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Post by drock89 on Nov 18, 2010 16:12:26 GMT -5
Here you will find the #1 song for each week on Billboard. The list starts with the first chart of the Billboard calender. BILLBOARD TOP ALBUMS/SONGS #1s - ARCHIVE | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 Billboard's Top Country Albums - Artist/Album/Sales[/color] December 4, 2010: Rascal Flatts, Nothing Like This - 165,00 December 11, 2010: Taylor Swift, Speak Now - 240,500 December 18, 2010: Taylor Swift, Speak Now - 182,000 December 25, 2010: Taylor Swift, Speak Now - 201,000 January 1, 2011: Taylor Swift, Speak Now - 259,000 January 8, 2011: Taylor Swift, Speak Now - 246,000 January 15, 2011: Taylor Swift, Speak Now - 77,000 January 22, 2011: Taylor Swift, Speak Now - 52,000 January 29, 2011: Taylor Swift, Speak Now - 35,000 February 5, 2011: Taylor Swift, Speak Now - 31,000 February 12, 2011: Taylor Swift, Speak Now - 31,000 February 19, 2011: Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party - 27,000 February 26, 2011: Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party - 35,000 March 5, 2011: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 85,000 March 12, 2011: Lady Antebellum, Need You Now - 28,000 March 19, 2011: Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party - 25,500 March 26, 2011: Sara Evans, Stronger - 55,190 April 2, 2011: Sara Evans, Stronger - 22,180 April 9, 2011: Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party - 19,270 April 16, 2011: Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party - 19,250 April 23, 2011: Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party - 22,700 April 30, 2011: Alison Krauss & Union Station, Paper Airplane - 83,000 May 7, 2011: Alison Krauss & Union Station, Paper Airplane - 42,000 May 14, 2011: Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party - 23,400 May 21, 2011: Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party - 29,000 May 28, 2011: Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party - 28,000 June 4, 2011: Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party - 29,000 June 11, 2011: Brad Paisley, This Is Country Music - 153,000 June 18, 2011: Brad Paisley, This Is Country Music - 53,000 June 25, 2011: Ronnie Dunn, Ronnie Dunn - 45,000 July 2, 2011: Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party - 189,000 July 9, 2011: Justin Moore, Outlaws Like Me - 65,000 July 16, 2011: Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party - 48,000 July 23, 2011: Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party - 42,000 July 30, 2011: Blake Shelton, Red River Blue - 116,000 August 6, 2011: Blake Shelton, Red River Blue - 48,000 August 13, 2011: Eric Church, Chief - 145,000 August 20, 2011: Eric Church, Chief - 53,000 August 27, 2011: Luke Bryan, Tailgates & Tanlines - 145,000 September 3, 2011: Luke Bryan, Tailgates & Tanlines - 52,889 September 10, 2011: Pistol Annies, Hell on Heels - 44,223 September 17, 2011: Jake Owen, Barefoot Blue Jean Night - 55,392 September 24, 2011: George Strait, Here For A Good Time - 91,414 October 1, 2011: Lady Antebellum, Own The Night - 347,479 October 8, 2011: Lady Antebellum, Own The Night - 124,730 October 15, 2011: Lady Antebellum, Own The Night - 75,086 October 22, 2011: Scotty McCreery, Clear As Day - 196,739 October 29, 2011: Scotty McCreery, Clear As Day - 88,153 November 5, 2011: Lady Antebellum, Own The Night - 34,323 November 12, 2011: Toby Keith, Clancy's Tavern - 68,559 November 19, 2011: Miranda Lambert, Four the Record - 133,223 November 26, 2011:COMPLETE ALBUM/SINGLE SALES: HERE Billboard's Hot Country Singles - Artist/Title/Weeks To #1[/color] December 4, 2010: Brad Paisley - "Anything Like Me" (16 weeks) December 11, 2010: The Band Perry - "If I Die Young" (29 weeks) December 18, 2010: Rascal Flatts - "Why Wait" (19 weeks) December 25, 2010: Rascal Flatts - "Why Wait" (20 weeks) January 1, 2011: Reba McEntire - "Turn On The Radio" (24 weeks)* January 8, 2011: Tim McGraw - "Felt Good On My Lips" (14 weeks)** January 15, 2011: Tim McGraw - "Felt Good On My Lips" (15 weeks) January 22, 2011: Tim McGraw - "Felt Good On My Lips" (16 weeks) January 29, 2011: Kenny Chesney - "Somewhere With You" (13 weeks) February 5, 2011: Kenny Chesney - "Somewhere With You" (14 weeks) February 12, 2011: Kenny Chesney - "Somewhere With You" (15 weeks) February 19, 2011: Chris Young - "Voices" (51 weeks) February 26, 2011: Luke Bryan - "Someone Else Calling You Baby" (29 weeks) March 5, 2011: Blake Shelton - "Who Are You When I'm Not Looking" (24 weeks) March 12, 2011: Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson - "Don't You Wanna Stay" (17 weeks) March 19, 2011: Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson - "Don't You Wanna Stay" (18 weeks) March 26, 2011: Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson - "Don't You Wanna Stay" (19 weeks) April 2, 2011: Billy Currington - "Let Me Down Easy" (26 weeks) April 9, 2011: Thompson Square - "Are You Going To Kiss Me Or Not?" (36 weeks) April 16, 2011: Zac Brown Band - "Colder Weather" (16 weeks) April 23, 2011: Zac Brown Band - "Colder Weather" (17 weeks) April 30, 2011: Darius Rucker - "This" (23 weeks) May 7, 2011: Kenny Chesney - "Live A Little" (12 weeks) May 14, 2011: Sara Evans - "A Little Bit Stronger" (33 weeks) May 21, 2011: Sara Evans - "A Little Bit Stronger" (34 weeks) May 28, 2011: Miranda Lambert - "Heart Like Mine" (21 weeks) June 4, 2011: Brad Paisley Ft. Alabama - "Old Alabama" (11 weeks) June 11, 2011: Brad Paisley Ft. Alabama - "Old Alabama" (12 weeks) June 18, 2011: Keith Urban - "Without You" (18 weeks) June 25, 2011: Blake Shelton - "Honey Bee" (10 weeks) July 2, 2011: Blake Shelton - "Honey Bee" (11 weeks) July 9, 2011: Blake Shelton - "Honey Bee" (12 weeks) July 16, 2011: Blake Shelton - "Honey Bee" (13 weeks) July 23, 2011: Justin Moore - "If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away" (22 weeks) July 30, 2011: Jason Aldean - "Dirt Road Anthem" (26 weeks) August 6, 2011: Chris Young - "Tomorrow" (24 weeks) August 13, 2011: Zac Brown Band Ft. Jimmy Buffett - "Knee Deep" (16 weeks) August 20, 2011: Lady Antebellum - "Just A Kiss" (14 weeks) August 27, 2011: Lady Antebellum - "Just A Kiss" (15 weeks) September 3, 2011: Dierks Bentley - "Am I The Only One" (22 weeks) September 10, 2011: Brad Paisley with Carrie Underwood - "Remind Me" (15 weeks) September 17, 2011: Jake Owen - "Barefoot Blue Jean Night" (24 weeks) September 24, 2011: Jake Owen - "Barefoot Blue Jean Night" (25 weeks) October 1, 2011: Rodney Atkins - "Take A Back Road" (22 weeks) October 8, 2011: Rodney Atkins - "Take A Back Road" (23 weeks) October 15, 2011: Toby Keith - "Made In America" (17 weeks) October 22, 2011: Keith Urban - "Long Hot Summer" (16 weeks) October 29, 2011: Blake Shelton - "God Gave Me You" (15 weeks) November 5, 2011: Blake Shelton - "God Gave Me You" (16 weeks) November 12, 2011: Blake Shelton - "God Gave Me You" (17 weeks) November 19, 2011: Eli Young Band - "Crazy Girl" (38 weeks) November 26, 2011: Taylor Swift - "Sparks Fly" (19 weeks) NOTES[/u] * - No Country AirCheck chart published ** - No Country AirCheck chart published; Jason Aldean ("My Kind of Party") would have charted #1. SOURCE: Billboard Magazine/ Country AirCheck/Nielsen Soundscan
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Post by Fanofctrymusic on Nov 22, 2010 19:28:51 GMT -5
