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Post by onebuffalo on Aug 28, 2012 19:25:14 GMT -5
1. OVER PART II: Blake Shelton continues to top the chart with his 12th #1, Over. He has managed four multi week #1s with his Red River Blue CD. The hits and weeks at #1 are: 1. Honey Bee-2011-4 2. God Gave Me You-2011-3 3. Drink On It-2012-2 4. Over-2012-2 so far The last artist to pull four multi week #1s from one CD is Tim McGraw. He did it with A Place In The Sun: 1. Please Remember Me-1999-5 2. Something Like That-1999-5 3. My Best Friend-2000-2 4. My Next Thirty Years-2000-5 2. THE SECOND: Dustin Lynch moves into the top ten for the first time with Cowboys And Angles (#10). He becomes the second artist on the Broken Bow label to take a debut single that high. Jason Aldean was first with Hicktown in 2005 (#10). 3. OOPS!: After making history last week, Taylor Swift's We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together slips six to #19. 4. A NEW PEAK: Five weeks ago, Toby Kieth debuted at #28 with I Like Girls That Drink Beer. Its chart positions for the next three weeks were: 33-31-30. Now, he is at #27, a new peak position. 5. ADELE GOING COUNTRY?: Not quite, but David Nail debuts at #57 with Someone Like You. It is a remake of the #1 pop hit Adele had last year. It ended up winning a ton of Grammys for her this year. 6. TIP IT FAST: Dierks Bentley has the fastest climbing song of the week as Tip It On Back vaults nine to #41. 7. HOW APPROPRIATE: At #11 is the Zac Brown Band's The Wind while at #12 is Carrie Underwood's Blown Away. 8. A 70S LOOK: These were the chart topping songs during the last week of August during the 1970s: 1970: Don't Keep Me Hangin' On-Sonny James-Capitol 1971: Good Lovin' Makes It Right-Tammy Wynette-Epic 1972: Woman, Sensuous Woman-Don Gibson-Hickory 1973: Everybody's Had The Blues-Merle Haggard-Capitol 1974: The Grand Tour-George Jones-Epic 1975: Rhinestone Cowboy-Glen Campbell-Capitol 1976: I'm A Stand By My Woman Man-Ronnie Milsap-RCA 1977: Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue-Crystal Gayle-United Artists 1978: Blue Skies-Willie Nelson-Columbia 1979: Heartbreak Hotel-Willie Nelson and Leon Russell-Columbia 9. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Remakes remained popular in country music during the early 1990s. After all, Dan Seals took a Sam Moore song to #1 in 1990 called Good Times. Garth Brooks did the same with a Billy Joel tune, Shameless and made that a chart topper in 1991. 1992 was the third consecutive year during the 1990s that a remake was #1. The song was I'll Think Of Something and the artist is Mark Chesnutt. It was our top song 20 years ago this week and it hit #1 during an important anniversary. Like his father Bob, Chesnutt was a regional star in his native Texas. He landed a gig in Beaumont at a nightclub called Cutters. One of his band members was Tracy Byrd and he became a country star during the 1990s like Chesnutt. Chesnutt even recorded for two Texas labels: AXBAR and Cherry. Chesnutt recorded a song called Too Cold At Home that reached the MCA office in Houston. It was sent to Nashville where Tony Brown heard it. He flew to Beaumont to see Chesnutt perform and he signed Chesnutt to the label in early 1990. He recorded his debut CD for them called Too Cold At Home. The title track was tapped as the first single and it was released in July. It proceeded to a #3 peak where it shared the same top ten space as Brooks' Friends In Low Places, which was first recorded by Chesnutt. Imagine how Chesnutt's career would have been if he released Friends as a single instead of Brooks. Just before 1990 ended, Chesnutt released what would become the first of eight #1 hits: Brother Jukebox. That song was first recorded by Keith Whitley for his 1989 CD, I Wonder Do You Think Of Me. Chesnutt was sitting at #1 in February, 1991 with his version. Three more top tens were produced: 1. Blame It On Texas-1991-#5 2. Your Love Is A Miracle-1991-#3 3. Broken Promise Land-1992-#10-originally recorded by Waylon Jennings With five top tens under his belt, it was time for CD #2. That was called Longnecks & Short Stories. Old Flames Have New Names was the first single and it hit #5 during the spring of 1992. I'll Think Of Something was next. It was released in June and went all the way to the top in August. That song was originally recorded by Hank Williams, Jr. in 1974 where it was a #7 hit for him. Chesnutt's version hit #1 during the fifth anniversary of Bocephus' last #1 hitting the top, Born To Boogie. Then, a story I have heard a million times centered around his next hit, Bubba Shot The Jukebox. MCA touted it as a sure fire #1, but stopped short at #4 in late 1992. Old Country ended the era on a #4 note in 1993. The Almost Goodbye CD yielded his longest streak of #1s at three with these hits: 1. It Sure Is Monday-1993 2. Almost Goodbye-1993-my personal favorite 3. I Just Wanted You To Know-1994 While the title track was on the chart, Chesnutt won the C.M.A. Horizon Award after three years of solid hits. Woman, Sensuous Woman, the Don Gibson hit peaked at #21 for Chesnutt in 1994. He moved to the Decca label that year as their flagship artist. His first two CDs for them, What A Way To Live and Wings yielded five major hits: 1. She Dreams-1994-#6 2. Goin' Through The Big D-1995-#2 3. Gonna Get A Life-1995-#1 4. Trouble-1995-#18 5. It Wouldn't Hurt To Have Wings-1996-#7 Sandwiched between those hits was another remake, Down In Tennessee (#12 for John Anderson in 1986, #23 for Chesnutt in 1995). A greatest hits CD was next and it yielded two top tens in 1997: It's A Little Too Late-#1 and Let It Rain-#8. Thank God For Believers and I Don't Want To Miss A Thing were the next two CDs and four major hits were produced: 1. Thank God For Believers-1997-#2 2. I Might Even Quit Lovin' You-1998-#18 3. I Don't Want To Miss A Thing-1999-#1-chart wise, his biggest hit and was a #17 pop hit 4. This Heartache Never Sleeps-1999-#17 After ten years on the MCA/Decca label, Chesnutt was dropped by them in 2000. He scored a top 40 duet with his fellow Cutters nightclub colleague, Byrd with A Good Way To Get On My Bad Side (#21 in 2001). His last major hit was on Columbia Records in 2002: She Was (#11). He then scored a pair of top 40 hits on the Vivaton! label between 2004-2005. His last top 40 hit was in 2007 with the Charlie Rich classic, Rollin' With The Flow (#25). His last chart appearance was in 2009 with She Never Got Me Over You (#49). His last studio CD was Outlaw on the Suguaro Road label in 2010. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING AUGUST 29, 1992: 1. I'LL THINK OF SOMETHING-MARK CHESNUTT-MCA 2. What Kind Of Fool Do You Think I Am-Lee Roy Parnell-Arista 3. We Tell Ourselves-Clint Black-RCA 4. Boot Scootin' Boogie-Brooks & Dunn-Arista 5. I Still Believe In You-Vince Gill-MCA 6. Runnin' Behind-Tracy Lawrence-Atlantic 7. If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight-Tanya Tucker-Capitol 8. Could've Been Me-Billy Ray Cyrus-Mercury 9. A Woman Loves-Steve Wariner-Arista 10. I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way-Aaron Tippin-RCA
P.S.: Happy Labor Day!
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Post by jenglisbe on Aug 28, 2012 19:34:54 GMT -5
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING AUGUST 29, 1992: 1. I'LL THINK OF SOMETHING-MARK CHESNUTT-MCA 2. What Kind Of Fool DO You Think I Am-Lee Roy Parnell-Arista 3. We Tell Ourselves-Clint Black-RCA 4. Boot Scootin' Boogie-Brooks & Dunn-Arista 5. I Still Believe In You-Vince Gill-MCA 6. Runnin' Behind-Tracy Lawrence-Atlantic 7. If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight-Tanya Tucker-Capitol 8. Could've Been Me-Billy Ray Cyrus-Mercury 9. A Woman Loves-Steve Wariner-Arista 10. I Wouldn't Hve It Any Other Way-Aaron Tippin-RCA Only 1 female artist. My how times have changed
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Post by bigbluenote on Aug 28, 2012 21:28:22 GMT -5
SLY is not the new David Nail single. It is getting airplay on just a few stations, the big one being WUSN in Chicago (2nd biggest station, behind only KKGO in Los Angeles). David won't be releasing another single off his last album. I know I said this last year, but seeing David Nail's version of "Someone Like You" charting with unsolicited airplay brings it back to my mind again. I think it's one of the biggest mistakes of LeAnn Rimes' career that she didn't include her rendition on her covers album that came out last year. Country radio is obviously very receptive to the song if a David Nail remake can chart without even being a single. I really think that her version could have brought her back to radio, and given her her first hit in years. Being a huge fan of LeAnn, I couldn't help but LOVE her cover of "Someone Like You". Though, I don't believe it would have been a hit had it been officially recorded and released. I'm pretty much convinced that there is nothing LeAnn can ever do to be prominent on country radio ever again.
