By RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com, filed Dec. 16, 2010

I'm on vacation this week so I apologize in advance for no breaking news. But if you're curious about what you heard the most this year on local radio, this is for you. Merry Christmas!

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I was able to get the top songs and artists for most of the Atlanta music stations in town below. I wasn't able to get a market-wide top 10 though nationally, the most played song was the cross-over hit by

Lady Antebellum

"Need You Now," which was spun nearly 600,000 times nationwide through mid December.

Top 10 songs and artists at various Atlanta stations in 2010, through Dec. 14, 2010

Kiss 104.1

1. Switch - They'll Never Be

2. Switch - I Call Your Name

3. Gladys Knight and the Pips - Neither One of Us

4. Earth, Wind & Fire - Reasons

5. Hall & Oates - Sara Smile

6. Glenn Jones - We've Only Just Begun

7. Al Green - Let's Stay Together

8. Peabo Bryson - Feel the Fire

9. Peabo Bryson - I'm So Into You

10. Minnie Riperton - Memory Lane

1. Luther Vandross

2. Stevie Wonder

3. Isley Brothers

4. Earth, Wind & Fire

5. Michael Jackson

6. O'Jays

7. Anita Baker

8. Teddy Pendergrass

9. Marvin Gaye

10. Keith Sweat

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Majic 102.5/107.5

1. Usher - There Goes My Baby

2. Jaheim - Ain't Leavin' Without You

3. Alicia Keys - Unthinkable

4. Jaheim - Finding My Way Back

5. Maxwell - Bad Habits

6. Mary Mary - God In Me

7. Kem - Why Would You Stay

8. Monica - Everything To Me

9. Maxwell - Pretty Wings

10. K'Jon - On the Ocean

1. Mary J. Blige

2. Maxwell

3. Luther Vandross

4. Jaheim

5. Usher

6. Michael Jackson

7. Jodeci

8. Alicia Keys

9. Prince

10. Aaliyah

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Fish 104.7

1. Kutless - What Faith Can Do

2. Casting Crowns - If We've Ever Needed You

3. Chris Tomlin - Our God

4. TobyMac - Get Back Up

5. Josh Wilson - Before the Morning

6. NeedtoBreathe - Something Beautiful

7. Tenth Avenue North - Hold My Heart

8. Fee - Everything Falls

9. MercyMe - All of Creation

10. Casting Crowns - Until the Whole World Hears'

1. Third Day

2. Casting Crowns

3. MercyMe

4. Chris Tomlin

5. Jeremy Camp

6. TobyMac

7. Tenth Avenue North

8. Matthew West

9. Kutless

10. NeedToBreathe

Fish 104.7 posted some of the Valentine's cards on the wall of Seacrest Studios at Children's Healthcare at Egleston. CREDIT: Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com

