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Post by onebuffalo on May 15, 2014 11:28:50 GMT -5
There are quite a few songs that can go recurrent on Billboard, if not on the May 31 (upcoming) chart then by the week after. Brantley Gilbert, Eric Church, Keith Urban, Sara Evans would be 4, and Hunter Hayes looks like he's about done. One of these weeks, Craig Morgan's going to drop, right? He's 44 weeks old now. There are other drop candidates and George could pass a song or two himself. It may not be likely, but there's at least a chance IGAC hits the top 20 on Billboard of 6/7. And the chance is growing. I hope top 20 is a reality. After all, I Got A Car should be George Strait's 92nd top 20 hit.
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 15, 2014 11:50:34 GMT -5
I heard this a lot on my trip to and from Wichita yesterday. It would be lovely if this could go Top 20, at the very least!
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Post by dajross6 on May 15, 2014 21:16:09 GMT -5
Top 10 or bust my friends. Come aboard the believer bus...there's still room for more.
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Post by sabre14 on May 15, 2014 22:30:10 GMT -5
Top 10 or bust my friends. Come aboard the believer bus...there's still room for more. You know the updates for this song are, dare I say very good. I know it's hard to picture an artist like George Strait having a 40 week charter, but it's looking that way to me the more time goes on. There's a part of me that will always remain on the pessimistic side of things (especially things that are fairly important to me like this songs chart chances) but this getting to the top 10 is not merely a figment of my imagination which is what I was thinking it was in January.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2014 0:40:10 GMT -5
If the Big Machine/Cumulus partnership helps the genre to fragment, then George might be able to score quite a few bigger hits once again on a more Gold-based "icons" type of radio format/chart, and the current airplay charts would move faster as well.
But that's a topic for another day. Any *possible* genre fragmentation that might happen at radio isn't going to happen overnight, and thus it won't happen quick enough to allow IGAC to speed up to #1.
I agree with Zazie that George's top 20 chances are getting better each day. Billboard is due for a housecleaning--too many songs at the 10 million audience level or higher.
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Post by onebuffalo on May 17, 2014 7:57:53 GMT -5
Top 10 or bust my friends. Come aboard the believer bus...there's still room for more. I said this on the first page of the thread: George Strait can say, "I Got A Car, I Got a top ten, and I Got a #1."
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Post by tim on May 17, 2014 12:11:14 GMT -5
Top 10 or bust my friends. Come aboard the believer bus...there's still room for more. I said this on the first page of the thread: George Strait can say, "I Got A Car, I Got a top ten, and I Got a #1." By tomorrow's update this should be up very close to yet another 2M for the week. This is top 20 bound no doubt, and top 15 should be in its sights soon. IGAC is for sure showing signs of a 40 week run :)
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2014 18:40:28 GMT -5
It was a year ago, just before and just after his 61st birthday, that the massive multi-week push for "Give It All We Got Tonight" was underway. And he hasn't had a top 20 since. I am glad that IGAC is on its way but I think that the manufactured stunt they pulled with GIAWGT was rather unwise. It's too hard to say whether it's affected the chart runs of "I Believe" and "I Got A Car" (the former not a very good single selection in the first place) or whether it's just country radio showing its ageism. I think it's probably a little bit of both. But again, I am glad that King George finally has another song doing decently well, even though it's taken forever to catch on.
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Post by someguy on May 18, 2014 18:44:01 GMT -5
The campaign had to have hurt him in a lot of ways. They were essentially desperately begging for maximum airplay as a farewell salute for him, and then tried to follow it up with new singles that needed airplay too. You can't really have it both ways.