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Post by Fanofctrymusic on Sept 3, 2012 18:33:16 GMT -5
Country Songs *** No. 1 *** "Pontoon" Little Big Town Hot Shot Debut/Greatest Gainer No. 26 "True Believers" Darius Rucker Debut No. 50 "Merry Go 'Round" Kacey Musgraves Debut No. 54 "Hello Goodbye" Tyler Farr Debut No. 55 "Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain)" Gary Allan Debut No. 56 "More Trucks Than Cars" Craig Morgan
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Post by onebuffalo on Sept 5, 2012 12:15:09 GMT -5
1. L.B.T. PONTOONS #1: Well, after a decade of charting, Little Big Town lands its first #1 in Pontoon. After three labels-Monument, Equity, and Capitol and 13 lucky single releases, I am sure they are celebrating on the Pontoon. So congratulations to Little Big Town and let me say congrats to them individually: Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Phillip Sweet, and Jimi Westbrook. 2. HAYES EQUALS JACKSON: At #3 for the week is Hunter Hayes with Wanted. Alan Jackson took his Wanted to #3 in 1990 which became his second top ten (after Here In The Real World-#3 that year). 3. SWEET SIXTEEN: At #10 this week is Carrie Underwood with Blown Away. It is her sweet sixteenth top ten hit. 4. A TRUE DEBUT: Getting the Hot Shot Debut for the week is Darius Rucker's True Believers at #26. It is the lead single from an upcoming CD. If it follows the pattern of his other lead singles, it will hit #1. Don't Think I Don't Think About It from Learn To Live hit the top in 2008 and Come Back Song topped the chart in 2010. That was from his Charleston, SC 1966 CD. 5. A TIE: We have two songs taking six spot jumps this week for fastest climbers. They are: 1. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye-Luke Bryan-#25 to #19. 2. Say Goodnight-Eli Young Band-#45 to #39. 6. A 70S LOOK PART II: These were the top selling albums during the first week of September during the 1970s: 1970: Charley Pride's 10th Album-Charley Pride-RCA 1971: You're My Man-Lynn Anderson-Columbia 1972: To Get To You-Jerry Wallace-Decca 1973: Satin Sheets-Jeanne Pruett-MCA 1974: Back Home Again-John Denver-RCA 1975: Dreaming My Dreams-Waylon Jennings-RCA 1976: Are You Ready For The Country-Waylon Jennings-RCA 1977: Moody Blue-Elvis Presley-RCA 1978: Heartbreaker-Dolly Parton-RCA 1979: Greatest Hits-Waylon Jennings-RCA 7. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Let us start this week's feature on a different note, shall we? We will review the nominees for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female for the Grammy Awards that were held in February, 1983 (yes, 1983): 1. Rosanne Cash-Ain't No Money 2. Emmylou Harris-Cimarron 3. Juice Newton-Break It To Me Gently 4. Dolly Parton-I Will Always Love You 5. Sylvia-Nobody And the winner is...Juice Newton for Break It To Me Gently (#2 country, #11 pop, and #1 adult contemporary). The day after, Cash was being very sarcastic and tongue-in-cheek at the same time by saying, "I got my new dress, I got my new shoes. I don't know why you don't want me." Her sentiments about NOT winning a Grammy was our #1 hit 27 years ago this week. It was called I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me and it ended on an ironic note. She took her thoughts to her then-husband, Rodney Crowell and they decided to write a song about it. The song itself was recorded during the spring of 1984. However, it was put on her next CD called Rhythm & Romance in 1985. I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me was the first single. It was released in May and became the fourth chart topper for Cash in September. It was her first #1 NOT produced by Crowell, but Parton's producer David Malloy instead (he produced her #1 duet, Real Love with Kenny Rogers that hit the top two weeks before Cash's hit). The song also features Vince Gill's excellent backup vocals (his first #1 as a backup). The song ends with the title being sung seven times (a round). It became her third crossover hit when it hit #16 A.C. (her first being Seven Year Ache-#1 country, #22 pop, and #6 A.C. and second Blue Moon With Heartache-#1 country and #37 A.C.). Coincidentally, after I Don't topped the chart, Gill collected his first top ten, If It Weren't For Him (#10) that had Cash on backup. Then the nominees for the next Grammy Awards were announced and the nominees for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female were: 1. Rosanne Cash-I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me 2. Janie Frickie-She's Single Again 3. Emmylou Harris-Ballad Of Sally Rose 4. Juice Newton-You Make Me Want To Make You Mine 5. Dolly Parton-Real Love However, Cash released the second Rhythm & Romance single, Never Be You (chart wise, her biggest hit and Billboard's top song for 1986) that hit the top in January, 1986. It was written by Tom Petty. It was his second country hit as a songwriter as Thing About You was a #14 duet between Southern Pacific and Harris in 1985. A month after Never Be You hit #1, Cash won the Grammy for I Don't. Imagine that, a song about a Grammy loss won a Grammy. The Rhythm & Romance CD produced two more hits, both peaking at #5 in 1986: Hold On and Second To No One (the first country hit to use the word 'whore'). Cash would hit the top 40 on the chart eight more times until 1990. Her last chart appearance was in 1991 with On The Surface (#69). She divorced Crowell in 1992 and married John Leventhal in 1995. The last decade has been hard for Cash. She lost her father, Johnny and step mother, June in 2003. She lost her mother, Vivian in 2005. She underwent brain surgery in 2007. Her last CD was an anthology CD called The Essential Rosanne Cash in 2011 where you will find I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 7, 1985: 1. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU DON'T WANT ME-ROSANNE CASH-COLUMBIA 2. Modern Day Romance-Nitty Gritty Dirt Band-Warner Bros. 3. Used To Blue-Sawyer Brown-Capitol 4. I Fell In Love Again Last Night-Forester Sisters-Warner Bros. 5. Drinkin' And Dreamin'-Waylon Jennings-RCA 6. Lost In The Fifties Tonight In The Still Of The Night-Ronnie Milsap-RCA 7. Between Blue Eyes And Jeans-Conway Twitty-Warner Bros. 8. Love Is Alive-the Judds-RCA 9. Cry Just A Little Bit-Sylvia-RCA 10. Pretty Lady-Keith Stegall-Epic
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Post by Uncle Lumpy on Sept 5, 2012 12:27:53 GMT -5
I didnt realize Keith Stegall ever reached the top ten. Does anyone have the peak for "I Wanna Go Somewhere"?
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Post by onebuffalo on Sept 5, 2012 12:47:06 GMT -5
I didnt realize Keith Stegall ever reached the top ten. Does anyone have the peak for "I Wanna Go Somewhere"? First top 40 hit in 1984 (#25).
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Post by Uncle Lumpy on Sept 5, 2012 14:54:59 GMT -5
Ah, many thanks countryhistorian.
