AC Chart Sans Christmas Stations (11/16, 11/23)

[Adam (UTR)]

Doesn't look like Mediabase is removing Christmas stations quite yet, so I made a Custom Panel on Mediabase with all the AC stations that haven't flipped to all-Christmas. We'll see how long that lasts.

Total Stations from a1r for this chart: 68

TW Artist Title Year Spins
1 DAVID COOK Time Of My Life 2008 1350
2 LEONA LEWIS Bleeding Love 2007 1207
3 COLDPLAY Viva La Vida 2008 1175
4 NATASHA BEDINGFIELD Pocketful Of Sunshine 2007 1130
5 SARA BAREILLES Love Song 2007 1047
6 JOHN MAYER Say 2007 974
7 JASON MRAZ I'm Yours 2008 957
8 DAUGHTRY Feels Like Tonight 2007 901
9 COLBIE CAILLAT Realize 2007 655
10 LIFEHOUSE Whatever It Takes 2007 608
11 JOURNEY After All These Years 2008 573
12 DAVID ARCHULETA Crush 2008 523
13 JORDIN SPARKS No Air f/Chris Brown 2007 428
14 MISSY HIGGINS Where I Stood 2007 309
15 MAROON 5 Won't Go Home Without You 2007 299
16 SIMON COLLINS Unconditional 2008 293
17 DAUGHTRY What About Now 2007 290
18 CELINE DION My Love 2007 240
19 EAGLES What Do I Do With My Heart 2007 226
20 LEONA LEWIS Better In Time 2008 204
21 TAYLOR SWIFT Love Story 2008 196
22 ONEREPUBLIC Stop And Stare 2006 172
23 JAMES TAYLOR It's Growing 2008 161
24 SARAH MCLACHLAN U Want Me 2 2008 137
25 JORDIN SPARKS One Step At A Time 2008 120
26 GAVIN ROSSDALE Love Remains The Same 2008 118
27 RIHANNA Take A Bow 2008 104
28 WAYNE BRADY Ordinary 2008 83
29 ENYA Trains And Winter Rains 2008 68
30 O.A.R. Shattered (Turn The Car...) 2008 64

[JCMF3]

How many stations are on the a1r chart normally? Isn't it near 100?

[Adam (UTR)]

Nov 16, 2008 22:21:56 GMT -5 JCMF3 said:

How many stations are on the a1r chart normally? Isn't it near 100?

Yes, 105 to be exact.

[Adam (UTR)]

Mediabase isn't removing anything from AC until after Christmas, annoying. :(

Total Stations from a1r for this chart: 52 (-16)

LW TW Artist Title Year Spins
1 1 DAVID COOK Time Of My Life 2008 1049 1350 -301
3 2 COLDPLAY Viva La Vida 2008 971 1175 -204
4 3 NATASHA BEDINGFIELD Pocketful Of Sunshine 2007 921 1130 -209
2 4 LEONA LEWIS Bleeding Love 2007 880 1207 -327
5 5 SARA BAREILLES Love Song 2007 851 1047 -196
7 6 JASON MRAZ I'm Yours 2008 830 957 -127
6 7 JOHN MAYER Say 2007 740 974 -234
8 8 DAUGHTRY Feels Like Tonight 2007 672 901 -229
9 9 COLBIE CAILLAT Realize 2007 491 655 -164
10 10 LIFEHOUSE Whatever It Takes 2007 465 608 -143
12 11 DAVID ARCHULETA Crush 2008 450 523 -73
11 12 JOURNEY After All These Years 2008 392 573 -181
13 13 JORDIN SPARKS No Air f/Chris Brown 2007 310 428 -118
17 14 DAUGHTRY What About Now 2007 273 290 -17
14 15 MISSY HIGGINS Where I Stood 2007 254 309 -55
16 16 SIMON COLLINS Unconditional 2008 242 293 -51
15 17 MAROON 5 Won't Go Home Without You 2007 224 299 -75
20 18 LEONA LEWIS Better In Time 2008 223 204 +19
19 19 EAGLES What Do I Do With My Heart 2007 216 226 -10
21 20 TAYLOR SWIFT Love Story 2008 172 196 -24
18 21 CELINE DION My Love 2007 166 240 -74
23 22 JAMES TAYLOR It's Growing 2008 139 161 -22
26 23 GAVIN ROSSDALE Love Remains The Same 2008 132 118 +14
22 24 ONEREPUBLIC Stop And Stare 2006 127 172 -45
27 25 RIHANNA Take A Bow 2008 117 104 +13
24 26 SARAH MCLACHLAN U Want Me 2 2008 112 137 -25
25 27 JORDIN SPARKS One Step At A Time 2008 99 120 -21
30 28 O.A.R. Shattered (Turn The Car...) 2008 95 64 +31
28 29 WAYNE BRADY Ordinary 2008 71 83 -12
00 30 MARIAH CAREY Right To Dream 2008 69 55 +14