Country Songs *** No. 1 *** "Anything Like Me" Brad Paisley Greatest Gainer No. 26 "Back To December" Taylor Swift Hot Shot Debut No. 47 "Little Miss" Sugarland Debut No. 52 "This Is Country Music" Brad Paisley Debut No. 55 "Coal Miner's Daughter" Loretta Lynn, Sheryl Crow and Miranda Lambert Debut No. 60 "Best Song Ever" Katie Armiger
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Post by onebuffalo on Nov 23, 2010 11:13:41 GMT -5
1. SWEET SIXTEEN: Brad Paisley collects his 16th #1 hit in Anything Like Me. Depending on how you look at it, it is either the fifth single from the American Saturday Night CD or the first from the Hits Alive CD. This is the second time a Paisley single has appeared on consecutive CDs. Waitin' On A Woman first appeared on the 2005 CD Time Well Wasted and the 2007 CD 5th Gear (re-recorded version that hit #1 in 2008). It is Paisley's first chart topper since being named C.M.A. Entertainer of the Year two weeks ago. 2. GUESS WHO'S BACK? LORETTA LYNN!: We are approaching the 40th anniversary of Coal Miner's Daughter being a #1 hit for Loretta Lynn. She debuts this week at #55 with the song with help from Miranda Lambert and Sheryl Crow. This is Lynn's 76th chart appearance. Her first was back in 1960 when I'm A Honky Tonk Girl peaked at #14. 3. A.M.A. WINNERS: Let us salute the country artists who won American Music Awards on Sunday: 1. Brad Paisley-Male Artist 2. Taylor Swift-Female Artist 3. Lady Antebellum-Country Band, Duo, or Group 4. Carrie Underwood-Country Album 4. THIS IS FAST: Darius Rucker has the fastest climbing song of the week as This moves 14 to #45. 5. SEEING DOUBLE: Several artists are taking two positions on the chart. They are: 1. Brad Paisley-Anything Like Me-#1 and This Is Country Music-#52 2. Jason Aldean-My Kinda Party-#7 and Don't You Wanna Stay-with Kelly Clarkson-#38 3. Sugarland-Stuck Like Glue-#8 and Little Miss-#47 4. Miranda Lambert-Only Prettier-#14 and Coal Miner's Daughter-with Loretta Lynn and Sheryl Crow-#55 6. A 70S LOOK: These were the #1 hits during the last week of November during the 1970s: 1970: Endlessly-Sonny James-Capitol 1971: Daddy Frank The Guitar Man-Merle Haggard-Capitol 1972: She's Too Good To Be True-Charley Pride-RCA 1973: The Most Beautiful Girl-Charlie Rich-Epic 1974: Back Home Again-John Denver-RCA 1975: It's All In The Movies-Merle Haggard-Capitol 1976: Good Woman Blues-Mel Tillis-MCA 1977: Here You Come Again-Dolly Parton-RCA 1978: I Just Want To Love You-Eddie Rabbitt-Elektra 1979: Broken Hearted Me-Anne Murray-Capitol 7. THEIR ELEVEN BIGGEST-EARLY 80S EDITION: Razzy Bailey and Johnny Lee dominated country music during the first half of the 1980s. These are their biggest hits. First number will be weeks at #1, while the second number will be weeks in the top 40. R.B.: 1. She Left Love All Over Me-1982-1-14 2. I Keep Coming Back/True Life Country Music-1981-1-13 3. Friends/Anywhere There's A Jukebox-1981-1-12 4. Midnight Hauler/Scratch My Back And Whisper In My Ear-1981-1-12 5. Loving Up A Storm-1980 J.L.: 1. Lookin' For Love-1980-3-10 2. One In A Million-1980-2-13 3. You Could've Heard A Heart Break-1984-1-14 4. The Yellow Rose-with Lane Brody-1984-1-12 5. Bet Your Heart On Me-1981-1-10 6. Hey Bartender-1983-2-13 (#2) 8. THE YEAR'S BIGGEST: These are the ten biggest hits of 2008 according to the American Country Countdown: 1. Just Got Started Lovin' You-James Otto-Warner Bros. 2. I Saw God Today-George Strait-MCA 3. Small Town Southern Man-Alan Jackson-Arista 4. Don't Think I Don't Think About It-Darius Rucker-Capitol 5. Home-Blake Shelton-Warner Bros. 6. Love Is A Beautiful Thing-Phil Vassar-Universal South 7. You're Gonna Miss This-Trace Adkins-Capitol 8. I Still Miss You-Keith Anderson-Columbia 9. Come On In Boy Cleaning This Gun-Rodney Atkins-Curb 10. I'm Still A Guy-Brad Paisley-Arista 9. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: The headline for this week's feature would be: THE 80'S LADY SCORES A HIT IN THE 90S Well, the 80's Lady refers to K.T. Oslin and her only big hit in the 1990s was Come Next Monday, our #1 hit form 20 years ago this week. Oslin, born Kay Toinette Oslin in 1941 had to wait 39 years when she signed with Elektra Records and received an unusual 40th birthday gift: her first appearance on the country charts when Clean Your Own Tables made the top 75. The following year saw Gail Davies take an Oslin composition, 'Round The Clock Lovin' to #9. Oslin landed another major hit when Lonely But Only For You was a #15 hit for Sissy Spacek in 1983. Disappointed with her limited success, she returned to New York City. In 1985, she borrowed $7000 from her aunt and returned to Nashville. In 1986, she was in a showcase where Harold Shedd (her future producer) was in the audience. He parlayed what he saw to Joe Galante who decided to sign her on the spot. Oslin recorded her debut CD for RCA Records during the rest of 1986. Her first RCA single, Wall Of Tears barely scratched the top 40 at #40 in 1987. The title track was next, 80's Ladies and she blew the roof off country music when it hit #7. That certainly made Alice, Betty, and Connie happy. Then her first #1 was next, Do Ya'. To showcase her early influence, two major events took place: 1. The Judds recorded her Old Pictures for their Heartland CD. 2. Alabama asked her to add a female touch for their hit, Face To Face (#1 in 1988). Oslin kicked off 1988 with I'll Always Come Back (#1). While she was on the charts with that song, she won the A.C.M. Female Vocalist of the year (ending Reba McEntire's four year reign). 1988 saw Oslin score her first platinum CD with 80's Ladies. The This Woman CD has her version of 'Round The Clock Lovin'. However, the first single, Money topped off at a very lucky #13 in 1988. The second single, Hold Me was the first #1 of 1989. Before its chart topping status was official, Oslin won her first C.M.A. Awards: Song for 80's Ladies and Female Vocalist of the Year (again, ending McEntire's four year reign). Hold Me won a Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female (her second-her first was for 80's Ladies). She also won Best Country Song for Hold Me. When she released Hey Bobby (#2 in 1989), she won the A.C.M. Album of the Year for This Woman. The title track (#5) and Didn't Expect It To Go Down This Way (#23) closed out the This Woman era in 1989. This Woman became a platinum disc in 1989. In 1990, the 80's Lady turned 49 (making her a 40's lady) and went to work on CD #3, Love In A Small Town. Two Hearts was the first single and made the top 75. Then a song Judy Rodman first recorded in 1985 became Oslin's fourth and final #1, Come Next Monday. 1991 kicked off with Mary And Willie (#28 and her final top 40 hit). Three more singles were released, but did not make a big impact on the charts. She released Greatest Hits: Songs From An Aging Sex Bomb in 1993 to fulfill her RCA contract. She signed with BNA Records (a sister label of RCA) in 1995. Before she released her next CD in 1996, she underwent quadruple-bypass surgery. More recently, Oslin released her last CD in 2001 (Live Close By, Visit Often) and decided to retire from the business completely. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 24, 1990: 1. COME NEXT MONDAY-K.T. OSLIN-RCA 2. Crazy In Love-Conway Twitty-MCA 3. Back In My Younger Days-Don Williams-RCA 4. Chasin' That Neon Rainbow-Alan Jackson-Arista 5. Put Yourself In My Shoes-Clint Black-RCA 6. Ghost In This House-Shenandoah-Columbia 7. You Really Had Me Going-Holly Dunn-Warner Bros. 8. I've Come To Expect It From You-George Strait-MCA 9. Home-Joe Diffie-Epic 10. Yet-Exile-Arista
P.S.: Happy Thanksgiving!
