Thread: The American Idol Chart From USA Today (1/26)

The American Idol airplay chart returns! - Idol Chatter - USATODAY.com

I also highlighted the other country idols to give better perspective.

The American Idol airplay chart returns!

Thanks to the good folks at Mediabase, the American Idol airplay chart is back and better than ever this week. You may remember I took a shot at doing this list by hand two weeks ago. Now, we've automated it somewhat, allowing us to do more and better things. For example, we've expanded our rankings from 50 to 100. We're measuring across all formats and including older songs as well as current ones, so you can see how often your favorite Idol song gets played on the radio. Once we get this running smoothly, I'm hoping to be able to tell you how much the songs move up and down the charts from week to week -- at least on the biggest records.

David Cook's smash, Light On, is the most-played song, with heavy spins at Top 40, Hot AC and Radio Disney formats. But right behind him is Kelly Clarkson with her new single, My Life Would Suck Without You, which enters as the second most-played Idol song. Daughtry's What About Now, Cook's Time of My Life and David Archuleta's Crush round out the top five.

While David Cook has the most-played song on the chart, he was only the fourth most-played Idol on radio last week. Daughtry topped that list, with eight songs in our top 100, followed by Kelly and Carrie Underwood. In all, there are 23 Idols on this week's chart.

The full song list follows:

1. David Cook, Light On (7699 spins)
2. Kelly Clarkson, My Life Would Suck Without You (5716)
3. Daughtry, What About Now (4849)
4. David Cook, Time Of My Life (4098)
5. David Archuleta, Crush (3966)
6. Carrie Underwood, Just A Dream (3380)
7. Daughtry, Feels Like Tonight (3264)
8. Jordin Sparks, No Air f/Chris Brown (2944)
9. Carrie Underwood, Before He Cheats (2895)
10. Jennifer Hudson, Spotlight (2878)
11. Daughtry, Home (2753)
12. Jordin Sparks, One Step At A Time (2639)
13. Jordin Sparks, Tattoo (1837)
14. Carrie Underwood, I Told You So (1615)
15. Daughtry, It's Not Over (1571)
16. Kelly Clarkson, Because Of You (1533)
17. Daughtry, Over You (1502)
18. Bucky Covington, I'll Walk (1412)
19. Kelly Clarkson, Since U Been Gone (1385)
20. Kelly Clarkson, Breakaway (1373)
21. Carrie Underwood, All-American Girl (1277)
22. Elliott Yamin, Wait For You (1261)
23. Kelly Clarkson, Behind These Hazel Eyes (1261)
24. Carrie Underwood, Last Name (1217)
25. Jennifer Hudson, If This Isn't Love (1116)
26. Carrie Underwood, Jesus, Take The Wheel (1027)
27. Kelly Clarkson, Walk Away (966)
28. Kelly Clarkson, Miss Independent (954)
29. Kellie Pickler, Best Days Of Your Life (824)
30. Carrie Underwood, Wasted (785)
31. Josh Gracin, Telluride (735)
32. Kelly Clarkson, A Moment Like This (685)
33. Josh Gracin, Nothin' To Lose (663)
34. David Archuleta, A Little Too Not Over You (625)
35. Carrie Underwood, So Small (570)
36. Fantasia, When I See U (425)
37. Chris Sligh, Empty Me (416)
38. Bucky Covington, A Different World (329)
39. Josh Gracin, We Weren't Crazy (323)
40. Carrie Underwood, Don't Forget To Remember Me (308)
41. Bucky Covington, It's Good To Be Us (213)
42. Fantasia, Truth Is (169)
43. Fantasia, Free Yourself (164)
44. Daughtry, What I Want (150)
45. Bo Bice, Real Thing (148)
46. Kellie Pickler, Things That Never Cross A ... (146)
47. Josh Gracin, Unbelievable (Ann Marie) (143)
48. Kellie Pickler, Don't You Know You're ... (125)
49. Mandisa, Only The World (122)
50. Chris Sligh, Arise (116)
51. Kellie Pickler, I Wonder (112)
52. Kimberley Locke, Eighth World Wonder (106)
53. Mandisa, Voice Of A Savior (96)
54. Carrie Underwood, More Boys I Meet (95)
55. Mandisa, My Deliverer (87)
56. George Huff, A Brighter Day (83)
57. Carrie Underwood, I'll Stand By You (81)
58. Kellie Pickler, Red High Heels (80)
59. Jennifer Hudson, And I Am Telling You I'm Not … (70)
60. Ruben Studdard, Change Me (68)
61. Kelly Clarkson, Never Again (45)
62. Jennifer Hudson, Jesus Promised Me A Home .... (42)
63. Josh Gracin, Stay With Me (Brass Bed) (38)
64. Ruben Studdard, Superstar (37)
65. Mandisa, God Speaking (36)
66. Daughtry, Feels Like The First Time (33)
67. Kimberley Locke, Band Of Gold (32)
68. Kristy Lee Cook, 15 Minutes Of Shame (30)
69. Daughtry, Crashed (29)
70. Ruben Studdard, Make Ya Feel Beautiful (28)
71. Kimberley Locke, Change (26)
72. Jennifer Hudson, I'm His Only Woman f/Fantasia (25)
73. Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts (23)
74. Ruben Studdard, I Need An Angel (23)
75. Josh Gracin, I Keep Coming Back (22)
76. Phil Stacey, If You Didn't Love Me (22)
77. Ruben Studdard, Sorry 2004 (22)
78. Carrie Underwood, Inside Your Heaven (21)
79. Josh Gracin, I Want To Live (21)
80. Fantasia, I Believe (19)
81. Katharine McPhee, Over It (17)
82. Josh Gracin, Favorite State Of Mind (15)
83. Carrie Underwood, How Great Thou Art (12)
84. Fantasia, Ain't Gon' Beg You (12)
85. Kellie Pickler, Stand By Your Man (12)
86. Carrie Underwood, Ever Ever After (11)
87. Jordin Sparks, The Star-Spangled Banner (11)
88. Fantasia, Only One U (10)
89. Ace Young, You Redeem Me (8)
90. Clay Aiken, Invisible (8)
91. Phil Stacey, Identity (8)
92. Kelly Clarkson, Respect (7)
93. Fantasia, Two Weeks Notice (6)
94. George Huff, You Know Me (6)
95. Ruben Studdard, We Have Not Forgotten (6)
96. Clay Aiken, I Will Carry You (5)
97. Ruben Studdard, What If (5)
98. Bucky Covington, The Bible And The Belt (4)
99. Carrie Underwood, The Star Spangled Banner (4)
100. Kimberley Locke, I Could (4)