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Post by onebuffalo on Sept 10, 2012 15:21:16 GMT -5
Country Songs *** No. 1 *** "Pontoon" Little Big Town Greatest Gainer No. 4 "Take A Little Ride" Jason Aldean Hot Shot Debut No. 56 "Bring It On Home" Kix Brooks
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Post by onebuffalo on Sept 11, 2012 17:54:08 GMT -5
1. A LITTLE BIG #1: Little Big Town continues to have the #1 song in country with Pontoon. This is their first #1 and first multi week #1 as well. The last group to score a multi week chart topper with their first was the Zac Brown band with Chicken Fried (2 weeks at #1 in 2008). 2. #11 PEAKS AT #11: Speaking of the Zac Brown Band, their The Wind dips to #16 from #11, breaking their top two streak of eight #1s and two #2s. This is their eleventh single as well. 3. BEER NEXT TO BEER: At #25 is Toby Keith's I Like Girls That Drink Beer while Beer Money by Kip Moore is at #26. 4. MERRY FAST: Kacey Musgraves has the fastest climbing song of the week as Merry Go 'Round climbs eight to #42. 5. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping hits in 2007, 2002, 1997, 1992, and 1987: 2007: More Than A Memory-Garth Brooks-Pearl/Big Machine-the history making #1 hit! 2002: Unbroken-Tim McGraw-Curb 1997: She's Got It All-Kenny Chesney-BNA 1992: I Still Believe In You-Vince Gill-MCA 1987: Make No Mistake, She's Mine-Kenny Rogers and Ronnie Milsap-RCA 6. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: This was something I had discussed earlier this year, but when George Strait hit the top in 2000 with The Best Day, it was his 19th consecutive year of topping the chart (since 1982's Fool Hearted Memory). Strait would have equalled a mark set by Conway Twitty. However, Twitty did NOT have any #1s in 1978. The closest he came to the top was 34 years ago this week with Boogie Grass Band, a #2 hit. Twitty first made his mark in music as a pop artist. In 1957, he felt his real name, Harold Lloyd Jenkins did not have a ring to it, so he decided to pour over an atlas to come up with something catchy. He noticed the towns of Conway, Arkansas and Twitty, Texas and the proverbial light bulb came on. His first label was Mercury Records, but three single releases went nowhere. His second label was MGM. In 1958, Twitty was in Hamilton, Ontario when he and Jack Nance wrote a song called It's Only Make Believe. It was intended as the b-side to his next single called I'll Try. However, a deejay in Columbus, Ohio flipped the record and started playing It's Only Make Believe. Released in September, it became the ONLY chart topper for Twitty in November where it stayed for two weeks. Twitty became a teen idol between 1958-1960 where he collected two more top tens: Danny Boy (#10 in 1959) and Lonely Blue Boy (#6 in 1960). As a matter of fact, Twitty wrote Hello Darlin' right after Lonely Blue Boy peaked on the pop chart. It was during this time that a Broadway musical, Bye Bye Birdie parodied Twitty as Conrad Birdie. However, Twitty was restless and wanted to sing country music. He even devised a plan to sing rock and roll as Twitty and country as Jenkins. That plan failed. He was writing country songs during this time and one of his compositions, Walk Me To The Door became a #7 hit for Ray Price in 1963. In 1964, during a concert, Twitty found it hard to continue his rock career and he walked off the stage, NEVER to return. Twitty contacted Harlan Howard about a country career, so Howard told Twitty to get in contact with Owen Bradley at Decca Records. Bradley was suspicious of Twitty at first and challenged him to sing as many country songs possible. To say Twitty passed the test would be an understatement. Bradley then signed Twitty in 1965. Twitty's first single became his first major hit: Guess My Eyes Were Bigger Than My Heart (#18 in 1966). His first top ten came in 1968 with The Image Of Me (#5). His next hit was the first of 40 chart toppers that year: Next In Line. For the next nine consecutive years, Twitty would top the charts 24 more times. The years and hits are: 1968: Next In Line 1969: I Love You More Today and To See My Angel Cry 1970: Hello Darlin'-chart wise, his biggest hit and Fifteen Years Ago 1971: After The Fire Is Gone-with Loretta Lynn, How Much More Can She Stand, and Lead Me On-with Lynn 1972: Lost Her Love On Our Last Date and I Can't Stop Loving You 1973: She Needs Someone To Hold Her When She Cries, Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man-with Lynn, and You've Never Been This Far Before 1974: There's A Honky Tonk Angel Who'll Take Me Back In, As Soon As I Hang Up The Phone-with Lynn, and I See The Want To In Your Eyes 1975: Linda On My Mind, Touch The Hand, and Feelin's-with Lynn 1976: This Time I've Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me, After All The Good Is Gone, and The Games That Daddies Play 1977: I Can't Believe She Gives It All To Me, Play, Guitar Play, and I've Already Loved You In My Mind Twitty opened 1978 with a song that broke a streak of 36 consecutive top tens: The Grandest Lady Of Them All (#16). It was a tribute to the Grand Ole Opry (Twitty was NEVER a member) that was written by the late Mel McDaniel. From Seven Till Ten with Lynn hit #6. Then, his best chance to hit the top was released in June. It was called Boogie Grass Band, a bluegrass/Southern rock hybrid song that namechecks Bill Monroe and the Allman Brothers. It peaked at #2, unable to dislodge Waylon Jennings' three week #1, I've Always Been Crazy. Twitty turned 45 while Boogie was on the chart. It cost Twitty chart achievements in two areas: 1. An eleventh consecutive year of topping the chart. 2. His 26th #1 hit. It should be noted that during this time, he wanted to produce his records. The last Bradley produced hit was Your Love Had Taken Me That High (#3 in 1979) and the first Twitty produced hit was Don't Take It Away (#1 in 1979). With Don't Take It Away, Twitty started a new streak of years topping the charts (at eight) with his last fifteen #1s. The years and hits are: 1979: Don't Take It Away, I May Never Get To Heaven, and Happy Birthday Darlin' 1980: I'd Love To Lay You Down-his record breaking 29th #1 that gave him the most #1s until Strait topped the chart for the 41st time with Give It Away in 2006 1981: Rest Your Love On Me and Tight Fittin' Jeans 1982: Red Neckin' Love Makin' Night, The Clown, and Slow Hand 1983: The Rose 1984: Somebody's Needin' Somebody and I Don't Know A Thing About Love The Moon Song 1985: Ain't She Something Else and Don't Call Him A Cowboy 1986: Desperado Love (hit #1 during Twitty's 53rd birthday) Twitty would continue to rack up top tens until 1991's I Couldn't See You Leavin' (#3 and his 75th overall). Twitty died in 1993 at the age of 59. He was inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 16, 1978: 1. I've Always Been Crazy-Waylon Jennings-RCA 2. BOOGIE GRASS BAND-CONWAY TWITTY-MCA 3. Womanhood-Tammy Wynette-Epic 4. Hello Mexico And Adios Baby To You-Johnny Duncan-Columbia 5. Heartbreaker-Dolly Parton-RCA 6. If You've Got Ten Minutes Let's Fall In Love-Joe Stampley-Epic 7. Who Am I To Say-Statler Brothers-Mercury 8. It's Been A Great Afternoon-Merle Haggard-MCA 9. Penny Arcade-Cristy Lane-LS 10. With Love-Rex Allen, Jr.-Warner Bros.
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Post by onebuffalo on Sept 12, 2012 10:30:06 GMT -5
If you read my latest Country ChartBeat yesterday or today, you will notice that this week is the fifth anniversary of Garth Brooks debuting at #1 with More Than A Memory. I will repeat a previous column here for you to mark the milestone. Ready?
9. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: The headline for this week's feature would be: MORE THAN A MEMORY: MORE THAN A HIT, IT IS HISTORY Garth Brooks, the A.C.M. Artist of the Decade for the 1990s, has made country music history by becoming the first artist to debut at #1 on the singles chart with More Than A Memory. I am writing this as it happened in September, 2007. The last fact will be for September, 2010. 1. It is his first single release on the Pearl/Big Machine label. 2. It is the second number one hit for the Big Machine label. Jack Ingram was the first with Wherever You are in 2006. Taylor Swift peaked at #2 with Teardrops On My Guitar in 2007. 3. Speaking of Swift, she had the number one album with her self-titled debut while Brooks was number one on the singles chart. That gives the Big Machine label a clean sweep. 4. It is Brooks' first number one on the Big Machine label. His first eighteen were on the Capitol label (1989-1998). This now gives Brooks an eighteen year span of number one hits (1989-2007). 5. It is Brooks' first number one hit since To Make You Feel My Love in 1998. 6. It vaults Brooks to 18th place on the all-time list of number one hits between Brooks & Dunn with 20 (17) and Crystal Gayle with 18 (19). 7. It is the first time Brooks and his wife, Trisha Yearwood are charting together with the Big Machine label. She signed earlier this year after ending a sixteen year association with MCA Records. Her Heaven, Heartache, And The Power Of Love rested at #27 while he was at number one. 8. It is the second number one from a boxed set. It is coming from the 2CD/DVD box set The Ultimate Hits. The first number one from a boxed set was Check Yes Or No by George Strait, his idol in 1995. That single came from the 4CD box set Strait Out Of The Box. It went on to win the C.M.A. Single of the Year in 1996. 9. Brooks becomes the fifth artist to have number ones in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. George Strait, Randy Travis, Reba McEntire, and Dolly Parton did it before Brooks. Of course, Parton can claim number ones in the 1970s as well. LET'S UPDATE: 10. The writers of the song are Lee Brice, Kyle Jacobs, and Billy Montana. Brice is spending his 56th week on the charts with Love Like Crazy. He is responsible for the single that took the shortest time to get to #1 (1 week) and has the record for the most time spent on the charts. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 15, 2007: THIS WEEK-LAST WEEK-TITLE-ARTIST-LABEL 01. ** MORE THAN A MEMORY-GARTH BROOKS-PEARL/BIG MACHINE 02. 01. These Are My People-Rodney Atkins-Curb 03. 04. Take Me There-Rascal Flatts-Lyric Street 04. 02. Because Of You-Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson-MCA 05. 05. Proud Of The House We Built-Brooks & Dunn-Arista 06. 06. Love Me If You Can-Toby Keith-Show Dog 07. 07. All My Friends Say-Luke Bryan-Capitol 08. 03. Never Wanted Nothing More-Kenny Chesney-BNA 09. 08. Online-Brad Paisley-Arista 10. 09. Everyday America-Sugarland-Mercury
