American Top 40 - October 21, 2017

[jdelachjr2002]

AMERICAN TOP 40 - OCTOBER 21, 2017
LW TW WKS Artist - Title
40 40 (40) Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (1)
DE 39 (01) Sabrina Carpenter - Why (39)
38 38 (32) The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This (1)

DE 37 (01) CARDI B - Bodak Yellow (Money Moves) (37)
35 36 (37) Bruno Mars - That's What I Like (1)
36 35 (04) Why Don't We - Something Different (35)
33 34 (33) Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me (1)
Extra: Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar - Don't Wanna Know

28 33 (09) Major Lazer featuring Travis Scott, Camila Cabello & Quavo - Know No Better (28)
31 32 (26) Halsey - Now Or Never (3)
32 31 (02) Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso featuring Florida-Georgia Line & Watt - Let Me Go (31)
Extra: Avicii - Wake Me Up!
Optional Extra: Justin Bieber - Sorry
DE 30 (01) Ed Sheeran - Perfect (30)
34 29 (02) Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug - Havana (29)
29 28 (03) Kelly Clarkson - Love So Soft (28)
Breakout: Nick Jonas - Find You

26 27 (20) Sam Hunt - Body Like A Back Road (10)
27 26 (07) MAX featuring gnash - Lights Down Low (26)
Extra: Train - Play That Song
25 25 (08) J. Balvin featuring Willy William - Mi Gente (25)

30 24 (02) Imagine Dragons - Thunder (24)
15 23 (16) DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller - Wild Thoughts (3)
Extra: Hey Violet - Hoodie
19 22 (32) Zedd & Alessia Cara - Stay (1)
23 21 (03) Dua Lipa - New Rules (21)
Optional Extra: American Authors - Best Day Of My Life
21 20 (13) Macklemore featuring Skylar Grey - Glorious (20)
22 19 (03) Taylor Swift - ...Ready For It? (19)
20 18 (05) Halsey - Bad At Love (18)
Breakout: blackbear - Do Re Mi

16 17 (22) Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber - Despacito (1)
18 16 (04) Sam Smith - Too Good At Goodbyes (16)
17 15 (08) Pink - What About Us (15)

11 14 (22) Imagine Dragons - Believer (3)
12 13 (07) Justin Bieber & BloodPop - Friends (11)
14 12 (11) Kesha - Praying (12)
Extra: Nico & Vinz - Am I Wrong
13 11 (05) Maroon 5 featuring SZA - What Lovers Do (11)
Optional Extra: Selena Gomez - The Heart Wants What It Wants
08 10 (14) French Montana featuring Swae Lee - Unforgettable (8)
10 09 (14) Logic featuring Alessia Cara & Khalid - 1-800-273-8255 (9)
09 08 (10) Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry (8)
Breakout: Post Malone featuring 21 Savage - Rockstar

05 07 (23) Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (1)
07 06 (20) Cheat Codes featuring Demi Lovato - No Promises (6)

04 05 (06) Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do (4)
06 04 (09) Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still (4)
02 03 (21) Charlie Puth - Attention (1)
Optional Extra: Rihanna - Love On The Brain
01 02 (21) Niall Horan - Slow Hands (1)
03 01 (18) Liam Payne featuring Quavo - Strip That Down **1st week at #1**

DROPPERS
Hey Violet - Hoodie (from #39, 3 weeks on)
Harry Styles - Two Ghosts (from #37, 5 weeks on)
Selena Gomez featuring Gucci Mane - Fetish (from #24, 9 weeks on)

- Despite falling off this week, "Hoodie" still gets played as an extra

[jdelachjr2002]

Chart is up now.

Hopefully Taylor Swift can get to #1 next week but it could be doubtful...

[Bigfatliar 3]

But if it really happens it would be impressive, from #5 to #1. Will that be another record for her?

[Leo ✔]

Oct 20, 2017 4:58:19 GMT -5 Bigfatliar 3 said:

But if it really happens it would be impressive, from #5 to #1. Will that be another record for her?

And falling from #1 to #6

[musiciscool]

What is the biggest fall out of #1 on AT40 in the Seacrest era?

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

I was trying to remember the biggest drop from #1 in the PPW era. There have been a few to fall 1-5 over the years. I feel like My Heart Will Go On had a big drop from the top but I forget what that was. Nothing has done 5-1-5 before though.

[mkarns]

Oct 20, 2017 11:08:23 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

I was trying to remember the biggest drop from #1 in the PPW era. There have been a few to fall 1-5 over the years. I feel like My Heart Will Go On had a big drop from the top but I forget what that was. Nothing has done 5-1-5 before though.

