Post by MIKEB on Jan 5, 2016 19:25:57 GMT -5
The last year or so has been mostly challenging when making my chart just because of how incredibly slow it was. There were times midway through when activity was back to normal and making my chart got exciting but then it dwindled down again soon after so a few months ago I decided to condense my chart down to a Top 40. It started as a Top 30 back in 1998 and by just over a year later, it had expanded to a Top 40 and then a Top 100. Save for a few months in 2005 when I got too busy to maintain it, it has always been a Top 100 because there has always been that many songs and more that I could say to some degree I liked enough to make a chart out of.
It's not really a big thing in the grand scheme of things since it takes maybe a bit more than an hour each week to make it, but since music is kind of a big thing in my life anyway, the change kind of is a big deal for me because I'm realizing how I listen to and digest music is changing. I attribute it a lot to aging. Last year I've noticed more than ever a lot of the big pop acts are artists I find to be completely bland and boring - a thought process many people have toward younger generations' music. I'm sure people 5-10 years older than me felt the same way when my favs were emerging and took over the pop world. Whether or not it's related, I haven't had the yearning to seek out new music by new artists as much - though last year certainly wasn't void of newcomers for me so maybe I don't have to yet.
At any rate, I expect 2016 to be more active musically with a lot of my favs, both in and out of the mainstream pop world, expected to put out new music this year. I doubt it'll cause me to expand my chart back to a Top 100 again though. I kind of like the idea of having it as a Top 40 because it further highlights the top of the chart without getting bogged down by the stuff at the bottom that, let's face it, were never really a big deal to me anyway. On one hand, having a Top 100 was good for record-keeping and remembering those certain songs that I'd otherwise forget existed until I look at my old charts and chart histories, but on the other hand, I'm coming to realize more and more that I should be focusing more on the things I like and that includes music. So here's to a new chart and happy new year!
Let the rambling end!
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ShufflePlay 40
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TW LW WK PP Title - Artist
40* -- 1 40 Burning House - Cam
39* 42 15 39 Magnets - Disclosure f/Lorde
38* 40 12 38 Calvary Captain - Decemberists
37 26 16 8 Firestone - Kygo f/Conrad
36 19 11 19 Used To Love You - Gwen Stefani
35* -- 8 13 Out Of The Woods - Taylor Swift
34 30 9 30 Hero - Lissie
33* -- 1 33 Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton
32* 33 16 26 Hide Away - Daya
31* 38 6 31 Don’t You Give Up On Me - Lissie
30* 31 24 14 Here - Alessia Cara
29* 34 14 29 Drive - Oh Wonder
28* 29 11 27 Hello - Hedley
27 18 16 2 On My Mind - Ellie Goulding +
———————————————————— | TOP DEBUT | ————————————————————
26* -- 1 26 Home - Blue October
25* 32 7 25 Stressed Out - Twenty One Pilots
24 22 25 1 First - Cold War Kids *
23 11 15 8 Burnitup - Janet Jackson f/Missy Elliott
22* 28 7 22 If You Ever Want To Be In Love - James Bay
21* 23 17 21 The Things I Regret - Brandi Carlile *
20* 24 29 20 Stitches - Shawn Mendes
19* 27 8 19 Infamous - Basia Bulat
18* 20 10 18 Demons - James Morisson
17* 16 15 16 Say It - Houndmouth
16* 14 9 14 Piece By Piece - Kelly Clarkson
———————————————————— | BIGGEST JUMPER | ————————————————————
15* 25 23 12 Machine - Scott Helman
