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This week's R&B/hip-hop top 10 is marked by a handful of hard-earned hits by R&B acts: Monica's 'So Gone' (J/RMG), Jaheim's 'Put That Woman First' (Divine Mill/WB), and Floetry's 'Say [...]

A few weeks ago, an adult top 40 PD wrote: 'Have you ever done an article comparing the number of spins relative to the times it takes to get a [...]

The value of No. 1 records has long been a topic of debate, but one thing almost everyone agrees on--at least in country music--is that the methods by which they [...]

Restless Heart returns to country's top 40 for the first time in six years, as 'Feel My Way to You' (Koch) rises 41-39. The group most recently competed in that [...]

Terror Squad becomes the first act to break the 10,000-spin mark on the Rap chart with 'Lean Back.' It moves into pole position with the Greatest Gain at the format, [...]

For the second time this year the top three singles on the mainstream top 40 chart have belonged to solo female artists. And for a second consecutive week, JoJo, Ashlee [...]

The modern rock chart sees two songs debut in the top 20 for only the fourth time in the Monitor era. Green Day's 'American Idiot' (Reprise) enters at No. 10, [...]

When Kelly Clarkson's 'A Moment Like This' debuted in Monitor two years ago, the longevity of the artist and the 'American Idol' franchise was still very much a question mark. [...]

Switchfoot's 'Meant to Live' (Columbia) enters the active rock chart at No. 38 more than a year 'after it first debuted at modern. The track garnered airplay at 11 active [...]

Alicia Keys grabs her first top 10 at mainstream top 40 since her debut single three years ago, as 'If I Ain't Got You' (RMG) climbs 13-10. Keys' 'Fallin'' spent [...]

'Lean Back' takes the crown on the R&B/hip-hop chart, giving Terror Squad and fledgling imprint SRC their first No. 1 in Airplay Monitor. The track holds at No. 2 on [...]

Toby Keith posts a career-high debut on the country chart, as 'Stays in Mexico' (DreamWorks) bows at No. 27 with 1,107 spins detected at 100 of our 122 monitored signals. [...]

In the Oct. 3, 2003, issue, we detailed our amended policy regarding minimum standards for current music for our monitored stations used for chart tabulation. As a reminder, and to [...]

With the most total detections the country chart has seen in a single week since mid-October 2003, Reba McEntire's 'Somebody' (MC& Nashville) rises 3-1 after a lengthy 30-week trek to [...]

Modest Mouse tops the modern rock chart with 'Float On' (Epic). It's the first debut single to hit No. 1 at the format since Trapt's 'Headstrong headed the list for [...]

As his 'Live Like You Were Dying' (Curb) logs a third week at No. 1, Tim McGraw widens his lead as the artist with the most cumulative weeks atop this [...]

WKKF Albany, N.Y., is added to the mainstream top 40 panel, while WVSR Charleston, W.Va., switches from mainstream top 40 to adult top 40. WSSP Charleston, S.C., is removed from [...]

Nelly makes himself at home on a number of charts as he debuts with 'My Place' (UMRG), the first single from his upcoming 'Suit' album. This follows some airplay for [...]

'I Don't Want To' by Gavin DeGraw (RMG) moves 11-10 at modern AC this week, becoming his first top 10 single in Airplay Monitor: DeGraw accomplishes this in his 19th [...]

JoJo takes 'Leave (Get Out)' (UMRG) to the top of the mainstream top 40 chart, ending Hoobastank's eight-week run at No. 1 with 'The Reason.' At 13 years old, JoJo [...]

George Michael returns to the adult top 40 chart after an eight-year absence with 'Amazing' (Epic) bowing at No. 38. Michael last charted in 1996 with 'Fast Love,' which peaked [...]

After darting in and out of the country charts for more than 30 years, Jimmy Buffett lands his first top 10 single as a lead artist, as 'Hey Good Lookin'' [...]

Linkin Park becomes the second act to have five top 10 tracks from a single album at active rock, as 'Breaking the Habit' (Warner Bros.) moves 13-10. This comes only [...]

One week after making the biggest move into the adult R&B top 10 in almost three years, Anita Baker's 'You're My Everything' steps 9-8 with Greatest Gainer honors for a [...]

