MADONNA U.S. Airplay Reports (Per Mediabase)

[HolidayGuy]

Sorry it was in the wrong thread, Danny.

This likely isn't a complete list, but I'm sure the biggies (100+ spins/week) are all in tact. I went through Prince's entries in the top Pop Singles book. He may have had some tracks that were R&B hits.

Prince Recurrent Airplay

4/17/09-4/23/09

(Rhythmic AC play not included)

1. When Doves Cry: 657 (+13)- 4.856m

2. Kiss: 615 (+49)- 5.093m

3. 1999: 520 (-81)- 3.987m

4. Little Red Corvette: 441 (+12)- 2.973m

5. Raspberry Beret: 377 (+57)- 2.391m

6. I Wanna Be Your Lover: 188 (+16)- 1.486m

7. I Would Die 4 U: 161 (+12)- 1.097m

8. Let's Go Crazy: 139 (+2)- .58m

9. Diamonds and Pearls: 108 (+51)- .926m (up from 41 to 85 at Urban AC)

10. Purple Rain: 101 (-9)- .738m

11. Controversy: 74 (+61)- .77m (up from 12 to 65 at UAC)

12. Soft and Wet: 62 (+51)- .612m (up from 9 top 59 at UAC)

13. U Got the Look: 31 (-40)- .093m

14. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World: 24 (+2)- .283m

15. Sign O The Times; 24 (+6)- .083m

16. Insatiable: 19 (+8)- .088m

17. Cream: 11 (-25)- .015m

18. Pop Life: 11 (-4)- .088M

19. Take Me With U: 7 (+2)- .152m

20. Delerious: 6 (-)- .011m

21. 7: 6 (-4)- .019m

22. If I Was Your Girlfriend: 6 (-8)- .011m

23. Gett Off: 3 (-)- .061m

24. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man: 3 (+3)- .004m

25. Alphabet Street: 2 (-)- .019m

26. Pink Cashmere: 2 (+1)- .008m

27. Musicology: 2 (-2)- .015m

Played 1x: Anotherloverhole..., Black Sweat

[Guest Danny86]

^Thanx a lot HG!

Any reason why past hits like "Alphabet St", "Cream" or "7" barely get love from recurrent? I'd think "Cream" has that classic feel even. Surprised about "Purple Rain" not being among the top 5.

It's a bit like Madonna's, they chose a couple of tracks that remain huge but the rest is meant to be forgotten.

[iasonas]

Yesterday, Delilah played The Power Of Goodbye!

[HolidayGuy]

Well, the five most-played Prince tracks are his undisputed classics. Both Prince and Madge have five tracks that get spun 400+ times (or nearly that) a week on average.

"Cream" and "7" don't get much recurrent love- it's like M's post-TIC-era hits, in a way. None of them, outside TAB, Music and DTM, get a high volume of play. Though, in contrast, none of Prince's 1990-on output gets much in the way of recurrent play. His biggest hit in the last 15 years was "The Most Beautiful Girl...," and that gets recurrent play near the level of "I'll Remember," it looks.

Madge has enjoyed more success in terms of hits, so it makes sense she'd have more tracks receiving higher levels of recurrent play.

Jason- the Delilah effect on TPOG is immediately seen- it has 126 spins in the last week, comapred to a single spin for the prior period. TPOG went from 0 to 120 spins at AC.

[iasonas]

Well, the five most-played Prince tracks are his undisputed classics. Both Prince and Madge have five tracks that get spun 400+ times (or nearly that) a week on average.

"Cream" and "7" don't get much recurrent love- it's like M's post-TIC-era hits, in a way. None of them, outside TAB, Music and DTM, get a high volume of play. Though, in contrast, none of Prince's 1990-on output gets much in the way of recurrent play. His biggest hit in the last 15 years was "The Most Beautiful Girl...," and that gets recurrent play near the level of "I'll Remember," it looks.

Madge has enjoyed more success in terms of hits, so it makes sense she'd have more tracks receiving higher levels of recurrent play.

Jason- the Delilah effect on TPOG is immediately seen- it has 126 spins in the last week, comapred to a single spin for the prior period. TPOG went from 0 to 120 spins at AC.