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Hot 107.9

1. Travis Porter - Go Shorty Go

2. Young Jeezy - Lose My Mind

3. Chris Brown - Deuces

4. Ludacris - How Low

5. T.I. - I'm Back

6. Trey Songz - Say Aah

7. Timbaland - Say Something

8. Waka Flocka Flame - No Hands

9. Trey Songz - Neighbors Know My Name

10. Gucci Mane - Beat It Up

1. Trey Songz

2. Drake

3. Usher

4. T.I.

5. Gucci Mane

6. Ludacris

7. Waka Flocka Flame

8. Young Money

9. Roscoe Dash

10. Travis Porter

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Kicks 101.5

1. Clay Walker - She Won't Be Lonely Long

2. Joe Nichols - Gimmie That Girl

3. Lady Antebellum - American Honey

4. Luke Bryan - Rain is a Good Thing

5. Miranda Lambert - The House That Built Me

6. Billy Currington - That's How Country Boys Roll

7. Jason Aldrean - Crazy Town

8. Chris Young - The Man I Want To Be

9. Steel Magnonlia - Keep on Lovin' You

10. Tim McGraw - Southern Voice

1. Kenny Chesney

2. Keith Urban

3. Tim McGraw

4. Brad Paisley

5. Jason Aldrean

6. Lady Antebellum

7. Toby Keith

8. Zac Brown Band

9. Dierks Bentley

10. Billy Currington

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94.9/The Bull

1. Joe Nichols - Gimmie That Girl

2. Billy Currington - That's How Country Boys Roll

3. Josh Turner - Why Don't We Just Dance

4. Luke Bryan - Rain is a Good Thing

5. Jason Aldean - The Truth

6. Lee Brice - Love Like Crazy

7. Zac Brown Band - Highway 20 Ride

8. Lady Antebellum - American Honey

9. Miranda Lambert - The House That Built Me

10. Brad Paisley - Water

1. Kenny Chesney

2. Brad Paisley

3. Toby Keith

4. Tim McGraw

5. Keith Urban

6. Rascal Flatts

7. Jason Aldean

8. Carrie Underwood

9. Sugarland

10. Billy Currington

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Project 9-6-1

1. Breaking Benjamin - I Will Not Bow

2. Slipknot - Snuff

3. Sick Puppies - You're Going Down

4. Three Days Grace - Break

5. Shinedown - Sound of Madness

6. Three Days Grace - The Good Life

7. Disturbed - Indestructible

8. Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare

9. Alice in Chains - Check My Brain

10. Mudvayne - Do What You Do

1. Three Days Grace

2. Alice in Chains

3. Stone Temple Pilots

4. Disturbed

5. Linkin Park

6. Nirvana

7. Godsmack

8. Shinedown

9. Metallica

10. Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Rock 100.5

1. Steve Miller - The Joker

2. James Gang - Walk Away

3.Who - Baba O'Riley

4. Red Rider - Lunatic Fringe

5. Allman Brothers Band - Midnight Rider

6. David Bowie - Changes

7. Blue Oyster Cult - Burnin' For You

8. James Gang - Funk #49

9. Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way

10. Aerosmith - Dream On

1. Rolling Stones

2. Led Zeppelin

3. Aerosmith

4. Pink Floyd

5. Van Halen

6. ZZ Top

7. Who

8. U2

9. Tom Petty

10. Queen

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Praise 102.5

1. Hezekiah Walker - God Favored Me

2. Marvin Sapp - The Best in Me

3. Maurette Brown-Clark

4. Ernest Pugh - Rain on Us

5. Fred Hammond - They That Wait

6. Forever Jones - He Wants It All

7. Brian Courtney Wilson - All I Need

8. Lisa Page Brooks - I Want To Say Thank You

9. BeBe & CeCe Winans - Close To You

10. Marvin Sapp - Praise Him in Advance

1. Marvin Sapp

2. Hezekiah Walker

3. Brian Courtney Wilson

4. Fred Hammond

5. Maurette Brown-Clark

6. James Fortune & Fiya

7. Ernest Pugh

8. Mary Mary

9. Kirk Franklin

10. BeBe & CeCe Winans

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B98.5

1. Miley Cyrus - The Climb

2. Taylor Swift- You Belong With Me

3. Daughtry - What About Now

4. David Cook - Time of My Life

5. Jason Mraz - I'm Yours

6. Daughtry - Feels Like Tonight

7. Daughtry - Home

8. Colbie Caillat - Bubbly

9. Fray - You Found Me

10. Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry

1. Daughtry

2. Madonna

3. Kelly Clarkson

4. Billly Joel

5. Michael Jackson

6. Prince

7. Taylor Swift

8. Miley Cyrus

9. The Fray

10. Journey