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Post by leilamaurizia on Nov 23, 2010 21:40:06 GMT -5
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Post by Fanofctrymusic on Nov 29, 2010 17:21:01 GMT -5
Country Songs *** No. 1 *** "If I Die Young" The Band Perry Greatest Gainer No. 29 "This Is Country Music" Brad Paisley Hot Shot Debut No. 56 "Won't Be Lonely Long" Josh Thompson Debut No. 57 "Ring Of Fire" Alan Jackson Debut No. 59 "I've Got This Feeling" Blake Wise Debut No. 60 "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" Lady Antebellum
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Post by Jonsolo on Nov 29, 2010 18:11:44 GMT -5
That gives us the fifth and final artist during the calendar year, to score their first-ever #1 (joining Corbin, Lambert, Bryan, and Niemann).
Not sure who will be the first "first-timer" in 2011. The highest such artist on this week's chart is Eric Church, at (projected) #20. After him, we have: Sweeney, Janedear, Campbell, Wesley, Thompson Square, Kelley, Ballard, Eldredge...
Okay, it's a bit of a cheat, but I guess the first "first-timer" will be Kelly Clarkson, included on the Jason Aldean duet.
Just looking at "solo" songs, I'd think the Thompson Square song would be the most radio-friendly. But it's going to be at least April until any of those songs make it.
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Post by onebuffalo on Nov 30, 2010 11:11:08 GMT -5
1. A VERY PERRY #1 HIT: The Band Perry is celebrating their first #1 hit in If I Die Young. It is their second time on the charts following Hip To My Heart (#20 this year). In the meantime, they set several chart achievements. They are: 1. They are the first act on the Republic Nashville label with a #1 hit. 2. Republic Nashville is a subsidiary label of Big Machine Records. That means ALL three labels have scored #1 hits. The labels and their first chart toppers are: 1. Big Machine-Wherever You Are-Jack Ingram-2006 2. Valory-Do You Believe Me Now-Jimmy Wayne-2008 3. Republic Nashville-If I Die Young-the Band Perry-2010 3. They become the first all sibling group to score a #1 hit since the Forester Sisters. Kim, Reid, and Neil make up the Band Perry while Kathy, Kim, June, and Christy make up the Forester Sisters. Their last #1 was in 1987 with You Again. 4. Considering the Band Perry is a trio, the last time three siblings topped the charts was in 1983. That honor belongs to the Gatlin Brothers (Larry, Steve, and Rudy) with Houston Means I'm One Day Closer To You. 5. The Band Perry becomes the fifth act in 2010 to score their first #1. The others: 1. Easton Corbin-A Little More Country Than That 2. Miranda Lambert-The House That Built Me 3. Luke Bryan-Rain Is A Good Thing 4. Jerrod Niemann-Lover, Lover 5. The Band Perry-If I Die Young 2. COUNTRY CLASSICS PART II: Last week, we were treated to a rare chart appearance by Loretta Lynn on her remake of Coal Miner's Daughter (with Miranda Lambert and Sheryl Crow). Now, Alan Jackson debuts at #57 with the Johnny Cash classic, Ring Of Fire (#1 for Cash in 1963). The artist with the most successful remake of a Cash song is Rosanne Cash (surprise-his daughter). She took Tennessee Flat Top Box to #1 in 1988 (#11 for Johnny in 1962). 3. COUNTRY FAST: Brad Paisley has the fastest climbing song of the week as This Is Country Music moves up 23 to #29. 4. THE FIRST WEEK OF CHRISTMAS: As expected, the week after Thanksgiving gives us our first Christmas song on the charts. It is by Lady Antebellum and the song is Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (#60 this week). 5. A 70S LOOK PART II: These were the top selling albums during the first week in December during the 1970s: 1970: For The Good Times-Ray Price-Columbia 1971: Easy Loving-Freddie Hart-Capitol 1972: The Best Of The Best Of Merle Haggard-Merle Haggard-Capitol 1973: Primrose Lane/Don't Give Up On Me-Jerry Wallace-MCA 1974: Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album-Merle Haggard-Capitol 1975: Windsong-John Denver-RCA 1976: The Troublemaker-Willie Nelson-Columbia 1977: Elvis In Concert-Elvis Presley-RCA 1978: I've Always Been Crazy-Waylon Jennings-RCA 1979: Kenny-Kenny Rogers-United Artists 6. THEIR TEN BIGGEST: David Houston was one lucky man. He got to sing with Tammy Wynette in the 1960s and Barbara Mandrell in the 1970s. He died 17 years ago this week. These are his biggest hits. Weeks at #1 or #2 are first while weeks in the top 40 are second. 1. Almost Persuaded-1966-9-24 2. Baby, Baby I Know You're A Lady-1970-4-16 3. My Elusive Dreams-with Tammy Wynette-1967-2-16 4. You Mean The World To Me-1967-2-16 5. Already It's Heaven-1968-1-15 6. With One Exception-1967-1-15 7. Have A Little Faith-1968-1-13 8. A Woman Always Knows-1971-4-13 (#2) 9. Where Love Used To Live-1968-2-14 (#2) 10. Good Things-1973-2-12 (#2) 7. THE YEAR'S BIGGEST: Finally, we are at the finish line. These are the ten biggest hits of 2009 according to the American Country Countdown: 1. She's Country-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow 2. Whatever It Is-Zac Brown Band-Atlantic 3. Sideways-Dierks Bentley-Capitol 4. I Run To You-Lady Antebellum-Capitol 5. People Are Crazy-Billy Currington-Mercury 6. It's America-Rodney Atkins-Curb 7. Then-Brad Paisley-Arista 8. It Won't Be Like This For Long-Darius Rucker-Capitol 9. Boots On-Randy Houser-Universal South 10. Small Town USA-Justin Moore-Valory 8. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Let us salute the pride of Mississippi, Charley Pride that is. Since his first love was baseball, you can say he scored his biggest home run 39 years ago this week with Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'. Pride was signed to RCA Records in 1965 after he had stints in the Negro League and the Army during the 1950s. He was billed as 'Country Charley Pride' between 1965-1967 (it was Chet Atkins' idea). His first two singles, The Snakes Crawl At Night and Before I Met You failed to chart. It was during this introductory period that RCA did not enclose ANY photos or a biography on Pride as not to acknowledge the fact he was (and is) black and wanted to focus on the music and quality of his voice. Single #3, Just Between You And Me became his first top ten (#9 in 1967). I Know One (#6) and Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger (#4) rounded off 1967. He finally dropped the 'Country' from his name when he released his sixth single, The Day The World Stood Still (#4 in 1968). The Easy Part's Over became his first #2 hit in 1968. Let The Chips Fall fell to #4. 1969 was a pivotal year for Pride. He started the year by covering the Hank Williams classic, Kaw-Liga (#1 for Williams in 1953, #3 for Pride in 1969). It was a sign for his love for Williams' music as eleven years later he would release an album's worth of Williams music called There's A Little Bit Of Hank In Me. His tenth single, All I Have To Offer You Is Me became the first of 29 chart toppers for Pride. It became a part of his longest streak of #1s. They are: 1. I'm So Afraid Of Losing You Again-1969 2. Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone-1970 3. Wonder Could I Live There Anymore-1970 4. I Can't Believe That You've Stopped Loving Me-1970 5. I'd Rather Love You-1971 Pride released a gospel album in 1971 called Did You Think To Pray and yielded a chart hit in Let Me Live (#21). His second biggest hit, I'm Just Me was the title track of his third album release of 1971 (From Me To You was first). In September, Kiss An Angel Good Mornin' was released. In October, Pride was the big winner at the C.M.A.s as he won Male Vocalist (he would repeat in 1972) and Entertainer of the Year. The parent album, Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs was released in November. Angel began a five week stay at #1 in December. It became Pride's ONLY top 40 pop hit (#21) and sold a million copies in the process. The album went gold in 1972. Angel was repeated on his next album, The Best Of Charley Pride, Vol. 2. He won a Grammy Award in 1972 for the Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs album. Between 1972-1985, Pride scored 36 top tens (21 #1s) for RCA Records. His last #1 was Night Games in 1983. The following year saw The Power Of Love be his final top ten (#9) for RCA. He made a short term move to 16th Avenue Records where Shouldn't Be Easier Than This (#5 in 1988) be his biggest hit for the label. During the 1990s, Pride became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1993 and received the A.C.M. Pioneer Award in 1994. It was during this time one of his opening acts, Neal McCoy became a major hitmaker and professed his admiration for Pride. More recently, Pride was inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000. This year he returned to his first love (outside of wife Rozene), baseball by becoming a minority owner of the Texas Rangers. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 4, 1971: 1. KISS AN ANGEL GOOD MORNIN'-CHARLEY PRIDE-RCA 2. Daddy Frank The Guitar Man-Merle Haggard-Capitol 3. She's All I Got-Johnny Paycheck-Epic 4. Lead Me On-Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty-Decca 5. Would You Take Another Chance On Me-Jerry Lee Lewis-Mercury 6. Me And Bobby McGee-Jerry Lee Lewis-Mercury 7. Dis-Satisfied-Bill Anderson and Jan Howard-Decca 8. Here Comes Honey Again-Sonny James-Capitol 9. Coat Of Many Colors-Dolly Parton-RCA 10. Country Green-Don Gibson-Hickory
P.S.: Billboard is showing the double-sided Jerry Lee Lewis his as taking two positions.
