).

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

[Libra]

Dec 10, 2013 22:37:55 GMT -5 Hot AC Archiver said:

Lorde gets her second hit with "Tears", entering at #37.

Some kind of remix of "Team"?

Dec 10, 2013 22:37:55 GMT -5 Hot AC Archiver said:

Ouch! of the Week: "Sirens" falls 6 notches to #38.

One song too early. :) Should be "Sail", down to #39.

[Hot AC Archiver]

Dec 11, 2013 20:22:31 GMT -5 Libra said:

Dec 10, 2013 22:37:55 GMT -5 Hot AC Archiver said:

Lorde gets her second hit with "Tears", entering at #37.

Some kind of remix of "Team"?

Dec 10, 2013 22:37:55 GMT -5 Hot AC Archiver said:

Ouch! of the Week: "Sirens" falls 6 notches to #38.

One song too early. :) Should be "Sail", down to #39.

You got me on the first one. As my profile says, "I'm getting too old for this...", so blame it on bad eyesight.

As for the second one, that is Mediabase's fault. Their "last week" numbers do not match the chart they posted last week. I used what was published. On the 12/1 chart, "Sirens" was at #32 and "Sail" was at #36. For some reason on this week's chart, they had the positions reversed in the "last week" column. Therefore my post is correct from the information I have. :)

[Hot AC Archiver]

12/15/13

#1:"Demons" takes over the top spot this week.

Oldest Song: "Brave" with 33 weeks.

Oldest Song below #10: "Applause" with 18 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:

• None.

Biggest Mover: "Team" jumps 7 notches to #30 for the week's biggest move.

Debuts:

• This week's only debut is the first Hot AC hit for John Legend. "All of Me" enters at #40.

Exiting the Survey:

• "Sirens", 5 weeks.

Other Notes:
Top 10:

• "Counting Stars" inches up 1 to #2. The song makes the same move over on the Pop chart.
• Miley Cyrus moves up 1 to #6.
• Also moving up 1 is "Best Day of My Life", up to #8.
• No songs enter/exit the top 10 this week.

Top 20:

• "Sweater Weather" breaks out of its holding pattern and climbs 2 notches to #13.
• "Come to Me" reaches a new peak of #16 this week, up 1.
• Colbie Caillat flies up 4 spots to #17 with "Hold on".
• Bastille rises 2 to #20.

Top 30:

• Avril Lavigne slips 2 to #22 but her song retains a bullet.
• "Story of My Life" moves up 4 notches to #24.
• "Human" moves 30-27 this week.
• After rising to #27 without a bullet last week, "365 Days" moves down to #28 with a bullet this week.

Bottom 10:

• "Do What U Want" moves 34-31 this week.
• Also climbing 4 is "Timber", up to #32.
• Plain White T's fall 3 to #34 but their song is still bulleted.
• In his 2nd week on the chart, Eminem climbs 4 to #36.

Ouch! of the Week: "My Kind of Love" plummets 10 notches to #39.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Hold on" (Over a 500 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Applause" (Nearly a 400 spin loss).

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

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12/22/13

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

Oldest Song: "Brave" with 34 weeks.

Oldest Song below #10: "Applause" with 19 weeks.

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

• "Brave"
• "Royals"

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

• None.

Biggest Mover: "Team" climbs 5 notches to #25 for the week's biggest move (2nd week in a row).

Debuts:

• Ellie Goulding gets her second hit with "Burn", the highest debut at #37.
• Bruno Mars picks up his 9th hit as the main act on a song with "Young Girls", entering at #38.

Exiting the Survey:

• "My Kind of Love", 15 weeks.
• "Lucky Strike", 4 weeks.

Other Notes:
Top 10:

• "Let Her Go" inches up to #3.
• American Authors climb 3 notches to enter the top 5 at #5.
• "Unconditionally" rises 3 to #7.
• No songs enter/exit the top 10 this week.

Top 20:

• "A Great Big World" inches up 1 to #11.
• Colbie Caillat rises 1 to #16.
• "Pompeii" moves 20-18 this week.
• One Direction get their 2nd top 20 hit with "Story of My Life", which climbs 4 to #20.

Top 30:

• Avril Lavigne rebounds 1 to #21, but without a bullet.
• "Love Me Again" spends a third week at #23.
• "Timber" climbs 4 notches to #28.
• Lady GaGa moves 1 to #30 with "Do What U Want".

Bottom 10:

• "The Monster" rises 2 to #34.
• Zedd holds at #33.
• "All of Me" inches up 1 to #39.
• "Sail" slips 2 to #40 in its 12th week on the chart.

Ouch! of the Week: No songs move down more than 3 notches this week.
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Story of My Life" (Over a 500 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Royals" (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

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12/29/13

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

Oldest Song: "Brave" with 35 weeks.

Oldest Song below #10: "Applause" with 20 weeks.

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

• "Brave"
• "Royals"
• "Roar"

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

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

Biggest Mover: ""Say Something" (11-8), "Stay the Night" (33-30), and "The Monster" (34-31) all tie for the week's biggest move.

Debuts:

• No new songs this week, but "Lucky Strike" re-enters at #39.

Exiting the Survey:

• "Sail", 12 weeks.

Other Notes:
Top 10:

• The top 5 remain in the same spots as last week.
• "Unconditionally" inches up to #6 and loses its bullet. Will Katy miss the top 5?.
• As noted above "Say Something" breaks into the top 10 at #8. This gives Christina Aguilera her 3rd appearance in the top 10. It's the first top 10 for A Great Big World.

Top 20:

• "Love Don't Die" loses its bullet as it holds at #12.
• "Sweater Weather" spends a 3rd week at #13.
• Also holding for a 3rd week in their positions are Daughtry (#14) and Fitz & the Tantrums (#15).
• No songs enter the top 20 this week.

Top 30:

• John Newman rebounds to a new peak of #21.
• "Team" climbs 2 notches to #23.
• Also rising 2 spots is "Human", up to #25.
• Zedd reaches the top 30 with "Stay the Night", up 3 to #30.

Bottom 10:

• Plain White T's inch back up 1 to #34.
• "Burn" moves 37-36.
• "Young Girl" is another 1 notch mover, up 1 to #37.
• John Legend falls 1 to #40.

Ouch! of the Week: "Who You Love" (24-28), "Slow Down" (29-33), and "365 Days" (31-35).
Song with the biggest spin increase: "Say Something" (Nearly a 400 spin increase).
Song with the biggest spin loss: "Wrecking Ball" (Nearly 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