Pinnacle Media Worldwide’s Top-Testing Songs of 2009

December 22, 2009 in General | Comments (0)

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Pinnacle Media Worldwide tested the most-played currents over the past year in nine US radio formats, using our exclusive RadioMusicSurvey.com. These are the top-testing songs from 2009:

AAA
Modern Rock
Country
Top 40/Dance
Hip Hop/R&B

Adult Contemporary
Adult Top 40
Top 40/Mainstream
Smooth Jazz

AAA

Rank	Title	Artist	Score
1	Kings Of Leon	Use Somebody	79.03
2	Fray	You Found Me	77.84
3	Green Day	21 Guns	77.32
4	Green Day	Know Your Enemy	75.76
5	Fray	Never Say Never	75.16
6	Foo Fighters	Wheels	74.94
7	Kings Of Leon	Sex On Fire	74.87
8	Pearl Jam	Just Breathe	74.34
9	Kings Of Leon	Notion	74.23
10	Snow Patrol	Crack The Shutters	74.12
11	O.A.R.	Shattered (Turn The Car Around)	73.89
12	Killers	Human	73.83
13	Rob Thomas	Her Diamonds	73.53
14	Lily Alen	The Fear	73.01
15	Snow Patrol	Just Say Yes	72.98
16	Carolina Liar	Show Me What I’m Looking For	72.89
17	Colbie Caillat	Fallin For You	72.6
18	Death Cab For Cutie	Cath	72.41
19	Weezer	(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To	72.35
20	Five For Fighting	Chances	72.09
21	Pearl Jam	The Fixer	71.97
22	Collective Soul	Staring Down	71.74
23	Script	The Man Who Can’t Be Moved	71.59
24	Ingrid Michaelson	Maybe…	71.37
25	Coldplay	Life In Technicolor II	71.35
26	Coldplay	Lost!	71.18
27	James Morrison	Nothing Ever Hurt Like You	71.03
28	Adele	Chasing Pavements	71.03
29	Snow Patrol	Take Back The City	71.03
30	Depeche Mode	Wrong	70.42

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Modern Rock

Rank	Title	Artist	Score
1	All American Rejects	Gives You Hell	77.84
2	Kings Of Leon	Use Somebody	77.61
3	Linkin Park	New Divide	76.63
4	Shinedown	Second Chance	75.91
5	Green Day	21 Guns	75.82
6	Kings Of Leon	Sex On Fire	75.60
7	Fall Out Boy	I Don’t Care	74.68
8	Greenday	Know Your Enemy	74.60
9	Incubus	Love Hurts	74.36
10	Muse	Uprising	74.18
11	Apocalyptica Feat. Adam Gontier	I Don’t Care	74.07
12	Disturbed	The Night	73.99
13	Paramore	Decode	73.68
14	Breaking Benjamin	I Will Not Bow	73.66
15	Saving Abel	Addicted	73.52
16	Foo Fighters	Wheels	73.41
17	Shinedown	If You Only Knew	73.39
18	Owl City	Fireflies	73.26
19	Seether	Careless Whisper	72.86
20	Offspring	You’re Gonna Go Far Kid	72.66
21	Weezer	(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To	72.34
22	Staind	All I Want	72.25
23	Seether	Breakdown	72.17
24	Rise Against	Savior	72.06
25	Pearl Jam	The Fixer	71.73
26	Kings Of Leon	Notion	71.73
27	Disturbed	Indestructible	71.58
28	Weezer	Troublemaker	71.46
29	Theory Of A Deadman	Bad Girlfriend	71.26
30	Rise Against	Re-education (through Labor)	71.14

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Country

Rank	Title	Artist	Score
1	Brad Paisley	Then	83.51
2	Lady Antebellum	Need You Now	82.28
3	Blake Shelton	She Wouldn’t Be Gone	80.68
4	Keith Urban	Only You Can Love Me This Way	80.59
5	Keith Urban	Kiss A Girl	80.48
6	Luke Bryan	Do I	80.45
7	Reba	Consider Me Gone	80.39
8	Rascal Flatts	Here	80.38
9	Keith Urban	Sweet Thing	80.26
10	John Michael Montgomery	Forever	79.92
11	Darius Rucker	It Won’t Be Like This For Long	79.33
12	Taylor Swift	You Belong With Me	79.32
13	Billy Currington	Don’t	79.26
14	Martina Mcbride	I Just Call You Mine	79.02
15	Lady Antebellum	I Run To You	79.02
16	Tim Mcgraw	Nothin’ To Die For	78.99
17	Toby Keith	God Love Her	78.63
18	Dierks Bentley	I Wanna Make You Close Your Eyes	78.29
19	Kellie Pickler	Best Days Of Your Life	78.27
20	Martina Mcbride	Ride	78.24
21	Rascal Flatts	Here Comes Goodbye	78.09
22	Zac Brown Band	Whatever It Is	78.04
23	Carrie Underwood	I Told You So	77.97
24	Brad Paisley/Keith Urban	Start A Band	77.94
25	Dierks Bentley	Feel That Fire	77.92
26	Sugarland	Already Gone	77.92
27	Taylor Swift	White Horse	77.86
28	Alan Jackson	Sissy’s Song	77.81
29	Lady Antebellum	Lookin’ For A Good Time	77.78
30	Chris Young	Gettin’ You Home	77.66

