Adding up the chart-toppers
In last week's Chart Beat you said there have been 11 chart-toppers [in 2006], and then this week you say "Promiscuous" is the 12th song to assume [pole position] in 2006. That latter statement is correct, but weren't there 12 chart toppers as of last week (and now 13)? "Don't Forget About Us" was No. 1 in 2006, even if it didn't assume the position in 2006. To act like it wasn't No. 1 this year would basically mean there was no chart for the first week of 2006.
Thanks, Jason Englisbe Dear Jason. In the 14 years that I've been writing Chart Beat, I've always counted the same way. The final No. 1 song of a calendar year belongs to the year in which it peaked. That's why I refer to songs that "assumed pole position" or "advanced to No. 1" in a calendar year. Once in a while I forget to qualify the statement, so I understand why you would question the count. I'll be more careful in the future to include the qualification so there is no doubt. (Billboard's Chart Beat)
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