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Post by matty005 on May 18, 2014 18:50:17 GMT -5
It was a year ago, just before and just after his 61st birthday, that the massive multi-week push for "Give It All We Got Tonight" was underway. And he hasn't had a top 20 since. I am glad that IGAC is on its way but I think that the manufactured stunt they pulled with GIAWGT was rather unwise. It's too hard to say whether it's affected the chart runs of "I Believe" and "I Got A Car" (the former not a very good single selection in the first place) or whether it's just country radio showing its ageism. I think it's probably a little bit of both. But again, I am glad that King George finally has another song doing decently well, even though it's taken forever to catch on. Wasn't there only one song in between "GIAWGT" and "IGAC" though? Hard to say he hasn't had a top 20 since when it looks like IGAC will get there (knock on wood) when it is only one single that hasn't gone top 20.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2014 19:00:23 GMT -5
It was a year ago, just before and just after his 61st birthday, that the massive multi-week push for "Give It All We Got Tonight" was underway. And he hasn't had a top 20 since. I am glad that IGAC is on its way but I think that the manufactured stunt they pulled with GIAWGT was rather unwise. It's too hard to say whether it's affected the chart runs of "I Believe" and "I Got A Car" (the former not a very good single selection in the first place) or whether it's just country radio showing its ageism. I think it's probably a little bit of both. But again, I am glad that King George finally has another song doing decently well, even though it's taken forever to catch on. Wasn't there only one song in between "GIAWGT" and "IGAC" though? Hard to say he hasn't had a top 20 since when it looks like IGAC will get there (knock on wood) when it is only one single that hasn't gone top 20. Yes--I specifically mentioned the one song ("I Believe"). My point was that George hasn't had a top 20 in almost a full calendar year now, and this is George we are talking about. IGAC isn't there yet and isn't likely to get there for another 2-3 charts or so. When was the last time that a full 365 days passed in between top 20's for George Strait singles? I don't think it was quite a full year between when "Love's Gonna Make It Alright" peaked and when "Give It All We Got Tonight" first entered the top 20 (and "Drinkin' Man" was released in between those two). And then you have to go all the way back to 1992 to find George's only other single that missed the top 20 ("Lovesick Blues") but there definitely wasn't a full year there where he wasn't a presence in the top 20. His peaks are lower, and the chart runs are slower. I agree with someguy in that the GIAWGT push was probably quite detrimental.
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Post by joey2002 on May 18, 2014 20:30:47 GMT -5
Wasn't there only one song in between "GIAWGT" and "IGAC" though? Hard to say he hasn't had a top 20 since when it looks like IGAC will get there (knock on wood) when it is only one single that hasn't gone top 20. Yes--I specifically mentioned the one song ("I Believe"). My point was that George hasn't had a top 20 in almost a full calendar year now, and this is George we are talking about. IGAC isn't there yet and isn't likely to get there for another 2-3 charts or so. When was the last time that a full 365 days passed in between top 20's for George Strait singles? I don't think it was quite a full year between when "Love's Gonna Make It Alright" peaked and when "Give It All We Got Tonight" first entered the top 20 (and "Drinkin' Man" was released in between those two). And then you have to go all the way back to 1992 to find George's only other single that missed the top 20 ("Lovesick Blues") but there definitely wasn't a full year there where he wasn't a presence in the top 20. His peaks are lower, and the chart runs are slower. I agree with someguy in that the GIAWGT push was probably quite detrimental. I agree that the stunt they did with "Give It All We Got Tonight" definitely hurt, but I also think they made a huge mistake releasing "I Believe" as the follow-up. If they went with "I Got A Car" as the 2nd single, I think it would have easily been a top 5 hit. He lost a lot of momentum with the time it took to release and eventually pull "I Believe", so I'd say it's a combination of both events.
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Post by Marv on May 19, 2014 0:23:16 GMT -5
The chart run for this tune is a blistering indictment of the manner in which the format has gone way overboard in inundating the airwaves with this 'bro-country' stuff, and the ads which MCA has been running in the daily editions of Country Aircheck since last Tuesday are irrefutable proof of that; the numbers cited in that ad indicate essentially unmatched approval of this standout song as opposed to almost ANY song currently in the top 40. If your audience loves this song as the stats in that ad clearly show, not playing it makes no sense, especially if the likelihood of audience tuneout are near zero!!!
With stats such as those, there is no reason for any 'alleged' country station not to be playing this, even at this late date; here's hoping that some more of the ten Mediabase reporters which are inexplicably not playing this will do so this week, but I'm not holding my breath.
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Post by onebuffalo on May 19, 2014 8:09:19 GMT -5
I'm surprised there wasn't a 61 For 61 campaign this year.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2014 19:48:11 GMT -5
I think this has a very good chance of hitting the top 20 on the next Billboard chart (which won't come out until a week from tonight, since Monday is Memorial Day).