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Top 40/Dance

Rank	Title	Artist	Score
1	Lady Gaga/Akon	Just Dance	82.07
2	Katy Perry	Hot N Cold	81.23
3	Pink	Sober	80.56
4	Black Eyed Peas	I Got A Feeling	80.55
5	Pink	So What	79.87
6	Black Eyed Peas	Meet Me Halfway	78.92
7	Pink	Please Don’t Leave Me (remix)	78.62
8	Kelly Clarkson	My Life Would Suck Without You	78.29
9	Lady Gaga	Poker Face	77.82
10	Chris Brown	Forever	77.54
11	Cascada	Evacuate The Dance Floor	76.18
12	Lady Gaga	Love Game	75.72
13	Flo Rida	Right Round	75.43
14	Lady Gaga	Paparazzi (Moto Blanco Remix)	74.83
15	Jay Sean	Down	74.80
16	Kristinia Debarge	Goodbye	74.39
17	A R Rahman/Nicole Scherzinger	Jai Ho!	73.88
18	Beyonce	Sweet Dreams (Smash Mode Remix)	73.68
19	Lily Allen	The Fear	73.52
20	David Guetta Feat. Kelly Rowland	When Love Takes Over	73.41
21	Agnes	Release Me (Cahill Remix)	73.12
22	Katy Perry	Waking Up In Vegas (remix)	72.97
23	Iyaz	Replay	72.91
24	Rihanna	Rehab	72.74
25	Killers	Human	72.66
26	David Guetta	Sexy Chick	72.66
27	Black Eyed Peas	Boom Boom Pow	72.21
28	Jason Derulo	Whatcha Say	72.05
29	Britney Spears	3	71.84
30	Pussycat Dolls	I Hate This Part	71.65

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Hip Hop/R&B

Rank	Title	Artist	Score
1	T.I. & Justin Timberlake	Dead And Gone	82.24
2	T.I. Feat. Rihanna	Live Your Life	80.35
3	Beyonce	Halo	78.27
4	T.I.	Whatever You Like	77.80
5	Ne-Yo	Mad	77.58
6	Ne-Yo	Miss Independent	77.27
7	Jay-Z Feat Rihanna & Kanye West	Run This Town	77.25
8	Jay-Z Feat. Alicia Keys	Empire State Of Mind	76.85
9	Kanye West	Heartless	76.77
10	Drake Feat. Eminem, Kanye West, & Lil Wayne	Forever	76.65
11	Keri Hilson	Knock You Down	76.57
12	Kid Cudi	Day N Nite	75.79
13	Drake	Best I Ever Had	74.08
14	Alicia Keys	Doesn’t Mean Anything	73.45
15	Beyonce	Single Ladies	73.28
16	Jennifer Hudson	If This Isn’t Love	73.27
17	John Legend Feat. Andre 3000	Greenlight	72.91
18	Beyonce	If I Were A Boy	72.79
19	Soulja Boy	Kiss Me Through The Phone	72.69
20	Mariah Carey	Obsessed	72.26
21	Kid Cudi/Kanye West	Make Her Say	71.91
22	Trey Songz	I Need A Girl	71.84
23	Jamie Foxx	Blame It	71.84
24	Rihanna	Hard	71.20
25	Busta Rhymes	Hustlers Anthem	71.02
26	Keri Hilson Feat. Lil Wayne	Turnin Me On	70.98
27	Ester Dean	Drop It Low	70.96
28	Gucci Mane Feat. Usher	Spotlight	70.84
29	Fabolous Feat Keri Hilson	Everything, Everyday, Everywhere	70.78
30	The Dream	My Love	70.75

