CHR/POP New England Top 30 - 1/24/04

[ted11804]

Here, I combined the Top 40 Currents Playlists of
WXXX Burlington, WPRO Providence, and WXKS Boston. I know there is a station in Portsmouth and I could have also added Z100 because it's near Connecticut, but its not officially in New England. I know this is not very accurate, but these are the 3 stations I listen to most often, so I felt like making a chart. (WXXX when I go up north to ski for the weekends.) This could be interesting for anyone who also lives in the New England area.
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Anyway, here goes..........
TW Spins Artist Title
01 233 Nickelback - Someday
02 220 Outkast - Hey Ya!
03 184 Outkast - The Way You Move
04 174 No Doubt - It's My Life
05 173 Evanescence - My Immortal
06 165 Jessica Simpson - With You
07 118 Sheryl Crow - The First Cut Is The Deepest
08 118 Baby Bash - Suga Suag
09 116 Christina Aguilera - The Voice Within
10 110 Kelis - Milkshake
11 108 3 Doors Down - Here Without You
12 105 Britney Spears - Toxic
13 104 Ludacris f/ Shawnna - Stand Up
14 103 Fuel - Falls On Me
15 98 Linkin Park - Numb
16 96 Dido - White Flag
17 94 Simple Plan - Perfect
18 92 Eamon - F**k It (I Don't Want You Back)
19 89 Beyonce f/ Sean Paul - Baby Boy
20 69 Good Charlotte - Hold On
21 67 Trapt - Headstrong
22 61 Switchfoot - Meant to Live
23 60 Alicia Keys - You Don't Know My Name
24 58 Kiley Dean - Who Will I Run To?
25 56 Maroon 5 - This Love
26 54 Kelly Clarkson - Trouble With Love Is
27 54 Beyonce - Me, Myself, & I
28 54 Lasgo - Alone
29 41 J.C. Chasez - Some Girls Dance With Women
30 38 Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes

[Cerebro]

ted11804 said:

Here, I combined the Top 40 Currents Playlists of
WXXX Burlington, WPRO Providence, and WXKS Boston. I know there is a station in Portsmouth

Yep, WERZ. Grew up in the Portsmouth area, so ERZ's a personal fave of mine.

and I could have also added Z100 because it's near Connecticut, but its not officially in New England.

True, New York is not New England, but you might include Kiss 95.7 (WKSS) out of Hartford, the only "big" New England market that isn't accounted for here.

If you do this list again, you may even want to add in Portland, ME's Q97.9 (WJPQ, I think). Just to have a sampling from all six states. ;)

Interesting chart. Not too surprised to see Nickelback on top. Of the three stations on your "panel", I'll bet Kiss 108 was the biggest contributer to their play.

[jimmy74747]

What about WKCI in New Haven?

[j]

Yeah, please add the Connecticut stations. I know Connecticut isn't the first state that jumps to mind when we say "New England" but it is part of it nonetheless.

[EvanJ]

Yeah, you people named the three missing monitored stations on the panel.
www.mediabase.com/mmrweb/rronline/Stations.asp?c_let=werz
www.mediabase.com/mmrweb/rronline/Stations.asp?c_let=wxxx
www.mediabase.com/mmrweb/rronline/Stations.asp?c_let=wkss
www.mediabase.com/mmrweb/rronline/Stations.asp?c_let=wkci
www.mediabase.com/mmrweb/rronline/Stations.asp?c_let=wxks
www.mediabase.com/mmrweb/rronline/Stations.asp?c_let=wpro
Those are the playlists for the current chart. Those plalylists do not have recurrents. The Mediabase playlists are top 30 with recurrents and they don't have enough currents to accurately do the spins for the Top 50 nationally. Those Top 40 playlists go down to 1, 2, 6, 7, 10, and 13 spins. The Mediabase playlists go down less far to sometimes more than 20 spins.

[af18c]

The 5 "Major Market" Pop Stations in New England are:
WXKS, Boston
WPRO, Providence
WKSS, Hartford
WERZ, Portsmouth
WXXX, Burlington

Although WXKS, Boston, is technically the only major market [Providence being in the 30s i believe], those are the 5 dominant Pop stations. Thats the real "New England Top 30."

