Oz Top 40 - 2003 Song Award Charts

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2003 Song Award Charts

Most Weeks on the Chart

Rank	"Title," Artist	Wks on Chart	Total Points
21	"Don't Let Go," David Sneddon	16	435
20	"Intuition," Jewel	16	462
19	"Twist of Fate," Siobhan Donaghty	16	486
18	"Pretty Green Eyes," Ultrabeat	16	495
17	"Getaway," Becky Baeling	16	497
16	"Breathe," Dave Gahan (B-Side to "I Need You")	17	271
15	"Hole In The Head," Sugababes	17	460
14	"Hollywood," Madonna	17	520
13	"It's Your Life," Jamie Winchester & Hrutka Róbert	18	698
12	"Miss Independent," Kelly Clarkson	19	377
11	"American Life," Madonna	20NC	327
10	"Taxi Ride," Tori Amos	20NC	378
9	"Crazy In Love," Beyoncé Knowles feat. Jay Z	21	584
8	"Something That You Said," The Bangles	22	498
7	"Into You," Fabulous feat. Tamia	22	517
6	"Searching," Erasure (B-Side to "Solsbury Hill")	22	642
5	"When I See You," Macy Gray	22	645
4	"Get Busy," Sean Paul	22	683
3	"Here," Pet Shop Boys	22	684
2	"Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)," Erasure	23	730
1	"Clocks," Coldplay	31	1089

Comments:
Before this year, the longest song ever to chart on my charts was an amazing 30 weeks by Faith Hill back in 1998. Incredibly, that was all in the top 20. This year, however, that streak was broken. Coldplay spend an amazing 32 weeks on my charts (one week in 2002, 31 in 2003). Though not all of it's weeks were in the top 20, it certainly gave a better chart performance than "This Kiss."

Though artists this year didn't quite fare as good as in 2002, songs charted MUCH better. Last year's number one on this chart would have only been at number 14 in 2003. This year, 22 seemed to be the magic number. An incredible six songs spent 22 weeks on the charts this year, including one by Erasure, who put two songs in the top 10 of this list. Madonna also manages to put two songs in the top 20 as well. Ties were broken by total points for the year.

Best Points/Week Average of 2003

Rank	"Title," Artist	Wks on Chart	Total Points	Avg. Points
25	"What Will Be Will Be," Divine Inspiration	10NC	276	27.6
24	"Crazy In Love," Beyonce Knowles feat. Jay Z	21	584	27.81
23	"Solsbury Hill," Erasure	15	426	28.4
22	"Four Minute Warning," Mark Owen	11	303	28.45
21	"In Your Life," La Bouche feat. Melanie Thornton	11	314	28.55
20	"No Letting Go," Wayne Wonder	10	286	28.6
19	"Fool No More," S Club 8	10	286	28.6
18	"Searching," Erasure (B-Side to "Solsbury Hill")	22	642	29.18
17	"When I See You," Macy Gray	22	645	29.31
16	"I Got You," Nick Carter	15	449	29.93
15	"If You Love Me," Becky Baeling	15	455	30.33
14	"Twist of Fate," Siobhan Donaghty	16	486	30.38
13	"You Spin Me Round 2003," Dead or Alive	11	335	30.45
12	"Hollywood," Madonna	17	520	30.59
11	"Pretty Green Eyes," Ultrabeat	16	495	30.94
10	"Get Busy," Sean Paul	22	683	31.05
9	"Getaway," Becky Baeling	16	497	31.06
8	"Here," Pet Shop Boys	22	684	31.09
7	"Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)," Erasure	23	730	31.74
6	"Broken Bones," Love Inc.	15	504	33.6
5	"It's My Life," No Doubt	12	410	34.17
4	"Clocks," Coldplay	31	1089	35.13
3	"Time of Our Lives," Paul Van Dyk feat. Vega 4	10	361	36.1
2	"Oh L'amour 2003," Erasure	13	498	38.31
1	"It's Your Life," Jamie Winchester & Hrutka Róbert	18	698	38.77

Comments:
This chart is meant to show which songs averaged the best points per week this year. To be eligible, a song had to have at least 10 weeks charted. This is simply to keep songs that might not have charted long, but accumulated a lot of points right away. An example would be Gary Jules' "Mad World." The song has only been on the charts for 8 weeks (is still charting), but has averaged 38.88 points per week.

