The data is finally in! For each main format in the U.S., these are the top 15 most played songs of the summer!

First up, the AC (adult contemporary) chart.

The AC format is a very slow moving format. Most songs listed were popular on other formats earlier in the year. Some songs were popular last year. Nonetheless, the AC format has 15 fantastic songs in this list. It was an extremely close race, but topping the list is Train's mega smash hit, "Hey, Soul Sister" with 28.6 thousand spins. A very close second was Lady Antebellum's first crossover hit, "Need You Now" with 28.2 thousand plays. Rounding out the top three is Unlce Kracker's crossover comeback single, "Smile," with 22.7 thousand plays.

AC
01. Train - Hey, Soul Sister 28,645
02. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now 28,167
03. Uncle Kracker - Smile 22,652
04. Rob Thomas - Someday 20,827
05. Michael Bublé - Haven't Met You Yet 20,645
06. Kelly Clarkson - Already Gone 19,872
07. The Script - Breakeven 15,769
08. Daughtry - Life After You 15,382
09. Colbie Caillat - Fallin' for You 15,104
10. Kris Allen - Live Like We're Dying 14,255
11. Adam Lambert - Whataya Want From Me 13,932
12. Taylor Swift - You Belong with Me 13,464
13. Jason Mraz - I'm Yours 10,443
14. P!nk - Please Don't Leave Me 9,821
15. Miley Cyrus - The Climb 9,640

Next, let's look at the Hot AC (contemporary pop) top 15. No surprise what's topping the list this year. This song broke records on the hot AC chart when it peaked with 4,757 spins in one week, making it the most played song in one week on the hot AC chart. I'm talking about Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg's mega hit, "California Gurls," with 54.1 thousand spins. Oddly enough, the spin record was broken just a few months before by another song which is also in the top ten below. Coming up in a good second place was the breakout hit of the now wildly successful band, The Script, with their hit, "Breakeven," with 46.4 thousand spins. For the third position, it was a great battle, but Train ended up winning it with their second single, "If It's Love," with 44.7 thousand plays.

Hot AC
01. Katy Perry - California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg) 54,057
02. The Script - Breakeven 46,425
03. Train - If It's Love 44,673
04. John Mayer - Half of My Heart (feat. Taylor Swift) 44,520
05. Rob Thomas - Mockingbird 38,173
06. Adam Lambert - Whataya Want From Me 37,577
07. Colbie Caillat - I Never Told You 37,425
08. Nickelback - This Afternoon 37,007
09. Train - Hey, Soul Sister 35,592
10. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now 34,106
11. Sara Bareilles - King of Anything 31,228
12. P!nk - Glitter in the Air 28,875
13. Maroon 5 - Misery 28,465
14. Michael Bublé - Haven't Met You Yet 25,989
15. Daughtry - Life After You 23,670

While were on the subject of contemporary music, let's check out the Urban AC (contemporary hip-hop/r&b) top 15. Topping this list is Alicia Keys' extremely successful single, "Unthinkable (I'm Ready)," with 28.9 thousand plays. In second place is an artist who has had tons of success this some, Usher, whose song, "There Goes My Baby," lands the second spot on the list with 27.5 thousand plays. Rounding out the top three is Jaheim with "Finding My Way Back," with 25.6 thousand plays.

Urban AC
01. Alicia Keys - Unthinkable (I'm Ready) 28,869
02. Usher - There Goes My Baby 27,543
03. Jaheim - Finding My Way Back 25,642
04. Kem - Why Would You Stay 23,788
05. Fantasia - Bittersweet 22,871
06. Erykah Badu - Window Seat 19,300
07. Maxwell - Fistful of Tears 17,740
08. Dwele - What's Not to Love 15,631
09. Monica - Everything to Me 13,431
10. Corinne Bailey Rae - Closer 13,369
11. Toni Braxton - Hands Tied 12,869
12. Monica - Love All Over Me 10,463
13. Jaheim - Ain't Leaving Without You 8,703
14. Lyfe Jennings - Statistics 8,216
15. Marvin Sapp - The Best In Me 8,188

There's only one more contemporary format, and that is the Triple A (contemporary rock) format. This summer boasted two smash hits on the format which fought it out for the first spot, but the winner was Michael Franti & Spearhead's "The Sound of Sunshine," with a great 7.7 thousand plays. In second place, but certainly not forgettable, is Jack Johnson's "You and Your Heart," with 6.3 thousand plays. Rounding out the top three was a collaboration no one saw coming. It's John Mayer and Taylor Swift's "Half of My Heart," with 5.0 thousand plays.

