Now, the Greatest Gainers and Biggest Losers — with the Gainers first, of which TELEPHONE is third greatest. You'll notice that there are 11 GGs this time, instead of 10. That's because the 10th and 11th are so close in the number of total plays gained. Pretend it's a tie. (No, not the kind you wear around your neck!)

Four songs receive the brand new non-blinking SuperGainer Indicator on the new Super Sixty. Would you believe they're the first four titles listed on the Greatest Gainers listing? (That was a rhetorical question.)

Even more of a deviation, there are only eight losers listed. They're the only ones that meet the criteria for reporting. And even at that, the eighth biggest of the Biggest Losers only shows a -197. The first five, though. Wow! Are they losers!

Our SURESHOT this week features two artists who have done well at Total Popular Music, and team-up for EENIE MEENIE. Sean Kingston and Justin Bieber are the duo ... and this, we believe, is sure to reach the top third of the Sixty — if not the first decade. It's catchy as .... [fill-in your own word] !!!

BIG BREAKER honors go to Spose, as I'M AWESOME breaks big. I honestly cannot tell you why, but I really love this one! And from the breaking Top 40 radio reports of airings, apparently so do a lot of "real listeners." (Radio programmers don't count as real listeners!)

We also have a CROSSOVER BREAKTHROUGH this go-round — Kevin Rudolph's I MADE IT (Cash Money Heroes). If it hadn't been for the rap in it, it would have been added sooner. I don't mean Lil Wayne's contribution, but the brief segment with Birdman. The song itself is great, and Kevin does his usual great job in singing it. Jay Sean's contribution is also appreciated. Birdman aside (wish it were so!), testing with our older demographics says, "go with it" ... and thus it becomes our C B.

Three songs debut as Hitbound — EVERYBODY IN LOVE from JLS ... P!nk's GLITTER IN THE AIR ... and, Kandi's ONE ESKIMO. I really wish we had an open "feature" category for EVERYBODY IN LOVE. It has the same great feel as some of the major "soul" hits of the "golden era" that made it so big in mass appeal pop. GLITTER, in my humble opinion, will be another "it didn't do so well" single for Ms. P!nk. (Does she sign her royalty checks with the exclamation point?) ONE ESKIMO could be B-I-G. I'd considered it for a SURESHOT contender a couple of weeks back.

Four songs move to TPM Hit Music Recurrents, entering the Witty Protection Relocation Program. Making the transition are Kelly Clarkson's ALREADY GONE ... Jason Derulo's WHATCHA SAY ... Nickelback's NEVER GONNA BE ALONE ... and Kings of Leon's SEX ON FIRE. We wish them all a pleasant journey to the "afterlife."

We get email. And sometimes we even answer it.

Tiny Tim in Timbuktu writes, "Two questions. First, did you change your mind or your underwear? Second, did you change anything on your Website this week?"

Actually, Timmy, that's three questions. But yes to all three. First, I changed my mind about not changing my underwear. Then I changed our SuperGainer Indicator (SGI). A lot of cranky people have said the "Blinky"     was either annoying or disconcerting. (I liked it!)

So, I assigned the job of creating a new SGI to our Graphics Department (GD). Unfortunately, everyone (only one) who worked in that department was among the layoff casualties of the economic crash of late '08. So, I changed not only my undies but also my hat ... and for 20 minutes took on the duties of the GD. Which was a P in the A. (Plus the GD hat sucks!)

The result is this:   . For the complainers out there in Internet Land (like Radio Land, but not over-the-air!) ... I've replaced the flashing symbol with the new SGI, effective immediately. By the way, my first couple of attempts at creating the new "SG" denoter required an extra change of underwear!   (If you'd seen them, you'd know why! Uh, the SG attempts; not the underwear.)

Curious at Yellowstone emails again, "My question two weeks ago may be the most important one you've answered this year! Could you please repeat both the question and answer?"

Gee, this year isn't that old yet. But, yes, I can repeat the q & a.

"For the life of me, I can't figure out your system for moving songs to recurrent status. Please explain."

Basically, we use similar criteria as other charts. However, the biggest difference is that we must consider the status of the song at both of our main components. If a song runs its course at one and goes to recurrent there, but it's just breaking at the other, that may slow us down on making the transfer. In such cases, we tend to wait until it starts to lose significantly at the later format before moving that title.

Otherwise our rules for the determination are quite similar to those used by others, although admittedly not identical. If you've ever noticed, Mediabase does not post their specific criteria as does BDS. We tend to agree with our friends at Mediabase, who without giving specifics, say only "songs moving downward for a pre-specified number of weeks" are moved to recurrent status.

In the past, I've seen boards where people post in advance of BDS charts' release which songs they're sure will go recurrent, because of the detailed criteria spelled out. That's not a good thing, in my opinion. But I welcome dissenting views.

We really appreciate all the nice people who've made those calls to radio stations for us. But we still have a "little" way to go to hit a million calls. OK, maybe a little more than a "little" way.

We want you to tell every radio station in the USA: "I Want My TPM." Don't be shy. Say it loud – and say it proud!

Don't "request."   Demand!!!

Demand the music you want — "not just popular music" BUT Total Popular Music!

FLASHBACK:   One year ago today, the #1 song on the Super Sixty was GIVES YOU HELL - ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS .... Two years ago today, the topper was LOVE SONG - SARA BAREILLES.

Look for our regular Friday Night Update to again appear above this column on Friday night — which has become a tradition here over the past couple of years. We also have a strip poker game on Tuesday nights. (Jay deliberately loses all every time!) But it's not in the cards for you to see that! So, see the Friday night tradition. As always, it's highlighted by the "Top 20 Now," an update of the first twenty which helps trend toward the first third of the next official Sixty.

Don't forget, the TPM Daily Dozen updates the 12 biggest songs at Total Popular Music, including CWDS Total Airplay stats, every day!

We'll be back, right here, with an all-new     next Sunday night.

Just remember, if the world didn't suck, we would all fall off.

And that's the way it is!

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