Anyway, now that the chart has been established, let's look at it. "It's Your Life" was an easy winner in this chart. The song spend more than half it's chart life at number one and when not at number one has spent most of the remainding weeks in the top 5. It's average of 38.77 means that the song could have approximately spent it's entire 18 weeks at number two and achieved the same success. Erasure have also spent a great deal of time in the top 5 and are still charting there now. Paul Van Dyk just barely makes it onto the chart, having only charted for 10 weeks. No big surprises here this year.

Most Weeks in Top 20

Rank	"Title," Artist	Wks in Top 20	Total Points
19	"I Can't Let You Go," Ian Van Dahl	13	398
18	"I Need You," Dave Gahan	13	404
17	"Solsbury Hill," Erasure	13	426
16	"Don't Let Go," David Sneddon	13	435
15	"Hole In The Head," Sugababes	13	460
14	"Intuition," Jewel	13	462
13	"Oh L'amour 2003," Erasure	13	498
12	"Something That You Said," The Bangles	13	498
11	"Broken Bones," Love Inc.	13	504
10	"Twist of Fate," Siobhan Donaghty	14	486
9	"Hollywood," Madonna	14	520
8	"Crazy In Love," Beyoncé Knowles feat. Jay Z	15	584
7	"When I See You," Macy Gray	18NC	645
6	"Searching," Erasure (B-Side to "Solsbury Hill")	18	642
5	"Get Busy," Sean Paul	18	683
4	"Here," Pet Shop Boys	18	684
3	"It's Your Life," Jamie Winchester & Hrutka Róbert	18	698
2	"Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)," Erasure	18	730
1	"Clocks," Coldplay	23	1089

Comments:
This chart is pretty self-explanitory. Ties were broken first by consecutive over non-consecutive weeks charted, then on total points. "Clocks" still manages to stay on top here, as 23 of its 31 weeks were in the top 20. "It's Your Life" has spent its entire chartrun in the top 20 so far. Unlike last year, the entire top 5 is the top 5 songs of the year. In fact, except for the switch at 6 and 7 and number 10 the entire top 10 songs of the year are in order here. Let's move on now to the big boys, the songs that spent the most weeks in the top 10.

Most Weeks in Top 10

Rank	"Title," Artist	Wks in Top 10	Total Points
18	"I Got You," Nick Carter	9	449
17	"If You Love Me," Becky Baeling	9	455
16	"Hole In The Head," Sugababes	9	460
15	"Pretty Green Eyes," Ultrabeat	9	495
14	"When I See You," Macy Gray	10NC	645
13	"Intuition," Jewel	10	462
12	"Getaway," Becky Baeling	10	497
11	"Broken Bones," Love Inc.	10	504
10	"Hollywood," Madonna	11NC	520
9	"It's My Life," No Doubt	11	410
8	"Searching," Erasure (B-Side to "Solsbury Hill")	11	642
7	"Crazy In Love," Beyoncé Knowles feat. Jay Z	13NC	584
6	"Oh L'amour 2003," Erasure	13	498
5	"Here," Pet Shop Boys	14	684
4	"Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)," Erasure	16NC	730
3	"Get Busy," Sean Paul	16	683
2	"It's Your Life," Jamie Winchester & Hrutka Róbert	17	698
1	"Clocks," Coldplay	21	1089

Comments:
This chart is also pretty self-explanitory. Ties were again broken first by consecutive over non-consecutive weeks charted, then on total points. "Clocks" again manages to stay on top here, as 21 of its 23 weeks in the top 20 were in the top 10. This time though, the top 5 is a little different. Erasure fall back from number 2 to 4, while "It's Your Life" moves up to number 2 and Sean Paul moves up to number 3, pushing the Pet Shop Boys back to number 5. Some songs, like "It's My Life" by No Doubt, made this chart, but weren't in the top 20 list. In No Doubt's case, this is because the song is still charting and hasn't had time to spend dropping into the 10's. Let's move on to even the bigger dogs, the songs with the most weeks in the top 5.