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Adult Contemporary

Rank	Title	Artist	Score
1	Jason Mraz	I’m Yours	77.67
2	Kelly Clarkson	Already Gone	77.10
3	Fray	You Found Me	76.88
4	Katy Perry	Hot N Cold	76.82
5	Taylor Swift	You Belong With Me	76.61
6	Kings Of Leon	Use Somebody	76.59
7	Pink	Please Don’t Leave Me	76.52
8	Daughtry	No Surprise	76.31
9	Kelly Clarkson	My Life Would Suck Without You	76.27
10	Daughtry	What About Now	75.85
11	Daughtry	Feels Like Tonight	75.77
12	Nickelback	Gotta Be Somebody	75.58
13	Gavin Rossdale	Love Remains The Same	75.51
14	Leona Lewis	Bleeding Love	75.21
15	Rob Thomas	Her Diamonds	75.16
16	Shinedown	Second Chance	74.64
17	Taylor Swift	Love Story	74.50
18	Coldplay	Viva Le Vida	74.42
19	Colbie Caillat	Fallin’ For You	74.33
20	Leona Lewis	Better In Time	74.29
21	Sara Bareilles	Love Song	74.23
22	Nickelback	If Today Was Your Last Day	74.00
23	David Cook	Come Back To Me	73.83
24	Seal	If You Don’t Know Me By Now	73.61
25	David Archuleta	Crush	73.59
26	Jordin Sparks	Battlefield	73.29
27	Jordin Sparks	One Step At A Time	72.76
28	O.A.R.	Shattered (Turn The Car Around)	72.75
29	Michael Buble	Haven’t Met You Yet	72.71
30	Matt Nathanson	Come On Get Higher	72.70

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Adult Top 40

Rank	Title	Artist	Score
1	Kings Of Leon	Use Somebody	78.63
2	Pink	Sober	78.49
3	Pink	So What	78.32
4	Shinedown	Second Chance	77.77
5	Fray	You Found Me	77.64
6	Linkin Park	New Divide	77.43
7	Katy Perry	Hot N Cold	77.40
8	Green Day	21 Guns	76.70
9	Jason Mraz	I’m Yours	76.46
10	Nickelback	Gotta Be Somebody	76.43
11	Linkin Park	Leave Out All The Rest	76.40
12	Black Eyed Peas	I Got A Feeling	76.38
13	Pink	Please Don’t Leave Me	76.27
14	Lady Gaga & Colby O’donis	Just Dance	76.03
15	Shinedown	If You Only Knew	75.79
16	Kelly Clarkson	My Life Would Suck Without You	75.75
17	All American Rejects	Gives You Hell	75.57
18	Nickelback	Never Gonna Be Alone	75.42
19	Daughtry	No Surprise	75.39
20	Nickelback	If Today Was Your Last Day	75.28
21	Daughtry	What About Now	75.27
22	Daughtry	Life After You	74.63
23	Gavin Rossdale	Love Remains The Same	74.57
24	Fray	Never Say Never	74.44
25	Taylor Swift	You Belong With Me	74.44
26	Rob Thomas	Someday	74.44
27	Owl City	Fireflies	74.29
28	Lifehouse	Halfway Gone	74.28
29	Secondhand Serenade	Fall For You	74.19
30	Saving Abel	Addicted	74.15

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Top 40/Mainstream

Rank	Title	Artist	Score
1	Katy Perry	Hot N Cold	78.02
2	Lady Gaga	Just Dance	77.99
3	Fray	You Found Me	77.90
4	Pink	So What	77.90
5	Jason Mraz	I’m Yours	77.65
6	Black Eyed Peas	I Got A Feeling	77.53
7	Pink	Sober	77.44
8	Kings Of Leon	Use Somebody	77.01
9	Linkin Park	New Divide	76.38
10	Kelly Clarkson	Already Gone	76.35
11	Lady Gaga	Poker Face	76.34
12	Pink	Please Don’t Leave Me	76.22
13	All American Rejects	Gives You Hell	76.18
14	Daughtry	No Surprise	76.13
15	Kelly Clarkson	My Life Would Suck Without You	76.00
16	Shinedown	Second Chance	75.97
17	Taylor Swift	You Belong With Me	75.50
18	Fray	Never Say Never	75.18
19	Kevin Rudolf	Let It Rock	74.98
20	Pink	Funhouse	74.80
21	Rob Thomas	Her Diamonds	74.04
22	Nickelback	Gotta Be Something	73.85
23	Nickelback	If Today Was Your Last Day	73.72
24	Colbie Caillat	Fallin’ For You	73.71
25	T.I.	Dead And Gone	73.68
26	Owl City	Fireflies	73.53
27	Lady Gaga	Bad Romance	73.07
28	Lady Gaga	Paparazzi	73.05
29	Theory Of A Dead Man	Not Meant To Be	73.00
30	Taylor Swift	Love Story	72.97