14* 17 12 16 Delilah - Florence & The Machine
13 10 15 4 Lay It All On Me - Rudimental f/Ed Sheeran
12* 15 13 12 Why Would I Now - Decemberists
11* 13 15 11 Hotline Bling - Drake
10* 12 13 10 She Used To Be Mine - Sara Bareilles
#9 4 11 1 Hello - Adele +
#8* 9 12 8 Roses - Chainsmokers f/Rozes
#7 6 12 5 Your Type - Carly Rae Jepsen +
#6* 8 11 6 Sorry - Justin Bieber f/Skrillex
#5* 7 9 5 Adventure Of A Lifetime - Coldplay
#4 3 17 1 Eyes Shut - Years & Years *
#3* 5 12 3 S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
#2* 2 15 2 The Hills - The Weeknd
———————————————————— | 7 WEEKS @ #1 | ————————————————————
#1 1 7 1 When We Were Young - Adele
Dropping Off Chart
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TW LW WK PP Title - Artist
== 100 24 11 Empire - Of Monsters And Men
== 99 16 29 Good For You - Selena Gomez f/A$AP Rocky
== 98 3 98 Hey Everybody! - 5 Seconds Of Summer
== 97 3 97 Same Old Love - Selena Gomez
== 96 3 96 Bring On The Night - Corrs
== 95 21 8 Ashes - Lindi Ortega +
== 94 3 94 Chateau Lobby 4 (In C For Two Virgins) - Father John Misty
== 93 4 93 New Americana - Halsey
== 92 4 92 Get Over Me - Nick Carter f/Avril Lavigne
== 91 18 7 Downtown - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
== 90 18 1 Shine - Years & Years +
== 89 4 89 Perfect - One Direction
== 88 4 88 Stay - Kygo f/Maty Boyes
== 87 4 87 Confident - Demi Lovato
== 86 4 86 With Or Without You - Amy Lee
== 85 20 14 Wildest Dreams - Taylor Swift
== 84 30 2 Clothes Off - Ria Mae
== 83 26 2 Run Away With Me - Carly Rae Jepsen *
== 82 29 15 Powerful - Major Lazer f/Ellie Goulding & Tarrus Riley
== 81 15 11 Til It Happens To You - Lady Gaga
== 80 7 80 Stole The Show - Kygo f/Parson James
== 79 7 79 Better - Banks
== 78 24 7 Come And Get It - John Newman
== 77 22 7 Barcelona - George Ezra +
== 76 28 4 Desire - Years & Years +
== 75 8 75 Hold On Forever - Rob Thomas
== 74 21 29 Let It Go - James Bay
== 73 13 39 Wildest Dreams - Ryan Adams
== 72 4 72 Love Yourself - Justin Bieber
== 71 8 71 Bang My Head - David Guetta f/Sia and Fetty Wap
== 70 6 70 Stand By Me - Tracy Chapman
== 69 27 22 No Sleeep - Janet Jackson f/J. Cole
== 68 5 68 Saint Cecilia - Foo Fighters
== 67 23 28 Listen To The Man - George Ezra
== 66 12 58 Hands Of Love - Miley Cyrus
== 65 8 65 Ditmas - Mumford & Sons
== 64 9 50 Army - Ellie Goulding
== 63 5 63 Last Christmas - Carly Rae Jepsen
== 62 15 8 Superstar Wonderful Weirdos - Alanis Morissette
== 61 8 61 Fell In The Sun - Big Grams
== 60 7 60 WTF (Where They From) - Missy Elliott f/Pharrell
== 59 10 59 Jackie And Wilson - Hozier
== 58 9 58 Focus - Ariana Grande
== 57 15 57 Wild - Troye Sivan
== 56 6 56 Should I Stay Or Should I Go - KT Tunstall
== 55 15 23 Bad Blood - Ryan Adams
== 54 6 16 All I Ask - Adele
== 53 4 53 United State Of Pop 2015 (50 Shades Of Pop) - DJ Earworm
== 52 22 19 Fire And The Flood - Vance Joy
== 51 18 5 My Father’s Daughter - Jewel f/Dolly Parton +
== 50 5 50 Let It Snow - George Ezra
== 49 8 49 Bird Set Free - Sia
== 48 15 48 Nothing But The Radio - Maia Sharp
== 47 30 5 Sedona - Houndmouth *
== 46 14 24 There Isn’t One Way - Patty Griffin
== 45 19 45 Coming Home - Leon Bridges
== 44 24 13 Satisfy Me - Anderson East
== 43 22 25 Lemon Eyes - Meg Myers
== 41 14 41 These Walls - Kendrick Lamar f/Anna Wise, Bilal and Thundercat
== 39 17 15 What Do You Mean? - Justin Bieber
== 37 14 7 Alive - Sia
== 36 15 2 Red Eye - Vance Joy
== 35 12 7 Into Me - Chantal Kreviazuk
== 21 13 12 Lights On - Big Grams
Play Next
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TW LW WK PP Title - Artist
10* -- 1 10 Love Yourself - Justin Bieber
#9* -- 1 9 Bang My Head - David Guetta f/Sia and Fetty Wap
