American Top 40 - December 15, 2018

[jdelachjr2002]

AMERICAN TOP 40 - DECEMBER 15, 2018
LW TW WKS Artist - Title
40 40 (40) Marshmello & Anne-Marie - Friends (2)
38 39 (43) Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey - The Middle (1)
DE 38 (01) Dan + Shay - Tequila (38)
36 37 (37) Taylor Swift - Delicate (1)

33 36 (05) Loud Luxury featuring Brando - Body (33)
34 35 (39) Bazzi - Mine (1)
35 34 (04) Alessia Cara - Trust My Lonely (34)
Extra: Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Promises

32 33 (37) Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla $ign - Psycho (1)
37 32 (04) Dean Lewis - Be Alright (32)
27 31 (06) Drake featuring Michael Jackson - Don't Matter To Me (27)
Extra: Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You
Optional Extra: Maroon 5 - One More Night
28 30 (32) Ariana Grande - No Tears Left To Cry (1)
30 29 (03) DJ Snake featuring Selena Gomez, Ozuna & CARDI B - Taki Taki (29)
On The Verge: Zara Larsson - Ruin My Life
Extra: Maroon 5 featuring Future - Cold
17 28 (20) Bebe Rexha - I'm A Mess (9)

29 27 (04) Khalid - Better (27)
31 26 (02) Ellie Goulding & Diplo featuring Swae Lee - Close To Me (26)
24 25 (26) CARDI B featuring Bad Bunny & J. Balvin - I Like It (3)
25 24 (06) Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow (24)

26 23 (06) The Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling (23)
23 22 (09) LSD - Thunderclouds (22)
Extra: Selena Gomez - Same Old Love
22 21 (07) Travis Scott featuring Drake - Sicko Mode (21)
Optional Extra: twenty | one | pilots - Ride
20 20 (29) Selena Gomez - Back To You (4)
19 19 (06) Camila Cabello - Consequences (19)
18 18 (09) Silk City & Dua Lipa - Electricity (18)
On The Verge: Why Don't We - 8 Letters

21 17 (03) Ariana Grande - Thank U, Next (17)
15 16 (08) Shawn Mendes & Zedd - Lost In Japan (15)
Extra: David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha & Afrojack - Hey Mama
16 15 (05) Post Malone & Swae Lee - Sunflower (15)

14 14 (15) lovelytheband - Broken (14)
13 13 (14) Bazzi featuring Camila Cabello - Beautiful (13)
12 12 (18) Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman (1)
Extra: Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth - See You Again
06 11 (17) Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams (7)
Optional Extra: Pink - What About Us
09 10 (25) Maroon 5 featuring CARDI B - Girls Like You (1)
08 09 (25) Post Malone - Better Now (1)
10 08 (07) Halsey - Without Me (8)

11 07 (16) Benny Blanco featuring Halsey & Khalid - Eastside (7)
07 06 (21) NF - Lie (6)
Extra: Justin Timberlake - Mirrors

05 05 (32) Khalid & Normani - Love Lies (1)
Breakout: Steve Aoki featuring BTS - Waste It On Me
04 04 (24) 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood (1)
02 03 (09) Ariana Grande - Breathin' (2)
Optional Extra: Sia - Chandelier
03 02 (10) Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes (2)
01 01 (13) Marshmello & BASTILLE - Happier **3 weeks at #1**

DROPPER
Imagine Dragons - Natural (from #39, 14 weeks on)

[Top 40 Tracker]

[jdelachjr2002]

Chart is up now.

[musiciscool]

So, is this chart the last regular chart of the year?

[goodguy]

Dec 14, 2018 0:12:52 GMT -5 musiciscool said:

So, is this chart the last regular chart of the year?

At the end of the show, Ryan said it is. The yearend countdown is next week. And presumably the week after.

[jdelachjr2002]

If anybody listens to Nile FM, please let me know if they're playing "Tequila" or if it joins "God Is A Woman" on the banned list.

[Leo ✔]

Really happy to see Tequila managed to debut !!

[Cerebro]

Dec 14, 2018 3:54:08 GMT -5 goodguy said:

Dec 14, 2018 0:12:52 GMT -5 musiciscool said:

So, is this chart the last regular chart of the year?

At the end of the show, Ryan said it is. The yearend countdown is next week. And presumably the week after.

And, "Happier" will get two extra weeks at #1, courtesy of the freeze. We can expect "High Hopes" to be #1 when the regular charts resume in three weeks.

[goodguy]

Dec 14, 2018 7:12:34 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

If anybody listens to Nile FM, please let me know if they're playing "Tequila" or if it joins "God Is A Woman" on the banned list

Nile FM played "Tequila."

"Tequila" was removed on Hi FM in Oman. They had been removing "God Is A Woman" but started playing an edited version, in which the title is never mentioned, the week it hit #1.

[nymets86]

Impressive run by the Imagine Dragons. 80 Consecutive weeks on the countdown as a lead artist. This doesn’t usually happen with a rock band on at40 these days. Was hoping that streak could have continued with their new album dropping last month but the ‘Fall of the Century’ did them in.

