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Post by jedijake on Dec 28, 2008 18:47:05 GMT -5
I noticed that in the top 100 of 1995, the Fun Factory's "Close To You" was #97. The song never entered the top 40 on the weekly charts. I was wondering if this was a mistake.
If not, how was that possible? Even with total yearly airplay, it wouldn't have had enough to be in the top 100 for the year.
Has this ever happened before? (a song making the end of year chart that never made the top 40 during the year)
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Post by freakyflybry on Dec 28, 2008 18:56:23 GMT -5
TLC's "Waterfalls" made the 1996 top 100 despite not charting at all in the top 40 that year; its entire chart run was within 1995 (and this was pre-recurrent rule).
Of course, on Seacrest's year-end charts, it's happened a few times...
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Post by Caseyfan4everRyanfanNever on Dec 28, 2008 22:51:30 GMT -5
Both "Waterfalls" and "Close To You" remained in the 41-50 range for a significant period of time. In mid 1995, Radio and Records Charts expanded to 50 positions. I remember hearing something about "Waterfalls" remaining there for a while in the 1996 survey period.
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Post by Adrian on Jan 3, 2009 10:54:43 GMT -5
I noticed that in the top 100 of 1995, the Fun Factory's "Close To You" was #97. The song never entered the top 40 on the weekly charts. I was wondering if this was a mistake. If not, how was that possible? Even with total yearly airplay, it wouldn't have had enough to be in the top 100 for the year. Has this ever happened before? (a song making the end of year chart that never made the top 40 during the year) I guess what you are asking is if there was ever a song that never cracked the Top 40 at all and yet managed to make it to the YE survey. That disqualifies Seacrest's YE shows since they use a non-recurrent rule and older songs somehow manage to make it to a YE survey a year or two later. I believe that 1995 was the only year this ever happened on a YE show. Up to that point, it was a year that had the fewest debuts on the Top 40. And it was not till a few years later that a recurrent rule was instituted, so songs could float within the 41-50 position range forever and rack up enough airplay spins. |
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Post by jedijake on Jan 4, 2009 10:39:53 GMT -5
According the site that shows all chart positions for all artists on R&R, "Close To You" by Fun Factory only spent 3 weeks in the R&R top 50 and made it to #46 for a week.
And the whole recurrent thing just ruins the whole concept of a year-end chart. It's one thing if a song was on the chart on January 1, but if the song left a year earlier, it doesn't belong on the current year-end.
But I think a big problem is that there just aren't even enough songs hitting the charts to make a full Top 100 of the year. I know that's the case with the Hot AC chart.
One of the proposed rationals for instituting Soundscan many years ago (besides the ease of using computers) was to give more artists a chance. That seemed to have a reverse affect.
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