AT40 Records

[matt]

Not sure if this has been posted before, but I couldn't find it while searching. A couple of questions for anyone who knows:

DEBUTS: I believe the record for debuts in a week is 9 (10/11/75), but was there a week when there were more? On the flip side, there were a handful of weeks with 1 debut, but was there ever a week with no debuts? I assume this would've happened in the 70's, since Pete's 80's book lists the number of debuts each week, and the lowest number is 1 (3 times).

DROPPERS: The drop out of the Top 40 from the highest position was "Even the Nights are Better" by Air Supply, which fell out of the 40 from #6 (9/25/82), but what was the biggest overall drop within the top 40, and similarly, what was the biggest drop within the Hot 100 (i.e. the biggest drop in terms of positions where the song remained on the chart)? The "Beatles Movie Medley" fell from #20 to #92 in June 1982, but I think there was a bigger drop than that...and I'm talking all pre-Soundscan era of course.

OK, so a thread to post some fun chart trivia facts and records...

[Mike]

Feb 6, 2012 18:03:06 GMT -5 matt said:

but what was the biggest overall drop within the top 40

I want to think this was asked and answered as Paul Davis's "Cool Night", down from 11 to 39 on 2/20/82.

[dukelightning]

If you are talking the pre-Soundscan era, that includes the 60s and there were I think 2 weeks with 10 debuts. I posted about that several months ago. Will try to find that post if you want.

[tarobe]

Properly speaking, any American Top 40 trivia proper should only cover the era from July 1970 to January 1995. Therefore it would include info from both before and after the Soundscan era. It would be based on the Hot 100 from 1970 to 1991, the Top 40 Radio Monitor from 1991 to 1992, and the Mainstream charts from 1993 to 1995. It would also include the three weeks where the show deviated from the standard chart: 6/09/73, 6/29/74 and 12/14/91.

[matt]

Well, let's just say that it's interesting to know the answers for either the AT40 era or before. So dukedeb, were the 10-debut weeks both in the 60's, and does that mean that 9 would be the AT40 record?

[Shadoe Fan]

There were some weeks in Shadoe's reign with no debuts including 12-16-93 and 2-19-94. Some basic chart feats for AT40 can be found at: www.at40fan.info/at40/featsat40.html

[dukelightning]

Feb 6, 2012 19:40:10 GMT -5 matt said:

Well, let's just say that it's interesting to know the answers for either the AT40 era or before. So dukedeb, were the 10-debut weeks both in the 60's, and does that mean that 9 would be the AT40 record?

Yes, that is correct.