'Amusing' 34 a NIGHT LIKE THIS TOMISWICK WARNER 267 -16 10 14 ONESONG JACKSOUL SONV BMG 256 -16

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"THE BRIDGE," THE LATEST SINGLE FROM ELTON JOHN, MOVES INTO THE TOP 30 OF A...it AC/HOT AC CANADA AC AT NO. 27.

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24 UNWRITTEN NATASHA BEOINGFIELD EPIC/SONY BMG 377 -8

22 ALL ABOUT ME MATT DUSK DECCANNIVERSAL 355 +16

6 17 WHAT'S LEFT OF ME NICK LACHEY JIVE/SONY BMG 344 +53

2 33 SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME MICHAEL RUBLE 143/REPRISE/WARNER 332 -13

12 ALL I CAN DO CHANTALKREVIAZUK COLUMBIA/SONY BMG 316 +1

5 32 EVER THE SAME ROB -moms MELISMA/ATLANTIC/WARNER 299 +4

The story behind the year's only new top 10 exclusive artist 9 9 I CALL IT LOVE LIONEL RICHIE ISLAND/UNIVERSAL 279 +6 13 BLACK HORSE & THE CHERRY TREE KTTUNSTALL RELENTLESS/VIRGIN/EMI 278 +32

13 CRAZY GNARLS BARKLEY DOWNTOWN/ATLANTIC/WARNER 276 +36 'Amusing' 34 A NIGHT LIKE THIS TOMISWICK WARNER 267 -16 10 14 ONESONG JACKSOUL SONV BMG 256 -16

1' 20 WHEN DID YOU FALL (IN LOVE WITH ME) CHRIS RICE INO /COLUMBIA/SONY BMG 255 -2 Adventure For Rice 17 5 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN ROD STEWART J/SONY BMG 245 +41 6 35 INTO THE MYSTIC COLIN JAMES MAPLEMUSIC 238 -37

18 14 DO YOU DANCE AMY SKY EMI 237 +39

16 68 BAD DAY DANIEL POWTER WARNER BROSJWARNER 235 +17 Chuck Taylor 12 46 CASTLES IN THE SAND THE PHILOSOPHER KINGS COLUMBIA/SONY BMG 235 -12 [email protected] 15 57 YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL JAMES BLUNT CUSTARD /ATLANTIC/WARNER 220 -5 21 WHO SAYS YOU CANT GO HOME BON JOVI ISLAND/UNIVERSAL 197 +6

