American Top 40 (Hot AC) - Top 40 of 2021 (January 1, 2022)

[upland1425]

American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest (Hot AC)
- Top 40 Songs of 2021 (week #2: January 1, 2022) -


Pos. Artist –• Title (Peak on AT40)
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40. Kane Brown, Swae Lee & Khlalid –• Be Like That (12)
39. BTS –• Dynamite (12)
38. Elle King & Miranda Lambert –• Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home) (11)

37. P!nk –• All I Know So Far (7)
36. Harry Styles –• Golden (10)
35. Sam Smith –• Diamonds (8)
34. AJR –• Way Less Sad (11)
Extra: Olivia Rodrigo –• traitor

33. Justin Bieber & benny blanco –• Lonely (8)
32. Doja Cat feat. SZA –• Kiss Me More (6)
31. The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber –• Stay (1-6 weeks)
Extra: Måneskin –• Beggin'
Optional Extra: All Time Low feat. blackbear –• Monsters

30. Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) –• Leave The Door Open (7) + interview
29. BANNERS –• Someone To You (13)
28. Olivia Rodrigo –• deja vu (5)
Extra: Elton John & Dua Lipa –• Cold Heart (PNAU remix) + interview

27. Surf Mesa feat. Emily –• ily (i love you baby) (7)
Extra: Masked Wolf –• Astronaut In The Ocean + interview
26. Ritt Momney –• Put Your Records On (6)
25. Harry Styles –• Watermelon Sugar (1-1 week)
24. Ariana Grande –• positions (9)
Extra: BTS –• Butter + George Clooney vocal snippet of Dynamite

23. Marshmello & Jonas Brothers –• Leave Before You Love Me (5)
22. Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon –• Peaches (3)
21. Machine Gun Kelly & blackbear –• my ex's best friend (6)
Optional Extra: Shawn Mendes & Tainy –• Summer Of Love

20. Billie Eilish –• Therefore I Am (4)
19. Tate McRae –• you broke me first. (4)
18. Olivia Rodrigo –• good 4 u (1-1 week)
Extra: Wrabel –• Nothing But The Love

17. Duncan Laurence –• Arcade (4)
16. Ed Sheeran –• Bad Habits (1-7 weeks) + interview
Extra: Glass Animals –• Heat Waves
15. The Kid LAROI –• Without You (1-1 week)

14. Post Malone –• Circles (1-3 weeks)
13. Olivia Rodrigo –• drivers license (1-6 weeks) + interview
12. Lewis Capaldi –• Before You Go (1-4 weeks)
11. Justin Bieber –• Holy (1-1 week)
Extra: JP Saxe –• A Little Bit Of Yours + interview
Optional Extra: The Anxiety (WILLOW & Tyler Cole) –• Meet Me At Our Spot

10. Gabby Barrett feat. Charlie Puth –• I Hope (1-2 weeks)
09. Jawsh 685 x Jason Derulo –• Savage Love (1-2 weeks)
08. Maroon 5 –• Beautiful Mistakes (1-1 week) + interview
Extra: Parmalee & Blanco Brown –• Just The Way

07. Taylor Swift –• willow (1-1 week)
06. AJR –• Bang! (1-1 week)
Extra: Alicia Keys –• Love Looks Better

05. The Weeknd –• Save Your Tears (1-5 week)
04. Ava Max –• Kings & Queens (1-9 week)
03. The Weeknd –• Blinding Lights (1-20 weeks)
Extra: Adele –• Easy On Me
Optional Extra: Ed Sheeran –• Afterglow

02. 24kGoldn feat. iann dior –• Mood (1-4 weeks)
01. Dua Lipa –• Levitating (1-7 weeks)



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Mediabase Official 2021 Year-End Hot AC chart was used for this show.
Chart dates: November 15, 2020 - November 7, 2021, Spin dates: November 8, 2020 - November 6. 2020
All spins, current and recurrent, during such periods are counted. However, in order to be eligible for the Year-End chart, songs must appear in the published weekly chart (with recurrent rule) at least once during the survey period.

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[upland1425]

This week's American Top 40 Year-End Countdown extras are:

Olivia Rodrigo –• traitor
Måneskin –• Beggin'
All Time Low feat. blackbear –• Monsters (Op)
Elton John & Dua Lipa –• Cold Heart (PNAU remix)
Masked Wolf –• Astronaut In The Ocean
BTS –• Butter
Shawn Mendes & Tainy –• Summer Of Love (Op)
Wrabel –• Nothing But The Love
Glass Animals –• Heat Waves
JP Saxe –• A Little Bit Of Yours
The Anxiety (Tyler Cole & Willow) –• Meet Me At Our Spot (Op)
Parmalee & Blanco Brown –• Just The Way
Alicia Keys –• Love Looks Better
Adele –• Easy On Me
Ed Sheeran –• Afterglow (Op)

* Highlighted extra songs are unique to Hot AC show.
Instead, Top 40 show plays "NDA", "Girl From Rio", "telepatia", "THATS WHAT I WANT", "Diamonds", "Lifestyle" and "Drive You Home".


My favorite extras are "Monsters", "traitor", "Easy On Me", "Nothing But The Love" and "Meet Me At Our Spot".