[af18c]

The Top 30 Including Portsmouth & Hartford:

POS PLAYS ARTIST TITLE
01 365 NICKELBACK Someday
02 279 EVANESENCE My Immortal
03 277 NO DOUBT It's My Life
04 264 OUTKAST Hey Ya!
05 262 OUTKAST The Way You Move
06 250 JESSICA SIMPSON With You
07 219 SHERYL CROW The First Cut Is The Deepest
08 188 DIDO White Flag
09 188 LUDACRIS Stand Up
10 174 3 DOORS DOWN Here Without You
11 171 BRITNEY SPEARS Toxic
12 168 BEYONCE Me Myself And I
13 155 CHRISTINA AGUILERA The Voice Within
14 155 LINKIN PARK Numb
15 155 SIMPLE PLAN Perfect
16 153 BABY BASH Suga Suga
17 148 FUEL Falls On Me
18 132 KELLY CLARKSON The Trouble With Love Is
19 131 KELIS Milkshake
20 128 GOOD CHARLOTTE Hold On
21 120 EAMON F**k It (I Don't Want You Back)
22 111 MAROON 5 This Love
23 103 TRAPT Headstrong
24 83 MVP (Most Valuable Playas) Rock Ya Body Mic Check 1,2
25 84 ALICIA KEYS You Don't Know My Name
26 81 HILARY DUFF Come Clean
27 81 SWITCHFOOT Meant To Live
28 76 JC CHASEZ Some Girls (Dance With Women)
29 76 KYLIE MINOUGE Slow
30 66 KILEY DEAN Who Will I Run To?

[j]

Well, there's no reason to count only 5 of the 6 monitored stations and leave out 1.

The bottom few positions may be a little off.

No major changes, except Evanescence slips to No. 5.

So including WKCI,

POS PLAYS ARTIST TITLE
01 01 430 NICKELBACK Someday
02 05 336 OUTKAST The Way You Move
03 03 335 NO DOUBT It's My Life
04 04 332 OUTKAST Hey Ya!
05 02 330 EVANESENCE My Immortal
06 06 288 JESSICA SIMPSON With You
07 07 250 SHERYL CROW The First Cut Is The Deepest
08 10 237 3 DOORS DOWN Here Without You
09 08 237 DIDO White Flag
10 09 229 LUDACRIS Stand Up
11 11 205 BRITNEY SPEARS Toxic
12 16 200 BABY BASH Suga Suga
13 14 195 LINKIN PARK Numb
14 13 193 CHRISTINA AGUILERA The Voice Within
15 12 188 BEYONCE Me Myself And I
16 17 183 FUEL Falls On Me
17 19 175 KELIS Milkshake
18 15 174 SIMPLE PLAN Perfect
19 21 173 EAMON F**k It (I Don't Want You Back)
20 18 171 KELLY CLARKSON The Trouble With Love Is
21 20 151 GOOD CHARLOTTE Hold On
22 22 129 MAROON 5 This Love
23 25 108 ALICIA KEYS You Don't Know My Name
24 23 103 TRAPT Headstrong
25 26 97 HILARY DUFF Come Clean
26 27 95 SWITCHFOOT Meant To Live
27 29 88 KYLIE MINOUGE Slow
28 24 83 MVP (Most Valuable Playas) Rock Ya Body Mic Check 1,2
29 28 76 JC CHASEZ Some Girls (Dance With Women)
30 30 66 KILEY DEAN Who Will I Run To?

[af18c]

k said:

Well, there's no reason to count only 5 of the 6 monitored stations and leave out 1.
So including WKCI,

New Haven's not a major market. I just did the 5 major New England markets.

[j]

af18c said:

New Haven's not a major market. I just did the 5 major New England markets.

But you yourself said there's technically only 1 major market station.