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Post by phil1996 on Dec 6, 2010 16:59:11 GMT -5
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*** No. 1 *** "Why Wait" Rascal Flatts Greatest Gainer No. 23 "This Is Country Music" Brad Paisley Hot Shot Debut No. 56 "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" Lady Antebellum Debut No. 57 "All I Want For Christmas Is You" Lady Antebellum
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Post by Jonsolo on Dec 6, 2010 17:46:01 GMT -5
And Rascal Flatts gives us the 29th song during the calendar year to reach #1. There's likely about a 4 mill gap between Why Wait and Reba's Radio on this week's 12/18 chart, so it would take a big charge by her to take over on the 12/25 chart and become the year's 30th #1.
So I'll assume the total for 2010 will be 29 #1s, which just about matched the 30 that we had in 2009 (the highest yearly #1 total since the BDS electric monitoring system went into operation by Billboard in 1990). As long as we can keep getting over 26 #1s each year from here on out, and much more than those boring 18~22 #1s from the first half of the previous decade, I'll be happy. This year we got a nice mix, with five 3+ week #1 songs, and plenty (fourteen) of one-week #1s, to give us a varied list.
The only personal disappointment, is that with all these #1s, George Strait hasn't been able to get a piece of the action for a long while. Indeed, there's been 48 songs that have hit #1 since his River Of Love was at the top in April 2009. To be sure, with 44 career #1s, he's gotten plenty of pieces of action in the past. But I'm still hoping he can get his foot into this revolving door a few more times...
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Post by onebuffalo on Dec 6, 2010 17:51:57 GMT -5
I agree. A chart without George at #1 is not very Strait!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2010 18:04:26 GMT -5
And Rascal Flatts gives us the 29th song during the calendar year to reach #1. There's likely about a 4 mill gap between Why Wait and Reba's Radio on this week's 12/18 chart, so it would take a big charge by her to take over on the 12/25 chart and become the year's 30th #1. I think it's possible that Reba could hit #1 on the 12/25 chart...maybe not super likely, but possible...On the 12/11 BB Chart, The Band Perry had 36.786 million in total audience, while Rascal Flatts had 33.294...that's 3.5 million...and TBP fell pretty fast. Reba is on the same family of labels as the two trios, so I think there's a chance they could get her to #1...I'm not sure that the RF song will have the longevity to hang at the top for another week...but, I won't say Reba will get it for sure yet...
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Post by onebuffalo on Dec 7, 2010 11:36:25 GMT -5
1. WAITING FOR R.F.: Rascal Flatts scores their eleventh number one hit in Why Wait. It is their first for the Big Machine label after an eleven year stay at Lyric Street Records. Two chart achievements are set with Why Wait: 1. Just ranking groups and duos with the most chart toppers, Rascal Flatts stands in fifth place. The top ten: 1. Alabama-32-1980-1993 2. Brooks & Dunn-20-1991-2005 3. Oak Ridge Boys-17-1978-1990 4. The Judds-14-1984-1989 5. Rascal Flatts-11-2002-2010 6. Bellamy Brothers-10-1979-1987 7. Exile-10-1984-1988 8. Lonestar-09-1996-2004 9. Restless Heart-06-1986-1988 10. Dixie Chicks-06-1998-2003 2. They become the first group since Shenandoah to score #1s on multiple labels. Shenandoah's first four #1s are on Columbia Records while their last is on RCA Records. Rascal Flatts' first ten are on Lyric Street while Why Wait is on Big Machine. 2. A.C.A. WINNERS: Let us salute the winners of the first ever American Country Awards: Artist of the Year-Carrie Underwood Male Artist of the Year-Brad Paisley Female Artist of the Year-Underwood Duo or Group of the Year-Lady Antebellum Breakthrough Artist-Easton Corbin Album of the Year-Play On-Underwood Single of the Year-Need You Now-Lady A Male Single-Why Don't We Just Dance-Josh Turner Female Single-Cowboy Casanova-Underwood Duo or Group Single-Need You Now-Lady A Breakthough Single-A Little More Country Than That-Corbin Touring Artist-Underwood Music Video-Hillbilly Bone-Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins Male Video-Hillbilly Bone-Shelton and Adkins Female Video-Cowboy Casanova-Underwood Duo or Group Video-Need You Now-Lady A Breakthough Video-A Little More Country Than That-Corbin 3. ON THE B.P. EXPRESS: For the second week in a row, Brad Paisley has the fastest climbing song in This Is Country Music (up six to #23). 4. THE SECOND WEEK OF CHRISTMAS: Last week, Lady Antebellum debuted a Christmas song on the charts. This week, they debut two more. They are: 1. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow-#56 2. All I Want For Christmas Is You-#57 Add that to their #58 placing of Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, and it is shaping up to be a very Lady A holiday season. 5. LET'S GO BACK: These were the #1 hits in 2005, 2000, 1995, 1990, and 1985: 2005: Come A Little Closer-Dierks Bentley-Capitol 2000: We Danced-Brad Paisley-Arista 1995: Tall, Tall Trees-Alan Jackson-Arista 1990: I've Come To Expect It From You-George Strait-MCA 1985: I Don't Mind The Thorns If You're The Rose-Lee Greenwood-MCA 6. THEIR 20 BIGGEST-COUPLES EDITION: Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are celebrating their fifth anniversary this week. These are their ten biggest hits each. First number will be the weeks at #1 or #2 while the second number will be weeks in the top 40. G.B.: 1. Friends In Low Places-1990-4-19 2. What She's Doing Now-1992-4-19 3. Longneck Bottle-1997-3-20 4. The Dance-1990-3-18 5. Shameless-1991-2-20 6. Unanswered Prayers-1991-2-19 7. Ain't Going Down Til The Sun Comes Up-1993-2-17 8. The Thunder Rolls-1991-2-16 9. If Tomorrow Never Comes-1989-1-23 10. More Than A Memory-2007-1-20 T.Y.: 1. A Perfect Love-1998-2-18 2. Thinkin' About You-1995-2-18 3. XXX's And OOO's An American Girl-1994-2-17 4. She's In Love With The Boy-1991-2-16 5. Believe Me Baby I Lied-1996-2-16 6. In Another's Eyes-with Garth Brooks-1997-2-19 (#2) 7. There Goes My Baby-1998-1-22 (#2) 8. How Do I Live-1997-1-17 (#2) 9. Walkaway Joe-with Don Henley-1993-1-17 (#2) 10. The Song Remembers When-1993-1-16 (#2) 7. 