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Post by Fanofctrymusic on Sept 17, 2012 18:51:10 GMT -5
Country Songs *** No. 1 *** "Wanted" Hunter Hayes Hot Shot Debut/Greatest Gainer No. 32 "El Cerrito Place" Kenny Chesney Debut No. 56 "Can't Shake You" Gloriana Debut No. 59 "Goodbye In Her Eyes" Zac Brown Band
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Post by onebuffalo on Sept 18, 2012 17:27:19 GMT -5
1. HAYES IS WANTED AT #1: With the second single release of his career, Hunter Hayes is now a chart topping artist. Wanted is this week's #1 song. It follows Storm Warning, which peaked at #14 in January. 2. BACK TO #2: Josh Turner is trying to collect his fifth #1 in Time Is Love. It peaked at #2 two weeks ago behind Pontoon by Little Big Town. It now returns to its peak position after falling to #3 last week. 3. A FAST STORM: Gary Allan has the fastest climbing song of the week with Every Storm Runs Out Of Rain. It moves nine to #43. 4. HOPING FOR #23: Kenny Chesney debuts his third Welcome To The Fishbowl single, El Cerrito Place at #32. If it hits #1, he will have 23 chart topping hits, the same number as Sonny James, Willie Nelson, and Tim McGraw. 5. #1 CDS: These were the top selling CDs in 2007, 2002, 1997, 1992, and 1987: 2007: Taylor Swift-Taylor Swift-Big Machine 2002: Home-Dixie Chicks-Monument 1997: Songbook A Collection Of Hits-Trisha Yearwood-MCA 1992: Some Gave All-Billy Ray Cyrus-Mercury 1987: Always & Forever-Randy Travis-Warner Bros. 6. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Our #1 song from 26 years ago this week was written by a singer/songwriter we lost last year. The singer/songwriter was Dobie Gray, the song was Got My Heart Set On You, and the singer of that song is John Conlee. Gray himself was never a major star. His hits were few and far between. As a matter of fact, one of his hits was a hit twice. His first impact on the charts happened in 1965 on the Charger label. That song was called The 'In' Crowd. It ended up being a #13 pop hit while claiming a #11 placing on the r&b chart. Several more singles were released, but none of them were hits. Gray also switched labels a few times. His next successful release was on the Decca label. It ended up being the song that he would be associated with for the rest of his life. It was in 1973 and was called Drift Away. It peaked at #5 on the pop chart and became his only million selling single. It was covered that year by Narvel Felts, who took it to #8 on the country chart. Gray's next hit impacted on the adult contemporary chart. That was Loving Arms and it hit #7 there. It was covered by Sammi Smith in 1977 (#19) and Elvis Presley in 1981 (#8). Another drought of hits ensued during the next 13 years. He decided to go country in 1986. He signed a record deal with Capitol Records. His first CD under that deal was called From Where I Stand. The first single, That's One To Grow On peaked at #35, becoming the ONLY top 40 hit for Gray. Three more singles placed on the country chart between 1986 to 1987. However, Gray was not the only artist on the move during the mid 1980s. In late 1985, John Conlee ended his association with MCA Records (originally ABC) after nine years at the label. He scored 20 major hits, 18 top tens, and six #1s (In My Eyes from 1984 being his biggest hit). While his last MCA hit was on the charts, Old School (#5 in 1986), he recorded his first CD for Columbia called Harmony. The title track was the first single, hitting #10. Then in June, he released Got My Heart Set On You and it went all the way to #1 in September, becoming Conlee's seventh and final chart topper. The tune was originally recorded by John Denver for his Dreamland Express CD in 1985. The title track became his final top ten in 1986 (#9). Got My Heart Set On You was the ONLY #1 for Gray as a songwriter (cowritten by Bud Reneau). Harmony also yielded a third top ten in The Carpenter (#6 in 1987). Conlee released one more CD for Columbia in 1987 called American Faces. Two major hits were produced that year: 1. Domestic Life-#4 2. Mama's Rockin' Chair-#11 Conlee's hitmaking stretch was over. His last chart appearance was in 1990 with Doghouse (#61). However, the same can not be said about Gray. Uncle Kracker released a CD in 2002 called No Stranger To Shame. He decided to remake Drift Away and invited Gray to sing on it. It became a hit all over again. It hit the top ten again on the pop chart in 2003 (#9) and set a new precedent on the A.C. chart where it stayed at the top for an astounding 28 weeks, becoming the longest reigning #1 hit there. Kracker's biggest country hit is When The Sun Goes Down with Kenny Chesney (#1 in 2004). Gray died in December, 2011 at the age of 71. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 20, 1986: 1. GOT MY HEART SET ON YOU-JOHN CONLEE-COLUMBIA 2. In Love-Ronnie Milsap-RCA 3. Little Rock-Reba McEntire-MCA 4. Always Have, Always Will-Janie Frickie-Columbia 5. Lonely Alone-Forester Sisters-Warner Bros. 6. Guitars, Cadillacs-Dwight Yoakam-Reprise 7. Both To Each Other Friends And Lovers-Eddie Rabbitt and Juice Newton-RCA 8. Just Another Love-Tanya Tucker-Capitol 9. Guitar Town-Steve Earle-MCA 10. Cry-Crystal Gayle-Warner Bros.
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Post by onebuffalo on Sept 24, 2012 16:36:17 GMT -5
Country Songs *** No. 1 *** "Take A Little Ride" Jason Aldean Hot Shot Debut/Greatest Gainer No. 25 "Southern Comfort Zone" Brad Paisley Debut No. 57 "American Heart" Faith Hill Debut No. 60 "Sleepy Little Town" JT Hodges
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Post by onebuffalo on Sept 25, 2012 17:56:54 GMT -5
1. RIDING TO #1: Jason Aldean collects the eighth #1 in his career with Take A Little Ride. This is from his upcoming Night Train CD. His previous three chart toppers came from his My Kinda Party CD. The last time Aldean topped the charts prior to My Kinda Party was in 2010 when The Truth hit #1 from Wide Open. 2. THE YOUNG AND THE OLD: While Jason Aldean claims a #1 in his tenth week with Take A Little Ride, Jana Kramer is still charting in her 40th week with Why Ya Wanna (#4). That is the youngest and oldest titles in the top ten. 3. IN THE ZONE: Brad Paisley blasts his way on the chart with the Hot Shot Debut at #25 with Southern Comfort Zone. Like Jason Aldean, his previous CD (This Is Country Music) kept him on the charts for the past two years. Paisley is hoping to rebound from his previous single, Camouflage which peaked at #15 this year. It broke his string of 17 consecutive top two hits. 4. LAMBERT'S TRIO: Collecting the seventh top ten in her career is Miranda Lambert's Fastest Girl In Town at #10. This is the third top ten from her CD, Four The Record. She has now matched the number of top tens from her previous CD, Revolution. The CDs and top tens are: 1. Revolution: White Liar-2010-#2, The House That Built Me-2010-#1-chart wise, her biggest hit, and Heart Like Mine-2011-#1 2. Four The Record: Baggage Claim-2011-#3, Over You-2012-#1, and Fastest Girl In Town-2012-#10 so far 5. MOORE AND MOORE: At #19 for the week is Justin Moore's Til My Lat Day. Kip Moore is at #20 with Beer Money. 6. A FAST GOODBYE: The Zac Brown Band scores the fastest climbing song of the week with Goodbye In Her Eyes. They say goodbye to #59 and hello to #44. 7. SOME CD NEWS: Let us get caught up on some country album chart news: 1. A #1 HIT AND NOW A #1 CD: Little Big Town sold 113,000 copies of their latest CD called Tornado. This is on the heels of their first #1 hit, Pontoon. This is their second chart topping CD as The Reason Why was their first in 2010. 2. HIS SECOND IS HIS FIRST: Kix Brooks debuts at #10 with his second solo CD, New To This Town. It is his first time on the chart as his debut CD, a self-titled CD in 1989 did not chart. 8. A 60S LOOK: These were the top songs during the last week in September during the 1960s: 1960: Alabam-Cowboy Copas-Starday 1961: Walk On By-Leroy Van Dyke-Mercury 1962: Devil Woman-Marty Robbins-Columbia 1963: Abilene-George Hamilton IV-RCA 1964: I Guess I'm Crazy-Jim Reeves-RCA 1965: Only You Can Break My Heart-Buck Owens-Capitol 1966: Almost Persuaded-David Houston-Epic 1967: Laura What's He Got That I Ain't Got-Leon Ashley-Ashley 1968: Harper Valley P.T.A.-Jeannie C. Riley-Plantation 1969: Tall Dark Stranger-Buck Owens-Capitol 9. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: The Judds were on top of the country music world between the mid 1980s to early 1990s. They were on top of the charts 23 years ago this week with their final #1, Let Me Tell You About Love. Changes were on the horizon as well (you know what they were). Let us review their top selling CDs and hits prior to 1989, shall we? 1. The Judds-Had A Dream For The Heart-1984-#17 and Mama He's Crazy-1984-#1 2. Why Not Me-Why Not Me-1984-#1-chart wise, their biggest hit and C.M.A. Single of the Year, Girls Night Out-1985-#1, and Love Is Alive-1985-#1-Mama He's Crazy was repeated on this CD 3. Rockin' With The Rhythm-Have Mercy-1985-#1, Grandpa Tell Me 'Bout The Good Old Days-1986-#1, Rockin' With The Rhythm Of The Rain-1986-#1, and Cry Myself To Sleep-1987-#1 4. Heartland-Don't Be Cruel-1987-#10, I Know Where I'm Going-1987-#1, Maybe Your Baby's Got The Blues-1987-#1, and Turn It Loose-1988-#1 5. Greatest Hits-Give A Little Love-1988-#2 and Change Of Heart-1989-#1 They also won plenty of awards as well. They won the A.C.M. Vocal Duet seven times between 1985-1991, the 1984 C.M.A. Horizon Award, C.M.A. Vocal Group between 1985-1987, C.M.A. Vocal Duo between 1988-1991, and six Grammy Awards among others. It came time in 1989 for them to release another CD. This one was called River Of Time and the lead single became their 13th #1 hit: Young Love Strong Love. Their next single was released in June called Let Me Tell You About Love. It was written by Carl Perkins who gave the song a rockabilly feel by playing electric guitar on it. You can hear Wynonna Judd say, "Hit it Perkins" in the song. It reached the top during the last week of September, just in time for the C.M.A. Awards. Wynonna wanted a differesnt song released but grew to like it after it hit #1. In October, they won the C.M.A. Vocal Duo of the Year. River Of Time yielded two more major hits, both in 1990: 1. One Man Woman-#8 2. Guardian Angels-#16 While One Man Woman was on the charts, Naomi Judd woke up ill on New Year's Day. She visited her doctor that week and was diagnosed with a rare strain of hepatitis. She was at a crossroads in life. Would she continue her career as the Judds or go off the road? She decided on the latter. However, that did not stop her from releasing new music in 1990. Their new CD was called Love Can Build A Bridge. The lead single, Born To Be Blue hit #5. While that single was charting, the Judds won the C.M.A. Vocal Duo Award again. They gave a very emotional acceptance speech. This was on October 8th and on the 19th they held a press conference at the old RCA building where they were signed in 1983. These words are from Naomi: "Today is pretty much the most difficult day of my life. I have to resign. I must retire from the music industry I love so much. There is simply no way to tell you what these seven years have meant to me. It has been the adventure of a lifetime." Nashville and the country music world were turned upside down. The Judds announced their farewell tour would take place in 1991. They scored their final top tens that year: Love Can Build A Brdge-#5 and One Hundred And Two-#6. Their final concert was held on December 4 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee after 123 such concerts. The next day, Wynonna reported to a recording studio for the first time alone to record her debut solo CD for MCA simply called Wynonna. She put together a solid string of hits between 1992-1998 (14 major hits, 11 top tens, and four chart toppers, the biggest being No One Else On Earth in 1992). Their last chart appearance was back in 2004 with Flies On The Butter You Can't Go Home Again (#33). Their last CD was released last year called I Will Stand By You: The Essential Collection. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1989: 1. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT LOVE-THE JUDDS-RCA 2. I Got Dreams-Steve Wariner-MCA 3. Killin' Time-Clint Black-RCA 4. I Wish I Had A Heart Of Stone-Baillie and the Boys-RCA 5. Living Proof-Ricky Van Shelton-Columbia 6. High Cotton-Alabama-RCA 7. Finders Are Keepers-Hank Williams, Jr.-Warner Bros. 8. Say What's In Your Heart-Restless Heart-RCA 9. Ace In The Hole-George Strait-MCA 10. Above And Beyond-Rodney Crowell-Columbia
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2012 15:14:53 GMT -5
10/13 Billboard Chart Highlights:
*** No. 1 *** "Take A Little Ride" Jason Aldean Greatest Gainer No. 6 "Hard To Love" Lee Brice Hot Shot Debut No. 37 "Begin Again" Taylor Swift Debut No. 47 "Tornado" Little Big Town Debut No. 55 "We Can't Be Friends" Joanna Smith Debut No. 57 "Jesse James" Clay Walker Debut No. 59 "Be Grateful" The Farm
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Post by onebuffalo on Oct 2, 2012 17:55:12 GMT -5
1. STILL RIDING: Jason Aldean continues to top the country chart this week with Take A Little Ride. This is his first multi week #1 since Don't You Wanna Stay, his duet with Kelly Clarkson that ruled for three weeks last year. 2. BROKEN BOW DOMINANCE: For the first time in its history, the Broken Bow label has the #1 and #2 singles at the same time. As discussed above, Jason Aldean is #1 while his labelmate, Dustin Lynch grabs the #2 slot with his debut, Cowboys And Angels. 3. HEADLINER AND OPENING ACT: Carrie Underwood is currently touring in support of her Blown Away CD. The title track moves to #4 this week. Her opening act, Hunter Hayes descends to #5 with his first chart topper, Wanted. 4. SWIFT BEGINS AGAIN: Well, after making history with her #13 debuting and peaking hit, We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, Taylor Swift sees that song dip to #21. However, her second Red release, Begin Again is the Hot Shot Debut at #37. Together broke Swift's streak of 15 consecutive top ten hits that stretched from Tim McGraw (#6 in 2007) to Ours (#1 in 2012). 5. THEY DO IT AGAIN: For the second week in a row, the Zac Brown Band has the fastest climbing song of the week as Goodbye In Her Eyes zooms thirteen to #31. 6. A 60S LOOK PART II: These were the top selling country albums during the first week in October during the 1960s: 1964: The Best Of Jim Reeves-Jim Reeves-RCA 1965: Before You Go-Buck Owens-Capitol 1966: Almost Persuaded-David Houston-Epic 1967: Ode To Billie Joe-Bobbie Gentry-Capitol 1968: Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison-Johnny Cash-Columbia 1969: Johnny Cash At San Quentin-Johnny Cash-Columbia 7. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Let us reveal a partial list of those chart topping songs from 1975 with weeks at #1, shall we? Wasted Days And Wasted Nights-Freddy Fender-ABC/Dot-2 Rhinestone Cowboy-Glen Campbell-Capitol-2 Feelin's-Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty-MCA-1 Rhinestone Cowboy-Glen Campbell-Capitol-1 Daydreams About Night Things-Ronnie Milsap-RCA-2 Do you see what I see? Cowboy by Campbell reigned for two weeks, dropped out of the top spot while Lynn/Twitty took over with their fifth and final #1 duet, and then returned for an additional week. That kind of chart action did not happen again for 18 years until Garth Brooks released his first In Pieces single, Ain't Going Down Til The Sun Comes Up, our #1 hit 19 years ago this week and the second separate time he was #1 with that song. Let us define a key term: non-contiguous means non-adjacent or non-consecutive. The first time a song had an interrupted reign at the top was the first #1 in country music: Pistol Packin' Mama by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters in 1944. They reigned for four weeks. Then Al Dexter took over with his version of Pistol Packin' Mama for the next three weeks. Louis Jordan collected his first #1 in Ration Blues for two out of three weeks. Then, Crosby and the Andrews returned to #1 with Mama. That was for the March 11th chart. That kind of see-saw battle for the top continued throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Between 1947-1948, Eddy Arnold played a see-saw game with himself with five chart topping hits. They are: 1. I'll Hold You In My Heart Till I Can Hold You In My Arms-chart wise, his biggest hit 2. Anytime 3. Bouquet Of Roses-his second biggest hit 4. Texarkana Baby 5. Just A Little Lovin' Wil Go A Long, Long Way Jimmy Wakely ended Arnold's domination at the top with his first chart topper, One Has My Name The Other Has My Heart. Wakely ended up with a non-contiguous reign of eleven weeks with Arnold as Arnold took over for a solitary week with A Heart Full Of Love For A Handful Of Kisses. Then Wakely played a see-saw game at the top with himself when he collected his second #1 in I Love You So Much It Hurts in 1949. Guess who replaced Wakely at the top? That's right, Arnold with Don't Rob Another Man's Castle. Talk about chart domination by two artists for a year and a half! I see 1959 was the first year where NO #1s reached the top, dropped out, and returned to the top. 1966 was the second year where that kind of chart behavior did not occur. However, that kind of action was becoming less frequent during the late 1960s to early 1970s. During the 1970s, only four records managed non-consecutive reigns at the top: 1. Easy Loving-Freddie Hart-1971-3 2. If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry-Jerry Wallace-1972-2 3. Satin Sheets-Jeanne Pruett-1973-3 4. Rhinestone Cowboy-Glen Campbell-1975-3 Between 1976-1992, 693 songs topped the charts, never returning to the top. That all changed in 1993 when Garth Brooks released the lead single from In Pieces: Ain't Going Down Til The Sun Comes Up. That song was released in July, topped the chart for the week ending September 18th, dipped to #2 the following week (while Tracy Byrd took over with Holdin' Heaven), and returned to the top for the October 2nd chart. In Pieces (eight times platinum) did well for Brooks with these hits: 1. American Honky-Tonk Bar Association-1993-#1 2. Standing Outside The Fire-1994-#3 3. One Night A Day-1994-#7 4. Callin' Baton Rouge-1994-#2 Since Brooks' feat, these songs had non-contiguous reigns at #1. They are: 1. I Can Love You Like That-John Michael Montgomery-1995-3 2. When I Said I Do-Clint Black and Lisa Hartman-Black-1999-2 3. You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This-Toby Keith-2001-3 4. One More Day-Diamond Rio-2001-2 5. Where I Come From-Alan Jackson-2001-3 6. Beautiful Mess-Diamond Rio-2002-2 7. It's Five O'Clock Somewhere-Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett-2003-8 8. Live Like You Were Dying-Tim McGraw-2004-7 9. Come A Little Closer-Dierks Bentley-2005-3 10. Do You Believe Me Now-Jimmy Wayne-2008-2 As a bonus, I will be showing ALL three charts were Brooks finished at #1, fell out of the top spot, and returned to #1. Ready? BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 18, 1993: 1. AIN'T GOING DOWN TIL THE SUN COMES UP-GARTH BROOKS-CAPITOL 2. Holdin' Heaven-Tracy Byrd-MCA 3. A Thousand Miles From Nowhere-Dwight Yoakam-Reprise 4. Thank God For You-Sawyer Brown-Curb 5. In The Heart Of A Woman-Billy Ray Cyrus-Mercury 6. Only Love-Wynonna Judd-MCA 7. Working Man's Ph.D.