Triple A
01. Michael Franti & Spearhead - The Sound of Sunshine 7,688
02. Jack Johnson - You and Your Heart 6,327
03. John Mayer - Half of My Heart (feat. Taylor Swift) 5,199
04. Alpha Rev - New Morning 4,986
05. Sheryl Crow - Summer Day 4,802
06. One Eskimo - Kandi 4,307
07. Ray LaMontagne - Beg, Steal, or Borrow (feat. Pariah Dogs) 4,303
08. Greg Laswell - Take Everything (feat. Ingrid Michaelson) 4,077
09. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - I Should Have Known It 4,024
10. Black Keys - Tighten Up 3,825
11. Sarah McLachlan - Loving You Is Easy 3,781
12. Dave Matthews Band - You & Me 3,558
13. Edward Sharpe - Home (feat. Magnetic Zeros) 3,449
14. Sara Bareilles - King of Anything 3,419
15. Broken Bells - High Road 3,290

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Alicia

Alicia & Katy

Speaking of rock, let's check out how the rock formats did this summer.

First up, let's check out the Mainstream Rock format. This summer deemed us the comeback of rock legend, Ozzy Osbourne, and it's not surprise his comeback single, "Let Me Hear You Scream," comes out on top this year with 5.1 thousand plays. Coming in second is Shinedown's wildly popular hit, "The Crow and the Butterfly" with 4.7 thousand plays. Rounding out the top three is Godsmack with their smash hit, "Cryin' Like a Bitch," with 4.0 thousand plays.

Mainstream Rock
01. Ozzy Osbourne - Let Me Hear You Scream 5,082
02. Shinedown - The Crow and the Butterfly 4,675
03. Godsmack - Cryin' Like a Bitch 4,041
04. Alice in Chains - Your Decision 3,426
05. Three Days Grace - The Good Life 3,279
06. Stone Temple Pilots - Between the Lines 2,922
07. Disturbed - Another Way to Die 2,858
08. Breaking Benjamin - I Will Not Bow 2,710
09. Rush - Caravan 2,591
10. Three Days Grace - Break 2,253
11. Saving Abel - Stupid Girl (Only in Hollywood) 2,231
12. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - I Should Have Known It 2,227
13. Scorpions - Raised on Rock 2,091
14. Slipknot - Snuff 1,996
15. Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare 1,986

Next, we'll go a little more hardcore with Active Rock. What a speedy climb to the top spot! They came back this year in the middle of June and the song exploded so much so fast, landing it at number one. Of course I'm talking about Avenged Sevenfold's "Nightmare," with 21.8 thousand plays. Had summer been one week longer, second place would be going to another comeback single, but alas, second place goes to Five Finger Death Punch's "Bad Company," with 20.5 thousand plays. In third place was Disturbed's comeback smash hit, "Another Way to Die," with 20.4 thousand plays.

Active Rock
01. Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare 21,766
02. Five Finger Death Punch - Bad Company 20,508
03. Disturbed - Another Way to Die 20,391
04. Shinedown - The Crow and the Butterfly 19,452
05. Three Days Grace - The Good Life 18,157
06. Ozzy Osbourne - Let Me Hear You Scream16,270
07. Bullet for My Valentine - Your Betrayal 14,327
08. HellYeah - Hell of a Time 13,805
09. Godsmack - Cryin' Like a Bitch 12,634
10. Alice in Chains - Lessons Learned 12,511
11. Saving Abel - Stupid Girl (Only In Hollywood) 12,352
12. Deftones - Diamond Eyes 12,177
13. Buckcherry - All Night Long 11,351
14. Papa Roach - Kick in the Teeth 11,259
15. Breaking Benjamin - Lights Out 10,555

Finally, we'll look at the Alternative list. I know we have some alternative fans on this board who are anxious to see this! For those users, it should be no surprise to learn that The Dirty Heads and Rome's "Lay Me Down" came out on top this year with 21.2 thousand plays. Now that was a smash hit. Coming in second is Cage the Elephant's "In One Ear," with 20.3 thousand plays. Third place was pretty far away this year. Almost a complete 3,000 spin difference! Third place goes to 30 Seconds to Mars' "This Is War," with 17.6 thousand plays.

