Five milestones this week – three from the same person.
Kelly Clarkson heralds the start of the Christmas radio season by debuting three songs on the AC chart. Her original “Underneath the Tree” opens in the top 40 while her covers of “Blue Christmas” and “Please Come Home For Christmas” start in the top 50. Hopefully, this bodes well for her having the Christmas album of the season dispatching the Duck Dudes to novelty bit bucket. Also appearing with Christmas songs this week are Whitney Wolanin, Mary J. Blige and Johnny Mathis. Kelly’s UtT is the top debuter.
Over on Pop, One Direction is aiming to be the stuffing stocker of the season. Their “Story of My Life” fuses pop with the popular folk sound and jets into the top 30. Their album is set to debut in the frenetic Christmas buying season on November 26th.
Finally, we have Mandisa continuing to rule over the CAC chart for her 8th week.
Cassadee Pope: *Album release this week*
“Wasting All These Tears”: ^16 Country (18)
Danielle Bradbery:
“The Heart of Dixie”: ^26 Country (26)
Daughtry:
“Waiting for Superman”: ^16 HAC (17); ^36 AC (48)
Fantasia:
Joe f. Fantasia “Love & Sex”: ^14 UAC (15)
“Without Me” f. Kelly Rowland: ^4 UAC (4)
Jennifer Hudson:
“I Can’t Describe”: ^21 UAC (19)
Kellie Pickler:
“Little Bit Gypsy”: ^50 Country (50)
Kelly Clarkson:
“Blue Christmas”: ^46 AC (76)
“Please Come Home For Christmas”: ^49 AC (142)
“Underneath the Tree”: ^38 AC (107)
Mandisa:
“Overcomer”: 1 CAC (1)
One Direction:
“Story of My Life”: ^29 Pop (40)
Phillip Phillips:
“Gone, Gone, Gone”: 2 AC (2)
“Where We came From”: 20 AAA (18)
Scotty McCreery:
“See You Tonight”: ^31 Country (32)
Note: Numbers indicate position on the chart while numbers in brackets indicate the position on the chart the previous week. The “^” (aka “a bullet”) indicates that a song gained spins since last week
Adds listed on AllAccess:
Alt: Nov 19: Hedley: “Anything”
This is the daily numbers thread for Monday. Stats collected on Monday morning.
