ATRL: The ATRL Top 50 Singles of 2008

Ace Reject

Sorry that some unforeseeable problems crept up - I had to do a LOT of tracking people down just to put this list together. And ...

This is the WEIRDEST list ATRL has ever put together. (Especially number 23! LMAO!) In comparison, let me post this year's Pazz & Jop Top 50 (they only officially count the top 40, but whatever)

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1 M.I.A., "Paper Planes" * **
Interscope Mentions: 107
2 Estelle featuring Kanye West, "American Boy"
Atlantic Mentions: 71
3 Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" **
Columbia Mentions: 59
4 MGMT, "Time to Pretend"
Mentions: 53
5 Lil Wayne, "A Milli"
Cash Money/Universal Mentions: 50
6 Santogold, "L.E.S. Artistes"
Downtown Mentions: 49
7 Hercules & Love Affair, "Blind"
DFA Mentions: 46
8 Coldplay, "Viva La Vida"
Mentions: 39
9 Kanye West, "Love Lockdown" **
Mentions: 38
10 Fleet Foxes, "White Winter Hymnal"
Sub Pop Mentions: 32
11 Portishead, "Machine Gun"
Mercury Mentions: 25
12 Hot Chip, "Ready for the Floor"
EMI Mentions: 25
13 T.I. (featuring Rihanna), "Live Your Life"
Atlantic Mentions: 23
14 T.I., "Whatever You Like"
Grand Hustle/Atlantic Mentions: 22
15 Rihanna, "Disturbia"
Def Jam Mentions: 21
16 Death Cab for Cutie, "I Will Possess Your Heart"
Atlantic Mentions: 21
17 Adele, "Chasing Pavements"
Columbia Mentions: 20
18 MGMT, "Electric Feel"
Columbia Records Mentions: 20
19 Pink, "So What"
Mentions: 20
20 Vampire Weekend, "Oxford Comma"
XI Recordings Mentions: 19
21 TV on the Radio, "Golden Age"
Interscope Mentions: 18
22 Young Jeezy featuring Kanye West, "Put On"
Def Jam Mentions: 18
23 Lykke Li, "Little Bit"
LL / Atlantic Mentions: 17
24 Duffy, "Mercy"
Polydor Mentions: 17
25 Ne-Yo, "Closer"
Def Jam Mentions: 16
26 Kings of Leon, "Sex on Fire"
RCA Mentions: 16
27 T.I. featuring Jay-Z, Kanye West, and Lil Wayne, "Swagger Like Us"
Atlantic Mentions: 16
28 The Ting Tings, "That's Not My Name"
Columbia Mentions: 16
29 Katy Perry, "I Kissed a Girl"
Capitol Mentions: 15
30 M83, "Kim & Jessie"
Mute Mentions: 15
31 Li'l Wayne, "Lollipop"
Mentions: 15
32 Hayes Carll, "She Left Me for Jesus"
Lost Highway Mentions: 15
33 Bon Iver, "Skinny Love" *
Jagjaguwar Mentions: 15
34 Britney Spears, "Womanizer"
Jive Mentions: 15
35 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!"
Mute Mentions: 14
36 Black Kids, "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You"
Columbia Mentions: 14
37 The Juan Maclean, "Happy House"
DFA Mentions: 13
38 Katy Perry, "Hot N Cold"
39 Beyoncé, "If I Were a Boy"
Columbia Mentions: 13
40 Vampire Weekend, "A-Punk"
XL/Beggars Group Mentions: 12
41 The Hold Steady, "Constructive Summer"
Vagrant Mentions: 12
42 The Killers, "Human"
Mentions: 12
43 Santogold, "Lights Out"
Downtown Mentions: 12
44 Weezer, "Pork and Beans"
Geffen Mentions: 12
45 The Hold Steady, "Sequestered in Memphis"
Vagrant Mentions: 12
46 Be Your Own Pet, "Becky"
Mentions: 11
47 Sigur Ros, "Gobbledigook"
XL Mentions: 11
48 M83, "Graveyard Girl"
Mute Mentions: 11
49 Taylor Swift, "Love Story"
Big Machine Mentions: 11
50 Goldfrapp, "A&E"
Mute Mentions: 10

We match up 17/50. And some of the songs "we've" picked ...