30 HITS IN 30 YEARS: For the past 30 weeks, I have provided the top ten hits for every year between 1980 to 2009 according to the American Country Countdown. Now, let us review the biggest hit for each year. I hope you enjoyed the series as much as I enjoyed presenting it to you. 1980: My Heart-Ronnie Milsap-RCA 1981: Party Time-T.G. Sheppard-Warner Bros. 1982: Always On My Mind-Willie Nelson-Columbia 1983: Islands In The Stream-Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton-RCA 1984: Slow Burn-T.G. Sheppard-Warner Bros. 1985: Lost In The Fifties Tonight In The Still Of The Night-Ronnie Milsap-RCA 1986: Morning Desire-Kenny Rogers-RCA 1987: Forever And Ever, Amen-Randy Travis-Warner Bros. 1988: I'll Leave This World Loving You-Ricky Van Shelton-Columbia 1989: I'm No Stranger To The Rain-Keith Whitley-RCA 1990: Nobody's Home-Clint Black-RCA 1991: Don't Rock The Jukebox-Alan Jackson-Arista 1992: I Saw The Light-Wynonna Judd-MCA 1993: Chattahoochee-Alan Jackson-Arista 1994: I Swear-John Michael Montgomery-Atlantic 1995: I Like It, I Love It-Tim McGraw-Curb 1996: My Maria-Brooks & Dunn-Arista 1997: It's Your Love-Tim McGraw and Faith Hill-Curb 1998: Just To See You Smile-Tim McGraw-Curb 1999: Amazed-Lonestar-BNA 2000: How Do You Like Me Now-Toby Keith-Dreamworks 2001: Ain't Nothing 'Bout You-Brooks & Dunn-Arista 2002: The Good Stuff-Kenny Chesney-BNA 2003: It's Five O'Clock Somewhere-Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett-Arista 2004: Live Like You Were Dying-Tim McGraw-Curb 2005: That's What I Love About Sunday-Craig Morgan-Broken Bow 2006: If You're Going Through Hell Before The Devil Even Knows-Rodney Atkins-Curb 2007: Watching You-Rodney Atkins-Curb 2008: Just Got Started Lovin' You-James Otto-Warner Bros. 2009: She's Country-Jason Aldean-Broken Bow 8. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Over the past year in this section, I have covered a variety of artists, songs, CDs, and chart achievements. Let us review those topics. Remember, if I did not get to your favorite artist, song, CD, or chart achievement, I will. 1. Connie Smith scores her only #1 hit in Once A Day in 1964. 2. Ronnie Milsap is proclaimed Billboard Country Singles Artist when Smoky Mountain Rain hits #1 in 1980. 3. Garth Brooks scores his first #1, If Tomorrow Never Comes in 1989. 4. Conway Twitty ends the 1970s on a #1 note, Happy Birthday Darlin' in 1979. 5. Marty Robbins scores a classic in El Paso in 1959. 6. Alan Jackson reaches #1 with his 9/11 anthem, Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning in 2001. 7. Shania Twain ends 50 weeks at #1 with her Come On Over CD in 2000. 8. George Strait scores his 40th #1 in She Let Herself Go in 2006. 9. The B.D.S. era starts in 1990. 10. Loretta Lynn scores a #1 hit for the 12th consecutive year in Out Of My Head And Back In My Bed in 1978. 11. Garth Brooks has the top three selling country CDs in Ropin' The Wind, No Fences, and Garth Brooks in 1992. 12. Conway Twitty scores a #1 from his first greatest hits CD for Warner Bros., Ain't She Somethin' Else in 1985. 13. George Strait debuts at #1 on the CD chart with Ocean Front Property in 1987. 14. Merle Haggard scores his final #1, Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star in 1988. 15. Lefty Frizzell scores a comeback hit, Saginaw, Michigan in 1964. 16. John Anderson scores a comeback hit, Straight Tequila Night in 1992. 17. Ray Charles scores his only #1 hit in Seven Spanish Angels with Willie Nelson in 1985. 18. Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty score their first #1 duet, After The Fire Is Gone in 1971. 19. Hank Williams, Jr. has the top selling CD in Greatest Hits III in 1989. 20. Keith Whitley hits #1 with I'm No Stranger To The Rain in 1989. 21. Alabama has their 21st consecutive #1 in tow, You've Got The Touch in 1987. 22. Females dominate the top five in 1980. 23. Brooks & Dunn score a #1 in Ain't Nothing 'Bout You in 2001. 24. Willie Nelson scores a classic in Always On My Mind in 1982. 25. Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt hit #1 with To Know Him Is To Love Him in 1987. 26. Rosanne Cash hits #1 with Seven Year Ache in 1981. 27. John Denver scores a live #1 in Thank God I'm A Country Boy in 1975. 28. Conway Twitty scores his biggest hit, Hello Darlin' in 1970. 29. George Strait scores his biggest hit, Love Without End, Amen in 1990. 30. Randy Travis has the top selling CD in Always & Forever in 1987. 31. Tammy Wynette spells one of her biggest hits, D-I-V-O-R-C-E in 1968. 32. George Jones sets the standard with He Stopped Loving Her Today in 1980. 33. Ricky Van Shelton scores his first top ten, Crime Of Passion in 1987. 34. Amazed becomes Lonestar's biggest hit ever in 1999. 35. Shania Twain hits #1 with Any Man Of Mine in 1995. 36. Earl Thomas Conley scores a fourth #1 hit off the Don't Make It Easy For Me CD in 1984. 37. New Hall of Famer Jimmy Dean hits #1 with The First Thing Ev'ry Morning And The Last Thing Ev'ry Night in 1965. 38. Alan Jackson has the top selling CD, A Lot About Livin' And A Little 'Bout Love in 1993. 39. Elvis Presley scores a #1 in Way Down in 1977. 40. The Charlie Daniels Band scores a classic hit in The Devil Went Down To Georgia in 1979. 41. George Strait scores his first #2 hit, True in 1998. 42. Conway Twitty scores his 40th #1 hit, Desperado Love in 1986. 43. Garth Brooks debuts at #1 with More Than A Memory in 2007. 44. Merle Haggard has the top selling CD in It's All In The Game in 1984. 45. Lost In The Fifties Tonight In The Still Of The Night hits #1 for Ronnie Milsap in 1985. 46. Garth Brooks scores his biggest hit, Friends In Low Places in 1990. 47. Elvis Presley's 30 #1 Hits is a top seller in 2002. 48. Randy Travis scores a #1 from a pair of greatest hits CDs, If I Didn't Have You In 1992. 49. Tim McGraw's Greatest Hits 3 is #1 in 2008. 50. Reba McEntire and Linda Davis have a #1 duet in Does He Love You in 1993. 51. Restless Heart scores a #1 in That Rock Won't Roll in 1986. 52. None!
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Post by Fanofctrymusic on Dec 13, 2010 16:01:33 GMT -5
Country Songs *** No. 1 *** "Why Wait" Rascal Flatts Greatest Gainer No. 19 "This Is Country Music" Brad Paisley Hot Shot Debut No. 57 "Old School" Chuck Wicks Debut No. 59 "You Lie" The Band Perry Debut No. 60 "Mississippi's Cryin'" Margaret Durante
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Post by drock89 on Dec 13, 2010 23:17:41 GMT -5
I haven't really paid attention; has Aircheck matched Billboard so far this year? I think they have..