IGAC moved 26-24* on last night's chart with a gain of over 1.5 mil for the week. At least 2 songs will go recurrent next week: Eric Church's GMBMH and Craig Morgan's WULY. I also think Keith Urban's "Cop Car" will join them. That's an automatic +3 for George. Furthermore, Hunter Hayes' "Invisible" is done; it won't go recurrent yet, but George will easily jump ahead of that one...thus, +4. Sara Evans is hard to figure out yet...she could easily go recurrent but she rallied a bit in today's MB update. The only other variables are the Lee Brice and Eric Paslay tunes. George out-gained Paslay by a full million last week and closed the gap between "I Got A Car" and "Song About A Girl" to just under 300k. Lee Brice had a very slow week, gaining less than 400k, but he had a huge rebound update on Mediabase today (+90 spins, +570k audience), and George was only 200k ahead of Lee on last night's chart.
So it's possible that Lee could re-pass George, but George could cancel that out if he can jump ahead of Eric Paslay. And if Sara Evans finally throws in the towel, that makes George's top 20 chances even better.
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Post by rsmatto on May 21, 2014 11:23:10 GMT -5
I think this has a very good chance of hitting the top 20 on the next Billboard chart (which won't come out until a week from tonight, since Monday is Memorial Day). IGAC moved 26-24* on last night's chart with a gain of over 1.5 mil for the week. At least 2 songs will go recurrent next week: Eric Church's GMBMH and Craig Morgan's WULY. I also think Keith Urban's "Cop Car" will join them. That's an automatic +3 for George. Furthermore, Hunter Hayes' "Invisible" is done; it won't go recurrent yet, but George will easily jump ahead of that one...thus, +4. Sara Evans is hard to figure out yet...she could easily go recurrent but she rallied a bit in today's MB update. The only other variables are the Lee Brice and Eric Paslay tunes. George out-gained Paslay by a full million last week and closed the gap between "I Got A Car" and "Song About A Girl" to just under 300k. Lee Brice had a very slow week, gaining less than 400k, but he had a huge rebound update on Mediabase today (+90 spins, +570k audience), and George was only 200k ahead of Lee on last night's chart. So it's possible that Lee could re-pass George, but George could cancel that out if he can jump ahead of Eric Paslay. And if Sara Evans finally throws in the towel, that makes George's top 20 chances even better. "Wake Up Loving You" still has a bullet as of this week, how would it go recurrent? It's time for Atlantic to give up on "Invisible." Let it hit Gold on the sales chart and move onto the title track, which will do very well with Radio, I think. As for this one, It's likely to break Top 20 -- as you said -- and I think it could hang on to get Top 10. As for whether the push by the label 'hurt' George's future hits or not, I doubt it's that. It's most-definitely the kind of Country music he makes (has always made) and the current trends of the chart. If the Cumulus "Nash Icons" idea gets off the ground and crates an AC like format, George will continue to gain massive airplay and hits there.
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Post by sabre14 on May 21, 2014 13:18:05 GMT -5
I think this has a very good chance of hitting the top 20 on the next Billboard chart (which won't come out until a week from tonight, since Monday is Memorial Day). IGAC moved 26-24* on last night's chart with a gain of over 1.5 mil for the week. At least 2 songs will go recurrent next week: Eric Church's GMBMH and Craig Morgan's WULY. I also think Keith Urban's "Cop Car" will join them. That's an automatic +3 for George. Furthermore, Hunter Hayes' "Invisible" is done; it won't go recurrent yet, but George will easily jump ahead of that one...thus, +4. Sara Evans is hard to figure out yet...she could easily go recurrent but she rallied a bit in today's MB update. The only other variables are the Lee Brice and Eric Paslay tunes. George out-gained Paslay by a full million last week and closed the gap between "I Got A Car" and "Song About A Girl" to just under 300k. Lee Brice had a very slow week, gaining less than 400k, but he had a huge rebound update on Mediabase today (+90 spins, +570k audience), and George was only 200k ahead of Lee on last night's chart. So it's possible that Lee could re-pass George, but George could cancel that out if he can jump ahead of Eric Paslay. And if Sara Evans finally throws in the towel, that makes George's top 20 chances even better. "Wake Up Loving You" still has a bullet as of this week, how would it go recurrent? Nope, Jamie's right. It lost it's bullet officially today and will be taken off Billboard come next weeks issue. Which means it still has two unbulleted weeks left on Mediabase. It's Mediabase peak was #13 and Billboard was #14. "I Got A Car" will definitely benefit from Sara, Craig and potentially Keith all going recurrent next week with Hunter falling as well.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2014 16:52:50 GMT -5