That's awesome!! I'm so sad that songs like Frozen and TPOG have no airplay on AC. Is there any chance that, in the future when the AC stations are gonna focus on 90s, these songs are gonna get played more? All the huge Madonna songs on AC radio like Borderline and Holiday had big numbers on AC from the very beginning? Or during the late 90s, when the core base of AC became the 80s, there was a spin increase? For example, Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield has been doing great on AC since it was released and in 20 years it's gonna probably still be on rotation. I mean, is there any chance in 2019 to see Frozen doing well? The bad thing is that HOT AC, which focus more on 90s than 80s, doesn't play Frozen either.

I found Delilah's number the other day. When I come there this summer I'm gonna ask from any friend to call her and pretend that he's in love with a girl blah blah blah and ask for Frozen... I cannot call because I have accent It's so cool when Delialh plays a song! You know that millions of people are gonna hear it!

[Guest Danny86]

"Cream" and "7" don't get much recurrent love- it's like M's post-TIC-era hits, in a way. None of them, outside TAB, Music and DTM, get a high volume of play. Though, in contrast, none of Prince's 1990-on output gets much in the way of recurrent play. His biggest hit in the last 15 years was "The Most Beautiful Girl...," and that gets recurrent play near the level of "I'll Remember," it looks.

Madge has enjoyed more success in terms of hits, so it makes sense she'd have more tracks receiving higher levels of recurrent play.

But that's just it. They make it seem both of them were 80s artists and after that Prince went to obscurity (which is true, but "Cream" deserves more and the late 80s hits are not that played either) and Madonna only had 2-3 comeback singles after 1990. I'd understand if it was only the Erotica & AL singles ignored (though "Rain" was an airplay hit), but Madonna had 8 more Gold singles between TIC & Music, yet they are written out of recurrent radio history. And ROL was her biggest success in the US after TIC yet its singles barely register any airplay. You could argue that most of these hits were "short lived" and very "current sounding" to become classics, but what was "True Blue" then? I'd also argue about "Crazy For You" or "Cherish", how can they get more airplay than "Express Yourself" or "Like A Virgin"?

Also, what happened to "Die Another Day"? This time last year it was repeated a million times that it was her last big airplay hit, yet songs like "Hung Up" or "Ray Of Light" are played more now?

[HolidayGuy]

Something like DADay isn't as "pop" and mainstream as the 80s hits, though- I'd also say the same for "Ray of Light." ROL is a definite classic, acclaimed track- but its sound is a little out there compared to other top 40 fare (certainly not as out there as something like "Bedtime Story," but not as sing-songy and pop as a lot of TIC tracks, or even "Music" and DTM).

The only thing I can think of RE LAV not getting nearly as much recurrent play as other IC classics is that it may be viewed as kitsch/campy, despite its classic status. Same with MG.

Jason- there are songs from the 90s that get loads of recurrent airplay- Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris" and Shania Twain's "You're Still the One" being two off the top of my head. I don't think M's lack of play for the 90s hits has much to do with AC stations and any kind of decade focus. The post-TIC era just wasn't quite as mainstream as TIC era (IMO)- Madonna still crafted pop music, but it wasn't as radio-friendly for the long haul, for the most part. Make sense?

"Hung Up" fits the pop mold very well, moreso thsan most of her hits from the last decade-plus, and it didn't do all that hotly in initial airplay. Will it pick up as the years go on? We'll see.

[Guest Danny86]

The post-TIC era just wasn't quite as mainstream as TIC era (IMO)- Madonna still crafted pop music, but it wasn't as radio-friendly for the long haul, for the most part. Make sense?

I agree that would describe the ROL era and the flop BS singles, but most of the 1993-1997 period produced some of Madonna's most radio friendly hits. But that doesn't mean much, because a radio megahit from that era like "One Sweet Day" is not that played now either, right?

[HolidayGuy]

"One Sweet Day" gets decent recurrent play- but nothing comprable to the size hit it was (16 weeks at No. 1).

As for M's 1993-1997 hits- aside from IR, "Secret" and TAB- "Rain" is from the backlash era; BS and HN were two of her least radio-friendly, as were YMLM and DCFMA (original version; the dance mix is kinda campy, though enjoyable). YS was mainstream, but while it's a decent track, it' wasn't as big as CFY or TAB. Radio and the public just love TIC-era Madonna more than anything to come after it- that was her heyday, after all.