-Aaron Tippin-RCA 8. Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox If I Die-Joe Diffie-Epic 9. What's It To You-Clay Walker-Giant 10. One More Last Chance-Vince Gill-MCA BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 25, 1993: 1. Holdin' Heaven-Tracy Byrd-MCA 2. AIN'T GOING DOWN TIL THE SUN COMES UP-GARTH BROOKS-CAPITOL 3. Only Love-Wynonna Judd-MCA 4. In The Heart Of A Woman-Billy Ray Cyrus-Mercury 5. Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox If I Die-Joe Diffie-Epic 6. What's It To You-Clay Walker-Giant 7. One More Last Chance-Vince Gill-MCA 8. A Thousand Miles From Nowhere-Dwight Yoakam-Reprise 9. Thank God For You-Sawyer Brown-Curb 10. Working Man's Ph.D.-Aaron Tippin-RCA BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 2, 1993: 1. AIN'T GOING DOWN TIL THE SUN COMES UP-GARTH BROOKS-CAPITOL 2. Holdin' Heaven-Tracy Byrd-MCA 3. What's It To You-Clay Walker-Giant 4. Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox If I Die-Joe Diffie-Epic 5. One More Last Chance-Vince Gill-MCA 6. Only Love-Wynonna Judd-MCA 7. Let Go-Brother Phelps-Asylum 8. No Time To Kill-Clint Black-RCA 9. Easy Come, Easy Go-George Strait-MCA 10. He Ain't Worth Missing-Toby Keith-Mercury Video: video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5986290625156514331
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Post by onebuffalo on Oct 9, 2012 18:30:49 GMT -5
1. RIDE EQUALS STAY: Jason Aldean holds on to the #1 spot for a third week with Take A Little Ride. It now equals the amount of time he topped the charts last year with his duet with Kelly Clarkson on Don't You Wanna Stay. If he were to hold on one more week with Ride, it will equal the time he spent with his biggest hit, Big Green Tractor in 2009. 2. HER STREAK CONTINUES: Let us review the chart streaks broken this year: 1. Brad Paisley's top two streak broken by Camouflage (#15). 2. The Zac Brown Band's top two streak broken by The Wind (#11). 3. Chris Young's #1 streak broken by Neon (#23). 4. Taylor Swift's top ten streak broken by We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (#13). However, one streak is continuing and that is Carrie Underwood's top two streak. Her latest, Blown Away climbs two to #2. She has hit the top two 16 times with these hits: 1. Jesus, Take The Wheel-2006-#1-chart wise, her biggest hit 2. Don't Forget To Remember Me-2006-#2 3. Before He Cheats-2006-#1 4. Wasted-2007-#1 5. So Small-2007-#1 6. All-American Girl-2008-#1 7. Last Name-2008-#1 8. Just A Dream-2008-#1 9. I Told You So-with Randy Travis-2009-#2 10. Cowboy Casanova-2009-#1 11. Temporary Home-2010-#1 12. Undo It-2010-#1 13. Mama's Song-2011-#2 14. Remind Me-with Brad Paisley-2011-#1 15. Good Girl-2012-#1 16. Blown Away-2012-#2 so far 3. A TIE: We have two songs climbing eight spots for fastest climbers of the week. They are: 1. Begin Again-Taylor Swift-#37 to #29 2. American Heart-Faith Hill-#46 to #38 4. A LOGJAM: We have six songs holding their their positions at #7 to #12 for the second week: 7. Lovin' You Is Fun-Easton Corbin 8. The One That Got Away-Jake Owen 9. Fastest Girl In Town-Miranda Lambert 10. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye-Luke Bryan 11. Truck Yeah-Tim McGraw 12. Come Wake Me Up-Rascal Flatts 5. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping hits in 2007, 2002, 1997, 1992, and 1987: 2007: Online-Brad Paisley-Arista 2002: Beautiful Mess-Diamond Rio-Arista 1997: How Your Love Makes Me Feel-Diamond Rio-Arista 1992: In This Life-Collin Raye-Epic 1987: The Way We Make A Broken Heart-Rosanne Cash-Columbia 6. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: She was a little bit country (and still is) and he was a litlle bit rock and roll (came to country and sadly no longer with us). It was the Danny and Marie show (as in Seals and Osmond) at the top of the country chart 27 years ago this week with Meet Me In Montana. I had discussed Seals' career earlier this year when I saluted Bop, so let us focus on Osmond (I will come back to Seals later). Osmond started singing as soon as she learned how to walk and talk. She was part of a singing family that included her brothers Donny, Alan, Jay, Merrill, and Wayne. The Osmonds (Marie was not part of the group) had a series of hits between 1971-1975. Their biggest hit was their only #1 pop hit in 1971: One Bad Apple. During this time, Donny struck out as a solo artist, also getting a chart topper on the pop chart in 1971: Go Away Little Girl. Seeing her brothers having success on the charts, Marie wanted to do the same. However, MGM (label home to the Osmonds and Donny) executive Mike Curb (know him?) said that breaking another Osmond in the pop field would be a tough sell. Osmond told him she leaned country and was signed to the label in 1973 (when she was 13!). Next on the list was to find a producer. Someone told Curb that Sonny James was available. He wanted to hear a tape of Osmond singing so she sent him her version of Dolly Parton's Coat Of Many Colors. He was impressed with her vocals, so she flew to Nashville to cut her debut album called Paper Roses. The title track (originally recorded by Anita Bryant in 1960-#5 pop) was chosen as the ONLY single from the album. It topped the country chart for two weeks in late 1973 (a month after Osmond turned 14, making her the youngest female with a #1 hit), matched Bryant's performance on the pop chart, and even topped the adult contemporary chart for a week. Her next major hit was a crossover hit as well: I'm Leaving It All Up To You, a duet with Donny in 1974 that hit #17 country, #4 pop, and #1 A.C.. In My Little Corner Of The World hit #33 country in 1974. She remade Connie Francis' hit, Who's Sorry Now in 1975 (#29 country, #40 pop, and #21 A.C.). Her last major chart action of the 1970s happened in 1977 with This Is The Way I Feel (#39 pop). She was off the charts for five years as a solo artist. In the meantime, she cohosted her first TV show with her brother called The Donny & Marie Show (how original) from 1976 to 1978. As the 1980s dawned, the country charts were kinder to the Osmonds versus Marie. They signed to the Elektra label in 1981 where they scored a trio of top 40 hits (the biggest being I Think About Your Lovin' in 1982-#17). They also backed up Conway Twitty with his version of Heartache Tonight (#6 in 1983). During this time, Marie issued three singles that went nowhere. She signed to the Capitol label in late 1984. However, the first single from There's No Stopping Your Heart, Until I Fall In Love Again peaked at #57 in 1985. However, the next single really blew the roof off for her. It was the Paul Davis-penned Meet Me In Montana. It was released in July and topped the chart in October, making Osmond the first female artist to go at least a decade between chart toppers (Tanya Tucker and Dolly Parton would join that list). Montana was not only placed on her CD, but Seals' as well (Won't Be Blue Anymore). Montana ended up being Seals' first #1. The title track was released just before 1985 ended and was #1 in February, 1986 (the video features her son). Read My Lips ended the era on a #4 note. During this time, she cohosted another TV show. This time it was Ripley's Believe It Or Not with Jack Palance. With her country comeback complete, Osmond released her I Only Wanted You CD in 1986. The first single, You're Still New To Me was a duet with Davis that was released in August and made its way to #1 in November. Two major events took place during it chart run: 1. Osmond and Seals won the C.M.A. Vocal Duo of the Year (Seals would win Single of the Year for Bop, making him the ONLY artist to win C.M.A. Awards for his first two #1 hits). 