Most Weeks in Top 5

Rank	"Title," Artist	Wks in Top 5	Total Points
16	"Time of Our Lives," Paul Van Dyk feat. Vega 4	6	361
15	"It's My Life," No Doubt	6	410
14	"I Got You," Nick Carter	6	449
13	"Hole In The Head," Sugababes	6	460
12	"Getaway," Becky Baeling	6	497
11	"Pretty Green Eyes," Ultrabeat	7	495
10	"Crazy In Love," Beyoncé Knowles feat. Jay Z	7	584
9	"Searching," Erasure (B-Side to "Solsbury Hill")	7	642
8	"If You Love Me," Becky Baeling	8	455
7	"Broken Bones," Love Inc.	8	504
6	"Oh L'amour 2003," Erasure	9NC	498
5	"Here," Pet Shop Boys	9	684
4	"Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)," Erasure	13	730
3	"Get Busy," Sean Paul	14NC	683
2	"It's Your Life," Jamie Winchester & Hrutka Róbert	14	698
1	"Clocks," Coldplay	18	1089

Comments:
Last year, when I chose six weeks as the cut off, only 8 songs made the list. This year, there are 16! Only goes to show that I am keeping songs on my chart for a LOT longer. No real surprises here, the entire top 5 is exactly as it was in the last chart. The big mover on this chart was "If You Love Me," which spent 8 of it's 9 weeks in the top 10 in the top 5. One thing I think is funny to realize is that Coldplay spent 18 weeks in the top 5, last year this was the longest chart run of the year! Interesting, no?

Most Weeks @ #1 in 2003

Rank	"Title," Artist	Wks @ #1	Peak Date	Total Points
15	"Mad World," Gary Jules	1	12/27/03	311
14	"I Got You," Nick Carter	1	5/3/03	449
13	"If You Love Me," Becky Baeling	1	8/16/03	455
12	"Broken Bones," Love Inc.	1	6/7/03	504
11	"Into You," Fabulous feat. Tamia	1	8/23/03	517
10	"No Letting Go," Wayne Wonder	2	5/24 & 5/31/03	286
9	"Time of Our Lives," Paul Van Dyk feat. Vega 4	3	12/6 to 12/20/03	361
8	"Get Busy," Sean Paul	4NC	4/19, 4/26/03, 5/10, & 5/17/03	683
7	"Fool No More," S Club 8	4	6/14 to 7/5/03	286
6	"It's My Life," No Doubt	4	11/8 to 11/29/03	410
5	"Clocks," Coldplay	4	12/28/02 to 1/25/03	1089
4	"Getaway," Becky Baeling	5	7/12 to 8/9/03	497
3	"Here," Pet Shop Boys	5	3/8 to 4/5/03	684
2	"Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)," Erasure	6NC	2/1 to 3/1 & 4/12/03	730
1	"It's Your Life," Jamie Winchester & Hrutka Róbert	10	8/30 to 11/1/03	698

Comments:
Unlike last year, I was actually able to list all of my number ones. Last year, there were 17 songs that spent a week at number one. This year there were only five. Coldplay did spend 5 weeks at number one, but one of them was in 2002. "It's Your Life" now holds the record for most weeks at number one with 10. Let's see if 2004 can't bring the breaking of that record!

Most Weeks as Longevity Champ

Rank	"Title," Artist	Wks as LC	Date	Total Points
12	"Solsbury Hill," Erasure	1	4/12/03	426
11	"Don't Let Go," David Sneddon	1	8/23/03	435
10	"Getaway," Becky Baeling	1	10/25/03	497
9	"Crazy In Love," Beyoncé Knowles feat. Jay Z	1	10/18/03	584
8	"Work It," Missy Elliot	2	3/29 & 4/5/03	368
7	"Something That You Said," The Bangles	2	8/9 & 8/16/03	498
6	"My Vision," Jakatta feat. Seal	3	3/8 to 3/22/03	299
5	"Pretty Green Eyes," Ultrabeat	3	11/1 to 11/15/03	495
4	"When I See You," Macy Gray	7	8/30 to 10/11/03	645
3	"Help Me," Nick Carter	9	1/4 to 3/1/03	240
2	"Into You," Fabulous feat. Tamia	9	11/1 to 12/27/03	517
1	"Clocks," Coldplay	16	4/19 to 8/2/03	1089

Comments:
I added this chart this year to show you which songs took this award for the most weeks. As you can see Coldplay dominated the chart. Surprising, only three of these songs hit number one this year, and two hit number one last year. It seemed that there was a pattern to the award: a song would hold it for many weeks, then there would be a period when a few songs would hold it for a week or two, then another long running song would take over. There were three weeks when 2 songs both held the title in November.

Well those are the Song Award Charts of 2003. Hope to see you back here in 2004!

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