Here are Mimi's recurrent stats for the past week ("Sweetheart" is missing, though at last check, it was gettign 3-6 spins a week). As usually is the case, anytime there's a huge gain at AC, it's more likely than not as result of syndicated-program play.

I will post Madge's shortly.

Mariah Recurrent Airplay- 4/20/09-4/26/09

Current Track

My Love: 2,615 spins (-401)- 12.122 million audience

Recent Tracks

I Stay in Love: 10 (-2)- .019m

Right to Dream: 4 (-8)- .008m

1. We Belong Together: 830 (-)- 5.081m

2. Touch My Body: 510 (-52)- 2.269m

3. Always Be My Baby: 503 (-182)- 3.484m (last week, had jumped from 230 to 388 spins at AC)

4. Hero: 354 (-17)- 2.751m

5. I'll Be There: 348 (+89)- 2.303m (up from 238 to 325 at AC)

6. Don't Forget About Us: 284 (+51)- 1.302m

7. Emotions: 234 (+72)- 1.571m (up from 122 to 195 at AC)

8. Dreamlover: 230 (+11)- 1.375m

9. Shake it Off: 196 (-10)- 1.118m

10. Fantasy: 187 (+23)- 1.375m

11. One Sweet Day: 126 (+5)- .773m

12. Without You: 122 (+12)- .799m

13. Can't Let Go: 104 (-6)- .744m (72 spins at Smooth-Jazz, its primary format)

14. Fly Like a Bird: 95 (-10)- .527m

15. I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time: 79 (+66)- .744m (up from 0 to 45 at Urban AC)

16. I Know What You Want: 77 (+10)- .605m

17. Vision of Love: 73 (-13)- .521m

18. Make it Happen: 63 (+50)- .626m (up from 9 t 52 at Urban AC)

19. Love Takes Time: 55 (+4)- .578m

20. Bye Bye: 53 (-)- .117m

21. Endless Love: 36 (-)- .321m

22. I Don't Wanna Cry: 30 (+5)- .234m

23. I Still Believe: 28 (-13)- .277m

24. It's Like That: 24 (+5)- .16m

25. Honey: 21 (-4)- .131m

26. Someday: 18 (-4)- .037m

27. Heartbreaker: 16 (-7)- .073m

28. When You Believe: 12 (-3)- .263m

29. My All: 10 (+3)- .057m

30. Anytime You Need a Friend: 10 (+4)- .077m (two weeks ago, had jumped from 4 to 132 spins, thanks to a 1-122 gain at AC)

31. Forever: 5 (-1)- .066m

32. Breakdown: 4 (-2)- .018m

33. Say Somethin': 4 (-1)- .009m

34. Thank God I found You: 3 (-)- .015m

35. Lil' Love: 3 (+2)- .023m

36. Loverboy: 2 (+1)- .018m

37. I'm That Chick: 2 (-46)- .01m (last week, had jumped from 0 to 44 spins at Urban AC)

Played 1x Each: Don't Stop, Through the Rain, Boy (I Need You)

[HolidayGuy]

4/20/09-4/26/09

(Monday-Sunday period)

(Rhythmic AC play not included- tracks usually getting OK play at this format include Holiday, Borderline, LS, ITG, LAP, Vogue, Music)