[Fire]

Jan 1, 2022 9:54:09 GMT -5 upland1425 said:

Olivia Rodrigo –• traitor
All Time Low feat. blackbear –• Monsters (Op)
Masked Wolf –• Astronaut In The Ocean
BTS –• Butter
Wrabel –• Nothing But The Love
Glass Animals –• Heat Waves
JP Saxe –• A Little Bit Of Yours
The Anxiety (Tyler Cole & Willow) –• Meet Me At Our Spot (Op)
Parmalee & Blanco Brown –• Just The Way
Adele –• Easy On Me
Ed Sheeran –• Afterglow (Op)

these are all the extras i like, my favorites being a little bit yours, astronaut in the ocean, monsters, meet me at our spot, and traitor

[musiciscool]

My favorite extras for this week are: Traitor, Monsters, Cold Heart, Heat Waves, Love Looks Better, and Afterglow.

[johnnywest]

I like Nothing But The Love and Love Looks Better.

[upland1425]

Last week, kani kindly posted a summary of interviews. Here is the week #2's list.

- Reunion of original American Idol judges, Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul & Simon Cowell (after #39)
- Silk Sonic on their slow back style of writing and recording music (#30)
- Elton John about his friendship with Dua Lipa and "Cold Heart" (intro to "Cold Heart")
- George Clooney's version of "Dynamite". He is one of the BTS armies. (snippet before "Butter")
- Masked Wolf on his deeper meaning of "Astronaut In The Ocean" (intro to the song)
- Arsenio Hall on how "Coming 2 America" was created 33 years after the original "Coming To America" in 1988. (after #23)
- Paris Hilton about her YouTube original documentary and new podcast "This Is Paris". (after #18)
- Ed Sheeran about what motivated him to write "Bad Habits" and his concern to release it as first single.(intro to #16)
- Olivia Rodrigo - how life changed after "drivers license" (intro to #13)
- JP Saxe on many sad songs in his first album and current love life with Julia Michaels (intro to "A Little Bit Of Yours", different extra from week #1)
- Adam Levine - how songwriting evolved since their first album in 2002 (intro to #8)
- Demi Lovato on her 2021 documentary Dancing With The Devil and album Dancing With The Devil...The Art Of Starting Over (after #6, no extra this week)
- Dax Shepard on his podcast show "Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard" and his unique interview style (after #5).

[upland1425]

If the 40 Biggest Hot AC Songs of 2021 show should be broadcast in mid- or late-January 2022 based on Mediabase spin data of 2021 calendar year (January 1 - December 31) using the same recurrent rule as the Official Year-End chart, the chart looks like this:

01. Dua Lipa –• Levitating
02. 24kGoldn feat. iann dior –• Mood
03. The Weeknd –• Save Your Tears
04. The Weeknd –• Blinding Lights
05. Ed Sheeran –• Bad Habits
06. Ava Max –• Kings & Queens
07. Maroon 5 –• Beautiful Mistakes
08. Taylor Swift –• willow
09. AJR –• Bang!
10. Olivia Rodrigo –• good 4 u

11. Olivia Rodrigo –• drivers license
12. The Kid LAROI –• Without You
13. The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber –• Stay
14. Duncan Laurence –• Arcade
15. Gabby Barrett feat. Charlie Puth –• I Hope
16. Justin Bieber –• Holy
17. Machine Gun Kelly & blackbear –• my ex's best friend
18. Marshmello & Jonas Brothers –• Leave Before You Love Me
19. Jawsh 685 x Jason Derulo –• Savage Love
20. Lewis Capaldi –• Before You Go

21. Tate McRae –• you broke me first.
22. Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon –• Peaches
23. Billie Eilish –• Therefore I Am
24. Olivia Rodrigo –• deja vu
25. Doja Cat feat. SZA –• Kiss Me More
26. Ariana Grande –• Positions
27. Ritt Momney –• Put Your Records On
28. Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) –• Leave The Door Open
29. Ed Sheeran –• Shivers
30. Adele –• Easy On Me

31. BANNERS –• Someone To You
32. Elton John & Dua Lipa –• Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)
33. AJR –• Way Less Sad
34. Glass Animals –• Heat Waves
35. Måneskin –• Beggin'
36. Surf Mesa feat. Emily –• ily (i love you baby)
37. P!nk –• All I Know So Far
38. Elle King & Miranda Lambert –• Drunk (I Don't Wanna Go Home)
39. Justin Bieber & benny blanco –• Lonely
40. The Weeknd –• Take My Breath

"Circles", "Watermelon Sugar", "Diamonds", "Golden", "Dynamite" and "Be Like That" are replaced by "Shivers", "Easy On Me, "Cold Heart", "Heat Waves" "Beggin'" and "Take My Breath".


(Note) All spins, current and recurrent, during the calendar year 2021 are counted.
However, in order to be eligible for the Year-End chart, songs must appear in the published weekly chart (with recurrent rule) at least once during 2021.

[superxpaul]

Jan 2, 2022 22:37:49 GMT -5 upland1425 said:

Demi Lovato on her 2021 documentary Dancing With The Devil and album Dancing With The Devil...The Art Of Starting Over (after #6, no extra this week)

FYI: Demi uses they/them pronouns now, and also Alicia Keys’ "Love Looks Better" played after Demi’s segment

[upland1425]

Jan 6, 2022 4:04:36 GMT -5 superxpaul said:

Jan 2, 2022 22:37:49 GMT -5 upland1425 said:

Demi Lovato on her 2021 documentary Dancing With The Devil and album Dancing With The Devil...The Art Of Starting Over (after #6, no extra this week)

FYI: Demi uses they/them pronouns now, and also Alicia Keys’ "Love Looks Better" played after Demi’s segment

Thank you, superxpaul.
I meant no extra by Demi Lovato this week as “What Other People Say” (Hot AC) or “Dancing With The Devil” (CHR) was played after this interview last week.