20 YOU AND ME LIFEHOUSE GEFFEN/UNIVERSAL 195 -1 hris Rice admits that he seldom hears his national AC hit on the 5 PULL ME THROUGH JIM CUDDY WARNER 183 +43 radio at home in Nashville. "If I really want to listen to my song, 13 THE RIDDLE FIVE FOR FIGHTING AWARE/COLUMBIA/SONY BMG 183 +8 I have to go to Chili's or Toys `R' Us or Burlington Coat 3 30 ALWAYS ON YOUR SIDE SHERYL CROW & STING A&M/INTERSCOPENNIVERSAL 177, -20 44 Factory," he says with a hearty, humble laugh. 7 EASY BARENAKED LADIES But make no mistake, Rice has cooked up one mighty DESPERATIOW NERWERK/WARNER 172 +50 13 PUT YOUR RECORDS ON CORINNE BAILEY RAE smash. His "When Did You Fall (In Love With Me)" is the only CAPITOL/EMI 143 +25 113 17 I THINK OF YOU GREGORY CHARLES jformat- exclusive song currently on the AC chart, and he is the only new AC- NRW 141 -5 exclusive artist to reach the top 10 in 2006. 3 THE BRIDGE ELTON JOHN ROCKET /INTERSCOPE/UNIVER SAL 121 *23 24 23 ALL RON SEXSMITH At the same time, Rice is far from a newcomer. He has recorded Christian hits IN GOOD TIME WARNER 116 -25 j jfor nearly a decade, with numerous Dove Award noms to his 29 15 GOOD THING KAYLE KNOTTY 110 -2 jcredit. But for latest album "Amusing," the singer/songwriter 31 13 NOT READY TO MAKE NICE DIXIE CHICKS OPEN WIDE/COLUMBIA/SONY BMG 103 -1 jdecided to spread his wings and reach for secular success. j"I always felt like I was limiting what I was capable of doing CANADA HOT AC jwhen everything was being pushed to one format," he says. "It PLAYS IMPRINT / PROMOTION LABEL TW .1- jwas intentional to ignore the boundaries. I had never been in 16 FAR AWAY NICKELBACK EMI 667 +1 the AC world before, and I wasn't sure if my music would trans- // 10 WAITING ON THE WORLD TO CHANGE JOHN MAYER AWARE/COLUMBIA/SONY BMG 631 +79 late or if I would even be considered valid outside of the Rice Christian format." 14 AINT NO OTHER MAN CHRISTINAAGUILERA RCA/SONY BMG 579 +9 14 ALL I CAN DO CHANTALKREVIAZUK COLUMBIA/SONY BMG 532 +42 In its 28th week on the AC chart, "When Did You Fall" is lodged at No. 10 3 17 PROMISCUOUS NELLY FURTADO FEATURING with airplay in nearly 80 U.S. markets. The midtempo song's instant appeal comes TIMBALAND MOSLEY/GEFFENNNIVERSAL 519 -37 7 13 NOWHERE WITH YOU JOELPLASKETT from its novel, bemused viewpoint on romance as Rice sings, "When did you fall MAPLEMUSIC 485 -6 in love? /Was it at the coffee shop, or was it that morning at the bus stop /When you 6 21 CRAZY GNARLS BARKLEY DOWNTOWN/ATLANTIC/WARNER 482 -11 5 16 WHO KNEW PINK LAFACE/SONY BMG 478 -30 almost slipped and I caught your hand ? /I can tell now by that way that you're look- ing at me I better finish this song so my lips will be free." 13 THE RIDDLE FIVE FOR FIGHTING AWARE/COLUMBIA/SONY BMG 471 +20 Joe Hann, MD for CBS Radio's WRCH /Hartford, notes, "This is one of the 20 DANI CALIFORNIA RED HOT CHIU PEPPERS WARNER BROSJWARNER 468 +1 most well -crafted songs to come along in a while. The litmus test, though, comes 7 WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG THE KILLERS ISLAND/UNIVERSAL 438 +69 from women. My friend Kal from WRCH sales and a very attuned music fan, flipped 8 SEXYBACK JUSTINTIMBERLAKE JIVE/SONY BMG 387 +71 out when she first heard it on the air. That works for me." 12 PUT YOUR RECORDS ON CORINNEBAILEYRAE CAPITOUEMI 386 +23 For his AC- oriented project, Rice's label Eb & Flo linked with INO for mar- 12 17 DEVIL'S PARTY INXS BURNETT/EPIUSONYBMG 377 -2 keting and distribution, which in turn partnered with Columbia Records. He says, 15 10 EVERYTHING IS ALRIGHT TOMI SWICK WARNER 358 -11 "We got really good feedback on this song," which led to a nationwide AC radio 13 22 OUT OF MY HEAD MOBILE INTERSCOPENNIVERSAL 353 -22 tour -and, in a sense, starting over. 17 15 SUDDENLY I SEE KTTUNSTALL RELENTLESSNIRGIN/EMI 335 -25

"I was a nobody, which was kind of fun because I was meeting brand -new peo- 18 20 HIPS DONT LIE SHAKIRA FEATURINGWYCLEFJEAN EPIC/SONY BMG 334 -12

ple who don't have preset parameters about what we can say on the air," Rice 21 8 EASY BARENAKED LADIES DESPERATION/NETTWERK/WARNER 317 +27

says. "This is a grand experiment and a process you have to deal with gently. 22 6 HATE ME BLUE OCTOBER UNIVERSAL MOTOWNNNIVERSAL 312 +25

Historically, when someone crosses from Christian there's a backlash, so I am aware 11 19 NOT READY TO MAKE NICE DIXIE CHICKS OPEN WIDE/COLUMBIA/SONY BMG 307 -82

of being careful about what I say, but that audience has to be re- educated as well. 20 22 SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE THEORY OFADEADMAN 604/UNIVERSAL 303 +8

I want to open their eyes to possibilities that go beyond a mentality about what 30 3 CALL ME WHEN YOU'RE SOBER EVANESCENCE WIND -UP 274 +69

Christian artists can do." 28 28 OVER MY HEAD (CABLE CAR] THE FRAY EPIC/SONY BMG 272 +18

Rice has certainly seen the rewards of reaching a massive new audience. While 38 4 CHASING CARS SNOW PATROL POLYDOR/A&M/UNNERSAL 270 +108

playing at a festival in Florida, he says a group of people moved to the front of the 25 22 STAY WITH YOU GOOGOODOLLS WARNER BROSJWARNER 264 -7

venue with sparklers burning, where a man then dropped to his knees and proposed 26 16 ONESONG JACKSOUL SONY BMG 255 -11 his as to girlfriend Rice sang "When Did You Fall." 24 12 WHERE'D YOU GO FORT MINOR FEAT. HOLLY BROOK MACHINE SHOP/WARNER BROSJWARNER 246 -30 such a glorious "It's thing to have music become part of people's lives," he says. 29 13 I LIKE THE WAY BODYROKKERS UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL 243 +18 "I asked from the stage, she say yes Did ?' And he looked up and nodded. It's an 31 12 MOVE ALONG THE ALL -AMERICANREJECTS DOGHOlJSE/INTERSCOPE/UNIVERSAL 227 +35 adventure, and I love the whole process." kW?

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