Recent Track

Miles Away: 43 spins (-21)- .133m audience

1. Into the Groove: 608 (-16)- 5.13m

2. Crazy For You: 557 (+18)- 4.01m

3. Borderline: 547 (-34)- 4.315m

4. Holiday: 513 (-8)- 3.854m

5. Like a Prayer: 511 (-57)- 3.366m

6. Lucky Star: 310 (-5)- 2.14m

7. Open Your Heart: 212 (+14)- 1.55m

8. True Blue: 210 (+114)- 1.235m (up from 82 to 194 at AC)

9. La Isla Bonita: 173 (-6)- 1.957m

10. Vogue: 168 (+10)- 1.478m

11. Don't Tell Me: 158 (+25)- .573m

12. 4 Minutes: 148 (-22)- .608m

13. Music: 146 (+5)- .878m

14. Live to Tell: 137 (+18)- 1.27m

15. The Power of Good-Bye: 128 (+128)- .39m (all spins from AC; was played on Delilah's weekend show)

16. Dress You Up: 126 (+77)- .64m (up from 15 to 99 at AC)

17. Take a Bow: 75 (-39)- .407m

18. Cherish: 74 (+7)- .503m

19. Material Girl: 67 (+7)- .387m

20. Papa Don't Preach: 63 (-1)- .37m

21. Express Yourself: 42 (+12)- .213m

22. Like a Virgin: 38 (+1)- .13m

23. Give it 2 Me: 32 5-2)- .079m

24. I'll Remember: 23 (+2)- .091m

25. Secret: 22 (-2)- .144m

26. Hung Up: 21 (-3)- .059m

27. Angel: 13 (+4)- .114m

28. Jump: 13 (+2)- .034m

29. Ray of Light: 12 (+1)- .039m

30. Who's That Girl: 9 (+2)- .037m

31. Sorry: 8 (-2)- .03m

32. Causing a Commotion: 7 (+5)- .042m

33. Burning Up: 6 (+2)- .07m

34. Justify My Love: 5 (-2)- .021m

35. Get Together: 4 (-1)- .017m

36. Frozen: 2 (-1)- .006m

37. Me Against the Music: 2 (+2)- .017m

Played 1x each: American Life, Beautiful Stranger, Deeper and Deeper, Die Another Day, Sidewalk Talk, This Used to Be My Playground, What it Feels Like For a Girl, You'll See

**Note: Two weeks ago, "Rain" had jumped from 0 to 90 spins, thanks to a jump from 0 to 85 at C**

the week prior, Rain jumped from 1 spin to 89, thanks to a 1-84 jump at AC),

[iasonas]

Delilah played I'll Remember tonight!!!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[HolidayGuy]

Good thing we have a resident Delilah listener at the forum.

[Guest Danny86]

Well, Mariah has several hits that are not that much played anymore ("Honey" etc), but surprised that nothing from her debut is among the top 10 most played, even though that record is supposedly one of her most acclaimed and they were all #1s.

[HolidayGuy]

Well, saying Mimi's debut isone of her most acclaimed isn't saying much, as none of her albums have been big critical hits.

Onto Madge's airplay for the past week:

4/27/09-5/3/09

(Monday-Sunday period)

(Rhythmic AC play not included- tracks usually getting OK play at this format include Holiday, Borderline, LS, ITG, LAP, Vogue, Music)

Recent Track

Miles Away: 25 spins (-18)- .066m audience

1. Borderline: 657 (+110)- 4.533m (jumped from 444 to 543 at AC)

2. Into the Groove: 606 (-2)- 4.567m

3. Holiday: 530 (+27)- 4.011m

4. Like a Prayer: 529 (+18)- 3.662m

5. Crazy For You: 519 (-39)- 3.78m

6. Lucky Star: 379 (+69)- 2.667m

7. Open Your Heart: 239 (+27)- 2.181m

8. Vogue: 203 (+35)- 1.574m

9. La Isla Bonita: 186 (+13)- 1.606m

10. I'll Remember: 153 (+130)- .474m (jumped from 9 to 137 at AC)

11. 4 Minutes: 151 (+3)- .639m

12. Don't Tell Me: 147 (-11)- .559m

13. Music: 145 (-1)- .828m

14. Live to Tell: 134 (-3)- 1.387m

15. Cherish: 110 (+36)- .741m

16. True Blue: 103 (-107)- .792m

17. Take a Bow: 82 (+7)- .495m

18. Papa Don't Preach: 76 (+13)- .779m

19. Material Girl: 62 (-5)- .346m

20. Dress You Up: 49 (-77)- .302m

21. Like a Virgin: 42 (+4)- .156m

22. Give it 2 Me: 36 (+4)- .098m

23. Express Yourself: 31 (-11)- .182m

24. Hung Up: 24 (+3)- .112m

25. Secret: 19 (-3)- .188m

26. Jump: 17 (+4)- .048m

27. Ray of Light: 16 (+4)- .071m

28. Who's That Girl: 13 (+4)- .019m

29. Angel: 11 (-2)- .102m

30. Beautiful Stranger: 9 (+8)- .027m

31. Sorry: 9 (+1)- .029m

32. Burning Up: 9 (+3)- .094m

33. Causing a Commotion: 6 (-1)- .026m

34. Get Together: 4 (-)- .017m

35. Hanky Panky: 4 (+4)- .008m

36. Justify My Love: 3 (-2)- .03m

37. This Used to Be My Playground: 3 (+2)- .009m

38. Die Another Day: 2 (+1)- .007m

Played 1x each: Everybody, Frozen, Hollywood, Me Against the Music, Physical Attraction, What it Feels Like For a Girl, Where's the Party, You Must Love Me