"Wake Up Loving You" still has a bullet as of this week, how would it go recurrent? It's time for Atlantic to give up on "Invisible." Let it hit Gold on the sales chart and move onto the title track, which will do very well with Radio, I think. As for this one, It's likely to break Top 20 -- as you said -- and I think it could hang on to get Top 10. As for whether the push by the label 'hurt' George's future hits or not, I doubt it's that. It's most-definitely the kind of Country music he makes (has always made) and the current trends of the chart. If the Cumulus "Nash Icons" idea gets off the ground and crates an AC like format, George will continue to gain massive airplay and hits there. Matt, I think you need to check up on recurrent rules! ;) For all my posts, I always reference Billboard, unless I specifically say Mediabase or am talking about the daily MB updates (but I much prefer BB so I usually talk about that chart). Craig is down 3.5 million in audience (Mediabase) this week and it's only Wednesday. The song is 44 weeks old. Billboard will pull any song that is 21 weeks and older after just one down week, unless the loss is very small, in which case Billboard can give it a grace week if they so choose. But Craig's losses are huge so Billboard will send it packing on the next chart. The next chart will be a house-cleaning on Billboard. Eric Church, Keith Urban, Craig Morgan, and Sara Evans will all go recurrent from the top 20, and it's possible that The Cadillac Three will drop off as well. As for Hunter's song, it is done, lol. It lost 1 million in audience last week and 900k today alone. It just won't go recurrent until the June 2nd Billboard chart (dated 6/14) because it's not old enough to go recurrent yet. "Invisible" has only been on the chart for 16 weeks and it still had a bullet on Monday the 12th, so it needs back-to-back bullet-less weeks before it can go recurrent at the end of the 3rd drop week. It lost its bullet on Monday the 19th and it's definitely been in freefall mode for the last several days, but this will only be its 2nd consecutive down week so it'll get one more chart appearance before it goes recurrent. With 4 top 20 songs leaving the chart and George set to pass the free-falling Hunter as well, I give IGAC at least a 95% chance of cracking the Billboard top 20 next Tuesday. I suppose something bizarre could happen to keep George out of the top 20 next week, but that seems very likely. Lee Brice might (heavy emphasis on "might") be able to re-pass George, but George would still gain 4 spots from the soon-to-be recurrent songs. And Tim, Dierks, Lady A, Brantley...they're all too far behind to catch George anytime soon. So a 95% chance (of going top 20) is probably actually too low, since I can't come up with a scenario in which George wouldn't be top 20 on Tuesday.
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Post by rsmatto on May 23, 2014 10:24:02 GMT -5
Well, I don't pretend to know their rules like y'all*, so thanks for the lesson, jhomes87! I said my comment based on looking at a Billboard chart that day but since Craig's obviously done it makes sense. I do hope somehow "I Got A Car" can go Top 10. It has started to sell once in the Top 30. Once again, if people her songs in the Top 30, they start selling (at least at much higher incriments). *this may be the only part of Country music's community that I'm not that acquainted with (at least so I am told) ;).
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Post by tim on May 23, 2014 10:50:16 GMT -5
^It should be up another 2M for the week. Top 20 is close, top 15 thereafter, and I think this now has a good chance at top 10!
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Post by Marv on May 23, 2014 23:28:58 GMT -5
I never thought I'd ever see the day when ANY George Strait song would need over 30 weeks to reach the top 20; that's extremely mind boggling, to say the least.
That's insanity personified, and especially considering how mediocre the current top 25 songs on the chart are today, but with an avalanche of new songs having hit radio over the past 4-6 weeks, here's hoping that country radio over the course of the next three months will be substantially more listenable than the previous three months have been, and especially with summer right around the corner, and that 'I Got A Car' will be a major beneficiary.