2. Osmond married Brian Blosil (later divorced in 2007). Three more singles were released. They were (all in 1987): 1. I Only Wanted You-#14 2. Everybody's Crazy 'Bout My Baby-#24 3. Cry Just A Little-#50 Two more CDs and five more singles were released before the 1980s ended, but none of them went anywhere. A greatest hits CD, released on Curb Records called the Best Of Marie Osmond was released in 1990. A new song from the CD, Like A Hurricane peaked at #57. Her last chart appearance was five years later with the #75 peaking What Kind Of Man Walks On A Woman. This century has been a mixed bag for Osmond. In 2007, Osmond was a celebrity contestant on Dancing With The Stars. She came in third place. However, the most infamous moment came during one of the tapings when she fainted and fell to the floor (she was all right). In 2009, she expressed her support for same sex marriage when she revealed her daughter is a lesbian. The following year was a low for Osmond when her son Michael committed suicide. In 2011, she remarried her first husband, Stephen Craig (their first marriage lasted from 1982 to 1985). Donny and Marie are currently in Las Vegas doing a series of concerts. Her last CD was a duets CD with Donny called Donny & Marie (how original) released last year. Now let us concentrate on Seals for a moment. His hitmaking country career started when he signed to Liberty Records in 1983. His first major hit was Everybody's Dream Girl that year (#18). His first top ten happened a year later with God Must Be A Cowboy (#10). He almost collected his first chart topper in early 1985 with My Baby's Got Good Timing (#2). Two singles later, he was sitting at #1 with Osmond with Montana. That started his longest streak of chart toppers which included: 1. Bop-1986 2. Everything That Glitters Is Not Gold-1986 3. You Still Move Me-1987 4. I Will Be There-1987 5. Three Time Loser-1987 6. One Friend-1988 7. Addicted-1988 8. Big Wheels In The Moonlight-1989 By the time title #8 was on the charts, Garth Brooks was signed to the label (now called Capitol). Changes were on the horizon, but that did not stop Seals from scoring another two chart toppers (both in 1990): 1. Love On Arrival-chart wise, his biggest hit 2. Good Times A year after Good Times peaked, Seals was dropped by Capitol and then he signed to a short term deal by Warner Bros.. He released acoustic CDs of his pop and country hits in 1995 and 1998. Ten years later, he was diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma. Cancer took Seals' life in March, 2009. He was 61. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 12, 1985: 1. MEET ME IN MONTANA-MARIE OSMOND AND DAN SEALS-CAPITOL 2. You Make Me Want To Make You Mine-Juice Newton-RCA 3. Touch A Hand, Make A Friend-Oak Ridge Boys-MCA 4. Some Fools Never Learn-Steve Wariner-MCA 5. Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes-George Jones-Epic 6. A Long And Lasting Love-Crystal Gayle-Warner Bros. 7. Can't Keep A Good Man Down-Alabama-RCA 8. Hang On To Your Heart-Exile-Epic 9. I Wanna Hear It From You-Eddy Raven-RCA 10. Lost In The Fifties Tonight In The Still Of The Night-Ronnie Milsap-RCA
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Post by rbundy1987 on Oct 15, 2012 15:55:36 GMT -5
10/27 Chart Highlights
Country Airplay *** No. 1 *** "Blown Away" Carrie Underwood Greatest Gainer No. 2 "Hard To Love" Lee Brice Hot Shot Debut No. 51 "Somebody's Heartbreak" Hunter Hayes Debut No. 56 "Love You For A Long Time" High Valley Debut No. 57 "Nobody's Sad On A Saturday Night" Uncle Kracker Debut No. 58 "Don't Ya" Brett Eldredge
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Post by onebuffalo on Oct 17, 2012 10:49:24 GMT -5
1. FIRST THINGS FIRST: As all of you know, Billboard debuted a new country chart last Thursday with an old name: Hot Country Songs. While that chart incorporates non-country data into that chart, I feel it does not truly represent what is popular at the given moment. After all, if non-country sales and airplay are factored in, what makes that country? The current chart they have has a new name. It is the Country Airplay chart, which is the chart I will be using for my weekly columns. That is strictly based on audience impressions based on how many times a song has been played. Ready for this week's installment? Good! 2. UNDERWOOD BLOWN IN AT #1: Carrie Underwood collects her 13th #1 hit in Blown Away. It is the title track of her CD which has been perfect so far as the lead single, Good Girl topped the charts this year. 2012 represents a comeback for Underwood as 2010 was her last year of having two #1 hits: Temporary Home and Undo It. She came close in replicating that feat last year. However, Mama's Song peaked at #2 and then she returned to #1 with her duet with Brad Paisley on Remind Me. 3. TAKING THE FIFTH: By peaking at #2, Dustin Lynch scored Broken Bow's fifth #2 hit in Cowboys And Angels. Had Lynch peaked at #1, he would have had Broken Bow's tenth chart topping hit. This is the complete list of the label's #2 hits: 1. Redneck Yacht Club-Craig Morgan-2005 2. Crazy Town-Jason Aldean-2010 3. My Kinda Party-Aldean-2010 4. Tattoos On This Town-Aldean-2011-his biggest #2 hit 5. Cowboys And Angels-Dustin Lynch-2012 However, Lynch can take solace as he has the best charted debut hit on the label. 4. HIS 46TH AND FIRST: After stalling at #11 for the past few weeks, Tim McGraw collects his 46th top ten in Truck Yeah at #10 this week. It is his first for his new label, Big Machine. 5. A TIE: We have two songs taking nine point jumps for the fastest climbers of the week. They are: 1. Tornado-Little Big Town-#41 to #32. 2. Someone Like You-David Nail-#58 to #49. 6. CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY: Wait a minute. It's not even Halloween yet and we have Christmas on the charts. Blake Shelton debuts his first Christmas CD, Cheers, It's Christmas at #6 this week. 7. #1 CDS: These were the top selling country CDs in 2007, 2002, 1997, 1992, and 1987: 2007: Still Feels Good-Rascal Flatts-Lyric Street 2002: ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits-Elvis Presley-RCA 1997: You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs-LeAnn Rimes-Curb 1992: The Chase-Garth Brooks-Capitol 1987: Always & Forever-Randy Travis-Warner Bros. 8. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Billboard named it the top country single of the decade. It ended up being Keith Urban's biggest hit. It was Somebody Like You, our top song ten years ago this week. Urban was born in New Zealand, but grew up in neighboring Australia. He had a successful singing career there during the early 1990s. He decided to strike it rich in America in 1992. He formed a group called The Ranch (Peter Clarke and Jerry Flowers were the other members). They signed to Capitol Records in 1996. They released their self-titled debut CD in 1997. Two singles were released, but went nowhere. After one CD, The Ranch were dropped by Capitol. Urban signed to the label as a solo artist in 1998. His solo debut for Capitol was a self-titled CD (he has a Keith Urban CD from 1991 as well). His first single, It's A Love Thing was released in September, 1999 and became his first major hit when it peaked at #18 in 2000. His next single was his first top ten: Your Everything (#4). Then, But For The Grace Of God was released and it became his first #1 in 2001. That song displaced Jamie O'Neal's There Is No Arizona from the top, displaying 'Aussie power' in country music. O'Neal would have been the second female artist from Australia (or with Australian roots) had Olivia Newton-John's 1974 hit, If You Love Me Let Me Know had not peaked at #2. Keith Urban ended on a #3 note in 2001 with Where The Blacktop Ends. After that song peaked, Urban picked up his first C.M.A. Award, the Horizon Award. With the success of his debut CD, Urban prepared to release his second called Golden Road. Somebody Like You was tapped as the first single. Released in June, 2002 it climbed all the way to the top in October, staying there for six weeks. What gave the song such lift was Urban's searing guitar work. It ended up staying in the top 40 for 40 weeks (75% of a year!). It finished at #3 for the year on the American Country Countdown for 2002. Raining On Sunday was next, peaking at #3. His third #1 was next, Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me. You'll Think Of Me became Urban's first crossover hit when it peaked at #1 country, #24 pop, and #2 adult contemporary. Well, after releasing two successful CDs, Urban went for a hat trick in 2004 when Be Here was released. Lead single, Days Go By became a four week #1. Urban won his first Male Vocalist of the Year from the C.M.A.. In 2005, his biggest #2 became reality. It was You're My Better half and it stayed there for five weeks. He returned to #1 with the Rodney Crowell-penned Making Memories Of Us (also #34 pop and #5 A.C.). Better Life became his second biggest hit, staying at #1 for six weeks, but only spending 20 weeks in the top 40. While Better Life was #1, Urban won Male Vocalist again and he also won Entertainer of the Year. Tonight I Wanna Cry peaked at #2 in early 2006. Love, Pain, & The Whole Crazy Thing was released in 2006. Once In A Lifetime was the first single and it debuted at #17. Despite its lofty debut, it 'only' peaked at #6. Stupid Boy started 2007 on a #3 note. I Told You So became Urban's third #2 hit. Everybody closed out the era, peaking at #5 in 2008. A greatest hits CD was released called Greatest Hits: 18 Kids. When Urban decided to revisit the Golden Road CD and rerecorded You Look Good In My Shirt, it was renamed 19 Kids. Shirt became his first #1 since Better Life. However, Urban's next hit did not come from one his CDs. He was invited by Brad Paisley to sing and play on a song called Start A Band from Paisley's CD, Play. It became Urban's first #1 duet in early 2009. It won the C.M.A. Musical Event of the Year. His first Defying Gravity single, Sweet Thing topped the chart just weeks later. Kiss A Girl was a crossover hit when it peaked at #3 country, #16 pop, and #11 A.C.. Only You Can Love Me This Way became Urban's 11th #1 hit. Right after that song peaked, Urban recieved two Billboard awards: 1. Country Singles Artist for 2009. 2. Somebody Like You was named the #1 song for the 2000s. Til Summer Comes Around (#3) and I'm In (#2) ended the Defying Gravity era. His last CD, Get Closer yielded the following hits: 1. Put You In A Song-2011-#2 2. Without You-2011-#1 3. Long Hot Summer-2011-#1 4. You Gonna Fly-2012-#1 His last chart appearance was For You from the Act Of Valor soundtrack (#6). While that song was on the charts, he was named an American Idol judge. He has been married to Nicole Kidman since 2006 and they have two daughters. This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 19, 2002: 1. SOMEBODY LIKE YOU-KEITH URBAN-CAPITOL 2. Beautiful Mess-Diamond Rio-Arista 3. Where Would You Be-Martina McBride-RCA 4. The Impossible-Joe Nichols-Universal South 5. Work In Progress-Alan Jackson-Arista 6. American Child-Phil Vassar-Arista 7. Ten Rounds With Jose Cuervo-Tracy Byrd-RCA 8. My Town-Montgomery Gentry-Columbia 9. Landslide-Dixie Chicks-Monument 10. These Days-Rascal Flatts-Lyric Street