[MitchWolf - ChartStan]

Dec 12, 2018 12:39:01 GMT -5 Top 40 Tracker said:

Tracker, think we're gonna have more than three tunes debuting when they resume AT40?

[MitchWolf - ChartStan]

I Truly miss the days when AT40 would do the Top 100 of the year. It was done when they used the Billboard charts.

[Top 40 Tracker]

Dec 14, 2018 14:11:47 GMT -5 MitchWolf - ChartStan said:

Tracker, think we're gonna have more than three tunes debuting when they resume AT40?

I expect 4 debuts. I'll post my prediction update a week before the show actually airs.

Nothing Breaks Like A Heart
Ruin My Life
8 Letter
MIA

[gemini79]

Ryan said that Fake Love by BTS charted, it didn't lol

[richie]

Jackpot at #40!
40 40 (40) Marshmello & Anne-Marie - Friends

[Glass Joe]

Dec 14, 2018 8:42:56 GMT -5 nymets86 said:

Impressive run by the Imagine Dragons. 80 Consecutive weeks on the countdown as a lead artist. This doesn’t usually happen with a rock band on at40 these days. Was hoping that streak could have continued with their new album dropping last month but the ‘Fall of the Century’ did them in.

That is true. I am really happy to see that. I don't know the last long run for a rock band, but on a random throwback show from January 2003 Casey mentioned that Creed spent 60 consecutive weeks on the chart with just 2 songs. That was their last week on the chart, so they made it an even 60 weeks total.

[Cerebro]

Dec 16, 2018 13:30:49 GMT -5 Glass Joe said:

Dec 14, 2018 8:42:56 GMT -5 nymets86 said:

Impressive run by the Imagine Dragons. 80 Consecutive weeks on the countdown as a lead artist. This doesn’t usually happen with a rock band on at40 these days. Was hoping that streak could have continued with their new album dropping last month but the ‘Fall of the Century’ did them in.

That is true. I am really happy to see that. I don't know the last long run for a rock band, but on a random throwback show from January 2003 Casey mentioned that Creed spent 60 consecutive weeks on the chart with just 2 songs. That was their last week on the chart, so they made it an even 60 weeks total.

I'm thinking that Nickelback may have been the last rock band to achieve such a run. On the Mediabase chart, they had a run of over 100 weeks starting in August 2005 with "Photograph" and ending in November 2007 with "Rockstar" (that included "Savin' Me", "Far Away", and "If Everyone Cared"). Their AT40 run was, probably, similar.

[trmdj]

Hi 👋🏻 Everybody: Lucid Dreams-Juice WRLD peaked at #6 not #7. I noticed it was incorrect last week too but didn't note it. 😀🎶🙋🏼‍♂️

[Michael1973]

Dec 14, 2018 15:45:41 GMT -5 MitchWolf - ChartStan said:

I Truly miss the days when AT40 would do the Top 100 of the year. It was done when they used the Billboard charts.

Totally agree. That was an era before radio programmers were brainwashed to think that deviating from the daily playlist for even five minutes would ruin their ratings.

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

Dec 14, 2018 15:45:41 GMT -5 MitchWolf - ChartStan said:

I Truly miss the days when AT40 would do the Top 100 of the year. It was done when they used the Billboard charts.

It was done until Ryan took over in early 2004. Casey did them up until 2003 and his version of AT40 used R&R/Mediabase until the end.

Dec 19, 2018 12:22:55 GMT -5 Michael1973 said:

Totally agree. That was an era before radio programmers were brainwashed to think that deviating from the daily playlist for even five minutes would ruin their ratings.

I’m sure they have research that tells them that, not brainwashing.

[Michael1973]

Dec 19, 2018 12:59:35 GMT -5 Devil Marlena Nylund said:

I’m sure they have research that tells them that, not brainwashing.

Probably. It just seems like such an extreme mindset to me. It seems to me that when year end Top 100 shows were common, everybody enjoyed listening to them. So how is it now that doing this for a few hours once a year is such a big turnoff?

[jdelachjr2002]

Dec 19, 2018 12:59:35 GMT -5 Devil Marlena Nylund said:

Dec 14, 2018 15:45:41 GMT -5 MitchWolf - ChartStan said:

I Truly miss the days when AT40 would do the Top 100 of the year. It was done when they used the Billboard charts.

It was done until Ryan took over in early 2004. Casey did them up until 2003 and his version of AT40 used R&R/Mediabase until the end.

Dec 19, 2018 12:22:55 GMT -5 Michael1973 said:

Totally agree. That was an era before radio programmers were brainwashed to think that deviating from the daily playlist for even five minutes would ruin their ratings.

I’m sure they have research that tells them that, not brainwashing.

Seacrest did do a CHR Top 100 year-end show up until 2009 (Hot AC was always a Top 40 year-end show).

I've always had the thought that if they were going to cut the CHR year-ender from Top 100 to Top 40, then it should only be done for ONE week, not two. I want to have the hope that come 2019, it can be done with the following week being a Top 40 of the Decade show.