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Post by Zazie on May 24, 2014 12:12:21 GMT -5
"Wake Up Loving You" still has a bullet as of this week, how would it go recurrent? It's time for Atlantic to give up on "Invisible." Let it hit Gold on the sales chart and move onto the title track, which will do very well with Radio, I think. As for this one, It's likely to break Top 20 -- as you said -- and I think it could hang on to get Top 10. As for whether the push by the label 'hurt' George's future hits or not, I doubt it's that. It's most-definitely the kind of Country music he makes (has always made) and the current trends of the chart. If the Cumulus "Nash Icons" idea gets off the ground and crates an AC like format, George will continue to gain massive airplay and hits there. Matt, I think you need to check up on recurrent rules! ;) For all my posts, I always reference Billboard, unless I specifically say Mediabase or am talking about the daily MB updates (but I much prefer BB so I usually talk about that chart). Craig is down 3.5 million in audience (Mediabase) this week and it's only Wednesday. The song is 44 weeks old. Billboard will pull any song that is 21 weeks and older after just one down week, unless the loss is very small, in which case Billboard can give it a grace week if they so choose. But Craig's losses are huge so Billboard will send it packing on the next chart. The next chart will be a house-cleaning on Billboard. Eric Church, Keith Urban, Craig Morgan, and Sara Evans will all go recurrent from the top 20, and it's possible that The Cadillac Three will drop off as well. As for Hunter's song, it is done, lol. It lost 1 million in audience last week and 900k today alone. It just won't go recurrent until the June 2nd Billboard chart (dated 6/14) because it's not old enough to go recurrent yet. "Invisible" has only been on the chart for 16 weeks and it still had a bullet on Monday the 12th, so it needs back-to-back bullet-less weeks before it can go recurrent at the end of the 3rd drop week. It lost its bullet on Monday the 19th and it's definitely been in freefall mode for the last several days, but this will only be its 2nd consecutive down week so it'll get one more chart appearance before it goes recurrent. With 4 top 20 songs leaving the chart and George set to pass the free-falling Hunter as well, I give IGAC at least a 95% chance of cracking the Billboard top 20 next Tuesday. I suppose something bizarre could happen to keep George out of the top 20 next week, but that seems very likely. Lee Brice might (heavy emphasis on "might") be able to re-pass George, but George would still gain 4 spots from the soon-to-be recurrent songs. And Tim, Dierks, Lady A, Brantley...they're all too far behind to catch George anytime soon. So a 95% chance (of going top 20) is probably actually too low, since I can't come up with a scenario in which George wouldn't be top 20 on Tuesday. I'm not pessimistic about George's chances, but I definitely see a way IGAC can miss the top 20 next week. Give him his +5, with Church/Urban/Evans/Morgan going recurrent and Hunter Hayes dropping far below IGAC. That's got him up to 19. But I do think he's going to be passed by Brice -- not sure why you think that's so doubtful because Brice has had a much stronger week on MB than Strait has. That drops George to #20, and we've seen big gains by Tim and Faith this week as well. So either George has to hold off Tim/Faith, or he has to pass Eric Paslay so that falling behind Tim doesn't hurt him. I'm saying 85% chance and I will drop that to 75% if George posts a weak number on Sunday morning. I realize 85% isn't all that different from your percentage estimate but, even though I'm optimistic, I am not overconfident. I had the percentage at 85% after the Friday update and I didn't lower that at all, even though Tim/Faith put up a big Saturday number. Show me a 500k gain for George on Sunday morning and my confidence level will soar.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2014 22:45:01 GMT -5
I'm not pessimistic about George's chances, but I definitely see a way IGAC can miss the top 20 next week. Give him his +5, with Church/Urban/Evans/Morgan going recurrent and Hunter Hayes dropping far below IGAC. That's got him up to 19. But I do think he's going to be passed by Brice -- not sure why you think that's so doubtful because Brice has had a much stronger week on MB than Strait has. That drops George to #20, and we've seen big gains by Tim and Faith this week as well. So either George has to hold off Tim/Faith, or he has to pass Eric Paslay so that falling behind Tim doesn't hurt him. I'm saying 85% chance and I will drop that to 75% if George posts a weak number on Sunday morning. I realize 85% isn't all that different from your percentage estimate but, even though I'm optimistic, I am not overconfident. I had the percentage at 85% after the Friday update and I didn't lower that at all, even though Tim/Faith put up a big Saturday number. Show me a 500k gain for George on Sunday morning and my confidence level will soar. I think there's a pretty good chance that George will pass Paslay on Billboard. Tim won't come close to catching him; about 1.5 million of Tim's gain this week is from Westwood One Mainstream Country, the pesky satellite station that is on Mediabase's panel but not Billboard's. I guess I neglected to mention that in my last post. So that's why I can't really find a way for George to miss the top 20 on Tuesday's chart. Furthermore, Lee Brice is up 1.2 million at Westwood One, and Dustin Lynch is up 1.7 million there (George's spin total is flat at W1). So a good chunk of their MB gains will not translate to Billboard. I think we could see George jump up from 24-17...Keith, Eric, Craig, and Sara will all be going recurrent, Hunter is free-falling, and I think there's a decent chance that George could pass both Eric Paslay and Dustin Lynch. I think he can hold off both Lee and Tim pretty easily, actually. The races with Eric and Dustin will be more interesting. I'm not super confident in the #17 prediction just yet but I am very confident in at least #18 or #19.
