9/27/09 Hot AC Chart: Veterans rack up the hits, Rob Thomas jumps up

Kings of Leon hold at the top of the chart for a fourth week with “Use Somebody”. There’s still a decent gap between them and the next contender, “You Belong with Me” by Taylor Swift at #3. Also moving toward #1 are the Black Eyed Peas with “I Gotta Feeling”, which inches up to #4. “Gotta” is being played on about 80% of the stations monitored for the HAC chart.

Slow & Steady: In their 20th week on the chart, the Fray inch up to #8 with “Never Say Never”.

Moving into the top 10 this week is Michael Franti & Spearhead with “Say Hey (I Love You)”, which moves up to #10. For the Bon Jovi fans, “We Weren’t Born to Follow” climbs 1 to #17.

The biggest mover of the week goes to Rob Thomas. His “Someday” vaults 10 to #21 in its 2nd week on the chart. The song sees an increase of nearly 500 spins, by far the biggest spin increase of the week.

Three veteran acts debut this week, adding to their impressive totals. Nickelback have the highest debut of the week at #30 with “Never Gonna Be Alone”, their 12th hit. The Dave Matthews Band enters at #39 with “You & Me”. It’s Dave’s 16th hit on the chart, and the group’s 14th hit. (Dave had 2 solo hits in ‘03).  Mariah Carey returns with a remake of a Foreigner hit, “I Want to Know What Love Is”, at #36. It’s Mariah’s 14th hit.

Idol watch: Daughtry holds at #2, David Cook falls out of the top 10 to #13, Kelly Clarkson holds steady at #16 (with a good increase in spins), and Jordin Sparks slips 1 to #18.

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9/20/09 Hot AC Chart: Peas go top 5, Rob Thomas gets #22

Kings of Leon hold at the top of the chart for a third week with “Use Somebody”. They still have a decent lead in spins, so look for another couple of weeks on top. Coming up fast at #3 is Taylor Swift with “You Belong with Me”.  This is Taylor’s 2nd biggest hit. “Love Story” peaked at #2.

The Black Eyed Peas get their first top 5 on the Hot AC chart with “I Gotta Feeling”. The song moves up to #5 this week. “Feeling” has already been at #1 on the pop chart.

No songs enter or exit the top 10 this week. Uncle Kracker reaches #15 with “Smile”. For those Bon Jovi fans out there, “We Weren’t Born to Follow” climbs 1 to #18. The song still has one of the biggest bullets on the chart. The song with the biggest bullet on the chart is “Already Gone” by Kelly Clarkson. “Gone” moves up to #16.

The biggest mover on the chart is “Party in the USA”, which moves up 7 notches to #24 in its 4th week on the chart.

Leading the 3 debuts this week is “Someday” by Rob Thomas, which comes in at #31. It’s Rob’s 22nd entry on the HAC chart when combining his hits solo and with Matchbox Twenty. This extends his lead in the record of most hits on the chart. Madonna is in 2nd place with 20, and “Celebration”, her 20th, falls to #36 this week.  The other debuts this week are by The Script (“Breakeven” at #37) and Shinedown (“If You Only Knew” at #40).

Idol watch: Daughtry holds at #2 this week, David Cook slips to #10 in his 24th week on the chart, and Jordin Sparks holds at #17.

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9/13/09 Hot AC Chart: Chart slows down…Fray enter top 10, Bon Jovi top 20

Kings of Leon continue at the top of the chart for a second week. They still hold there for a while, with the only real competitor at the moment being Taylor Swift, who moves up to #5 this week. (Katy Perry moves up to #4 without a bullet).

In their 18th week on the chart, the Fray reach the top 10 with “Never Say Never”. The song spent several weeks at #11 before finally breaking through. Shinedown’s “Second Chance” is the song that exits the top 10 this week.  Most of the songs in the teens hold their place this week, but we do get 1 new top 20 entry. “We Weren’t Born to Follow” by Bon Jovi rises to #19.

The biggest move of the week is Theory of a Deadman’s “Wait for Me”. The song rises 5 to #35.  With several songs holding, and no song dropping more than a couple of notches, the chart is slow this week.

Madonna’s “Celebration” moves up 1 to #34.

New songs this week are “Wonderful” by Gary Go and “Love Drunk” by Boys Like Girls.

Idols Update: “No Surprise” by Daughtry holds at #2. “Come Back to Me” by David Cook slips to #9. Jordin Sparks’ “Battlefield” holds at #17 while Kelly Clarkson’s “Already Gone” inches up 1 to #18.

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9/6/09 Chart: A new #1, several old #1s, Miley’s move up the chart

Kings of Leon climb to the top of the chart this week with “Use Somebody”. It’s the group’s first time at the top of the chart. This means after just 3 weeks at the top, Daughtry falls to #2 with “No Surprise”. There are no other close competitors to Kings of Leon, so look for a potential  several week run at the top.

With the quick turnover at the top of the chart, there are several former #1s still on the chart. In fact, there are 4 former #1s in the top 10. In other words, 50% of the top 10 is either a #1 or a former #1. This is quite a feat since Hot AC is usually a slow turn-over format.

However, the HAC chart still has its slow tendencies. No songs enter or exit the top 10. Mat Kearney inches up to a new peak of #12 in his 23rd week on the chart. The only new entry in the top 20 is Kelly Clarkson, whose “Already Gone” moves up to #19.

The biggest mover on the chart this week is “Party in the USA” by Miley Cyrus. The song jumps 6 to #34. After having the biggest move last week, Bon Jovi are still moving quickly up this week. “We Weren’t Born to Follow” rises 5 to #21. (Just for fun fact: Jon Bon Jovi’s only solo hit on Hot AC, “Midnight in Chelsea”, peaked at #21 in 1997).

Debuting on the chart this week is Green River Ordinance with “Come on” at #39. Theory of a Deadman enter at #40 with “Wait for Me”.

Idol Watch: David Cook slips back to #7, while Jordin Sparks moves up to #17.

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