[HolidayGuy]

5/4/09-5/10/09

(Monday-Sunday period)

(Rhythmic AC play not included- tracks usually getting OK play at this format include Holiday, Borderline, LS, ITG, LAP, Vogue, Music)

Recent Track

Miles Away: 24 spins (-1)- .077m audience

1. Crazy For You: 724 (+204)- 4.708 (up from 470 spins to 650 at AC)

2. Into the Groove: 661 (+56)- 5.043m

3. Borderline: 587 (-69)- 4.306m

4. Like a Prayer: 547 (+20)- 3.744m

5. Holiday: 497 (-30)- 3.785m

6. Lucky Star: 361 (-16)- 2.886m

7. Open Your Heart: 256 (+18)- 1.82m

8. La Isla Bonita: 250 (+63)- 2.147m

9. Cherish: 207 (+97)- .992m (up from 86 spins to 185 at AC)

10. Vogue: 196 (-7)- 1.786m

11. Live to Tell: 160 (+26)- 1.351m

12. Don't Tell Me: 159 (+12)- .529m

13. 4 Minutes: 154 (+4)- .703m

14. Music: 128 (-17)- .637m

15. Papa Don't Preach: 117 (+41)- .916m

16. True Blue: 110 (+6)- .951m

17. Take a Bow: 104 (+22)- .592m

18. Material Girl: 66 (+4)- .386m

19. Dress You Up: 43 (-5)- .356m

20. Like a Virgin: 39 (-3)- .152m

21. Give it 2 Me: 33 (-3)- .091m

22. Express Yourself: 30 (-1)- .197m

23. Hung Up: 24 (-)- .0778

24. Secret: 22 (+3)- .131m

25. Jump: 15 (-2)- .031m

26. Ray of Light: 13 (-3)- .049m

27. I'll Remember: 11 (-142)- .051m

28. This Used to Be My Playground: 11 (+8)- .029m

29. Who's That Girl: 10 (-3)- .061m

30. Angel: 8 (-3)- .067m

31. Beautiful Stranger: 8 (-1)- .031m

32. Sorry: 8 (-1)- .017m

33. Get Together: 6 (+2)- .021m

34. The Power of Good-Bye: 6 (+6)- .026m

35. Causing a Commotion: 5 (-1)- .021m

36. Sidewalk Talk: 5 (+5)- .023m

37. Burning Up: 4 (-4)- .038m

38. Justify My Love: 3 (-)- .005m

39. You'll See: 2 (+2)- .007m

Played 1x each: Deeper and Deeper, Die Another Day, Everybody, Hanky Panky, Keep it Together, Physical Attraction, What it Feels Like For a Girl

[iasonas]

Crazy For U SMASH last week! Delilah played this used to be my playground tonight!

[HolidayGuy]

Indeed- I gather Delilah played CFY within the last week? Don't tell me you missed it, Jason! "Cherish" also got a nice boost- every few weeks or so, it does, perhaps as result of Delilah play.

[acko]

Thank 4 posting the Prince thing..interesting &

@ 'Soft & Wet'

[HolidayGuy]

The week after that period, "Soft and Wet" jumped from 62 spins to 119, before dropping back to 60 and then, in the past week, 15. Syndicated-program play at Urban AC likely accounted for those jumps.

BTW, in the last 7 days, TUTBMP is up from 3 spins to 101- thanks to a 0 to 87 spins gain at AC, and a 3 to 12 at Hot AC.

