Top Songs of 2009... at the halfway point

We are halfway through the calendar year, so we thought it would be fun to see what the top songs of 2009 are up to this point. Our rankings are based on performance on the THO 100 only. It is probably no surprise that "Poker Face" is #1, having spent seven weeks atop the chart. Lady GaGa has two songs in the top five, the other being "Just Dance" which has been around since June of 2008. Several other songs on the list are 2008 hits that extended their chart run well into 2009. Britney Spears, Beyonce, The Killers, and Pink are the other artists to have two songs in the top 20. And as it often is with the THO 100, which is based on individual personal charts published on the web, women rule the list, leading each of the top 10 tracks.

1. Lady GaGa - Poker Face
2. Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You
3. Beyonce - Halo
4. Lily Allen - The Fear
5. Lady GaGa f/ Akon & Colby O'Donis - Just Dance
6. Britney Spears - Circus
7. Taylor Swift - Love Story
8. Britney Spears - If U Seek Amy
9. Pink - Sober
10. Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
11. The Killers - Spaceman
12. The Fray - You Found Me
13. Flo Rida - Right Round
14. Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody
15. The Killers - Human
16. T.I. f/ Justin Timberlake - Dead And Gone
17. The Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow
18. James Morrison f/ Nelly Furtado - Broken Strings
19. All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell
20. Pink - Please Don't Leave Me

- Current THO 100
- Week-by-week THO 100 charts
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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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New Album Releases for February 3, 2009

The Fray - The Fray
Dierks Bentley - Feel That Fire
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Lonely Road
Bow Wow - New Jack City, Pt. II
Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 15
Leona Lewis - Spirit [Deluxe CD/DVD]
Von Bondies - Love, Hate and Then There's You
Ben Kweller - Changing Horses
Boney James - Send One Your Love
Wynonna - Sing: Chapter 1
Melinda Doolittle - Coming Back To You
Willie Nelson - Willie And The Wheel
Keith Emerson - Keith Emerson Band
Lisa Hannigan - Sea Sew
Liza Minnelli - Liza's At The Palace
Donald Lawrence - The Law Of Confession Part 1
Josh Wink - When A Banana Was Just A Banana
Young Dubliners - Saints And Sinners
Alejandro Fernandez - De Noche: Clasicos a Mi Manera
Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague [2 CDs]
Graham Nash - Reflections [Box Set]
Ruthie Foster - The Truth According To Ruthie Foster
Audra McDonald & Patrick Wilson - Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Allegro"
Susan Werner - Classics
Heartless Bastards - The Mountain
Soundtrack - Spectacular!
Soundtrack - He's Just Not That Into You

- Full List of New and Future Album Releases
- New Album Google Gadget
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THO 100 Update for week ending January 17, 2009

Lady GaGa makes a surprising jump from #6 to #1 on the THO 100 this week. Her smash hit "Just Dance" (featuring Akon & Colby O'Donis) benefits mostly from increased airplay and single availability in the UK, although radio airplay in many parts of the U.S. is still growing too. This is Lady GaGa first THO #1, and in fact her first THO hit. It replaces The Killers "Human," which ends up spending only a single week at the top. "Human" is just barely behind "Just Dance," so a re-entry into the top position next week would not be a surprise. Elsewhere on the chart, Pink and Girls Aloud have new songs enter the top 10, and Ne-Yo and The Fray move inside the top 40 with new singles.

- Current THO 100
- THO Archive
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New Adult Alternative / Adult Contemporary Songs - December 2008

New adult alternative / adult contemporary songs recently receiving airplay on U.S. radio stations:

Adele - Right As Rain
Mariah Carey - Right To Dream
Coldplay - Lovers In Japan
Sheryl Crow - Detours
Death Cab For Cutie - No Sunlight
The Fray - You Found Me
Faith Hill - A Baby Changes Everything
Greg Medoro - Lost Melody
Meiko - Boys With Girlfriends
Plain White T's - 1, 2, 3, 4
LeAnn Rimes - What I Cannot Change
Snow Patrol - Crack The Shutters
Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream
Theory Of A Deadman - Not Meant To Be

- New Songs Google Gadget
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