AT10 Year-End Countdown of 2008

[at40forever]

Here are the top 30 AC songs of this year that were aired this weekend (December 27 - 28) on AT10:

First Hour:
30. Jordin Sparks featuring Chris Brown - No Air
29. Lifehouse - Whatever It Takes
28. Colbie Caillat - Realize
27. Coldplay - Viva La Vida
26. Journey - After All These Years
25. Eagles - Busy Being Fabulous
24. Michael Buble - Everything
23. Celine Dion - Taking Chances
22. Michael McDonald - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher
21. Plumb - In My Arms

Second Hour:
20. Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful of Sunshine
19. Bon Jovi - (You Want To) Make A Memory
18. Carrie Underwood - Before He Cheats
17. Alicia Keys - No One
16. Gwen Stefani featuring Akon - The Sweet Escape
15. Daughtry - Feels Like Tonight
14. Elliott Yamin - Wait For You
13. David Cook - The Time of My Life
12. Jordin Sparks - Tattoo
11. John Mayer - Say

Third Hour:
10. Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
9. Pink - Who Knew
8. Michael Buble - Lost
7. Taylor Swift - Teardrops On My Guitar
6. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
5. Timbaland featuring OneRepublic - Apologize
4. Daughtry - Home
3. Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry
2. Sara Bareilles - Love Song
1. Colbie Caillat - Bubbly

[BillboardBoy]

Thanks for posting.

The optionals and extras were mostly songs that bubbled under the Top 30 year-end:

Stop & Stare - OneRepublic
All Summer Long - Kid Rock
Won't Go Home Without You - Maroon 5
The Way I Am - Ingrid Michaelson
I'm Yours - Jason Mraz

The last optional was "Waiting On The World To Change" which was last year's #1.

Other fun facts:

Women held the #1 spot for 37 straight weeks in 2008.

9 hits by groups
13 hits by solo women
5 hits by solo men
7 hits by American Idol finalists
15 hits by AC newcomers

The #1 song of 1968 was "Love is Blue" by Paul Mauriat.

The #1 song of 1978 was "Can't Smile Without You" by Barry Manilow.

"No Air" is the best-selling single by an AI contestant (2.5 million paid downloads).

"Higher & Higher" is the top remake of 2008.

Plumb took her name from a Suzanne Vega song.

Jordin Sparks tried out twice for AI.

"Who Knew" was released to pop radio stations twice.

"Say" is the shortest title of the year at 3 characters and it also has the title mentioned the most, nearly 80 times.

"Apologize" has sold more than 7 million singles worldwide, make it the top seller of the year.

"Big Girls Don't Cry" was a last-minute addition to Fergie's CD.

Sara Bareilles wrote "Love Song" to spite her record label who told her to write it at the last minute (spent 16 weeks at #1).

Colbie Caillat tried out for AI but didn't even make it past the first round, but she gets even by having the #1 song of the year (19 weeks).

#1 Urban - Lollipop
#1 Pop - Bleeding Love
#1 Rock - The Pretender
#1 Country - Our Song (note: this is Bob Kingsley's #1 song, not Mediabase's)

[jayman]

The year-end countdown extras on AT10 are the following songs:

HOUR 1
Stop and Stare-OneRepublic
All Summer Long-Kid Rock

HOUR 2
Won't Go Home Without You-Maroon 5
The Way I Am-Ingrid Michaelson

HOUR 3
I'm Yours-Jason Mraz
Waiting on the World to Change-John Mayer (#1 song of 2007 on AT10)

[StephL]

Most of the intro stories were mentioned previously on the weekly countdown. Other tidbits:


"No Air" is only song in countdown that never reached the weekly top-10.

Colbie Caillat is the top female & top newcomer of the year.

Michael Bublé is the top solo male & top foreign act for the year.

"Before He Cheats" is the most downloaded Country single (2.4mil) of all-time.

"No One" hit #1 on the POP, Urban, and Urban AC Charts.

"Teardrops on My Guitar" was the biggest Country crossover hit for 2008.