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Post by onebuffalo on Dec 14, 2010 17:38:06 GMT -5
1. WAIT, FLATTS: Rascal Flatts continue to have the #1 hit in America with Why Wait. They have spent 26 weeks at #1 with their eleven #1 hits. Songs and weeks at #1 are: 1. These Days-2002-3 2. Mayberry-2004-1 3. Bless The Broken Road-2005-5-chart wise, their biggest hit 4. Fast Cars And Freedom-2005-3 5. What Hurts The Most-2006-4 6. My Wish-2006-1 7. Stand-2007-1 8. Take Me There-2007-3 9. Here-2009-2 10. Here Comes Goodbye-2009-1 11. Why Wait-2010-2 so far 2. ALAN'S RING: Alan Jackson has the fastest climbing song of the week as his remake of Ring Of Fire soars 14 to #46. 3. NASHVILLE FIRST: Chris Young's Voices cracks the top ten at #10. It is his third consecutive top ten following the #1s Gettin' You Home The Black Dress Song and The Man I Want To Be. He becomes the first Nashville Star contestant to achieve the feat. If Miranda Lambert's Only Prettier (at #12) climbs at least two more spots, she will be the second following White Liar (#2) and The House that Built Me (#1). 4. THE THIRD WEEK OF CHRISTMAS: No Christmas songs debut this week. However, Lady Antebellum STILL has a trio of songs in the top 60 this week (outside of Hello World). 5. THE TOP SELLERS: These were the top selling CDs in 2005, 2000, 1995, 1990, and 1985: 2005: Some Hearts-Carrie Underwood-Arista 2000: Greatest Hits-Tim McGraw-Curb 1995: Fresh Horses-Garth Brooks-Capitol 1990: No Fences-Garth Brooks-Capitol 1985: Something Special-George Strait-MCA 6. THEIR TEN BIGGEST: Hank Snow became the first Canadian to top the American country chart. He also has the #1 hit of all time in I'm Moving On. He died eleven years ago this week. These are his ten biggest hits. Weeks at #1 or #2 are first followed by weeks in the top 40. 1. I'm Moving On-1950-21-44 2. I Don't Hurt Anymore-1954-20-41 3. The Rhumba Boogie-1951-8-27 4. The Golden Rocket-1951-2-23 5. I've Been Everywhere-1962-2-22 6. Let Me Go, Lover-1955-2-16 7. Hello Love-1974-1-10 8. Ninety Miles An Hour Down A Dead End Street-1963-3-22 (#2) 9. The Gold Rush Is Over-1952-3-18 (#2) 10. Down The Trail Of Achin' Hearts-1951-1-14 (#2) 7. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: There were/are/will be artists signed to labels that will NEVER get a major hit. However, there was an artist who was NOT signed to a label, but managed a #1 hit (an award winner, no less). His name is Dave Loggins and he had a chart topping hit 26 years ago this week with Anne Murray on Nobody Loves Me Like You Do. Loggins' story begins in 1972 when he released his debut album, Personal Belongings. It yielded a major hit, but for Three Dog Night when they took Pieces Of April to #19 pop and #6 adult contemporary (it was a #22 A.C. hit for Loggins in 1979). Two years later, he released his second album which contained a major hit for himself, Please Come To Boston (#5 pop and #1 A.C.). He had few chart entries after that, but remained a one hit wonder on the pop charts. He entered the 1980s focusing on writing hit songs (he did write Boston). His focus was on country music and his labors were rewarded plentifully. His #1 hits as a songwriter are: 1. Roll On Eighteen Wheeler-Alabama-1984 2. Everyday-the Oak Ridge Boys-1984 3. Forty Hour Week For A Livin'-Alabama-1985 4. You Make Me Want To Make You Mine-Juice Newton-1985 5. I'll Never Stop Loving You-Gary Morris-1985 6. Morning Desire-Kenny Rogers-1986 7. Makin' Up For Lost Time-Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris-1986 8. Don't Underestimate My Love For You-Lee Greenwood-1986 9. She And I-Alabama-1986 10. Heartbeat In The Darkness-Don Williams-1986 11. One Promise Too Late-Reba McEntire-1987 12. Wheels-Restless Heart-1988 13. Love Will Find Its Way To You-Reba McEntire-1988 During the chart run of title #1, he was presented a song by Anne Murray, Nobody Loves Me Like You Do. Murray's producer, Jim Ed Norman first suggested duet partners Elton John and Paul McCartney. Murray wanted Loggins. The record was even recorded in Toronto (a country music first-a 'foreign' chart topping hit). Loggins finished his vocals in Nashville. Nobody entered the top 40 the same week Everyday was #1 (see above). Nobody reached #1 shortly after Murray won C.M.A. Awards for Album and Single of the Year for A Little Good News. It even peaked at #10 on the A.C. chart-Loggins' second top ten after Boston, but many more for Murray. The Heart Over Mind CD contained two more top tens: 1. Time Don't Run Out On Me-1985-#2 2. I Don't Think I'm Ready For You-1985-#7 The duet won a C.M.A. Vocal Duo of the Year Award in 1985. As for Murray, she continued to have major hits until 1990 (Feed This Fire-#5). As for Loggins, he is still writing songs. Who knows? Maybe the next chart topping hit may have Loggins' name on it. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 15, 1984: 1. NOBODY LOVES ME LIKE YOU DO-ANNE MURRAY AND DAVE LOGGINS-CAPITOL 2. She's My Rock-George Jones-Epic 3. Why Not Me-the Judds-RCA 4. I Love Only You-Nitty Gritty Dirt Band-Warner Bros. 5. Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind-George Strait-MCA 6. World's Greatest Lover-Bellamy Bros.-MCA 7. America-Waylon Jennings-RCA 8. The Best Year Of My Life-Eddie Rabbitt-Warner Bros. 9. Chance Of Lovin' You-Earl Thomas Conley-RCA 10. Diamond In The Dust-Mark Gray-Columbia
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Post by onebuffalo on Dec 22, 2010 11:57:44 GMT -5
1. REBA EQUALS DOLLY: Reba McEntire has landed her landmark 25th #1 hit in Turn On The Radio. In the meantime, she sets several chart achievements: 1. She ties Dolly Parton as the female with the most #1 hits. Parton had chart topper #25 in tow when she duetted with Brad Paisley in 2006 with When I Get Where I'm Going. 2. McEntire has now collected multiple #1 hits on the three labels she has ben signed to. A breakdown: 1. Mercury-2 2. MCA-20 3. Valory-2 Her vocal collaboration with Hank Williams, Jr., Mind Your Own Business was on Warner Bros. Records (a label she was NOT signed to). 3. McEntire becomes the first artist on the Valory label with multiple #1s. Radio joins Consider Me Gone. Only Jimmy Wayne (Do You Believe Me Now) and Justin Moore (Small Town USA) have #1s on the Valory label. 4. McEntire's #1 reign now stretches to an even 28 years. Her first, Can't Even Get The Blues was the first #1 of 1983. It is now the third longest span of #1 hits. The top five: 1. 35 years-Dolly Parton-Joshua in 1971 to When I Get Where I'm Going with Brad Paisley in 2006 2. 29 years-Johnny Cash-I Walk The Line in 1956 to Highwayman with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson in 1985 3. 28 years-Reba McEntire-Can't Even Get The Blues in 1983 to Turn On The Radio in 2011 4. 27 years, 9 months-Willie Nelson-Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain in 1975 to Beer For My Horses with Toby Keith in 2003 5. 26 years, 7 months-George Strait-Fool Hearted Memory in 1982 to River Of Love in 2009 2. THE ZAC BROWN FORECAST: Since December started, much of the country has had an early taste of winter. As a matter of fact, today is the first FULL day of winter. However, the Zac Brown Band forecasts Colder Weather at #56. 3. A FAST CHRISTMAS: Lady Antebellum has the fastest climbing song of the week as All I Want For Christmas Is You goes up eight to #48. 4. THE FOURTH WEEK OF CHRISTMAS: Lady Antebellum continues to debut Christmas songs at a pretty good pace. Two more debut with the three others on the chart. They are: 1. Blue Christmas-#54 and the Hot Shot Debut 2. Silver Bells-#60 In comparison, seven songs have been released from their first two CDs. 5. HOW APPROPRIATE: I think it is fitting we have a song called Soldiers & Jesus by James Otto charting this Christmas season (at #37 this week). 6. CHRISTMAS #1S: These were the chart topping hits in 2005, 2000, 1995, 1990, and 1985: 2005: Come A Little Closer-Dierks Bentley-Capitol 2000: My Next Thirty Years-Tim McGraw-Curb 1995: That's As Close As I'll Get To Loving You-Aaron Tippin-RCA 1990: I've Come To Expect It From You-George Strait-MCA 1985: Have Mercy-the Judds-RCA 7. THEIR TEN BIGGEST: Christmas Day marks the birthdays of Barbara Mandrell and Steve Wariner. In fact, Wariner's middle name is Noel. These are his biggest hits (all 14 top two hits). Weeks at #1 or #2 are first, weeks in the top 40 are second. 1. What If I Said-with Anita Cochran-1998-1-19 2. You Can Dream Of Me-1986-1-15 3. Some Fools Never Learn-1985-1-15 4. I Got Dreams-1989-1-15 5. Life's Highway-1986-1-14 6. The Weekend-1987-1-14 7. Where Did I Go Wrong-1989-1-14 8. Small Town Girl-1987-1-13 9. Lynda-1987-1-13 10. All Roads Lead To You-1981-1-12 11. Holes In The Floor Of Heaven-1998-2-18 (#2) 12. I Should Be With You-1988-2-15 (#2) 13. Two Teardrops-1999-1-21 (#2) 14. Baby I'm Yours-1988-1-14 (#2) 8. