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25 Plus
This essay, Another Hot AC Sea Change -- Two Debuts, Both Rap, was written by Sean Ross for Radio-Info.com's 25 Plus column.
Another Hot AC Sea Change -- Two Debuts, Both Rap
If any further proof were needed that Hot AC is no longer the format built on "no rap," it would be provided on this week's Radio-Info/Mediaguide Hot AC chart, where there are two new entries, and both of them are Hip-Hop records. Flo Rida's "Club Can't Handle Me" enters the chart at No. 39, while Far East Movement's "Like A G6" comes in at No. 40.
Hip-Hop has been a staple of Radio-Info's new "25+ Hits" chart since its August debut, while other Hip-Hop titles, most notably Eminem & Rihanna's "Love The Way You Lie" have charted at Hot AC. But a week with two Hip-Hop debuts and no traditional pop/rock titles entering the chart still bears remarking on.
In other chart news from "25+," Radio-Info's newsletter targeting AC, Hot AC, and Top 40 stations that play the hits for adults, Train's "Hey Soul Sister" finally relinquishes the No. 1 spot on the Mainstream AC chart after 14 weeks at No. 1. It is replaced by The Script's "Breakeven," which reaches No. 1 just as the first song from its follow-up project, "For The First Time," makes its move at Hot AC and on the "25+ Hits" chart.
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About the Writer
Sean Ross, one of the radio and music industry’s most widely respected writers and programming analysts, is the author of the newsletter Ross On Radio, an extension of his long-running column of the same name.