[HolidayGuy]

5/11/09-5/17/09

(Monday-Sunday period)

(Rhythmic AC play not included- tracks usually getting OK play at this format include Holiday, Borderline, LS, ITG, LAP, Vogue, Music)

Recent Track

Miles Away: 23 spins (-1)- .071m audience

1. Into the Groove: 618 (-43)- 4.667m

2. Crazy For You: 568 (-126)- 4.04m

3. Borderline: 552 (-35)- 4.479m

4. Like a Prayer: 524 (-23)- 3.927m

5. Holiday: 511 (+14)- 3.861m

6. Lucky Star: 324 (-37)- 2.511m

7. Open Your Heart: 279 (+23)- 1.888m

8. La Isla Bonita: 246 (-4)- 2.233m

9. Vogue: 239 (+43)- 1.778m (up from 3 spins to 24 at Pop)

10. Live to Tell: 170 (+10)- 1.694m

11. Don't Tell Me: 160 (+1)- .562m

12. 4 Minutes: 147 (-7)- .57m

13. This Used to Be My Playground: 134 (+123)- .413m (up from 1 spin to 127 at AC- thanks to play on Delilah's syndicated program)

14. Cherish: 132 (-75)- .841m

15. Music: 126 (-2)- .74m

16. True Blue: 117 (+7)- .803m

17. Papa Don't Preach: 116 (-1)- 1.05m

18. Take a Bow: 79 (+22)- .468m

19. Material Girl: 67 (-25)- .443m

20. Dress You Up: 36 (-7)- .268m

21. Express Yourself: 36 (+6)- .21m

22. Give it 2 Me: 36 (+3)- .086m

23. Like a Virgin: 34 (-5)- .148m

24. Hung Up: 24 (-)- .077m

25. I'll Remember: 21 (+10)- .116m

26. Ray of Light: 21 (+8)- .084m

27. Secret: 18 (-4)- .133m

28. Jump: 15 (-)- .044m

29. Angel: 15 (+7)- .278m

30. Who's That Girl: 11 (+1)- .028m

31. Causing a Commotion: 11 (+6)- .077m

32. Sorry: 10 (+2)- .035m

33. Get Together: 6 (-)- .014m

34. Beautiful Stranger: 4 (-4)- .01m

35. Burning Up: 4 (-)- .056m

36. Justify My Love: 4 (+1)- .064m

37. Rain: 2 (+2)- .033m

Played 1x each: Beat Goes On, Die Another Day, Erotica, Everybody, Hanky Panky, Sidewallk Talk, You'll See, You Must Love Me

[iasonas]

I thought this video is a bit interesting. In Boston, the request song was American Life and Madonna said it was banned on the radio!!! Does she really believe it was banned? I guess we all know the reason it didn't do ok is the way the US radio works. And I guess it hit 23m of impressions, right Holidayguy? So it's not very tragic. Do you remember if any big channels like z100 and KIIS played it, at least during the first days when they hadn't had callout results yet? Could you please tell us the peak positions on each format? Please! I guess only top40 and maybe Hot AC? Did you notice any decline on her recurrent airplay back then?? Clear Channel AC, HOT AC and Rhythmic AC channels around the US are huge supporters of her older hits. Maybe more than any other american radio copany. Why did everyone blame clear channel...?

I remember back in 2006, when Sorry was released, I was listening to a radio station here in Athens and the DJ said that Madonna said the US radio doesn't like her anymore. Is this true? I have never heard anything like that.

I guess she was shocked people requested it! She's like she wants to delete it from her memory!

[neutrocks]

I thought this video is a bit interesting. In Boston, the request song was American Life and Madonna said it was banned on the radio!!! Does she really believe it was banned? I guess we all know the reason it didn't do ok is the way the US radio works. And I guess it hit 23m of impressions, right Holidayguy? So it's not very tragic. Do you remember if any big channels like z100 and KIIS played it, at least during the first days when they hadn't had callout results yet? Could you please tell us the peak positions on each format? Please! I guess only top40 and maybe Hot AC? Did you notice any decline on her recurrent airplay back then?? Clear Channel AC, HOT AC and Rhythmic AC channels around the US are huge supporters of her older hits. Maybe more than any other american radio copany. Why did everyone blame clear channel...?

I remember back in 2006, when Sorry was released, I was listening to a radio station here in Athens and the DJ said that Madonna said the US radio doesn't like her anymore. Is this true? I have never heard anything like that.

I guess she was shocked people requested it! She's like she wants to delete it from her memory!

Are you sure you're not confusing Madonna mentioning about the original video being banned? Then again, the video wasn't either. It just never was released.

