This is my own take of the Playlist adds/removals and the spins rises/losses (as of 12.15.08):
VH1 USA Playlist: Week of 12/15/08 – 12/22/08
X-Large (20-22 Spins)
Beyoncé "If I Were A Boy"/”Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” [Packet]
David Cook "Light On"
Jason Mraz “I’m Yours” (spin reduction and/or removal is coming soon)
Katy Perry "Hot N' Cold" (spin reduction is coming within 2-3 weeks)
Rihanna/Justin Timberlake “Rehab”
Large (14-17 Spins)
Alter Bridge "Watch Over You"
Coldplay “Lovers In Japan”
Fall Out Boy "I Don't Care" [+]
The Fray “You Found Me” [ADDED]
Kid Rock "Roll On"
The Killers “Human”
Matt Nathanson "Come On Get Higher" (loss of spins soon)
P!nk “Sober”
Saving Abel "Addicted (Version 3)”
Britney Spears “Womanizer" (get this overplayed annoying cumshit song down to On, or remove it!)
Taylor Swift “Love Story”
Medium (8-10 Spins)
Adele "Chasing Pavements" (remove this now or make her
Jump Start only!)
The All-American Rejects "Gives You Hell" (promote them to Large)
Hinder “Without You” [+]
Eric Hutchinson "Rock and Roll"
Lenka "The Show" (Remove the YOK tag and give it to Missy H., plus move it down to On, and move it over to Jump Start only)
Lifehouse "Broken" [-]
Ne-Yo “Miss Independent” (Down it to On)
Thriving Ivory "Angels On The Moon"
Kanye West “Love Lockdown”
All-Around On (1-5 Spins)
Sara Bareilles/Ingrid Michaelson “Winter Song”
Brandy “Right Here (Departed)”
Buckcherry “Don’t Go Away” (Go Medium)
Missy Higgins "Where I Stood" (same as Buckcherry)
Alanis Morissette “Not As We” (see above 2)
SafetySuit “Someone Like You” (same ^)
Secondhand Serenande “Fall For You” (removed at new-years)
Snow Patrol “Crack The Shutters” [+]
Nocturnal State-Only
The Airborne Toxic Event "Sometime Around Midnight" [RE-ADDED]
The Fireman “Sing The Changes”
Incubus “Love Hurts”
Kings Of Leon “Sex On Fire” (removed at new year's)
John Mellencamp “Troubled Land” [-] (neither of his 2 videos ever charted as a CC or Top 20 on VH1 Top 20 or played on
Nocturnal State. This guy's a
REAL musician, too.)
James Morrison “Nothing Ever Hurt Like You”
Scott Weiland “Missing Cleveland”
REMOVED FROM THE PLAYLIST
Jennifer Hudson “Spotlight” (thank God this song's off)
YOU OUGHTA KNOW
Adele “Chasing Pavements”
Eric Hutchinson "Rock and Roll"
Lenka “The Show”
Matt Nathanson “Come On Get Higher”
Thriving Ivory "Angels On The Moon"
My Take on the Adds/Re-Adds: 2/2 (Both are very good adds, especially the re-add of TATE.)
Removals: 1/1 (Jennifer Hudson is finally off.)
The Spin Gainers [3]: Snow Patrol [NS-Only to 1-5], Hinder [1-5 to Medium], and FOB [from Medium to Large].
The Spin Losses [2]: Lifehouse [Large to Medium] and John Mellencamp [Large to NS-Only].
Best Song(s) on the VH1 Playlist [37]: Jason Mraz “I’m Yours”, Thriving Ivory "Angels On The Moon", Secondhand Serenade “Fall For You”, Matt Nathanson “Come On Get Higher”, Eric Hutchinson “Rock and Roll”, Lifehouse "Broken", Alter Bridge “Watch Over You”, Katy Perry “Hot N' Cold”, Kings Of Leon "Sex On Fire", The Killers "Human", Saving Abel "Addicted", Missy Higgins "Where I Stood", John Mellencamp "Troubled Land", Fall Out Boy "I Don't Care", The All-American Rejects "Gives You Hell", David Cook "Light On", Beyoncé "If I Were A Boy", Coldplay "Lovers In Japan", Incubus "Love Hurts", Hinder "Without You", SafetySuit "Someone Like You", Beyoncé "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)", Rihanna/Justin Timberlake "Rehab", Kid Rock "Roll On", Alanis Morissette "Not As We", Snow Patrol "Crack The Shutters", Kanye West “Love Lockdown”, The Fireman “Sing The Changes”, P!nk “Sober”, Taylor Swift "Love Story", Scott Weiland "Missing Cleveland", Buckcherry "Don't Go Away", Sara Bareilles/Ingrid Michaelson “Winter Song”, The Fray "You Found Me", The Airborne Toxic Event "Sometime Around Midnight", James Morrison “Nothing Ever Hurt Like You”, and Brandy "Right Here (Departed)"
Worst Song(s) on the VH1 Playlist [2]: Lenka "The Show" (absolute garbage song), and Britney Spears "Womanizer" (simply annoying and spun excessively)