Thanks. I look forward to reading it. A/C - is that American contemporary? Alternate crap? :-) Enquiring minds wanna know!
Adult Contempory.
Here is the adult contemporary airplay chart, its updated twice a day.
http://www.mmr247.com/mmrweb/AllAccess/Charts.asp?format=a1M
This chart is the "jump" chart. It shows artists that are having signifigant increases of spins. Once again the chicks arnt even on it, and the lowest increase is 17.
http://www.mmr247.com/mmrweb/AllAccess/jump.asp?chart=A1
Essentially they are tanking.
This chart shows were the majority of spins are coming from. As you can clearly see, they are mostly coming from pay for play satelite radio, and even there they are losing spins. Their label, Sony, has a documented history of paying for spins for their artists.
http://www.mmr247.com/mmrweb/AllAccess/Details.asp?sngcde=DIXINRTM