THO 100 Update for week ending April 18, 2009

This week "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz falls off the THO 100. It is the first time since the May 3, 2008 chart the song has been missing, which amounts to 49 weeks. It becomes one of many songs to fall just shy of one full year (52 weeks) on the chart. In the last two years several songs have suffered the same fate, including "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse (51 weeks), "Before He Cheats" by Carrie Underwood (51 weeks), "How To Save A Life" by The Fray (50 weeks), "Love Song" by Sara Bareilles (49 weeks), "U + Ur Hand" by Pink (49 weeks), and "Over My Head (Cable Car)" by The Fray (49 weeks). The last song to visit the chart for a full year was "Bad Day" by Daniel Powter (52 weeks). The all-time record (starting with THO's first chart in 1993) belongs to Alanis Morissette's "You Learn," which spent a remarkable 85 weeks on the chart.

Oh and by the way, Lady GaGa's "Poker Face" spends a second week at #1 on this week's chart.

- Current THO 100 chart
- THO 100 Archive
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Top Songs of 2008...So Far

There are still about 15 weeks left in 2008, but the top songs of the year are starting to shape up. Through TopHitsOnline's September 6th chart, Leona Lewis led with "Bleeding Love," which just left the chart after a 48-week run. Rihanna has two songs in the top 10, and that doesn't even include her current #1 hit "Disturbia." Once again this year, it looks like the year-end top songs will be dominated by female artists, which you'll see from the list below:

1. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
2. OneRepublic - Stop And Stare
3. Sara Bareilles - Love Song
4. Duffy - Mercy
5. Jordin Sparks f/ Chris Brown - No Air
6. Madonna f/ Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes
7. Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
8. Rihanna - Take A Bow
9. Britney Spears - Piece Of Me
10. Mariah Carey - Touch My Body

- THO Top Songs of 2007
- Top Songs of 2006
- All Year-End Charts
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THO 100 Update for week ending September 6, 2008

Katy Perry's run of three weeks atop the THO 100 with "I Kissed A Girl" comes to an end with the latest THO 100 chart. Rihanna notches her fourth #1 with "Disturbia," which follows "Don't Stop The Music" earlier in 2008. Her other two number ones were "SOS (Rescue Me)" and "Umbrella" (featuring Jay-Z). Perry may not need to wait long for her second #1, as "Hot N Cold" races up to #48 this week from #83 last week. Also of note on this week's chart: Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love" exits the chart after a 48-week run. Only 15 songs have ever managed to spend 52 weeks (one full year) on this chart, the last one being James Blunt's "You're Beautiful" in 2005 and 2006. There is another song currently hanging on the chart that may get to 52... Sara Bareilles' "Love Song," which sits at #81 after 49 weeks on the chart.

- Current THO 100
- THO 100 Archive
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Top Songs of 2008... So Far

We are barely past the halfway point of 2008 - a good time to take a look at the year's top songs... so far. This list is compiled by adding each THO chart from 2008. The top 10 is dominated by female solo artists, but it is a male group that has two songs on the list. And two of the most popular artists of the past two decades are topped by a newcomer...

1. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
2. OneRepublic - Stop And Stare
3. Sara Bareilles - Love Song
4. Duffy - Mercy
5. Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
6. Madonna f/ Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes
7. Britney Spears - Piece Of Me
8. Timbaland f/ OneRepublic - Apologize
9. Jordin Sparks f/ Chris Brown - No Air
10. Mariah Carey - Touch My Body

- THO Chart Archive
- Current THO 100

THO 100 Update for the week ending May 31, 2008

There are some big moves inside the top 10 of the THO 100 this week, but possibly the most surprising is the move by Sara Bareilles' "Love Song." If there is anyone living who has not heard this song, we want to hear from you, because this one seems to be everywhere. Now in its 35th week on the chart, it rises to a new high at #3. Reaching #1 is probably not possible though, not only because Madonna continues her lock on the top spot for the seventh consecutive week, but also because Coldplay bullets up to #2 and is the largest Point Gainer for the second time with "Violet Hill." Also, Rihanna moves from #10 to #4 with "Take A Bow."

This is the 100th post since starting this blog/feed in December - thank you very much for reading!

- Current THO 100
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New Adult Alternative / Adult Contemporary Songs

New songs recently added to playlists on Adult Alternative and Adult Contemporary radio stations in the U.S.:

REO Speedwagon - Find Your Own Way Home
Plumb - In My Arms
The Spill Canvas - All Over You
James Blunt - Carry You Home
Jakob Dylan - Something Good This Way Comes
Feist - I Feel It All
Augustana - Sweet And Low
Tristan Prettyman - Madly
The Bravery - Believe
Back Door Slam - It'll All Come Around
Sara Bareilles - Bottle It Up
Lareau - Change My World
Nelly Furtado f/ Keith Urban - In God's Hands
Mudcrutch - Scare Easy
Josh Groban - Awake
Kate Voegele - Only Fooling Myself
Marie Digby - Say It Again
KT Tunstall - Little Favours

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