Falling off:
29 31 ENYA Trains And Winter Rains 2008 58 68 -10

[Adam (UTR)]

Guess we can't hide the Christmas songs forever...

Total Stations from a1r for this chart: 31 (-21)

LW TW Artist Title Year Spins
1 1 DAVID COOK Time Of My Life 2008 555 1049 -494
2 2 COLDPLAY Viva La Vida 2008 509 971 -462
6 3 JASON MRAZ I'm Yours 2008 500 830 -330
5 4 SARA BAREILLES Love Song 2007 480 851 -371
3 5 NATASHA BEDINGFIELD Pocketful Of Sunshine 2007 474 921 -447
4 6 LEONA LEWIS Bleeding Love 2007 461 880 -419
8 7 DAUGHTRY Feels Like Tonight 2007 357 672 -315
7 8 JOHN MAYER Say 2007 341 740 -399
9 9 COLBIE CAILLAT Realize 2007 279 491 -212
11 10 DAVID ARCHULETA Crush 2008 247 450 -203
10 11 LIFEHOUSE Whatever It Takes 2007 239 465 -226
13 12 JORDIN SPARKS No Air f/Chris Brown 2007 234 310 -76
14 13 DAUGHTRY What About Now 2007 196 273 -77
18 14 LEONA LEWIS Better In Time 2008 189 223 -34
12 15 JOURNEY After All These Years 2008 188 392 -204
17 16 MAROON 5 Won't Go Home Without You 2007 155 224 -69
20 17 TAYLOR SWIFT Love Story 2008 129 172 -43
16 18 SIMON COLLINS Unconditional 2008 124 242 -118
19 19 EAGLES What Do I Do With My Heart 2007 118 216 -98
15 20 MISSY HIGGINS Where I Stood 2007 118 254 -136
21 21 CELINE DION My Love 2007 109 166 -57
23 22 GAVIN ROSSDALE Love Remains The Same 2008 90 132 -42
22 23 JAMES TAYLOR It's Growing 2008 82 139 -57
28 24 O.A.R. Shattered (Turn The Car...) 2008 81 95 -14
27 25 JORDIN SPARKS One Step At A Time 2008 81 99 -18
26 26 SARAH MCLACHLAN U Want Me 2 2008 76 112 -36
24 27 ONEREPUBLIC Stop And Stare 2006 75 127 -52
25 28 RIHANNA Take A Bow 2008 61 117 -56
00 29 FAITH HILL A Baby Changes Everything 2008 51 24 +27
00 30 JOSH GROBAN I'll Be Home For Christmas 2006 45 0 +45

Off:
29 WAYNE BRADY Ordinary 2008 44 71 -27
30 MARIAH CAREY Right To Dream 2008 40 69 -29

[folkfan]

Interesting. Question: If a song that would otherwise go recurrent gets too low during Christmas, would that song be removed from the chart? Or do they take into account the fact that the song was swamped by Christmas songs?

[Adam (UTR)]

Dec 6, 2008 23:34:55 GMT -5 folkfan said:

Interesting. Question: If a song that would otherwise go recurrent gets too low during Christmas, would that song be removed from the chart? Or do they take into account the fact that the song was swamped by Christmas songs?

It used to be that they removed recurrents if Christmas songs pushed them down, but, for last year and this year, they decided to not send songs to Recurrentville during the Christmas season.

[johnm1120]

I'd prefer they did remove the recurrents, because it would make the chart more fresh in the new year.

[folkfan]

Thanks for the answer, Under the Radar.