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Now that Thanksgiving's done, radio stations across the nation are switching to their holiday formats. As a result, Christmas tracks on the American Idol airplay chart take huge jumps, and acts rarely seen throughout the rest of the year -- Clay Aiken and Kimberley Locke, for instance -- suddenly have prominent spots. Clay's O Holy Night, for instance, more than doubles its spins, rocketing from No. 26 to No. 11 on the Mediabase-powered chart.
Additionally, five Christmas tracks show up on the chart for the first time this season, knocking Danny Gokey, Bo Bice and George Huff out of the top 100.
The top 10 remains the same, though there's some shuffling of the order: Fantasia's I'm Doin' Me goes up a couple spots, Kelly Clarkson's Already Gone drops two.
If you really want to see the impact holiday music has on airplay, look at the cumulative plays for the acts. One month ago, Kimberley and Clay barely were registering any airplay at all; now, they're both among the 10 most-played acts fromAmerican Idol.
David Archuleta nearly doubled his spins from last week to this, and it wasn't Elevator or Something 'Bout Love making the difference, it was Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, currently at No. 17. David Cook, who had more than 2,000 weekly spins just a month ago, has only 1,548 this week.
Carrie Underwood, however, has a healthy catalog of Christmas tunes to go with her hits; between those and Mama's Song, she overtakes Daughtry as this week's most-played Idolact.
In non-holiday action, Lee Dewyze's Sweet Serendipity breaks the top 30 on the Hot AC chart. Crystal Bowersox's Farmer's Daughter fails to make the top 100, but it does get 21 spins, most of them coming from 102.1 FM KPRI in San Diego, Calif. Crystal's scheduled to open for Shawn Mullins and the Doobie Brothers at KPRI's Holiday Soiree Sunday.
Now that Thanksgiving's done, radio stations across the nation are switching to their holiday formats. As a result, Christmas tracks on the American Idol airplay chart take huge jumps, and acts rarely seen throughout the rest of the year -- Clay Aiken and Kimberley Locke, for instance -- suddenly have prominent spots. Clay's O Holy Night, for instance, more than doubles its spins, rocketing from No. 26 to No. 11 on the Mediabase-powered chart.
Additionally, five Christmas tracks show up on the chart for the first time this season, knocking Danny Gokey, Bo Bice and George Huff out of the top 100.
The top 10 remains the same, though there's some shuffling of the order: Fantasia's I'm Doin' Me goes up a couple spots, Kelly Clarkson's Already Gone drops two.
If you really want to see the impact holiday music has on airplay, look at the cumulative plays for the acts. One month ago, Kimberley and Clay barely were registering any airplay at all; now, they're both among the 10 most-played acts fromAmerican Idol.
David Archuleta nearly doubled his spins from last week to this, and it wasn't Elevator or Something 'Bout Love making the difference, it was Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, currently at No. 17. David Cook, who had more than 2,000 weekly spins just a month ago, has only 1,548 this week.
Carrie Underwood, however, has a healthy catalog of Christmas tunes to go with her hits; between those and Mama's Song, she overtakes Daughtry as this week's most-played Idolact.
In non-holiday action, Lee Dewyze's Sweet Serendipity breaks the top 30 on the Hot AC chart. Crystal Bowersox's Farmer's Daughter fails to make the top 100, but it does get 21 spins, most of them coming from 102.1 FM KPRI in San Diego, Calif. Crystal's scheduled to open for Shawn Mullins and the Doobie Brothers at KPRI's Holiday Soiree Sunday.
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