Free in Hot AC Top 40! (now Top 30)

[Mr. Bill]

So as of this morning, Free is in the Hot AC Top 40! It jumped up this week from 42 to 39, with 312 plays this week!

http://www.allaccess.com/mediabase

Congratulations to Haley!

[buzzenator]

So as of this morning, Free is in the Hot AC Top 40! It jumped up this week from 42 to 39, with 312 plays this week!

http://www.allaccess.com/mediabase

Congratulations to Haley!

What is the path to find the full list of 40? Do you have to be a member as it states?

Thanks Mr. Bill for the post...give my best to Gumby!

[midnightblues]

OK so how does the Hot AC differ from I tunes?

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OK so how does the Hot AC differ from I tunes?

LOL never mind lame question I Ya got radio and the other digital

[Mr. Bill]

As for membership to Mediabase, it's free. I signed up today...

It looks like she is up to 312 spins last week, a decent jump from the week before. And now that she's in the Top 40, it's very likely that other stations that were hesitant to add Free before will do so now!

[Miguel]

To date "Free" has been played mostly overnight.

Hopefully she'll now get more spins later in the day that will expose her to a larger audience.

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Idol Chatter:

The bottom quarter of the Hot AC top 40 is chock full of Idols this week. In addition to Good Girl, Daughtry's Outta My Head is No. 33, and Adam Lambert's Never Close Our Eyes is No. 38. Haley Reinhart's Free breaks into the Hot AC top 40 this week (and Kris Allen's The Vision of Love is right behind it at No. 41).

"43 46 Haley Reinhart, Free (312) (#40 Hot AC)"

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/...56xTsXYDFI

[John Brown]

Wow...I'm pretty impressed, that was pretty rapid for a debut single. Congrats!

[john]

IdolsNow ‏ @idolsnow Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
BREAKING NEWS: HALEY REINHART's first singe, "Free," makes an important chart debut, entering the Adult Top 40 chart at #40. @HaleyReinhart
Retweeted by Haley Reinhart

[Mr. Bill]

Checking out the updated "7 day rolling chart" on the above link, it does look like her making the Top 40 has helped her gain some momentum. She has gotten 354 spins in the last 7 days, well up from the 251 in the 7 days before. At this rate she should be over 400 spins by the next official chart, which is good, steady improvement!

[Miguel]

USA Today:

May 07, 2012
'Idol' airplay: Clarkson, Underwood, etc.

Haley Reinhart and Kris Allen both have their latest singles in the Hot AC top 40.

37 43 Haley Reinhart, Free (400) (#38 Hot AC)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/...6f9UsXYDFI

polev posted this on IF:

If you are interested, here is the breakdown of spins by monitored HAC stations. The first number indicates N of spins during last week (April 29-May 5). The last number shows the change in spins compared to previous week (Apr 22-Apr 28). Palm Springs had a big drop (-8), but overall, the week was very successful.

Total: 374 (+84)
41 - Saginaw, MI - WGER; +34
28 - Atlantic City, NJ - WSJO; +6
22 - Portland, OR - KBFF; +9
19 - Minneapolis - KSTP; +2
18 - St. Louis - KYKY; -2
16 - Tampa - WSJT; +3
16 - Bakersfield - KLLY; +8
14 - Louisville - WXMA; -1
13 - West Palm - WRMF; +1
12 - Las Vegas - KMXB; 0
11 - Chicago - WTMX; +11
10 - Spokane - KCDA; +6
10 - Portland, ME - WMGX; +10
10 - Colorado Springs - KVUU; +1
9 - Indianapolis - WZPL; -3
9 - Monterey-Salinas - KCDU; -2
8 - Orlando - WOMX; +4
8 - Lexington, KY - WCDA; +4
8 - Fresno - KWYE; +2
8 - Ft. Wayne, IN - WMEE; +1
8 - El Paso - KSII; 0
8 - Corpus Christi, TX - KLTG; +2
7 - Denver - KIMN; +1 (need to check; it could be 8)
7 - Ft. Myers - WINK; 0
7 - Boise, ID - KCIX; -1
7 - Tyler, TX - KTYL; 0
7 - Palm Springs, CA - KPSI; -8
7 - Pittsburgh - WLTJ; -1
6 - Grand Rapids - WLHT; -2
3 - Norfolk - WPTE; -1
3 - Dallas - KDMX; +1
2 - Dayton - WMMX; +2; not added
<7 - Salt Lake City - KJMY; not added
<7 - Tucson - KMIY; not added
<6 - Albuquerque - KPEK; not added
N=35

When I saw how many times WGER in Saginaw, MI had played "Free," I went and checked them out. "Free" had just played at 9 AM. That sounds like a good spot to me.

I tweeted them: "@MIX1063 Thanks for being at the forefront of playing "Free" by @HaleyReinhart"

[john]

When I saw how many times WGER in Saginaw, MI had played "Free," I went and checked them out. "Free" had just played at 9 AM. That sounds like a good spot to me.

I tweeted them: "@MIX1063 Thanks for being at the forefront of playing "Free" by @HaleyReinhart"

Maybe their station manager is a Halien or something. Nearby Bay City is the hometown of Madonna.