Rolling 2006 US Charts Thread

Interestingly, this station is not only giving more plays to "Vans" than is any other rhythmic station that reports to Mediabase, it's giving more plays to "Bossy," "Me & U," and "London Bridge" as well. I wonder what's doing in Fort Wayne?

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Fort Wayne is a city in northeastern Indiana, USA and the county seat of Allen County. As of 2005, an estimated 248,341 lived in the city proper. The MSA has a population of 502,141, as of the 2004 update of the 2000 census. Nearly equidistant from Detroit, Michigan, Chicago, Illinois, and Cincinnati, Ohio, it has historically served as a transportation and communications center for the region, and an incubator for many products and companies, much more so than its size might suggest.

Fort Wayne is named after Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne....

There are 90,915 housing units at an average density of 444.6/km² (1,151.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 75.45% White, 17.38% Black or African American, 0.39% Native American, 1.56% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 2.91% from other races, and 2.26% from two or more races. 5.78% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Whiter than I'd have expected. Maybe it's got a lot of punks and sk8ers who are giving the Pack a lift. They got their Vans on but they look like sneakers. You're wearin coke whites but my Vans are cleaner.

Yeah, but they're not playing the Pack, who are getting most of their biggest support in California and are doing very little in the Midwest. In fact, unless you count Charleston, West Virginia, and places like Oklahoma City and Tulsa as "Midwest," there's no other station in the Midwest that's giving them more than 20 spins (unless that station doesn't report to Mediabase). Compare to 120 spins in Fort Wayne.

Randy Orton's giving it the rub, baby! Randy Orton to save the US top 100! Next week: he shits in Rascal Flatts handbag.

1 1 FERGIE LONDON BRIDGE 106320 -7 114249 306320
2 2 GNARLS BARKLEY CRAZY 86320 -2 87883 956664
5 3 PUSSYCAT DOLLS BUTTONS 59359 -3 61208 672693
3 4 FURTADO*NELLY PROMISCUOUS 59038 -11 66728 1238622
6 5 AGUILERA*CHRISTINA AIN'T NO OTHER MAN 47844 -7 51647 580729
8 6 CASSIE ME & U 46568 1 45880 581251
12 7 PAUL*SEAN GIVE IT UP TO ME 44186 30 33913 213140
10 8 PANIC! AT THE DISCO I WRITE SINS NOT TRAGEDIES 43037 6 40607 753557
7 9 SIMPSON*JESSICA PUBLIC AFFAIR 42248 -16 50208 248311
4 10 BEYONCE DEJA VU 41882 -37 66327 182858

1 1 TITO 'EL BAMBINO' Caele (Caile) 650 684 -34 6.734
2 2 RAKIM & KEN Y Down 630 683 -53 8.536
6 3 TOBY LOVE Tengo Un Amor(f/Raki... 599 507 92 7.433
4 4 DADDY YANKEE Machucando 543 540 3 4.716
3 5 DON OMAR Angelito 531 563 -32 5.171
5 6 CALLE 13 Atrevete Te, Te! 483 533 -50 3.914
9 7 CASSIE Me & U 482 441 41 3.741
11 8 TITO 'EL BAMBINO' Flow Natural (f/ Bee... 477 430 47 4.771
7 9 SHAKIRA F/WYCLEF JEAN Hips Don't Lie 466 452 14 2.958
12 10 DON OMAR Salio El Sol 434 406 28 5.400

normally when i do get to the big city i gorge myself on the top 40 and urban (can't remember the right billboard term for the station), but this last time the car i was borrowing had sirius and i flipped around on that. theres like 8 hip-hop stations w/no commercials and a lot of them play pretty good shit except the djs are really terrible and like to talk over the songs even while people are rapping.

Both songs are all right. I really like the way the beat in "Sexy Love" has that drum-corps cadence that's been popular lately but really toned down and in the service of a slow jam. And "When You're Mad" has this one chord that kills me every time I hear it -- I think Ne-Yo in general takes cues from old-school R&B in song structure and chord progressions, which is nice to hear.

Exactly, where else do you hear anything that reminds of 1991 house music on your standard hip-hop/r and b station any more. I'll take it any day.

And yes, the drums and the bass of "Sexy Love," along with the MJ vocals, are perfection.

Yeah, it actually sounds a little like "Human Nature"!

Artist / Title / New Stations / New Spins
EVANESCENCE Call Me When You're Sober 15 283
JOJO Too Little Too Late 9 112
NICKELBACK Far Away 5 67
CHINGY Pullin' Me Back 5 52
NICK LACHEY I Can't Hate You Anymore 4 41
RIHANNA We Ride 1 28
LUDACRIS Money Maker (f/Pharrell) 1 28
TEDDY GEIGER These Walls 3 28
HEDLEY On My Own 3 27
THE PACK Vans 1 27
NE-YO Sexy Love 2 24
JIBBS Chain Hang Low 2 23
HINDER Lips Of An Angel 3 22
JESSE MCCARTNEY Right Where You Want Me 2 18
AFI Miss Murder 1 18
FRANKIE J That Girl 1 17
YOUNG DRO Shoulder Lean f/TI 2 17
RASCAL FLATTS What Hurts The Most 2 16
JOANNA Let It Slide 2 16
CODE RED Summer Jam 1 16

I'm guessing that by "new spins" they mean spins on stations that weren't playing the song previously.

I'm kinda meh on the Evanescence single; I like the lyrics, but it has neither the punch nor the beauty of "Bring Me to Life." It's good enough, but I think Flyleaf's "I'm So Sick" is this year's standard for the subgenre (whatever the subgenre is: angst-metal gothpop?).

