AYIPS roundup 2008!

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So! The most popular tracks from the lower reaches of the chart in December were by Scooter Quo (38.9%) and Lil Wayne (33.3%). Also, Mr Az was DISQUALIFIED.

More interesting, hopefully, are the...
After disqualifications, a total of 160 tracks made the top 75 but not the top 40. The top 41 of these, ie those with 25% or more of the votes, were...

1. Annie: I Know Ur Girlfriend Hates Me 80.00% (20/25) best of July
2. Lil' Mama Featuring Chris Brown/T-Pain: Shawty Get Loose 61.90% (13/21) best of May
3. Vampire Weekend: A Punk 60.00% (12/20) best of February
4. Michelle Williams: We Break The Dawn 55.00% (11/20) best of October
5. Cassie: Is It You 51.72% (15/29) Best of April
6. Portishead: Machine Gun 48.28% (14/29)
7. Girls Aloud: Theme to St Trinians 47.62% (10/21) best of January
7. Hot Chip: One Pure Thought 47.62% (10/21)
9. Nas Featuring Keri Hilson: Hero 47.37% (9/19) best of August
10. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds: Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! 46.67% (14/30) best of March
11. Jennifer Lopez: Hold It, Don't Drop It 45.00% (9/20)
12. Duffy: Rockferry 42.86% (9/21)
12. T.I.: Whatever You Like 42.86% (6/14) best of September
14. Cherish Featuring Yung Joc: Killa 41.38% (12/29)
15. Addictive Featuring T2: Gonna Be Mine 40.00% (12/30)
15. Goldfrapp: Caravan Girl 40.00% (10/25)
17. Scooter Vs Status Quo: Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want) 38.89% (7/18) best of December
18. Roisin Murphy: You Know Me Better 37.93% (11/29)
18. Soulja Boy Tell'em Featuring Arab: YAHHH! 37.93% (11/29)
20. BWO: Lay Your Love On Me 36.84% (7/19)
20. Lloyd Featuring Ludacris: How We Do It (Around My Way) 36.84% (7/19)
22. The Feeling: Turn It Up 36.00% (9/25)
23. Sway Featuring Lemar: Saturday Night Hustle 35.71% (5/14)
24. Wiley: Summertime 35.00% (7/20)
25. Bodyrox and Luciana: What Planet You On 33.33% (7/21)
25. The Feeling: Without You 33.33% (7/21)
25. Lil Wayne Featuring Bobby And Kidd Kidd: Mrs Officer 33.33% (6/18)
28. Ladyhawke: Paris Is Burning 32.00% (8/25)
29. DJ Q Featuring MC Bonez: You Wot! 31.58% (6/19)
30. Brit And Alex: Let It Go 31.03% (9/29)
31. BWO: Sunshine In The Rain 30.00% (9/30)
32. N*E*R*D: Everyone Nose (All The Girls Standing In The Line For The Bathroom) 29.17% (7/24) best of June
33. Mutya Buena: B Boy Baby 28.57% (6/21)
33. Keane: The Lovers Are Losing 28.57% (6/21) equal best of November
33. Craig David: Insomnia 28.57% (6/21) equal best of November
36. Scooter: The Question Is What Is The Question? 27.59% (8/29)
37. Tinchy Stryder: Stryderman 26.32% (5/19)
38. R.E.M.: Supernatural Superserious 25.00% (5/20)
38. Kat Deluna: Run The Show 25.00% (6/24)
38. Guillemots: Falling Out Of Reach 25.00% (6/24)
38. Chase And Status Featuring Plan B: Pieces 25.00% (5/20)

Note that ranks are assigned simply due to vote percentage. Comparing this list to Kat's not entirely comparable results for the year's main hits, we see that the winner here would place around number 5 in total, the next two around number 20, and #4 around number 30 -- indicating that the track-buying public Know What They're Doing in poptimists' estimation.
The fourteen tracks that were featured in an AYIPS poll and later disqualified did as follows compared to the main polls (bold = better in main polls):

Rihanna: Disturbia / 54.2% here vs 73.0% main
MGMT: Time To Pretend / 53.3% vs 46.5%
Jordin Sparks Featuring Chris Brown: No Air / 48.3% vs 78.1%
Kylie Minogue: In My Arms / 48.3% vs 43.2%
Madonna: Give It 2 Me / 42.9% vs 28.1%
Jordin Sparks: Tattoo / 34.5% vs 43.3%
Lil' Wayne: Lollipop / 34.5% vs 39.5%
Gnarls Barkley: Run / 30.0% vs 32.6%
Jason Mraz: I'm Yours / 27.8% vs 20.6% (current)
Mariah Carey: Bye Bye / 23.8% vs 26.9%
will.i.am: Heartbreaker / 23.3% vs 36.1%
The Game Featuring Lil Wayne: My Life / 21.4% vs 17.6%
Flo Rida Featuring Timbaland: Elevator / 17.2% vs 31.2%
Fall Out Boy Featuring John Mayer: Beat It / 6.9% vs 11.6%

Nine out of 14 scored better in the main polls, some very much so. This may suggest one or more of the following: (a) things sound better with exposure, ie growers have chance to grow, (b) presence in the top charts itself makes ticks more likely, (c) the voting populace is significantly different, (d) random variation, the probability that 14 coin tosses land heads 9 or more times is about 21% ie not microscopic at all, (e) other.

Comments

[koganbot]

I'd say (e) other. I think that fewer people make an effort to listen to all the songs in this poll than listen to all the Top 40s. I simply can't believe that 17 people heard the Cherish track and decided not to vote for it.