With the second half of 2004 now in full swing, Airplay Monitor honors the top Airplay Leader stations in each format for the first six months of the year. Stations [...]

Although it is never a surprise when it happens, the music industry always finds a way to imitate any gust of fresh air that successfully blows across Music Row. Since [...]

'This Love' (RMG) by Maroon5 breaks the one-week detection record at adult top 40, earning 3,973 spins in its 11th week at No. 1. 'Unwell' by' Matchbox Twenty held the [...]

Tim McGraw claims the fastest-rising country single in more than a year, as 'Live Like You Were Dying' (Curb) soars 21-10 in its third chart week. Darryl Worley's 'Have You [...]

Though promotional generosity has been scaled back at most labels, the process of getting a song on the radio remains an expensive proposition that continues to be financed. Even in [...]

A look at our country airplay chart shows plenty of evidence that country has found its voice again. Not that the format has exactly been wandering around aimlessly, but the [...]

Sheryl Crow collects her 15th charting title at adult top 40, as 'Light in Your Eyes' (Interscope) bows at No. 31. Crow is now in first place among total charted [...]

The Beastie Boys return to the modern rock chart after a hiatus of more than four years, as 'Ch-Check It Out' (Capitol) debuts at No. 14. It's the highest debut [...]

Usher has two songs in the top 10 of the mainstream top 40 chart in the same week for the first time in his career, as 'Burn' (Zomba) moves 12-10 [...]

Alanis Morissette earns her first triple-A No. 1 with 'Everything' (Reprise). Morissette has hit the top five on that chart four other times. Her previous peak position was the No. [...]

Although it has been more than two years since a solo female topped the country chart, two women earn accolades of another sort on that list this issue. For the [...]

Linkin Park earns its fourth No. 1 song at active rock from its album 'Meteora' with 'Lying >From You' (Warner Bros.). That matches the record for most No. 1s from [...]

Last year, Airplay Monitor analyzed the average spin count per station for the No. 1, No. 10 and No. 20 positions on various charts. At the time, we found R&B/hip-hop [...]

WRDW Philadelphia is added to the rhythmic top 40 panel. KSJO San Francisco is removed from the active rock [...]

Format changes at WXPK Westchester, N.Y., and KFME Kansas City necessitate the stations being removed from the mainstream top 40 and adult top 40 panels, [...]

One week after topping the modern rock chart, Hoobastank's 'The Reason' (IDJMG) moves into the top 10 at mainstream top 40 with a 14-9jump. 'The Reason' is the second No. [...]

Usher holds the top two positions on the R&B/hip-hop chart, as 'Yeah!' featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris (Zomba) holds on to No. 1 for an eighth week and follow-up 'Burn' [...]

Gretchen Wilson's 'Redneck Woman' (Epic) swipes Greatest Gainer honors on the country chart, with an increase of 608 detections, and cracks the top 10 (14-8) in its seventh chart week. [...]

A couple of acts make long jumps to earn their first No. 1s on the rock charts. Jet's 'Cold Hard Bitch' (Elektra/Atlantic) jumps 5-1 at active, which is the longest [...]

Sara Evans this week becomes the first solo female to approach the top of the country airplay chart since Terri mark's 'I just Wanna Be Mad' stopped at No. 2 [...]

The issue surrounding the tam at which the format is churning songs through the charts system surfaced again recently at the annual Country Radio Seminar, so we thought it appropriate [...]

In our ongoing effort to provide programmers with the most accurate charts, breaking industry news and informed analysis of gathering trends, Airplay Monitor is pleased to introduce the popular HitPredictor [...]

As we begin a new year, a quick analysis of those country singles that topped our airplay chart during the past two calendar years reveals some interesting facts. In 2002, [...]

Alan Jackson's 'Remember When' (Arista Nashville) replaces Kenny Chesney's 'There Goes My Life' (BNA) atop the country chart, solidifying Jackson's lead for most singles to reach the summit during the [...]

'The Way You Move' by OutKast Featuring Sleepy Brown (Arista) moves into the top 10 of the adult R&B chart with an increase of 140 spins. The previous and only [...]

WCHH Charlotte, N.C., has been removed from the R&B/hip-hop [...]