I recall American Life getting a few spins in my neck of the woods and I live in middle America where Madonna is hardly played. I remember being shocked of hearing it because I didn't expect to get any airplay. Though, DIE ANOTHER DAY got decent airplay and I supposed they were giving AL a chance before cutting it from their line up and I didn't hear it much after it's initial release to radio.

I do believe U.S. radio is no longer interested in playing her, especially on the pop stations that play new and current music. And I do recall Madonna stating that radio has pretty much abandoned her.

[HolidayGuy]

AL got a terrible reaction from listeners, hence its No. 61 peak (and just 3 weeks charting) on Hot 100 Airplay.

Age pretty much is Madonna's main issue- what females over a certain age consistently get strong airplay in the USA? Even when Cher had her "Believe" comeback at 53 or so, it was just that one track- the follow-up "Strong Enough" then peaked at No. 57. Since Janet Jackson turned 40 (and even before), she hasn't been able to rack up any notable hit at top 40 radio (urban occasionally tosses her the bone- i.e. with "Call on Me," though that featured Nelly).

Mimi just turned 40, so we'll see how she fares. She still may be able to rack up some decent play, though, cosnidering she crafts music for mass radio consumption. But it won't be as sure a thing, I'd think.

[iasonas]

8pm EST and Delilah is playing Borderline right now.

[doctorjosh]

Mimi just turned 40, so we'll see how she fares. She still may be able to rack up some decent play, though, cosnidering she crafts music for mass radio consumption. But it won't be as sure a thing, I'd think.

It clearly is no longer a sure thing for Mimi. Just look at how the singles from her last album fared on the radio.

[HolidayGuy]

LOL Jason- you are some dedicated Delilah fan.

It doesn't look like the Delilah play impacted, unless "Borderline" had an overall drop in general, and was boosted by Delilah to a 26-spin gain. Last night's airplay should be included in the latest update.

5/18/09-5/24/09

(Monday-Sunday period)

(Rhythmic AC play not included- tracks usually getting OK play at this format include Holiday, Borderline, LS, ITG, LAP, Vogue, Music)

Recent Track

Miles Away: 25 spins (+2)- .088m audience

1. Into the Groove: 632 (+14)- 4.699m

2. Borderline: 578 (+26)- 4.203m

3. Holiday: 530 (+19)- 4.005m

4. Like a Prayer: 485 (-39)- 3.508m

5. Crazy For You: 462 (-106)- 3.484m

6. Lucky Star: 320 (-4)- 2.784m

7. Open Your Heart: 282 (+3)- 2.393m

8. La Isla Bonita: 258 (+8)- 2.032m

9. Vogue: 227 (-12)- 1.954m

10. Cherish: 198 (+66)- .954m (up from 103 spins to 171 at AC)

11. Don't Tell Me: 150 (-10)- .591m

12. Music: 147 (+21)- .779m

13. Papa Don't Preach: 147 (+31)- .986m

14. 4 Minutes: 132 (-15)- .646m

15. Live to Tell: 124 (-46)- 1.408m

16. True Blue: 114 (-3)- .797m

17. Take a Bow: 80 (+1)- .532m

18. Material Girl: 68 (+1)- .424m

19. Dress You Up: 51 (+15)- .589m

20. Express Yourself: 48 (+12)- .321m

21. Like a Virgin: 43 (+9)- .208m

22. Ray of Light: 43 (+22)- .149m (up from 4 spins to 16 at Pop, 13 to 21 at Hot AC)

23. Give it 2 Me: 34 (-2)- .079m

24. Hung Up: 22 (-2)- .051m

25. I'll Remember: 21 (-)- .116m

26. Who's That Girl: 20 (+9)- .082m

27. Secret: 17 (-1)- .091m

28. Angel: 14 (-1)- .227m

29. Jump: 13 (-2)- .039m

30. Causing a Commotion: 12 (+1)- .173m

31. This Used to Be My Playground: 11 (-123)- .041m

32. Sorry: 8 (-2)- .022m

33. Burning Up: 8 (+4)- .072m

34. Get Together: 5 (-1)- .019m

35. Justify My Love: 5 (+1)- .015m

36. Beautiful Stranger: 4 (-)- .018m

37. The Power of Good-Bye: 4 (+4)- .029m

38. Frozen: 2 (+2)- .04m

39. Die Another Day: 2 (+1)- .009m

40. Sidewallk Talk: 2 (+1)- .008m

Played 1x each: Don't Cry For Me Argentina, Rain, What it Feels Like For a Girl

[HolidayGuy]

As an FYI for those who like to compare stats, here are Mimi's airplay stats for the past week.