[Cerebro]

So since we're having so much fun with this thread (and because I felt like playing with my spreadsheet), a little bit about what I did to come up with a comprehensive New England chart. From the Ratings section of the R&R site, the top markets in New England (and the pop stations affiliated with them) are:

1 - Boston, MA (WXKS)
2 - Providence, RI (WPRO)
3 - Hartford, CT (WKSS)
4 - Springfield, MA
5 - New Haven, CT (WKCI)
6 - Worcester, MA
7 - Portsmouth, NH (WERZ)
8 - Bridgeport, CT
9 - Burlington, VT (WXXX)
10 - Stamford-Norwalk, CT
11 - Portland, ME (WJBQ; WRED)
12 - New Bedford, MA (WFHN)
13 - New London, CT (WQGN; WILI)
14 - Cape Cod, MA (WRZE)
15 - Manchester, NH (WJYY)
16 - Danbury, CT
17 - Bangor, ME (WWBX; WBZN)
18 - Augusta-Waterville, ME (WMME)
19 - Lewiston-Auburn, ME

There are six Mediabase monitored stations (WXKS; WPRO; WKSS; WKCI; WERZ; WXXX). The only state left out of the mix is Maine. So I also added in the five indicator stations that report to R&R (WJBQ; WFHN; WQGN; WRZE; WJYY). Granted, the list is a bit "bottom-heavy" (i.e. mostly MA and CT stations). But what can you do? That's where most of NE's population is. With the 11 selected stations, all six states are covered. I used the playlists from R&R's site. The chart becomes (note, ties were broken the R&R way -- greatest gainer from the previous week wins):

Rank Spins Artist Title (Label)
01 635   OutKast The Way You Move (Arista)
02 635   Nickelback Someday (Roadrunner/IDJMG)
03 630   OutKast Hey Ya! (Arista)
04 534   No Doubt It's My Life (Interscope)
05 439   Evanescence My Immortal (Wind-up)
06 435   Jessica Simpson With You (Columbia)
07 404   Baby Bash Suga Suga (Universal)
08 401   Linkin Park Numb (Warner Bros.)
09 366   Christina Aguilera The Voice Within (RCA)
10 359   Dido White Flag (Arista)
11 358   Ludacris f/Shawnna Stand Up (Def Jam South/IDJMG)
12 348   Britney Spears Toxic (Jive)
13 340   3 Doors Down Here Without You (Republic/Universal)
14 324   Sheryl Crow The First Cut Is The Deepest (A&M/Interscope)
15 324   Kelis Milkshake (Star Trak/Arista)
16 304   Simple Plan Perfect (Lava)
17 301   Eamon F**k It (I Don't Want You Back) (Jive)
18 268   Alicia Keys You Don't Know My Name (J)
19 229   Beyonce' f/Sean Paul Baby Boy (Columbia)
20 212   Good Charlotte Hold On (Epic)
21 200   Kelly Clarkson The Trouble With Love Is (RCA)
22 199   Fuel Falls On Me (Epic)
23 178   Liz Phair Why Can't I? (Capitol)
24 177   Pink God Is A DJ (Arista)
25 174   Beyonce' Me, Myself And I (Columbia)
26 174   Trapt Headstrong (Warner Bros.)
27 160   Maroon 5 This Love (Octone/J)
28 138   Mya Fallen (A&M/Interscope)
29 138   Maroon 5 Harder To Breathe (Octone/J)
30 123   Widelife w/ Simone Denny All Things (Just Keep Getting Better) (Capitol)

[jimmy74747]

af18c said:

New Haven's not a major market. I just did the 5 major New England markets.

New Haven not major while Burlington is? More people live in certain suburbs of New Haven than in the entire city of Burlington. Its also home of the school that is giving us the three most likely winners of the next Presidential election (Bush, dean, Kerry)

[j]

So to conclude, New England isn't very fond of Kelis, but Sheryl Crow and Nickelback get the thumbs up.

[ted11804]

I just read this whole topic....I never realized that my original chart could be changed so much! When this topic is made for the 1/31/04 charts, I will still post the WXXX, WPRO,& WXKS one because those are the 3 stations I listen to. You can post the other ones too, if you want.

[af18c]

k said:

But you yourself said there's technically only 1 major market station.

right. but im talking about if you just take New England...the majore markets imo in N.E. are Boston, Providence, Hartford, Portsmouth, & Burlington

[j]

af18c said:

right. but im talking about if you just take New England...the majore markets imo in N.E. are Boston, Providence, Hartford, Portsmouth, & Burlington

But as Jimmy said, New Haven is a bigger market (#108) than Burlington (#139) and even Portsmouth (#116). In fact, it's at least twice as big as either one and bigger than both combined.

Click on the Station Playlist links above to check the audience figures if you don't believe it. Or look up the Census Bureau figures.