I would also add that the video for CMWYS is such a piss-weak rip-off of 'Helena' that it does make me feel slightly sad. That horrible smirk Amy Lee has on her face as she's going down the staircase... urrgh.

Now, doing a different chart, "Spincrease," on the rhythm charts "Vans" gained 182 plays more than it had before, and is being played on 67 stations; and in mainstream top 40 it gained 141 plays and is being played on 34 stations.

JoJo's "Too Little Too Late" is up by 1,005 spins and is being played on 106 mainstream top 40 stations; and it's up by 181 plays and is being played on 25 rhythmic stations.

That, however, is for another thread entirely, I would imagine, so to go scrambling back on topic - P Diddy ft. Nicole Scherzinger's "I Couldn't Give Two Shits What This Is Called, Honestly" is #50 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop. TS: Scherzinger's "This Bad Boy, bitch" vs. Hogan's "You're all up in my grill".

Blount, the Fergie song is pretty good. Not quite "My Humps" (and if you hate "My Humps" and/or fun, take that with a grain of salt). The production sounds kinda halfway inbetween early 90's jazz-rap (I hate that term, but it conveys what I mean well) and "Hollaback Girl". Her vocals are copped straight from Missy. Couple great lines here and there. Only part that doesn't work is the bridge, which seems really shoehorned. Worth downloading.

By "Fallen", do you mean the Mya song? If so, I find it incredibly bland. (Along with most everything else Mya's done. I just find Mya bland.)

I haven't seen Gnarls' "Smiley Faces" on any charts yet; is it not out yet? I'll be really sad if that doesn't chart at all.

Lastly, "London Bridge" is the only hip-hop song I can think of that repeats an entire verse. Yet another accomplishment for "Ferg y Ferg" (nice one, WBS).

"Chain Hang Low" is funny and allright.

"When You're Mad" was a great song.

I have one Mya album, the name of it escapes me but its pretty great, only a couple bad songs. It has a great song that samples "Out of my Head" by shuggie otis.

xpostness

Nickelback's "Canadians Have Feelings Too, Y'know" climbs to 11 from 23. Chingy is up to 16, and Danity Kane are new at 17 despite apparently not getting any radio play worth a stuff. "I Am Aware That You Are Seeing It" climbs three to debut in the top 20 at #19.

Evanescence are brand new at #25, just ahead of The Fabulous Bangor Boys. SexyBaaaack sets about making itself cosy at #31, just ahead of Jibbs, and Hinder clamber to #34 from #49 last week. In similarly tedious manner, Blue October go from 47 to 40. 'About Us' may not be the world beater I had been assuming, slumping to 44 from 33, and Chris Brown's 'Say Goodbye' climbs to 48 from 79.

Um...

Station/Format/Owner/Sum 05/Fall 05/Win 06/Spr 06/M-J-J 06
KYGO Country Lincoln 6.9 6.0 5.9 6.6 6.7
KQKS Top 40/R Lincoln 5.2 4.7 5.8 5.6 5.5
KOA-A Talk Clear Channel 5.9 6.4 5.5 5.3 5.0
KBCO AAA Clear Channel 4.7 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.8
KXPK Regional Mexican Entravision 3.3 2.7 4.5 4.8 4.7
KOSI AC Entercom 5.1 6.0 5.1 4.4 4.4
KRFX Classic Rock Clear Channel 4.1 4.9 3.9 3.8 4.1
KXKL Oldies CBS Radio 5.3 4.1 3.9 4.2 3.8
KALC Modern AC Entercom 2.9 2.3 2.9 3.0 3.7
KBPI Active Rock Clear Channel 3.2 3.7 3.1 3.8 3.6
KHOW-A Talk Clear Channel 2.8 2.5 2.7 3.1 3.2
KJCD Smooth Jazz Lincoln 2.9 2.7 3.3 3.2 3.1
KTCL Alternative Clear Channel 3.1 3.2 2.8 2.6 2.6
KIMN Hot AC CBS Radio 2.8 2.7 3.2 2.4 2.5
KQMT Classic Rock Entercom 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.9 2.5
KWLI Country CBS Radio 2.4 0.0 1.6 2.6 2.0
KJAC Adult Hits Newspaper Radio 1.9 1.6 2.0 1.8 1.8
KEZW-A Adult Standards Entercom 2.1 2.8 2.2 2.3 1.7
KMGG Spanish Cont Clear Channel 1.8 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.7
KNUS-A Talk Salem 1.3 1.6 2.0 1.8 1.7
KCUV AAA NRC -- -- 0.8 1.3 1.4
KKFN-A Sports Lincoln 1.3 1.8 1.5 1.2 1.4
KJMN Spanish Cont Entravision 1.6 1.6 1.2 1.4 1.3
KKZN-A Talk Clear Channel 1.9 1.8 1.4 1.3 1.1

I'm really astonished at how far ahead of the pack the country station is. The second-place station, described here as Top 40/R (R for rhythmic), is hip-hop/r&b. Also surprised at how poorly the reggaeton station (KMGG) is doing in relation to the Regional Mexican, and how well Triple-A is doing.

So, either young people are going to pot or Disney has its head up its butt promoting in-house product to the neglect of actual good music.

*"Chemicals React" probably qualifies as "reasonably good" and hence is our one and only exception, but it's still not nearly as heart-meltingly beautiful or intense as "Rush," so I have difficulty remembering that it's any good at all.