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Post by mkarns on Jan 31, 2010 15:03:19 GMT -5
I think that chart data references on AT40 today come from Mediabase for as long as that's available, then Radio and Records before that (R&R and Mediabase had similar, though not identical data.) Pre R&R data would presumably be Billboard? Actually, I believe they use Billboard as a reference up to Casey Kasem's first show in 1989 (as I seem to remember, when referencing past #1 songs, they mentioned "My Prerogative", which never hit #1 on R&R.) Of course, that might have changed once Ryan took over the mike. On this week's show, Ryan noted that Mariah Carey's first ten hits all went to #1, which is true if Radio & Records is used as the reference source. Mariah's streak of ten #1s happened from 1990-93, so that fits your explanation. (This statistic was noted in conjunction with Lady Gaga, whose first five hits have been AT40 #1s.) However, last year when Taylor Swift's "Love Story" reached #1, Ryan said it was the first #1 for a country artist since Kenny Rogers' "Lady" in 1980. That's true if you use R&R as a reference, but not Billboard. |
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Post by johnnywest on Dec 27, 2019 14:31:05 GMT -5
Ryan Seacrest recapped, before announcing the Top 2 songs of the 2000s, the No.1 songs of the American Top 40 Decade-End countdowns of the preceding 3 decades as follows: 1970s: You Light Up My Life - Debbie Boone 1980s: Every Breath You Take - The Police 1990s: I Love You Always Forever - Donna Lewis This time around he just mentioned “Yeah” as the #1song of the ‘00s. |
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Dec 28, 2019 2:15:11 GMT -5
Just listened to the decade-end countdown, and just like the 1990s, there was a #1 song of the year that did not make the decade-end top 40. That was "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke, which was the #1 song of 2013. It wasn't even an extra during the show. Several #1 songs of the year ranked low in this show too, making me wonder what their methodology was. However, the top 2 songs of the decade were #1 songs of the year, 2012 and 2017, respectively.
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Post by doofus67 on Dec 28, 2019 5:55:17 GMT -5
Just listened to the decade-end countdown, and just like the 1990s, there was a #1 song of the year that did not make the decade-end top 40. That was "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke, which was the #1 song of 2013. It wasn't even an extra during the show. Several #1 songs of the year ranked low in this show too, making me wonder what their methodology was. However, the top 2 songs of the decade were #1 songs of the year, 2012 and 2017, respectively. I don't follow the chart action of the last six to ten years, but I do follow music news. Could it be that "Blurred Lines" was left off the show because of all the controversy, the legal proceedings and all of that? Just a thought... |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2019 7:02:15 GMT -5
Just listened to the decade-end countdown, and just like the 1990s, there was a #1 song of the year that did not make the decade-end top 40. That was "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke, which was the #1 song of 2013. It wasn't even an extra during the show. Several #1 songs of the year ranked low in this show too, making me wonder what their methodology was. However, the top 2 songs of the decade were #1 songs of the year, 2012 and 2017, respectively. I don't follow the chart action of the last six to ten years, but I do follow music news. Could it be that "Blurred Lines" was left off the show because of all the controversy, the legal proceedings and all of that? Just a thought... Doubtful. These decade end charts are most likely not put together with any great deal of thought or metric. Someone probably forgot to add it in. When CT40 did the Top 40 Million Sellers of the 80s, Millie Vanilli’s “Blame it on the Rain” was on there and this was about 2 months after they came out as frauds. So there’s precedence for controversial inclusion. |
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Dec 28, 2019 11:43:44 GMT -5
I'd like to think, controversy aside, the chart performance of every hit would be kept separate from its, well, off-chart performance. There's been no "blurred lines" about the controversy the song sparked, however, it spent 10 weeks at #1, and had a long chart run to boot. I just have a hard time thinking it wouldn't have made the decade's top 40 based on those stats, so I was just curious what the methodology was to compile the biggest hits of the 2010s.
Flashback: The 1990s decade-end show had a "missing" hit, the #1 song of 1996 by Everything But The Girl. It was an optional extra on the Premiere broadcast of that show, with Larry Morgan alluding to it possibly being overlooked when tabulating the top 40.
