ARC Weekly Top 40

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The ARC Weekly Top 40 is an American mainstream music chart. The chart was founded in 1980 and measures popular songs based on radio airplay and singles sales. The chart lists the most popular songs in ranking from number one to number forty.

Although not an official United States chart, the ARC Weekly Top 40 has no relation to the main U.S. chart, the Billboard Hot 100 and its component charts, the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay and Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales. Since the chart is based on mainstream music, the songs that often reach number one on the ARC Weekly Top 40 do not necessarily reach the top on the Hot 100; the case is the same vice versa, though less common. The weekly updated charts are assigned Saturday dates, and are posted publicly on the preceding Wednesday evening.

The first song to reach number one on the ARC Weekly Top 40 was "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes.

As of April 7, 2007, The current number-one song on the chart is "The Sweet Escape" by Gwen Stefani ft. Akon.

This week's Top 40

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[edit] Notable ARC Weekly Top 40 records

[edit] Longest run at number one

The original longest chart run at number-one was "Call Me" by Blondie, which held the top position for seven weeks in 1980. This record was subsequently broken in 1981 by "Endless Love", a duet between Diana Ross and Lionel Richie, which remained at the number-one position for ten weeks. The song held the most weeks at number one throughout the rest of the 1980s, and was ranked the ARC Weekly Top 40's "Top Pop Single of the 1980s".

In 1992, Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" broke the record set by "Endless Love" when it remained at the number-one position for eleven weeks. Its record was later matched with the 1995 duet "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men. (On the Billboard Hot 100, "One Sweet Day" was a number-one single for sixteen weeks, surpassing "I Will Always Love You", which remained at number one for fourteen weeks.) "One Sweet Day" was crowned the Top 40's "Top Pop Single of the 1990s".

The current biggest single in the history of the ARC Weekly Top 40 is Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together", which held the top position for ten non-consecutive weeks; its run at number one was briefly interrupted by The Pussycat Dolls's "Don't Cha". Just weeks before "We Belong Together's run" ended, Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone" was the biggest single in the history of the ARC Weekly Top 40. However, Clarkson's song still holds the record for longest charting single, remaining on the chart for thirty-three weeks, longer than Carey's thirty-one.

[edit] Most number-ones

[edit] Most time spent at the number-one spot by an artist in a year

The Diana Ross and Lionel Richie duet "Endless Love" stayed at number one for a solid 10 weeks keeping both of them tied for artist with most time in pole position in a year. This was broken three years later with Michael Jackson's 1983 efforts that gave him thirteen weeks. It wasn't until 2000 when N'Sync achieved fifteen weeks at number one that Jackson's record was broken. In 2005, Mariah Carey equaled N'Sync's feat with fifteen weeks.

1. N'Sync 2000 - 15 weeks with "Bye Bye Bye" and "It's Gonna Be Me"

1. Mariah Carey 2005 - 15 weeks with "We Belong Together", "Shake It Off", and "Don't Forget About Us"

3. Michael Jackson 1983 - 13 weeks with "Billie Jean", "Beat It", and "Say Say Say" with Paul McCartney

3. Janet Jackson 1993 - 13 weeks with "That's the Way Love Goes", "If", and "Again"

3. Kelly Clarkson 2005 - 13 weeks with "Since U Been Gone" and "Because of You"

6. Whitney Houston 1993 - 12 weeks with "I Will Always Love You", "I'm Every Woman", and "I Have Nothing"

6. Beyoncé 2003 - 12 weeks with "Crazy in Love" featuring Jay-Z and "Baby Boy" featuring Sean Paul

8. Celine Dion 1996 - 11 weeks with "Because You Love Me" and "It's All Coming Back to Me Now"

9. Diana Ross 1980 - 10 weeks with "Endless Love" with Lionel Richie

9. Lionel Richie 1980 - 10 weeks with "Endless Love" with Diana Ross

9. Christina Aguilera 2001 - 10 weeks with "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" with Ricky Martin and "Lady Marmalade" with Lil' Kim, Mya, and Pink

9. Pink 2002 - 10 weeks with "Get the Party Started" and "Don't Let Me Get Me"

9. Nelly 2002 - 10 weeks with "Hot in Herre" and "Dilemma" featuring Kelly Rowland

9. Mariah Carey 1995 - 10 weeks with Fantasy and One Sweet Day with Boyz II Men

[edit] Artists with more than one single of the year

In the twenty-five year history of the chart, only three artists have had the distinction of earning more than one single of the year. Boyz II Men first accomplished this in 1994 followed by Madonna in 1995. In 1996, Boyz II Men racked up three singles of the year with their duet with Mariah Carey who joined them in 2005 with a second single of the year.

