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Idols on the Charts - Jordin Sparks Makes Top 40!

by Jeanne on October 9th, 2007

I read these stats and updates on the USA Today site:

Where does the time go? I’m due for another survey of Idol airplay around the radio formats. So let’s see what’s happening, according to the Nielsen BDS/Arbitron stats published in Radio & Records.

In mainstream top 40, Elliott’s Wait for You holds on at No. 7, though its airplay is declining pretty rapidly. Daughtry’s Over You hits the top 10, moving from No. 11 to No. 10. That makes him, or the band that bears his name, actually, according to R&R, the first group since Maroon 5 to hit the top 40 format’s top 10 with its first three releases.

And Jordin makes the chart at No. 38 with Tattoo, giving this year’s crop of Idols its first radio success story. Tattoo is also the third-most-added record at the format.

Elliott’s Wait scores a lucky bounce on the rhythmic top 40 chart, climbing 33-30 despite a decline in airplay.

More after the jump!

Fantasia is still rolling on the urban adult contemporary chart, as When I See U drops 3-4 in its endless super-slow decline, while Only One U (which is actually her second “U” in a row) climbs 21-20. (No sign of it on the larger Urban chart, though.)

More formats explored in what follows, including a potential breakout move for Kellie in country and an Idol adult-contemporary takeover.

Christian AC, which moves almost as slowly as its secular counterpart, still shows Daughtry’s Home going 16-16 (no bullet) and Mandisa’s Only the World dropping 17-19. Home is also still on the Christian top 40 chart, dropping 22-23.

Carrie’s So Small is inching its way up in country, passing Garth Brooks this week to move 10-9. Bucky’s It’s Good to Be Us is slowly ascending the bottom reaches of the chart, moving 42-41 after four weeks. Kellie earns an explosive jump, 59-45, for her third single, Things That Never Cross a Man’s Mind, which is also third-most-added. Good signs!

After eight weeks, Daughtry’s Home is finally dethroned in AC, falling 1-2. Quite an achievement. Carrie’s Before He Cheats hangs in 7-7, though declining in airplay, and Elliott’s Wait completes an Idol hat trick in the format by jumping 13-10 (he’s third-most-added and fourth in most-increased-plays, too). Kimberley makes it four Idols in the top 15 by jumping 17-15 with Band of Gold. Daughtry’s Over You shows up as the ninth-ranking New and Active record, beneath the official top 30.

In Hot AC, Over You jumps 10-7, thanks to 10th-most-added and fifth-most-increased-plays credentials, while Wait for You drops 14-16.

Daughtry’s Crashed, which debuted at No. 33 on the active rock chart last week, moves up to 32 this week. It debuts at 24 on the smaller rock chart, where What I Want drops 9-12.

And there you have it.

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