Alternative
01. The Dirty Heads - Lay Me Down (feat. Rome) 21,204
02. Cage the Elephant - In One Ear 20,270
03. 30 Seconds to Mars - This Is War 17,581
04. Neon Trees - Animal 17,000
05. Phoenix - Lisztomania 16,344
06. Rise Against - Savior 13,426
07. Phoenix - 1901 12,386
08. Muse - Uprising 11,372
09. Shinedown - The Crow and the Butterfly 10,866
10. Muse - Resistance 10,808
11. Civil Twilight - Letters from the Sky 10,597
12. Three Days Grace - The God Life 10,480
13. Broken Bells - High Road 9,935
14. Brandon Flowers - Crossfire 9,144
15. Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare 8,511

But wait... we haven't even gotten to the biggest formats! "The Three Giants," if you will.

CHR & RHY & URBAN shall be spilled later? I know many people will keep viewing the thread

I wonder who's gonna be owning.

Before we get to the main event, let's take a look at the Country format! ***BOO! Country sucks!*** Who said that?! Country is a format tons of people love. Sit down, or I will have come down there and kick your ass.

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ANYWAY, on the country format, we had a very close race for first place. Two pieces of country royalty fought for first place, but it went to the Australian country king, Keith Urban, with his smash hit, "I'm In," with 56.7 thousand plays. In a close second is American Idol goddess, Carrie Underwood, whose smash hit, "Undo It,"-which kept a 12 #1 streak on the format-came in second place with 54.4 thousand plays. Also, a close third was Lee Brice with his hit, "Love Like Crazy," with 54.2 thousand plays.

Country
01. Keith Urban - I'm In 56,722
02. Carrie Underwood - Undo It 54,371
03. Lee Brice - Love Like Crazy 54,165
04. Blake Shelton - All About Tonight 54,075
05. Luke Bryan - Rain Is a Good Thing 53,751
06. Jerrod Niemann - Lover, Lover 53,237
07. Zac Brown Band - Free 52,912
08. Brad Paisley - Water 51,664
09. Miranda Lambert - The House That Built Me 48,903
10. Jason Aldean - Crazy Town 48,657
11. Clay Walker - She Won't Be Lonely Long 45,016
12. Lady Antebellum - Our Kind of Love 43,905
13. Billy Currington - Pretty Good at Drinking Beer 43,530
14. Uncle Kracker - Smile 42,143
15. Little Big Town - Little White Church 37,904

Along with AC, this set of 3 I like most.

A little surprised Dirty Heads topped....I thought Muse would be much higher on here too, and even Three Days Grace. Well-deserved for Avenged Sevenfold.

And Train easily deserved #1 on AC, Lady Antebellum would be a great choice too. Solid Hot AC Top 15 listed, my least favorite however is the Katy Perry song and I like Sara's the most.

Queen Carrie is the Top female on Country.

I'm just now getting into that partic. Miranda song. LOL. I like Carrie's the most and I'll say Currington's I like the least. Very solid list IMO and I think, the best list (the Country one) overall next to the Alternative one.

Carrie
Undo It almost platinum.

Adam.

Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum & Uncle Kracker

Katy

Sorry to keep you waiting for the main event, but it's good to keep you guessing!

First, we'll check out the Rhythmic format. For a second year in a row, Drake tops the list with his successful hit, "Find Your Love," with 74.4 thousand plays. In second place was newcomer rapper, B.o.B with Paramore lead vocalist, Hayley Williams and their huge smash hit, "Airplanes," with 66.9 thousand plays. In third is the return of Usher. He went from huge smash, to under the radar, and now he's back smashing the charts again. In third is his single, "OMG," which features The Black Eyed Peas' lead vocalist, will.i.am, with 58.6 thousand plays.

Rhythmic
01. Drake - Find Your Love 74,442
02. B.o.B - Airplanes (feat. Hayley Williams) 66,865
03. Usher - OMG (feat. will.i.am) 58,566
04. Eminem - Love the Way You Lie (feat. Rihanna) 52,910
05. Nicki Minaj - Your Love 51,661
06. Katy Perry - California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg) 48,113
07. Travie McCoy - Billionaire (feat. Bruno Mars) 40,467
08. Taio Cruz - Dynamite 32,999
09. B.o.B - Nothin' on You (feat. Bruno Mars) 32,913
10. Alicia Keys - Unthinkable (I'm Ready) 32,238
11. Mike Posner - Cooler Than Me 31,527
12. Drake - Over 30,853
13. T.I. - Got Your Back (feat. Keri Hilson) 30,817
14. Eminem - Not Afraid 30,691
15. Ciara - Ride (feat. Ludacris) 30,525