Boyz II Men:

Madonna:

Mariah Carey:

[edit] Artists to replace themselves at the number-one spot

As rare as it is for an artist to earn two singles of the year, only two artists have had the distinction of replacing themselves at the number-one spot. Mariah Carey first accomplished this in 1995 followed by OutKast in 2004.

Michael Jackson nearly replaced himself in 1983 with "Billie Jean" and "Beat It" but "Come on Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners kept him from this when it reached the number-one spot for one week on April 23.

Two soundtracks have had the distinction of having two tracks by different artists replace themselves at number one.

[edit] Three number-ones in the top three

The week of January 28, 2006, Beyoncé's "Check on It" moved to the number-one spot which pushed the Pussycat Dolls' "Stickwitu" to number two while Mariah Carey's "Don't Forget About Us" which had been a number-one single three weeks previous stayed at the number three spot.

[edit] Songs by two different artists to go to number one

"Endless Love" by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie the week of August 15, 1981 (10 weeks) and Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey the week of October 22, 1994 (1 week)

"Listen to Your Heart" by Roxette the week of November 4, 1989 (1 week) and D.H.T. the week of September 10, 2005 (1 week)

[edit] Most times named "Artist of the Year"

  • Daryl Hall & John Oates and Janet Jackson have the distinction of being named "Artist of the Year" more than once. She accomplished two times in 1994 and 1998, and Daryl Hall & John Oates in 1981 and 1982.

[edit] Highest Debut

Madonna's song, Erotica made the highest debut on the Top 40, debuting at #8. Janet Jackson's That's The Way Love Goes is the second highest debut, at #9. Both songs also tie for the fastest rise to #1, as both songs took 3 weeks to reach #1.

[edit] Top artists of the past twenty-five years

In December 2004, to celebrate its first twenty-five years of existence, the ARC Weekly Top 40 calculated the results for its "Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years" (January 1980- December 2004). The calculations were based upon weeks at number one, number-one hits, top five hits, top ten hits, and top forty hits. The top ten artists came out as follows (listed below are only weeks at number one and the artist's number-one hit total):

Rank Name Total weeks at number one Number of number-one hits
1 Madonna 64 24
2 Janet Jackson 41 18
3 Mariah Carey 57 17
4 Whitney Houston 31 14
5 Prince 20 11
6 Michael Jackson 34 14
7 Elton John 6 3
8 Daryl Hall and John Oates 14 6
9 Billy Joel 6 4
10 Celine Dion 21 6

[edit] Top ten pop songs of the 1980s

  1. 1981: Diana Ross & Lionel Richie — "Endless Love"
  2. 1981: Kim Carnes — "Bette Davis Eyes"
  3. 1981: Olivia Newton-John — "Physical"
  4. 1983: The Police — "Every Breath You Take"
  5. 1983: Irene Cara — "What a Feeling"
  6. 1980: Blondie — "Call Me"
  7. 1981: Foreigner — "Waiting for a Girl like You"
  8. 1982: The J. Geils Band — "Centerfold"
  9. 1982: Survivor — "Eye of the Tiger"
  10. 1983: Michael Jackson — "Billie Jean"

[edit] Top ten pop songs of the 1990s

  1. 1996: Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men — "One Sweet Day"
  2. 1993: Whitney Houston — "I Will Always Love You"
  3. 1992: Boyz II Men — "End of the Road"
  4. 1995: Madonna — "Take a Bow"
  5. 1995: Boyz II Men — "Water Runs Dry"
  6. 1996: Donna Lewis — "I Love You Always Forever"
  7. 1996: Los Del Rio — "Macarena"
  8. 1998: Céline Dion — "My Heart Will Go On"
  9. 1998: Aerosmith — "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
  10. 1995: Seal — "Kiss from a Rose"

[edit] Biggest single of the year

[edit] 1980s

[edit] 1990s

[edit] 2000s

[edit] Top pop artist of the year

[edit] 1980s

[edit] 1990s

  • 1990: n/a
  • 1991: Mariah Carey
  • 1992: Boyz II Men
  • 1993: Whitney Houston
  • 1994: Janet Jackson
  • 1995: TLC
  • 1996: Alanis Morissette
  • 1997: Spice Girls
  • 1998: Janet Jackson
  • 1999: Ricky Martin

[edit] 2000s

[edit] See also

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