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Smooth Jazz

Rank	Title	Artist	Score
1	Jason Mraz	I’m Yours	82.47
2	Paul Jackson Jr	Easy Like Sunday Morning	81.17
3	Seal	A Change Is Gonna Come	79.95
4	Beyonce	At Last	79.08
5	Jesse Cook	Bogota By Bus	77.59
6	Kenny G	Ritmo Y Romance	77.33
7	Torcuato Mariano	So Far From Home	77.21
8	Boney James	Send One Your Love	77.06
9	George Benson	Living In High Definition	77.03
10	Dave Koz	And Then I Knew	76.99
11	Craig Chaquico	Songbird	76.96
12	Peter White	Bright	76.83
13	Vanessa Williams	Just Friends	76.79
14	Phil Perry	Shower The People	76.79
15	Kenny G	Tango	76.57
16	Robin Thicke	Magic	76.06
17	Richard Elliot	Move On Up	75.92
18	Boney James	Stop Look Listen (to Your Heart)	75.79
19	Kenny Lattimore	And I Love Her	75.65
20	Paul Taylor	Burnin	75.36
21	Wayne Brady	Ordinary	74.95
22	Boney James	Touch	74.86
23	Walter Beasley	Steady As She Goes	74.72
24	Eric Darius	Because Of You	74.71
25	Euge Groove	Slow Jam	74.61
26	Najee	Sweet Summer Nights	74.51
27	Paul Taylor	Streamline	74.51
28	Paul Brown & Marc Antoine	Foreign Xchange	74.47
29	Whitney Houston	I Look To You	74.43
30	Jeff Golub	Nikki’s Walk	74.31

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WHAT MATTERS MOST?

December 17, 2009 in General | Comments (3)

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By Robert Lawrence, President/CEO

It’s certainly been a rough year all around for many and when the purse strings get tightened on your end, it can feel more like a noose on ours; we know what you’re going through.

But in the end, what really matters most? Is it truly the financial frustrations that can impact the manner in which you do your job that measure your success? It’s always about this time of year I try to put it all into perspective. Men in particular, measure their own value by what they do, rather than who they are. Women are generally speaking, much better off in this area. They are much more in touch with their true value and choose not to use their jobs as a yardstick of purpose. Guys…we need to take a lesson from the ladies and probably in more than just one way.

Believe me, I know it’s difficult, especially when you own a business and not only worry about your own family, but for the many others for whom you become responsible, as well.

In reality, it’s the relationships we build over our lifetimes that matter most. It’s family, friends, and yes, even business relationships, that define who we are. It’s not what we do, or for whom we work, or how much money we earn. It’s the people in our lives who represent our greatest gifts. I will always remember when I worked for Frank Cody and Brian Stone. Their mantra truly was, “Our assets go down the elevator every night.” When my 11 year old daughter was born 12 weeks prematurely and was in Neonatal ICU for weeks, they never once balked or complained that I was always with her. As bad as I felt for seemingly neglecting my duties for which I was paid well, they simply said, “family is everything!” I will always love these men for that, and continue to use them as a model of great management style for my own company.

With the holidays upon us again, I force myself to remember, through all the stress and worry that comes with the job, that it’s only a means to an end. Don’t get me wrong…I love my work. I love what the team at Pinnacle Media has built over the last decade, and as blessed as I feel for the successes, if it all disappeared tomorrow, I would hope none of us here would measure who we as men and women, by failure.

So, when you get frustrated and upset with slashed budgets, no salary increase for two years in a row, or what you feel is a lack of support from corporate (who by the way, often deal with the same frustrations on an even greater scale), ask yourself what matters most? Is it where you go everyday when you leave your home for work, or where go when you leave your office and return home?

For years our slogan at Christmas and New Years has been, “Here’s to Ratings, Revenue, & Relationships!” This year, I want to simplify that, and while I wish you great success in building ratings and revenue… what matters most is the relationships we protect and forge personally and professionally in the coming year!

God Bless you all,

Bob

The True Heroes!

December 11, 2009 in General | Comments (1)

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By Robert Lawrence, President/CEO

Whether your political beliefs lean left, right, or in the middle, none of us will argue the amazing role that our military men and women play to protect us all daily. Not only Americans, but all nations who have brave patriots on the front lines, standing guard on both the physical and virtual walls, defending our freedom.

Many of us have friends and family in the military who will not be home for the holidays this year. Next year, my youngest son Daniel plans to enlist in the Marines, and while my fears are great, my pride in this young man who is so committed; so willing to stand guard and lay down the precious life that God gave him to simply protect you and me, goes well beyond words.

We’re all so very grateful, yet so busy hustling and scurrying around to find the perfect gifts for those we love, that we rarely consider sending those in the armed forces something from our hearts, as well.

I simply wanted to provide a list of websites that you might consider visiting to offer support and show thanks to those standing on that very wall today; at any moment willing to make the ultimate sacrifice to simply insure that you and yours remain safe at home this Christmas Season.

Here are just a few to consider:

From all of us at Pinnacle Media Worldwide, Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!