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: We are truckin' our way to #1 this week. Tell me if you know Bill Fries had the chart topping hit 35 years ago this week. O.K., as C.W. McCall, he was at the top with Convoy. Fries, an advertising executive for Bozell & Jacobs, was asked to create an ad campaign for the Metz Baking Company. He made up a character, a trucker by the name of C.W. McCall, another, a waitress by the name of Mavis, and a jingle in Old Home Filler-Up An' Keep On A Truckin' Cafe. A series of TV commercials were made and the ad even won a Clio Award for Best Television Campaign in 1974. MGM Records picked up the song for national release and it made #19 on the country chart that year. An album was released (Wolf Creek Pass) and two more major hits were released: 1. Wolf Creek Pass-1975-#12 2. Classified-1975-#13 He still held on to his day job in 1975 when he was inspired to write a song about trucks and CB radios. MGM released the Black Bear Road album in 1975. The title track was released first, hitting #24. Then McCall released Convoy in November and it hit #1 country (for six weeks) in December and #1 pop (for one week) in January. Convoy ended up selling over seven million copies worldwide while the album was certified gold in 1976. Billboard named Convoy the #1 hit for the year. While Convoy was at #1, MGM became Polydor Records. The first album released under Polydor was Wilderness. It yielded two top 40 hits: 1. There Won't Be No Country Music There Won't Be No Rock 'N' Roll-1976-#19 2. Crispy Critters-1976-#32 There was a sequel to Convoy in 1977 called 'Round The World With The Rubber Duck (#40). When it seemed all was lost, McCall came back strong with Roses For Mama (#2 in 1977 and his last top 40 country hit). It was during this time he became an environmentalist (influenced in no small part to John Denver). 1978 was the year Polydor released a greatest hits album on McCall. It was also the year a movie called Convoy was made starring Kris Kristofferson. The following year he made his final appearance on the country chart with Outlaws And Lone Star Beer. In 1983, McCall moved to Colorado (Denver's favorite state) and was elected mayor of Ouray in 1986 (he won reelection in 1988 and 1990). His last CD came in 2003 called American Spirit. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 20, 1975: 1. CONVOY-C.W. MCCALL-MGM 2. Easy As Pie-Billy Crash Craddock-ABC/Dot 3. Country Boy You Got Your Feet In L.A.-Glen Campbell-Capitol 4. Secret Love-Freddy Fender-ABC/Dot 5. Where Love Begins-Gene Watson-Capitol 6. Warm Side Of You-Freddie Hart-Capitol 7. Just In Case-Ronnie Milsap-RCA 8. When The Tingle Becomes A Chill-Loretta Lynn-MCA 9. The Blind Man In The Bleachers-Kenny Star-MCA 10. Love Put A Song In My Heart-Johnny Rodriguez-Mercury
P.S.: Merry Christmas to all!
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Post by onebuffalo on Dec 29, 2010 11:56:54 GMT -5
1. MCGRAW FEELS GOOD: Tim McGraw lands the 23rd #1 hit of his career with Felt Good On My Lips. It is from his Number One Hits CD. Everyone in the country music world is hoping the CD will be the last for Curb Records (known for repackaging and repackaging again his hits). In the meantime, 2011 is the second consecutive year of McGraw having a #1 hit-Southern Voice doing the same last year. This is the first time McGraw has had consecutive years of having #1s since he did it for eleven straight between 1994-2004 (when he topped the charts 20 times during that time period). It is a good time for McGraw as his movie, Country Strong will be released this month. 2. LADY A LIKES A FAST CHRISTMAS: All the fastest movers this week belong to Lady Antebellum and they are all Christmas songs: 1. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow-from #50 to #34 2. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas-from #51 to #36 3. All I Want For Christmas Is You-from #48 to #38 4. Blue Christmas-from #54 to #42 5. Silver Bells-from #60 to #47 3. THE FIFTH WEEK OF CHRISTMAS: You guessed it, but Lady Antebellum debuts another Christmas song on the charts as they are at #59 with On This Winter's Night. Add that to their five other Christmas songs and their regular release (Hello World) at #15 and they have a 12% share of the chart. 4. A 60S LOOK: These were the #1 hits during the last week of December during the 1960s: 1960: Wings Of A Dove-Ferlin Husky-Capitol 1961: Walk On By-Leroy Van Dyke-Mercury 1962: Don't Let Me Cross Over-Carl Butler & Pearl-Columbia 1963: Love's Gonna Live Here-Buck Owens-Capitol 1964: Once A Day-Connie Smith-RCA 1965: Buckaroo-Buck Owens-Capitol 1966: There Goes My Everything-Jack Greene-Decca 1967: For Loving You-Bill Anderson and Jan Howard-Decca 1968: Wichita Lineman-Glen Campbell-Capitol 1969: I'm So Afraid Of Losing You Again-Charley Pride-RCA 5. THEIR TEN BIGGEST: Remember T.G. Sheppard? I do! These are his ten biggest hits. First number-weeks at #1 and second number-weeks in the top 40. 1. I'll Be Coming Back For More-1980-2-11 2. Last Cheater's Waltz-1979-2-10 3. Slow Burn-1984-1-14 4. Strong Heart-1986-1-14 5. Only One You-1982-1-13 6. Faking Love-with Karen Brooks-1983-1-13 7. Party Time-1981-1-13 8. War is Hell On The Homefront Too-1982-1-13 9. Tryin' To Beat The Morning Home-1975-1-12 10. Do You Wanna Go To Heaven-1980-1-11 6. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Reba McEntire just collected her 25th #1 hit in Turn On The Radio. However, did you know she remains the last female artist to have two songs in the top ten at the same time? Well, she did need help from one of HER rowdy friends, Hank Williams, Jr.. It also came during a high point in her career. We will start the story in 1985 when McEntire collected her first two #1s for MCA Records (after two years at the label): How Blue and Somebody Should Leave. She also had top tens in Have I Got A Deal For You (#6) and Only In My Mind (#5-her ONLY self-written hit). She also won the second of four C.M.A. Female Vocalist of the Year Awards (1984, 1986, and 1987 were her other award winning years). On the Williams side, he had the following hits in 1985: 1. Major Moves-#10 2. I'm For Love-#1 3. This Ain't Dallas-#4 4. Two Old Cats Like Us-with Ray Charles-#14 Both artists started 1986 on a #1 note. Williams was first with Ain't Misbehavin' and two weeks later, McEntire was #1 with Whoever's In New England. That song took McEntire from just being a singles artist into being a record seller. The album (of the same name) became her first platinum CD. While McEntire and Williams were battling for chart supremacy in the spring of 1986, Williams had an idea (not a new one): to cover one of his father's hits, Mind Your Own Business (#5 for Sr. in 1949). He not only asked McEntire to sing a verse, but also Willie Nelson, Tom Petty, and the Reverend Ike. Business ended up on the Montana Cafe CD. However, its first single, Country State Of Mind peaked at #2 for two weeks (behind Conway Twitty's Desperado Love and yes, McEntire's Little Rock). Right after their records peaked at #1 and #2, McEntire became the big winner at the C.M.A.s. She won her third Female Vocalist Award and the big one, Entertainer of the Year. Right after the awards show, she debuted on the charts with the title track of her next CD, What Am I Gonna Do About You. BOTH records, Business and What entered the top 40 a week apart. Business entered the top 40 for the 10-18-86 chart (Just Another Love by Tanya Tucker was #1) while What entered the top 40 seven days later (Crystal Gayle's Cry was #1). Both songs raced up the charts until Business became Williams' ninth chart topper in December (McEntire's seventh, Nelson's 20th, and the ONLY #1 for Petty and Ike). McEntire's solo single was at #3. Business stayed at #1 for a second week due to the holiday freeze on the charts (becoming McEntire's first multi-week #1). She almost succeeded herself at the top, but Michael Johnson landed the first of two chart toppers, Give Me Wings. McEntire landed chart topper #8 in January with What Am I Gonna Do About You. The CD produced two more hits: 1. Let The Music Lift You Up-#4 2. One Promise Too Late-#1 The careers of McEntire and Williams were connected once again. At the 1987 C.M.A.s, Williams succeeded McEntire as Entertainer of the Year. This is what the chart looked like back then: BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 27, 1986: 1. MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS-HANK WILLIAMS, JR., REBA MCENTIRE, WILLIE NELSON, TOM PETTY, AND REVEREND IKE-WARNER BROS. 2. Give Me Wings-Michael Johnson-RCA 3. WHAT AM I GONNA DO ABOUT YOU-REBA MCENTIRE-MCA 4. Love's Gonna Get You Someday-Ricky Skaggs-Epic 5. Cry Myself To Sleep-the Judds-RCA 6. Then It's Love-Don Williams-Capitol 7. Fallin' For You For Years-Conway Twitty-Warner Bros. 8. Half Past Forever Till I'm Blue In The Heart-T.G. Sheppard-Columbia 9. You Still Move Me-Dan Seals-EMI America 10. Oh Darlin'-the O'Kanes-Columbia Video for Mind Your Own Business: youtube.com/watch?v=Ckied5fDnC4Video for What Am I Gonna Do About You: youtube.com/watch?v=d1OAl8EcwwQP.S.: Happy New Year!
