Chart guru, Fred Bronson, of Billboard devotes this week’s Chart Beat column to David Archuleta’s remarkable Hot Shot Debut at #2 on this week’s Billboard Hot 100. I posted some general stats yesterday. Here are his list of official Billboard stats:
- The highest new entry on the Hot 100 of 2008.
- The highest debut ever on the Hot 100 for an American Idol song not performed on the series.
- The highest-debuting single on the Hot 100 since the No. 2 bow of Fall Out Boy’s “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race” the week of Feb. 3, 2007.
- Archie’s peak position to date on the Hot 100 is higher than the winner, David Cook. Bronson says, that although the record may be temporary, Archie is only the “second runner-up to outperform the “Idol” winner from the same season. The first was Clay Aiken, who went to No. 1 in 2003 with ‘This Is the Night’ while second season champ Ruben Studdard peaked at No. 2 with ‘Flying Without Wings.'” Cook’s coronation single, “Time of My Life” peaked at #3 on the Hot 100.
- “Crush, ” which debuts at No. 1 on Hot Digital Songs, is the fourth entry for Archie on the Hot 100. His first three all debuted the week of June 7 and spent one week each on the chart: his version of John Lennon’s “Imagine” at No. 36, Elton John’s “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” at No. 58 and “In This Moment” at No. 60.
- “Crush” is the seventh single to debut inside the top 10 of the Hot 100 in 2008, including Taylor Swift’s “Change, ” which enters this week at No. 10. Bronson posts a summary: No. 2: “Crush, ” David Archuleta (Aug. 30) No. 3: “The Time of My Life, ” David Cook (June 7) No. 5: “Burnin’ Up, ” Jonas Brothers (July 12) No. 8: “Tonight, ” Jonas Brothers (Aug. 16) No. 9: “New Soul, ” Yael Naim (Feb. 16)No. 9: “Forever, ” Chris Brown (May 10) No. 10: “Change, ” Taylor Swift (Aug. 30)
Finally, Bronson lists a summary of songs recorded by American Idol finalists, but not performed during the course of competition that have debuted in the top 10:
No. 2: “Crush, ” David Archuleta (Aug. 30, 2008)
No. 4: “Solitaire, ” Clay Aiken (April 3, 2004)
No. 6: “I’ll Stand By You, ” Carrie Underwood (May 12, 2007)
No. 8: “Never Again, ” Kelly Clarkson (May 12, 2007)