#8* -- 1 8 Ditmas - Mumford & Sons
#7* -- 1 7 Fell In The Sun - Big Grams
#6* -- 1 6 Should I Stay Or Should I Go - KT Tunstall
#5* -- 1 5 Wild - Troye Sivan
#4* -- 1 4 Bird Set Free - Sia
#3* -- 1 3 Coming Home - Leon Bridges
#2* -- 1 2 United State Of Pop 2015 (50 Shades Of Pop) - DJ Earworm
#1* -- 1 1 Nothing But The Radio - Maia Sharp
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Top 10 Albums
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TW LW WK PP Title - Artist
10 11 23 2 Little Neon Limelight - Houndmouth *
#9 16 53 1 Augusta - Scott Helman *
#8* == 69 1 Fanmail - TLC ***
#7 3 43 2 Dream Your Life Away - Vance Joy *
#6 4 80 1 X - Ed Sheeran *****
#5 5 47 1 Wanted On Voyage - George Ezra ****
#4 1 9 1 Delirium - Ellie Goulding **
#3* 8 20 1 Emotion - Carly Rae Jepsen **
#2* 7 7 1 25 - Adele *
#1* 2 23 1 Communion - Years & Years ***
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Commentary
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• The first chart of 2016 is also the first week of the new Top 40 format, down from the Top 100 it was since 1999. The Max chart started out as a Top 30 in the spring of 1998 before expanding to a Top 40 before the end of the year and then a Top 100 nearly a year later. Changing times and changing listening habits on my part have resulted in the new change. The Weeks On column will represent total weeks each song spent on the chart, including those weeks as part of the Top 100 below #40 up until last week. As the chart evolves, the Weeks On column will naturally represent only those weeks within the Top 40 portion, since that’s all there will be to show anyway.
• Five songs enter the new Top 40 and four of those are from outside the Top 100. Blue October, Chris Stapleton and Cam are all new entries while Taylor Swift is a re-entry following the announcement and new video for 1989’s sixth single Out Of The Woods. The song previously made it as high as #13 as an album track upon the album’s initial release in 2014.
It's not really a big thing in the grand scheme of things since it takes maybe a bit more than an hour each week to make it, but since music is kind of a big thing in my life anyway, the change kind of is a big deal for me because I'm realizing how I listen to and digest music is changing. I attribute it a lot to aging. Last year I've noticed more than ever a lot of the big pop acts are artists I find to be completely bland and boring - a thought process many people have toward younger generations' music. I'm sure people 5-10 years older than me felt the same way when my favs were emerging and took over the pop world. Whether or not it's related, I haven't had the yearning to seek out new music by new artists as much - though last year certainly wasn't void of newcomers for me so maybe I don't have to yet.
At any rate, I expect 2016 to be more active musically with a lot of my favs, both in and out of the mainstream pop world, expected to put out new music this year. I doubt it'll cause me to expand my chart back to a Top 100 again though. I kind of like the idea of having it as a Top 40 because it further highlights the top of the chart without getting bogged down by the stuff at the bottom that, let's face it, were never really a big deal to me anyway. On one hand, having a Top 100 was good for record-keeping and remembering those certain songs that I'd otherwise forget existed until I look at my old charts and chart histories, but on the other hand, I'm coming to realize more and more that I should be focusing more on the things I like and that includes music. So here's to a new chart and happy new year!
Let the rambling end!