Mimi's 10-most-played recurrent tracks (excluding the recent "My Love") garnered an impressive 3,596 spins, compared to Madonna's 3,972. Mimi's audience for the 10 tracks was 22.05 million, compared to Madonna's 30.02 million. When you expand to their 25 most-played tracks, Madge's lead increases- 5,033 spins vs. 4,394. Naturally, though, Mimi's 18 #1s had more recurrent play than Madge's 12- 3,681 spins vs. 2,033.

Mariah Recurrent Airplay- 5/18/09-5/24/09

Current/Recent Tracks

My Love: 639 spins (-225)- 3.364 million audience

I Stay in Love: 11 (+2)- .022m

1. We Belong Together: 894 (+74)- 4.849m

2. Hero: 503 (+174)- 3.155m (jumped from 294 to 561 at AC: two weeks prior, had jumped from 361 to 595, thanks to jump from 319 to 523 at AC)

3. Always Be My Baby: 490 (-40)- 3.915m

4. Touch My Body: 466 (+18)- 2.133m

5. Shake it Off: 315 (+130)- 1.687m (up from 64 spins to 144 at Pop, 48 to 95 at Urban AC)

6. I'll Be There: 252 (-25)- 1.925m

7. Dreamlover: 198 (-87)- 1.361m (last week, jumped from 209 to 285, thanks to a jump from 154 to 233 at AC)

8. Don't Forget About Us: 194 (-39)- .722m

9. Fantasy: 146 (-18)- 1.084m

10. One Sweet Day: 138 (+24)- 1.223m

11. Fly Like a Bird: 131 (+42)- .628m (up from 71 spins to 105 at Urban AC)

12. Emotions: 122 (+3)- 1.238m

13. Vision of Love: 107 (+35)- .577m

14. Without You: 106 (-10)- .771m

15. Can't Let Go: 92 (+5)- .687m (57 spins at Smooth-Jazz, its primary format)

16. I Know What You Want: 68 (-74)- .594m (last week, had jumped from 96 spins to 142, thanks to a 43 to 84 jump at Pop)

17. Bye Bye: 48 (+8)- .108m

18. I Don't Wanna Cry: 47 (+10)- .307m

19. Love Takes Time: 41 (-20)- .323m

20. Endless Love: 36 (-)- .302m

21. Someday: 31 (+11)- .088m

22. It's Like That: 24 (+1)- .095m

23. I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time: 23 (-5)- .094m

24. I Still Believe: 22 (-10)- .271m

25. Heartbreaker: 22 (+5)- .103m

26. Honey: 20 (-5)- .142m

27. When You Believe: 12 (-)- .11m

28. Breakdown: 7 (+1)- .039m

29. Make it Happen: 6 (-3)- .035m (two weeks prior, jumped from up from 9 spins to 99, thanks to a jump from 3 to 88 at AC)

30. Anytime You Need a Friend: 6 (+5)- .044m

31. Forever: 6 (-1)- .022m

32. Thank God I Found You: 6 (+2)- .039m

33. My All: 4 (-5)- .033m

34. Say Somethin': 2 (-)- .01m

35. Butterfly: 3 (+2)- .008m

36. Lil' Love: 2 (-1)- .003m

Played 1x Each: Loverboy, Don't Stop, I'm That Chick, Through the Rain (last week, jumped from 5 spins to 91, thanks to a jump from 4 to 86 at AC)

[iasonas]

Much better numbers for Madonna! Also, very interesting that even though We Belong Together has like 200+ more spins than Madonna's no1, their million audience is almost the same. The big markets are clearly supporting Madge more. 106.7 Lite Fm in NY, for example, the nation's no1 AC station is playing way more Madonna that Mariah. They even supported Jump just a little back in 2006 when Warner released it first on Ac and Hot Ac stations:)

[Guest harbors]

THanks very much, Jim!

[thebigham]

Mariah has not said that she is 40. She says she is 39. All the celebrity birthday notices said 39 for her birthday in March.