"My Heart Will Go On" did drop from 1 to 5 on the 4/18/98 AT40, to be replaced by "Truly Madly Deeply" which had two prior weeks on top--and then sat right behind MHWGO for 9 weeks.

[mkarns]

When was the last time one solo member of a group knocked another of the same group out of #1? I know Paul McCartney and George Harrison had back to back #1's in 1973, but not sure now and don't have time to check if it's happened in the last 44 years.

Somewhat unusually for recent Mediabase/AT40's, the top of the chart is in a flux period, with several songs competing for the position. I could easily see Taylor Swift, Portugal.The Man, and/or Demi Lovato there in the next few weeks.

Elsewhere, "1-800-273-8255" is the second top 10 hit I can think of based around a telephone number for a title (though the song doesn't actually spell out the number). If it makes the top 3, which is quite possible, it would be the biggest ever such, ahead of "867-5309/Jenny", which peaked at #4. And we have another of the increasingly common instances of a song falling almost off the chart but refusing to leave: here it's "Shape of You" which gets the proverbial "AT40 jackpot" with a 40-40-40 listing here, though it of course scored a much bigger jackpot with the 10 weeks it spent at the other end of the countdown.

[Top 40 Tracker]

[davidsc1979]

Wiz Khalifa See You Again also spent 3 weeks at number 40 before falling off in 2015

[champ2399]

Oct 20, 2017 13:01:04 GMT -5 mkarns said:

Oct 20, 2017 11:08:23 GMT -5 Rose "Payola" Nylund said:

I was trying to remember the biggest drop from #1 in the PPW era. There have been a few to fall 1-5 over the years. I feel like My Heart Will Go On had a big drop from the top but I forget what that was. Nothing has done 5-1-5 before though.

"My Heart Will Go On" did drop from 1 to 5 on the 4/18/98 AT40, to be replaced by "Truly Madly Deeply" which had two prior weeks on top--and then sat right behind MHWGO for 9 weeks.

In July of 1997, "Mmmbop" by Hanson dropped from #1 to #6 after 9 weeks at #1. The follow-up, "Where's The Love" jumped #44 to #27 the exact same chart week.

[johnnywest]

Oct 20, 2017 10:49:06 GMT -5 musiciscool said:

What is the biggest fall out of #1 on AT40 in the Seacrest era?

Since 2004, it was "Whatcha Say" dropping from #1 to #5.

After Casey returned to AT40 in 1998, the biggest drop was "Lady Marmalade" falling from #1 to #8.

On Casey's Top 40, "I'll Be There" fell from #1 to #8.

The biggest tumble I know of in R&R is "Walk Like An Egyptian," down from #1 to #11.

[johnnywest]

Oct 20, 2017 13:40:49 GMT -5 mkarns said:

When was the last time one solo member of a group knocked another of the same group out of #1? I know Paul McCartney and George Harrison had back to back #1's in 1973, but not sure now and don't have time to check if it's happened in the last 44 years.

And that's what the #1 story was, although it was the first time a solo member from one group had replaced another solo member . Ryan mentioned that McCartney replacing Harrison was the closest, but not quite the same since it was actually Wings.

[johnnywest]

Oct 20, 2017 13:40:49 GMT -5 mkarns said:

Elsewhere, "1-800-273-8255" is the second top 10 hit I can think of based around a telephone number for a title

Correct. Wilson Pickett and Squeeze did not make the Top 10 with their phone numbers.

Also, "1-800-273-8255" ties the Presidents for the most digits in a title -- 11.

[mkarns]

Oct 24, 2017 19:11:11 GMT -5 johnnywest said:

Oct 20, 2017 10:49:06 GMT -5 musiciscool said:

What is the biggest fall out of #1 on AT40 in the Seacrest era?

Since 2004, it was "Whatcha Say" dropping from #1 to #5.

Though "Whatcha Say" should be qualified by the fact that the 1-5 drop occurred on January 9, 2010, the first chart of the year and after three weeks of AT40's chart being "frozen" due to year-end and decade-end shows. That same week "Replay" jumped 8-1, "Tik Tok" 12-2, and "Bad Romance" 13-4, none of which would likely have happened in two consecutive regular weeks without a freeze.

[Arnold]

Oct 20, 2017 13:40:49 GMT -5 mkarns said:

Elsewhere, "1-800-273-8255" is the second top 10 hit I can think of based around a telephone number for a title (though the song doesn't actually spell out the number). If it makes the top 3, which is quite possible, it would be the biggest ever such, ahead of "867-5309/Jenny", which peaked at #4.

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 In 1940 there was a number 5 hit by Glenn Miller called Pennsylvania 6-5000, which is a telephone number.