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ShufflePlay 40
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TW LW WK PP Title - Artist
40* -- 1 40 Burning House - Cam
39* 42 15 39 Magnets - Disclosure f/Lorde
38* 40 12 38 Calvary Captain - Decemberists
37 26 16 8 Firestone - Kygo f/Conrad
36 19 11 19 Used To Love You - Gwen Stefani
35* -- 8 13 Out Of The Woods - Taylor Swift
34 30 9 30 Hero - Lissie
33* -- 1 33 Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton
32* 33 16 26 Hide Away - Daya
31* 38 6 31 Don’t You Give Up On Me - Lissie
30* 31 24 14 Here - Alessia Cara
29* 34 14 29 Drive - Oh Wonder
28* 29 11 27 Hello - Hedley
27 18 16 2 On My Mind - Ellie Goulding +
———————————————————— | TOP DEBUT | ————————————————————
26* -- 1 26 Home - Blue October
25* 32 7 25 Stressed Out - Twenty One Pilots
24 22 25 1 First - Cold War Kids *
23 11 15 8 Burnitup - Janet Jackson f/Missy Elliott
22* 28 7 22 If You Ever Want To Be In Love - James Bay
21* 23 17 21 The Things I Regret - Brandi Carlile *
20* 24 29 20 Stitches - Shawn Mendes
19* 27 8 19 Infamous - Basia Bulat
18* 20 10 18 Demons - James Morisson
17* 16 15 16 Say It - Houndmouth
16* 14 9 14 Piece By Piece - Kelly Clarkson
———————————————————— | BIGGEST JUMPER | ————————————————————
15* 25 23 12 Machine - Scott Helman
14* 17 12 16 Delilah - Florence & The Machine
13 10 15 4 Lay It All On Me - Rudimental f/Ed Sheeran
12* 15 13 12 Why Would I Now - Decemberists
11* 13 15 11 Hotline Bling - Drake
10* 12 13 10 She Used To Be Mine - Sara Bareilles
#9 4 11 1 Hello - Adele +
#8* 9 12 8 Roses - Chainsmokers f/Rozes
#7 6 12 5 Your Type - Carly Rae Jepsen +
#6* 8 11 6 Sorry - Justin Bieber f/Skrillex
#5* 7 9 5 Adventure Of A Lifetime - Coldplay
#4 3 17 1 Eyes Shut - Years & Years *
#3* 5 12 3 S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
#2* 2 15 2 The Hills - The Weeknd
———————————————————— | 7 WEEKS @ #1 | ————————————————————
#1 1 7 1 When We Were Young - Adele
Dropping Off Chart
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TW LW WK PP Title - Artist
== 100 24 11 Empire - Of Monsters And Men
== 99 16 29 Good For You - Selena Gomez f/A$AP Rocky
== 98 3 98 Hey Everybody! - 5 Seconds Of Summer
== 97 3 97 Same Old Love - Selena Gomez
== 96 3 96 Bring On The Night - Corrs
== 95 21 8 Ashes - Lindi Ortega +
== 94 3 94 Chateau Lobby 4 (In C For Two Virgins) - Father John Misty
== 93 4 93 New Americana - Halsey
== 92 4 92 Get Over Me - Nick Carter f/Avril Lavigne
== 91 18 7 Downtown - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
== 90 18 1 Shine - Years & Years +
== 89 4 89 Perfect - One Direction
== 88 4 88 Stay - Kygo f/Maty Boyes
== 87 4 87 Confident - Demi Lovato
== 86 4 86 With Or Without You - Amy Lee
== 85 20 14 Wildest Dreams - Taylor Swift
== 84 30 2 Clothes Off - Ria Mae
== 83 26 2 Run Away With Me - Carly Rae Jepsen *
== 82 29 15 Powerful - Major Lazer f/Ellie Goulding & Tarrus Riley
== 81 15 11 Til It Happens To You - Lady Gaga
== 80 7 80 Stole The Show - Kygo f/Parson James
== 79 7 79 Better - Banks
== 78 24 7 Come And Get It - John Newman
== 77 22 7 Barcelona - George Ezra +
== 76 28 4 Desire - Years & Years +
== 75 8 75 Hold On Forever - Rob Thomas
== 74 21 29 Let It Go - James Bay
== 73 13 39 Wildest Dreams - Ryan Adams
== 72 4 72 Love Yourself - Justin Bieber
== 71 8 71 Bang My Head - David Guetta f/Sia and Fetty Wap
== 70 6 70 Stand By Me - Tracy Chapman
== 69 27 22 No Sleeep - Janet Jackson f/J. Cole
== 68 5 68 Saint Cecilia - Foo Fighters