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Post by Zazie on May 25, 2014 10:22:26 GMT -5
If I'd waited one more day, I wouldn't have posted at all. This morning IGAC outgains Tim/Faith straight out -- doesn't just minimize the loss of airplay, but flat outgains the duet. That clinches it, and of course I wasn't even counting in the panel differences. That double-clinches it.
Also a nice gain of 250k vs. Paslay overnight makes that a more likely additional position gained. That would make it a #18 result, and it'd be George vs. Lee Brice for #17.
Not bad for an old geezer.
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Post by tim on May 25, 2014 17:51:24 GMT -5
Whoa, is that almost a 3M gain I see? Unbelievable. MCA is no doubt getting behind this one and I'm really thinking a top 10 is on the horizon.
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Post by sabre14 on May 25, 2014 18:10:49 GMT -5
Whoa, is that almost a 3M gain I see? Unbelievable. MCA is no doubt getting behind this one and I'm really thinking a top 10 is on the horizon. Fantastic isn't it. :) At 31 weeks old, it appears George is in fact top 10 bound. It's audience and spins increases the past month are just too good to not get optimistic about. A bullet of 400 on Mediabase today as well. I'm going to soak up every ray of sunshine seeing these updates brings me. 62 years young! ;)
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2014 20:17:32 GMT -5
Wow, I just ran my chart projections and it's looking really close. Here's what I have for the 17-22 spots for Tuesday's Billboard chart:
17) Dustin Lynch – “Where It’s At” (15.760) 18) Eric Paslay – “Song About A Girl” (14.620) 19) Lee Brice – “I Don’t Dance” (14.620) 20) George Strait – “I Got A Car” (14.600) 21) Tim McGraw f/ Faith Hill – “Meanwhile Back At Mama’s” (12.140) 22) Eli Young Band – “Dust” (12.140)
Lynch is too far ahead, Tim is quite a bit behind and not a threat. But I've got Eric, Lee, and George projecting to almost the exact same audience number. Literally 1 or 2 spins could make the difference between #18 and #20 if these projections were spot-on. Of course, they won't be, but they should be close. I simply took the audience each song has gained in the last 6 days at Mediabase, divide it by 7, and then multiply it by the ratio of BB to MB audience (and along the way I take out the 'extra' new audience that songs have gained at the Westwood One satellite stations which are only MB reporters).
So, basically a 34% chance that George will be #20, 33% chance that he'll be #19, and 33% chance that he'll be #18. How the songs do relative to one another in tomorrow's Mediabase update (final day of the BB week) could be a huge decider in how the 18-20 spots shake out.
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Post by tim on May 26, 2014 10:17:48 GMT -5
Up to #22 for the published Mediabase chart, up to #20 with today's update (and close to a 1M gain already for this next weeks run!).
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2014 20:33:23 GMT -5
George checks in at #20 on the latest Billboard chart (and there's another big ad for the song). He did get re-passed by Lee Brice (barely) and he couldn't quite pass Eric Paslay, but he gained some ground on Dustin Lynch.
The #17-20 spots are incredibly close. It's conceivable that George, who brings up the rear of this little pack, could come out as the leader on the next chart, if he's able to out-gain each of them by enough. And with 2 other top 10 songs set to drop off next week, that would open up a path to #15--but only if George can get ahead of Dustin, Lee, and Eric.
Dustin finished #17 with 15.879 million, up 2.25 million from last week. Lee finished #18 with 15.657 million, up 2.85 million. Eric finished #19 with 15.530 million, up 2.24 million. ...and George is #20 with 15.384 million, up 2.38 million.
Tim is still 2.3 million behind. George trails Dustin by only 500k.
It's hard to glean much from today's Mediabase update, since it reflects airplay from yesterday (Memorial Day), although Lee did gain 500k. The others had smaller gains. The next couple of days should tell us a lot and we could see another shake-up for this group of songs.
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