charts discussion Sia - "Unstoppable" reaches 100 weeks on AC radio ,longest in over 20 years

[jdanton2]

it has been mentioned  how slow the AC chart is with Miley getting 48 weeks at #1 with Flowers . another song has shown longevity with Sia reached 100 weeks two weeks ago with her song Unstoppable and is still charting . songs are removed from AC when they drop below the top 5 though the recurrent rules i think were different when the songs above it were charting.

 

https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/sia-unstoppable-100-weeks-adult-contemporary-chart-1235673798/

 

Sia's 'Unstoppable' Hits 100-Week Milestone on Adult Contemporary Chart
Gary Trust


Most Weeks on Adult Contemporary Chart:

124, "I Knew I Loved You," Savage Garden (No. 1 for 17 weeks, beginning Dec. 25, 1999)
123, "Truly Madly Deeply," Savage Garden (No. 1, 11 weeks, beginning April 11, 1998)
104, "I Need You," LeAnn Rimes (No. 2 peak, Oct. 7, 2000)
100, "Unstoppable," Sia (No. 1, 12 weeks, beginning Nov. 12, 2022)

through the chart dated May 11, 2024

 

 

here is today's AC Mediabase chart with it still at #4 . the gap from #6  is large enough where it might get a few more weeks.

 

1	1	MILEY CYRUS	Flowers	2435	2432	3	13.974
2	2	TAYLOR SWIFT	Cruel Summer	2341	2376	-35	13.49
3	3	LUKE COMBS	Fast Car	1870	1919	-49	9.744
4	4	SIA	Unstoppable	1802	1844	-42	8.282
5	5	TAYLOR SWIFT	Anti-Hero	1736	1798	-62	8.402
6	6	REMA & SELENA GOMEZ	Calm Down	1076	1107	-31	7.031

Edited May 19 by jdanton2

[SleepingTigers]

Why 

 

AC radio is such a mess, literally no current song in that top 5 

[KatyPrismSpirit]

This song is used in so many facebook mom bait viral videos  makes sense why its successful on adult contemporary radio

[Kayseri Mantisi]

this happening while ATRL is declaring her as a beyond over fad hag talentless khia in an another recent thread 

[JO1s]

11 minutes ago, Kayseri Mantisi said:

this happening while ATRL is declaring her as a beyond over fad hag talentless khia in an another recent thread 

I mean AC radio is for those exact kind of artists 

[Bends]

Also her new album has reached No. 100 during the debut-week of sales. What a double milestone.

[Poxy]

Nnn I occasionally listen to my local Delilah After Dark AC radio station… and they literally play the top 5 every few hours 

[Blue Monday]

AC radio the definition of OLD omg 

[heckinglovato]

Crazy to think she wrote this song for Demi and she rejected it 

 

Demi missed on the success of The Middle, Say My Name, Love Me Like You Do, Sucker for Pain, and certainly this

[Katamari]

2 hours ago, SleepingTigers said:

Why 

 

AC radio is such a mess, literally no current song in that top 5 

They are always good eight months behind the current hot 100 chart  I kind of like it

[naval23]

the fact this was a 2016 song and Samsung made it famous is crazy 

[Ger]

9 hours ago, Poxy said:

Nnn I occasionally listen to my local Delilah After Dark AC radio station… and they literally play the top 5 every few hours 

Delilah, the radio icon that you are.

[Genius1111]

Truly Madly Deeply and I Need You  I Need You never hit #1, which is tragic.

[jdanton2]

was just checking and at the time the Savage Garden and LeAnne Rimes songs were charting the recurrent rule at AC was that songs that old could chart until they dropped below #20 . the Sia song with current rules will be removed when it drops below #5. if Sia and some other recent songs were allowed to chart till they fell out of the top 20 the record would have been broken many times.

Edited May 21 by jdanton2

[UnusualBoy]

Out of her songs, this one had to be the one smashing hard there