We'll now look over to the Urban format. I see here Drake is smashing yet again as "Find Your Love" also takes the top spot here with 41.4 thousand plays. He is only one of two artist to take the top spot on two formats. (You'll find out who the second is later on...) In second place is Alicia Keys with "Unthinkable (I'm Ready)," which also topped the urban AC format list, with 40.5 thousand plays. In third place, we have a shocking turn up. Yes, it's the comeback of CIARA, with the help of Ludacris taking the third place with "Ride," with 35.3 thousand plays.

Urban
01. Drake - Find Your Love 41,434
02. Alicia Keys - Unthinkable (I'm Ready) 40,528
03. Ciara - Ride (feat. Ludacris) 35,296
04. Usher - OMG (feat. will.i.am) 34,948
05. Nicki Minaj - Your Love 34,845
06. Young Jeezy - Lose My Mind (feat. Plies) 32,245
07. Usher - There Goes My Baby 30,752
08. Cali Swag District - Teach Me How to Dougie 30,672
09. Ludacris - Sex Room (feat. Trey Songz) 29,159
10. Soulja Boy Tell'em - Pretty Boy Swag 26,410
11. Drake - Miss Me (feat. Lil Wayne) 25,895
12. Monica - Love All Over Me 24,179
13. Diddy-Dirty Money - Hello Good Morning (feat. T.I.) 21,207
14. DJ Khaled - All I Do Is Win (feat. T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, and Rick Ross) 20,372
15. Drake - Over 20,006

We should note here that Drake has three songs in this list.

Well, we've come to the main attraction. The POP format!!!!!!! Who is number one here? Why, it's KATY PERRY (for a second year in a row, and the second time this year) and SNOOP DOGG with "California Gurls." Just like on hot AC, the song broke spin records here! Wow! This song definitely deserves the top of the list after doing that! It comes out on top with 146.9 thousand plays! :!eek: In second, no surprise, is B.o.B and Hayley Williams, yet again, with "Airplanes," with 137.6 thousand plays. Who is third? A little bit of a shocker here, but it's Mike Posner, another newcomer, with his hit, "Cooler Than Me," with 112.1 thousand plays.

Pop
01. Katy Perry - California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg) 146,894
02. B.o.B - Airplanes (feat. Hayley Williams) 137,592
03. Mike Posner - Cooler Than Me 112,123
04. Travie McCoy - Billionaire (feat. Bruno Mars) 107,595
05. Usher - OMG (feat. will.i.am) 103,342
06. Ke$ha - Your Love Is My Drug 93,377
07. Eminem - Love the Way You Lie (feat. Rihanna) 90,777
08. Taio Cruz - Dynamite 85,554
09. Jason Derülo - Ridin' Solo 82,505
10. La Roux - Bulletproof 80,748
11. Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart (feat. Ludacris) 76,254
12. Enrique Iglesias - I Like It (feat. Pitbull) 75,519
13. Lady GaGa - Alejandro 74,646
14. Drake - Find Your Love 67,409
15. Shontelle - Impossible 62,809

What happens when you combine all these lists together? Well, you get a great list of huge songs which define the summer of 2010! This top five definitely puts the summer in front of your eyes. They describe the summer so well!

Overall
01. Katy Perry - California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg) 255,663
02. B.o.B - Airplanes (feat. Hayley Williams) 213,867
03. Usher - OMG (feat. will.i.am) 211,916
04. Drake - Find Your Love 184,619
05. Mike Posner - Cooler Than Me 155,659
06. Travie McCoy - Billionaire (feat. Bruno Mars) 152,406
07. Eminem - Love the Way You Lie (feat. Rihanna) 150,808
08. Ke$ha - Your Love Is My Drug 130,929
09. Taio Cruz - Dynamite 122,012
10. Train - Hey, Soul Sister 118,807
11. Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart (feat. Ludacris) 118,078
12. Jason Derülo - Ridin' Solo 115,246
13. Lady GaGa - Alejandro 112,060
14. B.o.B - Nothin' on You (feat. Bruno Mars) 108,674
15. Nicki Minaj - Your Love 108,143

YAY! @ B.o.B!!!

Shontelle & LTWYL & Alicia & Katy