Some other tidbits to hold you all over:

The artists that had the 1 and 2 songs last year do it again - they just switch places this year!
Also, we have some of the lowest ranking songs we've ever had this year - no. 50 only received 43 points
Three acts have three songs on the list this year - a new band, and a (hopefully) former couple that are unfortunately linked forevermore
However, one man rules them all with four songs charting (well, technically 3 1/2, but who's counting?)
Three of the five Record of the Year nominees show up (so much for the Grammys being "out of touch." Bleeding Love would've made it four, but it ranked last year.

So, give me a few minutes, and I'll be back!

1-N-Only21

DEATH @ this list looking like MTV's fail attempt.

Not quite Absolute TRL.

Ace Reject

Tierra, that's not our list. That's a good list. Our list is ... different.

Raguabros

Can't wait

I'm sure the guy's Kanye and the 1/2 is from American Boy
The other songs are Love Lockdown, Heartless and Homecoming

Raguabros

Last Year Top

50. Avril Lavigne - Hot/Amy Winehouse - Tears Dry On Their Own/Feist - 1, 2, 3, 4,
49. Aly & AJ - Potential Breakup Song/KoRn - Evolution
47. Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm
46. Paula DeAnda featuring Bow Wow - Easy/Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good/Carrie Underwood - Before He Cheats
43. Ashley Tisdale - He Said, She Said
42. Daughtry - Home
41. Rihanna - Shut Up and Drive/Sugababes - About You Now
39. Linkin Park - Bleed it Out
38. Fall Out Boy - Thnks Fr Th Mmrs/Foo Fighters - The Pretenders
36. Kanye West featuring T-Pain - Good Life
35. Plain White Ts - Hey There Delilah
34. Paramore - Crushcrushcrush/Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
32. Rihanna featuring Ne-Yo - Hate That I Love you
31. Good Charlotte - Dance Floor Anthem (I Don't Wanna Be in Love)
30. Hilary Duff - With Love
29. Jennifer Lopez - Do It Well
28. Kelly Clarkson - Sober
27. Paramore - Misery Business/Britney Spears - Piece of Me/Incubus - Dig
24. The Killers - Read My Mind
23. Good Charlotte - The River
22. Katharine McPhee - Over It
21. Christina Aguilera - Candyman
20. Hilary Duff - Stranger
19. Avril Lavigne - When You're Gone
18. Amy Winehouse - Rehab
17. Gwen Stefani - 4 in the Morning
16. Gwen Stefani featuring Akon - The Sweet Escape
15. Timbaland featuring One Republic - Apologize
14. Beyonce & Shakira - Beautiful Liar/Kelly Clarkson - Never Again
13. My Chemical Romance - Famous Last Words
12. Rihanna - Don't Stop the Music
11. Fergie featuring Ludacris - Glamorous
10. Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around ... Comes Around
09. Linkin Park - What I've Done
08. Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
07. Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder
06. Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson, D.O.E.& Sebastian - The Way I Are
05. Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry
04. Kanye West - Stronger
03. Alicia Keys - No One
02. Britney Spears - Gimme More
01. Rihanna & Jay-Z - Umbrella

So I'm guessing this year top 2
02. Rihanna - Disturbia
01. Britney Spears - Womanizer

Ace Reject, you shouldn't have given out that "clue"

Exodus

ohh, I can't remember if I had my list submitted.

Bart!

Dancefloor

I'll wait.

.:Allen:.

That was a horrible epic fail list, I hope ours isn't that bad.

JM4ever

WTF.

Better that list is fake or I will snub this.

Pedro

Britney needs to own it

Raguabros

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Originally posted by JM4ever

WTF.

Better that list is fake or I will snub this.

That's a PROFESSIONAL list

♥ Shakidrian ♥

omg can't wait

Brandon

should be awesome. <333

♥ Shakidrian ♥

Shakira is going 2 dominate

Reeces

Bart

Are you gonna finish this?

Vato

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Originally posted by Raguabros

Can't wait

I'm sure the guy's Kanye and the 1/2 is from American Boy
The other songs are Love Lockdown, Heartless and Homecoming

Homecoming barely made an impact on anyone (and with good reason), if it's Kanye indeed, it's gonna be Flashing Lights.

KingofBrits

I really like that list. I wish it was ours

Red

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Originally posted by Raguabros

That's a PROFESSIONAL list

Exactly. And we all know that ATRL is anything but.

Honestly, I think that I'm okay with this, though, because I would be worried if a band as awesome as TV on the Radio actually made the top 50 on ATRL.

funmaker11

Last fm list I reckon

Hilary & Rock