== 67 23 28 Listen To The Man - George Ezra
== 66 12 58 Hands Of Love - Miley Cyrus
== 65 8 65 Ditmas - Mumford & Sons
== 64 9 50 Army - Ellie Goulding
== 63 5 63 Last Christmas - Carly Rae Jepsen
== 62 15 8 Superstar Wonderful Weirdos - Alanis Morissette
== 61 8 61 Fell In The Sun - Big Grams
== 60 7 60 WTF (Where They From) - Missy Elliott f/Pharrell
== 59 10 59 Jackie And Wilson - Hozier
== 58 9 58 Focus - Ariana Grande
== 57 15 57 Wild - Troye Sivan
== 56 6 56 Should I Stay Or Should I Go - KT Tunstall
== 55 15 23 Bad Blood - Ryan Adams
== 54 6 16 All I Ask - Adele
== 53 4 53 United State Of Pop 2015 (50 Shades Of Pop) - DJ Earworm
== 52 22 19 Fire And The Flood - Vance Joy
== 51 18 5 My Father’s Daughter - Jewel f/Dolly Parton +
== 50 5 50 Let It Snow - George Ezra
== 49 8 49 Bird Set Free - Sia
== 48 15 48 Nothing But The Radio - Maia Sharp
== 47 30 5 Sedona - Houndmouth *
== 46 14 24 There Isn’t One Way - Patty Griffin
== 45 19 45 Coming Home - Leon Bridges
== 44 24 13 Satisfy Me - Anderson East
== 43 22 25 Lemon Eyes - Meg Myers
== 41 14 41 These Walls - Kendrick Lamar f/Anna Wise, Bilal and Thundercat
== 39 17 15 What Do You Mean? - Justin Bieber
== 37 14 7 Alive - Sia
== 36 15 2 Red Eye - Vance Joy
== 35 12 7 Into Me - Chantal Kreviazuk
== 21 13 12 Lights On - Big Grams
Play Next
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TW LW WK PP Title - Artist
10* -- 1 10 Love Yourself - Justin Bieber
#9* -- 1 9 Bang My Head - David Guetta f/Sia and Fetty Wap
#8* -- 1 8 Ditmas - Mumford & Sons
#7* -- 1 7 Fell In The Sun - Big Grams
#6* -- 1 6 Should I Stay Or Should I Go - KT Tunstall
#5* -- 1 5 Wild - Troye Sivan
#4* -- 1 4 Bird Set Free - Sia
#3* -- 1 3 Coming Home - Leon Bridges
#2* -- 1 2 United State Of Pop 2015 (50 Shades Of Pop) - DJ Earworm
#1* -- 1 1 Nothing But The Radio - Maia Sharp
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Top 10 Albums
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TW LW WK PP Title - Artist
10 11 23 2 Little Neon Limelight - Houndmouth *
#9 16 53 1 Augusta - Scott Helman *
#8* == 69 1 Fanmail - TLC ***
#7 3 43 2 Dream Your Life Away - Vance Joy *
#6 4 80 1 X - Ed Sheeran *****
#5 5 47 1 Wanted On Voyage - George Ezra ****
#4 1 9 1 Delirium - Ellie Goulding **
#3* 8 20 1 Emotion - Carly Rae Jepsen **
#2* 7 7 1 25 - Adele *
#1* 2 23 1 Communion - Years & Years ***
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Commentary
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• The first chart of 2016 is also the first week of the new Top 40 format, down from the Top 100 it was since 1999. The Max chart started out as a Top 30 in the spring of 1998 before expanding to a Top 40 before the end of the year and then a Top 100 nearly a year later. Changing times and changing listening habits on my part have resulted in the new change. The Weeks On column will represent total weeks each song spent on the chart, including those weeks as part of the Top 100 below #40 up until last week. As the chart evolves, the Weeks On column will naturally represent only those weeks within the Top 40 portion, since that’s all there will be to show anyway.
• Five songs enter the new Top 40 and four of those are from outside the Top 100. Blue October, Chris Stapleton and Cam are all new entries while Taylor Swift is a re-entry following the announcement and new video for 1989’s sixth single Out Of The Woods. The song previously made it as high as #13 as an album track upon the album’s initial release in 2014.