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Post by mjl677 on Dec 28, 2019 12:06:57 GMT -5
There were many head-scratchers on this countdown. I won’t spoil what the songs were but some in the Top 10 of the decade you don’t even hear anymore on radio. I was wondering too how they came up with this. Sometimes it seemed like it was just randomized by a computer or something.lol
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Post by johnnywest on Dec 29, 2019 8:22:46 GMT -5
^All were #1songs that spent at least 3 weeks at #1 so definitely not random.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Dec 29, 2019 8:25:22 GMT -5
Ryan does pay tribute to Casey Kasem after #8, and even plays the audio from Casey starting the very first AT40 show from 1970.
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Post by dukelightning on Dec 29, 2019 18:10:06 GMT -5
Just listened to the decade-end countdown, and just like the 1990s, there was a #1 song of the year that did not make the decade-end top 40. That was "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke, which was the #1 song of 2013. It wasn't even an extra during the show. Several #1 songs of the year ranked low in this show too, making me wonder what their methodology was. However, the top 2 songs of the decade were #1 songs of the year, 2012 and 2017, respectively. And on the HAC decade countdown, the #1 song of 2014 ("Best Day of My Life" IIRC) was not in it (at least the top 40, played an as extra). Btw the 70s also had a #1 song of a year which did not make the top 40 ("The Way We Were"), though it did place at #47 and was on the decade countdown of the top 50. Other notes from the countdown, Ryan mentioned how Portugal the Man was the first act from Alaska to make the top 40 this decade, leaving Wyoming and Delaware as the only states that have not produced a top 40 act. My guess is George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers have come the closest from that state with "Willie and the Hand Jive" reaching #63 in 1985. Have no idea about Wyoming. Ryan made a slight mistake when he said the 4 members of One Direction were all in the top 40 the same week in 2017, that such a scenario had not happened since 1974 when the 4 Beatles did it. It actually happened a few weeks later in 1975 with a different set of songs. It is amazing how short songs have become as Ryan commented that there are more songs less than 3 minutes than not and you have to go back to the 60s for the last time that was the case. Which means they could theoretically go back to a 3 hour show. I am wondering how many times Ryan has mentioned the Hot 100 in connection with something that happened this century. He mentioned how the Glee Cast had amassed a record 207 entries on that chart. I would guess that most of the times he has mentioned it was in connection with something during the time that AT40 used the Hot 100 chart. Maroon 5 after having the #2 song of the 2000s has the #1 song of the 2010s. Ed Sheeran matched Andy Gibb having the #1 song of the year in consecutive years in 2017 and 2018 but to nearly have the #1 song of consecutive decades is a feat in itself. Of course Adele matched MJ in having the #1 album of consecutive years as Ryan alluded to(with the same album of course). |
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Post by Hervard on Dec 29, 2019 19:42:58 GMT -5
I have a question - Are the Optional Extras on both versions of the decade-end show the same?
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Post by dukelightning on Dec 29, 2019 20:05:35 GMT -5
^Yes they are. Portugal the Man and Niall Horan have a couple of them.
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Post by Hervard on Dec 29, 2019 20:31:10 GMT -5
^Yes they are. Portugal the Man and Niall Horan have a couple of them. Good to know - since I caught the Hot AC version of the show on a different station, I won't be missing anything by listening on the AT40 iHeartRadio station (I assume the stories are identical as well). |
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Post by dukelightning on Dec 29, 2019 21:13:13 GMT -5
That is a correct assumption. Of course the stats are different. Adele's "Hello" and another song were the fastest to #1 in 5 weeks on the Hot AC chart whereas "Born This Way" for Lady Gaga had that distinction on the CHR chart with 4 weeks. It also was the highest debut of the decade at #9. Ryan did not mention that it was also the 1000th #1 hit in Hot 100 history.
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Post by BrettVW on Dec 29, 2019 21:24:40 GMT -5
Ryan does pay tribute to Casey Kasem after #8, and even plays the audio from Casey starting the very first AT40 show from 1970. But I thought the show had no regard for Casey and its history and was a disgrace  |
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