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Thursday, December 20, 2007
12/21: Most played songs of 2007
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Was there a radio song that dominated our consciousness in 2007? If anything, women dominated. Among the biggest hits played across all radio formats, six were sung by solo females. No. 1? Nelly Furtado’s “Say It Right.” But songs that really defined 2007 in my mind include Rihanna’s “Umbrella,” Fergie’s “Big Girls Don’t Cry” and Carrie Underwood’s crossover smash “Before He Cheats.” All were played more than 350,000 times by stations tracked by Mediabase 24/7 this year.
Among the guys, it was hard to escape Soulja Boy’s “Crank That” or anything by Daughtry. And it’s hard to miss the Plain White T’s “Hey There Delilah” or Sean Kingston’s “Beautiful Girls.”
Here are the most played songs on Atlanta radio stations in 2007 (through Dec. 15)
92.9/Dave FM, Red Hot Chili Peppers “Snow (Hey Oh)”
Star 94 Justin Timberlake “What Goes Around Comes Around”
94.9/The Bull Montgomery Gentry “Lucky Man”
95.5/The Beat, DJ Unk “Walk It Out”
Project 9-6-1 Korn “Coming Undone”
97.1/The River Aerosmith “Sweet Emotion”
Praise 97.5 Anointed Pace Sisters “High Praise”
B98.5 James Blunt “You’re Beautiful”
99X’s Muse “Starlight”
Q100 Gwen Stefani “The Sweet Escape”
Kicks 101.5 Tracy Lawrence “Find Out Who Your Friends Are”
Grown Folks 102.5 Robin Thicke “Lost Without U”
V-103 Justin Timberlake with Beyoncé “Until the End of Time”
Kiss 104.1, Mother’s Finest “Love Changes”
104.7/The Fish Brandon Heath’“I’m Not Who I Was”
Eagle 106.7 Sugarland “Settlin’ ”
Smooth Jazz 107.5 Walter Beasley “Ready For Love”
Hot 107.9 Playaz Circle “Duffle Bag Boy”
SOURCE: Mediabase 24/7
12/20: “The Dead Zone,” “The 4400” kaput
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Two USA sci-fi series have been nixed: “The Dead Zone” with Anthony Michael Hall and “The 4400,” which seemed like a low-budget version of “Heroes.”
Both shows opened with big numbers, “The Dead Zone” in 2002 and “The 4400” in 2004. In fact, “The 4400” was originally a miniseries that opened with such big numbers, USA turned it into a series. But “The 4400,” which lost its creative spark in its third season, saw its ratings fall off far faster than “The Dead Zone.” In fact, with average viewership hovering around 2 million, it actually started pulling in worse numbers most weeks than “The Dead Zone” in its final season despite being two years younger.
More details here.
