The CML Chart Top Sixty
Week of 11/15-11/21/09
This page last updated 11/15/09

The #1 Recap
1 year ago- "Love Story" by Taylor Swift (11/16-11/22/08)
5 years ago- "Mr. Mom" by Lonestar (11/14-11/20/04)
10 years ago- "When I Said I Do" by Clint Black w/Lisa Hartman Black (11/14-11/20/99)

TW

LW

Weeks

Song

Artist

CML Points

"+/-" Points

Peak

1

1

29

Do I

Luke Bryan

99.25

0.75

1(2)

2

2

25

Bonfire

Craig Morgan

97.75

0.45

2

3

5

27

All I Ask For Anymore

Trace Adkins

96.25

0.45

3

4

4

19

Toes

Zac Brown Band

91.25

-4.60

1(2)

5

3

20

Welcome to the Future

Brad Paisley

90.65

-5.20

1(3)

6

6

13

Need You Now

Lady Antebellum

87.70

0.60

6

7

7

40

Red Light

David Nail

84.85

0.45

7

8

15

23

Outside My Window

Sarah Buxton

80.50

12.45

8

9

10

10

Cowboy Casanova

Carrie Underwood

76.00

0.60

9

10

11

10

Fifteen

Taylor Swift

73.60

-0.15

10

11

9

37

Runaway

Love and Theft

73.40

-4.60

7

12

8

19

Only You Can Love Me This Way

Keith Urban

71.45

-7.35

5

13

13

29

Eight Second Ride

Jake Owen

70.30

0.45

13

14

14

21

Hurry Home

Jason Michael Carroll

69.10

0.00

14

15

23

4

Hillbilly Bone

Blake Shelton w/Trace Adkins

65.65

13.50

15

16

16

15

I'm Alive

Kenny Chesney w/Dave Matthews

62.35

0.30

15

17

17

15

Consider Me Gone

Reba McEntire

62.35

1.05

17

18

18

17

I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes

Dierks Bentley

61.15

0.45

18

19

27

12

White Liar

Miranda Lambert

59.50

12.45

19

20

19

28

I Just Call You Mine

Martina McBride

59.05

0.15

19

21

20

8

The Truth

Jason Aldean

58.75

0.75

20

22

21

21

Today

Gary Allan

56.50

0.15

21

23

22

8

Sara Smile

Jimmy Wayne w/Hall & Oates

54.70

0.00

21

24

25

9

Southern Voice

Tim McGraw

48.55

0.45

24

25

26

11

History in the Making

Darius Rucker

47.95

0.45

25

26

28

7

Why

Rascal Flatts

46.90

0.15

26

27

29

6

Twang

George Strait

46.15

0.45

27

28

30

10

That's How Country Boys Roll

Billy Currington

45.70

0.60

28

29

31

12

Why Don't We Just Dance

Josh Turner

45.40

0.75

29

30

24

18

Country Folks (Livin' Loud)

Lost Trailers

45.20

-4.60

22

31

38

4

Cryin' For Me (Wayman's Song)

Toby Keith

44.35

2.25

31

32

32

16

Beer on the Table

Josh Thompson

44.05

0.30

32

33

34

14

A Little More Country Than That

Easton Corbin

43.45

0.00

33

34

35

11

Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You

Kellie Pickler

43.45

0.30

34

35

36

13

Keep On Lovin' You

Steel Magnolia

43.00

0.45

35

36

37

13

Long After I'm Gone

Big Kenny

42.25

0.15

36

37

40

5

Backwoods

Justin Moore

42.25

0.90

37

38

33

15

Honky Tonk Stomp

Brooks & Dunn w/Billy Gibbons

42.00

-1.65

23

39

39

9

Everywhere I Go

Phil Vassar

41.65

0.30

39

40

41

14

Love Like Crazy

Lee Brice

41.05

0.30

40

41

43

6

Hell on the Heart

Eric Church

40.60

0.45

41

42

42

9

19 and Crazy

Bomshel

40.60

0.45

41

43

44

5

Gimmie That Girl

Joe Nichols

40.30

0.45

43

44

45

14

Love Lives On

Mallary Hope

39.55

-0.30

43

45

48

4

Whistlin' Dixie

Randy Houser

39.55

1.05

45

46

46

15

Stuck

Ash Bowers

39.10

-0.15

44

47

NEW

1

American Saturday Night

Brad Paisley

38.80

38.80

47

48

47

8

How Far Do You Wanna Go?