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Post by RobbyFlorida on Dec 29, 2010 12:02:04 GMT -5
Since unlike Billboard even though there is no Chart Update sent out but the chart is still tabulated last week and this week. Does MediaBase have no #1's last week and this week? Since according to this printed in the Aircheck Weekly that came out tonight mean Reba never hit #1 on MediaBase and Jason Aldean didn't hit #1 this week according to below which was was printed in their Weekly newsletter?
COUNTRY AIRCHECK WEEKLY December 28, 2010
Chart Chat
While no official chart was published this week or last, we congratulate the Valory crew and Reba on earning the most airplay last week with “Turn On The Radio,” as recorded by Mediabase. We also tip our hats to the Broken Bow team and Jason Aldean for topping out this week with “My Kinda Party.”
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Dec 29, 2010 14:21:40 GMT -5
Ugh. Why do they even let Christmas songs chart anymore? All they do is clog up the charts and then it takes until February for anything to start moving again. They don't even archive the Christmas songs with the rest; a thorough search of Billboard.com shows no trace of Candy Cane Christmas' #32 peak, for instance.
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Post by Marv on Dec 29, 2010 15:42:45 GMT -5
Robnj--Bob Kingsley has always acknowledged the non-published weeks on his countdown show when airing songs that were entering the charts or #1 on the charts during previous years by artists with songs currently on the charts.
I don't know if he played Taylor Swift's 'Our Song' on either of his last two countdown shows since it replaced 'So Small' at #1 at Country Aircheck/Mediabase on 12-10-07, but he would have certainly mentioned the fact that it began a six week stay at #1 if he had played it, or he will certainly mention that if he does play it when his countdown show returns on January 8th-9th, or later in the month.
So if he does play any songs which spent multiple weeks at #1 over the the holidays, including such possibles as 'There Goes My Life', 'She's Everything', 'Some Beach', 'My Next Thirty Years', 'Consider Me Gone', or any other such song by any artist with a song currently on the charts on his countdown shows on Jan. 8th-9th, he'll undoubtedly mention the cumulative weeks at #1, including the non-published weeks.
That also applies to new singles by artists which hit the charts during those non-published weeks as well.
I hope that helps.
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Post by rowdawg21 on Jan 3, 2011 16:26:21 GMT -5
Country Songs *** No. 1 ***/Greatest Gainer "Felt Good On My Lips" Tim McGraw Hot Shot Debut No. 55 "Look It Up" Ashton Shepherd Debut No. 57 "Brown Chicken Brown Cow" Trace Adkins Debut No. 60 "Give It To Me" Faith Hill
Only 3 debuts, which means that Randy Houser, Blake Wise, and Margaret Durante must have re-entered. LeAnn couldn't have missed by much.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2011 16:38:34 GMT -5
^Interesting. I'll bet it was really close with LeAnn...I actually thought that it would be a 3 horse battle for that last spot, with LeAnn and Kid Rock battling it out, and Faith not too far behind them. But she snuck ahead. Thanks for posting these!
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Post by HeyHeyHey on Jan 3, 2011 20:51:10 GMT -5
Country Songs *** No. 1 ***/Greatest Gainer "Felt Good On My Lips" Tim McGraw How did he get Greatest Gainer?Wasnt he already #1 last week.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2011 21:05:45 GMT -5
Country Songs *** No. 1 ***/Greatest Gainer "Felt Good On My Lips" Tim McGraw How did he get Greatest Gainer?Wasnt he already #1 last week. Greatest Gainer is awarded to the song that sees the biggest increase in audience. It doesn't matter if the song moves 22 spots or 0 spots--whoever adds the most audience is the Greatest Gainer. So yes, Tim was #1 last week and now he's got a 2nd week at #1, but he also added more audience than anyone else. That's an indication that he might be tough to knock off the top spot!
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Post by Jonsolo on Jan 3, 2011 22:26:41 GMT -5
^Interesting. I'll bet it was really close with LeAnn...I actually thought that it would be a 3 horse battle for that last spot, with LeAnn and Kid Rock battling it out, and Faith not too far behind them. But she snuck ahead. Thanks for posting these! By 0.013 mill, Faith got the final spot over Leann. And with only 29 spins for Faith, she pretty much got the debut by a single spin (with 28 spins, and the same average aud, she'd have been less than 0.001 ahead of Leann).
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Post by bigbluenote on Jan 3, 2011 22:30:44 GMT -5
How did he get Greatest Gainer?Wasnt he already #1 last week. Greatest Gainer is awarded to the song that sees the biggest increase in audience. It doesn't matter if the song moves 22 spots or 0 spots--whoever adds the most audience is the Greatest Gainer. So yes, Tim was #1 last week and now he's got a 2nd week at #1, but he also added more audience than anyone else. That's an indication that he might be tough to knock off the top spot! I think it only makes sense that Tim got the most audience increase. As the chart goes back to normal after the holiday freeze, the songs on the top see the most increase as stations put them back into power rotation. Can someone tell me where this new Faith Hill song is coming from?
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Post by drock89 on Jan 3, 2011 22:44:45 GMT -5
Can someone tell me where this new Faith Hill song is coming from? Country Strong soundtrack.
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Post by joey2002 on Jan 3, 2011 22:49:06 GMT -5
Maybe it's just me, but I seem to be hearing Tim's song on the radio 24/7 right now, so I'm not really surprised to see it as "Greatest Gainer" this week. That being said, it's a nice accomplishment...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2011 22:56:03 GMT -5
Another interesting thing is that Billboard must've counted Randy Houser's "A Man Like Me" as recurrent last week, just like with the ZBB/AJ duet. Houser's song fell off, but it looked like that was because Miranda and the Lady A Christmas songs nudged its audience below top 60 level. According to today's MB update, he was over .670 in MB audience, so either he has a very, very poor translation audience at BB (unlikely) or Billboard did indeed move his song to recurrent. The last re-entry went to Kid Rock's "Born Free" instead...
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Post by bigbluenote on Jan 3, 2011 23:18:11 GMT -5
Can someone tell me where this new Faith Hill song is coming from? Country Strong soundtrack. Ah, thanks Derrick. Is it an official single? Or is it just being played as an album track?
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