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97.1/The River

1. Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper

2. Electric Light Orchestra - Don't Bring Me Down

3. Heart - Magic Man

4. Kinks - Lola

5. Aerosmith - Dream On

6. Styx - Renegade

7. Eric Clapton - Cocaine

8. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama

9. Manfred Mann - Blinded by the Light

10. Steve Miller - The Joker

1. Rolling Stones

2. Eagles

3. Queen

4. Elton John

5. Led Zeppelin

6. Fleetwood Mac

7. Steve Miller

8. Boston

9. Supertramp

10. Foreigner

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Star 94

1. Train - Hey, Soul Sister

2. Daughtry - Life After You

3. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now

4. Michael Franti & Spearhead - Say Hey (I Love You)

5. Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling

6. The Script - Breakeven

7. Orianthi - According to You

8. Lifehouse - Halfway Gone

9. Kings of Leon - Use Somebody

10. Katy Perry - California Gurls

1. Lady Gaga

2. Katy Perry

3. Daughtry

4. Train

5. Pink

6. Nickelback

7. Taylor Swift

8. Kris Allen

9. Lady Antebellum

10. Ke$ha

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V-103

1. Alicia Keys - Unthinkable

2. Usher - There Goes My Baby

3. Monica - Love All Over Me

4. Monica - Everything To Me

5. Robin Thicke - Sex Therapy

6. Trey Songz - Neighbors Know My Name

7. Trey Songz - Say Aah

8. Dondria - You're the One

9. T.I. - I'm Back

10. Chris Brown - Deuces

1. Trey Songz

2. Usher

3. Drake

4. Monica

5. T.I.

6. Rick Ross

7. Maxwell

8. Jay-Z

9. Ludacris

10. Alicia Keys

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Groove/Wild 105.7

1. B.o.B. Airplanes

2. Eminem - Love the Way You Lie

3. Ke$ha - Tik Tok

4. Taio Cruz - Dynamite

5. Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart

6. Bruno Mars - Just the Way You Are

8. Usher - DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love

8. Usher - OMG

9. Nelly - Just a Dream

10. David Guetta - Sexy Chick

1. Lady Gaga

2. Rihanna

3. B.o.B

4. Black Eyed Peas

5. Beyonce

6. Taio Cruz

7. Ke$ha

8. Katy Perry

9. Usher

10. Nelly

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Q100

1. The Script - Breakeven

2. Train - Hey, Soul Sister

3. Taio Cruz - Dynamite

4. Enrique Iglesias - I Like It

5. Ke$ha - Tik Tok

6. Jason DeRulo - In My Head

7. Orianthi - According to You

8. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream

9. B.o.B. - Nothin' on You

10. Katy Perry - California Gurls

1. Lady Gaga

2. Ke$ha

3. Katy Perry

4. Jason DeRulo

5. Taio Cruz

6. Rihanna

7. B.o.B.

8. Pink

9. Maroon 5

10. Daughtry

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True Oldies/Atlanta's Greatest Hits 106.7

1. Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl

2. Strawberry Alarm Clark - Incense and Peppermints

3. Spencer David Group - Gimme Some Lovin'

4. Buckinghams - Kind of a Drag

5. Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild

6. Zombies - Time of the Season

7. Foundations - Baby, Now That I've Found You

8. T Boyce & Hart - I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite

9. Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy

10. Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye

1. Beatles

2. Beach Boys

3. Rolling Stones

4. Creedence Clearwater Revival

5. Elvis Presley

6. Supremes

7. Chicago

8. Four Tops

9. Four Seasons

10. Three Dog Night

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Dave FM

1. Pearl Jam - Just Breathe

2. Snow Patrol - Just Say Yes

3. Phoenix - 1901

4. Broken Bells - High Road

5. Jack Johnson - You and Your Heart

6. Coldplay - Viva La Vida

7. John Mayer - Half of My Heart

8. One Eskimo - Kandi

9. Kings of Leon - Use Somebody

10. Norah Jones - Chasing Pirates

1. U2

2. R.E.M.

3. Dave Matthews Band

4. John Mayer

5. Police

6. Coldplay

7. Pearl Jam

8. Jack Johnson

9. Train

10. Snow Patrol

SOURCE: Mediabase 24/7

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