Gloriana

38.65

-0.15

45

49

50

6

The Call

Matt Kennon

38.65

0.90

47

50

51

8

Country Livin'

Williams Riley

38.20

0.60

50

51

52

4

Chasin' Girls

Rodney Atkins

37.90

0.60

51

52

NEW

2

Hip to My Heart

The Band Perry

36.85

7.50

52

53

59

3

There Is a God

Lee Ann Womack

36.55

2.85

53

54

56

3

Gotta Be Somebody

Bucky Covington

36.10

1.50

54

55

53

3

Work Hard, Play Harder

Gretchen Wilson

35.50

-0.15

53

56

57

11

I Can't Make It Rain

Houston County

34.75

0.30

56

57

RE

7

Ride Through the Country

Colt Ford w/John Michael Montgomery

34.30

7.25

53

58

49

16

It Did

Blaine Larsen

32.55

-5.20

48

59

54

6

Days You Live For

Mica Roberts

31.35

-4.00

54

60

55

5

Seeing Stars

Jack Ingram w/Patty Griffin

30.90

-4.00

55

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Key:
Italicized Songs- 1st week losing CML Points with a decrease in airplay on one of the charts
Italicized and Underlined Songs- 2nd straight week losing CML Points with a decrease in airplay on one of the charts
"All 3" Songs- 3rd straight week losing CML Points with a decrease in airplay on one of the charts or not present on either the Billboard or Mediabase Chart for the 2nd straight week; this is the song's final week on the charts
For #1 songs, the number of weeks spent at #1 is listed in () in the Peak column

CML Points:
Each week, each song collects CML Points based on the following:

Up to 60 points for their current Star-Rating.  Songs get 12 points for each Star and can receive up to 5-stars.  Visit the CML Chart Interactive page on the CML Chart Blog for more details on how songs earn more stars. Each song stars as a 1-star song.

Up to 15 points for their current MediaBase chart position.  #1 gets 15, #2 gets 14.85, etc., with each song getting 0.15 less points the further down the chart they are.  The only exception to this is if a song was in the Top 50 at one point, but is no longer. In this case, they receive 7.5 points, which is the equivalent of being at #51.  Songs outside the Top 50 that show up in the "Greatest Increased Spins" section of the MediaBase chart will receive points based upon their last known position until they enter the Top 50 or until they are removed from the CML Chart.  If a song has not been on the Mediabase chart at all, it will receive 0 points.

Up to 15 points for their current Billboard Chart Position.  #1 gets 15, #2 gets 14.85, etc., with each song getting 0.15 less points the further down the chart they are. The only exception to this is if a song was in the Top 30 at one point, but is no longer and I do not know its current position. In this case, they receive 10.5 points, which is the equivalent of being at #31.  Songs whose current position is not known will get points based upon its peak position listed on Wikipedia if it never made the Top 30.  If a song has not charted on the Billboard chart, it will receive 0 points.

Up to 10 points for an increase in Spins.  Songs who receive an increase in spins according to both charts, they receive 10 points.  If a song has lost spins on either chart, the song will only get 6 points that week.  If a song has lost spins on either chart or both charts for a second week in a row, they will only get 2 points that week.  If a song has lost spins on either or both charts for a third week or more in a row, they receive 0 points.


Notes:

"Album cuts" or Christmas Songs will not count towards the chart.  A song has to be listed as an official single in order to get points each week.  This clears up clutter when an artist released an album and has several songs charting that week.

Songs will be removed after three straight weeks of a loss in points and a decrease in spins on either or both of the charts.  The only exception will be if the song has been on the charts for less than 10 weeks.

Songs will spend a minimum of 10 weeks on the chart. If the song is not on either chart after the 10 week mark, it may be removed from the chart if I determine the single to be "done."  This will help clear up a song that bounces on and off the charts for a while and keep it as part of the formula until it either catches on or is sure not to be successful.  It also allows for a broader range of songs to be on the chart, especially in December when Christmas songs dominate the charts and limit the number of singles I can have on the chart at once.

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