If you had told me last March that ten months later we would be seeing WFY climbing a MediaBase Chart, let alone, in the "Taking Off" Chart, I wouldn't have believed you. It just goes to show you that each format moves at its own pace.

I've posted the Top 50 Adult Contemporary stations spinning WFY in the Requesting Forum, but take a look at this "Taking Off" data from MediaBase for the Adult Contemporary radio stations:

Jump! Menu | 7-Day Chart | Taking Off

LW: Dec 26 - Jan 1 TW: Jan 2 - Jan 8 Updated: Wed Jan 9 1:09 PM PST

1. FERGIE Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal) +275 [spin increase] 148 [stations playing]

2. COLBIE CAILLAT Bubbly +213 [spin increase] 148 [stations playing]

3. ELLIOTT YAMIN Wait For You +186 [spin increase] 135 [stations playing]

4. CELINE DION Taking Chances +159 [spin increase] 124 [stations playing]

*Content in [] is added for clarity.

**Stations playing refers to Adult Contemporary radio stations only.

That's unbelievable skates! I hope it translates into SALES! I want PLATINUM! tee hee
thats okay, GOLD is great too!!!

It's another format, with a high A.I., if I recall...should help the album sustain some sales.

W O W :cheerleaders:

I hope that this may translate into a few album sales during the normally slow season.


eta: we all were thinking about sales :rotfl:

OMG, that is so funny, all of you mentioned sales, and I was thinking the same thing. Here's hoping that the listeners of AC radio get hooked enough to buy the entire CD.

well, after seeing what happened at RCA with Taylor and Kat, we do see sales are important.

Incredible! :elliottelliott:

This is great news. I've actually heard WFY all over the place today. Q94 played it early this morning. I heard it on Lite98 during my work day and it was also played on whatever radio staion was being played at my daughter's dance studio... YAY!

I wonder if WFY's popularity in any way hurt the chances of One Word getting played? Because it is such a strong single, maybe stations just decided to stick with it and not move on to One Word?

In any case, this really just goes to show that radio has truly embraced Elliott in a way that few other AI alums have been. To be honest, I don't think we need to worry about future radio airplay. We just need the right single, the right promotions for it, and I'm sure that radio will respond.

WFY is doing great in this format!! It is being played a lot in my area, everytime I turn on the ac station, I hear it. :) *My percetion* is that as a fanbase we've been focused on supporting OW lately and haven't been as focused on WFY like we were a few months ago. Our focus has been on and the majority of our efforts have been put into the new single, so it is eyeopening to see this and realize WFY is still going very strong after all these months. Thanks sk8888 for posting this info. Can you explain a little more what it means though? And how high has WFY been on the charts in AC?

Three formats increased play of WFY.. Top 40 is spinning WFY with the most spins, AC is close behind with HAC spinning almost 1000 spins a week but about half of the other two formats.. This is great that they are adding many spins of this song. It is showing me that this song is very well liked along with Fergie's Big Girls don"t Cry, Daughtry's Home , and also Plain White Tees, Hey There Delilah. Eliott"s WFY is in the same league as these top songs of 2007. The radio stations are giving these songs along with WFY many spins.

I am really impressed but not surprised. Thank you for sharing. I love WFY.

I tuned in to Casey Kasem's American Top 20 show (AC) last weekend and was delighted to hear him announce WFY as #5 for the week. He read a very glowing review of the CD right before he played the song.

So that's why he's been on the rise at Amazon lately! This week's sales should be better than last. The entire album really is more AC than Top 40 IMO, so maybe we'll finally see a word-of-mouth snowball effect among a certain type of listener.

the AC format doesn't necessarily sell albums, though it can't hurt, and may have more of an impact on sustaining sales than we realize. It can create fan dedication and appeal beyond the teeney-bopper top 40 format. AC and HAC is the place for true vocal talent, and songs outside the rap/hiphop/hard rock/electronic world. (in short, the place for real music. LOL). Buble, Dion, Jones, Mayer, ect. all have nice "homes" established in this format.

If we go back to requesting WFY again, maybe we can get him to #1!! :number1:

While requesting WFY, I"m going to say....I like Elliotts "other" song, One Word, too.
Go ahead and lay the ground work for OW while I'm at it. :eyebrows:

Agreed. AC won't spike sales in individual weeks, but it will grow his fanbase in the long-term. Honestly, this is probably the most important thing--that he gain fans willing to stick with him for future CDs. Top40 sales are often huge but ephemeral, except for only the huge artists (Timberlake, Gwen Stefani, etc.)

Gold IS great, but Platinum would be PERFECTLY, POSITIVELY, PRECIOUS!!!

If anyone can do it..E can;) And how absolutely wonderful for him! I know I still hear WFY constantly on local stations. It just won't quit! The song new the E-train was behind it and it kept on saying "I think I can I think I can I think I can"..and it DID, and still it is chugging along strong;)

:etrain: :awe:

Quoted for emphasis. It is the creation of fans who stick with you your entire career that gives you longevity and a place amongst the superstars of music history.

:yeahthat:

Elliott is 38 spins away from switching places with PWT's Hey There Delilah to move up to #4 on the MediaBase Adult Contemporary chart.

hahaha....CRAZY!!!! Well, I am hoping for at least #3 on the chart ;)

Delilah gave WFY a spin at 8:10 PM EST yesterday followed by a John Tesh spin at 8;16 PM .

I love to see yes.com "explode", reminds me of OHP. :elliottelliott:

Wow! That is fantastic!! I remember when we wondered if either one of those shows would spin WFY, and then we get a spin from both shows in one night!!

Mediabase 24/7 - 7 Day Charts
Charts. Mainstream AC ... 5, 5, ELLIOTT YAMIN · Wait For You, 1938, 1752, 186, 11.667 ... Existing Mediabase 24/7 Affiliates May Log In Here! ...

http://w2.mediabase.com/mmrweb/AllAccess/C....asp?format=a1M

:woot: here we come #3!!!! :elliottelliott:

Thanks for posting this :)

Thanks for the update. It is amazing how WFY just keeps plugging along.

WFY is up there with some really pretty good songs. I remember listening to an interview last fall on a San Diego radio station and Elliott talked about how WFY is still so successful. I really wonder if that isn't why they aren't pushing OW yet.

The opened door to One Word could be requesting Wait For You and add a request for his new song.. let's hope!! :elliottelliott:

Delilah spin at 7:30 PM with 15 stations.

:hooray:

Let's hear it for Delilah!!!

There was a delay at yes.com and 10 additional stations popped up.

Even better! :cheerleaders:

More and more spins , Elliott is going through the roof.... 2000 spins on Mainstream AC this week.

John Tesh spin at 10:14 PM.

Oh yeah! :cheerleaders:

WFY was #5 again tonight on Casey Kasem's show on the top ten AC hits in America this week. He mentioned that Elliott dropped out of high school, got kicked out of Hebrew school for making fun of his teacher, and went on to earn a "Good Enough Degree."

Truly, the song will not die. :) Can't complain about that!!!

:rocker:

I'm lovin it!!!!!!!