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Post by onebuffalo on Oct 22, 2012 16:09:18 GMT -5
Country Airplay *** No. 1 *** "Blown Away" Carrie Underwood Greatest Gainer No. 11 "Cruise" Florida Georgia Line Hot Shot Debut No. 47 "The Only Way I Know" Jason Aldean With Luke Bryan & Eric Church Debut No. 48 "I Can Take It From There" Chris Young Debut No. 53 "More Than Miles" Brantley Gilbert Debut No. 56 "If I Didn't Have You" Thompson Square
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Post by onebuffalo on Oct 24, 2012 17:23:26 GMT -5
1. STILL #1: Carrie Underwood continues to have the #1 hit in country with Blown Away. This is her first multi-week #1 since Just A Dream ruled for two weeks in 2008. 2. THREE TIMES TWO: Jason Aldean has the Hot Shot Debut this week with his second Night Train single, The Only Way I Know at #47. It is a vocal collaboration with Luke Bryan and Eric Church. All three artists are on the charts with solo singles as well. They are: 1. Bryan-Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye-#3 2. Aldean-Take A Little Ride-#5 3. Church-Creepin'-#14 3. MAYBE THIS TIME: Chris Young debuts at #48 with I Can't Take It From There. He is hoping for a #1 this time as his previous single, Neon peaked at #23 breaking five consecutive chart toppers for him. 4. BESIDE HIMSELF: Brantley Gilbert takes up positions #53 and #54 with More Than Miles and Kick It In The Sticks, respectively. The latter is the fastest falling single on the chart (from #37). 5. HEARTBREAK FAST: Hunter Hayes has the fastest climbing single of the week as Somebody's Heartbreak vaults thirteen to #38. 6. #1 HITS: These were the chart topping hits in 2007, 2002, 1997, 1992, and 1987: 2007: Don't Blink-Kenny Chesney-BNA 2002: Somebody Like You-Keith Urban-Capitol 1997: Everywhere-Tim McGraw-Curb 1992: No One Else On Earth-Wynonna Judd-MCA 1987: Shine, Shine, Shine-Eddy Raven-RCA 7. MILESTONE TOP TEN CHART: Let us review when the Class of 1989 landed their first chart topping hits, shall we? 1. Clint Black-A Better Man-1989 2. Garth Brooks-If Tomorrow Never Comes-1989 3. Travis Tritt-Help Me Hold On-1990 4. Alan Jackson-I'd Love You All Over Again-1991 Now, let us list in chronological order when they released their first greatest hits CDs: 1. Brooks-The Hits-1994 2. Tritt-Greatest Hits-From The Beginning-1995 3. Jackson-The Greatest Hits Collection-1995 4. Black-The Greatest Hits-1996 Despite being the first with a chart topper, Black was last in releasing his first survey of hits. When he did, a new song from the set became our #1 hit 16 years ago this week, Like The Rain. The track listing is as follows: 1. Like The Rain-1996-#1 2. Summer's Comin'-1995-#1 3. A Good Run Of Bad Luck-1994-#1 4. State Of Mind-1994-#2 5. A Bad Goodbye-with Wynonna Judd-1993-#2 6. A Better Man-1989-#1 7. Killin' Time-1989-#1 8. We Tell Ourselves-1992-#2 9. Half Way Up-1997-#6 10. Burn One Down-1992-#4 11. Cadillac Jack Favor 12. Put Youself In My Shoes-1990-#4 13. Wherever You Go-1995-#3 14. Life Gets Away-1995-#4 15. No Time To Kill-1993-#3 16. Desperado-Live Like The Rain was tapped as the first single in August. It became Black's tenth chart topper in October. It became his second biggest hit (mysteriously, his biggest, Nobody's Home from 1990 was absent on this CD). Half Way Up was next and it proceeded to a #6 peak in early 1997. The CD peaked at #2 on the charts and is certified double platinum. After that CD ran its course, Black released two more successful CDs for RCA. The CDs and hits are: 1. Nothin' But The Taillights-1997 a. Still Holding On-with Martina McBride-1997-#11 b. Something That We Do-1997-#2 c. Nothin' But The Taillights-1998-#1 d. The Shoes You're Wearing-1998-#1 e. Loosen Up My Strings-1998-#12 2. D'lectrified-1999 a. When I Said I Do-with Lisa Hartman-Black-1999-#1 b. Been There-with Steve Wariner-2000-#5 He released his second greatest hits CD in 2001. His second duet with his wife, Lisa (married in 1991) became a top 40 hit that year: Easy For Me To Say (#27). RCA dropped Black in 2002 after 14 years at the label. Black formed Equity Records in 2003. He released three CDs on the label: 1. Spend My Time-2004 2. Drinkin' Songs And Other Logic-2005 3. The Love Songs-2007 Only one major hit was realized during this time: Spend My Time (#16 in 2004). His last top ten was the mega collaboration with Jimmy Buffett, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, and George Strait on their remake of Hey Good Lookin' (#8 in 2004 off the Buffett CD, License To Chill). His last chart appearance was back in 2008, the #58 peaking Long Cool Woman. Other Black hits CDs are: 1. Super Hits-1998 2. Super Hits 2-2003 3. Ultimate Clint Black-2003 4. 16 Biggest Hits-2006 This is what the chart looked like back then:
BILLBOARD TOP TEN FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 26, 1996: 1. LIKE THE RAIN-CLINT BLACK-RCA 2. I Do-Paul Brandt-Reprise 3. Believe Me Baby I Lied-Trisha Yearwood-MCA 4. The Maker Said Take Her-Alabama-RCA 5. More Than You'll Ever Know-Travis Tritt-Warner Bros. 6. Me And You-Kenny Chesney-BNA 7. Lonely Too Long-Patty Loveless-Epic 8. I Can Still Make Cheyenne-George Strait-MCA 9. The Road You Leave Behind-David Lee Murphy-MCA 10. Stars Over Texas-Tracy Lawrence-Atlantic
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Post by drock89 on Oct 26, 2012 23:31:22 GMT -5
If anyone can find that missing number for LBT, post it here, please. Thanks!
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Post by drock89 on Oct 26, 2012 23:38:17 GMT -5
I've also added the "Country Songs" separate from the "Country Airplay" chart. Let me know if you disapprove.
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Post by countrygirl918 on Oct 27, 2012 0:21:00 GMT -5
I didn't realize Blown Away had spent 11 weeks as the #1 country album this year. That's amazing. Both Carnival Ride and Play On only spent one or two weeks at the top, right?
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Post by Lozzy on Oct 27, 2012 0:49:20 GMT -5
If anyone can find that missing number for LBT, post it here, please. Thanks! 23,232.
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Post by rbundy1987 on Oct 27, 2012 0:50:25 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2012 0:53:41 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. August 18, 2012: Carrie Underwood, Blown Away - 16,000 August 25, 2012: Carrie Underwood, Blown Away - 16,000 September 1, 2012: Carrie Underwood, Blown Away - 18,000 September 8, 2012: Carrie Underwood, Blown Away - 15,000 Saw countrygirl918's comment and I was pretty sure that while Carrie's Blown Away album has been #1 for many weeks, it definitely hasn't been 11. And so I looked and I don't think these 4 charts above are right. For August 18, ZBB's Uncaged was still #1 with 39,000 sold that week. On August 25, Colt Ford's Declaration Of Independence was #1 with 31,000 sold. ZBB's Uncaged was #1 again on September 1st with another 25,000 sold, followed by Dustin Lynch's selt-titled debut on the 8th, which opened with 23,000. Carrie's positions were #5, #4, #2, and #4, respectively, on those 4 charts. I didn't realize Blown Away had spent 11 weeks as the #1 country album this year. That's amazing. Both Carnival Ride and Play On only spent one or two weeks at the top, right? Play On managed its first 3 weeks at #1 on Top Country Albums in late 2009, with each week's sales over 85,000, before Taylor's Fearless took over again for 9 weeks--all of December 09/January 10 with 6 figure sales per week, and then of course Lady A's Need You Now held down the top spot for 24 consecutive weeks and 29 overall in 2010. Not sure about Carnival Ride, because I don't have records back that far. But both CR and PO were released in the 4th quarter, when there are a lot of other releases out for the holidays, and so weeks at #1 are a lot harder to come by. It's way more competitive. A spring/summer release by an A-list star can hold at the top for many weeks, maybe only selling 15-30k a week (not that that's bad), but in the 4th quarter, it can take a LOT more per week to stay at #1 for an extended period of time.
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Post by onebuffalo on Oct 29, 2012 13:21:42 GMT -5
Carnival Ride opened with 527,000 copies sold. It only spent a week at #1 on both country and top 200 charts.
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Post by onebuffalo on Oct 29, 2012 15:06:37 GMT -5
Country Airplay *** No. 1 *** "Hard To Love" Lee Brice Greatest Gainer No. 2 "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" Luke Bryan Hot Shot Debut No. 51 "Telescope" Hayden Panettiere Debut No. 56 "Whiskey" Jana Kramer Debut No. 59 "Find Me A Baby" Josh Turner Debut No. 60 "Airborne Ranger Infantry" Kristy Lee Cook
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